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more & more. He bore these Difficulties with
Patience, & praised God till to his End for all the
Benefits He has shewed to him. At last he desired
much to depart & to be with Christ, received also there,
to the Blessing of the Congrn. <add>thereto</add> upon his Desire. He him,
self joined also in the Singing very plainly. Tho' he
often testified contray to Expectation of other Brn.
& Srs. that he should not yet go home, he said however
the Day before his Departure: Now let us praise
the Lord! this Day I shall go home. But it lasted
however till the next Day on <date>Michaelmas</date> about 4
o' Clock in the Afternoon when he ceased to breathe
quite unobservedly. Aged 85 Years & about 7 Months.