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 DCCCLXXXVII.
_To Mr. B――――._ _Bristol, March 22, 1751._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, I Lately received your last kind letter, and am glad to find that you are enabled to joy in tribulation, and to say, “Father, not my will, but thine be done.” May the LORD increase your faith, and if you should be called to give up your _Isaac_…
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_To Mr. H――――ly._ _Plymouth, March 30, 1751._ _My very dear Friend_, I Am persuaded you was surprized to find our elect Lady gone from _Ashby_, and I was as much surprized to see her Ladyship at _Bristol_. I hope her journey was of GOD. The waters agree with her wonderfully already, and I trust she will be restored …
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_To Mr. M――――._ _Plymouth, March 30, 1751._ _Dear Sir_, YOUR letter came safe to hand in due season, but I have been straitened how to answer it. I would write as I preach; I mean I would speak the truth as it is in JESUS, without endeavouring to blacken any denomination whatsoever. I think _Gamaliel_’s advice is go…
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_To Mr. H――――._ _Exeter, April 11, 1751._ _My very dear Mr. H――――_, I Was pleased last night to find by my wife’s letters, that your sister was delivered, and more so, because my wife wrote as though you was again under my roof. This I count a great honour, and such a privilege, that I wish to have the favour confer…
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_To Lady H――――._ _Dublin, May 30, 1751._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, I Was uneasy that I had no opportunity of writing to your Ladyship a longer letter than my last, at leaving _Wales_; but it could not be avoided, and Mr. _P――――_ (to whom I delivered your Ladyship’s message) promises to supply my deficiency. I am now at…
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_To Mr. D――――._ _Dublin, June 1, 1751._ _My very dear Friend_, I Fully proposed to have written to you from _Wales_, but was prevented by travelling and preaching. In about three weeks, I rode perhaps above five hundred miles, and preached generally twice a day. Congregations were as large as usual, and I trust an u…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _Athlone, June 10, 1751._ THIS morning I had the wished-for favour and honour of your Ladyship’s ♦letter. O that it had acquainted me of your Ladyship’s better health! But our LORD knows what is best. May patience have its perfect work, and your Ladyship come out of the furnace like gold tried seven…
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_To Mr. Z――――._ _Limerick, June 14, 1751._ _Honoured Sir_, MY last was written on board the _Crawford_, and sent immediately upon my arrival at _Dublin_. Blessed be GOD, the word ran and was glorified there. I preached above fourteen times, and every day great multitudes attended. A friend, since my departure, write…
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_To Lady H――――._ _Cork, June 19, 1751._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, STILL does the father of mercies, and the GOD of all consolation and comfort, follow me with his blessing. Since my last from _Athlone_, I have been at _Limerick_, where I preached seven times to large and affected auditories. Much freedom of spirit did …
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_To Lady H――――._ _Dublin, June 28, 1751._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, MY last from _Cork_, informed your Ladyship of my having preached twice there to large and attentive auditories. From thence I went to _Bandon_ and _Kinsale_, where a like blessing attended the word. At my return to _Cork_, I preached five or six times…
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_To Mr. T――――._ _Belfast, July 4, 1751._ _Dear Mr. T――――_, VERY providentially, your kind letter reached me this morning. As I am detained by the importunity of the people, I must snatch a few moments to answer it. Thanks be to the LORD of all Lords, if my poor administrations have been any ways blessed, either to y…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _Belfast, July 7, 1751._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, LAST _Monday_ about noon I left _Dublin_, but with what concern in respect to many poor weeping souls, cannot well be exprest. On _Wednesday_ evening I came hither, and intended to embark immediately for _Scotland_, but the people by their importunity…
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_To the Reverend Mr. Z――――._ _Glasgow, July 12, 1751._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, AT length, a good and gracious GOD hath brought me out of _Ireland_, where to the very last, the people heard the gospel gladly. In the northern parts, multitudes attended, and was I not bound for _America_, I would have stayed ther…
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_To Lady H――――._ _Glasgow, July 12, 1751._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, I Think it long ere I send your Ladyship another letter.――My last was from _Belfast_, where I preached twice on yesterday sevennight, and immediately after took shipping and arrived the next evening at _Erwin_. On _Wednesday_ morning, at the desire of…
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_To Mr. M――――._ _Edinburgh, July 29, 1751._ THROUGH the tender mercies of a never-failing Redeemer, I came here safe yesterday noon. In the evening, and this morning, I preached the everlasting gospel to thronged auditories, and met with a very kind reception from my friends. LORD make me humble, LORD JESUS make me t…
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_To the Reverend Mr. Z――――._ _Edinburgh, July 29, 1751._ _Honoured Sir_, SINCE I wrote to you from _Glasgow_, a never-failing JESUS hath vouchsafed to help me every day in preaching the everlasting gospel. The congregations morning and evening amount to many thousands. People flock more than ever, and are desirous o…
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_To Lady H――――._ _Edinburgh, July 30, 1751._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, I Think it a long time, since I last wrote to your Ladyship. Continual preaching twice a day, and paying and receiving visits, quite prevented my putting pen to paper, as I would have done. However, thanks be to GOD, matters go on in _Scotland_ bett…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _Kendal, Aug. 10, 1751._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, AS a good and gracious GOD hath vouchsafed to bring me thus far on my way, I cannot help dropping your Ladyship a few lines. Preaching, bodily weakness, and a variety of business, prevented my writing again before I left _Edinburgh_. O _Edinburgh! Edi…
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_To the Reverend Mr. T――――._ _London, Aug. 29, 1751._ _My very dear Friend_, AT length the struggle is over;――I have been dying daily for some time, in taking leave of friends; and this afternoon I expect to go on board the _Antelope_, Captain _Maclelan_, bound for _Georgia_, with _Germans_.――I take several children…
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_To the Reverend Mr. G――――._ _On board the Antelope, Sept. 2, 1751._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, THOUGH I could not, through hurry of business, write to you on shore, yet I would fain send you a few lines from on board. We are now near the _Downs_, and, I trust, shall sail comfortably on.――The Captain is civil; an…
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_On board the Antelope, Oct. 6, 1751._ _Dear Sir_, I Have been just writing to one, to whom I know you will gladly convey the inclosed. I must now send you a few lines: may the Redeemer attend them with his blessing! At the great day, you shall know how often you have been remembered by me at the throne of grace, thi…
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_To Mr. J―――― T――――._ _Bethesda, in Georgia, Nov. 20, 1751._ _My dear Mr. T――――_, ERE this can reach you, I suppose you will have heard of our safe arrival in _Georgia_; for which, I trust, you and my other dear friends will be thankful in our behalf. Blessed be GOD, I found the Orphan-house in as good a situation a…
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_To Mr. K――――._ _Charles-Town, Dec. 26, 1751._ _My dear Mr. K――――_, MAY this find you getting out of your eclipse, and determining, through the strength of CHRIST, that the earth shall never get in between your soul and the Son of Righteousness any more! What mercies, signal mercies hath the LORD JESUS conferred on …
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_To Mr. William L――――._ _Bethesda, Jan. 25, 1752._ _Very dear Sir_, MAN appoints, but GOD disappoints. Though we missed seeing each other on earth, yet if JESUS CHRIST be our life, we shall meet never to part again in the kingdom of Heaven. Your kind letter found me employed for the fatherless, in this wilderness, a…
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_To the Rev. Mr. H――――._ _Charles-Town, Feb. 1, 1752._ _My very dear Friend_, I Long to write to, and inform you, that I love you in the bowels of JESUS CHRIST, and earnestly pray, that you may go on from strength to strength, and increase with all the increase of GOD. This leaves unworthy me, endeavouring to do som…
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_To Mr. S―――― C――――._ _Charles-Town, Feb. 5, 1752._ AS I love you most tenderly in the bowels of JESUS CHRIST, you may easily guess, what great pleasure both your kind letters gave me. They came attended with a great blessing, and knit my heart, if possible, nearer to you than ever. Part of the first, indeed, I mean …
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_To Mr. J―――― H――――._ _London, May 26, 1752._ _My very dear Friend_, HEARING that Mr. _N――――_ is to go shortly from _Leith_, I cannot help sending you a few lines. They leave me at _London_, where, through the divine goodness, I am safely arrived, after a passage of near five weeks on board the _Henry_. People have …
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_To Mr. T――――._ _London, June 4, 1752._ _My dear Mr. T――――_, I Doubt not of your being directed in your late choice. If we acknowledge GOD in all our ways, he hath promised to direct our paths. I pity poor _Carolina_. But what shall we say? JESUS may do what he will with his own. I must look out for a tutor for my o…
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_To Mr. H――――._ _London, June 9, 1752._ _My very dear Friend_, I Have received and read your manuscripts; but for me to play the critic on them, would be like holding up a candle to the sun. However, before I leave town, I will just mark a few places as you desire, and then send the manuscripts to your brother. I fo…
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_To Dr. S――――._ _London, June 9, 1752._ _My dear Doctor_, GLAD shall I be to hear that you are a poor despised preacher of the everlasting gospel. I long to direct _to the Reverend Mr. S――――_. I believe if you once was gone so far that you could not retreat, you would do very well. If Mr. _H――――_ does not take the t…
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_To Lady H――――._ _London, June 12, 1752._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, THIS day about noon I received your Ladyship’s wished-for letter, which brought me the welcome news of your Ladyship’s safe arrival at _Bath_. May the waters be abundantly blessed to the restoring of your bodily health, and may the comforts of the ever…
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_To Mr. I――――._ _London, June 16, 1752._ _Dear Mr. I――――_, YOUR last letter brought strange things to my ears, and put me upon considering how to act. You know, my dear friend, that I hate to head a party, and that it is absolutely inconsistent with my other business, to take upon me the care of societies in various…
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_To Mr. L――――._ _Portsmouth, June 19, 1752._ _Dear Sir_, YOUR kind letter I received immediately after my last return to _Scotland_, but I was so exceedingly busied in preparing for my voyage to _America_, that I had not time to answer it. Being once more unexpectedly brought back to my native country, I send my sin…
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_To Mr. T――――._ _Portsmouth, June 19, 1752._ _My dear Friend_, I Thank you for your very kind letter, and thank the LORD of all Lords for honouring dear Mr. _G――――_. Now he will do more good in a week, than before in a year. Where the carcase is, there the eagles will be gathered together. Last _Monday_ we sung for …
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_To Mr. N――――._ _Bristol, July 13, 1752._ _Very dear Sir_, I Am quite sorry to hear that you are so much indisposed. But what shall we say? The LORD JESUS orders all things well. He knows of what we are made; he remembers that we are but dust. As our day is, so shall our strength be. I see more and more, that, like …
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_To Mr. S――――._ _Cardiff, July 17, 1752._ _My very dear Friend_, WHEREVER I am, you and yours, you and your kindnesses, are always upon my heart. I think of them at my down-sitting and mine up-rising, and to refresh myself, must express my gratitude. Indeed I thank you both ten thousand times, and as a poor tribute,…
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_To Lady H――――._ _Haverford-west, July 25, 1752._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, AS this is the first day of rest from journeying, since my coming into _Wales_, and also the extent of my _Welch_ circuit, I must not omit sending your Ladyship a few lines. They inform your Ladyship of the continued goodness of my blessed mast…
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_To Mr. R―――― W――――._ _Haverford-west, July 25, 1752._ _Dear Sir_, I Love and honour you too much, to have let yours lie so long unanswered, had not travelling and preaching prevented me. This is the only quiet day that I have had for a long season. At _London_, the work seemed to be as it were but just beginning. A…
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_To Mr. S――――._ _Bristol, August 1, 1752._ _My very dear Friend_, SINCE I wrote my last, I have been off my horse but one day. The glorious _Emmanuel_ hath carried me through the _Welch_ circuit in peace and comfort. In the fortnight past, from my leaving this place, I preached twenty times, and have travelled above…
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_To Mr. F――――._ _London, Aug. 17, 1752._ _Dear Mr. F――――_, INCLOSED you have a letter for Mr. _R――――_. I hope that promotion will do him no hurt. May GOD help him to make a stand against vice and prophaneness, and to exert his utmost efforts in promoting true religion and virtue! This is the whole of man. I find tha…
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_To Mr. S――――._ _Chester in the street, near Newcastle, Aug. 28, 1752._ _My very dear Mr. S――――_, THUS far hath a good and gracious GOD brought a poor and worthless pilgrim on his way towards _Edinburgh_. Last Lord’s day I preached twice at _Lutterworth_, the famous _John Wicliffe_’s parish, and have since received …
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_To Mr. B――――._ _Newcastle, Aug. 30, 1752._ _My dear Mr. B――――_, YOUR last kind letter came to hand, only a few days before I left _London_. Business prevented my answering it then: accept a few lines from hence. They leave me on my way to _Scotland_. Thither the cloud seemed to move, and I purpose to call on you, G…
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_To Lady H――――._ _Edinburgh, Sept. 22, 1752._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, THE day after I wrote to your Ladyship, I left _London_, and in my way to _Scotland_ I preached twice at _Lutterworth_.――The auditories were very numerous, and very quiet; but at _Leicester_ some turnips were thrown at me during the first sermon; a…
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_To Mr. S――――._ _Glasgow, Sept. 29, 1752._ _My very dear friend_, AS you are no day out of my thoughts, so you must needs think it hath seemed a long time since I wrote to you last. But what has hindered me? Not want of love, but opportunity. For this fortnight last past, I have been preaching twice every day at _Ed…
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_To Madam C――――._ _Glasgow, Sept. 29, 1752._ _Dear Madam_, IT is no small pleasure to me, that providence hath once more opened a way for a further correspondence with one, who for many years hath been my friend, and strengthened my hands in the work of our common LORD and master JESUS CHRIST. He will richly reward …
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_To Mr. A――――._ _Glasgow, Sept. 29, 1752._ _Dear Mr. A――――_, I Received your kind letter, but till now have not had time to answer it. However, I have not, and, GOD willing, shall not be unmindful of you. I think you have nothing to do, but by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, to make your wants known unto …
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_To G―――― P――――, Esq._ _Glasgow, Sept. 30, 1752._ _Dear Sir_, MR. _S――――_, in a letter, insists upon my sending you a few lines: I care not to refuse him, and yet I know not well how to use so much freedom. If it be too great, you will excuse it; it proceeds from love, love to your better part, for I have nothing to…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _Newcastle, Oct. 15, 1752._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, THUS far hath a never-failing Redeemer brought me in my way towards _London_. With all humility and thankfulness of heart I desire to set up my _Ebenezer_: for surely hitherto hath the LORD helped me. Since my writing last to your Ladyship, I went …
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_To Mr. S――――._ _Sheffield, Nov. 1, 1752._ _My very dear Friend_, SINCE I left _Newcastle_, I have scarce known sometimes whether I have been in heaven or on earth. At _Leeds_, _Burstall_, _Howarth_, _♦Halifax_, &c. thousands and thousands have flocked twice and thrice a day to hear the word of life. A gale of divin…
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_To the Reverend Mr. Z――――._ _Wakefield, Nov. 3, 1752._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, I Have been upwards of three weeks out of _Scotland_, but scarce ever had more encouragement in preaching the everlasting gospel, since the LORD of the harvest was pleased to send me forth into the harvest. At _Newcastle_, _Sunderl…
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_To Mr. S――――._ _London, Nov. 11, 1752._ _My dear Friend_, THROUGH the good providence of an ever-lovely, ever-loving Redeemer, I came safe hither last night. My _Sunday_’s work, sickness, the change of weather, and affecting parting from friends, so enfeebled this tottering tabernacle, that I was in hopes on the ro…
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_To Mr. J――――._ _London, Nov. 11, 1752._ _My dear Friend_, LAST night the glorious _Emmanuel_ brought me hither, after having given me and his dear people many blessed seasons in _Scotland_, and the North of _England_. O that with all his other mercies, he may vouchsafe to give me a thankful and humble heart! This m…
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_To the Reverend Mr. H――――._ _London, Nov. 14, 1752._ _My very dear Friend_, I Am quite sorry that I missed seeing you, but glad and thankful that you condescended to write to me. I find you are resolved to outdo me in love; this I would prevent if possible. May the glorious JESUS shed abroad his love abundantly in …
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_London, Nov. 21, 1752._ _My dear Nat_, YOUR letters have all been brought safe to hand, and have given me no small satisfaction. I doubt not but the LORD, whom you seek, will in his own time come and visit the temple of your heart. Fear not, neither be dismayed. Be found in the way of duty; go on feeding his lambs, …
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_To Mr. V―――― B――――._ _London, Nov. 22, 1752._ _My dear Mr. V―――― B――――_, I Hope this will find you and your yoke-fellow parents of a living and well-formed child. May the Redeemer sanctify it from the womb, and cause it to live to his glory, and your comfort! I see you are taught to live more and more by faith. Thi…
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_To Mr. L――――._ _London, Nov. 28, 1752._ _My dear Friend_, YOUR letter came safe to hand yesterday. The contents of it humbled and gladdened me, and led me directly to my knees, to intercede for you and yours, and all the dear people at _Leeds_, who are either seeking after, or have actually found redemption in the …
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_To Mr. ――――._ _London, Dec. 5, 1752._ _My dear Friend_, HOW does love meet love! Your long expected letter came last night, and as the box of books hath been gone some days, I answer you before day this morning. My dear friend, good-morrow! Blessed be GOD, that the day dawns, and that the day-star hath risen in you…
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_To Mr. S――――._ _London, Dec. 9, 1752._ _My dear Brother_, IF your heart was full, so was mine when we parted. Such seasons make me long for that happy time when we shall neither part from each other, nor depart from the blessed JESUS any more. Our wanderings and tossings, fightings without, and fears within, will t…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _London, Dec. 15, 1752._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, I Think it a long time since I heard from, or wrote to your Ladyship. My hands are full of work; and I trust I can say, the LORD of all lords causes his work to prosper in my unworthy hands. More blessed seasons we never enjoyed. Our sacramental occas…
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_To Mrs. K――――._ _London, Dec. 16, 1752._ _Dear Mrs. K――――_, YOUR kind letter lies by me unanswered, because I had written to your dear husband just before it came to hand. Ere now I hope he hath received it with the books, and is with you, and the other true followers of our most adorable Redeemer, pressing forward…
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