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inferior to this in elegance. The answer his Guide made him was plainly suggested by the conversation of the evening-it was, that the scenes first presented to him were contrived on purpose to bear a near resemblance to those he had been accustomed to while on earth, that his mind might be more easily and gradually prepared for those glories that would open upon him hereafter, and which would, at first, have quite dazzled and overpowered him.

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By this time they were come up to the manon, and his guide led him through a kind of saloon, into an inner parlour. Here the first thing that struck him was a large Golden Cup, which stood upon a table, and on which were embossed the figure of a VINE and clusters of Grapes! He asked the guide the meaning of this, who told him that it was the cup in which his SAVIOUR drank new wine with his disciples in his kingdom; also, that the figures carved thereon were intended to signify the union between CHRIST and his People; implying, that as the grapes derive all their beauty and flavour from the vine, so the saints, even in a state of glory, were indebted for their establishment and happiness to their union with their head, in whom they are all complete!

"While they were thus conversing, he heard a tap at the door, and was informed by the Angel it was the signal of his Lord's approach, and was intended to prepare him for the interview. Accordingly in a short time he thought our SAVIOUR entered the room, and upon his casting himself

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at his feet he graciously raised him up, and with a smile of inexpressible complacency, assured him of his favour, and his kind acceptance of his faithful services; and as a token of his peculiar regard, and the intimate friendship with which he intended to honour him, he took the Cup, and after drinking of it himself, gave it into his hands. The Doctor would have declined it at first as too great an honour, but his Lord replied as to Peter, (in relation to washing his feet,) If thou drink not with me, thou hast no part in me.' This scene, he observed, filled him with a transport of gratitude, love, and admiration, that he was ready to sink under it. His Master seemed sensible of it, and told him he must leave him for the present, but it would not be long before he repeated the visit; and in the mean time he would find enough to employ his thoughts in reflecting upon what passed, and in contemplating the objects around him.

"As soon as his LORD was retired, and his mind a little composed, he observed the room was hung round with pictures, and, upon examining them more attentively, he discovered, to his great surprise, that they contained the history of his own life; the most remarkable scenes he had passed through being thus represented in a very lively manner! It may easily be imagined how much this would strike and affect his mind. The many temptations and trials he had been exposed to, and the instances of the Divine goodness to him in the different periods of life, which were by this means all presented to his view at once, excited the

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strongest emotions of gratitude; especially when he reflected that he was now out of the reach of any future distress, and that all the purposes of Divine love and mercy towards him were at length so happily accomplished.

"The ecstasy of joy and thankfulness into which these reflections threw him, was so great that he awoke; but for some considerable time after he arose, the impression continued so lively that tears of joy flowed down his cheeks, and he said, that he never, on any occasion, remembered to have felt equally strong the sentiments of DEVOTION, LOVE, and GRATITUDE!”

DR. DODDRIDGE dying at Lisbon, was buried in the ground belonging to the English factory there, by the Rev. Mr. Williamson, Chaplain to the Factory. Last year, near seventy years afterwards, the stone that covered his remains was sought after, and with difficulty found, so sunk in the earth, and covered with grass! It has been taken up, repaired, and is now laid down in a manner honourable to his memory! "The righteous are held in everlasting remembrance, but the memory of the wicked shall perish."

My late intelligent friend, Dr. Andrew Kippis, one of his pupils, thus closes his biographical account of him." Upon the whole DR. DODDRIDGE was not only a great man, but one of the most excellent and useful Christians, and Christian Ministers, that ever existed. The impression of his numerous and amiable virtues will not be effaced from my mind so long as it retains any

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sense of feeling or reflection: so far will the impression be from being lost upon me, that I shall always cherish it with the utmost ardour, and I esteem it as no small felicity of my life, that I have been preserved to give this testimony of duty, gratitude, and affection, to the memory of my Benefactor, my Tutor, my Friend, and my Father!"

I have just obtained (Sept. 22, 1817) a literary curiosity, with an account of which the young theological reader may be gratified. From off an old stall, in Islington, not much more than a hundred yards from my own habitation, I pur chased the identical quarto manuscript copy of Dr. DODDRIDGE's principal work, neatly bound and lettered, entitled, LECTURES ON PNEUMATOLOGY, ETHICS, AND THEOLOGY, in ten parts, with particular references to the most considerable authors on those subjects. This volume he drew up with consummate care for his pupils; and its posthumous publication, by the Reverend and learned Mr. Clarke, of Birmingham, established his already justlyacquired fame as a tutor of young men, educating for the Christian Ministry. It has since been augmented in size and value, by the notes of Dr. Andrew Kippis; and still more recently by the notes of Messrs. Parsons and Williams, in their neat and well-known edition of Doddridge's Works.

The manuscript is in short-hand, except proper names and technical phrases, which are written at

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full length. THE TITLE PAGE is spread out in small capitals, with the date at the bottom, Northampton, 1740, The neatness of the whole volume, distributed into its several lectures, with opposite blank pages, and ruled with red ink, is inimitable! A transcript of the author's intelligent and pure mind, such a literary relic cannot fail to be held in estimation. Little did the good Doctor imagine, when he was passing, as he did frequently, through Islington, in his way from Northampton to the Metropolis, that the original copy of his favourite work, over the pages of which he had pored many an hour, by the pale light of the midnight lamp, would be exposed to sale on a common stall near a century afterwards, in this very village, and fall into the hands of an individual who, though not one of his own denomination, is a Protestant Dissenting Minister, and an ardent admirer of his talents, learning, and piety!

Acquainted with the short-hand which DR. DoDDRIDGE wrote, I have amused myself by examining and comparing the original copy with the last printed edition; and was much pleased to remark the strict and literal coincidence of the one with the other, excepting the additions made by Dr. Kippis, and its subsequent editors. How desirable and gratifying would it be to inspect, in a similar manner, the autographs, or identical copies, of THE FOUR GOSPELS, proceeding from the pens of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John! This, however, must not be expected-it is in the nature of

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