1803,] 
which was occafioned, by adropfy, that 
cut him off in the 64th year of his age, 
At the interment of his corpfe, nearly 
the whole of his colleagues attended.— 
Notwithfanding a heavy rain, upwards 
of one hundred Members of the National 
Inftitute walked on foot to Montmartre, 
two.a breaft, with a black crape round 
their arms, and with the eyes,of nearly all 
fuffufed in tears. 
On their arrival at the place of inter- 
ment, Bougainville, a man no lefs diftin- 
guified in arms than in letters, {poke an 
oration in honour of the deceafed. 
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SCRAPS OF BIOGRAPHY. 
R.JosepaH Nico, ScoTrT was (it 
is apprehended, the eldef) fon of 
the Rev, Tho, Scott, many years the Pal- 
tor of the Congregational or Independent 
Church in Norwich; and, having been 
educated for the miniftry, was, at the be- 
ginning of his public life, for fome time 
-affiftant, in the fervice of the fociety, to 
iis worthy father. But an unhappy mif- 
underftanding arifng bgtween the father 
and the fon, on a doctrinal point, fome- 
what fimilar. to. what occafioned contefts 
in the Church of Alexandria in the 
former part of the fourth century, the 
_Tatter was difmifled from his afiftantthip, 
in the year. 1737. or 1738... Numbers 
withdrew from the congregation on this 
account, and a Lord’s.Day Evening Uec- 
ture was fet up by the. friends of the 
young gentleman, at the French Church, 
which was countenanced, if not fupported, 
by many of different denominations, and, 
in particular, by feveral of the ¢ftablifh- 
ment, Mr. J, N, Scott, after fome. time, 
difcouraged by the non-attendance of fe- 
veral, who were at firft-zealous, and who 
continued -their pecuniary fupport to the 
laft, gave up his lecture, and went to 
Edinburgh to ftudy, phyfic. He com- 
Bite, Dottor of Phyfic in, Scotland, 
and, returning t¢ Norwich, practifed there 
for fome years, and then removed to Lon- 
don, but met not with much-encourage- 
ment in themedicalline. At length, a gen- 
tleman, who wasno relation, merely out of 
regard to his talentsand fentiments,left him 
a very: pretty eftate and feat at Felford, in 
Suffolk, where he [pent the latter years of 
his life... He was a gentleman naturally 
of a moft excellent temper, but fo foured 
by. the controverly, &c, which we have 
mentioned, that he did not recover his for- 
mer fweetnels of difpolition to the laft. 
Deep alfo was the imprefiion made by 
‘Revelation, Ads, XV. 13. 
Scraps of Biography. Sil 
that affair on the father, who was equally 
of a fweet, and amiable natural difpof- 
tion. 
Dr, Scott publithed, in 1743, ‘€ Ser. 
mons preached in Defence of all Religion, 
whether Natural or Revealed,at the French 
Church in Norwich,’’ in two volumes, 
osavo. The fubjects were, in the firft 
volume, 1. The Introdu€tory Difcourfe; 
or, the great Duty of Inquiry after 
TROUGH. Prom. te 35.4, SZ. Lneron- 
reafonablenefs of fuffering the Will and 
Paffions to influence the Judgment, 2 Pe-. 
ter i. 5. 3. God the Fountain of al] 
Good, whether Natural or Revealed, 
James i. 17. 4. and 5. The Sufficiency 
of Natural Religion pre-fuppofed by 
the firt Defenders of Chriftianity, Acts 
xvil. 28. with Rom. ii,14, 6, The Suf- 
ficiency of Natural Religion not contra~ 
dicted by Scripture, Ps. li. 5. 7. The 
virtuous Praétice alike inculcated under 
all Religions, whether Natural or Re- 
vealed, i, Tim. vi. 8. A Preliminary 
Difcourfe to the Defence of Revelation, 
Acts ii, 36. 9. A General Defence of 
To. and ri. 
The Revelation of Noan examined Heb. 
Xi. 7. 12. 136 and 14. The Cafe of 
ABRAHAM Offering up his Son examined, 
Gen. xxii, 12. 15.—18. And-fecond, 
1$. The MaHoMETAN Revelation confi- 
dered, 16. and.17. The Extirpation of 
the CanAANITES confidered. 18. The 
Jewith Prophets, 1. Theff. v. 10. 19 
Some Dire€tions for the ftudy of the Pro- 
phetic Writings, z. Peter 1. 20.21. 20, 
and 22, Againft Hypothefes in Religion, 
The fecond volume offers, 1. A Preli- 
minary to the Detence of Chriltianity, 
John xiv.1. 2. A Friendly Caution to 
Theifts, John vi. 29. 3. The true State 
of the Controverly, with refpect to the 
External Evidence of Chriftianity, John 
xX. 24:25. 4. Ihe External Evidence of, 
Chriffamity, 2. Peter 3, Fa. 12.) 9. Ele 
Chriftian Revelation conducive to the 
Caufe of Virtue, 1. Cor. i. 30. 6, and 7, 
The Scripture Doétrine of Chrift’s Davi- 
nity not inconfiftent with the Unity of 
God, [aiah xliii. 10. 11. with 2 Chron. 
vi. 30.. 8. The Scripture Doétrine of 
the Incarnation, 1. John iv. 3. 9, and 
to. The Excellency ot Chmft’s. Example 
ilJuftrated in feveral Inftances, 1. Peter tie 
21. with Proy. xvi. 32. a1. and 12, The 
Sacrifice of Chrift confidered, H-b. x. 10. 
Lies Jz 19> S40) #3. Concernme the 
Praying in-the Name of Chrift, John xvi. 
22, 14. The Scripture Doétrine of Elec- 
tion and Keprobation examined, Rom. xi. 
19. 
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