•The Lives contained in this Voll; "ard as

Bonells Life.
Patrick at Jacombs Funerall
Lady Eliz: Brooks' Life.

The EXEMPLARY

LIFE

AND

CHARACTER

OF

James Bonnell, Efq;

LATE

Accomptant General

OF

IRELAND.

By WILLIAM HAMILTON, A. M.
Archdeacon of Armagh.

The Third Edition, with Additions
from Mr. Bonnell's private Papers.

Mark the Perfect Man, behold the Upright; for
the End of that Man is Peace, Pfal. 37. 37.

LONDON,

Printed and Sold by fofeph Downing in Bar-
tholomew Clofe near Smithfield, 1707.

A

THE

PREFACE

L

IVES are usually Read with a greater Pleafure and Application, than any other kind of Writing; and it mult be own'd, that when rightly chofen, they give us the most useful views of Humane Nature, and the jufteft Reprefentations of Virtue and Vice, with their different Confequences and Effects.

But then it's obfervable, that the World is chiefly fond of knowing their Story, who bave Acted the most Embroyt'd and Bufe Parts of Life; have Commanded Armies, or manag'd Surprizing Turns of State; have by Policy or War made themfelves Famous, the Subject of common Obfervation and Dif courfe; or Hurry'd on by Ambition, and other Destructive Paffions,have laid Countries Waste, and done fatal Mischiefs to Mankind.

And fo far have Mens Inclinations been Gratify'd and Encouraged that the World is dailymore and more over-stock'd with this fort of Lives, which, as commonly written have a Fatal Influence upon our Minds, and prove very Pernicious to Religion. They give a

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dangerous