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the cabinet and in the field; namely, that 
in German, Ruffian, and French he writes 
an extraordinarily neat and beautiful haad. 
I believe no writing-mafter of the three 
countries could form the letters better 
fhaped and proportioned. It is not a very 
laudable cuftom with generals to fign their 
name-fo hieroglyphically, that one might 
as ealily decypher it into Hannibal as 
Scipio. Suwarrow fub{cribes his name 
fo plainly, that every {choolboy may 
Fead it. - 
LE : 
ACCOUNT ofthe REV-JOHN PARKHURST. 
‘HIS-truly excellent man, and devout 
Chriftian; whofe life was honourable 
to human nature, and whofe hour of death 
was a fublime example of faith and refig- 
nation, was the fecond fon of John Park- 
hurft, Efg. of Catefby, in Northampton- 
fhire, by Ricarda, one of the daughters of 
Mr. Jaftice Dormer. The Rey. John 
Parkburf was born in June 1728, and 
received the earlieft rudiments of his edu- 
cation at the fchool of Rugby, in the coun- 
ty of Warwick; an education whicn, by 
intenfe mental labour, aided by a mind fu~ 
periorly gifted with found judgment and 
deep penetration, he rendered perfect in it~ 
felf, and beneficial to the world of letters ; 
ag well as to the caufe_of Chriftian faith, 
and moral virtue. 
From Warwickfhire heremoved to Clare 
Hall, Cambridge, where he proceeded 
“B. A. 1748, M. A. 1752, and was, fome 
years after, fellow of his college. In 
3754, he married Sufanna Myfter, daugh- 
fer of John Myfter, Efq. of London, by 
whom he had a daughter and two fons. 
This lady died in the year 1759; and an 
the year 1741, he married Millecent Nor- 
they, daughter of Thomas Northey, Efq. 
of London, by whom he had one daughter 
pow living, and married, in 1791, to the 
Rev, Jofeph Thomas. This lady, reared 
under the immediate infpection of her 
Jearned and pious father, by an education 
of the very firft order has acquired a de- 
gree of claffical knowledge, whichis rarely 
met with in the female world; and thoie 
menta}.endowments are ftill more highly 
embellifned by the exercile and example 
of every domeftic virtue. 
Mr. Parkhurft’s fecond wife died April 
the 27th, 1800, having furvived him above 
three years, His fons, by his firft mar- 
riage, have both been dead, fome years 5 
but his eldeft daughter furvives him, and 
is the widow of the Rev. James Al- 
tham. , ! 
- Account of the Rev, F. Parkhurft. 
Mr. Parkhurft was author of ** A 
Friendly Addrefs to the Rev, John Wef- 
ley, in Relation to a principal Doétrine, 
maintained by him and his Afhitants,” 
1753, 8vo —“*An Hebrew andEnglifhLex- 
icon, without points ; to which is added a 
methodical Hebrew’ Grammar, without 
points, adapted to the ufe of learners,’’£7625 
ato. Continuing to correét and imaprove this 
ufeful claffical work, he publifhed a fecond 
edition, much enlarged, 1778, and a third 
in 1792. He alfo publwhed a Greek and 
Englifh Lexicon to the New Teftament, 
to which is prefixed a plain and eafy Greek 
Grammar, 1769; 4to; he printed a fecond 
edition of this work in 17943 and, being 
defirous of making his literary labours more 
generally ufeful, he determined on pub- 
lifhing oftavo editions of both thete Lexi- 
cons, ttill further enlarged and improved. 
He had but jut completed the copies, and 
received the firft proof fheet of the Greek 
Lexicon from the prefs, when it pleafed 
the Ail-wife Difpofer of human events to 
take this learned and excellent man to him- 
felf. Fortunately the tafk of filial virtue ~ 
devolved on his daughter, Mrs. Thomas, 
whole extenfively cultivated mind enabled 
her to undertake the charge of completing 
her father’s purpofe; and the work has 
fince been publithed. : 
The fubject of this biographical fketch 
ferenely clofed a life of ftudy and of virtue, 
far removed from the din of fenfelefs pleas 
fures, and the follies of trivial fociety, at- 
ter a painful and lingering illnefs of ten 
months, on the 21% of February 1797, at 
Epfom in Surrey, where he had during 
the latter part of his days, refided. Ina 
1787, Mr. Parkhurft publifhed “* The Di- 
vinity ana Pre-exiftence of our Lord and 
Saviour Je(us Chrift demonftrared from 
Scripture 3" in anfwer to the firlt feétion 
of Dr. Prieftley’s Introduétion to the Hif- 
tory of early Opinions concerning Jefus 
hrift; together with Strictures on iome 
other Parts of the Work, and a Poftfcript 
relating to a late publication of Mr. Gil- 
bert Waketicld. 
Mr. Parkhurft’s remains now repo in 
the church of Epfom ia Surrey, where a 
monument, raifed by filial piety to the me 
mory of the kind father and the enlight- 
ened preceptor, bears the following infcrip- 
tion: 4 
Glory to God alone. 
Sacred to the Memory : 
Of the Rev. John Parkhurf, M. A. 
And defcended from the Parkhurits of Catei, 
by, in Northamptonihire.. . 
His Life was diftinguiihed, 
[Juy tI. 
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