Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1832 Excerpt: ... FROM REV. JOSEPH BOYSE. HONOURED SIR, London, July 27, 1680. I Send you these lines rather as an invitation to answer them, than upon account of any thing I can present you worthy of your perusal. One piece of news I can present you; but it is such as I am unwilling to be the messenger of, and, as I am assured, will be very unwelcome to most that hear it. London has this afternoon lost one of its best preachers, and our young clergy their great pattern--Mr. Charnock; a person, concerning whom may be said what is true of very few: that his real deserts did much transcend the repute of them, and he had much more of worth than name. He is one whom scholars do most lament, as the most capable of understanding the excellency of his parts. He died of a malignant fever, which in all probability might have been prevented, if the nature of his distemper had been sooner observed and understood. But having something of a flux, remedies were applied to the cure of that, while his more dangerous disease, the fever, did seize his head, and fix itself there till it became incurable. He died about two o'clock this afternoon. Dr. Stillingfleet's Answer to Mr. Baxter is shortly expected in print, which it is supposed Mr. Alsop, the author of Mel. Inquir. will answer, having some animadversions on his sermon ready for the press. Melius Inquirendum, 8vo. 1679. I have as little leisure, as I have of any deserving subject, to give you any further entertainment; and this rude address does lay claim to your acceptance upon no other account but as it comes from, Dear Sir, Your most faithful friend and servant, J. Boyse. FROM REV. JOSEPH BOYSE. SIR, I aM daily expecting to be somewhere disposed of. I am desired to be an assistant to a worthy minister in Kent, that is now unfit to p...
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