PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The works of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A., Vol. 2 (of 6) : Containing all his sermons and tracts, etc.
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770 · 175,502 words · 500 reading sections
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_To Mr. B――――._ _Philadelphia, June 6, 1747._ _My very dear Friend_, I Love you dearly, and therefore must, though in much weakness, send you a line. It informs you of my being sick, but withal of the LORD’s comforting me, and causing me to triumph over the king of terrors. Mr. _B――――_ I suppose, ere this reaches yo…
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_To the Reverend Mr. S――――._ _Philadelphia, June 23, 1747._ _Reverend and dear Sir_, SINCE my last, I have been several times on the verge of eternity. To-day I have got a few more spirits. I would improve them in answering your kind letter, which I received yesterday. I am obliged to _Charles- Town_ friends: their …
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_To Mr. R――――._ _New-York, June 28, 1747._ _My dear Brother_, THANKS be to GOD, for revealing his dear Son in you. Thanks be to his great name for calling you to preach his everlasting gospel. I give him all the glory, and adore him for making ill and hell-deserving me, the happy instrument of alarming and awakening…
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_To Dr. B――――._ _New-York, June 29, 1747._ _Dear Sir_, SINCE I wrote to Doctor _S――――_, I have preached to a very large auditory, and, blessed be GOD, do not find myself much worse for it this morning. As I am bound to thank you for all favours, so especially would I send my acknowledgments for promoting this northw…
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_To ――――._ _New-York, June 29, 1747._ _My very dear, dear Brother_, IT is with much pleasure I now sit down to answer your kind and welcome letters, dated _April_ 11th and 13th. And to keep you no longer in suspence, I would inform you, that they have had such an effect upon me, that, GOD willing, I am determined to…
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_To the Rev. Mr. S――――._ _New-York, July 4, 1747._ _Rev. and very dear Sir_, LAST week I left a letter for you at _Philadelphia_.――Since that, through the divine blessing, I have recovered a little more strength, and find my appetite restored. I have been here about eight days, and to-morrow, GOD willing, intend pos…
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_To Mr. A――――._ _New-York, July 4, 1747._ _My very dear Brother A――――_, I Have just now been reading over your kind letter, dated _November_ 23d, the second or third time.――It affected me much; and with the other letters, have constrained me to set my face towards _England_.――What is due in _America_, for the _Orpha…
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_To Mr. J―――― C――――._ _New-York, July 5, 1747._ _My dear John_, THOUGH I am quite sick and weak in body, yet the love I owe thee for JESU’s sake, constrains me to answer your last kind letter, dated _♦February_ 5th. The other mentioned therein, never came to hand. I am sorry to hear there are yet disputings amongst …
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_To Mrs. R――――._ _New-Port, August 20, 1747._ _Dear Madam_, I Hope that since I left you, Mr. _M――――_’s conversation has been blessed, and that you are steadily and deliberately resolved to know nothing but JESUS CHRIST, and him crucified. Indeed he is the fairest among ten thousand. The more you know him, the more …
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_To Mrs. L――――._ _New-port, August 20, 1747._ _Dear Madam_, DOES not JESUS take his lambs into his arms, and dandle his little ones on his knees? Ought not his ministers then to follow his good example, and strive with him, not to quench the smoaking flax or break the bruised reed. This consideration causes me to wr…
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_To Mr. D――――._ _New-York, August 27, 1747._ _Dear Mr. D――――_, IS it not just, that I should pay off my old debts? consequently I must write to you. I owe you many letters, and more love. Accept this in part of payment. It brings you news of my safe arrival, through the good hand of my GOD upon me, at _New-York_. We…
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_To Mr. A――――._ _New-York, Aug. 27, 1747._ TO convince you that I remember your desire when at _Boston_, I send you almost my first letter. It comes full of thanks for all past favours. May the GOD whom I serve, reward you ten thousand fold! He will, he has promised, he also will do it. Will you give me leave to ask …
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_To Mr. W――――, at Portsmouth._ _New-York, Aug. 27, 1747._ _Very dear Sir_, IS it right when we have committed a fault, to persist in, and not confess and amend it? By no means. I must therefore write to you, whom (though you have received no letter from me) I dearly love in the bowels of the ever-loving, ever-lovely…
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_To the Rev. Mr. G. T――――._ _New-York, Aug. 29, 1747._ _Rev. and very dear Sir_, NOT want of love, but of leisure, has prevented my writing to you for some time past. Blessed be GOD, I can now send you good news from the Northward. My reception at _Boston_, and elsewhere in _New-England_, was like unto the first. Ar…
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_To Mr. Henry S――――, Junior._ _New-York, Aug. 29, 1747._ _My dear Mr. S――――_, LAST _Thursday_ noon the keeper of _Israel_, who neither slumbereth or sleepeth, brought me hither in safety. We were detained three days on the water. It was over-ruled for good. I recovered my appetite, and am now much better than when I…
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_To Mr. D――――._ _New-York, Aug. 30, 1747._ MY dear brother _Daniel_, thou man greatly beloved, why weepest thou? Why art thou so cast down? All is forgiven, all is forgotten long ago; be strong, and GOD shall establish thy heart. Look up, and put thy trust in the LORD. He is a merciful Redeemer; otherwise what could …
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_To Mrs. S――――, at New-York._ _Philadelphia, Sept. 6, 1747._ SHALL I promise and not perform? GOD forbid. I must then drop a line to my afflicted friend. How is your little one? Is it yet languishing? Is it quite emaciated and panting for breath? Or is it gone into the world of spirits? Whatever be your answer, I am …
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_To Captain S――――._ _Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1747._ _My very dear Mr. S――――_, THOUGH I wrote to you lately by my friend Mr. _V――――_, yet the receipt of your kind letter makes me to write again. The deadly blow I see is given. Well! Thanks be to GOD, you are so resigned. You doubtless remember, that you took one anoth…
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_To Mr. W――――._ _Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1747._ _Very dear Sir_, LAST night I heard of Dr. _Coleman_’s sudden death. I bless GOD for granting him such an easy passage. Soon after the news reached me, I bowed my knee before the GOD and Father of our LORD JESUS in behalf of your bereaved (and I could almost say desolat…
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_To Mr. and Mrs. F――――._ _Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1747._ _My very dear, dear Friends_, THOUGH I hope to see you ere this reaches _Charles-town_, yet I cannot but embrace every opportunity that offers to let you know how we do. I have lately been eleven hundred miles journey northward, and have found the Redeemer’s st…
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_To the Rev. Mr. H――――._ _Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1747._ _My very dear Mr. H――――_, I Thank our gracious GOD for all the good news contained in your kind letter. It ♦gladdened my heart, and gave me reason to hope, that the _Indian_ land would be a christian land indeed. When I received your letter, I was just returned…
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_To the Rev. Mr. T――――._ _Philadelphia, Sept. 10, 1747._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, I Suppose, ere this comes to hand, you will have heard how near I have been to my wished-for harbour, and how I have been obliged to put out to sea again. Blessed be GOD, since I must live, he does not permit me altogether to live…
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_To Mr. H―――― H――――._ _Philadelphia, Sept. 11, 1747._ _My very dear Brother_, I Wrote to you within these few months from this place, _Boston_ and _New-York_. My last letters were to inform you, that, GOD willing, some time next year I purpose to see _England_, if my outward affairs can be settled. Surely the LORD w…
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_To the Rev. Mr. J. W――――._ _Philadelphia, Sept. 11, 1747._ _Dear and Rev. Sir_, NOT long ago I received your kind letter, dated in _February_ last. Your others I believe came to hand, and I hope ere now you have received my answer. My heart is really for an outward, as well as an inward union. Nothing shall be want…
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_To the Rev. Mr. C―――― W――――._ _Philadelphia, Sept. 11, 1747._ _Very dear Sir_, BOTH your letters and your prayers I trust have reached me. May mine reach you also, and then it will not be long ere we shall indeed be one fold under one Shepherd. However, if this should not be on earth, it will certainly be effected …
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_To the Rev. Mr. M――――._ _Bohemia, (Maryland) Sept. 17, 1747._ _Honoured Sir_, WILL you permit a young soldier of JESUS CHRIST to write to an experienced veteran, before he goes hence, and is no more seen? Sorry am I that my visit to _York_ was short, yet glad that our LORD gave me to see you once more ready to sing…
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_To the Rev. Mr. M―――― Jun._ _Bohemia, Sept. 17, 1747._ I Have been writing to the father,――Love, love unfeigned constrains me to write to the son also. I hope it will influence you to send me, however unworthy, a line or two in return. Reverend and dear Sir, how do you? Are you yet GOD’s mouth to the people? Surely …
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_To Mr. J―――― S――――._ _Bath-Town, North Carolina, Oct. 6, 1747._ _Very dear Sir_, I Wrote you a few lines just as I was leaving _Bohemia_. They informed you of the receipt of my bills, and by them I also desired you to pay the remainder of what you have of mine into the hands of Mr. _D―――― V――――_ of _New-York_. Sinc…
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_To Mrs. S――――._ _Bath-Town, North-Carolina, Oct. 6, 1747_. _Dear Madam_, BE pleased to accept this, as a token that you are not forgotten by me;――no, I loved your deceased husband, I honour and pray for his dear and sorrowful relict. I would give you that advice, dear Madam, which I believe he would do, was he to r…
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_To Mrs. A――――._ _Bath-Town, North-Carolina, Oct. 6, 1747._ _Dear Madam_, BE where I will, the LORD JESUS puts you upon my heart. I often think you happy, because you are so circumstanced that you must necessarily drink of the waters of life at the fountain head. It drinks sweetest from thence. Communion with GOD’s …
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_To Mr. P――――._ _Bath-Town, North-Carolina, Oct. 6, 1747._ _Dear Mr. P――――_, OUR affectionate parting is not yet out of my remembrance. Since that, I hope you have been diligent, and ere now have got an evidence that we shall not be parted hereafter. O for assurance! It is indeed the anchor of the soul. It keeps it …
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_To Mr. S――――._ _Oct. 6, 1747._ _My dear Mr. S――――_, LET who will be omitted when I am writing to _New-England_, I think, I am under many obligations not to forget you. Blessed be GOD for making you a christian merchant, and teaching you the holy art of trafficking for the LORD. You trade upon a safe bottom. Your al…
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_To Mr. R――――._ _Bath-Town, North-Carolina, Oct. 7, 1747._ _Very dear Sir_, BY this time (such is your love to unworthy me,) I suppose you are willing to know where I am, and what I am doing. Blessed be GOD, I am still employed in my old delightful work, “calling poor sinners to repentance.”――I trust a day of power …
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_To the Reverend Mr. L――――._ _Bath-Town, North-Carolina, Oct. 11, 1747._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, IT has given me much concern, that I could not comply with your kind invitation to _Plymouth_, but providence plainly pointed my course another way. GOD only knows what a cross it was to me, to leave dear _New-Engl…
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_To Mr. P――――._ _Bath-Town, Oct. 11, 1747._ _Very dear Mr. P――――_, I Am ashamed to think that your short though exceeding sweet and kind letter, lies as yet unanswered. Want of health and of time, (assure yourself) not want of love, has been the cause of it. The searcher of hearts alone knows, what a cordial reveren…
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_To Mr. D――――._ _Everards-Ferry, Oct. 16, 1747._ _Dear Mr. D――――_, THE love I owe you for JESUS CHRIST’s sake, induces me to send you a few lines. I hope they will find you yet more and more convinced of self-righteousness, and the absolute necessity of being cloathed with the all-sufficient, compleat and everlastin…
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_To Mrs. D――――._ _Everards-Ferry, Oct. 16, 1747._ _Dear Mrs. D――――_, AS it is uncertain whether I shall ever see you again in this vale of tears, I cannot help expressing my gratitude for kindnesses received, by sending you a few lines.――And what shall I say? Why, that I trust you at length see, that what the world …
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_To Mr. T―――― A――――._ _Wilmington, Cape-Fear, Oct. 18, 1747._ _My very dear brother A――――_, I Have lately written to you and many other dear _English_ friends. I am now in my way to _Georgia_, and hope to see my native country some time next year. My sphere of action still increases, and though I hoped this last Sum…
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_To Mr. B――――._ _Charles-Town, (South-Carolina,) Oct. 25, 1747._ _Very dear Mr. B――――_, I Hear a ship sails to-morrow for _Philadelphia_. I cannot help letting you know, that we arrived here last night in health and safety. The barren wilderness was made to smile all the way. I trust good was done in _North-Carolina…
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_To Mr. F――――._ _Bermudas, May 27, 1748._ _My dear Mr. F――――_, INCLOSED you have a letter which you may print in your weekly paper. It brings good news from this little pleasant spot. If you could print it on half a sheet of paper, to distribute among the _Bermudas_ captains, it might perhaps be serviceable. The inh…
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_To Mrs. F――――._ _On board the Betsy, June 2, 1748._ TILL last night, I did not know that the last letter I wrote to you never came to hand. Mr. _B――――_ tells me, that as he did not go according to his design he destroyed it. Accept therefore, dear Madam, a few more parting lines. They bring you good news indeed. The…
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_To the Rev. Mr. S――――._ _On board the Betsy, June 24, 1748._ _Rev. and very dear Sir_, THOUGH we are about two hundred leagues from land, yet lest hurry of business should prevent me when we get a shore, I think proper to write you a few lines whilst I am on board.――Long before this reaches you, I suppose you will …
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_To Mrs. L――――._ _Deal, July 5, 1748._ _Very dear and Honoured Mother_, ARE you yet in the land of the living, or rather among the dead? shall I have the pleasure of receiving one more letter from you, and asking your blessing once more? Next post, I hope that the two former of these will be answered in the affirmat…
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_To Mr. G―――― H――――._ _Deal, July 5, 1748._ AND how does my dear old friend Mr. _H――――_? Surely he will send me a line now! For through the goodness of an infinitely gracious and condescending Saviour, I am once more arrived at my native country. My last excursion was to _Bermudas_. We left those islands a month ago,…
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_To the Rev. Mr. J―――― or C―――― W――――._ _Deal, July 5, 1748._ WILL you not be glad to hear that the GOD of the seas and the GOD of the dry land hath brought me to my native country once more? I came last from the _Bermudas_, where the friend of sinners has been pleased to own my poor labours abundantly. I hope, I com…
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_To Mr. F――――._ _London, July 7, 1748._ _My very dear Friend_, I Have but just time to inform you, that after a pleasant passage of a month, a good and gracious GOD brought me hither in safety, where I have been received by thousands with a joy that almost overcame both them and me. I have preached once, and am this…
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_To Mr. H――――._ _London, July, 7, 1748._ _My very dear Friend_, THOUGH I suppose you will see my dear wife’s letter, yet I must send you a few lines. They bring you news of my safe arrival, and wonderfully kind acceptance in my native country. The blessings bestowed on me, have already, through the thanksgivings of …
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_To the Rev. Mr. H――――._ _London, July 8, 1748._ _Rev. and dear Brother_, GLAD am I, yea very glad to hear that you are yet alive and have grace given you to adhere to JESUS CHRIST and his eternal truths. I am very much pleased to find that you appear in print, and that such encouragement is given you to print again…
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_To Mr. C――――._ _London, July 8, 1748._ _Dear Mr. C――――_, I Am come over with a sincere desire to pursue the things which make for peace. Consequently I must hear and see for myself, before I determine upon any thing. I have heard nothing of Mrs. _D――――_’s writing concerning you. All I can say is, that by what you h…
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_To Mr. K――――._ _London, July 12, 1748._ _My dear Brother_, AT my first arrival, you judged right that I am pretty much taken up; however, I must snatch a few minutes to answer your kind, very kind letter. Blessed be GOD, that the mercies bestowed on hell-deserving me, have, through the thanksgivings of many, redoun…
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_To Mr. C――――._ _London, July 12, 1748._ _My very dear Friend and Brother_, THOUGH I am pretty much engaged, yet I cannot let your kind letter lie by me two posts unanswered. Blessed be GOD that you yet retain your simple heart, and are determined to know nothing but JESUS CHRIST and him crucified. With this mind, m…
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_To the Honourable ―――― R――――, Esq.; of Bermuda._ _London, July 12, 1748._ _Honoured Sir_, GRATITUDE constrains me to embrace the first opportunity of informing you of our safe arrival at our wished-for port. We struck ground, I think, the 27th day after we set sail, and landed at _Deal_ the 30th. We were chased the…
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_To Mr. H――――._ _London, July 16, 1748._ _My very dear Mr. H――――_, I Thank you for your speedy and kind answer to my last poor letter, and heartily pray GOD, if it be agreeable to his will, yet to prolong your life, and make your pen the pen of a ready writer. I shall take it as a great favour, if you will order me …
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_To Mr. K――――._ _London, July 19, 1748._ _Very dear Sir_, I Thank you for your kind answer to my last, as well as for all other favours. Before I heard from you, I had been informed from several quarters that Satan hath been sifting all our poor societies. This is no more than I expected. But let us take courage, de…
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_To the Reverend Mr. C――――._ _London, July 20, 1748._ _My very dear Friend and Brother_, NEITHER length of time, nor change of place, I trust, will ever estrange us from each other.――Though through the goodness of GOD I am now in _England_, yet I cannot help daily thinking upon you and my other dear friends in _Amer…
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_To the Reverend Mr. D――――._ _London, July 23, 1748._ _My very Dear Mr. D――――,_ GLAD was I, yea very glad to receive one more letter from such a valuable and dearly beloved friend and brother. I have often enquired after you since my arrival, and only multiplicity of business prevented your hearing from me. Glory be…
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_To Dr. R――――._ _London, July 22, 1748._ _Honoured Sir_, LOVE and gratitude constrain me to send you a few lines. They come to inform you, that a sense of the almost innumerable favours you was pleased to confer on me, when under your tuition, is yet deeply engraven upon the tables of my heart. That GOD, whom I ende…
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_To Governor Thomas._ _London, July 22, 1748._ _Honoured Sir_, THOUGH I am uncertain about your being in town, yet I cannot leave it, without leaving a few lines of acknowledgment, for those many favours you and your worthy lady were pleased to confer upon me and mine abroad. Glad were we, yea exceeding glad to hear…
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_To the Reverend Mr. S――――._ _London, July 24, 1748._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, SINCE my arrival in _England_, (now three weeks) I have sent several packets to _America_. This brings you the welcome tidings of the LORD’s continuing to bless my poor administrations, and causing his word to run and be glorified. P…
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_To the Reverend Mr. S――――._ _Waterford, August 3, 1748._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, I Have written to you more than once since my arrival; notwithstanding that, I must write to you again. The bearer is a man of good report, a _Dissenter_, and brings I believe a testimonial with him. He has met with disappointmen…
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