Canterbury's remark upon ditto.-Anecdote of Butler's

last illness, by Mr. Cecil. Published ditto. Dr.

Chalmers's ditto.-Late bishop of Peterborough's ditto 202

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CHAPTER XI.

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The death of Bishop Butler.-Inscription on his tomb by

Forster.-Anonymous lines on him.-New monument.—

Inscription on ditto, by Southey.-Description of Butler

in Hutchinson's Durham.-Ditto in Surtees's ditto.-

Mrs. C. Talbot's description of him.-Bishop Benson's

death hastened by his visit to Butler.-Character of

him.-Proofs of remarkable friendship between Butler

and Secker

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CHAPTER XII.

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Character and habits of Secker. Promoted deserving

clergymen.-Opposed the errors of popery.-Cultivated

a friendly understanding with Dissenters.-Supported

Protestant cause abroad. His political conduct.-Per-

sonal appearance. Mental qualities. Studies and

works. His piety. The peculiar circumstances attend-

ing his death. His liberality.-Letters to Dr. Dod-

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CHAPTER XIII.

Bishop Berkeley, another friend of Butler, dies.-Anecdote

of his thirst after knowledge.-His Theory of Vision.—

Principles of Human Knowledge.-Arbuthnot's re-

mark. His Minute Philosopher.-Siris.-Interview

with Malebranche. His zeal for the spread of the Gospel.

-Sails to the Bermudas.-Disappointed of government

grant for his College. Returns home.-Walpole's re-

mark to bishop of London.-Bolingbroke of Berkeley.―

Contrast between them.-Berkeley made bishop of

Cloyne. His attachment to his diocese.-Health de-

clines. Removes to Oxford, and dies there.-His philo-

sophical theory.-Butler and Berkeley compared -

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CHAPTER XIV.

Forster's grief at Butler's death.-Warburton's letters to

Balguy and Hurd upon ditto.-Forster appointed chap-

lain to Archbishop Herring.-His subsequent career,

character, and death.-Forster as Bishop Butler's exe-

cutor. Needlessly alarmed at Thomas Butler.-Bishop

Butler's will and codicil. - Administration affairs.-

Butler's remark upon dying rich.-Portraits of him.-

Supposed manuscript sermons.-One doubtful sermon.-

Dr. Wordsworth's remark upon destruction of sermons.-

Charge of deficiency in evangelical statement.-Reply to

this charge

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CHAPTER XV.

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Letter of Thanks to Dr. Hare attributed to Butler.-The

authority for this doubtful.-Herne's Philanagnostes

Criticus. The question examined. - The Bangorian

Controversy. Hoadley's Sermon on the Nature of

Christ's kingdom.-Hare's visitation sermon.-Hare's

tract.-Letter of Thanks.-Probable evidence why not

Butler's. Church authority. Church in danger.—

Prophetical texts. Butler on kingdom of Christ.—

Letter of Thanks on Millennium. Remark on Ban-

gorian controversy.- Butler's opinion of Millennium

uncertain. His view of restoration of Jews.-Bishop

Burgess of MS. memoir of Butler.-Dean of Salisbury's

letter on ditto.-Butler's correspondence with Mr. Vassal.

-Remarks upon Butler, in Oxford edition of his works 289

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CHAPTER XVI.

Butler and Paley's Theory of Morals.-Sir J. Mackintosh

upon Butler's style. The correctness of Sir James's

remarks questioned.-Diversity of opinion upon Butler's

style.-Butler's theory of morals superseding Paley's.-

Professor Whewell's testimony.-American Professor

Alden's ditto

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CHAPTER XVII.

Importance of a sound theory of morals.-Butler and

Paley's theory compared.-Religious novelties of the day.

-Tendency of the study of Butler's writings to check

novelties. Dr. Chalmers's tribute to Butler.-Compares

him with Bacon.-Account of Butler's family.-His

nephews' contribution to National Fund.-Archbishop

Secker's allusion to his nephew, Joseph Butler.-Chal-

mers's observation on ancestry.-Cowper's ditto.-But-

ler's early resolution.-His consistency in the pursuit

of it

I. A COMPENDIUM OF THE ANALOGY IN THE AUTHOR'S

OWN LANGUAGE

II. PORTIONS OF THE DURHAM CHARGE

III. A SERMON SUPPOSED ΤΟ BE WRITTEN BY BISHOP

BUTLER, AND NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED

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ERRATA.

Page 106, line

109

162

174

2, in note, for with, read and.

16, for Dalila, read Delilah.

1, in note, for mscellaneous, read miscellaneous. 18, for Archbishop, read Archdeacon.

227 17, for stone, read tablet.

233 30, for moring, read morning.

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7, for codocil, read codicil.

4, for Warburbon, read Warburton.
2, for codocil, read codicil.

284 12, for could, read might.

304 21, for for, read my.

308 29, in recovering, for u. read n.

310 4, for tyle, read style.

333 23, for be, read he.

362 24, for or, read of.

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MEMOIRS

OF

BISHOP BUTLER.

CHAPTER I.

Bishop Butler's birth and early education.-Removal to the Dissenting Academy at Gloucester and Tewkesbury.—Correspondence with Dr. Clarke. Considers the ground of Nonconformity.-Decides upon conforming to the Church of England. Enters at Oriel College. His acquaintance with Mr. E. Talbot. Occasionally officiates for him at Hendred.-Appointed Preacher at the Rolls.-Notice of Dr. Samuel Clarke.-Butler receives pecuniary assistance from his family.-A change in Mr. Secker's plans.-Butler speaks favourably of him to Mr. Talbot. Mr. Talbot's death. His acquaintance with Whiston.-Mr. Secker takes Orders, and marries Miss Benson.-Bishop Talbot prefers Butler, Secker, and Benson.

THE market-town of Wantage, in Berkshire, unpretending as it is in itself, is remarkable as the birth-place of two celebrated individuals; of Alfred the Great, one of the most renowned of England's monarchs, and of Joseph Butler, one of the most distinguished of her prelates. The site of the palace of the Saxon king, and of the royal baths which were attached to it, are objects of interest to the antiquarian at the present hour; and the house in which Butler passed his juvenile

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