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    his jisx@rtioQs , and as . his very habit turned every thing into fat , this tendency increased his appetite , and the pain of this eternal craving compelled him to gratify nature , and by so doing feed , luis disease : but this was but at

    the close of life . I can speak of years of abstemiousness , when he would seldom eat more thara one meal a day , ; and tfiat was dinner * not for want of appetites , for he was always hungry , but because he would not give way

    to I it . cannot say thjat I think the mexp $ ir . [ p * 1933 does justice to Scarlett ' s Testament . This work was projected by Mr- Scarlett j the translation was made by Mr . Creighton , a Clergyman of the Establishment 9 but in the Wesleian Methodists * connexion . Mr *

    Scarlett , who was an ox in the labours of literature , made all the divisions and the titles of them , and collated all the various translations . Once a Week Mr . Creighton * Mr . Scarlett , Mr *

    yidler and Mr « Cue met at Mr . Scarlett ' s , at an early hour , breakfasted and compared Mr . Creighton ' s translation with all Mr . Scarlett ' s collations , and

    with the Greeks and disputed on them tiB they could agree $ when they contuaued to differ , the place was taken home and privately reconsidered , their opinion sent , an $ most votes carried it . It w $£ a long and arduous undertaking , carried on for a long length of time wttfa much labour and great iu-^ egrity * excepting that Mr . Creighton £ Btd Mr . Cue leaned too much to the Trinitarian scfoewe however , with all

    its faults , it is a yery Improved Version ? & £ gf ) g the most elegant in the English language , and the best ground-work $ > r a more perfect translation . I believe , that , during their whole labour , j&jceptipg the first and last day of it , they allowed themselves no

    refreshment between ^ n early breakfast < ind te& that nothing might interrupt the warli # sr take off their sittei ^ tipn . A ISpte in page 19-8 , says , " When he first settled in London he tp& $ of a lean ' and spare habit of body * mid so lewn > wiwL spare habif . 0 / bod * mid so

    y WjeoiiJy tis to he constrained fa preach sztti&p * " ^ Vhen he c ^ me to London fee ^ a ? j comparativ ely lean to what he was for gpoie ye ^ rs before his 4 e a , t ^ i ; but this ^ cuiiQstance was some time

    Jfcwsfore he came to Lotndpp , soon ^ fter Jlie feeg ^ a p ^ e ^ c <|» ng ; mid J tbi ^ k 1 liave heard him s ^ iy s t ^ t that . time

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    he was $ 0 bad as to . be constrained , at times to be carried into the pulpit to preach * and out of . it when service

    was over * No person could possibly shew more fortitude than he did at his commencing preacher 5 it was for a long time never without opposition , aqcl frequently at the hazard of his life * To him , in this instance , the promise

    Be not weary of well-doing 9 for in . due time thorn shalt reap if ihou faint notp was most amply and unexpectedly realized . In a letter to me , dated 12 th March , 179 & * he says * ** I daily expeiieftce the truth of that saying , * When a man ' s ways please the Lord * he maketh even his enemies to be at

    peace with him . ' In my native place and neighbourhood , where I have formerly suffered nothing but scorn and reproach for the truth ' s sake , I bow meet with almost universal respect * And though in the time of my reproach I had many to attend my ministry ,

    yet I have now a great many more * JLast Wecjeiesday evening at Battle there were above a thousand perspps at the meeting : aiad though the house is very strong , yet the congregation was so large , that it was thought proper to put pillars under the

    gallery to prevent its breaking down . I preached twice on Lord ' s day at Battle , to a great company , an 4 walked to Siddleseombe ia the evening and preached to above 300 people in a private -house . " Another letter say ? , &

    * The affection of my friends in the country seems unbounded ; I faa ^ e access to their hearts , and can say aoy thing to them which God hath communicated to me . Wherever I go there are full houses of attentive

    hearers , and universal respect from men of the world . Thus the scene of usefulness opens before ijae . I am to preach to-morrow , Lo ^ s day , at Battle three times , and break bread with the brethren . ; Monday evening : meet the church ; JTijesaay preacli for the last tuqe at Battle . ; ' Wed n esday at Staple Cross j Thursday at Northiam ; f . ri ^ y ^ tP'P ^ eiidojti ; tak ^ horse on Saturday morning to weQt the coach at Fiouwell ^ ai ^ d hope , fey the good Iiaful ofwy j ^ od e , ipoa m $ p to r ^ ach tj ^ e Boijqugih at aix o ' clock . ^ Jii

    As I am transcribif ^ g / rofla s l etter ^ I cannot , tli 9 ^ g | fc I jb ^\ £ * $ ? & ? % fa / PS ** httw thun | t intec ^ ep , for bear ' mfaff&

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    @ ' Additions te the Memoir of the Rev * W o Vidfavs *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1818, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2472/page/6/