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Dean of Carlisle, and President of Queen's 

 College, Cambridge, from whom he had received 

 contributions to the volumes which were printed 

 in his life-time ; considerable additions were 

 made by the Editor, to the fourth volume, 

 and it is probable that nearly the whole of the 

 fifth, which did not appear until 1819, was 

 written by him. Mr. Milner' s work entitled 

 " Gibbon's account of Christianity considered ; 

 " together with some Strictures on Hume's 

 " Dialogues concerning Natural Religion," was 

 first published in 1781. Some observations 

 in his animadversions on Gibbon, were attacked 

 by the Rev. William Ludlam, a celebrated lec- 

 turer on mathematics, in the University of Cam- 

 bridge, whose pamphlet called forth an able 

 reply from Mr. Milner, in a small work entitled 

 " Essays on the Influence of the Holy Spirit.'" 

 In addition to these works, Mr. Milner pub- 

 lished " Some remarkable Passages in the Life 

 " of William Howard," and several sermons, 

 which have been printed in the complete collec- 

 tion of our author's works, edited by his brother. 

 In the year 1786, Mr. Milner assisted the Rev. 

 William Richardson, in bringing out the " Post- 

 humous Works" of their venerable friend, Mr. 

 Adam, of Wintringham, and wrote, in conjunction 

 with him, the Preface to his "Private Thoughts." 

 An additional volume of Sermons by Mr. Mil- 



