Isaac Watts; his life and writings, his homes and friendsHood, Edwin Paxton
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Isaac Watts; his life and writings, his homes and friends
Hood, Edwin Paxton
Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748
1703 Novʳ 26 Friday night Decʳ: after having intermitted in a great
and Saturday morning, measure a method of study and pursuit of
the Great and Dreadfull Learning, 4 years, by reasō of my great
Storm indispositions of body and weakness of head
(excepᵗ w: was of absolute necessity for my
Constant preaching) & being not satisfyd to
live so any longer, after due consideratiō
& prayer, I took a boy to read to me &
write for me, whereby my studies are much
assisted. Decʳ 1703
Visited my friends at Southto. May 1704
Augᵗ: 31. 1704 Bro: Remov’d our Meeting place to pinners
Richard marryd hall and began expositions of
Scripture. June 1704
Br. Joseph Brandley my Visited Southton July 1705
first servᵗ went away
Decʳ 1704: & Edwd.
Hitchin came
Published my Poems Decʳ 1705
Augᵗ 1705 Mʳ Tho: Rowe
my Tutor dyed
Mʳ Benoni Rowe my Went to Southton May. 18ᵗʰ 1706 returned
intimate friend dyed agⁿ wᵗʰ but small recruit of health.
Apˡˡ: 1706 July 5ᵗʰ
Bro: Thomas marry’d,
May 9ᵗʰ: 1706
went to Tunbridge Augᵗ 8ᵗʰ: Returned much
stronger Augᵗ 30.
Publisht essay against
Uncharitableness Apˡˡ 1707.
Went to Southton July, returned July Went
to Tunbridg: Augᵗ: returned Sepᵗ 3ᵈ
Union of E & Scot: May All this Year my health has been encouraging
1ˢᵗ 1707
This year yᵉ French Publisht my Hymns & Spˡˡ Songs July 1707
prophetts made a great Overturned in a coach without hurt. Oct. 5.
noise in our nation, 1707
and drew in Mʳ Lacy, Preached a reformation Sermō: Oct. 6. 1707,
Sir R. Bulckley &c. 200 and printed it
or more had
yᵉ agitations, 40 had yᵉ
inspiration—Provd a
delusion of Satan at
Birminghā Feb 3 or 4ᵗʰ
1707/8
Sister Sarah marryed. Went to Southtoⁿ—and afterward to Tunbr:
Feb: 1707/8 Augᵗ 1708
Pretender’s invasion Removed our Meeting place to Bury Street
disappointed. March: Sepʳ 29: 1708.
1708
May 25 1708 The Prophetts Printed 2ᵈ Edition of Hymns & 2ᵈ ed: of
disappointed by Mʳ Eams Poems: Apˡˡ & May 1709.
not rising frō the Dead
Terrible long snowy winter
1708/9
Bro R: came to settle in Went to Southton: June: Tunbridg. Augᵗ 1709
Londō: Oct 7 1709
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