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Biographical Sketch
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found time to publish about fifty books and tracts, most of them bearing directly or indirectly upon the subject dearest to his heart. While his English is excellent, he seems to have been almost equally ready with French and Latin, and was everywhere noted for his extensive learning. Men like Richard Baxter, Bishop Hall and Robert Boyle were his warm admirers, and bear witness to his universal benevolence, perseverance and solid piety. He had some leanings toward the Mystics and Quakers, and in his later years widened his scheme of unity to embrace all Christians, Protestant and Roman Catholic.
