them, which correfpond more exactly to his way of writing in his tracts and other publications. But they are all worth reading again and again; and I am perfuaded thofe, which are most eafy and familiar, were his own, for that is an excellency in his ftyle, and almoft peculiar to himself. Such fer

mons want nothing but a little more practical and lively application to make them compleat models for young divines. There is ftrong good fenfe and juft reafoning in his discourses, generally

Another masterly pamphlet appeared in the fame controverfy, entitled, The Church of England vindicated from the rigid Notions of Calvinifm written by one of Dr. ADAMS's intimate friends; whofe name, were it to be made publick, would do honour to the cause of learning and rational piety.*

The late Reverend Mr. EDWARD BLAKEWAY, minister of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury.

See the Gentleman's Magazine for Nov. 1784.

generally couched under the plainest language. But he had, as I have been told, a very heavy delivery.

I fhall be glad to hear from you, and hope for a continuance of your prayers, that as my day is, my strength may be. My head begins to fail, my tongue stammers, my hands tremble, and I am finking apace to the dust ; but my concern for my friends, and the interefts of religion, holds out still.* May the Grace of our Lord Jefus Christ be always with you! To that I heartily commend you in all your And am,

interefts.

Dear Sir,

Your faithful and affectionate

JOB ORTON.

*"Work and write while you can. You fee Time has shaken me by the hand; and Death is but a little behind him. My eyes and heart are now almost all I have left: and I thank God for them.". From a Letter of the Rev. Mr. SAMUEL WESLEY, to his fon, the late celebrated Mr. JOHN WESLEY.

N. B. Here the Editor finds it neceffary to discontinue these Letters ; as, foon after the date of the last, he came to live at Shrewsbury; and there are many things in Mr. ORTON'S future correfpondence with him, of a local and too delicate a nature to be laid before the public eye. This valuable man died July 19, 1783, in the fixty-fixth year of his age; and was buried, agreeable to his own request, in St. Chad's Church, Shrewsbury. · Sic mihi contingat vivere, ficque mori.

THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED: AND THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE HAD

IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE.

Since these letters were firft published (in 1791,) a fhort account of Mr. ORTON has been drawn up by the late Dr. KIPPIs, and inferted

in

in the 5th volume of the Biographia Britannica, under the article DODDRIDGE; where he writes thus: "The last publication of Mr. ORTON that has been given to the publick, is, "Letters to a Young Clergyman," 12mo. 1791. Mr. STEDMAN, to whom the letters were written, is the editor, and he has performed an acceptable fervice in committing them to the prefs. The advice contained in them is, in general, excellently fitted for the direction and improvement of the younger clergy of every denomi· nation."

MR. ORTON'S ACCOUNT

OF HIS

GRANDFATHER,

Mr. Job Orton, of Shrewsbury.

My Grandfather was a person of diftinguished good-sense, smartness, and feriousness; remarkably esteemed and beloved by all his neighbours and acquaintance; and held in general esteem by the town. He kept up the worship of GOD in his family; was a ftrict obferver of the Lord's Day; and feveral of his fervants and acquaint

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