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At his return, I was afraid (Reverend Father ſaid I) by any queſtion to interrupt you at the firſt ſo ſerious, and at the laſt ſo ſweet diſcourſe, but that your pauſe and heavenly rapture gave me an opportunity to take you up as you were falling or retiring to the pledg (your body) left behind, and to acquaint you that your wholeſome and ſweet Doctrine, together with the harmony of your Diſcipline, has begot an ardent affection in my ſoul towards your ſo happy and concording Church, ſo aſſimilating and ſympohonizing with the Divine Angelical Chorus.