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( 4 ) ſickneſſes, of contracting debts ſeveral in the pariſh, and being  to anſwer their demands, abſconded  ſome time for fear of being  and, in ſhort, was ſo aſhamed of  his creditors, that he even prevaed with a friend to officiate for him  Sundays. However, conſidering method of life could not laſt long,  took courage, and reſolved to  the following Sunday before his ; when he took his text  the New Teſtament, in theſe  "Have patience, and I will pay  all." He divided his diſcourſe into general heads: firſt, have patience;, and I will pay you all. He very largely and elegantly  that moſt Chriſtian virtue, patience after which, 'and now" ſays "having done with my first head,  'have patience,' I come to my  and laſt general head, which is, ' I will pay you all;'—but that I  defer till another opportunity"  excellent concluſion ſo pleaſed his, that they gave him his own