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door, I was induced to go in, with a party 

 of gentlemen. The man was just begin- 

 ning to preach. His action was somewhat 

 singular. I thought he was bowing to us, 

 as we went in : but, on the contrary, he 

 continued to dance and jump about in the 

 pulpit; to turn himself round; to make a 

 great noise, and beat the cushion. His 

 language was extremely vulgar and pro- 

 fane, as I thought. As to his discourse, I 

 could not understand its meaning ; one rea- 

 son of which might be that I was not used 

 to such lecturing for he preached extem- 

 pore. He shewed his fondness for some par- 

 ticular expressions (which I have now for- 

 gotten), by repeating them very frequently. 

 He often mentioned our Saviour ; and we, 

 the congregation, (or brethren, as he conti- 

 nually called us,) were to be damned. I 

 thought he meant to explain that we di^ 

 not humble ourselves enough : hiV'to whom 

 I really could not tell TAe word "damn- 

 ed" was a very familiar phrase, as much so 

 as if we had been in a cock-pit. I have 

 heard the gentlemen of the church in Eng- 



