TiiK Earliect Life of ^Iilton'. '-'1 



likewise gave signal proof in receiving home, and living in 

 good accord till her death with his first wife, after shee had 

 so obstinately absented from him : During wliieh time, as 

 neither in any other Scene of his life, was liee l)lemisird with 

 the least Unchastity. 



From so Christian a Life, so great Lt-ai-ning, and so un- 

 byass'd a search after Truth it is not prol^able any errors in 

 Doctrine should spring. And therefore his Judgment in his 

 Body of Divinity concerning some speculative points, differ- 

 ing perhaps from that connnonly receivd. (and which is 

 thought to bee the reason that never was printed"®) neither 

 ought rashly to bee condemned, and however himselfe not 

 to bee uncharitably censur'd; who by beeing a constant ^^*'' 

 Champion for the liberty of Opining, expressd much Candor 

 towards others. But that this Age is insensible of the great 

 obligations it has to him, is too apparent in that hee has no 

 better, a Pen to celebrate his ]\Iemory. 



Ilee was of a moderate Stature, and well proportion 'd, 

 of a ruddy Complexion, light brown Hair, & handsome Fea- 

 tures ; save that his Eyes were none of the quickest. But his 

 blindness, which proceeded from a Gutta Serena, ^"^ added no 

 further blemish to them. His deportment was sweet and 

 affable ; and his Gate erect & IManly, bespeaking Courage and 

 undauntedness (or a Nil conscire) On which account hee wore 

 a Sword Avhile hee had his Sight, and was skill'd in using it. 

 Hee had an excellent Ear, and could bear a part both in Vocal 

 & In.strumental ]Music. His moderate Estate left him by 

 his Father was through his good Oeeonomy sufficient to main- 

 tain him. Out of his Secretary's Salary hee had sav'd two 

 thousand pounds, which being logd'd in the Excise, and that 

 Bank failing upon the Restoration, hee utterly lost,^"- Be- 

 sides which, and the ceasing of his Imploiment hee had no 

 damage by that^"^ change of Affairs.^''* For hee early sued 



"The book was not printed until 1825. 

 '"" Read originally ' .so con.stant a.* 



"' This suggests the phj'sician's technical knowledge. Richardson 

 in 1734 gives the .same name to tlie troul)le (p. iii). 



"^Down to this jKjint Wood quotes the paragraph almost icrbatim. 



"•" Substituted for ' the.' 



**** Substituted for • CJovernment.' 



