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W ave ha&rfc * sbme years , two absolute en gagements upon me for two of my best livings , or such of a secondary sort as vnM *> e accepted of till better fall . And I am very sure , you arc not the man that would say a single word to me towards the immorality of falsehood or breach of
promise-And I have the very same opinion of the goodness of heart of those worthy persons who have entered into this affair with you . As to actual vacancies , it is our duty not to wish for any by death ; And they are very uncertain * and improbable to happen during the Remainder of my life ^
tho my health is surprisingly better than it was in my younger days . With all these considerations of my age , arid the precarious condition of all human affairs , if you will take my word , you will find me , if alive , as simiere a friend , as you yourself can wish to find .
Your affectionate , &c . — ; ; b . w . * Mr . Pyle ,. as was said before , obtained the lectureship , and became the preacher at St . Nicholas Chapel , and one of the ministers of the town
in J 701 . In that situation he continued till 17 $ 2 , when he succeeded Dr ., Littel as vicar of St . Margaret's . This
4 * * * The same MS . volume , or Collection s from which the . above has been taken , contains the following' curious fragment . or PS . of a letter of the dale of 1742 , from
the same respectable prelate , to the same corresppndentj as we presume , for it lias ao superscription . — - " I find by the direction of one of your correspondents , whose hand and head I g-wess at , how great a man aC—h of S- must be , that his Mies must follow him into all countries .
¦ Hie other , whose hand . and head I pretty ^ cirjcnow , has more sense than to adorn \ the outside of his letters in that manner .- *—* remember a story of > a clergyman of great » ° nn in Sum /) who directed a post letter to 46 p . Saner oft—To his Grace ^ my Lord fh : of Canterbury Primate of all
JRng-*««<* and Metropolitan ;—which letter a ^ n famous for imitating-hands happened t 0 see brought to the post-office at Ej > somy aft <* finding a little room left after the word 1 li <* jc > politan , added the words to boot , * | ch caused great wrath in old Sancroft , a | koroug-h reprimand to the poor man ext time he appeared at Lambeth ^ who „ ? »<* distinguish the addition from his B . W "
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situation he held till 1755 , being no longer capable of discharging the duties annexed to it . He accordingly gave in his resignation , both to the
Dean and Chapter of Norwich , and also to the Mayor and corporation of Lynn , early in the summer of that year . How his resignation to the former was worded we kttow not , but
his resignation to the latter , of which we have obtained a copyj was expressed in the following words * and addressed to the elder Cary > then in the second year of his mayoralty . — - " Sir , A long decline of life , and
absolute incapacity of attending on such a ministry as that of Lynn , calls upon me to resign it to some hands able iu dite manner to discharge it to the good-liking and satisfaction both of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich and of the mayor and corporation of Lynn . But I cannot nor ought to do this * without paying my just and most grateful acknowledgments to yourself ,
Sir , with the former magistrates , and the rest of the gentlemen of your body , for the favours they have , for a long tract of time conferred upon me , and in particular for their tender and generous indulgence towards ine in
these last years of my age and infirmities . I request , Sir , you will please to make your hand the conveyor of this only return left in my power of thankfulness to them , accompanied with the sincerest wishes of everv
kind of good that can finish the welfare and prosperity of aii ancient , generous , and loyal society ; wishes from the _ heart of yours and theirs most affectionate humble servant , "May £ 8 th , 1755 . " Tho . Pyle . "
This letter is supposed to have been dated from Swaff'ham ,, where , on account of its healthy situation , he resided the two last years of his life 5 and where , if we are not mistaken , he also died on the last day of the ensuing year . He was buried in the Church of Lynn All-Saints ; where
a Latin epitaph honourable to . their memories , is inscribed on the stone that covers the remains of him and his wife . She died the 14 th of March , 1748 , aged 66 : and he died the Slst of December , 1756 , aged 82 . This was 58 years after the coinmencement of his ministry .
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Memoir of the Rev . TJmmas Pyle , M . A . $ 69
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1815, page 269, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1760/page/5/
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