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The Life Of Bishop Warburton.
THE LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON .
CONTINUKn FROM VOL . X . PAGE 3 63 .
jLJE did not venture , however , all at once to rush into the church . AJ - His good understanding , and aweful sense of reli gion , suggested to him the propriety of making the best preparation he could , bef " ore he offered himself a candidate for the sacred character . Fortunately for him , his relation , the Master of the Newark school , was at hand to give him advice : and he could not put himself under better direction
. For , besides his classical merit , which was great , he had that of being an excellent divine , and was truly a learned as well as a good man . To him then , as soon as his resolution was taken of going ioto orders , he applied for assistance , which was afforded him very liberally .
At length he was ordained deacon , the 22 d of December , 1723 , in the cathedral of York , by Archbishop Dawes : and even then lie was in no haste to enter into priest ' s orders , which he deferred taking till he was full twenty-ei ght years of age , being ordained priest by Bishop Gibson , in St . Paul ' s , London , March r , 1726-7 . _ Some will here lament that the precious interval of nine years , from his
quitting school in 1714 , to his taking orders , was not spent in one of our universities , rather than his private study , or in an attorney ' s office . And , it is certain , the disadvantage to most men would have been great . But an industry , and genius like his , overcame all difficulties . It may even be conceived that he derived a benefit from them . As his faculties were of no common size , his own proper
exertion of them probably tended more to his improvement , than any assistance of tutors and colleges could have done . To which we may add , that living by himself , and not having the fashionable opinion of a great society to " bias his own , he might acquire an enlarged turn of mind , and strike out for himself , as clearly as he did , an ori ginal cast both of thought and composition , Fastidirelacus et rivos ausus apertos ?
while his superior sense , in the mean time , did the office of that authority , which in general is found so necessary to quicken the diligence , and direct thejudgment , of young students in our universities . The fact is , that , without the benefit of an academical education , he had qualified himself in no common degree lor deacon ' s orders , in 1723 : and from that time , till he took priest ' s orders in the
beginning of the year 1727 , he applied himself diligently to complete his studies , and to lay in that fund of knowledge which is requisite tofb fm the consummate divine . _ The fruits of his industry , during this interval , appeared in some pieces composed by him for the improvement ofhis taste and style , and afterwards printed , tnost of them anonymous , to try thejudgment of the public .
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The Life Of Bishop Warburton.
THE LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON .
CONTINUKn FROM VOL . X . PAGE 3 63 .
jLJE did not venture , however , all at once to rush into the church . AJ - His good understanding , and aweful sense of reli gion , suggested to him the propriety of making the best preparation he could , bef " ore he offered himself a candidate for the sacred character . Fortunately for him , his relation , the Master of the Newark school , was at hand to give him advice : and he could not put himself under better direction
. For , besides his classical merit , which was great , he had that of being an excellent divine , and was truly a learned as well as a good man . To him then , as soon as his resolution was taken of going ioto orders , he applied for assistance , which was afforded him very liberally .
At length he was ordained deacon , the 22 d of December , 1723 , in the cathedral of York , by Archbishop Dawes : and even then lie was in no haste to enter into priest ' s orders , which he deferred taking till he was full twenty-ei ght years of age , being ordained priest by Bishop Gibson , in St . Paul ' s , London , March r , 1726-7 . _ Some will here lament that the precious interval of nine years , from his
quitting school in 1714 , to his taking orders , was not spent in one of our universities , rather than his private study , or in an attorney ' s office . And , it is certain , the disadvantage to most men would have been great . But an industry , and genius like his , overcame all difficulties . It may even be conceived that he derived a benefit from them . As his faculties were of no common size , his own proper
exertion of them probably tended more to his improvement , than any assistance of tutors and colleges could have done . To which we may add , that living by himself , and not having the fashionable opinion of a great society to " bias his own , he might acquire an enlarged turn of mind , and strike out for himself , as clearly as he did , an ori ginal cast both of thought and composition , Fastidirelacus et rivos ausus apertos ?
while his superior sense , in the mean time , did the office of that authority , which in general is found so necessary to quicken the diligence , and direct thejudgment , of young students in our universities . The fact is , that , without the benefit of an academical education , he had qualified himself in no common degree lor deacon ' s orders , in 1723 : and from that time , till he took priest ' s orders in the
beginning of the year 1727 , he applied himself diligently to complete his studies , and to lay in that fund of knowledge which is requisite tofb fm the consummate divine . _ The fruits of his industry , during this interval , appeared in some pieces composed by him for the improvement ofhis taste and style , and afterwards printed , tnost of them anonymous , to try thejudgment of the public .