_To Mr. S――――e._
_London, February 27, 1769._
_My dear Mr. S――――e_,
NOT want of love, but of leisure, hath prevented my making proper
acknowledgments for your kind letter, and late publication. I think it
is well written; and I earnestly pray, that it may be blessed to many.
One passage seems exceptionable, where you say, “That all believers
were originally endowed with the extraordinary gifts of the Holy
Ghost.” The instances urged to prove it, seem quite deficient. This is
not written to find fault, but to prevent fault finding. That you may
be much owned in every thing you undertake, and, with all the Christian
_Sheerness_ brethren, increase with all the increase of GOD, is the
hearty prayer of,
Less than the least of all,
_G. W._
_P. S._ Blessed be GOD, the shout of the King of kings is yet to be
heard amongst us. Grace! grace!