whose kind providence he has been supported and preserved, and who remembered him in his low estate.

To God-the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and Jacob, I commend you, my very dear friend.— That he may be your God for ever and ever, and your guide through a very long life, even unto a late and easy death, and that your yoke fellow and offspring may abound in the blessings of Providence, in the exceeding riches of grace, and with you finally partake of eternal glory, is the prayer of,

Ever your's,

affectionately, &c.

Painswick, August 17, 1799.

To those Gentlemen in civil life

who were once under the care

of the

Rev. Cornelius Winter, as Scholars;

And more

especially to all those in

the christian ministry, who enjoyed

the unspeakable advantage of his tuition and example, as Students;

This attempt, to do some justice to a character, which, as it is impossible for them to forget, so it is hoped they will always endeavor to resemble,

Is inscribed by

one who is desirous to

feel himself the obligations of which
he takes the liberty to remind others.

W. J.

P

MEMOIRS

of

THE LATE REV. CORNELIUS WINTER.

PART II.

CHAPTER 1.

HIS LIFE CONTINUED.

IT has been seen by the date of the preceding

letters, that Mr. Winter's account of himself, leaves near nine years of his life unnoticed. He was often urged to carry on the relation; he intended it—but it was delayed till the pur, poses of his heart were broken off. It remains therefore for the Editor to take up the narrative, and bring it down to the closing scene; and this can be done much more easily than the recovery of any earlier periods of his his