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in Buildings , and loud bounces in joysts , and sudden heavings or liftings in floors , such as have so lately astonished our next neighbours , and disturbed the Family that sent to me to exorcise the evil spirit y knocked against y partition of their roomes , and rais'd their beds and their chairs under them , and threatened
to throw down the table before them ; especially considering that both those are old and consequently well-timbered houses . For the rest , it is not to be wondered at if when once the imagination is prepared by effects that appear
super-natural , fear and surprize will be teadie not only to aggravate what is real but to create a great many other additional circumstances , and especially when it is hightened by the circumstances of preceeding wickedness , solemn imprecations and wishes and invitation of the
presence of evil spirits , or where the observation cd the good effects ^ of such unusual appearances upon the mind of one wicked person may tempt the rest to help forward the delusion , if at least it can be supposed that persons-equally
terrified and equally full of the apprehension of a super-natural agency can be impious enough to join as they imagine with the devil in carrying on a pious fraud , —However no wise man will look into another world for effects wcb
may be produced by natural causes ^ tho * he is not able to assign the true and particular cause of every effect . —In such amusements as these , I lay till about 4 . and then falling into a little slumber , I was seized by the usual consequence of longwatching and indigestion , the nightmare , the result of weak and exhausted
spirits . —After a difficult recovery from w 1 got up and resolved to write this history of my flight to the only person in the world to whom k will not appear impertinent , and who will be pleased to converse w&fc' the man she loves , upon what subject soever the converse ttion- turns . This i ^ a secre t only known
to lovers , that It is ; not the matter of the conference but the society "w gives them delight . While 1 write to you , I ani present with you * and when y ° read this , y « will 9 eem id enjoy me as present ^ nd talking to . you * Thus y ° see 1 give y as much of my company as I can , and when absent , am as little absent as the distance of place will allow . Farewell , and sometimes believe we ** ay be nearest when most asunder . & SAY ,
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No . XII . Letter from the Rev . T . Scott to Mr . Say . S . — Norwich , Sep . 17 , 1 7 * 3 . I , and y * brethren who have received your letter are troubled to find your
spirit at so great a distance from complyance with y * churches call . At first reading it we were ready to look upon it to be a lost and desperate case ; but afterward observed your resolution was
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The Say Paper * . ' —Mr . Says Call to Norwich , ^ fyc . 185
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No . XI . Mr * Say * * Call to the Church at Norwich . 17 M . Rever . S . You are not unacquainted w ** that variety of trials we of this church have been exercis ed with for some years
together , nor ignorant of the springs and occasions of them ; and how graciously and remarkably our God appear ed for us at last is obvious to almost every body and much more to you who so well know the worth and value of that
ministry we now sit under . To compleat and establish our present hsgppy settlem * . it is necessary y * an agreeable assistant to our rever pastor be immediately provided , and after seeking God to direct us in our choice , we have unanimously nVd upon you s for
that service , and heartily pray you to accept our call , and since yo gifts and abilitys are so suited as to please and edifie us , we must press yo compliance w an unusual importunity . Surely an argum . drawn from a greater serviceableness to y * interest of our
Lord Jesus here than where you are , should effectually incline you to it \ however you may assure yo self , by fervent and frequent addresses to y * God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ . We shall endeavour to procure the irresisti ble influences of the eternal spirit to
persuade you to that which to us doth so manifestly appear to be conducing toGod's glory , and yo . and our comfort . We beg yo . answer as soon as the nature and importance of the thing will allow ; and shall © n } y » 4 d y * you will find it very difficult to make us take a denial , and
we hope for you to give one . Signed in the name and by the appointnV of the whole Church . TIM ^ COPPING JOHN DAWSON JSTorwich , WILJLIAM iftEI . ANp . August 39 , 171 a .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1809, page 185, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1735/page/9/
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