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IN THE NAME OF OOD

THE FATHER, OOD

THE

SON, AND OOD THE HOLY

OHOST. AMEN.

I William Huntington, laboTeT

in

the lOTd's vineyaTd

at

Effingham,

Wooking and

Richmond, in Suny, and at St.

MaJY-le-bone

and SunbuJY,

in

the county

of Middlesex,

being

at

this time at my Tesidence

in

WinchesteT-Rowe, in

the

county

I desire

also

to render equal

glory

to

Christ

Jesus,

my lord,

whom believe to be co-equal,

co-essential,

co-eternal

with Ood

the Father,

and

distinct only

in

personality, office, and name,

whom,

though in the

divinity he be without descent,

yet

is

he the Eternal Son

of

Ood

the Father in covenant,

character,

his begotten

Son by

his spiritual

conception, his obedient

Son

both

in life and death, and

pTayer, the Spirit of faith, and the

Spirit of divine

consolation,

- for

sealing my soul,

for

bearing his

testimony, operating

and

appearing an earnest of the

eternal

inheritance.

To the

ever

blessed and glorious

Trinity

in

Vnity, be the

glory

of

all

my

free,

full,

finished,

and everlasting

salvation, foreveT and ever.

Amen.

And this

is the Father'S

will

which hath

sent

me,

f Middlesex afoTesaid,

and, though rich in

OTace,

in

my

Tight

mind and

memory,

meditating on my

certain appToach to

death, and the house

appointed

fOT

all

living, Ido

make

and

declaTe this to be my

last Will and

Testament, hologTaph,

liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil

that

all of

which

he

this tenth day

of

June,

in

the yeaT

of

OUT lOTd one thousand, seven

hundTed and eighty-thTee, in

manneT and

in following:

That

is

to say: Imprimis: I commit my

soul into

the

hands of the Ood of

AbTaham,

Isaac

and

Jacob, in

the

exeTcise of

that faith which

is

peculiaT to Ood's elect, and,

glory

be to his name, without any

doubt

of my

inteTest

in his

EveTlasting Covenant. And I

desiTe to bless the

FatheT

of all

meTcies, and Ood of

all

comfort,

fOT

his

eveTlasting love to me

a

sinner

fOT

writing

my

worthless

name in the book of life -

fOT

putting me into the hands

of

his

deaT

son -

fOT

oTdaining my

eveTlasting

salvation, life and

gloJY by him - fOT drawing me to

him, accepting

me in him,

and faT

begetting

me to

a

lively hope

thTough his gloTious Tesurrection

from the

dead.

declaratively

so with power, by

his resurrection

from

the

dead.

My

soul adores

this Friend

of the

friendless

for

accepting

my

worthless name and person - for

assuming my nature, and taking

my

sin

upon him

- for

substituting

my surety, and paying my infinite

debt

-

for

an

everlasting

righteousness by faith in his

spotless life

-

for pardon and peace

by faith

in

his blood -

fOT

persevering

grace and

strength

by

faith in his ann -

fOT

Tevealing

himself to me,

deigning

to dwell

within

me

- and

fOT

a

blessed

hope

of my eternal

existence

with

him

in glory.

Nor can I forebear

rendering

equal

glory

to Jehovah the Holy

Ohost,

for

his illuminating and

quickening influence

-

for

leading

me

into

the truth, and

shedding

the

precious love of

Ood

abroad

in my

heart - for deigning

to

opeTate on my soul

as

the Spirit of

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hath given me, I

should lose nothing

but should raise it up

again

at the last day:

And

this is

the

will of him that sent

me, that

everyone

which seeth the Son,

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and believeth on him,

may have everlasting

life, and I will raise him up

at

the

last day. John

6:39,40

Secondly, I

commit

my body

to my most meTcifulSaviour, who

is

the resurrection and the Iife

who

has deigned to dwell in

it,

and pTomised to Taise it,

change

it, fashion it like his own, and fill

it

with

all his fullness

at

the end

of time, to be dissolved at his

own

appointed

time, by what

means he

pleases, and

to

be

deposited

where

his infinite

wisdom shall think proper;

finnly

believing, that through

rich

grace

my flesh will rest in

hope

of a

glorious

Tesurrection.

Houses and

riches

are

the

inheritance of

fatheTs,

and a

prudent wife

is

from

the lOTd.

Prov.19:14

Leave thy fatherless

children,

I will preseNe

them

alive, and

let

thy

widows

trust

in

me. JeT

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whether

for life or death, to the

anti-typical

Boaz late of

Bethelhem-Judah,

in the

land

of

Canaan, but now

"King of kings"

in

Jerusalem, whom Ibelieve

to

be the only husband

of

the

"chosen daughter

of Qod:

"And now,

0

Lord,

my

Saviour: my soul's

near kinsmen

I

Thou who didst not disdain "us in

our low estate:

but

willingly

assumed our

nature,

and

did

the

kinsman's part, when

the

angels

(who were nearly related by

creation)

"stood silent

half an

hour," not daring

to speak in our

behalf No,

it

was Thou, thou

ever blessed

"Bridegroom,

who

opened the decorative will," and

undertcok tc

perform the

conditicns belonging

to

a

ccvenant .of etemal wedlock

Yea,

it

was Thcu who betrothed

cur

souls in

mercy, when cur

first

husband was

dead, Thou

disdained

to "be

called the man

who hath his

shoe Icosed,"

though thy "enemies

spit in

thy

face," thcu hast

"married

the wife

.of

the deceased," redeemed the

mortgaged inheritance, and

"raised up an

everlasting

name

that shall never

be cut off," surely

"thou hast done worthily in

Ephratah, and

been

famous

in

Bethlehem " 0 Lord,

make my

daughter

like

Ruth, the

Moabitess, and though thou hast

"cast out

thy

shoe over Edom,"

yet

condescendest

to stand in

the

shces

of

Moab, and

let

poor

Ruth

glean among

those

who"gather

fruit

to eternal life," 0 Lord,

let

her

keep

clcse

to thy maidens,

and let Satan

never catch

her

in

any other

field, and

when thou

shalt

"take

thy

fan in thy

hand

to

purge thy

floor,

" 0

let

her lay

safe.

as MaTY did.

at

thy feet,

covered with

the skirt of

thy

rightepusness,

let

the spiritual

reapers, who

receive

the wages

.which

grace

allows,

drop many

handfuls for her to glean, until

she appears

"in the

bundle of life,

as

a

part of thai shock fully

ripe,

coming

in

season,"

"as

thy

firstfruits," that

thou

who hast

so

bountifully sowed. and those

who

have diligently

reaped,

with

all

the "weak in faith," who have

gleaned, may, to aU eternity.

"rejoice

together "

0

let

a

full

reward be given her of thee, thou

sovereign

Lord

of

Israel.

under

whose wings my faith

would

feign bring her

to trust

I Amen.

"A

good man leaveth an

inheritance

to his

children's

children,

and

the

wealth

of

the

sinner

is laid up for the

just:

Ps.

13:22 TO E CONTINVED.)

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