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■ Choifie." «' The life of Erafmus," fays Dr. Knox, 

 " abounJ with matter intereftiiiEr to the fcliolar ; hut the 

 ftyle and method are fiich as will not pleafe every reader. 

 There is a carelcfsnefs in it, and a want of digniity and deli- 

 cacy." Neverthelefs it extended the reputation of Dr. .Tor- 

 tin beyond the limits of his native country, and cftablifhcd 

 his literary character in the remoteil univerfities of Europe. 

 The declining years of Dr. .Tortin were cheered bv fome 

 fiibllantial proofs of the elleem which he had infpired for 

 his charafter and abilities. In 1762, he was collated by 

 hifliop O(baldillon to a prebend in the cathedral of St. 

 Paul's, and in the fame year he was prefeiited by the fame 

 friend to the valuable vicarage of Kenfington. The biihop, 

 as another proof of liis determined patronage of our author, 

 appointed him archdeacon of London, in April 1764, and 

 it is bL'lieved he offered him the reclory of St. .lames, Weft- 

 minfter, upon the death of Dr. Samuel Nicol'.s, in Nove'm- 

 ber 1763, but he chofe to continue at Kenfmgton, that 

 being a fituation better adapted to his advanced age. Dr. 

 Jortin died on the ,-th of Sept. 1770, in the 72d year of his 

 age. The tranquil compofure of liis lall moments was ex- 

 preffed in the words he fpoke to his nurfe, who urged liim 

 to take more nourifhment : " No," faid he, " I have had 

 enough of every thing." He left a widow and two chil- 

 dren. The private charafter of Dr. Jortin was truly clli- 

 mable : he had a fpirit which raifed him above every thing 

 mean and illiberal, and would not permit him to Hoop for 

 preferment. His manners were fimple, and in fome refpefts 

 ruftic : he had true urbanity in"liis temper, and benevolence 

 in his heart. As a public defender of religion, Jie is clafled 

 by bifhop Watfon among thofe great and eminent names 

 ivho have honourably and fuccefsfully laboured to cila- 

 blifli the truth and illuftrate the doftrines of ChrilUanity. 

 Dr.- Knox, fpeaking of his " Difcourfes on the Chrillian 

 Rehgion," which was one of the^firft fruits of his theo- 

 logical jurfuits, fays they abound with found fenfe and 

 folid argument, which entitled their author to a rank 

 very near the celebrated Grotius. He farther adds, " as 

 a poet, a philofopher, and a man, he ferved the caufe 

 of religion, learning, and morality." Befides the works 

 already noticed, Dr. Jortin was author of an *' Efiay 

 on Mufical Expreffion:" of "Six Differtations on dif- 

 ferent Subjeds i" and after his death his " Sermons and 

 Charges," in feven volumes, were given to the world. His 

 works were publirtied a few years fmce in an uniform manner, 

 and may be had with or without the life of Erafmus. Of 

 thefe works a full account will be found in the " Memoirs of 

 the Life and Writings of Dr. Jortin," by the llev. Dr. John 

 Difney, who has alio given tlie cjiaracler of the author as 

 drawn by the energetic pen of Dr. Parr. " Jortin," fays 

 he, " whether I look back to his verfe, to his profe, to his 

 critical, or to his theological works, there arc few authors 

 to whom I am fo much indebted for rational entertainment, 

 or for folid inilruclion. Learned he was, without pedantry. 

 He was ingenious without the affectation of fingularity.' 

 He was a lover of truth, without hovering over the gloom'y 

 abyfs of fcepticifm, and a friend to free inquiry, without 

 roving into the dreary and pathlefs wilds of latitudinarianifm. 

 He had a heart which never difgraced the powers of his 

 imderllanding. With a lively imagina'ion, an elegant tafte, 

 and a judgment moll mafculine, and mod corrcft, he united 

 the artlefs and amiable negligence of a fchool-boy. Wit 

 without ill nature, and fenfe without effort, he could at v/ill 

 fcatter upon every fubjeft, and in every book the writer 

 prefents v.s with a near and dillinft view of the real man." 



JORVIS, in Gi'ogiaphy, a town of Sweden, in the govern- 

 TT.er-t of Kuopio ; 43 miles S. of Kuopio, 



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TOS, in Anaent Geography, one of the Cyclades ifland?, 

 E.N.E. of the idand Sicinos, N.N.W. of Thera, and 

 S.S.W. of Nayos. This ifland derived its name from a colony 

 of lonians, who were its firlt inhabitants. It is famous only 

 for being the place of Homer's death and burial. It is faid 

 that the town of Argos was accullomed to fend every five 

 years a deputation to this iiland, commiffioned to offer li- 

 bations in its name on the tomb of the poet, which was 

 an objcft of public veneration. 



JOSEF, St., in Geography, a town of California, where 

 the Manila (liip generally took in water on its voyage to 

 Acapuico ; 4J miles S. of Lorelo. N. lat. 23' 4'. W. long. 

 109° 4?!'. — Alfo, a town of the ifiand of Cuba ; 1 2J miles 

 W.S.W. of Havanna. — Alfo, a town of South America, 

 in the province of Chiquitas. — Aifo, a town hi South 

 America, in the province of Moxes. — Aifo, a fmr.!l ifiand 

 in the Atlantic, near the coaft of Patagonia. S. laV. 44' 30'. 

 — Alfo, a town of New Mexico, in the province of Sonera; 

 35 miles S. of Pitquin. — Alfo, a town of New Mexico, on 

 the Bravo ; 27 miles N.\\'. of Santa-Fe. — Alfo, a town of 

 South America, in the government of Buenos Ayres ; 1S5 

 miles E. of Corientes. — Alfo, a fmall ifland in the bay of 

 Los Camarones, near the coall of Pat.^gOliia. S. lat. 44- 30'. 

 — Alfo, a town and fort of Soulli America, in the province 

 of Tucumar ; 90 miles S S.E. of Salta. — Alfo, a town of 

 South America, in the government of Buenos Ayres, and 

 province of Moxes ; 80 miles S.W. of Trinidad. 



J0.SKI' de Chlquilas, St., a town of South Am.erica, in the 

 government of Buenos Ayres ; 36 miles N.W. of Santa 

 Cruz dc la Sierra la Nueva. 



Jo<;ef e!c Huales, St., a town of South America, in the 

 audience of Quito, on- the Napo ; 220 miles E.S E. of 

 Quito. S. lat. r- Jo'. W. long. 74" 26'. 



JOSEFGROD, a town of Ruffian Poland, in thq 

 palatinate of Braclaw, fituated on a river which runs into 

 the Bog ; 76 miles S.S.E. of Braclaw. 



JOSEPH, in Scripture Biography, a Hebrew patriarch, 

 who fuitained a rank and character that entitle him to par- 

 ticular notice.- He was the fon of Jacob by his wife Rachel, 

 and born about the year 1745 B.C. As he was the favourita 

 of his father, on account of his perfonal and mental endow- 

 ments, he became the objeft of the jealoufy and hatred of his 

 brethren ; and they fold him to fome Ilhmaeiites- who were 

 travelling to Egypt (B.C. 172S), feigning a tale that he had 

 been devoured by wild beafts. When the Ifiimaelites arrived 

 in Egypt, thay fold Jofeph to Potiphar, an officer of the 

 royal houfiiold. In this iituation Jofeph conducted himfelf 

 with fuch prudence, iuduftry, and fidelity, that his mailer 

 committed all his affairs to his management. After ten 

 years fervice Potiphar's wife aflailcd him with a temptation, 

 which every principle of gratitude and honour, as well as 

 of religion, induced him to refill ; but the confequence of 

 his integrity was her refentment, and a rcfolution, as far 

 as file could prevail, to effcft his ruin. Accordingly {he 

 formed an artful ilory, intimating that Jofeph had made aa 

 attempt upon her virtue ; and fWe contrived to inipofe upon 

 her hulband Potiphar, and to procure Jofeph's commitment 

 to prifon. The patriarch"s. cimduiS, during his imprifon- 

 ment, engaged confidence, and he was entrullcd with the 

 care of his fellow-prifoners. Among thefe were two per-.' 

 fons of fome diftinclion, who had belonged to Pharaoh's 

 houlliold. Both of them had dreams in the fame night,, 

 whicti they communicated to Jofeph, and which he under, 

 took to interpret. One of them was to be rellored to his. 

 office, and the other was to be hanged ; and the events 

 correfponded to his predictions. Upon the future advance- 

 ment uf one of thcfc perfons, .who was the chief butler^ the 



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