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r went to it , and knocked at the door . The good main of the house soon got up and let him in , when he found his bait and beard frozen ^ his hands and feet benumbed ,
his clothes stiff wkh frost and snow , and himself scarcely able to speak . He made a good fire , gave him some hot milk , and put him to a warm bed ^ where he lay some hours . When he got up , he found himself so well refreshed , that he went that morning to the meeting place and preached , without any sensible prejudice . He used to say , he envied no man ' s gifts * but desired faithfully to improve his own little talent for the
service of his Lord . He was tender of grieving any , and though strict in his own opinion , . was candid towards those who differ * ed from him . He often said , he valued no man for his opinion , or his adherence to this or that party , but for what he saw of the Grace of God in him - His unblemished and exemplary deportment procured him the esteem of many of the gentlemen of the country , to some of whom he was nearly related . His
character was strongly marked by compassion and charity ; The numerous poor m his own neighbourhood , and under his extensive pastoral inspectionj he constantly visited and relieved . When in his travels he happened to meet with persons suffering by the severity of the weather , for want of proper
clothing , he has spared from his own person ( not without hazard ) what their pressing necessities seemed to require * At a time when the sweating sickness carried off great numbers * and the infected were in want of proper assistance , he diligent ^ ly attended them , and condescended to perform , even for the
meanest ^ any necessary service . His unaffected piety and goodness made considerable impressions sometimes where little of the kind was expected ; of which the following circumstances arc instances . When the Under Sheriff of Merionethshire apprehended him at his own house , in the reign of James II , he appeared very ready to accompany him , but oegged ' leave first to pray with his family , which he was allowed to do . When
he had done * the officer being deeply affected with his devotion , said , he would now have no more to say to him / and so went away leaving his prisoner at liberty . He was once confined at Powis Castle , but was treated with remarkable kindness during his confinement . Lord Powis , though a Papist ^ on hearing him pray , said to his priest ^ 4 C $ iirely this is a good Christian \' And on his discharge , engaged him to corae to
Powis Castle every Christmas * His congregation consisted partly of Baptists , at least the Montgomeryshire part of it ; and he was careful in endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace , with respect to the difference of opinion between them and their fellow members , of the opposite sentiment ; reminding them of the sad breach which the want of that had occasioned at Wrexham , where very unhappy differ *
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122 Biographical Sketches .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1806, page 122, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1722/page/10/
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