cation and mine very widely differ. However, I am reading them with great pleasure, and I hope fome benefit; though I fhould not choose to preach in his ftrain.

Have you ever feen and read JENKS's Meditations ?* If you have not, I suppose you may borrow them of Dr. STON HOUSE. They are very ferious and excellent things, on a great variety of subjects: almost each of which contains the substance and heads of a fermon, and will furnish excellent materials for your compofitions for the pulpit; though his ftyle is none of the best. MERIVALE'S Daily Devotions for the Clofet,† I have, and think them excellent. The author was a moft worthy, learned, and pious man, a native

* In two volumes octavo, printed for R1VINGTON, St. Paul's Church-yard.

Price two fhillings, printed for BUCKLAND, in Paternofter-Row.

a native of Northampton, and of the fame clafs with me at the academy, and afterwards divinity-tutor at the academy at Exeter. SANDER COCK'S Sermons, in two volumes, are lively, judicious, ferious, and familiar.

*

Had you looked into your lexicons for the meaning of the word chrematiftic, you would have found that it fignifies the art of getting and faving money, from Xena, money, fubstance, wealth, &c. xgn/09/05 hath a different fenfe in the new teftament, and means, warned of God in a dream. Where you are in doubt about any fuch words, never reft till you have obtained fome knowledge of them. By this method you will increase your stock of learning, and with comparatively small trouble.

I have

"The art of getting wealth, is fo called by Ariftotle in his Politics."

I have little to fay of myself. I bless God, I am in pretty good spirits, but weak, and unfit for any business. The late wet and windy weather hath been prejudicial to me, by hindering my riding, and depriving me of comfortable fleep. But I would be thankful that I am able to read, and fometimes to write a little to my friends, and fo I hope, am not quite useless in the world. I greatly want a heart to improve folitude and infirmities better, to feel more of the love of God and fubmiffion to him, and better hopes as to futurity. In this view, I doubt not but you will continue your prayers for me. May the great Head of the church increase all your gifts and graces, and make you abundantly ufeful to all the people committed to your charge! I am, dear fir,

Your's affectionately,

VOL. I.

F

JOB ORTON.

P. S. Ne

P. S. November 6, 1772:- which reminds me of the day of the year on which Dr. DODDRIDGE died. The recollection of which event affects me with deep humility, and at the fame time with much thankfulness.-I wifh his Life may be of ufe to you. It coft me immenfe pains, and helped to break my conftitution. But I hope it hath done, and will do, fome good; though those who I think on many accounts, fhould have paid the greateft attention to it, have regarded, it leaft.

LETTER

DEAR SIR,

LETTER IX.

March 27, 1772.

You have, I prefume, had fome

account from Dr. STONHOUSE of his expedition into Kent, and of his reception there. He is now in London, and I fuppofe his time is very much taken up amidst the hurries, vifits and forms of the great city. I envy not his occafional refidence there, much less the state of our brethren who have parishes or congregations in London: for they have very little time to command; and, I fear, are so much taken up with avocations, too trifling in themselves, but, confidering their fituation, neceffary to be attended to, that their minds are too much diverted from paftoral duty, and the proper bufinefs of their important ftations.