=Motto.= "Hence shall flow to the full for thee, from kindly horn, a
wealth of rural honours."--Horace, _Odes_, I. xvii. 14-17.
=77=: 7. =The nature of a chaplain.= The religious influence of the
clergy, especially of the country clergy, was doubtless very small
in the Queen Anne time. For their condition and work, see Macaulay's
famous Chapter iii. in his _History of England_; Lecky's _History
of England in the Eighteenth Century_, Chap. ii; Ashton's _Social
Life in the Reign of Queen Anne_, Chap. xxxii; Besant's _London in
the Eighteenth Century_, chapter on Church and Chapel. Abundant
confirmation of this low estimate of the character and influence
of the clergy may be found in contemporary literature. For example,
see Swift's _Project for the Advancement of Religion_, his satirical
_Argument against the Abolishing of Christianity_, and _Letter to a
Young Clergyman_.
Yet it must be remembered that the Whig prejudices of Addison inclined
him, in his kindly satire, to belittle the attainments and the
influence of the country clergy, who were, almost to a man, Tories.
=79=: 3. =Bishop of St. Asaph= may have been either William Beveridge
(1637-1708) or his successor, William Fleetwood (1656-1723); both had,
before this time, published volumes of sermons.
=79=: 4. =Dr. South.= Robert South (1633-1716), a very high churchman
and a very eloquent preacher.
=79=: 6. =Tillotson.= John Tillotson (1630-1694), made Archbishop of
Canterbury three years before his death.
=79=: 7. =Saunderson.= Robert Saunderson (1587-1663), Bishop of Lincoln.
=79=: 7. =Barrow.= Isaac Barrow (1630-1677) was eminent both as a
theologian and a mathematician.
=79=: 7. =Calamy.= Edmund Calamy (1600-1666) is the only one in the
chaplain's list of preachers who was not a Churchman; Calamy was
a Presbyterian, though a liberal one, who served a little time as
chaplain of Charles II.