 The work by which he is remembered is his critical commentary on the Apocryphal books.This work was published as a continuation of Simon Patrick and William Lowth's commentaries.It embraces a commentary on the Book of Wisdom, 1744; on Ecclesiasticus, 1748; on Tobit, Judith, Baruch, History of Susannah, and Bel and the Dragon, with dissertations on the two books of Esdras and Maccabees, with a translation of Calmet's treatise on the Dæmon Asmodeus, 1752.