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]_ev. Samuel IVhili_g. 167<br />

schooles. He was not fond of disputations and<br />

wordie wranglings about doctrine, but laid<br />

down his poynts plainlie and then firmlie de.<br />

fended them by ye Scriptures, not taking y°<br />

time, as y" manner of some is, to tell how others<br />

look vpon y" same and then to tell how false<br />

was ye eye with wch they looked. He writ<br />

some things yt come out in print, and all testi-<br />

fied to their being sound in doctrine, liberal in<br />

sentiment, and plain and practicall.<br />

" Mr Whiting was a good liver, saying yt he<br />

did not find yt mortifying y° flesh meant pinch-<br />

ing y° stomach. Hjs wife was a right comelie<br />

dame, and belonged to a great familie, being<br />

Chief Iustice Saint John his daughter. She<br />

was a godlie woman, and did inch to chear and<br />

help her husband. By her learning she was<br />

able to giue mch instruction to y_ damsels of<br />

y° parish, and they did all love her as she were<br />

a tender mother. She died some above two<br />

yeares agone; and he did greatlie mourn for<br />

her.<br />

" Mr Whiting had a noble garden wherein<br />

were delicious fruits and manie good things for

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