But her anxiety about them was relieved by the dutiful con-
duct of Matthew, who took them to his own house, and
acted towards them the part of a father, while his amiable
wife' treated them with a kindness and assiduity truly

* Matthew Henry's Life of Philip Henry ^ postscript to preface, p, xli
« Williams's Life of Matthew Henry, p. 35.
* Mary, daughter of Robert Warburton, Esq. of Grange, in the county
of Chester. She was Matthew's second wife.
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