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M. G. DE BENNEVILLE. 295
for his religion : he retired into England with his family
and connections, upon the invitation of his Majesty King
William III.—His mother died as soon as he was born, she
imagined she should die at that time ; and therefore was
induced, while pregnant, frequently to pray for her child;
and it appears the Lord heard her prayers, and granted her
requests. After the death of his mother, Queen Anne
provided him a nurse, and took on herself the care of his
infancy.—At the age of twelve years he was sent to sea in
a vessel of war bound to Algiers ; at which time he was a
very wild youth, but as extraordinary as it may appear,
was convicted of his sinful ways, by the conduct of two
Moors at Algiers.—He soon after returned to England,
and became a very zealous Christian preacher ; and not-
withstanding the persecutions tha't was then carrying on
in France against the Protestants, he was determined to
preach the Gospel there.—The first sermon he preached
was at Calais, and as soon as he was done, he was taken
into custody ; and as the magistrates were examining him,
there came in an old man with a white beard, all the jus-
tices saluted him, and he said to them, have nothing to do
with this man, for I have suffered much this night on his
account, and immediately retired.—As this was his first
crime, he was sentenced to eight days imprisonment, and
was afterwards conducted out of the bounds of the city,
with this caution, that his life would be in danger for the
second offence.—He vras about seventeen years of age when
he first began to preach in France, and he spent tiro years
in preaching in Upper and Lower Normandy ; at last he,
and the Rev. Mr. Durant, his companion, were surrounded
by soldiers, as he was preaching near Dieppe, and taken
prisoner, with a number of his audience.—After a month’s
imprisonment, those two were condemned to die, Mr. Du-
rant to be hung, and Mr. De Benneville to be beheaded.
They were conducted together to the place of execution;
q q 2 Mr.
for his religion : he retired into England with his family
and connections, upon the invitation of his Majesty King
William III.—His mother died as soon as he was born, she
imagined she should die at that time ; and therefore was
induced, while pregnant, frequently to pray for her child;
and it appears the Lord heard her prayers, and granted her
requests. After the death of his mother, Queen Anne
provided him a nurse, and took on herself the care of his
infancy.—At the age of twelve years he was sent to sea in
a vessel of war bound to Algiers ; at which time he was a
very wild youth, but as extraordinary as it may appear,
was convicted of his sinful ways, by the conduct of two
Moors at Algiers.—He soon after returned to England,
and became a very zealous Christian preacher ; and not-
withstanding the persecutions tha't was then carrying on
in France against the Protestants, he was determined to
preach the Gospel there.—The first sermon he preached
was at Calais, and as soon as he was done, he was taken
into custody ; and as the magistrates were examining him,
there came in an old man with a white beard, all the jus-
tices saluted him, and he said to them, have nothing to do
with this man, for I have suffered much this night on his
account, and immediately retired.—As this was his first
crime, he was sentenced to eight days imprisonment, and
was afterwards conducted out of the bounds of the city,
with this caution, that his life would be in danger for the
second offence.—He vras about seventeen years of age when
he first began to preach in France, and he spent tiro years
in preaching in Upper and Lower Normandy ; at last he,
and the Rev. Mr. Durant, his companion, were surrounded
by soldiers, as he was preaching near Dieppe, and taken
prisoner, with a number of his audience.—After a month’s
imprisonment, those two were condemned to die, Mr. Du-
rant to be hung, and Mr. De Benneville to be beheaded.
They were conducted together to the place of execution;
q q 2 Mr.