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    • BIOGRAPHY, ORIGINAL BETTERS, &c.
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      To the Editor of the Monthly Repository .

      sir , Hull , May , 1809 . Transcbibed the following Iletter from a copy which appeared tp have been taken with rigid exactness , in the possession

      of a gentleman in Worcestershire , who is a relation of the family of the writer , Mr . John Sing . The fact stated is curious and interesting . Few of your readers , I presume , will be in . *

      clined to credit the supernatural part of the narration , f > ut still they may deem it not unworthy of regard , connected with that important subject of investigation , the history of the human

      inind . Mr . $ iog was a trades man in Bridgenorth , in Shropshire , of very great respectability , deeply imbued with the puritanical piety of the seyentee # tji century , of a competent share of

      natural good sense , ancl some degree of classical learning . Ho was the jpastor of th < 5 particular Baptist < ih \ iich in that place ; and it seems probable , that Mr . Wilson , of Coventry , to whom the letter is addressed , was a minister of the , saino denomina-

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      tion . Mr . Sing evidently appears to have believed himself the extraordinary circumstances of this account , nor can any motives be consistently attributed tp biiia \ vhereby he should have been inclined to deceive his

      friend . Whatever the conclusions may be that shall be drawn from the narration , I consider myself accountable only for its authenti - city , and the faithfulness of its transcription , [ am , Sir , Nyour ' s , &c » W . SEVERN .

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      A Letter from Mr . yohn Sing of Bridgenorth ) to Mr . Wilson of Coventry , dated March , 19 , 1738-9 . DEAR SIR , ? I had your ' s , and heartily ask pardon for delaying the answer ; yet you must

      in some measure thank yourself for it by putting me on a difficult task , the relating of 3 . story scarce credible , wherein you apprehend myself principally concerned . When I call it difficult , I dp riot mean there is any need of study , or any . difficulty in relating the fact ; but as the narration , I fear , will be doubted by shvu , denied by more , sisid derided by ' most , and deemed , I fear , a piece of spiritual pride by atl ^ what errcouragement

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      THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY - ¦ - ¦ * . OF - Theology and General Literature .

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      l ^ o . XLIH . l JULY . fVol . XV .

      Biography, Original Betters, &C.

      BIOGRAPHY , ORIGINAL BETTERS , &c .

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      VOL . IV . * A

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      ORIGINAL LETTER OF MR . JOHN SING E S , COMMUNICATEi ) BT MR . SEVERN *

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1809, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1738/page/1/