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 LETTER CLXVII.

To Mr. James S.

Dear Mr. S.      March 2, 1740.  BLESSED be, that you are yet alive as to your body; blessed be , that some sparks of divine light are yet discernible in your soul. Indeed, I have been frequently distressed for you and your companions, lest satan, through the corruption of your hearts, and the deceitfulness of worldly business, should get an advantage over you. Oh watch, my dear friend, watch unto prayer; keep close to through a living faith in his dear Son; forget not your first love; forget not a bleeding ; forget not that time, when your soul was about to take its last flight. O that I may meet you in triumph at the last day! Providence thwarts my seeing you. Adieu; write as often as you can. You have my prayers, and as a token of my love, be pleased to accept this letter and the books sent with it, from Your affectionate friend and servant,  G. W.     LETTER CLXVIII. To the Hon. J. W.

Honoured Sir,     Savannah, March 10, 1740.

YESTERDAY, after public worship, I received with pleasure your kind letter, and was immediately ready to cry out, Why do so many of my 's servants take notice of such a dead dog as I am. Surely sovereign, rich, and free grace was never exalted more than in the mercy shewn to me, who am in truth the unworthiest of the sons of men.—Honoured Sir, it rejoices me to hear that there are so many at New England, who love the in sincerity, and dare to shine as lights in the world amongst a crooked and perverse generation.—I wish they may be all Aquilas and Priscillas to me, and teach me the way of more perfectly; for I long to grow in grace, and in the knowledge of my and Saviour. Oh he is a sweet master; even here do I feel his blessed influences, and