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BG.749.007
28 Mar 1749:21 (1515)
London. . . Nov. 26. Yesterday died, sunk under bodily
infirmities, and the weight of years, the ingenious & truly
venerable Isaac Watts, D.D. A man of exalted piety, and of
the most amiable and exemplary virtue. In intellectual
endowments, he was surpass'd by few; in moral ones, by none;
so that it is hard to say, whether his capacity for doing
good, or his delight in it, was greater. His sentiments as
a divine, were so moderate and pacifick, as to forbid his
being a favourite with warm men of any party; his
excellencies so various and eminent, as to gain him the
esteem of the best men of all parties. He was made happy
for many years, and and even to the end of his life, by the
generous and honourable entertainment afforded him in Lady
Abney's family at Stoke-Newington; where an affluence of
wealth is chiefly distinguish'd by act of the most wise and
disinterested beneficence.
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