,the ,works of the ,reverend ,george ,whitefield1 ,m4,a4 ,transcriber's ,notes ,punctuation has been standardized4 ,most of the non-common abbreviations used to save space in printing have been expanded to the non-abbreviated form for easier reading4 ,characters in small caps have been replaced by all caps4 ,non-printable characteristics have been given the following ,italic text3 -- text emphasized text within italics -- text ,this book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling4 ,words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text4 ,these have been left unchanged unless indicated with a ,transcriber's ,note4 ,the symbol #8' indicates the description in parenthesis has been added to an illustration4 ,this may be needed if there is no caption or if the caption does not describe the image adequately4 ,footnotes are identified in the text with a superscript number and are shown immediately below the paragraph in which they appear4 ,transcriber's ,notes are used when making corrections to the text or to provide additional information for the modern reader4 ,these notes are identified by symbols in the text and are shown immediately below the paragraph in which they appear4 ,,the ,,works ,,of ,,the ,,reverend ,,george ,,whitefield1 ,m4,a4 ,late of ,,pembroke-,,college1 ,,oxford1 ,and ,chaplain to the ,rt4 ,hon4 the ,countess of ,,huntingdon4 ,,containing ,all his ,,sermons and ,,tracts ,which have been already published3 ,,with ,a ,,select ,,collection of ,,letters1 ,written to his most intimate ,friends1 and ,persons of ,distinction1 in ,england1 ,scotland1 ,ireland1 and ,america1 from the ,year #agcd1 to #aggj1 including the whole ,period of his ,ministry4 ,,also ,some other ,,pieces on ,,important ,,subjects1 never before printed2 prepared by ,himself for the ,press4 ,to which is prefixed1 ,an ,,account of his ,,life1 ,compiled from his ,original ,,papers and ,,letters4 ,,volume ,,iii4 ,,london3 ,printed for ,,edward and ,,charles ,,dilly1 in the ,poultry2 and ,messrs4 ,,kincaid and ,,bell1 at ,edinburgh4 ,,mdcclxxi4 ,,letters4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,j ,b4 ,london1 ,february #a1 #agec4 ,my very dear friend1 ,,though ,i have had no answer to my last1 yet ,i suppose it hath reached your hands1 and ,i am glad to hear that ,ephrata plantation is in some degree opened1 and thereby a preparation made for a future progress this spring4 ,mr4 ,fox not coming1 and going upon lumber1 hath been a great loss to my poor family1 but ,i hope ere now all is settled1 and the sawing carried on with vigour4 ,that seems to be the thing which providence points out at present1 and as so many negroes are ready1 it will be a pity that ,bethesda should not do something1 as well as the neighbouring planters4 ,if it was not that ,i am erecting a large place for public worship1 eighty feet square1 and am called to preach to so many thousands in various places1 ,i would come over immediately myself4 ,but perhaps it will be best to stay till the new ,governor is appointed and embarks1 or at least to come a little before him4 ,i hear that ,colonel ,vanderdison will in all probability be the man2 they are determined ,i find to have a military person4 ,with this1 ,i send your brother a power to dispose of ,providence plantation1 and ,i hope to hear shortly that ,doctor ,b1 with your assistance1 hath purchased more negroes1,my dear friend1 do exert yourself a little for me in this time of my absence1 and ,i trust the ,orphan-house affairs will shortly be so ordered1 that none shall be troubled about its affairs1 but my own domestics4 ,as ,nathaniel ,p is so willing1 and hath hitherto behaved so faithfully1 ,i have sent him a full power in conjunction with ,mrs4 ,w to act under you4 ,the man and woman that bring this1 are with their son indented to me1 and ,i have an excellent school mistress and a young student1 engaged to come over shortly4 ,ere long1 ,i suppose we shall have a large family4 ,,lord grant it may be a religious one6 ,i would have nothing done in respect to the building1 besides repairing the piazza1 and what else is absolutely necessary1 till ,i come4 ,perhaps ,i may bring a carpenter along with me1 who will stay some years4 ,i cannot tell what can induce me to take care of a place1 where the gospel is so little regarded1 unless it be a principle of faith4 ,surely it will not always be so4 ,what difference is there between ,georgia1 and several parts of ,england8 ,here thousands and ten thousands run1 and ride miles upon miles to hear the gospel4 ,therebut ,i do not love to think of it4 ,o my dear friend1 whatever others do1 may you and your houshold serve the ,,lord6 ,i see there is no happiness1 but in keeping near to ,,jesus ,,christ4,but this prosperity1 this worldly mindedness1how many fools hath it destroyed2 how many of ,,god's own children hath it awfully bewildered6 ,may the ,,lord keep all my dear friends clear of this dangerous rock6 ,my love to all4 ,how is ,mr4 ,v8 ,pray do your utmost to bring about a reconciliation between him and ,mr4 ,b4 ,i could give several particular and powerful reasons2 at present ,i can add no more4 ,my dear friend1 pray for us1 and exert yourself for ,bethesda2 ,bethesda's ,,god will richly reward you4 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 8,ephratah0 replaced with 8,ephrata0 for consistency4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxvi4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,february #i1 #agec4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,it gives me pain1 when any of your ,ladyship's letters lie by me unanswered1,i would always write immediately if ,i could4 ,for many days ,i have been much engaged1 but can now refrain no longer4 ,your ,ladyship's letter was immediately forwarded to ,philadelphia4,it will be an acceptable present to the good old ,governor4 ,i wish ,mr4 ,t may not make too great compliances1but ,i fear instability is his weak side4 ,i have not heard from ,south ,audley ,street1 since ,i wrote last to your ,ladyship4,the ,moravian's outward scheme1 ,i am apt to believe will soon be disconcerted4 ,strange6 ,why will ,,god's children build ,babels8 ,why will they flatter themselves1 that ,,god owns and approves of them1 because he suffers them to build high8 ,in mercy to them1 such buildings1 of whatever kind1 must come down4 ,i hope our new-intended tabernacle is not of this nature4 ,it would have pleased your ,ladyship1 to have seen how willingly the people gave last ,,lord's day4 ,at seven in the morning we collected fifty pounds1 in the evening one hundred and twenty-six pounds4 ,blessed be ,,god1 we have now near nine hundred pounds in hand4 ,he that hath begun1 ,i trust will enable us to go on1 and bring out the top-stone1 shouting ,grace6 ,grace6 ,our ,,lord still continues to work in our old despised place4 ,i trust it hath been a ,bethel to many1 many souls4 ,this your ,ladyship knows may be any where4 ,clifton's a ,bethel when ,,god is there4 ,that your ,ladyship may enjoy more and more of the divine presence1 and increase with all the increase of ,,god1 is the continual prayer of1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,g4 ,london1 ,february #ai1 #agec4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,i ,,have two of your kind letters lying by me unanswered4,i am not usually so dilatory1 but business and bodily weakness have prevented me4 ,at present1 ,i have a cold and fever upon me1 but ,i preach on1 hoping one day or another to die in my work4 ,one ,mr4 ,steward1 a dear minister of ,,christ1 that began to be popular in the church1 entered into his rest last week4 ,i saw him just before he expired4 ,methinks ,i hear him say1 8,love ,,christ more1 and serve him better40 ,o that ,i may do so in earnest6 ,for indeed my obligations increase continually4 ,we have had a blessed winter4 ,many have been added to our flock4,next week ,i intend1 ,,god willing1 to lay the first brick of our new tabernacle4 ,i am now looking up for direction about my removal4,which are the best seasons for the north8 ,i should be glad to know speedily4 ,have you the first account you wrote of your conversion8 ,or have you leisure to draw up a short narrative of the rise and progress of the work of ,,god in your parts8 ,a dear christian minister in ,scotland1 is about to publish two volumes1 relative to the late awakenings in various places4 ,such things should be transmitted to posterity2 in heaven all will be known4 ,thanks be to ,,god that there is such a rest remaining for his dear people4 ,i am too impatient to get at it4 ,but who can help longing to see ,,jesus8 ,what but a hope and prospect of furthering his glorious gospel1 can reconcile us to this aceldama1 this wide howling wilderness8 ,if we had not our beloved to lean on1 what should we do8 ,go on1 my dear ,sir1 in his strength2 ,i wish you much1 yea very much prosperity4 ,the ,,lord bless you1 and all the dear souls in your parts1 with all spiritual blessings4 ,i am glad you have received the books4 ,i am now publishing two more sermons1 and a small collection of hymns for public worship4 ,benedictus benedicat et benedicentur4 ,i commend you and all to his never-failing mercy1 and myself to your continual prayers1 as being1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 duplicate word 8,i0 removed ,,letter ,,dcccclxviii4 ,to ,c ,w4 ,london1 ,march #c1 #agec4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,i ,,thank you and your brother most heartily for the loan of the chapel4 ,blessed be ,,god1 the work goes on well4,on ,thursday morning1 the first brick of our new tabernacle was laid with awful solemnity4 ,i preached from ,exodus the twentieth1 and the latter part of the twenty-fourth verse2 8,in all places where ,i record my name1 ,i will come unto thee and bless thee40 ,afterwards we sung1 and prayed for ,,god's blessing in all places1 where his glorious name is recorded4 ,the wall is now about a yard high4 ,the building is to be eighty feet square4 ,it is upon the old spot4 ,we have purchased the house1 and if we finish what we have begun1 shall be rent-free for forty-six years4 ,we have above eleven hundred pounds in hands4 ,this ,i think is the best way to build4 ,mr4 ,steward's death so affected me1 that when ,i met the workman that night to contract about the building1 ,i could scarce bear to think of building tabernacles4 ,strange6 that so many should be so soon discharged1 and we continued6 ,eighteen years have ,i been waiting for the coming of the son of ,,god2 but ,i find we are immortal till our work is done4 ,o that we may never live to be ministered unto1 but to minister6 ,mr4 ,steward spoke for his ,,lord as long as he could speak at all4 ,he had no clouds nor darkness4 ,i was with him1 till a few minutes before he slept in ,,jesus4 ,i have good news from several parts2 a door is opening at ,winchester4 ,surely the little leaven will ferment1 till the whole kingdom be leavened4 ,even so1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 ,amen6 ,pray how does our elect ,lady8 ,i hope to write to her ,ladyship next post4 ,joint love attends you and yours1 and your brother and his houshold4,that all may increase with all the increase of ,,god1 is still the earnest prayer of1 my dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxix4 ,to ,mr4 ,m4 ,london1 ,march #aj1 #agec4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,m1 ,i ,,am glad you have had such good times4 ,i was grieved that ,mr4 ,e was taken from ,london1 because ,mr4 ,m was taken ill1 and a carnal preacher put up in his room4 ,but ,,god's thoughts are not as our thoughts4 ,let this consideration reconcile you to my not preaching at ,mr4 ,b's4 ,i went as far as ,mrs4 ,s's1 but so many things occurred1 that ,i went no further4 ,you may hear more when we meet again4 ,i have preached at ,spitalfields chapel twice4 ,both the ,mr4 ,ws are agreed1 as the younger brother writes me word1 in answer to my letter4 ,let brotherly love continue6 ,i do not like writing against any body1 but ,i think1 that wisdom which dwells with prudence1 should direct you not to fill ,mr4 ,ws people 7who expect you will serve them7 with needless jealousies4 ,he that believeth doth not make haste4,i therefore wait1 being assured of this1 that every plant which our heavenly ,father hath not planted shall be rooted out4 ,i hope to see the time1 when you will talk less of persons and things1 and more of ,him1 who is the common head of his whole mystical body4 ,this1 and this alone can make and keep you steady in yourself1 and extensively useful to others4 ,i am glad you know when persons are justified4 ,it is a lesson ,i have not yet learnt4 ,there are so many stony-ground hearers that receive the word with joy1 that ,i have determined to suspend my judgment1 till ,i know the tree by its fruits4 ,you will excuse this freedom4 ,i love you with a disinterested love1 ,i only wish you may be happy in ,,jesus4 ,this will make you see things with new eyes1 and give you such a freedom of heart as is unspeakable1 and full of glory4 ,for the present ,i must bid you adieu4 ,that the ,,lord of all ,lords may confirm1 strengthen1 stablish1 and settle you in his love1 is the earnest prayer of1 my dear ,mr4 ,m1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 8,,dcclxix40 replaced with 8,,dcccclxix40 ,,letter ,,dcccclxx4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,london1 ,march #ba1 #agec4 ,my very dear friend1 ,,by last ,monday's waggon there was sent a box of books4 ,may the ,redeemer own and bless what is sent in it6 ,then all will be well4 ,i know your prayers will not be wanting4 ,i am glad you have found out another thief1 that lay hid in the chambers of imagery1 which are in your heart4 ,time and temptation will draw out ten thousand more1 which as yet1 you know nothing of4 ,happy they1 who can discover1 pluck out1 and cut off their right hand and right eye corruptions4 ,this must be done1 or we shall only take up with the bare semblance of holiness4 ,the ,redeemer must sit as a refiner's fire upon our hearts1 or we shall never be purified as gold or silver4 ,this is our comfort1 when we are tried we shall come forth like gold4 ,the offences that we meet with in the church1 are most trying2therefore they are permitted to come4 ,i wish my dear ,mr4 ,g1 as well as yourself1 may learn experience from what hath happened1 and never run yourselves into needless difficulties4 ,what is happening to the ,moravians is no more than ,i have long expected1 and spoken of to many friends4 ,their scheme is so antichristian in almost every respect1 that ,i am amazed the eyes of the ,english brethren have not long since been opened1 and the ,babel stopt at the first4 ,but the glorious ,,god generally suffers such buildings to go high1 that their fall may be more conspicuous4 ,may the builders rise 7,i mean as to spirituals7 by their falls1 and gain by their losses6 ,that is all the harm ,i wish them4 ,my dear man1 what a blessed thing it is to live and walk in the simplicity of the gospel6 ,how happy is that man1 who being neither fond of money1 numbers1 nor power1 goes on day by day without any other scheme1 than a general intention to promote the common salvation amongst people of all denominations4 ,will you pray that ,i may be thus minded8 ,i cease not to pray for you and yours1 and my other dear friends at ,leeds2 and ,i would set out immediately for the north1 was ,i not obliged to be here in about two months1 to attend and give further orders about our building4 ,but some time in the summer,what8,i hope to see the fields white1 ready unto harvest again1 and to rejoice together with you in our common ,,lord4,in the mean while1 let us be busy for so blessed a ,master1 and be continually pressing forward towards the mark for the prize of our high calling4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus say ,amen6 ,adieu4 ,with joint love to all1 ,i subscribe myself1 my dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,g4 ,norwich1 ,april #ag1 #agec4 ,dear ,mr4 ,g1 ,,it hath given me concern1 that your letter1 with ,mr4 ,d's and ,miss ,a's1 have lain by me so long unanswered4 ,business1 and not want of love1 hath prevented my writing4 ,was it not sinful1 ,i could wish for a thousand hands1 a thousand tongues1 and a thousand lives3 all should be employed night and day1 without ceasing1 in promoting the glory of the ever-lovely1 ever-loving ,,jesus4 ,thanks be to his great name for reviving his work in the midst of the years4 ,i trust that his people every where will be made to sing1 8,the ,winter is past1 the rain is over and gone1 the flowers appear on the earth1 and the voice of the turtle is heard in the land40 ,all things promise well at ,london2 and ,i hope you will yet see greater things than ever in the ,north4 ,some time this ,summer ,i hope to see you all again4 ,in the mean while1 you must not fail to pray for me4 ,i must now begin to enter upon my ,spring circuit4 ,for these three days past1 ,i have been preaching here twice a-day4 ,in the mornings we have been quiet1 but in the evenings the sons of ,belial have been somewhat rude4 ,the place built here for public worship1 is much larger than yours at ,newcastle2 and1 ,i believe1 hundreds of truly awakened souls attend4 ,what cannot ,,god do8 ,what will the end of this be8 ,the destruction of ,jericho4,the rams-horns must go round1 till her tow'ring walls fall down4 ,who would but be one of these rams-horns8 ,my dear ,sir1 let us not be ashamed of the cross of ,,christ3 it is lined with love1 and will ere long be exchanged for a crown4 ,,jesus himself will put it on our heads4 ,i am called away1 and therefore cannot enlarge4 ,to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 ,i return to ,london1 and hope soon to get time to answer my other ,newcastle correspondents4 ,in the mean while1 pray remember me to them and all in the most cordial manner1 and beg them never1 never to cease praying for1 my dear ,sir1 ,their and your most affectionate friend and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,norwich1 ,april #ah1 #agec4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,how does ,,god delight to exceed even the hopes1 and to disappoint the fears of his weak1 though honest-hearted people6 ,in spite of all opposition1 he hath caused us to triumph even in ,norwich4 ,thousands attend twice every day1 and hear with the greatest eagerness4 ,i hope it will appear yet more and more1 that ,,god hath much people here4 ,i am greatly importuned to stay over ,lord's-day1 but ,i hope to be in ,spitalfields on ,saturday evening1 and to spend the holydays in ,london4 ,o that they may prove glorious days of the ,son of ,man6 ,thanks be to ,,god1 it is the christian's privilege to keep holyday all the year round4 8,,christ1 our passover1 is sacrificed for us10 and we are called to keep a perpetual feast4 ,happy1 happy they1 who know what it is to banquet on the love of ,,jesus4 ,surely it passeth all understanding4 ,of this happiness1 you and yours have been made partakers4 ,what need have we then to cry out1 8,what shall we render unto the ,,lord for all his mercies60 ,o my dear ,sir1 let us keep close to our loving ,,lord1 and not suffer the noise and hurry of business1 to rob us of one moment's communion and fellowship with the ever-blessed ,,god4 ,i commend you both to his never-failing mercy2 and wishing you1 from my inmost soul1 the very best of blessings1 even the sure mercies of ,david1 ,i subscribe myself1 my dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,london1 ,april #bg1 #agec4 ,dear ,sir1 ,,on ,saturday evening a never-failing ,redeemer brought me safe to ,london1 where ,i have been indisposed ever since4 ,but ,i shall little regard the weakness and indisposition of my body1 if ,i can but have the pleasure of hearing1 if not before1 yet at the great day1 that good was done to one precious soul at ,norwich4 ,blessed be ,,god for the seed sown there4 ,i doubt not but it will be watered with the dew of his heavenly blessing1 and bring forth a divine increase4 ,o that it may spring up1 and bear fruit abundantly in the heart of you and yours6 ,my poor prayers shall not be wanting in your behalf4 ,this is the only return ,i can make to you both1 for the great kindnesses conferred on me at your house4 ,you know who hath promised1 8,that a cup of cold water1 given for his name's sake1 shall not lose its reward40 ,what a ,saviour is this6 ,who would but love and serve him6 ,surely his service is perfect freedom6 ,i hope all my dear ,norwich friends will find it so every day4 ,be pleased to salute them all most affectionately1 as they come in your way4 ,i trust they will remember me at the throne of grace4 ,you all know my name3 ,i am the chief of sinners1 and less than the least of all saints1 but ,their and your obliged friend1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxiv4 ,london1 ,may #a1 #agec4 ,my dear ,david1 ,,do you enquire where ,i am8 ,i answer1 in ,london1 longing to come to ,leeds1 and yet withheld hitherto by ,his providence who ordereth all things well4 ,let us have a little more patience1 and then in a few weeks ,i hope to have a blessed range in the ,north4 ,,god's time ,i have always found to be the best time in the end4 ,ere now1 ,i suppose1 ,mr4 ,l hath received my letter from ,norwich4 ,the word ran and was glorified there4 ,preaching so frequently1 and riding hard1 almost killed me2 but what is my body in comparison of precious and immortal souls8 ,o that this ,spring may prove a ,spring-time every day6 ,indeed ,i want to begin to begin to do something for ,,jesus4 ,at present ,i am engaged in a very ungrateful work2 ,i mean1 in writing against the leading ,moravian brethren4 ,when you see it1 you will know whether there was not a cause3 a second edition of the pamphlet is just come out4 ,i fear the third part of the ,journals cannot be procured3 perhaps it is not much matter4 ,i am sick of all ,i do1 and stand astonished that the ,redeemer still continues to make use of and bless me4 ,surely ,i am more foolish than any man2 no one receives so much1 and does so little4 ,if you was here1 we would weep together3 friends know what it is to exchange hearts4 ,may the common friend of sinners keep both our hearts near himself1 and then all will be well4 ,i cannot think of ,leeds without weeping4 ,i love that people1 and pray that they may increase with all the increase of ,,god4 8,brethren1 pray for us10 is still the earnest request of my poor heart4 ,i am weaker than the weakest1 less than the least of all4 ,write to me2 ,i do not like your sending such round-about ways3 friends letters always pay postage4 ,o let us send often by post to heaven2 ,i mean1 on the wings of faith and love3 from thence we shall assuredly receive good answers1 though not always in our own way or time4 ,for the present1 farewel4 ,my hearty love to all the true followers of the ,lamb4 ,i hope to write to all in time4 ,in great haste1 but much greater love1 ,i subscribe myself1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,haverford-west1 ,may #bg1 #agec4 ,my dear ,man1 ,,though my wife hath not sent me the letter1 yet she writes me1 8,that you have sent me a threatening one40 ,i thank you for it1 though unseen1 and say unto thee1 if thou art thus minded1 8,what thou doest1 do quickly40 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am ready to receive the most traiterous blow1 and to confess before ,,god and man1 all my weaknesses and failings1 whether in public or private life4 ,i laid my account of such treatment1 before ,i published my expostulatory letter4,and your writing in such a manner1 convinces me more and more1 that ,moravianism leads us to break through the most sacred ties of nature1 friendship1 and disinterested love4 ,but my wife says you write1 8,that ,i am drunk with power and approbation40 ,wast thou with me so long1 my dear man1 and hast thou known me no better8 ,what power didst thou know me ever to grasp at8 ,or what power am ,i now invested with8 ,none1 that ,i know of1 except that of being a poor pilgrim4 ,and as for approbation1 ,,god knows1 ,i have had little else besides the cross to glory in1 since my first setting out4,may that be my glory still6 ,but my wife says you write1 8,that ,i promised not to print40 ,i remember no such thing4 ,i know you advised me not to do so1 but ,i know of no promise made4 ,if ,i remember1 ,i had not then read ,rimius2 but after that1 ,i both heard and saw so many things1 that ,i could not1 with a safe conscience1 be silent4 ,my wife says likewise1 that you write1 8,the bulk of my letter is not truth40 ,so says ,mr4 ,peter ,b2 nay1 he says1 8that all is a lie30 and ,i hear he declares so in the pulpit4 ,so that whether ,i will or not1 he obliges me to clear myself in print2 and if he goes on in this manner1 will not only constrain me to print a third edition1 but also to publish the dreadful heap that lies behind4 ,my answers to him1 the ,count1 and my old friend ,h1 are almost ready4 ,i cannot send them this post1 but may have time ere long4 ,o my dear man1 let me tell thee1 that the ,,god of truth and love hates lies3 and that cause can never be good1 which needs equivocations and falshoods to support it4 ,,god willing1 you shall have none from me4 ,i have naked truth4 ,i write out of pure love3 and the ,,lord ,,jesus only knows1 what unspeakable grief and pain ,i feel1 when ,i think how many of my dear friends have so involved themselves4 ,if any thing stops my pen1 it will be concern for them1 not myself4 ,i value neither name1 nor life itself1 when the cause of ,,god calls me to venture both4 ,thanks be to his great name1 ,i can truly say1 that for these many years last past1 no sin hath had dominion over me2 neither have ,i slept with the guilt of any known1 unrepented sin lying upon my heart3 if you will tell me of any1 ,i will be obliged to you4 ,in the mean while1 ,i wish thee well in body and soul1 and subscribe myself1 my dear ,john1 ,your very affectionate1 though injured1 friend for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,newman1 ,june #b1 #agec4 ,,do not think that ,i have forgotten either you or yours1 or my promise of writing to you4 ,travelling and preaching have prevented me4 ,within a little more than a fortnight1 ,i have rode three hundred and fifty miles1 and preached above twenty times3 with what success the great day will discover4 ,then we shall know who are stony-ground hearers1 and who receive the word into honest and good hearts4 ,at ,narboth1 ,pembroke1 ,haverford-west1 c4 congregations were large2 and a gracious melting seemed to be among the people4 ,nature now cries out for a little ease1 but faith says1 8,it is now just time to begin to begin40 ,perhaps you may hear me preach next ,thursday evening4 ,london people attract me much4 ,o that our hearts may be more and more drawn towards ,,jesus6 ,i hope this will find you 7like the impression of my seal7 with your soul winged for heaven1 and this poor1 earthly1 good-for-nothing world1 under your feet4 ,could ,i fly away1 you should never see me till we meet at the right hand of ,,god4 ,there the wicked1 and even my own mother's children1 nay my spiritual children1 will cease from troubling me1 and my weary soul will enjoy an everlasting rest4 ,i can now no more4 ,i am baiting at an inn not far from ,gloucester1 hoping shortly to see you and yours grown in grace2 and begging all your dear relations to accept hearty love1 ,i subscribe myself1 my dear1 dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxvii4 ,to ,mr4 4 ,london1 ,june #h1 #agec4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,i ,,was glad1 at my return from a late excursion1 to find a letter from you1 especially as it bespoke your heart to be nearer than usual to the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus4 ,may this intimacy increase daily1 and the fruits of it appear in your abounding in every good word and work6 ,i find more and more1 that one's whole life ought to be a continued sacrifice of love4 ,i am glad ,mr4 ,r is owned4 ,this gives me hopes1 that he begins to preach as when he first set out1 and as he told a friend1 a little before his embarking1 8that he hoped he should40 ,it never went better with his heart than then4 ,,god keep him and all from further entanglements by fleshly wisdom and worldly policy6 which ,i think have nothing to do with the work of the ,,lord4 ,mr4 ,s can tell you what concern the ,bn's awful conduct hath given me4 ,surely if the ,redeemer had not supported me1 ,i should within these two months have died with grief4 ,but ,i will say no more3,,jesus knows all things4 ,he will not long bear with guile4 ,you know my temper4 ,the ,,lord help me in simplicity and godly sincerity to have my conversation in the world1 and in the church6 ,by this time twelvemonth 7if in the land of the dying7 ,i hope to see you4 ,in the mean while1 let ,mr4 ,s speak4 ,i hope he hath succeeded to his wishes2 and ,i pray earnestly that the ,,god of the seas and of the dry land1 may bring him safe to the desired haven4 ,ere long we shall all arrive1 ,i trust1 in ,abraham's harbour2 from thence we shall never put out to sea any more4 ,there the wicked world1 and even ,,god's own children1 will cease from troubling1 and our weary souls enjoy an everlasting rest4 ,may you and yours enter with a full gale6 ,let us write to1 though we cannot as yet see each other4 ,our hearty love and respects await ,mr4 ,p1 and all enquiring friends4 ,i am glad to hear ,mr4 ,t is coming over with ,mr4 ,d4 ,if they come with their old fire1 ,i trust they will be enabled to do wonders4 ,i and ,messrs4 ,w's are very friendly4 ,i like them1 because they go out and let the world see what they are at once2 ,i suspect something wrong1 when so much secrecy is required4 ,but ,i must have done4 ,only let me tell you1 that the ,redeemer still owns my feeble labours4 ,i have been a circuit of about #gjj miles1 and preached to many thousands4 ,my body yet is upheld1 and my soul rejoices in ,,god my ,saviour4 ,help me1 help me to praise him4 ,i thank you for what you have done for ,mr4 ,h1 and for all past favours4 ,that grace1 mercy and peace may be multiplied upon you and yours1 every day and hour1 is the earnest prayer of1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxviii4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,june #bj1 #agec4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,i ,,have been unaccountably detained in ,london longer than ,i expected1 but am just now setting out for ,portsmouth4 ,however1 ,i cannot help sending your ,ladyship the inclosed4 ,it hath set me at liberty1 and fully convinced me1 against what a disguised spirit ,i have been testifying4 ,at present1 ,i shall go on in my old way1 preaching the everlasting gospel4 ,blessed be ,,god1 it is successful here4 ,we had a most glorious sacrament last ,sunday in our new ,tabernacle2 the ,master of the feast was with us of a truth4 ,as ,i purpose returning from ,portsmouth next ,tuesday1 ,i should think myself highly honoured by receiving a few lines from your ,ladyship4 ,may this find you in the blissful enjoyment of him1 who ,i am persuaded is your ,ladyship's all in all6 ,i can only add1 that words cannot well express how much ,i am1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxix4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,t4 ,portsmouth1 ,june #bc1 #agec4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,from ,april to near ,july1 is a long time for a kind letter to lie by unanswered2 but necessity hath no law4 ,a great variety of circumstances hath occurred lately to prevent my corresponding with you1 and many other dear friends4 ,some time next month perhaps you may be acquainted with them4 ,i have thoughts of seeing ,edinburgh then1 though ,i must push hard to bring it about4 ,i purpose at my return1 to stay in ,london but one night1 and then set out for the ,north4 ,o for a gracious gale of divine influence6 ,the sacred wind hath blown sweetly in our new ,tabernacle2 and ,i trust it will be said of this and that man1 at the great day1 that they were born of ,,god there4 ,at ,bristol1 in ,wales1 and ,gloucestershire1 our ,,lord was pleased to smile on my feeble labours2 and here in this place are several who bring forth fruit unto ,,god4 ,affairs go on well at ,bethesda4 ,mr4 ,t1 ,i find1 is coming over in behalf of ,new-,jersey ,college4 ,,lord1 make us all flames of fire6 ,the language of my soul is this1 8,quicken me in thy way40 ,you must continue to pray for me2 you must remember me in the kindest manner to all my dear friends1 and to your father and relations in particular1 as being assured1 that ,i am1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxx4 ,to ,mr4 ,n4 ,portsmouth1 ,june #bc1 #agec4 ,dear ,sir1 ,,not want of love1 but leisure1 prevented my answering your kind letter much sooner4 ,as ,i lead a pilgrim life1 have a weak body1 and am almost continually surrounded with a variety of trials and temptations1 ,i cannot write so frequently as ,i otherwise would choose to do4 ,however1 my friends are always upon my heart and some time next month1 ,i hope to see you1 amongst the rest of my ,edinburgh acquaintances1 grown in grace1 and upon the full stretch for ,him who bled1 and groaned1 and died for us4 ,if your trials are not over1 and you have indeed entered upon the field of battle1 ,i wish you joy4 ,fear not1 neither be dismayed4 ,nil desperandum ,christo duce4 ,let this be the language of your heart and mine3 ,give me strength1 ,o ,,god of power1 ,then let winds blow or thunders roar2 ,thy faithful witness will ,i be3 ',tis fix'd,i can do all through ,thee4 ,i need not inform you1 dear ,sir1 that our ,,lord hath chosen the weak things of this world to confound the strong2 and things that are not1 to bring to nought the things that are4 ,if it was not so1 what should such a poor1 weak1 helpless wretch as ,i am do8 ,in ,,jesus1 and in him alone1 is all my strength and support found4 ,still he continues to uphold me1 and crown my feeble labours with success4 ,in ,wales1 ,gloucestershire1 and ,bristol1 we have lately felt his power2 and in our new ,tabernacle at ,london1 he hath also manifested forth his glory4 ,o for a good gale in the ,north6 ,who knows but we may see each other some time the next month8 ,i have thoughts of setting forwards from ,london next week4 ,may the good ,,lord direct my goings in his way6 ,you must desire all of the hospitals1 and in the society1 and all my other dear friends1 to pray most earnestly for me4 ,i retain my old name3 ,i am the chief of sinners1 and less than the least of all saints1 but for ,,christ's sake1 dear ,mr4 ,n1 ,their and your most affectionate and willing friend and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,leicester1 ,july #a1 #agec4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,i ,,cannot go farther 7as ,mr4 ,middleton returns to ,london to-morrow7 without sending you a few lines4 ,they bring good news1 even that the ,redeemer hath much owned and blessed the first part of my circuit4 ,at ,oulney we had two good meetings2 and at ,northampton our ,,lord filled his people as with new wine4 ,one aged saint told me1 8that the meeting-place was no other to him than the house of ,,god1 and the gate of heaven40 ,several thousands attended2 and ,i could indeed say1 8,it is good for me to be here40 ,last night ,i came to this place quite fatigued in my body1 but willing1 ,i hope1 to employ a thousand souls 7if ,i had them7 for the dear ,,lord ,,jesus4 ,this is a cold place1 but people stood very attentive this morning1 and some were affected4 ,to-morrow ,i must move to ,nottingham4 ,you and yours must promise to follow me with your prayers4 ,i hope you will hear that they are answered4 ,you may be assured of mine2 they are your due2 they are a poor1 but as they are the only return ,i can make1 ,i hope they will be accepted by1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,leeds1 ,july #g1 #agec4 ,my dear ,d1 ,,what6 just come from the borders of the grave1 and still capitulating6 ,will you never give up your whole heart to ,him1 who hath dealt so bountifully with you8 ,was this once done1 you would not 7especially as you have a competency7 talk of a hundred a year1 but you would count the work of the ministry its own wages1 and esteem the reproach of ,,christ above all the riches in the universe4 ,pray remember what ,moses said to ,pharaoh1 8not a hoof must be left behind40 ,,christ will have all or none4 ,halt no longer between two2 sin no more by withholding from ,,god what is his just due1 lest a worse evil befall you4 ,accept all this in love4 ,your letter hath extorted it from me4 ,i pity you amidst all your gaudy shew4 ,the pleasure ,i have had but this week in preaching the gospel1 ,i would not part with for a thousand worlds4 ,blessed be ,,god1 we have had sweet seasons on the road2 and last night at this place1 the cups of many ran over4 ,o ,,lord1 keep me a pilgrim1 till thou art pleased to call me home6 ,i can now no more4 ,my hearty love to our dear ,mr4 ,h4 ,o that you was like-minded with him6 ,accept this as from one1 who is indeed1 dear ,sir1 ,your most affectionate friend and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxxiii4 ,york1 ,july #aa1 #agec4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,,thus far1 but no farther1 am ,i as yet advanced in my way to ,scotland1 and was ,i to comply with the pressing invitations of the ,yorkshire people1 ,i know not when ,i should get there4 ,the fields are exceeding white1 ready unto harvest2 but by preaching thrice a day to great multitudes1 my poor tabernacle is enfeebled1 and ,i have such a cold that ,i cannot well write much4 ,strange1 that ,i can do no more for ,him who hath done and suffered so much for me6 ,be pleased to remember me to all2 and acquaint dear ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,s1 that ,i hope to send them an historical letter from ,newcastle1 where ,i expect to be next ,lord's-day4 ,i shall be glad to hear that your soul prospers1 and that all goes on well at the ,tabernacle4 ,i hope to see ,edinburgh next week4 ,my hearty love to all4 ,accept the same yourself1 from1 dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,your affectionate friend and servant for ,,jesus ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,newcastle1 ,july #ad1 #agec4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,being1 through the goodness of a never-failing ,redeemer1 just come hither1 ,i sit down to perform my promise by writing to you4 ,but where shall ,i begin1 or where shall ,i end8 ,surely the goodness of the ,,lord to such a wretch as ,i am1 is unspeakable4 ,i will inform you of a little4 ,after leaving ,leicester1 ,i went to ,nottingham1 where a great multitude came to hear1 and ,i trust good was done1 though a son of ,belial endeavoured to disturb us4 ,from thence ,i went to ,sheffield1 where we had two good meetings4 ,the congregation in the afternoon consisted of several thousands4 ,here some dear friends from ,leeds met me1 two of which were my spiritual children1 and all had been blessed under the word4 ,the next morning we set out for ,leeds1 and in our way preached at ,rotheram and ,wakefield4 ,at the former place1 ,i had been disturbed twice or thrice1 and was almost determined to preach there no more4 ,but we are poor judges4 ,a person told me1 8,that ,,god had made me instrumental in converting his wife and brother10 who had both been bitter persecutors1 but now gladly received me under their roof4 ,after preaching1 a young man was set at liberty1 who had been groaning under the spirit of bondage four years2 and whilst ,i was baptizing a child1 the ,holy ,spirit was pleased to baptize several1 one in particular with a holy fire4 ,what we saw1 and felt1 and heard at ,leeds1 cannot well be expressed4 ,thousands attended daily2 and on the ,lord's-day it was computed that near twenty thousand heard at once4 ,i preached thrice1 and the next day at ,burstall and ,bradford1 where many thousands flocked also4 ,many were filled as with new wine2 and as for myself1 ,i scarce knew whether ,i was in heaven or on earth4 ,on ,tuesday morning1 though we had drank plentifully before1 yet our ,,lord kept the good wine till the last4 ,we had a glorious parting-blessing4 ,at ,york ,i preached four times4 ,twice we were disturbed1 and twice we had sweet seasons4 ,there is a good work begun there4 ,the prospect all around is so glorious1 ,i almost repent that ,i have engaged to go to ,scotland4 ,,god willing1 ,i shall come back as fast as possible4 ,what a pity is it that ,i have but one body1 and that a very weak one too4 ,,lord1 magnify thy strength in my weakness1 and send me where thou wilt4 ,here ,i am most kindly received4 ,how the ,,lord will be pleased to deal with me1 you may know hereafter4 ,i can now only entreat the continuance of the prayers of you and yours2 and with repeated thanks for repeated favours1 beg leave to subscribe myself1 my very dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,ending quote not shown in original text4 ,transcriber added it at his best guess4 8,bunstall0 replaced with 8,burstall0 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxxv4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,newcastle1 ,july #ag1 #agec4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,i ,,wrote to your ,ladyship just before ,i set out for ,portsmouth1 and thought to have written again at my return1 but was hindered by staying only one night at ,london4 ,ever since ,i have been upon the range for lost sinners1 and blessed be ,,god1 have been much owned by him who delights to work by the meanest instruments4 ,in ,northamptonshire our cup ran over4 ,in ,leicester1 the ,redeemer caused us to triumph2 and in ,yorkshire1 at ,leeds and the adjacent places1 ,i have sometimes scarce known whether ,i have been in heaven or earth4 ,i have been enabled to preach thrice a day1 and once at ,leeds1 perhaps to near twenty thousand1 as they were computed4 ,indeed we kept holy-day there4 ,many came to me that were awakened at my former visits4 ,not unto me1 ,o ,,lord1 not unto me1 but unto thy free and unmerited mercy be all the glory6 ,in my way hither ,i preached four times at ,york2 twice we were disturbed1 and twice all was quiet2 and a sweet influence attended the word4 ,i lodged at ,mrs4 ,g's1 who keeps steady4 ,she enquired most heartily after your ,ladyship1 and begged to be remembered in the most respectful manner4 ,hither ,i came on ,saturday1 and have preached seven times1 and once at ,sunderland1 where a great multitude attended1 and were deeply impressed4 ,at five in the morning the great room is filled1 and on ,lord's-day the congregation without was great indeed4 ,surely the shout of a king hath been amongst us4 ,all is harmony and love4 ,i am now going to a place called ,sheep-hill1 and shall return in the evening to preach here again4 ,to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 ,i set forwards to ,scotland4 ,i could almost wish this was to be the end of my circuit1 for ,i want to go to various parts4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 magnify thy strength in my weakness1 and send me where thou wilt6 ,if your ,ladyship pleases1 this may be communicated to ,c ,w1 to whom ,i would write if ,i had time4 ,i can only now entreat the continuance of your ,ladyship's prayers1 and beg your ,ladyship's acceptance of repeated acknowledgments for repeated favours1 from1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,g1 at ,glasgow4 ,edinburgh1 ,july #ba1 #agec4 ,,yours ,i just now received1 but know not what to say by way of answer4 ,the inward discouragements ,i have felt for above a week1 against coming to ,scotland1 have been very many4 ,i have left a people full of fire4 ,thousands and thousands flocked to hear the glorious gospel4 ,awakenings ,i have heard of in every place2 saints have been revived1 and heaven as it were come down on earth4 ,we have enjoyed perpetual ,cambuslang seasons4 ,my eyes gush out with tears of joy1 7and ,i trust at the same time with godly sorrow for my vileness7 at the very thought of it4 ,my heart is quite broken1 to think poor ,scotland is so dead4 ,o how gloomy hath been the aspect6 ,i have been afraid of catching cold1 though1 alas6 ,i am too too cold towards ,him1 who out of warm love bled and died for me4 ,o that ,glasgow friends1 if ,i do come1 may pray for me6 ,i could scarce believe your letter1 that your people would be glad to see such an ill and hell-deserving1 good for nothing creature as ,i am4 ,if ,i lose the opportunity of seeing you1 ,i shall be disappointed indeed4 ,i believe ,i shall keep to the time proposed4 ,o time1 time1 how slowly dost thou go on6 ,when shall ,i be wafted to an happy eternity8 ,often within these three weeks have ,i hoped to die in the embraces of my ,,god4 ,had ,i a thousand souls and bodies they should be all itinerants for ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,i want to see all on a flame of fire4 ,you know1 dear ,sir1 what fire ,i mean4 ,o6 break heart strings1 break1 and let the imprisoned soul be set at liberty4 ,i want to go where ,i shall neither sin myself1 nor see others sin any more4 ,my tender love to all4 ,i can no more for weeping4 ,when ,i forget to pray for my ungrateful vile self1then will my worthy and dear friend cease to be remembered by1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,b ,s4 ,glasgow1 ,july #be1 #agec4 ,,both your letters came safe to hand1 and met with such a reception1 as none but those who are knit together in the love of ,,god can either experience1 or have any idea of4 ,what you mentioned concerning a certain gentleman1 melted me down4,for having met with some unexpected pull-backs1 ,i last night and this morning had been praying1 that relief might come from what quarter our ,,lord thought most proper4 ,how true is the saying of ,luther3 ,fix on his work thy stedfast eye1 ,so shall thy work be done4 ,this1 ,i trust1 will teach me more and more to be disinterested in what ,i do for ,,christ and souls1 and then never fear2 even ravens shall be sent to feed and nourish upright ,elijahs4 ,but above all1 am ,i humbled and comforted at the good news from ,leeds1 and ,york4 ,and will the high and lofty one then continue to delight to honour such a wretch as ,i am8 ,then1 through the divine strength1 let me now begin to preach more than ever4 ,yesterday ,i was enabled to preach five times1 and ,i suppose the last time to near twenty thousand1 and almost to as many in the morning4 ,people flock and are more fond than ever to hear2 at ,edinburgh also1 ,i preached twice every day to many thousands2 among whom are many of the noble and polite4,attention sits upon the faces of all1 and friends come round me like so many bees1 to importune for one week longer stay in ,scotland4 ,but ,i think ,i am fixed4 ,,god willing1 on ,thursday ,i return to ,edinburgh1 and the ,tuesday following shall set out for ,berwick1 c4 ,haste1 time6 ,fly1 fly on 7so that ,i can but keep pace by filling thee up with duty7 and bring me to see the face of ,,god in heaven4 ,i hope to write again soon2 then you will know my rout4 ,o that ,,jesus may direct my goings in his way6 ,he will1 he will4 ,he will never leave nor forsake those that put their trust in him2 and he knows1 that as far as ,i know my heart1 ,i think his work the very best wages that can be given to1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,g1 at ,glasgow4 ,newcastle1 ,august #ab1 #agec4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,i ,,would have answered your kind letter before ,i left ,edinburgh1 but ,i had not a moment's leisure4 ,with great difficulty ,i got away1 after a heart-breaking parting on ,tuesday about noon4 ,on ,wednesday evening1 and the ,thursday morning1 ,i preached at ,berwick1 and on ,thursday evening at ,alnwick1 in the street4 ,it being the time of the races1 ,i discoursed on these words1 8,so run that ye may obtain40 ,whilst ,i was discoursing1 the gentlemen came down from the race1 and surrounded the congregation1 and heard very attentively4 ,the next morning at five ,i preached again1 and about noon at a place called ,placy1 and in the evening about nine at ,newcastle1 where a great number expected me4 ,my text was 8,at midnight a cry was made1 behold the bridegroom cometh40 ,the next morning ,i received the following note1 8,dearly beloved in the ,,lord1 ,i write to you good news4 ,your labour was not in vain last night1 for my wife answered to the midnight cry1 and received ,,christ into her soul40 ,o that we may all praise the ,three in ,one6 ,last night ,i prepared for1 and this morning ,i opened the gospel fair from these words1 8,ho6 every one that thirsteth40 ,much of the divine presence was in the congregation1 and ,i believe many tasted of ,,christ's wine4 ,i am to preach three times almost every day this week4 ,this promise supports me4 8,as thy day is1 so shall thy strength be40 ,by the inclosed1 you will see the devil owes me a grudge for what was done at ,glasgow4 ,would it not be proper to insert a paragraph to contradict it8 ,thousands and thousands come to hear notwithstanding4 ,,lord1 what am ,i8 ,a poor hell-deserving creature2 and yet the ,,lord makes use of such to thresh the mountains with4 ,may the ,,lord help me so to do1 and then let him deal with me as seemeth good in his sight4 ,please to remember us in the kindest manner to dear ,mr4 ,mn1 our kind host and hostess1 and all friends4 ,i shall not forget you and yours1 or your undertaking4 ,the ,,lord prosper this1 and every other work of your hands upon you6 ,my lot is to be a pilgrim1 a run-about for ,,christ4 ,commend me to ,him who gives strength to the weak1 and for whose sake ,i am1 ,yours most affectionately1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxxviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,b ,s4 ,newcastle1 ,august #ac1 #agec4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,my rout is now fixed4 ,after having preached here and hereabouts three times each day1 ,i am to leave this place on ,thursday1 to be at ,stockton on ,sunday1 at ,osmotherly on ,monday noon1 lie at ,topcliff1 and reach ,york1 ,,god willing1 by way of ,burrough-bridge1 on ,tuesday next1 and then come forwards to ,leeds4 ,i trust that our meeting will be like that of ,jonathan and ,david4 ,only sometimes ,i must change names2 where it is said 8,david exceeded10 there ,i will be ,david1 and you ,jonathan4 ,where ,jonathan exceeds1 there ,i will be ,jonathan and you ,david4 ,but more of this hereafter4,i must now tell you good news4 ,i could not finish this letter last night1 it is now ,tuesday morning4 ,but surely heaven came down amongst us1 under the last evening preaching3 it was almost too much for my body4 ,o that the prison door was set open1 and the bird suffered to fly out of the cage6 ,then would ,i fly to heaven1 and upon one of the boughs of free grace sing the praises of redeeming love for ever and for ever4 ,till then1 may we be employed in singing here on earth6 ,but ,i must away to ,horsey to preach1 from whence ,i am to return to preach again in the evening4 ,thrice a day tries me1 but in the ,,lord have ,i righteousness and strength4 ,if you hear of a mob's being raised by my preaching at ,glasgow1 assure all your friends that there was none1 but ,satan owes me a grudge for speaking against the playhouse4 ,particulars expect when we meet4 ,in the mean while1 give my tender love to all1 and forget not to pray for1 my dear friend4 ,yours in our precious ,,christ1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dcccclxxxix4 ,to ,lady ,h4 ,newcastle1 ,august #ac1 #agec4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,not want of respect1 but leisure1 hath prevented my writing to your ,ladyship4 ,since my last1 ,i have been travelling and preaching twice or thrice1 and once five times a day4 ,i cannot tell your ,ladyship of one thousandth part of what we have seen and felt4 ,in ,scotland the congregations were larger than ever4 ,at ,glasgow1 the man who owned the playhouse was made so uneasy by the word preached1 that he took down the roof himself4 ,for this ,satan owes me a grudge1 and therefore it is put in the paper1 that a mob was raised4 ,but there was not the least appearance of any such thing4 ,our weapons are not carnal1 but mighty through ,,god to the pulling down of ,satan's strong-holds4 ,at ,newcastle our ,,lord fills his people with new wine4 ,last night much of heaven was let down into the congregation4 ,i am now going into the country1 and am to return in the evening to preach4 ,thrice a day is almost too much for this weak tabernacle1 but in the ,,lord have ,i righteousness and strength4 ,next week ,i am to be at ,york2 the word ,i find fastens4 ,on ,sunday ,i hope to see ,mr4 ,h4 ,ere long ,i hope to see our common ,,lord in glory4 ,o that ,i may be one day lifted up from the pulpit to the throne4 ,father1 into thy hands ,i commend my spirit2 deal with me as seemeth good in thy sight6 ,i doubt not but he deals bountifully with your ,ladyship2 that you and yours may greatly increase with all the increase of ,,god1 is the earnest prayer of1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most obliged1 dutiful and ready servant1 ,g4 ,w4 8,,dcccclxxxx0 replaced with 8,,dcccclxxxix0 ,,letter ,,dccccxc4 ,to ,lady ,f ,s4 ,leeds1 ,august #bc1 #agec4 ,honoured ,madam1 ,,hitherto the ,,lord hath helped me4 ,blessed be his glorious name1 the fields have been every where white1 ready unto harvest4 ,i have been of late generally enabled to preach thrice a day1 and in all appearance the word never was attended with more success4 ,satan rages and belies me1 about the taking down the ,glasgow play-houses2 but ,i hope my letter lately published in the ,newcastle journal1 will set all things right4 ,thanks be to ,,god1 without the assistance of mobs and riots1 7which my soul abhors7 the christian's weapons1 through divine assistance1 are mighty to the pulling down of ,satan's strong-holds4 ,alas6 how many of these hath he gotten in every unregenerate person's heart6 ,blessed be his holy name for any begun conquests there2 surely his name is wonderful that hath done it4 ,what a miracle of grace is it1 honoured ,madam1 that a spark of fire should be kept in1 amidst an ocean of corruption6 that the bush should burn1 and yet not be consumed6 ,such a standing miracle ,i trust your ,ladyship will be4 ,to be a martyr1 a living witness for ,,jesus1 amidst the tip-top allurements of high lifeby this we prove the strength of ,,jesus to be ours indeed4 ,may the ,,lord of all ,lords help you1 honoured ,madam1 to hold on and hold out4 ,my prayer to him for you is1 8,that your progress may be made known to all men1 and that you may increase with all the increase of ,,god40 ,glory be to free grace1 ,i find the happiness of the divine life an increasing happiness indeed4,lately our common ,,lord hath taken his people into the banqueting house1 and caused their cup of consolation to run over4 ,surely we have been in the suburbs of heaven3 ere long we shall enter into the city itself4 ,our ,,lord is gone before to prepare the way4 ,to the tender and never-failing mercy of this gracious forerunner1 do ,i humbly and heartily recommend your ,ladyship1 as being1 honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dccccxci4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,york1 ,september #aa1 #agec4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,last ,saturday ,i returned to ,leeds1 from whence ,i had been absent a fortnight4 ,but what the glorious ,emmanuel gave us to see and feel1 is indeed inexpressible4 ,what a sacrament at ,howarth6 ,we used thirty-five bottles of wine on the occasion4 ,i have been as far as ,bolton1 ,manchester1 and ,stockport4 ,at the last place so much of the divine presence came amongst us1 that it was almost too much for our frail natures to bear2 at the former1 our cup was also made to run over4 ,every where the congregation looked like swarms of bees1 and the more ,i preached the more eager they seemed to be4 ,at ,burstall last ,lord's day1 perhaps there were near twenty thousand1 and on ,monday morning at ,leeds1 the parting was the most affecting ,i ever saw3 it has been almost too much for me4 ,i have not as yet half recovered it4 ,,lord1 hasten the time when thy people shall part no more6 ,last night ,i came hither1 and preached with quietness4 ,this morning ,i am setting out for ,lincolnshire1 and have some thoughts of taking a trip to ,ireland4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 what am ,i that ,i should be called to go out into the high-ways and hedges8 ,besides travelling1 ,i have been enabled to preach thrice a day frequently4 ,arrows of conviction have fled1 and of souls ,i hear scores have been awakened2 they tell me that a hundred have been added to ,sunderland society4 ,o that the leaven may ferment till the whole be leavened6 ,never did ,i see the work more promising4 ,,god be merciful to me a sinner1 and give me1 for his infinite mercy's sake1 an humble thankful and resigned heart6 ,surely ,i am viler than the vilest1 and stand amazed at his employing such a wretch as ,i am2 but his name is ,love4 ,i could enlarge1 but must away to preach4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 let me intreat the continuance of your prayers1 and thereby increase the innumerable obligations already conferred on the unworthiest of the sons of men1 but1 for ,,christ's sake1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged and ready servant1 ,g4 ,w4 8,bustall0 replaced with 8,burstall0 ,,letter ,,dccccxcii4 ,to ,lady ,h4 ,london1 ,september #bf1 #agec4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,yesterday about noon1 a good and never-failing ,redeemer brought me and mine in safety to town1 where ,i expect to stay only a few days4 ,thanks be to ,,god for this last circuit6 ,i think this day three months ,i left ,london2 since which time ,i have been enabled to travel about twelve hundred miles1 and to preach about one hundred and eighty sermons to many1 very many thousands of souls4 ,more glorious seasons ,i never saw2 parting has almost killed me4 ,my last excursion hath been to ,york1 ,lincolnshire1 ,rotheram1 ,sheffield1 ,nottingham1 ,northampton1 where ,i believe near ten thousand souls came to hear last ,lord's day4 ,it was a ,lord's day indeed4 ,praise the ,,lord ,o my soul6 ,i hope your ,ladyship received ,governor ,b's letter4 ,i hear that your ,ladyship hath honoured me with one1 but find it is gone to ,nottingham2 ,i expect it to-morrow2 but though somewhat fatigued1 could not omit thanking your ,ladyship to-night for this and all other favours4 ,innumerable are my obligations4,but the all-gracious and all-glorious ,,jesus must discharge them for me4 ,my poor prayers1 is the only pepper-corn ,i have got to offer by way of acknowledgment4 ,o that ,i could do something to express my gratitude6 ,by the help of my ,,god1 ,i will now begin to begin to love him4 ,i am sure it is high time4,and in doing so1 and studying to promote by my feeble letters his glory and the good of souls1 ,i shall make the best return your ,ladyship desires4 ,i have some thoughts of seeing ,ireland2 the ,,lord direct my goings in his way6 ,i must now wish your ,ladyship a good night4 ,my wife joins in sending most dutiful respects1 with1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dccccxciii4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,northampton1 ,october #g1 #agec4 ,,what6 have the birds of prey been pursuing1 pecking at1 and wounding one of ,,christ's doves8 ,come1 my dear man1 play the man1 be strong in the grace which is in ,,christ ,,jesus1 and be not like a silly dove that hath no heart4 ,look to him1 and you shall be saved2 ,he will give strength1 he will give power1 ,he will in time set free4 ,these enemies which so perplex us1 ere long1 blessed be ,,god1 we shall see no more4 ,pharaoh and his host shall be drowned in the sea4 ,through ,,christ we shall ,break through them all1 ,and sing the song of ,moses4 ,courage then1 my dear ,mr4 ,d2 ,,christ's blood shall yet purge out all remaining gall4 ,alas6 alas6 how little do we know of our hearts8 ,what feathers are we1 when tossed in the wind of temptations8 ,what greater and greater abominations shall we find1 when the spirit leads us more and more into the chambers of imagery that are within us6 ,we shall find1 that1 comparatively speaking1 we know nothing as we ought to know4 ,o my ignorance6 my ignorance6 ,my leanness1 my leanness6 ,pray for me1 dear ,mr4 ,d1 and salute all dear friends in my name4 ,i will write as soon as ,i can4 ,my stay in ,london was but short1 yet ,i trust profitable and sweet to many4 ,the new tabernacle was filled with ,,god's glory under the word preached1 on the letter day1 and at sacrament4 ,i am now bound for ,staffordshire2 follow me with your prayers1 and believe me to be ,your affectionate sympathizing friend1 in our dear ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dccccxciv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,northampton1 ,october #aj1 #agec4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,it is now near eleven at night1 and ,i am to ride beyond ,coventry to-morrow3 but ,i cannot close my eyes without sending you a short account of my week's work4 ,on ,saturday last1 ,i preached at ,oulney1 and had a blessed season4 ,on the ,lord's day we had two glorious opportunities in this place1 where the congregations were much larger than before4 ,on ,monday ,i went to ,oxen near ,harborough2 it was their feast-day1 but if ,i mistake not1 some of their feasting was spoiled4 ,in the evening ,i preached at ,bosworth2 the congregation was large as well as that at ,oxen1 and the power as great4 ,about nine at night ,i got to ,kettering1 where ,i preached the next morning to many souls2 the ,redeemer gave us a spiritual breakfast4 ,about five in the evening ,i reached ,bedford1 and preached in the ,green last night1 and this morning4 ,this afternoon we had another blessed season at ,oulney1 and this evening ,i sojourn here1 in order to set out for ,birmingham to-morrow4 ,a new scene of usefulness hath opened this week4 ,o that nothing may retard me in my pilgrim life6 ,it is worse than death to me1 to be stopt in that4 ,you1 my dear ,sir1 are called to trade1 ,i to travel for my ,,god4 ,whilst trading1 you are in effect travelling and preaching to thousands2 for you greatly strengthen my hands in the ,,lord4 ,great shall be your reward in heaven4 ,o what a bountiful master do we serve6 ,i am loath to go to sleep1 and yet this vile body stands in need of it4 ,my dear1 very dear ,sir1 good night4 ,,god bless you and yours4 ,i pray for your dear yoke-fellow1 and little maid1 incessantly4 ,as you learnt long ago to look through and above unworthiness1 ,i must still beg you to increase my obligations1 by following with your prayers4 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dccccxcv4 ,to ,dear ,a4 ,birmingham1 ,october #ac1 #agec4 8,,having loved his own1 he loved them unto the end10 says the beloved disciple1 concerning ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,i would copy after this great exemplar1 and have my love like his1 steady and disinterested4 ,thus you have found1 and ,i trust always will find my love to you4 ,works speak better than words4 ,i am reposing the utmost confidence in you and yours4 ,you are going to assist in a house1 built in answer to millions of prayers1 and which ,i doubt not1 will prove a blessing to many that are now unborn4 ,look upon it in this light2 think of the honour ,,god is conferring upon you2 then you will launch into the deep with a holy confidence1 and when arrived at your wished for port1 will behave with humility1 disinterestedness1 integrity and diligence4 ,you need not ask any prayers1 they will follow after you1 though you should even fly upon the wings of the wind4 ,i have pawned my word for your good behaviour in every respect1 and hope to have my most sanguine expectations answered4 ,get but humility1 and all will be well4 ,i am satisfied about your passage and your room4 ,you will remember1 that ,,god is about your bed1 as well as your other paths1 and take care to behave accordingly4 ,to be a christian husband is no small matter4 ,how much fresh grace is now necessary for your new state of life6 ,your sufficiency lives only in ,,christ4 ,to his never-failing mercy do ,i commend you1 and1 for his great name's sake1 subscribe myself1 dear ,a1 ,your affectionate and ready friend1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dccccxcvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,nantwich1 ,october #ah1 #agec4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,i am now at an ,inn1 but cannot go farther1 without giving you an account of my last week's circuit4 ,since my last1 ,i have been at ,birmingham1 and several adjacent places4 ,still fresh work hath been done1 and souls fled to the gospel like doves to the windows4 ,at a place near ,dudley1 called ,guarnall1 ,i heard of a whole company awakened by reading my poor sermons4 ,i met with others awakened years ago2 and at one place1 an old saint said1 8this is the old story fifty-five years ago40 ,another near as old1 said1 8,i was comforted when you came last1 now ,,god hath sent you to me again1 and ,i can go more chearful to heaven40 ,i have heard of a great reprobate1 a notorious persecutor and drunkard1 who hath been struck most powerfully4 ,o my dear ,sir2 what shall you have for helping me in outward things1 assisting me by your prayers1 and thereby causing me to press forward more chearfully in this delightful work of publishing the everlasting gospel6 ,i am now going to a neighbouring village1 after that to ,chester1 and from thence1 purpose to return through ,staffordshire4 ,,god willing1 you shall hear how it goes on1 when ,i come to cross-plough the ground again4 ,in the mean while1 be pleased to accept this as a token of my love1 gratitude1 and respect unfeigned1 and after giving my most hearty love to dear ,mrs4 ,s and your dear little daughter1 ,i subscribe myself1 very dear ,sir1 ,your most unworthy1 though most obliged friend1 and ready servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dccccxcvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,wolverhampton1 ,october #bg1 #agec4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,my last1 ,i think was from ,nantwich4 ,since that1 the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus1 hath vouchsafed to employ me in breaking up new ground4 ,i have preached four times at ,alperam in ,cheshire1 where the ,,lord was with us of a truth1 and where he had sweetly prepared my way1 by blessing several of my poor writings4 ,at ,chester ,i preached four times2 a great concourse attended2 all was hushed and quiet1 several of the clergy were present1 and the word came with power4 ,i have since heard1 that the most noted rebel in town1 was brought under deep conviction1 and could not sleep night or day4 ,within doors1 where ,i preached early in the morning1 conviction seemed to go through the whole congregation4 ,at ,liverpool1 the way was equally prepared4,a person who had been wrought on by some of my printed sermons1 met me at landing1 and took me to his house2 a great number at a short notice was convened2 all was quiet here also4 ,some came under immediate conviction2 and ,i could wish to have stayed much longer1 but notice was given for my preaching at ,wrexham1 which ,i find since1 hath been a rude place indeed4 ,upon my coming1 the town was alarmed1 and several thousands came to hear4 ,several of the baser sort made a great noise1 and threw stones1 but none touched me1 and ,i trust ,i can say1 our ,,lord got himself the victory4 ,the next day1 near ,alperam1 we had another heaven upon earth4 ,a divine power descended among the people1 and we could say1 how awfully sweet is this place6 ,the next morning ,i intended to preach near ,nantwich1 where a ,methodist meeting-house hath lately been pulled down4 ,here ,satan roared4,the mob pelted ,mr4 ,d and others much1 but ,i got off pretty free1 and had opportunity of preaching quietly a little out of town4 ,last night ,i preached here in the dark1 to a great body of hearers1 for this country1 and am now bound for ,wednesbury1 ,dudley and ,kidderminster4 ,from thence1 perhaps ,i may come to ,london for a few days4 ,but this as yet is not determined4 ,you will either see or hear again from me soon4 ,in the mean while1 ,i commend myself to the continual remembrance of your whole self1 and with ten thousand thanks for all favours1 beg leave to subscribe myself1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 in our blessed ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dccccxcviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,e4 ,london1 ,november #h1 #agec4 ,dear ,mr4 ,e1 ,,man appoints1 but it is ,,god's prerogative to disappoint1 when disappointments are necessary for our good4 ,but how hard is it to believe this8 ,how apt are we in our haste to say1 all these things are against us6 ,but what says ,doctor ,watts8 ,where reason fails with all her pow'rs1 ,there faith prevails and love adores4 ,come then1 my dear ,sir1 and chearfully give up your ,isaac for ,,god4 ,he will be better to you than a thousand creatures4 ,leave to his sovereign sway1 ,to choose and to command2 ,so shalt thou wond'ring own his way3 ,how wise6 how strong his hand6 ,far above thy thoughts1 ,his counsel shall appear1 ,when fully he the work hath wrought1 ,that caus'd thy needless fear4 ,ere now1 ,i trust1 the storm is blown over1 and that the ,redeemer hath made you happy in himself4 ,his love is unchangeable2 this rock of ages can never fail you4 ,build upon him1 and you are quite safe4 ,i could enlarge1 but time fails4 ,be pleased to remember us to all1 and believe me to be1 dear ,sir1 ,your affectionate brother and servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,dccccxcix4 ,to ,mr4 ,p4 ,gloucester1 ,november #af1 #agec4 ,my dear ,p1 ,i ,,thank you for your kind letter2 it found me just returned from another tour in the north1 which1 like the former1 ,i trust hath been owned and blessed to many precious and immortal souls4 ,at ,liverpool1 ,chester1 ,dudley1 ,wednesbury1 ,birmingham1 ,coventry1 ,northampton1 and various other places1 the gospel report was believed1 and the arm of the ,,lord was revealed4 ,at ,nantwich and ,wrexham1 ,i met with a little rough treatment2 but what have pilgrims to expect better1 in their journeying through the wide howling wilderness of this noisy and troublesome world8 ,at ,london1 we had blessed seasons2 and here1 in my native country1 the ,,lord of all ,lords hath repeatedly made us cry out1 8how dreadful is this place60 ,after ,lord's day1 ,i am bound for ,bristol and ,plymouth1 and hope to get into my winter quarters some time before ,christmas4 ,glad should ,i be to travel for ,,jesus all the year round4 ,it is more to me than my necessary food4 ,thank you1 thank you my dear singing friends1 for praying for me4 ,i am persuaded1 you help to hold up my weak hands4 ,o continue to pray1 that ,i may at length begin to be a pilgrim indeed4 ,no other honour do ,i desire1 whilst on this side eternity4 ,i hope to send you some new tunes ere long4 ,and what is better1 infinitely better1 ,i hope to join with you in singing the song of ,moses and the ,lamb ere long in the kingdom of heaven4 ,till then1 though as yet we are embodied spirits1 ,we'll strive to sing as loud as they1 ,who shine above in brighter day4 ,grace1 mercy and peace be multiplied upon you all4 ,but a word or two concerning ,jenks on the righteousness of ,,christ4 ,it is a precious book1 and ,i think your extracting ,mr4 ,hervey's recommendation1 and putting it by way of preface1 to a new edition1 will be sufficient4 ,this ,i know is all he would consent to have done some time ago1 when applied to by a ,london bookseller4 ,,god prosper this work of your hands upon you4 ,pray remember me to all my never to be forgotten friends1 and assure them1 that not want of love but leisure prevents their hearing more frequently from1 my dear ,sir1 ,theirs and yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,m4 ,to ,mr4 ,g4 ,gloucester1 ,november #af1 #agec4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,your kind letter ,i received1 and would have answered it during my stay in ,london 7which was only a few days7 but really ,i was almost killed with a multiplicity of business4 ,the journals also ,i would have sent immediately1 but knew not how4,my wife promised me to embrace the first opportunity that offered1 and ,i hope ere long they will come safe to hand4 ,as for my pointing out particular passages1 it is impracticable2 ,i have neither leisure nor inclination so to do4 ,at present1 my doings and writings appear to me in so mean a light1 that ,i think they deserve no other treatment than to be buried in eternal oblivion4 8,behold1 ,i am vile1 ,i am vile10 is all that ,i can say to ,,god or man4 ,and yet1 amazing love6 vile as ,i am1 the high and lofty ,one that inhabiteth eternity1 still delights to honour me1 by owning and succeeding my poor feeble labours4 ,great things were done in and about ,newcastle2 but far greater did we see afterwards in ,yorkshire1 ,lancashire1 c4 ,since that1 ,i have been another tour1 and have preached at ,liverpool1 ,chester1 ,coventry1 ,birmingham1 ,dudley1 ,wednesbury1 ,kidderminster1 ,northampton1 ,bedford1 c4 c4 ,ere now ,i suppose ,mr4 ,b ,p hath informed you1 what apostolical treatment we met with at ,nantwich4 ,,lord1 what am ,i1 that ,i should be accounted worthy to suffer reproach for thy great name sake8 ,at present ,i am in my native country1 where the ,,lord of all ,lords hath vouchsafed to give us several precious meetings4 ,after a few days sojourning here1 ,i am bound for ,bristol and ,plymouth1 and in about three weeks1 ,i purpose to betake myself to my winter quarters4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i have had good news from ,georgia4 ,o that we all may at length safely arrive in ,abraham's harbour6 ,from thence we shall never put to sea again4 ,my dear ,sir1 in the mean while1 let us pray for each other4 ,,christ is in our ship1 and therefore it will not sink4 ,i commend you and yours1 and all my other never to be forgotten ,glasgow friends1 to his never-failing protection1 and beg them1 for ,,christ's sake1 to always remember to pray for1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mi4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,gloucester1 ,november #ag1 #agec4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,it is now just a week since ,i left ,london4 ,i must not1 ,i cannot go any further without writing to him1 who doth so much to strengthen my hands in the ,,lord4 ,and what shall ,i say8 ,truly the glorious ,emmanuel still continues to smile upon my feeble labours4 ,although ,i am in my native country1 yet he hath not left himself without witness4 ,last ,lord's day was a high day1 and since that1 we have had some more beautiful seasons in the country4 ,i write this from a nineteen years friend's house1 an ,alderman of the city1 who with his wife1 are my spiritual children4 ,,lord1 what am ,i8 ,to-morrow ,i am to move1 and expect1 besides riding1 to preach thrice for some days4 ,,christ's presence will my pains beguile1 ,and make me1 though fatigu'd1 to smile4 ,after visiting ,bristol and ,plymouth1 ,i purpose hastening to my winter quarters4 ,winter quarters6,the word winter almost shocks me4 ,alas1 winter come already1 and ,i1 ungrateful1 ill and hell-deserving ,i1 have done so little for my ,,god in the summer8 ,how can ,i lift up my guilty head8 ,i blush and am confounded before thee1 ,o ,,lord4 ,behold1 ,i am vile2 ,o dig and dung round me1 that ,i may bring forth more fruit to thee my ,,god6 ,still1 my dear ,sir1 ,i must beg your prayers1 and those of your dear yoke-fellow1 whom ,i love and honour1 and whom 7with your dear little daughter7 ,i salute much in the ,,lord4 ,a sense of my own unfruitfulness1 and of ,,god's amazing condescension in employing such a wretch1 at present so over-powers me1 that ,i am obliged to retire1 to give vent to my heart1 after having subscribed myself1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours under innumerable obligations1 in the best of bonds1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mii4 ,to ,mr4 ,a4 ,bristol1 ,november #ba1 #agec4 ,my very dear friend1 ,i ,,hoped a few days ago to send you glad tidings1 and blessed be ,,god1 ,i am not disappointed4 ,never had ,i before such freedom in ,gloucestershire4 ,it was so pleasant1 that ,i intend taking it again in my way to ,london4 ,sunday was indeed an high day4 ,i preached and gave the sacrament at the new-house in the morning1 and preached again at ,mr4 ,g's and ,mr4 ,f's in the field1 at noon and in the evening4 ,showers of blessings descended from above4 ,mr4 ,l supped with me2 our ,,lord gave us richly to feast upon his great love4 ,at ,painswick we had two pleasant seasons1 and the same favour was vouchsafed us at ,chafford and ,tedbury4 ,at ,gloucester also a time of refreshing came from the presence of the ,,lord1 and the dear ,alderman's house was made a ,bethel to my soul4 ,,god brought me here on ,monday evening1 and to my great disappointment the new tabernacle is not finished1 so that ,i know not well what to do4 ,however1 we had a good time last night at the hall1 and ,i hope all this is but the beginning of a warm winter4 ,i am glad that the ,,lord ,,jesus deals so bountifully with you at ,london4 ,may he do so more and more6 ,i believe he will4 ,your motion to go to ,norwich ,i much approve of4 ,whatever others design1 that is nothing to us4 ,simplicity and godly sincerity will carry all before it in the end4 ,o that the sons of ,zeruiah could be persuaded to let us alone6 ,but how then should we be able to approve ourselves sons of ,david8 ,by thorns and briars1 the old man must be scratched to death4,o this crucifixion work6 ,,lord ,,jesus help us to go through it6 ,he will1 he will4 ,i commend thee and thine to his almighty protection and never-failing mercy1 as being1 my very dear man1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,miii4 ,stroude1 ,november #bg1 #agec4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,your letter came to my hands at ,wrexham1 but being upon the road ,i could not answer it4 ,what said ,,god to ,abraham1 8,fear not2 ,i will be thy shield and thy exceeding great reward40 ,now is your time to approve yourself his daughter4,my heart's desire and prayer to the ,,lord of all ,lords is1 that you may be strong in faith1 and thereby give glory to ,,god4,i am much obliged to those who dissuade you from going4,i find most love to be friends till they begin to have their ,isaacs demanded4,let them have but a little patience3 perhaps ,i may embark myself4,if they do not think it a privilege to go for ,,christ over the waters1 ,i do4,this1 even this is the language of my heart1 ,,lord1 obediently ,i'll go1 ,gladly leaving all below2 ,only ,thou my leader be1 ,and ,i still will follow ,thee4 ,o for a pilgrim heart6 ,this ,i believe ,,god hath given you1 and ,i do not fear repenting the confidence ,i have reposed in you4,that the ,,lord may make you a mother in ,israel1 and bless you in taking care of his dear lambs1 is the hearty prayer of1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most assured friend and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,we have had blessed seasons in the country3 the ,,lord has been with us of a truth4 ,grace6 grace6 ,,letter ,,miv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,bristol1 ,december #a1 #agec4 ,my very dear friend1 ,,this hath been a long fortnight1 for so long it is since ,i wrote to my very dear friend2 but ,i waited to send him a bundle of good news together4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am not disappointed of my hope4 ,since my last1 ,i have preached several times in ,gloucestershire1 where the people1 as well as the unworthy preacher1 drank plentifully of the good wine of the kingdom4 ,in the fields several thousands attended4 ,here we have also enjoyed much of ,,god2 twice ,i preached in my brother's great house to the quality1 amongst whom was one of ,csar's houshold4 ,on ,sunday ,i opened the new ,tabernacle4 ,it is large1 but not half large enough3 would the place contain them1 ,i believe near as many would attend as in ,london4 ,last ,monday ,i set out for ,somersetshire1 intending to have gone as far as ,plymouth1 but the weather was so violent1 and my call to ,london likely to be so speedy1 that ,i turned back4 ,however1 ,i preached in ,somersetshire four or five times4 ,some told me1 they were scarce able to stand under what ,,god gave them4 ,on ,tuesday1 at seven in the evening1 ,i preached in the open air to a great multitude2 all was hush'd and exceeding solemn2 the stars shone exceeding bright1 and then1 if ever1 by an eye of faith1 ,i saw him who calleth them all by their names4 ,my soul was filled with an holy ambition1 and ,i longed to be one of those who shall shine as the stars for ever and ever4 ,my hands and body at this1 and at other times were pierced with cold2 but what are outward things when the soul within is warmed with the love of ,,god8 ,o my very dear ,sir1 increase my obligations by continuing to pray1 that this unspeakable gift may be shed abroad abundantly in my heart by the ,holy ,ghost4 ,then shall ,i not grovel as ,i do now here below1 but mount on wings like an eagle2 ,i shall walk and not be weary1 ,i shall hold on and not be faint4 ,o that ,i may die in the field6 ,but die when or where ,i will1 ,i shall die under the strongest obligations to you and your dear yoke-fellow1 who will both know1 at the day of judgment1 how sincerely ,i subscribe myself1 very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,bristol1 ,december #c1 #agec4 ,,when ,i saw the seal of your last sweet letter1 ,i guessed at the contents of it4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i was not disappointed4 ,the heart was soaring aloft1 mounting on the wings of faith and love1 and had fled out of sight of this poor and troublesome world4 ,thus may that ,,god1 who is rich in mercy1 pay and reward all that love ill and hell-deserving me6 ,the devil himself dares not accuse us1 for serving and loving ,,god or man1 for these wages4 ,they are wages of ,,god's appointing1 ,,god's promising1 ,,god's paying4 ,may my dear friend always find such payment6 ,i believe he will4 ,o ,,lord1 enlarge our scanty thoughts1 ,to see the wonders thou hast wrought2 ,unloose our stammering tongues to tell1 ,thy love immense1 unspeakable4 ,i rejoice in the promising prospect of the happiness of your brother's houshold4 ,may it widen and spread over all6 ,if ,i have any time1 ,i hope to send him a few lines4 ,,lord1 hasten the time when my poor kinsmen and brethren after the flesh shall be joined to thee by one spirit6 ,till then1 help me1 ,o ,,lord1 to be continually crying out1 8,why me1 ,,lord1 why me80 ,well may distinguishing grace1 and the thoughts of everlasting love1 swallow up your whole soul4 ,strange6 that ,,god's children should not know their own bread4 ,but these corrupt hearts of ours still verge towards the law4 ,grace1 omnipotent grace alone1 can enable us to see our compleatness in ,,christ1 and yet excite us1 from principles of gratitude and love1 to faithfulness and zeal1 as though we were to be saved entirely by them4 ,glorious mystery6 ,like the blessed angels1 may you and yours1 my dear friend1 be continually employed in looking into it6 ,this is what ,i have been preaching on last week in ,somersetshire4 ,the fire there warmed and enflamed me1 though ,i preached in the air on ,tuesday evening at seven o'clock1 as well as on ,wednesday and ,thursday4 ,i purposed to go as far as ,plymouth1 but providence hath brought me back1 and ,i am now hastening to ,london1 to pay my last respects to my dying friend4 ,it may be1 that shortly ,mr4 ,j ,w will be no more2 the physicians think his disease is a galloping consumption4 ,i pity the church1 ,i pity myself1 but not him4 ,we must stay behind in this cold climate1 whilst he takes his flight to a radiant throne1 prepared for him from the foundations of the world4 ,,lord1 if it be thy blessed will1 let not thy chariot wheels be long in coming4 ,even so come ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly6 ,poor ,mr4 ,c will now have double work4 ,but we can do all things through ,,christ strengthening us4 ,the residue of the ,spirit is in the ,redeemer's hands1 and he hath promised not to leave his people comfortless4 ,our eyes1 ,o ,,lord1 are unto thee from whom cometh all our salvation4 ,here ,i could enlarge1 but ,i must send a few lines to ,london1 which ,i hope to reach myself some time this week4 ,be pleased to direct your next there4 ,my ,leeds friends have my cordial acknowledgements for their kind enquiries concerning me4 ,i hope this will find them all1 with your dear yoke-fellow1 leaning on the ,mediator's bosom4 ,there am ,i now reclining my weary head4 ,adieu4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus be with your spirit4 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 8nor0 replaced with 8not0 ,,letter ,,mvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,c ,w4 ,bristol1 ,december #c1 #agec4 ,,being unexpectedly brought back from ,somersetshire1 and hearing you are gone upon such a mournful errand1 ,i cannot help sending after you a few sympathizing lines4 ,the ,,lord help and support you6 ,may a double spirit of the ascending ,elijah1 descend and rest on the surviving ,elisha6 ,now is the time to prove the strength of ,,jesus yours4 ,a wife1 a friend1 and brother1 ill together4 ,well6 this is our comfort1 all things shall work together for good to those that love ,,god4 ,if you think proper1 be pleased to deliver the inclosed4 ,it was written out of the fulness of my heart4 ,to-morrow ,i leave ,bristol1 and purpose reaching ,london by ,saturday morning or night4 ,glad should ,i be to reach heaven first2 but faith and patience hold out a little longer4 ,yet a little while1 and we shall be all together with our common ,,lord4 ,i commend you to his everlasting love1 and am1 my dear friend1 with much sympathy1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mvii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,j ,w4 ,bristol1 ,december #c1 #agec4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,if seeing you so weak when leaving ,london1 distressed me1 the news and prospect of your approaching dissolution hath quite weighed me down4 ,i pity myself1 and the church1 but not you4 ,a radiant throne awaits you1 and ere long you will enter into your ,master's joy4 ,yonder he stands with a massy crown1 ready to put it on your head amidst an admiring throng of saints and angels4 ,but ,i1 poor ,i1 that have been waiting for my dissolution these nineteen years1 must be left behind to grovel here below6 ,well1 this is my comfort1 it cannot be long ere the chariots will be sent even for worthless me4 ,if prayers can detain them1 even you1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 shall not leave us yet3 but if the decree is gone forth1 that you must now fall asleep in ,,jesus1 may he kiss your soul away1 and give you to die in the embraces of triumphant love4 ,if in the land of the living1 ,i hope to pay my last respects to you next week4 ,if not1 reverend and dear ,sir1 farewel4,i pr1 sequar1 etsi non passibus quis4 ,my heart is too big1 tears trickle down too fast1 and ,i fear you are too weak for me to enlarge4 ,may underneath you be ,,christ's everlasting arms6 ,i commend you to his never-failing mercy1 and am1 very dear ,sir1 ,your most affectionate1 sympathizing1 and afflicted younger brother in the gospel of our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,c ,w4 ,london1 ,december #ac1 #agec4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,the searcher of hearts alone knows the sympathy ,i have felt for you and yours1 and what suspence my mind hath been in concerning the event of your present circumstances4 ,i pray and enquire1 enquire and pray again1 always expecting to hear the worst4 ,ere this can reach you1 ,i expect the lot will be cast either for life or death4 ,i long to hear1 that ,i may partake like a friend either of your joy and sorrow4 ,blessed be ,,god for that promise1 whereby we are assured1 that 8all things shall work together for good to those that love him40 ,this may make us at least resigned1 when called to part with our ,isaacs4 ,but who knows the pain of parting1 when the wife and the friend are conjoined8 ,to have the desire of one's eyes cut off with a stroke1 what but grace1 omnipotent grace1 can enable us to bear it8 ,but who knows1 perhaps the threatened stroke may be recalled4 ,surely the ,,lord of all lords is preparing you for further usefulness by these complex trials4 ,we must be purged1 if we would bring forth more fruit4 ,your brother ,i hear is better2 to-day ,i intended to have seen him1 but ,mr4 ,b sent me word he thought he would be out for the air4 ,i hope ,mr4 ,h is better2 but ,i can scarce mention any body now but dear ,mrs4 ,w4 ,pray let me know how it goes with you4 ,my wife truly joins in sympathy and love4 ,night and day indeed you are remembered by1 my dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mix4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,london1 ,december #ac1 #agec4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,the mail not coming in till to-day1 ,i began to fear lest something had happened to prevent your writing4 ,but1 blessed be ,,god1 my fears are dispelled1 my friend is well1 his temporals1 his spirituals prosper3 herein ,i rejoice1 yea and will rejoice4 ,but what news do you tell me8 ,hath an infinitely condescending ,,god vouchsafed to breathe on my poor worthless scribble8 ,hath life and power attended inanimate ink and paper8 ,this then1 my ,,god1 shall be the language of my heart6 ,forgive my faults1 and work thy will ,by such a worthless instrument2 ,it will at once thy goodness shew1 ,and prove thy power omnipotent4 ,whatever some may boast of1 ,i know not2 but this ,i can say1 that although1 through rich1 free1 and sovereign grace1 ,i have been enabled these nineteen years to say unto ,,god1 8,thou art my father10 yet ,i can still say to corruption1 8,thou art my sister40 ,time and experience will convince others also of this important truth4 ,,god keep me1 and all concerned with me1 from such manifestations1 as do not lead us more and more into the chambers of imagery1 which are latent and undiscovered in the secret corners of our hearts6 ,such only come from ,,god3 illuminations which engender pride1 and lead us from a deep and pungent feeling of our own nothingness1 and the remainders of in-dwelling corruption1 are either of a diabolical extraction1 or at least are perverted by the devil and proud nature1 to feed that disease1 which when operating in a genuine way1 they have a native tendency to remove4 ,well might ,mr4 ,fleming say1 8,,lord1 grant me a divine manifestation1 but ,o teach me to manage it after thou hast granted it40 ,paul needed a thorn to teach him how to manage such favours aright4 ,i tremble for those who hug their delusions1 and look upon the dunghill of corruption as quite removed1 when it is only covered over as it were with a little snow4 ,how white did the most foul places look only a few days ago6 ,but the thaw is come1 the whiteness is vanished1 and filthy dunghills are dunghills still4 ,my dear friend knows how to make the application4 ,blessed be ,,god for leading you into the knowledge of the mystery of gospel holiness4,holiness1 not built on ,moses1 or the sandy bottom of our own faithfulness1 but on ,,jesus1 that rock of ages1 whose faithfulness makes us faithful1 and a reliance on whole compleat and all-sufficient righteousness1 doings1 and sufferings1 carries the believer on 7without thinking of a reward7 to do and suffer1 what a legal heart will shrink and boggle at4 ,may this mind be in you and me1 and all that love our dear ,,lord ,,jesus in sincerity6 ,when the ,son of ,man makes them thus free1 then will they be free indeed4 ,you may easily see1 that part of your letter hath led me insensibly into this strain of writing4 ,if it pleases or profits1 or both1 it will answer the end designed1 and the dear1 ever-dear1 ever-loving1 and ever-lovely ,redeemer shall have all the glory4 ,as our acquaintance was begun in him1 and ,i trust hath hitherto been blessed1 so ,i would have it continue to run in the same channel1 and1 whether absent from or present with each other1 sweetly lead us to our ocean1 ,,god4 ,i am only sorry you have such an unprofitable correspondent4 ,tears are ready to gush out at the thought1 and ,i am ready to sink into the earth1 when ,i consider how little ,i can do for that ,,jesus1 whom ,i love for himself1 or for my friends1 whom ,i love for his great name's sake4 ,friend of sinners1 circle me in thy own compleat and all-sufficient ,self6 ,good night1 my dear ,sir1 good night4 ,if you guess at my present frame1 you will know at whose cross this leaves me1 and how much ,i am ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mx4 ,to ,mr4 ,v4 ,london1 ,december #ae1 #agec4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,v1 ,,just now ,i received1 and have read over your kind letter1 dated ,august #bb;d1 and in reading it1 could have wished for the wings of a dove1 that ,i might have fled and embraced you in these unworthy arms1 and wished you joy of being assured of his love1 who so loved us as to give himself for us4 ,may this find you in the same happy frame1 and may you for ever hereafter be blessed with the uninterrupted witness of ,,god's ,spirit1 witnessing with your spirit1 that you are indeed his child6 ,as you have undergone a long and tedious law work1 ,i hope your joys are of the right kind1 and will be more substantial and lasting1 than those who leap into a fancied liberty at once1 and having no root in themselves1 in time of temptation fall away4 ,your house1 my dear friend1 ,i believe1 is not built upon the sand1 but upon ,,jesus1 even ,,jesus of ,nazareth1 the rock of ages2 against which the gates of hell shall never be able to prevail4 ,whoever hath been the instrument of bringing you into this happy frame1 it is no matter to me2 ,i rejoice1 yea and will rejoice4 ,if ,i know any thing of my heart1 ,i am just the same disinterested person as when ,i saw you1 and believe me1 you are my dear1 very dear ,gaius1 my son1 my friend still4 ,mr4 ,s can tell you1 why you received no letters4 ,they are ready1 and were sent to his lodgings3but to my great surprize ,i was told1 a coach came for him and the other passengers4 ,ever since ,i have been preaching and travelling as usual1 generally twice1 and frequently thrice a day4 ,i came only last ,saturday into ,winter quarters1 and shall long for the ,spring again1 that ,i may enter upon a fresh campaign4 ,o that my dear ,,lord may never discard me from this divine employ6 ,an itinerant pilgrim life is that which ,i choose4,and why8 ,it was the life of my blessed ,,lord4 ,i hope you will not fail of calling out dear ,mr4 ,zy to it every year4,i am sure ,america1 dear ,america stands much in need of it4 ,let envious1 lukewarm elder brethren say what they please against it1 this is the way that ,,god hath honoured1 yea and ,i believe will honour even unto the end4 ,but ,i find1 love of honour1 power1 ease1 and fulness of bread1 make even good people to think1 and speak1 and act unlike themselves4 ,these1 these are the things which have led the ,moravian brethren on this side the water1 from the cross of ,,christ1 and made them to differ as much from what once they were1 as light from darkness4 ,o how have my dear spiritual children1 7for whom ,i travailed in birth1 and whom ,i love as my own soul7 been insensibly led away1 and robbed of their spiritual and temporal substance1 at least for a while1 by some self-designing and deceitful men4 ,against these1 and not the dear people1 who have been eaten up as bread1 with a bleeding heart1 have ,i drawn my pen2 and ,i believe shall rejoice that ,i have done so to my dying day4 ,,god grant that the like scene may never be opened on your side the water6 ,but ,i forbear4,o for heaven6 ,o for that time when we shall get out of this church militant6 ,i long to be ,where sin and strife and sorrow cease1 ,and all is joy and calm and peace4 ,dear ,mr4 ,j ,w is going thither apace3 he is supposed to be in a galloping consumption4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 give me patience to wait till my wished-for change also shall come6 ,i long to awake after thy likeness2 ,i long to be dissolved to be with thee6 ,then1 then shall ,i meet you1 my dear friend1 and rejoice1 together with all the blessed train that shall follow the ,lamb6 ,o my dear ,sir1 bear with me1 bear with me1 ,i pray you1 for indeed ,i am sick of love4 ,surely of all the redeemed1 ,i1 even ill and hell-deserving ,i1 shall sing loudest in heaven4 ,behold ,i am vile6 black1 but yet comely3 not in myself1 but in the comeliness which my dear ,,jesus hath put upon me4 ,i can now no more4 ,i must retire to pray for you and yours4 ,the ,,lord bless you1 and keep you1 and give you a heart continually to remember before his throne1 my dear ,mr4 ,v1 ,your most affectionate friend1 brother1 and servant in ,,christ1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxi4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,december #ae1 #agec4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,the mail not coming in regularly1 your ,ladyship's letter did not reach me till ,thursday afternoon4 ,yesterday morning ,i obeyed your ,ladyship's commands1 and carried the inclosed to ,mrs4 ,g1 at ,st4 ,james's palace4 ,i was much satisfied with my visit1 and am much rejoiced to find1 that she seems resolved to show out at once4 ,the court1 ,i believe1 rings of her1 and if she stands1 ,i trust she will make a glorious martyr for her blessed ,,lord4 ,o that your ,ladyship could see your way clear to come up6 ,now seems to be the time for a fresh stir4 ,few have either courage or conduct to head a christian party amongst persons of high life4 ,that honour seems to be put upon your ,ladyship3and a glorious honour indeed it is4 ,till ,mrs4 ,g can meet with company that is really in earnest1 ,i think the closer she keeps to her ,,god and her book1 the better4 ,the ,,lord strengthen1 stablish1 and settle her in his ways and will6 ,i am yet kept in suspence about ,mrs4 ,wy2 and have been much concerned1 lest by intense sympathy1 your ,ladyship should contract an illness yourself4 ,but your ,ladyship hath long since learnt1 that as your day is1 so shall your strength be4 ,i pray the ,,lord of all lords to lengthen out your important life1 and make your ,ladyship ten thousand times more useful than ever1 long after my worthless head is laid in the silent grave4 ,if ,i should live to see my dear brother truly converted unto ,,god1 ,o how would it delight me6 ,the distant prospect is so pleasing1 that ,i could scarce contain myself at the news of it4 ,i hope to hear from him soon1 having written to him lately4 ,on ,tuesday ,i am to dine with ,mr4 ,j ,w1 who was yesterday for a few minutes at the ,foundery3 but ,i hear his lungs are touched4 ,i cannot wish him to survive his usefulness4 ,it is poor living to be nursed4 ,but our ,,lord knows what is best for his children4 ,i wish ,i might have the use of ,weststreet chapel once or twice a week2 many want to hear at that end of the town3 the ,messrs4 ,wy's are quite welcome to all the help ,i can give them4 ,i have no desire but to promote the common salvation among all4 ,from self and party spirit free1 ,simply1 ,o ,,lord1 ,i'd follow thee4 ,your ,ladyship will still add to my innumerable obligations1 by praying that such a mind may be given to1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,g4 ,tabernacle-,house1 ,december #ag1 #agec4 ,dear ,madam1 ,i ,,was so well satisfied with the frame ,i found you in yesterday1 that ,i could not refrain sending you a few lines to-day4 ,o that you may have grace given you1 to stand the first attacks that you must necessarily meet with from every quarter6 ,blessed be ,,god1 that you are determined to shew out at once1 and to let all know1 that you are determined not so much as to attempt to compromise matters between ,,christ and the world4 ,one might as well attempt to reconcile light and darkness1 heaven and hell4 ,happy they who set out on a disinterested bottom2 it is the foundation which our great ,high-priest hath laid1 and is a rock that will never fail4 ,never fear1 ,madam1 though storms and billows1 afflictions and temptations abide you2 he that enabled the three children to pass unhurt through the fiery furnace1 and kept his beloved ,daniel from being devoured in a den of lions1 can and will preserve you unspotted and undefiled1 though surrounded on every side4 ,my poor worthless prayers shall not be wanting for you night and day4 ,look up1 dear ,madam1 determine to know nothing but ,,jesus ,,christ and him crucified1 and he will make your very enemies to be at peace with you4 ,but faith must be tried1 and grace1 when given1 must be kept in exercise4 ,welcome1 welcome dear ,madam1 into the glorious kingdom of the children of ,,god4 ,o that all of ,csar's houshold were in the same situation6 ,how would they exult in the happy change6 ,a change from darkness to light1 from bondage and misery to the most consummate liberty and happiness4 ,for those whom the ,son of man makes free1 they are free indeed4 ,now1 now may you sing1 ,be gone1 vain world1 my heart resign1 ,for ,i must be no longer thine2 ,a nobler1 a diviner guest1 ,now claims possession of my breast4 ,i could enlarge1 but am afraid of being too bold4 ,the freedom already taken1 proceeds from unfeigned regard to our common ,,lord1 to good ,lady ,h1 and to yourself1 for his great name sake4 ,i just now informed her ,ladyship of the honour done me yesterday1 and of the providential call she seems to have to town4 ,her ,ladyship is a mother in ,israel indeed1 a mirror of piety1 detached from worldly hopes and worldly fears1 and therefore no wonder that she so simply copies after her great ,exemplar1 and glories only in his blessed cross4 ,till you can find some like-minded1 ,i believe you will find your ,,god and your book the best company4,that you may be never less alone1 than when you are alone1 and that you may be continually directed so to speak and act1 that you may win many souls among the rich and great to the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus1 is and shall be the earnest constant prayer of1 dear ,madam1 ,your most obliged and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,b4 ,london1 ,december #ag1 #agec4 ,dear ,mr4 ,b1 ,i ,,am sorry to find by your last1 which came to hand on ,saturday1 that the tumults in your parts still continue at such an height4 ,i heartily wish1 that the kind and generous ,justice who hath so laudably exerted himself1 may have courage to proceed in a due execution of the laws1 and ,i doubt not but the issue will be1 that you will have peace4 ,in the mean while1 may the ,redeemer enable you and all concerned to possess their souls in patience6 ,i think the storm is too violent to hold long4 ,the death of dear ,mr4 ,j ,w1 if that should be the issue of his present illness1 ,i think is of a far more threatening nature4 ,at present1 ,i hear he is somewhat better1 but if his distemper be a galloping consumption 7as they say it is7 there are but little hopes of his surviving long4 ,but all things are possible with ,,god4 ,o that my tardy pace may be quickened1 and my sluggish soul begin to be alive to ,,god6 ,he hath dealt bountifully with me since we parted4 ,in various places the word ran and was glorified1 and we had a lovely shutting-up of the ,summer's campaign in ,gloucestershire4,i am now in my ,winter quarters1 moaning and bewailing myself1 for not having done more when the days were longer4 ,o for ,spring1 that ,i may spring afresh for my ,,lord6 ,you and all must pray for me4 ,i send you and yours1 ,mr4 ,c and his son1 and all enquiring friends 7not forgetting poor ,peggy7 my hearty love4 ,my wife joins with1 dear ,mr4 ,b1 ,your very affectionate1 sympathizing friend1 and servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,e ,p4 ,london1 ,december #ag1 #agec4 ,dear ,sir1 ,i ,,doubt not but the receipt of this will fill you with surprize2 yet ,i hope it will be a pleasing one4 ,last night after preaching1 your son1 who hath been lately confined1 came to me and gave me a particular detail of his seemingly unhappy circumstances4,the narration affected me1 and ,i asked him to stay supper2 the company then with me ,i thought was what he wanted4,the consequence was1 that he went home rejoicing in ,,god2 temptations subsided4 ,i cannot help thinking1 but that if he conversed with proper persons who knew his case1 he might yet come forth as gold tried in the fire4 ,his experience is somewhat uncommon1 and perhaps when sufficiently humbled1 the glorious ,redeemer may exalt him4 ,satan hath certainly desired to have him to sift him as wheat2 but ,i verily believe ,,jesus hath prayed for him1 and therefore his faith shall not fail4 ,as ,i know what unspeakable concern1 tender parents must necessarily undergo for a child in such a way1 ,i could not help sending a few lines to you4 ,if the glorious ,emmanuel1 whose love constrains me to write1 should vouchsafe to bless them to the consolation of you and yours1 it would much rejoice1 dear ,sir1 ,your sympathizing though unknown friend1 and servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxv4 ,to ,c ,w4 ,london1 ,december #bj1 #agec4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,i ,,most sincerely rejoice in1 and have given private and public thanks for the recovery of your dear yoke-fellow4 ,my pleasure is increased by seeing your brother so well1 as ,i found him on ,tuesday at ,lewisham4,o that you may both spring afresh1 and your latter end increase more and more6 ,talk not of having no more work in the vineyard2 ,i hope all our work is but just beginning4 ,i am sure it is high time for me to do something for ,him1 who hath done and suffered so much for me4,near forty years old1 and such a dwarf6 ,the ,winter come already1 and so little done in the ,summer6 ,i am ashamed1 ,i blush and am confounded4 ,and yet ,,god blesseth us here4 ,truly his out-goings are seen in the tabernacle4 ,the top-stone is brought forth2 we will now cry ,grace6 grace6 ,i must away4 ,our joint respects attend you all4 ,i hope ,mr4 ,h mends2 ,i hear that his brother is dead4 ,,lord1 make us also ready6 ,my most dutiful respects await our elect ,lady4,,god willing1 she shall hear soon from1 my dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxvi4 ,to the ,marquiss ,l4 ,london1 ,december #bg1 #agec4 ,my ,lord1 ,a ,,matter of some importance1 is the occasion of my troubling your ,lordship with another letter4 ,the reverend ,mr4 ,g ,t of ,philadelphia1 and the reverend ,mr4 ,d from ,virginia 7both eminent ministers of ,,jesus ,,christ7 are just arrived4 ,they are commissioned to apply for a general collection in ,scotland1 and to procure private contributions for the building and maintaining a presbyterian college in ,new-,jersey province4 ,what ,i would therefore beg of your ,lordship is1 that your ,lordship would do them the honour of permitting them to wait upon you1 and that they may be also introduced to ,lord ,l4 ,one ,mr4 ,d ,d1 who ,i believe was lately chosen a correspondent member of that society1 over which your ,lordship presides1 and who is a steady friend to the interests of the ,redeemer1 if your ,lordship is pleased to give leave1 will come along with them4 ,i shall wait for your ,lordship's answer1 and then apprize them of it4 ,in the mean time1 ,i heartily wish your ,lordship not the compliments1 but the blessings of the season1 even all those blessings that have been purchased for a lost world by the death and sufferings of an incarnate ,,god4,adored1 for ever adored be his free grace1 he vouchsafes to manifest himself amongst us here4 ,conviction and conversion work seems to go on prosperously1 and ,,god's people are abundantly refreshed4 ,that your ,lordship may continually drink of divine pleasures as out of a river1 is and shall be the earnest prayer of1 my ,lord1 ,your ,lordship's most dutiful1 obliged and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 8,philadephia0 replaced with 8,philadelphia0 8mamanifest0 replaced with 8manifest0 ,,letter ,,mxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,g4 ,london1 ,december #bg1 #agec4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,i ,,am surprized to find by your last kind letter1 that my poor journals are not come to hand4 ,my wife informs me that they were sent to1 or by one ,mr4 ,e1 who was to send off goods the very next day4 ,perhaps it will please you to hear that ,messrs4 ,t and ,d supped with me last night2 may the good ,,lord prosper the work of their hands upon them6 ,i hope they will be introduced soon to the ,marquiss of ,l1 and by him to ,lord ,l4 ,i shall help them all ,i can4 ,at the great day all things will be laid open4 ,o how do ,i long for it6 ,and yet1 how ashamed shall ,i be to appear before my ,,lord1 when ,i have done so little for him1 and made such poor returns for his dying love6 ,would you think it8 ,i am this day thirty-nine years of age4 ,did not my business require my attendance1 ,i could lock myself up1 and lie prostrate all the day long in deep humiliation before him1 who hath vouchsafed to call me by his grace1 reveal his son in me1 and ,i trust made me the instrument1 7,o amazing love67 of calling some others to the experimental knowledge of the same unspeakable gift4 ,my dear1 very dear ,sir1 let none of my friends cry to such a sluggish1 lukewarm1 unprofitable worm1 8,spare thyself40 ,rather spur me on1 ,i pray you1 with an 8,awake thou sleeper1 and begin to begin to do something for thy ,,god40 ,the ,,lord being my helper1 ,i will4 ,do thou strengthen me1 my ,,lord and my ,,god1 and ,i will go for thee1 at thy command1 to the uttermost parts of the earth6 ,o break1 break my heart1 look to him1 whom thou hast pierced4,look and love1 look and mourn1 look and praise2 thy ,,god is yet thy ,,god6 ,every day1 ,sir1 we hear of fresh work2 scores of notes are put up by persons brought under conviction1 and ,,god's people are abundantly refreshed4 ,last night the glory of the ,,lord filled the tabernacle2 ,i cannot tell you half4,i am lost1 ,i am lost in wonder4 ,i must retire to give vent to my heart4 ,for the present1 my dear ,sir1 adieu6 ,the ,,lord bless you and yours1 and all my other dear friends4 ,ere long1 ,i hope to spend an eternal new year with you in the ,jerusalem which is above4 ,that in the mean time1 all things belonging to the old man may die in us1 and all things belonging to the new man may more and more live and grow in us1 is the earnest prayer of1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxviii4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,january #c1 #aged4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,ere now1 ,i hope your ,ladyship is delivered from suspense1 and that the danger concerning little master is entirely over4 ,the concern ,i was in for your ,ladyship when ,i wrote last1 made me forget to speak about ,mrs4 ,h4 ,and indeed ,i cannot tell where she lodges4 ,i could wish she was bettered by affliction4,but alas6 though1 why do ,i speak of others1 when another new year is come1 and ,i am bettered so little by all the ,,lord hath done for and in me8 ,o that he may dig and dung round this barren fig-tree1 that it may at length begin to bring forth some fruit unto ,,god6 ,but who can tell what this digging and dunging means8 ,what temptations1 afflictions and trials of every kind doth it include8 ,and all little enough to keep these hearts in any tolerable order4 ,out of darkness he can and will bring light4 ,that your ,ladyship may experience this more and more every day1 is and shall be the earnest prayer of1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxix4 ,to ,mr4 ,w44 ,london1 ,january #e1 #aged4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,w1 ,,your letter much affected as well as surprized me4,i may say of it as ,dr4 ,g says of the ,apostle ,paul's epistle to the ,ephesians1 8,it smelt of the prison40 ,surely ,,god's thoughts are not as our thoughts1 neither are his ways as our ways4 ,how amazingly does he over-rule all things1 for the spiritual and eternal good of those who love him in sincerity6 ,through his gracious and never-failing care1 out of the eater cometh forth meat1 and out of the strongest trial cometh forth unspeakable1 spiritual sweetness4 ,if this be the effect of affliction1 then may the believer boldly say1 ,all hail reproach1 and welcome pain6 ,surely you may sing1 ,o happy rod1 ,which brought me nearer to my ,,god4 ,now will you prove the strength of ,,jesus to be yours1 now1 will you find that your very enemies shall be at peace with you2 ravens shall feed you1 and the bread which you cast upon the waters many days ago1 shall now happily be found4 ,i sympathize most sincerely with your dear yoke-fellow1 and parent4 ,blessed be ,,god1 we have a rich ,saviour to go to4,a ,saviour1 who though infinitely rich in himself1 yet for our sakes became poor4 ,rejoice then1 my dear friend1 for having an opportunity of being conformed to him4 ,and whether your affliction be brought on you by any imprudent conduct1 or by the immediate hand of ,,god1 cast not off ,i pray you your confidence in ,,christ4 ,he is a compassionate high-priest4 ,perhaps this year1 if we should live to the fall1 we may have an opportunity of conversing about him face to face4 ,in the mean while1 let us pray for each other1 and wait for that blessed time1 when we shall be afflicted and tossed no more4 ,i meet with my share of trials2 but with thankfulness would ,i set up my ,ebenezer2 for hitherto my ,,god hath helped me4 ,glory be to his great name1 his word runs and is glorified more and more4 ,the wilderness in various places blossoms like a rose4 ,may the ,,lord revive his work in your parts6 ,mr4 ,d and ,mr4 ,t have supped with me twice4 ,i hope they will meet with wished-for success4 ,my wife joins in sending love and cordial respects to your whole self1 your mother1 sister1 and all that love the glorious ,,jesus in sincerity4 ,that you all may increase with all the increase of ,,god1 is the earnest prayer of1 my dear ,mr4 ,w1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxx4 ,to ,governor ,b4 ,london1 ,january #aa1 #aged4 ,honoured ,sir1 ,i ,,had the favour of your last kind letter by the hands of ,messrs4 ,t and ,d1 whose work ,i pray the ,,lord of all ,lords to bless and prosper4 ,was ,lady ,hn in town1 they should have been introduced before now1 but at present she is at ,bath drinking of the waters of life freely1 and communicating them freely to others4 ,one of ,csar's houshold hath been lately awakened through her ,ladyship's instrumentality1 and ,i hope others will meet with like blessing4 ,amongst the common people the gospel also runs1 and is glorified in divers places4 ,our new tabernacle the ,redeemer vouchsafes to fill with his presence1 and gives us daily to hear that delightful music1 8,the triumphs of his word40 ,winter quarters are made pleasant to me1 but ,i long for my ,spring campaign4,perhaps it may be a ,spring ,voyage4,for ,i am now seriously thinking of a voyage to ,america1 and live in hopes of seeing your ,excellency once more on this side eternity4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 do thou shew me what thou wouldest have me to do6 ,this1 this ,i trust at present is the unfeigned language of my heart1 ,a life that all things casts behind1 ,springs forth obedient at thy call4 ,i beg a continued interest in your ,excellency's prayers1 that ,i may be kept from flagging in the latter stages of my road1 and ripen for heaven every day and every hour4 ,i am now thirty-nine years old1 and little dreamt of being kept on earth so long2 but ,i find we are immortal till our work is done4 ,o that ,i may now begin to begin to work for ,,jesus6 ,he is worthy1 he is altogether lovely1 he is the fairest among ten thousand4 ,to his never-failing mercy and endearing love ,i most humbly recommend your ,excellency's whole self1 always subscribing myself1 honoured ,sir1 ,your ,excellency's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,london1 ,january #aa1 #aged4 ,dear ,mr4 ,s1 ,,why did you not apprize me of your going8 ,why did you not let me have an opportunity of sending my packets after you to ,portsmouth8 ,you sailed only a day or two before ,i came there myself4 ,however1 ,i am glad to hear that you are safe arrived4 ,may it be an earnest of your arriving ere long in the kingdom of heaven6 ,perhaps we may meet this ,summer4 ,i hope we shall see each other grown in grace1 and in the knowledge of our ,,lord and ,saviour ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,you and ,i are much indebted to him4 ,we have not a moment of time to lose4 ,we ought to be continually saying1 8,what shall we render unto the ,,lord80 ,o for zeal6 ,o for activity in his glorious service6 ,a crucified ,,jesus6 ,an incarnate ,,god6 ,what doth his love1 his dying1 yet never-dying love demand at our hands8 ,answer that question who can4 ,it will nonplus men and angels4 ,blessed be his free grace1 we find here that his name is ,wonderful4 ,our new tabernacle is compleated1 and the workmen all paid4 ,what is best of all1 the ,redeemer manifests his glory in it4 ,every day1 souls come crying1 8,what shall we do to be saved80 ,this ,i believe you will look upon to be the best news4 ,but ,i can now no more4 ,accept this as a token of love unfeigned1 from1 my dear ,mr4 ,s1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,b4 ,london1 ,january #ai1 #aged4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,b1 ,,all is well1 and why8 ,because all things are of our ,,lord's ordering4 ,may he perfect his strength in your weakness1 and the more the outward man decayeth1 may you be strengthened so much the more by his holy spirit in the inner man6,welcome flux1 welcome fever1 welcome the plague itself1 if sanctified to bring us nearer to our ,,god4 ,yet a little while1 and he that cometh1 will come1 and will not tarry4 ,i wish you much prosperity under the cross4,you must return the favour2 ,i stand in need of much prayer4 ,perhaps ere long ,i may be called to occupy my business in the great waters4 ,if not1 ,,god willing1 you shall see me4 ,in the mean while1 pray give my love to all1 especially to those mentioned in your last4 ,,god help them to hold on and hold out6 ,in heaven they will sing the louder for being called by such an ill and hell-deserving creature as ,i am4 ,blessed be ,,god1 awakening work goes on here3 every sermon preached this ,winter hath been fetched out of the furnace4,but what are we to expect as christians and ministers1 but afflictions8 ,i thank you for your kind offer1 and orders to command4 ,such ,i seldom comply with4 ,though poor1 yet desiring at least to make many rich1 ,i would have for my motto still4 ,some way or another1 my ,,god will supply all my wants4 ,i am sorry that the volume of the ,christian ,library was forgotten4 ,i shall write to my dear ,mr4 ,s to send you his1 and yours may be sent to him4 ,whatever becomes of written christian libraries1 ,i earnestly pray that your heart1 my dear ,sir1 may be the library of ,,jesus ,,christ1 and beg leave to subscribe myself1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,w4 ,london1 ,january #ai1 #aged4 ,dear ,mr4 ,w1 ,,as my embarking for ,america seems to be very near at hand1 your question must necessarily be answered in the negative4 ,however1 ,i thank you for your kind offer1 and earnestly pray that wherever you are called to labour1 you may find the work of the ,,lord prospering in your hands4 ,i did not know that there was any demur between you and those with whom you have been for some time connected2 and ,i am sure1 ,,god is my witness1 that ,i want to draw no man from them4 ,people1 money1 power1 are not my objects4 ,i desire to know nothing but ,,jesus ,,christ1 and him crucified1 and to be a willing pilgrim for his great name's sake4 ,at present this is the language of my heart1 ,,lord1 obediently ,i'd go1 ,gladly leaving all below4 ,i intreat you to pray that my faith fail not4 ,,lord1 increase it for thy infinite mercy's sake6 ,we have blessed seasons here3 the glory of the ,,lord fills our new tabernacle4 ,if possible1 ,i shall send the books you desire to ,leeds4 ,i hope you find your present illness sanctified4 ,that is a sign of special love4,adieu4 ,i am in great haste4 ,but with greater love1 ,i subscribe myself1 dear ,mr4 ,w1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 4 ,london1 ,february #b1 #aged4 ,dear ,sir1 ,,by your writing1 ,i guess you are a brand plucked out of the fire of the polite and gay world4,happy deliverance6 ,i intreat you to rejoice1 give thanks1 and sing1 ,be gone1 vain world1 my heart resign1 ,for ,i must be no longer thine2 ,a fairer1 a diviner guest1 ,now claims possession of my breast4 ,i do not wonder to hear of your being under trials2 you are to be made perfect by them4 ,right-hand and right-eye corruptions are not so easily cut off1 or plucked out2 but this must be done4 ,not one ,agag1 however beautiful1 and importunate for life1 must be spared3 the sword of the spirit must be lifted up1 and as an enemy to the ,,lord of life and glory1 he must be hewn to pieces4 ,,jesus1 the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus1 cannot away with idols3,and why8 ,because they rob us of our peace1 estrange us from our ,,god1 and unfit us for the enjoyment of that better world1 where ,i hope to see you encircled in the arms of redeeming love4 ,flee therefore1 dear ,sir1 flee1 ,i intreat you1 youthful lusts4 ,,jesus will give you wings and feet1 and after all reward you1 as though you fled in a strength of your own4 ,o often1 often contemplate1 and dwell upon his dying for you4 ,this will sweetly constrain you to be willing even to die for him1 and powerfully constrain you to be ready to every good word and work4 ,o that ,i may take this advice myself6 ,you must pray that ,i may2 a trial is at hand4 ,in about three weeks ,i am bound for ,america4,a multiplicity of business lies before me2 but to convince you that your correspondence is not troublesome1 ,i snatch a few minutes to send you these lines1 from1 dear ,sir1 ,your affectionate friend and servant for ,,christ's sake4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxv4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,february #ad1 #aged4 ,honoured ,madam1 ,,your ,ladyship's kind letter came safe to hand4,i immediately sent for ,mr4 ,m1 delivered his1 and saw it consumed4 ,he hath the most grateful sense of your ,ladyship's great benevolence4 ,it is1 as your ,ladyship suspects in relation to his wife2 she is a ,zipporah1 a thorn in the flesh4 ,ministers must expect such things4 ,i hope your ,ladyship is enabled to bear with fortitude the scratches you must necessarily meet with in this wide howling wilderness4 ,you have a ,beloved to lean upon1 who is mighty and willing to save4 ,blessed be his name1 for giving you a heart to retire from the pomps and vanities of a dreaming and delusive world4 ,happy they1 who can enjoy their ,,god and themselves4 ,this only the true christian can do4 ,such a one ,i believe your ,ladyship to be4,my prayer to the ,,lord of all ,lords in your ,ladyship's behalf1 is that you may grow in grace1 and abound continually in every good word and work4 ,this is the only return ,i can make your ,ladyship for the regard and concern you have expressed for me1 as an unworthy minister of the ,son of ,,god4 ,for his great name sake1 ,i expect in a fortnight1 once more to launch into the great deep1 with about ten or twelve poor destitute orphans under my care4 ,o my ,,god1 why am ,i thus honoured1 to be employed as a pilgrim for thee8 ,i trust this is the language of my heart1 ,a life that all things casts behind1 ,springs forth obedient to thy call2 ,a heart that no desire can move1 ,but still t'adore1 believe and love1 ,give me1 my ,,lord1 my life1 my all4 ,but whither am ,i going8 ,be pleased1 honoured ,madam1 to excuse this freedom2 your ,ladyship's kind letter constrains me to write thus4 ,honoured ,madam1 ,i thank you a thousand and a thousand times1 for all your kind offers of serving me1 and the church of ,,god4 ,at present 7since you have so lately let the tabernacle have such an instance of your regard7 ,i have only to beg the continuance of your ,ladyship's prayers1 and to subscribe myself without dissimulation1 honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for the dear ,redeemer's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxvi4 ,to ,mrs4 ,g4 ,london1 ,february #ae1 #aged4 ,dear ,madam1 ,,with this ,i send you the promised pamphlet1 which was written with a single eye to prevent fraud and superstition1 and to promote the ,mediator's glory4 ,notwithstanding1 ,i would advise you1 dear ,madam1 not to let other people's foibles drive you from the cross of ,,christ3 he is altogether lovely4,and if persons were more taken up in contemplation of his loveliness1 and their own deformities1 they would not have so much time to talk of others1 nor take so much pains to gain proselytes to any particular party under heaven4 ,such a practice is beneath the dignity of a free-born child of ,,god4,his spirit breathes another kind of language1 and teaches us to be all eye within4 ,o that your heart may be filled with that wisdom which is from above1 which is first pure1 then peaceable1 gentle1 easy to be intreated1 without partiality1 without hypocrisy1 and full of faith1 self-denial1 zeal1 disinterestedness1 and good works6 ,that ,,jesus1 whom ,i believe you love1 is able1 dear ,madam1 to fill you with this wisdom4 ,he hath promised1 8if we ask1 it shall be given40 ,nay1 he hath said1 8that he giveth liberally and upbraideth not40 ,may you be enabled to lay hold on him in the omnipotence of prayer1 and find grace to help in every time of need6 ,have you not found him faithful1 in your intended visit to your friend8 ,may you be made wise as an angel of ,,god1 to win her and others over to the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus6 ,pray1 dear ,madam1 have you heard from ,bath8 ,there is a copy you may safely write after2 but a perfect one is no where to be found but in our common ,,lord1 the ,god-man ,,christ ,,jesus4 ,to his tender and never-failing mercy do ,i most humbly recommend you1 and1 for his great name's sake1 most heartily subscribe myself1 dear ,madam1 ,your most obliged and ready servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,lisbon ,harbour1 ,march #ag1 #aged4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,surely our ,,god is a prayer-hearing1 promise-keeping ,,god4 ,he delights to disappoint our fears1 and even exceeds our hopes4 ,on the seventh instant we left ,gravesend2 on the eighth we passed through the downs1 and yesterday we anchored in this port4 ,through the channel we met not with the least obstruction1 neither had we the least contrary wind all the way4 ,cape ,finisterre1 the ,burlings1 and the rock of ,lisbon1 7high-lands we desired to make7 we came directly upon1 and though the wind was very high1 yet being for us1 it was not so troublesome1 but 7like sanctified afflictions to the christian7 drove us nearer to our desired haven4 ,we are now lying before a large place1 where we see hundreds going to worship in their way4 ,we have just been at ours1 and ,i trust ,i have felt something of that rest1 which remains1 even on this side eternity1 for the people of ,,god4 ,you and yours are not forgotten by me at his throne4 ,no1 ,i remember you night and day1 and am longing for that happy time1 when we shall part no more4 ,though sent without a friend to return with me1 yet ,i am not left alone4 ,i thank the ,,lord of all ,lords1 for honouring me so far as to employ me on such expeditions as these4 ,o my ,,god1 what am ,i1 that ,i should be called to leave my native country1 and to sacrifice not only my carnal but spiritual affections for thee6 ,thy presence on earth1 thy presence in heaven1 will make amends for all4 ,well6 ,blessed be ,,god1 this heaven is at hand4 ,yet a little while1 and he that cometh1 will come1 and will not tarry4 ,o that he may find us busy for him6 ,i am persuaded this will be your case4 ,add1 my dear ,sir1 to my manifold obligations1 by praying that it may be mine also4,fain would ,i be kept from flagging in the latter stages of my road2 fain would ,i return to my native country 7if ,i am to return7 grown in grace1 and in the knowledge of our ,,lord and ,saviour ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,indeed he is a good master4 ,he hath given me the affections of all on board1 and as kind a ,captain as we could desire4 ,what ,i meet with when on shore1 you may know hereafter4 ,i grudge your paying postage for my poor scribble1 and yet ,i know not well how to prevent it4 ,be pleased to put it down to the amount of our common ,,lord1 and if you have any leisure from working for the poor1 and trading for him1 let me have a line4 ,i recommend you and them to the ,redeemer's never-failing mercy1 and am1 ,i trust with some degree of gratitude1 very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,b4 ,lisbon ,harbour1 ,march #ai1 #aged4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,b1 ,,how soon does the scene shift8 ,at what a distance1 in a few days1 may we be removed from each other6 ,on the sixteenth instant1 that ,,god whom ,i desire to serve in the gospel of his dear ,son1 brought me and my orphan charge to this harbour4 ,as yet ,i have not been on shore1 but expect to go to-morrow4 ,at this distance1 ,i see enough to bless the ,,lord of all ,lords for calling me out of darkness into his marvelous light1 and for redeeming me from this present evil world4 ,o my dear friend1 to an eye fixed on the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus1 how little1 unspeakably little do all sublunary things appear4 ,i hope this will find my dear ,mr4 ,b crying out from the bottom of his heart1 8indeed they are not worth a thought40 ,well said1 my dear ,sir2 let us then be laudably ambitious1 and get as rich as we can towards ,,god2 such are durable riches4 ,the bank of heaven is a sure bank4 ,i have drawn thousands of bills upon it1 and never had one sent back protested4 ,,god helping me1 ,i purpose lodging my little earthly all there4 ,i hope my present poor but valuable cargo1 will make some additions to my heavenly inheritance4 ,o free grace6 ,that ever such an ill and hell-deserving wretch as ,i am1 should ever be called out to leave his carnal and spiritual friends1 for that friend of sinners the ,lamb of ,,god6 ,these partings are indeed trying to nature2 but heaven1 my dear ,sir1 will make amends for all4 ,there ,i hope to meet you and yours1 whom ,i love in the bowels of ,,jesus ,,christ2 there you shall be amply rewarded for all acts of kindness conferred either on me or mine4 ,increase my obligations1 by continuing to pray for us1 and accept this as a small tribute of thanks1 and a testimony of love unfeigned1 from1 my dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxix4 ,to ,mr4 ,r4 ,kn4 ,lisbon1 ,march #ba1 #aged4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,i ,,do not forget my promise1 either in respect to writing or praying4 ,though at this distance1 ,i am still present in spirit with you and yours1 and with my other dear ,london friends2 and ,i live in the expectation of seeing them all grown in grace1 and in the knowledge of our ,,lord and ,saviour ,,jesus ,,christ4,this leaves me an old inhabitant of ,lisbon4,we have now been here almost a week1 and ,i suppose shall stay a fortnight longer4,a very reputable merchant hath received me into his house1 and every day shews me the ecclesiastical curiosities of the country4,o my dear friend1 bless the ,,lord of all ,lords for causing your lot to be cast into such a fair ground as ,england1 and giving you such a goodly heritage4,it is impossible to be sufficiently thankful for civil and religious liberty1 for simplicity of worship1 and powerful preaching of the word of ,,god4,o for simplicity of manners1 and a correspondent behaviour6 8,what shall ,i render unto the ,,lord for these amazing mercies10 ought surely to be the language of our hearts4,o that ,i was thankful6 ,o that ,i was humble6 ,my obligations to be so increase daily4,every where does the ,,lord of all ,lords command somebody or another to receive me4,all is well on board1 and ,lisbon air agrees with my poor constitution extremely4,through divine assistance1 ,i hope what ,i see will also much improve my better part1 and help to qualify me better for preaching the everlasting gospel4,amazing1 that such an honour should be conferred on such an ill and hell-deserving worm6 ,o pray for me1 my dear friends1 and add to my obligations by frequently visiting my poor wife4,kindnesses shewn to her in my absence1 will be double kindnesses4,you must remember me to dear ,mr4 ,cn1 to your relations1 and all enquiring friends4,adieu6 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus be with your spirits4 ,i am1 my dear ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,kn1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxx4 ,to ,mr4 ,c4 ,lisbon1 ,march #bf1 #aged4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,shall ,i promise and not perform8 ,i dare not4 ,this therefore comes to inform you1 that ,i am now as it were an old inhabitant of ,lisbon1 having been here above a week4 ,in that time1 what have ,i seen and heard8 ,strange and incredible things1 not more strange than instructive4 ,never did civil and religious liberty appear to me in so amiable a light as now4 ,what a spirit must ,martin ,luther1 and the first ,reformers be endued with1 that dared to appear as they did for ,,god6 ,,lord1 hasten that blessed time1 when others1 excited by the same spirit1 shall perform like wonders4 ,o happy ,england6 ,o happy ,methodists1 who are ,methodists indeed6 ,and all ,i account such1 who being dead to sects and parties1 aim at nothing else but an holy method of living to1 and dying in the blessed ,,jesus4 ,this be their1 this be my happy lot6 ,blessed be his name for calling me to a pilgrim life6 ,thanks be to his great name1 for constraining me to leave all that is near and dear to me1 for the sake of his glorious gospel4 ,he takes care to provide for me4 ,a gentleman hath most gladly received me into his house1 and behaves like a friend indeed4 ,to-day ,i dine with the ,consul3 ere long1 ,i hope to sit down and eat bread in the kingdom of ,,god4 ,i wait for this salvation1 ,o ,,lord6 ,you must pray for me1 and desire others to join with you4 ,i intend writing to our elect ,lady before ,i leave ,lisbon4 ,in about ten days we expect to sail4 ,for the present1 adieu6 ,this leaves us all well4 ,my fatherless charge is in good health4 ,o that they may be converted and made new creatures in ,,christ6 ,o that ,i may begin to begin to be converted myself4,i am a dwarf4,less than the least of all1 shall be my motto still4 ,as such1 pray for1 my dear friend4 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,a4 ,lisbon1 ,march #bi1 #aged4 ,very dear ,friend1 ,,indeed you have lost the seeing and hearing of many strange1 but to a truly enlightened soul1 instructive things4 ,i thank ,,god for sending me here2 ,i know your heart hath been here also2 but all is well4,what is1 is best4 ,i hope you go on comfortably at home1 whilst ,i1 unworthy1 ill and hell-deserving ,i1 am travelling for the same ,,lord ,,jesus abroad4 ,he doth not leave me comfortless1he doth not leave me alone2 ,his presence doth my pains beguile1 ,and makes me tho' alone to smile4 ,o the happiness of seeing and enjoying all in ,,god1 even a ,,god in ,,christ6 ,such happiness they only can know1 who being separated from all that is near and dear unto them1 can wrap themselves in ,him1 in whose presence there is life1 and at whose right hand there are pleasures for evermore4 ,this be my happy lot1 during my present exile state6 ,o my dear tabernacle friends1 my dear never to be forgotten hearers1 into what a fair ground is your lot cast6 ,what a goodly heritage hath the ,,lord of all ,lords vouchsafed you6 ,i remember my promise1 ,i think of your hours of meeting1 and though absent in body1 am1 notwithstanding1 present in spirit1 and live in hopes of hearing of your stedfastness and joy in ,,god our ,saviour4 ,bless him1 ,o bless him from your inmost souls1 that you have been taught the way to him1 without the help of fictitious saints4 ,thank him night and day1 that to you1 even to you are committed the lively oracles of ,,god4 ,adore him continually for giving you to hear them preached with power1 and pity and pray for those1 who are forbid the use of this sacred depositum1 and are led blindfold day by day1 by crafty and designing men4 ,may you see and improve your privileges6 ,much1 very much indeed is given you4 ,of you1 therefore1 ,,god and man may justly require the more3 accept this in love4 ,continue to pray for me and my fatherless pilgrim charge4 ,blessed be ,,god they are all well4 ,i write this from a merchant's house1 whom the ,,lord of all lords hath inclined to receive me2 let him not be forgotten4 ,in a short time we expect to move4 ,still my request is1 8,if thy presence go not with me4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 send me not even from hence60 ,i wish you all1 dear friends1 much1 very much of it4 ,i intend to write to as many as ,i can1 and ,i beg them and you to accept this as a token of love unfeigned1 from1 my very dear ,t1 ,theirs and yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxxii4 ,to the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,z4 ,lisbon1 ,march #bi1 #aged4 ,my dear and honoured ,sir1 ,,through the goodness of a gracious and never-failing ,,god1 we have been at this place near a fortnight4 ,our voyage was but about nine days long1 and the same ,,god who took care of us on the great deep1 hath also provided for me on shore4 ,a merchant of great credit hath received me into his house1 and every day ,i have seen or heard something1 that hath had a native tendency to make me thankful for the glorious reformation4 ,o that our people were equally reformed in their lives1 as they are in their doctrines and manner of worship6 ,but alas6 alas6,o for another ,luther1 ,o for that wished-for season1 when every thing that is antichristian shall be totally destroyed by the breath of the ,redeemer's mouth1 and brightness of his appearing6 ,then should ,i1 even ill and hell-deserving ,i1 be entirely conformed to the copy of my great ,exemplar1 and nor be such a dwarf as ,i am in the divine life4 ,as my present situation leads me to be all eye and ear1 ,i endeavour to look more into my heart4 ,but the more ,i see it1 the more ,i admire the freeness and richness of that grace1 that hath called me out of darkness into ,,god's marvelous light1 and made me a minister of the everlasting gospel4 ,may this voyage be over-ruled for my improvement in that delightful employ6 ,hitherto1 ,i think it hath done me good4 ,the country agrees with my bodily health2 and1 through grace1 ,i trust what ,i have seen and heard hath benefited my soul4 ,my fatherless charge are all well1 and ,i hope in a few days we shall set sail for ,georgia4 ,from thence1 ,,god willing1 honoured ,sir1 you shall hear from me again4 ,in the meanwhile1 ,i recommend myself to the continuance of your daily intercession1 as being1 very dear and honoured ,sir1 ,your most dutiful1 obliged1 though unworthy son and servant in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,c4 ,lisbon1 ,march #cj1 #aged4 ,very dear ,sir1 ,,this leaves me pretty well satisfied 7not to say surfeited7 with the ecclesiastical curiosities of ,lisbon4 ,this day fortnight we arrived2 and the country being in want of rain1 and it being ,lent season1 we have been savoured with frequent processions1 and several extraordinary pieces of scenery4 ,alas6 to what lengths will superstition run6 ,and how expensive is the pageantry of a false religion6 ,blessed be ,,god for being born in ,england6 ,blessed be ,,god for being born again1 and thereby being taught to worship the ,father in spirit and in truth6 ,this1 my dear ,sir1 ,i believe is your happy portion2 and therefore if it should be our lot never to meet here any more1 ,i am persuaded nothing can prevent our meeting in a blissful country hereafter4 ,o that we may be kept from flagging in the latter stages of our road6 ,i am confounded1 when ,i think what a drone ,i have been1 and daily wonder why the ,,lord employs such a worthless wretch4,surely it must be1 that in me he may shew all long-suffering4 ,help me1 my dear friend1 to praise him4 ,lisbon air seems healthy for the body2 and what ,i have seen and heard ,i trust will benefit my soul4 ,be pleased to remember me to ,mrs4 ,c1 your son1 and all enquiring friends4 ,you will not forget to visit my widow wife4 ,blessed be ,,god1 her ,maker is her husband1 and ere long we shall all sit down together at the feast1 the marriage supper of the ,lamb4 ,in a believing prospect of this1 ,i subscribe myself1 very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,f4 ,lisbon1 ,march #ca1 #aged4 ,dear ,sir1 ,i ,,owe you much love4,i wish you and yours much happiness1 and earnestly pray that you may walk together many years as heirs of the grace of life4 ,was ,i to be confined long in my present situation1 ,i should be in danger of envying my protestant friends1 who breathe in a free air1 and are taught to worship the father of spirits in spirit and in truth4 ,this ,i fear is the lot but of few here2 all is pageantry and pomp4 ,particulars perhaps ,i may send by another opportunity4 ,blessed be ,,god that ,i have seen and heard for myself4 ,it surpasseth all description4 ,this week we expect to sail3 ,i beg the continuance of both your prayers2 it will be a very great act of charity2 for indeed ,i am a poor helpless worm1 but notwithstanding1 if ,i know any thing of my heart1 willing to spend and be spent for ,,jesus4 ,he doth not forsake me on the mighty waters4,my fatherless charge are all well1 and in due time ,i hope we shall safely arrive at our desired port4,ere long ,i hope to be1 from whence ,i shall never put to sea any more4 ,o for a triumphant entrance into the blissful harbour6 ,,jesus is able to do this for us4 ,to his never-failing mercy do ,i earnestly commend you1 your brother1 and all enquiring friends1 as being1 dear ,sir1 ,your affectionate1 obliged friend1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 8happipiness0 replaced with 8happiness0 ,,letter ,,mxxxv4 ,to ,mr4 4 ,lisbon1 ,april #a1 #aged4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,by this time1 ,i suppose1 you have heard of my arrival at ,lisbon1 and are wondering what led me thither1 especially since my last informed you of my intention to go to ,georgia by way of ,new-,york4 ,this was really my design at the time of my writing2 but being afterward called by ,providence to take with me several orphan children1 ,i thought it most adviseable to go and settle them1 and my other domestic affairs1 at the ,orphan-house first1 that ,i might visit the northern parts of ,america with more ease and freedom in my own mind4,it happened that the ,success1 ,captain ,thomson1 bound for ,port-,royal1 ,south-,carolina1 7which is not very far from ,georgia7 was then almost ready to sail4,i sent for the ,owner1 and finding that the ship was to touch at ,lisbon to unload some wheat1 it occasioned a little demur2 but1 upon second thoughts1 believing it might be serviceable to me1 as a preacher and protestant1 to see something of the superstitions of the church of ,rome1 ,i took my passage1 and embarked in the ,success the #gth of ,march4 ,on the #adth we reached ,cape ,finister4 ,on the #aeth came in sight of the ,burlings2 and on the #afth anchored safe before ,bellem1 about four miles distance from ,lisbon1 the metropolis of ,portugal4 ,as ,i knew nobody there1 and had formed but an indifferent idea of the inhabitants1 from the account that had been given me of them1 ,i had purposed within myself to keep on board1 and go ashore only now and then in the day-time4 ,but ,providence so ordered it1 that a gentleman of the factory1 who had heard me himself1 and whose brother had been awakened under my ministry several years ago1 immediately1 on hearing of my arrival1 sent me an offer of his house during my stay4 ,i thankfully accepted it2 and special leave being procured for my going ashore1 ,i was carried in a chaise and pair from ,bellem to ,lisbon4 ,a new scene1 both in respect to the situation of the place1 the fashion of the buildings1 and the dress of the inhabitants1 presented itself all the way4 ,but what engaged my attention most1 was the number of crucifixes1 and little images of the ,virgin ,mary1 and of other real or reputed saints1 which were placed almost in every street1 or fixed against the walls of the houses almost at every turning1 with lamps hanging before them4 ,to these1 ,i observed the people bow as they passed along2 and near some of them stood several little companies1 singing with great earnestness4,this seemed to me very odd1 and gave me an idea of what further ecclesiastical curiosities would probably fall in my way1 if ,i should be detained here any time4 ,these expectations were quickly raised2 for1 not long after my arrival at my new lodgings1 7where ,i was received and entertained with great gentility1 hospitality and friendliness7 upon looking out of the window1 ,i saw a company of priests and friars bearing lighted wax tapers1 and attended by various sorts of people1 some of which had bags and baskets of victuals in their hands1 and others carried provisions upon their shoulders on sticks between two4 ,after these1 followed a mixed multitude1 singing with a very audible voice1 and addressing the ,virgin ,mary in their usual strain1 8,ora pro nobis40 ,in this manner they proceeded to the prison1 where all was deposited for the use of the poor persons confined therein4 ,but a far more pompous procession of the like nature 7as a stander-by informed me7 passed by a few days before4 ,in this there were near three hundred ,franciscan friars1 many of which 7besides porters hired for the purpose7 were loaded with a variety of food2 and those who bore no burden1 carried either ladles or spoons in their hands4 ,sights of this nature being quite a novelty to me1 ,i was fond of attending as many of them as ,i could4 ,two things concurred to make them more frequent at this juncture1the season of ,lent1and an excessive drought1 which threatened the total destruction of the fruits of the earth4 ,for the averting so great a judgment1 and for the imploring the much longed-for blessing of rain1 daily processions had been made from one convent or another1 for a considerable time4,one of these ,i saw3 it was looked upon as a pretty grand one1 being made up of the ,carmelite friars1 the parish priests1 and a great number of what they call the brothers of the order1 who walked two by two in divers habits1 holding a long and very large lighted wax-taper in their right hands4 ,amidst these was carried1 upon eight or ten mens shoulders1 a tall image of the ,virgin ,mary1 in a kind of man's attire2 for ,i think she had a very fine white wig on her head1 7a dress she often appears in7 and was much adorned with jewels and glittering stones4 ,at some distance from the ,lady1 under a large canopy of state1 and supported likewise by six or eight persons1 came a priest1 holding in his hand some noted relic4 ,after him1 followed several thousands of people1 joining with the friars in singing1 8,eandem cantilenam1 ,ora pro nobis10 all the way4 ,still rain was denied1 and still processions were continued4 ,at length the clouds began to gather1 and the mercury in the barometer fell very much4 ,then was brought out a wooden image1 which they say never failed4 ,it was the figure of our blessed ,,lord1 cloathed with purple robes1 and crowned with thorns4 ,i think they call him the ,,lord ,,of ,,the ,,passion4 ,upon his shoulders he bore a large cross1 under the weight of which he was represented as stooping1 till his body bent almost double4 ,he was brought from the ,le ,grass convent in very great pomp1 and placed in a large cathedral church4,being on board at that time1 ,i lost this sight2 but the subsequent evening ,i beheld the ,,seigneur fixed on an eminence in a large cathedral church1 near the altar1 surrounded with wax tapers of a prodigious size4,he was attended by many noblemen1 and thousands of spectators of all ranks and stations1 who crouded from every quarter1 and in their turns1 were admitted by the guards to come within the rails1 and perform their devotions4 ,this they expressed by kneeling1 and kissing the ,,seigneur's heel1 by putting their left and right eye to it1 and then touching it with their beads1 which a gentleman in waiting received from them1 and then returned again4 ,this scene was repeated for three days successively2 and during all this time1 the church and space before it was so thronged with carriages and people1 that there was scarce any passing4 ,the music on this occasion was extremely soft1 and the church was illuminated in a very striking manner4 ,the third day in the forenoon it rained1 and soon after the ,,seigneur was conducted home in as great splendour1 and with much greater rejoicing1 than when he was brought forth4 ,as my situation was very commodious1 ,i saw the whole2 and afterwards went and heard part of the sermon1 which was delivered before him1 in the church to which the ,,seigneur belonged4 ,the preacher was full of action2 and in some part of his discourse1 7as one who understood ,portuguese informed me7 pointing to the image1 he said1 8,now he is at rest4,he went out in justice1 but is returned in mercy40 ,and towards the conclusion1 he called upon the people to join with him in an extempore prayer4 ,this they did with great fervency1 which was expressed not only by repeating it aloud1 but by beating their breasts1 and clapping their cheeks1 and weeping heartily4,to compleat the solemnity1 immediately after the delivery of the blessing1 all on a sudden1 from the place near which the image stood1 there was heard a most soft and soothing symphony of music1 which being ended1 the assembly broke up1 and ,i returned to my lodgings2 not a little affected1 to see so many thousands led away from the simplicity of the gospel1 by such a mixture of human artifice and blind superstition1 of which indeed ,i could have formed no idea1 had ,i not been an eye witness4 ,this concern was still increased1 by what ,i heard from some of my fellow passengers1 who informed me1 that about eleven one night1 after ,i came aboard1 they not only heard a friar preaching most fervently before the ,,seigneur1 but also saw several companies of penitents brought in1 lashing and whipping themselves severely4 ,how little unlike this1 to those who cut themselves with knives and lancets1 and cried out from morning till night1 8,o ,baal1 hear us40,methinks ,i hear you say1 8,and had ,i been present1 ,i should have wished for the spirit of an ,elijah to0 ,hush1 my friend1,i am content to guess at the rest till we meet4 ,in the mean while1 let us comfort ourselves with this thought1 that there is a season approaching1 when the ,,lord ,,god of ,elijah will himself come1 and destroy this and every other species of antichrist1 by the breath of his mouth1 and the brightness of his appearing1 even by the all-conquering manifestations of his eternal ,spirit4 ,whether as men1 christians1 and protestants1 we have not more and more reason to pray night and day1 for the hastening on of that glorious and long wished-for period1 you will be better able to judge1 when ,i send you 7as ,i purpose to do1 if ,i have time7 a further account of a ,lent procession or two1 of which ,i was also a spectator4,at present ,i can only beg a continual remembrance at a throne of grace1 as being1 my dear friend1 ,yours most respectfully in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxxvi4 ,to the ,same4 ,lisbon1 ,april #c1 #aged4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,though some other business demands my attentions yet ,i must not forget the promise made you of a further account of the processions ,i saw at ,lisbon4,some of those already mentioned1 were extraordinary1 by reason of their great drought2 but that which is to be the subject of my present letter1 was an annual one3 it being customary at ,lisbon to exhibit some procession or another every ,friday in ,lent4 ,an intelligent ,protestant1 who stood near me1 was so good as to be my interpreter of the dumb shew as it passed along4,i say dumb shew3 for you must know it was chiefly made up of waxen or wooden images1 carried on mens shoulders through the streets1 intending to represent the life and death of ,st4 ,francis1 the founder of one of their religious orders4 ,they were brought out from the ,franciscan convent1 and were preceded by three persons in scarlet habits1 with baskets in their hands1 in which they received the alms of the spectators1 for the benefit of the poor prisoners4 ,after these1 came two little boys in party-coloured cloaths1 with wings fixed on their shoulders1 in imitation of little angels4,then appeared the figure of ,st4 ,francis1 very gay and beau-like1 as he used to be before his conversion4 ,in the next1 he was introduced under conviction1 and consequently stript of his finery4 ,soon after this1 was exhibited an image of our blessed ,,lord himself1 in a purple gown1 with long black hair1 with ,st4 ,francis lying before him1 to receive his immediate orders4 ,then came the ,virgin ,mother1 7horresco referens7 with ,,christ her son at her left hand1 and ,st4 ,francis making his obeisance to both4,here1 if ,i remember aright1 he made his first appearance in his friar's habit1 with his hair cut short1 but not as yet shaved in the crown of his head4 ,after a little space1 followed a mitred ,cardinal gaudily attired1 and before him lay ,st4 ,francis almost prostrate1 in order to be confirmed in his office4 ,soon after this1 he appears quite metamorphosed into a monk1 his crown shorn1 his habit black1 and his loins girt with a knotted cord4,here he prays to our ,saviour hanging on a cross1 that the marks of the wounds in his hands1 feet1 and side1 might be impressed on the same parts of his body4 ,the prayer is granted2 blood comes from the hands1 feet1 and side2 and the saint1 with great devotion1 receives the impressions4 ,this was represented by red waxen strings1 reaching from those parts of the image to the corresponding parts of ,st4 ,francis's body4 ,upon this he begins to do wonders2 and therefore1 in a little while1 he is carried along1 as holding up a house which was just falling4 ,this miracle1 they say1 was performed 7if my information be true7 at ,madrid1 but the particulars of its history ,i have forgotten4 ,at length the father dies1 and is brought forth lying in his grave4 ,but lo6 the briars and nettles under which he lay1 are turned into fine and fragrant flowers4 ,after this he is borne along upon a bier covered with a silver pall1 and four friars lamenting over him4,he then appears for the last time1 but with an increase of power2 for he was represented as drawing tormented people out of purgatory with his knotted cord1 which1 as you may well imagine1 the poor souls catched at1 and took hold of very eagerly4 ,at length came a gorgeous friar under a splendid canopy1 bearing in his hand a piece of the holy cross4 ,after him followed two more little winged boys1 and then a long train of fat and well-flavoured ,franciscans1 with their ,calceis ,fenestratis1 as ,erasmus calls them2 and so the procession ended4 ,methinks ,i hear you say1 8,it is full time20and so say ,i3 for as the sight itself disgusted me1 so ,i am persuaded the bare narration of it1 though ever so short1 cannot be very pleasant to one who ,i know abhors every thing that savours of superstition and idolatry4 ,we will therefore take our leave of ,st4 ,francis1 whose procession was in the day time3 but ,i must tell you it is only to inform you of another of a much more awful and shocking nature1 which ,i saw afterwards at night4 ,about ten o'clock1 being deeply engaged in conversation with my kind host1 in came an ,englishman1 and told me in all haste1 that he had seen a train of near two hundred penitents passing along1 and that in all probability ,i might be gratified with the same sight1 if ,i hastened to a place whither he would conduct me4 ,i very readily obeyed the summons1 and1 as curiosity quickened my pace1 we soon came up with some of those poor creatures1 who were then making a halt1 and kneeling in the street1 whilst a friar from a high cross1 with an image of our ,,lord crucified in his hand1 was preaching to them and the populace with great vehemence4 ,sermon being ended1 the penitents went forwards1 and several companies followed after with their respective preaching friars at their head1 bearing crucifixes4 ,these they pointed to and brandished frequently1 and the hearers as frequently beat their breasts1 and clapped their cheeks4 ,at proper pauses they stopped and prayed1 and one of them1 more zealous than the rest1 before the ,king's palace1 sounded the word penitentia through a speaking trumpet4 ,the penitents themselves were clothed and covered all over with white linen vestments1 only holes were made for their eyes to peep out at4 ,all were bare-footed1 and all had long heavy chains fastened to their ancles1 which1 when dragged along the street1 made a dismal rattling3 but though alike in dress1 yet in other respects there was great variety amongst them4 ,for some carried great stones on their backs1 and others dead mens bones and skulls in their hands4 ,some bore large and seemingly very heavy crosses upon their shoulders1 whilst others had their arms extended quite wide1 or carried a bow full of swords with the points downwards4 ,most of them whipped and lashed themselves1 some with cords1 and others with flat bits of iron4 ,it being a moonshine night1 ,i could see them quite well2 and indeed some of them struck so hard1 that ,i perceived their backs 7left bare on purpose to be slashed7 were quite red1 and swoln very much by the violence and repetition of the blows4 ,had my dear friend been there1 he would have joined with me in saying1 that the whole scene was horrible2so horrible1 that1 being informed it was to be continued till morning1 ,i was glad to return from whence ,i came about midnight4,had you been with me1 ,i know you would have joined with me in praising and gratefully adoring the ,,lord of all lords1 for the great wonder of the reformation1 and also for that glorious deliverance wrought out for us a few years past1 in defeating the unnatural rebellion4 ,o what a mighty spirit and power from on high must ,luther1 ,calvin1 ,melancthon1 ,zuinglius1 and those glorious reformers1 be necessarily endued with1 who dared first openly to oppose and stem such a torrent of superstition and spiritual tyranny6 and what gratitude owe we to those1 who1 under ,,god1 were instrumental in saving us from the return of such spiritual slavery1 and such blind obedience to a papal power6 ,to have had a papist for our king2a papist1 if not born1 yet from his infancy nursed up at ,rome2a papist1 one of whose sons is advanced to the ecclesiastical dignity of a ,cardinal1 and both under the strongest obligations to support the interest of that church1 whose superstitions1 as well as political state principles1 they have sucked in1 and imbibed even from their infancy4 ,but1 blessed be ,,god1 the snare is broken1 and we are delivered4 ,o for protestant practices to be added to protestant principles6 ,o for an obediential acknowledgment to the ever-blessed ,,god for our repeated deliverances6 ,but alas6,pardon me1 my dear friend1 ,i stop to weep4 ,adieu4 ,i cannot enlarge1 but leaving you to guess from what source my tears flow1 ,i must hasten to subscribe myself1 my dear ,sir1 ,yours most cordially in our blessed ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,b4 ,lisbon1 ,april #i1 #aged4 ,reverend and dear ,sir1 ,,the time of our departure hence is just at hand4 ,i cannot move without sending you a few lines2 ,i remember your unmerited love1 ,i remember our affectionate parting1 and ,i trust feel the benefit of your distant prayers4 ,though called to part with what is dearer to me than life1 yet my heavenly ,father hath not left me comfortless4 ,true1 it is a silent1 but ,i hope an instructive period of life4 ,one must be all eye and ear at ,lisbon3and indeed1 ,i would not but have seen and heard what hath passed here1 since our arrival1 upon any account4 ,it surpasseth all description4 ,surely ,england1 and ,english privileges civil and religious1 will be dearer to me than ever4 ,the preachers here have also taught me something2 their action is graceful4 ,vividi oculi1vivid manus1omnia vivida4 ,surely our ,english preachers would do well1 to be a little more fervent in their address4 ,they have truth on their side1 why should superstition and falshood run away with all that is pathetic and affecting8 ,but my dear friend needs not this note4 ,blessed be ,,god for making you fervent in spirit4 ,go on1 my dear ,sir1 in the name and strength of ,,jesus4 ,sequar1 etsi non passibus quis4,nil desperandum ,christo duce4 ,pray remember me to all that love him1 and are so kind as to enquire after a worthless worm for his great name's sake4 ,it will be an act of the greatest charity to intercede in my behalf4 ,alas6 alas6 ,i am a dwarf indeed4 ,my dear ,sir1 pray that ,i may grow1 ,i cannot bear to live at this dying rate4 ,i want to be a flame of fire4 ,that this may be your happy lot1 is and shall be1 through ,,christ strengthening me1 the earnest request of1 my very dear ,sir1 ,your most unworthy1 though affectionate friend1 brother1 and fellow-labourer in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxxviii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,g4 ,lisbon1 ,april #i1 #aged4 ,dear ,madam1 ,i ,,hope this will find you more than happy1 in the enjoyment of ,him1 whose death and passion many at this season are peculiarly called upon to remember1 and be thankful for4 ,vast are the outward preparations made here4 ,altars upon altars are erecting4 ,penitents upon penitents are walking and lashing themselves3 but what ,i want to have erected and adorned1 is an altar in my heart1 and the blows and lashes ,i desire to feel1 are the crucifixion and mortification of the old man and its deeds4 ,without this1 all is mere parade4 ,,god be praised for opening your eyes1 and teaching you the holy art of worshipping him in spirit and in truth4 ,is it not a glorious privilege8 ,would you lose it for ten thousand worlds8 ,blessed be ,,god1 it is in safe hands6 ,the life of a believer is a hidden life2 a life hid with ,,christ in ,,god4 ,may the ,author and ,finisher thereof1 cause it to open and be displayed more and more every hour and every moment in your heart6 ,thus prays1 dear ,madam1 ,your most obliged and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxxxix4 ,to ,mr4 ,h4 ,lisbon1 ,april #aj1 #aged4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,still ,i am here1 surrounded with every thing1 in an ecclesiastical way1 that can offend a mind which desires to worship the ,,lord ,,jesus in outward as well as inward simplicity4 ,to-morrow is what they call ,holy ,thursday4 ,may ,i be as solicitous to have my heart illuminated by the spirit of ,,god1 as the people here are to illuminate their churches and altars4 ,the pageantry is indeed incredible4 ,though we have been detained longer than expectation1 yet ,i trust what ,i have seen and heard1 will do me service in the future part of my life4 ,was ,i returning to1 as ,i am going from ,england1 and had ,i a proper companion1 ,i would make a tour to ,leghorn1 ,genoa1 ,rome1 c4 and so to ,marseilles4 ,what instruction would such a mind as yours gather from such various scenes8 ,o that ,i may be like a busy bee1 and suck some honey even from superstitious flowers6 ,i do not wonder now1 whence the illuminations1 dressing of altars1 and those other things which ,i have lately mentioned in a public manner on another occasion1 took their birth4 ,it is all in imitation of what is daily practised abroad4 ,may the ,,lord ,,jesus crush the cockatrice in its egg1 and prevent its growing any bigger6 ,i write this from a merchant's house1 who sent for me from on board4 ,thus our ,,lord provides for those that are employed for him4 ,help me to praise him4 ,my fatherless charge are all well4 ,in a day or two we expect to sail4 ,my most cordial respects attend your mother1 and all your dear relations4 ,continue to pray for me1 and thereby add to the obligations already conferred on1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxl4 ,lisbon1 ,april #ab1 #aged4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,providence still detains us at ,lisbon1 and therefore ,i know you will be enquiring what more news from thence8,truly1 as extraordinary as everfor ,i have now seen the solemnities of an ,holy-,thursday1 which is a very high day in this metropolis1 and particularly remarkable for the grand illuminations of the churches1 and the king's washing twelve poor men's feet4,through the interest of a friend1 ,i got admittance into the gallery where the ceremony was performed4 ,it was large1 and hung with tapestry2 one piece of which represented the humble ,,jesus washing the feet of his disciples4,before this1 upon a small eminence1 sat twelve men in black4 ,at the upper end1 and in several other parts of the gallery1 were side-boards of large gold and silver basons and ewers most curiously wrought2 and near these a large table covered with a variety of dishes1 all cold1 set off and garnished after the ,portuguese fashion4 ,public high mass being over1 his majesty came in attended with his nobles1 who seemed to me to look like so many ,roman senators4 ,the act of washing the feet1 ,i did not get in time enough to see2 but that being ended1 several of the young noblemen served up the dishes to the king's brother and uncles2 these again handed them to his majesty1 who gave 7,i think7 twelve of them in all to each poor man4 ,every thing was carried on with a great deal of decency and good humour4 ,the young noblemen served very chearfully1 their seniors looked quite pleased1 and the king and his royal relations behaved in a very polite1 easy manner1upon the whole1 though as you may easily guess it was not an exact copy of the tapestry1 yet1 as the poor mens cloaths and food1 when sold1 came to about ten moidores2 and as there was little mixture of superstition in it1 ,i cannot say but ,i was as well pleased with my morning's entertainment as with any thing ,i had seen since my arrival4,i believe the whole took up near two hours4 ,after dinner we went to see the churches2 but the magnificence and sumptuousness of the furniture1 cannot well be expressed4,many of them were hung on the occasion with purple damask trimmed with gold4,in one of them there was a solid silver altar of several yards circumference1 and near twelve steps high3 and in another a gold one1 still more magnificent1 of about the same dimensions4,its basis was studded with many precious stones1 and near the top were placed silver images1 in representation of angels4 ,each step was filled with large silver candlesticks1 with wax-tapers in them1 which going up by a regular ascent1 'till they formed themselves into a pyramid1 made a most glittering and splendid blaze4,the great altars also of the other churches were illuminated most profusely1 and silver pots of artificial flowers1 with a large wax-taper between each1 were fixed all round several of them4,between these1 were large paintings in black and white1 representing the different parts of our ,saviour's passion4 ,and1 in short1 all was so magnificently1 so superstitiously grand1 that ,i am persuaded several thousands of pounds would not defray the expences of this one day4 ,go which way you would1 nothing was to be seen but illuminations within1 and hurry without4,for all persons1 princes and crowned heads themselves not excepted1 are obliged on this day to visit seven churches or altars1 in imitation1 as is supposed1 of our ,,lord's being hurried from one tribunal to another1 before he was condemned to be hung upon the cross4,i saw the queen pass by in great state to visit three of them4 ,velvet cushions were carried before her ,majesty1 and boards laid along the streets for herself and retinue to walk upon4 ,guards attended before and behind1 and thousands of spectators stood on each side to gaze at them as they passed along4 ,being desirous of seeing the manner of their entrance1 we got into the last church before they came4 ,it was that of ,st4 ,domingo1 where was the gold altar before mentioned1 and at which her ,majesty and train knelt about a quarter of an hour4,all the while1 the ,dominican friars sung most surprisingly sweet4 ,but as ,i stood near the altar1 over against the great door1 ,i must confess my very inmost soul was struck with a secret horror1 when1 upon looking up1 ,i saw over the front of the great window of the church1 the heads of many hundred ,jews1 painted on canvas1 who had been condemned by what they call the ,holy ,inquisition1 and carried out from that church to be burnt4,strange way this1 of compelling people to come in6 ,such was not thy method1 ,o meek and compassionate ,lamb of ,,god6 ,thou camest not to destroy mens lives1 but to save them4,but bigotry is as cruel as the grave4,it knows no remorse4,from all its bitter and dire effects1 good ,,lord deliver us6,but to return to the ,queen4 ,having performed her devotions1 she departed and went in a coach of state1 ,i believe1 directly from the church to her palace1 and without doubt sufficiently fatigued3 for1 besides walking through the streets to the several churches1 her ,majesty also1 and the princesses1 had been engaged in waiting upon1 and washing the feet of twelve poor women1 in as public a manner as the king4 ,in our walk home1 we met his ,majesty with his brother and two uncles1 attended only with a few noblemen in black velvet1 and a few guards without halberts4 ,i suppose he was returning from his last church1 and1 as one may well imagine1 equally fatigued with his royal consort and daughters4,when church and state thus combine to be nursing fathers and nursing mothers to superstition1 is it any wonder that its credit and influence is so diffusive among the populace8,o ,britain6 ,britain6 hast thou but zeal proportionable to thy knowledge1 and inward purity adequate to the simplicity of thy external worship1 in what a happy and god-like situation wouldst thou be6 ,here ,i could weep again4,again ,i leave you to guess the cause2 and if ,i can send you one more letter of a like nature1 before we leave this place1 it is all you must expect from1 my dear friend1 ,your's most assuredly in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 8magnifience0 replaced with 8magnificence0 ,,letter ,,mxli4 ,to ,mr4 4 ,lisbon1 ,april #ab1 #agee4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,after the news already sent you1 ,i thought our ,lisbon correspondence would entirely have been put a stop to2 for upon returning to my lodgings1 7as weary ,i believe as others that had been running from church to church all day7 word was sent me1 that our ship would certainly sail the next morning4 ,this news1 ,i own1 was not altogether agreeable to me1 because ,i wanted to see the conclusion of the ,lent solemnities4 ,however1 ,i made ready2 and having dispatched my private affairs the over-night1 was conducted very early in the morning1 by my kind host1 down to ,bellem1 where the ship lay4 ,we parted4 ,the wind promised to be fair2 but dying away1 ,i very eagerly went ashore once more4 ,but how was the scene changed6 ,before1 all used to be noise and hurry2now1 all was hushed and shut up in the most awful and profound silence4 ,no clock or bell had been heard since yesterday noon1 and scarce a person was to be seen in the street all the way to ,lisbon4 ,about two in the afternoon we got to the place1 where 7,i had heard some days ago7 an extraordinary scene was to be exhibited4 ,can you guess what it was8,perhaps not4 ,why then ,i will tell you4 8,it was the crucifixion of the ,son of ,,god1 represented partly by dumb images1 and partly by living persons1 in a large church belonging to the convent of ,st4 ,de ,beato40 ,several thousands crouded into it2 some of whom1 as ,i was told1 had been waiting there from even six in the morning4,through the kind interposition and assistance of a protestant or two1 ,i was not only admitted into the church1 but was very commodiously situated to view the whole performance4 ,we had not waited long before the curtain was drawn up4 ,immediately1 upon a high scaffold hung in the front with black bays1 and behind with silk purple damask laced with gold1 was exhibited to our view an image of the ,,lord ,,jesus at full length1 crowned with thorns1 and nailed on a cross between two figures of like dimensions1 representing the two thieves4 ,at a little distance on the right hand1 was placed an image of the virgin ,mary1 in plain long ruffles1 and a kind of widow-weeds4 ,her veil was purple silk1 and she had a wire glory round her head4,at the foot of the cross lay1 in a mournful pensive posture1 a living man1 dressed in woman's cloaths1 who personated ,mary ,magdalen2 and not far off stood a young man1 in imitation of the beloved disciple4,he was dressed in a loose green silk vesture1 and bob-wig4,his eyes were fixed on the cross1 and his two hands a little extended4 ,on each side1 near the front of the stage1 stood two centinels in buff1 with formidable caps and long beards2 and directly in the front stood another yet more formidable1 with a large target in his hand4 ,we may suppose him to be the ,roman centurion4 ,to compleat the scene1 from behind the purple hangings came out about twenty little purple-vested winged boys1 two by two1 each bearing a lighted wax-taper in his hand1 and a crimson and gold cap on his head4,at their entrance upon the stage1 they gently bowed their heads to the spectators1 then kneeled and made obeisance1 first to the image on the cross1 and then to that of the virgin ,mary4,when risen1 they bowed to each other1 and then took their respective places over-against one another1 on steps assigned for them at the front of the stage4 ,opposite to this1 at a few yards distance1 stood a black friar in a pulpit hung in mourning4 ,for a while he paused1 and then1 breaking silence1 gradually lifted up his voice 'till it was extended to a pretty high pitch1 though ,i think scarce high enough for so large an auditory4 ,after he had proceeded in his discourse about a quarter of an hour1 a confused noise was heard near the front great door2 upon turning my head1 ,i saw four long-bearded men1 two of which carried a ladder on their shoulders1 and after them followed two more with large gilt dishes in their hands1 full of linen1 spices1 c4 ,these 7as ,i imagined7 were the representatives of ,nicodemus and ,joseph of ,arimathea4 ,on a signal given from the pulpit1 they advanced towards the steps of the scaffold4 ,but upon their very first attempting to mount it1 at the watchful centurion's nod1 the observant soldiers made a pass at them1 and presented the points of their javelins directly to their breasts4 ,they are repulsed4 ,upon this a letter from ,pilate is produced4 ,the centurion reads it1 shakes his head1 and with looks that bespoke a forced compliance1 beckons to the centinels to withdraw their arms4 ,leave being thus obtained1 they ascend2 and having paid their homage1 by kneeling first to the image on the cross1 and then to the virgin ,mary1 they retired to the back of the stage4 ,still the preacher continued declaiming1 or rather 7as was said7 explaining the mournful scene4 ,magdalen persists in wringing her hands1 and variously expressing her personated sorrow2 whilst ,john 7seemingly regardless of all besides7 stood gazing on the crucified figure4 ,by this time it was near three o'clock1 and therefore proper for the scene to begin to close4 ,the ladders are ascended1 the superscription and crown of thorns taken off1 long white rollers put round the arms of the image1 and then the nails knocked out which fastened the hands and feet4 ,here ,mary ,magdalen looks most languishing1 and ,john1 if possible1 stands more thunder-struck than before4,the orator lifts up his voice1 and almost all the hearers expressed concern by weeping1 beating their breasts1 and smiting their cheeks4,at length the body is gently let down4 ,magdalen eyes it1 and1 gradually rising1 receives the feet into her wide-spread handkerchief2 whilst ,john 7who hitherto stood motionless like a statue7 as the body came nearer the ground1 with an eagerness that bespoke the intense affection of a sympathizing friend1 runs towards the cross1 seizes the upper part of it into his clasping arms1 and1 with his disguised fellow-mourner1 helps to bear it away4 ,and here the play should end1 was ,i not afraid you would be angry with me1 if ,i did not give you an account of the last act1 by telling you what became of the corpse after it was taken down4 ,great preparations were made for its interment4 ,it was wrapped in linen and spices1 c4 and being laid upon a bier richly hung1 was afterwards carried round the church-yard in grand procession4 ,the image of the virgin ,mary was chief mourner1 and ,john and ,magdalen1 with a whole troop of friars with wax-tapers in their hands1 followed after4 ,determined to see the whole1 ,i waited its return1 and in about a quarter of an hour the corps was brought in1 and deposited in an open sepulchre prepared for the purpose2 but not before a priest1 accompanied by several of the same order in splendid vestments1 had perfumed it with incense1 sung to and kneeled before it4 ,john and ,magdalen attended the obsequies2 but the image of the virgin ,mary was carried away and placed upon the front of the stage1 in order to be kissed1 adored1 and worshipped by the people4,this ,i saw them do with the utmost eagerness and reverence4 ,and thus ended this ,good ,friday's tragi-comical1 superstitious1 idolatrous farce4 ,a farce1 which whilst ,i saw1 as well as now whilst ,i am describing it1 excited in me an high indignation4,surely1 thought ,i1 whilst attending on such a scene of mock devotion1 if ever1 now is the dear ,,lord ,,jesus crucified afresh2 and ,i could then1 and even now1 think of no other plea for the poor beguiled devotees1 than that which suffering innocence put up himself for his enemies1 when actually hanging upon the cross1 8,father1 forgive them1 for they know not what they do40 ,there was but one thing wanting to raise one's resentment to the highest pitch1 and that was1 for one of the soldiers to have pierced the side of the image upon the cross4 ,this in all probability you have heard hath actually been done in other places1 and with a little more art1 might1 ,i think1 have been performed here4 ,doubtless it would have afforded the preacher as good1 if not a better opportunity of working upon the passions of his auditory1 than the taking down the superscription and crown of thorns1 and wiping the head with a blooded cloth1 and afterwards exposing it to the view of the people2 all which ,i saw done before the body was let down4,but alas6 my dear friend1 how mean is that eloquence1 and how entirely destitute of the demonstration of the spirit1 and of a divine power1 must that oratory necessarily be1 that stands in need of such a train of superstitious pageantry to render it impressive6,think you1 my dear friend1 that the apostle ,paul used or needed any such artifices to excite the passions of the people of ,galatia1 amongst whom1 as he himself informs us1 8,,jesus ,,christ was crucified1 and evidently set forth80,but thus it is1 and thus it will be1 when simplicity and spirituality are banished from our religious offices1 and artifice and idolatry seated in their room4,i am well aware that the ,romanists deny the charge of idolatry2 but after having seen what ,i have seen this day1 as well as at sundry other times since my arrival here1 ,i cannot help thinking but a person must be capable of making more than metaphysical distinctions1 and deal in very abstract ideas indeed1 fairly to evade the charge4,if weighed in the balance of the sanctuary1 ,i am positive the scale must turn on the protestant side4,but such a balance these poor people are not permitted to make use of6 ,doth not your heart bleed for them8 ,mine doth ,i am sure1 and ,i believe would do so more and more1 was ,i to stay longer1 and see what they call their ,hallelujah1 and grand devotions on ,easter-day4,but that scene is denied me4,the wind is fair1 and ,i must away4,follow me with your prayers1 and believe me to be1 my dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately1 in our common ,redeemer1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxlii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,d4 ,on board the ,success1 ,may #aj1 #aged4 ,my dear sister in ,,christ1 ,,it really hath given me much concern since ,i have been on the mighty waters1 that it was not in my power to write to you more frequently when on shore4 ,i therefore send you a few lines from the great deep1 which ,i hope will find you magnifying the ,,lord1 and rejoicing in ,,god your ,saviour4 ,for his great name's sake1 ,i am once more going to ,georgia1 and after a short tour through some parts of ,america1 ,i hope to see my native country1 and begin to begin to ramble after poor sinners again4 ,in our way we touched at ,lisbon1 which ,i hope hath been blessed to me1 so far as to make me prize protestant liberty and simplicity more than ever4 ,fain would ,i be one of ,,christ's bees1 and learn to extract honey from every flower4 ,but alas6 ,i am a drone1 and deserve to be stung out of ,,god's hive4 ,but he is gracious and long suffering4 ,o eternity6 ,how do ,i long to praise my ,,god there6 ,we are within a few hundred miles of our earthly1 but when ,i shall arrive at my heavenly port ,,god only knows4 ,strange6 that ,i should be kept out at sea so long4 ,i am now near forty4 ,father1 thy will be done6 ,only vouchsafe to employ me1 and then,i can no more4 ,the ,redeemer is pleased to fill my soul4 ,help me to cry ,grace6 ,grace6 and believe me to be1 ,your most assured friend1 and ready servant1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxliii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,s4 ,on board the ,success1 ,may #ab1 #aged4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,s1 ,i ,,fully purposed to have written to you from ,lisbon1 but was so taken up in seeing the ecclesiastical curiosities of the place1 and was so suddenly called away1 that rendered it impracticable4,however1 that ,i may not be disappointed again1 ,i sit down to write you a few lines1 though about eight hundred miles off shore4 ,may they find you as to spirituals1 in the same situation as is our ship in a natural respect1 gently1 sweetly gliding towards your heavenly harbour1 under a pleasant gale of divine influence4 ,or1 ,if rough and stormy be your way1 ,fear not ,only to ,,jesus cry1 and say1 ,be strength proportion'd to my day4 ,you will find him a kind and faithful ,saviour4 ,whom he loves1 he loves to the end4 ,he hath already delivered you out of the paw of the bear and of the lion1 and he will also deliver out of the hand of every remaining ,goliah4 ,courage1 then1 my dear ,mrs4 ,s1 courage4 ,the crown is before you1 and ere long ,,jesus will put it on your head4 ,i hope all your houshold1 as well as yourself1 have this in full view4 ,it glitters1 though at this distance4 ,o how bright and radiant6 ,purchased at how dear a rate6 ,it is worth striving for4 ,the ,,lord help you all to strive so as to obtain4 ,so wishes and prays1 dear ,mrs4 ,s1 ,your assured friend and servant1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxliv4 ,to ,mr4 ,h4 ,on board the ,success1 ,may #be1 #aged4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,h1 ,,just now1 through the tender mercies of a never-failing ,,god1 we saw the ,american shore1 and are within a few miles of our desired port4 ,the wind being contrary1 we cannot enter it2 ,i will therefore employ a few minutes in answering your last kind letter4 ,it was full of christian love1 and bespoke a heart deeply engaged for the success of the gospel in ,gloucestershire4 ,i hope it runs and is glorified1 and trust ere now you find that the blessed ,redeemer stands in no need of such a wretch as ,i am4 ,fear not1 our ,,lord will never want instruments to carry on his work4,a heavenly fire is lighted in ,england1 which men and devils shall never be able to extinguish4 ,i pray for its spreading night and day2 receive this as a token that none of you are forgotten by me before the ,,lord4 ,i believe we have fared the better for your prayers4 ,our passage hath been pleasant1 and assure yourselves1 ,i shall make all possible dispatch in order to return unto you4 ,o that it may be in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of ,,christ4 ,pray remember me to ,mr4 ,r ,c1 to your wife1 and all those dear souls1 amongst whom1 when last in ,gloucestershire1 ,,god gave us a heaven upon earth4 ,o for a heaven in heaven6 ,blessed be ,,god1 that port is in view4 ,from thence we shall never put to sea any more4 ,adieu4 ,i cannot enlarge4 ,continue to pray for me1 as a poor travelling pilgrim1 but1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,yours most affectionately1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxlv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,beaufort1 ,port-,royal ,island1 ,south-,carolina1 ,may #bf1 #aged4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,through the divine goodness1 we are just now sailing into our harbour1 after having been six weeks from ,lisbon4,providentially a ship goes out to-morrow for ,cowes2 ,i cannot omit the opportunity of sending you a few friendly lines4 ,they come from a friend1 and leave him leaning on ,him who hath promised never to forsake those that put their trust in him4 ,our passage hath been very easy1 only our entrance into the harbour 7like our last struggle before we enter heaven7 hath been somewhat troublesome4 ,may the ,,lord of all ,lords give you1 and yours1 and all my never to be forgotten ,yorkshire friends1 an abundant entrance there6 ,i must not think of you too much2 parting seasons would come too fresh in my mind4,o blessed season1 when we shall part no more6 ,adieu1 adieu4 ,i hope to write soon again4 ,my orphan-charge are all quite well1 and ,i hope in a few days to see them safe at ,georgia4 ,i know whose company would be acceptable to all there2 but1,father thy will be done6 ,i can no more4 ,accept this as a token of love unfeigned1 from1 my dear friend1 ,yours for ever and ever1 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxlvi4 ,charles-,town1 ,july #aj1 #aged4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,since ,i left ,bethesda1 ,i have been out two nights by land1 and one by water1 and though wearied1 am preserved in as good health as can in any wise be expected4 ,to-morrow or ,monday1 ,i expect to embark again for ,new-,york4 ,the prospect of being ere long at the new ,jerusalem1 makes all things easy4 ,i thank you for your kind letter1 and for regarding my tears4 ,they speak better than words4 ,,jesus knows they were shed for him1 and for the welfare of that institution which has lain so many years upon my poor heart4 ,have a little patience1 and you will find more and more1 that your coming over the water was of ,,god4 ,i wish it was in my power to make every thing more than agreeable2 our common ,,lord ,i trust will do it himself4 ,this is my heart's desire1 and shall be my constant prayer night and day4 ,you will see what ,i have sent by this opportunity4 ,whatever of the linen or woollen stuff you would have made up for the children1 may be sent by those who bring this2 and what you want done in this way1 only let ,mrs4 ,b have a line1 and orders will be readily executed4 ,thus ,,god raises up friends4 ,the ,,lord be with you all4 ,help me to praise him1 and continue to pray for1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your unworthy friend1 and ready servant1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxlvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,h4 ,charles-,town1 ,july #ab1 #aged4 ,very dear ,sir1 ,,though ,i hear that ,captain ,thompson does not sail1 these three weeks1 yet as ,i am bound for the northward1 ,i cannot help leaving a few grateful lines behind me4 ,may they find you leaning on the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus1 and determined through his strength steadily to pursue that one thing needful1 which shall never be taken from you6 ,my prayers are continually ascending in your behalf2they are your due2 ,i owe you1 and shall owe you much love as long as ,i live4 ,by this ,i send you most grateful acknowledgments for all favours1they are many1 but all noted in my ,master's book4 ,how are my obligations to love and serve him increased6 ,he gave us a pleasant passage1 and ,i trust hath blessed my ministry to some souls since my arrival1 and also hath given me to leave my orphan-charge in comfortable circumstances2 the family now consists of above an hundred4 ,he that fed the multitude in the wilderness1 can and will feed the orphans in ,georgia4 ,your letters ,i delivered1 and ,i suppose you will receive proper answers4,but ,i find ,mr4 ,h doth not trade at ,lisbon1 and ,mr4 ,hm is about to leave off business and retire4 ,happy they who can do this1 and at the same time that they retire from the world1 retire into ,,god4 ,his presence is all in all4 ,that you may be blessed with a plentiful portion of it here1 and be admitted to an infinitely greater participation of it hereafter1 is the earnest prayer of1 very dear ,sir1 ,your most obliged friend1 and ready servant1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxlviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,c ,w4 ,on board the ,deborah1 ,july #bj1 #aged4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,i ,,do not forget my promise1 though hurrying from place to place1 and settling my orphan-charge1 hath almost put it out of my power to perform it3 however1 ,i am now once more on the great deep in my way to ,new-,york2 accept a few lines as a token that you are not forgotten by me4 ,i wrote to you from ,lisbon4 ,from thence we had a pleasant passage to ,carolina1 and since that ,i found and left my orphan family comfortably settled at ,georgia4 ,the colony1 as well as ,bethesda1 is now in a thriving situation4 ,black and white persons ,i have now a hundred and six to provide for4 ,the ,,god whom ,i desire to serve1 will enable me to do it for his great name's sake4 ,at ,charles-,town1 and in other parts of ,carolina1 my poor labours have met with the usual acceptance1 and ,i have reason to hope a clergyman hath been brought under very serious impressions4 ,not unto me1 ,o ,,lord1 not unto me1 but unto thy free grace be all the glory6 ,what will befal me at the northward1 ,i know not2 this ,i know1 that ,,jesus ,,christ will suffer nothing to pluck me out of his hands4 ,my health is wonderfully preserved4,my wonted vomitings have left me1 and though ,i ride whole nights1 and have been frequently exposed to great thunders1 violent lightnings1 and heavy rains1 yet ,i am rather better than usual1 and as far as ,i can judge1 am not yet to die4 ,o that ,i may at length learn to begin to live4 ,i am ashamed of my sloth and lukewarmness1 and long to be on the stretch for ,,god4 ,i hope this will find you thus employed4 ,my cordial love awaits your whole self1 your brother1 ,mr4 ,b1 and in short all the followers of the blessed ,lamb of ,,god4 ,though unworthy of their notice1 ,i earnestly intreat a continued interest in their prayers1 as being1 my very dear ,sir1 ,their and your affectionate friend1 and ready servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxlix4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,on board the ,deborah1 ,july #bj1 #aged4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,,this leaves me on my way towards ,new-,york4 ,accept this as a token1 that change of climate doth not cause a change of affection4 ,no1 you and my other dear ,edinburgh friends are still upon my heart1 and ,i trust will remain fixed there1 till we meet to join the singing choir that is about the throne4 ,i hope you have an earnest and anticipation of this1 every ,monday evening4 ,i hope you enjoy a feeling possession of your ,,god1 every day and every hour4 ,this will make the most barren wilderness to smile1 and support you under the most distressing circumstances4 ,it is this that supports me by land and by water4 ,without it1 what could such a poor1 weak1 faint-hearted pilgrim do8 ,verily ,i should faint4,but as yet ,i cannot die4 ,in spite of thunder1 lightning1 rain1 and heat1 ,,god is pleased to hold my soul in life1 and to let me see his glorious work prosper in my unworthy hands4 ,georgia and ,bethesda ,i found in a thriving way4 ,my family consists of a hundred and six1 and will prove ,i trust of more extensive use every day4 ,about six weeks ,i staid at ,carolina and ,georgia4 ,one is likely to be settled as minister in ,charles-,town4 ,there my poor labours have met with usual acceptance1 and ,i live in hopes of some gracious gales to the northward4 ,perhaps about ,christmas1 or early in the spring1 ,i may see my native country again4,o may ,i return grown in grace1 and in the knowledge of my ,,lord and ,saviour ,,jesus ,,christ6 ,but ,i am a dwarf4 ,pray1 pray for me4 ,accept unfeigned thanks for all favours1 remember me in the kindest manner to all inquiring friends1 and believe me to be1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,ml4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,new-,york1 ,july #bg1 #aged4 ,my very dear and steady ,friend1 ,,here will ,i set up my ,ebenezerfor hitherto the ,,lord hath helped me4 ,through his divine goodness1 ,i left ,georgia and ,bethesda in growing circumstances1 and am come once more to pay a short visit to the northward4 ,o that the ,redeemer may make it a sweet one6 ,some time next month1 perhaps ,i may have the pleasure of seeing you and yours1 and my other dear ,boston friends4 ,as ,i am entirely unprovided with travelling furniture1 ,i have thoughts of coming as far as ,rhode-island by water4 ,,god willing1 you shall have timely notice1 or it may be1 ,i may come upon you unawares4 ,strange6 that ,i should be in this dying world till now4 ,what changes have ,i seen6 ,what changes must ,i expect to see before my final departure1 if the ,redeemer is pleased to lengthen out this span of life4 ,welcome1 welcome1 my ,,lord and my ,,god1 whatever cup thou shalt see meet to put into my hands6 ,only sweeten it with thy love1 and then1 though bitter in itself1 it cannot but be salutary4 ,alas6 how little do we know of ourselves1 till we are tried1 and how hard doth the old man die6 ,well6 blessed be ,,god1 die he shall4 ,,jesus hath given him his deadly blow1 and at the best he only lives a dying life4 ,thanks be to ,,god for such a ,saviour6 ,o for a thousand tongues to shew forth his praise6 ,,lord ,,jesus1 cloath me with humility1 that ,i may every day know more and more the honour conferred upon me in being made a poor pilgrim for thee6 ,keep me travelling1 keep me working1 or at least beginning to begin to work for thee till ,i die6 ,but whither am ,i going8 ,excuse me1 my dear ,sir4,i am writing to a beloved ,gaius4 ,,god bless you and yours4,my most cordial respects await all enquiring friends4,methinks they are dearer than ever to1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mli4 ,to ,mr4 ,p4 ,new-,york1 ,july #bh1 #aged4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,once more1 the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus hath brought me hither1 and last night gave me an opportunity of recommending his dying love4 ,when ,i ascended the pulpit1 and found your place empty1 ,i was somewhat affected2 but ,i have met with so many changes in the church as well as the world1 that it is time for me to begin to learn to be surprized at nothing4 ,some time next month1 ,i hope to come as far as ,boston4 ,i know1 my dear ,sir1 that you will pray1 it may be in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of ,,christ4 ,what is to befall me ,i know not2 ,father1 into thy hands ,i commend my spirit6 ,fain would ,i be as clay in thy hands4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 when shall it once be8 ,but ,i am a stubborn1 ill and hell-deserving creature4 ,less than the least of all1 shall be my motto still4 ,amazing1that the ,redeemer should suffer such a wretch to speak or travel for him4 ,surely his name and nature is ,love4 ,o that ,i could but begin to begin to love him6 ,my obligations increase daily4 ,in ,england the word of the ,,lord runs and is glorified indeed4 ,georgia and ,bethesda ,i left in growing circumstances4 ,the orphan-family now consists of one hundred and six1 black and white4 ,a young man that hath been a student there1 succeeds ,mr4 ,s of ,charles-,town4 ,o that the ,redeemer may provide for the dear ,new-,york people6 ,the residue of the spirit is in his hands4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 make their extremity thy opportunity to help and relieve them6 ,but ,i shall weary you1 and detain you too long from more important work4 ,may the great head of divine influence bless you and yours1 and all your present flock6 ,some of them ,i know4 ,if you should see dear ,mr4 ,p or ,f1 be so good as to remember me to them1 in the most respectful manner4,i intreat their prayers for a poor but willing pilgrim1 and am1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,your most affectionate1 obliged1 though unworthy brother and servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s44 ,new-,york1 ,july #bh1 #aged4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,here our ,,lord brought me two days ago1 and last night ,i had an opportunity of preaching on his dying1 living1 ascending1 and interceding love1 to a large and attentive auditory4 ,next week ,i purpose going to ,philadelphia1 and then shall come back again here in my way to ,boston4 ,whether ,i shall then return to ,bethesda1 or embark for ,england1 is uncertain4,i fear matters will not be settled at the orphan-house1 unless ,i go once more2 ,i have put some upon their trial1 and shall want to see how they behave4 ,during my passage from ,charles-,town1 ,i left a few lines for you2 ,i thought to have written an account of ,bethesda for the press1 but could by no means get freedom4 ,,god's time is the best4 ,i owe for three of the negroes who were lately bought1 but hope to be enabled to pay for them at my return from the northward4 ,my ,,god can1 and will supply all my wants1 according to his riches in ,,jesus4 ,glory be to his great name1 he hath now taught me a little to be alone4 ,his presence keeps me company1 and ,i find it sweet to run about for him4 ,i find the door all along the continent is as open as ever1 and the way seems clearing up for the neighbouring islands4 ,what a pity is it1 that we can only be at one place at once1 for the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus4 ,had ,i a good private hand1 ,i could send you the account of my family1 c4 but perhaps ,i may deliver it to you myself4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 direct my goings in thy way6 ,i owe you much1 yea very much love2 but a pepper-corn of acknowledgment1 and my poor prayers1 is all the payment that ,i fear will be made by1 my very dear ,sir1 ,your worthless1 though most obliged1 affectionate1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mliii4 ,to ,mr4 ,g4 ,new-,york1 ,july #cj1 #aged4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,shall we once more see each other in the flesh8 ,i hope so4,to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 ,i preach at ,newark2 on ,wednesday1 two in the afternoon1 at ,new-,brunswick2 and hope to reach ,trent-,town that night4 ,could you not meet me there quietly1 that we might spend one evening together8 ,you must bring a chair2,i have no horse1 and will then once more venture your throwing me down4 ,mr4 ,v passes me from hence to ,brunswick1 and ,mr4 ,s to ,trent-,town4 ,if you cannot come1 ,i will get ,mr4 ,s to carry me on till we meet you4 ,o that the ,,lord ,,jesus may smile on my feeble labours4 ,here ,i trust he hath given us a blessing4 ,yesterday ,i preached thrice3 this morning ,i feel it4 ,welcome weariness for ,,jesus6 ,o how little can ,i do for him6 ,i blush and am confounded4 ,pray heartily for me2 and if business will permit1 come away to1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mliv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r4 ,philadelphia1 ,august #g1 #aged4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,r1 ,i ,,once thought to write you a long letter1 but it pleased ,,god to cut off my strength in my journey4 ,yesterday ,i was taken with a violent cholera morbus1 and hoped ere now to have been where the inhabitants shall no more say1 8,i am sick40 ,but ,i am brought back again4 ,may it be in order to bring some more precious souls to the ever-blessed ,,jesus6 ,this is all my desire4 ,o that ,,god should ever make use of such a worthless creature as ,i am6 ,but his grace is free1 he yet blesses me1 and rather more than ever4 ,my poor labours1 seem to be owned here1 as well as at ,new-,york4 ,i received the sacrament at church on ,sunday1 and have preached in the academy2 but ,i find ,mr4 ,tennent's house abundantly more commodious4 ,i fear it will be impossible for me to come your way4 ,this is the believer's comfort1 all ,,god's people shall meet in heaven4 ,there ,i hope to see you and yours4 ,accept hearty love1 and fail not to pray for1 my dear ,mr4 ,r1 ,yours most affectionately1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlv4 ,to ,mr4 ,v4 ,philadelphia1 ,august #ae1 #aged4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,v1 ,,once more1 after having my cables out ready 7as ,i thought7 to cast anchor within the port1 ,i am constrained to put out to sea again4 ,my late sickness1 though violent1 hath not been unto death4 ,o that it may be to the glory of ,,god6 ,with some difficulty ,i can preach once a-day4 ,congregations rather increase than decrease2 and many1 ,o strange6 are desirous of my making a longer stay4 ,but the time is fixed for next ,tuesday1 and all the following days till ,sunday1 are to be employed between this and ,new-,brunswick4 ,there ,i am informed some execution was done4 ,whilst ,i live1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 grant ,i may not live in vain4 ,i could enlarge1 but really am so faint1 that ,i have been obliged to stop1 and can now with difficulty subscribe myself1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,e4 ,philadelphia1 ,august #ag1 #aged4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,e1 ,i ,,hope this will find you fairly thrust out into the highways and hedges1 and under a divine commission to compel many poor sinners to come in4 ,fear not4 ,,jesus will take care of body and soul4 ,fix on his work thy stedfast eye1 ,so shall thy work be done4 ,was you on this side the water1 you would find work enough4 ,here's a glorious range in the ,american woods4 ,it is pleasant hunting for sinners4 ,thousands flock daily to hear the word preached4 ,let us pray for each other4 ,when we meet1 we may talk more together4 ,in the mean while1 ,i recommend you to the unerring guidance and protection of the great ,shepherd and ,bishop of souls1 as being1 for his great name's sake1 my dear friend1 ,yours affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlvii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,s4 ,new-,york1 ,sept4 #b1 #aged4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,s1 ,i ,,am much1 yea very much indebted to you for your works of faith1 and the labours which1 ,i believe1 have proceeded from unfeigned love to the ever-loving and ever-lovely ,,jesus4 ,put all to his account4 ,you shall be rewarded at the resurrection of the just3 then shall the righteous shine forth like the sun1 ,o happy1 happy time6 ,,lord ,,jesus1 hasten it6 ,may the blessed ,spirit prepare us to meet him6 ,methinks ,i hear you say1 8,i will not lose a moment40 ,the ,,lord strengthen you in this and every holy resolution6 ,you must pray that ,i may not flag in the latter stages of my road4 ,blessed be ,,god1 we had good seasons between ,philadelphia and ,new-,york4 ,in the ,new-,jerusalem more glorious seasons await us yet4 ,at present ,i can no more4 ,be pleased to remember me in the kindest manner to all1 and believe me to be1 dear ,mr4 ,s1 ,your assured friend1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlviii4 ,new-,york1 ,september #b1 #aged4 ,my dear ,doctor1 ,,may this find you rejoicing in the holy comforts of that infinitely great and gracious physician1 to whose all-powerful blood and righteousness1 you and ,i are so much beholden6 ,surely he hath been loving unto us4 ,o that we may recover our first love1 and return and do our first work6 ,,jesus is able and willing to do this for us4 ,the return of backsliders1 and forgiving those who cannot forgive themselves1 is his heart's delight4 ,he spares when we deserve punishment1 and in his wrath thinketh upon mercy4 ,fly then1 my dear friend1 to his loving arms and heart2 he waits to be gracious4 ,let us wait on him in the way of duty1 and we shall find that his arm is not shortened1 but that he is still able and willing to save to the uttermost all that come to the ,father through him4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 who can tell how far thy uttermost extendeth6 ,none but thy own eternal ,self3 surely it must extend to the vilest of sinners1 or it never could have reached ill and hell-deserving me6 ,help me1 my dear ,sir1 to cry ,grace6 grace6 ,we had pleasant seasons in our way hither1 and here people attend gladly4 ,some time this week ,i expect to sail for ,rhode-,island4 ,remember a poor but willing pilgrim1 and accept this as a token1 that neither you nor yours are forgotten by1 my dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlix4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,newark1 ,september #bg1 #aged4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,the searcher of hearts only knows what struggles and tossings your last letter1 as well as that of dear ,mr4 ,w1 hath occasioned in my breast4 ,affection1 intense affection cries aloud1 8,away to ,new-,england1 to dear ,new-,england directly40 ,providence1 and the circumstances of the ,southern provinces1 point directly towards ,virginia and the ,orphan-house4 ,in the former1 ,i am told1 the door is opening in earnest2 and the business of the latter requires my presence this ,winter4 ,these being dispatched1 my mind will be disburdened1 and my heart free for a large range in ,new-,england4 ,for this1 ,i hereby give you and my dear never to be forgotten friends1 a promissory note of hand4 ,deo volente1 ,i will perform it1 before ,i leave ,america4 ,i think ,i can take shipping from ,boston for ,england4 ,it will not do to go thence to the ,west-,indies1 because ,i cannot go without a companion1 and that companion 7if possible7 is to be ,captain ,g4 ,these are my present thoughts4 ,have a little patience1 and by delaying for a short time1 ,i shall enjoy more of my dear friends company3 this is what ,i want to be filled with4 ,in the mean while1 my enemies may be preparing their artillery4 ,i have nothing but a sling and a stone4 ,i trust that my determination is agreeable to the mind of ,,jesus4 ,many of his true ministers have been consulted1 earnest prayers have been made1 and ,i humbly hope the event will be glorious4 ,what a pity is it that we can have but one body and one soul to glorify the blessed ,redeemer with6 ,,lord1 accept my two worthless mites1 and help me at length to begin to begin to do something for thy great name's sake6 ,the worthy ,president1 who was to be my companion to ,boston1 will let you know how affairs go4 ,blessed be ,,god1 the shout of a king hath been amongst us4 ,i am extremely well pleased with the synod and commencement4 ,o that ,i had wings6 then would ,i fly1 if it was only just to have a sight of you and yours1 and my dear and worthy friends4,but,i must say no more4 ,pray1 pray earnestly1 my dear friend1 for him1 who is less than the least of all1 indeed and indeed1 but ,yours most affectionately1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlx4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,elizabeth-,town 7,new-,jersey71 ,september #cj1 #aged4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,a ,,little before ,i had the favour of your ,ladyship's kind letter1 ,i had written from ,new-,york4 ,since which time1 ,i trust1 through the efficacy of divine grace1 many new creatures have been formed for ,,god4 ,every where a divine power accompanies the word1 prejudices have been removed1 and a more effectual door opened than ever for preaching the everlasting gospel4 ,i am now at ,governor ,b's1 who sends your ,ladyship the most cordial respects4 ,his outward man decays1 but his inward man seems to be renewed day by day4 ,i think he ripens for heaven apace4 ,this last week was the ,new-,jersey commencement1 at which the ,president and ,trustees were pleased to present me with the degree of ,a4,m4 ,the synod succeeded4,but such a number of simple hearted1 united ministers1 ,i never saw before4 ,i preached to them several times1 and the great ,master of assemblies was in the midst of us4 ,to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 ,i shall set out with the worthy ,president for ,new-,england1 and expect to return back to the ,orphan house through ,virginia1 where the gospel ,i trust will have free course and be glorified4 ,this will be about a two thousand mile circuit2 but the ,redeemer's strength will be more than sufficient4 ,once this ,summer1 ,i thought my discharge was come2 but it seems the shattered bark must put out to sea again4 ,father1 thy will be done6 ,i hope this will find your ,ladyship safe at your beloved ,clifton1 where you may enjoy yourself and ,,god1 without the interruptions of a noisy town4 ,this is indeed heaven upon earth4 ,that you and yours may enjoy it more and more every day1 is and shall be the earnest prayer of1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most obliged1 dutiful1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,z4 ,elizabeth-,town 7,new-,jersey71 ,september #cj1 #aged4 ,very dear and honoured ,sir1 ,,just two months ago1 ,i arrived at ,new-,york from ,south-,carolina1 and ever since have been endeavouring to labour in my poor way for the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus4 ,many things have concurred1 to prove that my coming at this time was of ,,god4 ,sinners have been awakened1 and saints quickened1 and enemies made to be at peace with me4 ,grace6 grace6 ,in general1 ,i have been enabled to travel and preach twice a day4 ,every where the door hath been opened wider than ever4 ,at ,philadelphia1 ,i had a most comfortable evening with ,mr4 ,b and his collegues2 and at the ,new-,jersey commencement ,i was much refreshed with the company of a whole synod of ministers1 that1 ,i believe1 do indeed love the ,redeemer in sincerity4 ,i write this from ,governor ,b's1 who is indeed singularly good1 and whose latter end greatly increases as to spirituals4 ,o that this may be my happy lot6 ,about a month ago1 ,i thought my great change was coming1 but ,i soon was sent back to sea again4 ,to-morrow ,i steer for ,new-,england1 and from thence purpose returning to the ,orphan-house through ,virginia1 where the door for preaching ,i hear is opening wide4 ,sometimes ,i have thoughts of going to the ,west-,indies1 but fear it will not be practicable1 before ,i see ,england4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 direct and strengthen1 and then send me where thou pleasest6 ,i beg1 most earnestly beg the continuance of your prayers1 and am1 very dear1 honoured ,sir1 ,your most dutiful1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,h4 ,boston1 ,october #ac1 #aged4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,it hath given me concern1 that ,i have not been able to write one letter to ,georgia1 since my arrival at ,new-,york4 ,but it was impracticable4 ,sickness1 travelling1 and preaching prevented me4 ,however1 ,i must snatch a few minutes now4 ,they leave me at ,boston1 where as well as in other places1 the word hath run and been glorified1 and people rather more eager to hear than ever4 ,,lord1 what am ,i8 ,o that ,i could sink into nothing before thee6 ,after staying a short time1 ,i purpose1 ,,god willing1 to go through ,connecticut to ,new-,york1 and so on by land to ,georgia4 ,blessed be ,,god1 that a ,governor is at length nominated4 ,i wish you joy of your new honour1 which ,i find1 by this week's post1 is conferred upon you4 ,may the ,king of kings enable you to discharge your trust1 as becomes a good patriot1 subject1 and christian6 ,the ,,lord help us to look to the rock whence we have been hewn4 ,i wish ,i knew when the ,governor intends being at ,georgia1 ,i would willingly be there to pay my respects to him4 ,but this must be left to divine ,providence4 ,if we acknowledge ,,god in all our ways1 he hath promised to direct our paths4 ,o my dear old friend and first fellow-traveller1 my heart is engaged for your temporal and eternal welfare4 ,you have now1 ,i think1 a call to retire from business1 and to give up your time to the public4 ,may the ,,lord of all lords direct1 assist1 and bless you and yours more and more4 ,i hope ,mrs4 ,h is well3 ,i have much to say when we meet4 ,,god deals most bountifully with me4 ,enemies are made to be at peace1 and friends are every where hearty4 ,remember me in the kindest manner to all with you1 and continue to pray for ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,v4 ,boston1 ,october #ad1 #aged4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,surely my coming here was of ,,god4 ,at ,rhode-,island ,i preached five times4 ,people convened immediately1 and flocked to hear more eagerly than ever4 ,the same scene opens at ,boston4 ,thousands waited for1 and thousands attended on the word preached4 ,at the ,old ,north1 at seven in the morning1 we generally have three thousand hearers1 and many cannot come in4 ,convictions ,i hear do fasten1 and many souls are comforted4 ,doctor ,s hath engaged me once to preach his lecture4 ,the polite1 ,i hear1 are taken1 and opposition falls4 ,what art thou1 ,o mountain8 before our great ,zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain4 ,i preach at the ,old and the ,new ,north4 ,mr4 ,p and ,dr4 ,s continue to pray for me4 ,a ,governor for ,georgia being nominated1 determines my way thither4 ,o that ,i may always follow ,,god1 even a ,,god in ,,christ6 ,this week ,i set out for ,mr4 ,s's4 ,the door opens wider and wider4 ,pray tell ,mr4 ,h1 that ,i left his horse a little lame at ,long-,island1 with one who is called in contempt ,saint ,dick4 ,all hail such reproach6 ,i could enlarge1 but must away4 ,adieu4 ,my hearty love awaits your whole self1 and all who are so kind as to enquire after the chief of sinners1 but for ,,christ's sake1 my very dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxiv4 ,to ,dr4 ,s4 ,boston1 ,october #ad1 #aged4 ,my very dear ,doctor1 ,,shall ,i promise and not perform8 ,,god forbid4,accept1 therefore1 a few lines of grateful love4 ,they bring you good news4 ,at ,rhode-,island and this place1 souls fly to the gospel like doves to the windows4 ,a divine power hath hitherto accompanied the word1 and opposition seems to fall daily4 ,next week ,i purpose to go ,eastward1 and then ,i intend making as much haste as can be back to you4 ,a ,governor1 ,i find1 is appointed for ,georgia1 and my friend ,h made ,secretary4 ,those that honour ,,god1 he will honour4 ,i have preached in four large meeting-houses1 and the prospect of doing good is very promising4 ,i was received with an excess of joy4 ,,lord1 what am ,i8 ,give me humility1 for thy mercy's sake6 ,adieu4 ,remember me to all enquiring friends1 and believe me to be1 my dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,portsmouth 7,new-,hampshire71 ,october #bd1 #aged4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,about a month ago ,i wrote you a few lines from the ,new-,jersies4 ,since that ,i am advanced about three hundred miles further northward4 ,but what have ,i seen8 ,dagon falling every where before the ark2 enemies silenced1 or made to own the finger of ,,god2 and the friends of ,,jesus triumphing in his glorious conquest4 ,at ,boston a most lovely scene hath opened4 ,in the morning before seven o'clock1 though the meeting-houses will hold about four thousand1 yet many were obliged to go away1 and ,i was helped in through the window4 ,the prospect is most promising indeed4 ,in the country a like scene opens2 ,i am enabled to preach always twice1 and sometimes thrice a day4 ,thousands flock to hear1 and ,,jesus manifests forth his glory4 ,i know you will rejoice1 and join in crying ,grace6 grace6 ,i am now come to the end of my northward line1 and in a day or two purpose to turn back1 in order to preach all the way to ,georgia4 ,it is about a sixteen hundred miles journey4 ,,jesus is able to carry me through4 ,into his almighty and all-gracious hands ,i commend my spirit4 ,i hope to write to you in the way4 ,gladly would ,i embark now for ,england1 but ,i shall leave my ,american business but half done1 if ,i come over now4 ,,lord1 help me6 ,how little can ,i do for thee6 ,and the little ,i can do1 alas6 with what a mixture of corruption and infirmities is it attended4 ,behold ,i am vile4 ,increase my obligations1 my very dear ,sir1 by continuing to pray for ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,portsmouth1 ,october #be1 #aged4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,your letter1 as well as another from ,rhode-,island1 helped to lay me low before him1 who delights to work by the meanest instrument4 ,still the ,,lord of all lords stoops to accompany my feeble labours with his divine presence4 ,at ,salem we were favoured with a sweet and divine influence4 ,sunday was a high day at ,ipswich2 twice ,i preached for ,mr4 ,r1 and once for ,mr4 ,w4 ,hundreds were without the doors4 ,on ,monday at ,newbury the like scene opened twice4 ,here ,mr4 ,s met me1 and on ,tuesday morning we had a blessed season4 ,too many came to meet and bring me into ,portsmouth1 where ,i preached on ,tuesday evening1 also twice the next day1 and just now ,i have taken my leave4 ,the blessed ,spirit vouchsafed to be with us each time4 ,yesterday ,i preached at ,york and ,kittery3 at both places the ,redeemer manifested forth his glory4 ,in the evening ,i waited on general ,p1 who1 with his ,lady1 were very glad to see me4 ,i am now going to ,greenland and ,durham1 and to-morrow shall preach at ,exeter4 ,the sabbath is to be kept at ,newbury4 ,monday ,i am to preach thrice1at ,rowley1 ,byfield1 and ,ipswich2 ,tuesday1 at ,cape ,ann1 and ,wednesday night or ,thursday morning at ,boston1 if the prisoner is to die1 though ,i want another week in these parts4 ,excuse great haste2 ,i must away4 ,pray write a line by next ship to ,london4 ,salute all friends1 and continue to pray for1 very dear ,sir1 ,yours in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,rhode-,island1 ,november #bb1 #aged4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,yesterday as ,i was riding along1 ,i felt a love for you1 which only friends experience1 and was determined to write to you immediately4 ,in the evening my faithful ,gaius ,mr4 ,s brought your kind letter1 which ,i now take the first opportunity of answering4 ,but what shall ,i say8 ,what you have heard is more than true4 ,a more effectual door ,i never saw opened1 than lately at ,boston1 and indeed in every place where ,i have been in ,new-,england2 not a hundredth part can well be told you4 ,with great difficulty ,i am got to this place1 where people1 as ,i am informed1 are athirst to hear the word of ,,god4 ,i shall therefore stay1 ,,god willing1 till ,monday1 and then set forward to ,connecticut in my way to ,new-,york1 which ,i hope to reach in about a fortnight4 ,o that you may see me grown in grace1 and humbled under a sense of those amazing mercies which ,i have received during this expedition6 ,it seems to me to be the most important one ,i was ever employed in4 ,much1 yea very much have ,i to tell you when we meet4 ,i wish for the season1 and entreat you in the mean while not to forget me at his throne1 who alone can uphold me with his right hand4 ,o what a friend is ,,jesus6 ,a friend that sticks closer than a brother4 ,he is indeed the pilgrim's stay and staff2 few choose to try him in such a station4 ,this be my happy lot6 ,i write this at ,mr4 ,c's who hath lately buried his wife4 ,what a changing world6 ,thanks be to ,,god for an unchangeable ,,christ6 ,to his most tender and never-failing mercy1 do ,i most earnestly commend both you and yours1 and hoping ere long to see you1 and rejoice together in our common ,lord1 ,i subscribe myself1 very dear ,mr4 ,s1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxviii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,rhode-,island1 ,november #be1 #aged4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,is it true that your father-in-law and your dear yoke-fellow are dead8 ,i sympathize with you from my inmost soul4 ,at the same time as ,i rejoice on their account1 who are happily arrived1 ,where pain and sin and sorrow cease1 ,and all is calm and joy and peace4 ,surely your turn and mine will come ere long4 ,in the mean while1 may ,i be doing something for my ,,god6 ,this shews you where ,i am at present1 going towards ,georgia from ,boston1 where my reception hath been far superior to that fourteen years ago4 ,in that and other places in ,new-,england1 ,i have been enabled to preach near a hundred times since the beginning of ,october1 and thanks be to ,,god1 we scarce had so much as one dry meeting4 ,not a hundredth part can be told you4 ,in ,philadelphia1 ,new-,jersies1 and at ,new-,york also1 the great ,redeemer caused his word to run and be glorified4 ,i am now returning through those and the other ,southward provinces again1 in my way to ,georgia1 where ,i expect to see our new ,governor4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,bethesda is in growing circumstances1 and1 ,i trust1 will more and more answer the end of its institution4 ,i was exceedingly delighted at ,new-,jersey commencement4 ,surely that college is of ,,god4 ,the worthy president 7,mr4 ,burr7 intends to correspond with you4 ,o that ,i could do it oftener3 but it is impracticable4 ,travelling1 and preaching always twice1 and frequently thrice1 engrosseth almost all my time4 ,however1 neither you nor any of my dear ,glasgow friends1 are forgotten by me4 ,no1 no3 they are engraven upon the very tables of my heart4 ,o that the ,,lord of all lords1 whose mercy endureth for ever1 may give you hearts to remember poor sinful1 ill1 and hell-deserving me6 ,fain would ,i continue a pilgrim for life4 ,christ's presence doth my pains beguile1 ,and make each wilderness to smile4 ,i have a fourteen hundred miles ride before me2 but nil desperandum1 ,christo duce1 auspice ,christo4 ,when ,i have seen ,governor ,d1 ,i hope to write to dear ,mr4 ,m4 ,how is my dear ,gaius1 ,s1 c48 ,but ,i must not begin to mention names4 ,affection rises1 and ,i shall be too eager to see them4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 hasten that blessed time1 when we shall together see and enjoy thee for ever in glory6 ,to this comforting and never-failing ,,jesus1 do ,i most heartily commit you1 as being1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxix4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,bohemia 7,maryland74 ,december #bg1 #aged4 ,dear ,madam1 ,i ,,have just now taken leave of the northern provinces1 where ,i have been travelling and preaching for near these five months4 ,i suppose in all1 ,i may have rode near two thousand miles1 and preached about two hundred and thirty times2 but to how many thousand souls cannot well be told4 ,o what days of the ,son of man have ,i seen6 ,,god be merciful to me an ungrateful sinner6 ,i am now forty years of age1 and would business permit1 would gladly spend the day in retirement and deep humiliation before that ,,jesus for whom ,i have done so little1 notwithstanding he hath done and suffered so much for me4 ,well6 to-morrow1 ,o blessed ,,jesus1 through thy divine assistance1 will ,i begin1 and travel for thee again6 ,,lord1 is the call to ,virginia8 ,who knows but an infinitely condescending ,,god may improve me there6 ,about ,february ,i hope to reach ,georgia1 and at ,spring to embark for ,england4 ,there1 dear ,madam1 ,i expect to see you once more in this land of the dying4 ,if not1 ere long ,i shall meet you in the land of the living indeed1 and thank you before men and angels1 for all favours conferred on1 ,madam1 ,your most obliged and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxx4 ,to ,mr4 ,o4 ,bohemia1 ,december #bg1 #aged4 ,very dear ,sir1 ,,how condescending is true ,friendship6 ,and how does love1 founded upon the love of ,,god1 like its blessed ,author1 delight to stoop to its beloved object6 ,your kind letter1 which ,i received last week from worthy ,governor ,b1 is a proof of this4 ,an affection1 a reciprocal affection something like your own1 would have constrained me to answer it sooner1 but travelling and preaching 7my old excuse7 have prevented me4 ,at length ,i am got into ,maryland1 and into a family1 out of which1 ,i trust1 five have been born of ,,god4 ,gladly would ,i spend this whole day in deep humiliation and prayer3 for ,i am now forty years of age4 ,fy upon me1 fy upon me4 ,alas6 how little have ,i done for ,,jesus6 ,o that my head was water6 ,o that my eyes were fountains of tears6 ,what mercies1 what infinite mercies have ,i received6 ,what poor returns have ,i made6 ,behold1 ,i am vile6 ,am not ,i treating you like a friend1 even like a ,boston friend1 my dear ,sir8 ,yes1 ,i am2 and since you commanded me1 ,i will4 ,your letter bespeaks you to be worthy of that sacred name1 and to be acquainted with that which few1 very few know any thing about2 ,i mean the delicacies of true disinterested friendship4 ,this is a secret that none but beloved disciples are let into4 ,may you always remain in the number of these1 and when you are leaning on that bosom1 where all that is lovely centers1 may you have a heart to remember one who is called to travel1 whilst you are acting in another sphere for ,,god6 ,blessed be his name1 heaven is at the end of the journey4 ,happy ,mrs4 ,l6 she hath had a speedy translation4 ,may my latter end be like hers6 ,how ought such events to teach us to converse when together1 that if we should be called before the next intended meeting1 we might have no trifling conversation to reflect upon4 ,to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 ,i move again4 ,ere long my last remove will come2 a remove into endless bliss1 where with you and all the redeemed of the ,,lord1 ,i trust you will see1 very dear ,sir1 ,your most obliged1 affectionate friend1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,r4 ,virginia1 ,january #ag1 #agee4 ,i ,,am just now on the borders of ,north-,carolina1 and after preaching to-morrow in a neighbouring church1 ,i purpose to take my leave of ,virginia4 ,had ,i not been detained so long at the northward1 what a wide and effectual door might have been opened4,here1 as well as elsewhere1 rich and poor flock to hear the everlasting gospel4 ,many have come forty or fifty miles1 and a spirit of conviction and consolation seemed to go through all the assemblies4 ,one ,colonel ,r1 a person of distinction1 opened one church for me1 invited me to his house1 and introduced me himself to the reading desk4 ,as ,i was riding in his chariot1 he informed me of his intention to see ,boston next ,summer4 ,if my friends would be so good as to mention my name1 and shew him some respect when he comes amongst you1 it would add to my obligations4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i see a vast alteration for the better4 ,o for more time1 and if possible for more souls and bodies6 ,,lord ,,jesus1 twenty times ten thousand are too few for thee1 and yet 7,o amazing love7 thou art willing to accept of only two mites6 ,these1 ,i trust1 you1 my very dear ,sir1 have put into his sacred treasury4 ,o that the trifling thing called honour1 may never1 so much as for a single moment1 draw you from your ,,god6 ,i hope ,colonel ,p stands to his colours4 ,then ,i live1 if my dear friends stand fast in the ,,lord4 ,my most cordial respects and tender love await them all4 ,i doubt not of your improving ,mrs4 ,l's sudden dissolution2 another call to be always ready4 ,that this may be the happy lot of you and yours1 is and shall be the earnest prayer of1 very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,p4 ,virginia1 ,january #ag1 #agee4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,though at this distance of time and place1 yet ,i do not forget our solemn and mournful parting4 ,blessed be ,,god1 there is a time coming1 when these cutting trials will be over4 ,i long1 ,i long for it1 and yet when fresh doors of usefulness are opening1 ,i am content to stay below4 ,this ,i trust is the case at present in ,virginia4 ,the prospect is promising indeed4 ,people have flocked from all parts to hear the word1 and arrows of conviction have fled1 and ,i believe stuck fast4 ,seed sown several years ago1 hath sprung up and brought forth fruit4 ,doth not the ,,lord of the harvest by this say1 8,go forward40 ,do1 my dear ,sir1 help me by your prayers2 ,i want to have my tardy pace quickened4 ,i am now forty years old4 ,surely it is high time to awake out of sleep4 ,i doubt not but this will find you and yours all alive for ,,jesus4 ,being straitened for time1 ,i must beg you to remember me in the most tender manner to all dear1 very dear friends as they come in your way1 and accept the same for your whole self1 from1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,your most affectionate1 obliged friend1 brother1 and servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,f4 ,virginia1 ,january #ag1 #agee4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,f1 ,i ,,hope that this will find you safely arrived at ,philadelphia1 from your northward expedition1 and ready to come further southwards4 ,this leaves me in my last ,virginia stage1 near the borders of ,north-,carolina4 ,people as ,i came along have been very willing to attend on my feeble labours1 and ,i hope that some real good hath been done4 ,if this be effected1 it matters little how the labourer himself may be sometimes fatigued4 ,his presence doth my pains beguile1 ,and makes the wilderness to smile4 ,lovely delusion this6 ,living1 dying1 and after death ,i hope to be possessed of it4 ,i have seen your ,epitaph4 ,believe on ,,jesus1 and get a feeling possession of ,,god in your heart1 and you cannot possibly be disappointed of your expected second edition1 finely corrected1 and infinitely amended4 ,verbum sapienti sat est4 ,i could say more1 but time is short4 ,glad shall ,i be to wait on you and ,mr4 ,h at the ,orphan-house4 ,i send you both my cordial respects1 and praying that you may have what good ,colonel ,gr once wished me1 8,a thriving soul in a healthy body10 ,i subscribe myself1 my dear ,sir1 ,your affectionate1 obliged friend and ready servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 4 ,virginia1 in ,hanover ,county1 ,january #bc1 #agee4 ,my very dear ,jonathan1 ,,that ever-loving and ever-lovely ,redeemer that owned my feeble labours in the northward1 still continues to bless and succeed me in my journey southward4 ,i have not been here a week1 and have had the comfort of seeing many impressed under the word every day4 ,two churches have been opened1 and a third 7,richmond7 ,i am to preach in to-morrow4 ,prejudices ,i find do subside1 and some of the rich and great begin to think favourably of the work of ,,god4 ,several of the lower class have been with me acknowledging what the ,,lord of all ,lords did for them1 when ,i was here before4 ,o that ,i may be humbly thankful1 and improve every smile to quicken my tardy pace1 and make me all alive for ,,jesus6 ,about this day month1 ,i hope to reach ,georgia2 from thence1 ,i intend writing to you again4 ,but be where ,i will1 dear ,boston is much upon my heart4 ,this may serve as a proof that you and yours are not forgotten4 ,indeed and indeed ,i often think of1 and pray for you from my inmost soul4 ,blessed be ,,god1 that we can meet at the throne of grace6 ,,jesus sits thereon1 even ,,jesus our advocate1 our ,,god1 and our ,all4 ,you must add to my obligations1 by continuing to pray1 that ,i may begin to love and serve him in earnest1 and thus you will appear a ,jonathan indeed1 to1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxv4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,charles-,town1 ,march #c1 #agee4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,through divine goodness we arrived here last ,wednesday afternoon1 on ,thursday ,mr4 ,e was solemnly ordained1 and on ,friday ,andrew ,hn and his wife1 and ,r1 came in a schooner from ,port-,royal4 ,i believe they will settle here4,the trials ,i have met with on various accounts1 have brought my old vomitings upon me1 and my soul hath been pierced with many sorrows4,but ,i believe1 7,,lord help my unbelief67 that all is intended for my good4,amidst every thing1 ,i am comforted at the present situation of ,bethesda4,i hope you will love and walk in love1 and the children also grow in years and grace4,i purpose sending all the things by ,mr4 ,rn1 who comes shortly by water4 ,then ,i purpose writing to dear ,mr4 ,dixon and others1 and hope by that time to be determined what course ,i shall steer4 ,o that it may be heaven-wards1 go where ,i will6 ,this ,i know will be your prayer1 and the prayer of the rest of my dear family in my behalf4,i pray for you all night and day4,i would have you write to ,mr4 ,ht by the bearer1 who is an experimental ,baptist preacher from the northward4,o that he may say something1 that may do my dear family some good4,mr4 ,zy will be with you in about three weeks4 ,the ,,lord be with you all4 ,hoping to write again ere long1 and wishing you all much of his presence1 that is better than life1 ,i subscribe myself1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most assured friend1 brother1 and servant in ,,christ ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxvi4 ,to the ,same4 ,charles-,town1 ,march #ag1 #agee4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,had ,i wings like a dove1 how often would ,i have fled to ,bethesda since my departure from it4 ,i could almost say1 that the few last hours ,i was there1 were superior in satisfaction to any hours ,i ever enjoyed4 ,but ,i must go about my heavenly ,father's business4,for this1 ,i am a poor but willing pilgrim1 and give up all that is near and dear to me on this side eternity4,this week ,i expect to embark in the ,friendship1 ,captain ,ball2 but am glad of the letters from ,bethesda before ,i go4,they made me weep1 and caused me to throw myself prostrate before a prayer-hearing and promise-keeping ,,god4,he will give strength1 he will give power4 ,fear not2 you are now ,i believe where the ,,lord would have you be1 and all will be well4,i repose the utmost confidence in you1 under ,,god1 and verily believe that ,i shall not be disappointed of my hope4,i should have been glad if the apples had been sent in the boat2 they would have been useful in the voyage4,but ,,jesus can stay me with better apples4,may you and all my dear family have plenty of these6 ,i imagine it will not be long before ,i return from ,england4 ,now ,bethesda would be pleasant4 ,,god make it more and more so to you and to all4 ,i can only recommend you in the most endearing manner to the ever-blessed ,,jesus1 and my unworthy vile self to your continual prayers1 as being1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,yours most affectionately in our blessed ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,i hope that one of the players is snatched as a brand out of the burning4 ,grace6 grace6 ,,letter ,,mlxxvii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,london1 ,may #aj1 #agee4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,the love which ,i owe and bear to you for the ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ's sake1 constrains me to send you a few lines immediately upon my arrival at my native country4,i arrived at ,new-haven in ,sussex the #hth instant1 after a six weeks passage4 ,hither the cloud seemed to move1 though ,i must own that ,i left ,america with regret4,never was the door opened wider in those parts for preaching the everlasting gospel1 than now4,perhaps this may shorten my stay at home1 but future things belong to ,,jesus4 ,it is not in man to direct his steps4,prepare us1 ,o ,,lord1 for whatever thou hast prepared for us6 ,i hear1 you have met with changes since my departure4,what have we to do to expect any thing else8 ,dear ,mr4 ,mn6,whither is he gone8 ,where ,,jesus reigns1 and where1 through rich and sovereign grace1 even ill and hell deserving ,i1 hope ere long to be4,hasten1 glorious ,emmanuel1 that wished-for time6,if your dear yoke-fellow is also gone1 she ,i trust is happy too4,sequar1 etsi non passibus quis4,you will write soon1 and send me some news about the upper world4,this is scarce worth a thought4,i hope my dear host and hostess1 ,mr4 ,s1 ,mrs4 ,m1 and all friends are well4,i can only send them and you my hearty love1 and beg the continuance of your prayers for1 very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxviii4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,may #ac1 #agee4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,since ,i put my letter into the office on ,saturday night1 ,i have heard that your ,ladyship was gone to ,ashby1 and therefore make bold to trouble your ,ladyship with a few more lines4 ,they leave me safely arrived at my desired port1 and endeavouring to begin to do something for him1 who hath loaded me with his benefits1 and still continues to smile upon my feeble labours4 ,glad am ,i to hear1 that so many have lately been stirred up to preach a crucified ,saviour4 ,surely that scripture must be fulfilled1 8and many of the priests also were obedient to the word40 ,the work is of ,,god1 and therefore must prosper4 ,blessed be his great name1 for continuing to hold your ,ladyship as a star in his right-hand4 ,may you shine more and more till the perfect day6 ,i find your ,ladyship still delights to do good4 ,the late benefaction for ,bethesda came very opportunely2 ,,god will provide6 ,that institution begins to rise4 ,but ,i cannot descend to particulars now2 ere long ,i hope to wait on your ,ladyship at ,bristol4 ,my first circuit is to be in the west4 ,hoping to be favoured soon with a line to acquaint me of your ,ladyship's welfare1 and earnestly praying that your ,ladyship and honoured relations may be filled with all the fulness of ,,god1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxix4 ,to the ,marquis of ,l4 ,london1 ,may #ad1 #agee4 ,,being but lately arrived in my native country1 ,i take the first opportunity of returning your ,lordship thanks for your great zeal in promoting the welfare of ,new ,jersey college4 ,surely it is the purest seminary that ,i have known4 ,your ,lordship's name is precious in ,america1 and children yet unborn will be bound to bless ,,god for what you have done4 ,i think1 if the degree of ,doctor of divinity could be procured for ,mr4 ,a ,b1 their present worthy president1 it would still make an addition to the honours of the college4 ,he is a most excellent man2 your ,lordship will not be offended at my making the motion4 ,blessed be ,,god1 in various places abroad1 the gospel runs and is glorified4 ,in ,virginia a wide and effectual door is opened4 ,the ,indian mission can never ,i think come upon a proper establishment1 till some lands are purchased1 and the ,indians brought to live together upon them4 ,the plan that was laid1 ,i mentioned to ,mr4 ,d some months ago1 and ere now1 ,i suppose your ,lordship hath seen it4 ,o for that happy time1 when the kingdoms of the earth shall become the kingdoms of the ,,lord and of his ,,christ6 ,blessed ,emmanuel1 may thy temple be built in troublesome times6 ,but ,i forget myself4 ,your ,lordship will excuse my freedom4 ,i am writing to one who delights to serve the ,redeemer's interest4 ,that your ,lordship may have the continued honour of confessing him upon earth1 and be confessed by him after death in the kingdom of heaven1 is and shall be the prayer of1 my ,lord1 ,your ,lordship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxx4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,may #bg1 #agee4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,it hath given me great concern1 that ,i have not been able till now1 to acknowledge your ,ladyship's most kind letter4 ,i could almost say1 excess of business at my first coming over hath prevented me2 but to make the most of it1 ,i do but little1 and that little in so bad a way1 that if it was not for the compleat and all-sufficient righteousness of the everlasting1 ever-lovely ,,jesus1 ,i could not lift up my guilty head4 ,and yet what a blessed week have we had6 ,surely1 sinners have come like a cloud1 and fled like doves to the windows4 ,in about a fortnight1 ,i hope to take the field in ,gloucestershire1 and shall endeavour to make all possible dispatch in the west1 in order to wait on your ,ladyship in my northern visit4 ,help me1 thou friend of sinners1 to be nothing1 and to say nothing1 that thou mayest say and do every thing1 and be my all in all6,what a happiness is it to be absorbed and swallowed up in ,,god8 ,to have no schemes1 no views1 but to promote the common salvation4 ,this be my happy lot6 ,your ,ladyship will still add to my innumerable obligations1 by praying for me4 ,how shall ,i express my gratitude8,tears trickle from my eyes1 whilst ,i am thinking of your ,ladyship's condescending to patronize such a dead dog as ,i am4 ,but it is because ,i belong to ,,jesus4 ,he will1 he will reward your ,ladyship openly4 ,ever-honoured ,madam excuse me4 ,tears flow too fast for me to write on4 ,i must go and speak to ,,god for you and yours1 as being1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxxi4 ,to ,governor ,b4 ,london1 ,june #f1 #agee4 ,much-honoured ,sir1 ,,whilst ,i remain myself where you are called to sojourn1 in this dying world1 ,i trust your ,excellency will never be forgotten by unworthy me4 ,you see1 honoured ,sir1 where a poor but willing pilgrim is tossed now4 ,just this day month did ,i arrive in this metropolis1 where1 glory1 glory be to the great head of the church6 ,the word hath still free course4 ,the poor despised ,methodists are as lively as ever1 and in several churches the gospel is now preached with power4 ,many in ,oxford are awakened to the knowledge of the truth1 and ,i have heard almost every week of some fresh minister or another1 that seems determined to know nothing but ,,jesus ,,christ1 and him crucified4 ,this1 ,i am persuaded1 is the best news ,i can send to your ,excellency4 ,this1 must necessarily rejoice your heart1 which ,i know pants after nothing more1 than the enlargement of the ,mediator's kingdom4 ,ere long1 your utmost thirsting shall be satisfied1 you shall see ,,jesus2 you shall see him as he is3 ,o ,gloriam quantam et qualem6 ,,god give me patience to wait till my appointed change comes6 ,but would it not be a shame to go to heaven without scarce beginning to do something for the blessed ,redeemer8 ,he that searches the heart and trieth the reins1 knows full well1 how often ,i cry out1 8my leanness1 my leanness60 ,,god be praised1 next week ,i hope to go on my country range4 ,i hope that your ,excellency will have a heart given you to pray for me1 whilst life lasts1 and after death ,i doubt not but the glorious ,emmanuel will reward you before men and angels1 for all your works of faith1 and labours of love1 which you have done for the church in general1 and particularly for all favours conferred on1 honoured1 much-honoured ,sir1 ,your ,excellency's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,c4 ,london1 ,june #g1 #agee4 ,reverend and dear ,sir1 ,,just now ,i was informed that the bag is to be taken away this afternoon2 hurried therefore as ,i am1 you must have a few lines4,and why8 ,because ,i love and honour you for ,,jesus ,,christ's sake4 ,will it not rejoice you to hear that his glorious gospel gets ground apace4 ,several of the clergy1 both in town and country1 have been lately stirred up to preach ,,christ crucified1 in the demonstration of the spirit and with power4 ,this excites the enmity of the old serpent1 which discovers itself in various shapes4 ,the greatest venom is spit out against ,mr4 ,rn1 who having been reputed a great scholar1 is now looked upon and treated as a great fool2 because made wise himself1 and earnestly desirous that others also should be made wise to eternal salvation4 ,methinks ,i hear you say1 ,o happy folly6 ,may this blessed leaven diffuse and spread itself through the whole nation6 ,the prospect is promising4 ,many students at ,oxford are earnestly learning ,,christ4 ,dear ,mr4 ,hy hath learnt and preached him some years2 his loving and truly catholic heart chearfully complied with the motion about your future correspondence4 ,as for myself1 ,i can only say 8that less than the least of all10 must be my motto still4 ,i labour but feebly1 and yet1 ,o amazing condescension6 ,,jesus owns and succeeds such feeble labours4 ,people still continue to flock to the gospel1 like doves to the windows4 ,next week ,i begin to take my country range4 ,be so good1 my dear ,sir1 to add to my obligations1 by continuing to remember a poor but willing pilgrim1 and to salute all my dear friends as they come in your way4 ,i hope1 ,mr4 ,a 7to whom ,i send cordial respects7 goes hand in hand with you1 striving together for the faith and the practice of the gospel4,glorious strife this6 ,i do not forget the books ,i promised to look out for4,i have spoken to ,mr4 ,h1 but he says they are very difficult to be procured4 ,i would write to the ,chief ,justice1 but suppose he is at the northward4 ,will you be pleased to accept of my ,lisbon letters1 to be disposed of as you think proper8 ,my little communion-book is not yet come out4 ,,god be praised1 that there is a time coming when we shall need books and ordinances no more1 but shall be admitted into an uninterrupted communion and fellowship with the blessed ,trinity for evermore4 ,the ,,lord ripen us for that blissful state6 ,i must bid you farewel4 ,be pleased to excuse the length of this1 as being occasioned by the love unfeigned which is due to you from1 reverend and dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,p4 ,london1 ,june #ab1 #agee4 ,dear ,nat41 ,i ,,think every thing is now procured that was in the memorandums4 ,i would have sent the children's cloaths1 c4 but they could not be got ready2 you will therefore have them by another opportunity4 ,i am glad to hear by your last1 that the children go on well in their learning4 ,let this encourage you to go on1 and who knows1 but by and by they may learn ,,christ8 ,such power belongs only unto ,,god4 ,i am quite satisfied in your present employ1 and doubt not 7if you are cloathed with humility1 as ,i trust you will be7 but ,,god will bless and delight to honour you4 ,to have our own mother's children angry with and despise us1 if sanctified1 is a good preservative against self-love1 and self-complacency3 it puts us more upon the watch1 and drives us nearer to ,,god4 ,this be your happy lot6 ,as for your affair with ,mr4 ,c1 ,i can only say1 you have my leave to act as you think best4,shew thy will1 ,o ,,god1 and give power to perform it6 ,to ,a ,w and his wife1 ,i have allowed twenty pounds per annum1 till they have a place1 or get into business4 ,,god knows1 ,i can little afford it2 but ,i can as yet trust on him1 who feedeth the ravens1 and hath promised to supply all my wants4 ,o that the ,,lord of all ,lords may keep you all at ,bethesda of one heart and one mind1 and give you to send me such news1 as may gladden my frequently burdened 7though ,i hope disinterested7 mind2 and cause me to go on with more chearfulness and joy6 ,thanks be to ,,god1 my feeble labours on this side the water1 are owned and succeeded4 ,people seem to be as lively as ever4 ,i hope the time will come1 when ,bethesda also shall blossom like a rose4 ,we wait for thy salvation ,o ,,lord2 make no long tarrying our ,,lord and our ,,god6 ,my dear ,nat4 farewel4 ,feed ,,christ's lambs1 and he will feast thy soul4,look upon his work as its own wages1 and he will richly repay thee for all thy care4 ,i charge you1 and all1 to continue wrestling in prayer for me1 as being1 dear ,nat4 ,your assured friend and ready servant1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxxiv4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,june #ac1 #agee4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,i ,,wrote to you amidst a great throng of business1 a few days ago1 by a ,carolina ship4 ,i am now retired to ,mr4 ,c's1 in order to send you a few lines more4 ,matters about ,mr4 and his wife1 have happened as might be expected2 it is my lot to be a pelican4 ,but all will be well at last2 ,i know who will stand on my side4 ,thanks be to ,,god for ,,jesus ,,christ6 ,he upholds me1 and daily succeeds my feeble1 but ,i trust honest labours1 and that to me is all in all4 ,i hope you will write often4 ,what your brother hath written1 ,i know not4 ,i believe you are where ,,god would have you to be1 and ,i pray him night and day to make you more and more a mother in ,israel4 ,ere this comes to hand1 ,i hope you will have received the things from the northward4 ,however it fares with me at home1 fain would ,i care for my dear friends and family abroad4 ,,god will provide6 ,this is my comfort4 ,much depends on your success in the silk1 but more on my family's increasing in the knowledge of ,,jesus4 ,o that this may be their happy case6 ,o that the ,,lord of all ,lords may feed you in that wilderness6 ,he is good to us here4 ,we have golden seasons at the tabernacle1 and several ministers preach ,,christ in the churches4 ,this makes my call abroad still more clear4 ,though ,i have not yet entered upon my country range1 methinks ,i could set out for ,america to-morrow4 ,what is time1 relations1 and even the enjoyment of ,,god's people1 compared with the unmixed1 uninterrupted joys of an happy eternity6 ,here ,i could enlarge1 and on this dwell1 but must away4 ,ere long ,i hope to write to you again1 and in the mean while beg leave to subscribe myself1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most assured friend1 and willing servant1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,g4 ,bristol1 ,june #bg1 #agee4 ,reverend and dear ,sir1 ,,ever since ,i received your last kind letter1 ,i have been so perpetually engaged in preaching1 travelling1 and a multiplicity of other business1 that ,i have not been able to answer it till now4 ,in ,london the word runs and is glorified1 and every day almost we have heard of fresh ministers of our national church being called out1 and spirited up to preach the truth as it is in ,,jesus4 ,this is my first excursion3 ,i came through ,gloucestershire1 where the fields were white1 ready unto harvest4 ,thrice last ,lord's-day1 many many thousands attended on the word preached1 and ,i believe a divine power accompanied it4 ,that is all in all4,people in this place hear as for eternity4 ,next week ,i shall travel further westward2 but whether ,i can see ,scotland this summer1 the ,redeemer only knows4 ,but whether absent or present1 you1 my dear ,sir1 and my other ,scotch friends1 have my poor prayers night and day1 that your souls and bodies may prosper and be in health4 ,o that ,,god may hear you for unworthy me6 ,i long1 ,i long to do something for ,,jesus4 ,glad would ,i be to serve the church of ,,christ any way4 ,if you remember1 ,i hinted to you something about getting a ,doctor's degree for ,president ,burr2 since that ,i wrote to the ,marquis of ,ln4 ,his ,lordship writes thus3 8,the university of ,edinburgh desire of me to obtain some account of ,mr4 ,aaron ,burr's literature1 or performances3 this ,i hope you will do1 and a diploma will be immediately transmitted40 ,by this post1 ,i shall write what ,i know of the ,president1 but ,i would have you and ,mr4 ,e write also1 immediately to the ,marquis4 ,surely he is the most worthy1 ingenious1 diligent1 and truly christian ,president of his age1 now in the world4 ,he hath published something lately to animate our people against the common enemy4 ,i have it at ,london1 and hope you have it with you4 ,if so1 be pleased to transmit it to the ,marquis4 ,i shall mention it1 and so do you1 to his ,lordship4 ,adieu1 my very dear ,sir1 adieu4 ,i must away4 ,may the glorious ,emmanuel bless and prosper you and yours1 and all the dear followers of the ,lamb6 ,i cannot forget you1 and hope never shall1 whilst ,i have strength to subscribe1 what indeed ,i am1 my very dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxxvi4 ,to the ,marquis of ,l4 ,bristol1 ,june #bg1 #agee4 ,my ,lord1 ,,how shall ,i express my gratitude to your ,lordship1 for condescending to answer my poor letter1 and so readily concurring with the motion made in it1 for a degree being procured for my worthy friend8 ,the great ,head of the church will bless and reward your ,lordship for it4 ,never was there a man in the world1 that could be more safely recommended as a scholar1 and a truly christian minister of the gospel1 and a laborious prudent ,president of a college1 than ,mr4 ,aaron ,burr4,he was educated at ,yale ,college in ,connecticut1 ,new ,england2 and for his pregnant abilities1 and many years well approved piety1 was unanimously chosen to succeed the ,reverend ,mr4 ,d in the care of ,new-,jersey college4 ,it would have delighted your ,lordship1 to have seen how gloriously he filled the chair last year1 at the ,new-,jersey commencement4 ,his ,latin oration was beautifully elegant1 and was delivered with an unaffected1 yet striking energy and pathos4 ,as a preacher1 disputant1 and head of a college1 he shines in ,north ,america2 and the present prosperity of the ,new ,jersey college1 is1 under ,,god1 greatly owing to his learning1 piety1 and conduct4 ,the students revere and love him4 ,your ,lordship might have testimonials enough from good ,governor ,br1 ,mr4 ,jonathan ,edwards1 cum multis aliis4 ,and ,i believe1 they would all concur in saying1 8that of his age 7now upwards of forty7 there is not a more accomplished deserving ,president in the world40 ,as for any thing of his in print1 that can be referred to1 ,i cannot say1 unless it be a little pamphlet lately published1 in which he hath animated the people against the common enemy1 and discovered a close attachment to the interest of our rightful sovereign ,king ,george4 ,may the ,king of kings long preserve his important and precious life6 ,this piece of ,mr4 ,burr's ,i have at ,london1 and hope it is in ,scotland4 ,i just now wrote to ,mr4 ,g of ,glasgow1 who1 together with ,mr4 ,j ,e1 ,i suppose will write to your ,lordship concerning ,mr4 ,burr4 ,i wish the diploma may be transmitted against the next commencement4 ,it will endear your ,lordship more and more to the good people of ,america4 ,may the ,,lord of all lords vouchsafe your ,lordship a good degree in the kingdom of heaven6 ,o for the lowest place there6 ,it will be abundantly too high for such an unworthy wretch as ,i am3 but his name and nature is ,love4 ,he still vouchsafes to employ me1 and still continues to countenance my feeble labours4 ,at ,london we have enjoyed golden seasons1 and in the country the fields are white ready unto harvest4 ,o that we may be helped to bear the heat and burden of every day6 ,that your ,lordship may live long to do much for ,,christ1 and be at last gathered like a ripe shock of corn into his heavenly garner1 is the earnest prayer of1 my ,lord1 ,your ,lordship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,thomas ,j4 ,bristol1 ,june #bg1 #agee4 ,my dear ,thomas1 ,,your treatment of me at ,honslow1 put me in mind of ,joseph's steward1 who put his brothers money1 unknown to them1 into their sacks mouth4 ,well6 ,,jesus takes notice of all help vouchsafed his servants1 and will not forget those who assist them in their pilgrimage for his great name's sake4 ,you and yours then will not be forgotten3and ,,god forbid that ,i should cease praying for you both4 ,the ,searcher of hearts knows that ,i love you both in the bowels of ,,jesus ,,christ2 and my heart's desire night and day is1 that you may be rich1 yea very rich towards ,,god4 ,such are durable riches4 ,every thing else is less than vanity itself4 ,thanks be to ,,god for such an unspeakable gift6 ,this supports me in my pilgrimage1 and makes me go on my way rejoicing4 ,thousands and thousands flocked in ,gloucestershire2 and here the congregations fall little short of those at ,london4 ,the blessed ,redeemer shews us his stately steps4 ,o that we may feel his renovating1 sin-subduing1 heart-refining power more and more6 ,so shall we approve ourselves to be his disciples1 who hath said1 that those 8whom the ,son of man makes free1 are free indeed40 ,adieu4 ,the ,,lord be with you and yours4 ,my love to ,mr4 ,w1 ,mr4 ,k1 c4 ,i forget none of you4 ,i pray the ,,lord of all lords to keep you unspotted from the world1 and entreat you not to forget ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxxviii4 ,to ,lady ,h4 ,london1 ,july #aa1 #agee4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,yesterday about noon1 after being worn down with travelling1 and preaching twice and thrice a day in ,gloucestershire1 at ,bath and ,bristol1 a gracious and never-failing ,providence brought me to town1 where ,i had the pleasure of receiving two kind1 very kind and undeserved letters from your ,ladyship's hand4 ,had ,i the least leisure or strength1 ,i should have written a letter of condolence to your ,ladyship from ,bristol4 ,there ,i heard of the death of good ,lady ,ann1 and was glad to find that ,miss ,w bore the news of it with so much composure4 ,alas6 how many have your ,ladyship lived to see go before you6 ,an earnest this1 ,i hope1 that you are to live to a good old age1 and be more and more a mother in ,israel4 ,a short1 but sweet character4 ,,god knows how long ,i am to drag this crazy load1 my body1 along4 ,blessed be his holy name1 ,i have not one attachment to this inferior earth4 ,i am sick of myself1 sick of the world1 sick of the church1 and am panting daily after the full enjoyment of my ,,god4 ,john ,c is now added to the happy number of those who are called to see him as he is4 ,i do not envy1 but ,i want to follow after him4 ,give me patience1 holy ,,jesus1 to wait till my appointed time shall come4 ,in the mean while1 if it be thy holy will1 improve me to promote1 in some small degree1 thy glory and the good of souls6 ,thanks be to his adorable majesty1 the fields at ,bristol and ,kingswood were whiter1 and more ready to harvest than for many years last past4 ,was the new ,tabernacle at ,bristol as large as that in ,london1 it would be filled4 ,thrice last ,sunday1 and twice the ,sunday before1 ,i preached in the fields to many1 many thousands4 ,the youngest of the ,miss ,w's1 and little ,miss ,h attended twice1 and again by six on the ,sunday morning4 ,at ,bath we had good seasons2 good ,lady ,g1 ,mrs4 ,b1 ,g1 ,miss ,h1 c4 were very hearty1 and ,,god was with us of a truth4 ,mr4 ,t's wife1 of ,cornwall1 is dead1 and my brother hath been very ill of a fever2 but they tell me 7and he doth himself7 that the blessed ,,jesus hath visited his soul4 ,if so1 his journey hither will be a happy one4 ,,lord1 help me to pray1 and not to faint6 ,o for an humble1 thankful heart6 ,i am now looking up for direction what course to steer next4 ,i suppose it will be northward4 ,i wish your ,ladyship's plan may do2 but ,i fear the parts about your ,ladyship are too cold4 ,o how unworthy of such a guest6 ,well1 honoured1 ever-honoured ,madam1 in the ,new-,jerusalem1 your ,ladyship will have company enough4 ,there the ,redeemer shall hold up before the mighty and the noble1 and let them see what almighty1 rich1 and sovereign grace could do4 ,be pleased1 my good ,lady1 to excuse the length of this4 ,gratitude always gives motion to my pen1 when writing to your ,ladyship4 ,i am ashamed1 that ,i have not so much as a pepper-corn to offer as an humble tribute4 ,,jesus1 the ever-loving1 the altogether lovely ,,jesus must pay you all4 ,i must away to preach the everlasting gospel4 ,o how unworthy of such a divine employ6 ,pardon1 honoured ,madam1 this poor1 and too prolix scribble1 and assure yourself1 that neither your ,ladyship nor family are ever forgotten by ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 unworthy1 but ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mlxxxix4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,hn4 ,london1 ,july #be1 #agee4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,i ,,received your kind letter1 and have since heard of your removal from ,indian land4 ,i cannot help commending you for it1 since ,i know various places1 where you might do as much good in a week1 as in those parts for years4 ,poor ,indian land6 ,i fear thou hast had thy call6 ,may ,,jesus secure the remaining few1 and be their refuge from every impending storm6 ,o my dear friend1 you and ,i shall find more and more1 that we must be made perfect by sufferings4 ,if we do not meet them in our younger days1 we shall certainly have them in the decline of life4 ,trials1 at such a season1 are like the finishing strokes of the ,limner's pencil4 ,they serve1 in the hands of the holy ,spirit1 to compleat the new creature1 and make it fit for heaven4 ,happy they who can say1 8,he knoweth the way that ,i take30 when they are tried1 they shall come forth like gold4 ,,god only knows what a trying season lies before us4 ,it is to be feared1 that we are upon the eve of a bloody war4 ,o that the war between ,michael and the ,dragon may go on6 ,the prospect is promising4 ,several ministers preach ,,christ boldly2 and as for my own poor feeble labours1 the blessed ,,jesus vouchsafes to crown them with success4 ,so many paths lie open1 that ,i can scarce tell which to take first4 ,through frequent preaching and travelling1 and a multiplicity of business1 ,i have been so weakened1 that ,i am obliged to retire for a little relaxation1 and to get leisure to write you these few lines4 ,may they find you and yours rejoicing in tribulation1 and increasing with all the increase of ,,god6 ,i commend you1 and all enquiring friends1 to the care of ,him1 who never faileth those who trust in him1 and entreat the continuance of your prayers in behalf of1 my dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxc4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,july #be1 #agee4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,i ,,write this from ,mr4 ,c's1 whither ,i have retired for a little relaxation1 and to get leisure to write a few letters4 ,your brother is just gone from me1 and would send you his hearty love if he knew of my writing4 ,t is gone to ,plymouth1 and ,miss ,l is sick of a fever 7though ,i hope not dangerously7 at ,lewisham4 ,mrs4 ,w1 one of the conference1 ,i buried last ,tuesday2 and am longing for that happy time when this frail tabernacle shall be also laid in the silent grave4 ,it hath tottered lately more than ever1 and yet the ,redeemer vouchsafes so to comfort me within1 that methinks ,i am not yet to die1 but live and declare the works of the ,,lord4 ,o that ,i may begin to begin to do something for my ,,god6 ,i am afraid we are at the eve of a war3 but fear not4 ,bethesda especially1 ,i believe1 will be hid under the shadow of the ,redeemer's wings4 ,whilst ,i have persons there 7as ,i think is the case now7 that act with a single eye1 ,i am persuaded it will be like the burning bush4 ,pray remember me to all in the kindest manner4 ,i hope to write when the childrens cloaths are ready4 ,we have blessed seasons at ,tabernacle4 ,i have met with some outward as well as inward trials2 but this is my comfort1 8,the ,,lord knoweth the way that ,i take4 ,when ,i am tried ,i shall come forth like gold40 ,o that faith and patience may have their perfect work in this sin-sick soul6 ,desire dear ,nat1 ,mr4 ,dix1 c4 not to be uneasy1 because ,i do not write now2 it is impracticable4 ,night and day you are all upon my heart1 and ,i long to hear how you go on4 ,my blessing attends you all1 even you and the children4 ,surely1 was ,i retired from public work1 feeding ,,christ's lambs should be my constant employ4 ,but alas6 ,i must be in the front of the battle4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 magnify thy strength in my weakness1 or ,i shall deny thee and desert my post6 ,pray hard all of you1 ,i intreat you1 for me1 and let me know all your wants4 ,i will labour night and day to have them supplied1 and will pray the great ,shepherd and ,bishop of souls to pay you blessed wages4 ,i know you will be content with such a paymaster4 ,i commend you all to his never-failing mercy1 as being1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most sincere and cordial friend and willing servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxci4 ,to ,lady 4 ,norwich1 ,august #i1 #agee4 ,elect ,lady1 ,,how glad was ,i some time ago to receive a letter from your ,ladyship6 ,how glad am ,i now to sit down to answer it1 and thereby renew a correspondence1 which to me was always profitable and delightful6 ,shall ,i wish your ,ladyship joy8 ,of what8 ,not barely of your additional estate and honour1 but of your having an opportunity1 with your noble ,lord1 of moving in a superior orb1 and letting your light shine more before men4 ,the ,,lord of all lords only knows1 how ,i love and honour you both2 though ,i have not written1 yet ,i have not ceased praying for you and yours these many years4 ,your honoured family on both sides1 must always be dear to me4 ,what ,bethels1 what gates of heaven have we been in together1 whilst engaged in social prayer1 and reading and opening the lively oracles of ,,god6 ,had ,i wings1 gladly would ,i fly to see your ,ladyship's dear little growing family3 but ,,god only knows1 whether ,i shall be able to reach ,scotland this year4 ,i am now at ,norwich1 where there hath undoubtedly been a glorious work of ,,god4 ,twice a day1 both gentle and simple flock to hear the word1 and ,i think it comes with power4 ,,lord1 what am ,i8 ,in ,london1 ,i think1 our people are as lively as ever2 in ,bristol they are the same2 and as for ,america1 words cannot express the glorious scenes that opened in various parts1 especially at ,boston in ,new-,england4 ,the tide ran full as high as ever your ,ladyship knew it at ,edinburgh1 or in any part of ,scotland4 ,this ,i know is the best news ,i can send to your ,ladyship2 for what news1 comparatively speaking1 is worth hearing1 except that which concerns the kingdom of ,,god8 ,what beauties worth admiring1 but the beauties of ,,jesus ,,christ8 ,what riches worth possessing1 but the substantial and durable riches of the divine life8 ,what honour worth acquiring1 but that honour which cometh from ,,god8 ,may these be the beauties1 these the riches1 these the honours of you and your noble ,lord6 ,i assure your ,ladyship that my heart springs when ,i think of him1 or write his name4 ,i truly loved the father1 ,i as truly and most affectionately respect and love the son4 ,,god almighty bless you both1 and give you grace to keep yourselves unspotted from the world6 ,glad shall ,i be to see his ,lordship in town4 ,in the mean while1 ,i hope his ,lordship1 and the honourable family where you are1 will accept not of bare compliments1 but unfeigned and most cordial acknowledgments and respects4 ,may the great physician of souls vouchsafe to give you all thriving souls in healthy bodies6 ,i am glad to hear good ,lady ,d is well4 ,my obligations to her1 and all your honoured family1 are very great4 ,be pleased to accept this poor pepper-corn1 which1 except my poor prayers1 is all the acknowledgment that can be made by1 my good ,lady1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxcii4 ,to ,mr4 ,j ,w4 ,norwich1 ,august #i1 #agee4 ,reverend and dear ,sir1 ,,till ,tuesday evening1 ,i knew no more of coming to ,norwich than the child unborn4 ,had ,i been well enough1 and my private business permitted1 ,i should have been some miles in my way towards ,donnington park4 ,this ,i told ,mr4 ,hly1 and acquainted him with every step2 he should have written himself1 and not retailed our conversation4 ,as ,i expect to be in town some time next week1 ,i choose to defer writing more till we have a personal interview4 ,my time is too precious to be employed in hearkening to1 or vindicating of myself against1 the false and invidious insinuations of narrow and low-life informers4 ,never was ,i more satisfied of my call to any place1 than of my present call to ,norwich4 ,the ,redeemer knows the way that ,i take4 ,i came hither purely for his glory1 without the least design to make a party for myself1 or to please or displease any other party whatsoever4 ,in this way1 and in this spirit1 through his divine assistance1 ,i hope to go on4 ,blessed be his name1 ,i trust my feeble labours have not been in vain4 ,sin1 ,i hope1 hath been prevented1 errors detected1 sinners convicted1 saints edified1 and my own soul sweetly refreshed4 ,but ,i must add no more4 ,that ,,jesus may give us all a right judgment in all things1 and keep all parties whatsoever from giving a wrong touch to the ark1 is and shall be the constant prayer of1 reverend and dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 8,dunnington0 replaced with 8,donnington0 ,,letter ,,mxciii4 ,to ,doctor ,r4 ,london1 ,august #bj1 #agee4 ,honoured and very dear ,sir1 ,,as long as ,,god is pleased to hold my soul in life1 and ,i hear that you also are in the land of the living1 ,i shall always think it my bounden duty to thank1 and pray for you4 ,surely you have been to me1 honoured ,sir1 a father and a friend4 ,be pleased to accept repeated acknowledgments for all favours conferred on me at college1 and the great care you took to prepare me for the ministry of the church4 ,alas6 ,i am ashamed of my unfruitfulness1 and wonder that the blessed ,redeemer continues to improve me at all4 ,but his name and nature is ,love4 ,he hath once more brought me safe over the mighty waters1 and hath vouchsafed to own my poor feeble labours in yonder new world4 ,the ,orphan-house1 blessed be his name1 is on a good footing1 and ,i trust will prove a nursery for church and state1 when my head is laid in the silent grave4 ,i am waiting daily for my discharge1 and long to be at home4 ,be pleased to add to my innumerable obligations1 by continuing to pray for me4 ,i retain my old name1 being the chief of sinners1 and less than the least of all saints1 but1 honoured and very dear ,sir1 ,your most obliged1 dutiful son and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxciv4 ,to 4 ,london1 ,august #bf1 #agee4 ,my dear ,friends1 ,i ,,received both your kind letters1 and likewise one from ,mr4 ,w1 and last night a long one from ,mr4 ,c2 but alas6 ,i have no time for controversy4 ,to their own ,master they must both either stand or fall4 ,all ,i can say in your present circumstances1 is1 8that you had best make a trial1 and let matters for a while stand as they are40 ,i have sent letters1 if possible1 to prevent the spreading1 at least the publishing any further tales4 ,in the mean while1 my dear friends1 do you strengthen yourselves in the ,,lord your ,,god4 ,the cause is his2 you honestly1 ,i believe1 embarked in it for his great name's sake1 and he will help you out of all4 ,when ,i see ,mr4 ,rr1 ,i shall speak to him again4 ,but to-morrow ,i must away to the northward4 ,follow me1 ,i entreat you1 with your prayers1 and assure yourselves1 that you and yours1 and the dear people of ,norwich1 will not be forgotten by me4 ,if ever the ,redeemer1 in his good providence1 should bring me thither again1 ,i can then converse with ,mr4 ,w and ,c face to face2but ,i beg to be excused from writing1 when ,i think by so doing ,i can do no service4 ,the ,,lord cloathe us all with humility1 and give us all true simplicity and godly sincerity6 ,then we need fear nothing4 ,blessed be his name1 we have golden seasons here4 ,blessed be his name1 if any good was done by my poor feeble labours in your city4 ,to ,him1 who delights to shew himself strong in behalf of those who are of an upright heart1 be all the glory4 ,if ,i know any thing of myself1 ,i want to supplant none1 but to strengthen the hands of all that preach and live ,,christ ,,jesus4 ,in his great name1 and with repeated thanks for all favours1 ,i subscribe myself1 my very dear friends1 ,yours most affectionately1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxcv4 ,to ,miss ,p4 ,weston-,favell1 ,august #cj1 #agee4 ,dear ,miss1 ,a ,,few days past1 as ,i was going into the ,tabernacle to read letters1 yours came to hand2 immediately ,i read it among the rest1 and you and my other dear ,new-,england friends had the prayers of thousands4 ,but how did ,i wish to be transported to ,america6 ,how did ,i long to stir up all against the common enemy1 and to be made instrumental in doing my dear country some little service6 ,but surely ,,god sent me over at this juncture1 and therefore ,i hope to be resigned4 ,already1 blessed be his name1 he hath vouchsafed to own my feeble labours in ,london1 ,gloucestershire1 ,bristol1 ,bath1 and ,norwich4 ,i have been at the last place very lately1 and notwithstanding offences have come1 there hath been a glorious work begun1 and is now carrying on4 ,the ,polite and ,great seem to hear with much attention1 and ,i scarce ever preached a week together with greater freedom4 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o my soul6 ,i am now going my northern circuit1 and perhaps may take a trip to ,ireland4 ,o what a pity is it1 that we have but one body and one soul for ,,jesus ,,christ6 ,i write this from dear ,mr4 ,h's1 who sends kind love to all his dear ,new-,england friends1 and earnestly begs the continuance of their prayers4 ,he is now writing another volume upon sanctification3 that1 you say1 dear ,miss1 is what you want4 ,that is what the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus longs to give4 ,out of his fulness we are all to receive even grace for grace4 ,but how slow are we to believe6 ,,lord1 ,i believe1 help my unbelief6 must be my language still4 ,i thank your honoured father for the kind present of the sermons1 charter1 c4 ,i see you are resolved to increase my obligations1 till they amount to a prodigious sum4 ,my blessed ,master must pay you all4 ,o that ,i may be remembered before him2 night and day1 in public and in private6 ,dear ,new-,england1 dear ,boston lies upon my heart2 surely the ,,lord will not give it over into the enemies hand4 ,he hath too many praying ministers and praying people there1 for such a dreadful catastrophe4 ,immediately upon hearing of your late defeat1 ,i preached from those words1 8,when the enemy comes in like a flood1 then the spirit of the ,,lord lifts up a standard against him40 ,this we shall find true in a temporal and spiritual sense4 ,blest is faith that trusts ,christ's power1 ,blest are saints that wait his hour4 ,i could enlarge1 but must away4 ,my heart is full for dear ,new-,england1 and ,i must go to ,,god and vent it4 ,i can only send you and your honoured parents1 and all your religious associates1 and all enquiring friends1 ten thousand thanks for all favours1 and beg them never to cease praying for1 dear ,miss1 ,their and your assured and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxcvi4 ,to ,lady ,p4 ,weston-,favell1 ,august #cj1 #agee4 ,dear ,madam1 ,,though ,providence prevented my seeing you again1 yet you have been much upon my heart4 ,as a proof of it1 be pleased to accept of these few hasty lines4 ,i find you are once more called to give up your honoured husband for his country's good4 ,that ,,god whom you serve1 will richly reward you for such a sacrifice1 and be better to you than seven husbands4 ,i long1 ,i long to hear that he is returned victorious4 ,he is gone upon a good cause1 and under the conduct of the best general1 even the ,captain of our salvation4 ,to him ,i am praying night and day for the temporal and spiritual welfare of dear1 never to be forgotten ,new-,england4 ,courage1 dear ,madam1 courage3a few more partings1 a few more changes1 a few more heart-breakings1 heart-purifying trials1 and we shall be safe landed4 ,that you and yours1 dear ,madam1 may have a triumphant entrance administered to you into the heavenly kingdom1 is and shall be the hearty prayer of1 dear ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's obliged and ready servant1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxcvii ,,to ,mr4 ,v4 ,weston-,favell1 ,august #cj1 #agee4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,i ,,wrote you a letter just before ,i left ,charles-,town1 which ,i find you have not received4 ,the things sent proved bad1 but ,i have a ,,god to go to1 who can and will supply all my wants according to the riches of his grace in ,,christ ,,jesus4 ,i am sorry that your people continue yet as sheep having no shepherd4 ,what ,i said about ,mr4 ,b1 was by commission from himself1 ,i wish ,mr4 ,d may see his way clear4 ,but who will come to be torn in pieces by two contending parties8 ,giver of concord1 prince of peace1 ,meek lamb-like ,son of ,,god1 ,bid these unchristian jarrings cease1 ,o quench them with thy blood6 ,amidst all this1 what a mercy is it1 my dear friend1 that ,,jesus shews you more of your heart4 ,o thank him a thousand and a thousand times1 for pointing out to you the sin that doth most easily beset you4 ,surely it is a too great love of money4 ,of this your friends every where take notice2 and this1 in many cases1 makes you act an unfriendly part4 ,if ,,god should suffer our enemies to prevail1 you will wish you had laid up more treasure in heaven4 ,blessed be ,,god1 mine is out of the reach of men or devils4 ,strange6 that five per cent4 from man1 should be preferred to a hundred-fold from ,,christ6 ,a word to the wise is sufficient4 ,i should not have said this1 lest there should be the appearance of self-interest1 had you not given me the hint4 ,but ,i hope you know1 7however1 ,i am sure that ,,god knows7 that ,i want to deny1 not enrich myself4 ,but enough of this4 ,i am now looking out for more news from dear ,america4 ,may the late defeat be sanctified2 and then ,i doubt not but we shall be more than conquerors through the love of ,,christ4 ,i often wish myself abroad2 but assuredly ,providence called me home4,my poor feeble labours are still blessed both in town and country1 and many dear ministers of ,,jesus are coming out4 ,it would delight you to be at ,tabernacle4 ,we are often in the suburbs of heaven4 ,i write this from dear ,mr4 ,hy's1 in my way to ,yorkshire1 and perhaps ,ireland1 ,i told him what you wrote about ,theron and ,aspasio1 and he begs your prayers4 ,o ,america1 how near dost thou lie upon my heart6 ,,god preserve it from popish tyranny and arbitrary power6 ,i can write no more4 ,adieu1 my dear ,mr4 ,v4 ,continue to write to me1 and live and give for ,,jesus1 who hath given you this world1 and that which is to come4 ,was you here1 methinks we should weep together4 ,o redeeming love6 ,how can we think of it1 and at the same time not be ambitious of opportunities to spend and be spent for ,,jesus4 ,non magna loquimur1 non magna scribimus1 sed vivimus1 is the christian's motto4 ,mr4 ,d can ,english it4 ,i send to him1 and all enquiring friends1 my cordial respects4 ,i saw his daughter well at ,braintree a little while ago4 ,there1 as well as elsewhere1 we had blessed seasons4 ,i know you will join in crying ,grace6 grace6 with1 my dear ,gaius1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxcviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,j ,s4 ,northampton1 ,september #a1 #agee4 ,,and did my dear ,mr4 ,s direct a letter and not send me one line at a venture8 ,well1 ,i thank him even for the direction1 as well as for all other unmerited favours4 ,o that it was in my power to shew my gratitude in a substantial manner6 ,this is my comfort1 ,,god is a prayer-hearing1 promise-keeping ,,god4 ,he will not fail those1 who have confessed him or his ministers before men4,it may be1 before men they shall be rewarded4 ,certain it is1 they shall be confessed by ,,jesus ,,christ in the presence of men and angels in the kingdom of heaven4 ,this1 ere long1 will be your happiness4 ,methinks ,i long for the day2 but am ashamed ,i do no more for ,,jesus1 who yet continues to employ me4 ,every where the fields are white ready unto harvest4 ,at ,london1 ,bristol1 ,bath1 in ,gloucestershire1 at ,norwich1 ,bury1 ,braintree1 and yesterday twice here1 we had blessed seasons4 ,i am now going into ,yorkshire1 and it may be to ,ireland4 ,if there should be a bloody war1 ,,god only knows when ,i shall see my dear ,new-,england4 ,thither ,i find a strong attraction4 ,o for good news from the northern forces6 ,i suppose death must come first before life4,this is always the method of ,providence4 ,,lord1 help us to pray and not faint6 ,happy they who have got a ,,jesus to fly to3 he is our refuge from every storm4 ,your whole self and all enquiring friends do ,i most earnestly commend to his never-failing mercy1 as being1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mxcix4 ,to ,colonel ,p4 ,northampton1 ,september #a1 #agee4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,,according to my promise1 before ,i embarked for ,england1 ,i sent you the copy of my oath1 from ,charles-,town2 which1 ,i fear1 is not come to hand1 because not mentioned in either of your letters1 which ,i had the pleasure of receiving a few days ago4 ,in my way northward1 ,i take the first opportunity of thanking you for both1 and at the same time heartily thank the ,captain of our salvation1 for giving you grace to stand to your colours1 and persist in your spiritual warfare4 ,perhaps1 ere this reaches ,boston1 you may be called out in the service of your country4 ,may your head1 and the heads of all engaged1 be covered in every day of battle2 and may our troops be made in the end more than conquerors through the love of ,,god6 ,this is what we are assured of in our spiritual combat4,,jesus1 who is truth itself1 hath told us1 that nothing shall pluck us out of his almighty hands4 ,though faint then1 let us still pursue4 ,through the ,redeemer strengthening me1 ,i am yet continuing my feeble labours1 which1 ,i trust1 are not in vain in the ,,lord4 ,fain would ,i be with you2 but ,providence seems to have cast my lot at present here4 ,well1 my dear ,sir1 there is a place1 at which1 though absent from1 we may be present with each other2 ,i mean the throne of grace4 ,there1 ,,god willing1 ,i will often meet you4 ,i know you will accept the challenge1 and ,,god himself will say1 ,amen4 ,glad should ,i be to hear from you frequently4 ,o for good news from dear ,new-,england6 ,blessed be ,,god for what you send me concerning ,mrs4 ,p4 ,may root and branch be spared for the ,mediator's glory6 ,to his tender1 never-failing mercy1 do ,i most humbly commend you1 and all other enquiring friends1 as being1 my dear ,sir1 ,your most affectionate friend and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mc4 ,to ,mrs4 ,m4 ,liverpool1 ,sept4 #ab1 #agee4 ,dear ,madam1 ,,ere this can reach you1 ,i hope the days of your mourning will be ended4 ,by your last to ,mr4 ,w ,i find your harp was hanging upon the willows1 your chariot wheels taken off1 and your poor soul driving heavily4 ,add to all this1,satan was besetting you on every side1 and so daring as to say1 8,where is now thy ,,god80,this is his common artifice2 thus he attacked the great ,high-priest and blessed apostle of our profession1 8,if thou be the ,son of ,,god1 c40 ,but if you love not ,,jesus1 whence this pain of absence8 ,why so often crying out1 ,for to my soul it's hell to be ,but for one moment void of thee8 ,this is not the language of a hypocrite4 ,no3 it is the native1 genuine cry of a new and heaven-born soul4 ,woman1 therefore1 why weepest thou8 ,thy ,,lord hath drank of this bitter cup before thee4 ,he knows what this temptation means1 ,for he hath felt the same4 ,look then to ,him1 dear ,madam1 who upon the cross cried out in the bitterness of his soul1 8,my ,,god1 my ,,god1 why hast thou forsaken me80 ,the ,redeemer is now only giving you blessings in disguise1 and teaching you instructive lessons by the thorns and briars of the wilderness4 ,now is the time for you to prove the strength of ,,jesus yours1 and to learn to live upon a ,,god that changeth not4 ,be pleased to excuse this freedom4 ,at ,mr4 ,wd's desire ,i take it4 ,your advice to him1 amidst all your gloom1 bespeaks your concern for the ark of ,,god2 ,i wish he may take it4 ,but ,i love not to interfere in other people's plans1 any further than ,i can contribute a mite towards promoting the common salvation4 ,this principle made me incline to see ,ireland1 but ,i believe the season is too far gone4 ,the ,redeemer's time is best4 ,o that all may have grace given them to wait his leisure6 ,then will affairs have a more comfortable aspect1 and many wrong touches of the ark be happily prevented4 ,blessed be ,,god1 in many places the word runs and is glorified4 ,o that ,i could begin to begin to do something for ,,jesus6 ,i wish that ,mr4 ,c may be raised to work for him once more4 ,and yet1 methinks it is cruel to wish him to stay longer out of heaven4 ,,god give me patience to wait till my wished-for change shall come6 ,my cordial respects await all that love ,,christ ,,jesus in sincerity4,be pleased to accept the same for your whole self1 from1 dear ,madam1 ,your sympathizing friend1 and ready servant1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mci4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,newcastle1 ,september #bd1 #agee4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,at length ,i can sit down1 and send you 7what ,i know you dearly love7 some good news concerning the kingdom of ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,o infinite condescension6 ,he hath vouchsafed to own and bless my feeble labours all the way4 ,at ,northampton we had blessed seasons2 at ,lady ,hn's1 the ,,lord of all ,lords was with us of a truth2 at ,liverpool ,i trust some fallow ground was broken up2 at ,bolton the cup of many ran over2 at ,manchester people heard most gladly2 and at ,leeds and ,bradford1 what many felt1 ,i believe1 is unutterable4 ,in my way hither1 ,i hope a smart gentleman was touched at ,york1 and several ,i find were awakened when ,i was at this place last4 ,,lord1 what am ,i8 ,if thou excuse1 then work thy will1 ,by so unfit an instrument2 ,it will at once thy goodness shew1 ,and prove thy power omnipotent4 ,what ,,god does further1 you may hear by and by4 ,perhaps ,i am at the end of my northern circuit1 and ,i fear ,i am too impatient to get at the end of my christian race4 ,i long1 ,i long to see ,,jesus4 ,well1 he that comes1 will come and will not tarry4 ,his reward is with him2 then1 but not till then1 shall you and yours be fully recompensed1 for strengthening my poor feeble hands in the ,,lord4 ,he only knows how feeble4 ,surely this is grace indeed1 to employ such a wretch as ,i am4 ,help me to adore it4 ,continue to pray for me1 and thereby add to the obligations already conferred on1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcii4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,newcastle1 ,september #bd1 #agee4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,i ,,know not how long it is since ,i left your ,ladyship2 but this ,i know1 a sense of the satisfaction ,i felt when at ,donnington1 still lies upon my heart4 ,surely1 was ,i not called out to public work1 waiting upon and administring to your ,ladyship in holy offices would be my choice and highest privilege4 ,but ,,jesus calls1 and therefore ,i travel to do or suffer thy will1 ,o ,,god6 ,the only new ground that hath been broken up1 ,i think is ,liverpool2 there the prospect is promising4 ,i preached in a great square on the ,lord's day1 and the alarm ,i hear went through the town4 ,at ,bolton the cup of ,,god's people ran over2 and at ,manchester we had large auditories and blessed seasons4 ,at ,leeds we felt what is unutterable1 and at ,bradford1 ,i believe1 last ,sunday the congregation consisted of at least ten thousand4 ,but ,o how hath my pleasure been alloyed at ,leeds6 ,i rejoiced there with trembling2 for unknown to me1 they had almost finished a large house in order to form a separate congregation4 ,if this scheme succeeds1 an awful separation ,i fear will take place amongst the societies4 ,i have written to ,mr4 ,w1 and have done all ,i could to prevent it4 ,o this self-love1 this self-will6 ,it is the devil of devils4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 may thy blessed spirit purge it out of all our hearts6 ,but ,o how must the divine ,paraclete sit as a refiner's fire upon the heart1 in order to bring this about6 ,few choose such fiery purgations1 and therefore so few make the progress that might justly be expected of them in the divine life4 ,make me1 ,o ,,god1 willing to be made1 willing to be1 to do1 or suffer what thou pleasest1 and thenwhat then8this foolish fluttering heart will sweetly be moulded into the divine image4,this ,i write from ,newcastle1 where the people twice a day hear the gospel gladly4 ,at ,york ,i hope a fine gentleman was touched1 and several ,i find were awakened there1 and here also1 at my last visit4 ,what to do now1 ,i know not4 ,calls on all sides are very loud1 and it is too late to go either to ,ireland or ,scotland4 ,o my ,,god6,winter is at hand1 and in the summer how little hath been done for thee6 ,i cannot bear to live at this poor dying rate4 ,my good and ever-honoured ,lady1 add2 for ,,christ's sake add to my already innumerable obligations1 by praying for a poor unfruitful and ungrateful dwarf4 ,i am sick of my vileness1 and yet just comes in a letter acquainting me1 that my preaching hath been blessed to many this morning4 ,good ,,god1 what is this8 ,grace6 ,grace6 ,i am lost1 ,i am lost4 ,take me ,uriel1 take me hence1 ,and bear my soul to ,,god4 ,your ,ladyship sees ,i am running into my old fault4 ,i cannot well help it1 when writing to your ,ladyship4 ,may the choicest of ,,god's mercies rest on you and yours6 ,i hope my poor but sincere respects will find acceptance with ,lady ,s's1 ,master ,h1 c4 ,i must away to pray for your ,ladyship and them1 and therefore hasten to subscribe myself1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most ready servant1 ,g4 ,w4 8,donington0 replaced with 8,donnington0 ,,letter ,,mciii4 ,to ,mr4 ,d ,b4 ,newcastle1 ,october #d1 #agee4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,who would but wish to be in heaven1 where we shall enjoy the communion of saints without interruption8 ,whilst here1 how long is it before we can answer each other's letters8 ,with difficulty ,i now sit down to answer your last2 for these seven or eight days past1 ,i have been deeply engaged in travelling1 and preaching thrice a day4 ,,jesus ,,christ hath made it pleasant to my soul1 and comfortably supported my weak body4 ,it being so late in the year1 ,i cannot proceed further northward4 ,however ,i must write1 if it be only to let you know1 that my dear ,scotch friends are continually upon my heart1 and that ,i most earnestly beg the continuance of their prayers4 ,i am a dwarf1,i am a dwarf1and that is enough to excite their pity4 ,alas6 alas6 ,autumn is come1 winter is drawing on1 and 7,o my ,,god7 how little have ,i done for thee in the summer4 ,the concern ,i feel upon this account almost prevents my writing4 ,adieu1 ,i must retire4,my tender love to ,mrs4 ,b1 and all that are so kind as to inquire after me4 ,exhort them to love1 and live near to the ever-loving ,,jesus1 and for his great name's sake1 never to forget1 my dear friend1 ,their and your affectionate friend1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mciv4 ,to ,mr4 4 ,london1 ,october #ca1 #agee4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,last night1 a never-failing ,,god brought me from the north of ,england1 where ,i have been enabled to preach twice and thrice a day1 to many1 many thousands for these two months last past4 ,and yet ,i cannot die4,nay they tell me1 8,i grow fat40 ,o that ,i may grow in grace1 especially in humility6 ,then would the ,,lord delight to honour me4 ,vile as ,i am1 this he continues to do4 ,never did ,i see the word more blessed1 or so many thousands run after it with greater greediness4 ,next to inviting them to ,,christ1 ,i have always taken care to exhort them to pray for ,king ,george1 and our dear friends in ,america4 ,i trust1 that thousands are now engaged this way1 and whatever dark providences may intervene1 ,i hope to hear they have been more than conquerors48,pray continue to write10 ,i often tell my friend4 ,i often think of him who sent me the glass1 before the friend of sinners4 ,,god almighty bless you and yours1 and all enquiring dear souls1 with all spiritual and temporal blessings6 ,i see some are marrying1 and others giving in marriage4 ,may the ,,lord ,,jesus sanctify every change1 till we all come to sit down at the marriage feast of the supper of the ,lamb6 ,there ,i hope ere long to meet you4 ,fly1 fly1 ,time3 hasten1 hasten1 ,o wished-for ,eternity6 ,adieu3 my tender love to all4 ,i wish dear ,mr4 ,t a good help-mate1 but above all1 ,i wish him much success in espousing poor sinners to the ever adorable ,,jesus4 ,once more farewel4 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcv4 ,to ,mr4 ,b4 ,london1 ,november #a1 #agee4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,b1 ,,on ,thursday evening1 a never-failing ,providence brought me in safety from my northern circuit1 and this morning ,i find a letter of a distant date from you1 which before ,i look over my other letters1 ,i sit down to answer4 ,and what shall ,i say8 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i have good news to send you from the north country2 never did ,i see the word of ,,god have freer course1 or congregations more numerous or attentive4 ,i was strengthened to preach generally twice or thrice a day1 and thanks be to my gracious ,master1 my poor carcase held it out4 ,next to ,,jesus1 my ,king and country were upon my heart4 ,i acted as at ,stroud1 and other parts of ,gloucestershire1 and ,i hope ,i shall always think it my bounden duty1 next to inviting sinners to the blessed ,,jesus1 to exhort my hearers to exert themselves against the first approaches of popish tyranny and arbitrary power4 ,o that we may be enabled to watch and pray against all the opposition of ,antichrist in our hearts2 for after all1 there lies the most dangerous man of sin2 there is the temple in which he sits1 exalting himself above all that is called ,,god4 ,and what shall1 what can destroy him8 ,nothing but the breath of the ,redeemer's mouth1 and the brightness of his appearing1 by his blessed spirit in our souls4 ,o for more of this baptismal fire6 ,,god give you1 and the dear ,alderman1 to pray earnestly for me1 that ,i may begin at length to be a little alive to my ,,god4 ,o winter6 winter6 how near art thou drawing1 and how little have ,i done for ,jesus in the summer6 ,perhaps before ,christmas ,i may see you again4 ,future things belong to ,,jesus4 ,to his tender never-failing mercy do ,i most heartily commit you1 and the dear ,alderman1 all your relations1 and all enquiring friends1 and once more beg that you will not forget to pray for1 my dear ,mr4 ,b1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcvi4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,november #a1 #agee4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,what shall ,i say8 ,indeed and indeed1 it hath given me great concern1 that ,i could not perform my promise to return to ,donnington-park so soon as ,i expected4,but had ,i done so1 ,i must have failed preaching at least to above fifty thousand souls1 who at different places ran most greedily many miles after the everlasting gospel4 ,this ,i thought your ,ladyship would by no means approve of1 and therefore acquiesced4 ,on ,thursday evening1 with no small regret ,i came to town1 after having preached about a hundred times1 and travelled about eight hundred miles in the country4 ,blessed be ,,god1 my feeble carcase was strengthened to hold out1 though for more than ten days together1 ,i preached thrice a day4,o that ,i could preach three hundred times6 all would be little enough1 7alas1 alas1 infinitely too little7 to testify my feeble love to the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus4 ,i hope that your ,ladyship1 and the other elect ,ladies1 will enjoy much of his blessed spirit1 in your present sweet retreat4 ,after about a week's stay here1 ,i hope to move westward4 ,o winter1 winter6 haste and fly1 that ,i may again set out1 and begin to spring for my ,,god6 ,i know ,i shall have your ,ladyship's prayers1 and ,i am sure your ,ladyship and family and friends have mine4 ,yesterday ,i waited upon the ,countess ,d1 and on ,thursday1 ,,god willing1 ,i am to dine with her ,ladyship4 ,blessed be ,,god1 all was well4 ,o for growth in grace6 ,o for the total destruction of self and selfishness6 ,alas1 what inward purgations and martyrdoms must be undergone6 ,,lord ,,jesus1 we are the clay1 and thou art the potter2 stamp thine image in what way thou pleasest6 ,i know your ,ladyship will say1 ,amen4 ,i trust an 8,even so1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly10 is sincerely added by1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcvii4 ,to the ,honourable ,j ,r4 ,london1 ,numbers #g1 #agee4 ,very dear ,sir1 ,,are you yet called out in defence of your country8 ,the measures taken by your honourable and loyal council and assembly1 ,i hope will be blessed to prevent a stir so near to ,boston4 ,i am glad to hear1 that the ,ladies are employed in making the soldiers cloaths2 ,i trust my female friends are some of the most active4 ,surely1 the cause is the cause of ,,god1 and if done out of love to ,,jesus1 this labour of love shall not go unrewarded4 ,,god make male and female good soldiers of ,,jesus ,,christ6 ,nothing like fighting under his banner2 he is a refuge from every storm4 ,i can only add1 that ,i most earnestly commend you and yours1 and the whole circle of my never to be forgotten friends1 to his never-failing mercy1 and intreat you to accept these few hasty lines1 as a token of love and respect unfeigned1 from1 very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcviii4 ,to the ,honourable ,a ,o4 ,london1 ,november #h1 #agee4 ,very dear ,sir1 ,i ,,hear you have been sitting night and day in council4 ,may ,,jesus1 the wonderful counsellor1 preside in your assembly1 and influence you to pursue such measures1 as may be blessed to the humbling a persidious enemy1 and making the dear ,new ,englanders more than conquerors through the love of ,,god6 ,all we can do on this side the water1 is to pray4 ,this ,i trust thousands are doing every day4,i seldom preach1 without mentioning dear ,new ,england4 ,o for more good news from that part of yonder new world6 ,o that this time of outward danger1 may be sanctified to the exciting of greater zeal against our inward spiritual enemies6 ,for after all1 the man of sin in our own hearts1 is the greatest foe the real christian hath to fear4 ,may ,,jesus destroy him both within and without1 by the breath of his mouth1 and the brightness of his appearing6 ,blessed be ,,god1 the prospect is promising here6 ,in the north of ,england1 the word runs and is glorified more than ever1 and in ,london people flock like doves to the windows3and yet ,i feel a strong attraction for ,america4 ,pray be so kind1 very dear ,sir1 to send me some account now and then1 how matters stand4,perhaps it may be of some service4 ,i could enlarge1 but must drop a line or two more to some more friends1 and therefore can only send my most cordial salutations to yourself1 and whole houshold1 and begging a continued interest in your prayers1 subscribe myself1 very dear ,sir1 ,your most obliged1 affectionate friend1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcix4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,november #aj1 #agee4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,your ,ladyship's kind and condescending letter1 found me just returned from ,chatham1 and led me 7as your ,ladyship's letters always do7 to a throne of grace4 ,i immediately threw myself prostrate before ,,god1 and earnestly prayed1 in my poor feeble manner1 that grace1 mercy1 and peace might be multiplied upon your ,ladyship1 and your happy family4 ,the ,court1 in the best sense of the word1 is now removed to ,clifton4 ,for there only is the real court kept1 where ,,jesus reigns1 and where he has erected a spiritual kingdom in the heart4 ,all besides this1 is only tinsel and glitter4 ,here alone is real and abiding happiness to be found4 ,o for further searches into the heighths and depths of ,,god8 ,o for further leadings into the chambers of that selfish1 sensual1 and devilish imagery1 that yet lie latent in my partly renewed heart4 ,this self-love1 what a ,proteus6 ,this self-will1 what an ,hydra8 ,this remaining body of sin and death1 what an antichrist6 what a scarlet whore6 what a hell6 what a red dragon6 what a cursed monster is it6 ,how hard1 how slow he dies6 ,o what gratitude do ,i owe to the bruiser of this serpent's head6 ,o for a heart gladly to embrace every cross1 every trying dispensation1 that may have a tendency to poison1 or starve1 or nip the buddings of the old1 and cherish1 promote1 or cause to bloom and blossom the graces and tempers of the new man in my soul6 ,ordinances1 providences1 doctrines1 7,i am more and more convinced7 are of no service to believers1 than as they are attended with this mortifying and life-giving power4 ,happy family1 that have this one thing in view6 ,happy retirement1 that is improved to this blessed purpose6 ,happy1 therefore1 good ,lady ,hn1 and the other elect ,ladies1 who are determined thus to go on hand in hand to heaven6 ,all hail1 ye new-born1 heaven-born souls6 ye know1 by happy experience1 that ,,jesus is an inward as well as an outward saviour1 and that he came indeed and indeed to redeem us from this present evil world4 ,was even annihilation to follow at death1 who would but have this redemption whilst they live8 ,but1 glory1 glory be to ,,god1 it is only the dawning of an eternal day1 the beginning of a life that is ere long to be absorbed and swallowed up in never-ceasing1 uninterrupted fruition of the ever-blessed triune ,deity4 ,o the depth1 the height of this love of ,,god6 ,it passeth human and angelic knowledge4 ,my paper only permits me to add1 7,,god knows it is with gratitude and sincerity7 that ,i am1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful and ready servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcx4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,bristol1 ,november #cj1 #agee4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,to be three weeks without sending you a line1 seems a long while to me4 ,what if we should meet ere long in an endless and happy eternity8 ,for near ten days past ,i have preached in pain1 occasioned by a sore throat1 which ,i find now is the beginning of an inflammatory quinsey4 ,silence and warmth1 the doctor tells me1 under ,,god1 may cure me1 but heaven 7if ,i had my will7 is my choice1 especially if ,i can speak no longer on earth for my ,,god4 ,however1 painful and expensive as1 in a spiritual sense1 the medicine of silence is1 ,i have promised to be very obedient1 and therefore ,i have not preached this morning4 ,if ,i grow better1 7as the world terms it7 ,i hope to see you in about a fortnight1 if otherwise1 ,,god willing1 you shall hear from me again4 ,blessed be ,,jesus1 ,i am ready2 ,i know that my ,redeemer liveth4 ,o that all who were lately swallowed up in ,portugal1 had known it6 ,then an earthquake would only be a rumbling chariot to carry the soul to ,,god4 ,poor ,lisbon6 how soon are all thy riches and superstitious pageantry swallowed up6 ,what a shock must the news give to a full exchange6 ,who would but lay up treasure in heaven8 ,thanks be to ,,god1 for teaching you1 my very dear ,sir1 this heavenly art6 ,may you and yours improve in it every day and hour4 ,this is my comfort1 all my goods are gone before me4 ,o the pleasure of having nothing1 and yet possessing all things in ,,jesus6 ,this be my happy lot6 ,i beg a continued interest in your prayers1 and trust that living and dying you will always be remembered by1 my very dear friend1 ,your most affectionate friend and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxi4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,h ,d4 ,bristol1 ,dec4 #f1 #agee4 ,my dear ,friend and ,brother1 ,,one would think1 that ,providence did in a more immediate manner interpose to prevent our meeting4 ,i saw your last to ,mr4 ,mn1 and intended to have answered it for him1 but it hath pleased a gracious and sovereign ,,god to silence me for a few days1 by a sore throat1 which was like to have terminated in an inflammatory quinsey4 ,this gave me hopes of putting into port2 but it seems ,i am yet to put out to sea again4 ,o that my stammering tongue may be loosed1 and that ,i may begin to begin to speak in earnest for my ,,god6 ,every thing1 both from within and without1 calls upon us to cry aloud and spare not4 ,whatever becomes of ill and hell-deserving me1 may the ever-loving and ever-lovely ,,jesus cause your bow to abide in strength6 ,i trust many arrows have stuck fast in the ,north of ,england2 and in the ,west1 ,i trust1 the sword of the ,,lord hath not returned empty4 ,on ,monday se'nnight1 ,,god willing1 ,i purpose going to ,gloucester1 and hope to be in ,london soon4 ,our meeting1 therefore1 must necessarily be put off till ,spring4 ,in the meanwhile1 ,i should be glad to see and converse with ,mr4 ,j1 of whom ,i have heard a good report4 ,i am sorry there is no greater connection between ,england and ,wales4 ,the harvest is great1 and the disinterested labourers are few4 ,this is my comfort1 the ,,lord of the harvest can and will1 in his own time and way1 thrust out more labourers into the harvest4 ,that he may own and bless you1 and all in your connection1 more and more1 is the earnest prayer of1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxii4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,december #ca1 #agee4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,your ,ladyship's kind and condescending letter should not have lain so long by me1 had not bodily weakness1 and my ,christmas labours1 prevented my writing4 ,indeed and indeed my good ,lady1 it hath been a joyful mournful season to my inward man4 ,for exclusive of a pretty sharp outward trial1 ,saturday last being my birth-day1 my soul was deeply exercised from morning till evening1 in thinking how much in one-and-forty years ,i have sinned against1 and how little ,i have done for an infinitely good and ever-blessed ,,god4 ,this impression yet lies deep upon my heart1 and therefore1 through divine assistance1 ,i purpose to end the old year in preaching on those words1 8,i abhor myself1 and repent in dust and ashes40 ,o that all things belonging to the old man1 may die in me1 and all things belonging to the new man live and grow in me6 ,but alas1 this is a work of time4 ,every day and every hour must we be passing from death to life4 ,mortification and vivification make up the whole of the divine work in the new-born soul4 ,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly2 have compassion on this barren fig-tree1 and if it is to be spared another year1 so dig and dung round it1 that it may bring forth much fruit unto ,,god6 ,but shall ,i conceal the goodness of my long-suffering ,master8 ,no3 ,i dare not2for in spite of my unworthiness1 he still continues to smile upon my poor ministrations1 and gives me to see his stately steps in the great congregations4 ,a noble chapel is now opened in ,long-acre1 where ,i am to read prayers and preach twice a week4 ,hundreds went away last night1 who could not come in2 but those that could1 ,i trust1 met with ,,jesus4 ,mr4 ,c and ,i have met twice1 and hope for a third interview very soon4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 make me a peace-maker6 ,i am obliged to ,mrs4 ,w and the other ,ladies for their kind remembrance of an unworthy worm4 ,i return it1 by earnestly praying1 that they and your ,ladyship may be filled with all the fulness of ,,god4 ,i can rise no higher1 and therefore1 with all possible acknowledgments for all unmerited favours1 ,i must hasten to subscribe myself1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and very ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,london1 ,january #a1 #agef4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,your not answering my two last sooner1 gave me pain2 sorrows are lessened1 and joys become greater by being communicated4 ,it is so with an earthly friend1 much more so with the friend of sinners4 ,our sorrows and our tears we pour1 ,into the bosom of our ,,god4 ,he bottles them all up1 and will not suffer one of them to fall to the ground unregarded4 ,i hope that these trials1 which1 like ,job's messengers1 come one upon the back of another1 by being sanctified1 will make your soul as a watered garden4 ,you know who hath said1 8,they that sow in tears1 shall reap in joy40 ,o blessed religion1 that shews us the holy art of gaining by our losses1 and rising by our falls6 ,was it in my power1 this letter should enclose something that would stop every temporal gap2 but ,i am not rich at present4 ,poor1 yet endeavouring to make many rich1 ,i would have my motto still6 ,thanks be to ,,god1 at our lowest estate we can draw on the bank of heaven4 ,a believer never hath a bill protested there4 8,my ,,god 7says the ,apostle ,paul7 shall supply all your need according to his riches in ,,christ ,,jesus40 ,away1 and endorse it afresh1 and send it directly away post on the wings of prayer4 ,never fear any trial that sends you to your knees2 ,you must then needs go forward whether you know it or not4 ,i would enlarge1 but weakness prevents4 ,i have been in the furnace2 ,i hope it is intended to prepare me for fresh success4 ,the awakening at ,london seems to be quite new4 ,adieu1 adieu4 ,i am called away4 ,ever yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxiv4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,london1 ,january #bb1 #agef4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,enclosed you have some extracts1 which perhaps may afford you comfort1 and ,i trust will excite you to pray for one1 who is indeed less than the least of all saints4 ,ever since ,i came from the ,north1 it hath pleased a sovereign ,lord to visit me with a violent cold and sore throat1 which threatened an inflammatory quinsey4 ,such a thing1 ,i hoped1 would have soon carried me1 where this cold heart should for ever be inflamed with seraphic love4 ,but alas6 ,i fear this wish'd-for time is not at hand4 ,one physician prescribed a perpetual blister1 but ,i have found perpetual preaching to be a better remedy4 ,when this grand catholicon fails1 it is over with me4 ,you will pray1 that 7if ,i must put out to sea again7 it may be to take some fresh prizes for my ,,god4 ,every day brings us fresh news of newly awakened souls4 ,both at this and the other end of the town1 7where ,i now preach at a chapel twice a week7 there is a glorious stirring amongst the dry bones4 ,my heart is pained for dear ,america2 but ,i trust the ,,lord will fight their battles1 and make them more than conquerors4 ,happy they who have fled to ,,jesus3 he is a strong and sure refuge from every storm4 ,i hope he hath appeared for his cause at ,glasgow4 ,may that dear people never be left without many teaching priests6 ,i send my kind host and hostess1 and all enquiring friends1 most cordial respects1 and beg you to accept the same from1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxv4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,january #bi1 #agef4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,your ,ladyship will see by the inclosed1 how dangerous it is to give me liberty4 ,i would not grow upon it1 and yet ,i cannot discharge my conscience1 unless ,i lay particular distressing applications before your ,ladyship4 ,i know the person mentioned in ,mr4 ,g's letter1 and believe he belongs to the little flock of ,,jesus3 the best recommendation that can be laid before your ,ladyship4 ,i doubt not but what your ,ladyship hath done in behalf of the prisoner1 will have good effect3 ,i do not know how soon ,i may be called before my superiors myself4 ,the sons of ,tubal and ,cain continue to serenade me at ,long-,acre chapel4 ,they have been called before a justice2 and yesterday the ,bishop of ,b sent for them1 and enquired where ,i lived4 ,my house is pretty public1 and the ,bishop of souls shall answer for me3he does4 ,one1 who subscribes to hire men to make the noise1 hath been pricked to the heart1 and can have no rest till he speaks with me4 ,thus ,,jesus gets himself the victory4,one of the inclosed extracts comes from a person1 that a few weeks ago was a confirmed deist3 now1 ,i trust1 he is a little child4 ,the ,redeemer speaks1 and it is done2 he commands1 and new creatures instantaneously arise before him4 ,your ,ladyship enjoined me to be particular2 ,i could be more so1 but must send a few lines to the elect ,ladies4 ,that they may find both them and your ,ladyship filled with all the fulness of ,,god1 is the earnest prayer of1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and very ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,f4 ,january #cj #agef4 ,honoured ,sir1 ,,gratitude constrains me to send you a few lines of thanks for the care and zeal you have expressed in suppressing the late disorders at ,long-,acre chapel4 ,a better acknowledgment will1 ,i trust1 await you at his bar1 by whom kings reign1 and princes decree justice1 and who hath instituted magistracy to be a terror to evil doers1 and a praise to them that do well4 ,i hear that some unhappy man hath incurred the penalty inflicted by our salutary laws4 ,as peace1 not revenge1 is the thing aimed at1 ,i should rejoice if this could be procured without the delinquents suffering any further punishment4 ,perhaps what hath been done already1 may be sufficient to deter others from any further illegal proceedings1 and that will be satisfaction enough1 honoured ,sir1 to ,your much obliged humble servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxvii4 ,to the ,bishop of ,b4 ,tabernacle-,house1 ,february #b1 #agef4 ,my ,lord1 ,a ,,few weeks ago1 several serious persons chosen to be a committee for one ,mr4 ,b1 applied to me in the name of ,,jesus ,,christ1 and a multitude of souls desirous of hearing the gospel1 to preach at a place commonly called ,long-,acre chapel4 ,at the same time they acquainted me1 8,that the place was licensed2 that ,mr4 ,b either had taken1 or was to take it for a certain term of years1 and had preached in it for a considerable time1 as a protestant ,dissenting minister3 notwithstanding1 7they added7 ,i might use the ,liturgy if ,i thought proper1 so that ,i would but come and preach once or twice a week40 ,looking upon this as a providential call1 from him1 who in the days of his flesh taught all that were willing to hear1 on a mount1 in a ship1 or by the sea-side1 and who after his ascension1 commanded us by his ,apostle1 to be 8instant in season and out of season10 ,i readily complied1 and humbly hope that my feeble1 though ,i trust sincere labours1 have not been altogether in vain in the ,,lord4 ,this being the case1 your ,lordship will necessarily suppose1 that ,i was somewhat surprized at the prohibition ,i received from your ,lordship this evening4 ,for ,i looked upon the place as a particular person's property1 and being1 as ,i was informed1 not only unconsecrated1 but also licensed according to law1 ,i thought ,i might innocently preach the love of a crucified ,redeemer1 and for his great name's sake1 loyalty to the best of princes our dread sovereign ,king ,george1 without giving any just offence to ,jew or ,gentile1 much less to any bishop or overseer of the church of ,,god4 ,as ,i have therefore given notice of preaching to-morrow evening1 and every ,tuesday and ,thursday whilst ,i am in town1 ,i hope your ,lordship will not look upon it as contumacy1 or done out of contempt1 if ,i persist in prosecuting my design1 till ,i am more particularly apprized wherein ,i have erred4 ,controversy1 my ,lord1 is what ,i abhor1 and as raising popular clamours1 and ecclesiastical dissentions must be quite unseasonable1 especially at this juncture1 when ,france and ,rome and hell ought to be the common butt of our resentment1 ,i hope your ,lordship will be so good as to inform yourself and me more particularly about this matter2 and upon due conviction1 as ,i have no design but to do good to precious souls1 ,i promise to submit4 ,but if your ,lordship should judge it best to decline this method1 and ,i should be called to answer for my conduct1 either before a spiritual court1 or from the press1 ,i trust the irregularity ,i am charged with1 will appear justifiable to every true lover of ,english liberty1 and what is all to me1 will be approved of at the awful and impartial tribunal of the great ,shepherd and ,bishop of souls1 in obedience to whom ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 my ,lord1 ,your ,lordship's most dutiful son and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,b4 ,tabernacle-,house1 ,february #i1 #agef4 ,reverend ,sir1 ,,on our late fast day1 a collection was made at the ,tabernacle where ,i preach1 eighty pounds of which ,i have deposited in the hands of ,mr4 ,a1 in ,fleet-street1 for the use of the poor persecuted ,french protestants4 ,that our great and compassionate ,high-priest may accept it as done to himself1 and bless you and the honourable society established for promoting so laudable a charity1 is the hearty prayer of1 reverend ,sir1 ,your unworthy brother and fellow-labourer in the cause of our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxix4 ,to the ,bishop of ,b4 ,tabernacle-,house1 ,february #af1 #agef4 ,my ,lord1 ,i ,,this evening received your ,lordship's kind letter1 and though it is late1 and nature calls for rest1 yet in the fear of him to whom all hearts are open1 all desires known1 and from whom no secrets are hid1 ,i desire now to sit down and give your ,lordship an explicit answer4 ,,god1 even that ,,god by whom ,i am to be judged1 can witness1 that with a disinterested view to promote his glory1 and the welfare of precious and immortal souls1 ,i entered into holy orders1 according to the form of ordination of the church of ,england2 and1 as thousands can testify1 for near these twenty years last past1 ,i have conscientiously defended her homilies and articles1 and upon all occasions spoken well of her liturgy4 ,either of these1 together with her discipline1 ,i am so far from renouncing1 much less from throwing aside all regard to1 that ,i earnestly pray for the due restoration of the one1 and daily lament the wanton departure of too1 too many from the other4 ,but1 my ,lord1 what can ,i do8 ,when ,i acted in the most regular manner1 and when ,i was bringing multitudes even of ,dissenters themselves to croud the churches1 without any other reason being given than that too many followed after me1 ,i was denied the use of them4 ,being thus excluded1 and many thousands of ignorant souls1 that perhaps would neither go to church nor meeting-houses1 being very hungry after the gospel1 ,i thought myself bound in duty to deal out to them the bread of life4 ,being further ambitious to serve my ,,god1 my ,king1 and my country1 ,i sacrificed my affections1 and left my native soil1 in order to begin and carry on an ,orphan-house in the infant colony of ,georgia1 which1 through the divine blessing1 is put upon a good foundation4 ,this served as an introduction1 though without design1 to my visiting the other parts of his ,majesty's dominions in ,north-,america2 and ,i humbly hope1 that many made truly serious in that foreign clime1 will be my joy and crown of rejoicing in the day of the ,,lord ,,jesus4 ,if it was not for this hope1 nay1 my ,lord1 if ,i was not assured1 that the blessed ,redeemer 7,o amazing condescension7 hath vouchsafed to own me for the real conversion1 and turning of many from darkness to light1 the weakness of my frequently worn out and decaying body1 the innumerable temptations that have beset my soul1 together with the violent opposition ,i have met with from various quarters1 would long since have quite overwhelmed1 and at least have prevailed on me to accept some of those offers that have been made me to nestle1 by accepting of which ,i might have screened myself from that obloquy and contempt1 which1 in some degree or other1 every day ,i have the honour to meet with for ,,jesu's sake4 ,but hitherto having obtained help from ,,god1 without eating a morsel of the church of ,england's bread1 ,i still continue to use her liturgy1 wherever a church or chapel is allowed me1 and preach up her articles1 and enforce her homilies4 ,your ,lordship therefore judgeth exceeding right1 when you say1 8,i presume you do not mean to declare any dissent from the church of ,england40,far be it from me2 no1 my ,lord1 unless thrust out1 ,i shall never leave her1 and even then 7as ,i hope whenever it happens it will be an unjust extrusion7 ,i shall still continue to adhere to her doctrines1 and pray for the much wished-for restoration of her discipline1 even to my dying day4 ,fond of displaying her truly protestant and orthodox principles1 especially when church and state are in danger from a cruel and popish enemy1 ,i am glad1 my ,lord1 of an opportunity of preaching1 though it should be in a meeting-house2 and ,i think it discovers a good and moderate spirit in the ,dissenters1 who will quietly attend on the church service1 as many have done1 and continue to do at ,long-,acre chapel1 while many1 who ,i suppose stile themselves her faithful sons1 by very improper instruments of reformation1 have endeavoured to disturb and molest us4 ,if the lessor of this chapel1 my ,lord1 hath no power to let it out1 or if it be not legally and properly licensed1 ,i have been deceived indeed2 and if upon enquiry ,i find this to be the case1 ,i shall soon declare in the most public manner1 how both your ,lordship and myself have been imposed upon4 ,but if it appears1 that the lessor hath a right to dispose of his own property1 and that the place is licensed1 if not in the court books of the ,quarter ,sessions1 yet in the ,commons or some other proper court2 and as some good1 ,i trust1 has been1 and hope will yet be done by this foolishness of preaching1 surely your ,lordship's candour will overlook a little irregularity2 since ,i fear that in these dregs of time1 these last days1 wherein we live1 we must be obliged to be irregular1 or in short we must do no good at all4 ,my ,lord1 ,i remember well1 7and ,o that ,i may more than ever obey your ,lordship's admonition7 and often recollect that awful day wherein ,i was ordained priest1 and when authority was given me1 by my honoured friend and father good ,bishop ,benson1 to preach the word of ,,god4 ,o that the glorious exhortation1 which he delivered with so much solemnity1 may be written upon the tables of my heart6 ,mindful of this1 ,i shall be always ready to go out1 and seek for ,,christ's sheep that are dispersed abroad1 and be willing to spend and be spent for the good of his children which are in the midst of this naughty world4 ,never did ,i so much as dream1 my ,lord1 that this was only a local commission1 or that the condition annexed1 8,where you shall be lawfully appointed thereunto10 was to confine me to any particular place1 and that it would be unlawful for me to preach out of it4 ,it is plain my ,lord ,bishop of ,gloucester did not think so2 for when his secretary brought a licence for me1 his ,lordship said1 8,it would cost me thirty shillings1 and therefore ,i should not have it40 ,and when after being presented to the late ,bishop of ,london1 ,i applied to him for a licence1 his lordship was pleased to say1 8,i was going to ,georgia1 and needed none40 ,accordingly ,i preached in most of the ,london churches under his ,lordship's immediate inspection2 and why any other licence than my letters of orders should now be required1 ,i believe no substantial1 ,i am positive no truly scriptural1 reason can be assigned4 ,it is true1 as your ,lordship observes1 there is one canon that says1 8,that no curate or minister shall be permitted to serve in any place1 without examination and admission of the ,bishop of the diocese40 ,and there is another also1 as quoted by your ,lordship1 which tells us1 8,that neither minister1 church-wardens1 nor any other officers of the church1 shall suffer any man to preach within their chapels1 but such as1 by shewing their licence to preach1 shall appear unto them to be sufficiently authorized thereunto40 ,but1 my ,lord1 what curacy or parsonage have ,i desired1 or do ,i desire to be admitted to serve in8 ,or into what church or chapel do ,i attempt to intrude myself1 without leave from the churchwardens or other officers8 ,no1 my ,lord1 being1 as ,i think1 without cause denied admission into the churches1 ,i am content to take the field1 and when the weather will permit1 with a table for my pulpit1 and the heavens1 for my sounding-board1 ,i desire to proclaim to all1 the unsearchable riches of ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,besides1 my ,lord1 if this canon should be always put into full execution1 ,i humbly presume1 that no bishop or presbyter can legally preach at any time out of the diocese in which he is appointed to serve2 consequently no city incumbent can even occasionally be lawfully assisted by any country clergyman1 or even a bishop himself be lawfully permitted to preach a charity sermon out of his own diocese1 without a special licence for so doing4 ,and what a loss would that be to many noble charities here in town8 ,as for that other canon which your ,lordship mentions1 and which runs thus1 8,neither shall any minister1 not licensed as is aforesaid1 presume to appoint or hold any meetings for sermons1 commonly termed by some1 prophecies or exercises1 in market towns or other places1 under the said pains40 ,i need not inform your ,lordship1 that it was originally levelled against those who would not conform to the church of ,england1 and that too in such high flying times1 which ,i cannot believe any one of the present moderate bench of bishops would wish to see again restored4 ,and if this be the true state of the case1 how1 my ,lord1 doth this canon belong to me1 who am episcopally ordained1 and have very lately published a small tract 7which ,i humbly beg your ,lordship's acceptance of7 on purpose to recommend the communion office of the church of ,england8 ,but1 my ,lord1 to come nearer to the point in hand1 7and for ,,christ's sake let not your ,lordship be offended with my using such plainness of speech7 ,i would1 as in the presence of the living ,,god1 put it to your ,lordship's conscience1 whether there is one bishop or presbyter in ,england1 ,wales1 or ,ireland1 that looks upon our canons as his rule of action8 ,if they do1 we are all perjured with a witness1 and consequently1 in a very bad sense of the word1 irregular indeed4 ,may ,i not1 therefore1 say on this1 alluding to what my blessed ,master did on another occasion1 8,he that is without the sin of acting illegally1 if the canons of our church be implicitly to be obeyed1 let him cast the first stone at me and welcome40 ,your ,lordship knows full well1 that canons and other church laws are good and obligatory1 when conformable to the laws of ,,christ1 and agreeable to the liberties of a free people2 but when invented and compiled by men of little hearts and bigotted principles1 on purpose to hinder persons of more enlarged souls from doing good1 or being more extensively useful1 they become mere bruta fulmina2 and when made use of only as cords to bind up the hands of a zealous few1 that honestly appear for their ,king1 their country1 and their ,,god1 like the withes with which the ,philistines bound ,sampson1 in my opinion1 they may very legally be broken4 ,what pains and penalties are to be incurred for such offence1 7as ,i have not the canons at present before me7 ,i cannot tell2 but for my own part1 my ,lord1 if any penalty is incurred1 or any pain to be inflicted upon me1 for prophesying or preaching against sin1 the ,pope1 and the devil1 and for recommending the strictest loyalty to the best of princes1 his ,majesty ,king ,george1 in this metropolis1 or any other part of his ,majesty's dominions1 ,i trust1 through grace1 ,i shall be enabled to say1 ,all hail reproach1 and welcome pain6 ,i think there now remains but one more particular in your ,lordship's letter to be answered3your ,lordship's truly apostolical canon taken out of #b ,corinthians x4 #af2 upon turning to1 and reading of which1 ,i could not help thinking1 my ,lord1 of a passage ,i once met with in good ,mr4 ,philip ,henry's life4 ,it was this3 ,being ejected out of the church1 and yet thinking it his duty to preach1 he used now and then to give the people of ,broad-,oaks1 where he lived1 a gospel sermon2 and one day1 as he was coming from his exercise1 and meeting with the incumbent1 he thus addressed him3 8,sir1 ,i have been taking the liberty of throwing a handful of seed into your field40 8,have you so1 said the good man8 may ,,god give it his blessing6 ,there is work enough for us both40 ,this1 my ,lord1 ,i humbly conceive1 is the case not only of your ,lordship1 but of every minister's parish in ,london1 and every bishop's diocese in ,england2 and therefore as good is done1 and souls are benefited1 ,i hope your ,lordship will not regard a little irregularity1 since at the worst1 it is only the irregularity of doing well4 ,but supposing this should not be admitted as an excuse at other seasons1 ,i would hope it will have its weight at this critical juncture1 wherein1 if there were ten thousand sound preachers1 and each preacher had a thousand tongues1 they could not well be too frequently employed in calling upon the inhabitants of ,great-,britain to be upon their guard1 against the cruel and malicious designs of ,france1 of ,rome1 and of hell4 ,after all1 my ,lord1 if your ,lordship will be pleased to apply to ,mr4 ,b himself1 7who1 ,i suppose1 knows where the place is registered7 or if upon enquiry ,i shall find1 that the lessor hath no power to let it out1 as ,i hate and abhor every dishonourable action1 after my setting out for ,bristol1 which ,i expect to do in a few days1 ,i shall decline preaching in the chapel any more4 ,but if the case should appear to be otherwise1 ,i hope your ,lordship will not be angry1 if ,i persist in this1 ,i trust not unpardonable1 irregularity3 for if ,i decline preaching in every place1 meerly because the incumbent may be unwilling ,i should come into his parish1 ,i fear ,i must seldom or never preach at all2 and this1 my ,lord1 especially at this juncture1 when all our civil and religious liberties are as it were at stake1 would to me be worse than death itself4 ,i humbly ask pardon for detaining your ,lordship so long1 but being willing to give your ,lordship all the satisfaction ,i possibly could1 ,i have chosen rather to sit up and deny myself proper repose1 than to let your ,lordship's candid letter lie by me one moment longer than was absolutely necessary4 ,i return your ,lordship a thousand thanks for your favourable opinion of me1 and good wishes1 and begging the continuance of your ,lordship's blessing1 and earnestly praying1 that whenever your ,lordship shall be called hence1 you may give up your account with joy1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 my ,lord1 ,your ,lordship's most dutiful son and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxx4 ,to the ,bishop of ,b4 ,tabernacle-,house1 ,february #bc1 #agef4 ,my ,lord1 ,,since ,i had the honour of writing my last letter to your ,lordship1 ,i have made inquiry1 and find that the certificate is in the hands of one ,mr4 ,culverwell1 with whom ,mr4 ,gardiner lodges4 ,i think he told me1 the place was licensed in the ,commons1 and as far as ,i can judge1 ,mr4 ,barnard's committee do not intend to let the chapel go out of their hands4 ,as therefore1 your ,lordship would undoubtedly chuse that the church liturgy should be read in it sometimes1 rather than it should be entirely made use of in a non-conformist way1 ,i hope your ,lordship will not be offended1 if ,i go on as usual after my return from ,bristol4 ,i assure your ,lordship1 through the divine blessing1 real good hath been done2 and therefore ,i am sorry to inform your ,lordship1 that notwithstanding the admonitions ,i hear your ,lordship hath given them1 some unhappy persons have still endeavoured to disturb us1 by making an odd kind of a noise in a neighbouring house4 ,i hear that some of them belong to your ,lordship's vestry1 and therefore wish that your ,lordship would so far interpose1 as to order them once more to stop their proceedings4 ,but ,i only just mention it1 and shall leave it to your ,lordship's discretion4 ,i can only entreat the continuance of your ,lordship's blessing1 and begging your ,lordship's acceptance of a short address ,i am now publishing1 ,i hasten to subscribe myself1 my ,lord1 ,your ,lordship's most dutiful son and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,w4 ,london1 ,march #ah1 #agef4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,yesterday ,i received your kind letter1 and this morning ,i send you a few lines by way of ,new-,york4 ,may they find you and all my dear ,boston friends strong1 yea very strong in the ,,lord1 and in the power of his might4 ,every day do ,i make mention of them1 and dear ,new-,england1 in my sermons and prayers4 ,thousands ,i trust are interceding for you continually4 ,last night ,i preached upon ,moses's praying on the mount1 whilst ,joshua fought against ,amalek in the valley4 ,i hope some spiritual shot went after the fleet1 that we hear is gone to ,america4 ,what awaits us here at home1 the ,redeemer only knows4 ,we deserve the greatest scourge1 but ,i trust we have too many praying people amongst us1 to have such a one as the threatened invasion1 laid upon our backs4,the event will prove4 ,blessed be ,,god1 for the effects of the late earthquake4 ,may they be lasting6 no doubt they will be upon some4 ,the awakening at ,london continues1 and more ministers are coming out for the ever-blessed ,,jesus4 ,last ,lord's day ,i opened my spring campaign1 by preaching thrice in the fields to many thousands in ,gloucestershire4 ,o that ,i may begin to begin to spring for my ,,god6 ,i trust you and my other never to be forgotten friends will not fail to remember us here4 ,though at such a distance1 we can meet at the throne of grace4 ,why does not dear ,mr4 ,s send me one line8 ,i desire to be remembered in the kindest manner to him1 and his1 and all my dear1 very dear friends4 ,i can now add no more1 but hoping to have another opportunity1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 with tender affection to your whole self1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxii4 ,to the ,bishop of ,b4 ,tabernacle-,house1 ,march #bj1 #agef4 ,my ,lord1 ,,to my great surprize1 upon my coming up to town1 ,i found that the disturbances so justly complained of near ,long-,acre chapel1 had been continued4 ,on ,thursday evening last1 when ,i preached there myself1 they were rather increased4 ,notwithstanding some of the windows were stopped up1 to prevent in some degree the congregations being disturbed by the unhallowed noise1 yet large stones were thrown in at another window1 and one young person badly wounded4 ,this constrains me to trouble your ,lordship once more1 and to beg the favour of your ,lordship so far to interpose1 as to desire the persons belonging to your ,lordship's vestry1 to desist from such irregular proceedings4 ,for my own irregularity in preaching1 ,i am ready at any time to answer2 and was ,i myself the only sufferer1 ,i should be entirely unconcerned whatever personal ill treatment ,i might meet with in the way of my duty4 ,but to have the lives of his ,majesty's loyal subjects endangered1 when they come peaceably to worship ,,god1 and to pray for his long and prosperous reign1 is an irregularity1 which ,i am persuaded your ,lordship will look upon as unjustifiable in the sight of ,,god1 and of every good man4 ,however1 as a subject to ,king ,george1 and a minister of ,,jesus ,,christ1 ,i know your ,lordship will allow1 ,i have a right to do myself justice1 and therefore1 ,i hope1 if the disturbances be yet continued1 your ,lordship will not be offended1 if ,i lay a plain and fair narration of the whole affair1 together with what hath passed between your ,lordship and myself1 before the world4 ,i beg your ,lordship not to look upon this as a threatning1 or as done with an intent to expose2 ,i scorn any such mean procedure4 ,but as providence seems to point out such a method1 ,i hope your ,lordship will have no just reason to censure me1 if it be pursued by1 my ,lord1 ,your ,lordship's most dutiful son and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 4 ,london1 ,march #bb1 #agef4 ,honoured ,sir1 ,,the long and intimate acquaintance ,i formerly had with ,mr4 ,n and ,lady ,jane1 would have induced me to send you the inclosed some weeks past1 as a mark of unfeigned respect due to you for your personal worth and character2 but ,i heard1 that both ,lord ,m and yourself were out of town3 accept it therefore1 honoured ,sir1 though late4 ,i likewise want to consult you on account of a very indecent1 and ,i think illegal disturbance1 that hath been made for many weeks last past1 whilst ,i have been preaching at ,long-,acre chapel4 ,several have been sadly wounded1 and ,i fear the same fate awaits more1 unless those that have hitherto disturbed us1 are some way or other restrained4 ,did ,i know when it would suit you1 ,i would wait upon you in person1 and acquaint you with particulars4 ,in the mean while1 praying that he1 who is the wonderful ,counsellor1 and who hath so richly furnished you with talents for your country's service1 may more and more improve you for such noble purposes1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 honoured ,sir1 ,your very humble servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxiv4 ,to the ,bishop of ,b4 ,london1 ,march #be1 #agef4 ,i ,,heartily thank your ,lordship for your kind acceptance of my three small tracts1 and my very long letter dated ,february #afth4,at the same time1 ,i acknowledge myself concerned1 that any thing ,i have written since1 should prevent your ,lordship's pointing out to me any mistakes1 which ,i may lie under in regard to the canons4 ,,god knows1 if ,i do err1 it is for want of better information2 and therefore if your ,lordship will vouchsafe to favour me with the letter prepared for that purpose1 it shall be most thankfully received1 most impartially examined1 most explicitly replied to1 but withal never exposed to the view of the world4 ,your ,lordship needed not to inform me of the privilege of a ,peer1 to deter me from publishing your ,lordship's letters without first asking leave4 ,i thank ,,god1 ,i have not so learned ,,christ4 ,by his help1 nothing shall be done in that way1 which is the least inconsistent with the strictest honour1 justice and simplicity4 ,but ,i hope1 if a public account of the repeated disturbances at ,long-,acre chapel should be rendered necessary1 your ,lordship will not esteem it unreasonable in me1 to inform the world1 what previous steps were taken to prevent and stop them4 ,surely such a scene1 at such a juncture1 and under such a government1 as has been transacted in your ,lordship's parish1 in the house or yard of one ,mr4 ,cope1 who ,i hear is your ,lordship's overseer1 ever since last ,twelfth-,day1 ,i believe is not to be met with in ,english history4 ,indeed1 my ,lord1 it is more than noise4 ,it deserves no milder a name than premeditated rioting4 ,drummers1 soldiers1 and many of the baser sort1 have been hired by subscription4,a copper-furnace1 bells1 drums1 clappers1 marrow bones and cleavers1 and such like instruments of reformation1 have been provided for1 and made use of1 by them repeatedly1 from the moment ,i have begun preaching1 to the end of my sermon4 ,by these horrid noises1 many women have been almost frightened to death1 and mobbers encouraged thereby to come and riot at the chapel door during the time of divine service1 and then insult and abuse me and the congregation after it hath been over4 ,not content with this1 the chapel windows1 while ,i have been preaching1 have repeatedly been broken by large stones of almost a pound weight 7some now lying by me7 which though levelled at1 providentially missed me1 but at the same time sadly wounded some of my hearers4 ,mr4 ,c1 one of your ,lordship's relations1 can acquaint your ,lordship with many more particulars1 and if your ,lordship would be so good as only to ride to ,mr4 ,c's house1 you would see such a scaffold 7unless taken down7 and such costly preparations for a noise upon it1 that must make the ears of all that shall hear it to tingle4 ,indeed last ,tuesday night all was hush'd1and in order to throw off all popular odium1 ,i gave it as my opinion1 that it was owing to your ,lordship's kind interposition4 ,one ,mr4 ,c and one ,mr4 ,m1 ,i am informed1 are parties greatly concerned4 ,i know them not1 and ,i pray the ,,lord of all ,lords never to lay this ill and unmerited treatment to their charge4 ,if no more noise is made on their part1 ,i assure your ,lordship no further resentment shall be made on mine4 ,but if they persist1 ,i have the authority of the ,apostle on a like occasion1 to appeal unto ,csar4,and thanks be to ,,god1 we have a ,csar to appeal to1 whose laws will not suffer any of his loyal subjects to be used in such an inhuman manner4 ,i have only one favour to beg of your ,lordship1 that 8you would send 7as they are your ,lordship's parishioners7 to the above gentlemen1 and desire them henceforward to desist from such unchristian 7and especially at this critical juncture7 such riotous and dangerous proceedings40 ,whether as a ,chaplain to a most worthy ,peeress1 a ,presbyter of the church of ,england1 and a steady disinterested friend to our present happy constitution1 ,i have not a right to ask such a favour1 ,i leave to your ,lordship's mature deliberation4 ,henceforward1 ,i hope no more to trouble your ,lordship2 but committing my cause to him1 who judgeth righteously1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 my ,lord1 ,your ,lordship's most dutiful son and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxv4 ,to 4 ,london1 ,april #a1 #agef4 ,gentlemen1 ,,your obliging letter came to hand last night4 ,as my influence ,i fear was but very small1 it scarce called for such an acknowledgment4 ,i trust1 my views to serve my ,,god and my ,king are disinterested2 and therefore ,i shall always think it my duty to espouse their cause1 who are firmly united in the bonds of friendship and social love1 to defend the protestant interest1 and the glorious privileges we enjoy under our dread and rightful sovereign ,king ,george4 ,such a union ,i take yours to be4,that you may therefore meet with success on earth1 and by an infinitely superior union 7,i mean that of your souls with ,,god7 be prepared for a never-ceasing union with the spirits of just men made perfect in heaven1 is and shall be the hearty prayer of1 ,gentlemen1 ,your obliged humble servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxvi4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,b4 ,london1 ,april #c1 #agef4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,none but he1 whose name and nature is love1 can tell what ,i felt at the receipt of your kind letter4 ,o how did the welfare of dear never to be forgotten ,new ,england1 lie upon my heart4 ,how could ,i have wished for the wings of a dove to fly thither6 ,the delightful interviews we have had together1 when in the confidence of social prayer we have laid hold on ,,god1 came so fresh upon my mind1 that ,i knew not what to do4 ,o come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly1 that friendship begun on earth1 may be consummated in the kingdom of heaven6 ,he only knows1 what awaits us here below1 before we are called to live with him above4 ,england is now equally threatened with ,america4 ,let this be our comfort1 8the ,,lord reigneth40 ,nothing can rob us of our ,,christ1let us help each other by mutual prayer4 ,thousands here hold up their hands daily for you4 ,i know you will gladly return the favour4 ,you would be pleased to see how eagerly people attend the word4 ,i think the awakening1 and prospect of doing good in ,london1 is as great as ever4 ,satan hath raged at a place called ,long-,acre chapel1 near the play-houses1 but you know who hath promised to bruise him under our feet4 ,send me what good news you can from your side the water1 and assure all the followers of the ,lamb of ,,god1 that they are upon my poor heart night and day4 ,how goes on your son ,daniel8 ,may he greatly be beloved6 ,i could fill1 yea more than fill a sheet1 but with great difficulty ,i write this4 ,adieu1 my dear friend1 for the present4 ,i shall never forget our last pleasant short journey4 ,surely our hearts burned within us1 when we talked of ,,jesus in the way4 ,i can no more4 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxvii4 ,to the ,honourable ,hume ,c4 ,canterbury1 ,april #i1 #agef4 ,honoured ,sir1 ,,your kind behaviour when ,i had the pleasure of waiting upon you1 emboldens me to trouble you with the inclosed4 ,it is the copy of an anonymous letter1 that was sent to my house on ,tuesday last1 just after ,i left town1 and forwarded hither to me by my wife the day following4 ,as ,i am satisfied that the ,,lord reigneth1 and that a sparrow doth not fall to the ground without the knowledge of our heavenly ,father1 its contents in respect to myself1 ,i thank ,,god1 do not much alarm me4 ,but as others are concerned1 and it is an affair that hath reference to the welfare of civil government1 ,i would beg the favour of your advice4 ,next ,tuesday ,i expect to return to ,london1 and on ,wednesday morning1 purpose1 ,,god willing1 to wait upon you in person4 ,in the mean while1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 honoured ,sir1 ,your most obliged humble servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxviii4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,canterbury1 ,april #aj1 #agef4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,the letter on the other side1 was sent to me last ,tuesday4 ,by that1 your ,ladyship may see to what an height the opposition hath risen at ,long-,acre2 indeed the noise hath been infernal4 ,for a night it was stopped1 but ,i have reason to think there was a secret design for my life2 some of my friends were sadly used2 they applied for warrants1 and that occasioned this letter4 ,i have written to ,mr4 ,h ,c for advice4 ,may the wonderful ,counsellor direct me how to act6 ,here1 all is peaceable4 ,it is most delightful to see the soldiers flock to hear the word2 officers likewise attend very orderly4 ,on ,monday ,i return1 ,,god willing1 to ,london4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 do thou prepare me for whatever thou hast prepared for me6 ,baron ,munchausen hath been very kind in ,long-,acre affair2 ,i would if possible hush all up1 but ,i know no other way but holding my tongue4 ,o this enmity of heart6 ,this is my comfort18the ,,lord reigneth40 ,i hope to answer ,mrs4 ,g soon4 ,at present1 ,i have scarce time to beg the continuance of your ,ladyship's prayers1 and to subscribe myself1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxix4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,april #ah1 #agef4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,since my last from ,canterbury1 ,i have received two more letters of a like kind with the former4 ,before they came to hand ,i was exceedingly comforted1 from whence ,i inferred a further storm lay before me4 ,my greatest distress is1 how to act so as to avoid rashness on the one hand1 and timidity on the other4 ,i have been introduced to the ,earl of ,hss1 who received me very courteously1 and seemed to make no objection against issuing out a reward for the discovery of the letter-writer4 ,whether ,i had best accept it1 ,i know not4 ,sir ,h ,c says1 it is not felony2 and he advises me by all means to put all concerned into the court of ,king's ,bench4 ,the facts are most flagrant4 ,,lord ,,jesus direct me for thy mercy's sake6 ,a man came up to me in the pulpit at the tabernacle2 ,,god knows1 what was his design3 ,i see no other way for me to act1 than either resolutely to persist in preaching and prosecuting1 or entirely to desist from preaching1 which ,i think would bring intolerable guilt upon my soul1 and give the adversary cause to blaspheme4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am clear1 quite clear in the occasion of my suffering4 ,it is for preaching ,,christ ,,jesus1 and1 for his great name's sake1 loyalty to ,king ,george1 to whom under ,,god ,i owe the liberty of preaching many years4 ,alas6 alas6 what a condition would this land be in1 was the protestant interest not to prevail8 ,glad should ,i be to die by the hands of an assassin1 if popery is to get footing here4 ,i shall then be taken away from the evil to come4 ,i hope that your ,ladyship1 and the good ,ladies with you1 will have hearts given you to pray for me1 that1 whether by life or by death1 ,,jesus may be glorified4 ,thanks be to ,,god1 to me to live is ,,christ1 and to die will be my gain4 ,he knows1 that with simplicity and godly sincerity1 ,i have endeavoured to promote in my feeble way his honour and glory4 ,i should be glad of a line of advice from your ,ladyship2 this is giving trouble ,i no way deserve1 but as your ,ladyship is pleased to honour me with your friendship1 it will be adding to the innumerable obligations already conferred upon1 honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready ,servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxx4 ,to ,mrs4 ,g4 ,london1 ,april #bj1 #agef4 ,dear ,madam1 ,,it hath given me concern1 that ,i could not answer your kind letter till now2 but making a short excursion abroad1 and fighting with a kind of beasts at home1 hath prevented me4 ,i fancy that something we cannot see is behind the curtain4 ,satan seems to have overshot himself4 ,o what a mercy is it1 dear ,madam1 to be rescued from his slavery6 ,nothing less than an ,almighty arm could bring about such a great salvation4 ,its depths1 its lengths1 its breadths1 who can fathom8 ,by being plunged into the first1 we stretch and rise into the two last4 ,our ,saviour's death preceded his resurrection1 and his resurrection that of his glorious ascension into heaven4,so must we die1 and rise1 in order to ascend hereafter where he is gone before4 ,no matter if a sudden stroke opens the passage3 ,god grant ,i may be always ready6 ,i hope that you1 dear ,madam1 and the other elect ,ladies1 have hearts given you to pray for me4 ,hitherto the ,,lord hath helped me4 ,i thank ,mr4 ,s for his hint4 ,if occasion requires1 ,i shall improve it4 ,o for a steady disinterested zeal for my ,,god1 my ,king1 and my country6 ,welcome death1 when brought upon me in defence of these4 ,as ,i expect to be called away every moment1 ,i can only add1 after sending my most cordial and grateful acknowledgments to the whole ,clifton court1 that ,i am1 dear ,madam1 ,your most obliged and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxxi4 ,to ,mrs4 ,d4 ,london1 ,april #ba1 #agef4 ,dear ,madam1 ,i ,,have heard by several hands1 that you are lately entered into a new relation of life4 ,gratitude constrains me to wish you joy1 and earnestly to pray1 that you and ,mr4 ,d may live together as heirs of the grace of life1 and bring forth much fruit unto ,,god in the decline of age4 ,this is a changing world2 but we are hastening towards an unchangeable state1 where we shall neither marry nor be given in marriage1 but be like unto the angels of ,,god4 ,for this ,i am waiting day by day4 ,many seem to be quickened in this work too2 though at the other end of the town1 amongst some of the popish party1 ,i have lately met with much opposition4 ,but we know who hath promised to tread ,satan shortly under our feet4 ,i hope this will find you1 my dear ,madam1 and my other ,charles-,town friends1 going on from conquering to conquer4 ,i do not1 ,i cannot forget them4 ,i send them my most cordial love and respects1 and beg you and ,mr4 ,d to accept the same from1 dear ,madam1 ,your most affectionate1 obliged friend1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxxii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,april #ba1 #agef4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,your last kind letter is come to hand4,by that1 ,i find poor ,n ,p is engaged1 and that some good friends in ,carolina have been instrumental in drawing him from the care of a family1 over which ,i thought divine providence had made him overseer1 and where ,i imagined he intended to have abode at least for some years4,i know not what reason ,i have given him1 to suspect my confidence was weakened towards him4,i could do no more than trust him with my all1 and place him at the head of my affairs and family without the least check or controul4,add to all this1 that notwithstanding the disparity of age1 ,i consented that he should have my dear friend's sister1 with whom ,i thought he might live most usefully and happily at ,bethesda1 if you pleased1 as long as you both should sojourn here below3 and you know what satisfaction ,i expressed when ,i took my leave4,but it seems my scheme is disconcerted1 and my family like to be brought into confusion4,alas1 my dear ,mrs4 ,c1 if this be the case1 whom can ,i send that ,i may hope will continue disinterested long8 ,but you know1 this is not the first time that ,i have been wounded in the house of my friends4,however1 ,i trust the wound is not incurable4,till ,i can procure a proper ,latin master1 ,i should think ,mr4 ,dixon1 c4 might do in the school1 and if you think ,george ,whitefield would do for the house1 he might be gradually bred up for it4,if not1 ,i shall write to ,mr4 ,t and ,edn of ,charles-,town to get him a place there3 upon the whole1 ,i believe this would be best4 ,joseph ,p ,i design for ,new-,jersey college1 and shall send particular orders concerning him in my next by ,cheeseman4,your brothers are very fond of your marriage with ,mr4 ,d4 ,i am quite free for it4,may ,,god bless you both together2 ,i cannot think of parting with you for any body ,i know4,,god bless and direct you to do his will6 ,never fear2 ,,god will be ,bethesda's ,,god4,he knows the way that ,i take2 when ,i am tried ,i shall come forth like gold4,will not ,mr4 ,d and you be a proper check upon the overseer8 ,as ,i think at the bottom he is honest1 ,i can scarce provide myself with a better4 ,gladly would ,i come over1 but at present it is impracticable4 ,i must throw my affairs into the hands of my ,,god and you4 ,i pity those who without cause have troubled my envied camp4 ,well1 my dear ,mrs4 ,c1 let us remember1 that though the bush burned it was not consumed4 ,and why8 because the ,,lord was in the midst of it4 ,he hath spoken to us many times out of the bush1 and so he will again4 ,i know you must have been in the furnace3 but our affections must be crucified4 ,i pity ,dr4 from the bottom of my heart4 ,never was ,i wrote to or served so by any from ,bethesda before4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 lay it not to his charge6 ,,lord ,,jesus1 suffer us not to be led into temptation6 ,i did not think to write so much4 ,i rather choose to spread all before ,bethesda's ,,god4 ,but you will not misimprove it4 ,by ,maclellan ,i hope to hear more particulars4 ,,god willing1 they shall be answered4 ,my wife will get you the things sent for4 ,i have no thoughts at present of her ever seeing the ,orphan-house again4 ,blessed be ,,god1 we shall ere long see heaven4 ,some antepasts of it we are favoured with daily4 ,though lately my life hath been threatened at the other end of the town1 ,,jesus can and will guard me4 ,this evening ,i am to bury ,wittern's mother3 she died triumphant4 ,adieu for the present4 ,,god bless you all4 ,i am1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most affectionate1 sympathizing friend1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,c4 ,london1 ,april #be1 #agef4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,c1 ,,by this time ,i thought to have been moving towards ,bristol1 but am detained in town1 by endeavouring to put a stop to the dreadful uproar made at ,long-,acre chapel4 ,such an infernal continued noise1 on such an occasion1 at such a juncture1 under such a government1 ,i believe was never heard of before4 ,to complete the scene1 ,i have had three anonymous letters sent me1 8threatening a certain1 sudden1 and unavoidable stroke1 unless ,i desist from preaching1 and pursuing the offenders by law40 ,you have guessed at the quarter from whence it comes4 ,blessed be ,,god1 it is for speaking in behalf of the glorious ,,jesus1 and our dread and rightful sovereign ,king ,george and his government4 ,mr4 ,s hath been so good as to go with me to the ,earl of ,h's1 from whom ,i hope this week some redress will be obtained4 ,on ,thursday next1 ,i am to wait upon his ,excellency again4 ,mine eyes are waiting on the blessed ,,jesus1 from whom all salvation must come4 ,ere long ,i hope to shew you the letters2 they are indeed very extraordinary4 ,o the enmity of the heart6 ,,lord1 help us6 ,what would become of us1 if some folks were to have the upper hand8 ,our cause1 in my opinion1 is the cause of ,,god1 and the cause of civil and religious liberty2 and if death itself should be permitted to befall me for defending it1 ,i hope through ,,christ strengthening me1 it would be gratefully received by1 my dear ,sir1 ,your most obliged1 affectionate friend1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxxiv4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,may #b1 #agef4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,various have been my exercises since ,i wrote to your ,ladyship last4 ,but ,i find1 that out of the eater cometh forth meat1 and that all things happen for the furtherance of the gospel4 ,i suppose your ,ladyship hath seen his ,majesty's promise of a pardon to any that will discover the letter writer2 and this brings your ,ladyship the further news of my having taken a piece of ground very commodious to build on1 not far from the ,foundling-,hospital4 ,on ,sunday ,i opened the subscription1 and through ,,god's blessing1 it hath already amounted to near six hundred pounds4 ,if he is pleased to continue to smile upon my poor endeavours1 and to open the hearts of some more of his dear children to contribute1 ,i hope in a few months to have what hath been long wanted1a place for the gospel at the other end of the town4 ,this evening1 ,,god willing1 ,i venture once more to preach at ,long-,acre4 ,the enemy boasts that ,i am frightened away3 but the triumph of the wicked is short4 ,our people1 ,sir ,h ,c1 ,mr4 ,m1 c4 are all for bringing the rioters to the ,king's-,bench1 and perhaps upon the whole it may be best4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 direct my goings in thy way6 ,on ,tuesday next ,i hope to set out for ,wales4 ,for indeed my body is weakened through care and watchfulness1 a variety of exercises1 and want of sleep4 ,but the ,redeemer's grace is all-sufficient4 ,to his tender and never-failing mercy do ,i most humbly commend your ,ladyship1 and the other elect ,ladies1 and beg a continued interest in their prayers4 ,with repeated thanks for repeated favours2 ,i subscribe myself1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,h4 ,bristol1 ,may #bj1 #agef4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,for so ,i must address myself1 having had you in a peculiar manner upon my heart1 ever since ,i saw and read a letter that came from you some months ago4 ,it bespoke the language of a heart devoted to the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus4 ,mrs4 ,b confirmed me in this opinion yesterday1 and withal told me1 she believed you would be glad of a line from me1 who am indeed less than the least of all saints1 but willing1 if ,i know any thing of my own heart1 to spend and be spent for the good of souls4 ,they are redeemed by the blood of ,,jesus1 whose cross1 blessed be his name1 hath been made delightful to me for some years4 ,i thank ,,god that ,i am cast out for my ,master's sake4 ,indeed1 my very dear ,sir1 it is preferable to all other preferment whatsoever4 ,it is the way to the crown4 ,glory be to ,,god1 that there are some young champions coming forth3 methinks ,i could now sing my nunc dimittis with triumphant joy4 ,though ,i decrease1 may you1 my very dear ,sir1 increase4 ,o that you may be kept from conferring with flesh and blood6 ,o that you may be owned and blessed of ,,god6 ,i believe you will1 and never more so than when you are reviled and despised by man4 ,it is a fatal mistake1 to think we must keep our characters in order to do good2 this is called prudence2 in most1 ,i fear1 it is trimming4 ,honesty ,i find always to be the best policy4 ,they who honour ,,jesus1 he will honour4 ,even in this world1 if we confess him1 his truth1 and his people1 we shall receive an hundred-fold4 ,to lose all in this respect1 is to find all4 ,but whither am ,i going8 ,excuse1 my very dear ,sir1 the overflowings of a heart1 that loves you dearly for the glorious ,redeemer's sake4 ,i am here preaching his cross1 and expect to stay over ,sunday4 ,next week ,i have thoughts of being at ,bath and ,westbury4 ,i lead a pilgrim life4 ,you will pray that ,i may have a pilgrim heart4 ,ere long ,i hope my heavenly father will take me home4 ,i am ambitious2 ,i want to sit upon a throne4 ,,jesus hath purchased and provided a throne and heaven for me4 ,that you may have an exalted place at his right hand1 is and shall be the earnest prayer of1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,b4 ,bristol1 ,may #ba1 #agef4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,b1 ,,the first part of your letter made me smile3 for what8 ,because ,i was glad to find you had such an enlarged heart1 and at the same time imagined1 that ,i could build two houses at a time4 ,if the top-stone of one is brought forth1 ,i shall think we have reason to shout unto it1 ,grace6 grace6 ,this ,i hope will be the happy lot of you and your young fellow-soldiers1 in respect to your spiritual building4 ,remember1 war is proclaimed2 the sword is unsheathed2 the devil1 the world1 and the flesh will dispute every inch of ground1 and you must fight or die4 ,angels stand by to see the combat1 and ,,jesus stands ready to make you more than conquerors through his love4 ,provoke then one another1 but let it be to love and to good works4 ,take heed of a trifling spirit when together4 ,it will hurt you1 and by degrees rob you of true and holy joy4 ,i thank you for remembering unworthy me4 ,i am called to travel1 you to trade for ,,jesus4 ,last week1 ,i trust1 was a good week4 ,the ,lord of the harvest is pleased to smile upon us here4 ,i hope to be in town at the appointed time4 ,i hope that dear ,mr4 ,j prospers every day4 ,pray remember me to him1 and your single circle1 in the most tender manner1 and believe me to be1 my dear ,sir1 ,your affectionate friend and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,j ,r4 ,bristol1 ,may #ba1 #agef4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,,this morning1 7which is the first leisure time ,i have had since my leaving town7 looking over my letters1 ,i found one from you1 who ,i suppose to be the person whom ,i have taken notice of at ,long-,acre chapel4 ,as your behaviour there1 and your letter before me1 bespeak you to be in earnest about your soul1 you will be quite welcome to come to my house2 and if ,,god should vouchsafe to bless any thing that ,i may drop for the furtherance of your faith1 to him and him alone be all the glory4 ,i desire to bless him for what he hath already done4 ,o amazing mercy6 to be translated from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of ,,god's dear ,son2 to be brought from the swine's trough to feed upon the fatted calf2 what a heaven upon earth is this6 ,be not discouraged1 though you are obliged to fight every inch of your way4 ,,jesus will pray for you1 and your faith shall not fail4 ,he can and will enable you to overcome yourself and the world4 ,to his never-failing mercy do ,i most earnestly commit you1 as being1 for his great name's sake1 ,your friend and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxxviii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,v4 ,london1 ,june #d1 #agef4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,glad1 yea very glad was ,i to hear by ,mr4 ,a1 that you grew better and better every day4 ,surely your late sickness was only to purge you1 that you might bring forth more fruit unto ,,god4 ,such trying and threatening dispensations are glorious presages of future usefulness4 ,it is in the furnace1 that both our gifts and graces are purified and increased4 ,how gradually doth our great1 compassionate1 and all-wise ,high-priest train up his chosen ones for the services appointed to them6 ,happy they that can eye his providences1 and with a disinterested spirit be ready to follow the ,lamb whithersoever he is pleased to lead them4 ,through winds and clouds and storms1 ,he gently clears our way2 ,wait we his time1 so shall each night ,be turn'd to joyous day4 ,i rejoice in the prospect of your coming forth like gold that is tried4 ,may you increase though ,i decrease6 ,justly might my ,master throw me aside2 but he is patient and long-suffering1 and will send by whom he will send4 ,since we parted1 ,i have been led to several new places4 ,travelling and preaching thrice a day was made delightful4 ,blessed be ,,god for my airy pluralities6 ,o what am ,i1 ,,lord1 that ,i should be sent into the highways and hedges6 ,all hail reproach1 and welcome pain1 ,only thy terrors1 ,,lord1 restrain6 ,these ,i cannot bear4 ,a ,father's1 a ,saviour's frowns are intolerable4 ,but what am ,i doing8 ,excuse this freedom1 because it flows from love4 ,how does dear ,mr4 ,d8 ,how are the elect ,ladies8 ,if possible ,i shall write to-night2 if not1 very soon4 ,i am glad ,miss ,g is in such a promising way4 ,she nor any of our honoured friends are forgotten in my poor prayers4 ,if ,i should be prevented from writing1 be pleased to present my most dutiful respects1 and accept most cordial love and salutations from1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxxxix4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,june #d1 #agef4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,man appoints1 but ,,god disappoints4 ,in hopes of seeing your ,ladyship1 ,i hastened to ,bristol1 but found your ,ladyship had been in ,london whilst ,i was there4 ,sorry was ,i for the occasion of your ,ladyship's journey1 and yet glad to hear that ,master ,h was so well recovered4 ,at ,bristol the ,redeemer caused us to triumph1 and likewise in ,gloucestershire1 at ,bradford1 ,frome1 ,warminster1 and at ,portsmouth1 whither ,i have been these three weeks last past4 ,i am now come up for about ten days to keep ,pentecost2 ,i trust it will be a ,pentecost to many souls at ,long-,acre4 ,blessed be ,,god1 a new building is now erecting at ,tottenham-,court ,road3 ,mr4 ,j promises to assist me4 ,we have consulted the ,commons1 about putting it under your ,ladyship's protection4 ,this is the answer3 8,no nobleman can licence a chapel1 or in any manner have one put in his dwelling house2 that the chapel must be a private one1 and not with doors to the street for any persons to resort to at pleasure1 for then it becomes a public one2 that a chapel cannot be built and used as such1 without the consent of the parson of the parish1 and when it is done with his consent1 no minister can preach therein1 without licence of the ,bishop of the diocese40 ,there seems then to be but one way1to licence it as our other houses are3 and thanks be to ,,jesus for that liberty which we have4 ,o that ,i could begin to work while it is day4 ,my ,,god6 half the year gone1 and so little1 yea very little done for thee6 ,i have need of being purged1 that ,i may at length bring forth some fruit unto ,,god4 ,glory be to his great name1 he doth not say1 8,let him alone40 ,outward and inward trials frequently surround me2 but1 by the help of my ,,god1 ,i shall leap over every wall4 ,i know your ,ladyship will not forget to pray for me4 ,my poor prayers are always offered up for your ,ladyship and honoured family4 ,that is the only pepper-corn of acknowledgment that can be made by1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxl4 ,to ,mr4 ,g4 ,london1 ,june #aj1 #agef4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,what shall ,i say8 ,had ,i wings1 how gladly would ,i fly to my dear ,america8 ,but alas6 the glittering sword is now unsheathed1 and ,i fear it would not be proper for me to cross the water now4 ,however1 all the provinces are continually upon my heart3 night and day do ,i remember them before ,,god4 ,satan hath been angry with me for appearing for my ,,jesus1 my ,king1 and my country4 ,if you examine the ,gazette for the latter end of ,april1 or beginning of ,may1 you will see what it hath produced4 ,my life hath been threatened1 but we are immortal till our work is done4 ,a new building is now erecting at the other end of the town1 the top-stone of which1 ,i trust1 will be brought forth with shoutings1 and we shall cry ,grace6 grace6 ,people are rather more eager than ever to hear the word4 ,i remark what you say about ,georgia1 and shall talk with ,mr4 ,d4 ,the good ,,lord ,,jesus direct you in every step6 ,what if you went and lived at ,bethesda1 and took all my outward affairs upon your hands1 and furnished the family with all it wanted4 ,glad should ,i be of such a steward1 and of such a steward's wife as ,i know dear ,mrs4 ,g would prove4 ,poor ,p hath served me as others before him have done4 ,,god keep us from that prosperity which destroyeth6 ,in all time of our wealth1 good ,,lord deliver us6 ,let me hear from you concerning ,bethesda4 ,watch and pray4 ,i send most cordial respects to you and yours1 and all dear friends that are so kind to enquire after1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxli4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,june #aj1 #agef4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,being just come off the bed1 where ,i have been sweating for a cold and cholic that had seized me this day1 ,i met with your ,ladyship's very kind and condescending letter4 ,i see your ,ladyship is touched in a very tender point3 generous minds are always thus affected1 when a friend is abused4 ,but ,i find more and more1 honoured ,madam1 that our own mother's children will be permitted to be angry with one4 ,the contradiction of saints1 is more trying than that of sinners3but it is all to teach us to cease from man1 and wrap ourselves in ,him1 in whom alone dwells consummate perfection4 ,that ,i might say1 8some of ,mr4 ,l's principles1 in my opinion1 are wrong10 ,i do not deny2 but that ,i put ,mr4 ,wy upon writing1 or had any active hand in his pamphlet1 is utterly false4 ,i think it is a most ungentleman-like1 injudicious1 unchristian piece4 ,however1 ,mr4 ,l knows too much of the divine life1 not to see some call even in this cross2 and ,i hope your ,ladyship will not suffer it to burden your mind any longer4 ,satan wants to disturb your ,ladyship's repose4 ,ere long1 blessed be the glorious ,emmanuel1 he will be bruised under our feet4 ,this last week ,i have had some respite from his artful and perplexing suggestions1 and have been enabled to ride upon my high places4 ,my present work at ,london seems to be over1 and ,monday or ,tuesday next1 ,,god willing1 ,i hope to set out for ,bristol1 where ,i purpose preaching next ,thursday4 ,if divine ,providence should not direct your ,ladyship thither1 ,i have thought of coming through ,leicestershire1 in my way to ,scotland4 ,this circuit1 ,i hope1 will be a three months circuit4 ,the prospect in ,london is very promising4 ,every day we hear of fresh conquests4 ,to thee1 and thee alone1 most adorable ,redeemer1 be all the glory6 ,want of strength forbids my enlarging4 ,o this vile body6 ,surely our treasure is in earthly vessels4 ,when it is breaking to pieces1 and the rattles are in my throat1 ,i hope with my latest breath to acknowledge the innumerable unmerited favours which have been conferred by your ,ladyship on1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxlii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,june #ba1 #agef4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,nothing concerns me in your last letter1 but your having the least suspicion that ,i was not pleased with your conduct1 or was not satisfied with your being at ,bethesda4 ,i know of no person in the world that ,i would prefer to you1 neither had ,i ever one thought to the contrary4 ,i think myself happy in having such a mother for the poor children1 and am persuaded ,,god will bless and own you more and more4 ,i pity poor ,mr4 ,p1 but doubt not of ,bethesda's being well supplied4 ,i think if ,mr4 ,r manages outward things1 and ,mr4 ,d takes the accounts1 and keeps to the children1 affairs may be managed very well4 ,i care not how much the family is lessened4 ,as it is a time of war1 this may be done with great propriety1 and then the plantation will have time to grow4 ,j ,hy writes that you use him quite well1 and seems very contented4 ,never fear1 my dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,jesus will stand by a disinterested cause4 ,i have aimed at nothing in founding ,bethesda1 but his glory and the good of my country4 ,let ,lots then chuse the plain1 ,,god will be ,abrahams' shield and exceeding great reward4 ,all is well that ends well4 ,faith and patience must be exercised by means of friends as well as by foes4 ,i hear that my nephew is married4 ,alas1 what a changing world do we live in6 ,blessed be ,,god for an unchangeable ,,christ6 ,amidst all1 this is my comfort1 his word runs and is glorified4 ,a new building is now erecting at the other end of the town1 and many souls1 ,i trust1 are daily built up in their most holy faith4 ,to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 ,i set out upon a long range4 ,fain would ,i have all concerned with me to be happy4 ,just now ,mrs4 ,f hath determined to come over and marry ,h4 ,i have advised her to go with ,m1 and told her she should be welcome to my house till she goes to ,carolina4 ,i know you will receive her kindly4 ,it is her own choice1 and therefore she must look to the consequences4 ,the ,,lord give us all a right judgment in all things4 ,near this time1 ,i suppose1 you know my mind about ,mr4 ,d4 ,i have no objection1 and your brothers are quite fond of the match4 ,perhaps1 take all together1 it may be more agreeable than the other4 ,we seldom choose well1 when we choose for ourselves4 ,,god's thoughts are not as our thoughts4 ,take courage1 my dear ,mrs4 ,c2 ,bethesda's welfare doth not depend on a single person4 ,,god will provide3 ,i think he hath already4 ,i care not if all the boarders were gone4 ,mr4 ,r and ,d and you are hearty4 ,enough1 enough6 ,,god will bless and prosper you4 ,i am more than contented4 ,my blessing to all the children4 ,that the ,,god of all grace and mercy may fill you with all his fulness1 is the earnest prayer of1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your very affectionate1 sincere friend1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxliii4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,london1 ,july #aj1 #agef4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,,your letter gave me satisfaction4 ,i read it on our ,letter-day1 and you and the rest of my dear family had many prayers put up for you4 ,may they enter into the ears of the ,,lord of ,sabaoth6 ,ere now1 ,i hope you have agreed upon what plan to act4 ,i shall send no one over4 ,as ,i would have the family lessened as much as possible1 you that are left upon the spot will be sufficient4 ,debts may then be paid1 and the plantation brought into good order1 by the time ,providence opens a door for my seeing ,america again4 ,what think you of ,j ,p8 ,if not truly serious1 ,i would not have him sent to the college4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 do thou shew all concerned1 what thou wouldst have them to do6 ,surely ,bethesda will be a house of mercy still4 ,,god blesses my feeble labours here4 ,last night ,i came from ,bristol4 ,there the word ran and was glorified4 ,in a few days ,i set out for ,scotland4 ,,god continue my moving life1 till ,i am moved at last to glory6 ,continue to pray for me1 and assure yourself of not being forgotten by1 my very dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,yours most affectionately1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxliv4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,july #ag1 #agef4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,your ,ladyship's kind letter found me just returned from ,bristol1 and just setting out for ,maidstone and ,chatham1 where ,i have been to preach the gospel1 and to visit a poor murderer4 ,i hope that my poor feeble labours were not altogether in vain in the ,,lord4 ,a divine influence accompanies the word preached here1 and ,i am now preparing for my northern expedition4 ,if your ,ladyship removes not from ,donnington soon1 perhaps ,i may have the honour of waiting upon your ,ladyship there4 ,my motions must be very quick1 because ,i would hasten to ,scotland as fast as possible1 to have more time at my return4 ,eternity6 eternity6 ,o how do ,i long for thee6 ,but alas1 how often must we be like pelicans in the wilderness1 before we arrive there8 ,solitariness prepares for the social life1 and the social life for solitariness again4 ,thus doth an all-wise ,redeemer set one over against another4 ,,jesus is the alone center of peace and comfort in either situation4 ,your ,ladyship knows this by happy experience4 ,perhaps our consolations come sweetest1 when immediately derived from the fountain head4 ,springs fail1 the fountain never can nor will4 ,that your ,ladyship may every moment be refreshed with its living waters1 is and shall be the earnest prayer of1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxlv4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,islington1 ,july #bg1 #agef4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,since my last1 which ,i believe is not yet gone1 ,i have given an order to have ,mr4 ,r's children delivered to him or his mother1 or whomsoever they shall appoint3 and pray lessen the family as much as possible4 ,i wish ,i had none in the house1 but what were proper orphans4 ,the plantation would then suffice for its support1 and debts be paid3 but we must buy our experience4 ,troubles seem to beset us here3 but we are all secure in ,,god1 even in a ,,god in ,,christ4 ,his gospel flourishes in ,london4 ,i am just returned from preaching it at ,sheerness1 ,chatham1 and in the camp4 ,this afternoon or to-morrow ,i set off for ,scotland4 ,i can only add1 that with continual prayers for your temporal and spiritual welfare1 ,i am1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most affectionate1 obliged friend1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,my hearty love to all4 ,the ,,lord be with you6 ,amen1 and ,amen6 ,,letter ,,mcxlvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,z4 ,sunderland1 ,august #ad1 #agef4 ,honoured and very dear ,sir1 ,,how swiftly doth my precious time fly away6 ,it is now a fortnight since ,i came to ,leeds in ,yorkshire1 where the gospel had indeed free course1 did run1 and was glorified4 ,on the ,sunday evening1 a few hours after my arrival1 many thousands were gathered in the fields1 to whom1 ,i trust1 ,,jesus enabled me to speak with some degree of power4 ,the following week ,i preached in and about ,leeds1 thrice almost every day1 to thronged and affected auditories2 and on ,sunday last the fields were indeed white ready unto harvest4 ,at ,bradford1 about seven in the morning1 the auditory consisted of about ten thousand2 at noon1 and in the evening at ,burstall1 to near double the number4 ,though hoarse1 the ,redeemer helped me to speak1 so that all heard4 ,upon every account it was a high-day4 ,in the evening several hundreds of us rode about eight miles1 singing and praising ,,god4 ,indeed it was a night much to be remembered4 ,the next morning ,i took a sorrowful leave of ,leeds1 preached at ,tadcaster at noon1 and at ,york the same night4 ,,god was with us4 ,on ,tuesday ,i preached twice at ,york 7delightful seasons672 on ,wednesday at ,warstall1 about fifty miles off2 on ,thursday twice at ,yarm1 and last night and this morning here4 ,all the way ,i have heard of a great concern since ,i was in these parts last year1 and of many glorious trophies of the power of redeeming love4 ,in heaven1 honoured ,sir1 you will know all4 ,there ,i shall throw my crown before the ,lamb1 and there you shall be rewarded for strengthening the hands of the most unworthy creature that ever was employed by ,,god4 ,after spending my sabbath here1 and visiting ,shields1 ,newcastle1 and some adjacent places1 ,i purpose to go on to ,scotland4 ,from thence ,i hope to have the honour of writing to you again4 ,this is the first time ,i have had a proper opportunity of refreshing myself in that way4 ,praying that you may increase with all the increase of ,,god1 and begging your acceptance of repeated thanks for repeated unmerited favours1 ,i subscribe myself1 honoured and very dear ,sir1 ,your most dutiful1 though most unworthy son in the glorious gospel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxlvii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,t4 ,edinburgh1 ,september #i1 #agef4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,glad1 yea very glad should ,i have been to have waited upon you at ,c4 ,but it seems it was not to be4 ,however1 if ,i should return from ,glasgow1 ,,god willing1 ,i shall call upon you2 if not1 in heaven1 in heaven we shall meet4 ,,god be with you and yours6 ,i am just going off4 ,o these partings6 they are cutting4 ,i trust ,,jesus hath been walking amidst the golden candlesticks4 ,you will hear particulars from others4 ,i have only time to beg the continuance of your prayers1 and with hearty love to your yoke-fellow1 ,mr4 ,c1 and his spouse1 to subscribe myself1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxlviii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,edinburgh1 ,september #ba1 #agef4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,i ,,thank you most heartily for your kind letter1 and for all other tokens of your regard and love4 ,i can only send you a pepper-corn of acknowledgment4 ,my ,master1 my long-suffering1 ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,master1 will pay you all4 ,i hope he hath directed my steps4 ,on ,saturday ,i received a message from our new ,governor of ,georgia1 desiring to see and converse with me1 before he embarks4 ,this could not have been done1 if ,i had went to ,ireland now4 ,our ,,lord orders all things well4 ,o remember me before his throne4 ,to-morrow ,i leave ,edinburgh4 ,your letter shall be delivered to ,mr4 ,r4 ,be pleased to give the inclosed to ,mr4 ,scot1 to put in his ,philadelphia-,packet4 ,i am busy1 and yet1 alas6 ,i do nothing4 ,impressions seem to be promising here4 ,,lord1 what am ,i8 less than the least of all1 but for ,,christ's sake1 my very dear friend1 ,yours indissolubly in the best bonds1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxlix4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,october #bg1 #agef4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,hoping that they would find your ,ladyship at ,bristol1 ,i wrote a few lines not long ago from ,leeds4 ,since that ,i have been in honest ,mr4 ,g and ,mr4 ,j's round1 preaching upon the mountains to many thousands4 ,one that was awakened three years ago1 is gone to heaven1 and desired to be buried upon the spot where she was awakened4 ,the sacrament at ,mr4 ,g's was most awful1 and the ,welch night at ,leeds exceeding solemn4 ,i would have continued my circuit1 but found that preaching so frequently in those cold countries1 was bringing on my last year's disorder4 ,being therefore grown very prudent1 ,i am come to open our new chapel in ,tottenham-,court ,road1 and in my poor way to recommend the ever-loving1 ever-lovely ,,jesus4 ,,lord1 what am ,i1 that thou shouldest suffer me to put a pin in thy tabernacle6 ,o for grace to stand in a trying hour4 ,something very extraordinary lies before us3 8,prepare to meet thy ,,god10 seems now to be the call to all4 ,blessed be ,,god1 his ,spirit hath not done striving for us4 ,this1 ,i hope1 is a token for good4 ,never did ,i know the fields more ready unto harvest1 than ,i have seen them in the ,north4 ,may ,i wish your ,ladyship joy of what hath happened at the other end of the town4 ,may his ,lordship be made a long and public blessing to this sinful nation6 ,if the other elect ,ladies are all at ,clifton court1 ,i wish you all the blessings of the everlasting gospel4 ,though utterly unworthy of such an honour1 offering my poor pepper-corn of acknowledgment for all your ,ladyship's unmerited kindnesses1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcl4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,october #cj1 #agef4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,i ,,can only drop you a few lines4 ,i am just returned from a thousand miles northern circuit1 and ,mr4 ,graham is just a going4 ,all your relations are well4 ,the fields have been white ready unto harvest4 ,in about a week1 a new building at the other end of the town is to be opened4 ,i expect to see your new ,governor every moment4 ,by his ship ,i hope to send letters to you all4 ,may ,,god bless and prosper you6 ,j ,h's relations are well4 ,you will give him all the encouragement you can4 ,i am still for lessening the family as much as possible4 ,my wife wrote lately4 ,i have scarce time to subscribe myself1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most affectionate1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcli4 ,to ,alderman ,h4 ,london1 ,november #f1 #agef4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,i ,,am glad you got no more hurt by your late fall from your horse4 ,may the ,,lord ,,jesus write the laws of gratitude upon all our hearts6 ,i wish my brother's sickness may be sanctified to his better part4 ,i know not the case of the poor weavers3 ,i do not love to fish in troubled waters1 and yet ,i fear more and more troubles await us both at home and abroad4 ,o that the walls and street of the ,new ,jerusalem1 may be built in troublesome times6 ,he hath said it1 who is also able to perform it4 ,i wish ,i may begin to begin to build in earnest4 ,do pray for me3 ,i shall never forget you or yours4 ,may this find you on the full stretch for ,,jesus6 ,he was stretched upon the cross for you and me4 ,amazing love6 ,adieu4 ,i must away4 ,beg ,mr4 ,b to write if my brother grows worse4 ,i will answer him as soon as possible2 but whilst my cold continues1 ,i cannot expect to see you at ,gloucester4 ,o for a warm heaven6 there you will know how much ,i am1 my very dear ,friend1 ,yours in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclii4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,london1 ,november #ab1 #agef4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,i ,,have just been with your new ,governor1 who sets out to-morrow4 ,may the ,,lord of all lords make him a blessing6 ,upon the receipt of this1 do you wait upon his ,excellency1 and give ,him1 and whom he pleases to bring with him1 an invitation to ,bethesda4 ,i know dear ,mrs4 ,c will make proper provision4 ,i have had no letters for a long season4 ,i have only time to inform you1 that we have just opened a new chapel at ,tottenham-,court ,road1 and that ,i trust the ,redeemer's glory filled it last ,sunday4 ,have you persons enough to exercise before the ,governor8 ,can they receive him under arms8 ,that the ,captain of our salvation may make them all good soldiers for himself1 is the earnest prayer of1 my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcliii4 ,to ,lady 4 ,london1 ,november #ag1 #agef4 ,honoured ,madam1 ,,as ,i thought it would give your ,ladyship satisfaction1 ,i herein inclose the copies of two letters sent from the condemned youth1 in whose behalf your ,ladyship hath interposed4 ,may the ,redeemer crown your endeavours with success6 ,blessed be his name1 we hear of daily instances of his grace6 ,at ,long-,acre indeed the word ran1 and at ,tottenham-,court chapel we have had some glorious earnests of future blessings4 ,providence1 ,i doubt not1 will enable us to pray for it4 ,my constant work now is1 preaching about fifteen times a week4 ,this1 with a weak appetite1 want of rest1 and much care lying upon my mind1 enfeebles my too1 too feeble nature4 ,but the joy of the ,,lord is my strength4 ,and my greatest grief is1 that ,i can do no more for ,him1 who hath done and suffered so much for me4 ,i thank your ,ladyship for your kind letter and good wishes4 ,indeed1 honoured ,madam1 you are always remembered at the throne of grace4 ,that your ,ladyship's soul may always prosper1 and that you may increase with all the increase of ,,god1 is and shall be the earnest prayer of1 honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcliv4 ,to ,mr4 ,hy4 ,london1 ,december #i1 #agef4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,last night ,mr4 ,m informed me1 that ,mr4 ,c shewed him a pamphlet1 wrote on purpose to prove the fundamental errors of my printed sermons1 and that you had offered to preface it1 but he chose you should not4 ,that this is true1 ,i as much believe1 as that ,i am now at ,rome4 ,but ,i wish that my very dear friend may not repent his connection and correspondence with some1 when it is too late4 ,this is my comfort1 ,i have delivered my soul4 ,mr4 ,r hath been so kind as to send me the two volumes of ,jenks's ,meditations1 and desires me to annex my recommendation to yours4 ,i have answered1 that it will not be prudent or beneficial to him so to do4 ,i fear they are too large to go off4 ,i hope that my dear friend prospers both in soul and body4 ,conviction and conversion work go on here4 ,,lord keep us from tares6 ,all is well at ,clapham2 ,i have expounded there twice4 ,,god hath met us at our new building4 ,i know that you will pray1 it may be full of new creatures4 ,my most cordial respects await your mother and sister2 my wife joins4 ,with great haste1 but much greater love1 ,i subscribe myself1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclv4 ,to ,mr4 ,aaron ,b4 ,london1 ,december #i1 #agef4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,as ,i am informed the ,philadelphia packet sails this day1 ,i cannot omit acknowledging the receipt of ,mr4 ,p's paper3 the duplicates came to hand before4 ,a memorial is drawn up by proper persons1 and application is to be made for a charter4 ,as yet1 every thing promises well4 ,this morning ,i am going to send ,p's writing to those1 who ,i believe will put it into his ,majesty's hands4 ,the letters mentioned by ,mr4 ,b1 about purchasing the land for the ,indians1 ,i did not receive1 but ,i shall take the hint in the last1 and do what ,i can4 ,alas6 that is but little4 ,some books shall be secured for ,john ,o1 and some bibles1 c4 for the ,indian school4 ,i wish ,john ,o of ,long-,island was here1 especially if he can preach1 and could be spared from his mission for a few months1 and his passage paid4 ,i would pay his passage back again1 and ,i hope get something for that which you have in view4 ,at the ensuing fast1 it practicable1 ,i intend making a collection4 ,night and day1 our hands are lifted up for dear ,america4 ,i fear we are to be brought into far greater extremity1 both at home and abroad1 ere deliverance comes4 ,the ,,lord reigneth1 and blessed be the ,,god of our salvation4 ,i am sorry you have not your degree4 ,it is ready1 if testimonials were sent from those that know you4 ,this not being done1 it looks as though the character given you on this side the water1 was not justly founded4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus direct and bless you6 ,i wish you would write oftener4 ,how glad would ,i be to see ,america1 but my way is hedged up4 ,we have just opened a new chapel at the other end of the town1 and the awakening both in town and country continues4 ,we have many pleasing accounts from various quarters1 and more ministers are coming out to preach the gospel4 ,this is refreshing4 ,how does the worthy ,governor8 ,i cannot write now1 but ,i pray4 ,dear ,captain ,g is gone3 ,o that my turn was come6 ,,jesus is kind4 ,i am strengthened to preach fourteen times a week1 and ,i trust it is not in vain4 ,you have work enough4 ,that the giver of all strength may support and succeed you more and more1 is the earnest prayer of1 dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclvi4 ,to ,mrs4 ,g4 ,london1 ,december #ae1 #agef4 ,dear ,madam1 ,,what a prayer-hearing1 promise-keeping ,,god do we serve6 ,o that ,i had a heart to bless and praise him6 ,your kind and opportune contribution for the new chapel1 strengthened my faith1 and encouraged me 7in spite of the opposition of some narrow hearts7 to go forwards with it1 till it is compleated4 ,surely the work is of ,,god4 ,last ,sunday there was a wonderful stirring amongst the dry bones2 some great people came1 and begged they might have a constant seat4 ,an earnest this1 ,i believe1 of more good things to come4 ,to me1 dear ,madam1 it is the most promising work the ,redeemer ever vouchsafed to employ me in4 ,,lord1 what am ,i8 ,help me1 glorious ,emmanuel1 to abhor myself in dust and ashes6 ,he will bless you1 dear ,madam1 for what you have done4 ,o that ,i had a thousand lives to employ in his service6 ,i am much obliged to dear ,mrs4 ,b4 ,neither she nor you will have reason to repent your zeal on this occasion4 ,it will be much for the ,mediator's glory1 and the welfare1 ,i hope1 of thousands of souls1 to have every thing honourably discharged4 ,i know ,i shall have your prayers1 dear ,madam1 and ,i am sure you have mine4 ,o that you may know in whom you have believed6 ,come1 dear ,madam1 be not discouraged2 you know who hath said1 8then shall ye know1 if ye follow on to know the ,,lord40 ,i could enlarge1 but it is near six in the morning1 and ,i must away to preach4 ,o that my blessed ,master may never turn me out of that divine employ6 ,i hope my most grateful respects and acknowledgments will find acceptance with dear ,mrs4 ,b2 and your acceptance of the same will add to the obligations already laid on1 dear ,madam1 ,your most ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclvii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,b4 ,london1 ,december #cj1 #agef4 ,dear ,madam1 ,,gratitude constrains me to send you a few lines4 ,they inform you1 that ,,god is doing wonders at the new chapel4 ,hundreds went away last ,sunday morning that could not come in4 ,on ,christmas-,day1 and last ,tuesday night 7the first time of burning candles7 the power of the ,,lord was present1 both to wound and to heal4 ,a neighbouring ,doctor hath baptized the place1 calling it 8,whitefields's ,soul-trap40,just now the following letter came to hand4 ,reverend ,sir1 ,a ,,thought came into my mind last ,sunday morning1 to go to hear you at the new tabernacle1 and to see what sort of a place it was4 ,in one part of your discourse my heart trembled1 and the terrors of the ,,lord came upon me4 ,i then concluded1 that ,i must prepare for hell1 and that there was no hope of salvation for me4 ,i take this method1 being assured that you will excuse the liberty ,i take to ask you one question1 ,how ,i can be convinced that my past sins are to be forgiven8 ,and ,o1 what must ,i do to be saved6 ,my sins are innumerable4 ,,god is just4 ,i cannot think that ,i have any interest in the ,redeemer's blood4 ,my soul is full of grief4 ,i must conclude4 ,dear ,sir1 favour me with a line1 which will be greatly acknowledged by1 ,your friend1 ,a4 ,b4 ,i have answered my new friend1 and pray the friend of sinners to make the chapel a soul-trap indeed1 to many wandering creatures4 ,abundance round about1 ,i hear are much struck4 ,o for humility6 ,o for gratitude6 ,o for faith6 ,wherefore should ,i doubt8,surely ,,jesus will carry me through1 and help me to pay the workmen4 ,accept repeated thanks for the help afforded by your dear ,ladies1 and depend on having the poor prayers of1 dear ,madam1 ,your most obliged and ready servant1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclviii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,m4 ,london1 ,january #d1 #ageg4 ,reverend and dear ,sir1 ,,just now ,i received and read your kind letter1 and hope1 ,,god willing1 on ,friday1 to have the pleasure of a personal interview4 ,may our common ,,lord sanctify it to our mutual edification6 ,glad should ,i have been to have known you before4 ,i love the ,hanoverians1 because ,i think they love1 and would prove faithful to our dear ,king ,george4 ,i am sorry for the treatment they have met with1 but it is not our province to meddle with politics4 ,blessed be ,,god for a kingdom that is not of this world1 which can never be removed1 or so much as shaken4 ,blest is faith that trusts ,,christ's power1 ,blest are saints that wait his hour2 ,haste1 great conqueror1 bring it near2 ,let the glorious close appear4 ,you see1 my dear ,sir1 how free ,i write4 ,it is because ,i think you are a true minister of our glorious ,emmanuel4 ,be pleased to remember me when near his throne4 ,though a stranger1 you know my name3 ,i am the chief of sinners1 and less than the least of all saints1 but for ,,christ's sake1 reverend and dear ,sir1 ,your unworthy brother and fellow-labourer1 in our ,,lord's vineyard1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclix4 ,to ,lady ,h4 ,london1 ,january #ab1 #ageg4 ,honoured ,madam1 ,,will your ,ladyship be pleased to accept a few hasty lines8 ,they come with hearty wishes1 that your ,ladyship1 and every branch of your honourable family1 may have a very happy new year4,this can only be had in ,,jesus1 and therefore ,i wish1 from the very bottom of my heart1 that you all may be blessed with all spiritual blessings4,these are blessings indeed4 ,they are solid1 they are lasting1 commensurate even with eternity itself4 ,i hope we have some daily foretastes of this4 ,indeed1 honoured ,madam1 a wide door seems to be opening at ,tottenham-,court chapel4 ,the word flies like lightning in it2 ,o that it may prove a ,bethel1 a house of ,,god1 a gate of heaven6 ,i believe it will4,as the awakening continues1 ,i have some hopes that we are not to be given up4 ,alas6 alas6 ,we are testing and contesting1 while the nation is bleeding to death4 ,we are condemning this and that2 but sin1 the great mischief-maker1 lies unmolested1 or rather encouraged by every contending party4 ,well1 the ,,lord reigns2and therefore blessed be the ,,god of our salvation4,i hope your honoured sister1 and her noble ,lord1 are well4 ,i sometimes wish that his ,lordship was at the helm1 but infinite wisdom knows what is best4 ,happy they who can look beyond time6 ,the christian can2 the short-sighted infidel dares not1 cannot4 ,but ,i grow troublesome4 ,i must therefore only add my most grateful acknowledgments1 and assure your ,ladyship1 that ,i am1 honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclx4 ,to ,lady ,m ,h4 ,london1 ,january #ac1 #ageg4 ,honoured ,madam1 ,i ,,wish your ,ladyship joy4 ,what a mercy1 to be made an instrument in settling a true minister of ,,jesus ,,christ6 ,may he be the spiritual father to many souls6 ,your ,ladyship's unexpected sight of your son1 was like life from the dead4 ,what pleasure then must be the consequence of seeing our relations brought home to ,,god6 ,this be your happy lot6 ,the holy spirit seems to be quickening many dead souls here4 ,i am informed1 that all are alive without the ,cannon-,gate2 but such are dead whilst they live4 ,o ,scotland6 ,scotland6 ,turn us1 ,o good ,,lord1 and so shall we be turned6 ,we had need to fast and pray too4,your ,ladyship1 ,i doubt not1 mourns in secret4 ,the glorious ,emmanuel will put your tears into his bottle4 ,that your consolations in him may abound evermore1 is the earnest prayer of1 honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 8,,mlx0 replaced with 8,,mclx0 ,,letter ,,mclxi4 ,london1 ,february #e1 #ageg4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,i ,,thank you heartily for your last kind letter1 and for all your works of faith and labours of love4,glad would ,i be to see ,america1 but the cloud doth not seem to move that way as yet4,the new chapel at the other end of the town is made a ,bethel1 and the awakening increases day by day4 ,o that it was so at ,georgia6 ,surely the great ,shepherd and ,bishop of souls will bless you1 for taking care of the lambs in that distant wilderness4,mr4 ,p's leaving ,bethesda sadly distresses me2 but my eyes are upon ,him who knows all4 ,i wrote to desire ,mr4 ,p to continue the oversight of my affairs1 till ,i can come myself4 ,whatever he and you shall agree to1 in respect to ,mr4 ,r1 c4 ,i shall acquiesce in3 only ,i desire that all who are capable may be put out1 and the family reduced as low as possible1 till the war is over1 and the institution out of debt4 ,i find nobody mentions ,i ,ps4 ,if ,i ,pm goes to the college1 cannot he and ,mr4 ,d be enough for the school8 ,ere now1 ,g ,w ,i hope is put out4,,lord1 remember me and all my various concerns6,,god bless and direct you in every step6 ,he will1he will4,i trust you will find it so in your late determination8 ,now you are free4 ,things that seem against us at first1 afterwards prove to be designed for us4,what is to become or us here1 ,,god only knows4,a year perhaps may determine4,the best sign is1 that the awakening continues4,a parcel of the addresses was put up for you1 but through mistake not put into the box4 ,all your relations are well4 ,that you may prosper both in body and soul1 and be filled with all the fulness of ,,god1 is the earnest prayer of1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most affectionate1 obliged friend1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,m4 ,london1 ,february #ag1 #ageg4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,your kind letter lies before me1 for which1 be pleased to accept my cordial thanks4 ,i am glad you got safe to ,chatham1 and heartily pray1 that the ,,god of the sea1 and the ,,god of the dry land1 may be your convoy on the mighty waters4 ,the continuance of your correspondence will be quite agreeable4 ,who knows but ,,jesus may bless it to our mutual edification8 ,i want to be stirred up1 to begin to begin to do something for him1 who hath done and suffered so much for ill and hell-deserving me4 ,surely1 ,i am a worthless worm1 and therefore little moved with whatever judgment an ill-natured1 misinformed world may form of me4 ,the great day will discover all4 ,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly4,o to be an ,israelite indeed1 in whom there is no guile6 ,simplicity and godly sincerity is all in all4 ,a want of this1 ,i fear1 hath led the ,count into all his mistakes4 ,with great regret ,i speak or write of any people's weaknesses2 but ,i did and do now think1 that divine ,providence called me to publish what you mention4 ,the ,redeemer gave it his blessing4 ,i do not find that their fopperies are continued1 and ,i hear also that they have discharged many debts4 ,you seem to have right notions of the sermon to which you refer4 ,it certainly speaks of a sinless state1 which is not attainable in this life4 ,we are called to be saints1 but not angels4 ,strange1 that after so many years1 such an error should be propagated6but so it is4 ,,lord1 what is man8 ,glory be to ,,god1 there is a time coming1 when sin1 root and branch1 shall be destroyed3 ,i mean at death4 ,then an eternal stop will be put to the fountain of corruption1 and we shall be sinless indeed4,till then1 ,o ,,jesus1 do thou continue to wash us in thy blood1 and cloathe us with thy compleat and everlasting righteousness2 and at the same time1 out of a principle of love to thee1 do thou help us to follow hard after that holiness1 without which no man can see the ,,lord6,but whither am ,i going8 ,my very dear ,sir1 excuse prolixity4 ,i write to you1 as to one whom ,i love in the bowels of ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,my most cordial respects await all that love him4 ,my wife joins in sending you the same1 with1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxiii4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,london1 ,march #b1 #ageg4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,a ,,few days ago1 ,i received the kind benefaction for the happy convicts4 ,not doubting of success1 ,i had advanced some guineas1 which with what hath been procured from other hands1 hath bought both their liberties1 and they are provided for on the other side of the water2 just now ,i believe they are under sail4 ,o that he1 who ,i suppose will now receive a pardon1 was alike favoured6 ,but not many mighty1 not many noble are called4 ,however1 some come to hear at ,tottenham-,court4 ,s the player1 makes always one of the auditory1 and1 as ,i hear1 is much impressed1 and brings others with him4 ,i hope this will not find your ,ladyship ill of the gout4 ,may the ,,lord ,,jesus bear all your sickness1 and heal all your infirmities both of body and soul6 ,i am sensibly touched when any thing affects your ,ladyship2 gratitude constrains to this4 ,what shall ,i render unto the ,,lord for all his mercies8 ,i would preach for him1 if ,i could1 a hundred times a day4 ,surely1 such a worthless worm was never honoured to speak for the ,redeemer before4 ,your ,ladyship will excuse2 ,i must away1 and give a little vent to the heart of1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxiv4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,b4 ,london1 ,march #aj1 #ageg4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,providentially1 a ,lady was at my house when the bearer brought your letter1 who perhaps may want just such a servant1 within the time mentioned4 ,thus ,,god provides for those that love him4 ,he is indeed a prayer-hearing1 a promise-keeping ,,god4 ,satan may and will have us1 that he may sift us as wheat2 but ,,jesus prays for us2 our faith therefore shall not fail4 ,this is my support2 this1 my very dear ,sir1 must be yours4 ,ere long we shall be tempted no more4 ,i am a poor soldier2 ,i want to be discharged4 ,not from ,,christ's service1 but from this prison of the flesh4 ,o that ,i could do something for ,,jesus whilst here below6 my obligations increase4 ,he vouchsafes daily 7,o amazing love7 to own my feeble labours4 ,the word runs and is glorified4 ,that it may run and be glorified more and more1 under ,,god1 through your instrumentality1 is the earnest prayer of1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,your affectionate but unworthy brother1 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxv4 ,to ,lord ,h4 ,london1 ,april #bj1 #ageg4 ,my ,lord1 ,i ,,make bold to trouble your ,lordship with the proposals about the ,georgia college2 they should have been sent before1 but ,i heard that your ,lordship was out of town4 ,on ,monday next1 my business calls me into the country4 ,if your ,lordship should have leisure immediately to run over the memorial1 ,i would call on ,saturday morning to know your ,lordship's mind4 ,in the mean while1 praying that your ,lordship may be a lasting blessing to your country1 ,i subscribe myself1 ,your ,lordship's most dutiful1 obliged humble servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxvi4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,t4 ,edinburgh1 ,may #ca1 #ageg4 ,,cannot you come here for one day this week8 ,i shall leave ,edinburgh on ,monday1 ,,god willing4,attendance upon the assembly1 and preaching1 have engrossed all my time4 ,i can scarce send you this4,nil mihi rescribas attamen ipse veni4,adieu6 ,with love more than ,i express1 ,i am1 my dear ,mr4 ,t1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,,jesus is good to us4 ,my hearty love awaits your whole self and family4,it is near eight at night4 ,,letter ,,mclxvii4 ,to ,mr4 4 ,glasgow1 ,june #i1 #ageg4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,to me1 it is almost an age since ,i wrote to you last4 ,but at ,edinburgh ,i was so taken up all day1 and kept up so late at night1 that writing was almost impracticable4 ,surely my going thither was of ,,god4 ,i came thither the twelfth of ,may1 and left it the sixth of ,june1 and preached just fifty times4 ,to what purpose1 the great day will discover4 ,i have reason to believe to very good purpose4 ,being the time of the general assembly 7at which ,i was much pleased7 many ministers attended1 perhaps a hundred at a time4 ,thereby prejudices were removed1 and many of their hearts were deeply impressed4 ,about thirty of them1 as a token of respect1 invited me to a public entertainment4 ,the ,lord ,high ,commissioner also invited me to his table1 and many persons of credit and religion did the same in a public manner4 ,thousands and thousands1 among whom were a great many of the best rank1 daily attended on the word preached1 and the longer ,i staid1 the more the congregations and divine influence increased4 ,twice ,i preached in my way to ,glasgow1 and last night opened my campaign here4 ,the cloud seems to move towards ,ireland4 ,how the ,redeemer vouchsafes to deal with me there1 you shall know hereafter4 ,in the mean while1 my very dear friend1 let me entreat the continuance of your prayers4 ,for ,i am less than the least of all saints1 and unworthy to be employed in the service of so divine a ,master4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 ,if thou excuse1 then work thy will1 ,by so unfit an instrument2 ,it will at once thy goodness shew1 ,and prove thy power omnipotent4 ,i hope this will find you1 and your dear yoke-fellow and daughter1 enjoying thriving souls in healthy bodies4 ,i doubt not but you are brightening your crown1 and increasing your reward1 by doing good for your blessed ,master4 ,ere long1 you shall hear him say 8,well done40 ,that will crown all4 ,i can no more1 ,i must away to my throne4 ,my very dear ,sir1 be pleased to accept ten thousand thanks for all favours1 and give me leave 7after sending most cordial respects to dear ,mrs4 ,s and ,miss7 to subscribe myself1 my very dear friend1 ,your most affectionate1 obliged friend1 and very ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxviii4 ,to ,mr4 4 ,dublin1 ,june #cj1 #ageg4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,your kind letter1 dated the #beth instant1 ,i just now received1 for which as well as all other favours be pleased to accept unfeigned thanks4,what to do ,i cannot well tell4,as ,i am in the kingdom1 it is pity to leave it unvisited4,the door is open1 and indeed the poor ,methodists want help4,here in ,dublin the congregations are very large1 and very much impressed4 ,the ,redeemer vouchsafes to give me great freedom in preaching1 and arrows of conviction fly and fasten4,one of the ,bishops told a nobleman1 8,he was glad ,i was come to rouse the people0,the nobleman1 with whom ,i sweetly conversed yesterday1 told me this again4,,lord ,,jesus1 do thou 7for it is thy doing7 rouse all ranks for thy mercy's sake6 ,i hope ,mr4 ,mn will go on and prosper4,as for ,mr4 ,js1 ,i think it best for him to keep as he is4,i find he is unsettled1 and therefore would be always uneasy4,if ,messrs4 ,ds and ,dr can serve alternately in the ,summer1 by the help of ,,jesus ,i will go through the ,winter work4,alas1 that so few have the ambition of coming out to the help of the ,,lord against the mighty4 ,not one clergyman in all ,ireland yet stirred up to come out singularly for ,,god6 ,pity1 ,,lord1 for thy mercy's sake6 ,i think ,,god will yet appear for the protestant interest4,my rout now is to ,athlone1 ,limerick1 ,cork1 and to return here about ,july #ba4,whether ,i shall then go to the ,north1 and to ,scotland1 or whether ,i shall come by way of ,park-,gate1 must be determined hereafter4,i know you will pray1 my very dear ,sir1 that the never-failing ,,jesus will direct my goings in his way4 ,i would fain be where and what he would have me to be4,i bless him1 for making you1 my very dear ,sir1 instrumental in strengthening my weak hands1 and earnestly pray1 that great may be the reward of you and your dear relations in the kingdom of heaven4,assure yourselves you or they are never forgotten by1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxix4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,dublin1 ,july #c1 #ageg4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,k1 ,,accept a few lines from a poor1 feeble1 but willing pilgrim4,they bring you most amazing news4 ,the infinitely condescending ,,jesus still vouchsafes to follow the chief of sinners with his unmerited blessing4,in ,scotland1 his almighty arm was most powerfully revealed2and1 here in ,dublin1 many have begun to say1 8,what shall we do to be saved40,congregations are large1 and very much impressed indeed4,a spirit of conviction and consolation seems to be sent forth4,all sorts attend1 and all sorts seem to be affected4,i should be glad to come to ,london1 but cannot in confidence as yet4,not one minister either in the church or among the dissenters in this kingdom1 as far as ,i can hear1 appears boldly for ,,god1 even a ,,god in ,,christ4 ,to-morrow therefore ,i purpose to set out for ,athlone1 ,limerick1 and ,cork4 ,,god only knows1 after that1 where will be the next remove4,perhaps to ,london1 perhaps to the ,north of ,ireland1 which ,i hear lies open for the gospel4,winter must be the ,london harvest4,o for more labourers who will account the work itself the best wages6 ,,god will bless you and yours1 for strengthening my hands4 ,i send you and ,mrs4 ,kn my hearty love1 and earnestly pray the ,,lord of all ,lords to bless you4 ,next post1 or soon after in my circuit1 ,i hope to write to dear ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,j4 ,,god forbid that ,i should forget my old friends4,i pray for1 though ,i cannot write to them4,i am glad to find that dear ,mr4 ,g is safe returned4,pray remember me to him1 and to all enquiring friends in the kindest manner1 and assure them of being remembered at the throne of grace1 by1 very dear ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,k1 ,your most obliged1 affectionate friend1 and ready servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,july #eth4 ,since writing the above1 ,i have been in the wars4,but blessed be ,,god am pretty well recovered1 and going on my way rejoicing4,pray hard4 ,,letter ,,mclxx4 ,to ,mr4 4 ,dublin1 ,july #i1 #ageg4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,many attacks have ,i had from ,satan's children1 but yesterday1 you would have thought he had been permitted to have given me an effectual parting blow4 ,you have heard of my being in ,ireland1 and of my preaching daily to large and very affected auditories1 in ,mr4 ,w's spacious room4 ,when here last1 ,i preached in a more confined place in the week days1 and once or twice ventured out to ,oxminton-,green1 a large place like ,moorfields1 situated very near the barracks1 where the ,ormond and ,liberty1 that is1 high and low party boys1 generally assemble every ,sunday1 to fight with each other4 ,the congregations then were very numerous1 the word seemed to come with power2 and no noise or disturbance ensued4 ,this encouraged me to give notice1 that ,i would preach there again last ,sunday afternoon4 ,i went through the barracks1 the door of which opens into the green1 and pitched my tent near the barrack walls1 not doubting of the protection1 or at least interposition of the officers and soldiery1 if there should be occasion4 ,but how vain is the help of man6 ,vast was the multitude that attended2 we sang1 prayed1 and preached1 without much molestation2 only now and then a few stones and clods of dirt were thrown at me4 ,it being war time1 as is my usual practice1 ,i exhorted my hearers not only to fear ,,god1 but to honour the best of kings1 and after sermon ,i prayed for success to the ,prusian arms4 ,all being over1 ,i thought to return home the way ,i came2 but to my great surprize access was denied1 so that ,i had to go near half a mile from one end of the green to the other1 through hundreds and hundreds of papists1 c4 ,finding me unattended1 7for a soldier and four methodist preachers1 who came with me1 had forsook me and fled7 ,i was left to their mercy2 but their mercy1 as you may easily guess1 was perfect cruelty4 ,vollies of hard stones came from all quarters1 and every step ,i took1 a fresh stone struck1 and made me reel backwards and forwards1 till ,i was almost breathless1 and all over a gore of blood4 ,my strong beaver hat served me as it were for a scull cap for a while2 but at last that was knocked off1 and my head left quite defenceless4 ,i received many blows and wounds2 one was particularly large and near my temples4 ,i thought of ,stephen1 and as ,i believed that ,i received more blows1 ,i was in great hopes that like him ,i should be dispatched1 and go off in this bloody triumph to the immediate presence of my master4 ,but providentially1 a minister's house lay next door to the green2 with great difficulty ,i staggered to the door1 which was kindly opened to1 and shut upon me4 ,some of the mob in the mean time having broke part of the boards of the pulpit into large splinters1 they beat and wounded my servant grievously in his head and arms1 and then came and drove him from the door4 ,for a while ,i continued speechless1 panting for and expelling every breath to be my last2 two or three of the hearers1 my friends1 by some means or other got admission1 and kindly with weeping eyes washed my bloody wounds1 and gave me something to smell to and to drink4 ,i gradually revived1 but soon found the lady of the house desired my absence1 for fear the house should be pulled down4 ,what to do1 ,i knew not1 being near two miles from ,mr4 ,w's place2 some advised one thing1 and some another4 ,at length1 a carpenter1 one of the friends that came in1 offered me his wig and coat1 that ,i might go off in disguise4 ,i accepted of1 and put them on1 but was soon ashamed of not trusting my master to secure me in my proper habit1 and threw them off with disdain4 ,i determined to go out 7since ,i found my presence was so troublesome7 in my proper habit2 immediately deliverance came4 ,a methodist preacher1 with two friends1 brought a coach2 ,i leaped into it1 and rid in gospel triumph through the oaths1 curses1 and imprecations of whole streets of papists unhurt1 though threatened every step of the ground4 ,none but those who were spectators of the scene1 can form an idea of the affection with which ,i was received by the weeping1 mourning1 but now joyful methodists4 ,a christian surgeon was ready to dress our wounds1 which being done1 ,i went into the preaching place1 and after giving a word of exhortation1 join'd in a hymn of praise and thanksgiving1 to him who makes our extremity his opportunity1 who stills the noise of the waves1 and the madness of the most malignant people4 ,the next morning ,i set out for port ,arlington1 and left my persecutors to his mercy1 who out of persecutors hath often made preachers4 ,that ,i may be thus revenged of them1 is the hearty prayer of1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,i4 ,cork1 ,july #ae1 #ageg4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,i1 ,,accept a few loving lines1 as a token that you and yours are not entirely forgotten by me4 ,they leave me1 earnestly desirous to know what path the ,,god whom ,i serve would have me to take4 ,every where 7,o amazing condescension67 the glorious ,emmanuel so smiles upon my feeble labours1 that it is hard to get off4 ,at ,port ,arlington1 ,athlone1 ,limerick1 and in this place1 the word hath run and been glorified4 ,arrows of conviction seem to fly1 and the cup of many hath been made to run over4 ,i hope you have had some refreshings from the presence of the ,,lord4 ,nothing else can carry us comfortably through the howling wilderness of this troublesome life4 ,i have met with some hard blows from the ,dublin rabble4 ,but blessed be ,,god1 they have not destroyed me4 ,perhaps ,i am to see ,london before my great change comes4 ,and who knows1 but we may enjoy our ,peniels and ,bethels there again8 ,troublous times seem to be approaching4 ,,god hide us all under the shadow of his almighty wings6 ,when you see dear ,mr4 ,w1 pray remember me to him and his in the kindest manner1 as likewise to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,w4 ,i think of1 and pray for you1 and all my dear friends1 though preaching and travelling prevents my writing4 ,o that none of us may be parted in another world6 ,,jesus alone can keep us by his almighty power4 ,to his tender and never-failing mercy do ,i most earnestly commit you1 and earnestly intreat the continuance of your prayers in behalf of1 my very dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,wednesbury1 ,staffordshire1 ,august #g1 #ageg4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,though ,mr4 ,hopper promised to write you an historical1 letter as last ,thursday from ,dublin1 yet ,i cannot help dropping you a few lines from this place4 ,blessed be ,,god1 we had a passage1 and last night we had a pleasant season4 ,at ,athlone1 ,limerick1 ,cork1 and especially at ,dublin1 where ,i preached near fifty times1 we had ,cambuslang seasons4 ,with the utmost difficulty ,i came away4 ,o these partings6 ,the blows ,i received some time ago1 were like to send me1 where all partings would have been over4 ,but ,i find we are immortal till our work is done4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 help me to begin in earnest6 ,my cordial love awaits my host and hostess4 ,be pleased to desire them to send my things by the first opportunity1 directed to ,mr4 ,david ,brown1 at the ,orphan-hospital1 ,edinburgh4,this morning our ,,lord hath met us4,i am to preach twice more4,ere long we shall praise for ever4 ,i hope dear ,mr4 ,n's son is better4 ,i commend your whole self1 and all dear friends1 to his never-failing mercy1 and entreat you never to forget1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in the best bonds1 ,g4 ,w4 8histostrical0 replaced with 8historical0 ,,letter ,,mclxxiii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,august #bf1 #ageg4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,i ,,think myself quite happy1 in finding that you are satisfied in your present situation4,i have no doubt of your being called to do it by ,bethesda's ,,god1 and heartily pray that you may be amply rewarded by ,him4,i had rather have you preside over the orphan family1 than any woman ,i know of in the world4 ,i would gladly indulge ,mr4 ,b1 but though ,i have sent again and again1 ,i cannot find that his wife hath the least inclination to come over2 as this is the case1 and she is provided for1 ,i wish he could be easy4 ,mr4 ,p and you may agree1 as to the terms of his continuance at ,bethesda4 ,mr4 ,d seems fixed1 and ,i have written to ,mr4 ,p1 to let ,john ,hy have overseers wages for the two last years1 and find himself2 but perhaps it may be best not to give up the indentures4,as he is faithful1 and the plantation flourishes1 ,i would not part with him4 ,i do not love changes4 ,sometimes ,i wish for wings to fly over2 but providence detains me here4 ,i fear a dreadful storm is at hand4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 be thou our refuge6 ,at ,dublin ,i was like to be sent beyond the reach of storms4 ,but ,i find we are immortal till our work is done4 ,a most blessed influence attended the word in various parts of ,ireland1 and here at ,london the prospect is more and more promising4 ,we expect some important news from ,america4 ,as to outward things1 all is gloomy4 ,,jesus can dispel every cloud4 ,i hope ,bethesda will be kept in peace4 ,i am glad the ,governor hath been to visit the house4 ,may ,,god make him a blessing to the colony6 ,my kinsman hath met with an early trial4 ,may the ,,lord sanctify it6 ,i am glad ,g ,w is put out1 and that you have sent the children2 ,i pity them1 but they must blame their parents4 ,o ingratitude6 ,i wish you would now and then mention ,b ,w1 and let me know how the ,english children are disposed of4 ,i would fain have a list of black and white from time to time4 ,blessed be ,,god for the increase of the negroes4 ,i intirely approve of reducing the number of orphans as low as possible2 and ,i am determined to take in no more than the plantation will maintain1 till ,i can buy more negroes4 ,never was ,i so well satisfied with my assistants as now4 ,,god bless you6 ,,god bless you6 ,my tender love and respects attend you all4 ,i would have ,joseph ,pn sent to the college4 ,i am glad ,mrs4 ,f is married4 ,continue to pray for me1 and depend on hearing as often as possible from1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your affectionate1 obliged friend1 and ready servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,h4 ,exeter1 ,september #bh1 #ageg4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,just this moment ,i had the pleasure of receiving your very kind letter1 and have but just time1 before the post goes out1 to return you my most hearty thanks4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i can send you good news from ,plymouth4,the scene was like that of ,bristol2 only more extraordinary1 to see officers1 soldiers1 sailors1 and the dock-men1 attending with the utmost solemnity upon the word preached4 ,arrows of conviction fled and fastened1 and ,i left all ,,god's people upon the wing for heaven4 ,blessed be the ,,lord ,,jesus for ordering me the lot of a cast-out6 ,for this let men revile my name1 ,i'd shun no cross1 ,i'd fear no shame2 ,all hail reproach6 ,i am glad that ,mr4 ,mn and ,vn returned safe4 ,may an effectual door be opened for both6 ,if so1 they will have many adversaries4 ,will my dear ,mr4 ,h tell ,mr4 ,p1 that ,i expect every thing to be compleated by the first ,sunday in ,october8 ,if the weather should alter ,i may be in town2 if not1 ,i may range further4,this spiritual hunting is delightful sport1 when the heart is in the work4 ,i expect to hear of a blacker cloud in ,america1 but ,i am glad the expedition was diverted4 ,our enemies may triumph for a while2 ,,christ can soon put a hook in the leviathan's jaws4 ,thoughts are vain against the ,,lord1 ,all subserves his sov'reign word2 ,wheels encircling wheels must run1 ,each in course to bring it on4 ,happy for you1 my dear ,sir1 that have fled to this ,,god for refuge4 ,the more you know of ,him1 the more vilely you will think of yourself4 ,,god bless you and your dear relations4 ,i must conclude1 or the letter cannot go4 ,in great haste1 but far greater love and respect1 ,i subscribe myself1 very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 8solders0 replaced with 8soldiers0 ,,letter ,,mclxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,kn4 ,bristol1 ,october #d1 #ageg4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,,had you encouragement enough last journey1 to induce you and yours to take another trip8 ,my wife informs me so2 she hath the rout4 ,i expect a line from her at ,gloucester1 to inform me of your determination4 ,whatever it be1 may it be for the glory of our common ,,lord6 ,i hope some souls that before were strangers to him1 have begun to know him since we parted last4 ,we have had pleasant seasons4 ,,lord1 what am ,i6 ,,god give us a warm winter6 ,o how soon does the summer fly away6 ,,lord ,,jesus1 pardon and quicken me1 for thy mercy's sake6 ,adieu4 ,i must away4 ,my hearty love awaits your whole self1 and all enquiring friends4 ,in great haste1 ,i subscribe myself1 my very dear ,mr4 ,k1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxvi4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,london1 ,october #af1 #ageg4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,i ,,thank you for your sympathizing letter sent to ,ireland4 ,the friend of sinners stood by me1 or ,i had been stoned to death4 ,they were thrown at me1 not for speaking against the ,papists in particular1 but for exciting all ranks to be faithful to ,king ,,jesus1 and to our dear sovereign ,king ,george1 for his great name's sake4 ,,lord1 what am ,i1 that ,i should be honoured to suffer any degree of pain or shame in such a cause8 ,time will not permit me to descend to more particulars4 ,a young man1 who will bring you soon a few lines from me1 can tell you the whole affair4 ,he is a ,methodist1 and is coming from ,dublin1 7and from a ,bishop's family7 to study at ,glasgow4 ,i know you will receive him gladly4 ,o that ,,god may qualify1 and send forth thousands to blow the trumpet in ,zion6 ,seven gospel ministers were together at ,bristol1 when the counsellor preached4 ,a lawyer hath lately entered likewise into orders1 and ,i humbly hope the blessed ,,jesus will not give us up4 ,both at home and abroad we are in great danger4 ,but the ,,lord lives1 and will live and reign for ever4 ,the awakenings in ,new-,jersey1 c4 are tokens for good4 ,,lord1 prepare us for whatever thou hast prepared for us6 ,we have had blessed seasons for these six weeks last past1 at ,plymouth1 ,exeter1 ,bristol1 ,gloucester1 and ,gloucestershire4 ,this comes from my winter quarters4 ,you will pray1 that ,,jesus may be with us4 ,my most cordial respects and thanks await your whole self1 and all dear friends who are so kind as to enquire after1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxvii4 ,to ,lady ,h4 ,london1 ,october #ba1 #ageg4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,i ,,burnt1 but ,i believe ,i shall never forget the contents of1 your ,ladyship's letter4 ,who but the ,redeemer himself1 can possibly describe the yearnings of such a tender parent's heart8 ,surely your ,ladyship is called to cut off a right hand1 and pluck out a right eye2 8,but it is the ,,lord1 let him do what seemeth him good10 ,this was the language of ,eli1 whose sons were sinners before the ,,lord exceedingly4 ,this hath often been the case of the best of people1 and the greatest favourites of heaven2 but none knows the bitterness of such a cup1 but those who are called to drink it4 ,if not sweetened with a sense of the love and mercy of ,,god in ,,christ1 who could abide it8 ,o what physic1 what strong physic do our strong affections oblige our heavenly ,father to give us6 ,what pruning knives do these luxuriant branches require1 in order to preserve the fruit and delicacy of the vine4 ,blessed be ,,god1 there is a time coming1 when these mysterious dignified providences shall be explained4 ,i am glad ,mr4 ,l is with your ,ladyship3 he has a friendly heart4 ,may the ,,lord ,,jesus raise up your ,ladyship many comforters6 ,above all1 may he come himself4 ,he will1 he will4 ,mr4 ,h ask'd most kindly after your ,ladyship4 ,on ,thursday ,sir ,john ,m1 ,i am told1 was at chapel1 and many others4 ,the prospect brightens at that end of the town4 ,o for warm winter quarters6 ,o that ,i could bear part of your ,ladyship's heavy load6 ,but ,i can only in my feeble way bear it on my heart1 before him who came to heal our sicknesses and bear our infirmities4 ,that your ,ladyship may come out of these fiery trials1 purged and purified like the brightest gold1 is the earnest prayer of1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 sympathizing1 and very ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxviii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,october #be1 #ageg4 ,my dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,i ,,find by your last to your brother ,james1 that you was in jeopardy4 ,but ,i trust ,he that once drove away the ,spaniards1 will also preserve you and the rest of my dear family from a ,french invasion4 ,,god give you strength and courage6 ,he will4 ,every thing seems to be in a critical situation4 ,,god knows the event4 ,blest is faith that trusts ,,christ's pow'r1 ,blest are saints that wait ,his hour4 ,in the midst of all1 the work goes on here4 ,in ,dublin ,i was like to be stoned to heaven3 but ,i am on earth yet4 ,we had glorious seasons both in ,scotland and ,ireland4 ,o that the cloud pointed to ,america6 ,but the ,redeemer's time is the best4 ,he will bless you for taking care of his family in the wilderness4 ,i wish it had been reduced more by the dismission of the ,rs and ,bl4 ,but perhaps ,,god may over rule all for the childrens future good4 ,i hear that ,r is in a ,french prison2 ,,god give to him and his true repentance6 ,they have acted an ungrateful part2 but thus our ,,lord was used2 and the servant must be as his ,,lord4 ,the judgment-day will clear all4 ,i wish ,mr4 ,b may be easy where he is4 ,mr4 ,p may agree upon terms with him1 and with ,i ,h4 ,i love old friends and servants1 and desire to bless ,,god that my family hath got such a governess4 ,pray let me know if you want any apparel1 c4 ,i shall be quite concerned if you abridge yourself of any thing4 ,i cannot reward you3 but the ,,god whom ,i desire to serve1 can and will4 ,to his tender and never-failing mercy do ,i most humbly commit you1 and beg the continuance of your prayers in behalf of1 my dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most affectionate1 and obliged friend1 and servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxix4 ,to ,governor ,e4 ,london1 ,october #bf1 #ageg4 ,honoured ,sir1 ,i ,,am glad to hear from my nephew and other hands1 that your ,excellency's administration is so universally approved of4 ,i pray ,,god to make you a lasting blessing to that colony1 which hath long wanted the blessing of an active1 skilful and disinterested ,governor4 ,i thank your ,excellency for honouring ,bethesda with your company4 ,lord ,hallifax informed me1 that you would send him your sentiments concerning its being enlarged into a college4 ,i have drawn out my proposals1 and have delivered them to his ,lordship2 but the uncertainty of the times prevents my pushing that affair4 ,however1 ,georgia's welfare lies much on my heart2 and it is my full design1 if providence should open a way1 and ,i am assured of meeting with proper encouragement1 7which ,i make no doubt of7 to serve that colony1 and pay it another visit4 ,in the mean while1 my heart's desire and prayer to ,,god is and shall be1 that you may have the honour and comfort of making the people1 over whom divine providence hath called you to preside1 happy and prosperous4 ,i must not longer1 dear ,sir1 detain you from the public1 and shall therefore only beg your acceptance of this1 as a token of respect1 from1 honoured ,sir1 ,your ,excellency's most obliged humble servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxx4 ,to ,j ,b1 ,esq4 ,london1 ,october #bf1 #ageg4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,i ,,am quite glad to hear1 that you have met with encouragement to return again to poor ,georgia1 and that my nephew serves under you4 ,i humbly hope that colony is not to be given over into the enemies hands2 but ,,god only knows what is before us4 ,the cloud at present looks black2 but it is always darkest before break of day4 ,our extremity may yet be ,,god's opportunity to help and deliver us4 ,in the midst of all1 the work of ,,god goes on among us4 ,at both ends of the town we have blessed seasons4 ,in ,scotland and ,ireland the word ran and was glorified4 ,who knows but we may meet once more in ,georgia4 ,blessed be ,,god for a well-grounded hope of meeting in heaven6 ,my hearty love awaits all who are travelling thither1 and are so kind as to enquire after1 my dear friend1 ,yours c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxxi4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,m4 ,london1 ,november #c1 #ageg4 ,,your kind letter was very acceptable4 ,ere now1 ,i trust1 the ,redeemer hath given you the prospect of the barren wilderness being turned in a fruitful field4 ,never fear2 ,,jesus will delight to honour you4 ,every clergyman's name is ,legion4 ,two more are lately ordained4 ,satan letts and men object1 ,yet the thing they thwart1 effect4 ,thoughts are vain against the ,,lord1 ,all subserves his standing word2 ,wheels encircling wheels must run1 ,each in course to bring it on4 ,you need not remind me of praying for the noble pair3 surely they are not to be prisoners another ,winter4 ,the kingdom of ,,god suffereth violence1 and really if we would take it by force1 we must do violence to our softest passions1 and be content to be esteemed unkind by those whose idols we once were4 ,this is hard work2 but1 ,abba1 ,father1 all things are possible with thee6 ,blessed be ,,god for putting it into your heart to ask the pulpit for a week-day sermon4 ,are we not commanded to be instant in season and out of season8 ,if dear ,mrs4 ,m will take my word for it1 ,i will be answerable for your health4 ,the joy resulting from doing good1 will be a continual feast4 ,,god knows how long our time of working may last4 ,this order undoes us4 ,as affairs now stand1 we must be disorderly or useless4 ,o for more labourers4 ,i am told thousands went away last ,sunday evening from ,tottenham-,court1 for want of room4 ,every day produces fresh accounts of good being done1 and at this end of the town the word runs and is glorified more and more4 ,last ,friday we had a most solemn fast3 ,i preached thrice2 thousands attended1 and ,i humbly hope our prayers entered the ears of the ,,lord of ,sabaoth4 ,more bad news from ,america about our fleet3 ,,god humble and reform us1 for his infinite mercy's sake6 ,go on1 my dear ,sir1 and tell a sinful nation1 that sin and unbelief is the accursed thing which prevents success4 ,thus at least we shall deliver our own souls1 and be free from the blood of all men4 ,but ,i forget3 ,i suppose you are preparing for the pulpit3 ,i dare not detain you4 ,my best respects await ,mrs4 ,m3 your mother is well4 ,that you may return to ,london in all the fulness of the blessings of the gospel of ,,christ1 is and shall be the prayer of1 dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,o4 ,london1 ,november #ab1 #ageg4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,o1 ,i ,,thank you very kindly for visiting ,bethesda family1 and for administering the ,lord's-supper4 ,i am glad to hear that the ,master of the feast was present4 ,ere long ,i hope we shall be called to the marriage-feast of the supper of the ,lamb in heaven4 ,,god only knows what awaits us in our journey thither4 ,i hope poor ,georgia will be preserved4 ,i trust the ,,lord of all lords hath said1 8,destroy it not1 for there is a blessing in it40 ,we are in equal jeopardy4 ,,jesus is our common refuge4 ,conviction and conversion work goes on amongst us4 ,but ,i long to see ,america once more4 ,o that ,i may never cease itinerating1 till ,i sit down in heaven4 ,my hearty love awaits all that are bound thither4 ,hoping ere long to hear good news from you and yours1 ,i haste to subscribe myself1 my dear ,mr4 ,o1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,london1 ,november #ab1 #ageg4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,i ,,am glad you have received my letter4 ,i know not that ,i have one of yours left unanswered4 ,blessed be ,,god1 for causing ,bethesda to prosper4 ,may it do so in every sense more and more6 ,i hope you will be preserved from the hands both of temporal and spiritual enemies4 ,,god prepare us for all events6 ,pray let me know the names of all the children4 ,i wish they could be reduced this war time to the number of fifteen2 and ,i wish my nephew was not so hasty2 and that the persons you mention were 7spiritually7 shot through the heart4 ,many here seem to be wounded in that manner4 ,at ,tottenham-,court chapel1 as well as the ,tabernacle1 the word runs and is glorified4 ,i am glad you have the ordinance now and then4 ,that the ,,god of ordinances may bless you all evermore1 is the earnest prayer of1 my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,pray be particular in the account of the family4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus smiles upon us here4 ,he can1 and ,i trust will preserve you from ,french1 ,spaniards1 and every hurtful foe4 ,this is my constant prayer4 ,,letter ,,mclxxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r4 ,london1 ,november #ag1 #ageg4 ,dear ,sir1 ,,your letter to ,mr4 ,d gave me great satisfaction4 ,the contents1 no doubt1 made angels to rejoice in heaven1 and why not us embodied spirits here on earth4 ,so many called out of one family1 is a peculiar mercy4 ,blessed are the eyes that see the things which you see1 and the ears that hear the things you hear4 ,grace1 mercy1 and peace be multiplied upon you all6 ,who knows but we may see each other on this side eternity8 ,i am wishing every day for wings to fly to my dear ,america once more2 but at present the way seems to be hedged up4 ,a fresh work is breaking out here1 and the ,redeemer seems to be manifesting his glory in many souls4 ,this1 with what has been done on your side the water1 may give us some hopes1 that though the enemy may be permitted to break in like a flood1 yet the ,spirit of the ,,lord will lift up a standard against him4 ,the death of ,governor ,b and ,president ,burr1 are dark providences3 but ,,jesus lives and reigns4 ,i thank you and yours most heartily for your kind invitation3 ,,god willing1 ,i will accept it whenever ,i come over4 ,,lord1 hasten the time1 if it be thy blessed will6 ,be pleased to remember me in the kindest manner to all enquiring friends4 ,i entreat the continuance of your prayers in behalf of1 my dear ,sir1 ,yours in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,london1 ,november #ag1 #ageg4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,s1 ,i ,,am a letter in your debt3 ,i should be glad to answer your last in person4 ,the attraction towards ,america is as strong as ever1 but at present ,i am stationed here4 ,the word runs and is glorified4 ,i fear the deaths of the ,governor and ,president will hurt ,new-,jersey college3 but ,,jesus lives and reigns4 ,when will my turn come to live and reign with him for evermore6 ,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly6 ,if young ,p should be sent from the ,orphan-house to your college1 be pleased to furnish him with plain necessaries4 ,i am informed he is a promising youth4 ,,lord1 raise up ,elisha's in the room of ascended ,elijah6 ,the residue of the ,spirit is in his hands4 ,the late effusion was preparatory to your present trials4 ,,god make us ready for all events4 ,excuse great haste2 ,i write in greater love1 as being1 my dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,m4 ,london1 ,november #bf1 #ageg4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,i ,,am very glad you have been so providentially detained at ,thetford1 and that your bow abode in such full strength4 ,the ,,lord help you to give a good farewel stroke to-morrow6 ,my poor feeble labours almost brought me to the grave this last week2 but preaching yesterday three times on account of the ,prussians late success1 hath somewhat recovered me4 ,it was a high day2 thousands and thousands attended4 ,where the carcase is1 there the eagles will gather together4 ,the chapel is made a ,bethel indeed4 ,i am glad you are coming to see4 ,spiritual routs are blessed entertainments4 ,i must prepare for my throne4 ,it is near five in the evening1 and to-morrow ,i am to preach thrice4 ,mr4 ,jon said he would write this post4 ,i was glad to hear by ,mr4 ,d1 that the noble pair were growing4 ,that you all may increase with all the increase of ,,god1 is the earnest prayer of1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxxvii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,b4 ,london1 ,december #ad1 #ageg4 ,dear ,madam1 ,,the event only can prove1 whether what ,i am going to mention1 is of ,,god4 ,blessed be his holy name1 by new-year's day ,i hope we shall be able to discharge our chapel debts4 ,every day proves more and more that it was built for the glory of ,,jesus ,,christ1 and the welfare of many precious and immortal souls4 ,but my attendance on that1 and the ,tabernacle too1 with a weak body1 outward cares1 and inward trials1 have frequently brought me of late to the apprehensions of being near my wished-for port2 but ,i am afraid ,i must keep out at sea some time longer4 ,however1 ,i am brought to the short allowance of preaching but once a day1 and thrice on a ,sunday4 ,o that this feeble carcase could hold out more for ,,god6 ,i want to begin to begin to do something for ,,god4 ,i shall be glad if he is pleased to bring our present design to a prosperous issue4 ,you must know then1 dear ,madam1 that round the chapel there is a most beautiful spot of ground1 and some good folks have purposed erecting alms-houses on each side1 for some godly widows4 ,i have a plan for twelve4 ,the whole expence will be four hundred pounds3 we have got one hundred4 ,the widows are to have half-a-crown a week4 ,the sacrament money1 which will more than do1 is to be devoted to this purpose4 ,thus will many godly widows be provided for1 and a standing monument left1 that the ,methodists were not against good works4 ,i beg you'll mention this to good ,lady ,c and ,mrs4 ,g2 for ,i would not have it public till the sum is raised1 and we are sure of effecting the thing4 ,if ,i did not know1 dear ,madam1 your benevolent1 disinterested heart1 ,i should not thus make free4 ,be pleased to excuse1 if you do not approve the motion4 ,i only mention it1 because ,i believe such a thing would much promote the glory of ,,god4 ,i leave this and all with him4 ,i commit you and good ,lady ,c to his protection1 and beg a continued remembrance in your prayers1 in behalf of1 dear ,madam1 ,your most obliged and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxxviii4 ,to ,doctor ,s4 ,london1 ,december #ae1 #ageg4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,if yet in this dying world1 be pleased to accept a few grateful lines1 from one who highly esteems you for the sake of our common ,,lord4 ,thousands can witness how often ,i have prayed for you in public1 and the great day will discover how earnestly your lingering case hath been mentioned in my poor addresses to our ,,god in private4 ,surely1 in a literal sense1 reverend ,sir1 you are called to die daily4 ,but ,i trust and believe1 the more the outward man decayeth1 you will be strengthened so much the more in the inward man4 ,he that hath loved you1 will love you to the end2 he that hath honoured you to be so useful to church and state1 will not leave you in the latter stages of your road4 ,a radiant crown awaits you4 ,,god1 the righteous judge1 will give it you in that day4 ,o gloriam6 quantum qualem6 ,o that ,i could leap my seventy years4 ,but ,i forget ,i am writing to a sick friend4 ,pardon me1 dear ,sir1 it being only a pepper-corn of acknowledgment for all kind offices done in the behalf of1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,your most obliged1 affectionate1 sympathizing friend1 and ready servant in ,,jesus ,,christ1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mclxxxix4 ,to ,lady ,h4 ,london1 ,december #ae1 #ageg4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,i ,,wish your ,ladyship joy of being for once so long alone3 and why8 because ,i am persuaded your ,ladyship is never less alone1 than at such seasons4 ,then the ,father is in a particular manner with his dear children3 and though they seem in themselves to be like pelicans in the wilderness1 yet he is near at hand to hear their cry1 and to bottle up every tear3 he that seeth in secret1 will ere long reward your ,ladyship openly4 ,o how are your ,ladyship's children indebted to you1 for your more than maternal tenderness6 ,what a comfort is it1 ever-honoured ,madam1 that ,,jesus ,,christ is to come1 and to be our judge6 ,o that he would come quickly6 ,why does he delay8 ,i was near port1 and am now put out to sea again4 ,o that it may be to pilot in some more dear souls6 ,the work seems but to be beginning4 ,at ,tottenham-,court the word runs and is glorified4 ,by new-year's day ,i hope the debt will be discharged4 ,several have proposed building some alms-houses for godly widows1 on each side the chapel4 ,i have a plan for twelve4 ,the whole expence will be four hundred pounds3 we have got a prospect of two4 ,i purpose allowing each widow half-a-crown a week4 ,the sacrament money will more than do4 ,the ground is most commodious1 and near the high road4 ,if effected1 ,i think it must bring glory to ,,god1 and be a standing monument that we are not against good works4 ,i only mention it to your ,ladyship4 ,may that ,,god1 whom ,i desire to serve in the gospel of his dear ,son1 direct and bless us in this and every thing we undertake for his glory4 ,but ,i fear ,i am detaining your ,ladyship too long4 ,o that ,i could offer any thing adequate to your ,ladyship's repeated kindnesses to such a worthless worm6 ,my poor prayers and unfeigned sympathy1 is all the testimony ,i can give of my being1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your most dutiful1 obliged1 and very ready servant in our compassionate ,high-priest1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxc4 ,to ,lady ,g ,h4 ,london1 ,december #ae1 #ageg4 ,honoured ,madam1 ,,having lately heard of your ,ladyship's being returned to ,bath1 ,i cannot help wishing your ,ladyship joy of ,sir ,charles's most agreeable marriage4 ,may your ,ladyship's present joy be consummated1 in seeing them and all your honourable relations sitting down together at the marriage-feast of the supper of the ,lamb4 ,i have had frequent prospects of this1 since ,i saw your ,ladyship4 ,often do ,i groan in this earthly tabernacle4 ,i long to be cloathed with my house from heaven4 ,o that the great ,,god may vouchsafe to improve me1 till he is pleased to call me to my wished-for rest4 ,hitherto he owns my feeble labours4 ,the work in ,london seems to be but as it were beginning4 ,we live in troublesome times2 ,i trust the streets of the spiritual ,jerusalem will be built in them4 ,happy they who have fled to ,,jesus ,,christ for refuge3 they have a peace that the world cannot give4 ,o that the pleasure-taking1 trifling flatterer knew what it was6 ,he would no longer feel such an empty void1 such a dreadful chasm in the heart which nothing but the presence of ,,god can fill4 ,but ,i forget myself4 ,i shall tire your ,ladyship2 besides ,i must drop a few lines to good ,lady ,hn2 she is in the furnace4 ,when she is tried1 her ,,god will bring her forth like gold4 ,but ,i must detain your ,ladyship no longer1 than while ,i add my dutiful respects to your ,ladyship's daughters1 and beg your ,ladyship's acceptance of the same from1 honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxci4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,t4 ,london1 ,january #ab1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,your kind letter puzzles me4 ,as the case is so very peculiar1 ,i think you cannot be too particular in writing down what you have been an eye and ear witness to4 ,i think that the calling some ministers together for the ends proposed1 is the best method that can be taken4 ,where two or three are gathered together1 and are agreed touching the thing they shall ask1 our ,,lord hath promised it shall be given to them4 ,i shall be glad to hear of their success4 ,ah1 my dear man1 little do we think1 when we first set out1 what trials we shall meet with ere we arrive at our journey's end4 ,i find more and more1 that ,i am a mere novice in the divine life1 and have scarce begun to begin to learn my ,a ,b ,c in the school of ,,christ4 ,but by the grace of ,,god ,i am what ,i am4 ,he hath helped out of six1 and will also help out of seven troubles4 ,i find you have heard of the ,irish expedition4 ,,lord1 what am ,i1 that ,i should be counted worthy to suffer shame for thy great name's sake6 ,a more effectual door than ever seems to be opening in this metropolis4 ,a counsellor1 lately ordained1 turns out a ,boanerges4 ,thousands and thousands flock to hear the everlasting gospel4 ,the new chapel1 where ,i now write1 turns out quite well4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus hath made it a gate of heaven to many souls4 ,this1 with the signal deliverances lately vouchsafed the protestant arms1 makes me hope that our extremity will yet be ,,god's opportunity to help and deliver us4 ,let us wrestle in prayer for each other4 ,o that the ,,lord may abundantly bless both you and yours6 ,accept cordial love from me and mine4 ,we are neither of us likely to put into harbour yet4 ,the voyage seems to me very long4 ,but ,i find we are immortal till our work is done4 ,that we all may at last enter port with a full gale1 is the hearty prayer of1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our compassionate ,high-priest1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxcii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,s4 ,london1 ,january #ag1 #ageh4 ,dear ,madam1 ,i ,,wish you joy of the happy breach made in1 or rather happy addition made to your dear family4 ,i thought ,i should never see it in the same circumstances any more4 ,you may chearfully let ,rebekah go4 ,i trust she hath met with an ,isaac4 ,may they love one another as ,,christ and the church6 ,the ,,lord now make you to laugh6 ,i hope your latter end will greatly increase4 ,i send the surviving ones my most cordial love2 and praying that you may have more and more comfort in every one of them1 ,i subscribe myself1 dear ,madam1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxciii4 ,to ,mr4 ,k4 ,london1 ,january #ag1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,timothy1 ,,you will deliver the enclosed4 ,i am glad to write a few lines on such an occasion4 ,,god grant that the remaining dear single ones may be as well disposed of6 ,i bless the ,,lord that you are enabled to preach at all4 ,i often think of and sympathize with you4 ,,lord1 help me6 ,what an impatient creature should ,i be1 was ,i to be visited in that manner6 ,but we know who hath promised1 8that as our day is1 so shall our strength be40 ,mrs4 ,pearce is now out of the state of trial1 and ,i am to bury one of the same name next ,thursday4 ,both1 ,i believe1 are gone to heaven4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 when will my turn come8 ,what can reconcile us to a longer stay on earth1 but the prospect of seeing his kingdom advanced8 ,it is very promising at ,london4 ,mr4 ,mn is a ,boanerges4 ,the chapel is made a ,bethel4 ,blessed be ,,god1 all is paid4 ,i hope to be with you in the ,spring4 ,adieu4 ,the ,,lord bless and comfort you6 ,my wife is poorly1 but joins in hearty love to your whole self1 and all enquiring friends1 with1 my very dear man1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxciv4 ,to ,miss ,g1 at ,clifton4 ,london1 ,february #c1 #ageh4 ,dear ,madam1 ,i ,,was glad1 after so long a silence1 to receive a line from ,clifton1 where ,i find by report there is like to be a total revolution4 ,your two worthy friends ,i have neither seen nor heard from2 and good ,lady ,hn ,i have not visited1 because ,i believe her ,ladyship desired to be entirely private4 ,i suppose she will now be soon in town4 ,,god comfort her under all her trials1 and sanctify new creature-partings and disappointments to your further proficiency1 dear ,madam1 in the divine life4 ,there is a needs-be for all this4 ,,god help you to sing1 ,o happy rod1 ,that brought me nearer to my ,,god4 ,i have been in hopes of being with him4 ,but ,i cannot go1 though at present reduced to the short allowance of preaching once a day1 except thrice on a ,sunday1 ,at both ends of the town1 the word runs and is glorified4 ,the champions in the church go on like sons of thunder4 ,i am to be at ,clapham this evening3 ,mr4 ,v will gladly embrace the first opportunity4 ,may it be a ,bethel6 ,bristol1 in all probability1 will be my first ,spring excursion4 ,o that ,i may begin to begin to spring for my ,,god6 ,i beg1 dear ,madam1 the continuance of your prayers1 as being1 dear ,madam1 ,your most obliged and ready servant in our glorious ,high-priest1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxcv4 ,to ,mrs4 ,b ,b1 at ,bath4 ,london1 ,february #c1 #ageh4 ,dear ,madam1 ,i ,,cannot help acquainting you and your honoured sister1 and ,mrs4 ,g1 that the plan concerted some time ago is likely to be put in execution4 ,the trenches for the wall1 ,i believe are begun1 and by the first of ,may1 the houses are to be finished4 ,if possible1 ,i would furnish them1 that the poor might be sure of goods1 as well as a house4 ,all things are possible with ,,god4 ,the thing hath scarce as yet taken wind4 ,such secret expeditions1 ,i trust1 ,,god will favour4 ,both congregations and the divine influences increase4 ,by thoughtfulness1 frequent preaching1 and a crazy tabernacle1 my nightly rests are continually broken2 but the joy of the ,,lord is my strength3 and ,i hope ere long to be where ,i shall keep awake for ever4 ,i most earnestly beg the continuance of your prayers1 and you may be assured of being always remembered in the poor addresses of1 dear good ,ladies1 ,your most obliged and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxcvi4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,samuel ,s1 in ,bath4 ,london1 ,february #c1 #ageh4 ,reverend and dear ,sir1 ,,your kind letter drove me to my knees1 and as ,i do not hear of your dear and honoured father's release1 ,i suppose he is yet detained a prisoner4 ,i shall make public and private mention of him1 until ,i know he is gone beyond the reach of prayer1 and entered upon his eternal work of praise4 ,i pity the poor ministers1 who will sorely miss him1 but shall rejoice in his entering into his ,master's joy4 ,once more ,i send the good old saint my most cordial salutations and thanks unfeigned4 ,at the great day1 before men and angels1 ,i shall do it openly4 ,then likewise1 my dear ,sir1 ,i hope to see you and yours joining in one universal uninterrupted hallelujah1 and casting your crowns before the throne of the glorious ,emmanuel4 ,in whose great name1 with most sincere condolence with ,mrs4 ,s and all your afflicted family1 ,i once more beg leave to subscribe myself1 reverend and dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxcvii4 ,to ,professor ,f4 ,london1 ,march #e1 #ageh4 ,most reverend and dear ,sir1 ,,though ,i am almost ashamed to put pen to paper1 yet the kind mention 7as ,i hear from good ,mr4 ,z7 you have been pleased to make from time to time of me1 together with the importunities of that venerable man of ,,god1 have at length prevailed upon me to trouble you with this letter4 ,o that an infinitely condescending ,redeemer may excite you thereby1 most honoured ,sir1 to be instant in prayer for one who is the chief of sinners1 and less than the least of all saints4 ,long1 long before now did ,i think of entering into my wish'd-for rest4 ,times without number hath this tabernacle groaned2 but having obtained help from ,,god1 ,i yet continue1 in my poor way1 to preach to all that are willing to hear1 the unsearchable riches of ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,through grace the fields are as yet white1 and as ready to harvest as ever4 ,in the ,summer ,i range1 and with a table for my pulpit1 and the heavens for my sounding-board1 ,i am enabled generally thrice a day1 to call to many thousands to come to ,,jesus that they may have life4 ,in the ,winter ,i am confined to this metropolis2 but to my great mortification1 through continual vomiting1 want of rest1 and of appetite1 ,i have been reduced for some time to the short allowance of preaching only once a day1 except ,sundays1 when ,i generally preach thrice4 ,thousands attend every evening at both ends of the town1 and on ,lord's-days many1 many go away for want of room4 ,the divine presence is apparently amongst us1 and every week produces fresh instances of the power of converting grace4 ,blessed be ,,god1 we meet with no disturbances in town1 and very seldom in the country3 but last year1 while ,i was preaching in the fields in ,ireland1 a popish mob was so incensed at my preaching the ,,lord our ,righteousness1 and praying for our good old ,king1 and the ,king of ,prussia1 that they surrounded1 stoned1 and almost killed me4 ,but we are immortal till our work is done1 and glad should ,i have been to have died in such a cause4 ,mr4 ,wy hath societies in ,ireland and elsewhere2 and though we differ a little in some principles1 yet brotherly love continues4 ,i generally1 when itinerating1 preach among his people1 as freely as among those who are called our own4 ,in ,london several new flaming preachers are come forth2 and in various parts of the kingdom we hear of divers others1 who seem determined to know and preach nothing but ,,jesus ,,christ1 and him crucified4 ,thousands and thousands are now praying daily for success to the ,prussian and ,hanoverian arms4 ,your fast-days were kept here with great solemnity1 and will be so again1 ,,god willing1 when ,i know the day4 ,our ,joshua's are in the field4 ,many a ,moses is gone up into the mount to pray4 ,nil desperandum ,christo duce1 auspice ,christo4 ,the ark trembles1 but underneath are the everlasting arms of an everlasting ,,god4 ,he that wrought such wonders for the ,prussian monarch last year1 can repeat them this4 ,,lord1 we believe1 help our unbelief6 ,the distresses of ,german protestants1 we look upon as our own4 ,we have also endeavoured to give thanks for the great mercy vouchsafed your ,orphan-house1 and the protestant cause4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 repeat the occasions1 for thine infinite mercy's sake6 ,pardon1 pardon1 most worthy ,sir1 the length of this1 and impute it to the encouragement given by the venerable ,mr4 ,z to1 most honoured ,sir1 ,your dutiful son and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxcviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,k4 ,london1 ,may #ac1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,k1 ,i ,,hope this will find you rejoicing in success given to dear ,mr4 ,a's labours4 ,if he is with you1 be pleased to desire him to prepare for coming to ,london immediately after ,whitsuntide4 ,he and dear ,mr4 ,d may be in town whilst ,i take my ,welch and ,west-country range4 ,i am unaccountably detained here2 but ,i trust for good4 ,the word seems to run and be glorified more and more4 ,i am somewhat surprised that ,i hear nothing from ,mr4 ,p1 or my dear ,mr4 ,sd3 but all is well4 ,my hearty love to him and all his dear relations4 ,can you fix no time for coming up8 ,i do not hear of the cyder being arrived4 ,when shall we be called to drink the new wine of the kingdom8 ,,lord1 give me patience to wait6 ,i am quite puzzled4 ,mr4 ,p ,w1 without sending me a line1 is come to ,bristol1 and proposes staying there some time4 ,the consequence of his coming1 is division and uneasiness already4 ,i care not to go and fish in troubled waters3 neither can ,i advise you so to do3 and yet ,i believe your going would be a very great blessing4 ,i expect a line from ,mr4 ,d every hour1 who1 ,i suppose1 is upon the road to ,london4 ,if not set out1 defer it for a few days1 and you shall hear1 ,,god willing1 more particularly from1 my very dear man1 in great haste1 but greater love1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our sympathizing ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcxcix4 ,to ,mr4 4 ,gloucester1 ,may #bb1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,i ,,hope you got to ,london in great safety4 ,through divine goodness ,i arrived at ,gloucester on ,saturday afternoon1 and preached thrice and gave the holy sacrament on ,sunday4 ,thousands attended1 and our ,,lord gave us a blessed opening of the ,summer campaign4 ,i am now writing in the room where ,i was born4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i know there is a place where ,i was born again4 ,that is my native city indeed4 ,after finishing this1 ,i shall set out for ,bristol1 where ,i propose staying over ,sunday3 then for ,wales4 ,my very dear ,sir1 add to my obligations1 by following me with your prayers4 ,this tabernacle makes me to groan4 ,the one-horse chaise will not do for me4 ,as it will not quarter ,i am shaken to pieces4 ,driving likewise wearies me1 and prevents my reading2 and if the road be bad1 my servant that rides the fore-horse is dirtied exceedingly4 ,i have therefore sent to ,mr4 ,s's about the post-chaise1 and desired him to beg the favour of you1 my dear ,sir1 to look at it1 and let me know your thoughts4 ,this is giving fresh trouble3 but you are my friend4 ,may the friend of all richly reward you for all labours of love4 ,he will1 he will4,you shall have a hundred-fold in this life1 and in the world to come1 life everlasting4 ,being about to set off1 ,i can only add my due and most cordial respects to all your dear relations and enquiring friends1 and to beg the continuance of all your prayers1 in behalf of1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcc4 ,to ,mr4 ,b4 ,bristol1 ,may #bd1 #ageh4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,b1 ,,do not take my seeming long silence ill4 ,indeed it was unavoidable4 ,ever since the receipt of your kind letter1 ,i have been so exceedingly and yet ,i trust profitably busied at ,london1 that till ,i left it last week1 ,i had not one moment to spare4 ,however1 your affair was not quite neglected4 ,i communicated it to the physician of the ,foundling-,hospital1 who is my constant hearer1 and he wrote me the enclosed letter1 and sent me also the enclosed paper4 ,i heartily wish your design may take effect at ,edinburgh4 ,glad should ,i be to do any thing in my power to promote it1 but ,i have little expectation of seeing ,scotland this year4 ,the ,english work is so extensive1 and the blessed prospect of abundant success at ,london1 hath kept me so long there1 that ,i shall be much straitned in time2but if friends pray1 who knows what may be done4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 direct my goings in thy way6 ,on ,sunday we opened the summer campaign in ,gloucestershire4 ,yesterday ,i came hither4 ,in both places the fields are white ready unto harvest4 ,fresh labourers are raised up in ,bedfordshire4 ,a flamer 7a learned clergyman7 is broke forth1 and almost a whole parish1 7,i think in ,buckinghamshire7 is lately brought to enquire after ,,jesus4 ,i know you will say1 may it spread far and near6 ,i must conclude4 ,excuse my not writing to all my dear1 never to be forgotten friends1 and beg them to continue to pray for1 dear ,mr4 ,b1 ,theirs and yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcci4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,bristol1 ,may #bf1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,,repeated acts of kindness and love1 call for repeated acknowledgments4 ,accept therefore hearty thanks for your last ,salt-,hill favour1 and assure yourself1 that neither this nor any former labour of love1 will be forgotten by ,him1 who takes notice of a cup of cold water given in the name of a disciple4 ,through his divine goodness ,i got safe into ,gloucestershire1 where ,i opened the summer campaign last ,sunday4 ,ever since ,tuesday evening1 ,i have been preaching here twice daily4 ,multitudes fly like doves to the windows4 ,abiding impressions seem to be made4,this is the ,,lord's doing3 to ,him be all the glory6 ,on next ,monday1 ,,god willing1 ,i set out for ,wales4 ,i know you will follow me with your prayers4 ,i am sure mine always attend you and yours3 ,i love such old steady friends4 ,it is ,,christ-like1 not to be given to change4,blessed be ,,god for an unchangeable ,,jesus6 ,to feel his power1 to hear his voice1 ,to taste his love1 be all our choice6 ,i must away to my throne4,adieu6 ,the ,,lord be with you and yours6 ,my hearty love to ,mr4 ,j1 and all who are so kind as to enquire after1 my very dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccii4 ,bristol1 ,may #bh1 #ageh4 ,nine in the morning4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,i ,,am quite ashamed1 that ,i should give you so much trouble3but you are my friend indeed4 ,may the never-failing friend of sinners bless and reward you a thousand fold6 ,i have been just now preaching the unsearchable riches of his grace1 to a multitude of souls1 in a fine square4,presently1 at eleven o'clock1 the blessed talk is to be repeated at ,kingswood1 and then once more in the evening here4 ,yesterday ,i went to ,bath4 ,but every thing wearies this shattered bark4 ,to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 ,i go for ,wales4 ,the chaise must be my carriage4 ,i would part with that1 and my other1 and then if ,i could have a good four wheel carriage for thirty or forty pounds1 the expence would not be so great4 ,i would not lay out a single farthing but for my blessed ,master4 ,mr4 ,s is an honest friendly soul4,i leave it entirely1 my very dear ,sir1 to you and him4 ,the ,,lord give you to ride daily on in the chariot of his love4 ,i return cordial thanks to your mother and sisters for their concern for unworthy me4,mrs4 ,g and ,b long to see them4 ,i had a good season of christian conversation at ,bath1 and found ,sir ,c ,hm really converted unto ,,god4,i doubt not but dear ,mr4 ,ds will enjoy much of his blessed presence4,be pleased to present my hearty love to him1 and all1 and accept the same for yourself and family1 from1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcciii4 ,to ,countess ,d4 ,bristol1 ,june #af1 #ageh4 ,honoured ,madam1 ,,for this fortnight past1 ,i expected never to have wrote to1 or seen your ,ladyship1 till ,i saw you sitting at ,,christ's right hand4 ,never was ,i brought so low as on my late ,welch circuit4 ,but as far as ,i can hear1 it was one of the most prosperous ,i ever took4 ,twice every day1 thousands and thousands attended in various towns in ,south-,wales1 and on the ,sundays the numbers were incredible4 ,surely they fled like doves to the windows4 ,welcome1 thrice welcome death in such a cause6 ,here1 and in ,gloucestershire1 like scenes were opened4 ,blessed expeditions these4 ,i hope expeditions of another nature will not be the worse for the prayers put up on such occasions4 ,they must and will enter the ears of the ,,lord of ,sabaoth4 ,blessed be ,,god1 that ,sir ,charles is so honestly and openly embarked in ,,christ's cause4 ,my poor prayers are for him and his1 night and day4 ,i hope to see good ,lady ,g in my way to ,london4 ,in the mean while1 praying that your ,ladyship may more and more be blessed in the latter stages of your road1 and at last be admitted with triumph into your ,master's joy1 is the earnest prayer of1 honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcciv4 ,to ,lady ,fanny ,s4 ,bristol1 ,june #af1 #ageh4 ,honoured ,madam1 ,i ,,shall not for a good while forget my ,twickenham journey4 ,it was a day much to be remembered by unworthy me4 ,,lord1 why am ,i thus highly favoured8 ,and yet 7,o unwearied goodness67 he continues to bless me1 vile as ,i am1 more and more4 ,o what delightful field gospel-scenes have been displayed in ,gloucestershire1 ,bristol and ,wales6 ,there ,i have been feebly labouring for above a fortnight4,thousands and thousands attended twice every day in various places1 and on ,sundays the numbers were almost incredible4 ,a blessed influence ran through the whole circuit1 and sundry times1 ,i humbly hoped my longing soul would have taken its wished-for flight2 but ,i am preserved to return hither1 as last night1 and perhaps next week shall see ,london4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus direct my goings in his ways6 ,your ,ladyship will remember a poor worthless1 but ,i trust willing pilgrim4 ,you are called to enjoy your ,bethel at home2 ,i meet with them abroad4 ,the same ,,god is rich unto all that call on him faithfully4 ,i hope your ,ladyship hath seen dear ,mr4 ,j grown in grace4 ,it will be pleasant to see ,sir ,charles and the ,earl striving who shall go fastest to heaven4 ,your ,ladyship will scorn to be outstript by any4 ,the almighty ,,god approves the ambition1 and angels look down with pleasure to see the event4 ,blessed be ,,god1 that is certain4 ,all believers here do run1 and all hereafter shall obtain the prize4 ,that your ,ladyship may lay hold of it with exulting joy1 is the earnest prayer of1 honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 obliged1 and ready servant1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccv4 ,to ,captain ,hy4 ,bristol1 ,june #af1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,the ,welch roads have almost demolished my open one-horse chaise1 as well as me4 ,but it is in ,,jesus's cause4 ,grace6 grace6 ,i am almost ashamed to think of your being put to so much trouble1 in procuring a close chaise for unworthy me4 ,i like the purchase exceeding well1 and send a pepper-corn of acknowledgment for this and all other unmerited favours4 ,the ,,god whom ,i desire to serve in the gospel of his dear ,son1 knows and will reward all4 ,though ,i thought ,i heard the sound of my blessed ,master's chariot wheels ready to carry me to heaven1 yet it should seem ,i am once more to see you1 and your dear relations1 and my other christian friends on earth4 ,some time next week ,i hope to be there4 ,the legacy is wonderful2 much better left for the poor than me4 ,i can give it away with a good grace3 at present ,i think the ,orphan-house shall have the whole2 it is much wanted there4 ,see1 my dear ,sir1 how the christian's blessings must be brought out of the fire4 ,it is inconceivable what ,i have undergone within these three weeks4 ,i never was so before4 ,i trust some lasting blessings have been left behind in ,wales4 ,welcome shocks1 both of body and mind4 ,in such a case it is worth dying for4 ,dear ,mr4 ,d hath felt them in ,london1 as ,i have done in ,wales4,all for the ,elect's sake4 ,welcome1 thrice welcome the bitter sweets1 which the all-wise and compassionate ,physician prescribes2 but ,i am a stubborn patient4 ,o what gripings of the old man are discovered by such dispensations6 ,i must away to preach4 ,i thank you heartily1 dear ,sir1 for the continuance of your prayers1 and with most cordial respects to your dear and near relations1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccvi4 ,to ,lady ,hn4 ,bristol1 ,june #ag1 #ageh4 ,ever-honoured ,madam1 ,,this leaves me returned from ,wales4 ,it proved a most delightful trying circuit4 ,i suppose your ,ladyship hath heard how low ,i have been in body1 scarce ever lower2 not able to sit up in company all the time1 yet strengthened to travel without bodily food1 and to preach to thousands everyday4 ,never were the fields whiter1 and more ready to harvest4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus seemed to ride in triumph through the great congregation in ,haverford-west4 ,perhaps the auditory consisted of near fifteen thousand4 ,tears flowed like water from the stony rock4 ,the cup of ,,god's people quite runs over4 ,many were sick of love4 ,welcome then bodily pain1 and bodily sickness6 ,o for a hearse to carry my weary carcase to the wished-for grave6 8,there the wicked cease from troubling1 there the weary are at rest40 ,but perhaps ,i must see ,london first4 ,with regret ,i turn my back on this blessed itinerating weather1 but ,mr4 ,dav must be released4 ,o for some disinterested soul to help at the chapel during the summer season6 ,spiritual1 divine ambition1 whither art thou fled6 ,but ,i see such honours are reserved for few4 ,i rejoice in the increase of your ,ladyship's spiritual routs4 ,i can guess at the consolations such uncommon scenes must afford to your ,ladyship's new-born soul4 ,no wonder you are distressed from other quarters4 ,indeed1 my most noble and ever-honoured patroness1 thus it must be4 ,,christ's witnesses must be purged at home4 ,inward domestic trials1 fit for outward public work4 ,nature recoils1 when constrained to take the cup2 and it may be from a near and dear relation's hand3 but infinite ,wisdom knows what is best4 ,o that ,i could be more passive6 ,o that ,i could let the good and all-wise ,physician chuse my medicines1 and the hands that shall convey them to me6 but ,i am a stubborn reasoning creature1 and thereby force almighty love frequently to drench me4 ,o1 ,i am sick6 ,i am sick6 sick in body1 but infinitely more so in my mind1to see what dross yet remains in1 and surrounds my soul4 ,blessed be ,,god1 there is one1 who will sit as a refiner's fire1 and purify the sons of ,levi4 ,o for an heart to bear its scorching1 soul purging heat6 ,when ,i am tried1 ,i shall come forth as gold4 ,i write this to your ,ladyship out of the burning bush4 ,blessed place6 ,,christ is there6 ,,christ is there6 ,to his never-failing mercy do ,i most humbly commend your ,ladyship1 and with ten thousand thousand thanks for honouring such an unfruitful unworthy worm with your unmerited patronage1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 ever-honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's most dutiful1 and ready servant1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,newcastle1 ,july #ca1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,thus far1 a never-failing ,redeemer hath brought on the most worthless and weak pilgrim1 that was ever employed in publishing his everlasting gospel4 ,all the last week was taken up in preaching at ,everton1 ,saint ,neots1 ,kayso1 ,bedford1 ,oulney1 ,weston1 ,underwood1 ,ravenstone and ,northampton4 ,four clergymen lent me their churches1 and three read prayers for me in one day4 ,i preached also in ,mr4 ,bunyan's pulpit1 and at ,northampton ,i took the field4 ,good seasons at all the places4 ,mr4 ,be1 who was lately awakened at ,everton1 promises to be a burning and shining light4 ,yesterday we had good times here1 and to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 ,i shall set off for ,edinburgh4 ,my bodily strength increases but very little4 ,sometimes ,i am almost tempted to turn back1 but through divine strength ,i hope to go forward1 and shall strive1 as much as in me lies1 to die in this glorious work4 ,,god will bless you and yours1 my very dear ,sir1 for strengthening my feeble hands in it1 so often as you have done4 ,,jesus knows1 and will reward all labours of love and works of faith4 ,they are more precious than rubies4 ,,god willing1 you shall hear from me again1 when ,i see how the ,,lord deals with me in ,scotland4 ,in the mean while1 be pleased to add to my obligations by the continuance of your prayers1 and accepting of thanks unfeigned1 and cordial love to your whole self1 and dear daughter1 from1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccviii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,edinburgh1 ,august #aj1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,i ,,thank you most heartily for your kind letter of invitation to ,g4 ,but alas6 what shall ,i say8,i fear it cannot be complied with4 ,for above these three months last past1 ,i have been so weak in my animal frame1 that ,i can scarcely drag the crazy load along4 ,with great difficulty ,i came here1 and if ,i should stay to come westward1 it would make my journey to ,london too far in the year1 as ,i have many places to call upon in the way4 ,blessed be ,,god1 the work prospers in ,london more than ever4 ,i am strengthened to preach here twice a day2 but alas1 ,i grow weaker and weaker in preaching1 and in all ,i do for the ever-loving and altogether lovely ,,jesus4 ,i suppose you have heard of the death of ,mr4 ,jonathan ,edwards4,happy he6,you will add to my obligations1 by continuing to pray1 that the divine strength may be magnified in my weakness1 and that ,i may speedily 7if it be the divine will7 be sent for to my wished-for heaven6,praying that we may have a happy meeting there1 with ten thousand thanks for all past unmerited kindnesses1 ,i subscribe myself1 very dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 in our common glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,my tender love awaits all enquiring friends4 ,,letter ,,mccix4 ,to ,mr4 4 ,edinburgh1 ,august #ae1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,not till last ,saturday1 did your first long wished-for letter come to hand4 ,i wonder that ,i ,c did not dispatch it immediately4 ,as ,i knew not what its contents would be1 ,i did not write to ,staffordshire2 for ,i was and am determined to fix upon nothing without advising with you4 ,and indeed1 ,i think the whole must be put off till we can have a free conference4 ,in the mean while1 ,i shall write to our young friend1 and pray that the friend of all would direct in this important affair4 ,he will1 he will4 ,it is not with ,mr4 ,s as you imagine4 ,he is quite free4 ,but more of this when we meet4,when we meet6 strange words for a dying man6,but it seems ,i am growing better4 ,within these four days ,i have felt a great alteration4,perhaps it may continue4 ,,god's will be done4 ,surely1 never was there so weak a creature ever employed in such a work for ,,god1and yet people flock rather more than ever4 ,doctor ,w and ,mr4 ,r often wish you here4 ,we have two lovely scenes every day4 ,i hope the ,redeemer will come with dear ,mr4 ,d4 ,i bless him for returning you1 my dear ,sir1 in safety4 ,my most cordial respects attend your dear relations1 and beg the continuance of your prayers1 for1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccx4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,t4 ,edinburgh1 ,august #ag1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,it is a little hard1 that we should be so near1 and not have a personal interview4 ,but our ,,lord orders all things well4 ,most of my christian meetings must be adjourned to heaven4 ,thither ,i have been in hopes of going for many weeks last past3 but it will not do4 ,this preaching is a strange restorative4 ,i wish you may take it every day4 ,if things are not right at home1 it is well if we can take or catch fire abroad4 ,would strength permit1 ,i could tell you much good news from ,london4 ,but time is short1 and this my body weighs me down4 ,i have thoughts of leaving ,edinburgh on ,tuesday next1 in order to return to ,england4 ,friends object much against it4 ,may the friend of all1 guide and influence4 ,i find no diminution in the auditories1 and ,i trust good is done4 ,to the giver of every good gift be all the glory6 ,i commend you and yours to his never-failing mercy1 and beg the continuance of your prayers in behalf of1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,edinburgh1 ,august #ai1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,i ,,came here a fortnight ago1 very low indeed2 but by preaching about thirty times1 blessed be ,,god1 ,i am a good deal better4 ,multitudes1 of all ranks1 flock twice every day4 ,a divine influence attends the word1 and though sown in so much weakness1 ,i trust it will meet with a divine increase4 ,on ,tuesday next1 ,i thought to have moved2 but as it is race week1 and my health is improving1 friends advise me to stay1 to stir them up to run with patience the race which is set before us4 ,o that my sluggish soul may be quickened1 and ,i may begin to press forwards1 for the prize of my high calling6 ,i doubt not but this will find my dear friend upon the wing for heaven4 ,that you and yours may mount higher and higher like an eagle1 till you fly into the bosom of a waiting ,,god1 is the earnest prayer of1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,edinburgh1 ,august #bd1 #ageh4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,after long meditation and earnest prayer1 ,i cannot come to any determination about my journey to ,glasgow4 ,for these four months last past1 ,i have been brought so exceeding low in my body1 that ,i was in hopes every sermon ,i preached would waft me to my wish'd-for home4 ,scotland1 ,i hoped1 would finish my warfare2 but it hath rather driven me back to sea again4 ,by force ,i have been detained here this race week2 but if ,i come to ,glasgow1 ,i shall be detained in ,scotland a fortnight longer1 which will greatly hinder me in my ,english work4 ,however1 ,i will continue to look up2 and by ,saturday's post my dear ,gaius may expect a positive answer4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 direct my goings in thy way6 ,i am much obliged to you and other dear ,glasgow friends for taking notice of such a worthless creature4 ,all ,i can say is1 that ,i am less than the least of all1 but for ,,christ's sake1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,theirs and yours most affectionately in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxiii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,t4 ,edinburgh1 ,september #i1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,it is strange that you and ,i cannot be more together4 ,i believe ,satan doth not like it3 ere long we shall get out of his reach4 ,in heaven we shall enjoy our ,,god and each others company for ever4 ,o that ,i moved faster towards it6 ,complain not4 ,i am the drone1 the dwarf1 the all that is worthless and unworthy2 but ,,jesus' grace is free and infinite4 ,he owned my feeble labours at ,glasgow4 ,indeed we had good seasons3 some quite remarkable4 ,i hear of another clergyman lately awakened in the north of ,england4 ,something uncommon is upon the carpet4 ,,lord1 prepare us for whatever thou hast prepared for us4 ,wednesday next is execution-day2 ,i mean1 ,i am to take my leave4 ,i now bid you and yours farewel4 ,,god bless you4 ,forget not to pray1 my very dear friend1 for1 ,ever yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,darlington1 ,september #ba1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,surely it is an age since ,i had the pleasure of writing to you last4 ,i was then appointed by ,providence to stay at ,edinburgh the race week3 since then1 ,i have been at ,glasgow1 and returned to ,edinburgh again4 ,at both places my health grew better1 and ,i was enabled to preach always twice1 and sometimes thrice a day1 to very large and affected auditories4 ,the partings from both places were very cutting4 ,in heaven all this will be over4 ,in my way to ,newcastle ,i preached twice2 and thrice in and about that place4 ,yesterday ,i hope some gospel seed fell on good ground at ,durham and ,bishop-,aukland4 ,i am now in my way to ,yarm1 and hope to be next ,lord's-day at ,leeds4 ,,god only knows where will be my next remove3 ,i fear not to glory4 ,i am put out to sea again4 ,if to take some fresh prizes1 ,i shall rejoice4 ,,lord1 what am ,i6 a worthless worm1 the chief of sinners1 and less than the least of all saints4 ,and yet what wonders is ,,god doing day by day6 ,the fields are white ready unto harvest3 nothing is wanting but labourers4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 thrust more out for thine infinite mercy's sake6 ,you have had victorious scenes at ,london4 ,o that ,,god's goodness may lead us to a national repentance6 ,without this1 ,i fear our rejoicing will only be like the crackling of a few thorns under a pot4 ,however1 ,,god is a prayer-hearing ,,god4 ,thousands and tens of thousands1 ,i trust1 are besieging the throne of grace4 ,i am persuaded you are always busy this way4 ,may you be a prince with ,,god1 and prevail more and more6 ,i hope this will find your whole self1 and only daughter1 enjoying thriving souls in healthy bodies4 ,that you may increase in every respect with all the increase of ,,god1 is the earnest prayer of1 my very dear ,sir1 under innumerable obligations1 ,yours1 c4 in our glorious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,leeds1 ,october #aa1 #ageh4 ,,how is my very dear friend8 ,i hope1 prospering in soul and body4 ,though absent from1 ,i am often present with him4 ,ere long we shall be for ever with the ,,lord4 ,but preaching does not kill me1 though twice and sometimes thrice a day1 for above this fortnight past4 ,,god hath been displaying blessed seasons3 thousands and thousands have attended in various parts4 ,by next ,lord's-day ,i am to be at ,rotheram and ,sheffield4 ,change of weather will alone drive me to ,winter quarters4 ,,lord1 prepare me for ,winter trials6 they are preparatives for an eternal ,summer4 ,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly6 ,we have had a most sorrowful parting this morning4 ,i must away4 ,love and gratitude would not suffer me to take horse without dropping another line4 ,i fear ,i am troublesome1 but you must impute it to the love and regard due to you from1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxvi4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,rotheram1 ,october #ae1 #ageh4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,since my leaving ,scotland1 in various parts of the north of ,england1 as at ,alnwick1 ,newcastle1 ,leeds1 c4 the ever-loving1 altogether-lovely ,,jesus hath manifested forth his glory4 ,thousands and thousands have flocked twice1 and sometimes thrice a day to hear the word4 ,never did ,i see the fields whiter1 or more ripe for a spiritual harvest4 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o our souls6 ,if the weather continues fair1 ,i hope to prolong my ,summer's campaign4 ,it shocks me to think of ,winter quarters yet4 ,,lord1 help me6 ,how soon does the year roll round6 ,,lord ,,jesus1 quicken my tardy pace6 ,i suppose by this time ,mr4 ,g is got home4 ,blessed be ,,god for owning him4 ,i expect to see him in a few days4 ,i write this from the house of a once terrible persecutor of her husband1 but now a ,lydia4 ,what a change doth grace make6 ,as they were in debt at ,leeds for their building1 last ,lord's-day ,i collected for them near fifty pounds4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 help me to know no party but thine6 ,this ,i am persuaded is your catholic spirit4 ,o for an increase of it among all denominations6 ,i could enlarge1 but the people are waiting4 ,i thank ,,god ,i am not worse in my health4 ,help me to cry ,grace6 grace6 ,i suppose ,dr4 ,w hath sent you ,miss ,prince's letter4 ,you will remember me to dear ,mrs4 ,g and all friends4 ,i send repeated thanks for all favours1 and earnestly entreat the continuance of their prayers in behalf of1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,theirs and yours1 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxvii4 ,to ,mr4 4 ,london1 ,october #bh1 #ageh4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,how narrowly did ,i escape seeing you at ,bath6 ,i was coming from ,staffordshire to ,bristol1 but the change of weather and shortness of the days drove me up to my ,winter quarters4 ,i took leave of our young friends1 who have been publicly on a scaffold attending a preached gospel4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 increase such mighty wonders6 ,my health is somewhat improved1 but ,i find a very little thing soon impairs it4 ,,lord1 help me6 ,how very little can ,i do for thee6 ,i blush even whilst ,i am writing4 ,quicken1 ,o ,,god1 my tardy pace6 ,we hope to see you next week4 ,i wish ,mrs4 ,g and ,mrs4 ,b would come up this ,winter4 ,we have had fine gospel seasons4 ,grace6 grace6 ,i could enlarge1 but have scarce got time to write these few lines4 ,i think they are lines of love and gratitude much owing you by1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 8ines0 replaced with 8lines0 ,,letter ,,mccxviii4 ,london1 ,november #c1 #ageh4 ,dear ,sir1 ,,though ,i hope to have the pleasure of seeing you next week1 yet love and gratitude constrain me to send you an answer to your kind letter4 ,blessed be ,,god1 that you have some spiritual ministers and people to converse with6 ,i hope that the waters will be blessed to the recovery of dear ,mr4 ,h's health1 and that out of his belly will be made to flow rivers of living waters for the refreshment of many souls4 ,dear ,mr4 ,c's sharp affliction ,i never heard of till lately3 sharp indeed4 ,,god make it sweet to his soul6 ,o these ,isaacs6 how hard to sacrifice6 ,he hath my unfeigned sympathy1 and worthless prayers4 ,dear ,mr4 ,a's sister hath met with such another trial3 she is left with five children4 ,as ,mr4 ,a hath been a steady friend1 and his brother-in-law was a spiritual child1 ,i have proposed putting the two eldest boys to boarding for one year4 ,twenty pound will do it4 ,ten guineas are already given4 ,perhaps ,mrs4 ,b or ,g may speak to you about it4 ,i write to each by this post4 ,mr4 ,a hath taken the children with him into ,gloucestershire4 ,your kind sisters remembered them4 ,they and your mother were all here last night4 ,i hope our ,,lord was with us too4 ,that is all in all4 ,this must be my ,winter ,bethel4 ,without retirement ,i cannot go on4 ,comforts come sweetest from the fountain head4 ,that you may be filled with them1 both here and hereafter1 is the earnest prayer of1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxix4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,london1 ,november #ac1 #ageh4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,i ,,was very glad to receive your kind letter dated ,august4 ,blessed be ,,god that the family is so far reduced1 and that ,i can send you word a never-failing ,providence hath put it into my power to pay off all ,bethesda's arrears4 ,i know this will gladden your heart1 and strengthen your faith in the ,,lord ,,god of ,bethesda4 ,as yet ,i hear nothing of the children4 ,with this you have some bibles and other books4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus direct me about coming over6 ,i long for an opportunity4 ,i daily talk of it4 ,but as yet the door seems to be shut4 ,however1 the door for preaching the gospel opens wider and wider4 ,neither the new chapel nor the ,tabernacle are near big enough4 ,an awakening as well as comforting influence attends the word1 and ,i trust such are daily added to the church as shall be saved4 ,i hope if ,mr4 ,zubly settles in ,georgia1 you will receive frequent benefit from his ministry4 ,you do not mention how ,j ,p is disposed of4 ,i am sensible what a weight must now lie upon you and dear ,mrs4 ,c4 ,but he is faithful who hath promised1 8that as our day is1 so shall our strength be40 ,i wish you would send me a particular account of the state of my affairs1 and let me know where the children are put out1 how they behave1 and whether the colony is in a growing situation4 ,grace1 mercy1 and peace be multiplied upon all6 ,amen1 and ,amen6 ,my wife joins in sending cordial respects4 ,my blessing to the children4 ,i can but thank you a thousand and a thousand times for all your labours of love1 and praying that great may be your reward in heaven1 ,i subscribe myself1 dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,yours1 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxx4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,november #ad1 #ageh4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,i ,,have waited with some degree of impatience for the arrival of ,mrs4 ,b1 with whom1 ,i suppose1 you sent your letters4 ,the childrens passage comes hard upon me3 but ,,god's will be done6 ,mr4 ,jn's being at ,georgia surprizes me4 ,i told ,mrs4 ,hs what she must expect to meet with4 ,but he is faithful who hath promised1 8that all things shall work together for good to those that love ,him40 ,blessed be our ,,god1 whose mercy endureth for ever6 ,i am talking every day of coming over2 but how to do it in war time1 or how to get the chapel and ,tabernacle supplied1 ,i cannot as yet be clear in4 ,my eyes are waiting upon him1 who hath promised to direct the paths of those who trust in him4 ,surely he will richly reward you1 who have left your kindred and native country1 and carefully watched over so many infant lambs in that new world4 ,i can only send you my most grateful acknowledgments1 and pray continually1 8that as your day is1 so your strength may be40 ,do send me your thoughts about every thing4 ,it seems by ,mr4 ,d's catalogue1 that several of the children are almost fit to be put out4 ,i want your opinion of ,a ,w4 ,,lord1 help me to bear every thing for thy great name's sake6 ,i must have some thorns2 for the word seems to run and be glorified in town and country more and more4 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o our souls6 ,i shall here break off1 hoping that before the ship sails1 ,i shall receive the other letters1 and then more shall be added by1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most obliged friend1 and very ready servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxi4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,november #bi1 #ageh4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,last night1 after having sent away my packet in the morning1 ,i received your wish'd-for letter dated in ,august4 ,the others referred to in that1 never came to hand4 ,but ,i have since sent ,mr4 word1 that my affairs should be continued in the present hands4 ,i was never so well satisfied before2 and ,i have great pleasure in thinking1 how you will be pleased to hear that ,providence hath put it into my power to pay off all arrears4 ,methinks ,i hear you say1 ,blessed be the ,,lord ,,god of ,bethesda6 ,let all my dear family say1 ,amen6 ,i find the little ones begin to prattle already2 but we must learn to do good for ,,christ's sake4 ,he will rectify all at the great day4 ,o the happiness of a single eye6 ,as affairs have so turned out for poor ,jy1 ,i am glad you are abroad2 and you see how wonderfully ,,god hath provided for your sister4 ,be not at all uneasy about your br3 he will do better than ever4 ,blessed is the man that considers the poor and needy3 the ,,lord shall deliver him in time of trouble4 ,i am glad the family is lessened4,i think there are some upon the list1 almost ready to be put out4 ,what think you of ,a ,w and ,g8 ,i wish you would write me your sentiments of the children4 ,if the girls are not wanted in the house1 ,i think the sooner they are put out the better4 ,but ,i leave all to those in trust4 ,i am more than satisfied1 and send you ten thousand thousand thanks4 ,bethesda's ,,god will thank you before men and angels4 ,my wife1 ,i believe1 hath written to you4 ,i write this from my ,bethel at ,tottenham-,court1 where ,i come for a little retreat4 ,twelve widows indeed are in their houses near me1 and ,,god is doing wonders at this end of the town4 ,help me to praise this wonder-working ,,god1 and doubt not of being always remembered by1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most affectionate1 obliged friend1 and ready servant in ,,christ ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,london1 ,december #e1 #ageh4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,,notwithstanding ,i wrote to you lately1 another opportunity offers to send you a line4 ,i send you repeated thanks for your steadiness and care in that house of mercy4 ,with this also come the things you sent for1 except ,bishop ,hall's select works1 which cannot be immediately procured4 ,i should be glad if a little rice1 indigo1 c4 could be sent1 that friends might see some of the ,orphan house produce4 ,pray be as particular as you can in your account of every thing4 ,to whom is ,t ,p bound out8 ,i have sent to ,b ,w's father1 about sending for him home4 ,if some are not worthy1 others will be4 ,blessed be ,,god that the arrears will be paid off4 ,you will see my letter to ,mr4 ,p4 ,the ,,lord direct me and all how to act6 ,i hope my old assistants will continue in their places2 and ,i pray earnestly1 that ,bethesda may yet take deeper root downwards1 and bear yet abundantly more fruit upwards4 ,surely the ,,god of the sea and the ,,god of the dry land will open a door for my embarkation by and by4 ,hasten1 ,o ,,lord1 that wish'd-for time6 ,the child lately sent over1 is recommended by ,mr4 ,j ,c4 ,that we all may continually be recommended to the ,father of ,mercies1 by his dear and all-prevailing ,son ,,jesus ,,christ1 is the earnest prayer of1 dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,yours1 c4 in ,him1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxiii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,march #bf1 #agei4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,it is now a long time since ,i heard from ,bethesda4 ,the draughts1 ,,god willing1 shall be answered4 ,we live in a changing world1 and ,bethesda's ,,god liveth for ever and ever4 ,his word runs and is glorified daily1 especially at ,tottenham-,court4 ,strange6 that nobody will relieve me1 that ,i may once more flee to ,america4 ,but1 heavenly ,father1 our times are in thy hands3 do with us as seemeth good in thy sight6 ,o that ,bethesda's little flock may take deep root downward1 and bear fruit upwards6 ,o that you may be helped to lean on your ,beloved6 ,surely ,,god will bless you for taking care of the fatherless children4 ,a pepper-corn of acknowledgment1 and my poor prayers1 are the only return that ,i can make you4 ,i am in expectation of hearing from you every day4 ,that grace1 mercy1 and peace may be multiplied upon you all1 is the earnest prayer of1 my dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most affectionate friend and willing servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,bristol1 ,may #be1 #agei4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,this day se'nnight1 through divine goodness1 ,i came hither4 ,the next day the ,spring campaign was opened3 on the ,lord's-day we took the field4 ,thousands and thousands attended3 full as many as in ,london4 ,the power of the ,,lord was present at the three meetings1 as well as at the holy communion4 ,some cups were made to run over4 ,ever since ,i have been enabled to preach twice1 and sometimes thrice a day4 ,never did ,i see the ,bristol people more attentive or impressed4 ,my body feels the heat3 but no matter4 ,if souls are benefited1 all is well4 ,would to ,,god ,i could begin to do something for ,,jesus6 ,you are employed one way1 ,i another4 ,ere long we shall sit down together in the kingdom of our ,father4 ,next ,monday perhaps ,i may move towards ,gloucester4 ,i know you will follow me with your prayers4 ,mine always attend you and yours4 ,it is the only return that can be made for all your kindnesses conferred on1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,edinburgh1 ,july #c1 #agei4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,there hath been a long interval between my last and this4 ,my quick motions1 and frequent preaching1 have been the causes4 ,o what am ,i that ,i should be employed for ,,jesus6 ,in ,gloucestershire the cup of many of his people ran over4 ,in ,yorkshire ,i preached for a week twice a day4 ,great congregations6 great power6 ,blessed be the name of the great ,,god for ever and ever6 ,here also people1 high and low1 rich and poor1 flock as usual1 morning and evening4 ,i am growing fat3 but1 as ,i take it to be a disease1 ,i hope ,i shall go home the sooner4 ,happy they who are safe in harbour4 ,a storm ,i fear is at hand4 ,,jesus will be our hiding-place4 ,he shall preserve us in trouble3 he shall compass us about with songs of deliverance4 ,that this may be the peculiar lot of you and yours1 is the earnest prayer of1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 under manifold obligations1 ,g4 ,w4 8it0 replaced with 8is0 ,,letter ,,mccxxvi4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,edinburgh1 ,july #g1 #agei4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,god willing1 ,i purpose to see ,g2 but cannot as yet fix the day4 ,i preach1 and people flock as usual2 but ,scotland is not ,london4 ,the ,redeemer is doing wonders there4 ,every post brings forth good news4 ,,god's ,spirit blows when and where it listeth4 ,o for a gale before the storm6 ,i expect one is at hand4 ,the refuge is as near4 ,,jesus is our hiding-place4 ,o for a hiding-place in heaven6 ,when will my turn come8 ,some say1 not yet2 for 7would you think it87 ,i am growing fat3 so did ,mr4 ,darracot a little before he died4 ,o that my latter end may be like his6 ,you will not forget a worthless but willing pilgrim4 ,hearty love to all4 ,yours1 c4 c4 in the best bonds1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxvii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,t4 ,edinburgh1 ,july #h1 #agei4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,i ,,do now begin to despair of seeing you1 till we meet in that world1 where spiritual children and spiritual fathers shall join in praising ,him who sitteth upon the throne for ever4 ,o proclaram diem6 ,welcome storms which drive us nearer that blessed port4 ,some here1 ,i trust1 are steering their course that way4 ,impressions seem to be lasting on many4 ,in the ,west1 ,i think1 ,i was rather more attended1 and a greater power accompanied the word4 ,,lord1 what am ,i8 ,on ,monday1 or ,tuesday at the farthest1 ,,god willing1 ,i move4 ,scotch importunities have prevailed on me to stay till then4 ,o for some parting blessings6 ,an ascended ,saviour can impart them4 ,i have good news from the ,orphan-house4 ,all is well there4 ,that grace1 mercy1 and peace may be multiplied upon you and yours1 is the earnest prayer of1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxviii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,t4 ,edinburgh1 ,july #ab1 #agei4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,it is well there is a heaven to make amends for all our disappointments here on earth4 ,i long for a future state1 where we shall all sit down together1 and converse for ever without the least interruption4 ,i know this will find you looking towards1 and waiting for the coming of that day of ,,god4 ,it is a blessed thing to be kept alive in a dead time4 ,it is a dead time in ,scotland indeed4 ,little or no stirring among the dry bones4 ,it is not so in ,london1 and several other parts of ,england4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 revive thy work in the midst of the years6 ,you will pray that the fatal languor may not take hold of my already too languid heart4 ,i would fain be found of my ,,lord with my loins girded1 and my lamp burning4 ,a storm seems to be at hand4 ,,jesus is our hiding-place4 ,blest is faith that trusts his power1 ,blest are saints that wait his hour3 ,haste1 great ,conqueror1 bring it near2 ,let the glorious close appear4 ,o that some may be awakened to prepare for that awful hour6 ,on ,monday1 ,,god willing1 ,i go to blow the gospel trumpet at ,glasgow4 ,,lord1 what am ,i1 that ,i should be one of thy run-abouts6 ,if this be to be vile1 ,,lord1 make me more vile6 ,adieu4 ,hearty love and most cordial respects await your whole self4 ,follow me with your prayers1 and as the ,,lord ,,jesus enables1 they shall be returned by1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxix4 ,to ,mrs4 ,w4 ,glasgow1 ,july #ah1 #agei4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,w1 ,,make no apology for writing your mind4 ,i see the disease1 but know not how to come at a cure4 ,labourers are wanting of the old stamp3 but vines are very apt to degenerate4 ,if ,i am not mistaken1 we shall be purged with a witness4 ,,god grant it may be that we may bring forth more fruit4 ,i want the purgation most of all4 ,i dread a corpulent body4 ,but it breaks in upon me like an armed man4 ,o that my heart may not wax gross at the same time6 ,i would fain not flag1 but rather begin at least to begin in the latter stages of my road4 ,congregations in ,scotland are very large4 ,i am glad to hear that the shout of a king is among you4 ,pray remember me in the kindest manner to all in conference1 and to all that are so kind as to enquire after1 dear ,mrs4 ,w1 ,your sincere friend and servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxx4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,newcastle1 ,august #af1 #agei4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,long before now ,i hope you have had the pleasure of seeing ,bethesda's debts all paid4 ,bethesda 7now outward burdens are off7 ,i trust will be more agreeable every day4 ,i do not want to change its present ,governess4 ,this1 ,i fear1 would be the case1 was ,mr4 ,p and his family to come4 ,i fear you would then think yourself discharged4 ,besides1 he seems to want me to resign my trust entirely4 ,this all here dissuade me from1 upon any terms1 or to any person whatsoever4 ,as you and ,mr4 ,d are so faithful1 if ,mr4 ,p will continue to superintend till ,i come1 matters may continue as they are4 ,o when shall ,i receive my commission to go abroad4 ,,god only knows what awaits us at home4 ,,jesus is our hiding-place4 ,i am now in my return from ,scotland4 ,for these six weeks last past1 the word hath run and been glorified there4 ,o1 who is a ,god like unto our ,,god1 glorious in holiness1 fearful in praises1 continually doing wonders6 he will be our ,,god and guide unto death4 ,that he may continually fill you with his grace here1 and grant you an exalted place1 near his throne1 in his kingdom hereafter1 is the earnest prayer of1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most affectionate1 obliged friend1 and ready servant in our glorious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxxi4 ,newcastle1 ,august #af1 #agei4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,i ,,hope that soon after your writing in ,february last1 my ,november letters came to hand1 and that ,mr4 ,pl hath been over with you1 to discharge all ,bethesda debts4 ,blessed be ,,god for causing his work to prosper in your hands4 ,pray be always as particular as you can about the children1 and set them upon writing often4 ,mr4 ,zubly's coming to ,georgia pleases me much4 ,pray let me have the whole account from last audit4 ,i am glad you have taken in three more orphans2 they will turn out great prizes in the last day4 ,poor ,mr4 ,is6,let him that standeth take heed lest he fall4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 give us a right understanding in all things6 ,he is an ever-loving and ever-lovely ,,jesus4 ,his power hath been made known in ,scotland for these six weeks last past4 ,some books will be sent from thence to the care of ,mr4 ,hodsden4 ,the box which ,i sent in ,burkitt some months ago1 ,i hear was taken2it had a gown in it1 and several other things4 8,the ,,lord hath given1 and the ,,lord hath taken away3 blessed be the name of the ,,lord60 ,we have a ,,god that will supply all our wants1 according to the riches of his mercy in ,,christ ,,jesus4 ,o to be faithful unto the death6 we shall then receive a crown of life4 ,that this may be your happy portion1 is the earnest prayer of1 my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxxii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,august #cj1 #agei4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,the bearers of this are well known to ,mr4 ,dn4 ,i trust1 ,i can recommend them as the followers of ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,i wish ,bethesda may be a comfortable asylum for them4 ,i think that ,mr4 ,sk1 for the present1 might be employed about the lands round the orphan-house1 and so gradually learn to be overseer at ,ephrata4 ,john ,hy1 ,i suppose1 will be for moving in a year or two4 ,i wish he may be capable to do for himself4 ,i am told that he drinks2 but ,i do not love to catch at ill reports against those that are employed in my house4 ,pray let me hear particularly concerning him4 ,mrs4 ,sk is a quiet teachable woman4 ,i think she might be of service to you immediately1 and with her husband do quite well1 in a short time1 at the plantation4 ,you will soon be able to judge4 ,if doth not turn out as you desire1 and is not of use in the house1 let her be put out to some good service3 she is capable now of doing for herself4 ,mr4 ,dn will be so kind as to take care of the little boy4 ,he is quite an orphan1 and ,i am told very quiet1 and willing to learn4 ,would to ,,god ,i was coming with them4 ,but the way at present is quite blocked up4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 open it in thy due time6 ,i hope you do not so much as think of seeing ,england till ,i come over4 ,mrs4 ,sk hath directions to leave ,bethesda1 if you think her coming any reason for your remove2 that would grieve me to the heart4 ,i think myself quite happy in such an assistant1 and hope1 now all debts are paid1 you will be free from many burdens4 ,o what hath ,,god wrought8 wonders1 wonders6 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o our souls6 ,i should be glad of ,mr4 ,pl at ,bethesda2 but ,i can give him no more power than he hath4 ,all are against my giving up my trust to any person whatsoever4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 continue to be ,bethesda's ,,god6 ,should not ,hy's daughter be put out to service4 ,orphan-house plants ought to be transplanted1 to make room for others1 and then the family will not be too large4 ,i commit you1 and all1 to his never failing mercy1 and am1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most obliged1 affectionate friend1 and ready servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxxiii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,september #ab1 #agei4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,i ,,can but send you my poor pepper-corn of thanks unfeigned1 for your continued care of dear ,bethesda4 ,now all is paid1 ,i hope your best days are to come4 ,do not entertain a thought of leaving a place1 in which you have your health1 and are so useful4 ,if ,mr4 ,sk can supply ,ephrata1 then all that family will be gone soon4 ,blessed be ,,god that some of the girls turn out so well6 ,the worsted and stays will be sent with this4 ,i hope to write again soon4 ,i am not sorry that ,lory is like to be disposed of1 but ,i would have another negroe bought in her room4 ,o that ,,jesus would wash them in his blood4 ,little ,reader's letter pleased us much4 ,i would have all the boys to write4 ,o that ,,jesus may convert them6 ,amen and ,amen6 ,some of the books coming over1 may be dispersed among the people at ,oqueehec1 and elsewhere1 if not wanted at ,bethesda4 ,i want a master sadly for ,g1 c4 ,i trust the ,,lord will provide4 ,blest is faith that trusts ,his power1 ,blest are the saints that wait his hour4 ,your sister ,i hear turns out very well4 ,would to ,,god ,i could say so of all my relations6 ,but surely ,,god's rich grace is free2 ,for1 ,o my ,,god6 it found out me4 ,hoping to have another speedy opportunity of writing again1 with ten thousand thanks for all your care1 and most earnest prayers for your increasing with all the increase of ,,god1 ,i must hasten to subscribe myself1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most affectionate obliged friend1 and very ready servant in our glorious ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,london1 ,september #ac1 #agei4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,,your letter dated ,may #be1 which ,i received yesterday by the hands of ,mr4 ,vincent1 gave me unspeakable satisfaction4 ,i can but thank you1 as ,i do ten thousand times over1 for all your care and faithfulness4 ,he that seeth in secret will ere long reward openly4 ,as ,i hear both ,dickenson and ,ball are arrived1 you will have received more letters from me4 ,,god be praised for your success in the silk-worms6 ,,god be praised that ,bethesda is out of debt6 ,,god be praised for all his tender mercies to me and mine6 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o our souls6 ,i wish some of the children could be bred up for the ministry4 ,g seems to me to have some grace4 ,what a pity that ,i cannot have a grammar-school6 ,i shall think and pray1 and then write to you and ,mr4 ,pl on this head4 ,you all seem to dislike the temper of those at ,ephrata4 ,if ,mr4 ,sk could supply the place1 perhaps it would be more pleasant4 ,may the ,,lord ,,jesus direct1 for his name's sake6 ,he will1 he will6 ,it is a most discouraging thing1 that good places cannot be found for the boys when fit to go out4 ,by this means1 they are kept in the house beyond their time1 both to their own hurt1 and to the further expence of the institution4 ,i expect ,r ,w home with ,captain ,ball4 ,i am glad ,b is at a trade4 ,somebody told his mother1 that he was gone to his master's plantation4 ,i wish he had written a line4 ,could you let me know what stock of cattle you have1 and what hogs you kill4 ,the more particular you are about every thing1 the better4 ,i long for the account4 ,i am glad you received the books6 more are to be sent from ,scotland4 ,i do not much care for ,r's being at ,bethesda1 unless he is a true penitent4 ,how doth my nephew go on8 ,that you may go on and prosper both in body and soul1 till you are safe landed in an endless eternity1 is the earnest prayer of1 very dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,london1 ,february #e1 #agfj4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,i ,,am waiting every moment for a line from you4 ,i hope it will bring me the agreeable news of your being at peace with the ,indians4 ,above all1 ,i trust it will inform me1 of your being filled with the peace of ,,god1 which passeth all understanding4 ,as ,i wrote my whole mind by dear ,mr4 ,sk1 and who1 ,i find by the papers1 is safely arrived1 ,i have nothing to add1 till ,i hear what ,mr4 ,pl hath determined on1 and what situation ,mr4 ,s thinks himself called to4 ,my heart's desire and prayer to ,,god is1 that all may be directed for the ,redeemer's glory1 and the lasting welfare of ,bethesda4 ,i cannot help thinking1 but something great is to come out of it yet4 ,the thoughts of a ,college are revived2 but he that believeth doth not make haste4 ,i am growing very corpulent1 but1 ,i trust1 not too corpulent for another voyage1 when called to it4 ,every day the work increases4 ,on ,sunday last1 a new enlargement of the chapel was opened1 and a great concourse of people assembled on that occasion4 ,i am told that ,,god was there4 ,with this1 ,i hope you will receive a box of books4 ,my nephew hath some more for you1 in a box sent to him4 ,i have had a sweet letter from ,i ,pm4 ,o this changing world6 ,,lord1 sanctify all for the better preparing us for our great change6 ,adieu1 my dear friend4 ,i hope you will keep close to ,bethesda4 ,,god will bless you for it4 ,hoping to hear from you very shortly1 ,i hasten to subscribe myself1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxxvi4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,february #g1 #agfj4 ,my dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,i ,,send this to ,portsmouth after ,mr4 ,rn1 to inform you1 that last night we received your agreeable letters1 dated in ,august and ,september4 ,blessed be ,,god that you are all so well4 ,the bills shall be honoured4 ,i have thoughts1 that you and ,mr4 ,d will come together4 ,for ,,christ's sake1 do not think of moving from ,bethesda4 ,i am more than pleased3 ,i am delighted with your being there4 ,the family will soon be small indeed4 ,it is easily increased at any time4 ,i hope that ,g and ,a ,w will be put out4 ,i am glad ,sf behaved so well4 ,,god's judgments are like the great deep4 ,father1 thy will be done6 ,mr4 ,sf bears the news quite well4 ,i expect to hear again from you every day4 ,,god bless you all6 ,cease not to pray for1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most obliged affectionate friend and servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,bristol1 ,july #e1 #agfj4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,with this1 ,i have sent an order to ,mr4 ,c1 to receive of you three hundred pounds sterling1 to purchase bills of exchange from ,mr4 ,sr4 ,one hundred ,mr4 ,sr is to remit to ,mr4 ,fy4 ,the other two hundred ,mr4 ,c is to pay to ,mr4 ,zn1 in order to be remitted to ,professor ,fk4 ,the remainder1 ,i think best to keep till ,i hear from the ,professor himself4 ,the ,,lord pity and comfort the poor sufferers6 ,what reason have we to be thankful1 who abound in peace and plenty6 ,what is still more1 the fields are white1 ready unto a spiritual harvest4 ,when in the fields1 ten thousand1 perhaps more1 do assemble here4 ,when under cover1 there are more than the tabernacle will well hold2 at least in the evening4 ,every time the house is a ,bethel1 a house of ,,god1 a gate of heaven4 ,grace6 grace6 ,i thought that my wife's illness would have hastened me to ,london2 but as she is now recovering1 ,i would fain proceed in my summer's campaign4 ,i am persuaded ,i am the better for your prayers4 ,never were they more charitably bestowed4 ,i am a worm1 and no man4 ,o blessed ,,jesus1 how good thou art6 ,with all thy other mercies1 give1 ,o give me an humble and a thankful heart6 ,i could enlarge1 but have more letters to write4 ,i hope my most cordial respects and thanks will find acceptance with dear ,mrs4 ,s and ,miss1 and ,i am sure you will accept the same yourself1 from1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours c4 under manifold obligations1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxxviii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,bristol1 ,july #h1 #agfj4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,i ,,hope this will find you restored to more than former health and usefulness1 and quite determined to continue at ,bethesda4 ,it makes me uneasy1 to think you have the least inclination of returning1 till you see me on your side the water4 ,,jesus hath called and blessed you at ,bethesda4 ,i would fain have you stay and see the fruits of your labour4 ,you will see what ,i wrote about ,i ,h4 ,i must leave all to you who are upon the spot1 not doubting but the ,,lord ,,jesus will guide you by his allwise counsel2 none teacheth like him4 ,i have sympathized with you1 in respect to your fears about the ,indian war4 ,,lord ,,jesus grant they may not be permitted to come near your peaceful dwelling6 ,in heaven1 all these alarms will be over4 ,i long for those blessed mansions4 ,but nothing kills me4 ,my wife was lately just got into harbour1 but is driven back again4 ,blessed be ,,god1 we are sure of getting in safe at last4 ,,jesus is our pilot4 ,to his almighty and never-failing protection do ,i most humbly and heartily commit you1 as being1 for his great name's sake1 with ten thousand thanks for all your labours of love1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your sincere affectionate friend1 and ready servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxxxix4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,bristol1 ,july #h1 #agfj4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,i ,,owe you much love for your letter and accompts4 ,may ,bethesda's ,,god bless and reward you6 ,he doth1 he will4 ,i suppose you will see what ,i have written to ,mr4 ,pl and ,mr4 ,sk4 ,how doth the ,redeemer bring his elect together1 even in this world6 ,what a glorious meeting will there be in the world to come6 ,methinks ,i hear you say1 8,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly40 ,i add1 ,amen and amen6 even so come ,,lord ,,jesus6 ,the prospect is promising4 ,i am going in my old way1 saving that ,i grow fatter and fatter every day4 ,,lord1 help me to work it down6 but it seems working will not do4 ,i spent all the last winter in ,london1 and began my campaign in ,may1 in ,gloucestershire4 ,last month ,i was in ,wales1 inviting souls to come to ,,christ4 ,here ,i am labouring also4 ,you will not fail to pray for me4 ,i long to hear about the ,indian war4 ,they are safe who are garrisoned in ,,god1 even a ,,god in ,,christ4 ,assure yourself1 that neither you nor your dear orphan-charge are ever forgotten by1 my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxl4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,london1 ,august #ae1 #agfj4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,,how do ,i long to hear of ,,god's appearing for ,georgia and ,bethesda8 ,i trust1 the ,indians have not1 and will not be permitted to disturb a family planted by his own right hand1 and for his own glory4 ,but the divine judgments are a great deep4 ,,lord1 help us to adore1 and cheerfully to submit to thy holy will6 ,some ,bethesda letters1 ,i trust1 will soon put me out of suspense4 ,i wrote to you by the convoy that took your new ,governor4 ,i hope he will behave friendly to the orphan-house4 ,if we make the ,,lord ,,jesus our friend1 all will be well4 ,many here are seeking his friendship4 ,satan is angry4 ,i am now mimicked and burlesqued upon the public stage4 ,all hail such contempt6 ,,god forbid that ,i should glory1 save in the cross of ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,it is sweet6 it is sweet4 ,what a mercy is it1 that we have got an abiding inheritance in the kingdom of heaven6 ,of this we can never be robbed4 ,hallelujah6,adieu4 ,hearty love to all4 ,cease not to pray for1 and write to1 dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,yours1 c4 in our glorious ,high ,priest1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxli4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,november #ad1 #agfj4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,i ,,cannot find any of your relations1 but what are willing you should remain in ,georgia1 and settle there4 ,what condition can be so useful for you8 ,i have never varied in my opinion4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus direct1 bless1 and reward you6 ,he will4 ,the orphan sent by ,captain ,ball1 ,i am persuaded will be taken care of4 ,he is sent by good ,lady ,hn1 and is to be treated as a common orphan4 ,may the ,father of the fatherless bless him and all6 ,i was much pleased with the letters ,i received from the lambs of the flock4 ,if possible1 ,i shall answer them4 ,but at present am so indisposed with a cold1 after my ,yorkshire ramble of two months1 that ,i can scarce write this4 ,blessed be ,,god1 for the prospect of a state1 wherein the inhabitants shall no more say1 ,i am sick4 ,i can now add no more1 but that ,i am1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most obliged friend1 and ready servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxlii4 ,to ,mr4 ,k4 ,london1 ,february #ba1 #agfa4 ,my dear ,timothy1 ,,the distance that ,plymouth lies from ,london1 is one great cause of my coming there so seldom4 ,what can ,i do1 who have so many calls1 and so few assistants8 ,london must be minded4 ,for surely1 there the word runs and is glorified more and more4 ,i returned in post-haste1 last month1 from ,bristol4 ,both in going and coming1 dear ,mr4 ,hy and ,i were in great jeopardy4 ,once the machine fell over1 and at another time we were obliged to leap out of the post-chaise1 though going very fast4 ,blessed be ,,god1 we received little hurt4 ,good was to be done4 ,on the fast-day1 near six hundred pounds were collected for the ,german and ,boston sufferers4 ,grace6 grace6 ,i wish you had collected at ,bristol4 ,when can you move8 pray let me know directly4 ,i want my wife to ride as far as ,plymouth4 ,nothing but exercise will do with her4 ,remember us to your whole self1 and to all4 ,this is the very first moment that ,i could catch1 to let you hear from1 my dear man1 ,yours1 c4 in our glorious ,emmanuel4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxliii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,february #bc1 #agfa4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,it is almost an age now1 since ,i heard from my dear family in the wilderness4 ,how came ,i not to have one line by ,mr4 ,young8 ,ere now ,i hope you have received my last by ,captain ,ball4 ,when shall ,i get leave to come over8 ,perhaps my heart is too much set upon it4 ,father1 thy will be done6 ,this is my comfort2 the ,redeemer's work is upon the advance4 ,all opposition is over-ruled for the furtherance of the gospel4 ,a new instrument is raised up out of ,cambridge university4 ,he has been here preaching like an angel of the churches indeed4 ,my wife is poorly1 but joins in sending hearty love4 ,all your relations are well4 ,pray give my blessing to the children1 and thank them all for their letters4 ,i would have all the boys put out as soon as of age4 ,the work prospers here much4 ,hoping every day to receive a line1 and sending you my most hearty blessing1 thanks and love1 ,i subscribe myself1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,your most affectionate obliged friend1 and ready servant in our glorious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxliv4 ,to ,mr4 ,as4 ,london1 ,march #c1 #agfa4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,as1 ,,my last showed you that we are both of a mind4 ,let us have a little patience1 and all will be well4 ,as ,mr4 ,be cannot come up directly1 ,i must defer my ,bristol journey till after ,easter4 ,the cold ,i catched there1 ,i shall not easily get rid off4 ,but what is1 is best4 ,your letter to ,mrs4 ,js was delivered safe4 ,by ,wiltshire's waggon1 ,i have sent a set of ,henry's ,exposition1 and ,clark's ,bible4 ,be pleased to take them4 ,you will send the enclosed4 ,the ,redeemer continues to own and bless us here4 ,that he may bless and own you and yours evermore1 is the earnest prayer of1 my very dear ,timothy1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxlv4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,london1 ,march #ad1 #agfa4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,i ,,hear that your little daughter is gone to heaven3 a fine flower soon cropped4 ,i thought she was too fine to continue long in this bad soil4 ,she is now transplanted to an infinitely better4 ,o that ,i may have patience to wait till my wish'd-for change do come6 ,every day almost we hear of persons dying in triumph4 ,the awakening is rather greater than ever4 ,satan's artillery hath done but little execution4 ,thoughts are vain against the ,,lord1 ,all subserves his standing word2 ,wheels encircling wheels must run1 ,each in course to bring it on4 ,hallelujah6 ,i hope you prosper at ,g4 ,my kindest respects await all your dear reverend brethren that honour me with their countenance1 your whole self1 and all who are so kind as to enquire after1 my dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,one ,mr4 ,berridge1 lately ,moderator of ,cambridge1 hath been preaching here with great flame4 ,,letter ,,mccxlvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,cannonbury-,house 7near ,london71 ,april #aa1 #agfa4 ,dear ,sir1 ,,be pleased to pay to ,mr4 ,thomas ,cox the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds1 which1 with one hundred and fifty paid to him before1 and given 7as this is to be7 into the hands of the ,reverend ,mr4 ,zingenhagen1 makes up the sum of four hundred pounds2 the whole of what is assigned out of the late collection for the distressed ,german protestants1 by1 dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxlvii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,t4 ,cannonbury-,house1 ,april #bg1 #agfa4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,accept a few lines of love unfeigned from a worthless worm1 just returning from the borders of an eternal world4 ,o into what a world was ,i launching6 ,but the prayers of ,,god's people have brought me back4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 let it be for thy glory and the welfare of precious and immortal souls6 ,thou hast been digging and dunging round me4 ,o that the barren fig-tree may at length begin to bring forth some fruit6 ,o1 my dear man1 how ought ministers to work before the night of sickness and death comes1 when no man can work6 ,,lord ,,jesus1 quicken my tardy pace1 according to the multitude of thy tender mercies6 ,you will not cease to pray for me1 who am indeed less than the least of all4 ,weakness forbids my enlarging4 ,hearty love to all who are so kind as to enquire after an ill and hell-deserving1 but redeemed creature4 ,not only pray1 but also give thanks to a never-failing ,emmanuel1 who hath been ease in pain1 health in sickness1 life in death1 to1 my very dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 for his great name's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxlviii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,cannonbury-,house1 ,may #b1 #agfa4 ,,surprizing1 that any friends of ,zion should be solicitous for the welfare of such a worthless worm6 ,indeed1 my dear friend1 the news you have heard was true4 ,i have been at the very gates of what is commonly called death4 ,they seemed opening to admit me1 through the alone righteousness of the blessed ,,jesus1 into everlasting life4 ,but at present they are closed again3 for what end1 an all-wise ,redeemer can only tell4 ,i have1 since my illness1 once assisted a little at the ,lord's-supper1 and once spoke a little in publick4 ,but1 my locks are cut2 natural strength fails3 ,,jesus can renew3 ,,jesus can cause to grow again4 ,by his divine permission1 ,i have thoughts of seeing ,scotland4 ,if ,i relapse1 that will be a desirable place to go to heaven from4 ,i love1 ,i love that dear people4 ,ten thousand thanks to you1 and all my dear ,g friends4 ,be pleased to add to my obligations1 by continuing to pray for one1 who1 though less than the least of all1 is indeed1 my very dear ,sir1 ,theirs and yours1 c4 in a never-failing ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxlix4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,plymouth1 ,june #e1 #agfa4 ,,will not my very dear and valuable friend be glad to hear1 that through divine mercy ,i am somewhat improved in my health since my leaving ,london4 ,at ,bristol ,i grew sensibly better1 but hurt myself by too long journies to ,exeter and hither4 ,however1 blessed be ,,god1 ,i am now recovered from my fatigue1 and hope bathing will brace me up for my glorious ,master's use again4 ,strange1 that a harp of thousand strings1 ,should keep in tune so long6 ,the few times ,i have been enabled to preach1 an infinitely condescending ,redeemer hath vouchsafed to breathe upon the word preached4 ,who knows but ,i may get my wings again8 ,abba ,father1 all things are possible with thee6 ,i know who doth1 and will pray for me1 even my very dear ,mr4 ,s1 who hath already laid such great obligations on ,his most affectionate friend and very ready servant in our glorious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccl4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,bristol1 ,june #aa1 #agfa4 ,my dear steady ,friend1 ,,accept a few lines of love unfeigned1 from one who loves both you and yours in the bowels of ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,they leave me rather hurt by my late western journey4 ,i strive to put out to sea as usual1 but my shattered bark will not bear it4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 let thy will be done in me1 by me1 and upon me1 for time and eternity6 ,if this air doth not agree with me1 in a few days ,i think of returning to my old nurses and old physicians again4 ,blessed be ,,god for an interest in an infinitely great1 infinitely gracious1 and sympathizing unchangeable physician6 ,i hope you and yours enjoy much of his heart-chearing consolations4 ,these have been my support in my younger days2 these will be my cordials in the latter stages of the road4 ,i hope ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,j are quite well4 ,pray tell him not to be so touchy to his old friends1 especially when they are sick and just returning from the grave3 perhaps he may not be troubled with them long4 ,,god grant he may never feel the want of them6 ,,jesus lives when ministers die4 ,my hearty love awaits you all4 ,cease not to pray for1 my dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,yours most affectionately in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccli4 ,cannonbury-,house1 ,july #aa1 #agfa4 ,my dear ,timothy1 ,,just as ,i was going to write you a few lines to come hither1 ,mr4 ,rowand's letter informed me that you was very ill4 ,but ,i hope this will find you better4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 prepare us for whatever thou hast prepared for us6 ,commending you to his never-failing mercy1 ,i subscribe myself1 ,ever yours1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,july #af4 ,blessed be ,,god ,i am better6 ,blessed be ,,god that you are so likewise6 ,who knows what rest and time may produce8 ,o to be blanks in the hands of ,,jesus6 ,when shall this once be6 ,what good news by sea and land6 ,grace6 grace6 ,let me have another line1 and cease not to pray for1 my dear ,timothy1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclii4 ,to ,mr4 ,k4 ,london1 ,october #ac1 #agfa4 ,my dear ,fellow-prisoner1 ,i ,,hope an all-wise ,redeemer is teaching us to be content to be buried ourselves1 and to bury our friends alive4 ,this is a hard but important lesson4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 make us great proficients in the school of thy cross6 ,i have not preached a single sermon for some weeks4 ,last ,sunday ,i spoke a little2 but ,i feel its effects ever since4 ,father1 thy will be done6 ,blessed be his name for giving you a little reviving in your bondage4 ,perhaps that is all we are to expect on this side eternity4 ,but there is nothing too hard for the ,,lord4 ,,lord1 we believe1 help our unbelief6 ,glory be to his great name1 that some good was done at ,plymouth4 ,the news drove me to my knees1 and stirred up an ambition to be employed again4 ,i know you and ,sarah will say1 ,amen1 and ,amen6 ,i hope your ,isaac will be spared2 if not1 ,aaron-like1 may you hold your peace6 ,i have met with changes4 ,my two old servants are married and gone4 ,mr4 ,e hath preached for me some time4 ,as yet the congregations are kept up4 ,mr4 ,a and ,m are very poorly4 ,all are hastening home apace4 ,accept hearty love to your whole self1 and all dear friends who are so kind as to enquire after1 my very dear ,timothy1 ,yours1 c4 in our ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccliii4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,leeds1 ,october #bd1 #agfa4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,,what sudden changes here6 ,o that my great change was come6 ,happy ,polhill3 ,bethesda's loss is thy gain4 8,be ye also ready10 is the call of this awful providence4 ,the ,,lord furnish survivors with double strength6 ,i thank you for the accounts4 ,i see you are running in arrears4 ,some way or other ,i trust they will be discharged4 ,but ,i would have the family reduced as low as can be4 ,i think that the keeping of those who are grown up1 hurts them and increases my expence4 ,i have little comfort in many that ,i have assisted4 ,but our reward of grace is with the ,,lord4 ,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly6 ,as you are most conversant in figures1 you will be pleased to continue in your usual way2 and as you go on in harmony1 ,i trust you will do quite well4 ,a sea voyage seems more necessary to me now than ever4 ,i know now what nervous disorders are4 ,blessed be ,,god that they were contracted in his service4 ,i do not repent my embarking in ,,christ's cause4 ,he seeth all your disinterested toil in that new world4 8,well done1 ye good and faithful servants10 shall be the salutation given to you all4 ,my hearty blessing and love to all4 ,that great may be your happiness on earth1 and infinitely great your reward in heaven1 is the earnest prayer of1 my very dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our glorious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccliv4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,leeds1 ,october #bd1 #agfa4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,i ,,am still in this dying world1 but frequently tempted to wish the report of my death had been true1 since my disorder keeps me from my old delightful work of preaching4 ,but ,,jesus can teach us to exercise our passive as well as active graces4 ,fain would ,i say1 8,thy will be done60 ,i am now riding for my health2 but ,i think a voyage would brace me up4 ,i impute my present disorder1 in a great measure1 to the want of my usual sea voyages4 ,blessed be ,,god1 for supporting me so well under the news of dear ,mr4 ,polhill's sudden translation4 ,in that respect1 ,i rather envy than pity him2 to be carried to heaven in an instant2 from a ship's cabin into ,abraham's bosom2 ,o what a blessing6 ,,god sanctify and make up the loss6 ,but we shall find few ,polhills4 ,blessed be ,,god1 that ,i have faithful ones left behind4 ,i repose in you the utmost confidence1 and hope the ,,lord will give you double strength1 and vouchsafe us all a speedy and happy meeting4 ,i know who adds a hearty ,amen4 ,i wish ,gr and ,a ,w were put out4 ,keeping such great boys is expensive1 and there is nothing to be expected by my coming over4 ,i hope my nephew will take the boy that comes over2 if not1 he must be received at ,bethesda4 ,surely ,,god will yet provide for that house of mercy4 ,but ,i can at present bear very little of outward cares4 ,writing these few letters1 ,i fear1 will hurt me3 but ,i could not help venturing4 ,the ,,lord bless and reward you1 my dear ,mrs4 ,c1 for all your labours of love6 ,i commend you and your dear charge to his never-failing mercy1 and am1 with ten thousand thanks for all favours1 ,yours most affectionately for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,newcastle1 ,october #bi1 #agfa4 ,my dear steady ,friend1 ,,hitherto the ,,lord hath helped me4 ,surely his mercy endureth for ever4 ,i bear riding sixty miles a day in a post-chaise quite well4 ,blessed be his name1 friends both here and at ,leeds are prudent1 and do not press me to preach much4 ,but ,i hope ,i am travelling in order to preach4 ,if not1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 help me to drink the bitter cup of a continued silence1 with a holy resignation1 believing that what is1 is best6 ,,lord1 ,i believe1 help thou my unbelief6 ,every where as ,i came along1 my spiritual children gladly received me4 ,almighty ,,god1 do thou provide for all6 ,i hope you go on well at ,london4 ,it is the ,jerusalem1 the ,goshen4 ,may ministers and people see their privileges1 and work whilst it is day6 ,the night of sickness and death is coming1 when no man can work4 ,be pleased to remember me to dear ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,j1 and all dear friends as they come in your way4 ,to-morrow ,i may set forwards towards ,edinburgh4 ,you and yours will follow me with your prayers1 and be assured of not being forgotten by1 my very dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclvi4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,newcastle1 ,october #bi1 #agfa4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,though at a very unexpected1 and seemingly unseasonable time1 ,i am thus far travelled northwards4 ,hitherto the ,,lord hath helped me to hold out4 ,fain would ,i reach ,scotland1 to see some of my dear friends before ,i die4 ,my spirits1 though in some degree recruited1 are yet low1 and ,i am kept from my old delightful work4 ,but all things are possible with ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,he can either restore1 or enable me to drink the bitter cup of continued silence4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 do thou help me to say from my inmost soul1 8,father1 not my will1 but thine be done60 ,i desire to be more than remembered to my dear ,g friends1 and beg the continuance of their prayers in behalf of1 my very dear ,sir1 ,theirs and yours1 c4 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclvii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,edinburgh1 ,november #i1 #agfa4 ,,though ,i have been very ill since my coming to ,edinburgh1 yet ,i must come just to see my dear friends at ,g4 ,i cannot be there till ,thursday noon4 ,little1 very little can be expected from a dying man4 ,but ,i can now hear a little for myself4 ,i write this in the midst of company4 ,all my dear friends will not fail to pray for1 very dear ,sir1 ,yours and theirs1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,leeds1 ,december #a1 #agfa4 ,my dear old ,friend1 ,,it is near ten at night1 and ,i am to set off to-morrow in the ,leeds stage for ,london4 ,your letter ,i received this evening1 and thank you for it most heartily4 ,silence is enjoined me for a while by the ,edinburgh physicians4 ,they say my case is then recoverable4 ,the great physician will direct4 ,may he abundantly bless you and yours1 and dear ,t ,j and his8 ,i send you all most hearty love1 as being1 for ,,christ's sake1 ,yours1 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclix4 ,to ,mr4 ,k4 ,london1 ,january #h1 #agfb4 ,my dear ,timothy1 ,i ,,thought my wife had written many letters to you before this time4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am better4 ,the ,scotch journey did me service4 ,i preached on new-year's day1 and am to do so again1 ,,god willing1 to-morrow4 ,who knows8 who knows8,i may again see ,plymouth4 ,is there any thing too hard for the ,,lord8 ,when can you come up8 ,i had a violent fall upon my head from my horse last ,thursday1 but was neither surprized nor hurt4 ,help me to praise ,him whose mercy endureth for ever4 ,mr4 ,b is here1 and preaches with power4 ,blessed be ,,god that some can speak1 though ,i am laid aside4 ,that your mouth may be opened1 and body strengthened more and more1 is the hearty prayer of1 my dear ,timothy1 ,ever yours1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclx4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,bristol1 ,april #ag1 #agfb4 ,,will not my dear steady friend be glad to hear that ,bristol air agrees with me1 and that ,i have been enabled to preach five times this last week without being hurt8 ,,lord ,,jesus1 make me truly and humbly thankful6 ,was the door open for an ,american voyage1 ,i verily believe it would be very serviceable towards bracing up my relaxed tabernacle4 ,but he who knoweth all things1 knows what is best4 ,fain would ,i say1 from whatever quarter trials come1 8,father1 not my will1 but thine be done60 ,i see more and more1 that grace must be tried4 ,but this is our comfort1 when we are tried1 we shall come forth like gold4 ,in how many fires is that precious metal purified8 ,o for a heart to be willing to be made willing to be nothing1 yea less than nothing1 that ,,god1 even a ,,god in ,,christ1 may be all in all6 ,you and yours will add to my obligations by praying for me4 ,by this you see that you are not forgotten4 ,shall ,i beg you to let the tabernacle friends know soon1 that you received this8 ,having had company ,i cannot write4 ,be pleased to thank the honest ,welch bishop for his subscription4 ,it was a great deal from such a dignitary4 ,may the great ,bishop of souls bless and strengthen him in soul and body ever more4 ,as ,i expect to hear from my wife on ,monday1 and as ,i have nothing particular1 ,i shall defer writing again till ,monday evening4 ,in the mean while1 be so kind as to give my hearty love and due respects to her and all1 and accept the same yourselves from1 my very dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in a never-failing ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,bristol1 ,april #ah1 #agfb4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,i ,,was quite sorry that ,i could not take a parting dinner with you4 ,mr4 ,zn begged me to come just at that time to converse with me about the suffering protestants1 and in the evening ,i read letters4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i was not the worse for it4 ,since my coming here1 my health hath improved4 ,the last week ,i was enabled to preach five times4 ,this morning ,i have been administering the ordinance2 and this evening ,i hope to be upon my throne again4 ,our ,,lord vouchsafes to smile upon my feeble labours1 and the people seem to feel a refreshing from his divine presence4 ,who knows but ,i may yet be restored so far as to sound the gospel trumpet for my ,,god8 ,the quietness ,i enjoy here1 with daily riding out1 seems to be one very proper means4 ,be this as it will1 ,i know ere long ,i shall serve our ,,lord without weariness4 ,a few more blows from friends1 and from foes1 and the pitcher will be broken4 ,then the wicked one will cease from troubling1 and the weary traveller arrive at his wish'd-for rest4 ,,god grant you and yours very large refreshments in the way6 ,be pleased to accept of this as a token that you are not forgotten by1 my very dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 under ten thousand obligations1 and in the best bonds1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,bristol1 ,april #bi1 #agfb4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,,how have ,i been contriving to come over in one of the mast ships lately sailed for ,new-,england8 ,but the hour is not yet come4 ,hasten it1 ,o glorious ,emmanuel1 for thy great name's sake6 ,surely a sea voyage would help to brace up this relaxed tabernacle4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am now enabled to preach four or five times a week2 but it is with much weakness4 ,i long to hear how it is with you in this ,spanish war4 ,mr4 ,robinson ,i find was cast away1 but hath escaped with his life4 ,just now ,i have seen a letter to ,mrs4 ,pe from ,mr4 ,hs1 by which ,i find he is at ,bethesda1 and talks of returning to ,england4 ,i hope the ,spanish war will prevent this last motion1 at least for some time4 ,my love to him and all4 ,persevere in praying me over4 ,i have just now heard1 that there is a packet for me at ,london from ,georgia4 ,how could you draw on me for so large a sum as an hundred and forty-seven pounds8 ,,lord1 help me6 ,yesterday at ,kingswood ,i saw the ship that is to bring this1 ready to sail4 ,i hope ,i am not too late2 and if any letters come from any of you by this post 7as ,i hear the ,carolina ships are arrived71 ,,god willing1 they shall be answered by1 my very dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxiii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,w4 ,bristol1 ,may #d1 #agfb4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,w1 ,i ,,thank you heartily for your kind letter1 and desire to bless the ,,lord of all lords for the good news it contains4 ,if the foot of pride doth not come against those that speak for ,,jesus1 all will be well4 ,i see it is always darkest before break of day4 ,o that we could always remember that blessed promise1 8,at evening-tide it shall be light40 ,the archers have of late shot sorely at me and grieved me4 ,job's friends were his greatest trials1 when ,,god's hand pressed his body sore4 ,so it hath been with me4 ,but if we are brought out when tried like gold1 we shall only lose our dross4 ,o that this may be my happy case6 ,,lord1 ,i believe2 help thou my unbelief6 ,blessed be his name for a little revival in my bondage6 ,for these three weeks past1 ,i have been enabled to preach four or five times4 ,not once without a special blessing4 ,join with me in crying1 ,grace1 grace6 ,but my body still continues weak4 ,o blessed prospect of its being glorified by and by6 ,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly6 ,continue to pray for me4 ,remember me most heartily to all1 as being1 dear ,mrs4 ,w1 ,their and your most ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxiv4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,bristol1 ,may #d1 #agfb4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,,your kind letter came to hand a few days ago4 ,the convoy being driven back1 gives me an opportunity of returning you hearty thanks4 ,mr4 ,r's draught will lie hard upon me2 but ,i will endeavour to get it paid4 ,i am glad ,aw and ,gr are put out4 ,it would have saved me pounds to have had it done long ago4 ,as it is war time1 nobody can blame you for lessening the family to the utmost4 ,the intended change at ,ephrata pleaseth me much4 ,i see if we will wait1 ,providence will open for us some way or another4 ,o that the door was open for my coming over6 ,perhaps it may be ere the ,summer is over4 ,grant it1 ,o ,,god1 for ,,jesus ,,christ's sake6 ,i have sometimes the hopes of being braced up again for a little future service4 ,with some difficulty ,i preach four or five times a week2 but you would scarce know me1 ,i am so swoln with wind1 and so corpulent4 ,blessed be ,,god for the prospect of a glorious resurrection6 ,for the present1 adieu4 ,i fear the ship will be gone4 ,,god bless you all4 ,pray do you and ,mr4 ,d be particular in your accounts4 ,hearty love to ,mrs4 ,pl3 ,,god comfort her4 ,you will shew this to ,mr4 ,d4 ,i must add no more1 but hearty love and ten thousand thanks from1 my dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,rodborough1 ,may #ba1 #agfb4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,though ,i hope to be in ,london on ,tuesday or ,wednesday next1 yet ,i cannot come thither without troubling you with another line4 ,blessed be ,,god1 it leaves me in better bodily health1 than when ,i wrote last4 ,through divine mercy1 preaching four or five times a week did not hurt me2 and twice or thrice ,i have been enabled to take the field3 in my opinion1 a greater honour than to be monarch of the universe4 ,london cares1 and ,london labours1 ,i expect1 will soon bring me low again4 ,but as ,messrs4 ,d and ,k are coming up1 ,i hope soon to slip away and get strength1 and then hunt for precious souls again4 ,how gladly would ,i bid adieu to cieled houses1 and vaulted roofs6 ,mounts are the best pulpits1 and the heavens the best sounding-boards4 ,o for power equal to my will6 ,i would fly from pole to pole1 publishing the everlasting gospel of the ,son of ,,god4 ,i know you would lend me the wings of prayer4 ,,jesus in answer give the wings of faith and love1 and we shall then quickly soar to thy bosom1 where ,sin and strife and sorrow cease1 ,and all is calm and joy and peace4 ,i write this at a house built for dear ,mr4 ,as4 ,from his window is a prospect perhaps of thirty miles4 ,i have wished you here with your telescope4 ,but if the footstool is so glorious1 what must the throne be8 ,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly6 ,i am interrupted by company4 ,good night1 my very dear friend1 good night6 ,most cordial respects await dear ,mrs4 ,s and your daughter4 ,dear ,mr4 ,as is weak like myself1 but joins in sending due and hearty respects4 ,we have had most blessed seasons4 ,grace6 grace6 ,in heaven you will be rewarded for all favours conferred on ,yours1 c4 c4 in the best bonds1 ,g4 ,w4 8,,lettrer0 replaced with 8,,letter0 ,,letter ,,mcclxvi4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,may #bh1 #agfb4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c4 ,i ,,am just now come to town for a few days1 sensibly better by my country excursion4 ,once more ,i have had the honour of taking the field1 and have now some hopes of not being as yet quite thrown aside as a broken vessel4 ,help me to praise ,him1 whose mercy endureth for ever4 ,why do you persist in keeping poor ,mr4 ,d in suspense8 ,if not done before1 ,i expect to marry you both immediately upon my arrival1 but do not stay for that4 ,your hint about ,mr4 ,s's being inclined to the ministry1 made me smile4 ,mr4 ,r's account shall be paid as soon as possible4 ,but ,i beg no such thing may be done again4 ,this is wrote in very great haste1 hearing that the ship is gone4 ,i wrote to all from ,bristol1 very lately4 ,this must now do for all4 ,,god bless and reward you4 ,amen and ,amen6 ,i am1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,norwich1 ,july #ca1 #agfb4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,though you never mentioned a word concerning the letter ,i sent you when at ,bristol1 yet this doth not discourage me from dropping you a few lines1 now ,i am put into ,norwich-,dock1 in order to refit for another expedition4 ,the ,holland one last month1 was1 ,i trust1 profitable to myself and others2 and if ever my usefulness is to be continued at ,london1 ,i must be prepared for it1 by a longer itineration both by land and water4 ,at present1 blessed be ,,god1 ,i can preach once a day1 and it would do your heart good to see what an influence attends the word4 ,all my old times are revived again4 ,on next ,monday1 ,,god willing1 ,i shall set forwards to ,lincolnshire1 ,yorkshire1 c4 ,you that are in cieled houses1 and under vaulted roofs 7which ,i do not grudge you7 will not forget a poor pilgrim1 who desires no other pulpit but a mount1 no other sounding board but the heavens4 ,i hope dear ,mr4 ,j is recovered of his indisposition1 and that your wife and his1 with yourself1 are increasing with all the increase of ,,god4 ,my cordial respects and most hearty love attend you1 and all that are so kind as to enquire after a worthless worm4 ,as ,i shall not write to-night1 be pleased to inform my wife that you heard of my welfare1 and in so doing1 you will add to the obligations already laid upon1 my very dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,yours1 c4 in our ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxviii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,t4 ,edinburgh1 ,september #b1 #agfb4 ,i ,,am just this moment returned from ,glasgow1 where ,i have been enabled to preach every day1 and twice at ,cambuslang4 ,auditories were large1 and ,,jesus smiled upon my feeble labours4 ,,god willing1 ,i shall leave this place on ,wednesday next2 but ,i despair of seeing you4 ,i have heard nothing of ,mr4 ,mn and ,vn since ,i left them at ,leeds4 ,what a mercy1 that we are sure of meeting in heaven6 ,surely1 you will not go before me thither4 ,must it be always juniores priores8 ,adieu4 ,cordial respects await your whole self4 ,,lord ,,jesus be with your spirits6 ,i fear the carrier will be gone4 ,accept these few rusty filings from1 my very dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 in our glorious ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,september #i4 ,thus far ,i went on ,friday2 but found that was the wrong day to send4 ,since then1 ,i have been helped to preach every day4 ,the ,kirk hath been a ,bethel4 ,grace6 grace6 ,on ,monday1 ,,god willing1 ,i shall set off4 ,follow with your prayers4 ,yours1 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxix4 ,to ,mr4 ,d4 ,sunderland1 ,september #ai1 #agfb4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,d1 ,i ,,can only send you a few lines3 but ,i hope they will be acceptable ones4 ,your last packet came to my hands yesterday4 ,blessed be ,,god that all is so well6 ,you will be glad to hear1 that ,i can preach once a day1 and that ,i have now a prospect of embarking soon4 ,we expect peace1 and ,i hope the places in ,london will be provided for4 ,pray keep the family as small as you can4 ,sickness lowers my circumstances4 ,but ,,jesus is all in all4 ,i hope to see dear ,mr4 ,sk's friends in a few days4 ,i am glad he is at ,ephrata4 ,tender love to him and his1 to dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,mrs4 ,pl1 and to all4 ,i can no more4 ,i write this at a venture1 to send by way of ,scotland1 where the ,redeemer hath been owning my feeble labours4 ,grace6 grace6 ,when ,i come to ,london1 ,,god willing1 you shall hear again from1 my very dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxx4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,leeds1 ,september #be1 #agfb4 ,dear ,sir1 ,,what a pity that ,i cannot answer your kind letter1 by telling you where to meet me6 but it is impracticable4 ,i am just now setting forwards towards ,london1 but fear ,i cannot reach it before ,sunday4 ,my chaise wanted repairing here4 ,o how good hath ,,jesus been to a worthless worm6 ,once a day preaching1 ,i can bear well2 more hurts me4 ,what shall ,i do with the chapel and tabernacle8 ,,lord ,,jesus1 be thou my guide and helper6 ,he will6 he will4 ,send word to tabernacle that you heard from me4 ,we have had sweet seasons4 ,grace6 grace6 ,to his never-failing mercy do ,i commend your whole dear self1 and all that are so kind as to enquire after1 my very dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxi4 ,to ,mrs4 ,c4 ,london1 ,october #ae1 #agfb4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,i ,,wish to answer your last in person4 ,i hope the time is now drawing near4 ,i count the weeks1 and days1 and hours4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 direct my goings in thy way4 ,blessed be ,,god that you live in such harmony6 ,a house thus united in ,,jesus1 will stand4 ,i shall bring only one ,mr4 ,wt1 who takes care of me4 ,i would not have ,mr4 ,hs to think of stirring till he sees me4 ,this ,i write in great haste4 ,i am enabled to preach once a day4 ,give thanks6 give thanks6 and continue to pray for1 dear ,mrs4 ,c1 ,yours1 c4 in our glorious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,a ,k4 ,bristol1 ,numbers #bi1 #agfb4 ,,god willing1 ,i shall set off for ,plymouth to-morrow morning1 and hope to see you all on ,thursday evening1 or ,friday4 ,let grand preparations be made2 as a candle1 a book1 and a table4 ,above all1 much prayer1 that ,i may not again relapse at ,plymouth2 as ,bristol people do threaten me for coming at this time of the year4 ,blessed be ,,god1 we have good seasons4 ,i like ,mr4 ,bn's1 better than a boarding school for little maidens4 ,a word to the wise is enough4 ,adieu6 ,the ,,lord be with you all4 ,cease not to pray for1 my dear ,timothy1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,plymouth1 ,december #d1 #agfb4 ,,how was ,i disappointed1 two ,mondays1 of seeing and conversing with my very dear ,mr4 ,s6 ,london1 ,london1 how dost thou weigh this mortal body down6 ,if it be no odds1 ,i would visit my dear friend again on a ,wednesday4 ,perhaps on that day ,i may not be so fatigued4 ,i feel in preaching1 what you do in business4 ,however1 ,i must not complain4 ,once a day1 ,i can manage quite well4 ,bristol was a refreshing place indeed4 ,congregations were very large1 and a most gracious gale of divine influences attended the word preached4 ,being under a positive promise to come here before ,i left ,england1 ,i embraced this opportunity4 ,through mercy1 ,i preached last night1 and find no hurt this morning4 ,many young people1 ,i hear1 are under great awakenings4 ,may such hostilities never cease6 ,o to begin to begin to wage an eternal war with the devil1 the world1 and the flesh4 ,still continue to help me1 dear ,sir1 with your prayers4 ,i would fain die sword in hand4 ,you will not blame me for this ambition4 ,i believe you are pretty much tinctured this way yourself4 ,the ,captain of our salvation approves of it4 ,that in all your spiritual battles1 ,he may be your shield and exceeding great reward1 is the hearty prayer of1 my invaluable friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in the best bonds1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxiv4 ,to ,mrs4 ,elizabeth ,wd4 ,plymouth1 ,december #e1 #agfb4 ,,you did very wrong1 in not letting me know of your mother's necessities4 ,she was a widow indeed4 ,but now she is above the reach of every thing4 ,o for patience to wait till we are sent for to that place1 where the weary are at rest6 ,i am weary of the world1 of the church1 and of myself4 ,but ,,jesus will not leave us in the latter stages of our road4 ,blessed be his name1 we have had pleasant seasons at ,bristol1 and two good gales here4 ,i cannot get up to ,london till near ,christmas-day4 ,as affairs are circumstanced1 every thing there tends to weigh me down4 ,o that patience may have its perfect work6 ,let me always know your wants4 ,it is your own fault if you lack any thing1 whilst ,i have a farthing4 ,you and your friend must prepare a great entertainment2 for ,i intend dining with you when ,i come to town4 ,ere long we shall sit down and eat bread in our heavenly ,father's kingdom4 ,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly6 ,i know who joins in saying1 ,amen6 with1 my dear old faithful friend and servant1 ,yours1 c4 for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,plymouth1 ,december #e1 #agfb4 ,my dear steady ,friend1 ,i ,,must not be out of town1 without sending my dear ,mr4 ,kn a few loving lines4 ,blessed be ,,god for a few steady friends6 they are rarities even in the church of ,,god4 ,but the church is in a wilderness2 ere long it will be in ,canaan4 ,no briars or thorns there4 ,all glory be to ,him who hath prepared such a rest for the purchase of his blood4 ,amen4 ,hallelujah6 ,you will be glad to hear1 that both here and at ,bristol1 souls are under real awakenings4 ,though ,i preach in much weakness1 an infinitely condescending ,,jesus vouchsafes to come down in glorious gales of his blessed ,spirit4 ,this is all in all4 ,but these are only streams4 ,ere long we shall drink at the fountain head4 ,do you not long to leap your seventy years8 ,blessed be ,,god1 we are nearer and nearer4 ,fly1 fly1 ,o time6 welcome1 welcome long wished for eternity6 ,but ,i must not enlarge4 ,we are going to the ,,lord's table4 ,adieu6 ,hearty love awaits your whole self4 ,in heaven ,i will thank you for all favours conferred upon1 my dear friend1 ,yours in the ,friend of sinners1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,a ,k4 ,bristol1 ,december #ab1 #agfb4 ,,through divine mercy1 we got here yesterday about three in the afternoon1 all well1 excepting that ,i lost my watch in the way4 ,if it teacheth me to be more on my watch in the best things1 it will be rather a gain4 ,,lord1 help me in every thing to give thanks6 ,i do not repent my ,plymouth journey4 ,thanks to all for their great kindnesses4 ,thanks1 eternal thanks to the ,,god of all1 for giving us his presence6 ,it is better than life4 ,i have not yet seen your daughter1 but ,i hear she is well4 ,tell ,sarah not to murder so dear a child4 ,hugging to death is cruelty indeed4 ,you will take the hint about my little servitor4 ,i charge you both1 as you will answer it at the bar of ,,god1 to teach them to be servant like1 but not servile4 ,adieu6 ,i must away to sacrament4 ,o for such a one as we had last ,sunday6 ,i felt1 ,i felt parting6 ,o for the time when we shall part no more6 ,tender love to ,mr4 ,s1 his mother1 brother1 ,mr4 ,d1 and all2 your servants not excepted4 ,sarah1 adieu6 ,mind and get up in a morning to pray1 before you get into shop4 ,i make no apology for this1 because you are a friend to1 my dear man1 ,yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,thursday evening4 ,january #ae1 #agfc4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,do meet me to-morrow by two o'clock1 or rather one1 at ,mr4 ,bn's1 at ,cannonbury-house4 ,i have something of importance to communicate4 ,not to keep you in suspense1 it is to beseech you1 jointly with ,mr4 ,hy and ,mr4 ,bn1 as trustees1 to take upon you the whole care1 both inward and outward1 of the affairs of ,tottenham-court chapel and tabernacle1 and all other my concerns in ,england3 this one thing being settled1 ,i have nothing to retard my visit to ,america1 to which ,i think there is a manifest call at this time1 both as to the bracing up my poor feeble crazy body1 and adjusting all things relating to ,bethesda4 ,o that the ,,lord may incline your heart to accept this trust6 ,it will take off this ponderous load that oppresses me much4 ,consider1 dear ,sir1 it is for ,,god6 for whose glory1 ,i am convinced that you and my other dear friends have a single eye and disinterested heart4 ,o may he richly reward you for this and all your labours of love6 ,fail not of meeting me at the time and place above-mentioned4 ,mr4 ,hy and ,mr4 ,h ,ds1 ,,god willing1 will be there4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus be with us all6 ,my dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 indeed and indeed1 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,leeds1 ,march #f1 #agfc4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,you have heard1 ,i suppose1 of my progress to1 and employ at ,everton4 ,,jesus was there4 ,last ,thursday evening we came to these parts1 where ,i have preached twice1 and been closely employed in writing my little piece entitled1 ,observations1 c4 in answer to the ,bishop of ,gloucester4 ,perhaps a day or two more may compleat it4 ,say nothing1 but pray on4 ,the next letters may be directed to ,edinburgh1 under cover to ,hn1 ,esq42 ,post-,master general4 ,you shall hear1 ,,god willing1 when ,i have fixed upon a ship4 ,and ,i know you will pray that ,,jesus may be my convoy4 ,only ,thou our leader be1 ,and we still will follow ,thee4 ,i could enlarge1 but must away to my throne4 ,tell all at ,tabernacle and ,chapel1 where this leaves me4 ,i send them and your whole self most tender love1 and ten thousand thanks2 and beg you would add to my obligations by praying for1 my very dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,postscript1 ,to ,mr4 ,je4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,,accept a few lines from an old friend that loves you and yours dearly4 ,i would not be given to change1 but1 like my ,master1 love to the end4 ,his blessing be on you both6 ,accept thanks unfeigned for all favours1 and cease not to pray for1 my very dear ,mr4 ,j1 ,yours1 c4 in ,ours1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxix4 ,to ,mrs4 ,m4 ,newcastle1 ,march #ac1 #agfc4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,m1 ,,it hath given me concern1 since ,i left town1 that through bodily weakness1 multiplicity of business1 and pain of parting1 ,i forgot to answer your request about your deceased son4 ,if not too late1 something like this may be inserted3 8,near this place lies interred1 ,william ,middleditch1 aged twelve years1 a desirable promising child2 but an all-wise ,,god thought proper to remove him 1 #agfb4 ,his surviving parents desire to subscribe to the divine will1 and to say1 ,the ,,lord gave1 and the ,,lord hath taken away3 blessed be the name of the ,,lord40 ,ere long somebody will be writing an epitaph for our tombs4 ,change of place doth not change my sentiments4 8,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly10 is the constant language of my heart4 ,this leaves me thus far advanced towards ,scotland1 where just such a ship as ,i want awaits me4 ,how good is ,,jesus6 ,fain would ,i sing1 ,,lord1 obediently ,i go1 ,gladly leaving all below4 ,i am sorry to find by the papers that ,mr4 ,b is taken up4 ,to take no notice would be the best method4 ,a prison or outward punishment is but a poor cure for enthusiasm1 or a disordered understanding4 ,it may increase but not extinguish such an ignis fatuus4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 give us all a right judgment in all things6 ,farewell4 ,brethren1 pray for us4 ,we have had pleasant seasons at ,everton1 ,leeds1 ,aberford1 ,kippax1 and here4 ,tender love to all that are so kind as to enquire after a worthless worm4 ,that you may be so supplied as not to miss me one moment1 is the earnest prayer of1 dear ,mrs4 ,m1 ,your sincere friend and ready servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxx4 ,to ,mr4 ,s4 ,newcastle1 ,march #ac1 #agfc4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,i ,,cannot go further1 without dropping you a few lines4 ,they leave me thus far advanced in my journey to ,scotland4 ,my friends write me word1 that the ship ,jenny1 ,captain ,orr1 a very discreet person1 sails from ,greenock to ,boston the middle of ,april4 ,you will pray1 that the ,,god of the sea and dry land will give me a safe1 and1 if agreeable to his will1 a speedy passage4 ,on the road we have been favoured with some sweet seasons4 ,i have preached at ,everton1 ,leeds1 ,kippax1 ,aberford1 and this place4 ,next sabbath ,i hope to be at ,edinburgh4 ,on my way1 ,i was enabled to finish a little thing in answer to the present ,bishop of ,gloucester4 ,if my friends think proper to print it1 you will find a parting testimony left behind me for the good old ,puritans and free-grace ,dissenters1 whom he sadly maligns4 ,bless it1 glorious ,emmanuel1 and it shall be blessed6 ,follow me1 follow me1 my very dear ,sir1 with your constant prayers4 ,mine will always be ascending for you and yours4 ,indeed ,i owe you much love6 ,you have often strengthened my hands in the ,,lord4 ,fain would ,i sing1 ,,lord1 obediently ,i go1 ,gladly leaving all below2 ,only ,thou my leader be1 ,and ,i still will follow ,thee4 ,and now1 my dear friend1 farewell4 ,ere long we shall meet in a better climate1 where ,pain and sin and sorrow cease1 ,and all is calm and joy and peace4 ,most cordial respects await dear ,mrs4 ,s and your daughter1 if continued in this dying world4 ,expect to hear1 from time to time1 from1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxxi4 ,to ,mrs4 ,w4 ,edinburgh1 ,march #ai1 #agfc4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,w1 ,i ,,was quite concerned to see you so ill as ,i passed by you4 ,i charge you to want for nothing4 ,speak to ,messrs4 ,kn or ,hy3 they will supply you at any time4 ,do not be afraid to go to the ,tabernacle house4 ,i will own and stand by my dear steady and faithful servants and helpers4 ,such a one you have been4 ,o for heaven6 ,there are no thorns and briars amongst ,,god's people there4 ,may our present ones fit us more and more for that place where ,sin and strife and sorrow cease1 ,and all is calm and joy and peace4 ,follow me with your prayers4 ,tender love to all the conference4 ,i have no doubt of the ,,lord's being with them4 ,,god be with you all evermore6 ,we have had good seasons at ,everton1 ,leeds1 ,newcastle1 c4 in the way4 ,grace6 grace6 ,in about a month ,i expect to sail4 ,a good stock of prayers in that time1 may be laid up for1 dear ,betty1 my old faithful friend and servant1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxxii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,t4 ,edinburgh1 ,march #bf1 #agfc4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,why not see each other once more8 ,perhaps1 after my return from ,glasgow1 ,i may be here a fortnight4 ,my poor tabernacle is so far restored1 as to mount the gospel throne once a day4 ,perhaps the sea air may brace me up a little more3 but after all1 it is only like the glimmering of a candle before it goes out4 ,death will light it up in a better world4 ,work on1 my dear son1 work on4 ,the night cometh when no man can work4 ,o that ,i had done more for the blessed ,,jesus6 ,o that ,i could think more of what he hath done for me6 ,never mind being counted singular4 ,o that you may be more and more vile every day6 ,happy they that are safe landed6 ,and happy1 happy we1 ,who soon their company shall see6 ,it is but for a little indeed4 ,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly6 ,i know you will heartily say1 ,amen4 ,cordial respects await ,mrs4 ,t4 ,the ,edinburgh prescriptions were the most blessed to me4 ,my spirits are much brisker than when here last4 ,grace6 grace6 ,o to lie low6 ,adieu1 my dear friend4 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,edinburgh1 ,march #bf1 #agfc4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,i ,,thank you for your kind letter1 and thank the ,,lord of all lords that matters go on so well4 ,i am more than easy4 ,the ,redeemer hath directed my choice1 and will bless1 assist1 and reward those employed4 ,ten thousand thanks to you all4 ,you may act as you please with respect to ,mr4 4 ,his attending the ,tabernacle when ,i was well1 and leaving it ever since ,i have been sick1 doth not look well at all3 but please yourselves and you will please me4 ,do not consult me in any thing1 unless absolutely necessary4 ,the ,,lord1 ,i trust and believe1 will give you a right judgment in all things4 ,but ,o follow me with your prayers4 ,on ,monday ,i am going to see about the ship4 ,now we have peace abroad1 ,,lord ,,jesus give us peace at home6 ,i am sorry my little piece1 entituled ,observations1 c4 is not come out yet4 ,tender love to all4 ,my dear old friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 removed duplicate 8of0 ,,letter ,,mcclxxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,wy4 ,edinburgh1 ,april #h1 #agfc4 ,dear ,mr4 ,wy1 ,i ,,thank you for your kind remembrance in ,mr4 ,w's4 ,indeed ,i do not forget you4 ,o that you may be a steady follower of ,him1 who was not ashamed of being called the carpenter's son6 ,my prayer to him is1 that you may be daily more and more built up in his most holy faith4 ,but the way to heaven is a narrow way4 ,no elbow room for our lusts4 ,what a blessing this6 ,,lord ,,jesus1 make us willing to be made whole6 ,adieu4 ,tender love to all enquiring friends4 ,i trust their prayers are heard4 ,the ,redeemer vouchsafes to smile upon the feeble labours of1 my dear ,mr4 ,wy1 ,yours1 c4 in ,him1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,kn4 ,leith1 ,may #ad1 #agfc4 ,my dear old steady ,friend1 ,,why so fearful of writing a longer letter8 ,the longer the better4 ,blessed be ,,god1 though disappointed in embarking1 by reason of sickness1 ,i can read1 and write1 and hope 7notwithstanding a little cold1 which threw me somewhat back this week7 soon to get upon my throne again4 ,the news about the congregations1 you may well guess rejoiced my poor heart4 ,surely ,mr4 ,h will not get to heaven before me too4 ,what an age do we live in6 ,children thus to take the lead of their parents4 ,heavenly ,father1 not my will1 but thine be done6 ,i expect to-morrow's interview4 ,a single eye will carry us through all4 ,a catholic spirit is the plague of bigots4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 cure them of their bad distemper6 ,i rejoice to hear that good ,lady ,hn is so supported4 ,pray remember me in the kindest manner to dear ,mr4 ,hy4 ,as ,i have not heard from him for two or three posts1 ,i fear he is worse4 ,pray let him know of my sending this2 and inform him of my having been able to go upon the water to-day for several hours1 and by land afterwards4 ,others can die1 but ,i cannot4 ,father1 thy will be done6 ,what a ,,god do ,i serve8 ,physicians1 friends on every side of me4 ,and what is all in all1 the great physician comforting my soul4 ,thank1 ,o thank him in behalf of a worthless worm4 ,tender love to ,mrs4 ,kn1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,bn1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,j1 and all dear friends1 who are so kind as to be concerned for me4 ,you will be very fine when all is painted4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i approve your conduct1 and love your spirit4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 make us all glorious within6 ,i must drop a line to dear ,mr4 ,a about ,mr4 ,h1 or you should have more from1 my dear old steady friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxxvi4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,t4 ,greenock1 ,june #d1 #agfc4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,a ,,thousand thanks for your kind letters4 ,,jesus is kind4 ,i am better1 and just going on board the ,fanny1 bound to ,rapanach1 in ,virginia4 ,yours to good ,lady ,hn is taken care of4 ,i hear her daughter died well1 and that her ,ladyship is comforted and resigned4 ,blessed be ,,god6 ,adieu4 ,follow me with your prayers1 as being ,ever yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxxvii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,greenock1 ,june #d1 #agfc4 ,,strange6 that ,i should not see one whom ,i so dearly love4 ,dear ,mr4 ,s will tell you the reasons4 ,i expect to be called every moment4 ,,god bless and reward you and yours4 ,the diploma was sent to ,edinburgh to be signed by ,mr4 ,trail1 but hath miscarried4 ,i wrote to ,mr4 ,hamilton to send it by the ,diligence1 which is to sail in about six weeks to ,boston4 ,expecting to be called every moment1 ,i can only hasten to subscribe myself1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxxviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,at ,sea1 ,july #ae1 #agfc4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,i ,,hope that this will find you and yours prospering both in soul and body4 ,it leaves me looking towards ,virginia but only as an harbour in my way to an infinitely better port1 from whence ,i shall never put out to sea again4 ,through mercy ,i have been surprizingly kept up during the voyage1 long but not tedious4 ,,jesus hath made the ship a ,bethel1 and ,i enjoyed that quietness which ,i have in vain sought after for some years on shore4 ,not an oath to be heard even in the greatest hurry4 ,all hath been harmony and love4 ,but my breath is short1 and ,i have little hopes1 since my late relapse1 of much further public usefulness4 ,a few exertions1 like the last struggles of a dying man1 or glimmering flashes of a taper just burning out1 is all that can be expected from me4 ,but blessed be ,,god1 the taper will be lighted up again in heaven4 ,the sun1 when setting here1 only sets to rise in another clime4 ,such is the death of all ,,god's saints4 ,why then should we be afraid8 ,why should we not rather by faith be looking through the windows of mortality1 and daily crying1 8,why are his chariot wheels so long in coming80 ,we had need of patience1 especially when the evil days of sickness and declining age come4 ,but we serve a ,master who will not forsake his servants when grey headed4 ,when heart and flesh fail1 ,,god1 even our ,,god in ,,christ1 will be our portion and confidence for ever4 ,does my dear ,mr4 ,s repent that he served and worked for ,him when young8 ,is dear ,mrs4 ,s sorrowful that he was the ,,god of her youth8 ,or is ,miss now thinking that she hath lately made a wrong choice8 ,no1 no3 ,i will venture to answer for them all4 ,let us1 therefore1 love our ,master1 and not go from him4 ,who knows but our latter end may yet increase8 ,if not in public usefulness1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 let it be in inward heart-holiness1 that we may daily ripen for the full enjoyment of thyself in heaven6 ,i know who says1 ,amen2 ,i add ,amen1 and ,amen6 and so subscribe myself1 with ten thousand thanks for all favours1 my dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,august #bd4 ,p4 ,s4 ,since writing the above1 we have been exercised by contrary winds1 thunders1 lightenings1 c4 but out of all the ,,lord hath brought us1 and we came within the ,cape last night4 ,help me to praise him1 ,o my friends4 ,,letter ,,mcclxxxix4 ,to ,mr4 ,pks4 ,within ,virginia-,cape1 ,august #bd1 #agfc4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,pks1 ,i ,,fully purposed to write to you before my embarkation for ,america1 but sickness prevented4 ,however1 ,i dearly love you1 and often remember you before his throne1 who ,i am persuaded hath loved and given himself for you4 ,this he hath told you1 and assured you of again and again by his blessed word and ,spirit4 ,be not therefore faithless1 but believing4 ,o that this may find you rejoicing with that joy which is unspeakable and full of glory4 ,it leaves me longing for that blissful state1 where sorrow and sighing will flee away4 ,there1 there shall we meet1 and in spite of all the suggestions of ,satan1 and the desperate wickedness of our own deceitful hearts1 ere long join in singing the song of ,moses and the ,lamb4 ,faithful is he that hath promised1 who also will do it4 ,last night1 but not till then1 we cast anchor after near a twelve weeks passage4 ,the last six weeks were very trying to my shattered bark4 ,but ,,jesus is ,all in ,all4 ,help1 help to praise him4 ,to his infinite and never-failing mercy do ,i commend you1 as being1 for his great name's sake1 my dear ,mr4 ,pks1 ,yours most affectionately1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxc4 ,to all my dear ,tabernacle ,hearers1 that love the ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ in ,sincerity4 ,virginia1 ,september #a1 #agfc4 ,dearly ,beloved in the ,,lord1 ,,though absent in body1 the ,searcher of hearts knows that ,i have been present with you in spirit ever since ,i left ,london4 ,glad1 very glad was ,i to hear from time to time whilst ashore1 that the shout of a king was among you2 and it was my continual prayer whilst at sea1 that the glory of the ,,lord may so fill the ,tabernacle1 that all who come to hear the word1 may be constrained to say1 8,surely ,,god is in this place40 ,i doubt not of your wrestling in my behalf4 ,certainly it must be in answer to your cryings unto the ,,lord1 that ,i have been dealt with so bountifully4 ,for some weeks ,i was enabled to preach once a day when in ,scotland1 and ,i trust not without some divine efficacy4 ,but my late disorder kept me silent for some weeks afterwards1 and put me upon thinking sometimes1 that my intended voyage would be retarded1 at least for one year longer4 ,having obtained a little more bodily strength1 ,i ventured upon the mighty waters1 and thanks1 eternal thanks to a never-failing ,redeemer1 ,i have not been laid by an hour through sickness since ,i came on board4 ,every thing hath been providentially ordered1 suitable to my low estate4 ,a large and commodious cabbin1 a kind ,captain1 and a most orderly and quiet ship's company1 who gladly attended when ,i had breath to preach4 ,scarce an oath have ,i heard upon deck1 during a twelve weeks voyage2 and such a stillness through the whole ship1 both on week days and the ,lord's-day1 as hath from time to time surprized me4 ,some concern hath appeared1 but of what kind or duration the event alone can discover4 ,the spiritual bread hath been cast on the waters3 who knows but it may be found after many days4 ,how it shall please my all-bountiful ,master to dispose of me when ,i get on shore1 you shall know hereafter4 ,all that ,i can say is1 7if ,i know any thing of my unspeakably deceitful1 and desperately wicked heart7 ,,lord ,,jesus1 ,a life that all things casts behind1 ,springs forth obedient to thy call2 ,a heart1 that no desire can move1 ,but still t'adore1 resign1 and love1 ,give me1 my ,,lord1 my life1 my all6 ,you will not forget to persevere in praying for a poor1 worthless1 but willing pilgrim1 who dearly loves you1 and daily rejoices in the pleasing reflection1 that he shall ere long meet you in a better world1 where the inhabitants shall no more say1 8,i am sick40 ,blessed prospect6 ,surely on the very mentioning it1 you will break forth in singing1 ,rejoice1 the ,,lord is king1 c4 ,i will not interrupt you4 ,adieu4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus be with your spirits4 ,only when you have done singing1 my dear fellow-labourers1 my dear ,tabernacle-hearers1 forget not to subjoin at least one petition1 that whether absent or present1 ,,jesus may be more and more precious to1 ,your affectionate friend1 and willing servant1 for his great name's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxci4 ,to all my dear ,tottenham-,court ,hearers1 that love the ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ in ,sincerity4 ,virginia1 ,september #a1 #agfc4 ,dearly ,beloved in the ,,lord1 ,,though less than the least of all1 and unworthy1 utterly unworthy the notice of any1 yet ,i cannot help thinking1 but for ,,christ's sake you will be glad to hear of the goodness of the ,,lord extended towards me since my departure from ,london4 ,surely it was trying1 to leave so many at each end of the town1 who1 ,i hope1 will be my joy and crown of rejoicing in the great day4 ,indeed1 after being taken ill of my old disorder at ,edinburgh1 and remaining near six weeks silent in ,scotland1 ,i thought of seeing you soon again3 but having obtained help1 ,i embarked1 for the eleventh time1 in the ship ,fanny2 and though we have had a long and trying1 yet1 blessed be ,,god1 it hath not been an unprofitable voyage4 ,often1 often have ,i thought of my dear ,london friends1 when ,i guessed they were assembled together2 and as often prayed1 when ,i knew they were retired to rest1 that he that keepeth ,israel1 and neither slumbereth nor sleepeth1 would watch over them1 and make their very dreams devout4 ,how ,i am to be disposed of when on dry land1 is best known to ,him whose ,i am1 and whom ,i desire to serve in preaching the gospel of his dear ,son4 ,had ,i strength equal to my will1 ,i could fly from pole to pole4 ,though wearied1 and now almost worn out1 indeed and indeed ,i am not weary of my blessed ,master's service4 ,o love him1 love him1 for he is a good ,master1 and doth not leave us when our strength faileth4 ,make him your portion1 and he will be your confidence for ever4 ,according to my present views1 if able to do any thing for you1 through his leave ,i hope to see you again next year4 ,in the mean while1 as long as ,i have breath to draw1 it shall be my heart's desire and prayer to ,,god1 that the labours of the dear servants of ,,jesus1 who are called to preach amongst you1 may be so blessed and owned from above1 that ,i may not be missed a single moment4 ,may they1 may you increase with all the increase1 till you are all filled with all the fulness of ,,god4 ,when near his throne1 if there be any consolation in ,,christ1 if any comfort of love1 if any fellowship of the ,spirit1 if any bowels of mercies1 pray that the same blessing may be conferred1 my dear fellow-labourers1 my dear ,tottenham-,court hearers1 on ,your most affectionate friend1 and ready servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxcii4 ,to ,mr4 ,a4 ,virginia1 ,september #g1 #agfc4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,a1 ,,many more letters did ,i intend to write to you and other dear friends1 had ,i not been prevented by storms1 c4 for some weeks before our arrival4 ,if enabled1 ,i shall take care to pay them as ,i move from place to place4 ,we are now on dry land4 ,christian friends1 whom ,i never before heard of1 were prepared to receive me3 and ,i have preached four times4 ,this leaves me in my way to ,philadelphia1 still visited with my old disorder1 which ,i now never expect to drop1 till ,i drop for good and all this body of clay1 this body of sin and death4 ,i suppose you are in like circumstances1 as well as thousands besides1 who love the ,,lord ,,jesus in sincerity4 ,well3 ,he that cometh will come1 and will not tarry4 ,blessed are all they that wait for him4 ,i hope you are favoured with precious gales of divine influence4 ,tender love to all our dear fellow-labourers1 and to all our dear hearers of every denomination1 in every place4 ,you will not forget a poor pilgrim1 who1 though absent in body is present in spirit4 ,hoping to write in a few days to dear ,mr4 ,middleton1 c4 and wishing you and yours all that a blessed never-failing ,,god can give you in time and eternity1 ,i subscribe myself1 my very dear old friend1 ,ever yours1 c4 in our precious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxciii4 ,to ,mr4 ,wy4 ,philadelphia1 ,september4 #bi1 #agfc4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,wy1 ,,ebenezer6 ,hitherto the ,,lord hath helped6 ,i have been here above a week2 but still an invalid4 ,strange1 that a harp of thousand strings ,should keep in tune so long6 ,poor ,wright is taking his ,american seasoning4 ,he hath the ague and fever4 ,this prevents his writing4 ,inform his relations of it4 ,he wants for nothing4 ,when you write1 mention nothing but what relates to the eternal world4 ,i have no thoughts to throw away on the trifling things of time4 ,tender love to all that are travelling to the ,new-,jerusalem4 ,there1 if no sooner1 we shall meet and praise the never-failing ,emmanuel1 for whose great name's sake ,i subscribe myself1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxciv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,philadelphia1 ,october #ba1 #agfc4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,,the bearer1 ,mr4 ,rd1 is a young sober gentleman1 intended for the temple1 and will be very glad to see and hear ,mr4 ,romaine1 and other gospel ministers4 ,i hope all are flaming for ,,god1 even a ,,god in ,,christ4 ,here are some young bright witnesses rising up in the church4 ,perhaps ,i have already conversed with forty new-creature ministers of various denominations4 ,sixteen hopeful students1 ,i am credibly informed1 were converted at ,new-,jersey college1 last year4 ,what an open door1 if ,i had strength6 ,but,father1 thy will be done6 blessed be ,his name1 ,i can preach now and then4 ,last ,tuesday we had a remarkable season among the ,lutherans4 ,children and grown people were much impressed4 ,grace6 grace6 ,if possible1 ,i intend returning with ,mr4 ,hm 7now here7 to ,georgia4 ,you will hear the determination by the next ship1 that goes very soon4 ,i wrote to dear ,mr4 ,hy very lately1 by way of ,bristol4 ,tender1 tender love to him1 and to all4 ,i have scarce time to beg the continued interest of all your prayers1 in behalf of1 my dear steady old friend1 ,yours1 c4 in our ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxcv4 ,to ,mr4 ,d1 c4 ,philadelphia1 ,november #h1 #agfc4 ,my very dear ,friends1 ,,man appoints1 ,,god for wise reasons disappoints4 ,all was ready for my coming by land to you at ,bethesda1 with ,mr4 ,hm2 but several things concurred to prevent me1 and the physicians all agree1 that the only chance ,i have for growing better1 is to stay and see what the cold weather will do for me4 ,fain would ,i say1 however it may cross my will1 ,father1 thy will be done6 ,at present1 ,i make a shift to preach twice a week4 ,but alas1 my strength is perfect weakness4 ,what a mercy that ,,jesus is all in all6 ,you will let me hear from you very particularly1 by ,captain ,bolitha1 or any other opportunity1 either to this place or ,new-,york4 ,i want to know the present state of all your affairs in every respect4 ,surely the blessed ,emmanuel1 who hath brought me thus far1 will give us an interview by and by4 ,that it may be a very happy one here below1 and a prelude to an infinitely more happy and never-ceasing one above1 is the hearty prayer of1 my very dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxcvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,philadelphia1 ,november #ad1 #agfc4 ,my dear old ,friend1 ,,this comes by one ,mr4 ,r1 reputed to be a real christian and an expert tradesman1 but greatly afflicted with a nervous head-ach4 ,he will be glad of some spiritual acquaintance4 ,fain would he have had me under his roof4 ,i wish he may get help1 but ,i think we have got our life warrant4 ,mr4 ,cruttenden ,i find is released2 and a dear minister of ,new-,york got free on ,saturday4 ,i am here yet1 left behind1 and now about to make my first excursion to the ,new-,jersey college4 ,twice a week preaching1 is my present allowance4 ,many of various ranks seem to be brought under real concern4 ,physicians are absolutely against my going to ,georgia1 till ,i get more strength4 ,besides1 it is doubtful whether the southern ,indians will not break out1 and therefore a little stay in these parts may on that account be most prudent4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 direct my goings in thy way6 ,accept my wonted general salutation2 tender love to all4 ,you and yours will not cease to pray for1 my dear steady friend1 ,yours1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxcvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,dn1 c4 ,elizabeth-,town1 ,november #bf1 #agfc4 ,my very dear ,friends1 ,,how is this8 ,am ,i come four thousand miles to winter with you1 and like to be disappointed at last8 ,i fear so2 for alas1 only by travelling thus far from ,philadelphia in my way to ,new-,york1 ,i am quite fatigued4 ,but ,i do not despair yet1 if ,,god gives me any strength4 ,pray hard1 and who knows what a ,,god may do8 ,dear ,mr4 ,hm will best acquaint you with northern particulars4 ,he leaves me this morning1 but ,i hope to see him at ,new-,york the beginning of the week1 and to write more4 ,o that ,i may come with him6 ,abba1 ,father1 all things are possible with thee6 ,adieu6 ,my dear friend is going4 ,cease not to pray for1 and write to1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxcviii4 ,new-,york1 ,december #a1 #agfc4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,,how thankful should ,i be to the adorable ,,jesus1 and to all that love me for his great name's sake1 for the blessed contents of your last1 dated ,september #aj4 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o my soul1 and all that is within me praise his holy name6 ,may this be only an earnest of good things to come1 both in ,england and ,wales4 ,ere now1 ,i suppose dear ,mr4 ,davis is crying ,gogunniant in ,london4 ,we are essaying to echo it back from ,america4 ,some very good impressions have been made in ,philadelphia1 and we had four sweet seasons at ,new-,jersey college1 and two at ,elizabeth-,town1 in my way hither4 ,some said they resembled old times4 ,my spirits grow better4 ,but thrice a week is as often as ,i can preach4 ,to-day ,i begin here1 and have thoughts of returning with ,mr4 ,hm to ,georgia1 but am fearful of relapsing by such a fatiguing passage or journey4 ,the ,,lord will direct4 ,mr4 ,cruttenden is got above these infirmities2 ,,god be praised that he went off so comfortably6 may our expiring hour be like his6 ,surprized am ,i indeed to find that you have a little one coming into this world which others are leaving4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 spare root and branch1 for thy own glory1 and thy people's good6 ,,lord ,,jesus1 convert us all more and more1 and make us all like little children6 ,tender1 tender love to all that love him in sincerity4 ,i would write to many more1 but company1 low state of health1 and travelling1 render more frequent writing impracticable to1 my dear steady friend1 ,yours1 theirs1 c4 c4 in our ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,new-,york1 ,december #d4 ,,since writing the above1 blessed be ,,god1 ,i have preached4 ,persons of all denominations seem to be athirst4 ,grace6 grace6 ,desire dear ,mr4 ,hy to look into the ,universal ,history of ,arts and ,sciences1 volume the second1 page #dcf1 for an account of ,methodism1 by a papist4 ,,god bless you all4 ,amen and ,amen4 ,i am just now told that the ship is going4 ,several other opportunities of writing will soon offer1 which1 ,,god willing1 shall be embraced by1 my dear steady friend1 ,ever yours1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccxcix4 ,to ,mr4 ,dn1 c4 ,new-,york1 ,december #g1 #agfc4 ,my very dear ,friends1 ,,what a mortification do you think it must be to me1 to part thus from1 and not to accompany my dear ,mr4 ,hm to ,bethesda8 ,thus it was near twenty years ago1 and yet ,i came1 though he left me so ill at ,new-,england4 ,assure yourselves1 ,i shall come as soon as possible4 ,in the mean while1 ,i have desired ,mr4 ,hm to assist in supervising and settling the accompts1 and to give his advice in respect to the house1 plantation1 c4 c4 ,i beg you will be so good as to let me have an inventory of every individual thing1 the names and number of the negroes1 and what you think is necessary to be done every way4 ,i would only observe in general1 that ,i would have the family lessened as much as may be1 and all things contracted into as small a compass as possible4 ,and now once more adieu1 though ,i trust but for a short season4 ,my heart is too full to enlarge4 ,i have not got the account of the children taken in since the first institution2 it is left ,i believe in ,new-,england4 ,i purpose going thither now from the southward4 ,but it will be better to go to heaven4 ,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly6 ,dear ,mr4 ,hm will inform you of all particulars concerning the gospel ministrations of1 my very dear friends1 ,yours1 ever yours1 c4 c4 in ,,christ1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccc4 ,to ,mr4 ,hy4 ,new-,york1 ,december #h1 #agfc4 ,dear ,sir1 ,,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am enabled to preach thrice a week4 ,but such a flocking of all ranks1 ,i never before saw at ,new-,york4 ,a great number have been to see me1 and several come to me in the evening1 as it should seem1 to hear something of the kingdom of ,,god4 ,my stay here is undetermined4 ,perhaps it may be till ,christmas4 ,many thanks are due to my ,london friends1 for their kind assistance1 from time to time1 in carrying on outward matters1 and particularly to those who were so ready to assist in compleating the tabernacle job in such an honourable way4 ,all with you will continue to pray for me4 ,i would write more1 but amidst such a throng of company and bodily weakness1 it is indeed impracticable4 ,i now repeatedly send all my tender love2 and still praying that all may be filled with all the fulness of ,,god1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 ,yours1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccci4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,new-,york1 ,december #af1 #agfc4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,i ,,see by what you have done lately for the tabernacle1 that you do not forget absent friends4 ,i think you and yours are not forgotten by them1 neither ,i believe are forgotten by the ,friend of all4 ,he remembers us1 though he is advanced to so great a kingdom2 remembers us in our low estate1 and remembers that we are but dust4 ,what a blessing this to worthless1 ill and hell-deserving me6 ,what a mercy1 to meet with such a friend in the latter stages of our road6 ,surely he is altogether lovely4 ,having loved his own1 he loves them to the end2 witness his yet continuing to own the feeble labours of an almost worn out pilgrim4 ,every day the thirst for hearing the word increases1 and the better sort come home to hear more of it4 ,i must now go soon to ,new-,england4 ,cold weather and a warm heart suit my tottering tabernacle best4 ,the ship is going4 ,,god bless you and yours6 ,i hope that all related1 and all who are near and dear to you1 are alive for ,,god1a ,,god1a ,,god in ,,christ2 in whose great name1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 my very dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,new-,york1 ,deuteronomy #ah1 #agfc4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am better in health than when ,i wrote last4 ,preaching thrice a week agrees pretty well with me this cold season of the year4 ,i am apt to believe my disorder will be periodical4 ,it was so with ,mr4 ,postwick1 who is now with ,,god4 ,our turn must come by and by4 ,who would have thought ,mr4 ,robert ,scot would have went off so soon8 ,,lord1 what is man8 ,o to be always ready6 ,o for thousands to go forth to alarm a drowsy world6 ,new-,jersey college is a blessed nursery2 one of the purest perhaps in the universe4 ,the worthy ,president and three tutors1 are all bent upon making the students both saints and scholars4 ,i was lately there for a week4 ,the ,redeemer vouchsafed to own the word preached4 ,some said it was like old times4 ,prejudices in this place have most strangely subsided4 ,the better sort flock as eagerly as the common people1 and are fond of coming for private gospel conversation4 ,this is all of grace4 ,o for an humble and thankful heart6 ,perhaps ,i may soon go to ,boston4 ,i know you will pray that the glorious ,emmanuel may accompany me in all my removes4 ,that this may be the happy lot of your whole self1 and of all dear enquiring friends1 is the hearty prayer of1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 theirs1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,i wrote to ,mr4 ,niven last week4 ,,letter ,,mccciii4 ,to ,mr4 ,dn1 c4 ,new-,york1 ,january #ab1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,friends1 ,,captain ,bolitho is returned1 and not one line from ,bethesda6 ,surely you were not informed of his sailing1 or you expected to see me with ,mr4 ,hm4 ,that which lets will surely by and by be taken out of the way4 ,blessed be ,,god1 the cold braces me up a little4 ,i am enabled to preach twice or thrice a week4 ,congregations continue very large1 and ,i trust saving impressions are made upon many4 ,some students also in ,philadelphia and ,new ,jersey colleges1 ,i hear are much awakened4 ,o for a blessed gale of divine influences when we meet at ,bethesda6 ,from thence1 or ,charles-,town1 ,i purpose to embark for ,england4 ,but future things belong to ,him1 who 7whatever may be our thoughts7 always orders all things well4 ,to his never-failing guidance and most tender mercy do ,i commit you all1 as being1 for his great name's sake1 my very dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccciv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,boston1 ,march #c1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,as ,i find by letters from my wife and ,mr4 ,t ,c1 dated in ,october and ,november1 and by another from ,mr4 ,dt1 dated in ,december1 that my friends had heard from me more than once1 ,i was in hopes of receiving a few lines from you by the last ,new-,york packet4 ,but ,i suppose you thought ,i was gone to the southward4 ,providence shut up my way3 ,i believe for wise reasons4 ,the inclosed will let you see how matters went at ,new-,york4 ,since leaving that place1 a sweet influence hath attended the word at ,easthampton1 ,bridgehampton1 and ,south-hold upon ,long-,island1 at ,shelter-,island also1 and at ,new-,london1 ,norwich1 and ,providence on the main land4 ,at ,boston ,i have been received with the usual warmth of affection4 ,twice have we seen the ,redeemer's stately steps in the great congregation4 ,but as the small-pox is likely to take an universal spread through the town1 ,i purpose making my country tour1 and then return to ,boston in my way to the southward4 ,invitations come so thick and fast from every quarter1 that ,i know not what to do4 ,i cannot boast of acquiring much additional bodily strength1 any otherwise than as the cool season of the year helps to keep me up4 ,twice a week is as often as ,i can with comfort ascend my throne4 ,the ,redeemer vouchsafes to speak for himself there1 and private conversation is greatly blessed4 ,thus the taper keeps burning a little longer3 when extinguished on earth1 it will be removed where it shall burn with uninterrupted lustre in the kingdom of heaven4 ,till ,i hear from you1 and see what is determined concerning ,bethesda1 ,i cannot think of undertaking a long voyage4 ,sometimes ,i fear my weakness will never allow me to go on ship-board any more4 ,but ,i will wait4 ,i will endeavour to watch and pray1 and doubt not but ,i shall hear a voice behind me saying1 8,this is the way1 walk thou in it40 ,in the mean while1 ,i rejoice to find that dear ,mr4 ,davis is come to his winter quarters1 and do earnestly pray night and day1 that he and all my dear fellow-labourers and hearers may increase with all the increase of ,,god4 ,perhaps they may pray me over once more4 ,whenever the way is clear1 ,i am ready to say1 8,,lord ,,jesus1 lo ,i come40 ,tender1 most tender love awaits you all4 ,i must not enlarge1 lest my affections should overpower this feeble frame4 ,in heaven it will be otherwise4 ,my very dear ,sir1 farewel4 ,i must away to preach at ,charles-,town1 a neighbouring town to ,boston4 ,hoping ere long to join with you all in praising ,,god for evermore1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 8,provividence0 replaced with 8,providence0 ,,letter ,,mcccv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,concord1 #bj miles from ,boston1 ,march #aj1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,since my last ,i suppose you have heard one way or another of my being in this dying world1 and in some measure improved for propagating the glorious gospel4 ,new ,york was ,new-,york indeed4 ,we saw blessed days of the ,son of ,man there4 ,since that1 in my way to these parts1 a divine influence attended the word preached in various places4 ,and how would you have been delighted to have seen ,mr4 ,wheelock's ,indians8 ,such a promising nursery of future missionaries1 ,i believe was never seen in ,new-,england before3 pray encourage it with all your might4 ,i also wish you could give some useful puritanical books to ,harvard-college library1 lately burnt down4 ,few perhaps will give such2 and yet a collection of that kind is absolutely necessary for future students and poor neighbouring ministers1 to whom ,i find the books belonging to the library are freely lent out from time to time4 ,you will not be angry with me for these hints4 ,i know your ambitious greedy soul3 you want to grow richer and richer towards ,,god4 ,o that there may be in me such a mind6 ,but my wings are clipped4 ,i can only preach twice or thrice a week with comfort4 ,and yet a wider door than ever is opened all along the continent4 ,a beginning is made in ,boston4 ,but as the small-pox is spreading there1 ,i purpose preaching for a while in adjacent places4 ,with what success1 you may know hereafter4 ,i send you and yours these few lines as a token of gratitude1 respect1 and love unfeigned2 but must still beg you to add to my obligations1 by continuing to pray for1 my very dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccvi4 ,to ,c ,hy1 ,esq4 ,portsmouth1 ,march #bc1 #agfd4 ,very dear ,sir1 ,,how was my heart eased by receiving yesterday your kind letter1 dated ,october #bb;d8 ,if you and dear ,mr4 ,kn will continue to manage when ,i am present1 as well as when ,i am absent1 it may give another turn to my mind4 ,who knows what a never-failing ,,god may do in a few months6 ,at present1 my way is clear to go on preaching till ,i can journey southward4 ,the inclosed will inform you what hath been done by one sermon at ,providence1 formerly a most ungodly place1 forty miles south of ,boston4 ,at ,newbury1 which ,i left yesterday1 is a stir indeed4 ,on ,lord's-day ,i shall begin here4 ,o for daily fresh gales6 ,that they may every day more and more increase with you and all your dear relations1 and all dear friends1 is the hearty prayer of1 very dear ,sir1 in great haste1 but greater love1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccvii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,mh4 ,portsmouth1 ,march #cj1 #agfd4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,mh1 ,i ,,have just now heard of your loss4 ,accept a few sympathizing lines4 ,i hope those that are dead1 died in the ,,lord3 if so1 we had need weep only for ourselves and for children that are left behind4 ,you are now more at liberty for the ,redeemer's work4 ,i need wish you no greater honour than that you may be a widow indeed4 ,though desolate1 she puts her trust in the ,,lord1 and she continues in prayer night and day4 ,this hath been your old employ4 ,by and by you shall have nothing to do but praise4 ,o glorious seat6 ,our ,,god our king1 ,us thither bring1 to kiss thy feet4 ,i hope ere now1 that many more in the neighbouring market have thus begun their heaven upon earth4 ,i hear ,,god is with you at the chapel4 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o my soul6 ,you will know from others1 what cheer the ,redeemer gives us in ,america4 ,good cheer1 ,mrs4 ,mh1 good cheer4 ,he rains down righteousness2 he rains down bread from heaven on the congregations4 ,this supports 7and at times overcomes7 my tottering tabernacle4 ,in heaven we shall have a glorious body4 ,hoping and believing that yourself and sister1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,kg1 and ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,w1 with many others1 will speedily meet there1 ,i subscribe myself1 dear ,mrs4 ,mh1 ,yours1 theirs1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccviii4 ,to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,dn4 ,boston1 ,april #bj1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,friends1 ,i ,,wish you much joy4 ,grace1 mercy1 and peace be multiplied upon you both6 ,it will1 it will4 ,your match was certainly made in heaven4 ,how do ,i long to see you6 ,i have been at my ne plus ultra northward1 and am now more free and capable of settling my affairs southward4 ,when that is done1 how chearfully1 with a ,,christ in my heart instead of my arms1 could ,i sing1 8,,lord1 now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace60 ,i hope you are not offended at my giving a power of attorney to ,mr4 ,hm4 ,the ,redeemer knows it was not owing to a distrust of any of you1 but only in case of my death1 that he might testify to the world the integrity of your actions1 and the veracity of your accounts4 ,i am persuaded he will not desire to interfere1 but act and consult jointly1 as occasion offers2 and you will go on in your old way4 ,o that ,i was assured of your stay at ,bethesda6 ,of this ,i am satisfied1 that you will not distress me by leaving the place destitute of proper help4 ,and ,i assure you1 if ,i thought we should have the least demur1 ,i would not come at all4 ,my tottering tabernacle will not bear grief1 especially from those whom ,i so dearly love1 and who have served the institution so faithfully and disinterestedly for so many years4 ,verily you shall in no wise lose your reward4 ,what ,i have in my view for ,bethesda1 may be better spoke of when me meet1 than by letter4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 hasten the wished-for time6 ,at present1 by my late excursions ,i am brought low2 but rest and care may brace me up again for some little further service for our glorious ,emmanuel4 ,a most blessed influence hath attended the word in various places1 and many have been made to cry out1 8,what shall we do to be saved80 ,o for such a cry at the southward6 ,abba1 ,father1 all things are possible with thee6 ,to his tender and never-failing mercy do ,i commit you1 as being1 my very dear friends1 ,yours most affectionately in the blessed ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccix4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,boston1 ,april #be1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,,you are a friend indeed4 ,the ,friend of sinners1 the ,king of saints1 will bless and reward you for all your works of faith and unfeigned labours of love4 ,nay1 he will bless both you and your children4 ,,god grant1 that roots and branches may all increase with all the increase of ,,god4 ,i find ,i can do but little for him1 and by a late return of my disorder1 was in danger of doing less4 ,but1 blessed be his name1 ,i am recovered1 and yesterday got upon my throne again4 ,words cannot well express the eagerness of the people to hear4 ,i was meditating an escape to the southward last week2 but ,boston people sent a gospel hue and cry after me1 and really brought me back4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 let it be for thy glory1 and thy people's good6 ,blessed be his name for giving you so much prudence in the management of the ,chapel and ,tabernacle affairs1 and for countenancing the ministerial labours at both ends of the town4 ,the burning bush may still be our coat of arms4 ,by a ship that will soon be going for ,london1 ,i purpose to write to you and dear ,mr4 ,hy more particularly4 ,i have very little time allowed to write this1 lest the vessel should be gone4 ,adieu4 ,tender love to all4 ,ten thousand thanks1 and most affectionate love await all mentioned in your last1 and all who are so kind as to enquire after1 and pray for1 dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,theirs1 yours1 c4 in our glorious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccx4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,boston1 ,may #ai1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,your letter by the packet came safe1 but ,i fear you must write again4 ,there can be no coming to ,england till ,i have settled ,georgia affairs4 ,thither ,i cannot go till the fall3 a few months will soon glide away4 ,your ,isaac is well off4 ,of such is the kingdom of heaven4 ,people here beg earnestly for a six o'clock morning lecture4 ,i hope to get strength to gratify them4 ,to be able to do what you say1 will fully satisfy6 ,i would fain die preaching4 ,tender love to all4 ,by the next opportunity your worthy collegue shall hear from1 my very dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxi4 ,to ,c ,hy1 ,esq4 ,boston1 ,june #a1 #agfd4 ,very dear ,sir1 ,i ,,hope this will find you safe returned from your summer tour1 and laden with the fruit of ,,god's everlasting love4 ,you see where this leaves me4 ,friends have even constrained me to stay here1 for fear of running into the ,summer's heat4 ,hitherto ,i find the benefit of it4 ,whatever it is owing to1 through mercy1 ,i am much better in health1 than ,i was this time twelvemonth1 and can now preach thrice a week to very large auditories without hurt4 ,every day ,i hear of some brought under concern2 and ,i trust1 whenever ,i remove1 a blessing will be left behind4 ,this is all of grace4 ,to the glorious giver1 purchaser1 and applier of it1 be all the glory4 ,all was well at ,georgia in ,april1 and ,i hope to be carried comfortably through the southern journey that lies before me4 ,,christ's presence shall my pains beguile1 ,and make each wilderness to smile4 ,in about a fortnight1 ,,god willing1 ,i purpose to set forward4 ,it will be hard parting4 ,but heaven will make amends for all4 ,blessed be ,,god that matters go on so well at ,london4 ,if ,i get more bodily strength1 ,i shall think of another voyage with more comfort4 ,but future things belong to ,him1 who orders all things for the best4 ,i would trust him for the present day1 and not be over solicitous for the morrow4 ,,lord1 ,i believe1 help thou my unbelief6 ,perhaps we may meet once more on this side eternity4 ,they tell me1 that the ,summers in these northern parts have of late years been very cool4 ,the event will shew4 ,let it suffice that eternal truth hath assured us1 that as our day is so our strength shall be4 ,i know ,i shall not want your prayers1 or the prayers of your dear relatives4 ,most cordial respects and ten thousand thanks await them all2 for indeed none are forgotten by1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in the blessed ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,june #g4 ,parting here hath been heart breaking3 ,i cannot stand it4 ,i must away for the southward4 ,mr4 ,t ,c hath a packet that will be delivered by a friend4 ,o for heaven6 ,there all will be together with the ,,lord4 ,hallelujah6 ,,letter ,,mcccxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,new-,york1 ,june #be1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,hitherto the ,,lord hath helped me4 ,the ,new-,england winter campaign is over1 and ,i am thus far on my way to ,georgia4 ,mr4 ,smith1 my faithful host1 writes thus3 8,your departure hence never before so deeply wounded us1 and the most of this people2 and they are injudicious enough to propose sending a book full of names to call you back4 ,your enemies are very few1 and even they seem to be almost at peace with you4 ,i inclose five prints1 which shew what is said of you publicly2 but as to private discourse1 and secret intercessions1 you will willingly and modestly remain ignorant of the one1 and1 ,i doubt not1 feel sweetly the influences of the other40 ,i add1 even so1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 ,amen6 ,to crown the expedition1 after preaching at ,new-,haven college1 the ,president came to me1 as ,i was going off in the chaise1 and informed me that the students were so deeply impressed by the sermon1 that they were gone into the chapel1 and earnestly entreated me to give them one more quarter of an hour's exhortation4 ,not unto me1 ,o ,,lord1 not unto me1 but unto thy free and unmerited grace be all the glory6 ,at present my health is better than usual1 and as yet ,i have felt no inconvenience from the summer's heat4 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o my soul6 ,i write this in great haste1 but with greater love to you and yours1 and to all4 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 my very dear friend1 ,ever yours1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,w4 ,new-,york1 ,august #h1 #agfd4 ,dear ,sir1 ,,your last1 ,i find1 left you soaring aloft4 ,i fancy you like being a ,hebrew of the ,hebrews4 ,this1 ,i hope1 will meet you sitting low at the feet of ,,jesus1 and hearing his words4 ,that is the safest place4 ,he continues good to me1 a worthless worm1 during this summer season4 ,i have preached twice lately in the fields1 and we sat under the blessed ,redeemer's shadow with great delight4 ,let every thing that hath breath praise the ,,lord6 ,in a short time ,i move southward4 ,perhaps in ,spring ,i may embark for ,england4 ,but future things belong to him who orders all things well4 ,the ,new-,jerusalem is the place ,i have in view4 ,there sin and strife and sorrow cease1 ,and all is love and joy and peace4 ,hearty love to your wife and all dear friends as they come in your way4 ,,god bless you all6 ,in ,him1 who is all in all1 ,i am1 dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,dn1 c4 ,new-,york1 ,august #ai1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,friends1 ,i ,,have waited with eagerness for another letter4 ,i want a particular account of the necessaries you stand in need of4 ,they might be procured with advantage here or at ,philadelphia4 ,i hope you have received the things4 ,something more will be sent by ,schemerron to the care of ,mr4 ,hm4 ,i hear another vessel is expected from ,georgia soon4 ,surely ,i shall have a line then4 ,i fear it will be the middle of ,october before ,i can leave ,philadelphia2 but1 ,,god willing1 you shall hear more particularly soon4 ,a never-failing ,,jesus continues to smile upon my feeble labours1 and hath hitherto carried me comfortably through the summer's heat4 ,help1 ,o help me to praise him4 ,pray for us4 ,tender love to all4 ,hoping to join with you quickly on earth1 and in full assurance of joining with you eternally in heaven1 in very great haste1 but greater love1 ,i subscribe myself1 my very dear friends1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,new-,york1 ,august #be1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,still am ,i kept as it were a prisoner in these parts1 by the heat of the weather4 ,all dissuade me from proceeding southward till the latter end of ,september4 ,my late excursions upon ,long-,island1 ,i trust have been blessed4 ,it would surprize you to see above a hundred carriages at every sermon in this new world4 ,i am1 through infinite mercy1 still kept up4 ,dear ,mr4 ,hy's packet is not yet come to hand4 ,i wrote to him and my dear wife very lately by a friend in the packet1 and ,i have sent many letters for a letter-day to the care of ,mr4 ,es in ,bristol4 ,i thank dear ,mr4 ,ld for his last by the packet4 ,i wrote to him just before his came to hand4 ,tender1 tender love to your whole self and to all4 ,ever theirs1 ever yours1 c4 c4 in our ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,philadelphia1 ,september #ba1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,yesterday ,i had the pleasure of yours by the ,new-,york packet1 and can only in return send my repeated thanks for so many repeated favours4 ,after a most solemn and heart-breaking parting at ,new-,york1 ,i am come thus far in my way to ,georgia4 ,there ,i hope to be about ,christmas2 and in ,spring1 ,,god willing1 to embark for ,england4 ,hitherto the ,,lord hath helped4 ,however1 let what will become of the substance1 in the mean while ,i send you my shadow4 ,the painter1 who gave it me1 having now the ague and fever1 and living a hundred miles off1 ,i must get you to have the drapery finished1 and then1 if judged proper1 let it be put up in the ,tabernacle parlour4 ,one ,captain ,b brings it in the ,philadelphia packet1 and would most gladly have brought the original over4 ,if you see him1 take a little notice of him4 ,i have only preached twice here1 but the influence was deep indeed4 ,grace6 grace6 ,before my further removal hence1 ,i hope for an opportunity of writing to dear ,mr4 ,hy4 ,two such friends surely could not be picked out1 for the ,london affairs4 ,tender1 most tender love awaits him and all of you4 ,,god bless you6 ,,god bless you6 ,i am really better in health than ,i have been these three years4 ,excuse my not writing to other dear friends2 the ship is going1 my hands full of business1 and ,i have little more time allowed me than to return you ten thousand thanks1 and subscribe myself1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,september #bc4 ,within a few days1 but not before1 ,i received the hymn books1 and hope to write to other friends in a few days by way of ,londonderry4 ,this day has been a good day indeed4 ,grace6 grace6 ,,letter ,,mcccxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,nassau-,hall1 ,september #be1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,at length ,i am broke loose from my summer's retreat1 and have preached twice at ,philadelphia4 ,many could say1 8,this was no other than the house of ,,god1 the gate of heaven40 ,yesterday ,i came here1 to preach at the commencement to-morrow4 ,surely it is one of the best regulated institutions in the world4 ,but most importunate calls come from every quarter4 ,so large is the range1 that although ,i have been a twelvemonth in ,america1 ,i have scarce begun to begin4 ,at present ,i can only go strait forward1 and preach in my way to ,georgia4 ,there ,i hope to be about ,christmas4 ,,god knows how ,i am to be disposed of afterwards3 whether to ,england1 or to take another tour on the continent1 is best known to ,him who orders all things well4 ,to feel his power1 to hear his voice1 ,to taste his love1 be all my choice4 ,through infinite mercy my bodily health is somewhat improved4 ,perhaps a few more months itinerating might improve it more4 ,father1 thy will be done6 ,you and yours1 ,i trust1 prosper both in soul and body4 ,tender love and hearty thanks await you1 and all enquiring friends4 ,if the person in ,mr4 ,dt's compting-house1 would go over to ,new-,york1 he might get a very handsome maintenance in teaching young gentlemen and ladies to read well4 ,o what new scenes open in this new world4 ,in every place the word hath run and been glorified4 ,i could enlarge1 but am interrupted4 ,you and yours will continue to pray for me4 ,i retain my old name4 ,i am the chief of sinners1 less than the least of all saints1 but for ,,christ's sake1 my very dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,october #c4 ,since writing the above ,i have received your kind letter4 ,blessed be ,,god that you and yours are so well in the best sense4 ,the books may be committed to the care of ,mr4 ,mauduit1 agent for ,new-,england4 ,that will give you least trouble4 ,it is a good charity4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 accept and bless it4 ,amen1 and ,amen6 ,,letter ,,mcccxviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,philadelphia1 ,october #ai1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,accept a few more lines before ,i set off for my southern tour4 ,my last1 in which was a letter for my wife1 left ,new-,york last ,sunday4 ,the enclosed will inform you a little of my late motions4 ,pray tell dear ,mr4 ,hy that ,dr4 ,s1 the ,provost of the ,philadelphia college1 read prayers for me1 and attended me backwards and forwards4 ,both the present and late ,governor1 with the head gentlemen of the city1 were present1 and cordial thanks were sent to me from all the ,trustees1 for speaking for the children1 and countenancing the institution4 ,this is all of ,,god4 ,to me nothing belongs but shame and confusion of face4 ,o for a truly guileless and ,israelitish heart6 ,it will be found to be the best policy at the great day4 ,more good news await you in a packet of letters directed to you1 and committed to the care of ,captain ,sparks1 of the ,elizabeth and ,mary4 ,i believe he will deliver them himself2 if not1 you may send for them4 ,on the reading1 ,i am apt to believe you will think it is almost sinful not to take another tour4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 do thou direct my goings in thy way6 ,he will1 he will4 ,but what is become of ,t ,c8 ,mr4 ,r my worthy host wrote to him many months ago1 about being admitted a member of the society for distributing books among the poor4 ,not a word of answer yet4 ,many more want to be members4 ,in a day or two1 ,,god willing1 ,i set off for my beloved ,bethesda4 ,o what blessings have we received in this place4 ,you will join in crying1 ,hallelujah1 the ,,lord reigneth1 and blessed be the ,,god of our salvation6 ,to his never-failing mercy do ,i commend you1 as being1 my very dear friend1 ,ever yours1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxix4 ,to ,c ,hy1 ,esq4 ,new-,brunswick1 ,north-,carolina1 ,november #bb1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,through the tender mercy of a never-failing ,redeemer1 ,i am thus far advanced from ,philadelphia through ,virginia1 in my way southward4 ,at ,newburn last ,sunday1 good impressions were made4 ,several gentlemen after sermon escorted me out of town4 ,from that place to this1 ,i have met with what they call ,new-lights almost every stage4 ,at ,lockwood's-,folly 7an unlikely place as ,rome itself7 there is to be a general rendezvous of them4 ,this is grace indeed4 ,i am to call to-morrow on a wealthy planter that seems to lead the van4 ,there ,i shall enquire more particulars4 ,i have the names of six or eight of their preachers4 ,this1 with every other place1 being open and exceedingly desirous to hear the gospel1 makes me almost determine to come back early in the spring4 ,surely the ,londoners1 who are fed to the full1 will not envy the poor souls in these parts1 who scarce know the right hand from the left4 ,as to spiritual things1 a few gospel crumbs in journeying1 upon the whole1 agrees with me4 ,in less than a week ,i hope to reach ,charles-,town2 from thence ,i purpose to write again4 ,tender love to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,b1 and to your whole connections1 and all dear dear friends who pray for1 and enquire after1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxx4 ,to ,mr4 ,j4 ,charles-,town1 ,december #b1 #agfd4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,j1 ,,though ,i have not had a line from you1 since ,i wrote to you from on board ship1 yet ,i do not forget our old friendship1 and therefore was glad to hear by my wife's letter1 that you kept your place in the despised tabernacle1 where you and yours have so often met with ,,god4 ,ere long we shall meet in an upper world1 ,where sin and strife and sorrow cease1 ,and all is calm and joy and peace4 ,i hope you both enjoy large anticipations of this approaching1 uninterrupted1 everlasting bliss4 ,ill and hell-deserving as ,i am1 a never-failing ,emmanuel continues kind to me1 ,his presence doth my pains beguile1 ,and makes the wilderness to smile4 ,in a little above a month we came by land from ,philadelphia4 ,this morning ,i am to preach1 and to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 shall set forwards for ,georgia4 ,fain would ,i be a pilgrim to my last gasp4 ,continue to pray for me1 and remember me most kindly to all friends1 as they come in your way1 and assure yourselves1 my dear ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,j1 that neither of you are forgotten by1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxi4 ,to ,c ,hy1 ,esq4 ,savannah1 ,december #ai1 #agfd4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,this leaves me sitting1 where ,i would be glad dear ,mr4 ,hy1 ,kn1 ,bn1 c4 were for some moments4 ,they would say1 never was a place more commodiously situated for a college4 ,the enclosed will shew you what providential steps have been taken towards it4 ,all done without the least hesitation4 ,the colony is rising very fast1 nothing but plenty at ,bethesda1 and all arrears1 ,i trust1 will be paid off before ,i leave it2 so that in a short time ,i hope to be free from these outward incumbrances4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 shew me whether ,i must go directly to ,england1 or make another northern excursion4 ,i wish1 if ,i do come over1 that ,mr4 ,dn was engaged to stay always in town4 ,mr4 ,ds seems to come1 only because ,i am not in ,london4 ,my spirits will not bear the usual care4 ,i hope your dear relations are better than when you wrote last4 ,most cordial respects await them1 and all dear1 very dear friends4 ,i am obliged to ,mr4 ,ld for his favour dated ,september #bd4 ,it came to hand yesterday4 ,i wish the voyage may produce a volume of sermons2 but ,i cannot write when ,i will4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 do thou rule both heart and hand6 ,great favour is here given me1 in the sight of all4 ,this is the ,,lord's doing4 ,in my next you may expect many more particulars4 ,mr4 ,dn hath chartered a ship1 and sent orders for my having a passage gratis4 ,thus the great ,,god continues his unmerited goodness to1 my very dear ,sir1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,bethesda1 ,january #ad1 #agfe4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,through tender mercy1 ,i have been in this province above five weeks4 ,all things1 in respect to ,bethesda1 went on successfully4 ,,god hath given me great favour in the sight of the governor1 council1 and assembly4 ,a memorial was presented for an additional grant of lands1 consisting of two thousand acres4 ,it was immediately complied with4 ,both houses addressed the ,governor in behalf of the intended college4 ,as warm an answer was given2 and ,i am now putting all in repair1 and getting every thing ready for that purpose4 ,every heart seems to leap for joy1 at the prospect of its future utility to this and the neighbouring colonies4 ,the only question now is1 whether ,i should embark directly for ,england1 or take one tour more to the northward8 ,he that holdeth the stars in his right hand1 will direct in due time4 ,i am here in delightful winter quarters4 ,peace and plenty reign at ,bethesda4 ,his ,excellency dined with me yesterday1 and expressed his satisfaction in the warmest terms4 ,who knows how many youths may be raised up for the service of the ever-loving and altogether lovely ,,jesus8 ,thus far however we may set up our ,ebenezer4 ,hitherto the bush hath been burning1 but not consumed4 ,blest is faith that waits ,,god's hour1 ,blest are saints that trust his power4 ,,lord1 ,i believe1 help thou my unbelief6 ,you and yours will continue to pray for me4 ,be pleased to accept this as a small token of acknowledgment for all favours conferred upon1 my very dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our glorious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,pe4 ,bethesda1 ,february #c1 #agfe4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,pe1 ,,your kind letter lies by me4 ,love unfeigned constrains me to answer it4 ,we have just been wishing that some of our ,london friends were here4 ,we have love feasts every day4 ,nothing but peace and plenty reign in ,bethesda1 this house of mercy4 ,,god be praised1 for making the chapel such a ,bethel4 ,i believe it will yet be a gate of heaven to many souls4 ,whether we live or die1 we shall see greater things4 ,remember1 my dear friend1 to ask something worthy of a ,,god to give4 ,be content with nothing short of himself4 ,his presence alone1 can fill and satisfy the renewed soul4 ,trials only empty the heart1 and thereby make way for further communications from above4 ,seed time and harvest1 summer and winter1 will always succeed each other here4 ,do you not find it so1 dear ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,ar1 as well as your friend ,mr4 ,pe8 ,though you do not write1 ,i will venture to answer for you,yes4,well1 then let us go on1 till we enter into our eternal summer1 our uninterrupted harvest4 ,haste we1 haste we2 the ,,lord is at hand6 ,pray that my tardy pace may be quickened2 get all enquiring friends to join with you2 and believe me to be1 my dear ,mr4 ,pe1 ,yours1 c4 in our sympathizing ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,bethesda1 ,february #ac1 #agfe4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,a ,,few days more1 and then farewel ,bethesda1 perhaps for ever4 ,affairs1 as to me1 ,i trust are now brought near a close4 ,the within audit ,i sent to the ,gr4 ,next day came ,lord ,j4 ,a4 ,gn1 to pay his ,excellency a visit4 ,yesterday morning1 they with several other gentlemen favoured me with their company to breakfast4 ,but how was my ,lord surprized and delighted6 ,after expressing himself in the strongest terms1 he took me aside1 and informed me1 8that the ,gr had shewn him the accompts1 by which he found what a great benefactor ,i had been3 that the intended college would be of the utmost utility to this and the neighbouring provinces2 that the plan was beautiful1 rational1 and practicable2 and that he was persuaded his ,my would highly approve of1 and also favour it1 with some peculiar marks of his royal bounty40 ,at their desire ,i went to town1 and dined with him and the ,gr at ,savannah4 ,on ,tuesday next1 ,,god willing1 ,i move towards ,charles-,town1 leaving all arrears paid off1 and some cash in hand1 besides the last year's whole crop of rice1 some lumber1 the house repaired1 painted1 furnished with plenty of cloathing1 and provision till next crop comes in1 and perhaps some for sale4 ,messrs4 ,dn1 ,sk1 and their wives1 stay till my successors come to supply their places4 ,only a few boys will be left1 and two of them are intended for the foundation4 ,so that this year they will be getting rather than expending4 ,near ten1 boys and girls1 have been put out1 and the small-pox hath gone through the house1 with the loss of about six negroes and four orphans4 ,before which1 ,i think not above four children have been taken off these twenty-four years4 ,as an acknowledgment of ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,dn's faithfulness and care1 ,i have made them a present of a bill of exchange drawn upon you4 ,it is for ,,jesus1 who shed his dear and precious blood for ill and hell-deserving me4 ,and now it may be1 ,i may see ,england this summer4 ,but still ,i cry1 who shall roll away the stone8 ,,jesus will do it for me4 ,and now farewel1 my beloved ,bethesda2 surely the most delightfully situated place in all the southern parts of ,america4 ,i do not forget your dear relations4 ,what a blessed winter have ,i had6 ,peace1 and love1 and harmony1 and plenty1 reign here4 ,mr4 ,wt hath done much in a little time4 ,all are surprized at it4 ,but he hath worked night and day1 and not stirred a mile for many weeks4 ,help1 help1 my dear ,english friends1 to pray me over1 as being1 for ,,christ's sake1 my very dear ,sir1 ,ever yours1 theirs1 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,savannah1 ,february #ah1 #agfe4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,yesterday we had a most cutting parting at ,bethesda2 but blessed be ,,god1 for giving me to part from it in such comfortable circumstances6 ,all arrears are paid off1 cash1 stock1 and plenty of all kinds of provision before-hand1 and under ,,god1 no danger1 at least for this year1 of going back2 so that one great load is taken off4 ,what shall ,i render unto the ,,lord of all ,lords for this and all other his mercies8 ,praise ,,god1 my soul1 even unto death1 ,and raise a song with every breath4 ,and now my thoughts turn toward ,england4 ,as a proof of it1 ,i have sent a box in the ,friendship1 ,captain ,ball1 directed to you4 ,the things in the box1 for the most part1 do belong to ,mr4 ,wt1 and all of them1 if ,i die in my way to ,england4 ,that will be a blessed voyage indeed6 ,brethren1 pray for us1 pray for us2 and assure yourselves of being never forgotten by1 my dear old friend1 ,yours1 theirs1 c4 in everlasting bonds1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxvi4 ,to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,dn4 ,charles-,town1 ,march #e1 #agfe4 ,my very dear dear ,friends1 ,,often have we thought1 and talked of1 and if it was lawful1 wished ourselves at ,bethesda again4 ,no place like that for peace1 and plenty of every kind4 ,may this find you all enjoying ,,god1 and each others company1 in a manner the world knows not of6 ,it leaves me in my poor way1 aiming to do a little for ,him1 who hath done and suffered so much for ill and hell-deserving me4 ,people of all ranks fly to the gospel like doves to the windows4 ,the word begins to fall with great weight1 and all are importunate for my longer stay4 ,but next week ,i expect to move4 ,captain ,mr1 though waited for near two months1 is not yet arrived2 ,mr4 ,sn's ,lady comes with him1 when you may expect a more particular letter4 ,he sets off for ,georgia immediately upon his ,lady's arrival4 ,the negroes shirts1 c4 are in hand4 ,o that those ,ethiopians may be made to stretch out their hearts unto ,,god6 ,i feel a great compassion for them4 ,letters from the northward1 give sweet accounts of the spreading of the work of ,,god2 but ,i must not enlarge4 ,so many various calls surround me1 that ,i have scarce leisure to dispatch my private business4 ,,god bless you6 ,,god bless you all in soul and body1 in time and eternity6 ,the parting here hath been most affecting and awful4 ,several presume to prophesy1 that ,i shall certainly and speedily see ,south ,carolina1 and my beloved1 dearly beloved ,bethesda again4 ,i say heartily1 ,amen6 ,what say you8 ,i shall not wait for an answer4 ,if the ,,lord ,,jesus say amen too1 it will do4 ,and now for the present1 adieu4 ,,god bless you1 and fill you all with all his fulness6 ,pray hard for us2 pray1 if possible1 that the glorious ,emmanuel would give me to see these parts once more4 ,a blessed work1 ,i trust1 is begun4 ,grace1 grace6 ,perhaps this is not a parting letter4 ,you may hear from me more minutely by the ,chief ,justice2 but who knows what a day may bring forth6 ,a ,h's wife died suddenly1 a few days before my return hither4 ,others taken1 and ,i still left4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 quicken my tardy pace6 ,on ,friday next1 ,,god willing1 ,i shall read prayers and preach in ,ashby-,ferry church4 ,mr4 ,zy hath preached well here4 ,dear1 very dear friends1 continue to pray for me4 ,indeed ,i pray for you night and day2 and1 ,,god willing1 this shall be the constant employ of1 my very dear1 very dear friends1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,charles-,town1 ,march #ae1 #agfe4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,hitherto the ,,lord hath helped3 ,i have had a most pleasant winter4 ,the inclosed will shew you in what a situation ,i left ,bethesda4 ,to put the finishing stroke to that affair1 ,i fear ,i must embark for ,england4 ,well may ,i say ,i fear2 for indeed words cannot well express what a scene of action ,i leave behind4 ,alas6 my ,american work seems as yet scarce begun4 ,my health is better1 and every day the word of ,,god runs and is glorified more and more4 ,in two days1 my wilderness range commences afresh4 ,in about six weeks ,i hope to see ,philadelphia4 ,from thence1 they say1 ,i am to set sail for my native country4 ,but heaven6 a blessed1 long wished-for heaven1 is my home4 ,surely1 death will say by and by1 8,come up hither40 ,this1 ,i trust1 will find you and yours mounting aloft4 ,,god bless you1 and all your connections6 ,indeed and indeed ,i owe you much1 very much love4 ,as a pepper-corn of acknowledgment1 be pleased to accept these few loving lines from1 my very dear friend1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,wilmington1 ,cape-,fear1 ,march #bi1 #agfe4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,k1 ,,thus far the ,,lord hath brought me in my way to ,philadelphia1 from whence1 according to the present scheme1 ,i purpose to embark for ,england4 ,but ,i sometimes doubt1 whether it is right or not4 ,however1 this is my comfort1 that ,i serve a master who will not suffer the blind1 that desire to know and do his will1 to go out of their way4 ,hitherto he hath made the wilderness to smile6 ,we had a most cutting parting from ,charles-,town4 ,i preached thrice in my way to this place4 ,at the desire of the ,mayor and other gentlemen1 ,i shall stay till next ,sunday1 and then purpose1 ,,god willing1 to go on my way4 ,indeed and indeed1 this pilgrimage kind of life1 is the very joy of my heart4 ,cieled houses and crouded tables ,i leave to others4 ,a morsel of bread1 and a little bit of cold meat1 in a wood1 is a most luxurious repast4 ,,jesus's presence is all in all1 whether in the city or the wilderness4 ,i hope that you and my other dear metropolitan friends1 in the midst of all your noise1 are always hearing that small still voice that whispers1 8,love40 ,i think much of the late trial of my never to be forgotten friends at ,cannonbury-house4 ,remember1 according to promise1 you will be kind enough to act as trustee1 and all things are to continue just as they are1 if it should please ,,god to bring me to ,london4 ,now ,i am free1 ,,god keep me so for ,,christ's sake4 ,tender love to all4 ,i send them most cordial salutations1 and intreat the continuance of their and your prayers1 in behalf of1 my very dear ,mr4 ,k1 ,theirs and yours most affectionately in our never-failing ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxix4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,newcastle1 #cj miles from ,philadelphia1 ,may #d1 #agfe4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,i ,,am just come here1 in my way to embark from ,philadelphia4 ,but how shall ,i do it8 ,every where the door opens wider and wider4 ,all along1 from ,charles-,town to this place1 the cry is1 8for ,,christ's sake stay and preach to us40 ,o for a thousand lives to spend for ,,jesus6 ,he is good1 he is good6 ,his mercy endureth for ever4 ,help1 help1 my dear ,english friends1 to bless and praise ,him4 ,the letters by ,captain ,ball1 ,i hear are sent from ,charles-,town1 in my trunk1 to ,philadelphia4 ,i expect to receive them this evening4 ,thanks be to ,,god1 all outward things are settled on this side the water4 ,the auditing the accounts1 and laying a foundation for a college1 hath silenced enemies and comforted friends4 ,the finishing this affair confirms my call to ,england at this time4 ,but ,i have no manner of prospect of being able to serve the tabernacle and chapel4 ,i cannot preach once now1 without being quite exhausted4 ,how then shall ,i bear the cares of both those places8 ,but ,i must beg you and dear ,mr4 ,hy to continue trustees when ,i am present1 as well as in my absence4 ,i wish that a ship was ready now1 perhaps ,i may yet sail from ,new-,york4 ,i am praying night and day for direction4 ,the word runs here1 and is glorified4 ,but the weather1 for two days1 hath been so hot1 that ,i could scarce move4 ,to-day it is much cooler4 ,i dread the shaking of the ship4 ,but if it shakes this tottering frame to pieces1 it will be a trading voyage indeed4 ,as ,mr4 ,blake is not mentioned in your last1 ,i hope he is recovered4 ,death will do this for us all4 ,blessed be ,,god1 for enabling young ,mr4 ,beckman to face it so triumphantly6 ,this must be a great cordial to the afflicted parents4 ,that they1 your dear relations1 and all my tried friends1 may be comforted yet more and more1 is the earnest prayer of1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 theirs1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxx4 ,to ,mr4 ,dn4 ,new-,york1 ,june #f1 #agfe4 ,my very dear ,friends1 ,,accept a few loving parting lines4 ,next ,sunday1 ,,god willing1 we sail in the ,earl of ,halifax packet4 ,no ship offered at ,philadelphia4 ,i am almost too weary to write4 ,,jesus made the wilderness to smile6 ,grace6 grace6 ,i have received letters from ,england1 dated ,april #ac1 in answer to those sent from ,georgia4 ,all say1 you must come1 or ,bethesda affairs cannot be finished4 ,expect the first intelligence after my arrival4 ,in the mean while1 cease not to remember us at the throne of that ,,jesus2 in whose great name1 ,i desire to subscribe myself1 very dear dear friends1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,plymouth1 ,july #ab1 #agfe4 ,my dear dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,,perhaps ,i am arrived a little before the expected time4 ,we have had but a twenty-eight days passage1 in the ,hallifax packet1 from ,new-,york1 which got into ,falmouth last ,monday4 ,i left the vessel near the ,lizard1 and by the blunder of a drunken fellow1 missed the ,post on ,monday evening4 ,the transition hath been so sudden1 that ,i can scarce believe that ,i am in ,england4 ,i hope1 ere long1 to have a more sudden transition into a better country4 ,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly6 ,i want a gown and cassock4 ,child1 in ,chancery-,lane1 used to make for me1 and perhaps knows my measure4 ,amazing1 that ,i have not been measured for a coffin long ago6 ,,lord ,,jesus1 thy will be done6 ,i am very low in body1 and as yet undetermined what to do4 ,perhaps1 on the whole1 it may be best to come on leisurely1 to see if my spirits can be a little recruited4 ,you may write a few lines at a venture to ,bristol4 dear ,mr4 ,hy shall hear more particularly the next ,post1 whatever rout ,i take4 ,had ,i bodily strength1 you would find me coming upon you unawares2 but that fails me much4 ,i must have a little rest1 or ,i shall be able to do nothing at all4 ,let no one stir to meet me1 it being uncertain what rout ,i shall take4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus be with all your spirits6 ,ten thousand thousand thanks await you and your dear collegue1 and all your dear friends1 for all assistance given to1 my dear dear friends1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,bristol1 ,july #ah1 #agfe4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,just now1 with great joy1 ,i received your welcome letter1 ,i fear the post will be gone1 ere this can be put in4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am a little better4 ,i have a fine commodious house1 and am kept from much company4 ,you will certainly know my rout4 ,indeed and indeed1 ,i long to see my dear ,mr4 ,kn1 and my dear ,mr4 ,hy4 ,stand1 my friends1 and insist upon my not being brought out into action too soon4 ,the poor old shattered bark hath not been in dock one week1 for a long while4 ,i scarce know what ,i write4 ,tender love to all4 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,es4 ,london1 ,august #c1 #agfe4 ,dear ,mr4 ,es1 ,i ,,am very weak in body1 but gratitude constrains me to send you a few lines of love unfeigned1 for your labours of love during my absence abroad4 ,i rejoice to hear they were blessed4 ,our friends tell me1 that the sound of your ,master's feet was certainly heard behind you4 ,to ,him1 and ,him alone1 be all the glory6 ,is not this encouragement1 my dear brother1 to go on1 and to be instant in season and out of season8 ,if ,,god will work1 who shall hinder8 ,give us thy strength1 ,o ,,god of power1 ,then let winds blow and thunders roar3 ,thy faithful witnesses we'll be2 ',tis fix'd6 we can do all through thee4 ,thanks be to ,,god1 we do not go a warfare on our own charges2 the ,captain of our salvation will conquer for and in us4 ,let us but acknowledge him in all our ways1 and ,he hath given us his royal word1 that 8,he will direct and prosper all our paths40 ,fix on his work our stedfast eye1 ,so shall our work be done4 ,our enemies shall be at peace with us1 and the very ravens1 birds of prey1 shall be obliged to come and feed us4 ,o for an increase of faith6 ,i hope you have refreshing times from the presence of the ,,lord1 among your own flock4 ,may grace1 mercy1 and peace1 be multiplied amongst you6 ,if the common interest of the ,redeemer be promoted1 ,i rejoice1 yea and will rejoice4 ,my earnest prayer is1 that you1 and all that labour in our ,,lord's vineyard1 may more and more be taught to give every one their portion of meat in due season2 and may your rod blossom more and more6 ,o to end life well4 ,methinks ,i have now but one more river to pass over1 ,jordan4 ,and we know of one that can carry us over1 without being ankle deep4 ,how are ,messrs4 ,gth1 ,age1 c4 c4 ,sk and his wife send cordial salutations4 ,i left them labouring on their ,bethesda plan1 till the intended college is established4 ,yet a little while1 and all true labourers shall enter into the joy of their ,,lord4 ,amen6 ,hallelujah6 ,cease not to pray for1 dear ,mr4 ,es1 ,yours1 c4 in the blessed ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,dn4 ,london1 ,september #f1 #agfe4 ,my very dear ,friends1 ,i ,,am sorry that matters have been so ordered1 as to confine you so long at ,bethesda4 ,but you have learned to believe1 that the ,redeemer orders all things well4 ,soon after my arrival1 ,lord ,dh was put at the head of the board of trade4 ,this will soon bring ,bethesda affairs to a speedy issue4 ,you will then be released4 ,but indeed and indeed1 in my judgment you had best keep where you are4 ,you will soon repent coming over4 ,mrs4 ,rl1 whose husband is lame1 is utterly against your coming4 ,but you must follow your own judgment4 ,though people flock more and more1 and my health is better1 yet ,i make no secret of it1 that my heart is abroad4 ,mrs4 ,rl tells me strange things of ,by1 and disagreeable things of ,py4 ,o my ,,god6 shall ,i have no prize tickets amongst those ,i would willingly serve6 ,well1the faithful nurse shall be paid1 whether the child lives or dies4 ,you therefore shall verily have your reward4 ,excuse enlarging4 ,captain ,gunn goes to-day4 ,mr4 ,wright sends cordial respects4 ,my wife is gone for a little while into the country4 ,,god bless you6 ,,god bless you6 ,more opportunities of sending will soon offer to1 my very dear friends1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,a ,kn4 ,london1 ,september #bj1 #agfe4 ,my dear ,timothy1 ,,pray when are we to have the honour of a visit from you8 ,i believe more than three weeks are elapsed since you came to ,bristol4 ,mr4 ,adams is to be your collegue here4 ,i purpose for both of you to preach at the chapel1 as well as at the tabernacle4 ,write an immediate answer1 fixing your time of coming2 and you must not think of returning soon4 ,mr4 ,middleton sends me word1 that he is blessed at ,plymouth1 and especially at dock1 and that ,kingsbridge christians are lively4 ,i hope it is so at ,bristol4 ,blessed be ,,god1 it is pretty much so in ,london4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 quicken my tardy pace6 ,through his never-failing mercy1 ,i have been better in health for a week past1 than ,i have been for these four years4 ,o for a thankful and an humble heart6 ,my wife also returned well1 last night1 from ,bury4 ,she indulges this morning1 being weary4 ,but ,i take it for granted1 that you and ,i rise at five4 ,mr4 ,adams's room will be large for you to breathe in4 ,i shall never breathe as ,i would1 till ,i breathe in yonder heaven4 ,there sin and strife and sorrow cease1 ,and all is calm and joy and peace4 ,adieu4 ,cordial love awaits all where you are1 all at tabernacle house1 and all that are so kind as to pray for1 and enquire after1 my very dear ,timothy1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our glorious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxxvi4 ,london1 ,september #bh1 #agfe4 ,my very dear ,timothy1 ,,those that are ,timothies indeed1 shall be honoured of ,him1 whom they desire to honour1 with a disinterested spirit4 ,i am glad you find old ,jacob's prophecy to be fulfilling4 8,to ,shiloh shall the gathering of the people be40 ,nothing is wanting at ,bristol1 ,london1 and elsewhere1 but labourers full of the first old methodistical spirit4 ,but where to get them is the question4 ,those that are thus minded1 are almost worn out4 ,i would gladly fly to ,bristol if ,i could2 but ,i see that it is best to be here for some time4 ,and indeed1 things have always been at such a low ebb1 when ,i have been at ,bristol1 and matters carried on with so little spirit1 that ,i have generally come mourning away4 ,if a few1 such as ,mr4 ,ct1 would exert themselves steadily1 and perseveringly1 and proper preachers were sent1 something might be done to purpose4 ,but as neither of these things is likely to happen1 my expectations are not very much raised4 ,however1 the residue of the spirit is in the ,redeemer's hands4 ,our eyes wait upon ,him4 ,from ,him1 and ,him alone1 all kinds of salvation do come4 ,fain would ,i have you up at ,london for some time1 at this season4 ,mr4 ,dr expects to see you in a clerical habit about ,christmas4 ,he asked me1 if ,i would get him a scarf8 ,i answered1 that you must have one first4 ,you may guess how he smiled4 ,however1 ,i really intend you shall preach in the chapel4 ,i want you also to read the letters1 and give me leave to comment upon them1 as my breath will allow4 ,you may return by way of ,bristol1 or if ,sarah is worse1 go from hence4 ,i thank you heartily for making the collections4 ,never was a cause kept up at such a small expence2 8not by might1 or by power1 but by my spirit1 saith the ,,lord40 ,this be our invariable rule4 ,,god bless and prosper you more and more4 ,if ,i have not tired you1 ,i have almost tired1 my very dear ,timothy1 ,yours1 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,since writing the above1 ,i find providence calls me to ,bath1 to open good ,lady ,huntingdon's chapel4 ,,god willing1 ,i purpose to set out next ,tuesday4 ,you must set out for ,london the same day2 otherwise1 it may be1 ,bristol people will not see me4 ,adieu4 ,your preaching orders1 as to time and place1 you will receive at your arrival4 ,that you may do ,satan's kingdom much hurt1 is the hearty prayer of1 my very dear man1 ,ever yours1 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,bath1 ,october #g1 #agfe4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,what a providence 7as matters have fallen out7 that your ,bath journey was prevented6 ,could you have come1 and been present at the opening of the chapel1 you would have been much pleased4 ,the chapel is extremely plain1 and yet equally grand4 ,a most beautiful original6 ,all was conducted with great solemnity4 ,though a very wet day1 the place was very full1 and assuredly the great ,shepherd and ,bishop of souls consecrated and made it holy ground by his presence4 ,i preached in the morning1 ,mr4 ,townsend in the evening4 ,expect more particulars when we meet4 ,my moving depends on ,mr4 ,mn's punctuality4 ,i am to preach to-morrow night1 and have hopes of setting off on ,wednesday morning4 ,,god give us all grace to work whilst it is day6 ,the time of sickness and lowness comes1 when no man can work4 ,dear ,miss ,hy is happily fled from all4 ,happy1 happy she4 ,,god comfort all surviving relatives4 ,they1 as well as you and yours1 are never forgotten by1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in ,him who is all in all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxxviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,dn4 ,london1 ,october #bf1 #agfe4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,accept a few hasty but loving lines4 ,your letters came safe4 ,i thank ,,god for their contents4 ,in return ,i can inform you1 that ,bethesda matters are likely to come to a speedy and happy issue4 ,we talk of my coming over again4 ,it is not impossible1 if my health admits4 ,at present1 blessed be ,,god1 ,i am better than last year4 ,the word runs and is glorified in ,london4 ,bet ,dy must not come here4 ,you have not been so explicit as was ,mrs4 ,rl about her4 ,instead of her1 pray send over a barrel of rice or two1 directed to ,mr4 ,t ,ca1 in ,winchester-street1 near ,moorfields4 ,pray inform ,mr4 ,hm1 that ,i hope to send him some pleasing particulars by the next ship4 ,i have much to say1 but have scarcely a moment left to send you my hearty thanks and blessing1 and subscribe myself1 my very dear friend1 ,ever yours1 c4 in the glorious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxxxix4 ,to 1 at ,sheerness4 ,london1 ,january #ah1 #agff4 ,dearly ,beloved1 ,,not want of love1 but of leisure and health1 hath occasioned you the trouble of writing a second letter4 ,and now ,i am sorry to acquaint you1 that it is not in my power to comply with your request4 ,for want of more assistance1 ,i am confined in town with the care of two important posts1 when ,i am only fit to be put into some garrison among the invalids1 to stand by an old gun or two4 ,however1 my former ambition still remains1 and through the help of your prayers1 who knows but this feeble arm may yet be strengthened to annoy the enemy8 ,if others are blessed to do any execution1 ,,god forbid that ,i should hinder1 though in all things they follow not with us4 ,let the ,,lord send by whom he will send4 ,so that ,,christ is preached1 and true evangelical holiness promoted1 ,i rejoice1 yea and will rejoice4 ,,god keep us all from flagging in the latter stages of our road6 ,,lord ,,jesus1 quicken my tardy pace6 ,how little1 my ,,lord and my ,,god1 have ,i done for thee1 who hast done and suffered so much for ill and hell-deserving me6 ,brethren1 pray for us4 ,ere long we shall meet ,where sin and strife and sorrow cease1 ,and all is calm and joy and peace4 ,he is faithful who hath promised1 who also will do it4 ,amen6 ,hallelujah6 ,to his never-failing mercy do ,i commend you1 as being1 for his great name's sake1 dearly beloved1 ,your affectionate friend and willing servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxl4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,bristol1 ,march #ag1 #agff4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,,the uncertainty of my motions hath made me slow in writing1 and a desire to be a while free from ,london cares1 hath made me indifferent about frequent hearing from thence4 ,in a day or two1 ,i hope matters will be determined4 ,if ,mr4 ,sd comes1 ,i have a mind to stay a little longer2 and if dear ,mr4 ,howell ,d will continue to officiate1 ,i have a mind to visit ,wales for him4 ,last ,friday evening1 and twice yesterday1 ,i preached at ,bath1 to very thronged and brilliant auditories4 ,i am told it was a very high day4 ,the glory of the ,,lord filled the house4 ,to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 ,i return thither again4 ,mr4 ,td is too ill to officiate4 ,if any urgent business requires1 be pleased to direct either to this place or ,bath4 ,pray shew my wife this4 ,i hope no news is good news4 ,i trust that the holy ,spirit is moving in ,mr4 's family1 both on the heads and the servants of it4 ,many do think old times are coming round again4 ,pray tell ,mr4 ,wr1 that ,i think the letters he hath sent need not go to ,scotland as yet4 ,i sent a packet thither last week4 ,this ,i write in the midst of company4 ,lady ,hn is mounting on her high places4 ,i wished my two steady friends at ,bath yesterday4 ,mr4 ,st hath met with a great blessing4 ,pray1 pray for us4 ,all send due respects4 ,tuesday or ,wednesday next ,i hope to write again to my wife4 ,cordial respects and love attend her1 your whole self1 dear ,mr4 ,hy and sisters1 ,mr4 ,howell ,d1 and all that are so kind to enquire after and pray for1 my dear ,sir1 ,theirs1 yours1 c4 c4 in our never-failing ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxli4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,london1 ,april #be1 #agff4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,not want of love1 but of leisure and better health1 hath prevented your hearing from me more frequently4 ,i find ,i cannot do as ,i have done4 ,but1 through infinite1 free1 and sovereign mercy1 ,i am enabled to ascend my gospel throne three or four times a week1 and a glorious influence attends the word4 ,people have indeed a hearing ear1 but we want more preachers4 ,i know the continual cry of your heart is1 8,,lord1 let thy kingdom come40 ,the prospect of a large and effectual door opening among the heathen1 blessed be ,,god1 is very promising4 ,mr4 ,occum1 the ,indian preacher1 is a settled humble christian4 ,the good and great1 with a multitude of a lower degree1 heard him preach last week at ,tottenham-,court chapel1 and felt much of the power and presence of our common ,,lord4 ,mr4 ,rn hath preached1 and collected a hundred pounds1 and ,i believe seven or eight hundred pounds more are subscribed4 ,the truly noble ,lord ,dh espouses the cause most heartily1 and his ,majesty is become a contributor4 ,the ,king of kings and ,,lord of all lords will bless them for it4 ,o what an honour to be permitted to do or suffer any thing for ,,jesus of ,nazareth6 ,indeed and indeed1 ,i want to begin to begin3 for hitherto1 alas6 ,i have done nothing4 ,whene'er you see a barren tree1 ,then1 ,o my friend1 pray think of me4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 make me willing to be made willing that thou shouldst dig and dung around me1 that ,i may at length bring forth some fruit unto thee4 ,however it may be with unprofitable1 ill1 and hell-deserving me1 ,i trust your whole self and all my other dear ,g friends are so grown as to become tall cedars in the spiritual ,lebanon4 ,i pray for1 though ,i cannot write to them4 ,hearty1 special love attend my dear host1 and his yoke-fellow4 ,if possible they shall hear from me soon4 ,i hope all is well at ,cambuslang4 ,blessed be ,,god1 all will be well in heaven4 ,yet a little while and we shall enter into perfect rest4 ,he that cometh will come1 and will not tarry4 ,we soon shall hear th' archangel's voice2 ,the trump of ,,god shall sound1 ,rejoice6 ,i will not interrupt you4 ,you want to say1 ,amen6 ,hallelujah6 ,i only add1 when upon the mount1 put in a word for an old friend1 who retains his old name1 the chief of sinners1 less than the least of all saints1 but for ,,jesus ,,christ's sake1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,your willing servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxlii4 ,to ,w ,p1 ,esq4 ,tottenham-,court1 ,may #ae1 #agff4 ,,though at present in almost a breathless state1 by preaching for the best of ,masters last night1 yet a weak worm hopes to be strengthened to give the holy sacrament at seven next ,sunday morning1 and1 if able1 to preach afterwards at ten4 ,if good ,mr4 ,r and ,lady will come at near seven to the chapel house1 they shall be conducted to a proper place4 ,i wish them a ,pentecost1 not only on ,whitsunday1 but every day1 every hour1 and every moment of their lives4 ,our privilege1 as christians1 is not to be afraid of1 but looking towards1 and waiting for the coming of the ,son of ,,god4 ,he expects that our lamps should be trimmed1 our loins girded1 and our lamps burning4 ,there is oil enough in him1 our glorious ,aaron1 to keep them so4 ,it runs to the very skirts of his garments1 even to the least member of his mystical body1 and therefore to the heart and soul of1 dear happy pair1 ,your most willing servant for ,,jesus ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxliii4 ,to ,w ,p1 ,esq4 ,tottenham-,court1 ,june #b1 #agff4 ,,what a mercy1 that ,,god's elect1 knit by the blessed ,spirit1 7that common centre of unity7 in one communion and fellowship1 can1 though absent1 be present with each other on earth6 ,what an infinitely greater mercy1 that they are assured they shall meet never to part again in heaven6 ,this may reconcile them to all interruptions of mutual concern here below4 ,my cloud seems to point towards ,bristol and ,bath2 yours towards ,brighthelmstone4 ,all travelling the same road1 all engaged in the same errand4 ,how glad will the truly noble ,countess be of the intended visit6 ,how will the hearts both of the visited and visitors be made to burn within them6 ,she meets with that1 which all fond fathers and apostolic mothers in ,israel must meet with2 ,i mean1 rebuffs from her spiritual children4 ,that monstrous doctrine of sinless perfection1 for a while turns some of its deluded votaries into temporary monsters4 ,happy they who strive to be holy as he who hath called them is holy1 and yet are continually going out of themselves1 and relying only on the glorious1 compleat1 imputed righteousness of ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,this hath a certain happy pair learned1 and received ,,christ4 ,thus may they be helped continually to walk in him6 ,they will1 they will4 ,the meek1 the humble1 hungering and thirsty soul will he guide in his ways4 ,but what am ,i doing8 writing a parting letter8 ,the ,,lord bless you and keep you2 the ,,lord make his face to shine upon you1 and be gracious unto you2 the ,,lord lift up his countenance upon you1 and give you peace4 ,so wishes1 so prays1 dear honoured and happy pair1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 in an unchangeable ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxliv4 ,to ,mr4 ,hy4 ,bath1 ,june #ab1 #agff4 ,,last night we lay at the ,devizes4 ,this morning we breakfasted at ,shaw-,house1 near ,melksom1 with ,mr4 ,cn4 ,in my way hither1 ,i called upon ,mrs4 ,en4 ,her account of ,miss ,winter's decease1 was by no means unpleasant4 ,she was taken suddenly1 and though speechless1 continued to smile upon all in a very remarkable manner1 till the last gasp1 which was with much struggle4 ,mr4 ,ps is left executor of the will4 ,being weary with riding1 ,i think to stay here till after ,sunday morning's sermon1 and then shall set off for ,bristol4 ,the horse turns out exceeding well in every respect4 ,i hope you1 my dear ,sir1 got safe to ,london4 ,that you and all your dear relations1 and all dear friends in town1 may1 in the glorious ,emmanuel's due time1 arrive triumphant in heaven1 earnestly prays1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxlv4 ,to ,mr4 ,kn4 ,cottam1 near ,bristol1 ,june #ai1 #agff4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,here ,i am1 in a large vacant country house1 where ,mrs4 ,wollaston was last ,summer4 ,she hath got the start of me2 but my turn must come by and by4 ,as my feverish heat continues1 and the weather is too wet to travel1 ,i have complied with the advice of friends1 and have commenced an hot-well water drinker twice a day4 ,however1 twice this week1 at six in the morning1 ,i have been enabled to call thirsty souls to come and drink of the water of life freely4 ,to-morrow evening1 ,,god willing1 the call is to be repeated1 and again on ,sunday4 ,by that time1 perhaps1 the cloud may point to some particular corner4 ,dear ,mr4 ,hy shall know in due time4 ,good seasons at ,bath4 ,good seasons here4 ,large auditories4 ,grace6 grace6 ,i hope that my wife1 and yours1 and all dear friends1 are well4 ,cordial love awaits them and dear ,mr4 ,es1 and all who are so kind as to enquire after1 and pray for1 my dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxlvi4 ,to ,w ,p1 ,esq4 ,london1 ,november #a1 #agff4 ,happy ,heirs of the ,grace of ,life1 ,,by your giving young ,mr4 ,r ,h hints about a proper direction1 ,i have inferred1 that a line1 though from one who is less than the least of all1 would not be altogether unacceptable4 ,i am sure my poor prayers are continually ascending to the throne of grace in your behalf4 ,i want to have you great1 yea very great in the kingdom of heaven4 ,have you not found1 by your heart's being warmed with the conversation of gospel ministers1 that your heaven is begun on earth8 ,dear ,mr4 ,fer is become a scandalous ,tottenham-,court preacher4 ,i trust he will come down into your parts1 baptized with the ,holy ,ghost as with fire4 ,dear ,mr4 ,rn hath been much owned in good ,lady ,hn's chapel4 ,ill and hell-deserving ,i1 am to go thither next week4 ,dear ,mr4 ,mn is detained at ,aldwinckle1 by his children having the small-pox in town4 ,the shout of a king is yet heard in the ,methodist camp4 ,the glorious cry1 8,what shall ,i do to be saved10 is frequently sounding in our ears4 ,had we more reproach1 and were we more scandalous1 more good would be done4 ,several promise well4 ,some say shibboleth with a good grace1 and very proper accent2 others1 as yet1 can only say sibboleth3 but ,i have heard of one who can teach the tongue of the stammerer to speak plain4 ,good ,lady ,hn is an excellent school mistress in this way4 ,the writer of the letter on the other side1 seems to be an apt scholar4 ,the person referred to1 keeps house where dear ,mr4 ,st constantly expounds4 ,he is in a consumption4 ,what a mercy that such a confessor should be sent to prison6 ,i want all the followers of the ,lamb in general1 and a certain gospel happy pair in particular1 to grow higher and richer every day towards ,,god4 ,time is short2 eternity is endless2 the ,judge and judgment are at the door4 ,we soon shall hear th' archangel's voice2 ,the trump of ,,god shall sound1 ,rejoice6 ,amen6 ,hallelujah6 ,but ,i must have done4 ,a dear company of ministerial cast-outs are coming to breakfast under my despised roof4 ,it stinks too much for worldlings4 ,if you would be so good as to let dear ,mr4 ,hill see the ,oxonian letter1 it may be of service4 ,next ,tuesday1 ,,god willing1 ,i shall read an account of his servant's death4 ,may the last end of every christian master be like his6 ,but ,i cannot die3 cold bathing1 and cool weather1 brace up my tottering tabernacle4 ,i hope that both to whom ,i am writing1 enjoy thriving souls in healthy bodies4 ,that they may increase with all the increase of ,,god1 earnestly prays1 ,their1 c4 c4 c4 in a once crucified1 but now exalted ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxlvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,bath1 ,november #ab1 #agff4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,through mercy ,i slept at ,mr4 ,c's1 as proposed1 but have been low ever since my coming here4 ,bath air1 ,i believe1 will never agree with me long4 ,however1 if good is done1 all will be well4 ,they tell me1 that ,sunday and last night were seasons of power4 ,some we trust were made willing4 ,i hope you enjoy much of ,,god in town4 ,surely ,london is the ,jerusalem of ,england4 ,happy they who know the day of their visitation6 ,mr4 ,whitaker writes me word1 that he is to be at ,exeter the #ahth instant3 but ,i have no heart to draw with1 or act for him1 till the trust is settled in a proper manner4 ,besides1 ,i see no opening here3 and ,mr4 ,st writes me word1 that the door is shut at ,oxford4 ,as ,i am so poorly1 ,i question whether ,i shall go to ,bristol at all4 ,,god help us to look up1 and look out1 and our path will be made plain before us4 ,remember me to all at ,tabernacle1 c4 c4 ,i hope to write to ,mr4 ,fr to-morrow or next day1 and also to ,mr4 ,hy4 ,i am just now obliged to go out1 and have only time to entreat the continuance of your prayers in behalf of1 my dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 in an unchangeable ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxlviii4 ,to the ,same4 ,bath1 ,november #bj1 #agff4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,on ,tuesday evening ,i preached at ,bristol to a very crouded auditory1 though the weather was very foul4 ,last night ,i administered the sacrament there also4 ,we used near eight bottles of wine4 ,i trust some tasted of the new wine of the kingdom4 ,this morning1 upon my arrival here1 your kind letter gave me great comfort4 ,i want just one week more to settle ,bristol affairs2 and have1 therefore1 written to dear ,mr4 ,je to stay two or three weeks at ,london3 ,mr4 ,ds1 who they say is expected here next week1 may then officiate for that space of time at ,bath1 and at ,mr4 ,je's leaving ,london1 may go up to town4 ,satan hath had leave to give ,captain ,js a fine parting blow4 ,mr4 ,c may be dismissed immediately2 and ,i beg that ,captain ,js would go through with the ,tabernacle work1 and stick to it with his whole heart4 ,i hear nothing as yet of the ,americans4 ,letters may be reserved till my return4 ,i hope at farthest to be in ,london by next ,tuesday se'nnight1 and to preach at ,tabernacle the following evening4 ,i was afraid my wife would get cold by her late excursions1 as at other times she is so confined4 ,my hearty love awaits you all4 ,be pleased to shew her this4 ,i am afraid that in my next to her1 she will hear of the death of ,j ,s4 ,he is now ill of the present dangerous fever4 ,o for a heart broken with a sense of sin6 ,then shall we look to ,him whom we have pierced1 and mourn4 ,may this be our habitual frame6 ,,god bless you all4 ,ever yours1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxlix4 ,to the ,same4 ,bristol1 ,november #bc1 #agff4 ,dear ,sir1 ,,such a numerous brilliant assembly of the mighty and noble1 ,i never saw attend before at ,bath4 ,every thing is so promising1 that ,i was constrained to give notice of preaching next ,sunday4 ,i hope the ,redeemer will give us a blessed sabbath4 ,i trust already the arm of the ,,lord hath been revealed4 ,congregations have been very large and very solemn4 ,o what ,bethels hath ,,jesus given to us6 ,we were filled as with new wine6 ,o that ,,god would make my way into every town in ,england6 ,methinks ,i long to break up fresh ground1 and to begin to begin to do something for ,,jesus4 ,i am just come here weary1 but am going to speak a few words4 ,this prevents my enlarging2 but ,i could not refrain writing to one ,i so dearly love1 and to whom ,i am so greatly obliged4 ,,god bless you6 ,,god bless you and yours6 ,accept most unfeigned love and acknowledgments1 and still add to my innumerable obligations1 by praying for1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccl4 ,to ,w ,p1 ,esq4 ,at my ,tottenham-,court ,bethel1 ,six in the ,morning1 ,december #cj1 #agff4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,the ,christmas holiday season hath prevented my sending an immediate answer to your last kind letter4 ,the order therein given shall be readily complied with1 and the love therein expressed1 returned1 by praying for the writer's whole self1 and the honourable1 christian1 and ministerial circle with which they are at present happily surrounded with1 four ,methodist parsons4 ,honourable title6 so long as attended with the cross4 ,when fashionable1 7and blessed be ,,god there is not much danger of that7 we will drop it4 ,four ,methodist parsons6 enough 7when ,,jesus says1 ,loose them and let them go7 to set a whole kingdom on fire for ,,god4 ,i wish them prosperity in the name of the ,,lord4 ,i pre sequar etsi non passibus quis4 ,fy upon me1 fy upon me1 fifty-two years old last ,saturday2 and yet1 ,o loving1 ever-loving1 altogether lovely ,,jesus1 how little1 yea how very little have ,i done and suffered for thee6 ,indeed and indeed1 my dear and honoured friends1 ,i am ashamed of myself3 ,i blush and am confounded4 ,to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 and ,thursday also1 with many hundreds more1 ,i intend to take the sacrament upon it1 that ,i will begin to begin to be a christian4 ,though ,i long to go to heaven to see my glorious ,master1 what a poor figure shall ,i make among the saints1 confessors1 and martyrs1 that surround his throne1 without some deeper signatures of his divine impress1 without more fears of christian honour4 ,our truly noble mother in ,israel1 is come to ,london full of them4 ,crescit sub pondere virtus4 ,she is come out of her cell1 with her face shining again4 ,happy they who have the honour of her acquaintance6 ,highly honoured are those ministers1 who have the honour of preaching for and serving her4 ,good and honest and dearly beloved ,sir ,cs1 and all your happy circle1 male and female1 ,i am persuaded are of my mind4 ,o this single eye1 this disinterested spirit1 this freedom from worldly hopes and worldly fears1 this flaming zeal1 this daring to be singularly good1 this holy laudable ambition to lead the van2 ,o it is1 what8 an heaven upon earth6 ,o for a plerophory of faith6 ,to be filled with the ,holy ,ghost4 ,this is the grand point4 ,,god be praised that you have it in view6 ,all our lukewarmness1 all our timidity1 all our backwardness to do good1 to spend and be spent for ,,god1 is all owing to our want of more of that faith1 which is the inward1 heart-felt1 self-evident demonstration of things not seen4 ,but whither am ,i going8 ,pardon me1 good ,sir3 ,i keep you from better company4 ,praying that all 7if you live to be fifty-two7 may not be such dwarfs in the divine life as ,i am1 ,i hasten to subscribe myself1 most honoured friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccli4 ,to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,dn4 ,london1 ,march #d1 #agfg4 ,my very dear ,friends1 ,,thank ,,god that you have been so providentially detained on your side the water4 ,indeed you would find it hard to live here4 ,i would fain have you see ,bethesda put on its college dress4 ,that hour1 ,i humbly hope1 is now not very far off4 ,what if we should have one more interview here below8 ,happy ,mrs4 ,sk1 that is fled to her mansions above4 ,blessed be ,,god1 that there are mansions prepared for us also6 ,o glorious ,king1 ,us thither bring ,to see thy face4 ,he will1 he will1 he will4 ,he is faithful who hath promised2 he also will do it4 ,may faith and patience have their perfect work6 ,adieu1 for the present4 ,my feeble hands are full of work4 ,the shout of the ,king of kings is yet amongst us1 and hath been all the last ,winter4 ,grace6 grace6 ,to this almighty1 never-failing grace1 ,i most humbly commit you2 and with repeated thanks for your steady1 disinterested services1 beg leave to subscribe myself1 my very dear friends1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus of ,nazareth1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,norwich1 ,april #aa1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,still ,i serve a ,,god whose mercy endureth for ever4 ,mr4 ,dn received us most gladly4 ,as sweet a gospel excursion as at any time4 ,the ,cambridge interview1 ,i trust1 was of ,,god4 ,i met1 within three miles of ,norwich1 with another clergyman of the establishment1 who promises well4 ,he heard me last night4 ,it was a night of power3 a large congregation4 ,it will be too large1 ,i fear1 to-morrow1 though the place will hold some thousands4 ,i expect to preach twice in my way to town1 which ,i hope to reach by ,thursday evening4 ,but ,i fear my ,spring and ,summer inward fever is returning4 ,if so1 my large intended plan of operations will be much contracted4 ,but future things belong to ,him who orders all things well4 ,remember me before his throne4 ,salute dear ,mr4 ,hy1 ,ds1 and ,es 7if come to town7 and all enquiring friends1 and accept the same for your whole self1 from1 my dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccliii4 ,to the ,same4 ,rodborough1 ,may #ac1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,my new horse failed the first night2 but1 through mercy1 we got here yesterday about seven in the evening4 ,i was regaled with the company of some simple-hearted1 first-rate old ,methodists1 of near thirty years standing4 ,,god willing1 ,i am to preach to-morrow morning1 and to have a general sacrament on ,friday evening4 ,perhaps ,i may move after ,sunday towards ,wales2 but must be obliged1 ,i fear1 to take post-horses4 ,i care not1 so that ,i can ride post to heaven4 ,hearty love to all that are posting thither1 hoping myself to arrive first4 ,this tabernacle often groans under the weight of my feeble labours4 ,o when shall ,i be uncloathed6 ,when1 ,o my ,,god1 shall ,i be cloathed upon6 ,but ,i am a coward1 and want to be housed before the storm4 ,it is nearer and nearer4 ,happy they who have fled to ,,christ for refuge6 ,i could enlarge1 but have only time to send you my most unfeigned thanks and most cordial love1 as being1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 in our glorious ,head1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccliv4 ,to ,mrs4 ,mh4 ,gloucester1 ,may #bj1 #agfg4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,mh1 ,,and is the right hand at last cut off8 ,how long1 how painful the operation6 ,how aukward1 how uneasy to be without it6 ,but hush1 nature3 it is the ,,lord's doing4 ,his own right arm shall bring salvation2 his presence shall alleviate the pain4 ,perhaps the loss of the hand1 even of such a right hand1 may1 through the powerful influences of the blessed ,spirit1 give strength to their feet1 and quicken them in their motion heavenward4 ,the right hand of the ,,lord can1 and ,i trust will bring this mighty thing to pass4 ,only say1 8,abba1 ,father1 be it unto me even as thou wilt20 the answer will be1 8,this is my will1 even thy sanctification40 ,but1 ,wheels encircling wheels must run1 ,each in course to bring it on4 ,want of time forbids enlarging4 ,i hope your daughter will be now a wise virgin indeed4 ,we have had good seasons at ,rodborough4 ,i have been out twice in the fields4 ,lady ,hn hath been wonderfully delighted4 ,she and her company lay at ,rodborough house4 ,dear ,mr4 ,as is going to be married to a good christian nurse4 ,he is sickly in body1 but healthy in soul4 ,that you may enjoy a thriving soul in a healthy body1 earnestly prays1 dear ,mrs4 ,mh1 ,your sympathizing friend and servant for ,,christ's sake1 ,g4 ,w4 removed duplicate 8to0 ,,letter ,,mccclv4 ,to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,sn4 ,gloucester1 ,may #ba1 #agfg4 ,my very dear ,friends1 ,,surely your many favours demand a speedy return of thanks4 ,they are all put down in his book1 who is not so unrighteous as to forget any work of faith1 or labour that proceedeth of love4 ,this is the principle from which1 ,i am persuaded1 you act3 and a blessed principle it is4 ,it comes from above1 and leads to above4 ,had ,i more of this1 and bodily strength proportionable1 how would ,i wing my way6 ,how would ,i preach for my ,,god6 ,how would ,i ,strive to sing as loud as they1 ,who shine above in brighter day6 ,blessed be ,,god1 we have reason to praise him whose mercy endureth for ever4 ,i have preached twice in the open air3 thousands and thousands attended4 ,i am going to preach here this morning in my native city4 ,on ,sunday ,i hope to take to ,rodborough wood again4 ,good ,lady ,hn1 c4 were wonderfully delighted4 ,they honoured dear ,mr4 ,as's house with their presence4 ,he is but poorly1 and wants a nurse4 ,perhaps before next ,sunday he may be married to a simple-hearted1 plain1 good creature1 that hath waited upon him and the preachers near twenty years4 ,she hath no fortune1 but is one who1 ,i think1 will take care of1 and be obedient to him for ,,christ's sake4 ,you may let ,betty ,wd see the contents of this1 upon condition that you with her cease not to pray for1 my very dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,gloucester1 ,may #be1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,i ,,am just setting out in a post-chaise for ,haverford-west2 and have1 therefore1 drawn upon you in favour of ,mr4 1 for twenty pounds4 ,this is expensive4 ,but it is for one1 who hath promised not to send us a warfare on our own charges4 ,we had a most blessed season yesterday4 ,thousands and thousands1 ,i trust1 heard1 saw1 and felt4 ,mr4 ,adams preached in the evening on1 8,the ,,lord is my portion1 therefore will ,i trust in him40 ,a good text for a new-married man4 ,i have advised him to preach next on these words1 8,the ,,lord's portion is his people30 he is now here4 ,i expected a line4 ,be pleased to direct to ,haverford-west4 ,i beseech you follow me with your prayers4 ,o that the ,,lord may be my strength4 ,o that he may quicken my tardy pace1 and make me all alive for his glorious interest6 ,i could enlarge1 but must away4 ,my tender love awaits you and yours4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus bless you1 and fill you with all his fulness4 ,thus prays1 my dear steady friend1 ,yours in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,haverford-west1 ,may #ca1 #agfg4 ,my dear dear ,friend1 ,,your spiritual mind medley was very agreeable4 ,i could wish for a second dose1 but know not what direction to give about sending it4 ,my rout is not yet fixed4 ,i am just come from my field throne4 ,thousands and thousands attended by eight in the morning4 ,life and light seemed to fly all around4 ,on ,tuesday1 ,,god willing1 ,i am to preach at ,woodstock2 on ,friday1 at ,pembroke2 here again next ,sunday by eight1 and then for ,england4 ,i wish dear ,mr4 ,hy present1 to see the people3but1and there are so many other buts in the way1 that ,i would not press him4 ,mr4 ,ds is returned in safety4 ,i hope ,mr4 ,bdge will not miss of his expected preferment4 ,joab's hand is in the ,gh scheme4 ,rooms are not so lofty or large1 prospects not so pleasant1 bedsteads not so easy1 in these parts1 as in some places in or near ,london1 but all good enough for young and old pilgrims that have got good breath4 ,tender love to all4 ,let all join in prayer for us4 ,i have been pushing on dear sick ,mr4 ,ds1 to go out and preach six miles off4 ,he is gone finely mounted1 and ,i am persuaded will return in high spirits4 ,who knows1 who knows but preaching may be our grand catholicon again8 ,this is the good methodistical1 thirty year old medicine4 ,that you may live to see it revived1 and tried a thousand and a thousand times over1 is the hearty prayer of1 my dear dear friend1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclviii4 ,to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,dn4 ,haverford-west1 ,june #a1 #agfg4 ,my very dear ,friends1 ,,you will be so kind as to shew all manner of ,bethesda civilities to the bearer1 ,mr4 ,edward ,en4 ,i trust1 he hath been truly moved by the ,holy ,ghost1 to enter into the ministry4 ,with him ,i hoped to have sent the charter1 or rather brought it2 but the hour is not yet come4 ,you will be glad to hear1 that ,i have strength to preach in the fields4 ,they are yet white ready unto harvest4 ,hoping to put forth the gospel sickle again in my beloved ,america1 and wishing you all to increase with all the increase of ,,god1 with ten thousand thanks for all your works of faith1 and labours of unfeigned love1 ,i hasten to subscribe myself1 my very dear friends1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 c4 in the best bonds1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclix4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,gloucester1 ,june #aj1 #agfg4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am got on this side the ,welsh mountains6 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i have been on the other side4 ,what a scene last ,sunday6 ,what a cry for more of the bread of life6 ,but ,i was quite worn down4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am now better than could be expected4 ,to-morrow evening1 ,,god willing1 my wife shall know what rout4 ,i hope all are well4 ,i expect dear ,mr4 ,hy is gone1 therefore ,i do not write to him4 ,how it shall please the ,,lord to deal with me in my next remove1 you shall hear4 ,i count it my privilege to let you know all good news1 because ,i know it puts gladness into your heart4 ,it is food1 it is physic1 it is every thing to a soul that lives near to ,,jesus4 ,o when shall ,i begin to live to ,him1 as ,i would6 ,i want to be a flame of fire4 ,i know1 my very dear ,sir1 you will pray for me4 ,i can never forget you or yours4 ,i am1 my very dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclx4 ,london1 ,july #ba1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,i ,,hope1 ere this comes to hand1 you will have taken your second degree4 ,a good degree indeed3 to be a preacher1 a young preacher1 a mobbed1 perhaps a stoned preacher,o what an honour6 ,how many prayers will you get when ,i read your letter at ,tabernacle2 and the prayers of so many dear children of ,,god will do you no hurt1 ,i assure you4 ,when we are fighting with ,amalek below1 it is good to have a ,joshua praying for us above4 ,,jesus is our ,joshua1 ,,jesus is our intercessor2 he liveth1 he ever liveth to make intercession1 especially for his young soldiers4 ,yonder1 yonder he sits3 whilst praying he reaches out a crown3 at this distance you may see written in capital letters1 ,vincenti dabo4 ,all a gift1 a free gift1 though purchased by his precious blood4 ,tell churchmen1 tell meetingers1 tell the wounded1 tell all of this3 tell them when you are young2 you may not live to be old3 tell them whilst you are an under graduate2 you may be dead1 buried1 glorified1 before you take a college degree3 tell those who would have you spare yourself1 that time is short1 that eternity is endless1 that the ,judge is before the door3 but ,i can no more1the thought overwhelms3 but with what8 with joy1 joy unspeakable and full of glory4 ,good night6 ,i long to hear particulars from 4 ,if you send me word that young is there1 ,i will answer his letter that hath lain by me some time4 ,my poor prayers await you all4 ,,god bless you6 ,,god bless you6 ,yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxi4 ,london1 ,august #f1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,,it is late2 but ,i must answer your request4 ,the inclosed made me pity1 smile1 and rejoice3 smile at the writer's worn-out sarcasms1 pity his ignorance1 and rejoice that you are thus called to be a martyr1 a living martyr for our common ,,lord4 ,fear not1 only go forwards2 you know ,,jesus1 and by preaching will know more4 ,to him that hath shall be given4 ,for this let men despise your name1 ,you'll shun no cross1 you'll fear no shame4 ,all hail reproach6 ,if you write with all deference1 let him know that ,,jesus hath revealed himself not only to you by his word1 but in you by his spirit3 that you look upon those whom he is pleased to term deluded and fanatics1 as the excellent ones upon the earth2 and that you choose rather to suffer reproach with them1 than to enjoy all the pleasures of sense1 and all the preferments in the world4 ,but why do ,i dictate8 ,i trust you to the teachings of that ,,jesus who hath said1 8,it shall be given you in that hour what you shall say40 ,where doth this live8 ,what is the he mentions8 ,,god grant it may be a nursery for what he calls fanatics so long as one stone is left upon another4 ,one letter more ,i imagine will rid you of further trouble from this quarter2 expect then attacks from another3 but look to ,,jesus2 he will make you more than conqueror4 ,i thank thee1 holy ,father1 ,lord of heaven and earth1 that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent1 and revealed them unto babes4 ,even so1 ,father1 for so it seemeth good in thy sight4 ,why me1 ,,lord8 why me8 ,a sense of this distinguishing love will make you laugh at all that men or devils can say of or do unto you4 ,good night4 ,i must away and pray for you4 ,to-morrow ,mr4 1 c4 breakfast with me4 ,,god bless you6 ,be of good courage3 give no way1 no not for a moment4 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in an almighty ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,as4 ,london1 ,august #ad1 #agfg4 ,my very dear ,tommy1 ,i ,,am sorry to hear you have been sick4 ,this hath been my case4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am better4 ,who knows but ,i may be strengthened to take a trip to ,scotland4 ,this itch after itinerating1 ,i hope will never be cured till we come to heaven4 ,though laymen occupy both the pulpits1 at ,tottenham-,court chapel and tabernacle1 congregations increase4 8,not by might or by power1 but by my spirit1 saith the ,,lord40 ,no weapon formed against ,sion1 shall or can prosper4 ,our ,thursday morning six o'clock tabernacle lecture is crouded4 ,i am looking for1 and putting together old letters4 ,have you any dated ,january or ,february #agdc8 ,could you send to ,mr4 ,es of ,ebly1 and enquire how ,mrs4 ,le may be directed to8 ,her husband had many letters from me4 ,how are dear ,mrs4 ,rts1 and ,mrs4 ,are8 ,i never forget them in the midst of all my loves4 ,i hope you are surrounded with warm friends1 a most kind and affectionate nurse1 and what is all in all1 an infinitely compassionate never-failing ,,jesus4 ,to his unchangeable love ,i most earnestly commend your whole self1 and all dear never to be forgotten friends4 ,how is poor ,mr4 ,ce8 ,what an hospital is the church6 ,blessed be ,,god1 there are no incurables in it however4 ,ere long1 we shall be where the inhabitants shall no more say1 8,i am sick40 ,hallelujah4 ,i am1 my very dear ,tommy1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 in ,him1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxiii4 ,london1 ,august #bf1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,,mr4 hath just now been with me1 and shewed me your letter1 expecting also a sight of mine4 ,but my letters are brought late1 and to-morrow ,i go to preach at ,lady ,fy ,sy's4 ,i therefore1 though quite ill1 must send you a few lines now4 ,go to ,,jesus2 learn to pray of the threatened apostles1 viz4 8,and now1 ,,lord1 behold their threatenings1 c4 c40 ,i am afraid they will only threaten4 ,if an expulsion should be permitted1 it will take place1 ,i believe1 only for a little time1 and soon be repented of4 ,thousands of prayers were put up for you last ,monday1 at tabernacle letter-day4 ,the verses were these3 ,give him thy strength1 ,o ,,god of pow'r1 ,then let men rage and devils roar2 ,thy faithful witness he shall be2 ',tis fix'd1 he can do all through ,thee4 ,adieu4 ,ever yours1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,leeds1 ,september #aa1 #agfg4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,through the tender mercies of our ,,god1 we arrived here last night about six o'clock4 ,in the way1 ,i was enabled to preach both at ,northampton and ,sheffield4 ,good seasons6 ,the ,americans were gone the day before ,i arrived at the last place2 ,i missed them by coming through ,chesterfield instead of ,mansfield4 ,all for the best4 ,,god willing1 ,i stay here over ,sunday2 perhaps longer4 ,i have seen ,mr4 ,t ,g2 he seems poorly4 ,happy they who work for ,,jesus while it is day6 ,the night of sickness cometh1 when no man can work4 ,,lord1 help me to begin to begin6 ,i have seen but few yet1 having desired that no company might come the last night2 by that means ,i got a little rest1 and have now time to write these few lines4 ,o for heaven6 ,come ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly6 ,in my next you will know where to direct4 ,in the mean while1 be pleased to remember me to all at tabernacle1 and all enquiring friends1 and accept of love unfeigned1 from1 my dear old steady friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,newcastle1 ,september #bj1 #agfg4 ,my dear very dear ,friend1 ,,preaching and travelling prevent writing4 ,through unmerited mercy1 ,i am well4 ,upon the maturest deliberation1 after earnest prayer1 and for several peculiar reasons1 which you shall know hereafter1 ,i decline going to ,scotland this fall4 ,i have now a blessed methodist field street-preaching plan before me4 ,this afternoon in the ,castle-,garth1 to-morrow for ,sunderland1 next day at ,mr4 ,r's mother's door1 then to ,yarm1 c4 c4 ,you may venture to direct for me at ,mr4 ,william ,shent's1 peruke-maker1 at ,leeds1 though ,i hope to find a letter when ,i come there1 and to hear all is well4 ,but send me no bad news1 unless absolutely necessary4 ,let me enjoy myself in my delightful itineracy4 ,it is good1 both for my body and soul4 ,i have been enabled to preach in the street1 at several places1 and hope to go to ,gesborough1 ,whitby1 ,scarborough1 ,new ,malton1 ,york1 ,leeds1 ,liverpool1 ,chester1 ,manchester1 c4 c4 ,you shall know particulars as we go on4 ,do not forget the society sermon4 ,if it could be deferred till the beginning of ,november1 ,i might preach4 ,if not1 drop it4 ,tender love to all friends4 ,golden seasons1 golden seasons6 ,grace1 grace6 ,i hope to write to the tabernacle next post4 ,cease not to pray for1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in ,,christ1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,thirsk1 ,september #bh1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,never was ,i so long a stranger to ,london affairs before4 ,but being detained here1 by the persuasion of friends1 an express is gone to fetch what letters may have been sent to ,leeds4 ,i want to know the determination about the society sermon1 and what part of the paragraph is true1 about the commitment of several persons for a certain robbery4 ,i hope that death will not be the consequence to any of the criminals4 ,father1 convict and convert them1 for thy infinite mercy's sake6 ,i should be glad to ramble till their trial was over4 ,i trust there will be no necessity of my appearing in person4 ,to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 as he earnestly desires to see me1 ,i go to ,doctor ,c's4 ,where the next remove will be1 ,i know not4 ,be pleased to direct to ,leeds4 ,my body feels much fatigue in travelling2 comforts in the soul over-balance4 ,every stage1 more and more convinces me1 that old methodism is the thing4 ,hallelujah6 ,come ,,lord1 come6 ,tender love to all4 ,is dear ,mr4 ,hy come out of ,wales8 ,an answer to this1 and every question1 is requested by1 my dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our glorious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxvii4 ,to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,sn4 ,leeds1 ,september #cj1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,friends1 ,,grace1 mercy and peace1 be multiplied upon you and yours1 through ,,jesus ,,christ our ,,lord4 ,our ,,lord6 ,our ,,god6 ,glorious words1 glorious thought1 glorious feeling1 glorious experience6 ,enough to make us rejoice with joy unspeakable2 even with a joy that is full of glory4 ,o glorious ,king1 ,us thither bring1 ,to kiss thy feet4 ,o to be instrumental in bringing some with us6 ,this excursion1 ,i trust1 will be over-ruled for that blessed purpose4 ,i have been enabled to go forth into the highways and hedges1 into the lanes and streets1 of the towns and cities4 ,good old work1 good old seasons6 ,help1 help to praise ,him1 whose mercy endureth for ever6 ,get honest ,betty ,wd to join in putting up a word for her poor old master1 but for ,,jesus ,,christ's sake1 my dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,leeds1 ,october #a1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,your letter to ,mr4 ,shent reached me yesterday at ,thirsk1 and hastened me hither4 ,that from ,a ,b1 ,i almost impatiently wait for4 ,blessed be ,,god1 that matters go on so well in town4 ,it is the same to the ,,lord1 to save by few as by many4 ,not by might or by power1 but by his spirit1 all things are to be brought about4 ,by his divine permission1 ,i purpose preaching the society sermon4 ,it may be on the ,wednesday or ,thursday before the #cast of this month4 ,i purpose being in town the #bb;d or #bc;d4 ,but why should not the sermon be preached at tabernacle8 ,is not the feast to be kept at that end of the town8 ,are not the major part of the society dissenters8 ,is there not to be a collection8 ,excuse haste2 my tender love to all4 ,you may yet direct to ,leeds4 ,captain ,scot preaches this evening4 ,cease not to pray for one1 who doth not deserve the rank of a common soldier in ,,christ's army4 ,his name is1 8,less than the least of all10 but ,yours1 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxix4 ,to ,mrs4 ,h4 ,leeds1 ,october #c1 #agfg4 ,my good ,shunamite1 ,,just as your letter came1 ,i was taking pen in hand1 to send you a few lines4 ,what a mercy1 when good news comes from town and country6 ,and what news so good1 as that of the word of the ,,lord ,,jesus running and being glorified8 ,this hath been the case with the worthless1 but willing pilgrim4 ,every where the sound of his blessed ,master's feet hath been heard behind him4 ,field and street preaching hath rather bettered1 than hurt his bodily health4 ,but as the weather begins to break1 he must look towards winter quarters4 ,this makes it impracticable for him to go to ,madly4 ,it is too far distant4 ,may ,,jesus support the suffering martyr4 ,he will1 he will6 ,he knows what sore temptations mean1 ,for ,he hath felt the same4 ,i know this will find you a living martyr2 a witness of the truths and life of ,,jesus2 the only preparative for dying a martyr4 ,that whether you live1 you may live unto the ,,lord1 or whether you die1 you may die unto the ,,lord1 is the earnest prayer of1 dear ,mrs4 ,he1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxx4 ,to ,mr4 ,wy4 ,huthersfield1 ,october #f1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,wy1 ,,how is death scattering his arrows all around us6 even into our houses4 ,perhaps1 ere now1 your dear yoke-fellow1 as well as dear ,mr4 ,langworthy1 and ,mr4 ,wright's mother1 are laid in the silent grave4 ,surely1 the call to us is loud1 yea very loud4 ,its language is quite articulate4 8,watch and pray1 for ye know not at what day or hour the ,son of man cometh40 ,what is this world8 nothing1 less than nothing4 ,what is the other world8 ,an eternity2 an eternity of endless misery or endless bliss4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 quicken our1 at least my tardy pace6 ,i see more and more1 that we have no time to trifle1 to be light1 foolish1 or worldly minded4 ,a fever1 a burning fever may come with a commission to burn up our bodies4 ,it spares neither ,duke nor ,prince4 ,happy they1 whom it finds burned up with the fever of divine love4 ,that living and dying1 this may be your happy lot and frame1 is the hearty prayer of1 dear ,mr4 ,wy1 ,your real friend and servant in the glorious ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,as4 ,london1 ,october #ab1 #agfg4 ,my very dear ,tommy1 ,,good-morrow4 ,this comes to enquire how you and yours do8 ,i am just returned from my northern circuit4 ,it hath been pleasant1 and ,i trust profitable4 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o our souls6 ,every where the fields have been white ready unto harvest4 ,i am become a downright street and field preacher4 ,i wish the city1 and want of riding1 may not hurt me4 ,no nestling1 no nestling on this side ,jordan4 ,heaven is the believer's only resting place4 ,there we shall not be disturbed4 ,i do not know but ,mr4 ,winter will get there soon4 ,at present he is very ill4 ,but he that bringeth down to the grave1 can bring up again4 ,you and ,i know this by repeated experience4 ,but we shall not always put out to sea again and again4 ,hallelujah4 ,come ,,lord1 come6 ,how is ,mr4 ,cm8 ,is he near the haven1 or kept back by cross winds8 ,write me an answer to all the above interrogatories2 especially to those concerning yourself4 ,tender love to all4 ,mr4 ,wright joins in sending cordial respects4 ,mr4 ,js hath been much blessed here4 ,that the ,,god and ,father of our ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ may bless you and yours evermore1 heartily prays1 my very dear ,tommy1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in our glorious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxii4 ,london1 ,october #bc1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,,by your brother ,peter's letter1 the hour of expulsion is not yet come4 ,surely they will not be so imprudent1 or act so contrary to the laws of ,english liberty4 ,i long to know what statutes they say you have broken1 what concessions have been made4 ,your diocesan will make a strict enquiry4 ,i wish you could recollect all circumstances2 the rise and progress of the present contest2 with all the various pleadings1 threats1 conferences1 pro and con4 ,the issue of the trial you may leave to the ,judge2 he is always the injured prisoners friend4 ,if confined to college1 this will be a good exercise for you4 ,you may lodge it in court1 as a proof whether you understand to write plain ,english1 or sound1 practical1 experimental divinity4 ,this can do you no harm2 it may do good4 ,do therefore set about it4 ,i know one who will readily revile and correct1 if necessary4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus be with your spirits6 ,you see how ,i write1 out of the fulness of my heart4 ,sick suffering soldiers must be attended4 ,if ever so busy1 for the sake of the glorious ,captain of our salvation1 you shall receive a line by way of answer from1 my dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,i shall send the original to your ,fidus ,achates1 in 1 but ,i shall keep a copy4 ,who knows8 ,sauls may yet become ,pauls4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,as4 ,london1 ,october #bd1 #agfg4 ,my very dear ,tommy1 ,,was not ,mrs4 ,js very near her time1 and her husband consequently thereby detained in town1 you would herewith receive a mandamus to come up to court4 ,the first vacancy you may depend upon4 ,in the mean while1 may the country all round about ring of1 8,come to ,,jesus1 come to ,,jesus40 ,worthy ,sir ,charles ,hm hath received a call indeed4 ,he slept in ,,jesus about a fortnight ago1 near the ,spa1 in ,germany4 ,happy translation6 ,we must follow by and by4 ,some ascend1 some descend the heavenly ladder4 ,all will1 ere long1 sit down with ,him1 who stands at the top to receive poor pilgrims4 ,hallelujah6 ,hosanna6 ,good morning to you and yours4 ,hearty love to all4 ,i wish ,i knew where ,mrs4 ,rs sojourns4 ,i would send her an invitation1 or wait upon her in person4 ,wait1 wait2 we shall certainly see the salvation of ,,god4 ,but ,isaacs must be sacrificed1 before they can be received from the dead4 ,thus faith is tried4 ,thus the believer is prepared for a 8now know ,i that thou lovest me40 ,adieu6 ,i must away4 ,my very dear ,tommy1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in our ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,c4 ,london1 ,october #bd1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,,supposing you made this addition to the motto of your coat of arms1 ,nemo me impune lacessit8 ,he that toucheth ,,god's people1 toucheth the apple of ,,god's eye4 ,that is a very tender part4 ,i am glad your diocesan is expected soon4 ,i have no suspicion of his beating a retreat4 8,to arms1 to arms10 must be the watch word now4 ,it was the constancy of the three children1 7the three heroes7 that confounded their enemies4 ,the company of the ,son of man is never so sweet1 as when he walks with us in the fiery furnace1 never so glorious1 as when he is seen keeping his honest ,daniels company in a den of lions4 ,you have therefore your answers ready1 8,we are not careful about this matter2 we will not bow down to the golden image which ,nebuchadnezzar hath set up2 the ,,god whom we serve is able to deliver us40 ,if you do not like these examples1 take ,peter and ,john4 ,suppose dear to be ,john1 and to be ,peter4 ,you know how the high-priests addressed them1 you know their answer4 ,by their answer1 by their boldness1 they took notice that they had been with ,,jesus4 ,nothing1 nothing can stand before an honest truly ,israelitish heart4 ,but this is enough for a sick-bed lecture4 ,i would only add1 that those who endeavour to entangle ,,christ's followers in their talk1 will in the end be entangled themselves4 ,good-morning to you all4 ,remember the watch word4 ,stand out your full time in guard-hours1 send word at about what distance the enemy keeps1 or how near he approaches1 or what further feint attacks he makes1 and1 ,,god willing1 you shall hear again from1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 in our ,,lord1 ,,god almighty1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,tottenham-,court1 ,saturday ,morning1 ,october #ca1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,i ,,wish some one hour could be fixed for the triumvirate1 to meet once a week4 ,some business might then be done for both ends of the town4 ,regular dispatch is beautiful4 ,what your hand findeth to do1 do it with all your might1 c4 ,i would settle every thing2 perhaps ,i may be called suddenly1 as well as 4 ,transporting thought6 ,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly4 ,i would reflect upon ,wednesday with humility and gratitude4 ,,lord1 what am ,i8 8,less than the least of all10 must be my motto still4 ,i hope you have got the better of your pleasing fatigue4 ,what an honour to do any thing for ,,jesus6 in ,him1 ,i am1 my dear friend1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,referring to the sermon he preached at the tabernacle1 to the ,society for promoting ,religious ,knowledge among the ,poor1 on ,wednesday1 the #bhth instant2 the collection amounting to #ajel4 #acs4 his friend he was writing to being one of the ,stewards4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,gs4 ,london1 ,november #ad1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,,all know my mind4 ,go forward1 ,i think is the royal word of command4 ,we may then indeed have a red-sea to pass through4 ,but the threatening waves shall become a wall on the right hand and on the left4 ,i am ashamed to find so many silenced by mere ,bruta ,fulmina4 ,but ,i have done4 ,if you will be more particular about the uproar1 or if at any time you have a mind to unburden your heart1 and let me know how you go forward1 as business permits1 you shall hear from me4 ,nothing but want of time hath prevented my answering you before4 ,you will receive it in love1 and be as serviceable as you can to the bearer of this1 who is a brother to the late seraphic ,hy1 and comes to settle his two sons1 but is not fixed as to college or tutor4 ,may they turn out two ,hy's6 ,may you be a burning and shining light6 ,no greater honour can be desired for you1 by1 my dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in a never-failing ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,tottenham-,court1 ,november #bg1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,none but ,,god knows what a concern lies upon me now1 in respect to ,bethesda4 ,friends can guess1 and a little sympathize1 and ,i thank them for it2 but the ,friend of sinners alone can shew what is to be done4 ,at present1 as to this particular1 ,i walk in darkness1 and have no light4 ,in other respects1 blessed be ,,god1 the light shines as at noon-day4 ,grace1 grace6 ,as another voyage perhaps may be the issue and result of all at last1 ,i would beg you and my dear ,mr4 ,hy to let me have my papers and letters1 that ,i may revise and dispose of them in a proper manner4 ,this can do no hurt1 come life or come death1 or whether ,i stay at home or go abroad4 ,thanks be to ,,god for a disinterested spirit4 ,though in helping others we fetter ourselves1 yet in the end all will be well4 ,i wait for thy salvation ,o ,,lord6 ,in ,him1 ,i am1 my dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxviii4 ,london1 ,december #a1 #agfg4 ,dear ,sir1 ,,quantum mutatus ab illo6 ,as you now do not suffer outwardly1 ,i expect to hear that you suffer inwardly4 ,nothing else can preserve you this winter season1 or prepare you for another spring4 ,a spring1 ,i trust1 you will yet have4 ,then shall poor ,sampson's locks grow again1 and he be revenged of the ,philistines for the loss of his eyes4 ,surely you have been wrong advised4 ,exitus acta probat4 ,if you chuse to have our correspondence continued1 write your whole heart2 it may help to unload it4 ,i shall not upbraid2 though ,i do not expect letters now will smell of the divine fire as formerly4 ,well1 if they smell of the prison of humiliation1 by and by they may regain their usual and more solid permanent fervor4 ,but1 facilis descensus ,averni4,you meet like apostles now2 but when they met between the time of their ,,lord's death and resurrection1 what trouble did they endure1 for fear of the ,jews8 ,but be not discouraged4 ,continue instant in prayer4 ,a risen1 an ascended ,,jesus will yet appear in the midst of you1 7though the doors of your hearts may be now shut7 renew your commission1 endue you with power from on high2 and then1 woe be to the ,jewish sanhedrim4 ,o think of this1 ye little college of cast-outs6 ,do not deny him in any wise4 ,you see ,i write to you out of the fulness of my heart4 ,the ,,lord bless you and keep you2 the ,,lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you1 and be gracious unto you2 the ,,lord cause his face to shine upon you1 and then1 but not till then1 will you have peace4 ,yours1 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,dear ,mr4 must hear from me next4 ,,god bring all your souls out of prison4 ,amen and amen4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxix4 ,to the ,hon4 and ,rev4 ,mr4 ,sy4 ,bath1 ,december #h1 #agfg4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,how glad was ,i to hear by the ,london ,shunamite1 that you and your ,lady were well2 that ,,god had given you a son2 that you reflected on your preaching at ,tottenham-,court chapel with pleasure2 that you had gotten a curate2 and1 to compleat all1 that you intended to visit ,england next spring4 ,this news rejoiced me before ,i left town1 and was most grateful to our good ,lady ,hn1 whom ,i have the honour of waiting upon at this time in ,bath4 ,she hath been sick1 nigh unto death1 but through mercy is now somewhat recovered1 though as yet unable to write much4 ,this her ,ladyship much regrets on your account2 and therefore enjoins me to inform your whole self1 that your letter did not reach her hands till many weeks after the proper time2 that ever since she hath been visited with lingering sickness1 but begs you will not linger in coming over to our ,macedonia to help us4 ,the thought of it seems to refresh her heaven-born soul4 ,blessed be ,,god1 her ,ladyship still takes the lead4 ,she is now doing honour to the remains of the ,earl of ,bn1 who sweetly slept in ,,jesus last week4 ,his corpse lies deposited in her ,ladyship's chapel1 and is not to be removed till next ,friday morning4 ,there have been public prayers and preaching twice every day4 ,the noble relatives constantly attend1 and all is more than solemn4 ,great numbers of all ranks croud to see and hear2 ,i trust many will also feel4 ,the deceased ,earl died like the patriarch ,jacob2 he laid his hands on1 and blessed his children1 assured them of his personal interest in ,,jesus1 called most gloriously on the ,holy ,ghost2 cried1 ,happy6 happy6 as long as he could speak1 and then,you know what followed4 ,i know how you and yours will improve this imperfect account1 and therefore hasten to subscribe myself1 dear and honoured friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxx4 ,to ,lady ,s ,s4 ,bath1 ,december #i1 #agfg4 ,honoured ,madam1 ,,all hath been awful1 and more than awful4 ,on ,saturday evening1 before the corpse was taken from ,bn-,house1 a word of exhortation was given1 and a hymn sung in the room where the corpse lay4 ,the young ,earl stood with his hands on the head of the coffin1 the ,countess ,dowager on his right hand1 ,lady ,ann and ,lady ,isabella on his left1 and their brother ,thomas next to their mother1 with ,miss ,on1 ,miss ,whr1 ,miss ,ge2 on one side all domestics1 with a few friends on the other4 ,the word of exhortation was received with great solemnity1 and most wept under the parting prayer4 ,at ten the corpse was removed to good ,lady ,hn's chapel1 where it was deposited within a place railed in for that purpose1 covered with black bays1 and the usual funeral concomitants1 except escutcheons4 ,on ,sunday morning1 all attended in mourning at early sacrament4 ,they were seated by themselves1 at the feet of the corpse1 and with their head servants1 received first1 and a particular address was made to them4 ,immediately after receiving1 these verses were sung for them3 ,our lives1 our blood1 we here present1 ,if for thy truths they may be spent3 ,fulfil thy sovereign counsel1 ,,lord2 ,thy will be done1 thy name ador'd4 ,give them thy strength1 ,o ,,god of power1 ,then let men rave or devils roar2 ,thy faithful witnesses they'll be2 ',tis fix'd1 they can do all through ,thee4 ,then they received this blessing1 8,the ,,lord bless you and keep you1 the ,,lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you1 the ,,lord cause his face to shine upon you1 and give you peace10 and so returned to their places4 ,sacrament ended 7and a blessed sacrament it was7 the ,noble ,mourners returned to good ,lady ,hn's house1 which was lent them for the day4 ,at eleven1 public service begun4 ,the bereaved relations sat in order within1 and the domestics around the outside of the rail4 ,the chapel was more than crouded4 ,near three hundred tickets signed by the present ,earl1 were given out to the nobility and gentry1 to be admitted4 ,all was hush'd and solemn4 ,proper hymns were sung1 and ,i preached on these words1 8,i heard a voice from heaven1 saying unto me1 write1 blessed are the dead that die in the ,,lord40 ,attention sat on every face1 and deep and almost universal impressions were made4 ,the like scene1 and if possible more solemn1 was exhibited in the evening1 and ,i was enabled to preach a second time1 and a like power attended the word as in the morning4 ,ever since1 there hath been public service and preaching twice a day4 ,this is to be continued till ,friday morning1 then all is to be removed to ,bristol1 in order to be shipped off for ,scotland4 ,the inscription on the coffin runs thus2 8,his life was honourable1his death blessed1he sought earnestly peace with ,,god1he found it with unspeakable joy alone in the merits of ,,christ ,,jesus1 witnessed by the holy ,spirit to his soul1he yet speaketh4,go thou and do likewise40 ,i have oftened wished for your ,ladyship here4 ,congregations are very large1 attentive1 and deeply impressed4 ,surely the death of this noble ,earl1 thus improved1 will prove the life of many4 ,he had great foretastes of heaven1 cried1 8,come ,holy ,ghost20 he came1 and filled him with joy unspeakable4 ,happy1 happy1 were his last dying words4 ,all surviving relatives still feel the influence4 ,they sit round the corpse attended by their domestics and supporters twice a day4 ,good ,lady ,sx gets fresh spirits4 ,she loves your ,ladyship dearly4 ,i am called to attend1 and therefore must hasten to acknowledge innumerable obligations1 and to subscribe myself1 honoured ,madam1 ,your ,ladyship's1 c4 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxxi4 ,bristol1 ,december #ab1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,captain1 ,i ,,hope this will find you rejoicing with trembling1 on account of an additional careful comfort4 ,thus it must be in this mixed state of things4 ,yet a little while1 and our joy will be permanent1 uninterrupted1 and without alloy4 ,for five days together we have been attending at the house of mourning4 ,many1 ,i trust1 were obliged to say1 8,how dreadful is this place40 ,such a like scene1 ,i never expect to see opened again on this side eternity4 ,all is quiet1 ,i trust1 with you4 ,but if diamond hath been cutting diamond1 it will only be suitable to a church militant here on earth4 ,blessed be ,,god for an almighty ,,jesus6 who can by these mutual cuttings prepare the jewels for their respective places in the intended crown4 ,ere long he will count them up4 ,not one shall be wanting4 ,cordial love to all4 ,i purpose being in town ,tuesday se'nnight in the evening4 ,brethren1 pray for us4 ,i shall make all easy at ,kingswood before ,i leave ,bristol4 ,that you may shine with distinguished lustre above1 earnestly prays1 my dear ,captain1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,bristol1 ,december #af1 #agfg4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,we have been favoured with golden seasons here4 ,i have been enabled to preach thrice1 and to administer the holy sacrament4 ,thousands went away on ,sunday1 because they could not come in4 ,the word hath been attended with great power4 ,grace6 grace6 ,what a pity that we cannot stay a week or two longer6 ,but ,i must away to ,bath to preach to-morrow1 and the next ,lord's-day4 ,shall write1 ,,god willing1 to ,mr4 ,ss by ,saturday's post1 to tell ,rose where to meet me with the chaise4 ,we come in the two days post-coach4 ,mr4 ,as is come hither to see me4 ,i thought to have brought him up with me1 but the coach was full4 ,is it true1 that ,mr4 ,jss hath two careful comforts at once8 ,i wish him much joy4 ,pray tell my wife1 that ,i intend doing myself the pleasure of dining at ,tabernacle-house next ,wednesday4 ,ere long we shall sit down and eat bread in the kingdom of heaven4 ,hallelujah6 hallelujah6 ,come1 ,,lord1 come4 ,hearty love to all4 ,continue to pray for1 my dear friend1 ,yours and dear ,mr4 ,hy's1 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxxiii4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,g4 ,london1 ,december #bh1 #agfg4 ,reverend and dear ,sir1 ,,why do you and ,i exchange letters so seldom8 ,perhaps it would be better to correspond more frequently4 ,this brings you the good news of the triumphant death of the late ,earl of ,bn4 ,he behaved like the patriarch ,jacob1 when by faith leaning upon his staff1 he blessed his children4 ,the ,earl added1 8,yea1 and they shall be blessed40 8,had ,i strength of body1 7cried the ,earl7 ,i would not be ashamed before men and angels to tell what the ,,lord ,,jesus hath done for my soul4 ,come1 holy ,ghost1 come1 holy ,ghost2 happy1 happy1 happy60 and then sweetly slept in ,,jesus4 ,the present noble ,earl1 ,i believe1 hath got the blessing indeed1 and seems1 upon the best evidence1 to determine to know nothing but ,,jesus ,,christ1 and him crucified4 ,he hath behaved in the most delicate manner to the ,countess1 and other noble survivors4 ,he stands here in town1 against all opposition1 like an impregnable rock2 and ,i humbly hope will prove the ,daniel of the age4 ,he must be1 nay he hath been already thrown into a den of lions2 but he hath one with him1 that stops the lions mouths4 ,you will encourage all ,,god's people to pray for him4 ,what if you wrote him a line8 ,i am sure it will be taken kindly2 for ,i know he honours and loves you much4 ,you will communicate this to dear ,mr4 ,mch1 who1 ,i suppose1 like me1 is groaning1 being burdened4 ,i am now fifty-three years old4 ,did you ever hear of such a fifty-three years old barren fig-tree8 ,so much digging1 so much dunging1 and yet so little fruit4 ,,god be merciful to me a sinner6 ,a sinnera sinnera sinner4 ,he is merciful2 he is gracious3 his mercy endureth for ever4 ,he yet vouchsafes to bless my feeble labours4 ,you would have been delighted to have seen the awful scene exhibited at ,bath1 whilst the late noble ,earl lay in state4 ,two sermons every day2 life and power attended the word2 and ,i verily believe many dead souls were made to hear the voice of the ,son of ,,god4 ,since that we have been favoured with comfortable seasons in town4 ,i hope you are blessed in ,glasgow4 ,who knows but we may have one more interview in ,spring8 ,whether we meet next on earth or in heaven1 you will find that with great sincerity ,i subscribe myself1 reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 in our glorious ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,wb4 ,london1 ,february #d1 #agfh4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,,who would but converse when together1 like persons that may never meet again till launched into an endless eternity4 ,i hope this was in some measure our case1 when we dined lately at ,mr4 ,ht's4 ,one of the company1 ,i find1 is gone1 and ,i trust to eat bread in the kingdom of heaven4 ,she is happy now1 and we ,soon her happiness shall see4 ,in the midst of all your sorrow for the loss of so near and dear a relation1 methinks such a consideration may make you cry out1 ,hallelujah6 ,amen6 ,come1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 come quickly4 ,blessed be ,,god1 our turn will come by and by4 ,be ye also ready1 is the loud call of the present afflictive providence4 ,that it may be duly heard1 and practically applied1 is the hearty prayer of ,your sympathizing friend1 and servant in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,dn4 ,london1 ,april #f1 #agfh4 ,my very dear ,friends1 ,,if you choose it1 you may now be released2 but the aspect of affairs at home1 is by no means promising4 ,many1 many think of going abroad4 ,however1 you will be so kind as to see the bearers of this settled before you remove4 ,mr4 ,cne1 a worthy disinterested creature1 is to be steward of the house3 he is a particular heart-friend of ,mr4 ,wt's4 ,mr4 ,wt's sister is an approved housekeeper1 and the little female orphans are to be committed to her care4 ,mr4 ,ly hath had an university education1 is a good writer and accomptant1 hath been with me some time1 and is to be a school-master4 ,i long to know how poor ,peter and ,ephraim go on1 and likewise his sister at ,savannah4 ,i and ,mr4 ,wt hope to follow soon4 ,but future things belong to ,him who orders all things well4 ,i believe2 ,,lord1 help my unbelief4 ,his work prospers4 ,that is all in all4 ,be pleased to have all accounts settled and audited1 and take what you please for your passage1 if determined to return4 ,butbut,,god keep you1 through too fond affection1 from taking a false step6 ,my heart is full4 ,if you come away1 and ,mr4 ,sk also goes away1 ,i would have a letter of attorney given to ,mr4 ,cne4 ,but it would be well if ,i could hear from you first4 ,,god direct and bless you all4 ,i can only commend you to ,,god and the word of his grace1 and with ten thousand thanks for all your labours of love1 subscribe myself1 very dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 in our glorious ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,jss4 ,london1 ,may #ag1 #agfh4 ,my dear ,man1 ,,go forward1 go forward1 is the watch-word of the present day4 ,never mind the envious cry of elder brethren4 ,had they been harkened to1 the prodigal must never have come home1 nor ,goliah's head have been cut off4 ,all temple builders1 especially when called out to work in the field1 must endure not only the contradictions of sinners1 but the contradiction of saints also4 ,happy are they who are so deeply engaged in building1 as not to have time to hearken to either4 ,i long to come and lend an helping1 though feeble hand4 ,but ,welch horses move slowly4 ,if the ,welch apostle comes1 ,i purpose1 in the ,whitsun week1 to make a short excursion into ,sussex and ,kent1 and then for ,bristol4 ,blessed be ,,god1 the shout of a king is heard in our camps6 ,all your family is well4 ,all will be more than well1 when we come to our house in heaven4 ,let us march forward with palms of victory in our hands1 crying1 8,hallelujah6 the ,,lord ,,god omnipotent reigneth60 ,tender love to all4 ,i hope to answer ,mrs4 ,rs person4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus be with your spirits6 ,cease not to pray for1 my dear man1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,edinburgh1 ,june #ae1 #agfh4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,i ,,hope this will find you and yours safe returned to ,london4 ,i am glad to hear by dear ,mr4 ,h1 that you left your daughter better3 may she be spared1 not in judgment1 but in mercy6 ,then all will be well3 nay1 at all events1 you may be assured all shall work for good1 because you love ,,god4 ,glorious assurance this6 ,thanks be to ,,god for this unspeakable gift4 ,thanks be to his great name1 for ordering my steps this way4 ,you would be delighted to see our ,orphan-house park assemblies2 as large1 attentive1 and affectionate as ever4 ,twenty-seven year old friends and spiritual children1 remember the days of old2 they are seeking after their first love1 and there seems to be a stirring among the dry bones4 ,i cannot yet tell when ,i shall move4 ,probably within this fortnight4 ,i must away to my throne4 ,love to all at ,tabernacle1 and to all that are so kind as to enquire after1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxxviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,a ,kn4 ,edinburgh1 ,july #b1 #agfh4 ,my dear ,timothy1 ,i ,,am much obliged to you for staying at ,london1 till ,i return from ,scotland4 ,my journey hither was certainly of ,,god4 ,could ,i preach ten times a day1 thousands and thousands would attend4 ,i have been confined for a few days1 but on ,monday or ,tuesday next hope to mount my throne again4 ,o to die there6 ,too great1 too great an honour to be expected4 ,my wife will see my letter to ,mr4 ,sks4 ,i thank her for her kind letter just received4 ,pray tell ,mr4 ,kn that no ,indian money will be remitted to the ,london trust from hence4 ,the interest of what is collected1 which is near two thousand pounds1 is to be sent1 as occasion requires1 to ,mr4 ,wheelock and the ,connecticut trust4 ,be pleased to send to ,mr4 ,dilly1 and desire him to forward by the first ship1 fifty of my letters to the ,archbishop1 directed to ,mr4 ,herdie at the custom-house1 ,leith4 ,i am here only in danger of being hugged to death4 ,friends of all ranks seem heartier and more friendly than ever4 ,all is of grace4 ,grace6 grace6 ,i thought to write you a long letter3 but company forbids4 ,i go on in my old way1 without turning to the right hand or to the left4 ,providence says every day1 8,this is the way1 walk in it40 ,tender love to all1 particularly to my dear wife4 ,next post she may expect to hear from1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccclxxxix4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,t4 ,edinburgh1 ,july #d1 #agfh4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,what various interruptions do we meet with in this lower world6 ,sickness1 preaching1 and company1 have prevented my answering your kind letter more speedily4 ,i strive to stir and fly as formerly2 but the earthly house of this tabernacle pulls me down4 ,strange1 that a harp of thousand strings1 ,should keep in tune so long6 ,however1 this is my comfort1 the ,redeemer still vouchsafes to smile upon my feeble efforts4 ,in ,london the word runs and is glorified1 and in ,edinburgh1 ,i trust1 the prospect is promising4 ,the fields are white ready unto harvest4 ,who knows but some wheat may be gathered into the heavenly garner8 ,many of my old friends are safely housed4 ,they are happy now1 and we ,soon their happiness shall see4 ,hallelujah6 ,perhaps we may have one interview4 ,i have thoughts of going to ,m4 ,a week or a fortnight1 at most1 is the longest time ,i can stay here4 ,i desire to move1 till ,i can move no more4 ,o to die in the field6 ,i pray ,,god to send ,mrs4 ,t a safe delivery4 ,my wife is as well as can be expected4 ,both descending in order to ascend ,where sin and pain and sorrow cease1 ,and all is calm and joy and peace4 ,i add one more hallelujah2 and must hasten to subscribe myself1 my dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxc4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,edinburgh1 ,july #i1 #agfh4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,god be praised that all is so well at ,london4 ,every thing goes on better and better here4 ,but ,i am so worn down by preaching abroad1 and by talking at home almost all the day long1 that ,i have determined1 ,,god willing1 to set off for ,london next ,tuesday noon4 ,i shall mind all you say4 ,you have acted quite right4 ,as you do not mention my wife1 ,i suppose she is out of town4 ,,god prepare you and yours for whatever he hath prepared for you1 and support you under your present and impending trial4 ,company prevents my enlarging4 ,thus it is continually4 ,grace6 grace6 ,hoping to see you soon1 with tender love to all1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 my dear friend1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxci4 ,to ,mr4 ,jss4 ,london1 ,august #af1 #agfh4 ,dear ,mr4 ,jss1 ,,blessed be the ,,god and ,father of our ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ1 who hath so mercifully preserved you in your going out and coming in1 and caused you to triumph in every place6 ,you may continue your gospel range1 till ,mr4 ,eds leaves ,london2 then we must think of ,winter quarters4 ,let us work whilst it is day4 ,the late very unexpected breach1 is a fresh proof that the night soon cometh when no man can work4 ,pray where may ,i find that grand promise made to ,abraham after ,sarah's death8 ,may it be fulfilled in you1 whilst your ,sarah is yet alive6 ,sweet bereavements1 when ,,god himself fills up the chasm6 ,through mercy ,i find it so4 ,adieu4 ,tender love to all4 ,brethren1 pray for us4 ,i suppose ,i must direct to brother ,adams at ,rodborough4 ,he expects you there4 ,that you may be owned in every place more and more1 heartily prays1 my dear man1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in our ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,mr4 ,whitefield's wife died ,august #ith4 ,,letter ,,mcccxcii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,trevekka1 ,august #bf1 #agfh4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,i ,,have had the return of my old disorder2 but blessed be ,,god1 ,i am strengthened to preach the unsearchable riches of ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,we reached ,gloucester on ,monday1 and came hither on ,wednesday afternoon4 ,all we have met with exceeds description4 ,early next ,monday ,i purpose to set off for ,bristol1 and soon after shall return to ,london4 ,brethren1 pray for us4 ,i believe you do2 for ,,god is with us of a truth4 ,i hope you and yours are supported4 ,the ,redeemer is a present help in every time of need4 ,cordial respects await all that love him in sincerity4 ,mr4 ,ld and a ,londonner left us to-day4 ,i hope ,mr4 ,pd and ,bs make all possible dispatch4 ,,god send dear ,mr4 ,hy a good passage and safe return6 ,amen6 ,amen6 ,,lord1 quicken my tardy pace6 ,ever yours1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxciii4 ,to the ,same4 ,bristol1 ,august #cj1 #agfh4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,what we have seen and felt at the college is unspeakable4 ,through mercy last night we came hither4 ,my disorder has returned4 ,this may hasten me up3 or rather hasten me to heaven4 ,i hope your daughter will have it revealed in her before she goes hence4 ,that is all in all4 ,is there any thing too hard for the ,,lord8 ,surely1 ,o ,,god1 thy grace is free1 ,for1 ,o my ,,god1 it found out ,,me6 ,in a day's time my rout may be determined4 ,pd1 c4 must make haste4 ,captain ,jss comes up at the appointed time4 ,hearty love awaits dear ,mr4 ,es1 c4 c4 c4 ,cease not to pray for1 my very dear friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,since writing the above ,i received yours4 ,i find the threatened blow is given4 ,i hope both are enabled to say1 8,the ,,lord hath given1 and the ,,lord hath taken away3 and blessed be the name of the ,,lord40 ,be pleased to send what letters you have for me1 and accept these few lines of condolance from1 my dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in an all-compassionate ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxciv4 ,to ,mr4 ,dn4 ,london1 ,september #a1 #agfh4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,dn1 ,i ,,was exceeding glad to find1 by your last kind favour1 that you and ,mrs4 ,dn thought of deferring your embarkation for ,england till the ,spring4 ,you will then see the newcomers quite settled1 and ,i wish ,i could add1 see also your reasons for leaving ,bethesda but of little weight4 ,i know your mind4 ,would to ,,god your dear yoke-fellow was like-minded4 ,she will certainly be so very soon after her arrival in her native country3 but ,i would not grieve her4 ,,god bless you both6 ,brownhill's situation ,i much approve of4 ,poor ,peter often engages my thoughts4 ,it pleases me to find that he goes on well2 but ,i want to have him settled4 ,if not likely to make a scholar1 or be in some good station in the house1 ,i wish he was put out to some proper business4 ,not one prize as yet among all the young relations ,i have endeavoured to provide for4 ,father1 not my but thy sovereign will be done6 ,i wish you could enquire what is become of 1 sent over with ,mr4 ,wooldridge1 ,provost-,marshall at ,augustine4 ,you may guess that ,i long to see the accompts4 ,i doubt not of their being quite compleat4 ,could you not send me a duplicate before your intended embarkation1 it would be very acceptable for many reasons4 ,all your dear relations on this side the water are well4 ,my nearest relation hath been quite well above a month4 ,mr4 ,middleton hath soon followed after4 ,his wife died a few weeks before him4 ,they are happy now1 and we ,soon their happiness shall see4 ,hallelujah6 ,hallelujah6 ,come1 ,,lord1 come6 ,praying still that1 if it be the divine will1 you may be constrained to abide at ,bethesda1 ,i subscribe myself1 dear and faithful friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxcv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,london1 ,september #f1 #agfh4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,why should not one invalid write to another8 ,what if we should meet in our way to heaven unembodied1 and consequently freed from every thing that at present weighs down our precious and immortal souls8 ,but perhaps we are yet to sojourn a little longer on earth4 ,for these two days past1 ,i have been unable almost to write4 ,to-day ,i am what they call better1 and must improve my first strength in sending a few lines to him whom ,i dearly love in the bowels of ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,may they find you and your dear partner leaning on his bosom1 who alone is able to bring out of every wilderness4 ,neither are forgotten before his throne4 ,though absent in body1 ,i am present in spirit4 ,accept of love and sympathy unfeigned4 ,i am persuaded you are not unmindful of1 very dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxcvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,london1 ,september #ai1 #agfh4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,i ,,approve very much of ,mr4 ,brooksbank's motion1 especially as dear ,mr4 ,middleton is gone4 ,his burying is fixed for ,wednesday evening4 ,would you choose 7with some other friends to whom ,i shall write7 to condescend to be a pallbearer4 ,the conference to follow the children as mourners4 ,the children to be sent for in my carriage1 and sit with the pall bearers in my parlour4 ,all to be invited that have a mind to follow in mourning4 ,the corpse to be brought privately to ,tabernacle on ,tuesday night4 ,i must away1 for fear of the evening air4 ,i should be glad to see you at ,tottenham-,court to-morrow afternoon4 ,by that time1 ,i shall know ,dr4 ,cr's answer to ,mr4 ,middleton's daughter's letter4 ,by which we shall judge the better how to act1 in regard to opening the intended subscription for the benefit of his fatherless children4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am better1 but am ordered to decline preaching4 ,,god's will be done6 ,pray let ,mrs4 ,kn make free at ,tabernacle-house as usual4 ,,god bless you both6 ,,god give me patience to wait till my change comes6 ,i am1 my dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in our glorious ,emmanuel1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxcvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,london1 ,september #bf1 #agfh4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,blessed be ,,god for the art of writing6 blessed be ,,god for skill to read and understand what is written6 ,thus we understand each other1 though at a thousand miles distance2 thus ,i understand1 and by understanding learn to sympathize with my dear fellow-sufferer ,mr4 ,s4 ,this is my comfort1 that underneath him are the almighty ,redeemer's everlasting arms4 ,therefore1 being the beloved of the ,,lord1 he must dwell in safety4 ,though prevented by the weather from using or drinking the ,ramsgate waters1 nothing can prevent his using or drinking the waters of life freely4 ,no1 no3 in every true believer's heart the ,holy ,ghost is a well of water springing up to life eternal4 ,hence it is1 that though he killeth1 he maketh alive2 though he wounds1 yet he heals4 ,these words ,i was enabled to feel and enlarge upon yesterday morning from my ,tottenham-,court throne4 ,for some days the flux of blood hath stopped entirely4 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o my soul6 ,,lord ,,jesus1 if it be thy blessed will1 let me hear of the recovery of my dear friend6 ,most cordial respects attend dear ,mrs4 ,s4 ,,god bless1 support1 and comfort her under her present circumstances4 ,mr4 ,middleton is now made perfectly whole4 ,he was buried from the ,tabernacle last ,wednesday evening1 and a subscription is opened for his four orphans4 ,in the midst of his torturing pains1 being asked by his daughter how he was1 he answered1 8,a heaven upon earth40 ,soon afterwards he fell asleep in ,,jesus4 ,in ,him ,i am1 my very dear dear ,sir1 ,yours1 yours1 c4 c4 in our never-failing ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxcviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,bristol1 ,november #ab1 #agfh4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,,through infinite mercy we arrived here in due season4 ,last night ,i hope the ,redeemer manifested forth his glory4 ,,god willing1 ,i stay till next ,thursday or ,friday morning4 ,friday evening1 and the following ,sunday1 ,i shall preach at ,bath4 ,in three weeks expect to reach ,london1 except called before that period to reside at the ,new-,jerusalem4 ,the pleasing prospect lies day and night open before me4 ,on ,monday1 ,i suppose1 dear ,mr4 ,hy sets out for ,bath4 ,all proper enquiry hath been made about his house4 ,particulars he will be acquainted with on his arrival4 ,pray for me4 ,bethesda lies upon my heart night and day4 ,something must be determined speedily4 ,as ,i trust my eye is single1 ,,god will assuredly direct my goings in his way4 ,hitherto he hath helped3 he will do so to the end4 ,hallelujah6 ,hallelujah6 ,,god bless you and yours6 ,wonted cordial christian salutations to all1 who are so kind as to be concerned for1 and enquire after1 my dear steady friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccxcix4 ,to ,mr4 ,as4 ,london1 ,november #cj1 #agfh4 ,my very dear ,tommy1 ,,ten thousand thanks for your kind sympathy4 ,many thought ,i should not hold out from ,bath to ,london4 ,but ,i cannot as yet go to him whom1 ,i trust1 my soul loveth4 ,last ,sunday ,i creeped up to my gospel throne3 this evening the same honour is to be conferred upon me4 ,why me1 ,,lord8 why me8 ,the prayers of ,,god's people detain me here3 for what end1 the event only can discover4 ,to be tried1 we may be assured4 ,mr4 ,wt is going with his brothers to ,georgia1 in order to finish the wings of the intended college1 and repair the present buildings4 ,i suppose they will sail in about a fortnight4 ,you will pray that ,abraham's ,,god may be my ,,god and my guide unto death4 ,he will1 he will4 ,i would believe thy promise1 ,,lord2 ,,lord1 help my unbelief4 ,cordial1 most cordial respects await your whole self1 and all who are so kind as to enquire after1 my very dear ,tommy1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccc4 ,to ,w ,p1 ,esq4 ,london1 ,december #ad1 #agfh4 ,,how unexpected a letter6 what a kind present6 ,both came safe to hand2 both call for most grateful acknowledgments4 ,my poor prayers shall follow them3 may they enter into the ears of the ,,lord of ,sabaoth6 ,they will1 they will4 ,he is a ,,god hearing prayer4 ,you and yours know it2 otherwise how would you have been translated from darkness to light6 ,marvellous1 soul-transforming light6 ,this1 ,i trust1 you prove by daily experience1 passing from glory to glory by the ,spirit of the ,,lord4 ,hence you increase in boldness2 hence your readiness to follow the ,lamb whithersoever he goeth1 though it should be without the camp4 ,blessed be his name1 for this honour conferred upon ill and hell-deserving me4 ,this may make dear ,mr4 ,st easy1 should ,i ever be called to ,shropshire4 ,i love the open bracing air4 ,preaching within doors is apt to make us nervous1 especially to crouded auditories4 ,these1 ,i hope1 he is blessed with4 ,,god make him a successful fisher of men6 ,i hope he and his are enabled to walk in all the ordinances and commandments of the ,,lord blameless4 ,blessed saving fruits of a living faith6 blessed proofs of having our past sins forgiven6 ,as for those to come1 ,i dare not to mention their being forgiven1 till committed4 ,moderate ,calvinism ,i take to be a medium between two extremes4 ,i should not choose to use expressions that need an apology4 ,this seems to be a blemish in ,dr4 ,caisp1 and other supralapsarian writers4 ,a word to the wise is enough4 ,you will excuse this freedom1 because it proceeds from love unfeigned in1 dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccci4 ,london1 ,december #ae1 #agfh4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,you will see the contents of my letter to ,dr4 ,ee4 ,i have considered the affair of the picture4 ,what think you8 ,a limner who lately drew me1 and hung the picture up in the exhibition1 asks forty guineas for a copy4 ,i shall not mind him1 but send a bust taken several years ago4 ,it shall be paid for here1 and presented as a token of my hearty1 hearty love to the ,orphan-house at ,edinburgh1 and its never-to-be-forgotten friends4 ,nothing but my disorder of body1 ,,god willing1 shall prevent my engagement in the plains of ,philippi3 ,but1 ,i fear1 that will be an obstruction to so long a journey4 ,you cannot tell how low my late excursion only to ,bristol and ,bath brought me4 ,but ,i serve a ,,god who killeth and maketh alive4 ,i would leave future events to ,him1 and like you merchants improve the present ,now3 time is short2 eternity is endless4 ,the ,judge hath sent this awful message1 8,behold1 ,i come quickly40 ,that we all may be ready to go forth to meet him1 earnestly prays1 my dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccii4 ,to ,mr4 ,t ,ams4 ,london1 ,december #bi1 #agfh4 ,my very dear ,tommy1 ,,many thanks for your kind sympathetic congratulatory letter4 ,mr4 ,wright is gone1 or rather lies yet in the ,downs4 ,he is gone to build for ,him1 who shed his precious heart's-blood for ill and hell-deserving me4 ,whether the unworthy ,founder lives or dies1 ,bethesda affair1 ,i trust1 will now be compleated4 ,strange1 that ,i am now living6 ,fifty-four years old last ,tuesday4 ,,god be merciful to me a sinner6 a sinner6 a sinner6 ,less than the least of all1 must be my motto still4 ,as such1 continue to pray for me4 ,that you and yours1 and all the elect people of ,,god around you1 may increase with all the increase of ,,god1 continually prays1 my very dear ,tommy1 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in our ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccciii4 ,london1 ,january #ac1 #agfi4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,,with regret ,i send the inclosed2 but alas6 they were borrowed4 ,may the prayers put up for the writers1 enter into the ears of the ,,lord of ,sabaoth4 ,they will1 they will4 ,and what then8 ,what then8 ,why1 they will turn out good soldiers of ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,that this may be their happy lot1 earnestly prays1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccciv4 ,to ,mr4 ,c ,hy4 ,london1 ,february #d1 #agfi4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,i ,,hope this will find you safe arrived at ,bath1 in your way to ,london4 ,i thank ,,god that matters have turned out no worse at ,plymouth4 ,i see more and more every day1 that things and persons are only what an all-wise1 almighty ,,jesus is pleased to make them4 ,happy1 happy they that have their all in ,him1 who is indeed our ,all in ,all6 ,this1 ,i believe1 is your happy lot4 ,grace6 grace6 ,this may teach us to look to ,,jesus in all our concerns and motions4 ,what his will may be concerning my voyage to ,georgia1 ,i know not4 ,at present the cloud doth not move that way4 ,but you may be assured1 it never entered my heart to think of embarking without settling the minutest matter to mutual satisfaction4 ,but more of this when we meet4 ,,lord1 hasten our glorious meeting in the kingdom of heaven4 ,there sin and strife and sorrow cease1 ,and all is calm and joy and peace4 ,i hope all is well in ,green-street4 ,hearty love to all4 ,all here send greeting4 ,a good time at ,mercer's chapel4 ,grace6 grace6 ,i know you will join in saying ,amen1 with1 my dear ,sir1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccv4 ,to ,mr4 ,se4 ,london1 ,february #bg1 #agfi4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,se1 ,,not want of love1 but of leisure1 hath prevented my making proper acknowledgments for your kind letter1 and late publication4 ,i think it is well written2 and ,i earnestly pray1 that it may be blessed to many4 ,one passage seems exceptionable1 where you say1 8,that all believers were originally endowed with the extraordinary gifts of the ,holy ,ghost40 ,the instances urged to prove it1 seem quite deficient4 ,this is not written to find fault1 but to prevent fault finding4 ,that you may be much owned in every thing you undertake1 and1 with all the ,christian ,sheerness brethren1 increase with all the increase of ,,god1 is the hearty prayer of1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,blessed be ,,god1 the shout of the ,king of kings is yet to be heard amongst us4 ,grace6 grace6 ,,letter ,,mccccvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,as4 ,london1 ,march #aa1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,tommy1 ,,your consciousness of my settled friendship1 will not permit you to interpret my silence to a want of love4 ,how great that is1 and on what a solid basis it is founded1 the great day will discover4 ,through infinite mercy1 ,i am enabled to preach thrice a week1 besides other occasional exercises2 and indeed 7,o amazing condescension67 the shout of the ,king of kings is amongst us4 ,after ,easter1 ,i hope to make an elopement to ,gloucestershire1 and some western parts4 ,could you1 upon the receipt of this1 go to ,bristol8 ,mr4 ,bs must come immediately to ,london4 ,i feel the loss of my right hand daily2 but right hands and right eyes must be parted with for ,him1 who ordereth all things well4 ,i would believe thy promise1 ,,lord2 ,o help my unbelief6 ,leaving you to add a heart-felt ,amen1 ,i am1 my very dear ,tommy1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccvii4 ,to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,d4 ,london1 ,march #ag1 #agfi4 ,my dear ,friends1 ,i ,,hope this will find you not only at1 but fixed at ,bethesda4 ,your brother ,james yesterday told me1 8,he thought it best40 ,it is not a time to think of leaving a happy wilderness now4 ,there's more noise in great cities4 ,i am every day1 every hour1 almost every moment1 thinking of and preparing for ,america4 ,a pilgrim life to me is the sweetest on this side eternity4 ,i am daily expecting ,bethesda accompts4 ,i am daily waiting for the kingdom of ,,god4 ,,god bless my poor negroes4 ,i am always1 my dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 c4 in the ,friend of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,as4 ,london1 ,march #ca1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,tommy1 ,,you will be glad to hear1 that frequent preaching hath prevented writing4 ,through infinite mercy ,i have been enabled to preach four days successively4 ,and indeed we have been favoured with a blessed passover season4 ,all to make us shout louder and louder1 ,grace6 grace6 ,i have some thoughts of making ,gloucestershire my first excursion3 but at present the cloud abides over ,london4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 direct my goings in thy way6 ,the books will be sent4 ,mr4 ,se hath done as desired3 ,i believe he goes to ,bath next week4 ,b's coming was1 ,i think1 of ,,god4 ,she seems happy in her present situation4 ,in heaven we shall be perfectly so4 ,till then1 some right hand or eye must be cutting off1 and plucking out1 and we shall feel the smart and want of both4 ,but all is well1 because all will end well4 ,hallelujah6 ,hallelujah6 ,come1 ,,lord1 come6 ,i can now no more4 ,adieu4 ,,god bless you all6 ,cease not to pray1 my very dear ,tommy1 for ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccix4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,sy4 ,london1 ,april #a1 #agfi4 ,reverend and very dear ,sir1 ,,how much am ,i obliged to you1 for your two kind letters1 and more especially for the repeated offers of your ministerial assistance4 ,they will be most gratefully accepted1 and ,i humbly hope remarkably succeeded1 by ,him who hath promised to be with us always even to the end of the world4 ,blessed be his name1 we have been favoured with delightful passover feasts4 ,the shout of the ,king of kings is still heard in the midst of our ,methodist camps2 and the shout of ,grace1 grace6 resounds from many quarters4 ,our almighty ,,jesus knows how to build his temple in troublous times4 ,his work prospers in the hands of the elect ,countess1 who is now gone to ,bath1 much recovered from her late indisposition4 ,worthy ,lady ,fy proposes soon to follow1 in order to reside there4 ,some more coronets1 ,i hear1 are likely to be laid at the ,redeemer's feet4 ,they glitter gloriously when set in1 and surrounded with a crown of thorns4 ,subjects of the ,,lord1 be bold2 ,,jesus will his kingdom hold3 ,wheels encircling wheels must run1 ,each in course to bring it on4 ,i know who joins in crying1 ,hallelujah6 ,even a ,waller1 a ,harriot1 both heirs of the grace of life4 ,that the ,spirit of ,,christ and of glory may abide and rest upon them here1 and that they may shine with distinguished lustre in his heavenly kingdom hereafter1 most earnestly prays1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccx4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,bath1 ,april #ah1 #agfi4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,hitherto ,,god hath helped us4 ,a good opening at ,chippenham4 ,a precious season here on ,sunday morning4 ,this evening ,i am to preach again4 ,to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 ,i shall set out for ,bristol1 and return hither on ,saturday morning4 ,i hope to write to ,mr4 ,wr1 by to-morrow's or ,thursday's post4 ,i thank him for his punctual sending the papers4 ,i find by them1 who is dead1 and by this time buried in ,saint ,sn's chapel4 ,the question is1 whether there will be a resurrection1 or what will be the consequence8 ,whatever it be1 this is our consolation1 8the ,,lord reigneth4 ,blessed be the ,,god of our salvation60 ,i hope this will find dear ,mr4 ,es proclaiming it with abundant success4 ,tender love to him and to all4 ,surely they will not cease to pray for1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,why4 ,bristol1 ,april #bh1 #agfi4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,why1 ,i ,,suppose you have heard1 that all arrived safe at ,georgia1 ,february #bf4 ,the very moment they cast anchor1 fifteen miles from ,savannah1 an opportunity offered to send a few lines4 ,this is the reason no other letters are yet come4 ,more may be expected daily4 ,be so good as to send a line of information to ,essex4 ,i believe an opportunity will soon present1 to write by the ship bound for ,savannah4 ,my packet is to come up early next week4 ,we finish at ,bath next ,sunday4 ,about a week more ,i stay in ,bristol1 or thereabouts4 ,good seasons every where4 ,what a mercy1 that while the potsherds of the earth are dashing each other in pieces1 the great ,head of the church is building up his spiritual ,jerusalem6 ,that you and yours may be daily built up in the most holy faith1 earnestly prays1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn1 ,bristol1 ,may #d1 #agfi4 ,my dear old ,friend1 ,,this evening we are to have a love feast2 yesterday had a good field preaching at ,kingswood4 ,the night before ,i preached here4 ,,god willing1 to-morrow here again4 ,sunday morning at ,bradford4 ,monday at ,frome4 ,then ,chippenham1 and other parts of ,gloucestershire4 ,i designed to go to ,plymouth1 but ,i have such a cold1 and the weather begins to be so warm1 that ,i know not how the issue will be4 ,hitherto1 blessed be ,,god1 we have had golden seasons4 ,a letter may be sent by ,saturday's post1 to ,mr4 ,bs1 at ,frome4 ,i hope all continues to go on well4 ,brethren1 pray for us6 ,i sent some letters for ,georgia1 to the care of ,mr4 ,why1 but have heard nothing from him4 ,i wish you would write one line to my humble friend1 and tell him he is enquired after every where1 and all are glad to hear of his safe arrival4 ,grace6 grace6 ,that all may prosper both in soul and body1 earnestly prays1 my dear old friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxiii4 ,to the ,same4 ,frome1 ,may #h1 #agfi4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,many thanks for your kind letter4 ,a blessed day yesterday in ,bradford church4 ,a blessed day here in the fields2 thousands attended1 all more than solemn4 ,mrs4 ,mre ,i hope was touched at ,bath last ,tuesday sevennight4 ,glorious prospect in these parts4 ,grace6 grace6 ,i am now going to ,chippenham1 ,castlecomb1 ,dursley1 ,rodborough1 ,painswick1 ,gloucester1 ,cheltenham1 in my way to ,london4 ,the west circuit must be deferred1 on account of the opening the chapel at ,tunbridge4 ,i am easy about ,london1 being so well supplied4 ,,god bless you all6 ,all send cordial respects4 ,ws's inadvertencies grieve me4 ,you will be punctual4 ,i hope to answer ,captain ,js in a post or two4 ,love and thanks to ,mr4 ,es4 ,,lord prosper the gospel plough6 ,adieu1 ,i must away4 ,cease not to pray for1 my dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 8,chentlenam0 replaced with 8,cheltenham0 ,,letter ,,mccccxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,js4 ,rodborough1 ,may #aa1 #agfi4 ,,ebenezer1 ,ebenezer6 ,through infinite mercy1 ,i just now arrived here4 ,blessed seasons at ,chippenham1 ,castlecomb and ,dursley1 in our way from ,frome4 ,have been enabled to preach five times this week4 ,it is good to go into the highways and hedges4 ,field-preaching1 field-preaching for ever6 ,cannot yet determine what course to steer next4 ,at present a very heavy cold lies upon me4 ,,jesus's warm love more than makes amends for all4 ,,god fill all your dear souls with it6 ,i am easy1 as you go on well in ,london4 ,,god bless you all4 ,by ,saturday's post you may know further concerning1 my dear ,captain1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,t ,ams4 ,london1 ,may #ah1 #agfi4 ,my very dear old ,friend1 ,,on ,monday evening we reached ,letchlade1 on ,tuesday ,maidenhead1 on ,wednesday about noon1 through infinite mercy1 we got safe to town4 ,ebenezer1 ,ebenezer6 ,my cold is about the same as when we parted4 ,but who knows what the ,father of mercies may do for less than the least of all his children1 by next ,lord's-day morning8 ,perhaps we may be favoured with another ,rodborough pentecost4 ,never was that place so endeared to me1 as at this last visit4 ,old friends1 old gospel wine1 and the great ,governor ordering to fill to the brim6 ,o to grace what mighty debtors6 c4 c4 ,i suppose you will sing that hymn soon2 and if we should die in singing it8 ,what then8 ,why then1 welcome1 welcome eternity6 ,,god bless you all6 ,yesterday ,i saw your sister ,js comforted under her trial4 ,i see1 whether married or single1 thorns in the flesh we must have4 ,but ,,christ's grace will be sufficient for us4 ,hallelujah6 ,hallelujah6 ,brethren1 pray for us4 ,cordial respects to ,mrs4 ,as2 ,i think her name is ,phebe4 ,i hope to send a few lines to ,mrs4 ,rs and ,mrs4 ,hr very soon2 in the mean while entreat them1 and all like-minded1 to accept most grateful acknowledgments1 and most cordial respects1 and be assured of being always remembered in the poor prayers of1 my very dear ,tommy1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,london1 ,may #bf1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,how did ,i send all over ,bath1 to enquire for you and yours6 ,how have ,i since prayed1 that your present use of the baths may be blessed to the recovery of your valuable health1 and your soul sweetly refreshed with drinking the waters of life freely6 ,both these things1 ,i hope you do and will experience fully4 ,however it may be on earth1 glory1 glory be to free grace6 we are assured that we shall have a perfect consummation of bliss1 both in body and soul1 in heaven4 ,,jesus1 thou son of ,david6 ,,jesus1 thou ,son of ,,god6 ,,jesus1 thou ,,god over all1 ,,god blessed for evermore6 give us patience to wait till this wished-for time shall come6 ,i suppose you have heard of my hoarseness1 gotten1 through mercy1 in the highways and hedges4 ,a delightful spring campaign4 ,many1 ,i trust1 were compelled to come in4 ,such news will gladden you1 because it gladdens the angels which are in heaven4 ,with regret ,i must shorten this4 ,i shall send to know how you both do4 ,,god only knows1 how you are beloved and remembered by1 my very dear friends1 ,yours1 c4 in ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxvii4 ,to the ,same4 ,london1 ,june #aj1 #agfi4 ,my very dear old ,friend1 ,,how glad was ,i to find1 that you could write so long a letter6 ,who knows but the withered hand may be yet stretched out8 8,abba1 ,father60 all things are possible with thee6 ,grant it1 if it be thy blessed will1 for ,,jesus ,,christ's sake6 ,this leaves me a little recovering from my late indisposition1 consequently it leaves me singing1 8,he will not always be chiding1 neither will he keep his anger for ever40 ,how truly1 how incomparably great1 will these loving corrections make us in a future state8 ,then shall we sing without sorrowing1 ,o happy1 happy rod1 ,that brought us hither to our ,,god6 ,in patience1 therefore1 may we possess our souls6 ,yet a little while1 and he that cometh will come1 and will not tarry4 ,,god be praised1 that your dear nurse and yoke-fellow holds out so well4 ,mr4 ,ms tells me she is brave4 ,mr4 ,dn dines with me1 at his house1 on ,friday2 both will then be remembered4 ,the covenant of grace was made from eternity4 ,hallelujah1 ,hallelujah6 ,come ,,lord1 come6 ,ever yours1 c4 c4 in our ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,london1 ,july #bi1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,i ,,thank you for your intended benefaction4 ,our ,,lord will write himself your debtor for it4 ,his interest is pretty good1 8a hundred fold40 ,a hundred fold6 what can the most avaricious trader desire more8 ,it comes very opportunely2 for in looking over my ,georgia letters this morning1 ,i find ,mr4 ,dixon desires me to purchase negro cloth1 and osnabrigs for the negroes1 in ,london2 it will be a great saving1 and render double service to my dear orphan family4 ,in about a month or five weeks ,i hope to set sail4 ,i long for your return1 wish you could shorten your ,scarborough expedition4 ,i want to consult you in many things2 and in particular1 to have proper writings drawn up1 empowering you1 as my attorney1 to act in all things as if ,i was present4 ,o that you may have the presence of our great ,advocate1 to guide1 guard1 and protect you in journeying6 ,may he be a wall of fire round about you1 and be your wisdom1 righteousness1 sanctification1 and all in all6 ,my hearty love to ,mr4 ,eds1 ,mr4 ,gth1 ,mr4 ,age1 c4 c4 ,that the ,,lord may richly reward you for all your disinterested labours of love1 and bless you and yours in time and eternity1 is the constant prayer of1 my dear dear friend1 ,yours most affectionately in an unchangeable ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxix4 ,to ,mr4 ,bs4 ,london1 ,july #cj1 #agfi4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,,old friendship and love embolden me to send these few lines4 ,blessed be ,,god6 the orphan-house affairs go on well1 and a lasting ample foundation is now laid1 for the future support and education of both rich and poor4 ,perhaps providence may call me to ,georgia this fall4 ,could you present the infant institution with a book or two of maps1 or copies1 or copper-plates1 as you shall judge most proper8 ,sheet maps will not do in that hot climate4 ,i should also be glad of some maps1 shewing the different coastings1 c4 for my own amusement when on board4 ,glory be to ,,god1 all sublunary coastings will soon be over4 ,yet a little while1 and we shall get into an eternal harbour4 ,,jesus is the way1 ,,jesus is our pilot4 ,to his almighty never-failing guidance and grace1 ,i most earnestly commit you1 and all your near and dear connections1 as being1 my dear old friend1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 c4 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,if the motion is not approved of1 silence shall serve for an answer4 ,,letter ,,mccccxx4 ,to ,mr4 ,js4 ,tottenham-,court1 ,august #i1 #agfi4 ,my dear ,captain1 ,,my last to 1 will make you guess that my hands and heart are full4 ,last night ,i went on board the ,friendship2 the ,captain is to dine with me to-morrow4 ,i expect to sail the first week in ,september at furthest4 ,you must be then in town4 ,mr4 ,brooksbanks 7if ,mr4 ,kn does not come7 will supply your place4 ,i hope all things will be settled on a right plan4 ,you may be assured of my having1 under ,,god1 the greatest confidence in you4 ,i only wish some means may be found out to save the late great expence of coach hire4 ,it hath mounted very high4 ,but more of this when we meet4 ,blessed be ,,god for smiling on your labours4 ,this is the way2 you need not be exhorted to continue to walk in it4 ,,god bless you6 ,,god bless you6 ,mr4 ,kn is expected from his ,yorkshire tour on ,saturday4 ,all is well at home4 ,cordial love to all4 ,brethren1 pray for us4 ,with regret ,i am obliged to hasten to subscribe myself1 my dear man1 ,yours1 yours1 c4 c4 c4 in our never-failing ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,t ,ams4 ,london1 ,august #ai1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,tommy1 ,,talk not of taking a personal leave4 ,you know my make4 ,paul could stand a whipping1 but not a weeping farewel4 ,my heart and hands are full4 ,what a letter-night last ,thursday evening6 a night much to be remembered4 ,many thanks for your intended present4 ,in ten days ,i expect to sail4 ,,god bless you and yours6 ,,god bless all our never to be forgotten ,gloucestershire friends6 ,i can no more4 ,adieu4 ,cease not to pray for1 my very dear steady old friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,jss4 ,london1 ,august #ai1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,man1 ,,blessed1 for ever blessed be the ,,god and ,father of our ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ1 for causing his word so to run1 and so to be glorified in your hands4 ,no wonder that you meet with a thorn in the flesh4 ,but we know who hath said1 8,my grace is sufficient for thee40 ,i have no objection against your circuit westward4 ,i believe it will be a blessing to many souls4 ,in a few days ,i expect to hear that either ,mr4 ,dcy or ,sy will be in town4 ,if so1 you may proceed2 if not1 ,i must beg you to be here at the time of my departure4 ,ten days1 and then4 ,what then8 ,you may guess4 ,,god bless you and yours4 ,,god bless all dear1 christian1 never-to-be-forgotten ,bristol friends4 ,last ,thursday evening was a parting letter-night indeed4 ,a night much to be remembered4 ,your flaming letter was read4 ,that ,,god may make you flame more and more1 till you are called to be a flaming seraph in yonder heaven1 earnestly prays1 my very dear man1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,t ,ams4 ,on board the ,friendship1 ,captain ,ball1 ,september #e1 #agfi4 ,six in the ,morning4 ,my very dear ,tommy1 ,,although ,i could not write to you whilst ashore1 yet ,i must drop you a few lines now ,i am come aboard4 ,just now we have taken up the anchor3 and ,i trust my anchor is cast within the veil1 where the ground will never give way1 otherwise1 how should ,i have stood the shock of parting1 and put to sea at this time1 or rather at this decline of life8 ,but our ,,god can1 and our ,,god does renew both bodily and spiritual strength4 ,i have not been in better spirits for some years2 and ,i am persuaded this voyage will be for the ,redeemer's glory1 and the welfare of precious and immortal souls4 ,i am assured ,i fare the better for the prayers of my dear very dear ,gloucestershire friends4 ,our parting solemnities have been exceedingly awful2 and ,i thank ,,god for giving me the honour of taking my leave on ,sunday afternoon at ,gravesend market-place4 ,o for this rambling way of preaching till ,i die6 ,if ,mrs4 ,hker gets into harbour before me1 she will be well off4 ,cordial respects await her1 your wife1 ,mrs4 ,rts1 and all the friends of ,zion4 ,o ,england6 ,england6 ,,god preserve thee from and divert every threatening storm6 ,follow1 follow with your prayers1 and assure yourselves of not being forgotten by1 my very dear friends1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxiv4 ,to ,mrs4 ,hge4 ,on board the ,friendship1 ,september #f1 #agfi4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,hge1 ,,repeated labours of love demand repeated acknowledgments4 ,,god bless and reward you and your daughter6 ,i hope you both returned home laden with the grapes of the ,new-,jerusalem4 ,gravesend ,bethels1 ,i trust1 will not easily be forgotten4 ,i am sure you do not forget to pray for a very worthless worm3 a worm1 and no man6 ,and yet1 7,o amazing love67 ,,jesus1 a never-failing1 ever-loving1 altogether-lovely ,,jesus1 careth for and comforts him on every side4 ,hitherto it seems like my first voyage4 ,grace6 grace6 ,what hath ,,god wrought8 ,with all thy mercies1 glorious ,emmanuel1 deny not the mercy of a thankful heart6 ,had ,i more humility1 ,i should be more thankful to ,,god and man4 ,but ,i once more bid you and yours farewel4 ,salute all dear friends as they come in your way1 and tell them their prayers are and will be heard in behalf of1 my dear ,mrs4 ,he1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxv4 ,to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,sn4 ,on board the ,friendship1 ,september #g1 #agfi4 ,dear ,friends1 ,,accept a line of grateful acknowledgment for all favours4 ,i know it will find you busy3 and busy1 ,i believe1 for the ,redeemer's glory4 ,you1 therefore1 shall and will prosper4 ,this comforts me in my present gospel enterprize4 ,i am persuaded it is of1 from1 and for ,him who loved me1 and gave himself for me1 even ill and hell-deserving me4 ,glory be to his great name1 ,i am comforted on every side4 ,fine accommodations4 ,a civil ,captain and passengers4 ,all willing to attend on divine worship1 and to hear of religious things4 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o my soul6 ,faithful mother ,wd1 and all at ,tabernacle1 will be glad to hear of this4 ,pray desire her to remember me in the kindest manner to ,mr4 ,pts1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,tr1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,bs1 c4 c4 ,i remember parting tears4 ,,jesus hath bottled them up4 ,brethren1 pray and give thanks to ,him1 whose mercy endureth for ever4 ,i am brave as to my bodily health4 ,grace6 grace6 ,,god bless you and yours1 and all who are so kind as to be concerned for1 and enquire after1 my dear old friends1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,why4 ,on board the ,friendship1 ,september #h1 #agfi4 ,dear ,mr4 ,why1 ,o ,,these partings6 ,without a divine support they would be intolerable4 ,but with that1 we can even do this and every thing besides1 which we are called to do or suffer4 ,you will be glad to hear that every thing turns out beyond expectation1 as to bodily health1 ship accommodation1 civility of passengers1 c4 ,i only want somebody that hath a little more brains about me3 but we must have our buts in this trying imperfect state4 ,say what we will1 without these things we could not have our graces kept in exercise4 ,,god preserve you and all my religious friends1 amidst the exercises that ,i fear await them4 ,nothing less than an almighty power can preserve and keep them in a proper temper4 ,land-storms are often most dangerous4 ,tell all as they come in your way1 that their prayers are heard4 ,i serve a ,,god whose mercy endureth for ever4 ,particular respects to ,mr4 ,hs1 ,mr4 ,bn1 ,mr4 ,ss1 ,mr4 ,we1 and all that accounted it their privilege to assist an unworthy worm3 not forgetting poor mother ,es4 ,you would all be pleased to see how well ,i am4 ,grace6 grace6 ,o the privilege and honour of leaving a little ,all1 for a great unfailing ,all the ever-blessed ,,god6 ,may you be kept unspotted1 that are called to abide by the stuff4 ,you are surprizingly improved as to politeness of behaviour3 may the inward man be more than equally improved1 and increase with all the increase of ,,god day by day6 ,you will not fail to pray1 that this may be also the happy case of1 my dear ,mr4 ,wy1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxvii4 ,to ,mrs4 ,m4 ,on board the ,friendship1 ,september #h1 #agfi4 ,,though on the mighty waters1 ,i must not forget faithful friends that ,i have left behind4 ,you1 ,i am persuaded1 are one of these4 ,i have tried you many years4 ,,god bless you and yours6 ,,god guide and keep you in your new undertaking6 ,you are launching into a wide sea4 ,may ,,jesus be your pilot6 ,he will1 he will4 ,he is the widow's husband1 and will therefore plead the widow's cause4 ,he is good to us on board4 ,praise ,him1 praise ,him whose mercy endureth for ever4 ,cease not to pray for1 dear ,mrs4 ,m1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,on board the ,friendship1 ,september #h1 #agfi4 ,my dear steady ,friend1 ,,ebenezer6 ,ebenezer6 ,hitherto the ,,lord helps4 ,all things are very commodious on board1 and hitherto ,i am comforted on every side4 ,the ,captain and passengers are civil1 willing to oblige1 and ready to attend on divine worship4 ,we have had contrary winds in our way to the ,downs1 but not violent4 ,the young soldiers not yet sick1 though the ship hath some motion4 ,i seem to be now1 as ,i was thirty years ago4 ,grace6 grace6 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o my soul6 ,the prayers of the dear ,londoners are and will be heard4 ,may the mercies bestowed upon us in answer to their prayers1 redound to thy glory1 ,o my ,,god6 ,the care of my annual pensioners1 with all money matters1 ,i must beg you to take wholly into your hands4 ,o how little can ,i do for ,him1 who hath done and suffered so much for me6 ,,god be merciful to me a sinner6 ,tender love to all4 ,cease not1 cease not to pray forwards1 and to pray back again1 my very dear ,sir1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxix4 ,to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,ftt4 ,the ,downs1 on board the ,friendship1 ,september #aj1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,friends1 ,,as we are now at our first baiting-place1 and ,i have been thinking of and praying for my tried1 steady1 uniform friends1 no wonder that you two came strongly upon my mind4 ,accept cordial thanks for all favours1 and add to my manifold obligations by praising ,him1 whose mercy endureth for ever4 ,he deals bountifully with us on board1 and gives us a prospect of being comfortable with all about us4 ,you are called to stay by1 but blessed be ,,god you are called to live above the stuff4 ,a pilgrim life is my lot4 ,i am more than content with it4 ,i shall have time enough to rest in heaven4 ,this heaven is begun on earth4 ,you know it1 you know it4 ,ere long the budding flower will be full blown4 ,afflictions1 temptations1 ordinances1 providences1 will all concur to bring it to maturity4 ,when this is done1 death shall transplant it to a better soil where it shall never fade1 but increase in fragrance and beauty through the endless ages of eternity4 ,but ,i must not detain you4 ,this is your busy day4 ,you have been gathering manna4 ,a little hath fallen round our floating camp4 ,i know you wish us a trading voyage4 ,that you may sail into harbour with a very full and choice cargo of heavenly wares1 with your top-gallant sails flying1 and shouting from every quarter1 ,grace6 grace6 earnestly prays1 my very dear friends1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,tell ,mr4 ,kn ,i was in hopes of one line by ,saturday's post4 ,we had a violent gale yesterday4 ,one ship we hear is gone4 ,blessed be ,,god we are all well4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxx4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,deal1 ,september #ad1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,it hath really given me some concern1 that notwithstanding ,i have written so many letters1 not a single friend hath wrote at a venture1 though if we had been sailed1 the letter might have been returned4 ,the ,captain hath been answered2 ,winter hath been answered4 ,butall is well4 ,for wise reasons we are detained in the ,downs4 ,who knows but it may be to awaken some souls at ,deal8 ,a peculiar providence brought me here4 ,warm-hearted ,dr4 ,gns came on board to pay me a visit1 was sick1 lay in my state room1 and learnt more experimentally to pray for those who occupy their business in the great waters4 ,mr4 ,by of ,ramsgate1 and young ,mr4 ,gner1 who was ordained here yesterday1 followed after4 ,at their request ,i came ashore yesterday morning4 ,the ordination was very solemn1 and ,i have not been more affected under any public ministrations a great while4 ,at the request of many1 ,i preached in the evening to a crouded auditory1 and spent the remainder of the night in godly conversation4 ,dr4 ,gns will acquaint you with some pleasing particulars4 ,if the wind continues contrary1 perhaps ,i may make an elopement to ,margate4 ,i wish ,i could see my sermon that is printed4 ,you may at a proper season1 in a proper way1 hint as from yourself to 1 that ,i have often thought he would do for ,bethesda academy4 ,if ,i die1 let not the hymn book be cashiered4 ,i am glad to hear of the ,amens at ,tottenham-,court4 ,i doubt not but it is the same at ,tabernacle4 ,i design to write to both1 and to the conference1 c4 ,but ,i cannot enlarge now4 ,the young sailors begin to be more handy1 and are attentive to oblige4 ,this is the thirteenth time of my crossing the ,atlantic ,ocean4 ,,god bless you all6 ,if further detained1 you will hear again from1 my very dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,a parcel might be sent by ,saturday's coach1 directed to the care of 3 he would return it if we are sailed4 ,i should have the papers and the sermon4 ,the ship that was lost hath been taken up and brought in4 ,the passengers escaped in the boat4 ,what are we that we should be preserved8 ,grace6 grace6 8,taberbernacle0 replaced with 8,tabernacle0 ,,letter ,,mccccxxxi4 ,to ,mr4 ,gd4 ,the ,downs1 on board the ,friendship1 ,september #ae1 #agfi4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,gd1 ,i ,,cannot forget your old readiness to serve and attend upon me4 ,i cannot forget your last parting conversation4 ,alas6 alas6 how little do we know of the bitter cups that await us in the decline of life6 ,may ,,jesus sweeten them with his love6 ,he will1 he will4 ,this will make them palatable4 ,this and this alone can make us cry from our inmost souls1 8,the cup which my heavenly ,father hath given me to drink1 shall ,i not drink it80 ,though bitter1 there is no death in this cup3 on the contrary1 nothing but life1 nothing but life4 ,courage then1 my dear ,mr4 ,gd1 courage4 ,yet a little while and we shall see ,all our sorrows left below1 ,and earth exchang'd for heav'n4 ,adieu4 ,,god bless you and yours4 ,hearty love to all that are so kind as to enquire after and pray for me4 ,pray go to ,dr4 ,gns1 and tell him ,i hope he got home well4 ,i had a pleasant season at ,deal with him and some other servants of our common ,,lord4 ,what will heaven be8 ,i am lost in contemplation of it4 ,and therefore must hasten to subscribe myself1 dear ,mr4 ,gd1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 8mylelf0 replaced with 8myself0 ,,letter ,,mccccxxxii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,deal1 ,september #ae1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,your letter was quite refreshing4 ,it found me on board4 ,but ,mr4 ,by came1 put me under an arrest1 and is carrying me away to ,ramsgate3 ,i hope to arrest some poor run-away bankrupts for the ,captain of our salvation4 ,you would be glad to be here4 ,how mysterious and yet how wise are his ways6 ,fain would ,i follow the ,lamb whithersoever he goes4 ,blessed be ,,god that all is so well at ,london4 ,i trust all will be better and better4 ,for ,,christ's sake1 let all means be used to keep up and increase ,tottenham-,court and ,tabernacle societies4 ,pray be particular about church and state4 ,a shaking season awaits both4 ,happy they who have cast anchor within the veil4 ,all send due respects4 ,cordial love to your whole self1 to all that sent their love1 and to all who are so kind as to enquire after1 my very dear steady friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,downs1 ,september #af1 #agfi4 ,my very dear steady ,friend1 ,i ,,must not leave sight of the ,downs1 without sending you a few grateful1 sympathizing1 parting lines4 ,i know in what a situation they will find you1 filling up the measure of ,,christ's sufferings which are behind4 ,amazing6 even bodily sufferings1 when brought on by working for ,him1 he accounts his own4 ,he knows what this temptation means1 ,for he hath felt the same4 ,what a mercy this1 when wearisome nights and days are appointed for us6 ,o that patience may have its perfect work in our souls6 ,it will1 it shall4 ,faithful is he that hath promised1 who also will do it4 ,fine sayings these for an old weather-beaten almost worn-out pilgrim1 just on his entrance upon a new voyage4 ,but ,ebenezer6 ,ebenezer6 ,he that hath helped and delivered twelve times1 will not fail the thirteenth4 ,i would believe thy promise1 ,,lord2 ,o help my unbelief6 ,hitherto the prospect is comfortable4 ,accommodations good4 ,all on board civil1 and willing to attend upon divine worship4 ,above all1 ,,jesus is kind1 yea very kind to the better part of1 my very dear never-to-be-forgotten friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,most grateful acknowledgments await your whole self1 and dear daughter and worthy son-in-law4 ,pray for us4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,hn4 ,in the ,downs1 on board the ,friendship1 ,september #ag1 #agfi4 ,my dear old ,friend1 ,i ,,sympathize with you from my inmost soul4 ,what prickles have our sweetest roses6 ,how does ,,god's promise seemingly cross hands with his providence6 ,we would fain direct him3 but his answer is1 8,i know it1 my son1 ,i know it30 and hereafter we shall know it too4 ,that hereafter will soon come4 ,it is coming every moment4 ,yet a little while1 and we shall see ,all our sorrows left below1 ,and earth exchang'd for heav'n4 ,i have no doubt1 but this will be the happy lot of your dear yoke-fellow4 ,at present she walks in darkness1 and sees no light4 ,but ,,god will lighten her darkness1 and the days of her mourning shall be ended4 ,beg her to accept my most sincere and sympathetic salutations2 and assure yourselves1 that neither of you are forgotten in the poor prayers of1 my dear friends1 ,less than the least all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,deal1 ,september #ag1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,as ,i have no parcel1 ,i am ready almost to think somebody is coming4 ,i am just returned from ,ramsgate1 and going on board4 ,never did any creature shew greater civility1 heartiness1 politeness1 and generosity than ,mr4 ,bry4 ,his friends were hearty too4 ,indeed and indeed ,i believe solid good was done at ,ramsgate4 ,i preached on ,friday and ,saturday4 ,it was hard parting this morning4 ,i expect a long passage4 ,but all is well4 ,i am kept comfortable4 ,i could not go to ,margate4 ,friends that write1 should direct where the letters are to be returned4 ,i am glad ,mr4 ,sy is come4 ,i shall write to ,bath4 ,is my farewel sermon printed8 ,that is what ,i meant2 no packet is come4 ,tender love to all1 to all4 ,never fear1 ,satan thwarts and men object1 ,and yet the thing they thwart effect4 ,hallelujah6 ,i wish this may be the last letter1 any may receive dated at the ,downs1 from1 my very dear ,sir1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxxvi4 ,to ,mr4 ,john ,wr4 ,the ,downs1 on board the ,friendship1 ,september #ah1 #agfi4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,i ,,must not forget you and your dear yoke-fellow1 whom ,i cannot but number amongst my old first friends and children4 ,i hope this will find bodily pain subsided1 or grace given to make it more than tolerable4 ,little do we know what trials await the declines of life4 ,but these are like the finishing strokes of a limner's hand before the picture is sent for home4 ,yet a little while1 and it shall be hung up in ,,god's house above1 as a trophy of the ,redeemer's blood and ,spirit1 to be admired for ever and ever4 ,o heights of grace6 ,o depths of love6 ,,lord1 fit us for ,this house above6 ,adieu6 ,,god bless you and yours and all your connections4 ,the post-boat is come4 ,though detained in the ,downs1 yet ,i hope we are sailing to heaven4 ,hallelujah6 ,cease not to pray for1 my dear friends1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxxvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,g1 and to all in conference4 ,the ,downs1 on board the ,friendship1 ,september #ai1 #agfi4 ,dearly beloved in the ,,lord1 ,,though absent in body1 ,i am present with you in spirit4 ,not want of love1 but of leisure1 prevented my holding a conference with you before my embarkation4 ,my hands and heart were full4 ,ere long1 we shall go no more out4 ,in the mean while1 may you all be pillars in the house of our ,,god6 ,you are engaged in a good cause1 and in a branch of the ,redeemer's work1 which hath1 and ,i am persuaded will prosper more and more4 ,what a mercy1 that fresh instruments are raised up1 to preach to poor sinners the unsearchable riches of ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,i hope that the sound of his blessed feet hath been heard behind young ,mr4 ,d2 he seems to come out in the first1 old1 itinerant methodistical way4 ,no way like this4 ,light and life must go together4 ,principles and power1 principles and power conjointly1 alone can satisfy my dear tabernacle hearers souls4 ,though dying1 ,i should live1 when ,i find that they and you stand fast in the ,,lord1 and go on1 and are terrible like an army with banners4 ,this be your happy lot6 ,whatever becomes of ill and hell-deserving me1 may you increase with all the increase of ,,god6 ,most cordial love awaits ,mr4 ,c1 ,mr4 ,b1 ,mr4 ,d1 ,mr4 ,i1 or as many of them as are in town4 ,may all be helped1 to give one and the same mighty gospel all-powerful blast1 till ,jericho's towering walls fall down before them4 ,outward troubles1 ,i am persuaded1 await us4 ,but in ,,jesus we shall have peace4 ,to his never-failing mercy ,i commend you and yours1 and all your near and dear connections4 ,brethren1 pray for us2 ,i know you do4 ,the ,redeemer1 in answer to your prayers1 deals bountifully with us4 ,i am comforted on every side4 ,never less alone1 than when alone with my ,,god4 ,my anchor is cast within the veil4 ,though detained in the ,downs1 ,i hope we are sailing towards our eternal haven4 ,still help us forwards1 and pray us back4 ,once more1 ,,god bless you all6 ,,god bless the dear tabernacle society1 bands and classes1 and all that come to hear a preached gospel under that despised yet highly honoured roof4 ,i am sure you will add1 and ,,god bless him1 who from his inmost soul subscribes himself1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxxviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,js4 ,on board the ,friendship1 in the ,downs1 ,september #ai1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,captain1 ,i ,,write a few lines at a venture1 uncertain whether you are in town or not4 ,you see where they leave me2 at our first baiting place4 ,had not our ,captain loitered at ,london last ,lord's-day1 we might have been out of the channel4 ,but then perhaps ,i might have lost the sale of some gospel goods at ,gravesend market-place4 ,i hope you1 and all my dear fellow labourers1 will meet with thousands of moneyless customers1 who will come down to the price4 ,blessed news for bankrupts6 ,surely1 ,o ,,christ1 thy grace is free1 ,for1 ,o my ,,god1 it found out me6 ,he is good to us on board4 ,all are civil and studious to oblige4 ,i am glad of the third cabin passenger4 ,the steerage ones are old hearers1 and in distress4 ,who knows what a trading voyage we may have4 ,when you write to ,bristol1 pray tell ,miss ,bne to acquaint ,mr4 ,gn1 that ,i am sorry ,i did not know who sent me the kind present in so genteel a manner4 ,he hath my grateful acknowledgments4 ,the young sailors have been a little sick4 ,the ,steward is very handy4 ,i am kept comfortable in soul and body4 ,pray on1 my dear friends1 pray on4 ,remember our partings1 our partings4 ,surely they will never be forgotten by1 my dearly beloved ,captain1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxxxix4 ,to ,mr4 ,bs4 ,the ,downs1 on board the ,friendship1 ,captain ,ball4 ,september #ai1 #agfi4 ,my dear old ,friend1 ,,though my hands and heart were too full1 to come and give you personal thanks on shore1 be pleased to accept my most grateful acknowledgments for your kind present1 and yet kinder letter1 now ,i am on board4 ,i know your heart is formed for friendship1 and therefore some kind of trials of the affectionate kind1 must make such impressions1 as persons of leaden souls and iron bodies1 are utter strangers to4 ,what a mercy1 that we have a compassionate ,high-,priest to apply to1 who is most sensibly touched with a feeling of our infirmities6 ,he knows what sore temptations mean1 ,for he hath felt the same4 ,courage therefore1 my dear ,sir1 courage4 ,yet a little while1 and he that cometh will come1 and will not tarry4 ,in the mean while1 may both of us be enabled to sing1 ,o happy1 happy rod1 ,that brought us nearer to our ,,god4 ,i write this out of the fulness of my heart4 ,old friendship more than revives4 ,,god bless you1 and all your near and dear connections6 ,through infinite mercy1 this leaves me comforted on every side4 ,i want a thousand tongues to praise ,him whose mercy endureth for ever1 and in whom ,i am1 my very dear ,sir1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,i should be glad if you would be pleased to send the ,atlas to ,mr4 ,kn1 woollen-draper1 in the ,minories4 ,a ship goes soon to ,georgia4 ,,letter ,,mccccxl4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,on board the ,friendship1 off ,new-,romney1 ,september #bf1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,man appoints1 but an all-wise1 all-gracious ,,god disappoints4 ,dear ,mr4 ,hy guessed right4 ,this day sevennight we weighed anchor1 and sailed1 though very slowly1 as far as ,fair-,lee4 ,but for near five days we have been tossed by violent gales1 and last night1 through infinite mercy1 cast anchor off ,dungenness and ,new-,romney4 ,the new sailors have been quite sick1 but are now almost recovered4 ,i have felt very little1 comparatively speaking1 and have been able to read1 c4 c4 ,had ,i known of having such a handy ,steward1 ,i might have spared one hand2 but what is1 is best4 ,in ,,god's due time1 the winds will have a commission to carry us on4 ,satan doth not like this voyage4 ,pray on1 pray on1 my very dear friends1 and never fear4 ,all shall work together for good to those who love ,,god4 ,i wish you had advertised against the publisher of my last sermon4 ,it is not verbatim as ,i delivered it4 ,in some places1 he makes me to speak false concord1 and even nonsense4 ,in others1 the sense and connection are destroyed1 by the injudicious disjointed paragraphs2 and the whole is entirely unfit for the public review4 ,but we must suffer by the false zeal of professing friends1 as well as by the inveterate malice of public avowed enemies4 ,if one sentence is blessed to the conviction and edification of any single individual1 ,i care not what becomes of my character1 though there is no occasion of bringing ourselves into needless contempt4 ,i write this at a venture2 we see a boat approaching1 and hope it will reach us4 ,we have put back3 ,o that it may quicken friends to pray us forwards4 ,we are like a man of war that hath been out on a short cruise1 and then returned into harbour4 ,what awaits us we know not4 ,it is not fit we should4 ,,god bless you all1 my dear1 very dear friends4 ,i remember your times of meeting at both ends of the town4 ,sea is sea1 land is land4 ,the ,,god whom we serve1 is ,,god of both4 ,to his never-failing mercy ,i commend you4 ,continue to do the same for1 my very dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,off ,new-,romney1 ,september #bh4 ,,still we are prisoners4 ,but blessed be ,,god1 prisoners of hope6 ,in ,,god's due time1 the word of command will be1 ,go forward4 ,i am sadly off for want of white biscuit4 ,but ,,god will supply every want4 ,the boat is going1 that came off with some eatables4 ,adieu4 ,tender love to all4 ,blessed be ,,god1 all is well6 ,cease not to pray for1 my very dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,the very same censures are too justly applicable to the volume of sermons1 now published by ,mr4 ,gurney1 as ,mr4 ,whitefield's4,relying on the accuracy of the shorthand-writer1 and on the fidelity of the reverend gentleman who was to revise the sermons1 and on their joint regard for the memory of ,mr4 ,whitefield1 his executors did agree to recommend the intended publication1 and promote its sale2 for which1 a consideration was to be paid by ,mr4 ,gurney1 to be applied by them1 according to the tenor of ,mr4 ,whitefield's ,will4 ,but on their receiving nine of the sermons1 7worked off7 to their great surprise1 they found themselves1 after perusal1 unable to authenticate them1 either as to language or sentiments2 therefore judged them utterly unfit for publication1 and told ,mr4 ,gurney1 that on no consideration whatever1 could they recommend them to the public4 ,the executors are extremely concerned on ,mr4 ,gurney's account1 as well as for the character of their late worthy friend2 and now wish that they had not rested with the hearing only one half-sheet read to them1 but had insisted on seeing the whole ,manuscript1 and every sheet from the press4 ,however1 though ,mr4 ,gurney ought to have stopped the press when first applied to1 and although the agreement was never signed by either of the parties1 the executors have repeatedly offered1 that1 besides chearfully renouncing all advantages1 they will pay whatever expences ,mr4 ,gurney hath been at in the affair1 and so take and burn the whole impression2 as otherwise the purchasers must be deceived1 and the name of the deceased sorely wounded4 ,,letter ,,mccccxli4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,on board the ,friendship1 ,captain ,ball1 in ,five-fathom ,hole1 about ten miles from ,charles-,town1 ,south-,carolina4 ,november #cj1 #agfi4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,we have had a long1 and in several respects a trying passage4 ,particulars expect by the packet1 which the pilot says will sail in two or three days4 ,this day week we first saw land2 came over the bar the #bhth instant1 and should have been at ,charles-,town that evening1 but our ship was too light to obey the helm4 ,we had the mortification of seeing ten sailing in before us1 and we ever since left in jeopardy4 ,surely ,satan foresees some signal good attending this voyage4 ,in the midst of all1 blessed be ,,god1 we have had plenty of outward things2 and ,i am in better health than at the end of any voyage ,i have made for some years4 ,mr4 ,smith hath really behaved well1 and been very handy and attentive4 ,the same may be said of ,mr4 ,winter4 ,we have been like the three children in the fiery furnace4 ,but the ,son of ,,god hath been1 and is 7,o amazing grace67 still with us4 ,please to remember us to all concerned4 ,hoping soon to write from on shore1 and most earnestly praying1 that grace1 mercy and peace1 may be multiplied upon you all1 ,i must hasten to subscribe my old but true name1 8,the chief of sinners1 less than the least of all saints10 but ,your affectionate1 obliged friend1 and willing servant to all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,charles-,town1 ,december #a4 ,,blessed be ,,god1 a pilot-boat came yesterday along-side1 and brought us hither in safety to our unspeakable comfort in the evening4 ,our reception as hearty or heartier than ever4 ,grace6 grace6 ,the ship is not yet come up4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am brave and well1 and am to preach this afternoon4 ,praise ,him whose mercy endureth for ever6 ,we have been delivered out of great jeopardy4 ,you will say so1 when you receive further particulars from1 my dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxlii4 ,to ,miss ,hy4 ,charles-,town1 ,south-,carolina1 ,december #f1 #agfi4 ,dear ,madam1 ,,shall ,i promise1 and not perform8 ,,god forbid6 ,you have one of my first letters since our arrival4 ,the long passage made shore more agreeable4 ,miss ,hy knows how to apply such an account4 ,all we meet with here1 will be sweetly overruled to render heaven1 and a sight of ,,jesus in the heaven of heavens1 more delightful4 ,i am in hopes1 by this last week's preaching1 that some ,south-,carolina souls are beginning to look heavenwards4 ,grace6 grace6 ,in a day or two1 ,,god willing1 we shall move to ,bethesda4 ,mr4 ,wt is come to meet me1 and tells me all is in great forwardness there4 ,ere long the top-stone of a building not made with hands will be brought forth4 ,how many of your beloved family will join the shout1 crying1 ,grace1 grace unto it6 ,most cordial and due respects attend them all4 ,,god be praised1 heaven is in sight4 ,,jesus is our pilot3 he will steer us safe over every bar2 even over the last bar1 ,death4 ,then will we sing1 ,all our sorrows left below1 ,and earth exchang'd for heav'n4 ,o how good is it to bear the yoke in our youth6 ,a glorious preparative for a comfortable old age4 ,that you and all your dear relatives1 may increase with all the increase of ,,god1 is the earnest prayer of1 dear ,madam1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxliii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,charles-,town1 ,december #i1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,immediately on our arrival1 ,i sent you a letter by way of ,liverpool1 and then promised you a particular and very explicit letter by this packet3 but it must be deferred a few days4 ,so much company crowds in1 that together with my preaching every other day1 c4 c4 ,i have scarce the least leisure4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i have already met with some fruits of my feeble labours in this place4 ,an earnest1 ,i hope1 of good things to come4 ,to-morrow1 ,i set off by water to ,georgia1 the roads being almost impassable by land4 ,mr4 ,wright is come to go with me1 and acquaints me that all is in great forwardness at ,bethesda4 ,how ,i am directed in respect to that institution1 you shall know hereafter4 ,and glory be to a never-failing ,,god1 an hereafter is drawing on apace1 when we shall sing1 ,all our sorrows left below1 ,and earth exchang'd for heav'n4 ,i hope you and yours are helped to possess your souls in patience4 ,,god bless and reward you6 ,grace1 mercy1 and peace be multiplied upon you and yours6 ,all join in sending due and cordial respects4 ,o give thanks unto the ,,lord1 for his mercy endureth for ever4 ,brethren1 pray for us4 ,tender love to all4 ,your letter to me by ,anderson1 ,i have not yet received4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i am in health4 ,grace6 grace6 ,the packet is about to be closed4 ,other ships are almost ready to sail4 ,by one or all expect to hear again from1 my very dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxliv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,savannah1 ,december #bd1 #agfi4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,the bearer ,b ,f is the steward of the ship in which ,i came over3 a very handy useful man2 to whom in a great measure ,i owe the chief comfort of my voyage1 as to eatables4 ,he hath had convictions at times1 and longs to live ashore4 ,if you can serve him1 do4 ,i write this at my old friends ,mr4 ,habersham's4 ,i am to preach here this morning1 and to-morrow1 and purpose in a few days to pay a visit to ,charles-,town4 ,blessed be ,,god1 all things are in a most promising way4 ,but ,i am obliged to leave ,mr4 ,wt behind1 for the work's-sake4 ,mr4 ,smith goes with me4 ,he is attentive1 hath behaved well1 and been useful in the house4 ,never was ,i blessed with so many proper industrious workmen and helpers before4 ,grace6 grace6 ,next ,wednesday ,i am fifty-five years old4 ,,god be merciful to me a sinner1 a sinner1 a sinner6 ,as such1 continue to pray1 my dear steady friend1 for1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxlv4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,bethesda1 ,january #aa1 #aggj4 ,dear ,sir1 ,,can ,i forget my dear1 very dear old steady friend8 rather let my right hand forget her cunning4 ,how are you8 ,still afflicted8 still in pain8 still made to possess wearisome nights1 and wearisome days8 ,well1 all will be over soon2 soon1 yea very soon shall we sing1 ,all our sorrows left below1 ,and earth exchang'd for heav'n4 ,this prospect gives songs in the night2 this makes ,georgia and ,bethesda to more than smile3 and indeed you and yours would smile too1 were you to see what a lasting foundation is laying for the support and education of many yet unborn4 ,all admire the work already done4 ,in a few months the top-stone1 ,i trust1 will be brought forth1 with shouting1 ,grace6 grace6 ,in the mean while ,i must range northward4 ,i know who will follow me with their prayers2 even you and yours1 whom ,i dearly love1 and whom ,i salute much in the ,,lord4 ,,god bless you all1 for all kindnesses conferred upon1 my very dear friends1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,if ,i thought you did not1 or would not use your globes1 ,i would beg them for our infant library4 ,the increase of this colony is almost incredible4 ,real good1 ,i trust1 is doing2 and a blessed door is opening for ,mr4 ,w's usefulness4 ,blessed be ,,god6 ,blessed be ,,god6 ,,letter ,,mccccxlvi4 ,to ,mrs4 ,he4 ,bethesda1 ,january #aa1 #aggj4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,he1 ,,my last to you left me just arrived at ,charles-,town4 ,this leaves me an old inhabitant of1 or rather a worthless sojourner at ,bethesda4 ,both1 ,i hope1 will find the worthy ,mrs4 ,he and her daughter enjoying thriving souls in healthy bodies4 ,every thing here exceeds my most sanguine expectations4 ,i am almost tempted to say1 8,it is good for us to be here40 ,but all must give way to gospel ranging3 ,divine employ6 ,for this let men revile my name1 ,i'd shun no cross1 ,i'd fear no shame3 ,all hail1 reproach ,i hope ,london friends meet with enough of this4 ,it is bad1 more than bad1 when the offence of the cross ceaseth4 ,this cannot be1 till we cease to be crucified to the world1 and the world crucified to us3 and when that is the case1 things are very bad4 ,as ,mrs4 ,hs's heart and house are opened to so many ministers of a despised ,,jesus1 she must expect a double share4 ,not only reproach from the world1 but judgings and censures from the narrow-hearted bigotted part of the ,church4 ,but she hath counted the cost2 she knows in whom she hath believed1 and who will be her exceeding great reward4 ,,god will not have us take up with any thing short of himself4 ,leaving you to cry1 ,grace6 grace6 with ten thousand thanks for all unmerited favours1 ,i must hasten to subscribe myself ,your most obliged and ready servant1 in our common ,,lord1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxlvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,charles-,town1 ,february #aj1 #aggj4 ,my dear ,friend1 ,,last night a kind ,providence brought me hither1 where ,i received your kind letter1 dated ,november #b;d4 ,blessed be ,,god1 that all things go on so well at ,london6 ,you reason well about 4 ,i entirely agree with you in sentiment concerning that matter4 ,through infinite mercy1 this leaves me enjoying a greater share of bodily health than ,i have known for many years4 ,i am now enabled to preach almost every day1 and my poor feeble labours seem not to be in vain in the ,,lord4 ,blessed be ,,god1 all things are in great forwardness at ,bethesda4 ,i have conversed with the ,gr in the most explicit manner1 more than once1 concerning an act of assembly1 for the establishment of the intended ,orphan-house ,college4 ,he most readily consents4 ,i have shewn him a draught1 which he much approves of2 and all will be finished at my return from the northward4 ,in the mean while1 the buildings will be carried on4 ,as two ministers from the ,new-,jersies1 and ,rhode-,island1 have been soliciting benefactions for their respective colleges1 no applications of that nature can be made here3 but the ,,lord will provide6 ,my eyes wait upon ,him1 from whom all temporal and spiritual salvations come4 ,since my being in ,charles-,town1 ,i have shewn the draught to some persons of great eminence and influence4 ,they highly approve of it1 and willingly consent to be some of the wardens3 near twenty are to be of ,georgia1 and about six of this place2 one of ,philadelphia1 one of ,new-,york1 one of ,boston1 three of ,edinburgh1 two of ,glasgow1 and six of ,london4 ,those of ,georgia and ,south-,carolina1 are to be qualified2 the others to be only honorary corresponding wardens4 ,i have therefore taken the freedom of nominating 9999999999992 and as my name is to be annihilated1 they may accept the trust without expecting much trouble1 or suffering contempt for being connected with me4 ,this1 ,i think1 is the chief of the plan3 more particulars that may occur1 together with the draught of the charter1 you may expect hereafter4 ,in the mean while1 cease not to pray for1 my dear steady friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxlviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,charles-,town1 ,february #bb1 #aggj4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,no letters by the packet1 or another ship that hath brought in above five hundred from ,london6 ,as ,i hear ,captain ,rainier is bound for ,savannah1 ,i hope at my return to ,bethesda to find a letter there4 ,your last1 dated ,november #b1 was immediately answered4 ,mr4 ,bs will accept my most grateful acknowledgments for his kind present of maps1 charts1 c4 ,in a few months1 ,i hope1 all will be compleated4 ,but what may these few months produce8 ,,lord ,,jesus1 prepare us for whatever thou hast prepared for us1 and give peace in our time1 for thine infinite mercy's-sake6 ,you must expect another draught soon4 ,,god be praised for that saying1 8,it is more blessed to give than to receive40 ,you would be pleased to see with what attention people hear the word preached4 ,i have been in ,charles-,town near a fortnight1 am to preach at a neighbouring country parish church next ,sunday1 and hope to see ,georgia the week following4 ,perhaps ,i may sail from thence to the northward1 and perhaps embark from hence4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 direct my goings in thy way6 ,i am blessed with bodily health1 and am enabled to go on my way rejoicing4 ,grace6 grace6 ,join in shouting those blessed words4 ,i wrote by one ,captain ,watt1 who was to sail from ,georgia this week4 ,in that1 you will find something concerning my late visit to1 and public entertainment at ,bethesda4 ,you see how often ,i pester you with letters4 ,i can only add1 that you may tell all1 ,i am happier than words can express3 which ,i take1 in a great measure1 to be owing to the prayers of my dear ,english friends1 which are daily put up for1 and ,i hope daily returned by1 an unworthy worm4 ,remember me most affectionately to all1 and expect to hear again very speedily from1 my very dear1 dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccxlix4 ,to ,mr4 ,bn4 ,charles-,town1 ,february #bg1 #aggj4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,bn1 ,i ,,owe you an answer to your kind letter4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i can send you good news from a far country6 ,all things at ,bethesda go on quite well4 ,my bodily health is upon the advance1 and the word1 ,i trust1 runs and is glorified4 ,at present1 my intended plan about returning continues the same3 but all depends on news from home4 ,strange6 that none could write a line or two by so many ships4 ,only one letter have ,i received from ,mr4 ,kn since my arrival4 ,next week1 ,,god willing1 ,i return to ,georgia1 and soon after ,i purpose to go to the northward4 ,i know who will follow me with their prayers3 they will avail much4 ,the ,,lord ,,jesus be with all your spirits6 ,i suppose you heard from ,bethesda by ,captain ,anderson4 ,mr4 ,wright is the main spring with regard to the buildings1 and all the other wheels move orderly and well4 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o my soul6 ,o this pilgrim way of life6 ,to me it is life indeed4 ,no nestling1 no nestling1 my dear ,mr4 ,bn1 on this side eternity4 ,this is not our rest4 ,ere long we shall sing1 ,all our sorrows left below1 ,and earth exchang'd for heav'n4 ,leaving you to add ,hallelujah1 and sending most hearty greetings to your whole self1 and all enquiring friends1 ,i must hasten to subscribe myself1 my dear ,mr4 ,bn1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,march #d4 ,pray tell ,mr4 ,kn1 that ,i hope to write to him in a few days from ,georgia4 ,to-morrow1 ,,god willing1 ,i return thither4 ,i trust substantial good hath been done here4 ,grace6 grace6 ,,letter ,,mccccl4 ,to ,mrs4 ,he4 ,charles-,town1 ,march #d1 #aggj4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,he1 ,,although at such a distance1 ,i cannot forget ,mrs4 ,he and her daughter1 and all their works of faith and labours of love4 ,i doubt not1 but this will find them on the full stretch for heaven1 and as usual abounding in the work of the ,,lord4 ,it leaves me almost ready to return to ,bethesda1 from a place where1 ,i trust1 the word hath run and been glorified4 ,matters are now drawing near to a wished-for close4 ,all things have succeeded beyond my most sanguine expectation4 ,i expect to come according to the appointed time4 ,but future things belong to ,him who orders all things well4 ,through mercy ,i enjoy more bodily health than for many years last past4 ,you will join in crying1 ,grace6 grace6 ,next month1 ,i purpose moving to the northward4 ,as ,mr4 ,wt is the main spring at the ,orphan-house1 ,i must leave him behind4 ,mr4 ,smith is with me3 he behaves well1 and is diligent and attentive4 ,you will be so good as to remember me to all1 as they come in your way4 ,i hope my good old ,mrs4 ,eades1 at ,tottenham-,court1 is well4 ,that she and all may ripen for heaven every day and every hour1 is the earnest prayer of1 dear ,mrs4 ,he1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccli4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,savannah1 ,march #aa1 #aggj4 ,my very dear worthy ,friend1 ,,blessed be ,,god1 the good wine seemed to be kept till the last at ,charles-,town4 ,last ,thursday ,i returned1 and found all well at ,bethesda4 ,i am come to town to preach this morning1 though somewhat fatigued with being on the water three nights3 upon the whole1 however1 ,i am better in health than ,i have been for many years4 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o my soul6 ,i have been sadly disappointed in receiving no letters by the ,charles-,town packet4 ,all knew that ,i was to be in these parts1 only till the ensuing ,lady-day3 then ,i purpose to set off for the northward4 ,i drew at ,charles-,town for l4 perhaps may draw again soon4 ,expect more particulars in a few days4 ,this is waited for4 ,,god bless you all6 ,dearly beloved in the ,,lord1 pray for us4 ,time is scarce allowed me to subscribe myself1 my very dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccclii4 ,to the ,same4 ,bethesda1 ,april #f1 #aggj4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,i ,,am waiting here for a brig that is to carry me northward1 and for a letter and news from ,england4 ,your last was dated1 ,november #b3 several months have intervened4 ,i now almost despair of hearing from you again1 till my arrival at ,boston4 ,but ,i hope that you and all remember us more frequently than you write4 ,you are daily remembered at a throne of grace4 ,how glad would many be to see our ,goshen1 our ,bethel1 our ,bethesda6 ,never did ,i enjoy such domestic peace1 comfort1 and joy during my whole pilgrimage4 ,it is unspeakable1 it is full of glory4 ,peace1 peace unutterable attends our paths1 and a pleasing prospect of increasing1 useful prosperity is continually rising to our view4 ,i have lately taken six poor children1 and1 ,,god willing1 purpose to add greatly to their number4 ,dear ,mr4 ,dn and his wife are to sail the beginning of next month in the ,britannia1 ,captain ,dean1 bound for ,portsmouth4 ,we part with great respect4 ,fain would ,i retain such an old tried disinterested friend in the service of the sanctuary1 and near my person4 ,but what scheme to pursue1 ,i know not1 being so uncertain as to the path which ,i shall be called to take4 ,a few months will determine3 perhaps a few weeks4 ,more particulars expect by the ,britannia4 ,in the mean while1 ,i can only recommend you all to the blessed ,,jesus1 and the word of his grace1 and entreat the continuance of your prayers in behalf of1 my very dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccliii4 ,to the ,same4 ,bethesda1 ,april #af1 #aggj4 ,my very dear worthy ,friend1 ,,hallelujah6 ,praise the ,,lord6 ,the books and letters both by ,ball and ,sunbury1 are come safe4 ,you have done quite right4 ,our ,,lord must choose his own means to bring about his own purpose4 ,mr4 ,smith 7the clerk7 was much rejoiced by receiving a letter4 ,poor ,mr4 ,jacob ,wt1 an honest industrious creature1 was as much dejected by receiving none4 ,if ,mr4 ,gs had added a line or two to his present1 it would have been doubly acceptable4 ,next week1 ,,god willing1 we sail for ,philadelphia4 ,i shall leave letters behind me to come by ,mr4 ,dn4 ,all is well1 all more than well here6 ,never1 never did ,i enjoy such an ra of domestic peace and happiness4 ,i have taken in about ten orphans4 ,prizes6 prizes6 ,hallelujah6 ,join1 my very dear friends1 join in praising ,him whose mercy endureth for ever4 ,if possible1 ,i shall write a line to the ,welch brethren4 ,they have sustained a loss indeed1 in the death of ,mr4 ,howell ,davies4 ,,god sanctify it6 ,surely my turn will come by and by4 ,but ,i must away to ,savannah4 ,real good1 ,i trust1 is doing there4 ,the ship that brings this1 is expected to sail to-morrow4 ,i have desired ,mr4 ,wr to send you the particulars of our voyage4 ,all send due respects4 ,,god bless you6 ,,god reward you6 ,cease not to add to my obligations1 by continuing to pray for1 my very dear worthy friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mccccliv4 ,to the ,same4 ,bethesda1 ,april #bj1 #aggj4 ,my very dear ,sir1 ,,to my very great joy1 a few days ago ,i received your kind letters with all the papers4 ,give peace in our time1 ,o ,,lord6 ,we enjoy a little heaven upon earth here4 ,with regret ,i go northward1 as far as ,philadelphia at least1 next ,monday4 ,though ,i am persuaded1 as the house is now altered1 ,i should be cooler here1 during the summer's heat1 than at any other place ,i know of1 where ,i used to go4 ,i should be glad to treat you with some of the produce of our colony1 which is much earlier than yours4 ,the audits1 c4 sent with this1 be pleased to communicate to all my real friends4 ,you have certainly determined quite right in a late affair4 ,every thing concurs to shew me1 that ,bethesda affairs must go on as yet in their old channel4 ,a few months may open strange scenes4 ,o for a spirit of love and moderation on all sides1 and on both sides the water6 ,i wish some books might be procured for our infant library4 ,but more of this in my next4 ,letters may now be sent by way of ,boston1 ,new ,york1 and ,philadelphia4 ,i should be glad to hear often1 if it be but a line4 ,in all probability ,i shall not return hither till ,november4 ,was ever any man blest with such a sett of skilful1 peaceful1 laborious helpers6 ,o ,bethesda1 my ,bethel1 my ,peniel6 ,my happiness is inconceivable4 ,a few hundreds1 besides what is already devoted1 would finish all4 ,i do not in the least doubt4 ,i have had nine or ten prizes lately4 ,you know what ,i mean4 ,nine or ten orphans have been lately taken in4 ,hallelujah6 hallelujah6 ,let ,chapel1 ,tabernacle1 heaven1 and earth1 rebound with ,hallelujah6 ,i can no more4 ,my heart is too big to speak or add more1 than my old name1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccclv4 ,to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,sn4 ,bethesda1 ,april #ba1 #aggj4 ,my dear ,friends1 ,,long before now1 ,i hope you have found1 that ,i have not forgotten you or your labours of love4 ,this comes to inform you1 that the ,father of mercies hath not forgotten to be gracious to the chief of sinners1 and less than the least of all saints4 ,on the contrary1 he daily loads us with his benefits4 ,bethesda is a place1 that the ,,lord doth and will bless4 ,dear ,mr4 ,dn and his wife1 will inform you of particulars4 ,among other things1 they will tell you of our new chapel4 ,i have sent for sundries for its use and completion4 ,o help me to praise ,him1 whose loving kindness is better than life6 ,i hope your daughter grows in grace1 and will become like unto one of the polished corners of the temple4 ,that root and branch may increase with all the increase of ,,god1 most earnestly prays1 my very dear friends1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccclvi4 ,to ,mrs4 ,he4 ,bethesda1 ,april #ba1 #aggj4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,he1 ,,no such good news yet4 ,less than the least of all1 is not drowned to this very day4 ,perhaps he may live to see his ,london friends in ,england1 or at ,bethesda4 ,how would many rejoice to be in such a peaceful1 commodious1 and comfortable habitation6 ,i cannot tell you half4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i was never better1 at this season of the year1 in bodily health2 never more comfortable in my soul4 ,grace6 grace6 ,hallelujah6 ,praise the ,,lord6 ,mr4 ,dn1 a faithful disinterested friend1 will acquaint you with particulars4 ,he hath often heard me speak of ,mrs4 ,he and her daughter ,phebe4 ,still employed in the old way4 ,i am glad ,mr4 ,dcy is under your roof4 ,put it all down to the old account4 ,,god bless you all6 ,i am sure you pray for me at ,london4 ,all join in sending cordial respects4 ,happy ,bethesda6 ,help1 help in praising ,him1 whole mercy superaboundeth to1 dear ,mrs4 ,he1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccclvii4 ,to ,mr4 ,s ,s4 ,bethesda1 ,april #ba1 #aggj4 ,dear ,sir1 ,,although ,i have scarce time to turn round1 being just setting off for ,philadelphia1 yet ,i must drop a few lines to my old invariable friend4 ,as ,i hear nothing to the contrary1 ,i suppose he is yet in this dying world4 ,well6 so that we die daily to ourselves and the world1 all is well1 and shall end well4 ,this ,i am persuaded is your happy case4 ,in some degree1 ,i trust1 it is mine4 ,would you think it8 ,my bodily strength seems to be renewed1 and every thing at ,bethesda is in a most promising way4 ,dear ,mr4 ,dn1 the bearer of this1 must be referred to for particulars4 ,never did ,i spend such a comfortable domestic winter1 as the last4 ,never was a man blessed with a better set of skilful1 peaceful1 laborious helpers4 ,all is of grace1 with which1 that you1 your dear yoke-fellow1 and other connections1 may be filled brimful1 is the hearty prayer of1 my very dear ,sir1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccclviii4 ,to ,mr4 ,kn4 ,savannah1 ,april #bd1 #aggj1 ,five in the morning4 ,my very dear ,mr4 ,kn1 ,i ,,am just going into the boat1 in order to embark for ,philadelphia4 ,i hope the good wine was kept to the last1 on ,sunday4 ,mr4 ,dn and his wife are to sail in about a fortnight4 ,he is an honest creature1 and an excellent accomptant4 ,i have written strongly in his behalf4 ,he will bring a large packet1 and is to have pounds of you1 which ,i have given him as a present4 ,i have also drawn on you for 4 2 perhaps shall draw no more for some time4 ,this will prove a blessed year for me at the day of judgment4 ,hallelujah6 ,come ,,lord1 come6 ,mr4 ,robert ,wt hath herewith sent you a power of attorney1 begging you would settle his affairs in ,essex4 ,he is worthy1 for whom you should do this4 ,a quiet1 ingenious1 good creature1 and his wife an excellent mistress of the family4 ,such a set of helpers ,i never met with4 ,they will go on with the buildings1 while ,i take my gospel range to the northward4 ,it is for thee1 ,o ,,jesus1 even for thee1 thou never-failing ,bethesda's ,,god6 ,but ,i can no more at present4 ,hoping to write again soon from ,philadelphia1 and praying that all may increase with all the increase of ,,god1 ,i must hasten to subscribe myself1 my dear1 dear ,sir1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccclix4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,philadelphia1 ,may #i1 #aggj4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,this leaves me a two days inhabitant of ,philadelphia4 ,i embarked at ,savannah1 in the ,georgia packet1 on the #bdth ultima and arrived here the #fth instant4 ,the evening following1 ,i was enabled to preach to a large auditory1 and am to repeat the delightful task this evening4 ,pulpits1 hearts1 and affections1 seem to be as open and enlarged towards me1 as ever4 ,praise the ,,lord1 ,o our souls6 ,whilst ,i am writing1 perhaps ,mr4 ,dn and his wife are ready to sail from ,savannah4 ,by them you will receive a large packet concerning ,bethesda4 ,all is well1 blessed be ,,god1 all is more than well there4 ,as yet ,i have my old plan in view1 to travel in these northern parts all summer1 and return late in the fall to ,georgia4 ,all the letters and packets came safe4 ,i believe you had best write by the ,new-,york packet4 ,but letters directed either to ,new-,york1 ,boston1 or this place1 will reach or be sent to me4 ,through infinite mercy1 ,i still continue in good health1 and more and more in love every day with a pilgrim life4 ,,god bless you1 and all my dear friends and hearers in the great metropolis4 ,i know they pray for me4 ,they are never forgotten day or night4 ,that all may increase with all the increase of ,,god1 is the continual cry of1 my very dear steady friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccclx4 ,to the ,same4 ,philadelphia1 ,may #bd1 #aggj4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,i ,,wrote to you by the last ,new-,york packet1 as well as by ,mr4 ,dn1 who was to sail from ,savannah the #ajth instant4 ,i have now been here near three weeks1 and in about a week more ,i purpose to set off for ,new-,york in my way to ,boston4 ,a wide and effectual door1 ,i trust1 hath been opened in this city4 ,people of all ranks flock as much as ever4 ,impressions are made on many1 and ,i trust they will abide4 ,to all the episcopal churches1 as well as most of the other places of worship1 ,i have free access4 ,my bodily health is preserved1 and notwithstanding ,i preach twice on the ,lord's-day1 and three or four times a week besides1 yet ,i am rather better than ,i have been for many years4 ,this is the ,,lord's doing4 ,to this long-suffering1 never-failing ,,lord1 be all the glory6 ,be pleased to excuse my enlarging4 ,whilst ,i am itinerating1 little leisure will be allowed for writing4 ,the ,new-,york packet will be the best opportunity for you4 ,the particulars herein mentioned1 be so good as to send by the first opportunity4 ,i can no more at this time4 ,,god willing1 you will soon have another line from1 my very dear steady friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccclxi4 ,to the ,same4 ,philadelphia1 ,june #ad1 #aggj4 ,my very dear steady ,friend1 ,,this leaves me just returned from a hundred and fifty miles circuit1 in which1 blessed be ,,god6 ,i have been enabled to preach every day4 ,so many new as well as old doors are open1 and so many invitations sent from various quarters1 that ,i know not which way to turn myself4 ,however1 at present ,i am bound to ,new-,york1 and so on further northward4 ,help me to praise ,him whose mercy endureth for ever4 ,as yet ,i am enabled to ride and travel chearfully2 the heat not greater than yours in ,england4 ,expect to hear further1 as we go along4 ,the ship ,i find is going4 ,tender love to all4 ,cease not to stir up all to persevere in praying for1 my very dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccclxii4 ,to the ,same4 ,new-,york1 ,june #cj1 #aggj4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,i ,,have been here just a week4 ,have been enabled to preach four times1 and am to repeat the delightful task this evening4 ,congregations are rather larger than ever4 ,you will see by the inclosed packet1 what numerous invitations from every quarter ,i am daily receiving4 ,blessed be ,,god1 ,i have been strengthened to itinerate and preach daily for some time4 ,next week ,i purpose to go to ,albany4 ,from thence1 perhaps1 to the ,onoida ,indians4 ,there is to be a very large ,indian congress2 ,mr4 ,kirkland accompanies me4 ,he is a truly christian minister1 and missionary4 ,every thing possible should be done to strengthen his hands and his heart4 ,i shall write1 ,,god willing1 at my return4 ,the letters dated ,february #bb1 with the packet of papers1 ,i have received here from ,charles-,town4 ,the ,new-,york packet is the surest conveyance4 ,perhaps ,i may not see ,georgia till ,christmas4 ,as yet1 ,i keep to my intended plan1 in respect to my returning4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 direct my goings in thy way6 ,the heat begins now to be a little intense2 but through mercy ,i am enabled to bear up bravely4 ,what a ,,god do we serve6 ,by this time ,i hope ,mr4 ,dn and his wife are arrived4 ,hearty love to them1 and to all who find it in their hearts to pray for1 and enquire after1 my very dear ,sir1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccclxiii4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,new-,york1 ,july #bi1 #aggj4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,since my last1 and during this month1 ,i have been above a five hundred miles circuit1 and have been enabled to preach and travel through the heat every day4 ,the congregations have been very large1 attentive1 and affected1 particularly at ,albany1 ,schenecdady1 ,great ,barrington1 ,norfolk1 ,salisbury1 ,sharon1 ,smithfield1 ,powkeepsy1 ,fishkill1 ,new ,rumburt1 ,new ,windsor1 and ,peckshill4 ,last night ,i returned hither1 and hope to set out for ,boston in two or three days4 ,o what a new scene of usefulness is opening in various parts of this new world6 ,all fresh work1 where ,i have been4 ,the divine influence hath been as at the first4 ,invitations croud upon me both from ministers and people1 from many1 many quarters4 ,a very peculiar providence led me lately to a place1 where a horse-stealer was executed4 ,thousands attended4 ,the poor criminal had sent me several letters1 hearing ,i was in the country4 ,the ,sheriff allowed him to come and hear a sermon under an adjacent tree4 ,solemn1 solemn6 ,after being by himself about an hour1 ,i walked half a mile with him to the gallows4 ,his heart had been softened before my first visit4 ,he seemed full of solid divine consolations4 ,an instructive walk4 ,i went up with him into the cart4 ,he gave a short exhortation4 ,i then stood upon the coffin1 added1 ,i trust1 a word in season1 prayed1 gave the blessing1 and took my leave4 ,effectual good1 ,i hope1 was done to the hearers and spectators4 ,grace6 grace6 ,but ,i must not enlarge4 ,the ,ship is going1 and ,i keep at home to write this4 ,o that you had only dropped a line by the ,new-,york packet6 ,that is convenient for all parts of the continent4 ,my next may be from ,boston4 ,pray excuse me to all2 for travelling and preaching entirely prevent my writing as ,i would4 ,all are continually remembered by1 my very dear friend1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccclxiv4 ,to ,mr4 ,wt4 ,boston1 ,september #ag1 #aggj4 ,dear ,mr4 ,wt1 ,i ,,am afraid1 as ,mr4 ,en mentioned your writing1 that your letter hath miscarried4 ,but1 blessed be ,,god6 ,i find all was well2 only ,i want to know what things are wanted1 that ,i might order them from ,philadelphia1 by ,captain ,souder4 ,fain would ,i contrive to come by him1 but people are so importunate for my stay in these parts1 that ,i fear it will be impracticable4 ,,lord ,,jesus1 direct my goings in thy way6 ,he will1 he will6 ,my ,,god will supply all my wants1 according to the riches of his grace in ,,christ ,,jesus4 ,by a letter1 received last night from ,mr4 ,wy1 of ,july #e1 ,i find that ,mr4 ,dn was arrived1 ,anderson sailed1 and that all orders would be immediately complied with4 ,two or three evenings ago1 ,i was taken in the night with a violent lax1 attended with reaching and shivering1 so that ,i was obliged to return from ,newbury1 c4 c42 but1 through infinite mercy1 ,i am restored1 and to-morrow morning hope to begin to begin again4 ,never was the word received with greater eagerness than now4 ,all opposition seems as it were for a while to cease4 ,i find ,,god's time is the best4 ,the season is critical as to outward circumstances4 ,but when forts are given up1 the ,,lord ,,jesus can appoint salvation for walls and for bulwarks2 he hath promised to be a wall of fire round about his people4 ,this comforts me concerning ,bethesda1 though we should have a ,spanish war4 ,you will be pleased to hear ,i never was carried through the summer's heat so well2 ,i hope it hath been so with you1 and all my family4 ,hoping1 ere long1 to see you1 ,i must hasten to subscribe myself1 my dear ,mr4 ,wt1 ,yours1 c4 c4 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,letter ,,mcccclxv4 ,to ,mr4 ,r ,kn4 ,portsmouth1 ,new ,hampshire1 ,september #bc1 #aggj4 ,my very dear ,friend1 ,,your letters1 of ,may #b and #bb1 came to hand4 ,new-,york packet is always the surest and most centrical medium of conveyance4 ,before ,i left ,boston1 on ,friday afternoon1 ,i left a large packet in the hands of a young man1 who promised to deliver it to you safely4 ,you and ,mr4 ,hy may peruse all1 and communicate what you think proper4 ,by this time ,i thought to be moving southward4 ,but never was greater importunity used to detain me longer in these northern parts4 ,poor ,new-,england is much to be pitied2 ,boston people most of all4 ,how falsely misrepresented6 ,what a mercy1 that our christian charter cannot be dissolved6 ,blessed be ,,god for an unchangeable ,,jesus6 ,you will see1 by the many invitations1 what a door is opened for preaching his everlasting gospel4 ,i was so ill on ,friday1 that ,i could not preach1 though thousands were waiting to hear4 ,well1 the day of release will shortly come1 but it does not seem yet2 for1 by riding sixty miles1 ,i am better1 and hope to preach here to-morrow4 ,i trust1 my blessed ,master will accept of these poor efforts to serve him4 ,o for a warm heart2 ,o to stand fast in the faith1 to quit ourselves like men1 and be strong6 ,may this be the happy experience of you and yours6 ,i suppose letters are gone for me1 in ,anderson1 to ,georgia4 ,if spared so long1 ,i expect to see it about ,christmas4 ,still pray and praise4 ,i am so poorly1 and so engaged when able to preach1 that this must apologize for not writing to more friends4 ,it is quite impracticable4 ,hoping to see all dear friends about the time proposed1 and earnestly desiring a continued interest in all your prayers1 ,i must hasten to subscribe myself1 my dear1 very dear ,sir1 ,less than the least of all1 ,g4 ,w4 ,mr4 ,whitefield died the #cjth4 ,,end of the ,,letters4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the following ,letters1 addressed by ,mr4 ,whitefield to the inhabitants of ,savannah1 as they display his affections to the people1 among whom he went to minister1 so will be no unsuitable introduction to the ,account of the ,orphan-house4 ,it may not be improper to observe1 that ,mr4 ,whitefield's first arrival at ,savannah1 was ,may #g1 #agch2 he laboured assiduously in that place1 and the neighbouring settlements1 till ,august #bh following1 and then went to ,south ,carolina1 and embarked on board the ,mary1 ,captain ,cae1 for ,england1 that he might receive priest's orders1 for his further service to that people1 and raise contributions for erecting an ,orphan-house in the new colony at ,georgia1 which he saw was greatly wanted4 ,see his letter from ,savannah1 dated ,june #aj1 #agch4 ,vol4 ,i4 p4 #dd4 ,to the ,inhabitants of ,savannah4 ,from on board the ,mary1 ,october #b1 #agch4 ,my good ,friends1 ,,as ,,god has been pleased to place you more especially under my care2 so whether absent or present1 ,i think it my duty to contribute my utmost endeavours towards promoting the salvation of your precious and immortal souls4 ,for this end1 and this only1 ,,god is my judge1 came ,i amongst you2 for this end am ,i now parted from you for a season2 and for this end do ,i send you this general epistle4 ,i love1 ,i pray for1 therefore do ,i write to you all without exception4 ,but what shall ,i write to you about8 ,why1 of our common salvation1 of that one thing needful1 of that new birth in ,,christ ,,jesus1 that ineffable change which must pass upon our hearts1 before we can see ,,god1 and of which you have heard me discourse so often4 ,let this1 this1 my dear friends1 be the end of all your actions4 ,have this continually in view1 and you will never do amiss4 ,the author of this blessed change1 is the ,holy ,ghost1 the third person in the ever-blessed ,trinity4 ,the ,father made1 the ,son redeemed1 and the ,holy ,spirit is to sanctify1 and so apply ,,christ's redemption to our hearts4 ,the means to attain this ,holy ,spirit1 you know1 and the way you know2 ,self-denial1 and the way of the ,cross4 8,if any man will come after me 7says ,,jesus ,,christ7 let him deny himself1 and1 take up his cross daily1 and follow me40 ,and1 ,i cannot but think it a particular blessing1 which you enjoy above others2 because you are in a new colony1 where daily crosses must necessarily fall in your way4 ,o then1 ,i beseech you by the mercies of ,,god in ,,christ ,,jesus1 make a virtue of necessity1 and take up your daily crosses with resignation and thanksgiving4 ,another means to attain the ,holy ,spirit1 is public worship3 for ,,christ has promised1 8where two or three are gathered together in his name1 there will he1 by his ,spirit1 be in the midst of them40 ,for your zeal in this particular1 ,i have often blessed ,,god within myself1 and made mention of it to others4 ,o continue like-minded1 and as in my presence1 so in my absence1 do not forsake the assembling yourselves together in the house of ,,god2 for there you will have the scriptures read1 though not expounded2 and the ,holy ,spirit1 if you apply to him1 will open your understandings1 and guide you into all truth4 ,many other means there are of attaining the ,holy ,ghost1 such as1 reading the scriptures1secret prayer1self-examination1 and receiving the blessed ,sacrament2all which ,i would insist on1 could they be comprised in a letter4 ,but this must be deferred till ,i see you in person1 and am qualified to administer unto you the sacred symbols of ,,christ's blessed body and blood4 ,in the mean while1 think not that ,i shall forget you in my prayers2 no1 ,i remember my promise1 and whilst the winds and storms are blowing over me1 ,i make supplication to ,,god in your behalf4 ,though absent in body1 ,i am present in spirit1 and joy in hopes of hearing of your zeal for the ,,lord4 ,remember1 my dear friends1 that for the space of near four months1 ,i ceased not1 day and night1 warning every one of you to repent and turn to ,,god1 and bring forth fruits meet for repentance4 ,repent you therefore1 and walk in all things as becometh the gospel of our ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ1 and then1 and then only1 shall your sins be blotted out4 ,finally1 my brethren1 be all of one mind4 ,let there be no divisions among you2 for a kingdom divided against itself cannot stand4 ,be over careful for nothing1 but in every thing1 with supplications and thanksgiving make your wants known unto ,,god4 ,speak not evil one of another1 brethren1 but live at peace among yourselves2 and the ,,god of peace shall in all things direct and rule your hearts4 ,brethren1 pray for us1 that ,,god would prosper the works of his hands upon me1 and restore me to you as soon as possible4 ,in about eight months1 ,,god willing1 ,i hope to see you2 in the mean while1 you shall not be forgotten by ,your affectionate1 though unworthy minister in ,,christ ,,jesus1 ,g4 ,w4 ,to the ,inhabitants of ,savannah4 ,london1 ,january #ai1 #agci4 ,my dear ,friends1 ,,though a woman may as soon forget her sucking child1 yet1 ,i fear1 you have before this time thought1 that ,i have forgotten you4 ,but ,,god forbid6 ,as ,i have told you often1 so ,i tell you again2 ,you are upon my heart1 so that ,i am ready to live and die with you2 and1 ,,god willing1 as soon as my affairs are finished in ,england1 ,i shall return to you again4 ,the ,trustees have now appointed me minister of ,savannah1 and granted all ,i desired of them1 so that ,i have nothing to do1 but to watch over your souls1 that ,i may present you blameless at the coming of our ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,be stedfast therefore1 my brethren1 be unmoveable4 ,carefully attend to the words spoken by your present ,pastor1 and strive to enter in at the strait gate4 ,let love be without dissimulation4 ,let not slander so much as be named amongst you1 as becometh saints4 ,be not slothful in business2 yet take heed that you are fervent in spirit1 serving the ,,lord4 ,pray without ceasing4 ,in every thing give thanks2 and assure yourselves1 you are continually remembered by ,your most affectionate ,pastor1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,my business in ,england detaining me longer than ,i expected1 ,i have therefore written this to assure you1 that ,i will return as soon as possible4 ,mr4 ,whitefield embarked for ,america1 the of ,august following4 ,illustration3 7 floor plan of ,orphan-house7 ,,an ,,account of the ,,orphan-,,house in ,,georgia4 ,,preface4 ,,being now about to embark for ,georgia1 ,i am willing1 before ,i go1 to give the world a short account of the ,orphan-,house erected there4 ,i have1 therefore1 in the following sheets1 reprinted a continuation of an account published when ,i was last at ,edinburgh2 to which ,i have subjoined some letters received since2 and also an account of money received and disbursed since the publication of that account3 and in order to give the reader a view of this design from its beginning1 ,i have affixed my preface to the account ,i first published about two years ago4 ,i commend it to ,,god4 ,may he give it his blessing6 ,g4 ,w4 ,london1 ,january #ad1 #agdc4 ,bethesda1 ,december #bc1 #agda4 ,,the following sheets1 to the best of my knowledge1 contain a faithful account of what money ,i have received1 as also how ,i have disbursed it1 for the use of the ,orphan-,house in ,georgia4 ,i think1 with a full assurance of faith ,i may affirm1 the ,,lord put it into my heart to build that house4 ,it has prospered beyond expectation4 ,it has already1 and ,i hope will more and more answer its name1 ,bethesda1 and be a ,house of ,mercy to the souls and bodies of many people1 both old and young4 ,when ,i left ,england1 ,i proposed to take in only twenty children2 but when ,i arrived at ,georgia1 ,i found so many objects of charity1 besides the orphans1 among poor people's children1 that ,i resolved in this1 as well as in all other respects1 to imitate ,professor ,franck1 and make a provision for their maintenance also4 ,two of the orphan boys were put out apprentices just before ,i last left ,savannah2 one to a bricklayer1 the other was bound to a carpenter2 a third is to be bound to the surgeon belonging to the ,orphan-,house2 one weaves in a loom at home2 two ,i have put to a taylor ,i brought over1 and the rest are now fitting themselves to be useful to the commonwealth4 ,whoever among them appear to be sanctified1 and have a good natural capacity1 these1 under ,,god1 ,i intend for the ministry4 ,none of the girls are put out as yet1 but are taught such things as may make them serviceable whenever they go abroad4 ,two or three of them spin very well4 ,some of them knit1 wash1 clean the house1 get up the linen1 and are taught house-wifery4 ,all that are capable1 are taught to sew4 ,and the little girls1 as well as the boys1 are employed in picking cotton4 ,i think ,i have no less than three hundred and eighty-two yards of cloth already in the house1 and as much yarn spun as will make near the same quantity2 a thing not known before in ,georgia4 ,i have now forty-nine children under my care1 twenty-three ,english1 ten ,scots1 four ,dutch1 five ,french1 seven ,americans4 ,twenty-two of these are fatherless and motherless1 sixteen of them boys1 and six girls4 ,the others are some fatherless1 and some without mothers2 all objects of charity except three1 whose friends recompense the ,orphan-,house for their maintenance4 ,one of the orphans is an infant2 ,i pay four shillings per week for nursing it4 ,since ,december last1 we have had above eighteen more children that have been maintained occasionally1 to assist their parents1 but were dismissed when they were wanted at home4 ,the account which ,i find ,mr4 ,seward has given of our conomy1 has in a great measure prevented my doing it as ,i intended4 ,let it suffice to inform our benefactors1 that though the children are taught to labour for the meat which perisheth1 yet they are continually reminded to seek first the kingdom of ,,god and his righteousness1 and then to depend upon ,,god's blessing on their honest endeavours1 for having food and raiment added unto them4 ,this precept of our ,,lord1 ,i intend1 when the house is finished1 to have written over against the entrance in at the great door4 ,as my design in founding the ,orphan-,house was to build up souls for ,,god1 ,i endeavour to preach chiefly to the children's hearts4 ,but that they may be able to give a reason of the hope that is in them1 ,i constantly instruct them by the ,church of ,england's ,articles1 which ,i turn into catechetical questions4 ,i am often pleased to hear how judiciously some will answer the questions put to them4 ,the power of ,,god has been frequently visible among the children4 ,many of the girls seem to be tender-hearted2 several of the boys have been under strong convictions4 ,and though it sometimes seems buried1 yet ,i cannot but think the seed of grace is sown in some of their hearts4 ,we are now all removed to ,bethesda4 ,we live in the out-houses at present2 but in less than two months1 the great house will be finished so as to receive the whole family4 ,it is now weather-boarded and shingled1 and a piazza of ten feet wide built all around it3 which will be wonderfully convenient in the heat of summer4 ,one part of the house would have been entirely finished1 had not the ,spaniards lately taken from us a schooner loaded with ten thousands bricks1 and a great deal of provision1 with one of our family4 ,and therefore1 ,i could not till very lately procure another boat to fetch brick from ,charles-,town4 ,notwithstanding this1 and many other hindrances1 the work has been carried on with great success and speed4 ,there are no less than four framed houses1 a large stable and cart-house1 beside the great house4 ,in that there will be sixteen commodious rooms1 besides a large cellar of sixty feet long and forty wide4 ,near twenty acres of land are cleared round about it1 and a large road is made from ,savannah to the ,orphan-house1 twelve miles in length3 a thing1 ever since the province has been settled1 without a precedent4 ,none but those upon the spot can tell the expence1 as well as inconvenience that attends building in ,georgia4 ,most of the bricks already used1 cost #djs4 sterling per thousand1 when landed at the plantation4 ,common labourers1 besides their provisions1 have #bes4 sterling a month4 ,and1 after all1 the produce of the land cultivated by white servants1 will scarcely furnish them with ordinary food and raiment1 exclusive of the expences of sickness and wages4 ,i cannot see how it is possible for the ,colony to subsist on its present footing4 ,and in a late memorial given in to the ,honourable ,trustees1 unknown to me1 the people have declared1 that if it were not for the money that has been expended on account of the ,orphan-house1 the poor inhabitants of the northern parts of the colony must have been obliged to move to some other place4 ,never did a country stand more in need of a charity-school4 removed duplicate word 8the0 ,we have often been in some difficulties1 but the ,,lord as often hath relieved us out of them4 ,when the schooner was lost1 a person lately converted1 sent us eleven barrels of rice1 and five barrels of beef4 ,and in my absence1 when my family had little or no provisions1 the ,indians brought in plenty of deer1 till they were supplied with food some other way4 ,the contributions in ,charles-,town1 ,new-,england1 ,new-,york1 and ,pensilvania1 ,i think have been extraordinary4 ,the infirmary1 which has likewise been supported by this institution1 has been of great service4 ,the surgeon informs me1 that if every one had been forced to pay for their nursing and medicines1 it would have cost them two hundred pounds1 sterling4 ,i have now three or four sick3 ,i keep a woman to attend them constantly4 ,,god has much blessed our family with health4 ,only two have died out of so large a number1 since my arrival2 and these were two that came with me from ,england3 a taylor1 and one of the women3 ,i believe they are now with ,,god4 ,i have left behind me1 as my assistants1 7who have no other gratuity than food and raiment7 two school-masters and their wives who are school-mistresses4 ,one young man1 who is also married to a young maiden1 lately brought home to ,,god1 ,i have left at the ,orphan-house1 as superintendent1 and chief manager of the outward things4 ,there are also the surgeon and his wife1 a shoemaker and spinstress2 besides labourers and monthly hired servants3 ,i think1 in all1 ,i have upwards of eighty4 ,the ,,lord1 ,i am persuaded1 is able and willing to provide for them4 ,i think we have near two hundred hogs1 and one hundred head of cattle4 ,i give a man forty pounds sterling1 per annum1 to take care of them2 he providing himself with provision1 horses1 and a servant4 ,as yet we have had no advantage from our stock1 it being a very dry season last summer2 so that our cattle of all kinds have scarcely food to eat4 ,but in a year or two1 we hope1 by the divine blessing1 to have a considerable quantity of fresh provisions for our family4 ,as for manuring more land than the hired servants and great boys can manage1 it is impracticable without a few negroes4 ,it will in no wise answer the expence4 ,i am now upwards of eight hundred pounds in debt1 on the ,orphan-house account4 ,some particular friends have been pleased to assist me4 ,i doubt not but our ,,lord will enable me to pay them1 and also raise up fresh supplies for the maintenance of my large family4 ,i much rejoice in the institution3 it has been very beneficial1 not only to the bodies1 but also to the souls of the labourers4 ,one woman received ,,christ very lately at ,bethesda3 and ,i have great reason to believe1 that three or four strangers1 who came to see us1 have been effectually brought home to ,,god4 ,great calumnies have been spread abroad concerning our management of the children3 people shoot out their bitter arrows in ,america1 as well as in ,england4 ,one poor man was filled with such resentment1 at the reports he had heard of our cruelty to the children1 that he came on purpose from ,south-,carolina1 to take away his two boys1 whom out of compassion1 ,i had taken into the ,orphan-,house3 but1 when he came and saw the manner in which they were educated1 he was so far from taking his children away1 that he desired to come and live at the ,orphan-house himself4 ,i speak not this by way of boasting1 or to wipe off reproach2 for ,i know1 let me do what ,i will1 ,i shall never please some men4 ,i thought proper to give this short account1 for the satisfaction of those who have already contributed1 and of others who may be stirred up by our good ,,god1 to contribute hereafter towards carrying on this good design4 99 99 99 99 99 ,that the children may learn to be grateful1 they frequently sing the following hymn for their benefactors3 ,i4 ,father of ,mercies1 hear our prayers1 ,for those that do us good2 ,whose love for us a place prepares1 ,and gives the orphans food4 ,,ii4 ,their mites1 in blessings on their heads1 ,a thousand fold restore2 ,o feed their souls with living bread1 ,and let their cup run o'er4 ,,iii4 ,thy bounty1 ,,lord1 in ,,christ built up1 ,let them for ever prove3 ,stedfast in faith1 joyful thro' hope1 ,and rooted deep in love4 ,,iv4 ,for those1 who kindly this support1 ,a better house prepare3 ,and when remov'd to thy bless'd courts1 ,o let us meet them there4 ,that they may always look to the rock from whence they are hewn1 they sing daily this hymn4 ,i4 ,come let us join our ,,god to bless1 ,and praise him evermore2 ,that ,father of the fatherless1 ,that helper of the poor4 ,,ii4 ,our dying parents us forsake1 ,his mercy takes us up1 ,kindly vouchsafes his own to make1 ,and he becomes our hope4 ,,iii4 ,for us1 ,he1 in the wilderness1 ,a table has prepar'd2 ,us1 whom his love delights to bless1 ,his providence to guard4 ,,iv4 ,known unto him are all our wants1 ,and when we seek his face1 ,his open hand our bodies feeds1 ,he feeds our souls with grace4 ,v4 ,then let us in his service spend1 ,what we from ,him receive2 ,and back to ,him what he shall lend1 ,in thanks and praises give4 ,that they may learn to labour truly to get their own living1 they sing as follows1 before they go to work1 ,i4 ,let us go forth1 'tis ,,god's command2 ,let us make haste away1 ,offer to ,,christ our hearts and hands1 ,we work for ,,christ to-day4 ,,ii4 ,when he vouchsafes our hands to use1 ,it makes our labour sweet4 ,if any now to work refuse1 ,let not that sluggard eat4 ,,iii4 ,who would not do what ,,god ordains1 ,and promises to bless8 ,who would not 'scape the toils and pains ,of sinful idleness8 ,,iv4 ,in vain to ,,christ the slothful pray2 ,we have not learn'd him so4 ,no3 for he calls himself the way1 ,and work'd himself below4 ,v4 ,then let us in his footsteps tread1 ,and gladly act our part2 ,on earth employ our hands and head1 ,but fix on heaven our heart4 ,the following hymn was composed to be sung at the admission of a new child or children4 ,i4 ,welcome1 dear brethren1 whom we love2 ,bethesda this we call4 ,a house of mercy may it prove ,to you1 to us1 to all6 ,,ii4 ,what tho' our parents dear are dead1 ,yet our great ,,god provides4 ,our bodies here are cloth'd and fed2 ,our souls have christian guides4 ,,iii4 ,the heavenly manna1 day by day1 ,they freely do impart2 ,let us not trifle time away6 ,but lay it in our heart4 ,,iv4 ,o let the love of ,,christ constrain6 ,why should we need a rod8 ,few e'er such blessed means obtain ,of leading them to ,,god4 ,besides these hymns1 they generally sing a grace before and after meat1 and are taught so to vary their exercises1 that they may not be cloyed by a too frequent repetition of the same things on the one hand1 and yet are kept in such a general method1 that they may not learn to be desultory and fickle on the other4 ,,god only knows the concern that lies upon me on account of this family1 not only in respect to their bodily1 but their spiritual provision4 ,and therefore ,i hope all that wish well to ,zion1 will help me with prayers1 as well as their alms1 that it may grow up a holy temple to the ,,lord1 and be blessed2 that it may rightly be stiled ,pietas ,georgiensis1 and like the ,pietas ,hallensis1 or ,professor ,franck's ,orphan-,house at ,glaucha1 near ,hall1 become the joy of the whole earth4 ,even so1 ,,lord ,,jesus1 ,amen1 and ,amen4 ,g4 ,w4 ,a ,,continuation ,,of ,,the ,,account ,,of ,,the ,,orphan-,,house ,,in ,,georgia4 ,edinburgh1 ,september #ad1 #agdb4 ,,ever since the ,,lord has been pleased to put me into the ministry1 it has been my constant prayer to ,,god1 that ,i might provide things honest in the sight of all men4 ,not one part of my outward conduct1 as ,i know of1 hath passed unobserved and uncensured by some wicked unreasonable men3 but what seems to have given the greatest offence1 and caused the loudest outcry1 has been my making public collections for an ,orphan-,house in ,georgia4 ,some indeed affirm that there is no such thing4 ,but how it could enter into the heart of any to say so1 ,i should not have conceived1 unless the scripture had said1 the heart of man is desperately wicked4 ,somewhat more than a twelve-month ago1 ,i printed an account of the situation and oeconomy of the ,orphan-,house1 and what ,i was in arrears when ,i left ,georgia1 ,january #agda4 ,my chief design now1 is1 to give a short account of the progress of the work since1 both as to our temporal and spiritual concerns1 so far as lies in my power4 ,the salvation of souls is the chief thing ,i had in view1 when ,,god put it into my heart to build this house4 ,i would then begin with that first4 ,and here ,i would pause a while1 and acknowledge that ,i am much indebted to the divine goodness1 for what he has already done for many souls1 since its first institution4 ,i must confess1 to the glory of ,,god1 it has far exceeded my expectations4 ,during the time ,i was among them1 before my going to1 and after my return from1 ,philadelphia1 ,boston1 c4 there were several remarkable awakenings amongst the children1 and others1 belonging to the house1 much resembling the blessed awakening now at ,cambuslang1 and other places in these kingdoms2 as will appear from consulting some of my latest ,journals4 ,just before ,i came last away1 the ,,lord was much amongst us2 at which time1 a young man1 about twenty-one years of age1 was converted1 who since has been made a blessed instrument of converting many poor negroes in ,south-,carolina4 ,several others also1 that came to pay us a visit at the ,orphan-,house1 were really brought home to ,,god1 and now bring forth the fruits of the spirit in their lives and conversations4 ,how it has been with my family since my departure1 will best appear by publishing some extracts from the letters which have been sent me from time to time1 since my departure4 ,mr4 ,habersham1 superintendent of the outward affairs in the ,orphan-,house1 and who1 ,i am persuaded1 loves the ,,lord ,,jesus in sincerity1 writes me thus3 ,bethesda1 ,march #bd1 #agda4 ,my dearest ,friend and ,brother1 ,,the spirit of the ,,lord seems to be moving upon the faces of many souls here2 most1 if not all the boys1 seem to be under some concern2 little as well as great boys1 cry mightily to ,,jesus the son of ,david1 to have mercy upon them4 ,about fourteen days ago1 at brother ,barber's request1 ,i spoke to the children at evening prayer4 ,my soul at that time was bowed down with a sense of my own1 and especially of your poor lambs deadness to ,,god2 but our gracious ,redeemer1 who is always ready to help in time of need1 was pleased to give me power to speak to their consciences4 ,i think ,i could and did justly appeal to their hearts1 that they wanted neither bodily or spiritual food3 ,i told them1 that they1 as well as myself1 could not be insensible what little care was taken of them before they came to us1 and consequently how ungrateful they were not to improve such means as they now enjoyed3 ,i beseeched them1 by the mercies of ,,god1 that they would improve this their day of salvation1 that we and our benefactors might rejoice2 we in the work of our hands1 they in the fruit of their bounty4 ,an impression was made on some2 ,i observed them the next day retire into the woods1 to sing and pray together4 ,two nights afterwards1 ,i spoke to them again1 and as ,i promised1 so ,i returned them my public thanks for their little amendment1 with tears of love and joy3 ,i felt the ,,lord powerfully on my own soul1 and it seemed to reach the children1 and put them under a visible concern4 ,ever since1 brother ,barber has put the great boys into two companies1 and they constantly meet together every day to sing and pray4 ,saturday1 the #bast instant1 the presence of the ,,lord came down among the children1 little and great1 as they were talking among themselves about eternity2 and they cried so much to ,,jesus of ,nazareth1 to have mercy upon them1 that the family soon heard them4 ,we all went1 saw1 and wept over about twenty-five or thirty dear lambs1 upon their knees before ,,god1 some pleading the promises1 and others calling on ,,jesus4 ,o how did my hard heart rejoice6 ,blessed be ,,god1 many of them seem to retain their convictions1 and all are serious4 ,does not your soul leap for joy1 and say1 ,bless the ,,lord1 ,o my friends1 and let us magnify his name together6 ,indeed1 my dear brother1 all the glory is due to him4 ,whilst ,i am writing1 ,i blush1 that ,i should mention any thing about what ,i was only in a little measure an instrument4 ,methinks ,i could wish to disappear1 that the creature might be abased1 and ,,god be all in all4 ,i have great hopes that ,,god will bring some effectually to himself4 ,the work seems to be more solid among them1 and more the effect of consideration1 than that of last summer4 ,i rejoice much1 that the ,,lord sent brother ,barber among us2 for ,i have neither leisure nor ability to speak much to the children1 and he seems to delight to watch over their souls3 ,i trust the ,,lord will make him a blessing to us all2 ,i think it will be our own fault if he is not4 ,one or two of the labourers1 ,i hope1 have closed with ,,jesus for salvation2 and one or two more are in a fair way to do so4 ,mr4 ,habersham1 in another ,letter1 writes thus from ,charles-,town4 ,june #aa1 #agda4 ,,satan rages furiously against our ,orphan-,house in this province3 such lies and calumnies are raised against us1 that our few dear friends think it necessary for me to represent the present state of the house4 ,i have since been much in prayer1 and believe ,,god will direct me how to act4 ,some here1 since you went away1 have gone great lengths in asserting calumnies1 even so as to offer to take oaths for the truth of them4 ,since ,i came1 ,i went to them1 to enquire what foundation they had for such reports2 and it would surprise you to see their behaviour3 they are ashamed to lift up their faces4 ,thus shall the wicked stand dumb at the bar of ,,god4 ,i think ,i can say1 to the glory of ,,god1 that our family never was in a better condition4 ,the children1 the essence of our constitution1 are well taken care of1 and watched over4 ,we all live in love4 ,,god has been visibly among us1 especially with the children4 ,bethesda1 as to its outward circumstances1 is so much for the better1 that you would be surprised to see it4 ,,god enables us to keep up much order4 ,he likewise 7blessed be his name7 has given us the appearance of a plentiful crop4 ,the garden and plantation now afford us many comfortable things1 and in great plenty4 ,our stores are yet well stocked with flour and beef1 c4 ,mr4 ,w behaves with great integrity1 and is faithful in his work4 ,the house would be soon finished1 if we could get bricks4 ,j4 ,s4 is ready to do all our bricklayers work gratis4 ,brother ,w is a great blessing to the family4 ,if you come by way of ,philadelphia1 pray bring some hemp and coarse flax4 ,he has weaved and spun a great deal for us4 ,all the boys now lye in the great house4 ,they have also coats1 and lye in sheets of their own making3 by this means they are kept sweet and clean4 ,we have a fine growing stock of cattle2 and if ,,god should so order it1 that we should have a plantation in ,carolina1 as ,i believe he will bring to pass1 we shall need but little1 if any1 assistance from abroad4 ,if our building were now done1 our expences would be but trifling to what they have been4 ,mr4 ,barber writes me thus4 ,bethesda1 ,september #d1 #agda4 ,my dearly beloved ,brother1 ,,not knowing but our ,,lord may have business for you at the northward1 and send you thither before you return to us2 ,i have sent you a few lines1 to acquaint you with the present state of your family4 ,many of us have been sick2 but1 blessed be ,,god1 our sickness has not been unto death4 ,o that it may be for the glory of ,,god's name6 ,all of us are in good health at present1 except ,james ,mh1 who was taken with the flux a few days ago1 and ,b4 ,habersham1 who is much troubled with the worms4 ,i wish ,i could say our souls were in as good health as our bodies are2 but you may give thanks to the ,,lord1 that he has made your house a house of mercy indeed to some4 ,a few weeks ago1 the ,,lord was pleased effectually to call ,thomas ,wb2 his conversion was very clear1 and much to the satisfaction of some1 especially to his good old father4 ,mr4 ,ky1 our taylor1 and his wife1 have been wrought upon1 ,i hope savingly1 since they have been here3 ,i am not without hope that some of the children are likewise1 and that the ,,lord in due time will convert more of them4 ,i hope he is now shewing us that the work is wholly of him2 that when the day of his power1 the time1 the appointed time of his love is come1 we may be better prepared to give all the glory thereof to him4 ,as to myself1 ,i must confess that ,i am a poor worthless instrument1 to be employed in the work of the ,,lord2 but what shall we say1 if the ,,lord is pleased to make use of the foolish to confound the wise8 ,i have1 blessed be ,,god1 had a little freedom given me lately to speak to your family2 but ,i want to have my heart more and more enlarged towards them1 and to speak to them more and more in the demonstration of the ,spirit1 and with power4 ,who knows8 perhaps ,,god designs you should have the honour and happiness of being the spiritual father of many more in your family4 ,may the ,,lord's will be done6 8,haversham0 replaced with 8,habersham0 ,i have also some letters of a later date1 which give an account of the continuance of the ,,lord's presence amongst them4 ,as for the temporal affairs1 blessed be ,,god1 considering the great difficulties we have laboured under1 they also have succeeded far beyond expectation4 ,mr4 ,habersham1 in a ,letter dated ,march #bd1 #agda1 writes thus3 ,,as we have got so much land cleared1 ,i intend to try to plant it3 accordingly ,i have four or five hands1 which1 with our own houshold1 will be sufficient to plant twenty acres or upwards with potatoes and rice for fodder next winter1 having greatly suffered this1 for want of it2 likewise corn and pease1 and other necessaries4 ,our garden is in great forwardness3 we are like to have a crop of ,english pease4 ,,god visibly blesses us1 so that people are amazed4 ,in a ,letter1 dated ,september #a1 #agda1 he writes thus to a ,gentleman in ,new-,england3 of which ,letter ,i had a copy4 ,,our affairs1 blessed be ,,god1 have prospered far beyond our expectation4 ,we have seen1 and do daily see1 much of ,,god's fatherly care1 in providing for and protecting us2 and though we have no visible fund1 yet we doubt not1 but he that has begun1 will carry on and perfect his work against every opposition4 ,we have been plentifully supplied all the summer1 while many about us lacked4 ,our building and necessary conveniences1 are now compleated4 ,our family now consists of eighty-four persons1 men1 women1 and children1 and nineteen more are employed about us1 and five in the ,infirmary3 the latter have a doctor and nurse1 and all other necessaries found them at the ,orphan-house expence4 ,we have fifty-eight children3 thirty-two of them belong to the colony2 six to ,purisburgh1 who are1 ,i think1 as great objects of charity as any in ,georgia2 and the rest belong to the neighbouring provinces1 who are orphans and objects of charity1 except a few who are maintained at their friends and parents charge4 ,we have a taylor and shoemaker3 likewise two weavers2 each of them have got a loom1 but we can employ but one1 spinning here being extravagantly dear2 though we hope in a short time to spin as much within ourselves1 as will greatly assist in cloathing the family4 ,,god blesses our cattle2 we have upwards of an hundred head1 small and great1 and shall be able in a year or two to kill a great quantity4 ,negroes not being allowed1 and labour among us so expensive1 we can make but little improvement in farming4 ,this year we have planted upwards of twenty acres1 and have cleared twenty acres more for to enjoy the conveniency of the air3 and1 blessed be ,,god1 though we have had a very dry season1 yet we cannot complain1 like many others1 of a bad crop4 ,honoured ,sir1 you may now judge whether our design be drawing near a period4 ,what ,i have written is a plain impartial narrative of our affairs1 which our bitterest enemies will not pretend to gainsay4 ,if any doubt it1 ,i answer1 as ,philip did to ,nathaniel1 ,come and see4 ,in a ,letter1 dated ,october #b1 #agda1 he writes thus3 ,,mr4 ,wardrop and ,i have settled1 his contract being finished3 he is about some necessary jobs now1 and will leave us in a few days4 ,messrs4 ,trip1 ,anderson1 c4 are already gone3 ,i owe them and ,mr4 ,wardrop about seventy or eighty pounds4 ,we are very quiet1 and live at an easy expence4 ,we have had no supplies since you left us1 of flesh or bread kind from abroad1 except some pork from ,mr4 ,b4 ,no ,new-,york vessels have come to this province of late4 ,we live entirely within ourselves1 except a few necessaries which we cannot do without1 that we are obliged to purchase elsewhere4 ,twice a day we eat hominy of our own raising1 and at present without molasses4 ,for dinner1 we eat beef of our own stock1 and pease for bread1 of all which we have plenty1 and shall have for three months to come4 ,our garden is very fruitful of greens1 turneps1 c4 and we expect a good crop of potatoes4 ,in short1 we have a sufficiency of wholesome food4 ,glory be to ,,god1 we daily see our heavenly ,father's hand supplying us in this wilderness-land4 ,o that we were more thankful6 ,i must have cash1 not only to pay debts1 but also to buy clothing and many other necessaries2 and ,i believe our ,,god will give it to me4 ,he is our shepherd1 therefore shall we lack nothing4 ,i trust he has enabled us to pray in faith1 nothing doubting but he will supply our every want4 ,all here at present enjoy pretty good health4 ,how thankful ought we to be6 ,the ,,lord seems to be sending his judgments abroad upon the earth4 ,in ,carolina and ,savannah a murrain is among the cattle1 which takes off great numbers3 ours as yet have escaped4 ,thanks be to ,,god6 ,indeed we are obliged to kill some of them for immediate supply4 ,but what are all outward calamities1 where ,,god is8 ,indian corn boiled up thick with water4 ,a young ,gentleman of ,boston1 having made a visit to the ,orphan-,house1 sent the following account of it to his father1 which many have desired may be printed1 for the satisfaction of those who have already contributed to its support4 ,bethesda1 ,january #a1 #agdb4 ,honoured ,sir1 ,,being sensible of the many and false accounts industriously spread abroad concerning this house in many places1 especially in ,new-,england1 by those who are enemies to its ,founder1 and the cause he is engaged in1 which has certainly been a great hindrance to this worthy undertaking1 as it has created even in its friends some prejudices1 which has hindered their contributing with that pleasure and freedom they otherwise would have done2 and as ,i am now upon the spot1 ,i think a few moments will not be ill spent1 in giving you a particular account of its present situation1 which ,i shall endeavour to do in the most just and impartial manner1 that you may have an opportunity of serving the interest in which your heart is so much engaged4 ,the ,orphan-,house is pleasantly situated1 and1 with the buildings belonging to it1 presents a much handsomer prospect than is given by the draught annexed to the public accounts4 ,the great house is now almost quite finished1 and nothing has hindered but the want of glass1 which they daily expect from ,bristol1 and some bricks that are already at ,savannah1 and are to carry up another stack of chimnies1 which would have been done before1 if a vessel that was bringing brick and other stores1 had not been taken by the ,spaniards1 which was a great loss4 ,it is surprizing to see in what forwardness things are1 considering what hindrances they have had1 and the scarcity of labourers in this province4 ,they have cut a fine road to ,savannah of twelve miles length1 through a thicket of woods2 and1 that it might be passable1 were obliged to make ten bridges and cross-ways2 which was done at no little charge4 ,they have also cleared forty acres of land1 twenty of which were planted the last year1 and brought them a tolerable crop3 the other twenty was for the benefit of the air4 ,they have also a large garden at the front of the house1 brought into pretty good order4 ,the family now consists of eighty persons besides labourers1 who all contradict the wicked and false accounts of their being starved and cruelly treated1 by the lively and hearty countenances they shew4 ,i have seldom seen such a goodly number of youths together4 ,twenty-three of them are orphans2 others1 that have lost one of their parents2 one was born in the house2 and the rest are fit objects for christian charity4 ,there are in all thirty-nine boys1 and fifteen girls4 ,the number was larger some time past3 but several of the boys1 that were well instructed1 have been put to such trades as they inclined to2 and others1 who were put here for their learning1 are returned to their parents1 who have handsomely paid the ,house for their education4 8fifteeen0 replaced with 8fifteen0 ,the care of this society at present is in the hands of a young gentleman from ,london1 who manages the secular affairs thereof2 and one from ,new-,england1 who has the care of souls as his particular charge4 ,there are two school-masters1 who instruct the boys in reading and writing3 and those that appear serious1 and of good capacities1 are taught ,latin1 with a design of fitting them for the ministry1 if they incline to it4 ,two school-mistresses1 that teach the girls2 a surgeon and nurse to attend the infirmary1 in which many sick persons1 from divers parts1 have been received1 and always been cured gratis4 ,here are also several tradesmen2 a taylor1 a joiner1 a weaver1 and a shoemaker4 ,the taylor has three boys to instruct in his business4 ,it is expected that ,mr4 ,whitefield will increase the number of craftsmen1 when he returns from ,england4 ,the conomy observed here is as follows3 ,the bell rings in the morning at sun-rise1 to wake the family4 ,when the children arise1 they sing a short hymn1 and pray by themselves3 then they go down and wash2 and by the time they have done that1 the bell calls to public worship1 when a portion of scripture is read and expounded1 a psalm sung1 and the exercise begun and ended with prayer4 ,then they breakfast1 and afterwards go some to their trades1 and the rest to their prayers and schools4 ,at noon1 they all dine in the same room1 and have comfortable and wholesome diet provided4 ,a hymn is sung before and after dinner3 then1 in about half an hour1 to school again2 and between whiles find time enough for recreation4 ,a little after sun-set the bell calls to public duty again1 which is performed in the same manner as in the morning4 ,after that they sup1 and are attended to bed by one of their masters1 who then pray with them1 as they often do privately4 ,on the sabbath-day they all dine on cold meat provided the day before1 that none may be kept from public worship1 which is attended four times a day in summer1 and three in the winter4 ,the children are kept to reading between whiles4 ,many have reported1 that the place is very unhealthy3 which ,i believe is quite otherwise1 considering it is a new settlement3 a remarkable proof of which is1 that not one have died out of the family1 7into which many sick and almost starved children have been received1 who have in a short time recovered7 and but three or four out of the hospital1 where many miserable objects have been taken in4 ,i believe many1 who now think the erecting an ,orphan-house in that colony a mad scheme1 would alter their sentiments were they here4 ,innumerable difficulties have certainly been overcome2 but their affairs now look with a pleasant aspect4 ,if the colony is allowed negroes1 as it is thought it must and will be1 they can1 with about twenty negroes to manure the plantation1 which contains five hundred acres of land1 raise much more provision than a larger family than this can expend1 having already a fine live stock1 which is daily increasing2 so that in a few years1 it is to be hoped1 they will be able to support themselves4 ,as to the state of religion here1 particularly among the children1 the power of ,,god has1 at times1 been visible among them2 and many of them have been brought under conviction1 which seems lasting in some of the boys1 and several of the girls3 but most of the grown folks appear to be truly converted2 and many1 who have come as visitors1 have been met with by the sovereign grace of ,,god1 and not sent empty away3 may ,,god grant ,i may make one of that number6 ,upon the whole1 ,i think the institution to be of ,,god3 therefore it doth and will prosper4 ,since this came to my hand1 ,i have received more letters from ,georgia1 dated in ,may and ,june last1 which also give me an account of the continuation of ,,god's goodness to my dear family4 ,the ,reverend ,dr4 ,colman1 in a letter he sent to a minister near ,glasgow1 part of which ,i find printed in a pamphlet entituled1 ,the ,state of ,religion in ,new-,england1 writes thus3 8,mr4 ,whitefield visited us in the right time1 and found large contributions here3 ,i doubt not but he will faithfully apply what he collected for his ,orphan-house3 but ,i have said to him1 ,it will appear to me a greater wonder1 if his faith is answered in that foundation1 than that of ,monsieur ,franck's1 at ,hall1 in ,prussia1 was3 the one being in the midst of ,europe1 the other on the confines of ,america4 ,but the order and piety of the house is admirable1 and so the progress of the settlement1 alone as it is in the world1 by the report of all that have visited it3 but how it can subsist and flourish1 and answer the ,founder's end1 is the enquiry here1 and will be a marvel in the providence of ,,god1 if it do so40 ,the ,reader may see1 by this1 the ,doctor's opinion of the ,orphan-house1 and the testimony given concerning it by persons who have visited it1 and who therefore cannot be unacquainted with its situation4 ,they profess1 8,the order of the house is admirable1 and so the progress of the settlement1 alone as it is in the world40 ,how it can subsist and flourish for the future1 ,i am not solicitous about3 ,,god can help us in ,georgia1 as well as he helped ,professor ,franck in ,germany4 ,the earth is the ,,lord's1 and the fulness thereof4 ,i acknowledge him to be the founder of that house3 he put it into my heart to build it3 it has in a great measure already answered the end of its institution1 and ,i am persuaded will do so more and more4 ,the greatest outward difficulties1 ,i humbly hope1 are now surmounted4 ,the workmen are all discharged1 having fulfilled their contract1 and carried on the work so far as to make every part of the house habitable4 ,our stock of cattle is pretty considerable1 and appear to be in a flourishing condition4 ,and1 when once ,i am clear from all arrears1 the ,orphan-house will be supported at a very easy expence4 ,the last parliament resolved to support the colony of ,georgia3 they have altered the constitution in two material points2 they have allowed the importation of rum1 and free titles to the lands4 ,and if they should see good hereafter to grant a limited use of negroes1 it must certainly1 in all outward appearance1 be as flourishing a colony as ,south-,carolina4 ,not that we are without hopes1 as ,mr4 ,habersham writes me word in his last letter1 of making a tolerable shift with white servants3 the ,saltzburghers do so already4 ,there is a fresh body of them lately gone over1 and some fresh troops to guard the frontiers of the colony4 ,not that ,i put any confidence in man1 knowing that the race is not to the swift1 nor the battle to the strong1 but ,providence ruleth all things3 but1 at the same time1 ,i would act with the greatest caution and circumspection1 and not tempt ,,god by presuming on him without a cause4 ,his having helped me and mine so often1 encourages me to trust him again4 ,he has put it into the hearts of some dear friends to give ,mr4 ,habersham credit for cash during my absence2 and his ,excellency ,general ,oglethorpe has been very friendly1 having lent ,mr4 ,habersham fifty pounds1 and given the orphans nine barrels of flour3 the ,,lord return him1 and their other benefactors1 ten thousand fold into their bosom6 ,but all this while1 some will say1 you give us no account of your collections in ,scotland and elsewhere for near this year and an half4 ,i will now do that to the best of my power1 and likewise add an account of my disbursements2 ,i say1 my disbursements3 for1 having had no particular account of what ,mr4 ,habersham has expended and borrowed since ,i have been from ,georgia1 ,i cannot possibly give an exact account of the whole2 but ,i shall do it1 ,,god willing1 immediately after my arrival at the ,orphan-house1 beginning where the former account left off4 ,from that it appears1 ,i was then upwards of eight hundred pounds upon arrears4 ,since that ,i have been absent near two years3 and considering a family of eighty persons1 or upwards1 have been maintained1 an infirmary kept up1 the expence of further work done to the house1 c4 it will not appear unreasonable that ,i should be still upwards of six hundred pounds on arrears2 as ,i judge ,i am1 from ,mr4 ,habersham's general intimations of cash he had borrowed in ,america1 and what ,i have still to pay in ,england4 ,but this will appear clear in the next account4 ,in the mean while1 the following accounts1 ,i believe1 will be satisfying to all the contributors3 as for others1 ,i do not think myself obliged to give them any account at all1 any further than that ,i am commanded to provide things honest in the sight of all men4 ,neither do ,i believe1 that this1 or any account ,i can give1 will satisfy captious men that are resolved to find fault3 our ,saviour himself could not please such4 ,and if even good men can be so far prejudiced as to say1 8,the late glorious work at ,cambuslang1 is all delusion1 and a work of the devil10 ,i do not wonder if some of his professed children speak all manner of evil of this undertaking3 neither should ,i wonder after this1 if they should affirm there was no such thing as an ,orphan-house in being1 though it was built but a few miles off them4 ,the accounts of particular receipts and disbursements are omitted1 by reason of their vast length2 and likewise1 as the public have already examined them1 and received full satisfaction4 ,as for the aspersions that have been cast upon me1 as though ,i collected money to enrich myself1 it gives me little or no concern2 the apostle ,paul was branded as one that made a gain of people2 but ,,god knows the heart3 at the day of judgment ,i will prove those persons liars4 ,professor ,franck met with unspeakably more contempt and calumny1 whilst he was building the ,orphan-house in ,germany3 he began very low1 and left behind him an ,orphan-house which contains now1 if ,i mistake not1 two or three thousand students1 notwithstanding the erecting it1 was attended with as many improbabilities as this in ,georgia3 he has been dead about fourteen or sixteen years4 ,his son now succeeds him in the care of the ,orphan-house3 ,i have had the pleasure of corresponding with him4 ,an account of this ,orphan-house was printed in his life-time1 and it has been very strengthening and beneficial to my soul4 ,if any1 by reading this1 shall be inclined to contribute any thing1 either in money or goods1 ,i trust ,,god will give me grace to apply it faithfully4 ,i am not ashamed to beg for ,,god on this occasion2 because my going to ,georgia1 and erecting the ,orphan-house1 was one great means in his hand1 of bringing me out to preach the everlasting gospel in so many places1 and to many thousands of poor perishing souls1 who ,i doubt not 7be it spoken with all humility7 will evidence my commission thereto1 by being my joy and crown of rejoicing in the last day4 ,blessed be his holy name1 he has not left himself1 nor me his servant1 without witnesses of this sort in ,scotland6 ,many1 ,i trust1 since this time twelvemonth1 have been made to taste that the ,,lord is gracious1 and have in an effectual manner felt the powers of the world to come3 such in particular1 ,i trust1 will lift up holy hands in prayer for me1 and for the prosperity of the ,orphan-house1 that the enemies of our holy religion may never have cause to triumph over its ruins1 saying1 ,there1 there1 so would we have it4 ,i look upon the ,orphan-house as a great part of my charge2 a family given me by ,,god1 to be supported and taken care of1 for himself4 ,its very beginnings are not small2 its latter end1 ,i believe1 will greatly increase4 ,he that believeth1 should not make haste to contemn the undertaking1 or my conduct in carrying it on1 seeing it has already evidently appeared to be of ,,god1 by the countenance and success he has given to both4 ,and since the ,,lord1 by his providence1 has connected the care of this family with my preaching the gospel1 by making it a means of first bringing me out1 and ever since has been pleased to continue the care of it upon me2 ,i think myself bound in duty1 to recommend it in the strongest manner to all people amongst whom ,i am called to preach the kingdom of ,,god4 ,neither do ,i think myself justly blameable for running so much in arrears on its account1 since the ,,lord1 in all places where he has been pleased to send me1 has inclined the hearts of people to be ready to distribute1 and willing to communicate on this occasion3 and1 ,i doubt not1 will yet dispose the hearts of his people here and elsewhere1 to be my farther assistants by their charitable contributions1 seeing ,i am so necessarily engaged in the affair4 ,he that giveth to these poor orphans1 lendeth to the ,,lord2 and look1 ,whatsoever he layeth out1 it shall be repaid him again4 ,those who1 notwithstanding what has been said1 still continue in suspense1 ,i would entreat them at least to pray for me1 that in this1 and all my undertakings for the church of ,,christ1 ,i may go on with an even1 humble1 resigned1 chearful mind1 and single eye to ,,god's glory2 and then1 ,i doubt not but they will see a happy issue of this work1 and future ages have reason to bless ,,god1 for ever putting it into my heart to build an ,orphan-house in ,georgia4 ,september #bb1 #agdb4 ,since the writing of this1 ,i have heard of the ,spaniards making a descent upon ,georgia4 ,i cannot say the news of it damped me at all2 because1 ,i humbly hope1 the ,,lord will not give that colony over as a prey into the enemy's hand4 ,the place where they landed1 is about one hundred miles to the southward of the ,orphan-house3 and1 supposing it should be taken1 ,i do not repent the erecting it1 because the advantages that have flowed already from it1 as appears from my accounts1 have abundantly answered the pains and expence it has cost4 ,what is due upon arrears1 as it has been already laid out1 and is a debt contracted for ,,god1 ,i doubt not but he will incline the hearts of his servants to help me by their contributions to discharge it4 ,at the same time1 ,i am not without expectations1 that this very attack of the ,spaniards will be over-ruled for the good of the ,orphan-house1 and be made a means of freeing the colony from their future insults3 for as ,georgia is a frontier colony1 and stands as a barrier to all the other ,english provinces1 it is reasonable to believe1 they will all unite in its defence and protection4 ,but my trust is in the ,,lord2 and1 through the mercies of the ,most ,high1 ,i humbly hope this undertaking will not sink1 but become more and more beneficial to ,georgia and the neighbouring provinces day by day4 ,let all that love the ,,lord ,,jesus say1 ,amen6 8advanvantages0 replaced with 8advantages0 ,september #bg1 #agdb4 ,since the foregoing papers have been in the press1 ,i have received a letter from ,mr4 ,habersham1 superintendant of the ,orphan-house affairs1 in which he writes as follows3 ,savannah1 ,july #ad1 #agdb4 ,my dearest ,brother and ,friend1 ,,about four days ago ,i wrote you very fully in relation to our present state and circumstances1 from ,mr4 ,john ,bryan's4 ,i hope our dear family are well there4 ,when my last comes to hand1 you will find we removed there for fear of the ,spaniards1 who came in upon ,georgia like a flood4 ,i hope the ,general will yet stand his ground1 though the enemy is so numerous4 ,i hear he destroyed and took one hundred and seventy of the enemy last ,thursday4 ,,god only knows what he is about to do with us4 ,brother ,grant and ,i are here1 to take care of our house and goods4 ,i hope ,,god will direct us in our distress4 ,surely you will now1 if possible1 come over4 ,i believe the bearer is gone2 ,i must have done4 ,farewel1 ,farewel4 ,brother ,grant gives his love4 ,i must conclude by broken lines4 ,yours1 ,j4 ,h4 ,p4 ,s4 ,absolute hurry and necessity obliges me to write thus4 ,this letter gave me much comfort1 as it brought me the welcome news that my dear family was safe4 ,this ,mr4 ,bryan was converted at the ,orphan-house1 and is a wealthy planter in ,south-,carolina4 ,i admire the providence of ,,god1 in raising him up to take care of the little lambs in this time of their distress4 ,i hope ere now they are returned to their ,bethesda in peace4 ,blessed be ,,god ,i have not been disappointed of my hope4 ,for since my return to ,london1 ,i have received the following letters1 which give a more particular account both of their tryal and deliverance1 and for which ,i desire to praise our great and gracious ,,god4 ,from ,mr4 ,habersham1 at ,mr4 ,jonathan ,bryan's ,plantation in ,south-,carolina1 ,july #aa1 #agdb4 ,my dearest ,friend and ,brother1 ,,god's ways are in the deep2 the ,,lord only knows what he is about to do with your dear family4 ,here at ,mr4 ,bull's and at ,mr4 ,hugh ,bryan's they sojourn at present1 and all1 blessed be our gracious ,,jesus1 in pretty good bodily health4 ,distress from the hands of the ,spaniards 7under ,,god7 seems to be coming upon poor ,georgia1 and perhaps upon this colony also4 ,our afflictions have been heavy3 the ,,lord only enabled us to bear up under them2 but ,i really believe we have tasted but the first fruits of our trials4 ,was it not for a persuasion that ,,god can1 yea1 will help us1 we must sink under a prospect of impending difficulties4 ,about the #beth of last month several ,spanish galleys came into ,cumberland sound1 a little to the ,south of ,st4 ,simon's1 where the ,general's forces are encamped4 ,the ,general himself in a deal cutter1 accompanied with two boats1 was attacked by them1 and had a very wonderful escape4 ,the gallies went off as though they would go to ,augustine2 but a day or two after returned1 attended with several schooners1 sloops1 and ships of force to ,st4 ,simon's4 ,several days they lay within sight of the ,general's camp4 ,when we heard this1 we kept a day of fasting1 prayer1 and humiliation1 to ask direction of our great shepherd what we should do4 ,as the ,spanish fleet had then made no inroad upon the ,general1 we concluded to stand still and wait upon ,,god4 ,the #eth instant the ,spanish fleet run into ,st4 ,simon's ,sound1 up the river that leads to ,frederica4 ,the fleet1 ,i hear1 consisted of thirty-five or thirty-seven vessels2 and notwithstanding the ,general fired upon them from his battery1 and two privateers1 and other vessels did the same1 they passed without seeming to regard them1 and landed a great number of people at ,gascoign's ,bluff on ,st4 ,simon's4 ,the ,general seeing himself encompassed about with enemies1 ordered several sloops1 ,new-,yorkers1 laden with provision to be sunk2 his privateer sloop was burnt1 and ,captain ,thomson and the schooner made the best of their way to the ,north4 ,the ,general is now surrounded by the ,spaniards upon an island1 without having one vessel of any bigness to carry him and his army off4 ,he retreated from ,st4 ,simon's 7burnt all the hutts1 houses1 c4 there7 to ,frederica1 and gave leave for the women and children1 and ,i think all except his fighting people1 to make their escape4 8scooner0 replaced with 8schooner0 ,the #agth instant several boats full of people passed by our house1 and informed us of the above1 and that it was thought the ,general's army would be entirely cut off1 unless great assistance was immediately sent them1 which it is likely could not be done soon enough4 ,we all met together1 and prayed to our dear ,father1 and afterward desired every one to speak their mind freely1 what was necessary to be done in this emergency4 ,we considered it would be impossible to move so many children1 weak women1 and babes in their arms away upon a sudden approach of the enemy2 that we were so locked in1 that we could not get through the ,narrows with our boats but four hours in twenty-four1 and unanimously agreed to move them away directly4 ,but we had one great objection to get over1 the glory of ,,god2 we thought the providence of ,,god plainly pointed out our removal2 and if the ,spaniards should be permitted to take and burn all before them1 we should be accessary to the death of eighty-five poor creatures1 and likewise bring a reproach upon religion1 through our disregard of using means for our preservation4 ,our friends thought things might not be so bad as reported1 and concluded to stay that evening at the ,orphan-house1 while ,i should go to ,savannah to ask the advice of friends1 and likewise be better informed about it4 ,accordingly ,i went about nine that evening1 and returned at three in the morning4 ,the news ,i had confirmed from the persons who had fled from ,frederica2 and our friends at ,savannah advised us to move4 ,mr4 ,jones offered to lend me any assistance to do it4 ,the next morning1 as delays might be dangerous1 we took as many goods out of the house as the boats would conveniently carry with the people4 ,we had none about us but ,mr4 ,k's and ,g's family1 and two sick men in the infirmary1 and in all made about eighty-five or eighty-six persons4 ,then we had another difficulty to grapple with3 we knew not where to go4 ,if we went to ,ebenezer1 we had no opportunity of providing so large a body of people with provisions1 and might be in as much danger there as at ,bethesda4 ,if we went to ,carolina1 we considered that it was there1 in all probability1 the enemy wanted to be1 and were destroying ,georgia in order to get there with the more safety4 ,but believing we should be better able to make our retreat to the ,northward from ,carolina1 if necessity should oblige us1 and also should be better able to supply the family with victuals1 we came here last night about twelve o'clock1 and were received kindly by our dear friends1 who think we have done right in moving4 ,mr4 ,barber who superintends the spiritual affairs of the family1 in a letter dated near the same time writes18,that as they were on their passage1 they heard guns firing all round them1 which occasioned them to think they were in the midst of their enemies4,this brought them into straits1 not knowing which way to take to avoid falling into their hands4,but the ,,lord giving them to strengthen themselves in him1 they ventured on1 and got safe to the shore2 where they were informed1 that the guns they had heard1 where in ,carolina1 firing to alarm the province of the danger they apprehended they were in from the ,spaniards4 ,what those guns were that they heard firing from other quarters they did not know2 most probably their enemies1 whom the ,,lord directed them to shun by taking the way they did40 ,mr4 ,habersham1 again says1,how it is with ,georgia1 ,i have not heard these three days2 but as we left a great quantity of goods at the ,orphan-house1 and fearing that it might be plundered1 brother ,grant and ,i1 with four hands1 are in a few minutes to go there4 ,i think1 as we have moved away the helpless people1 if the enemy should come1 we can the better make our escape4 ,o my brother1 ,i hope you will not blame us4,a sense of so many souls being liable to be destroyed1 was very burdensome1 and called for speedy acting4 ,i know not whether ,i shall be ever able to write to you again4 ,perhaps some friends that ,i leave behind me here may1 and then they will tell you of all our difficulties4 ,it is hard to leave my dear friends and children1 my wife and little babe2 but duty obliges me to go2 ,i have no time to say any more2 what ,i have written has been in great hurry4 ,pray pardon my abruptness4 ,if ,i never see you1 or write more1 let me assure you of my love4 ,i hope ,i need not now use any arguments to persuade you to come over4 ,farewel1 farewel1 farewel4 ,yours1 for ever1 ,james ,habersham4 ',tis past one in the morning4 ,from ,mr4 ,habersham1 at ,mr4 ,bull's plantation in ,south-,carolina1 ,july #bg1 #agdb4 ,my dear ,friend and ,brother1 ,i ,,wrote you the #dth1 #aath1 and #adth instant4 ,doubtless the contents of my letters will give you some concern1 and will be a means of hastening you over to us4 ,i hope you will find us at our desired habitation4 ,hitherto the ,,lord seems to be on our side1 and fights our battles4 ,news is lately come from the ,general1 that the ,spaniards have moved off in great confusion2 but it is not sufficiently confirmed2 when it is1 we purpose moving to ,bethesda4 ,in mine of the #aath instant1 ,i informed you1 according to my knowledge of the state of your family1 and the colony till that time4 ,i told you brother ,grant and self were just returning to ,georgia4 ,we soon got there1 and found our goods and house safe4 ,john ,goldwire1 ,i1 and a boy1 staid at ,bethesda while brother ,grant went to ,carolina1 and returned with two boats4 ,in the mean time we heard the ,general had engaged twice with a party of the ,spaniards1 and killed and taken one hundred and fifty of them1 and that the enemy was so intimidated1 and the ,general's army so encouraged1 that there was great expectations that the ,spaniards would soon be drove off the island4 ,,god was pleased at this time to bring me very low by bodily illness1 so that ,i was almost incapable of making any escape1 if the enemy had been suffered to come upon us1 having a hundred miles to ride through bad swamps1 to my friends in ,carolina4 ,likewise there was no one there1 nor at ,savannah1 to give me any relief4 ,the #bjth instant1 having left three people at ,bethesda1 and our family wanting necessaries at ,carolina1 brother ,grant and ,i returned with most of our goods4 ,when we now left ,bethesda1 we were not very apprehensive of any danger of staying ourselves1 or leaving the goods there2 but as ,i was obliged to seek for some assistance1 and our dear people wanted things we had there1 we thought it was but a very little more trouble to load the boats4 ,i have many times intended to write to you since ,i came here1 but was not able conveniently till to day1 but ,i bless ,,god ,i feel myself much better in health4 ,as far as ,i can learn1 the ,general has behaved himself exceeding well1 and the ,,lord has wonderfully ordered things for him1 contrary1 ,i believe1 to his own and others expectations4 ,his clemency to the ,spanish prisoners1 his confidence1 prudence1 and courage throughout the whole affair is so conspicuous1 that his greatest enemies cannot impeach his conduct4 ,i don't as yet hear1 that he has lost 7except by accident7 above three or four men4 ,indeed the hand of ,,god has been evidently against the boasting enemy4 ,some say near fifty vessels set out at first to invade us1 but in their passage1 which is usually run in a week or ten days1 they were fifty days1 and by some means fifteen of them were separated from the rest1 and did not come up to them at ,st4 ,simon's4 ,they first proposed to land in ,carolina1 and cause an insurrection among the negroes2 to that end they brought a number of negroes1 to head and persuade our negroes 7,i suppose7 to revolt4 ,but being so long on their passage1 they wanted water1 and were obliged to put in at ,st4 ,simon's4 ,in their council of war there1 they said they would soon cut off the ,general and his few men1 and did not doubt but to settle and regain ,king ,philip's dominions1 yea1 even as far as the ,capes of ,virginia4 ,i should have wished you had been present when we consulted about fleeing for our lives2 it would have been great satisfaction to us all2 but ,i am of opinion1 you would not have staid with the great troop of little ones1 under the apprehension of so much danger4 ,i have met with none but what have approved of what we did4 ,every one1 ,i believe1 are willing to contract expences4,i hope1 nay ,i am assured1 that all things shall work together for good2 and ,i am of opinion1 we shall all have reason to bless ,,god for every1 yea1 especially for his late awful dispensation4,the deliverances we have had are many and wonderful1 and he that has done much can do more4 ,in regard to the ,spaniards1 they came like a flood1 but the ,,lord can save by few as well as by many4 ,from ,mr4 ,habersham4 ,bethesda1 ,august1 #ai1 #agdb4 ,my dearest ,friend and ,brother1 ,i ,,hope ere this reaches you1 you have received mine of the #dth1 #aath1 #adth1 and #bgth of ,july last1 and that you see your way clear to come to us4 ,blessed be ,,god we have reason to conclude the ,spaniards have entirely left the colony1 and we are now very comfortably settled again4 ,the deliverance the ,,lord has wrought for us by the ,general1 ,i think is the most remarkable ,i ever heard or read of1 except some instances recorded in the ,old ,testament4 ,it is so manifest1 that 8,surely ,,god has fought our battles10 is in the mouth of every one1 whatever may be in their hearts4 ,i cannot now mention particulars1 being much streightened for time2 at ,savannah the poor people are almost all sick2 four have been cut off4 ,at ,frederica likewise1 and at ,mr4 ,bryan's1 and other neighbours1 they are in the same condition4 ,we have also many down4 ,,god has been chastising us with whips1 but now seems to be scourging us with scorpions4 ,o that the goodness and patience of ,,god may lead us to repentance6 ,we have a good crop on the ground1 and have none to gather it in but the few boys4 ,brother ,hunter has his hands full1 and is chiefly at ,savannah4 ,it is but little we buy abroad4,we hunt and kill our own stock1 and have potatoes and corn enough of our own4 ,i am but poorly1 as is dear brother ,barber1 who is singularly useful at this trying time4,what should ,i have done without him8 ,i have much to say to you4 ,indeed ,i hope you are now in your passage to us4 ,we cannot but expect you4 ,b4 ,grant hurries me to conclude4 ,please to give my tender love to your wife1 and all with you1 and believe me to be ,your affectionate servant in our ,,lord1 ,j4 ,habersham4 ,i4 ,how are thy servants bless'd1 ,o ,,lord6 ,how sure is their defence6 ,eternal wisdom is their guard1 ,their help ,omnipotence4 ,,ii4 ,in all their various griefs1 ,o ,,lord6 ,thy mercy sets them free1 ,while in the confidence of prayer ,their souls lay hold on thee4 ,,iii4 ,in midst of dangers1 fears and deaths ,thy goodness we'll adore1 ,and praise thee for thy mercies past1 ,and humbly hope for more4 ,january1 #ad1 #agdc4 ,,since the foregoing papers were sent to the press1 ,i have received letters from ,mr4 ,br and ,mr4 ,hm1 the persons who superintend the spiritual and temporal affairs of the ,orphan-house1 dated in ,october last2 by which ,i am informed that all was well1 and that the family was mercifully supplied with things convenient for them4 ,i don't hear that any of the family have been taken off by the late sickness2 but am informed of the death of one ,mrs4 ,dudding1 7a person converted at the ,orphan-house some time ago73 she went with the family into ,carolina1 where she staid after they returned1 and there died triumphantly4 ,mr4 ,bolzius1 one of the ,saltzburghers ministers1 writes to me thus1 ,ebenezer in ,georgia1 ,september #bb1 #agdb4 ,reverend and dear ,sir1 ,,it was with great satisfaction that ,i received the favour of your letter1 dated ,m the #eth of ,october last1 in which you acquainted me with the joyful news1 that the ,,lord has been pleased to bless your kind endeavours of collecting twenty pounds for our poor people1 on which our mill1 and especially our ,orphan-house had its share according to your intention and order4 ,this great blessing is delivered into my hand by ,mr4 ,hm1 our dear friend and favourer1 and is laid out in such a manner1 that ,i hope1 to have obtained the end1 at which you aim in all your actions1 and in this act of love too1 viz4 to promote the great giver's1 our heavenly father's glory and our people's welfare4 ,may it please an almighty and merciful ,,god to reward you and all our benefactors many-fold for this and many more testimonies of your and their real favours1 and let descend upon your worthy person and holy ministry as many blessings to your spiritual and temporal welfare1 as prayers and hearty wishes do ascend to the throne of grace from our hearts and lips in publick and private4 ,,god has been pleased to visit me and my fellow-labourer with dangerous sickness1 but has graciously restored our health for our better being prepared to the heavenly and blessed regions1 and for being in some measure1 by the operation of the ,holy ,ghost1 useful to shew our hearers the way through ,,christ to the ,father1 and their eternal happiness4 ,many in our congregation have been dangerously sick1 and some died in peace2 the rest begin to recover by degrees4 ,good ,dr4 ,hunter has been mighty useful and assistive to the inhabitants of ,savannah in their long and dangerous sicknesses2 and ,,god has blessed his cures with very good effects2 and ,i am in hopes some people there will begin to be sensible of the many blessings that flow from ,bethesda upon them1 and praise with us the ,,lord for his great kindness and mercy in having raised this house of mercy to many grown people's and children's spiritual and temporal welfare4 ,if ,,god should give me the pleasure of seeing you here again1 and being edify'd by your conversation1 ,i would humbly thank him for it2 but if he is pleased to carry either of us from this to a better world1 then we will see not only one another happily1 but our glorious ,redeemer also face to face for ever1 to his infinite praise and our eternal happiness1 at which my brother ,gronau1 myself1 our families1 and several of our congregation aim by all means and strength1 which ,,god gives us from the merits of his beloved son1 our dear ,saviour4 ,to his infinite mercy and gracious conduct ,i commit you1 and me with our people1 ,orphan-house1 my fellow-labourer ,mr4 ,gronau1 and our families1 who all salute you very heartily1 to the continuance of your favour and kind remembrance before ,,god and men1 remaining sincerely1 ,reverend and dear ,sir1 your unworthy brother1 and humble servant in ,,christ1 ,john ,martin ,bolzius4 ,the ,surgeon belonging to the ,orphan-house4 ,continuation of the ,,account and ,,progress1 c4 of the ,,orphan-,,house4 ,bethesda1 ,march #ba1 #agdf4 ,sir1 ,,some months have ,i been here1 and now think it high time1 according to my promise1 to send you as explicit an account1 as ,i well can1 of the progress1 and present situation of the ,orphan-house4 ,some have thought1 that the erecting such a building was only the produce of my own brain2 but they are much mistaken4 ,it was first proposed to me by my dear friend the reverend ,mr4 ,charles ,wesley1 who1 with his excellency ,general ,oglethorpe1 had concerted a scheme for carrying on such a design1 before ,i had any thoughts of going abroad myself4 ,it was natural to think1 that as the government intended this province for the refuge and support of many of our poor countrymen1 that numbers of such adventurers must necessarily be taken off1 by being exposed to the hardships which unavoidably attend a new settlement4 ,i thought it therefore a noble design in general1 to erect a house for fatherless children4 ,and believing such a provision for orphans would be some inducement with many to come over1 ,i fell in with the design1 when mentioned to me by my friend1 and was resolved1 in the strength of ,,god1 to prosecute it with all my might4 ,this was mentioned to the honourable the trustees4 ,they took it kindly at my hands2 and as ,i then began to be pretty popular at ,bristol1 and elsewhere1 they wrote to the ,bishop of ,bath and ,wells1 for leave for me to preach a charity-sermon on this occasion in the abbey-church4 ,this was granted1 and ,i accordingly began immediately to compose a suitable discourse3 but knowing my first stay at ,georgia would be but short1 on account of my returning again to take priests orders1 ,i thought it most prudent1 first to go and see for myself1 and defer prosecuting the scheme till ,i came home3 because ,i could then be better able to judge1 whether the scheme was practicable1 and consequently could be able to recommend it with the greater earnestness4 ,when ,i came to ,georgia1 ,i found many poor orphans1 who though taken notice of by the honourable trustees1 yet through the neglect of persons that acted under them1 were in miserable circumstances4 ,for want of a house to breed them up in1 the poor little ones were tabled out here and there1 and besides the hurt they received by bad examples1 forgot at home what they learnt at school4 ,others were at hard services1 and likely to have no education at all4 ,upon seeing this1 and finding that his majesty and parliament had the interest of this colony much at heart1 ,i thought ,i could not better shew my regard to ,,god and my country1 than by getting a house and land for these children1 where they might learn to labour1 read1 and write1 and at the same time be brought up in the nurture and admonition of the ,,lord4 ,accordingly1 at my return to ,england in the year #agch1 to take priest orders1 ,i applied to the honourable society for a grant of five-hundred acres of land1 and laid myself under an obligation to build a house upon it1 and to receive from time to time1 as many orphans as the land and stock would maintain4 ,as ,i had always acted like a clergyman of the church of ,england1 having preached in many of the ,london churches1 and as ,i had but a few months before collected near a thousand pounds ,sterling1 for the children belonging to the charity-schools in ,london and ,westminster2 it was natural to think1 that ,i might now have the use at least of some of these churches to preach in1 for the orphans hereafter more immediately to be committed to my care4 ,but by the time ,i had taken priests orders1 the spirit of the clergy began to be much imbittered4 ,churches were gradually denied to me4 ,and ,i must let this good design drop1 and thousands 7,i might add ten thousands7 go without hearing the word of ,,god1 or preach in the fields4 ,indeed two churches1 one in ,london 7,spittle-fields7 and one in ,bristol 7,st4 ,philip's and ,jacob7 were lent me upon this occasion2 but those were all4 ,however1 ,,god kept me from being discouraged4 ,i collected for the ,orphan-house in ,moorfields1 two and fifty pounds one sabbath-day morning2 twenty-two pounds of which was in copper4 ,it would have rejoiced your heart to see the people give2 they offered willingly1 and took more pains to come through the crowd and put their contributions into my hat1 than some would to have gotten them4 ,thousands of prayers were put up with the alms that were given1 and ,i trust both went up as a memorial before ,,god4 ,in the afternoon ,i collected again at ,kennington-,common1 and continued to do so at most of the places where ,i preached4 ,besides this1 two or three of the ,bishops1 and several persons of distinction contributed2 till at length1 having about a thousand and ten pounds1 ,i gave over collecting1 and went with what ,i had to ,georgia4 ,at that time multitudes offered to accompany me2 but ,i chose to take over only a surgeon1 and a few more of both sexes1 that ,i thought would be useful in carrying on my design4 ,these chearfully embarked with me1 desiring nothing for their pains1 but food and raiment4 ,my dear fellow-traveller1 ,william ,seward1 ,esq4 also joined with them1 and was particularly useful to me on this occasion4 ,our first voyage was to ,philadelphia1 where ,i was willing to go for the sake of laying in provision4 ,having a ,captain of a ship with me1 who had been my spiritual child1 by his advice1 ,i laid out in ,london a good part of the thousand pounds for goods2 and by his care and that of my other fellow-travellers1 without any trouble to myself1 got as much by them at ,philadelphia as nearly defrayed the family's expence of coming over4 ,here ,,god blessed my ministry daily1 and begun that work in ,philadelphia1 which1 ,i am persuaded1 will be remembered through the ages of eternity4 ,january following1 #agci1 ,i met my family at ,georgia1 and being unwilling to lose any time1 ,i hired a large house1 and took in all the ,orphans ,i could find in the colony4 ,a great many also of the town's children came to school gratis1 and many poor people who could not maintain their children1 upon application1 had leave given them to send their little ones for a month or two1 or more1 as they could spare them1 till at length my family consisted of between sixty and seventy4 ,most of the orphans were in poor case2 and three or four almost eaten up with lice4 ,i likewise erected an ,infirmary1 in which many sick people were cured and taken care of gratis4 ,i have now by me a list of upwards of a hundred and thirty patients1 who were under the ,surgeon's hands1 exclusive of my own private family4 ,this ,surgeon ,i furnished with all proper drugs and utensils1 which put me to no small expence2 and this was still increased by clearing land1 buying stock1 and building a large dwelling-house1 sixty-feet by forty1 and out-houses1 commodious for a large family to live in4 ,sometimes 7labourers and all7 ,i have had a hundred and twenty to provide for daily4 ,my friends1 as well as myself1 seemed to have particular courage and faith given us for the season2 and we went on chearfully1 believing that ,he for whose sake we began1 would enable us to finish this good work4 ,about ,march ,i began the great house1 having only about one hundred and fifty pounds in cash4 ,i called it ,bethesda1 because ,i hoped it would be a house of mercy to many souls4 ,blessed be ,,god1 we have not been disappointed of our hope2 it has proved a house of mercy indeed to many4 ,several of our labourers1 as well as visitors1 have 7in a judgment of charity7 been born of ,,god here1 and given evident proofs of it1 by bringing forth the fruits of the spirit4 ,many boys have been put out to trades1 and many girls put out to service4 ,i had pleasure the other day1 of seeing three boys work at the house in which they were bred1 one of them out of his time1 a journeyman1 and the others serving under their masters4 ,one that ,i brought from ,new-,england is handsomely settled in ,carolina1 and another from ,philadelphia is married1 and lives very comfortably at ,savannah4 ,how so large a family has been supported in such a colony1 without any visible fund1 is wonderful6 ,i am surprized when ,i look back1 and see1 how for these six years last past1 ,,god has spread a table in the wilderness for so many persons4 ,were all the particular providences that have attended this work recorded1 perhaps they would be found not inferior to those mentioned by ,professor ,franck1 in his ,pietas ,hallensis1 whose memory is very precious to me1 and whose example has a thousand times been blessed to strengthen and encourage me in the carrying on this enterprize4 ,my being detained so long in ,england1 has been a little detrimental to me1 my friends not knowing so well how to act1 because they expected to see me daily4 ,and ,i cannot yet say that ,i have surmounted the first year's expence1 which indeed was very great1 and greater no doubt than it would be now1 after my friends have had so many years experience in the colony4 ,however1 ,i doubt not1 but by the blessing of ,,god1 in a short time to pay off my arrears1 and then the family will be maintained at a small expence4 ,my standing annual charges are now but trifling to what they have been2 and my friends have raised an annual subscription sufficient for discharging it1 till the family may be able to provide for itself4 ,this1 ,,god willing1 ,i hope will be1 in a good measure1 speedily effected4 ,we have lately begun to use the plow2 and next year ,i hope to have many acres of good oats and barley4 ,we have near twenty sheep and lambs1 fifty head of cattle1 and seven horses4 ,we hope to kill a thousand weight of pork this season4 ,our garden1 which is very beautiful1 furnishes us with all sorts of greens1 c4 ,we have plenty of milk1 eggs1 poultry1 and make a good deal of butter weekly4 ,a great quantity of wool and cotton has been given me1 and we hope to have sufficient spun and wove for the next winter's cloathing4 ,if the vines hit1 we may expect two or three hogsheads of wine out of the vineyard4 ,the family now consists of twenty-six persons4 ,two of the orphan boys are blind1 one is little better than an idiot4 ,but notwithstanding1 they are useful in the family1 one in the field1 and the other in the kitchen4 ,i have two women to take care of the houshold work1 and three men and two boys employed about the plantation and cattle4 ,a sett of ,dutch servants has been lately sent over3 the magistrates were pleased to give me two2 and ,i took in a poor old widow1 aged near seventy1 whom no body else cared to have4 ,a valuable young man from ,new-,england is my school-master1 and in my absence performs duty in the family4 ,sabbath-days the grown people attend public worship at ,savannah1 or at ,white-bluff1 a village near ,bethesda1 where a ,dutch minister officiates4 ,my dear friends who have hitherto been my assistants1 being married and having three or four children1 thought it best1 as most suitable to the institution1 to remove3 ,,god has mercifully provided for them1 and they are comfortably settled at ,savannah and elsewhere3 we frequently write to and hear from one another4 ,i need not trouble you with the order of our family4 ,it is pretty near the same as usual1 and ,i do not think to make any material alteration for some time4 ,many have applied to me to take in their children as boarders1 and erect a public school3 but ,i have not yet determined4 ,it is certain such a school would be exceedingly useful in this part of the world1 if there should be a peace1 not only for these northern parts of the colony1 but also for the more southern parts of ,carolina1 ,purisburgh1 and ,frederica1 where are many fine youths4 ,i have been prevailed on to take one from ,frederica1 and another from ,purisburgh1 and it may be shall admit more4 ,for the present1 considering the situation of affairs1 ,i think it most prudent to go on making what improvements ,i can on the plantation1 and shall bring a tutor with me from the northward in the fall1 to teach a few youths the languages1 and enlarge the family1 when affairs are more settled4 ,the house is a noble commodious building1 and every thing well adapted for bringing up youth4 ,here is land to employ them in exercising their bodies1 and to keep them from idleness out of school hours4 ,here are none of the temptations to debauch their tender minds1 which are common to more populous countries1 or in places where children must necessarily be brought up with negroes4 ,what ,,god intends to do with the colony is not for me to enquire3 secret things belong to him4 ,it has hitherto been wonderfully preserved1 and the ,orphan-house1 like the burning bush1 has flourished unconsumed4 ,in fine1 the government has1 no doubt1 its welfare much at heart3 and1 ,,god willing1 ,i intend to carry on my design till ,i see the colony sink or swim4 ,the money that has been expended on the ,orphan-house1 and ,orphan-house family1 has been of vast service to this northern part of the colony4 ,and though it has been greatly detrimental to my own private interest1 yet ,i do not repent of the undertaking4 ,no1 ,i rejoice in it daily1 and hope yet to see many more souls born unto ,,god here4 ,i have had a very comfortable winter4 ,the people of ,savannah1 having no minister till lately1 gladly accepted my labours2 and at ,frederica1 the gentlemen and soldiers of ,general ,oglethorpe's regiment1 as well as the inhabitants of that town1 received me very gladly4 ,major ,horton seems to behave very well2 he has a very fine growing plantation4 ,i saw barley in the ear the first of ,march4 ,georgia is very healthy4 ,not above one1 and that a little child1 has died out of our family1 since it removed to ,bethesda4 ,i think the colony 7were the inhabitants sufficiently numerous7 is capable of as good improvement as any on the continent4 8,oglethorp0 replaced with 8,oglethorpe0 ,for the satisfaction of my friends1 and silencing1 if possible1 my enemies1 ,i have had my accounts from the very beginning to ,january last1 publickly audited and examined1 debtor and creditor1 article by article2 and an oath for confirmation1 being an end of all strife1 ,i have sworn to them4 ,if it gives you or others any satisfaction1 ,i shall be glad4 ,i have no more to add1 but to beg a continued interest in your prayers1 and subscribe myself1 very dear ,sir1 ,your most affectionate friend1 and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,to his ,excellency ,,james ,,wright1 ,esq4 ,captain ,general and ,governor in ,chief of his ,majesty's province of ,georgia1 and to the members of his ,majesty's council in the said province4 ,the ,,memorial of ,george ,whitefield1 ,clerk1 ,,sheweth1 ,,that about twenty-five years ago1 your memorialist1 assisted by the voluntary contributions of charitable and well disposed persons1 at a very great expence1 and under many disadvantages1 did erect a commodious house1 with necessary out-buildings1 suitable for the reception of orphans1 and other poor and deserted children2 and that with the repair of the buildings1 purchase of negroes1 and supporting a large orphan family for so many years1 he hath expended upwards of twelve thousand pounds sterling1 as appears by the accounts1 which from time to time have been audited by the magistrates of ,savannah4 ,that your memorialist1 since the commencement of this institution1 hath had the satisfaction of finding1 that by the money expended thereon1 not only many poor families were assisted1 and thereby kept from leaving the colony in its infant state1 but also that a considerable number of poor helpless children have been trained up2 who have been1 and now are useful settlers in this and the other neighbouring provinces4 ,that in order to render the institution aforesaid more extensively useful1 your memorialist1 as he perceived the colony gradually increasing1 hath for some years past designed within himself1 to improve the original plan1 by making further provision for the education of persons of superior rank2 who thereby might be qualified to serve their king1 their country1 and their ,,god1 either in church or state4 ,that he doth with inexpressible pleasure1 see the present very flourishing state of the province2 but with concern perceives that several gentlemen have been obliged to send their sons to the northern provinces2 who would much rather have had them educated nearer home1 and thereby prevent their affections being alienated from their native country1 and also keep considerable sums of money from being carried out of this into other provinces4 ,your memorialist further observes1 that there is no seminary for academical studies as yet founded1 southward of ,virginia2 and consequently if a college could be established here 7especially as the late addition of the two ,floridas renders ,georgia more centrical for the southern district7 it would not only be highly serviceable to the rising generation of this colony1 but would probably occasion many youths to be sent from the ,british ,west ,india islands and other parts4 ,the many advantages accruing thereby to this province1 must be very considerable4 ,from these considerations1 your memorialist is induced to believe1 that the time is now approaching1 when his long projected design for further serving this his beloved colony1 shall be carried into execution4 ,that a considerable sum of money is intended speedily to be laid out in purchasing a large number of negroes1 for the further cultivation of the present ,orphan-house1 and other additional lands1 and for the future support of a worthy able president1 professors1 and tutors1 and other good purposes intended4 ,your memorialist therefore prays your ,excellency and ,honours to grant to him in trust1 for the purposes aforesaid1 two thousand acres of land1 on the north fork of ,turtle ,river1 called the ,lesser ,swamp1 if vacant1 or where lands may be found vacant1 south of the river ,altamaha4 ,g4 ,w4 ,savannah in ,georgia1 ,december #ah1 #agfd4 ,the ,,address of both ,houses of ,assembly in ,,georgia4 ,to his ,excellency ,,james ,,wright1 ,esq4 ,captain ,general and ,governor in ,chief of his ,majesty's province of ,georgia4 ,may it please your ,excellency1 ,,we his ,majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects1 the council and commons house of assembly of ,georgia1 in general assembly met1 beg leave to acquaint your ,excellency1 that with the highest satisfaction we learn1 that the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,george ,whitefield has applied for lands1 in order to the endowment of a ,college in this province4 ,the many and singular obligations ,georgia has continually laid under to that reverend gentleman1 from its very infant state1 would in gratitude induce us1 by every means in our power1 to promote any measure he might recommend2 but in the present instance1 where the interest of the province1 the advancement of religion1 and the pleasing prospect of obtaining proper education for our youth1 so clearly coincide with his views1 we cannot in justice but request your ,excellency to use your utmost endeavours to promote so desirable an event1 and to transmit home our sincere and very fervent wishes1 for the accomplishment of so useful1 so beneficent1 and so laudable an undertaking4 ,by order of the upper ,house4 ,,james ,,habersham1 ,president4 ,december #bj1 #agfd4 ,by order of the ,commons ,house4 ,,alex4 ,,wylly1 ,speaker4 ,to which his ,excellency was pleased to return the following ,answer4 ,gentlemen1 ,i ,,am so perfectly sensible of the very great advantage which will result to the province in general1 from the establishment of a seminary for learning here1 that it gives me the greatest pleasure to find so laudable an undertaking proposed by the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,whitefield4 ,the friendly and zealous disposition of that gentleman1 to promote the prosperity of this province1 has been often experienced2 and you may rest assured1 that ,i shall transmit your address home1 with my best endeavours for the success of the great point in view4 ,,james ,,wright4 ,december #bj1 #agfd4 ,a ,letter to his ,excellency ,governor ,,wright1 giving an account of the steps taken1 relative to the converting the ,,georgia ,,orphan-,,house into a ,,college3 ,together with the literary correspondence that passed upon that subject1 between his ,grace the ,archbishop of ,canterbury and the ,reverend ,mr4 ,whitefield4 ,provide things honest in the sight of all men4 ,romans xii4 #ad4 ,honoured ,sir1 ,,as your ,excellency1 together with the members of his ,majesty's honourable council1 and house of representatives1 were pleased at my late visit to the ,orphan-house1 not only highly to approve of1 but also deeply to interest yourselves in the design of converting the present ,georgia ,orphan-house into a college2 so ,i am persuaded1 you make no doubts but that ever since my arrival in ,england1 ,july #agfe1 ,i have exerted my utmost efforts in endeavouring to bring this important affair to a desirable issue4 ,to mention all the various circumstances which have occurred during that interval1 to impede and retard its more speedy prosecution1 would be tedious and unnecessary3 ,i would therefore only inform your ,excellency1 that about fifteen months ago1 a memorial was delivered into the hands of the late clerk of his ,majesty's most honourable privy council4 ,that this memorial was by him transmitted to the ,lord ,president1 and by his ,lordship referred to the consideration of his ,grace the ,archbishop of ,canterbury2 that by his ,grace's permission a literary correspondence ensued2 but as that correspondence1 and with that1 the negociation itself seems at an end1 ,i think it my duty1 not only to lay an account of the whole before your ,excellency in particular2 but1 through your ,excellency's hands1 before his ,majesty's council and house of representatives of the colony of ,georgia1 together with all the other ,american colonists1 and the public in general1 on both sides the water1 who have so liberally contributed to the promoting this design4 ,to the ,,king's most ,excellent ,,majesty4 ,the ,,memorial of ,george ,whitefield1 ,clerk1 ,,sheweth1 ,,that about twenty-six years ago1 your memorialist1 assisted by the voluntary contributions of charitable and well disposed persons1 at a very great expence1 and under many disadvantages1 did erect a very commodious house1 with necessary out-buildings1 suitable for the reception of orphans and other poor and deserted children2 and that with the repair of the buildings1 purchase of negroes1 and supporting a large orphan family so many years1 he hath expended upwards of twelve thousand pounds sterling1 as appears by the accounts1 which from time to time have been audited by the magistrates of ,savannah1 and which are humbly presented with this memorial4 ,that your memorialist1 since the commencement of this institution1 hath had the satisfaction of finding1 that by the money expended thereon1 not only many poor families were assisted and thereby kept from leaving the colony in its infant state2 but also that a considerable number of poor helpless children have been trained up1 who have been1 and are now useful settlers in this and the other neighbouring provinces2 that in order to render the institution aforesaid more extensively useful1 your memorialist1 as he perceived the colony gradually rising1 hath for some years past designed1 within himself1 to improve the original plan1 by making further provision for the education of persons of superior rank1 who thereby may be qualified to serve their king1 their country1 and their ,god1 either in church or state4 ,that in his late visit to ,georgia1 he did with inexpressible pleasure see the province in a very flourishing state2 but with concern perceived that several gentlemen had been obliged to send their sons to the northern provinces1 who would much rather have had them educated nearer home2 and thereby prevent their affections being alienated from their native country1 and also considerable sums of money from being carried out of ,georgia into other provinces4 ,your memorialist begs leave further to observe1 that there is no seminary for academical studies as yet founded southward of ,virginia2 and consequently if a college could be established 7especially as the addition of the two ,floridas renders ,georgia more centrical for the southern district7 it would not only be highly serviceable to the rising generation of the colony of ,georgia1 but would probably occasion many youths to be sent from the neighbouring southern provinces for education4 ,the many advantages accruing to ,georgia thereby1 must necessarily be very considerable4 ,that in consideration of the foregoing premises1 your memorialist1 in ,december #agfd1 presented a memorial to his ,excellency the ,governor1 and the honourable the council of the province of ,georgia1 praying that two thousand acres of land might be granted in trust1 towards carrying on the desirable end of founding a ,college2 which motion was not only immediately complied with1 but the general assembly being then sitting1 an address1 a copy of which is herewith also sent1 was presented from them to his ,excellency1 expressing their unanimous and highest approbation1 with a desire that his ,excellency would use his endeavours to have this affair forwarded at home with all possible expedition4 ,that upon the arrival of your ,memorialist1 he was informed that this address was remitted to1 and laid before the ,lords ,commissioners for trade and plantations2 and having received repeated advices1 that numbers both in ,georgia and ,south-,carolina are waiting with impatience to have their sons initiated in academical exercises2 your ,memorialist therefore prays1 that a charter upon the plan of ,new-,jersey ,college may be granted2 upon which your ,memorialist is ready to give up his present trust1 and make a free gift of all lands1 negroes1 goods1 and chattels1 which he now stands possessed of in the province of ,georgia1 for the present founding1 and towards the future support of a ,college1 to be called by the name of ,bethesda ,college in the province of ,georgia4 ,mr4 ,whitefield to the ,archbishop4 ,june #ag1 #agfg4 ,may it please your ,grace1 ,i ,,think myself highly honoured in the ,l ,pt's referring a late memorial to your ,grace's consideration2 and as highly obliged to your ,grace1 for the deep attention your ,grace hath given to the copy of an intended charter presented to your ,grace by the ,e of ,dh4 ,the inclosed will shew1 what an almost implicit regard hath been paid to your ,grace's wise remarks1 and judicious corrections4 ,i wish it could have been altogether implicit2 but circumstances are such1 7as hath been hinted to your ,grace by ,l ,dh7 that ,i cannot1 in honour and conscience1 oblige the master of the ,georgia ,college to be a member or minister of the church of ,england4 ,such an obligation1 ,i am persuaded1 hath greatly retarded the progress of the ,college of ,new-,york2 as on the contrary1 the letter signed by your ,grace1 ,proprietor ,pen1 and the late ,dr4 ,chandler2 engaging1 that institution shall be continued on a ,,broad ,,bottom1 hath as much promoted the growth of the ,college of ,philadelphia4 ,the trustees of that seminary 7as your ,grace is pleased to observe7 have agreed1 8,that their ,provost shall always be a minister of the established church40 ,but then ,i would beg leave to reply1 that they are not thereto enjoined by their charter4 ,that is entirely silent concerning this matter3 their agreement is purely voluntary4 ,the wardens of the ,college of ,georgia will not be prohibited by charter1 from following the example of the trustees of the ,college of ,philadelphia4 ,it is more than probable they will never need it4 ,the first ,master will assuredly be a clergyman of the church of ,england4 ,by far the majority of the intended wardens1 are1 and always will be members of that communion2 and consequently the choice of a ,master will always continue to run in that channel4 ,my heart's desire is1 that some worthy duly qualified minister of the church of ,england may be always and readily found for that grand purpose4 ,but lest this should not always be the case1 ,i dare not1 as persons of all denominations have been contributors1 confine or fetter the future electors4 ,the monies gained by the ,new-,york lotteries1 for the erecting a college in ,new-,york1 were thrown in by persons of all religious persuasions1 in confidence1 that the ,college would hereafter be founded on an enlarged basis4 ,and therefore1 very great numbers1 may it please your ,grace1 think1 and for ever will think themselves injured1 by its being confined within its present contracted boundary4 ,hence it is1 that many fine promising youths are almost daily sent from the college in their native city1 to that of ,new-,jersey4 ,i dread giving the same occasion of resentment and offence3 and therefore am determined to avoid it in the wording of the ,georgia ,college charter4 ,for the same reasons1 ,i dare not enjoin the daily use of our church liturgy4 ,i love to use it1 ,i have fallen a martyr1 in respect to bodily health1 to the frequent reading it in ,tottenham-,court chapel2 and it has been constantly read twice every ,sunday in the ,orphan-house1 from its first institution to this very day4 ,the ,wardens1 when the power is devolved on them1 may determine this point as they please2 but ,i cannot enjoin it by charter3 and have therefore1 in this present draught1 not only omitted the paragraph concerning public prayer1 but also that concerning doctrinal articles4 ,perhaps your ,grace may judge1 that1 all things considered1 saying nothing about either1 may be a proper medium4 ,your ,grace further wisely observes1 8,that his ,majesty should be very well advised1 whom he names for the first ,master40 ,i trust he will4 ,i believe the ,right ,honourable the ,earl of ,dh will vouchsafe to interest himself in the choice1 and likewise be so good as to present the first ,master to your ,grace's approbation4 ,the terms of the charter being not as yet settled1 the choice of a ,master cannot as yet be fixed upon4 ,when the former are ascertained1 the latter may more easily be applied for4 ,in the mean while your ,grace may be assured1 that the lot will not fall upon me4 ,alas6 my shoulders are too weak for the support of such an academical burden3 my capacity1 may it please your ,grace1 is by no means extensive enough for such a scholastic trust4 ,to be a presbyter at large1 is the station1 which ,i think divine ,providence hath called me to1 for near these thirty years past4 ,during that space1 ,i trust my eye hath been in some degree single1 and my views disinterested2 and my highest1 my only ambition1 during the feeble remains of my future pilgrimage1 ,i trust1 will be this1 ,that the last glimmerings of an expiring taper may be blessed1 and owned by the great ,shepherd and ,bishop of souls1 to guide some wandering sinners to the practical knowledge of himself4 ,i desire to bless his name1 that ,i have been spared long enough to see the colony of the once despised ,georgia1 and the yet more despised ,orphan-house1 advanced to such a promising height4 ,my honoured friend and father1 good ,bishop ,benson1 from his dying bed1 sent me a benefaction for it of ten guineas1 and poured forth his most fervent dying breathings for its future prosperity4 ,that your ,grace may yet live many years1 to be happily instrumental in promoting its welfare1 both spiritual and temporal1 when turned into a college1 is the earnest prayer of1 may it please your ,grace1 ,your ,grace's most dutiful1 obliged son and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,tottenham-,court ,road1 ,june #ag1 #agfg4 removed duplicate 8the0 ,the ,archbishop to ,mr4 ,whitefield4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,whitefield1 ,,the ,archbishop of ,canterbury hath put ,mr4 ,whitefield's draught of a charter for a ,college in ,georgia1 into the hands of the ,lord ,president2 who hath promised to consider it3 but desires to know from ,mr4 ,whitefield1 what present endowment1 and to what value1 he proposes for his ,college4 ,july #a1 #agfg4 ,mr4 ,whitefield to the ,archbishop4 ,london1 ,july #d1 #agfg4 ,may it please your ,grace1 ,,my obligations are much increased by your ,grace's putting the last draught of the ,georgia ,college so speedily into the hands of the ,lord ,president4 ,as by this1 7,i presume7 it hath been honoured by your ,grace's1 so ,i make no manner of doubt1 but it will also meet with his ,lordship's approbation4 ,in obedience to your ,grace's desire1 ,i herewith send your ,grace an account of 8what present endowment1 and to what value1 ,i propose for the intended ,college40 ,upon a moderate computation1 may it please your ,grace1 ,i believe its present annual income1 is between four and five hundred pounds sterling4 ,the house is surrounded with eighteen hundred acres of land2 a plan of which1 and likewise of the house itself1 ,i herein inclose1 and humbly present for your ,grace's inspection4 ,the number of negroes young and old1 employed on various parts of these lands1 in sawing timber1 raising rice for exportation1 and corn with all other kinds of provision for the family1 is about thirty4 ,besides these1 the ,college will be immediately possessed of two thousand acres of land near ,altamaha1 which were granted me by the ,governor and ,council1 when ,i was last at ,georgia2 and a thousand acres more1 left1 as ,i am informed1 by the late reverend and worthy ,mr4 ,zubberbuler4 ,so that1 by laying out only a thousand pounds in purchasing an additional number of negroes1 and allowing another thousand for repairing the house1 and building the two intended wings1 the present annual income may very easily and speedily be augmented to a thousand pounds per annum4 ,out of this standing fund1 may be paid the salaries of the ,master1 professors1 tutors1 c4 and also small exhibitions be allowed for some orphan or other poor students1 who may have their tutorage and room-rent gratis1 and act as servitors to those who enter commoners4 ,what these salaries and exhibitions ought to be1 may at a proper season be submitted to your ,grace's future consideration4 ,at present1 ,i would only further propose1 that the negroe children belonging to the ,college1 shall be instructed1 in their intervals of labour1 by one of the poorer students1 as is done now by one of the scholars in the present ,orphan-house4 ,and ,i do not see why an additional provision may not likewise be made for educating and maintaining a number of ,indian children1 which1 ,i imagine1 may easily be procured from the ,creeks1 ,choctaws1 ,cherokees1 and the other neighbouring nations4 ,hence the whole will be a free-gift to the colony of ,georgia3 a complex extensive charity be established2 and at the same time1 not a single person obliged1 by any public act of assembly1 to pay an involuntary forced tax towards the support of a seminary1 from which many of the more distant and poorer ,colonist's children cannot possibly receive any immediate advantage2 and yet the whole ,colony1 by the christian and liberal education of a great number of its individuals1 be universally benefited4 ,thus have ,i most readily1 and ,i humbly hope1 gratefully complied with your ,grace's desire1 which to me is as a command4 ,i am constrained to trespass on your ,grace's patience1 whilst ,i congratulate your ,grace on the goodness of ,,god1 who1 amongst many other signal marks of his peculiar providence1 hath honoured your ,grace1 in making you an happy instrument of establishing two ,northern-,american ,colleges2 the one at ,new-,york1 and the other at ,philadelphia3 and if 7as ,i pray may be the case7 your ,grace should yet be made further instrumental in establishing a third ,college in the yet more southern1 but now flourishing colony of ,georgia1 ,i trust it will be an additional gem in the crown1 which ,i earnestly pray that ,,god1 the righteous judge1 may give your ,grace in that day4 ,in his great name1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 may it please your ,grace1 ,your ,grace's most dutiful1 obliged son and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,mr4 ,whitefield to the ,archbishop4 ,tottenham-,court1 ,september #a1 #agfg4 ,may it please your ,grace1 ,,as ,i am going out of town for a few weeks1 ,i beg leave humbly to enquire1 whether my ,l ,pt hath considered the draught of the charter sent him by your ,grace some weeks ago4 ,the ,governor1 ,council1 ,assembly1 and other inhabitants of ,georgia1 wait with impatience to have this affair brought to a desired issue2 and therefore ,i humbly hope your ,grace will excuse the freedom of the request now made by1 may it please your ,grace1 ,your ,grace's most dutiful1 obliged son and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,the ,archbishop to ,mr4 ,whitefield1 ,lambeth1 ,september #ah1 #agfg4 ,to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,whitefield4 ,,the ,archbishop of ,canterbury sends ,mr4 ,whitefield the enclosed letter from the ,lord ,president1 which he received this day1 and which he desires may be returned to him4 ,mr4 ,whitefield to the ,archbishop4 ,tottenham-,court1 ,october #ac1 #agfg4 ,may it please your ,grace1 ,,by a series of unaccountable incidents and mistakes1 your ,grace's letter1 with that of the ,l ,pt1 did not reach me till this afternoon4 ,i have made bold to copy the letter2 and in obedience to your ,grace's command1 herewith return the original4 ,its contents shall be immediately and duly considered1 and an answer very speedily remitted to your ,grace4 ,in the mean time1 with most humble thanks for the zeal and punctuality shewn by your ,grace in the prosecution of this important affair1 and earnestly begging an interest in your ,grace's prayers1 that ,i may be kept from erring on the right hand1 or the left1 in this final discharge of my public trust1 ,i beg leave to subscribe myself1 may it please your ,grace1 ,your ,grace's most obedient and dutiful son and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,mr4 ,whitefield to the ,archbishop4 ,tottenham-,court1 ,october #af1 #agfg4 ,may it please your ,grace1 ,,after earnest application to the ,father of mercies for direction1 ,i have endeavoured as in his presence1 duly to consider and weigh the contents of the ,l ,pt's letter1 which your ,grace was so condescending as to transmit for my perusal4 ,his ,lp therein1 is pleased to inform your ,grace1 8,that he observes1 that the second draught of ,mr4 ,whitefield's charter1 differs from that of ,new-,york2 in not requiring the head of the ,college to be a member of the church of ,england1 which his ,lordship thinks so material a qualification1 that for one1 he should not be for dispensing with it4 ,and his ,lp is also of opinion1 that the public prayers should not be extempore ones1 but the liturgy of the church1 or some part thereof1 or some other settled and established form40 ,thus far his ,lp4 ,and1 as ,i profess myself to be a presbyter of the same communion with his ,lp1 ,i cannot but applaud his ,lp's zeal for1 and watchfulness over1 the honour of the established church4 ,but if his ,lp would be so good as to take a particular view of the point of light in which ,i stand1 ,i cannot help flattering myself1 but that his ,lp will be so far from thinking1 that being a member of the church of ,england is a qualification not to be dispensed with in the head of the intended ,college2 that on the contrary1 it ought not so much as to be mentioned1 or insisted upon in the charter at all4 ,for not to trouble your ,grace with a repetition of the reasons urged against such a restraining clause1 in my letter of ,june #ag2 ,i would beg leave further to observe to your ,grace1 that by far the greatest part of the ,orphan-house collections and contributions came from ,dissenters1 not only in ,new-,england1 ,new-,york1 ,pensylvania1 ,south-,carolina1 and ,scotland1 but in all probability here in ,england also4 ,most of these places ,i have visited since the several audits of the ,orphan-house accompts1 and acquainted with the design of turning it into a ,college2 and likewise the address of the ,council and ,assembly of the province of ,georgia1 with his ,excellency ,governor ,wright's answer1 highly approving and recommending the design1 have been published4 ,being frequently asked1 8,upon what bottom the intended ,college was to be founded20 ,i not only most readily and repeatedly answered1 8,undoubtedly upon a broad bottom20 but likewise1 in most of the above-mentioned places1 have solemnly declared from the pulpit1 that it should be upon a broad bottom1 and no other4 ,this1 ,i judged1 ,i was sufficiently warranted to do1 from the known1 long established1 mild1 and uncoercive genius of the ,english government2 also from your ,grace's moderation towards protestant ,dissenters2 from the unconquerable attachment of the ,americans to toleration principles1 as well as from the avowed habitual feelings and sentiments of my own heart4 ,this being the case1 may it please your ,grace1 ,i would humbly appeal to his ,lp1 whether ,i can answer it to my ,,god1 my conscience1 my king1 my country1 my constituents1 and ,orphan-house benefactors and contributors1 both at home and abroad1 to betray my trust1 forfeit my word1 act contrary to my own convictions1 and greatly retard and prejudice the growth and progress of the intended institution1 by narrowing its foundation1 and thereby letting it fall upon such a bottom1 as ,i am persuaded will give a general disgust1 and most justly open the mouths of persons of all denominations against me4 ,this1 as ,i acquainted your ,grace1 in the same letter referred to above1 is what ,i dare not do4 ,and therefore1 as your ,grace by your silence seems to be like-minded with the ,ld ,pt2 and as your ,grace's and his ,lp's influence will undoubtedly extend itself to others of his ,majesty's most ,honourable ,privy-,council1 ,i would beg leave1 after returning all due acknowledgments1 to inform your ,grace1 that ,i intend troubling your ,grace and his ,lordship no more about this so long depending concern4 ,as it hath pleased the great ,head of the church in some degree to renew my bodily strength1 ,i purpose now to renew my feeble efforts1 and turn the charity into a more generous1 and consequently into a more extensively useful channel4 ,if ,i know any thing of my own heart1 ,i have no ambition to be looked upon at present1 or remembered for the future1 as a founder of a college2 but ,i would fain1 may it please your ,grace1 act the part of an honest man1 a disinterested minister of ,,jesus ,,christ1 and a truly catholic1 moderate presbyter of the church of ,england4 ,in this way1 and in this only1 can ,i hope for a continued heart-felt enjoyment of that peace of ,,god1 which passeth all understanding1 whilst here on earth1 and be thereby prepared to stand with humble boldness before the awful1 impartial tribunal of the great ,shepherd and ,bishop of souls at the great day4 ,that your ,grace may shine as a star of the first magnitude in that day1 is the sincere prayer of1 may it please your ,grace1 ,your ,grace's most dutiful obliged son and servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,mr4 ,whitefield to the ,archbishop4 ,tottenham-,court1 ,november #aa1 #agfg4 ,may it please your ,grace1 ,,the bearer is my humble friend2 one who hath been with me several years1 and been my companion in travel through the continent of ,america4 ,if your ,grace would be so good as to send by him the plans and papers relating to the ,orphan-house1 it would much oblige1 may it please your ,grace1 ,your ,grace's most dutiful humble servant1 ,g4 ,w4 ,p4 ,s4 ,i know not whether your ,grace or the ,lord ,president hath the copy of the ,new-,jersey ,college charter4 ,i gave it to ,mr4 ,secretary ,sharp1 in order that your ,grace and his ,lordship might see it4 ,mr4 ,sharp being dead1 obliges me to trouble your ,grace with this particular3 ,i should not otherwise have taken the freedom4 ,mr4 ,whitefield to the ,archbishop4 ,tottenham-,court1 ,february #ab1 #agfh4 ,may it please your ,grace1 ,,as not only the ,governor1 ,council and ,assembly of ,georgia1 have been for a long season1 and are now waiting for an account of what hath been done in respect to the affair of the intended ,bethesda college1 ,i find myself under a necessity of giving them and the contributors1 on this1 as well as the other side of the water1 a plain narration of the steps ,i have been taking2 and at the same time ,i intend to lay before the public a draught of the future plan1 which1 ,,god willing1 ,i am now determined to prosecute4 ,and as the letters which ,i have had the honour of writing to your ,grace1 contain most of what ,i have to say on this subject1 ,i suppose your ,grace can have no objection against my publishing those letters1 together with the answers returned1 and the issue of the correspondence4 ,to prevent your ,grace's having further trouble1 as ,i hear your ,grace is at present much indisposed1 ,i shall look upon silence as an approbation1 at least as a tacit allowance of what is designed by1 may it please your ,grace1 ,your ,grace's most dutiful son and servant1 in the ,king of kings and ,lord of lords1 ,g4 ,w4 ,,thus1 may it please your excellency1 concluded my correspondence with his ,grace1 and ,i humbly hope1 the province of ,georgia1 in the end1 will be no loser by this negociation4 ,for1 ,,god willing1 ,i now purpose to add a public academy1 to the ,orphan-house1 as the college of ,philadelphia was constituted a public academy1 as well as charitable school1 for some time before its present college charter was granted by the honourable proprietors of ,pensylvania in the year #agee4 ,this college was originally built1 above twenty-eight years ago1 for a charity school and preaching place for me1 and ministers of various denominations1 on the bottom of the doctrinal articles of the church of ,england4 ,the trustees1 as a public and standing acknowledgment of this1 have inserted a clause in their ,grant1 for leave for a part of the building still to be allowed for that purpose4 ,accordingly ,i preached a sermon in it1 for the benefit of their charity children1 when ,i was last at ,philadelphia1 before a very large auditory1 and ,dr4 ,smith1 the present ,provost1 read prayers4 ,in pursuing a like plan1 the present ,georgia ,orphan-house estate1 which for near these three years hath been in a state of suspense1 may be vigorously and properly improved1 and thereby an ample and lasting provision made for the future maintenance and education of many poor1 indigent1 and orphan1 as well as more opulent students4 ,proper masters likewise may now be sent over to instruct1 and prepare for academical honours the many youths1 who are at this time both in ,georgia and the adjacent provinces1 waiting for admission4 ,in the mean time1 a proper trust may be formed to act after my decease1 or even before1 with this proviso1 that no opportunity shall be omitted of making fresh application for a college charter1 upon a broad bottom1 whenever those in power shall think it for the glory of ,,god1 and the interest of their king and country to grant the same4 ,and thus1 may it please your ,excellency1 my beloved ,bethesda will not only be continued as a house of mercy for poor orphans1 but be confirmed as a seat and nursery of sound learning1 and religious education1 ,i trust1 to the latest posterity4 ,that this may be the happy case1 as ,i am persuaded is the desire of your ,excellency1 his ,majesty's ,honourable ,council1 and house of representatives1 in the province of ,georgia1 so it shall still be1 to my latest breath1 as it hath been for many years1 the earnest endeavour and incessant prayer of1 ,may it please your ,excellency1 ,your ,excellency's1 c4 ,g4 ,w4 ,commons ,house of ,assembly1 ,monday1 ,january #bi1 #aggj4 ,,mr4 ,speaker reported1 that he with the house having waited on the ,reverend ,mr4 ,whitefield1 in consequence of his invitation1 at the ,orphan-house academy1 heard him preach a very suitable and pious sermon on the occasion2 and with great pleasure observed the promising appearance of improvement towards the good purposes intended1 and the decency and propriety of behaviour of the several residents there2 and were sensibly affected1 when they saw the happy success which has attended ,mr4 ,whitefield's indefatigable zeal for promoting the welfare of the province in general1 and the ,orphan-house in particular4 ,ordered1 ,that this report be printed in the ,gazette4 ,john ,simpson1 ,clerk4 ,extract from the ,georgia ,gazette4 ,savannah1 ,january #ca1 #aggj4 ,,last ,sunday his ,excellency the ,governor1 ,council and ,assembly1 having been invited by the ,reverend ,mr4 ,george ,whitefield1 attended at divine service in the chapel of the ,orphan-house academy1 where prayers were read by the reverend ,mr4 ,ellington1 and a very suitable sermon was preached by the reverend ,mr4 ,whitefield from ,zechariah ivth chapter #ith4 and part of the #ajth verses2 8,the hands of ,zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house1 his hands shall also finish it2 and thou shalt know1 that the ,,lord of hosts hath sent me unto you2 for who hath despised the day of small things80 to the general satisfaction of the auditory2 in which he took occasion to mention the many discouragements he met with1 well known to many there1 in carrying on this institution for upwards of thirty years past1 and the present promising prospect of its future and more extensive usefulness4 ,after divine service1 the company were very politely entertained with a handsome and plentiful dinner2 and were greatly pleased to see the useful improvements made in the house1 the two additional wings for apartments for students1 one-hundred and fifty feet each in length1 and other lesser buildings1 in so much forwardness1 and the whole executed with taste and in a masterly manner2 and being sensible of the truly generous and disinterested benefactions derived to the province through his means1 they expressed their gratitude in the most respectful terms4 ,orphan-,house1 in ,georgia1 ,d4 ,orphan-,house1 in ,georgia1 ,c4 ,sterling1 ,sterling1 l4 s4 d4 l4 s4 d4 ,to cash received from ,by cash paid sundries the #aeth ,december1 by particular #agch1 to the #ast ,jan4 accompts examined1 #agdef1 by public #dihb #ab #h from the #aeth ,collections1 private ,december1 #agch1 to ,benefactions1 and the #ast ,jan4 #agdef1 #eeaa #ag #i annual subscriptions1 for buildings1 per accompt cultivation of lands1 infirmary1 ,to ballance provisions1 wearing super-expended1 ,jan4 #ebi #je #a apparel1 and other #a1 #agdef4 incident expences 4 #eeaa #ag #i ,,savannah in ,,georgia4 ,sidenote3 ,s4 ,l4 ,,this day personally appeared before us ,henry ,parker and ,william ,spencer1 bailiffs of ,savannah aforesaid1 the ,reverend ,mr4 ,george ,whitefield1 and ,james ,habersham1 ,merchant of ,savannah aforesaid1 who1 being duly sworn1 say1 ,that the accompts relating to the ,orphan-house1 now exhibited before us1 of which the above is an abstract1 amounting on the debit side 7namely1 for collections and subscriptions received7 to the sum of four thousand nine hundred eighty-two pounds twelve shillings and eight pence1 sterling1 and on the credit side1 7namely1 for disbursements paid7 to the sum of five thousand five hundred eleven pounds seventeen shillings and ninepence farthing1 sterling1 do1 to the best of their knowledge1 contain a just and true account of all the monies collected by1 or given to them1 or any other1 for the use and benefit of the said house2 and that the disbursements1 amounting to the sum aforesaid1 have been faithfully applied to and for the use of the same4 ,and the ,reverend ,mr4 ,whitefield further declareth1 that he hath not converted or applied any part thereof to his own private use and property1 neither hath charged the said house with any of his travelling1 or any other private expences whatsoever4 ,,george ,,whitefield1 ,,james ,,habersham4 ,,savannah in ,,georgia4 ,,this day personally appeared before us1 ,henry ,parker1 and ,william ,spencer1 bailiffs of ,savannah aforesaid1 ,william ,woodrooffe1 ,william ,ewen1 and ,william ,russel of ,savannah aforesaid1 who being duly sworn say1 ,that they have carefully and strictly examined all and singular the accompts relating to the ,orphan-house in ,georgia1 contained in forty-one pages1 in a book entitled1 ,receipts and disbursements for the ,orphan-house in ,georgia1 with the original bills1 receipts1 and other vouchers1 from the fifteenth day of ,december1 in the year of our ,,lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty eight1 to the first day of ,january1 in the year of our ,,lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-five2 and that the monies received on account of the said ,orphan-house1 amounted to the sum of four thousand nine hundred eighty-two pounds twelve shillings and eight-pence1 sterling1 as above2 and that it doth not appear1 that the ,reverend ,mr4 ,whitefield hath converted any part thereof to his own private use and property1 or charged the said house with any of his travelling1 or other private expences2 but1 on the contrary1 hath contributed to the said house many valuable benefactions2 and that the monies disbursed on account of the said house1 amounted to the sum of five thousand five hundred eleven pounds seventeen shillings and ninepence farthing1 sterling1 as above1 which we1 in justice to the ,reverend ,mr4 ,whitefield1 and the managers of the said house1 do hereby declare1 appear to us to be faithfully and justly applied to and for the use and benefit of the said house only4 ,,william ,,woodrooffe1 ,,william ,,ewen1 ,,william ,,russel4 ,sworn this #afth day of ,april1 #agdf1 before us1 bailiffs of ,savannah2 in justification whereof we have hereunto fixed our hands1 and the common seal4 ,,henry ,,parker1 ,,william ,,spencer4 ,general ,accompt of ,monies expended and received for the ,use of the ,orphan-house in ,georgia1 from ,january #gth1 #agchi1 to ,february #ith1 #agfe4 ,d4 ,c4 ,sterling1 ,sterling1 l4 s4 d4 l4 s4 d4 #agdf1 ,april #af4 ,to #agdf1 ,april #af4 ,by sundries expended as sundry receipts per per audit this day #eeaa #ag #i audit #dihb #ab #h #ageb1 ,feb4 #be4 ,to ditto #bjbf #ac #g #ageb1 ,feb4 #be4 ,by ditto #achf #h #g #agee1 ,feb4 #ai4 ,to ditto #aiff #ah #b #agee1 ,feb4 #ai4 ,by ditto #abhi #b #c #agfe1 ,feb4 #i4 ,to ditto #ccdi #ae #aj #agfe1 ,feb4 #i4 ,by ditto #cacb #af #j #aj1gij #ai #f ,by the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,whitefield's benefactions1 being the sums expended more than received1 as appears from the several former audits1 now carefully examined1 viz4 ,folio #fe -- #aafi #aj #a ,ditto #ha -- #djj #e #d ,ditto #ih -- #did #aj #d #bjfd #e #aj #ab1hee #e #d #ab1hee #e #d ,sidenote3 ,,georgia ss4 ,,before me1 the ,honourable ,noble ,jones1 ,esq4 senior1 one of the assistant justices for the province aforesaid1 personally appeared the ,reverend ,mr4 ,george ,whitefield and ,thomas ,dixon of the province aforesaid1 who being duly sworn1 declare that the accompts relating to the ,orphan-house1 from folio #hb1 to folio #ih1 in this book1 amounting on the debit side to three thousand three hundred and forty-nine pounds fifteen shillings and ten pence1 sterling1 and on the credit side to three thousand one hundred and thirty-two pounds sixteen shillings and one farthing1 sterling1 contain1 to the best of their knowledge1 a just and true account of all the monies collected by1 or given to them1 or any other1 for the use or benefit of the said house2 and that the disbursements amounting to the sum aforesaid1 have been faithfully applied to and for the use of the same4 ,signed1 ,,george ,,whitefield1 ,,thos4 ,,dixon4 ,february #i1 #agfe4 ,sworn this #ith day of ,february1 #agfe1 before me2 in justification whereof ,i have caused the seal of the general court to be affixed4 ,signed ,n4 ,,jones4 ,sealed4 ,sidenote3 ,,georgia ss4 ,,before me1 the ,honourable ,noble ,jones1 ,esq4 senior1 personally appeared ,james ,edward ,powell and ,grey ,elliot1 ,esqrs4 members of his ,majesty's honourable council for the province aforesaid1 who being duly sworn1 declare that they have carefully examined the accompts containing the receipts and disbursements1 for the use of the ,orphan-house in the said province1 and that comparing them with the several vouchers1 they find the same not only just and true in every respect1 but kept in such a clear and regular manner1 as does honour to the managers of that house2 and that on a careful examination of the several former audits1 it appears that the sum of two thousand and sixty-four pounds1 five shillings and ten pence1 has at several times been given by the ,reverend ,mr4 ,george ,whitefield for the use of the said house2 and that in the whole the sum of twelve thousand eight hundred fifty-five pounds five shillings and four pence three farthings1 has been laid out for the same house since #gth ,january1 #agchi1 to this day3,also that it doth not appear that any charge has ever been made by the said ,reverend ,mr4 ,whitefield1 either for travelling charges or any other expences whatever1 and that no charge of salary has been made for any person whatever1 employed or concerned in the management of the said house4 ,february #ith1 #agfe4 ,signed1 ,,james ,,edward ,,powell1 ,,grey ,,elliot4 ,sworn this #ith day of ,february1 #agfe1 before me2 in justification whereof1 ,i have caused the seal of the general court to be affixed4 ,signed ,n4 ,,jones4 ,sealed4 ,d4 ,c4 ,general ,accompt of monies expended ,monies received for the use of the for the ,orphan-house1 taken from same1 taken from the authentic the authentic book1 from ,dec4 book1 from ,dec4 #agch1 to #agch1 to ,february #aggj4 ,february #aggj4 l4 s4 d4 l4 s4 d4 #agdf ,april #af4 ,to ,by ,benefactions and ,sundries1 per audit1 ,collections1 in this day1 #eeaa #ag #i ,england #ddga #j #f #ageb ,feb4 #be ,d #bjbf #ac #g ,d ,scotland #igh #b #e #agee ,feb4 #ai ,d #aiff #ah #b ,d ,georgia #bge #e #g #agfe ,feb4 #i ,d #ccdi #ae #aj ,d ,charles-,town #efg #a #i #aggj ,feb4 #b ,d #bedh #ag #j ,d ,beaufort #af #aj #g ,d ,boston1 ,new-,york1 ,philad4 c4 #ahji #f #aj ,d ,lisbon #c #ab #j #habj #ai #aj ,by cash1 received for payment of boarders cocoons1 rice1 lumber1 indigo1 provisions1 c4 #cihc #ai #c ,by the ,reverend ,mr4 ,whitefield's benefactions1 being the sums expended1 more than received1 as appears by the several audits1 carefully examined1 #cbii #c #c #aedjd #b #e #aedjd #b #e 8indico0 replaced with 8indigo0 ,sidenote3 ,,georgia ,,before the ,honourable ,noble ,jones1 ,esq4 senior assistant ,justice for the province aforesaid1 personally appeared1 the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,george ,whitefield and ,thomas ,dixon1 of the province aforesaid1 who being duly sworn1 declare that the accompts relating to the ,orphan-house1 from folio #aja to folio #aji in this book1 amounting1 on the debit side1 to two thousand five hundred forty-eight pounds seventeen shillings and one half-penny1 sterling1 and on the credit side1 to one thousand three hundred thirteen pounds nineteen shillings and sixpence three farthings1 sterling1 contain1 to the best of their knowledge1 a just and true account of all the monies collected by1 or given to them1 or any others1 for the use or benefit of the said house2 and that the disbursements1 amounting to the sum aforesaid1 have been faithfully applied to and for the use of the same4 ,,george ,,whitefield1 ,,thomas ,,dixon4 ,february #b1 #aggj4 ,sworn this #b;d day of ,february1 #aggj1 before me2 in justification whereof ,i have caused the seal of the general court to be affixed4 ,n4 ,,jones4 ,seal4 #eth and last audit1 #aggj4 ,sidenote3 ,,georgia4 ,,before the ,honourable ,noble ,jones1 ,esq4 senior assistant ,justice1 c4 personally appeared1 ,james ,edward ,powell and ,grey ,elliot1 ,esquires1 members of his ,majesty's council for the province aforesaid1 who being duly sworn1 declare that they have carefully inspected and examined the accompts1 containing the receipts and disbursements1 for the use of the ,orphan-house in the said province4 ,and find the sums expended for the use of the same1 from the #ith ,february #agfe1 to this day1 amount to two thousand five hundred forty-eight pounds seventeen shillings and one half-penny1 sterling2 and the sums received1 to one thousand three hundred thirteen pounds nineteen shillings and sixpence three farthings1 sterling2 and that the whole of the sums expended on account of the institution1 amount to fifteen thousand four hundred and four pounds two shillings and five-pence farthing1 sterling1 and the whole receipts1 to the sum of twelve thousand one hundred four pounds nineteen shillings and one penny half-penny1 sterling2 and the benefactions of the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,george ,whitefield thereunto1 have1 at different times1 amounted to the sum of three thousand two hundred ninety-nine pounds three shillings and three-pence three farthings1 sterling1 as clearly appears by a general account thereof stated by us4 ,and that in this our last1 as well as each preceding audit1 no charge whatever has been made by the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,whitefield1 either for travelling charges or otherwise1 nor any other charge for the salary of any person whatever1 employed or concerned in the management of the said ,orphan-house2 and that clear and distinct vouchers for the whole amount of the sums expended1 have been laid before us1 except for four articles1 amounting together to forty pounds one shilling and one penny1 being monies expended and paid by the said ,mr4 ,whitefield on several occasions1 the particulars of which were laid before us1 but no receipt had been by him taken for the same4 ,,james ,,edward ,,powell1 ,,grey ,,elliot4 ,february #b1 #aggj4 ,sworn this #b;d day of ,february1 #aggj1 before me2 in justification whereof1 ,i have caused the seal of the general court to be affixed4 ,n4 ,,jones4 ,seal4 ,illustration3 7 ,sketch of ,land plot7 ,,schedule of all the ,lands possessed by1 and belonging to the late ,reverend ,george ,whitefield1 in ,georgia4 ,lands granted by his ,majesty to the late ,reverend ,george ,whitefield1 in trust for the ,orphan-house1 or for the endowment of a ,college in ,georgia4 ,a ,,tract of #ejj acres1 called ,bethesda1 on which the ,orphan-house and additional buildings are erected4 ,another of #dai acres1 called ,nazareth4 ,another of #djj acres1 called ,ephrata1 on which are the principal planting improvements4 #acai acres4 ,these lands are granted in trust to the deceased1 for the use of the ,orphan-house1 and adjoin each other3 the grants are dated #acth of ,april1 #agfa4 ,another of #ejj acres1 called ,huntingdon1 and adjoins on one corner to ,ephrata4,this grant is dated #acth of ,april1 #agfa4 ,another of #ajjj ,these #c tracts1 amounting to #bjjj acres are ,another of #ejj contiguous1 and are granted to the deceased ,another of #ejj in trust for the endowment of a college4 ,the grants are dated #fth of ,august1 #agfe4 #bjjj ,another of #ajjj acres1 left by the ,reverend ,bartholomew ,zouberbuhler1 deceased1 late minister of ,savannah1 by ,will1 for the endowment of a college1 but conditionally4 ,the habendum of the three grants1 amounting to #acai acres of land1 for the use of the ,orphan-house1 run in the following words3 8,to have and to hold the said tract of four hundred acres of land1 and all and singular other the premises hereby granted1 with the appurtenances1 unto the said ,george ,whitefield1 his heirs and assigns for ever1 in free and common soccage3,in trust nevertheless for the use and benefit of the ,orphan-,house1he the said ,george ,whitefield1 his heirs or assigns1 yielding and paying1 c40 ,and the three grants1 together amounting to #bjjj acres of land1 for the endowment of a college1 are thus expressed3 8,to have and to hold the said tract of one thousand acres of land1 and all and singular other the premises hereby granted1 with the appurtenances1 unto the said ,george ,whitefield1 his heirs and assigns for ever1 in free and common soccage3 ,in trust for the endowment of a college in our said province1he the said ,george ,whitefield1 his heirs and assigns1 yielding and paying1 c40 ,so that it plainly appears1 these lands cannot be aliened or appropriated to any other use1 than the purposes for which they were granted4 ,extract from an account of the state of the family at the ,orphan-house in ,april #aggj4 ,,whites4 ,managers and carpenters #i ,boys #ae ,girl #a ,,negroes4 ,men #bd ,of which #af are young1 and fit for any labor2 #g are old1 but capable of some service1 and #a so old as to be useless4 ,women #aa #h of these are capable of the usual labor1 #b are old and assist in the business of the house1 and #a almost incapable of any service4 ,children #ae ,of whom1 those that are capable are employed about something useful1 as far as their strength and abilities will permit4 #ge ,by an authentic account of the state of the family at the ,orphan-house1 from the year #agci to #aggj1 #adj ,boys have been clothed1 educated1 maintained and suitably #dc ,girls provided for4 #ahc ,total4 ,n4 ,b4 ,the ,spanish war2 the fluctuating state of the colony for years2 the long suspense in which ,mr4 ,whitefield was kept by government at home1 as to his intended plan of improvement at the ,orphan-house2 and other particulars which are noticed1 and may be observed in his letters1 prevented the accession of a greater number of orphans2 but to the honour and usefulness of the institution1 it ought to be remarked1 that many poor children1 besides what are numbered in this list1 were occasionally received1 educated1 and maintained at the ,orphan-house4 ,copy of a paper1 endorsed ,,college ,,rules1 taken from the original in ,mr4 ,whitefield's hand-writing1 #aggj4 ,,morning prayer to begin constantly1 every day in the year1 at half after five4 ,the first bell to ring exactly at #e o'clock4 ,the form as follows3 ,a psalm or hymn2 the general confession1 introduced with 8,let us pray40 ,if any scholar of the house1 or any other person not in priest's orders1 doth officiate1 then that collect1 8,o ,,god1 whose nature and property1 c40 or that out of the commination-office1 8,o ,,lord1 we beseech thee mercifully hear our prayers1 c40 ,then must follow the ,lord's prayer1 ,gloria ,patri1 8,o come let us sing unto the ,,lord1 c40 or the ,te ,deum1 or ,song of the ,three ,children1 or ,benedictus2 then the second lesson for the day1 with a few short practical remarks2 then a suitable prayer1 with singing a short doxology2 and thus to conclude1 8,the grace of our ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ1 and the love of ,,god1 and fellowship of the ,holy ,ghost be with us1 the ,founder of this institution1 the ,master1 ,wardens1 and all its benefactors1 and all mankind1 now1 henceforth1 and for evermore40 ,if no one is capable of using free prayer1 then shall follow the apostles creed1 the collect for the week1 the third collect for grace2 the three prayers for the king1 royal family1 and clergy1 turned into one2 8,o ,,god1 the creator20 the general thanksgiving1 the prayer of ,st4 ,chrysostom1 and 8,grace of our ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ10 as before4 ,the same order in the evening1 only to repeat the ,magnificat1 c4 before the reading of the second lesson4 ,on ,wednesday and ,friday morning1 the hymn1 the litany1 the general thanksgiving1 prayer of ,st4 ,chrysostom1 and concluding prayer4 ,on ,sunday morning1 a short prayer with a psalm or hymn early in the morning4 ,full prayers and sermon at ten3 the same at three in the afternoon4 ,a short prayer1 and a hymn1 at half after six in the evening4 ,the first lesson to be read at dinner2 the same at supper3 a short hymn at each meal4 ,one of the orphans to read and give out the hymn1 or any other substituted by the master2 and also to read the second lesson in chapel4 ,great care to be taken1 that all read1 write1 speak1 and behave properly4 ,all the statutes to be in ,english1 and read to every scholar or student at admission1 and thrice a year1 at ,easter1 ,whitsuntide1 and ,christmas1 publicly4 ,no cards1 dice1 or gaming of any kind to be allowed1 on pain of expulsion1 or dismission1 by masters1 tutors1 professors1 students or any officer or member of the college whatsoever4 ,no music but divine psalmody2 such as ,butt's ,harmonia sacra1 ,knibb's and ,madan's collection of tunes4 ,all are to be taught ,bland's ,manual ,exercise1 by some deputed officer1 but not bound to attend on musters or other exercises1 unless on account of an alarm4 ,nobody shall be suffered to run in arrears above half a year3 some caution money to be paid down4 ,all students to furnish their own rooms1 but to lie on mattresses1 and the successors to pay thirds4 ,no one suffered to go to town without express leave from the master1 or persons deputed by him4 ,breakfast at seven o'clock1 dinner at twelve1 supper at six1 through all the year2 the utmost neatness to be observed and maintained in every room4 ,all orphans and students shall be obliged to learn and repeat1 and1 if capable1 to translate into ,latin all the thirty-nine articles1 or those specified in the act of toleration4 ,the homilies to be read publicly1 distinctly1 frequently and carefully1 every year1 by the students1 deputed in rotation4 ,all to be first thoroughly instructed in the history of ,georgia1 and constitution of ,england1 before they are taught the history of ,greece and ,rome4 ,kimber's history of ,england is a good one for beginners1 then may follow ,rapin's4 ,the young negro boys to be baptized and taught to read4 ,the young negro girls to be taught to work with the needle4 ,the following divinity books to be read1 ,henry's ,comment1,doddridge and ,guise1 ,burkitt1,clark's ,bible1,wilson's ,dictionary1,professor ,franck's ,manuductio1 especially the preface de ,impedimentis ,studii ,theologici1,doddridge's ,rise and ,progress1,boston's fourfold ,state1ditto1 on the ,covenant1,jenks1 on the righteousness of ,christ1 and his ,meditations1,hervey's ,meditations1 and ,theron and ,aspasio1,bishop ,hall's ,contemplations1 and other works1,edwards's ,preacher1,trapp on the old and new ,testament1 ,poole's ,annotations1,warner's ,tracts1,bishop ,leighton's ,comment on ,st4 ,peter's #ast ,epistle1,bishop ,pearson on the ,creed1,edwards's ,veritas redux1,owen and ,bunyan's works4 8,burkit0 replaced with 8,burkitt0 for consistency ,copy of a paper1 intitled1 8,subjects for ,annual ,prizes at the ,orphan-house1 ,bethesda ,college10 in the hand-writing of ,mr4 ,whitefield1 inclosed with and referred to in his ,will4 8,whatever profits may arise from the sale of my books1 or any manuscripts1 that ,i may leave behind1 ,i give and bequeath towards paying off my arrears that may be due on the account of the ,orphan-house academy1 or for ,annual ,prizes1 as a reward for the best three ,orations that shall be made in ,english1 on the subjects mentioned in a paper annexed to this ,will40 ,subjects for ,annual ,prizes at the ,orphan-house1 ,bethesda ,college4 ,,on every #bgth of ,december1 the ,founder's birth-day1an ,oration on the ,mercy of ,,god1 in preparing ,habitations and ,places of ,education for poor ,orphans1 8,in thee the fatherless find mercy10 by an ,orphan4 ,another on our ,,lord's ,nativity1by an ,orphan4 ,on the ,anniversary1 ,march #be1,orations on the benefit of erecting1 founding1 and contributing towards ,seminaries of sound ,learning1 and religious ,education4,on the ,benefit of an ,union between ,great ,britain and her ,colonies4,the ,rise and ,progress of the ,colony of ,georgia4,the ,rise and ,progress of ,commerce and ,religion in the other ,american ,colonies1by ,orphans or ,students4 ,on the #eth of ,november1an ,oration on the glorious ,revolution1 and the infinite ,mercy of ,,god1 in delivering ,great ,britain from ,popish ,tyranny and arbitrary ,power1 by ,orphan or ,student4 ,on ,easter ,monday1an ,oration on the ,resurrection1by ,orphan or ,student4 ,on ,whitsunday1an ,oration on the ,descent of the ,holy ,spirit upon the ,apostles1by ,orphan or ,student4 ,all the ,exercises to be closed with an ,application1 ,exhortation1 and ,prayer1 by the ,master of the ,college4 ,the following ,speech was also found in ,mr4 ,,whitefield's own ,writing1 delivered by an ,orphan after ,mr4 ,,whitefield's ,sermon preached before the ,governor1 c4 c4 ,january #bh1 #aggj4 ,for the ,sermon1 the ,reader is referred to the last volume of this work4 ,,when ,i consider where ,i stand1 and before whom ,i am about to speak1 no wonder that previous to my rising1 a trembling seized my limbs2 and now1 when risen1 a throbbing seizes my heart1 and as a consequence of both1 shame and confusion cover my face4 ,for what am ,i8 7a poor unlettered orphan1 unlearned almost in the very rudiments of my mother tongue1 and totally unskilled in the persuasive arts of speaking7 that ,i should be called to speak before such a venerable1 august assembly1 as is this day convened under ,bethesda's roof4 ,but when ,i reflect1 that ,i stand up at your command1 ,reverend ,sir1 to whom1 under ,,god1 ,i owe my little all1 and when ,i further reflect on the well-known candour of those that compose this venerable1 august assembly1 my trembling begins to abate1 my throbbing ceases1 and a gleam of hope breaks in1 that the tongue of the stammerer will in some degree be able to speak plain4 ,but where shall ,i begin1 and how shall ,i express the various emotions1 that within the space of the last hour have alternately agitated and affected my soul8 ,if the eye1 as ,i have been taught to think1 is the looking-glass of the soul2 and if the outward gestures1 and earnest attention1 are indications and expressive of the inward commotions and dispositions of the human heart1 then a heart-felt complacency and joy hath possessed the souls of many in this assembly1 whilst the reverend ,founder hath been giving from the pulpit such a clear1 succinct1 and yet withal affecting account of the rise and progress of this ,orphan-house academy1 and of the low estate of this now flourishing colony1 when the first brick of this edifice was laid4 ,all hail that happy day6 which we now commemorate1 when about thirty-two years ago1 in faith and fervent prayer1 the first brick of this edifice was laid4 ,many destitute orphans were soon taken in1 and without any visible fund1 in the dearest part of his ,majesty's dominions1 more than fifty labourers were employed1 and honourably paid1 and a large orphan-family1 for these many years1 hath been supported1 cloathed1 and brought up in the nurture and admonition of the ,,lord4 ,o could these walls speak6 could every chamber1 every corner of this fabric speak6 what agonizing supplications1 what inwrought energetic prayers would they tell us they had been witness to1 and also of the blessed fruits1 of which we are now partakers4 ,behold6 a once infant1 deserted1 despised colony1 not only lifting up its drooping head1 and in some degree over-topping1 at least for trade1 and increase and extent of commerce1 vying with some of its neighbouring provinces4 ,behold the once despised institution6 7the very existence of which was for many years denied7 through the indefatigable industry1 unparalleled disinterestedness1 and unwearied perseverance of its reverend ,founder1 expanding and stretching its wings1 not only to receive a larger number of helpless orphans like myself1 but to nurse and cherish many of the present rising generation1 training them up to be ornaments both in church and state4 ,for ever adored be that ,providence1 that power and goodness1 which hath brought matters to such a desirable and long expected issue6 ,thanks1 thanks be rendered to your ,excellency1 for the countenance you have always given to this beneficial plan1 for laying the first brick of yonder wings this time twelvemonth1 and for the favour of your company on this our anniversary4 ,thanks to you1 ,mr4 ,president1 who have long been a fellow-helper in this important work1 and have now the pleasure of seeing the fruit of all your labours4 ,thanks to the ,gentlemen of his ,majesty's ,honourable ,council1 and to the ,members of the ,general ,assembly1 who so warmly recommended the utility of this institution4 ,thanks to you1 ,sir1 who first opened it by preaching4 ,thanks to you1 who left your native country1 and without fee and reward have for many years laboured and watched over us in the ,,lord4 ,thanks to all who have this day honoured us with your presence4 ,and above all1 thanks1 more than an orphan tongue can utter1 or orphan hearts conceive1 be1 under ,,god1 rendered unto you1 most honoured ,sir1 who have been so happily instrumental1 in the hands of a never-failing ,,god1 in spreading his ever-lasting gospel4 ,the ,honourable ,james ,habersham1 ,president of his ,majesty's council1 and ,mr4 ,whitefield's ,executor in ,georgia4 ,,savannah1 ,march #bg1 #agga4 ,,monday last being the anniversary of laying the foundation of the ,orphan-house1 the new and very decent chapel lately erected there was opened4 ,on this solemnity his ,excellency the ,governor1 many of the ,gentlemen of the ,council1 and a very great number of the principal inhabitants of the province1 were present4 ,the company being seated in the chapel1 and the orphan children having sung a short hymn1 the following address1 with great propriety1 and to the universal satisfaction of the audience1 was delivered by ,peter ,edwards1 one of the orphans3 8,may it please your ,excellency1 ,reverend ,gentlemen1 ,gentlemen and ,ladies1 ,in obedience to the commands of my superiors1 and relying also on the candour and benevolence of your ,excellency and this polite and respectable company1 ,i beg leave1 with all humility1 to make this public address4 ,it may not be improper to mention1 that on this day1 thirty-two years ago1 the foundation of this house was laid by the reverend ,founder1 whose death we orphans in particular cannot sufficiently lament2 that also on this day1 two years past1 your ,excellency honoured this place with your presence1 and condescended to lay the foundation of the two wings1 superadded to the ,orphan-house1 for the accommodation of young gentlemen intended to be educated in academical learning1 to enable them to move in a superior sphere of life2 and we are now met to open and solemnly dedicate this new and convenient chapel to the service of our ,god and ,saviour ,,jesus ,,christ4 ,the many and great advantages accruing from the establishment of public schools in every government1 is obvious1 and in a young province1 as this is1 it must be of the highest importance to its future prosperity and welfare1 which is the professed design of this charitable institution2 an institution evidently calculated to promote the happiness of society1 by providing for1 and instructing such poor children1 as would otherwise1 in all appearance1 be brought up in ignorance1 and become of little use and value to mankind4 ,they are here early taught their duty to ,,god1 and their country1 and the respect they owe to those in authority over them4 ,,god has various1 and to us unthought-of ways1 which we poor short-sighted beings cannot fathom1 to effect his purposes2 but ,i hope ,i may be allowed to say1 that1 in all human probability1 great might have been the blessing to this noble undertaking1 had it pleased divine ,providence to have prolonged the valuable life of the deceased ,founder3 but he is now no more4 ,we have1 however1 no doubt of the great ,father of the fatherless supplying his loss2 and that your ,excellency1 and all well-disposed persons1 especially the good people of this province1 will espouse our cause1 and promote our welfare4 ,agreeable to the plan of our deceased ,benefactor1 an ,academy is now begun to be superadded to the ,orphan-house1 and gentlemen of this province will have an opportunity of educating their sons under their immediate inspection1 and will not be under the necessity of sending them at a great distance for that purpose1 or be constantly labouring under the painful anxiety of knowing of their health and welfare1 besides being probably at a greater and more uncertain expence4 ,the utility of this1 it is humbly presumed1 wants no recommendation3 it is natural to love the place where we received our education1 and passed our first years4 ,if parents would therefore have the pleasure of seeing the daily progress their children make in knowledge2 if they desire they should love and revere them1 and have a peculiar regard for the place of their nativity2 if they would preserve them from the improper liberties they may take1 when removed from their authority2 it surely must be most eligible to let them spend their early years under the shadow of their wings1 and within the reach of their parental admonitions4 ,may it please your ,excellency1 ,i have now in charge to return your ,excellency1 with all deference and humility1 our most grateful acknowledgments for your kind patronage and countenance2 and to assure your ,excellency1 that we do and will constantly pray for your happiness1 wherever ,providence may please to place you1 unfeignedly wishing1 that your ,excellency may continually experience that heart-felt satisfaction which can only dwell in the breast of the humane and benevolent2 and we are persuaded1 when you return to your native country1 our cause will not be forgotten by your ,excellency4 ,honourable ,sir1 ,we should be highly wanting in gratitude1 if1 on this occasion1 we omitted to acknowledge your unwearied and unabating attention to serve this institution from its first foundation2 and we are happy that ,,god has been pleased to preserve your life to succeed our kind ,founder1 and carry into execution his truly generous intentions4 ,your disinterested regard to promote our real welfare is well known1 and therefore ,i shall forbear to add1 only that for your happiness1 and long continuance amongst us1 we daily pray4 ,the ,honourable ,james ,habersham4 ,reverend ,gentlemen1 ,gentlemen and ,ladies1 ,permit me to return you our best thanks for the very kind regard you have shewn us1 and to assure you1 that we will endeavour to deserve the continuance of your friendship and favour4 ,sir1 and ,gentlemen1 ,we cannot1 we must not1 ,sir1 omit to give our public testimony of your unwearied diligence and attention to cultivate and improve our minds in solid learning and useful knowledge2 and1 ,gentlemen1 it would be unjust1 if we did not make the same acknowledgment for your constant care to make our situation1 in regard to our bodies1 easy1 comfortable1 and every way convenient1 and as we have nothing to repay you1 but our prayers for your welfare1 both in time and eternity1 and our best thanks1 we hope you will kindly accept this tribute of our grateful hearts4 ,the ,tutor and the ,managers4 ,young ,gentlemen1 7the ,boarders47 ,you are happy in having parents1 who have both inclination and means to pay for your education4 ,i have none4 ,but to you1 ,gentlemen1 ,i must own my obligation for having the opportunity of an education ,i could not1 from my situation1 have expected1 had not your parents enabled our worthy ,executor to employ so able a ,tutor1 as we now have1 to instruct us1 and ,i hope we shall shew1 that his assiduity1 care and pains1 will have the desired effect4 ,my fellow ,orphans1 ,what shall ,i say to excite your gratitude8 ,i hope the memory of our late ,benefactor1 who has laboured incessantly for me1 for you1 and many others1 who have partaken of the benefit of this institution1 since its first foundation1 will be deeply engraven in our hearts1 and remembered with the greatest reverence and gratitude4 ,this is all we have in our power1 in return for such unmerited favours1 and if this1 our small tribute1 should be wanting1 we must1 we shall be justly deemed the most ungrateful to our deceased ,benefactor1 who encountered innumerable1 uncommon1 and unknown difficulties1 in carrying on this institution1 notwithstanding he was maligned1 traduced1 and persecuted1 with unrelenting virulence1 as a cheat1 an impostor1 a public robber1 and as one1 who1 under the specious pretence of promoting a charitable design1 was amassing great wealth to himself2 all which he bore with an uncommon degree of patience4 ,let me add1 that ,,god has been graciously pleased to provide for you1 and for me1 beyond many1 very many in our circumstances4 ,we are here daily taught the great and fundamental truths of the gospel of the ,son of ,,god1 have plenty of the necessaries of life1 and are carefully educated to qualify us to get a comfortable subsistence1 and make us useful members of society4 ,let us therefore make a proper improvement of these mercies1 and let us1 my dear fellow ,orphans1 be thankful to ,,god1 the ,father of all1 for them1 not only with our lips1 but in our lives1 by giving up ourselves to his service1 and by walking before him in holiness and righteousness all our days1 through ,,jesus ,,christ our ,,lord4 ,may it please your ,excellency1 ,reverend ,gentlemen1 ,gentlemen and ,ladies1 ,i fear ,i have trespassed on your patience1 and humbly entreat you to pardon the poor attempt of a youth unaccustomed to speak before so respectable an audience40 ,after this the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,edward ,ellington1 minister of the parish of ,st4 ,bartholomew1 in ,south ,carolina1 read prayers1 and preached a sermon very suitable to the occasion1 from ,matthew xviii4 #bj4 ,divine service being ended1 the young gentlemen of the academy repeated several passages taken from some of the most approved ,english authors1 in such a manner as appeared agreeably to engage the attention and to meet with the entire approbation of the company4 ,then ,mr4 ,edward ,langworthy1 their ,tutor1 addressed the company as follows3 8,may it please your ,excellency1 ,gentlemen and ,ladies1 ,having observed the attention of your ,excellency to the exercises of this morning1 and the marks of pleasure and approbation so visible in all the ,gentlemen and ,ladies now present1 ,i think it my duty1 with the warmest gratitude1 to acknowledge the honour your ,excellency and this respectable audience have conferred on this institution4 ,the young gentlemen that just now spoke before your ,excellency1 have not been long under my tuition2 they are indeed young1 and scarce initiated in the first principles of literature2 however1 ,i flatter myself that these feeble attempts will be favourably received1 and that hereafter they will be enabled to exhibit something more worthy of your attention and approbation4 ,it affords me the highest satisfaction1 when ,i reflect1 that divine providence hath honoured me with the care and direction of them1 and ,i cannot but make a tender of my sincere and best respects to you1 our worthy ,executor1 and to their worthy parents and friends1 for the great confidence reposed in me4 ,duly sensible of the important trust committed to every preceptor1 ,i shall1 in the fear of ,,god1 do my utmost to form their tender minds1 and to impress on them such principles as may tend to advance their happiness in private1 as well as in public life3 and ,i hope1 from their proficiency1 the ,gentlemen of this province will be induced to promote with all their influence the growth and prosperity of our present undertaking4 ,the strict and virtuous education of youth is a point of great consequence in every country1 and those that are employed therein do certainly merit the attention and encouragement of the public in proportion to their faithfulness2 for my part1 ,i do most chearfully dedicate my whole time to this laborious work1 and am determined to pursue it with the greatest assiduity and diligence1 being convinced that ,i can in no other way do more good to the true interest of my fellow beings1 or do more service to the province4 ,it is undoubtedly the indispensible obligation of every one entrusted with the business of education1 to satisfy the public with respect to their abilities and intentions1 and therefore ,i hope to convince you that no pains will be spared1 and no time lost1 and that whatever is useful in the sciences1 or ornamental in life1 will here be inculcated both by precept and example4 ,authors in the several branches of knowledge will be regularly read1 and the sacred scriptures constantly explained3 these can bestow understanding upon all men2 they are the universal logic1 since none can read them without either acquiring a greater exactness of thought1 or being invited to contract a greater rectitude of manners4 ,our time being so far elapsed1 permit me1 in the behalf of these poor ,orphans1 and in the name of every member concerned in this ,seminary1 most heartily to thank your ,excellency1 and all the ,gentlemen and ,ladies now before me1 for their kind attendance on this solemnity4 ,with sentiments of the most unfeigned gratitude we would express our sense of it1 and hope for the continuance of your esteem and friendship4 ,and ,i should be greatly wanting in respect and duty to you1 ,reverend ,sir1 and indeed justly incur the displeasure of all concerned in the management of this institution1 if ,i did not now embrace the opportunity of returning you their and my humblest thanks for your kind and friendly assistance4 ,may what 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