MURCOT. 225 his carriage, (meaning, undoubtedly, his exceeding great piety,) he became ridiculous to the wicked.. It does not appear, however, that he ever settled at Chester. For the writer of his life, who is very particular in specifying his various removals, gives no intimation 'of the kind. Though he never settled in that city, yet, after labouring some time at Kirby, and finding himself unable to promote church discipline according to his wishes, he went to Ireland and settled in the city of Dublin. He,was there chosen one of the preachers in ordinary' to the lord deputy and council, and was.greatly, admired and followed. In this situation he was in labours moreabundant than most of his brethren, and the Lord suffered him not to labour in vain. He was instru- , mental in the conversion of many sinners, and in the estab- lishment of many saints. The Lord, who had prepared him for this service, blessed his endeavours in winning multi- tudes of souls to Chrik. In matters of worship and ceremo- nies, he was zealous in opposing the inventions and impositions of men, closely adhering in all things to the word of God. A public disputation was held at Cork, May 26, 1652, between the pzedobaptists and the antipzedobaptists,in winch Dr. Harding, Dr. Worth, and Mr. Murcot, were par- ticularly engaged, though we have no further account of it.t During his last sickness his mind was most serene and happy. Apprehending that the hour of his departure was at hand, he said to his friends, " I must now tell you I am not long for this world ;" and, raising himself up, he cried, " Lord, remember me in this trying hour." To his affectionate wife he said, " Haste, haste, love, for my time is very short. I shall not reach midnight. These raptures tell me I must quickly be gone." His sister, asking himwhether he was in charity with all the Lord's people, though in certain things theydiffered from him; " Yes," said he, stretching forth his arms ; and with a loud voice added, " Lord Jesus, draw me up to thyself;" and breathed his soul into the hands of his dear Redeemer, December 3, 1654, aged twenty-nine years. His remains were interred with great funeral solemnity in St. Mary's chapel, Dublin ; when the lord deputy, the council, and the mayor and aldermen of the city followed, with great lamentation, his body to the grave.# Though Wood, with most palpable untruth, denominates him " a forward, prating, and pragmatical precisian, who si Wood's Athena, Oxon. vol. ii. p. 112. -1. Crosby's Baptists, vol. iii. p. 312. Mr. Murcot's Life prefixed to his Works. Edit. 1657. VOL. III. fel
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