Johnson  to  have  been  "the  first  occasion  of  his
thinking  in  earnest  of  religion  after  he  became
capable  of  rational  inquiry."

Dk.  Riohaed  Watsok  (1737-1816),  Bishop  of
Llandaff,  and  author  of  repliesto  Paine  and  Gibbon.
The  Apologies  for  Christianity  and  the  Bible  are
well  known.
Db.  SamitBL  HOESLEY  (1733-1806),  Secretary  of
the  Royal  Society,  and  successively  Bishop  of  St.
David's,  Rochester,  and  St.  Asaph.  His  principal
works  are  translations  of  the  Psalms,  and  hia  con-
troversial writings  with  Priestley.
Dk.  Johk  JOETtN  (1698-1770),  Prebendary  of  St.
Paul's  and  Archdeacon  of  I>ondon,  author  of  works
on  Ecclesiastical  History,  1761-4 ;  Life  of  Erasmvs^
1758 ;  which  are  written  in  a  striking,  lively  style.
Dk.,  EicOAKD  Htjed  (1720-1806),  successively
Bishop  of  Lichfield  and  Coventry,  and  of  Worces-
ter, a  great  friend  of  Warburton,  and  an  elegant
scholar,  wrote,  among  other  things,  Discowsea  on
the  Prophecies,  and  a  Life  of  Warburton.
Dk.  Geohge  HOENE  (1730-1792),  Bishop  of  Nor-
wich, wrote  the  well-known  Commentary  on  the
Paalms,  1776,

Dk.  Nathaniel  Laedner  (1684r-1768),  a  Pres-
byterian divine,  the  author  of  a  very  learned  work
on  The  Credibility  of  the  Gospel  HistOi-y,  3730-57.
He  also  wrote  a  work  similar  to  the  above  entitled
A  Large  Collection  of  Ancient,  Jewish  aiid  Heathen
Testimonies  to  the  TrutJi  oftlie  Cliristian  Religion.
