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    fallep 4 nto CMisumptipn , an 4 grange decl ^ n ^ iffii ^ . s ; xVhich ended in 64 Ufo & mt mKiHya , ' : - ^ ? * A < : •' .. . . * 5 * Wfeat ha ^ h ibis life to make it wort h hfi w . 9 H c iK » .. x ; Since trouble after trouble doth at-\ ack : * $ & $ la & iat can year * to our advantage

    , ¦ . Which . only keeps the fatal minute back . " Sir Chas . Wotton . * I havings written so long * a letter unanswer'd , I shall , not at present swell

    this much bigger . My service to Mr , Say , and tell him how much I long to hear from him and to know how you ail do : I hope he wilj be so good as to write soon , which will very much rejoice the heart of , « Your much obliged friend aud humble servant ,

    MARGt . SHEPPARD . "" t see Dr . Hunt sometimes here and elsewhere , and he always inquires when I heard of Mr . Say , my good old friend ; we talk of him often ; he has a great respect for Mr . Say , I think myself very

    happy in the Doctor ' s cornpany , he is so very reasonable and good-temper'd a cteatfcre . -f ' ' t come into many of nis opinions , but perhaps ' tis because I ' me qot so wise and reasonable as he is . He and Fqster have given up long ago the satisfaction of Christ , and maintain t & at

    he only died for his Doctrine ; this is a new scheme of Divinity which our forefathers knew nothing of They say the World i f not yet prepared to receive this trutn , however they preach it . I tell ' em they seem to explain things quite away , thaj : I ' ve been always used to receive from my youth up in quite another sense , and can ' t tell how to pa ^ t with it :

    let them all say what they will , most people must make a religion to themselves , for there are hardly two people who think alike on any one thing , and it is the sincerity , of the heart that is of any account with the Almighty ; so shall make myself easy , for if I had heard no Reaching ' , the Gospels and Epistles are & ffte i enovjgp forine to steer fey , an < J the Fr & tohct * arfe aitfeat help to confirm me

    iipfte Sain %€ &*; tho * for the most pffft Mr 1 n > t ; mderstand them , and in vKf cortoeraatfon I find Wutffc of the wise and learned are in the dark about them . T ^^ oet < # pr « ftchei » giye sweh v ^ riQUC meaning * to tteasanae worde , tfiaj # n $ i $

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    at a loss what to believe about it : how--ever this tafc ^ s not fVdnr th « r u & r of preaching ^ lanxi ^ like to hear it ; it does a . great deal of good jb general u > reform ^ ing mankind , who would be much vydrse without it , for the naajorfty bf the WorKl know nothing but what they learffat church , and if they are not ^ wanting * t &

    themselves , may get some sort of good by each sermon they hear ; and yet I believe it has done a great deal of harm , for-when priestcraft prevails in any de * nomination whatever , it promotes nothing but bigotry and infidelity . God give us understanding in ail things that is proper for us to know , and keep u $

    from the vices and infidelity of the age * Tell Mr . Say , Dr . Hunt is going t © oblige the world soon 1 believe ; I ' ve r « ad part of the manuscript , but can ' t say any thbg of it ' till I see the whole , tvhicft ( under the rose ) he will bring in Ms

    pocket next time fee comes herev If yott ; remember , Mr . Foster in his > book men * tions a learned able pen that , he is i « hopes will clear such and such points . This is to Mr , Say , so Sir , I am ' ' ¦ - ¦¦ , Your very humble Servant , . M . S .

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    Letter Vm To Mr . $ oyf GOOD SIR , •*¦ I have at last , by the indefatigable pains of my friends and my- p ^ P£° ? £ cured the place of chief Nurse to . t ^ e . Foundling Hospital . 1 was elected fast Saturday ; there were thirteen candidates . There were five dress'd-up fine women , one of which the Speaker of the .

    Commons presented , another their Grace * of Portland and Richmond presented , the last was too old or they must have had her , so it lay between the other and myself , the rest being all rejected . I had eleven votes , the other had nine ;—

    1 did not in the least expect it , Dr . Mead fearing two days before that I should not have it ; tho * he knew my interest was good , he feared a better . Mr . Perry and a Lady of my acquaintance went with me . Mr . P . was of use to inquire who

    of . my friends wcrs tjxere ^ fyc ,. - We were palled into . the room j£ * abquj aa hotu % -where t & i ^ commitree \ $ ere sjftlftg , oae .. fajr . ; onc ta an : alpj ^ ejti qal ^ aa nj ^ they say I behaved like a heroine . F ^^ M ^^^ fTl ^ m ^ W P $ * h * iP * c x » v * $ f & wmpp M $ MWr * M ^ f ^

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    T & t S ^ Papers . ^ rOriginal ^^ ( gj & rs . M ^ Skppard ' s * 7 gJL

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 731, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1707/page/25/