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WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 287
The critical abilities of Bishop Pearce were great, and an application to phi-
lological studies, occupied a large portion of his life. During the early part of his
residence at the university, he occasionally amused himself with composing essays
for the miscellaneous publications of the times, and some of them appeared in
The Spectator and The Guardian. In 1716, he published an edition of Cicero de
Oratore: — in 1720, an Account of Trinity College, Cambridge: — in 1721,
Epistolse duse de editione N. T. a Bentleio suscepta; de corruptis Epistolarum
N. T. Locis, &c. in 1722, a Letter to the Clergy of the Church of England,
on occasion of the Bishop of Rochester's commitment to the Tower:—in 1724,
an edition of Longinus:—in 1726, a Sermon which he had preached at the con-
secration of the church of St. Martin's in the Fields, accompanied with an Essay
on the Origin and Progress of Temples:—in 1727, a Vindication of the Mira-
cles of Jesus Christ, in answer to Woolston :—in 1738,. two Letters against Dr.
Conyers Middleton, in defence of Waterland : — and in 1745, an edition of
Cicero de Officiis. He also published a review of Milton's Text, and several oc-
casional sermons. Since his death, a Commentary, with Notes, on the four Evan-
gelists and the Acts of the Apostles, together with a new translation of St. Paul's
first Epistle to the Corinthians, and a Paraphrase and Notes, have been published
by his chaplain, John Derby, M. A.
JOHN THOMAS.
When Bishop Pearce resigned the deanery of this church in the year 1768,
Dr. Thomas was appointed his successor. He received the earlier part of his edu-
cation at Carlisle, and completed it at Oxford. He was many years Vicar of St.
Bride's, Fleet-street, and Rector of Bletchingley, in Surry, which he retained
till he was advanced to the see of Rochester, on the death of Bishop Pearee, in
1774. He died at his episcopal palac# at Bromley, in Kent, August 22, 1793 ;
The critical abilities of Bishop Pearce were great, and an application to phi-
lological studies, occupied a large portion of his life. During the early part of his
residence at the university, he occasionally amused himself with composing essays
for the miscellaneous publications of the times, and some of them appeared in
The Spectator and The Guardian. In 1716, he published an edition of Cicero de
Oratore: — in 1720, an Account of Trinity College, Cambridge: — in 1721,
Epistolse duse de editione N. T. a Bentleio suscepta; de corruptis Epistolarum
N. T. Locis, &c. in 1722, a Letter to the Clergy of the Church of England,
on occasion of the Bishop of Rochester's commitment to the Tower:—in 1724,
an edition of Longinus:—in 1726, a Sermon which he had preached at the con-
secration of the church of St. Martin's in the Fields, accompanied with an Essay
on the Origin and Progress of Temples:—in 1727, a Vindication of the Mira-
cles of Jesus Christ, in answer to Woolston :—in 1738,. two Letters against Dr.
Conyers Middleton, in defence of Waterland : — and in 1745, an edition of
Cicero de Officiis. He also published a review of Milton's Text, and several oc-
casional sermons. Since his death, a Commentary, with Notes, on the four Evan-
gelists and the Acts of the Apostles, together with a new translation of St. Paul's
first Epistle to the Corinthians, and a Paraphrase and Notes, have been published
by his chaplain, John Derby, M. A.
JOHN THOMAS.
When Bishop Pearce resigned the deanery of this church in the year 1768,
Dr. Thomas was appointed his successor. He received the earlier part of his edu-
cation at Carlisle, and completed it at Oxford. He was many years Vicar of St.
Bride's, Fleet-street, and Rector of Bletchingley, in Surry, which he retained
till he was advanced to the see of Rochester, on the death of Bishop Pearee, in
1774. He died at his episcopal palac# at Bromley, in Kent, August 22, 1793 ;