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
LETTER DCLIX.
_To Mr. Wm. G――――._ _Waterford, August 3, 1748._ _My dear little Man_, I Do not forget the promise I made you when in town. As a proof of it, I snatch a few moments to send you a line. How will it find you? May I answer for you? Upon the stretch for GOD, and giving diligence to make your calling and election sure. O…
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_To the Reverend Mr. M――――._ _Mitchel-Dean, August 6, 1748._ THOUGH I am now upon the road in my way to _Gloucester_, yet I cannot help dropping you a few lines. Excess of business, not want of respect, has prevented my writing to you before. You, and yours, and all my dear _Scotch_ friends, have been, still are, and…
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_To Lady H――――._ _London, August 10, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, THIS morning, just after I had begun to put pen to paper, a friend told me, that since I had been in the country, a letter had been sent me by a lady out of _Scotland_. I opened it, and with a pleasing surprize found it was from your Ladyship, to whom I w…
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_To the Reverend Mr. J――――._ _London, August 11, 1748._ _My very dear Mr. J――――_, YOUR kind letter, which I received but yesterday, having been taking a little tour in the country, both grieved and pleased me. Glad was I to find, that my dear old friend had not forgotten me, and yet sorry as it were, that I had not …
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_To Mr. S――――._ _London, August 16, 1748._ _Dear Sir_, GLAD shall I be to have the pleasure of your dining with me on _Thursday_ between twelve and one. If you please, you may leave your chaise and horses at the other end of the town, and ride to my lodgings in an hackney coach. Or if you choose to come in your chai…
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_To Lord ――――._ _London August 19, 1748._ _My Lord_, THOUGH I expect to be in _Scotland_ in about three weeks, yet I cannot defer writing to your Lordship any longer. I hope this will find your worthy lady trampling upon the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, and steadily pursuing the one…
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_To Mr. B――――._ _London, August 20, 1748._ _My very dear Brother_, I Thank you for your kind letter. It was put into my hands just as I was leaving _Bristol_, and ever since, I have been so busy, that till now I could not redeem a few moments to answer it. I am glad that you, and the dear brethren you mentioned, are…
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_To Lady H――――._ _August 21, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, I Received your Ladyship’s letter late last night, and write this to inform your Ladyship that I am quite willing to comply with your invitation. As I am to preach, GOD willing, at _St. Bartholomew_’s on _Wednesday_ evening, I will wait upon your Ladyship the nex…
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_To Judge B――――._ _London, August 22, 1748._ _Honoured Sir_, I Think it is now high time for me to send you a line of thanks, for the favours you was pleased to confer on me when at the _Bermudas_. They are not, and I trust never will be forgotten by me, whilst I am on this side eternity. The same good hand that was…
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_To Captain J―――― D――――._ _London, August 22, 1748._ _Very dear Sir_, I Have already written to you and other friends since my arrival at _London_. With this, I send a box of books to be disposed of among my dear _Bermudas_ acquaintance. To some I have affixed their names, and lest I should have forgotten any (as un…
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_To Mr. ――――._ _London, August 22, 1748._ _Very dear Sir_, IF any thing I have said or written has been made any way serviceable to your better part, I thank the LORD of all Lords, whose mercy endureth for ever. I trust the language of my heart towards JESUS CHRIST, is this: _If thou excuse, then work thy will,_ _B…
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_To Lady H――――._ _London, August 22, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, EVER since the reading your Ladyship’s condescending letter, my soul (as indeed through grace it was in a degree before) has been overpowered with his presence, who is All in All. When your Ladyship stiled me “your friend,” I was amazed at your condescens…
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_To Lady H――――._ _London, Sept. 1, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, ALTHOUGH it is time for me to be setting out, yet I dare not leave town without dropping a few lines, gratefully to acknowledge the many favours I have received from your Ladyship, especially the honour you have done me in making me one of your Ladyship’s c…
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_To the Rev. Mr. J―――― W――――._ _London, Sept. 1, 1748._ _Rev. and dear Sir_, MY not meeting you at _London_ has been a disappointment to me. But our LORD orders all things well. His time is and will be best. I suppose you will hear of my preaching to some of the nobility, and I trust the hour is coming when some of …
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_To Mr. J―――― W――――._ _London, Sept. 1, 1748._ _My very dear Brother_, YOUR kind letter I received with great satisfaction. I chearfully sit down to answer it before I set out for _Scotland_. I have been a mile or two upon the road, but turned back because my chaise was not registered. My hands have been full of wor…
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_To Mr. S――――._ _Oulney, (Northamptonshire) Sept. 4, 1748._ _Very dear Sir_, IT was a pleasing surprize to me last week, to receive a letter dated in _July_ from my dear, very dear friend Mr. _S――――_ of _New-England_. I left town yesterday, but having an immediate opportunity of sending, by way of _Philadelphia_, I …
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_To Mr. R――――._ _Oulney, Sept. 4, 1748._ _Very dear Sir_, THOUGH I am on my journey to _Scotland_, yet I must stop a little by the way to answer your kind letter dated in _July_ last. It brought strange things to my ears, and it made me smile. You know, dear Sir, what has often passed between you and me, upon that p…
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_To the Rev. Mr. L――――._ _Doncaster, Sept. 7, 1748._ _Rev. and dear Sir_, OUR last short interview at _Stone-house_ pleased me. I hope it foreboded something good. I told you the truth when I said, “I had not forgotten you.” No, neither have I been suffered to think hardly of you for your shyness to unworthy me; onl…
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_To Mr. S――――._ _Morpeth, (Northumberland,) Sept. 10, 1748._ _Dear Mr. S――――_, TILL now I have not had time to answer your kind letter, and now I am too weary to send you a long one. I thank you for your good wishes and prayers. May they enter into the ears of the LORD of Sabaoth! Hitherto, GOD has been pleased to b…
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_To Mr. T――――._ _Edinburgh, Sept. 15, 1748._ _Dear Mr. T――――_, ERE this can reach _London_, you will find that I have forgot not my promise. No, I love thee too well to do so. Thanks be to GOD, that you begin to awake out of your dream. It has been a dream, though a golden pleasing one. If all was right, such darkne…
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_To the Reverend Mr. B――――._ _Edinburgh, Sept. 16, 1748._ _Reverend and dear Sir_, ON _Thursday_ noon, through the providence of a good and gracious GOD, I came hither, where I have met with an hearty welcome. Last night I preached to a _Moorfields_ congregation for numbers, and the LORD, I believe, was pleased to g…
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_To Mr. S―――― W――――._ _Edinburgh, Sept. 19, 1748._ _My very dear Mr. W――――_, SHALL I promise, and not perform? GOD forbid! Glad am I, yea very glad to open a fresh correspondence with a dear old friend, with whom I have often taken such sweet counsel. O my dear man, how patient, how long-suffering has the blessed JE…
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_To the Countess of H――――._ _Edinburgh, Sept. 20, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, I Suppose, ere this can reach you, your Ladyship will have heard of my being arrived at _Edinburgh_, and of another particular or two mentioned in Mr. _B――――_’s letter. This brings your Ladyship an account of very great multitudes flocking to…
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_To Mr. H――――._ _Edinburgh, Sept. 21, 1748._ AND could my very dear Mr. _H――――_ think, that when he was out of sight he was out of mind? No, my dear friend, I believe it will never be so with you and me. By this time, I hope Mr. _D――――_’s letter from _Bermudas_, or the letters sent you from thence by way of _Philadel…
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_To Mr. S――――._ _Edinburgh, Sept. 23, 1748._ _My dear Brother S――――_, HOW good is GOD! Well may you say, that he never fails those that put their trust in him. How does he make my extremity his opportunity to help and relieve me. If the news about the legacy be true, I hope it will increase my faith, and make me mor…
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_To Colonel G――――ly._ _Edinburgh, Sept. 23, 1748._ _Very dear Sir_, EVER since I have been in _Edinburgh_, I have been attempting to write to you, but could not effect it till now. Though I am absent from, yet I am present with you. I hope this will find you fighting the good fight of faith, and in every respect beh…
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_To Mr. H――――._ _Glasgow, Sept. 28, 1748._ _My very dear Mr. H――――,_ YOU are every day upon my heart. I must not, I cannot refrain writing to you any longer. How do you? Old love revives in my heart towards you, because, I trust, love to the blessed JESUS begins to revive in your heart. May the glorious _Emmanuel_ f…
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_To Mr. S――――._ _Glasgow, Sept. 28, 1748._ _My very Dear Sir_, I Have been in pain because your kind letter has lain by me so long unanswered.――Nothing but a variety of other necessary business has been the cause. My hands are full, and I trust the pleasure of the LORD will prosper in them. Very great multitudes hav…
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_To Mr. K――――._ _Glasgow, Sept. 28, 1748._ _Dear Sir_, WHEN I was the other day at _Edinburgh_, your aged father communicated a letter to me, which gave an account of your being translated from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of GOD’s dear Son. As the news rejoiced the hearts of angels in heaven, no wonder …
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_To Mrs. E――――._ _Glasgow, Sept. 28, 1748._ _Dear Madam_, ALTHOUGH I fear it may be taking too much freedom, yet as I humbly hope that the love of GOD is shed abroad in your heart, I trust you will not be offended at my sending you these few lines. They are lines of joy; for who can help rejoicing that hears what th…
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_To some devout Soldiers._ _Glasgow, Sept. 29, 1748._ _My dear Brethren_, IT gave me no small satisfaction, when I was lately at _Edinburgh_, to hear that several of you were enabled to behave like good soldiers of JESUS CHRIST. I rejoice greatly that you are made partakers of his grace, and I earnestly intreat the …
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_To the Countess of H――――._ _Sept. 29, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, AM I not too troublesome in writing to your Ladyship so frequently? I fear I am; and yet I am afraid to break your Ladyship’s command, “Write weekly.” Blessed be GOD, I can yet send your Ladyship word that the glorious _Emmanuel_ is with me, and counten…
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_To Dr. H――――._ _Glasgow, Oct. 1, 1748._ _My dear Doctor_, YESTERDAY with great satisfaction I received your kind letter. Being in _Scotland_, I cannot as yet have the pleasure of seeing Captain _T――――_; but, GOD willing, I shall enquire him out at my return to _London_. The GOD of the seas and the GOD of the dry la…
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_To Mr. A――――._ _Glasgow, Oct. 1, 1748._ _Dear Mr. A――――_, I Am not disappointed of my hope. I thought the LORD JESUS had begun a good work in your soul before I left the _Bermudas_. Your welcome letter confirmed me in this opinion. I received it with joy. Though I wrote to you not long ago, yet I must answer yours …
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_To Mr. D――――._ _Glasgow, Oct. 1, 1748._ _My very dear Friend_, WHO is like unto GOD, who makes his creatures extremity, the opportunity to help them? Your kind letter hath confirmed the news of the death of Mrs. _B――――_, and of her leaving me a legacy of a hundred pounds. Well! though she is gone, yet I shall meet …
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_To Mr. S――――._ _Glasgow, Oct. 3, 1748._ _My dear Sir_, I Thank you for your kind letter. I am so ill with a hoarseness and cold, and in straining to reach large congregations, that I must send you but a short answer. The depending upon CHRIST’s immediate teachings, without making use of books and proper means of in…
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_To Mr. ――――._ _Glasgow, Oct. 5, 1748._ _Very dear Sir_, I Received yours this morning; though I am engaged this evening, yet I think it my duty to send you an immediate answer. You might well inform, and almost assure, _my Lord of Exeter_, that I knew nothing of the printing of his Lordship’s pretended charge, or o…
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_To Mr. H――――._ _Cambuslang, Oct. 9, 1748._ _My dear Mr. H――――_, HAVE you not suspected, that I have forgotten you? but indeed I have not. As a testimony of it, though late, accept a line of love, even love unfeigned. I hope you are well, and that affairs go on at the Tabernacle as well as can be expected. I trust t…
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_To Mr. B――――._ _Edinburgh, Oct. 12, 1748._ _My dear Sir_, LAST night, after wondering at your being silent so long, I received your wished-for letter. The reading it brought tears from my eyes. I felt for you, and for your father, and for all parties concerned. How lovingly does the LORD deal with you? Is not the w…
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_To Mr. W――――._ _Edinburgh, Oct. 12, 1748._ _Reverend and dear Sir_, THOUGH I have not written to you, yet not one day hath passed since my being this time in _Scotland_, without my thinking of you. The love and respect I owe you, as an aged minister of JESUS CHRIST, will not suffer me to be silent any longer. How d…
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_To the Reverend Mr. E――――._ _Edinburgh, Oct. 12, 1748._ _Reverend and dear Sir_, BY the providence of a good and gracious GOD, I came hither last night, after having preached at _Falkirk_ in the morning. Mr. _A――――_ behaved very kindly. Mr. _N――――_ has Mr. _M――――_’s letter. I am to see him at five this evening. On …
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_To the Countess of H――――n._ _Edinburgh, Oct. 15, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, THOUGH it is late and nature calls for rest, yet I cannot with satisfaction close my eyes unless I write once more to your Ladyship: and what shall I say? I am the chief of sinners, and the LORD JESUS magnifies his grace in being long sufferi…
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_To the Same._ _Topcliff, Nov. 1, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, THUS far has a gracious and good GOD brought me in my way to _London_, which I hope to reach some time next week. Your Ladyship may expect to see me the next day I come to town. Thanks be to the LORD of all Lords for directing my way to _Scotland_. I have re…
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_To Mr. R――――._ _Topcliff, Nov. 1, 1748._ _My dear Friend_, HERE, with thankfulness of heart, will I set up my _Ebenezer_; for hitherto assuredly hath the LORD helped me. We reached _Fetton_ on _Saturday_ night. There being no public worship on the Lord’s-day, I came on to _Morpeth_ to worship there; got to _Ferry-h…
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_To the Honourable Lady D――――._ _Wantsworth (Northamptonshire), Nov. 5, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, THOUGH I am now eighty miles from _London_, yet gratitude, and the unfeigned respect I bear to you and yours, will not suffer me to go any further, without sending your Ladyship my repeated acknowledgments for your very …
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_To Lady ――――._ _London, Nov. 10, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, I Wrote a line to dear Mr. _R――――_, when about the middle of my journey. I must write a line to you, now the LORD of all lords hath brought me to the end of it. I trust I can say, JESUS was with me on the way. My health was sensibly improved; but, by sitting…
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_To Lord R――――._ _London, Nov. 10, 1748._ _My Lord_, I Believe I am not mistaken, in thinking that your Lordship will not be offended with me for sending you a short letter. It is the effect of that unfeigned love I bear to your honoured father, yourself, and that dear and honourable family with which your Lordship …
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_To Lady Mary H――――._ _London, Nov. 10, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, THOUGH absent from, yet I am not unmindful of you. The regard your Ladyship has been pleased to shew to a poor unworthy worm, calls for and claims my sincerest and most repeated acknowledgments. This letter brings them, and shall be followed, honoured …
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_To the Rev. Mr. M――――._ _London, Nov. 10, 1748._ _Reverend and dear Sir_, OUR bountiful and good GOD brought me here in safety the beginning of this week. I have already waited upon, and preached at good Lady _H――――_’s. About thirty have desired to come, and I suppose they will bring thirty more. I have heard of tw…
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_To the Reverend Mr. S――――._ _London, Nov. 12, 1748._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, BY my not hearing from you with my wife’s letter, I suspect you are not yet reconciled to my leaving _America_, though but for a season. Every thing concurs to prove that I have done the will of GOD. As I am streightened in time, I w…
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_To the Countess of H――――._ _London, Nov. 14, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, THE inclosed brings good news from a far country. The person’s mother belongs to the Tabernacle society: I lay at his house when in _Virginia_; but he and others went to cards, I thought on purpose to affront me. We retired to prayers for him. I …
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_To the Honourable Lady T――――._ _London, Nov. 19, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, WHEN I was lately in _Scotland_, Col. _G――――ly_ wrote me word, that your Ladyship was pleased to desire my poor prayers. Before his writing, they had been put up to the throne of grace in behalf of your Ladyship very frequently; and I would t…
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_To the Reverend Mr. P――――._ _London, Nov. 19, 1748._ _Reverend and dear Sir_, IT is a concern to me, that I cannot write to more of my _New-England_ friends than I do; for indeed a multiplicity of business renders a more frequent correspondence impracticable. However, I would willingly send you, dear Sir, a few lin…
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_To the Rev. Mr. L――――._ _London, Nov. 19, 1748._ _My very dear Brother_, WORDS cannot well express what I felt when your welcome letter came to hand. It drew me to my knees; it made me shed tears of joy, and with two or three of my dear friends I was enabled to wrestle for you at the throne of grace. Blessed, for e…
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_To the Rev. Mr. P――――._ _London, Nov. 21, 1748._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, I Was glad to hear, by a letter sent by Mr. _R――――_, that you had been in _New-England_. I hoped you would have come further, even to Old _England_ and _Scotland_. I have been endeavouring in _Scotland_ to do all the service I could to t…
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_To Mr. E――――._ _Gloucester, Dec. 5, 1748._ _Dear Mr. E――――_, WHY no letter from you all this while? I have written to you several times. Lately I sent a case full of divers things for _Bethesda_. When I return to _London_, I purpose to send more. I hear that my wife hath lessened the family; but how it stands now, …
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_To the Honourable Trustees of Georgia._ _Gloucester, Dec. 6, 1748._ _Honoured Gentlemen_, NOT want of respect, but a suspicion that my letters would not be acceptable, has been the occasion of my not writing to you these four years last past. I am sensible, that in some of my former letters, through hurry of busine…
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_To the Countess of H――――._ _Bristol, Dec. 10, 1748._ _Honoured Madam_, THOUGH I am afraid of taking too much freedom, yet the duty I owe to your Ladyship constrains me to send you a few lines from hence. I came hither last night, after having preached five times in _Gloucester_, and once in _Gloucestershire_. The g…
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_To Mr. B――――._ _Bristol, Dec. 12, 1748._ _My dear Tommy_, THE love I bear to you, will not suffer me to omit answering your letter the very first opportunity. I find you are in danger of being led into temptation. If only your preparations for business keep you from attending on the word preached, how will it be wh…
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_To Mr. H―――― H――――._ _London, Dec. 18, 1748._ I Can assure you, my not being able to write to you during my last excursion, has given me much concern. I love to be punctual. Journeying, preaching, and a train of business for the best of masters, has prevented my being so now. I have been at _Gloucester_, in other pa…
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