ted the principal parts of each discourse to writing, prior to his preaching it. In the article of premeditation, he acted properly and wisely. In penning his sermons beforehand, he incurred, what I should humbly think, a needless drudgery.

His moral and social character were such, as might be expected in a bishop, who was savingly regenerated by divine grace, and who walked in close communion with God. Devout, charitable, and liberal; modest, humble, and temperate. His serenity of soul rendered him happy, affable, and cheerful; and God gave him the most absolute mastery over all his passions.

His genius was bright and quick: his application to study indefatigable. Hence, he was profoundly versed in the sciences; and thoroughly acquainted with the Greek, Latin, and Italian languages; with a competent knowledge of the French and German.

Long before his final sickness, he predicted its distant approach; and, when actually overtaken by it, he foretold the precise day of his death. So far was he from shrinking back at the thoughts of his dissolution, that, by fasting, labour, and watching, he rather seemed to accelerate it: desirous to entertain death, and to meet his Saviour. When in a very weak and emaciated state, he was riding to Laycock (a beautiful village, near Melsham, in Wiltshire), with an intention to preach; a gentleman, who met him, tenderly advised him "to return home, for his health's sake; it being better that the people should want one sermon, than that the church of God should lose such a preacher." To whom the holy invalid returned this memorable answer (hear it, ye modern dignitaries and blush!): "It becomes a bishop to die in the pulpit, preach

* Clark, u. s.

ing the gospel *.” He went forward to Laycock, and preached, as he intended. His text was, Gal. v. 16. Walk in the spirit. It was the last sermon he ever preached: for, his illness gaining ground on him, more and more, he was conveyed from Lay. cock, to the neighbouring parish of Monkton Farley; where, taking to his bed, he resigned his valuable soul to God, September 23, 1571, in the 50th year of his age. He was interred, in the choir of his cathedral, at Salisbury; where his grave-stone, with his name upon it yet remains.

With respect to his person, he was of a thin habit of body, which natural thinness was increased by his abstemious way of living, his want of exercise, and his intense studies. So that, in the latter part of his life, he was almost a breathing skeleton: or, in the words of Dr. Humphrey, Ad incredibilem maciem perductus, et vivum quasi cadaver effectus.

But,

He bequeathed the greater part of his estate to his servants, to indigent scholars, and to the poor of Salisbury. A short time before he departed, he called all his family into his chamber; and expounded the Lord's Prayer to them, as they stood weeping round his bed. "It has always been my desire,' said he, "that I might glorify God, by sacrificing my life unto death, in defence of his truth. though God has not granted my desire, yet I rejoice that my body is exhausted, and worn away, in the labours of my holy calling. And, now my hour is at hand, I earnestly desire you to pray for me, and to help me with the ardency of your affections, when you perceive me, through the infirmity of the flesh, to languish in my prayers. Hitherto I have taught you; but now the time is come, wherein I desire to be taught and strengthened by you." He then re

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*It is supposed that, in this fine reply, he alluded to the saying of Vespasian; some of whose departing words were, Oportet imperatorem stantem mori;" i. e. An emperor should die upon his feet.

quested them to sing the seventy-first Psalm; in which he joined with them, so far as his extreme weakness would permit. Among his dying ejaculations were these:-Lord, now let thy servant depart in peace.-Break off all delays.-Lord, receive my spirit. One of the company burst out into prayer, with tears; beseeching God to restore the bishop's health, and to continue him longer upon earth. The expiring saint overheard the supplications of his friend, and answered; "I have not lived so, as to be ashamed of living longer; neither am I afraid to die, because we have a merciful Lord. A crown of righteousness is laid up for me. Christ is my righteousness. Father, thy will be done. Thy will, I say; not mine, which is imperfect and depraved. This day, quickly, let me see the Lord Jesus."

Dr. Fuller's summary character of the bishop, deserves to be transcribed.

A jewel, sometimes taken for a single precious stone, is properly, a collective of many, orderly set together for their best advantage. So, several eminencies met in this worthy man: naturals ;artificials (among which I recount his studied memory, deserving, as well as Theodectes, the surname of Mnemonicus);-morals ;-but, principally, spirituals.

"So devout in the pew, where he prayed; diligent in the pulpit, where he preached; grave on the bench [of judicature], where he assisted; mild in the consistory, where he judged; pleasant at the table, where he fed; patient in the bed, where he died; that well it were, if in relation to him, secundùm usum Sarum were made precedential to all posterity.

"He gave at his death, to Peter Martyr, a golden rose: more fragant for the worth of the giver, than the value of the gift. To the city of Zurich, a present; which they converted into a

piece of plate, with Jewel's arms thereon. To several scholars large legacies. To the church of Salisbury, a fair library; and another to the church of England; I mean, his learned Apology.

"It is hard to say, whether his soul, or his ejaculations, arrived first in heaven; seeing he prayed dying, and died praying.

"He was buried in the choir, by bishop Wyvil: two champions of the church lying together. One, who, with his sword, proffered to maintain the lands; the other, with his pen, defended the doctrine thereof.

"In the absence of Dr. Humphrey, designed for that service, Mr. Giles Laurence preached his funerals [i. e. funeral sermon]: who, formerly (being tutor to the children of sir Arthur Darcie, by Aldgate, in London), in queen Mary's days, preserved Jewel's life, and provided accommodations for his flight beyond the seas."

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SOME ACCOUNT OF

DR. CARLETON, BISHOP OF CHICHESTER.

GEORGE Carleton, one of the ablest and devoutest prelates on record in English history, was born, A. D. 1559, at Norham in Northumberland; of which castle, his father was at that time governor.

He received his grammatic learning, under the care of the celebrated Mr. Bernard Gilpin; whose faithful, judicious, and affectionate attention to his young pupil, was so remarkably owned of God, that the excellent tutor had the satisfaction of seeing him rise at once into a scholar and a saint. When Mr. Carleton became sufficiently qualified for the university, he was transplanted to Edmund Hall, in Oxford; where he was liberally supported by the munificence of his old master Mr. Gilpin, who loved him as his son, and who seems to have foreseen the eminence and usefulness for which God had designed him.

While at Oxford, our future bishop was a pattern to the rest of his fellow-students, in piety, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Persons who are devout in very early life, are sometimes prone to neglect, if not to despise, that literary cultivation of the understanding, which, at a more advanced age, they know the value of, too late. Mr. Carleton was blest with a measure of wisdom, to discern and avoid this mistake. Next to the care of his soul, and the maintenance of communion with God, his grand business was, to furnish his mind with as much important knowledge as he could grasp. Hence the solid and swift advances which providence enabled him to make,

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