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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832 edition. Excerpt: ... ters' meeting-houses were allowed to be licensed here as they are in England. In Gillies's Historical Collections, there is a very interesting letter from Davies to Bellamy, of which an extract will be here given. It is the only written account that we have met with of Davies's labors and success in the ministry, from the time of his settlement to the year 1751. This letter will give a favorable specimen of the liberal views of the writer. " Upon my arrival, I petitioned the general court to grant me a license to officiate in and about Hanover, at four meeting-houses, which, after some delay, was granted, upon my qualifying according to the act of toleration. I preached frequently in Hanover, and some of the adjacent counties; and though the fervor of the late work was considerably abated, and my labors were not blessed with success equal to thosd of my brethren, yet I have reason to hope thng were of service in several instances.. The the portunities they used with me to settle i mothem, were invincible; and upon my depfmmuthey sent a call for me to the Presbytery, greatI returned from Virginia, I spent near rational under melancholy and consumptive languishments, expecting death. In the spring-of 1749, I began slowly to recover, though I then looked upon it only as the intermission of a disorder that would finally prove mortal. But upon the arrival of a messenger from Hanover, I put my life in my hand, and determined to accept of their call, hoping I might live to prepare the way for some more useful successor, and willing to expire under the fatigues of duty, rather than in voluntary negligence. The Hon. Sir William Gooch, our late governor, always discovered a ready disposition to allow us all claimable privileges, and the greatest...