_Philadelphia, Nov. 10, 1739._ _My dear brother in CHRIST_,
AS there has been joy in heaven at your conversion, so I can assure you there has been on earth. I, and my friends, have not failed to give thanks, that you our brother was dead, but is alive again; was lost, but is found. Oh blessed be GOD for calling you at the eleventh hour. Doth not this display the riches of his free grace; and ought it not to fill you with his praise all the day long? I wonder not that you are already become a fool for CHRIST’s sake. All that will live godly in him must suffer persecution. But fear not man. The LORD OF HOSTS shall be with you; the strength of that GOD who hath called you shall be your refuge. As you have not long to live in this world, Satan, no doubt, will rage most horribly against you. Watch and pray that you enter not into temptation. Your case, GOD willing, I intend to publish in my next journal. It is good to keep close the secrets of a king, but it is honourable to speak of the works of the LORD. That GOD may carry on and finish the good work begun in your soul, is the hearty prayer of
Your affectionate friend and brother in CHRIST,