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Life Of The Right Reverend George Horne,
In the year following lie testified his regard towards the younger members of his college , by publishing , with a view to their improvement , " Considerations on the Life and Death of St . John the Baptist . " They were the substance of several sermons which he had delivered before the University in Magdalen Chapel on the Baptist's day . " in 1771 he was appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty ,
inwhich quality he officiated till his appointment to the Deanery of Canterbury . In 1772 he exerted-his abilities in defence of" our civil and reli gious , establishment ; firmly opposing the designs of those who would have abolished subscriptions , and altered our liturgy . An application was . at that time intended to have been made to Parliament , when he
published , in a letter to Lord North , " Considerations on the projected Reformation of the Church of England . ' - ' Very just . were his remarks , that " if our governors should be inclined to preserve the peace among ; - the various sects which would be assembled in the church according to the new scheme , and to frame ' a nety liturgy and constitution which might suit , them all , the Divinity of our Saviour must be rejected to to the Sociniansthe
p lease the Arians , and his Satisfaction gratify ; Prefbyterians would object to Episcopacy , the Independents to Prefby- ' . tery , and the . Quakers to . all three , together with the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord ' s Supper . " ' ' - in 177 6 he published liis " Cqmmentary on the Psalms-, " a . work in which the ' earnestness of the christian teacher and the modesty of the critic are alike conspicuous . To all his . explanations unanimous assent
hath not , indeed , been given .. But where is the fastidious reader who can peruse this useful Commentary without owning to _ have derivedimprovement to his knowledge , and animation to his piety ? In tha same year , he was . appointed Vice Chancellor of the University , in which station he continued till October 1780 ; and , perhaps , none ever presided in that distinguished station with greater attention or greater popularity
. Engaged as he was in the weighty duties of that office , his vi gilance in his professional character was by no means relaxed . Dr . Adam Smith had published an eulogium on the life of Mr . Hume : Dr . Home conceived a reprehension more necessary . Accordingly he published , in 2777 , " A Letter to T » r . Smith on the Life , Death , and Philosophy of his friend David HumeEsq . bone of the people called
Chris-, . y tians ; " in which he lashes , with keen and deserved irony , both the philosopher and his panegyrist . To g ive more abundant proof that he had not forgot " the clergyman in the magistrate , " he not onl y tlnis _ rep . elled the contagion of infidelity , but published , in 1779 , " Two Volumes of Sermons . " Many of them had been preached before the University , and had been heard with that attention which compositions of
ingenious enquiry , and of affecting exhortation , never fail to command . His preferment , at present , consisted only of his Headship . But , on the promotion of Dr . Corn wallis to the See of Litchfield and Coventry , in 178 j , he was advanced to the Deanery of Canterbury , in which h ? - .. . Kits- -
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Life Of The Right Reverend George Horne,
In the year following lie testified his regard towards the younger members of his college , by publishing , with a view to their improvement , " Considerations on the Life and Death of St . John the Baptist . " They were the substance of several sermons which he had delivered before the University in Magdalen Chapel on the Baptist's day . " in 1771 he was appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty ,
inwhich quality he officiated till his appointment to the Deanery of Canterbury . In 1772 he exerted-his abilities in defence of" our civil and reli gious , establishment ; firmly opposing the designs of those who would have abolished subscriptions , and altered our liturgy . An application was . at that time intended to have been made to Parliament , when he
published , in a letter to Lord North , " Considerations on the projected Reformation of the Church of England . ' - ' Very just . were his remarks , that " if our governors should be inclined to preserve the peace among ; - the various sects which would be assembled in the church according to the new scheme , and to frame ' a nety liturgy and constitution which might suit , them all , the Divinity of our Saviour must be rejected to to the Sociniansthe
p lease the Arians , and his Satisfaction gratify ; Prefbyterians would object to Episcopacy , the Independents to Prefby- ' . tery , and the . Quakers to . all three , together with the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord ' s Supper . " ' ' - in 177 6 he published liis " Cqmmentary on the Psalms-, " a . work in which the ' earnestness of the christian teacher and the modesty of the critic are alike conspicuous . To all his . explanations unanimous assent
hath not , indeed , been given .. But where is the fastidious reader who can peruse this useful Commentary without owning to _ have derivedimprovement to his knowledge , and animation to his piety ? In tha same year , he was . appointed Vice Chancellor of the University , in which station he continued till October 1780 ; and , perhaps , none ever presided in that distinguished station with greater attention or greater popularity
. Engaged as he was in the weighty duties of that office , his vi gilance in his professional character was by no means relaxed . Dr . Adam Smith had published an eulogium on the life of Mr . Hume : Dr . Home conceived a reprehension more necessary . Accordingly he published , in 2777 , " A Letter to T » r . Smith on the Life , Death , and Philosophy of his friend David HumeEsq . bone of the people called
Chris-, . y tians ; " in which he lashes , with keen and deserved irony , both the philosopher and his panegyrist . To g ive more abundant proof that he had not forgot " the clergyman in the magistrate , " he not onl y tlnis _ rep . elled the contagion of infidelity , but published , in 1779 , " Two Volumes of Sermons . " Many of them had been preached before the University , and had been heard with that attention which compositions of
ingenious enquiry , and of affecting exhortation , never fail to command . His preferment , at present , consisted only of his Headship . But , on the promotion of Dr . Corn wallis to the See of Litchfield and Coventry , in 178 j , he was advanced to the Deanery of Canterbury , in which h ? - .. . Kits- -