...merits of the two brotheis, Robert and George, Fuller remarks, (Worthies ot England, Surry, p. 82.) that "George was the more plausible preacher, Robert the greater scholar ; George wa. the abler statesman, Robert the deeper divine." Robert Abbot died in the year 1617, being one of...

...to the Archbishop.* Of the two brothers it has been remarked, that ' George was the more persuasive preacher, Robert the greater scholar; George, the...divine; gravity did frown in George and smile in Robert, f * Athena Oxon. t Fuller's Worthies of England. THE BENEFIT OF SANCTIFIED AFFLICTION EXEMPLIFIED IN...

...distinction which some have affected to make, between the talents and tempers of these two brothers : that George was the more plausible preacher, Robert...Gravity did frown in George, and smile in Robert; such the qualities of this Robert evidently were; that upon the first sermon he preached at Worcester,...

...distinction which some have affected to make, between the talents and tempers of these two brothers ; that George was the more plausible preacher, Robert...Gravity did frown in George, and smile in Robert; such the qualities of this Robert evidently were; that upon the first sermon he preached at Worcester,...

...distinction which some have affected to make, between the talents and tempers of these two brothers ; that George was the more plausible preacher, Robert...Gravity did frown in George, and smile in Robert; such the qualities of this Robert evidently were; that upon the first sermon he preached at Worcester,...

...eminent piety, charity, and learning. One of them has attempted a parallel between the two brothers, viz. that " George was the more plausible preacher, Robert...gravity did frown in George, and smile in Robert." A few particulars hitherto unnoticed by his biographers may be gleaned from Wood's Annals, published by Mr....

...predestination." Fuller makes this distinction between the talents and tempers of the prelatical brothers :— " George was the more plausible preacher, Robert the...gravity did frown in George, and smile in Robert." The same writer thus proceeds: — " what is said of the French, so graceful is their garbe, that they...

...were two of the most distinguished preachers of their day. " George," says one of their biographers, "was the more plausible preacher ; Robert, the greater...gravity did frown in George, and smile in Robert" John Stanhope, Esq. happening to hear Robert once preach at St. Paul's Cross, was so pleased with him,...

...their hiographers, " was the most plausible preacher; Robert, the greater scholar; George, the able statesman ; Robert, the deeper divine ; gravity did frown in George, and smile in Robert." John Stanhope, Esq. happening to hear Robert once preach at St. Paul's Cross, was so pleased with him,...

...speaking ot the two brothers, says, — " that George was the more plausible preacher, Robert the greatest scholar; George the abler statesman ; Robert the deeper...gravity did frown in George, and smile in Robert. He published several pieces ; he also left behind him sundry manuscripts, which Dr. Corbet, his son-in-law,...