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religion he liad professed, and on the retrospect of a life, which 

 had been conducted by its principles, and at last quitting it like a 

 philosopher and christian. 



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HE died on the sixth day of JVovmler, 1790. By his will he 

 gave to the Religious Society with whom he was connected, and 

 to their Minister, as well as to the University at Cambridge and 

 to this Academy, very handsome legacies. 



TiiE general anxiety which had for some weeks been manifested 

 by an inquisitive solicitude for his safety, was now changed into 

 expressions of sorrow at his death. 



GREAT and respectable was the concourse which attended his 

 funeral — every species of occupation was suspended — all ranks 

 and orders of men — the clergy and the laity — the magistrate and 

 the citizen — men of leisure and men of business — testified 

 their affection and respect, by joining in the solemn procession 

 and crowds of spectators lined the streets through which it pass- 

 ed — while an uncommon silence and order every where marked 

 the deepness of their sorrow. And can we, my brethren, part 

 with our friend, our brother, and our head, without regret ? 'Can 

 we recollect, without emotion, the many pleasing and instructive 

 hours we have passed with him, in his closet, in our meetings, 

 and at his social board ? Can we forget his virtues ? or can we, 

 without the most pungent sorrow, reflect that the heart which 

 they once filled, now ceases to beat ? and the eye through which 

 their emanations were conveyed, is closed forever ? Is it less phi- 

 losophical to indulge the tear, that flows from those prmciples of 



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