The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . made Bishop of Chester. In 1777 he re-signed the Rectory of Lambeth \ and in 1779 succeededDr. Lowth in the See of London. Being endowed with anextraordinary activity of mind, and possessing the most ardentzeal for the interests of Christianity, he sedulously and con-scientiously performed the functions of that important andlaborious station for thirty years ; and even during a tediousillness, and the gradual decay of his corporeal faculties, hadthe singular happiness vouchsafed him of enjoying his intelle
The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . made Bishop of Chester. In 1777 he re-signed the Rectory of Lambeth \ and in 1779 succeededDr. Lowth in the See of London. Being endowed with anextraordinary activity of mind, and possessing the most ardentzeal for the interests of Christianity, he sedulously and con-scientiously performed the functions of that important andlaborious station for thirty years ; and even during a tediousillness, and the gradual decay of his corporeal faculties, hadthe singular happiness vouchsafed him of enjoying his intellect*so far unimpaired, as not to be wholly incompetent to theofficial duties of his See, almost to the last day of his was long distinguished for his elorpuence in the pulpit; andhis popularity, which attained its greatest height by the deliveryof his excellent Lectures on the Gospel of St. Matthew, in1798 and the three following years, was of that kind whichmust be most gratifying to a rational mind ; it was not gainedby those arts, which, while they captivate the multitude,.
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