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whom he was acquainted, offerd to go with him: but he prudently &
happily declined it. For this would have given
FOLIO 43 Strength to the Calumny raised afterwards, that he died a
1752 Papist. He was indeed apt to speak of Papists & of Popery
with Tenderness: & he had in his Study at Stanhope,
amongst other bustes, one intended for Jesus Christ. And these things
brought on him sometimes Raillery from his Friends. I have been told
also, that in fitting up his Chapel at Bristol, a plain white Cross upon
black Marble, or black upon white, was the Altar-Piece: & 2)[which I
have since learned to be false,] that Bishop Conybeare, who succeeded
him, took away the Cross, or put it out of Sight. But neither these nor
any thing afford the least Ground for the Imputation. He was attended
in his Sickness, & at his Death, by Dr N. Forster his Chaplain: who gave
me so large an Account of what passed then, that had there been any
thing of this Nature, he could not have failed to mention it. Nor, I
believe, did any one else see him, excepting Dr Hartley, his Physician