[332] among us; the peace of God, which passeth understanding, will rule in our breasts, and the God of peace will make us perfect in every good work to do his will, working in us that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ.
About this time appeared, ‘The Lord's Supper explained on Scripture Principles;’ a valuable tract, in which the intention and permanent obligation of this ordinance are ably stated, placed on a just and rational basis, cleared of superstitious prejudices and unauthorized human additions, and enforced with much impressive and eloquent illustration. In 1757 was published, ‘Infant Baptism a Symbol of the Covenant of Grace.’
Of Dr. Taylor's pulpit compositions but few have been published, though many remain in Ms. They are written in a plain and simple style, but his manner as a preacher is described as impressive and dignified. He was certainly for many years the highly popular and acceptable minister of a numerous and intelligent congregation, and there is reason to believe that his public services and pastoral instructions, aided by the personal weight and influence which he, doubtless, derived from his reputation as a consummate scholar and theologian, were mainly instrumental in diffusing among them the liberality of views and character by which they have always been distinguished.
Dr. Taylor had lived on terms of the most perfect cordiality with his congregation. They regarded him with the highest respect and attachment, not only on account of his literary eminence and reputation, but his agreeable deportment in society, free from pedantry, and marked in every
