It is suggested, as if the learning of the Nation, and mens being made useful thereby, was in danger of being lost, if the Noncons should prosper; That many Preachers leave their Gallings and Families, under pretence of being called to preach, that understand not their A,B,C, can hardly speak common Sence, that often preach Nonsence, Confusion, and sometimes Bla∣sphemy, that have not an habit of Knowledge, nor Books, nor allow themselves time to study.
The English Spira being a fearful example of an apostate who had been a preacher many years and then apostatized from his religion, miserably hanged himself, October the 13th, 1684 : giving an account of his dispair, and divers conferences had with him, by several ministers and others of his friends : together with his answer, and papers written by his own hand / left attested by Mr. T. Plant, Mr. H. Collings, Mr. B. Dennis, Mr. B. Keach.
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- The English Spira being a fearful example of an apostate who had been a preacher many years and then apostatized from his religion, miserably hanged himself, October the 13th, 1684 : giving an account of his dispair, and divers conferences had with him, by several ministers and others of his friends : together with his answer, and papers written by his own hand / left attested by Mr. T. Plant, Mr. H. Collings, Mr. B. Dennis, Mr. B. Keach.
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"The English Spira being a fearful example of an apostate who had been a preacher many years and then apostatized from his religion, miserably hanged himself, October the 13th, 1684 : giving an account of his dispair, and divers conferences had with him, by several ministers and others of his friends : together with his answer, and papers written by his own hand / left attested by Mr. T. Plant, Mr. H. Collings, Mr. B. Dennis, Mr. B. Keach." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A38482.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.