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the eloquent effufions of his mind. His fre- 
quent elucidations of the fcriptures were clear 
and forcible, his arguments in defence of re- 
vealed religion found and animated; his 
conftant perfuafives to piety and holinefs 
zealous dnd convincing; and all his pub- 
lic inftru€tions were exemplifieé and en- 
forced by the whole tenor of ‘his life. 
In the year 1759 he married Sarah, the 
eldeft daughter of Mr. Turner, merchant, of 
Hull; by her he had eight children, five of 
whom are now living. Fourteen years of 
domeftic happinefs, checquered, indeed, by 
no fmall number of affli€tive events, did he 
pafs in the fociety of this amiable woman, 
whofe memory is endeared to all who knew 
her. A more fevere trial than he had yet 
known marked the year 1773, when bereaved 
of his beloved partner, he found himfelf 
alone, with fix children, fome of whom were 
too young to be fenfible of the lofs they had 
fuftained. The kindnefs and truly maternal 
affeGions of his fifter fupplied to his children, 
in fome meafure, the place of their parent, 
yemoved from his mind a confiderable weight 
of affi&tion, and enabled him to profecute 
his important ftudies more free from anxiety. 
About this period he was engaged in the in- 
ftruétion of a few young perfons. Some of 
them removed tothe univerfities, where their 
acquirements refleéted confiderable honour 
upon their former tutor, and all of them who 
had bees capabie of receiving his inftructions, 
and were fenfible of their value, retained for 
him the higheft eftcem and affeGtion. In 
Feb. 1738, he married Catherine, daughter 
of the Rev. jeremiah Harrifon, formerly 
vicar of Catterick, in Yorkfhire, and prede- 
ceflor of the Rev. T. Lindfey. This event 
contributed effentially to the happinefs both 
of himfelf and his family. In this lady he 
found a perfon not enly capable but defirous 
of entering into thofe juft and extenfive 
views which he had formed of the Chriftian 
fcriptures. Prompted by her zeal, and aided 
by her exertions, he feemed determined that 
the fruits of his long and unremitted labour 
Should be no longer withheld from the public 
eye, when an event happened which com- 
pleated the meafure of his forrows, and haf- 
tened the attack of a fatal diforder by which 
he had been before threatened. His eldeft 
fon, Dr. Jofeph Cappe, juft fettled at York 
as a phyfician, in the midf of the fairett’ 
profpects of attaining great eminence in his 
profeflion, was taken away by death. He 
bere this heavy afli€tion with diftinguifhed 
bf stINS 
fortitude, but its confequences were too foon- 
In the’fpring of that fame year’ 
(1791) a paralytic ftroke rendered him inca-" 
perceptible, 
pable of continuing his public labours; and 
of’any- confiderable”'exertion in his ‘private 
Sudies.- But his ufefulnefs did not ‘terminate’ 
with his fervices as a public teacher of the 
gofpel. 
histdeath, his mind was occupied and anmfed, 
amid pis time mo beneficially employed in” 
Account of ihe Rev. N. Cappe, 
From that period, till very nearly 
[Feb. Tt, 
affifting her whofe conflation and delight it ’ 
was to be his amanuenfis, to tranfcribe many 
very valuable differtations written in a fhort- 
hand of his own invention while at North- 
ampton, and .which no one befides him- 
felf could read. By this means his ‘* Dif- 
courfes on Providence,” already publifhed, 
ad many other curious and ineftimable pa- 
pers, deftined, it is hoped, to prove of gene- 
ral utility, have been refcued from oblivion. 
Weakened by fucceffive attacks of the fatal - 
difeafe to which he was fubje€&t, he was un- 
able to ftruggle with a common eold, and on 
the morning of the 24th of Dec. 18c0,' - 
breathed his laft, and went to receive that 
reward which the mercy of the fupreme and 
benevolent Parent has referved for fuch dif- 
tinguifhed excellence and piety. To ftrangers 
his life had long appeared fcarcely defirable. 
Upon thofe who knew him more intimately, 
and who were accuftomed to fee him in the 
bofom of his family, the impreffion was very 
different:—always ferene and cheerful, en- 
tirely free from all the queruloufnefs which 
many, in fuch circumftances, difcover, hap- 
py in the unceafing and kind attentions of his 
wife and daughters, enjoying the occafional 
vifits of the eldeit of his furviving fons, and 
the affe€tionate care of his youngeft, known 
already as a phyfician of confiderable fkill, 
his life was rendered highly defirable to him- 
felf and to thofe who loved him. He fur- 
vived, indeed, the hope of his friends, but 
he did not furvive himfelf, nor the beft af- 
fe€tions of thofe who were accuftomed to 
converfe with him. Although his family 
have been long in the habit of expecting his 
diffolution at arly hour, and are now confoled 
by the hope of that religion which he fo 
firmly believed, and fo fteadily honoured, 
they yet have caufe to lament his lofs, and 
feel the vacancy which, is left in thé do- ° 
meftic circle: During the laft nine years, 
indeed, he has exhibited the ruins of a great 
mind, but fuch were their magnificence and 
beauty, that it was not difficult for an at- 
tentive obferver to trace the grandeur and 
fymmetry of the original edifice. The writer 
‘ef this article has known him only during 
that period, throughout the whole of which . 
he has been honoured by fuch particular 
marks of his friéndfhip and affe€tion, and fo 
much improved ty the frequent communica~ 
tion of valuable knowledge, that his grati- 
tude and efteem is more than can he expreffed, 
and muft be felt fo long as lifé and recollec- 
tion laft. It is to be deeply regretted, that 
of the many important works which he come. 
pofed, fo few have’ been prefented to the 
public, A Sermon upon thé King of Pruffia’s 
Victory at Rofbach, Nov. ‘5, 1757—Three. 
Faft-day Sermons, ‘publifhed during the Ame-. 
rican War—A Sermon on the Thanfgiving-, 
day, 1784—-A Faft’day ‘Sermon, written 
during the American War, ~ but, firft pub-, 
lifhed in 1795——A’ Sermon “on the death of 
the Rev.’ Edw Satidertdck=A felection of” 
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