and poffeffed the univerfal good-wishes of his parish till his death. He was a man affiduous in promoting the cause of Religion, because he loved it; and he gave no fmall testimony of his attachment to it in his Will, from which the following clause is extracted: "I GIVE my Kiflingbury eftate to the "University of Cambridge for ever; the "rents of which fhall be difpofed of yearly "by the Vice-Chancellor for the time being, "as he the Vice-Chancellor, the Mafter of "Clare-Hall, and the Greek Profeffor for "the time being, or any two of them, shall agree. Which three perfons aforesaid shall "give out a fubject, which fubject fhall, for "the first year, be one or other of the Per"fections or Attributes of the Supreme "Being, and fo the fucceeding years, till "the subject is exhausted; and afterwards "the fubject fhall be either Death, Judg "ment, Heaven, Hell, Purity of Heart, " &c. (vii) "&c. &c. or whatfoever else may be judged by "the Vice-Chancellor, Master of Clare-Hall, "and Greek Profeffor, to be most conducive 66 to the honour of the Supreme Being and "recommendation of Virtue. And they "fhall yearly difpofe of the rent of the "above eftate to that Mafter of Arts, "whose Poem on the fubject given fhall "be best approved by them. Which Poem "I ordain to be always in English, and to "be printed; the expence of which fhall "be deducted out of the product of the "eftate, and the refidue given as a reward "for the Composer of the Poem, or Ode, "or Copy of Verses.” 0000 ANECDOTES of Mr. SEATON, ON the Eternity of the Supreme Being. By C, Smart, Page 1 On the Immenfity of the Supreme Being. By the Same, On the Omniscience of the Supreme Being. By the Same, 21 On the Power of the Supreme Being. By the Same, 3! On the Justice of the Supreme Being, By G. Bally, 41 On the Goodness of the Supreme Being. By C. Smart, 61 On the Wisdom of the Supreme Being. By G. Bally, 69 The Day of Judgment. By R. Glynn, 1757 89 The Providence of the Supreme Being. By G. Bally, 1758 105 Death. By B. Porteus, 1759 125 Heaven: a Vifion. By J. Scott, 1760 139 Purity of Heart. By the Same, 1761 155 An Hymn to Repentance. By the Same, 1762 The Converfion of St. Paul. by J. Lettice, 1764 The Crucifixion. By T. Zouch, 1765 The Gift of Tongues. By C. Jenner, 1767 167 179 211 223 243 257 The Dedication of the Temple of Solomon. By W. Hodfon, 1770 275 The Two following Poems were written for the Prizes but rejected. The Day of Judgment. By G. Bally, 1757 295 Redemption. By J. Scott, 1763 321 Juft Published, In Four Volumes Small Octavo, Price 14s. bound, The SECOND EDITION of A COLLECTION OF POEMS By SEVERAL HANDS; Being a Proper SUPPLEMENT to Mr. DoDSLEY'S COLLECTION Printed for GEO. PEARCH: and Sold by J. JoHNSON, No. 72 St. Paul's Church-Yard, |