for by reaſon that his Speech was ſo weakned, ſeveral things could not be ſo well collected, which he at times Spake, in a tender ſenſe of the Lord’s Goodneſs: the ſenſe of which deeply affected ſome of us who were with him. And my Heart is ſorrowfully affected at this time, in a ſenſe of the great Loſs which the Church of Chriſt (in theſe Parts eſpecially) hath by his Removal: But in this I am comforted, in a living ſenſe of the Lord's Mercy and Goodness towards him, in carrying him through his Affliction in great Patience and Quietneſs; under which he was ſweetly refreſhed, by the Streams of Divine Love, and his Cup was often made to overflow: And we, who were preſent, being touched with a Senſe thereof, were comforted therein, being in a Travail of Spirit for him, and did in our Meaſures truly ſympathize with him under his Affliction. And I am fully ſatisfied, he laid down his Head in Peace with the Lord, and is gathered to his everlaſting Reſt. He departed this Life the 1ſt of the 3d Month, 1713. about the 2d Hour in the Morning, in the 74th Year of his Age. He received the Truth in the Year 1659, and lived in Fellowship with the Friends of it about 53 Years. And I think it may be truly ſaid of him, That as he Lived ſo he Died, the Servant of the Lord and His People, and hath left a ſweet Savour behind ſelt him, and his Memory is bleſſed with the Righteous for ever, Amen.
George Bowles.
The 8th Month, 1713.
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