Letter 3828

[fol. 117] Sr. EN. 9 As my son had always pleased me, I am very solicitous to do all I can for him. The Next presentation to Chelsey was as Thought of my Own, & knowing S’r hans’s potency there was Resolv’d to presume to Wait upon him, to Offer my Son, & you was so kind as to say, you would take it into your Consideration. I make bold to say that he is a Minister fit for that Great & Genteel Congregation, he being in my Judgm’t a very Useful & Beneficial preacher. I have been very Liberal in his Education, & he has spent his Time well. he is ab’t 11 years standing, of Queens, Cambridge, of a Clear Reputation there, a Ma’r of Arts, ab’t 30 years of age: made Deacon & priest by the Bp of London 3 years agoe. he preacht ab’t a year for Doct’r hudson at his Chapel in Queens square in the park, & since in many of the great Churches in London. You will be pleas’d to Excuse me S’r since I Give him his just Charact’r to Recommend him to yr favour, that he is a person of Sobriety, & good Life, & will show, & Teach ye people the Way to heaven, where ‘ere he is placed. I have done a Great deal for him, & am ready to do more, what you may require of me, shou’d be Glad to know yr mind, in order to Compleat his happiness, & ours, wch is now in S’r hans pow’r to do. I beg leave to subscribe my self, Sr Yo’r most obed’t humble serv’t John Eade St Martins Lane Octo’r. 3. 1730