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    They hfetfe been lonctkstitutc , about twp year , and difficultly brought to agree , and have unanimously centered in you * , - with the approbation and good will of all the ministers in town ; and your refusal would hazard a breach which might be uncomfortable to you as well as to them . Ifou would be of great u « e

    amdng your brethren to the common interest , who -want men of experience and temper ; and Ipswich can be easily supplied by some younger man , who would not do here . As to your health , who have long lived in the country * a house may be got near the Park , or near the river , which is open and airy .

    I think there can be no reasonable doubt of the fitness of accepting , but only of the manner , which I would ad * vise should be ? s frank and as speedy as is consistent with prudence . If you

    can ' t come till the end of May , I think it would be right tasendyour acceptance sooner and set their minds at ease : tj pon the whole I think the call of Providence very clear and special , ; the prospect of comfort and usefulness very considerable ; the reasons for it very strong ; the difficulties very little . We must indeed leave events to God , while we follow plain duty , and trust in his

    care and mercy . I pray God direct your thoughts and guide your way in a matter of so much importance to yourself , and to the public interest * I am Your affectionate Bro . and Servant * W . HARRIS .

    Alijf-strcety Goodman * s-fieljs . P ; S , Hearty services to Mr * Baxter and Mr . Notcutu

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    No . XXI . -. DR . V , HARRIS TO MR . SAt \

    Letter II . December 2 f 9 I 7 $ 6 « Dear Sir , 1 have just received yours , and return in answer that it has always been a maxim among us , that our churches are not prisons , and that any member has a right to ^ ask a dismission upon a sufficient reason , and ought not to be denied . If you have any tenderness in your mind about it , I would advise to admit her to the Lord ' s table next Lord's day , as an occasional communicant , and then send a line by her to Mr . Brine , to know his mind about it . If the reason be

    because you are not of his denomination * I think we should not only refuse to admit it , but should protest against it , for that is unchurching ail but their own way , which is the great uncharitableness of many among them . Mr , Bayes , who is with me , joins in the same opinion , and am , with great affection and respect , Your ' s , W , HAMUS . P . S . Mr . Brine was a layman of very mean condition in Northamptonshire ; became a preacher of late years .

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    No , XXII . » MR . SCOTT , OF IPSWICH , TO MR . SAY , GIVING Atf ACCOUNT Of HIS OKDINATION .

    Urw . Sept . aj , tji 7 . Revd . and iJr . Sir , I take the freedom to give yott a line by Mi « s , Just to inform yon how I got over the difficulties and etnbarrassnienrj which for some time retarded my ordination . Mr . Meadows , ofNcedham ,

    imisted upon a previous examination ; in the ti ^ usl fofm . I complied bo far as tddlEeT ' tfeot oti ^ i Yiic ^ wirt ^ bnt * 3 so ttrthrtrf M -iflft preach "before him d £ km ^ 0 ^ ^ m : ^ m concession would tot «« ec . He imistcd Ttpoh mtking me any qjie 6 tion * he should think

    proper for his satisfaction ; and he > claimed this as Bis right , upon the authority of God . I for my ^ art could find no charter for this jure diVino in scripture ; and therefore could give no cocmtenance to it . My brother Baxter I found at bottom in 3 VIt . Meadows * sentiments , rwbich made

    tne 1 teffetr 1 should never cAcrjr « kj V ° But my immoveablcness I imagioe shook hiih . After having waited 6 owe time to know his mmdi i ^ ms ^ t to ttm ^ one itiorntng and begged to know p * $ ki ve wliat he intendeTW d «^ f * e & $ * . «** me , he would join in mj 4 > rdinati (»

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    532 The Say Papers *—Xos . XXI . XXTL

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1810, page 532, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2410/page/8/