_London, July 26, 1739._
_Sir_,
I Received your kind letter, but must beg to be excused from
dissuading your son to go with ――――. The employment in which he is
engaged will, in the end, if faithfully improved, tend much to GOD’s
glory and his own good. He now sits by me; I read over your letter to
him, and he continues as resolute as ever. The being _disinherited_
does not terrify him at all. He has a more abiding inheritance, and is
willing naked to follow a naked CHRIST.――Dear Sir, let me advise you
to do nothing rashly. If you can pray for a blessing on your will when
you are about to disinherit your son, I shall wonder. Have a little
patience, and then you will find that your son is about to act wisely.
If I thought otherwise, no one would be more forward to dissuade him,
than, Sir,
Your very humble servant,
_G. W._