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      not , y you wou'd not yield to our call » but that you wou'd not remove from Lowestoflf , till Providence should appear to call you from thence . I take this opportunity by Mr . Alien , of expressing my sentiments In this matter . I think there is a plain appearance of y conduct of Providence in this call from

      Norwich , and that more attention , and more deliberation than you have allowed ought to be given to it . What do we commonly take for a call of Providence , but a call from a charch , evidently attended with a prospect of greater usefullness among them who give y « call . This s . y ° . certainly have . It so seems at least to me . Our people need such a gift as your ' s , and LowestofF might be easily pr-ovided with a meaner . This I entreat you well to consider . Your personal I character and ministerial qualifications raise you above a post so inferior as y you now fill . Indeed you are

      too big for it . There ought to be a greater proportion between ministers and people than there is there : and such , if you come , there will be here . ~ In my opinion , it is a shame to let such a rnan as you abide at Lowestoff while

      congregations more rich , more numerous , more understanding and of greater consequence to the publick and more adapted to y . gift , are in want of you . -And w your people arc not in gospel order , or a church state , nor the mind to

      fluce y . self in the pastoral relation , y call from one that is in y order wants the more consideration ; consider , y the latter deserve to be serv ' d better than the former , and that you are under the less obligation to the former : for they cannot be suppos'd to long for those ordinances w . cannot be administered

      among them . The duty of your doing this frequently in campliarkce ivith the taminand of your Lord , and your own pious inclinations should be weighty arguments wth . you in y deliberations to accept the call . These are . my sentiments of those matters , and possibly w . have been your own , had you had

      more time for thinking . And that you may , thepeople-, w . ever inconveniences they may suffer by it , are willing to wait . For they cannot relinquish a person whose value they are so thoroughly convinced of . An 4 ! > who know my own infirmities , shall have no greater satisfaction than to have you for my tcHeague in the ministry , with w , the

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      people will be so comfortable w *« I am dead . I intended you a visit this week , but occurrences interposed to render my journey impracticable ; but may pursue my inclinations for ought I know next week . Sh'd be glad of an answer t » this in the mean time . I am S . Y . affectionate friend and bro . in Xt . T . SCOTT .

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      Letter IV \ BDTo Mr . Say , at Ipswich . ear ro . Mr . Ashurst informed me some weeks since he saw yo " u at Ipswich , and you gave him reason to expect your company a day or two at Hedingham * Castle when 1 ( was there . I am arrived here this day , and hope to spend all next

      week theie ; if your affairs permit you to fulfill your promise , I know it will not be disagreeable to Mr . Ashurst , and I ' me persuaded your company will be acceptable to the JLady ABney , &c . And if you will share a bed with me for a night or two , you will be a very agreeable companion to your old friend an 4 brother , and humble servant I . WATTS . Heddingam * Castle , Augt . 10 th , 1727 ,

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      Letter V . To Mr . Say . Dear Bro . Say , I repeat my sincere thanks for your kind visit at Hedingam * Castle . I wish your situation of affairs had not forbid your longer stay . Distance and absence of bodys in this incarnate state forbids the pleasures of c © nversation to intellectual ! minds that dwell in them .

      Writing is a relief , but still a slow way of communication . May God keep our hearts still pointing heaven-ward , where the bweetesc society shall never be interrupted by such avocations as distutb us here . This only tells you that I have sent

      last week a small packet for you to Mrs . Porters . When you receive it you , will please to inform Your most affectionate brother And humble Ser . Sep « . n , * 7 a 7- I- WATTS * My salutations attend Mrs . Say * * ... . ,

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      186 The Sat / Papers . —Original Letters of Dr . JVatts * $ +

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      No . XIII . Original Letters of Dr . Watts "' s . Letters IV . V . VI . VII .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1809, page 186, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1735/page/10/