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«© Tf any wonder, that I added Dr. 
re to Dr. Bentley, as a kind of Scep- 
i. I fhall give my reafons for fo doin. 
‘Though, when I firft publifhed my Effay 
~on the Revelations, Dr. Hare greatly at- 
- tended to it, yet did Dr. Hare fo accuf- 
tom himfelf to talk ludicroufly of facred 
ematters, that he was for laying wagers 
about the fulfilling of Scripture-prophe- 
cies in the fame ludicrous way ; nay, 
when he wrote about the difficulties and 
difeouragements to the ftudy of the Serip- 
tures, he could not forbear doing it after 
a ludicrous manner, though he feemed 
then to do it very epee aie 
He elfewhere obierves, fpeaking of the 
mri, and Tabores ‘in the New. Tefta- 
ment; ‘* I foon difcovered, that they 
were only thofe that were capable of in- 
firuétion, but not fit for underftanding 
harder matters, &c. This mott impor- 
tant difeovery I feon communicated to 
the world, whieh both Bifhop Hoadly and 
Dr. Clarke approved, but ftill went on in 
the ordinary practice.. I fent this paper 
alfo by an intimate friend, Mr. Haincs, to 
Sir I{faac Newton, and defired to know 
his opinion. The an{wer was this, that 
they both had difcovered this before ; nay 
T found afterwards, that Sir Ifaac Newton 
was fo hearty for the Baptifts, as well as 
for the Eufebians or Arians, that he fome- 
times fofpected, that thele two were the 
witnefles in the Revelations.”’* 
CXXIH.—DR. JOHN JEBB. 
Johir Jebb was firft of the Univerfity of 
Dublin, and afterwards of Peterhoufe, 
Cambridge, of which fociety he was in 
#761 confirmed fellow, by Mawfon, Bi- 
fhop of Ely, the vifitor. 
He was on all fides allowed to be an 
excelient {cholar, but diftinguifhed him- 
felf at Cambridge, principally as a mathe- 
matician and theologian. 
Jebbs’ reputation. ftood high in the 
wniverfity, till he alarmed the orthodox by 
his Le@ureson the New TVeftament,which 
he delivered at his own houfe. In thefe 
he ufed fuch a freedom of interpretation, 
broached dottrines fo repugnant to the 
Thirty-nine Articles — challenging the 
fame liberty for all—that a general order 
was ifiued, forbidding any to attend his 
Le&tures who were in fiatu pupillari. This 
* Not having Whifton’s Memoirs at 
hand, when the article Sir J/aac Newton, 
in the laft number of Cantabrigiana was 
written, the author wrote from memory. 
He, however, thought it incumbent on him - 
‘po authenticate the affertion, 
Eantabrigiana. 
(Jan. 15 
occafioned him to publifh a Short Account 
of Theological Ledtures, then reading af 
Cambridge, to which was added his New 
Harmony of the Gofpsls. 
Without detailing the particulars of 
Dr. Jebb’s creed, we mutt only remark ge. 
nerally, that they were Sccinian; the pro- 
minent points being, that Chrift was @ 
mere man, and the do&trine of philofophi- 
cal neceflity. We fpeak thus curforily, 
intending to confine our attention to a 
Reform propofed in the Univerfity, with 
which his name ftands fo immediately 
connected; we mean, to his Plan for public 
annual examinations of all undergraduates 
in fiatu pupillari, not excepting fellow- 
commoners and noblemen. | 
Fn the firft tee of this memorable bu- 
finefs, Jebb propofed four Graces, in fuc- 
exflion, all of which were rejeéted by the 
Caput; confequently, though at firft a ma- 
jority of the univerfity was with him, the 
queition was not allowed to come before 
the Senate. 
and other proceedings were pudlifhed by 
Dr. oe: 
In the year 1774, Jebb took the mat- 
ter up more deliberately than before, and 
a Syndicate was formed. 
On the 28th of March 1774, the fyn- 
dics clofed, and affixed their names to the 
refolutions, which .they had come to, 
bcing nineteen in number, Thefe may 
be feen in Dr. Difney’s Life of Dr. Jebb, 
prefixed to Dr. Jebb’s Works, but are too 
long tor infertion here. 
The refolutions, though received in Ene 
fenate-houfe, were fet afide’s but the fol- 
lowing ftatement will fhew, ‘that Dr. Jebb 
had -fallea very confiderable ee in the 
Univerfry 
For the firft fix refolutionsthere were in the 
non-regent-houle, placets 43—non-placets 
47. For the7th and rrth inclufive, placets | 
41—non-placets 47. Forthe 7thand yith 
inclulive, placets 41—non-placets 48. For 
the r2th and soth inclufive, placets 38— 
non-placets 49. The plan was fupported 
by fome of heb moft learned members of 
the Univerfty, and countenanced by the 
Chancellor. 
Dr. Jebb publithed, in the enfuing O¢- 
tober, another plan, which met with a fi- 
milar fate, thovgh there was fill a deci- 
ded majority of talenis, at leat, with him ; 
there being no lefs than levee doctors, 
fix profeflors, and eight tutors of colleges, 
who were in favour of the Grace; and 
only fix dotters, three profeflors, and fix 
college tutors who voted againit it. 
Fad the members of the Univerfity kept 
their eye fixed on the general. utility of 
I the 2 
ta ese 
Ditin& aécounts of thefe 
