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of the Gospel. The question may now
be asked, how could the children of parents
thus disposed expect to be brought up in
the dear & nurture of the Lord? Such as they
might wish to instil morality on their
infant? minds, their general education
would have been according to the Philoso
phical axiome? so prevalent at that period
I was the youngest of three brothers; the
eldest went early to Winchester school, be
ing designed for the Bar. The second to
Westminster for the army. From seven
years old I was a day scholar at the Ca-
thedral grammar school, & had my
father lived till I had reached twelve years,
was to go to Winchester College.
I must now revert to the awful
wents which under Providence, led to the
opening of the Savrs gracious purposes
with me. In 1759 it pleased God to re
move both my honoured parents with
in 9 weeks of each other, my father in
Octr of a gouly? spasm on the heart,
while conversing with me after dinner
on my going to Winchester next Easter.