Works
The Miracles of Jesus Vindicated (1729) was written against Thomas Woolston. A Reply to the Letter to Dr. Waterland was against Conyers Middleton, defending Daniel Waterland; Pearce engaged in this controversy as a former student of William Wake.
Other works were:
- Cicero, Dialogi tres de oratore (1716)
- Longinus, De sublimitate commentarius (1724)
- Cicero, De officiis libri tres (1745)
He also published sermons; he preached at the funeral of Sir Hans Sloane.
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