1729. Mn THOMAS BOSTON'. 357 moved to me, by'Mr James Davidforr bookfeller, and Robert Fleming printer. Another cafe was before the affembly, wherein Prof. Gordon was deeply engaged : but I behoved to vote againft his part of the queftion. I feared the etfeét of this 'alto with refpe6,t to that book: but he afterward Chewed more readinefs to do for me in that matter, than he had done for a co-nfiderable time before. And favourable was that providence that with-held him from keeping the tryft with me above mentioned. I met with Mr Du Pont, who was kind and refpe&ful exceed- ingly, having before received my return to his letter. I applied Mr John Flint, for filch a teftimony to the effay as Prof. Hamilton had given ; and received from him a letter in Latin, dated May 14. 17,29, bearing, that,, under corre&ion of the learned in the Eaftern tongues, he judged the effáy fhould be printed ; and that he found nothing therein contrary to the fundamental doc- trines of the Reformed religion. The innuendo in the word fun- damental, was in refentment of what was called the doétrine of the Marrow; with relation to which, I found fome of the firfl jurors more equitable and eafy, than fome of the fecond : as in thecafe of Prof. Hamilton's teftimony, compared with this:' I went thereafter to Mr Flint's houle, to have reprefénted to him my obferve of the word forefáid ; but he was not within : fo I faw him not. And fome time after, that learned and worthy man departed this life. Saturday the 17th, being the firít free day to me, I had a con - verf'ation with Profeffor Hamilton; who'irigenuoufly declared tome his fatisfa&tion with what we called the deed of gift, anil his conviction that the gofpel could not be preached without it; and this of his own accord. The fame day the making and publifhingof propofals for printing the effay on,theaccentuation, was moved to me. What determined me to hearken to that motion, was, that, after.the bufiriefs of the diffent, a gentleman unknown to me, or I to him, bid an acquaintance of mine tef 'me, that ifI had any thing to publifh, he might have notice, and would be an undertaker. Which being fo timed, ferved much to encourage me in that matter. Compare the pottage, p. 366. Finding Profeffor Gordon flow in performing his l romife, viz. ofwriting in favour of that . effay, either by way of preface or Pimple teftimony to it, or of epiftle to me : I had in confider- 'átion of my own frailty, defired of him, that he would in the mean time give me a teftimony to it, in as few lines as he pleat. ed ; engaging myfelf to return the fame unto him, when he fhould have at his leifure written as athrefaid : but, to my great mortification, I could not obtain that of him. However, at this time, meeting with him,' I defired him now to fet himfeif to perform his promife the which alto he was pleafed to Thew Irimfeifready to do, kerning inclined to write a preláée : the
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