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wherein all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted, and

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( vi )LIFE <strong>and</strong>An ACCOUNT <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>WRITINGSO FRalph Cudworth, D.D.DR.Rdph Cudworth was fon <strong>of</strong> Dr. Ralph Cudwortby at firft Fellow<strong>of</strong> Emanuel College in <strong>the</strong> Univerfity <strong>of</strong> Cambridge^ <strong>and</strong> afterwardsMinifLer <strong>of</strong> St. Andreiv's Church in that town^ <strong>and</strong> at laft Reifbor <strong>of</strong>/lller in Somerfetjlire, <strong>and</strong> Chaplain to King James I. * He diedin Aiiguft or September 1624. -f Tho' he was a man <strong>of</strong> Genius <strong>and</strong> Learning,he publifh'd only a Supplement to Mr. William Perkinses Commentary uponSt. Paul's Epijlle to <strong>the</strong> Galatians, <strong>of</strong> which, as well as fcveral o<strong>the</strong>r_works<strong>of</strong> that Divine, he was Editor.Our Author's Mo<strong>the</strong>r was <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> family oi Machell, <strong>and</strong> had been nurfe toVr\ricc Henry, eldefl fon <strong>of</strong> King James I. <strong>and</strong> after Dr. Cudw.orth*% death, marriedto Dr. Stoughton ||. Our Author himfelf was born axAller in <strong>the</strong> yean 61 7,<strong>and</strong> educated with great care by h<strong>is</strong> fa<strong>the</strong>r-in-law Dr. Stoughton, <strong>and</strong> in 1630,was admitted penfioner in Emanuel College, <strong>the</strong> Dodor giving him th<strong>is</strong> teftimony,that he was as well grounded in fchool-learning as any boy <strong>of</strong> h<strong>is</strong> age,that went to <strong>the</strong> Univerfity. July Sy 1632, he was matriculated as a fludentin <strong>the</strong> Univerfity, <strong>and</strong> applied himfelf to <strong>all</strong> parts <strong>of</strong> literature with fuch vigour,that in 1639, he was created Mafter <strong>of</strong> Arts with great applaufe. Soonafter he was cholen Fellow <strong>of</strong> h<strong>is</strong> college, <strong>and</strong> became an eminent Tutor <strong>the</strong>re,<strong>and</strong> had at one time eight <strong>and</strong> twenty pupils; an inlbanee fearce ever knownbefore, even in <strong>the</strong> largefl: Colleges <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Univerfity. Among <strong>the</strong>fe wasMr. William 'Temple, afterwards famous for h<strong>is</strong> embaflics <strong>and</strong> writings. Notlong after, he was prefcntcd to <strong>the</strong> Reclory oi North Cadbury in SomerfetfiiifCyworth three hundred pounds per annum.In 1 642 he publifh'd a Difcourfe concerning <strong>the</strong> trut Notion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lord'sSupper. It was printed at London in quarto, with only <strong>the</strong> initial letters <strong>of</strong>* See Dr John Laurence Monieim's Pre- Wood, Faftj Oxon. K«/. /.-f Co!. iSj. idface to hi: Latin trnn/lation <strong>of</strong> Dr. Cudworth '^ Edit. London, I 721.Intellectual Syftcni. Tht Pagit oj th<strong>is</strong> Prt-||Molheim, uii fufr.i.ftiii are not 7iu7/tk{r\i.h<strong>is</strong>.

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