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12, Osborn Collection, vol. Xii; also Methodist Magazine, 1802, p. 463. LAY PREACHERS AND PERSECUTORS 71 the men, but with the exception of General Sinclaire, all the commanders protected him, consequently, as a soldier, he suffered no violence. After receiving his discharge from the army he continued to preach, and now received his share of hardship. In 1748 he was arrested, and two men swore falsely that he had made a riot. The town clerk told him that they w^ould not send him to jail, if he ...would work a miracle. He replied that miracles were wrought already in that many swearers and drunkards had become sober and God-fearing men. He w^as then told that, if he would cease to preach, he would not be imprisoned. This he refused to do, and was confined for eight days, till the court convened. Help having now come from a wealthy man in Lon- don, the officers thought it best to drop the case, so let him go.^'^ In 1 75 1 Thomas Lee was mobbed at Pately-Bridge, and pelted with mud, stones, and blows till he staggered to and fro.
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