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Memoirs of Himself, by Mr. Johyi Foa?, of Plymouth : with Biographical Sketches of some of his Contemporaries.
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Memoirs Of Himself, By Mr. Johyi Foa?, Of Plymouth : With Biographical Sketches Of Some Of His Contemporaries.
Memoirs of Himself , by Mr . Johyi Foa ? , of Plymouth : with Biographical Sketches of some of his Contemporaries .
HAVING received the following communication relative to Mr . Fox since we concluded his Memoirs , we gladly avail ourselves of the opportunity to present them to our readers . He died on the 25 th of October , 1763 , aged 70 years ; and but a fewdays before his own death , pasted into his Bible the following admirable
tribute of sensibility and affection , written by him but a short time before , on the death of his wife : " My dear wife died , to my unspeakable grief , December the 19 th , 1762 .
" With the loss of my dear companion died all the pleasure of my life—and no wonder . I had lived with her forty years , in which time nothing happened to abate the strictness of our friendship , or to create a coolness or indifference so common , and even
unregarded , by many in the world . I thank God 1 enjoyed my full liberty , my health , such pleasures and diversions as 1 liked , perfect peace and competence , during the time ; which were all seasoned and heightened every day more or less by constant marks of friendship , most inviolable affection , and a most cheerful endeavour to
make my life agreeable . Nothing disturbed me but her many and constant disorders , under all wjiich I could see how her faithful heart was strongly attached to me : and who could stand the shock of seeing the attacks of
death upon her , and then her final dissolution ? The consequence to me was fatal ! Old age rushed upon me like an armed man ! My appetite failed—my strength was gone !—Every amusement became flat and dull I—
My countenance fell !—And I have nothing to do but to drag an heavy chain for the rest of my lire , which 1 hope a good God will enable me to do without murmuring ; and , in conclusion , to say , with all my squI , " Te Deum laudamus . " The heavy chain he speaks of , it
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pleased that gracious Being , whom his heart praised in the midst of bis affliction , that he should not to his discomfort drag on long , when both his age and his infirmities rendered him unequal to the task , for he survived her but ten months and a few days . Dr . Touimin was mistaken In saying ( see p . 129 ) , that he never preached
but once , probably in consequence of having been told , as the fact was , that his father never heard him preach but once at Plymouth ; but he often preached at Truro and other places in Cornwall . It has also been suggested , that the Doctor was not correct in
describing Mr . Fox ( ib . ) as " a fellowstudent with Dr . Chandler and Archbishop Seeker at Mr . Eames ' s . "
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Biographical Sketches . Mr . JOHN ENTY was the son of John Enty , a tailor in Cornwall , who went about to work at people ' s houses , as the custom is in coimtry places . As he intended his son for the same business , he began to take him with him , and being once at
work at Tregothnan , the seat of the Boscawens , the boy was taken notice of by an old lady , who asked his father for what he designed him . Upon his reply that he would make him a tailor , she said it was a pity , and as the boy appeared intelligent and towardly , she ordered him to a Latin school , and
paid for his teaching . This lady , Mrs Fortescue , was a great friend to the Dissenting interest , and took much notice of the ministers of th' 4 t denomination , upon which principle she sent young Enty to the Taunton Academy after he left the grammar-school . I have heard that he was maintained
there at her sole cost , which was the reason why his name was never upon the fund feiooks ; so that , after all , he was maintained upon charity , though in a more private manner than some others of his profession . He came from Taunton with the character of a
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No . CLXXXVI . ] JUNE , 1821 . [ Vol . XVI .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1821, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2501/page/1/
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