_To Governor B――――._
_London, Dec. 20, 1752._
_Honoured Sir_,
WITH great pleasure and satisfaction, I received and read your kind
letter, and took the first opportunity of transmitting the inclosed to
good Lady _H――――n_, who is now near _Bristol_. If the ship which brings
this, doth not sail soon, I believe your Excellency will have an answer
by the same conveyance. She is an elect lady indeed; one who hath
fairly renounced the world, and scorns to divide her affections between
it and her GOD. Her Ladyship corresponds with the Dutchess of ――――,
but I fear that the latter doth not glory in the cross of CHRIST, so
much as might be wish’d. You know, honoured Sir, that we must have true
self-denial, and a disinterested spirit, before we can be sincerely
willing to be accounted fools for CHRIST’s sake. And yet there is no
going to heaven without it. Blessed be GOD, your fight, honoured Sir,
is almost over; the days are now coming wherein you must necessarily
say, “I have no pleasure in them.” The 71st psalm, translated by Dr.
_Watts_, seems to be sweetly adapted to your circumstances. Part of it
was lately sung for your Excellency, by many true followers of the Lamb.