220. Letter Dccxvi.
LETTER DCCXVI.
T o Mr. B――.
Bristol, Dec. 12, 1748.
My dear Tommy, THE love I bear to you, will not suffer me to omit answering your letter the very first opportunity. I find you are in danger of being led into temptation. If only your preparations for business keep you from attending on the word preached, how will it be when you are totally immersed in it?
O my dear man, let that promise of our Lord's be written on the tables of your heart, "seek you first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all those things shall be added unto you." If you act inconsistent with this, assure yourself your endeavours will be blasted; and God out of love will curse your temporal blessings. But enough of this. I hope a word to the wise is sufficient.—Since I wrote thus far, I have received a letter from good
Lady H――n, desiring I would come up to town. I therefore propose to be with you, God willing, by Saturday night, and to preach at the Tabernacle
next Sunday. Be pleased to apprize all friends of it. If you are at the tabernacle-house on Saturday evening, it would be very agreeable to,
Yours, &c. in great haste, G. W.