It was some weeks before he had opportunity of hearing them again, being obliged to take care of his school in the country. On his next return to _Limerick_ he heard another of them (Mr. _T. W._) and liked their preaching still better. But his fondness for, and attachment to the word of God, would not admit of his taking things of so high a nature upon trust. He therefore compared their doctrine with the word of God, and with the _articles_ and _homilies_ (which were now likewise his secondary, standards of truth) of the church of _England_; and “I found it, (says he) to be consonant with both. I became daily more and more attached to them, and their manner of living encreased my affection for them. They appeared to me to be true followers of Christ, and his apostles, adorning the doctrine of God in all things.”
“When they had preached the gospel at _Limerick_ for some time, they came over to _New-Market_, a village where I then resided, about eight miles from thence. In a little time there was a society formed, (so they called those who met weekly together, in order to sing the praises of God, to pray to him, and to help each other on to heaven.) To these I joined myself a member, _September 29, 1749_, in order to be more fully instructed in the way of salvation.”