rather leads me to speak of the Christian character of our late venerable Bishop, and of that faith and hope which have been completed and realised in the happiness of a future world. "His reliance on his Saviour's merits for pardon and acceptance in the sight of God was simple and sincere. Blameless and abundant as he was in every good work, he depended for salvation only on the atonement of Jesus Christ. This gave peace to his conscience, and enabled him to rejoice in hope of the glory of God.' He truly loved his Redeemer, and earnestly desired the extension of his kingdom. He was a lover of good men,' and delighted in their society. He was a father and friend to the poor. He was spiritually minded, which is life and peace.' How fervently he desired, and how diligently he pursued the perfection and the happiness of a higher world, those who conversed with him most confidentially and unreservedly best know. He aspired to the communion, of prophets and apostles, of saints and angels, and, more than all, to a nearer and more intimate approach to God the Judge of all,' and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant.' The anticipation of this blessed and glorious termination of his earthly course cheered him amidst the infirmities of age, and the prospect of the grave. His faith triumphed over the last great enemy; and he is, doubtless, now safe in the resting-place of the spirits of the just,' awaiting, in joyful hope, the adoption, that is, the re

demption of the body,' in that day when, with the assembled Church of the redeemed, he shall arise radiant and immortal from the tomb."

The following extract from a charge of Archdeacon Berens (a justly respected name) is added, on account of its characteristic fidelity of description:

"To those who knew the Bishop intimately, and saw him in the retirement of his own family, there was, in his demeanour, something singularly engaging. There was an unruffled calmness, a quiet cheerfulness, a gentle and unaffected courtesy and kindness of manner, which well befitted a Christian bishop. Familiarly acquainted, as he was, with the classical and theological literature of all ages; possessed of a memory, even in advanced years, remarkably retentive and well-informed in the current literature of the day, his conversation was most instructive and interesting; and he was particularly pleased when he could give to the intercourse of friendship any thing of a religious character. The prayers which he used in his family were the prayers of the Liturgy, but those Collects were especially selected which were the most strong and explicit in expressing reliance upon the Atonement of Christ, and upon the sanctifying influences of the Holy Spirit. I never knew any one who appeared to live in more constant anticipation of the time when he should be summoned to his last account, or who was habitually sustained by a more lively faith in the merits and mediation of the Redeemer."

The facts detailed in this volume, and the impressive testimonies which have been quoted, may well absolve the Author from placing before his readers a particular summary of the intellectual and moral qualities which shed so bright a lustre on the character of Bishop Burgess. But he may be allowed to add a very few remarks on his merits as an Author.

As a controversialist, he was a rare instance of tenacious earnestness and zeal in maintaining and defending his own opinions, or challenging those of others, without the slightest admixture of polemical bitterness. Controversy was always carried on by him in a courteous and Christian spirit, and he gave no advantage to an opponent by want of temper, or by any ebullitions of spleen or impatience.

He possessed, as a critic, much skill in detecting the weak points or fallacies of an argument, and placing his own sentiments in an advantageous light. Whatever was the subject of which he treated, he never failed to bring the stores of deep study and extensive learning to bear upon it, though it is to be regretted that his conclusions were sometimes drawn in stronger terms than the premises warranted, and that his judgment did not always keep pace with the march of his erudition.

The elegant flow and the lucid expression of his Latin style have been often and justly admired; and he composed in his native language with vigour, correctness, and elegance.

M M

The publications of the Bishop were very numerous, and tended to attract particular attention to many interesting subjects connected with classical learning and research, with the doctrines and evidences of Christianity, or with the criticism of the Sacred Writings. Of the principal of these a list is printed in the Appendix, and a summary of some of the most important has been given in the preceding pages. The republication, either in whole or in part, of his ablest treatises, would be highly honourable to his researches as a scholar, his acuteness as a critic, and his piety as a Divine. Had he, however, directed his powers of application and his learned attainments to fewer topics, or concentrated them on some select subject of general interest, he might have enriched the literature of his country with more permanent monuments of his fame.

As it is, he has left behind him numerous materials for thought, and great stores of learning to aid the researches of the student and the critic; but in whatever light posterity may regard his writings, the name and memory of Burgess will not cease to be revered in the Church of Christ, as a model of Episcopal virtue and Primitive Piety.

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APPENDIX.

No. I.

MR. GRANVILLE SHARP'S RULE.

In adverting to the publication of the second number of the Museum Oxoniense, we stated that the Appendix would give some account of a remarkable treatise which it included, entitled "Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article in the Greek of the New Testament, containing many new proofs of the Divinity of Christ, from passages which are wrongly translated in the common English Version," by Granville Sharp, Esq. This tract, which we are assured by its author would never have seen the light but for the intervention of Mr. Burgess, who selected it from various others placed at his disposal, has given rise to much animated discussion on critical questions of great interest connected with the scriptural evidences of the Divinity of Christ. In these discussions Mr. Burgess took for a series of years so prominent a part, that it becomes the duty of his biographer to place before his readers, in as popular a form as the subject will authorise, a general sketch of the nature of the controversy.

Mr. Sharp, who was an able linguist, and devoted to the study of Sacred Literature, maintains in this tract, that the force of various texts bearing strong testimony to the Divinity of Christ, had been in a great degree sacrificed by the translators of our English Bible, from their not having adhered to the following critical canon, which he maintained was established by the genius of the Greek language, and by the practice of its best writers, both sacred and profane.

When two personal nouns of the same case are connected