PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The works of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A., Vol. 3 (of 6) : Containing all his sermons and tracts, etc.
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770 · 178,550 words · 629 reading sections
LETTER MCXVI.
_To Mr. F――――._ _January 30 1756._ _Honoured Sir_, GRATITUDE constrains me to send you a few lines of thanks for the care and zeal you have expressed in suppressing the late disorders at _Long-Acre_ chapel. A better acknowledgment will, I trust, await you at his bar, by whom kings reign, and princes decree justice, …
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_To the Bishop of B――――._ _Tabernacle-House, February 2, 1756._ _My Lord_, A FEW weeks ago, several serious persons chosen to be a committee for one Mr. _B――――_, applied to me in the name of JESUS CHRIST, and a multitude of souls desirous of hearing the gospel, to preach at a place commonly called _Long-Acre_ chapel…
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_To Mr. B――――._ _Tabernacle-House, February 9, 1756._ _Reverend Sir_, ON our late fast day, a collection was made at the Tabernacle where I preach, eighty pounds of which I have deposited in the hands of Mr. _A――――_, in _Fleet-street_, for the use of the poor persecuted _French_ protestants. That our great and compa…
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_To the Bishop of B――――._ _Tabernacle-House, February 16, 1756._ _My Lord_,…
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I THIS evening received your Lordship’s kind letter, and though it is late, and nature calls for rest, yet in the fear of him to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, I desire now to sit down and give your Lordship an explicit answer. GOD, even that GOD by whom I am to be judged…
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_All hail reproach, and welcome pain!_ I think there now remains but one more particular in your Lordship’s letter to be answered:――your Lordship’s truly apostolical canon taken out of _2 Corinthians x. 16_; upon turning to, and reading of which, I could not help thinking, my Lord, of a passage I once met with in good…
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_To the Bishop of B――――._ _Tabernacle-House, February 23, 1756._ _My Lord_, SINCE I had the honour of writing my last letter to your Lordship, I have made inquiry, and find that the certificate is in the hands of one Mr. _Culverwell_, with whom Mr. _Gardiner_ lodges. I think he told me, the place was licensed in the…
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_To Mr. W――――._ _London, March 18, 1756._ _My dear Friend_, YESTERDAY I received your kind letter, and this morning I send you a few lines by way of _New-York_. May they find you and all my dear _Boston_ friends strong, yea very strong in the LORD, and in the power of his might. Every day do I make mention of them, …
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_To the Bishop of B――――._ _Tabernacle-House, March 20, 1756._ _My Lord_, TO my great surprize, upon my coming up to town, I found that the disturbances so justly complained of near _Long-Acre_ chapel, had been continued. On _Thursday_ evening last, when I preached there myself, they were rather increased. Notwithsta…
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_To Mr. ――――._ _London, March 22, 1756._ _Honoured Sir_, THE long and intimate acquaintance I formerly had with Mr. _N――――_ and Lady _Jane_, would have induced me to send you the inclosed some weeks past, as a mark of unfeigned respect due to you for your personal worth and character; but I heard, that both Lord _M―…
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_To the Bishop of B――――._ _London, March 25, 1756._ I HEARTILY thank your Lordship for your kind acceptance of my three small tracts, and my very long letter dated _February_ 16th.――At the same time, I acknowledge myself concerned, that any thing I have written since, should prevent your Lordship’s pointing out to me…
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_To ―――― ――――._ _London, April 1, 1756._ _Gentlemen_, YOUR obliging letter came to hand last night. As my influence I fear was but very small, it scarce called for such an acknowledgment. I trust, my views to serve my GOD and my King are disinterested; and therefore I shall always think it my duty to espouse their c…
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_To the Reverend Mr. B――――._ _London, April 3, 1756._ _My dear Friend_, NONE but he, whose name and nature is love, can tell what I felt at the receipt of your kind letter. O how did the welfare of dear never to be forgotten _New England_, lie upon my heart. How could I have wished for the wings of a dove to fly thi…
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_To the Honourable Hume C――――._ _Canterbury, April 9, 1756._ _Honoured Sir_, YOUR kind behaviour when I had the pleasure of waiting upon you, emboldens me to trouble you with the inclosed. It is the copy of an anonymous letter, that was sent to my house on _Tuesday_ last, just after I left town, and forwarded hither…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _Canterbury, April 10, 1756._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, THE letter on the other side, was sent to me last _Tuesday_. By that, your Ladyship may see to what an height the opposition hath risen at _Long-Acre_; indeed the noise hath been infernal. For a night it was stopped, but I have reason to think th…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _London, April 18, 1756._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, SINCE my last from _Canterbury_, I have received two more letters of a like kind with the former. Before they came to hand I was exceedingly comforted, from whence I inferred a further storm lay before me. My greatest distress is, how to act so as to…
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_To Mrs. G――――._ _London, April 20, 1756._ _Dear Madam_, IT hath given me concern, that I could not answer your kind letter till now; but making a short excursion abroad, and fighting with a kind of beasts at home, hath prevented me. I fancy that something we cannot see is behind the curtain. Satan seems to have ove…
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_To Mrs. D――――._ _London, April 21, 1756._ _Dear Madam_, I HAVE heard by several hands, that you are lately entered into a new relation of life. Gratitude constrains me to wish you joy, and earnestly to pray, that you and Mr. _D――――_ may live together as heirs of the grace of life, and bring forth much fruit unto GO…
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _London, April 21, 1756._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, YOUR last kind letter is come to hand.――By that, I find poor _N―――― P――――_ is engaged, and that some good friends in _Carolina_ have been instrumental in drawing him from the care of a family, over which I thought divine providence had made him overseer, …
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_To Mr. C――――._ _London, April 25, 1756._ _My dear Mr. C――――_, BY this time I thought to have been moving towards _Bristol_, but am detained in town, by endeavouring to put a stop to the dreadful uproar made at _Long-Acre_ chapel. Such an infernal continued noise, on such an occasion, at such a juncture, under such …
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_To Lady H――――n._ _London, May 2, 1756._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, VARIOUS have been my exercises since I wrote to your Ladyship last. But I find, that out of the eater cometh forth meat, and that all things happen for the furtherance of the gospel. I suppose your Ladyship hath seen his Majesty’s promise of a pardon to…
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_To Mr. H――――._ _Bristol, May 20, 1756._ _My very dear Sir_, FOR so I must address myself, having had you in a peculiar manner upon my heart, ever since I saw and read a letter that came from you some months ago. It bespoke the language of a heart devoted to the ever-loving, ever-lovely JESUS. Mrs. _B――――_ confirmed…
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_To Mr. B――――._ _Bristol, May 21, 1756._ _My dear Mr. B――――_, THE first part of your letter made me smile: for what? Because I was glad to find you had such an enlarged heart, and at the same time imagined, that I could build two houses at a time. If the top-stone of one is brought forth, I shall think we have reaso…
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_To Mr. J―――― R――――._ _Bristol, May 21, 1756._ _My dear Sir_, THIS morning, (which is the first leisure time I have had since my leaving town) looking over my letters, I found one from you, who I suppose to be the person whom I have taken notice of at _Long-Acre_ chapel. As your behaviour there, and your letter befo…
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_To the Reverend Mr. V――――._ _London, June 4, 1756._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, GLAD, yea very glad was I to hear by Mr. _A――――_, that you grew better and better every day. Surely your late sickness was only to purge you, that you might bring forth more fruit unto GOD. Such trying and threatening dispensations ar…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _London, June 4, 1756._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, MAN appoints, but GOD disappoints. In hopes of seeing your Ladyship, I hastened to _Bristol_, but found your Ladyship had been in _London_ whilst I was there. Sorry was I for the occasion of your Ladyship’s journey, and yet glad to hear that Master _H―…
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_To Mr. G――――._ _London, June 10, 1756._ _My very dear Friend_, WHAT shall I say? Had I wings, how gladly would I fly to my dear _America_? But alas! the glittering sword is now unsheathed, and I fear it would not be proper for me to cross the water now. However, all the provinces are continually upon my heart: nigh…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _London, June 10, 1756._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, BEING just come off the bed, where I have been sweating for a cold and cholic that had seized me this day, I met with your Ladyship’s very kind and condescending letter. I see your Ladyship is touched in a very tender point: generous minds are always …
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _London, June 21, 1756._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, NOTHING concerns me in your last letter, but your having the least suspicion that I was not pleased with your conduct, or was not satisfied with your being at _Bethesda_. I know of no person in the world that I would prefer to you, neither had I ever one t…
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_To Mr. D――――._ _London, July 10, 1756._ _My dear Mr. D――――_, YOUR letter gave me satisfaction. I read it on our Letter-day, and you and the rest of my dear family had many prayers put up for you. May they enter into the ears of the LORD of Sabaoth! Ere now, I hope you have agreed upon what plan to act. I shall send…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _London, July 17, 1756._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, YOUR Ladyship’s kind letter found me just returned from _Bristol_, and just setting out for _Maidstone_ and _Chatham_, where I have been to preach the gospel, and to visit a poor murderer. I hope that my poor feeble labours were not altogether in vain…
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _Islington, July 27, 1756._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, SINCE my last, which I believe is not yet gone, I have given an order to have Mr. _R――――_’s children delivered to him or his mother, or whomsoever they shall appoint: and pray lessen the family as much as possible. I wish I had none in the house, but wh…
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_P. S._ My hearty love to all. The LORD be with you! _Amen_, and _Amen_!…
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_To Mr. Z――――._ _Sunderland, August 14, 1756._ _Honoured and very dear Sir_, HOW swiftly doth my precious time fly away! It is now a fortnight since I came to _Leeds_ in _Yorkshire_, where the gospel had indeed free course, did run, and was glorified. On the _Sunday_ evening, a few hours after my arrival, many thous…
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_To the Reverend Mr. T――――._ _Edinburgh, September 9, 1756._ _My very dear Friend_, GLAD, yea very glad should I have been to have waited upon you at _C――――_. But it seems it was not to be. However, if I should return from _Glasgow_, GOD willing, I shall call upon you; if not, in heaven, in heaven we shall meet. GOD…
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_To the Reverend Mr. G――――._ _Edinburgh, September 21, 1756._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, I THANK you most heartily for your kind letter, and for all other tokens of your regard and love. I can only send you a pepper-corn of acknowledgment. My Master, my long-suffering, ever-loving, ever-lovely Master, will pay yo…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _London, October 27, 1756._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, HOPING that they would find your Ladyship at _Bristol_, I wrote a few lines not long ago from _Leeds_. Since that I have been in honest Mr. _G――――_ and Mr. _J――――_’s round, preaching upon the mountains to many thousands. One that was awakened three…
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _London, October 30, 1756._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, I CAN only drop you a few lines. I am just returned from a thousand miles northern circuit, and Mr. _Graham_ is just a going. All your relations are well. The fields have been white ready unto harvest. In about a week, a new building at the other end of…
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_To Alderman H――――._ _London, November 6, 1756._ _My dear Friend_, I AM glad you got no more hurt by your late fall from your horse. May the LORD JESUS write the laws of gratitude upon all our hearts! I wish my brother’s sickness may be sanctified to his better part. I know not the case of the poor weavers: I do not…
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_To Mr. D――――._ _London, November 12, 1756._ _My dear Mr. D――――_, I HAVE just been with your new Governor, who sets out to-morrow. May the LORD of all lords make him a blessing! Upon the receipt of this, do you wait upon his Excellency, and give _Him, and whom he pleases to bring with him_, an invitation to _Bethesd…
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_To Lady ――――._ _London, November 17, 1756._ _Honoured Madam_, AS I thought it would give your Ladyship satisfaction, I herein inclose the copies of two letters sent from the condemned youth, in whose behalf your Ladyship hath interposed. May the Redeemer crown your endeavours with success! Blessed be his name, we h…
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_To Mr. H――――y._ _London, December 9, 1756._ _My very dear Friend_, LAST night Mr. _M――――_ informed me, that Mr. _C――――_ shewed him a pamphlet, wrote on purpose to prove the fundamental errors of my printed sermons, and that you had offered to preface it, but he chose you should not. That this is true, I as much bel…
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_To Mr. Aaron B――――._ _London, December 9, 1756._ _My very dear Friend_, AS I am informed the _Philadelphia_ packet sails this day, I cannot omit acknowledging the receipt of Mr. _P――――_’s paper: the duplicates came to hand before. A memorial is drawn up by proper persons, and application is to be made for a charter…
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_To Mrs. G――――._ _London, December 15, 1756._ _Dear Madam_, WHAT a prayer-hearing, promise-keeping GOD do we serve! O that I had a heart to bless and praise him! Your kind and opportune contribution for the new chapel, strengthened my faith, and encouraged me (in spite of the opposition of some narrow hearts) to go …
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_To Mrs. B――――._ _London, December 30, 1756._ _Dear Madam_, GRATITUDE constrains me to send you a few lines. They inform you, that GOD is doing wonders at the new chapel. Hundreds went away last _Sunday_ morning that could not come in. On _Christmas-Day_, and last _Tuesday_ night (the first time of burning candles) …
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I have answered my new friend, and pray the friend of sinners to make the chapel a _soul-trap_ indeed, to many wandering creatures. Abundance round about, I hear are much struck. O for humility! O for gratitude! O for faith! Wherefore should I doubt?――Surely JESUS will carry me through, and help me to pay the workmen. …
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_To the Reverend Mr. M――――._ _London, January 4, 1757._ _Reverend and dear Sir_, JUST now I received and read your kind letter, and hope, GOD willing, on _Friday_, to have the pleasure of a personal interview. May our common LORD sanctify it to our mutual edification! Glad should I have been to have known you before…
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_To Lady H――――._ _London, January 12, 1757._ _Honoured Madam_, WILL your Ladyship be pleased to accept a few hasty lines? They come with hearty wishes, that your Ladyship, and every branch of your honourable family, may have a very happy new year.――This can only be had in JESUS, and therefore I wish, from the very b…
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_To Lady M―――― H――――._ _London, January 13, 1757_. _Honoured Madam_, I WISH your Ladyship joy. What a mercy, to be made an instrument in settling a true minister of JESUS CHRIST! May he be the spiritual father to many souls! Your Ladyship’s unexpected sight of your son, was like life from the dead. What pleasure the…
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_London, February 5, 1757._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, I THANK you heartily for your last kind letter, and for all your works of faith and labours of love.――Glad would I be to see _America_, but the cloud doth not seem to move that way as yet.――The new chapel at the other end of the town is made a _Bethel_, and the awakening…
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_To the Reverend Mr. M――――._ _London, February 17, 1757._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, YOUR kind letter lies before me, for which, be pleased to accept my cordial thanks. I am glad you got safe to _Chatham_, and heartily pray, that the GOD of the sea, and the GOD of the dry land, may be your convoy on the mighty wa…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _London, March 2, 1757._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, A FEW days ago, I received the kind benefaction for the happy convicts. Not doubting of success, I had advanced some guineas, which with what hath been procured from other hands, hath bought both their liberties, and they are provided for on the other…
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_To the Reverend Mr. B――――._ _London, March 10, 1757._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, PROVIDENTIALLY, a Lady was at my house when the bearer brought your letter, who perhaps may want just such a servant, within the time mentioned. Thus GOD provides for those that love him. He is indeed a prayer-hearing, a promise-kee…
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_To Lord H――――._ _London, April 20, 1757._ _My Lord_, I MAKE bold to trouble your Lordship with the proposals about the _Georgia_ college; they should have been sent before, but I heard that your Lordship was out of town. On _Monday_ next, my business calls me into the country. If your Lordship should have leisure i…
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_To the Reverend Mr. T――――._ _Edinburgh, May 31, 1757._ CANNOT you come here for one day this week? I shall leave _Edinburgh_ on _Monday_, GOD willing.――Attendance upon the assembly, and preaching, have engrossed all my time. I can scarce send you this.――_Nil mihi rescribas attamen ipse veni._――Adieu! With love more …
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_P. S._ JESUS is good to us. My hearty love awaits your whole self and family.――It is near eight at night.…
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_To Mr. ――――._ _Glasgow, June 9, 1757._ _My very dear Friend_, TO me, it is almost an age since I wrote to you last. But at _Edinburgh_ I was so taken up all day, and kept up so late at night, that writing was almost impracticable. Surely my going thither was of GOD. I came thither the twelfth of _May_, and left it …
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_To Mr. ――――._ _Dublin, June 30, 1757._ _My very dear Sir_, YOUR kind letter, dated the 25th instant, I just now received, for which as well as all other favours be pleased to accept unfeigned thanks.――What to do I cannot well tell.――As I am in the kingdom, it is pity to leave it unvisited.――The door is open, and in…
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_To Mr. R―――― K――――n._ _Dublin, July 3, 1757._ _My very dear Mr. K――――_, ACCEPT a few lines from a poor, feeble, but willing pilgrim.――They bring you most amazing news. The infinitely condescending JESUS still vouchsafes to follow the chief of sinners with his unmerited blessing.――In _Scotland_, his almighty arm was…
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