In both these important trusts, there is reason to believe that Mr. Clark acquitted himself to the satisfaction of the parties concerned, and of the public. As a tutor, indeed, he had only to follow the example which had been set him; without attempting either to conceal or to impose his own opinions, to encourage and enable his pupils to examine as far as possible the whole evidence on each question, and then judge for themselves. It appears, however, that the majority of Dr. Doddridge's congregation were of a higher-toned orthodoxy, or at any rate laid a greater stress on their doctrinal peculiarities than their late pastor; for when his decease called on them permanently to supply his place, they rejected Mr. Clark, and appointed a successor of much more rigid theological views than either himself or his principal. Mr. Clark's retirement seems to have been the occasion of the removal of the academy, which took place at this time, from Northampton to Daventry, Here it was placed under the care of
