you have felt, that the kingdom of God does not consist in word, but in power. I know that Mrs. would have me deal plainly with her soul; therefore I shall not scruple to tell her, how I have sometimes thought she was not yet clearly enough convinced of sin, and of the perfect righteousness wrought out for, and to be imputed to her, by the Lord Jesus Christ, through faith in his blood.—Since I have been on shipboard, blessed be God, his name has made my soul to smart, and caused me to see more of my own wretchedness. Oh, Mrs. , you know not, neither do I myself know as yet, what a mystery of iniquity is hid even in a heart timely renewed. I saw a little of it the other day; and had I not known my Redeemer liveth, and that he ever liveth to make intercession for me, I must have sunk into despair:
But there's a voice of sovereign grace
Sounds from the sacred word;
Here ye despairing sinners come,
And trust upon the Lord.
May God of his infinite mercy so work upon you, that, at at the last day, you may be found having on the wedding-garment! was I to study to eternity, I could wish you nothing better. May the ever-blessed God say Amen to it. I hope your little daughters are in good health. Dear Mrs. , exhort them to renounce the lust of the eye and the pride of life, and to abstain from all appearance of evil. I have a sincere concern for you and yours, and with all possible thanks for your kind presents and affection, I subscribe myself
Your sincere friend and servant in Christ,
G. W.
LETTER LXXVI.
Dear Mrs. Philadelphia, Nov. 10, 1739.
AS I do not forget to pray for, so I do not forget to write to you, to make a proper acknowledgment of your and your husband's love; exhorting you to save yourselves from this untoward generation. Before I left London, I perceived God was working upon your soul. I trust the same God, since my departure, has carried it on, and that you are con-
