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[375] there is every reason to believe a just, eulogium on his character, both as a tutor and a minister.

‘I need not tell you that the heart of his colleague hath safely trusted in him; and that they have lived together for more than twelve years in the most entire harmony, friendship, and confidence. I need not tell you how he preached the word; was instant in season and out of season; what pains he took to know the state of his flock, and how assiduously he attended to all the cases which might more especially demand a pastor's care; how constantly and affectionately he attended the sick; how diligently he sought out the distressed; how liberally he imparted to them of the substance with which God had blessed him; and with what spirit he entered into all schemes of public charity, especially for the relief of the sick and the instruction of the poor. I hope I need not remind you who are entering upon the world, what various schemes he formed for your benefit, or the prudence and resolution with which he carried them into execution. That his years were so few, that he was cut off in the prime of his life and usefulness, and in such an awful manner, are to us matter of unfeigned and bitter lamentation. But let us be silent, considering that God hath done it.’

Mr. Clark, it is believed, published nothing, except a sermon preached at Daventry, on the earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755. There are also one or two sermons of his in a publication entitled the Protestant System, by his brotherin-law, Dr. Rose. In 1763, he superintended the publication of the first edition of Doddridge's Lectures,

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