_To Mr. I―――― F――――, at Charles-Town._
_Greenwich, July 24, 1741._ _Dear Mr. F――――_,
I Rejoice to hear the LORD is carrying on a good work in your soul. I hope you will not think all is done, because you have been baptized and received into full communion. I know too too many that “make a CHRIST of their adult baptism,” and rest in that, instead of the righteousness of the blessed JESUS. GOD forbid that you should so learn CHRIST. O my dear friend, seek after a settlement in our dear LORD, so that you may experience that life which is hid with CHRIST in GOD. _Dear Mrs. F――――_, I thank you heartily for your kind letter. It rejoices my soul to hear, that you and Mr. _F――――_ are going on hand in hand to heaven. This is the sacred end of marriage; to be helpers of each other in the great things of GOD. I am not yet entered into that state. I am looking up to CHRIST, and shall wait his direction. The gospel runs, and is glorified. The work is beginning a fresh in _England_. Never was my preaching attended with so great power on this side the water. Our LORD pours his comforts into my soul, and rejoices me with the glad news I hear from your parts. May you all increase and multiply in every good word and work. My most tender love to all. As fast as possibly I can, each shall hear from, my dear friends,
Ever yours,