Mr.Phillips, seeing some of his young people in the crowd, did sharply rebuke them for their folly, at which they were not a little abashed.
The inn being greatly crowded, and not a little noisy, we were not unwilling to accept the invitation of the provider of the ordination- dinner, to sit down with the honored guests thereat.

I waited, with others of the younger class, until the ministers and elderly people had made an end of their meal.

Among those who sat at the second table was a pert, talkative lad, a son of Mr.Increase Mather, who, although but sixteen years of age, graduated at the Harvard College last year, and hath the reputation of good scholarship and lively wit.

He told some rare stories concerning Mr.Brock, the minister ordained, and of the marvellous efficacy of his prayers.

He mentioned, among other things, that, when Mr.Brock lived on the Isles of Shoals, he persuaded the people there to agree to spend one day in a month, beside the Sabhath, in religious worship.