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==Death and legacy==

[[File:Cemiterio inglez, jazigo de Philip Doddridge - João Francisco Camacho (1833-1898) ML.FOT.3749.46.png|thumb|Tomb of Doddridge in the [[British Cemetery, Lisbon|British Cemetery]] by [[St George's Church, Lisbon]]]]

In 1751, Doddridge's health, which had never been good, broke down. He sailed for [[Lisbon]] on 30 September of that year; the change was unavailing, and he died there of [[tuberculosis]].<ref name="Deacon"/> He was buried in the [[British Cemetery, Lisbon|British Cemetery]] in Lisbon, where his grave and tomb may still be seen.<ref name="Deacon"/> A second tombstone was added to his grave in 1828.<ref name="Harmar">{{cite journal |last1=Harmar |first1=L. C. D'O. |title=St. George's Cemetery, Lisbon |journal=British Historical Society of Portugal Annual Report |date=1977 |volume=4 |page=15 |url=https://www.bhsportugal.org/library/articles/st-georges-cemetery-lisbon |access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>

Doddridge worked towards a united Nonconformist body that would have wide appeal, retaining highly cultured elements without alienating those less educated. His best known work, ''The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul'' (1745), dedicated to [[Isaac Watts]], was often reprinted and became widely influential. It was through reading it, together with [[Isaac Milner]], that [[William Wilberforce]] began the spiritual journey which eventually led to his [[Religious conversion|conversion]]. It is said that this work best illustrates Doddridge's religious genius, and it has been widely translated. His other well-known works include: ''[https://archive.org/details/familyexpositoro1825dodd/page/n13/mode/2up The Family Expositor]'' (6 vols., 1739–1756); ''Life of Colonel Gardiner'' (1747); and a ''Course of Lectures on Pneumatology, Ethics and Divinity'' (1763). Doddridge also published several courses of sermons on particular topics.

[[John Wesley]] stated, in the Preface to his ''Notes on the New Testament'', that he was indebted to '"the ''Family Expositor'' of the late pious and learned Dr. Doddridge'" for some '"useful observations'".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Wesley Center Online: Preface to the New Testament Notes |url=http://wesley.nnu.edu/john-wesley/john-wesleys-notes-on-the-bible/preface-to-the-new-testament-notes/ |website=wesley.nnu.edu |access-date=23 April 2018}}</ref>

Many of Doddridge's hymns, such as "O God of Bethel, by whose hand", continue to be used to this day across the English-speaking world. "O God of Bethel" appears as № 497 in The Hymnal 1940, and № 709 in [[The Hymnal 1982]] of the Episcopal Church, and as № 269 in the Presbyterian Hymnal (1990). "How Gentle God's Commands" appears as № 69 in the Methodist Hymnal (1939), № 53 in the Methodist Hymnal (1966), and as № 681 in the [[Trinity Hymnal]] (1990).