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.

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CONTENTS.

Page.

Advertisement by the Editor

Introduction written by the Author, many
Years after the Narrative.

Chap.

1. His Conduct in early Life, and his

Entrance into the Army

II. Embarks for Germany-Some provi-

dential Occurrences during the first

Campaign..

III. Reflections upon the Lord's Goodness

to him, and an Account of his Re-

turn to England, in March 1763

IV. Voyage to Gibraltar and Morocco,

and Return to Gibraltar

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22

38

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50

V. Experience in Gibraltar-A dreadful

Storm-He obtains his Discharge,

and returns to England

VI. Various Situations in London-He is

first brought to hear the Gospel in

Eagle Street.

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71

Chap.

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

'Christ in Eagle Street-Reflec

tions when he returned from the

Page

84

97

Dispensation of Divine Provi-

dence-Three Children die of the

Small-pox in eleven Days-

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