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JONES. 
preached before arclibilhop Seeker in 17 66 . His fubfe- 
quent publications during his continuance at Pluckley 
were, fome remarks on the principles and fpirit of the 
Confeffional, annexed to a new edition of his Anfwer to 
an Efl'a}'’ on Spirit, &c. 1770, 8vo. Zoologia Etkica ; a 
Difquifition concerning the Mofaic DiftinCtion of Ani¬ 
mals, clean and unclean ; being an Attempt to explain to 
Chriitians the Wifdom, Morality, and Ufe, of that Infti- 
tution, in two Parts, 1771, 8vo. Three Dilfertations 
on Life and Death, 1772, 8vo. a volume of Difqui- 
fitions on fome feleCt Subjects of Scripture, which had 
been before feparately printed, 1773, 8vo. and Reflexions 
bn the Growth of Heathenifm among Chriftians, in a Let¬ 
ter to a Friend at Oxford, by a Prefbyter of the Church 
of England, 1776, 8vo. 
About this time Mr. Jones was induced to remove from 
Pluckley, and to accept of the perpetual curacy of Nay- 
land in Suffolk. Soon afterwards he effected an exchange 
of Pluckley for the redtory of Pafton in Northampton- 
fhire, which he vifited annually; but took up his abode 
at Nayland, which no future offer of preferment tempted 
him to quit. In the mean time he had entered a mem¬ 
ber of Sidney-college, in the univerlity of Cambridge, 
■where he was admitted to the degree of M. A. From the 
title of his next publication, Mr. Jones appears to liave 
been admitted a fellow of the Royal Society; but we have 
no information concerning the time when this honour 
was conferred upon him. The work to which we allude, 
was his Phyfiological Difquifitions 5 or Difcourfes con¬ 
cerning the natural Philofophy of the Elements, 1781, 4to. 
This performance contains difcourfes on matter, and the 
feveral kinds of bodies; on the nature and caufes of mo¬ 
tion ; on the nature and ufes of the elements ; on fire, its 
properties and effects; on the nature and properties of 
air; on the philofophy of mufical founds; on foifil bodies; 
on phyfical geography, or the natural hiftory of the earth ; 
and on the appearances, caufes, and prognoftic figns, of 
the weather. They contain much inftruCtive, much en¬ 
tertaining, and much fanciful, matter, ingenioufly applied 
in an.attempt to inveftigate the caufes of things, and to 
conftruCt a theory of nature on the principles of the au¬ 
thor’s favourite fyftem. Mr. Jones’s next publication was 
theological, and confifted of Leisures on the figurative 
Language of the Holy Scripture and the Interpretation of 
it from the Scripture itfelf, 1788, 8vo. which contain a 
mixture of judicious and valuable explanations of ferip- 
ture metaphors, with others in which the author has given 
full fcope to his lively imagination. 
In dilcharging the duties of his paftoral office, Mr. Jones 
paid particular attention to the young people of his pariffi, 
whom he inilruCted privately in his own houfe and pub¬ 
licly in the church, by a courfe of catechetical lectures 
adapted to their capacities; and, as he was zealoufly at¬ 
tached to the eftablilliment of which he was a minifter, 
he endeavoured to fecure their adherence to its com¬ 
munion, not only by the reprefentations which he laid 
before them of the nature of the church, and the finful- 
nefs of fehifm, but by different Ifnall treatifes, fuch as An 
Effay on the Church, the Churchman’s Catechifm, &c. 
That thefe labours were not inefficacious among his pa- 
rifhioners, he had reafon to conclude from the increafe 
which he had the fatisfaCtion to fee in the number of 
thofe who attended at the facrament. In the year 1790 
cur author publiflied two volumes of Sermons on moral 
and religious Subjects, 8vo. which are chiefly of a pradi¬ 
cal and ufeful tendency, and include fome difeour-fes on 
natural hiftory, delivered at Mr. Fairchild’s annual lecture 
at Shoreditch-church, of which the preacher is appointed 
by the Royal Society. They refleCt credit on the author’s 
piety and benevolence; but his fondnefs for the intro¬ 
duction into them of allegories and fpiritual allufions, 
renders many of his remarks and illuftrations not eafily 
intelligible to plain and common readers. 
In the year 1792, alarmed for the fafety of the Britifti 
< 3 onftitution, which he conceived to be in danger from 
the growing prevalence of democratical principles, and 
alfo for the exiftence of the eftabliftied church and creed, 
againft which he was led to believe that the afliduity of 
feCtaries, free enquirers, and unbelievers, was direCted, 
Mr. Jones employed his pen in the fervice of high-church 
politics. He was the author of A Letter from Thomas 
Bull to his Brother John, which was induftrioufly circu¬ 
lated throughout the kingdom by the friends of the ad- 
rniniftration ; and he drew up and publiffied the prol’pec- 
tus of a plan of a Society for the Reformation of Princi¬ 
ples, the eftablifhment of which he had long meditated. 
To whatever caufe it was owing, however, his efforts to 
form fuch a fociety did not fucceed. In connexion with 
thofe efforts he gave birth to The Britifti Critic; and 
publiflied a collection of traCts by Charles Leflie, Mr. 
Law, Mr. Norris, Roger North, bifhop Horne, himfelf, 
See. In 2 vols. 8vo. under the title of The Scholar armed 
againft the Errors of the Time ; or, a Collection of TraCts 
on the Principles and Evidence of Chriftianity, the Con- 
ftitution of Church, and Authority of Civil Government. 
During the year lalt mentioned Mr. Jones met with a fe- 
vere lots in the death of his intimate friend bifhop Horne, 
to whom he was chaplain, and whofe life he undertook 
the talk of recording. This work made its appearance in 
the year 1795, entitled, Memoirs of the Life, Studies, and 
Writings, of the Right Reverend George Horne, D. D. 
late Lord Bifhop of Norwich, 8vo. which, though it can¬ 
not be commended as a very regular and well-digefted 
biographical production, is written, on the whole, in an 
interefting and plea ling manner, and contains a warm and 
affeCHonate tribute of refpeft to the memory of that pre¬ 
late. To a fecond edition of it, publiflied in 1799, Mr. 
Jones prefixed a concife expofition of Mr. Hutchinfon’s 
leading theological and philofophical opinions. 
Our author now was become advanced in age, and was 
obliged by his infirmities to difeontinue his practice of 
taking pupils. That he might not be fubjected to any 
inconvenience from the diminution of his income which 
was thus created, in the year 1798 the archbilhop of Can¬ 
terbury benevolently prefented him to the finecure rec¬ 
tory of Hollingbourn in-Kent; which, however, he did 
not live long to enjoy. The laft publication which he 
lent into the world was A Difcourfe on the Ufe and In¬ 
tention of fome remarkable Paifages of the Scriptures, not 
commonly underltood; addreffed to the Readers of a 
Courfe of LeCturcs on the figurative Language of the Holy 
Scriptures, 1799, 8vo. Soon after this, he fuftained a 
heavy lofs by the death of his wife, which plunged him 
in deep affliction ; and that trial was in a fliort time fol¬ 
lowed by a paralytic attack, which deprived him of the 
ufe of one fide. His faculties, however, remained unin¬ 
jured, and he fpeedily recovered fo far as to be able to 
walk with a flick, and to write. In this infirm ftate of 
body he lived fome months, and at length expired with¬ 
out a figh or a groan, Feb. 6, 1800, in the feventv-fourth 
year of his age. 
Mr. Jones’s learning was very refpeCtable; his at¬ 
tachment to what he confidered to be truth, fteady and 
zealous; his piety ardent and animated ; his moral con¬ 
duct not only irreproachable, but highly exemplary; and 
his temper and manners placid, humble, and obliging. 
As far as his means extended, he delighted in doing 
good j and towards his flock he uniformly behaved as a 
vigilant affectionate paftor. To his other knowledge he 
added that of phyfic, which he commendably applied to 
the relief and comfort of his poorer neighbours. Of the 
eftablifhment of which he was a minifter he was an intre¬ 
pid champion, on what are commonly called high-church 
principles; and of the theologico-philofophical fyftem of 
the Hutchinfonian fchool he is juftly confidered to be the 
mod ingenious and plaufible defender. Befides the pieces 
enumerated in the preceding narrative, he publiffied nu¬ 
merous fingle fermons, and occafional traCts. We have 
only to add, that Mr. Jones was a proficient in the theory 
and practice of mulic j and that he compofed a morning 
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