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 has afforded me much ſpeculation-ſince our laſt rencounter, and that is, how you came to know that I talked after the manner I did, concerning Mr. Paton on the firſt Sabbath of February laſt. Were you preſent with us, but inviſible? He anſwered very haughtily: No, Sir, I was not preſent myſelf. I replied, I would not have you angry, Cool; I propoſed this queſtion for my own ſatisfaction, but if you don't think proper to anſwer it, let it paſs. After he had pauſed with his eyes on the ground for three or four minutes of time at moſt, with ſome haſte and ſeeming cheerfulneſs, he ſays;

Cool.) Well, Sir, I will ſatisfy you in that point: You muſt know, that there are ſent from heaven angels to guard and comfort, and ſo to do other ſpecial good ſervices to good people, and even the ſpirits of good men departed, are employed on that ſame errand.

Ogil.] And do you not think that every man has a good angel!

Cool.) No, but a great many particular men have, and there are but few houſes of diſtinction eſpecially, but what have at leaſt one attending thein, and from what you have already heard of theſe ſpirits, it is no difficult matter to underſtand how they may be ſerviceable to each particular member, though at different places, at a great diſtance. Many are the good offices which the good angels do