342. Letter Dcccxxxvii.
LETTER DCCCXXXVII.
T o Dr. S――.
Mansfield, May 24, 1750.
My dear Doctor, YOURS found me just as I was about to leave good Lady H――. Ever since, I have been engaged in travelling and preaching the everlasting gospel. In Radcliff church, at Nottingham, and Sutton, our Lord's Spirit hath accompanied the word preached. This morning I preached here, and, God willing, purpose to do so again in the evening, and to-morrow morning.
Little was expected here but rudeness; however the auditory was large and attentive. What cannot the Redeemer do? I am quite sorry that Mr. H――'s letter was printed:—But it was no Methodist that published it. Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum. I pray God to give my dear friend prudence and courage whilst he is in London. Remember, if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off;—if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. Now is your time to sacrifice your Isaac. Christ will have all the heart or none. I write thus, because I love you dearly. I pray for you from my
inmost soul. O that you may be kept as in a garrison, by God's mighty power, through faith unto salvation! Without Christ you can do nothing. Nil desperandum Christo duce. That he may strengthen you to do what you know to be his will, is the hearty prayer of, very dear Sir,
Yours most affectionately in our common Lord, G. W.