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ry of the Romany with which he was hot $ q well acquainted , and pleased !
therefore with hearing me explain it in more obvious expressions
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'¦ V . - ¦ ¦ " . ¦ V ;• - ¦ ¦¦ •• : ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ V' ^ ; •¦••¦ * . ¦ ' : - . . \ NP » XX ,- ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ; . ' * r ^ ' ' ' . ¦ / . ' f SOPHIA SELCIfRTG'fc * PETit * lbj ^ TO ;\» ft « SAT VOtt UELIITF , ¦
,,.,, Reyei ? en 4 Swv- , : •; . — - ~ .., l - . \ - • ¦ , . I feeing : a pearsoji much reduced to \ yant , by reason of this hard season , ra ^ akes nie pres « nie to trouble you , which , £ 'jb $ pe your goodness will not resist t <* relieve ,, I being the widow of Mr . SeU cjiri g * who was ; left four years and four months on the island of John Ferinanda ; and besides I had thr , ee uncles in
Scotland , pkl ' l ministers , t& wit * Mr . Harr ^ Rymer , Mr . Jamc&Rymer , and another ; therefore depending ha » bly 6 b yoitf prudent and wise consideration o £ my present circumstances , ¦ ¦ ¦ . /¦ ¦ ¦ ^ Revdl Sir . ' : - / , - Your petitioner shall ever pray , SOPHIA ; SELQHRK ^ . - . ¦ . * ' . * - ¦( ¦ '
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No . XXL .:. ¦ '• - '¦ -. ' ... ¦ - ' . . 1 ¦ . \ , . . DIU W . HARRIS TO MR . SAY , Ofr KIS ¦ ^ UFVITATtOtT TO tTEST * MINSTER .
his whole preaching was in that strain-He never troubled them with predestination . We are all of opinion , you will be as like to please Sir R . as any man who is fit for the place . However , it is able to support a minister independent of him , as I am informed theit own subscriptions are neab 150 ! . per annum . Dr ; Q . lived' among them For thirty years though with a large family , witk haonouf and comfort , though- not without som © exercise of prudence upori partictilar ot * casions , for whichi thei *? is need every
where ; : ; 'the reasons for acceptance are ^—^ That ' tis an ancieutt and cotisiderable c 6 ngr « Ration ') which : has- been always undttp ,-the care of wort ¥ y tH 3 en > J 3 r . C . Mr ; Alsop , Mr . CaW ^ onv Up to the ejec * tion , and should not fall into the hands of the young and unexperienced . It raises about 100 a year for the fund , upon which the country so much depends *
Letter I * AprilZQ , 1734 . , - Dear Sir , I designed to have writ to you , but being out of town on Tuesday , had not the opportunity of seeing the . gentlenten from Westminster and hearing particularly what passed at Withanv .+ As I
have taken some paiiw-in this aiFak , and Watched all opportunities by-fitting methods to lead tneir thoughts * this-way , so V think yo » have a good * right Id an y as ^ slstance I am able to give you * and fr shall do it with the irankiiess of a friend who greatly loves you , and without any
reserve ? . . A& to your difficulties , Sir- R * is a gentleman of learning and : piety . His learning mostly in the classical and critical way . His notions in religion are strict Calvinisms He greatly affects the books of the old Puritans . Dr ; Ca * jamy was bred in the middle way , and
* • The widow of Selchrig , or Selkirk , De-Foe ' s Robinson Crusoe . The petitionpr . Was notv very accurate in her spelling , though we haw . ^ ven her let ter , in ttat reajaect correctly . Iii the . direction , ! the name Say is spelt ^ V / £ . —Ed . 't At thk place ; a deputation of the Wcatminster congregation niet Mr . Say , to P * gei his j ^ ccjp * an c e-of the pastoral office : the membcrs ^ of Presbyterian cdn ^ rega * tiont , h ^ 4 t at this period , some zeal for the iAterestfi of their respective jsQcietics ^ ww ^ w ^ r | npt a , little anxious to shew marks of reepect 19 thcic nii p ifiters . The ^ m ^ rf'ljie place ig written JVickbam in an-address of the Vfcstxpimter pcppje-tQHr . i ^ abou this , time . ¦ " " ,,. . ¦ . -,.. ' ' , h ' /¦ ' . ' , * ,. ., ^ '; .. " Two ^ nvitations froni . tbena to Mr . Say are preserved ia the papers , and an , ac&npwi fdgmc ^ t ot hia acceptance of their « call ,: on < q letter is . BJ gned ^^ ty-fV ' p n »»^ cs ; «*« : sig ^ tu ^ . o * $ am ** l & ? r * ty i » *¦ * & *> £ thieoaj . he J * supjk ^ e ^ l ^ j % ? & iK ^ tjfc firan ^ atMor ftf" Mi'l& Uorikyx h ^ . i ^^ evi <^ tly ^ ^ t « u ) liters , are all i ^ hi&b ^ jad ^ writing . ---ED ^ >
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The Sa $ Tapers .- ^ Nos . XX . XXI . 531
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1810, page 531, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2410/page/7/
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