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y ^ ^ : p lained then to him the whole , ^ Jhrgg ed h inx .-to assist him -a ^ d . his driver , to try once more if with his asjjstance they might d / gw the waggon * id horses from the mire of that « war » p , and bring them into the right read . I will try , said he , if I can
effect something ; upon which he approached the waggon , and placed his stick under the fare wheels , and appeared to lift these a little ; the same fedid to the back wheels ., and then put his hand to the waggon , to draw it * ivithmy father and the driver , out of themire . He called at the same
instant to the horses , who , without any appearing difficultyv left the swamp and drew the waggon upon solid ground . After this the stranger conducted them into the right road / fnom which they had wajadered ,- and told them to keep
now that road * and neitherdeviate frona it to-the ngjvtor left * and when , said he , ^ Kou shait arrive at the end of this woqd * you will discov-er-at some distance a light in one of the nearest houses of the village * which y ou must pass * In $ hafc house lives a pious man , who , although it is so late , will receive you civilly-and give you lodgings for the night . My , father cordially thanked this man for his assistance and
instruction , and , while he had turned his face from him tQ put his hand in his pocket afidt ) ffer him semes money , he had disappeared . . My father looking towards hiin ae # in < saw nobody ; he looked aH around him , and even searched awhile forking but could not ftnd him again : then he called witb a loud voice , where
art thou , rriy friend ! return , T pray you , towards vn > e > !• hav $ yet something to ® yXc > you $ but he-received no answer ^ ntither saw his deliverer again . Surprised arid astonished , he waited yefra lon g while , a ^ ceaded his waggon , and r
thanked . G ^ drforth 4 sfavou . They ar-*» ed-in- safely tfe rough the wood , and W % the Jight in that bouse * of which jte stronger had spoken . My father locked softly at ^ the-window ^ upoa ^» y ? H th > master of the -hou / ae opewed A a »( d | looked out to see who there , wasi 4 £ he
j ^ father asked - could give him ^ 4 ^^ | te replijecjby asking how rj ' ,, u - ¦ i . ' ¦ . ' . . ¦ . - . rt . . ^ * - - -
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they came so late ,, and why they , proceeded on £ hei r jooruevv after micktight , not far frorh daybreak ? My father developed the reason in few words , and was then a micably received : Wbe » at * table my father gave hirrra-more * circumstantial account , and a ^ k ed him if he ever had seen or known such a roan , as he who conducted him no the right road in the wood , and-of whose * countenance and clothes he gave him a description : he answered ,, that he knew not such a man , but that he knew very well that the tavern at the other side of the wood was no safe place for travellers . After awhile , helooked
accidentally to one of the corners t > fthe room , not far from the tabte , vrhei-o He savr some books on a bench . Iiafc ttxg ^ otie ^ of these and looking injUvit , he saw it 5 was a bookofa Polish lljaitarran . TrVis curiosity alarmed the irraster of the " house ; but as soon as mr father periiousc- ; out as soon as my ^ tatnrer
perceived this , he said-tor him , keep good courage , friend I I ^ haH hot bfhxgy&a * , into- any difficulty ibr that' book ; . netn ther inform against you for heresy ; and ' to give -you more confidence in this as ^ surance ^ I must tel l yotr that I too am ' an Unitarian-. Then he told him W ^ ^
name , whieh b y fame was known to his landlord , who now full of joywatj delighted to receive such-a guest in ii ! d house ; My father adored the ways of God * s Providence , rn- bringing him to this place . Thrs man wa ^ a lihen-vrea-\ er , wtw , when the Unitarians were
bamshed from Poland , remained here fer several years hidden through the favour of ^ a nobleman ,. the , lord of his village , and liberal-tninded in religion . He would not permit my father tb start next day , but persuaded him to tarry with ' him a few days more / and treated rny father , with' his children and the dnveriand horse 5 iverv hospitably .
There arc more exatnpjes of a particular proyidence in regard to the Alifch Unitarians , of which I lately tote you some ; and it would be a desirable thing , if ali these had been directly recorded by those Who could bear witness fco thfetn . FurewelJ . Amsterdam , Aug . 1730 . , , « . ¦ ' -I
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Remarkable Prcvideme iri ) the Life of Crellius * 6 %
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1816, page 635, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2458/page/7/
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