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christian, that 'tis to be lamented that the world should not have the benefit of particular me-moirs concerning him, from some able hand. One thing that was peculiar in him, deserves to be mentioned here. 'Twas his usual custom once in a year, for the space of a month to retire into a hut in a wood, and avoiding allhuman converse, to devote himself to contemplation. Possibly by this practice, he was the fitter for his sacred ministration all the rest of the year. He lived in the latter part of his life at Preston, and when his end drew near, was very sensible of it. Having taken his leave of many of his friends abroad, with unusual solemnity, as if he foresaw that he should see them no more, he came home to Preston from Bolton, and set all things in order. In a little time some of his hearers came from Garstang. to visit him. He discoursed freely with them, gave them good counsel, told them, he was now ready whenever his Lord should call, and that he had finished all he designed to write; having the night before sent away his Discourse concerning Angels, to the press. He accompanied his friends to their horses, and when he came back, shut himself in his parlour, the place of his soliloquy, meditation, and prayer: they thought he staid long, and so opened the door, and found him just expiring. This was in the year 1663-4. Ætat. 72. He was holy in his life, happy in his death, and honoured by God, and all good men.

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Looking unto Jefus in his Birth.

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