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    in the study of the holy ecaiptBre , were prefixed , either in ^ erse or prose , and rather by another tauad than my own , I know not but it might better secure * be end . You see , Sir , how bold I am with

    ypu : you may thank yoxn ? own good ** ness for it , at least you will be the bett er helped thereby to excuse Sir , Your very affectionate friend and servt ^ JOSIAH CHQRJLEY .

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    No . XXV . ACCOUNT OF MU , PARIS , A RELATIOX OF MR . SAY ' S .

    . SeMewMr 9 ^ 1794-Mrs . Toms relate ^ tjiat A ^ r . Paris was Called Cousin , but now near or on which side the relationship "was , she knows

    not . She knew him when > sJxe was young . He was a very little old g£ H ' tleman : he was many years a domestic in Bishop Sancroft ' s family ( whose estate was at or near Fressingfield , in Suffolk , and the Bishop lies interred under one of the buttresses of F . church ,

    and Is therefore called by the people there one of the supporters qf it ) and u $£ d to have the perquisite of the hishop ' s band * # nd fkeyes , put of which Mr $ ; T , whea a g * rl had cuffs and tuckers , & c . made *

    He was a very singular man m $ quite enthusiastic in his sentiments , as appears from these letters . ( There are several of Mr . Say ' s ta l ^ im . ) He kept his coffin by him , which he rubbed daily , and deposited dryJ ^ erbs in it for tbe . usc of the family . He jefp fy % r . Say his fcooks and

    what $ he he had- He was much noticed at Wreatham Hall , He professed great faith in prayer , and used to aflirm , he always knew wnen his prayers weie or were not answered . When they were heard , he used to be lifted up in his bed ,

    and the higher in the degree in which they were acceptable ; but when they were not heard * he lay quite unmoved . After the death of his great friend , at Wrentham Hall , friendship continued to be shewn him by his widow . The little old man construed this into love ,

    and thpught if he made an ojFar he should certainly obtain her to wife . He consulted Mr . and Mrs . Say ; they told him she only respected him as her la£ e husband's friend , fox whom she had had

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    No . XXVI . LETTERS FROM M IS * M . SEDDQN TO MR . SAY ,

    JLctter I . Rev . and Dear Sir , With the highest satisfaction , do I sec

    the dissenting congregation at Westminister , ( of whjch I am a Hjcmber ) under your care . We were a Considerable

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    a great regard , and if he once proposed such a matter to her he would be immediately forbidden her house ; but Mr . Paris was sure of the contrary , and chiefly because he was lifted up in hia bed when he prayed for her and upon

    the subject . Mr . Say told him it was only a delusion , and that his agitation in prayer proceeded entirely from the eagerness of his wishes to obtain her , but he was determined on the attejupt , confident of success . He persuaded Mrs . Say to but silver lace on his

    waistcoat , & c . and ruffles on his shirt ; and , dresstdip his best , he set off for Wrciitham Hall to make the widow his owfi , but soon returned as Mr . Say told him he certairil jr woujd . This d } sappqint | £ien£ shook his faith in his up liftings , an 4 made him say to Mr . Say , < c Now cousin , i begin to think I have been as you told me , under a delusion . "

    " " Lndcr this stoiie lyeth John Paris , born in Southampton , February nth , 16 45 ? who served two apprenticeships fco Mr . Rob . Sydenham and Mr . Stubbs , and afterwards waited on Dr . N . Carter , Dr *

    F . or J . Gale , John Tills - Esq , aj & d Dr . William Sancroft , Archbishop pf Canterbury , and lived in his family thirty-five years ; and after , with Humphry Brewster , Esq . of Wrentham , who married his niece , aged 81 , died May

    a 6 th , 1726 . Written on a stone-tablet , affixed in the outside end-wall of Wrentham church , facing the east , almost to the ground , on the left-hand of the chancel door as you enter : the lower part pf the inscription somewhat defaced frotn the effect of time , bit still legible . SAM . SAY TOMS .

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    Say Papers .- ~ Not . XXV and XXVI . 6 $%

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1810, page 633, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1708/page/13/