_Philadelphia, Nov. 10, 1739._ _Dear Mr. S――――_,
I Love an _Israelite_ indeed, I love a catholic spirit destitute of guile; you I am persuaded are thus minded. The LORD hath highly favoured you: he hath given you a meek and quiet spirit. My heart hath been knit to you, ever since GOD first brought us together. Oh pray, that what I admire in another, I may imitate myself, and have the graces of JESUS CHRIST stamped upon my heart. It fills me with confusion, whenever I consider how far I am from his likeness. Alas! What would become of me, was I to be saved by any thing within myself. Blessed be GOD, the LORD JESUS is my whole righteousness. By virtue of that I know I am justified, I believe I shall be sanctified, and am assured I shall be everlastingly redeemed: for GOD loved me with an everlasting love. Oh, dear Sir, the prospect of an hereafter fills my soul with comfort. Then shall I have enough of your company, and of the other children of GOD. The LORD give me patience to wait till my blessed change cometh. He often gives me such foretastes of the glory to be revealed in us, that I want to leap my seventy years. But in a degree, I may say with my blessed master, “I have a cup to drink of, and a baptism to be baptized with.” Dear Mr. _S――――_ will see me humbled, I believe, as much as once exalted; I look for “Away with him, away with him,” every day. Then, I trust, I shall begin in earnest to be a disciple of JESUS CHRIST. Even in such an hour, I believe dear Mr. _S――――_ will dare own
His affectionate though most unworthy friend, brother and servant,