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Eeformed Churches of France, in which, by the grace of God, I con- 

 stantly lived, till they were utterly destroy'd, was the reason why, upon 

 my being driven into England, by the same storm which overwhelmed them, 

 I immediately submitted to the Discipline of the Church, as by Law there 

 established ; as being fully perswaded that 1 could never more effectually 

 shew my self a true son of our desolate Churches, than by a steady adherence 

 to the principles which they owned and maintained ; and as believing it to 

 be our part and duty to shew at least good example, when we can not any 

 other way contribute towards reclaiming those who stand separated for such 

 reasons, as our Churches did highly disapprove ; far from giving the world 

 occasion to believe, by making distinct and separate Assemblies, that we 

 would refuse, in our native country, to be Members of such a Eeformed Body, 

 as the Church of England now is. The due and constant practice of this 

 maxime I recommend to those who will have any regard and consideration 

 for my memory. 



I earnestly above all entreat my dear Children never to forgett that 

 signall mercy of God, by which they were taken out of a Country, which may 

 be so justly look'd upon as a place of slavery. There are few families, upon 

 whom Providence hath bestowed the same favour, with such remarkable 

 circumstances, as do better deserve to be kept in perpetual remembrance ; the 

 chiefest of which I have purposely sett down in another writing. . . . 



My will is that ten equal shares may be made of my 



substance ; that my eldest son Eichard Bouhereau, and his sister Blanche, 

 alias Blandine, wife to Mr. John Jourdan, may each of them have three of 

 these shares a piece ; the one, upon account of his Birth-right, and the loss 

 of his Arm ; the other by reason of her numerous family : that my Grand- 

 daughter Jane Quartier may have two shares, which I do assign to her, to 

 make good the promise I made to her dying mother : that my other two 

 sons, Amateur and John, may have one of these shares a piece; not that 

 I love them less than the rest of my Children, but because they are better able 

 to provide for themselves. ... 



Att present I leave to my eldest son's keeping such Papers as concern the 

 affairs of the family : and I bestow upon my youngest all such things as have 

 any relation to sciences, and learning ; as my Geographical Maps, and Chrono- 

 logical Tables, what few Medals I have, my common-place Books, such of my 

 Books as he will chuse for himself, and especially those where there is any 

 handwriting of mine in, and all other such like things ; upon this condition, 

 that he will deposit in a safe place what he will think deserves to be 

 preserved, after having made use of it. 



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