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    Hfe son , the subject of the present memoir , discovered an early inclination for the ministry , and about the time of his father ' s death , entered himself a student of the Rev . Thomas Howe ' s academy , in London , ' where Dr . Isaac Walts was one of his

    cotemporaries . When he had finished his studies , he went as chaplain into the family of Thomas Scott , E ^ q . * of Liming ** ., in the South-East part of Kent ; a worthy

    gentleman , who had a church in Ids own house , " with whom Mr . Say continued three years . At the invitation of some friends who knew his worth , he removed from Liminge to Andover , in Hants ; but his stay here was short . His next settlement was at Yarmouth :

    soon leaving this place , he fixed as a constant preacher at Lowestoff , in Suffolk , where he continued eighteen years ; but not being able during all this period , to bring the people into a regular church-order , in 1725 , he

    accepted an luvitaiion from a congregation at Ipswich , to become co-pastor with their minister , the Rev . Samuel Baxter-j-. Here he remained nine years ; and in 1734 « , succeeded Dr . Calamy in Westminster , in which situation he finished his days .

    Mr . Say , died after a week ' s illness , of a mortification in the bowels , April 12 , 1743 , in the 68 th year of his age . His whole

    * We shall be glad to receive biographical sketches of any of the persons men * tioned in connexion with Mr . Say . f TJhe Rev . Samuel Baxter , was pastor of the Presbyterian congregation in Ipswich 39 years , and died July 19 , 1740 , aged 70 .. He was son of the Rev . Nathaniel Baxter , one of the ejected ministers , who died at Attcrcliffe ^ near Sheffield , in 1697 , aged about 6 s . Mr . Nathaniel Baxter had five sons , of whom he brought up four to the ministry ; viz . besides Samuel before-mentioned , Nathaniel who died just as his studies were completed ; Thomas who was assistant to Dr . Colton , ^ at York ; and Benjamin , who preached for ^ a few years in some private houses , tQ tfyc dissenting magistrates at Nottingham , in the latter part of QMcen Ann ' s reign .

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    £ Brief Metnbir of the Rev . Samuel Say .

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    life was a transcript of the doe * trine he taught ; and he left this world with a full conviction of those important tmths , which he had so long and so pathetically impressed on the minds of others , and with an entire resignation to the divine will ,

    supported by the hopes of future glory . About the year 1719 , Mr-Say had married Miss Sarah Ham by , niece of Mr- Nathaniel Carter

    of Yarmouth , who survived him but a short time ; for she fell asleep , dying of a lethargy , without any sensible pain , February 9 * 1744 , in the 71 st year of her

    age . They left one child , a daughter , who was afterwards the wife of the Rev . Isaac Toms , a

    dissenting minister of Hadleigh , in Suffolk , who died a few years ago , and mother of the Rev » Sau ^ ucl Say Toms , named after his worthy ancestor , who is

    mentioned in the introduction to this memoir , « Mr . Say appears to have ranked high amongst the Dissenters

    His succeeding Dr . Calamy is a proof of the reputation which he enjoyed . He had early in life

    been strongly importuned to settle at Norwich .

    He was well versed in astronomy and natural philosophy , had a taste for music and poetry , was a good critic and master of the

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1809, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1732/page/6/