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The Australian magazine, or, Compendium of religious, literary, and miscellaneous intelligence

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Sydney : Printed by Robert Howe, 1821-1822
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Vol. 1 No. 7 (1 November 1821)
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THE  

AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE;  

OR, COMPENDIUM OF  

Religions, Literary and Miscellaneous Intelligence.  

VOL. I.J  

November 1, 1821.  

[.No. 7.  

BIOGRAPHY.  

SOME ACCOUNT OF SIR MATTHEW HALE,  

LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND.  

Matthew Hale was horn at  

Alderley, in Gloucestershire, on the  

Ist of Nov. 1(109. Great care was  

taken of his education, and his guar-  

dian intended him for the ministry  

and being inclined to the way of  

those then called Puritans, put him  

to some schools that were taugh  

by them and in the 17th year of  

his age, sent him to Magdalene Hall  

in Oxford, where Obadiah Sedgwick  

was his teacher.  

He was an extraordinary proficient  

at school, and for some time at Ox-  

ford. But the stage-players coming  

thither, he was so much corrupted by  

seeing many plays, that he almost  

wholly forsook his studies.  

The corruption of young man’s  

mind in one particular, generally  

draws on great many more. So he,  

being now taken from his studies,  

aud from that gravity of his deport-  

ment, which was formerly eminent ir.  

him, far beyond his years, became  

entangled iu many of the vanities  

incident to youth, but still preserved  

great probity of mind. He loved  

fine clothes, and delighted much in  

company; and, being of strong,  

robust body, he was great master  

at ail those exercises that required  

much strength. He also learned to  

fence, io which he became so expert,  

 

that lie worsted many of the masters  

of that art: but as he was exercising  

himself in them, circumstance oc-  

urred that gave some hopes of bet-  

ter things.  

Mr. Hale did not forbear associa-  

ting: with some vain persons, till sad  

accident drove him to do it. He was  

with seme other young students, who  

wished to he merry out of town; one  

of them called for so much wine,  

that, notwithstanding all Mr. Hale  

could do to prevent it, he proceeded  

in his excess till he fell down as dead  

before them All that were present  

were not little frightened, and did  

what they could to bring him to him-  

self again. This particularly affected  

Ylr. Hale, who went into another  

room, and shutting the door, fell on  

his knees, and prayed earnestly to  

God, both for his friend, that he  

might be restored again, and that  

himself might be forgiven for giving  

countenance to such excess; and he  

owed to God, that he w'ouid never  

again keep company in that manner,  

or drink health while he lived  

uis friend recovered, and he most re-  

ligiously observed his vow till his  

dying day. This wrought an en ire  

change on him. Now he forsook all  

vain company, and divided himself  

between the duties of religion, and  

the duties of his profession. In the  

former he was so regular, that for  

six and thirty years be never once  

failed going to church on the LordV  

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