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*course in the leaft; but, after the "flood, when mankind grew almost "as wicked as they are now, God Almighty was forced to work mi

racles for them, and now and then "change the very motions of the fun; "fo that, inftead of one, he got three "motions. First, there was his an"cient progreffive motion, of going "forward from the weft to the east. ' Thirdly, there was his retrogade "motion, when he went back ten degrees, upon good king Hezeki"ah's account. And, Secondly, and laftly, there was the motion mentioned in my text:

* And the sun stood ftill."

"Now the fun's progreffive motion "" from the weft to the east, had << rather

had rather startled the 'fquire a lit"tle; but when he came to this mo❝tion of standing still, an involunta

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ry motion of his muscles became "too powerful for him to fupprefs; "therefore, being nigh the door, he "fuffered a progreffive motion due 4' north, to carry his body out of the "church, leaving Teague to make his "congregation ftare at his profound "learning and knowledge. When he "thought Teague's fermon was finish"ed, he sent a servant to defire him "to come and take a dinner with him; "which friendly invitation the honest "curate made as little bones in ac"cepting, as he did in fwallowing "half a large plum-pudding, which "the cook had made, without think

ing of any clergyman's dining "there; and, therefore, the body of

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"black-coats don't, I hope, fufpect, "I meant any reflection on the cloth, "by introducing a plum-pudding. "I would avoid giving offence, as "much as lies in my power; but "fhan't hide the truth to please any ❝ cloth.

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The 'fquire had heard, before the "honeft curate reached the Hall"house, that his fermon had given "amazing content. When the par"fon came in, he made an apology "to him, for the sudden occafion that obliged him to leave church: "But the lofs," fays he, "was mine; *for I hear I miffed a most excellent " fermon.' By St. Patrick did. "you," fays Teague, "for I never "took fo much pains with a fermon "in my life, nor never will again."

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"Now Teague, being a churchman, "never fwore by Jafus, as the lay"men of that nation often do. In "fhort, the 'fquire found, that his "rector, who had the honour to be "an Irishman himself, had fent for "this poor honeft fellow, to be his "curate; and, the moment he was

imported, had dispatched him down "to preach an approbation-fermon. "If he was liked, he was to have a "room in the in the parfonage house; twenty pounds a year, and a piece

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of ground for potatoes. In the

digging, planting, hoeing, &c. of "which he was to the full as good a "hand, as in making fermons. The "'fquire, finding the honeft Milefian "had an excellent heart, refolved to "fix him in his parish; and told him, he would answer for the parishio

"ners approving the rector's choice; " and, to make it the more agreeable "to him, he would, not only add five "guineas a-year to his fallary, but, if "he found his piece of potatoe"ground too small to keep him in employ, he would give him as large a piece as he could make use "of, fo as not to interfere with his "fermon-making. "Arrah, my dear

joy," fays Teague," the more po"tatoe-ground I have, the more "good fermons I fhall make; for my "beft thoughts always come, when I "am hard digging." The 'fquire be"ing pretty well convinced, that

Teague muft have dug hard for eve"ry thought in his fermon, except "that motion of standing ftill, which "came fpontaneously; could not

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"boglander