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 *rested, and who have gone several stages before him to heaven. These would command respect from him; these he would hear, and to their judgment he would pay a great deference. The Captain, blessed be, begins to be weary of his fine house; and I hope will be so uneasy in every worldly state, as to find no rest for the soles of his feet. May the glorious reach out the hand of his mercy, take him into the ark, and shut the door fast upon him! But I forget that your Ladyship is yet confined to your room. May the make it a Bethel, a house of, and a gate of heaven to your soul! He will, he will. I hear that the Tabernacle people are blessed in London. I am quite easy about that, and every other public concern, and desire nothing but to approve myself upright and disinterested in the sight of and man. I hope your Ladyship will never find any thing to the contrary in, honoured Madam, Yours, &c. G. W.    LETTER DCCCXIX. To Mr. J B.

My dear Mr. B,     Exon, Feb. 22, 1750.

I Received your kind letter a few days ago at Bristol, and embrace this first opportunity of answering it. In London I was so continually busied with a multiplicity of avocations, that I could not possibly write to you from thence. However, it has pleased him, whose mercy endureth for ever, to give me and his dear people a very pleasant and warm Winter; and I trust much real good hath been done to precious and immortal souls. Just before I left town, I preached four or five times in Mr. W's chapel, and administred the sacrament twice or thrice. Congregations were very large, and the Redeemer caused much of his glory to pass before us. At Bristol, and in Gloucestershire, we have had delightful seasons. At the former I saw and dined with Mr. C Wy, who talked about my preaching in their new room. I said but little, having, as the Searcher of hearts knows, to the best of my knowledge, no view to head or gather a party, but only to preach crucified to all. In this I am blessed, in this I find