For these 2 Tuesdays
^past^ we have only had
Mr Smith,
Mr Savage, my Self with
Mr Whitefield: — — we all believe you
Endeavour to
Act for the best; but were fearfull by Your Courting
the Favours of
Mr Richards,
illegible&c
&c (who are in y
e esteem of those
we count Orthodox wretched Creatures
^(in
their Tenets)^
& have even wrote against
Mr Evans
&c) that
^you^ might thereby damp all the others who
were
hearty; & as the saying is, between 2 stools you might fall to
y
e Ground — it seem'd like leaveing a Certainty for an Uncertainty
But we Hope & Pray You may have that Wisdom given You
which is proper to direct —
no hint of this sort was intended
by
Mr Whitefield, nor any of us, to cast you down but as a
Friendly
Caution, agreable to your desire & for y
e good of y
e
Cause you are engag'd in — as to
M.r
Occum
& you going to
Seperate places, it is judg'd he is not compleat without you,
nor You without him; unleſs in places of small note & withal
he be accompanied with some person of Influence — to be
sure
dispatch in your Affairs is desirable, when it can be done without
Detriment — — Your Two selves who are upon the Spot are best
Judges
— The Lord direct you for the best! — will not
ye
28th Instant be
too soon to leave
Bristol? it is a large place, & should but little
be done there, it will not
^have^
a good look — on the other-hand if all is
done that is like to be done there in
that time, 'twill be a pity to
Loiter away your time, which all that knows your Active Disposition, knows
can't
but be disagreable — in this Likewise I hope you'l be directed — 'tis
provoking to find you are disappointed by not receiveing the Narratives.
in 5 minutes after Recieveing your Letter, I sent to
Mr Olivers, they were
^[right]sent^ last Friday Sen'night
& directed for the Rev
d
Mr Whitaker at y
e
Tabernacle in the Old Orchard
Bristol
& his man Deliver'd them to y
e Carrier himself, who said
his name was James, at y
e 3 Cups in
Bread street London—.
I have order'd
the same
^man^ to go directly to y
e Inn & see if by mistake they were neglected to be
put in y
e
waggon when loading — I would send more directly, only hope before now
they
are come to your hands — — The
Bristol people in general I believe
are not so Generous in Money
matters as the Londoners & others —
Mr Phene acts a Noble part indeed made it appear like a Contrast
to us; your going from
a Man of his Sortment to
Richards
&c
&c —
Mr
Tho.s
Cox thinks of setting
out for
Exeter on
Thursday ye
28th
Ins.t
he may pave the way for you & now I
think on it, if he can Conveniently he may take some Narratives with
him —
when You are About to Move & can let us know where
^you^ are like to be in a few
days, whoever of us are Acquainted with any leading men there, would send letters
to
them for Example at
Bradford I'm intimate with
Mr Spencer the Clergyman —
with
Mr
Richd Haynes
y
e Baptist minister — w
th
Mr Shrapnell
y
e Clothier & many
others, to Each of y
e above you give my hearty Love & hope they'll be as Ser‐
-viceable in the Affair you are come about as
they poſsibly can — —
Mr Whitefield has rec
d a letter from
Mr Stillingfleet, who was very
sorry he was not at home when you
was there — Seems very hearty & doubts
not but something Considerable will be done for you there; November
he reckons
the best time —
D..r Franklin is abroad & is Expected home y
e
begining of Oct..
br his Recommendation will be of real Service & will be got for & sent to you as
soon as he arrives — your maid Always desires I would
send her
Duty to you both —
Mr Stafford wanted a Maid & would have had her, she
Consulted with me
[gap: tear][guess: t]old her
by no means, she must be your
Servant till you Quitted
London — she is one
that you can trust,
& knows your method & all that comes after You — she seem'd very
well satisfy'd when I told her as above — what you have to say about her
(if you
have any thing) let it be in my Letter— as I don't know wether
she
^d^
like I should say any thing or no — — I don't know any thing particular
more I have to say at present, only your Friends
^here^ are all hearty in wishing
well to your undertaking & none more then
S:
r
P. S. Hearty Love to
Mr
Occum, accept y
e same y
rself —