_On board the Elizabeth, Gravesend, August 14, 1739._
_Dear Madam_,
I Cannot think of your favours, and yet forbear writing a letter of
thanks. I cannot think of your parting tears, and not inform you, how
sincerely I pray GOD to comfort and refresh your soul.――Oh Madam, your
kindness to such a dead dog as I am, quite surprizes me. How much more
ought you and I, and all mankind, to adore the unspeakable goodness
of our heavenly Father, who has so loved the world, as to give his
only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life. Dear Madam, never rest till you have a
lively faith in CHRIST JESUS. GOD has put into your heart good desires
after it. Continue instant in prayer; apply to JESUS CHRIST, as a
poor sinner, and yet a little while, and dear Mrs. ―――― shall be a
christian indeed. Hasten O LORD, that blessed time. Oh let thy kingdom
come, in full power, into this thy handmaiden’s heart! Innumerable
temptations surround you, to make you take up your rest here. But, I
hope, _Madam_, you will be upon your guard, and let nothing be thought
of, or done, by you, which may any way tend to indulge the lust of the
eye and the pride of life. Simplicity is the very spirit of the gospel;
therefore, the more we learn CHRIST, the more regardless we shall
be of worldly vanities. GOD of his infinite mercy make you a widow
indeed! You see, Madam, how freely I have wrote to you. It is because
I value your welfare.――It is the best return that can be made, for all
favours conferred on, Madam,
Your most obliged friend and servant in our dear LORD JESUS,
_G. W._