fjgt. L. ANN.?iUS SENECA TO LUClLlUSo "^If 



has a paflage which inculcates a belief, almoft 

 verbatim, one of thofe affertsd by St. Paul,, Know 

 you not that the Spirit of God is in you except ye be 

 reprobate f? and again. He is near unto every one of 

 you* 



A. B. 



AnccdotCf Sir Chrijlopher Wren^ 



W HEN he built St. Dunftan's-in-the-Eaft, the noblefl 

 monument of his ^geometrical ikill, had mod certainly in 

 his eye the High Church, Edinburgh, and St. Nicho- 

 las's church at Newcaftlc-upcn-Tyne. His towers 

 that adorn the front of Wcftniinfter- Abbey were taken 

 from thofe of Beverly Minfler, in YorkHure. Sir Chrif- 

 topher intended a fpire for the middle of the chuixh, 

 but gave it up, from apprehenfion that the fabric would 

 not bear it. The library of All-Souls-Coliege, in Ox- 

 ford, poflefTcs msny original drawings of this great ar- 

 chitedl ; and amongil others, his defigns for the cathe- 

 dral of St. Paul's. It is curious to obfcrve in them the 

 progrefs of Sir Chriitopher's ideas in the beautiful 

 dome of that fabric. He had originally intended to 

 have crowned it with a pine-apple, but wifely decora- 

 ted it with a crofs, as it now (lands. Sir Chrifloplier 

 ■was mucli impeded and harrafTed in this great work by 

 the care of expcnce of the curators of it. He had in- 

 tended to have had a very fine baldaquino at the altar, 

 like that of St. Peter's at Rome. Dr. Compton, biihop 

 of London, had fent for the marbles for its compofition ; 

 or rather, as the Parentalia fays, the fpecimens were 

 fliewn to the Architect by that Prelate. Sir Chrifto- 

 pher not approving of them, the defign was given up. 



•f Prope eft a te Deus, tecum eft, intus eft. Ita d'.co, Lucili, facer 

 itiu-A noi S])irinis fciiet, nialorum bonorumque noftrorum Obforvator 

 t\ W'uftvs ; hit prcKt » £«bii :rad»tus eft, it» r.oi iwfe truftut. 



