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 ministry before me. I præ, sequar, etsi non passibus equis. The devil and all his hosts will set their battle in array against us. My has given me a sling and a stone; stripling as I am, I will go forth then in his strength, make mention of his righteousness only, and by that lay prostrate the strong Goliahs. By your prayers I trust to be sent to Wales once more. The simplicity of that people much delights me. What shall, what can I do for them? My prayers they have, and whatever shall enable me to do, they may demand a share from, dear Sir,  Your affectionate friend, brother, and servant, G. W.     LETTER C.  To the Rev. Mr. H.

Dear Mr. H.      Philadelphia, Nov. 10, 1739.

I Received no answer to my last, yet I must write to you again. The many happy hours I spent with you when at Oxon, and the benefit I have received from your instructions and example, are yet fresh upon my memory. I long to have my dear friend come forth, and preach the truth as it is in. Not a righteousness or inward holiness of our own, whereby we may make ourselves meet, but a righteousness of another, even the our righteousness; upon the imputation and apprehending of which by faith, we shall be made meet by his Holy Spirit to live with, and to enjoy. Dear Mr. H. it is an excellent thing to be convinced of the freeness and riches of 's grace in. It is sweet to know and preach, that justifies the ungodly, and that all truly good works are not so much as partly the cause, but the effect of our justification before. Till convinced of these truths, you must own free-will in man, which is directly contrary to the holy scriptures, and the articles of our church. Let me advise dear Mr. H. laying aside all prejudice, to read and pray over Saint Paul's epistles to the Romans and Galatians, and then let him tell me what he thinks of this doctrine. Most of your old friends are now happily enlightened. sets his seal to such preaching in an extraordinary manner, and I am persuaded the gates of hell shall never be able to prevail