PREACHED BEFORE

THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,

IN THE YEAR MDCCCVI.

AT

THE LECTURE

FOUNDED BY

THE REV. JOHN BAMPTON, M. A.

LATE CANON OF SALISBURY.

BY

JOHN BROWNE, M. A.

LATE FELLOW OF C. c. c.

OXFORD,

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS FOR THE AUTHOR:

Sold by J. PARKER, Oxford; and F. C. and J. RIVINGTON, London.

1809.

EXTRACT

FROM THE

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF THE LATE

REV. JOHN BAMPTON,

CANON OF SALISBURY

"I give and bequeath my Lands and "Eftates to the Chancellor, Mafters, and Scholars "of the Univerfity of Oxford for ever, to have ❝and to hold all and fingular the faid Lands or "Eftates upon truft, and to the intents and pur"poses hereinafter mentioned; that is to fay, I "will and appoint that the Vice-Chancellor of "the University of Oxford for the time being shall "take and receive all the rents, iffues, and pro"fits thereof, and (after all taxes, reparations, and

neceffary deductions made) that he pay all the "remainder to the endowment of eight Divinity "Lecture Sermons, to be established for ever in "the faid Univerfity, and to be performed in the "manner following:

"I direct and appoint, that, upon the first "Tuesday in Eafter Term, a Lecturer be yearly "chofen

chofen by the Heads of Colleges only, and by "no others, in the room adjoining to the Print"ing-Houfe, between the hours of ten in the "morning and two in the afternoon, to preach "eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, the year fol"lowing, at St. Mary's in Oxford, between the "commencement of the last month in Lent Term, " and the end of the third week in Act Term.

"Also I direct and appoint, that the eight Di"vinity Lecture Sermons fhall be preached upon "either of the following Subjects-to confirm "and establish the Christian Faith, and to con

fute all heretics and fchifmatics-upon the di"vine authority of the holy Scriptures-upon "the authority of the writings of the primitive Fathers, as to the faith and practice of the pri"mitive Church-upon the Divinity of our "Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift-upon the Di

vinity of the Holy Ghoft-upon the Articles "of the Chriftian Faith, as comprehended in the Apoftles' and Nicene Creeds.

"Alfo I direct, that thirty copies of the eight "Divinity Lecture Sermons fhall be always "printed, within two months after they are "preached, and one copy fhall be given to the "Chancellor of the Univerfity, and one copy to "the Head of every College, and one copy to the "Mayor of the city of Oxford, and one copy to "be put into the Bodleian Library; and the ex

"pence

pence of printing them shall be paid out of the "revenue of the Land or Eftates given for eftaI blishing the Divinity Lecture Sermons; and "the Preacher shall not be paid, nor be entitled "to the revenue, before they are printed.

"Alfo I direct and appoint, that no perfon "fhall be qualified to preach the Divinity Lec"ture Sermons, unless he hath taken the Degree "of Mafter of Arts at leaft, in one of the two "Universities of Oxford or Cambridge; and that "the fame perfon fhall never preach the Divi"nity Lecture Sermons twice."