proaching dissolution, but his mind was uniformly calm and serene, of which he himself gave this short account: "I know in whom I have believed." He died Feb. 7,1698.

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He left behind him, 1. A Sermon in the Morning Exercise at St. Giles's, concerning "Hell."-2. Another in the Supplement to the Morning Exercise, on "the Duties of Parents and Children."-3. A Sermon, in the Continuation of the Morning Exereise, for "the Encouragement and Support of Child-bearing Women.-4. A Sermon, in the Fourth Volume of the Morning Exercise, on the Successfulness of the Means of Grace."-5. "A Sermon, preached at the Funeral of Mr. Henry Hurst."-6. He was Author of the Expositions of the Epistles to the Philippians and the Colossians, in the Supplement to Mr. Poole's English Annotations. He published two books of his brother Mr. T. Adams, and, in conjunction with Mr. Neal, wrote prefaces to several of Mr. Charnock's works..

ADAMS, THOMAS, brother to Mr. Richard Adams, above mentioned. He was early admitted of Brazen Nose College, Oxford, where he took the degree of M. A. and was afterwards elected fellow, whence he was ejected by the king's commissioners, who visited the university in 1660. He performed all his academical exercises with applause; and being generally esteemed for his learning, piety, good humour, and diligence, he passed through all offices which a person of bis standing was capable of, as lecturer dean, &c. and he had a competent number of pupils under his tuition. After his ejectment from the university, he settled with sir Samuel Jones, then near Salop in Shropshire, afterwards near Northampton, and then in Oxfordshire; in whose family he was greatly respected, and was exceedingly serviceable. Mr. Adams was afterwards chaplain to the right honourable the countess dowager of Clare, which station, he the rather chose, that he might have a better opportunity of conversing with his two brothers who resided in London. His labours in that honourable family, by his catechising and weekly preaching, were very acceptable. He died Dec. 11, 1670.

He was author of, 1. "Protestant Union; or Principles of Religion, wherein the Dissenters agree with the Church of England:" in two Sheets, price 2d.-2. "The Main Principles of Christian Religion, in 107 short Articles or Aphorisms: confirmed by the Articles and Homilies of the Church of England; under these four heads: 1. Things to be believed, comprehended in the Creed; 2. Things to be done, in the Ten Commandments; 3. Things to be practised, in the Gospel; 4. Things to be prayed for, in the Lord's Prayer." London, 1675. 8vo. This, says Dr. Calamy, is a very useful work.

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ADAMS, RICHARD. This worthy and persecuted minister was vicar of Humberstone in Leicestershire, from which living he was ejected in 1662. He afterwards married a lady at Mountsorrel, where he set up a meeting in his own house. Many persons were at first afraid to appear at it, but afterwards it greatly increased, and he continued it about fourteen years. Mr. Justice Babington, (who, though a sober man, was very zealous against the Dissenters, and oppressed them more than all the justices in that county,) was very severe against Mr. Adams. He fined him twelve-pence per day, and sent to the officers of the parish to make distress for the payment thereof. The poor men were so troubled in conscience, that they knew not what to do. At length, upon being threatened by the justice, they seized his pewter, and sent it to the pewterer's, who absolutely refused to buy it. After this, the justice sent for Mr. Adams, and said, he was not against his keeping school, but told him, if he would not leave off his meeting he must expect to be troubled. Shortly after this transaction, the justice died of excessive bleeding. Some time after Mr. Adams repaired to London, and being of the Baptist denomination, succeeded Mr. Daniel Dyke, as pastor of the congregational meeting at Devonshire square. He was a man of singular piety and integrity. He lived to a great age, and some time before his death was disabled from preaching.

ADDINGTON, STEPHEN, D. D.* was the seventh son of Samuel and Mary Addington, and was born at Northampton, June 9, 1729. His father, who was by trade a hatter, was a member of the congregation of Dissenters under the pastoral care of Dr. Philip Doddridge, who then kept his academy in that town. His mother was a Baptist, and belonged to the Little Meeting-house in that town, of which Mr. Shepherd was minister. His son Stephen was the only one of the family who survived the state of childhood; in his youth Dr. Addington was distinguished for serious piety; which introduced him to the notice of his father's minister, by whose recommendation he was designated to the sacred office, and under whose care, after receiving such advantages as the town afforded for grammatical learning, he was placed at about seventeen years of age.

* This account of the life of Dr. Addington is extracted from the memoir in the "Theological Magazine and Review," for 1803, which we are credibly informed was written by his son.

His family residing in the town, he did not become a member of that of Dr. Doddridge, but attended daily in his class at the lectures of the academy. This circumstance, though unfaFourable to the establishment of a particular intimacy, does sot appear to have prevented on the part of that most respectable tutor during the remainder of his life, a degree of friendship, for his pupil, which led him to take a kind and almost parental interest in all his concerns; nor on the part of the pupil, that profound veneration and esteem for the character of his master, that grateful sense of his kindness, and that affectionate attachment to his person, and respect for his virtues, which constantly dwelt in his mind, and frequently animated his conversation to the latest period of his life. With such a model continually presented to his view in the conduct of his preceptor; with a mind admiring his talents and disposition, and emulous of his virtues; it is no wonder that the scholar should have aimed at a resemblance of his deportment and manners. Accordingly it is probable, that some just foundation existed for the remark which was made at the young man's first appearance in his public capacity, that there was a very observable imitation of his tutor. It was in Dr. Doddridge's seminary, probably, that he was furnished with most of the knowledge, both literary and professional, which was designed to qualify him for the office of the Christian ministry in which he was afterwards to engage. Here too it may be presumed, he formed those habits of industrious application which afterwards prevailed in a remarkable degree through a large portion of his life. At the close of the usual term of residence at this seminary, he received an invitation to settle with a small congregation at Spaldwick, in Huntingdonshire; with which, by the advice of his tutor, he complied. His father dying about the same time, he became charged with the care of his widowed mother; and after settling the affairs of the family in Northampton, remov ed with her, in 1750, to his new residence at Spaldwick. This good woman continued in the house of her son till after his marriage, and under his immediate protection till the time of her death; which took place at Market Harborough in 1765. Her remains were interred in the Baptist meeting-house at Northampton; to which she had belonged. Her funeral sermon was preached by the late Rev, John Olding, of Deptford. Mr. Addington's ministry proved very acceptable to his congregation at Spaldwick. From this circumstance, and from the affection of the peoVOL. I.

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ple, he was inclined to remain longer in that situation than had been at first proposed: for his worthy tutor, under whose direction he had the happiness of acting, had from the first suggested his desire of seeing him fixed in a place where he had himself exercised his ministry, and where he had commenced his academical labours some years before; where also, from the unsettled state of the dissenting society, there was a probability of an opening, viz. at Market Harborough, in Leicestershire.

In the choice which Mr. Addington was induced to make of the companion of his future life, he was much indebted, under the leadings of divine Providence, to the introduction he was favoured with by Dr. Doddridge, to an acquaintance which terminated in a long and happy union. Miss Reymes was nearly of his own age, the daughter of Mr. Robert Reymes, of Norwich. She was a particular friend of Dr. Doddridge, and was on a visit at his house when the acquaintance commenced. They were married February 13, 1752. A few weeks only after this event the situation was offered to Mr. Addington's acceptance which had been chosen and marked out for him, in the wishes at least of his affectionate foster-parent, Dr. Doddridge. There had for many years existed at Market Harborough a large and flourishing society of dissenters, among whom, as has been mentioned, Dr. Doddridge had preached; not himself as their pastor, but as assistant to their minister Mr. Some This town seems to have been with the doctor a favourite residence; for before he was chosen Mr. Some's assistant, and whilst exercising his ministry at Kibworth, a neighbouring village, he had been led, from his regard to the society of that gentleman, to make it his abode. Mr. Some died May 29, 1737. From that time it does not appear that the people had been satisfactorily settled with a minister; and on the resignation of one gentleman, their choice was divid ed between two others, who had been proposed by thei respective friends. At length it was agreed on by both parties to withdraw their suffrages from each of those it favour of a third candidate; and Mr. Addington was recom mended to them by a neighbouring minister; and soo afterwards received an unanimous invitation to settle among them. With this invitation he thought it his duty to comi ply; both as it opened to him a larger sphere for exertion and as it would probably enable him the better to provid

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for his now enlarged family demands. Accordingly, in July, 1752, he removed to Harborough, and there established himself in the house where his good friend, Dr. Doddridge, had lived, and first commenced his academical instructions.

We have now related, the circumstances of Mr. Addington's life to his entrance on the situation in which he spent the most, and perhaps it may be said the best, of his days. Here he exerted his best powers, and devoted the prime of his strength to the duties of his station. Here in a residence of nearly thirty years he was diligently and actively engaged in a diversity of employments; which, whilst they discover the most sedulous and uninterrupted application of his time and talents, have not failed to establish in the recollection of those who knew him most intimately, his wellearned title to the characters of an upright man; a diligent instructor of youth; a faithful, affectionate, and laborious minister of Jesus Christ. The first five years of his residence at Harborough were devoted, almost exclusively, to the duties of his pastoral office. He was ordained in September 1753; on which occasion the service was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Gilbert, of Northampton; Mr. Guthridge, of Oundle; Mr. Boyce, of Kettering; Mr. Gregson of Rothwell; and Dr. Askworth, of Daventry. His congregation was considerable in numbers, and consisted of many persons residing in the numerous villages around Harborough; some of them at the distance of several miles. Amongst these persons he spent a large portion of his time, visiting and preaching in their houses; and taking a particular, and most friendly share in all their interests. So entirely did he ap pear to possess the confidence and affection of his people, that he became scarcely less their friend and counsellor in their various secular concerns, than their spiritual guide and instructor. He was in the habit of performing for them the kindest offices; and was at some considerable pains to acquire such a degree of knowledge and skill in other professional departments than his own, as would render him capable of giving useful assistance to the poorer classes of his neighbours. These worthy people resorted with eagerness to their minister for such direction in their little affairs as would supersede the necessity of applying for legal or medical advice. In their difficulties he was their counsellor ; in their embarrassments, their help; in their injuries, their defender; in their disputes, their arbitrator and peace-maker; in their sickness he was their physician; and was ever

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