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    Article THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. ← Page 8 of 12 →
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.

succeeded to the archbishoprick of Seville , and , since , to that of Toledo , b \ -the favour of the Catholic Kings , who made use of his councils in the government of the state , and in their private concerns . He was particularly esteemed by the Queen , and honoured with her confidence . She liad returned to Caslille , after the capture of the city of Grenada , and was embarrassed in the choice of her confessor . Father Ferdinand de ' Talaveraa monk of the order of St .

Jeromebe-, , ing nominated Archbishop of Grenada , could no more perform the functions of his office . His residence in this new church , on account of the number of infidels who were to be converted , was more particularly desired . The Princess , pious in the extreme , from a delicacy of conscience , communicated to her confessors not only the secrets of her mind > and of the state

but the affairs also that regarded the security peace . She wanted a person whose piety might conduct her own , arid whose enlightened understanding mig ht wisely direct her determinations in matters that concerned the government . The Cardinal , perceiving the Queen ' s anxiety , proposed Father Francis Ximenes , whom he had known in his bishoprick of Siguensa . He knew him _ in his . retreat , and regarded him as a skilful politician , and a practical divine .

But it was to be apprehended , lest the love of repose and religious tranquillity might surmount every attempt to withdraw him from retirement and obscurity ; especially as the tenor of his life was antiquely severe , and regularly exact . From the portrait ofXimenes ' s character , the Queen found , in the delineation of his mind , the qualities she sought after ; and her curiosity was raised to see and converse with him in private : she

commanded his presence at court . The Cardinal , under pretence of business , immediately wrote to him to request his attendance . With reluctance he obeyed ; not without the fear that custom mi ght interrupt him-in " his " solitude . The prelate received him with affection , entertained him some time with hospitality , and , as it were by accident , led him to the Queen ' s apartment . Discernment and

investigation were peculiar to this Princess ' s character ; she wished to be personally acquainted with those of whose services she designed to avail herself : she put several questions to Ximenes ; his answers to which were replete with wisdom and modesty . His humble but confident demeanour ; his grave but noble expression ; his discourse , made up of sentiments of justice and religion , amply assured Isabella , that the Cardinal ' s recommendations were not adequate to the merit

he patronized . The Queen sent for him in a few days , intreated him to take care of her conscience , and commanded his attendance in quality of Confessor . Such an order excited Ximenes ' s surprise ; he replied , however , with much recollection , that respect for her Majesty forbad him to refuse the honour that she conferred upon him : but he supp licated her to consider , that he ha . l been called to the cloister , to work out his own salvation : to engage him , in the midst of the world , was to withdraw him from his vocation ; that he had left the convent at Toledo , purposely to avoid those directions which trouble

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LONDON: Article 2
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
ACCOUNT OF KIEN-LONG, EMPEROR OF CHINA. Article 4
NOTICE OF SIR ANDREW DOUGLAS. Article 6
A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE LITERATURE OF 1797. Article 7
WISDOM AND FOLLY: A VISION. Article 12
THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. Article 18
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. Article 30
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PROVERBS AND APOTHEGMS, Article 36
AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON LONGEVITY. Article 41
COLONEL TITUS's LETTER TO OLIVER CROMWELL. Article 43
THE COLLECTOR. Article 45
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS: Article 50
POETRY. Article 58
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 62
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 66
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.

succeeded to the archbishoprick of Seville , and , since , to that of Toledo , b \ -the favour of the Catholic Kings , who made use of his councils in the government of the state , and in their private concerns . He was particularly esteemed by the Queen , and honoured with her confidence . She liad returned to Caslille , after the capture of the city of Grenada , and was embarrassed in the choice of her confessor . Father Ferdinand de ' Talaveraa monk of the order of St .

Jeromebe-, , ing nominated Archbishop of Grenada , could no more perform the functions of his office . His residence in this new church , on account of the number of infidels who were to be converted , was more particularly desired . The Princess , pious in the extreme , from a delicacy of conscience , communicated to her confessors not only the secrets of her mind > and of the state

but the affairs also that regarded the security peace . She wanted a person whose piety might conduct her own , arid whose enlightened understanding mig ht wisely direct her determinations in matters that concerned the government . The Cardinal , perceiving the Queen ' s anxiety , proposed Father Francis Ximenes , whom he had known in his bishoprick of Siguensa . He knew him _ in his . retreat , and regarded him as a skilful politician , and a practical divine .

But it was to be apprehended , lest the love of repose and religious tranquillity might surmount every attempt to withdraw him from retirement and obscurity ; especially as the tenor of his life was antiquely severe , and regularly exact . From the portrait ofXimenes ' s character , the Queen found , in the delineation of his mind , the qualities she sought after ; and her curiosity was raised to see and converse with him in private : she

commanded his presence at court . The Cardinal , under pretence of business , immediately wrote to him to request his attendance . With reluctance he obeyed ; not without the fear that custom mi ght interrupt him-in " his " solitude . The prelate received him with affection , entertained him some time with hospitality , and , as it were by accident , led him to the Queen ' s apartment . Discernment and

investigation were peculiar to this Princess ' s character ; she wished to be personally acquainted with those of whose services she designed to avail herself : she put several questions to Ximenes ; his answers to which were replete with wisdom and modesty . His humble but confident demeanour ; his grave but noble expression ; his discourse , made up of sentiments of justice and religion , amply assured Isabella , that the Cardinal ' s recommendations were not adequate to the merit

he patronized . The Queen sent for him in a few days , intreated him to take care of her conscience , and commanded his attendance in quality of Confessor . Such an order excited Ximenes ' s surprise ; he replied , however , with much recollection , that respect for her Majesty forbad him to refuse the honour that she conferred upon him : but he supp licated her to consider , that he ha . l been called to the cloister , to work out his own salvation : to engage him , in the midst of the world , was to withdraw him from his vocation ; that he had left the convent at Toledo , purposely to avoid those directions which trouble

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