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Excerpt from Historical Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Samuel Clarke: Being a Supplement to Dr. Sykes's and Bishop Hoadley's Accounts, Including Certain Memoirs of Several of Dr. Clarke's Friends The next Year, A. D. 1698, my Patron, the biihop, gave me the Living of Lowe/raft, a Market Town by the Sea-fide in Sflfiblk, with the neighbouring Village of Kefiaglaaa' annexed to it. This Preferment made it fit for me to refign the Place of Chaplain; which though the bii'hop had not given me leave to do before, when I Ofifered to do it, on account of my ill Health, and long Abfence; yet did he a little afterward confent to it, on account, I fuppofe, of his Choice of (0 acceptable a Per fon for my Succerr, as Mr. Clarke; who now was near 24 Years of Age, and (0 would foon be capable Of Priei'ts Orders; which want of Age, till now, was the Occafion of my retaining the Place of Chaplain fomewhat longer than Otherwife I ihould have done. Accordingly Mr. Clarke was admitted as his Chaplain in my Read, and that I fuppofe about the end of 1698, or the beginning of 1699: In which Poft he continued for feveral Years. Biihop Hoaalley fays it almoft twelve: to biihop Moor's great Satif fac'tion; in intimate Friendfhip with me; and generally and greatly beloved and ef'teemed by thofe that knew him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.