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Privy Counsellor of England and of Scotland, and Bishop, first of Chichester, then of Ely, and lastly, of Winchester. He was eminent for hospitality, liberality, and unwearied charity to the poor. He patronized humble merit, and relieved the sick and sorrowful. Never having married, he considered his possessions and his time, as peculiarly consecrated to the duties of his profession, and seemed ever to live under the abiding sense of his solemn stewardship. His integrity was incorruptible; his affability won the hearts of those with whom he associated, and his gratitude to any, who had shown him favors, especially to those who had aided him in his early years to attain knowledge, was equalled only by his charity. At death he left in his will several thousand pounds, the interest of which was to be divided, four times a year, among widows, orphans, prisoners, and "aged poor men, especially sea-faring men;" his own father having been a mariner. His labors in preaching were unwearied, and his published writings evince his industry. and piety. Among them are nearly a hundred sermons, some controversial tracts, and a book of "Private Devotions, with a Manual for the Sick," which has passed through many editions. He was one of the learned divines, appointed to execute a translation of the Holy Scriptures, during the reign of James the First, and the portion entrusted to him extended from Genesis to the 2d book of the Kings. The circumstances of the life of this excellent man seemed to