The last time you was pleased to honour me
with your
company in Your study. You was pleased to observe
that you allowed
your
scholars, frequently to write to you, and
of Things indifferent, when Things of greater importance
did not accrue By which means as you said, you had the
Advantage of making observations, useful to yourself, as
well as of gaining opportunity to set them right in
their notions of Things. And although I may not as
yet
claim the right of a Scholar, yet I must
own, that the , hope I cherish,
and desires I feel of being some time or other, so
happy as to be taken into your
service and under you care and —
protection, has moved me at this
time to use a
li‐
berty, which perhaps will not be granted. I do not mean
by this to suggest as though I thought that anything I could
write could be of Advantage to you, Yet as I know it is
in the goodness of your Nature to do good to all Men,
so I am encouraged to hope, that it may by some
means, or‐
other give you opportunity of doing good to me. and whatever
I have writ or may write, I beg you would
correct as you
may see
occasion, but indulge me at this time with fling‐
ing myself at your Feet and requesting the Thing of you,
you was pleased to observe I stood in so much need of
viz. of being in your
house
and
school, to be made acquainted
with good Rules, and taught to follow good Examples, in order
thereby to be the better fitted
for future
usefulness. I am so
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animated
with desires of being made serviceable to God,
and useful to my fellow Men, the little time I may yet
be continued in Life, as that I am impatient of Delay
If you could see it in your Way to let me come into
your
family
and
serve with your
meanest
servants, methinks
I should count no services
too hard, nor nothing too dear
to part
with, to purchase
such a favour. If it should
seem good to you sir, to make use of such a Method in
order to be better acquainted with my Motives and
sincere
desires
and
purposes, I can assure you there can be no Method
I can
think of that so much falls in with my own
Inclination or for which I should look on myself more
obligated to you. If it should seem good to you to make
trial in this Way, as I observed: and after all you should
not think fit to employ me in any future
services whereby I
might make you
amends for the Pains and trouble
I may give you, yet I hope through the blessing of a
kind Providence, and the smiles of Heaven on an honest
industry, to be enabled to make you amends some o‐
ther way. But as I fear I have already been too presuming
I shall only add that I beg your Prayers to Almighty
God for me, that I might be kept
continually in his
Love Fear, and
service. As also that I am,
Reverend Sir
PS. I have purpose of advising with (so
soon as opportunity
shall
serve) about putting
myself under your
pastoral care and
watch of the Church