Dial ” bi, 
e 
at Til not trouble her, 
" seech -Almighty God, whose power «is illi- 
tye and‘to whom a thousand ‘years are but 
“= 
yesterday, that he woud be now pleased to 
" rdise my dear deceased wife: upon which 
_ consi tion, the length of time is no cir- 
at ali; forhe canas asily raise our 
it, Eve, as any of her «laughters 
ta moment ago. 
above 1600 years after..his de- 
e. 17th Matt. 9th Mark, and 9th Luke, 
| her likewise revise the 37th of Ezekiel, 
colcerning the resurrection of the dry bones, 
ich being a type of the restoration of the 
_ Jewish State then in captivity, must therefore 
¥ be real, and not visionary ; and also the 27th 
of Matthew and 52d verse, where it is re- 
eorded. that the graves were opened, and many 
i bedies which slept arose. But how long they ~ 
slept, is not mentioned ; and therefore, pro- 
bably,a long while (some of them at least), 
as they are be many in number. From) 
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desires it, as I most sincerely do; but if she 
does not think this to be her duty, there’s an 
endofit, She must shut her‘Bible, and ne- 
vert pecp into it again, Since there is not one 
precept there more legible than that which 
commands us to pray for one another, even for 
our enemies as well as friends; andif she shuts 
her Bible for ever, she may as well give aver 
her prayers at the same time too; but] hope 
the poor old woman is of a better stamp ; and 
yet if you will befriend’ me so far as to labour. 
the point seriously with her, I don’t question 
your success so far as to prevail with her te 
pray : this is all I desire of her, and it is all T 
am persuaded she can doj and if she cou'd do 
more than all.the sons and daughters of Galen 
and Hippocrates ever did in the medicinal 
way, she could no more raise a dead persony 
than inspire a stone by that art: and I am 
thoroughly convinced, that she has really 
done such things as medicine can’t possiby. 
effect ; and at the same time without the 
commission or power of working miracles, I 
do, nay I must, conclude that whatever she 
has done in that way, was by the efficacy of 
her prayers alone ; for let her be ever so poor 
or stupid, she may be honest and religious too, 
and her prayers as acceptable in the sight of 
God, as ever Solomon’s were in the greatest 
id to 
all which Baila, appears from Scripture, purity of his heart ; may more so, since we 
possibly proscribe against God’s power. 
But if this be an objection now with Mrs. 
ostock, sure it could not be urged as such at 
the ‘first wrote'to her; ‘and therefore, 
Fconclude it to be her fear of undertaking so 
ny a journey, which induced her to deciine 
her compliance with my request. But to ob- 
i is impediment, pray tell her, that I 
k her presence here so very mate- 
her prayers at home, or at any dis- 
: may be as effectual, as ifthe 
re upon the spot. If she refuses this, sh 
not be that,good womai which e is 
nerally reputed i, 
~ Pray let me hear soon what success this 
ne ts. with, and you will add to the ob- 
A } he aed conferr’d, on Sir, your hum- 
servant, Y* Joun Patce. 
22, 1749 ‘ 
Buckland, April i 
) in » ct 
+] 
a= & 
To the same. 
hs = 
: 
Sin—My he ing very precarious ever 
ce my poor d¢ ee death 3 it is but now 
‘then that I ndertake the fatigue of 
writing, or else you had been troubled here- 
« With much Sooner, fo desire” will do me 
“the favour (a great one, ever t esteemed 
by me) to use your ttmost endeavours to pre- 
vail with Mrs. Bostock to pray for that whicl: 
L have so often’requested of her, as I have ful- 
Jy answered all her objections , agai rays 
for the restoration of the dead, whicl: if ” 
forgotten by hes I desire you to refresh hex 
Rees with, ope she will think it her 
duty to pray fora fellow’ christian when ‘he 
a 
d from reason both, that no length of time have now more than he had, viz. an adwecate 
with the Father, Fesus Christ the righteous 
whoa birth we on this day MiP Be oy 
and we cannot celebrate this great Festival 
aright, unless we testify our good will towards 
men} for this day was proclaimed from heaven 
by a choir of angels, singing aloud, Glory be ta 
God on high 5 on earth peace, good-will towards 
men. 
This corroborative argument must needs 
prevail with the old woman, if you will be | 
so good to use it, and if you are, at any ex- 
pence in visiting her, I will readily reimburse’ 
it, and satisfy you for your pains with all. Net 
that I think the old woman takes any presents 
(which if she did, her prayers would \not 
avail), but on the contrary I am assured she 
never did ; and therefore I am the more sur- 
rised that you report it of her, ebat she bas 
been found ont 3 what can she be detected in? — 
present. you with the compliments*of the 
season, and am your’s, Joun Parrce. | 
Buckland, Christmaz-day, 1749. ‘ 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazin, 
SIR, es 
AVING perused with the greatest 
attention, the defence of <Ains- 
worth’s false quantity in the word Amra. 
mides, by Symphorus, permit me to state 
my re asons for considering his. argument 
as fallacious. 
_. First, he says, that * the vowel ¢ in 
paty cs is common,” This Ido not 
unde » for that vowel does not exist 
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