BEING AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE Providential and gracious Dealings of God WITH MR. GEORGE FOXWELL, WHO DIED DEC. 16, 1801. He served in the Army in Germany, under the late Marquis of Granby, and was afterwards an honourable Member of the Church of Christ, in Eagle Street, London, for thirty Years. Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. PSALM CVii. 43. REVISED BY JAMES UPTON, Minister of the Gospel in Church Street, Blackfriars Road; And now published at the Request of Mr. Foxwell's Widow. With an APPENDIX by THE REV. SAMUEL ROWLES. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE EDITOR; Sold by BAGSTER, Strand; BUTTON, and BURDITT, Paternoster CONTENTS. Page. Advertisement by the Editor Introduction written by the Author, many 1. His Conduct in early Life, and his II. Embarks for Germany-Some provi- dential Occurrences during the first III. Reflections upon the Lord's Goodness to him, and an Account of his Re- turn to England, in March 1763 VII. An Account of his Removal into Gloucestershire-Occurrences while there-His Return to London.... VIII. His Situation in London-He be- comes a Member of the Church of ADVERTISEMENT. As the worthy Author of the following Narrative has been dead more than six years, it appears necessary that the Reader should be informed of those circumstances which have been the occasion of its present publication. When Mr. Foxwell was removed from this vale of tears, the church in Eagle Street, of which he was a very honourable member, was destitute of a pastor; I was therefore requested by his widow, and surviving friends, to attend his interment in Bunhill Fields, and preach his funeral sermon in Eagle Street, from 2 Cor. vi. 2. "Behold, now is the accepted time: behold, now is the day of salvation." As the words did not appear to me remarkably appropriate, I inquired whether any particular reasons were assigned why they were chosen; when I was informed that Mr. F. had been enabled by the grace of God to say, that death had been his favourite subject for more than twenty years, he had been looking for it not only with humble confidence, believ |