_London, July 26, 1739._ _Sir_,
I Received your kind letter, but must beg to be excused from dissuading your son to go with ――――. The employment in which he is engaged will, in the end, if faithfully improved, tend much to GOD’s glory and his own good. He now sits by me; I read over your letter to him, and he continues as resolute as ever. The being _disinherited_ does not terrify him at all. He has a more abiding inheritance, and is willing naked to follow a naked CHRIST.――Dear Sir, let me advise you to do nothing rashly. If you can pray for a blessing on your will when you are about to disinherit your son, I shall wonder. Have a little patience, and then you will find that your son is about to act wisely. If I thought otherwise, no one would be more forward to dissuade him, than, Sir,
Your very humble servant,