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weſminſter abby, Sr Michael Newlon chief mourner.

his good works follow him. his learned works remain, to eternize his memory, the admiration of all mankind. Europe ſighd at the loſs of ſo incomparable a perſon. Science mourn'd its light. its glory extinct!

he thought fit to make no Will, but loſt his fortune, wh was pretty conſiderable, as the Law directed; wh his relations ſhared among them, he had given a great part of his money, to Mrs Catherin Barton his favorite niece, upon her marriage with Mr Conduit. his eſtate fell to his next heir John Newton as before said, who is deriv'd from his fa.rs 2d. bror. he wholly unworthy of the name of Newton ſoon ſpent it. his perſonal eſtate came to the smiths, & Bartons, pretty many in number, deſcendants from his far. in law, by his mor. it amounted to about £3500 each, but all ſoon found a period. as if to ſhow the fleeting vanity of riches, family, & ſecular acquirements, in competition with the more durable, & ſubſtantial glorys of vertue, & the ſplendors of the mind. & tho its in the power of a very few, to