Genealogical account of the Barclays of Urie

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exultation and triumph that m among the
Quakers at the publication of r Mr. Barclay's
works in folio, is what he can easily forgive,
and knows not well how to blame: for he
knows no religion so rich in reputation for
great men^ but might be glad of the acces-
sion of such a writer, much more the Qua-
kers, who have been so barren of produc-
tions of this kind. Now their scattered
notions are reduced into order and. method,
and appear under the form of a regular and
artificial system." In another place he asserts
" that Mr. Barclay is a very great man, and
were it not for the common prejudice that
lies against him ag a Quaker, he would be
sure not to miss being preferred to the
greatest wits the age hath produced." And
in another place, that ie he had rather engage
with an hundred Bellarmines, Hardings, and
Stapletons, than with one Barclay."
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Collier, in his Universal Dictionary, gives
him much the same character as doth Wil-
liam Penn: but Bayle in his works, (as hath
been already observed) gives him the greatest
encomiums, and more largely treats of him