_Philadelphia, Nov. 10, 1739._
_Dear Mrs. ――――_,
AS I do not forget to pray for, so I do not forget to write to you,
to make a proper acknowledgment of your and your husband’s love;
exhorting you to save yourselves from this untoward generation. Before
I left _London_, I perceived GOD was working upon your soul. I trust
the same GOD, since my departure, has carried it on, and that you are
convinced of the sin of unbelief. Oh dear Mrs. ――――, it is a difficult
thing to believe aright; it can only be given from above. I know
many of my acquaintance, who love to hear me talk and preach, and
who receive me gladly into their houses; but alas! I fear they are
self-righteous, and were never yet truly convinced of sin. They have
good desires, and therefore flatter themselves, that they are good
christians: But I fear many of them are only foolish virgins. I would
not have dear Mrs. ―――― or her husband of this number. If she hath
followed on to know the LORD, I am persuaded ere now, she is in some
measure brought out of herself, and taught of GOD to rely only on
JESUS CHRIST for wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.
If thus minded, your soul is at peace with GOD, itself, and the world.
If not, let her ask and it shall be given her, let her seek and she
shall find, let her knock and a door of mercy shall be opened unto
her.――All things are possible to him that believeth――Oh dear Mrs. ――――,
my heart is inlarged towards you; I long for your salvation: press on
and faint not. Whenever I come, I shall expect to suffer. But though
we die for CHRIST, oh let us pray that we may not deny him in any wise.
Nothing but the free almighty grace of GOD can uphold,
Your sincere friend in CHRIST,
_G. W._