be better acquainted with him foon, and that I fhall find fome things more plain and practical in the other dif-. courses.* He was the author of a deep metaphyfical treatife on the " Procedure. and Limits of the Human Understanding;" which my understanding, being fo limited, could never comprehend. He published likewife a fmall tract against the reigning toaft in Ireland" To the immortal memory of KING WILLIAM," as if it were praying for the dead. The confequence of which was, that the Whigs were ufed to add to their toaft" in fpite of the Bishop "in of CORK." I will fend you his fermons when an opportunity offers for that purpose.. "What a world do we live in !" exclaims Mr. ***. Ay; in truth, it is bad enough fo our fathers, grand P 3 fathers, *He is a very practical writer.. fathers, &c. fince Adam found it.* That is not a reafon, as I tell him, why we should not, but why we should, endeavour to make it better; and never relax in matters of duty, confcience, and attempts to do good. I hope he will not be difcouraged. Do what you can, "whether men will hear or forbear," is our rule; and it fhall turn to us for a teftimony. May God keep up the ardour of our fpirits, amidst fo many chilling circumftances, and favour all our pious attempts! I fhall * «In such a world as this is, we must not expect every thing, nor many things quite agreeable. How would our virtue be exercised and improved, and we trained up for reft, but by Tome painful difcipline? I often think of honest Sancho Panca, when Don Quixote afked him the fuccefs of his commiffion, and whether they fhould mark the day with a black or a white ftone; replied, Truly, fir, if you will be ruled by me, with neither; but with good brown ochre.' Such is life, and it becomes us to make ourselves eafy, and not aggravate evils." Mr. ORTON. I fhall rank Mifs among my heroines, as I doubt not our Mafter will among his, if fhe continue, (as I pray God she may) to reverence conscience and fcripture, and to fcorn the fcorners. (Prov. iii. 34.) She will shine in a noble affembly a thousand, and ten thousand years hence, when the gay folk of this world will arife to fhame and everlasting contempt. The fudden changes of the weather have affected me much. This day fe'nnight FARENHEIT's thermometer was at 76; yesterday and to-day at 56 and 57. What human frame, but must be in fome degree affected by fo great a variation? My fpirits this week have rose as high as alacrity: but when they get down to dejection and fear, it is very uncomfortable. With. fuch changes and fenfations God is pleased to exercife us poor mortals, "to make our hearts better." I wifh I could P4 I could more clearly fee this endanfwering in my own cafe. I am Your's affectionately, JOB ORTON. P. S. Mr. WHISTON, (whom you fpeak of) I once spent an hour or two with, and was much pleased to fee and converse with the honeft old man; though I remember his great. confidence difpleafed me. He was walking from London into Rutlandshire, where his fon-in-law lived, and where he himself died, and he called and breakfafted at Dr. DODDRIDGE's at Northampton. LETTER LETTER XXII. DEAR SIR, May, 1777 Ir gives me a very fenfible plea Ta fure to find, that my letter was agreeable to Mr. * * *, and any way contributed to alleviate his forrows. weep with them that weep, and to comfort them that mourn, are most amiable, as well as effential duties of our holy religion; and I have been fo long in the school of affliction myself, that I hope I have learned, at least, thefe leffons in it: though I find, and much lament it, that, among many eager and florid profeffors of religion, there is a great want of fenfibility and tenderness. Amidft their zeal for notions, terms, and phrafes, |