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JACOBI BONNELII ARMIGERI.

Cujus exuviæ unà cum patris et duorum
filiorum Alberti et Samuelis, juxta fitæ funt.
Regibus CAROLO II JACOBO II
et GULIELMO III erat a rationibus
generalibus in Hiberniâ: temporibus licet
incertis dominis fidus, ab omni factione
immunis, nemini fufpectus, omnibus charus.

Natus eft Novembris 14° 1653. Patre
Samuele, qui propter fuppetias regiæ familiæ
exulanti largiter exhibitas, officio Computatoris
Generalis fifci Hibernici, An° Dom. 1661,
una cum filio remuneratus eft. Avo Daniele,
proavo Thomâ, qui fub DUCE ALBANO
religionis ergo Flandriâ patriâ fuâ exul,
Norvicum in Angliâ profugit, ubi mox Civis,
et demum Prætor.

Pietate avitâ et pene congenitâ imo primævâ
et apoftolicâ, eruditione, prudentiâ, probitate,
comitate, et morum fimplicitate confpicuus.

Manfuetudine, patientiâ; et fuper omnia
charitate infignis. Urbem hanc exemplo et
præceptis meliorem, morte maeftam reliquit.
Obiit Aprilis 28, 1699.

Monimentum hoc ingentis doloris publici
præfertim fui exiguum pro meritis, pofuit
conjux mœftiffima Jana e Coninghamorum
gente,

CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

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PREFACE.-The Injury that fome, and the

good that other fort of Lives do us ••••••

It was Mr. Bonnell's Way, almoft every Day, to

put down fome devout Thoughts in Writing ..

The Divifion of the Life

The Atteftation

Mr. Bonnell's Birth and Family

His Father's Character

His Father fupplies the Royal Family with large

Sums of Money. In confideration whereof, he

obtains a Patent to be Accomptant-General of

the Revenue of Ireland, his Son's Life being
included therein

Mr. Bonnell's early Piety

He is fent to a private Academy

His Opinion of Education in thofe Places

He is removed to Catherine-Hall in Cambridge

Receiving the Holy Sacrament of great ufe to him ibid.

He keeps Fafting-Days

He removes into Mr. Freeman's Family, to be

122, 123

The great Benefit from Sicknefs and other Afflic

As he was a conftant Communicant, fo his Self-

Examinations for the Sacrament were strict and

He

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He enters upon his Office of Accomptant-General 30

He is defirous of quitting all fecular Employments,

and entering into holy Orders ....

His Opinion of foliciting for Church-Preferments 32

He opposes the Purchafing the Advowfon of a
Living, which Mr. Freeman defigned to prefent

How neceffary he judged a fincere Intention to pro-

mote the Glory of God, and the Good of Souls 35

His Behaviour in King James's Reign ....

He was continued in his Place then, the Profits of
which he bestowed to relieve oppreffed Proteftants 56

Prov. xxviii. 1. interpreted

How we are to govern our Affections with refpect

to worldly Things, both in Profperity and

His Behaviour upon the breaking out of the late

Troubles in Ireland

Ireland univerfally alarmed at the Report of a

Meditations thereupon

His Charity to the Poor in those Times of Diftrefs

How he fupplied the Want of the Churches public

A Meditation on Dublin's Deliverance

It was Mr. Bonnell's ufual Practice to draw fuch

Reflections from the daily Occurrences of Life,

as might best ferve to keep his Mind in a devout

He laments the Prevalency of Vice ...... 65, 69, 194⋅

His Prayer on his Birth-day

A Meditation, which he entitles, The Wish, or

an idea of Marriage

He had high Thoughts of the Extent and Difficulty

of the Pattoral Duty

His Sicknefs and Death

A brief Account of the-Daughter that furvived

him, who has fince followed her Father

Giving a more particular View of his Life

His Perfon, Temper, and Accomplishments described ibid.

He read all Books of Devotion with a very fenfible

Pleasure; but the Holy Scriptures were his con-

Stant and daily ftudy

His Love to God

Meditations to excite our Love to God 86, 88, 90, 92

A Meditation on the Love of God's Laws and

His Humility, 97. Meditations thereupon, 98, 99.

A Prayer for it, 101. Mr. Bonnell's happy

Progrefs in it, 103. A Defcription of it

Remedies against Pride and Vanity

Ufing his Voice in private Prayer, was fometimes

of great Ufe to keep his Thoughts attentive ... 106

Why by doing our Alms openly we have no reward 107

God principally regards the inward Graces of our

Of Secrecy in doing Religious Actions .... ... 109

Meditations thereupon

His Meekness ..

Pride is the Sting of all Affliction

Why People so much resent Injuries

ibid...

ibid.

He conftantly endeavoured after a meek and mor

.....

tified Spirit

His Submiffion to the Will of God under every

Difappointment, Difficulty, and Trouble

His Self-Denial

He conftantly laboured after an unconcerned In-

difference to the World

The Advantage of denying ourselves in fmall

How he discharged the Duty of Prayer

A Letter to a Friend on the Subject of private

He had contant Prayers in his Family

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He was conftant at the Prayers of the Church

The unfeafonable Salutations, wherein too many

allow themselves in Time of Divine Service,

were always a great Trouble to him ....

A Prayer ufed by him at Church before Morning

He had a high Elteem for the Liturgy of our Church 140

How good Men may be faid to pray by the Spirit 141

Of the true and falfe Signs of Devotion

His Complaints of being difturbed with wandering

Thoughts in Prayer, with the Remedies he

prescribes against them
148, 151, 153

A Private Prayer ufed by Mr. Bonnell, fuited

either for Morning or Evening

Short Prayers used by him at feveral times of the

His Conftancy and Behaviour at the Sacrament of

the Lord's Supper ...

His Opinion of kneeling at the Sacrament ...... 171

Meditations on the Sacrament

Of praying to God and our Saviour for Pardon, by

his Agony and bitter Sufferings, the Meaning

A Prayer with refpect to every Part of our Saviour's

He was a religious Obferver of the Lord's-Day,

183. His Judgment of the Neceffity thereof

He obferved the Feasts and Fafts of the Church 188, 191

The Beginning of the religious Societies in Dublin;

of which Mr. Bonnell was a very great En-

courager, as he was of those for Reformation of

He was a great Promoter of Religious Converfation,

197, 259. A Letter to a Friend concerning the

How he performed the Duties we owe to ourselves 201

Meditations on the Government of the Paffions 202, 203

Meditations against the Sin of Covetoufnefs.. 205, 209

His Temperance and Purity

How he performed the Duties we owe to our Neigh-

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