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T H E 
 
 TWO FIRS T( f C(tlR.6l'Ji31 ^ 
 
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 OF HIS 
 
 LIFE 
 
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 W I T H HIS 
 
 JOU RN ALS 
 
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 Reviled, corre&ed, and abridged, 
 
 By GEORGE WHITE FIELD, A. B. 
 
 Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Countek 
 of Huntingdon. 
 
 O come hither all \e that fear G D, end I will ull 
 you <wbat h>e hath done for my Soul. Pfalm Ixvi. 14. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed by W. Strahan,, 
 
 And fold at the Tabernacle-Houfe, near MoorfieMs ; 
 by T. Field, near St. Paul's Church yard \ ani 
 E. Dilly : in ^Poultry. MDCCLVI. 
 
Christian Reader, 
 
 According to a Promife made 
 fome Time ago, I here prefent 
 thee with a New Edition of the two 
 firft: Parts of my Life, and alfo of my 
 Journals ; in which thou wilt find ma- 
 ny Miftakes rectified -> many PafTages 
 that were juftly exceptionable, erafed ; 
 and the Whole abridged ; and yet 
 enough and enough left behind for 
 the natural Man (to whom the Things 
 of the Spirit of GOD are but Foolifli- 
 nefs) to carp at and ridicule. — It was, 
 and is now, my full Intention, if GOD 
 fliould fpare my Life and give me 
 Freedom, to have added, by way of 
 
 Sup- 
 
To the R E A D E R. 
 
 Supplement, A fhort Account of the 
 Progrefs of (what I think may aflured- 
 ly be (tiled) the Work of G O D, fo 
 far as hath come within my Cogni- 
 zance, from the Time when the Jour- 
 nals end to this Day ; but my fre- 
 quent travelling and preaching, oblige, 
 me to defer putting fuch a Defign in: 
 Execution to feme future Opportunity. 
 
 Indeed I hoped, that long before 
 
 now I fhould have entered into Reft. 
 — But I find we are immortal, till our 
 
 Work Is done. However, fince it 
 
 hath pleafed our heavenly Father to 
 protract my worthlefs Life to fuch an 
 unexpected Period, I defire to thank 
 him from, my inmoft Soul, that he 
 hath given me to fee the GofpeU 
 Seed, that was fown upwards of 
 Twenty Years ago, now grown into a. 
 great Tree. — Glory be to his holy 
 IMame, Multitudes, both in England, 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 Scotland, Wales, Ireland* and various 
 Parts of North-America, have been 
 brought to lodge under the Branches 
 
 of it. How far it is yet to fpread 
 
 can be known only to him with whom 
 the Refidue of the Spirit is. — At pre- 
 fent, Thanks be to GOD, the Profpedt 
 is promifing. — A new Set of Inftru- 
 ments feem to be rifing up, by whom, 
 I truft, thofe that were iirft fent forth 
 will not only be fucceeded, but eclips'd, 
 as the Stars are fucceeded and eclipfed 
 by the rifing Sun. — May they go on 
 and profper j and in the Strength of 
 their common Lord, be made happily 
 inftrumental to diredt a carelefs, un- 
 thinking World into a holy Method 
 of dying unto themfelves, and living 
 
 unto GOD! This is the only 
 
 Methodism I defire to know* 
 
 And that this may meet with an uni- 
 yerfal Flow amongfl; Minifters and Peo- 
 ple 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 pie of all Denominations I am fure 
 thou wilt join in praying with, 
 
 Chriftian Reader* 
 
 T'hy ready Servant for our 
 
 common Ma/iers Sake, 
 
 London, 
 June^ 1756, 
 
 G. Whitefielu. 
 
From my Infancy to my Jirfi embarking 
 for Georgia, 
 
 I Was born in Gloucejler^ in the Month of De*> 
 amber i 1714* at the Bell Inn, and can truly 
 fay I was frovvard from my Mother's Womb.— I 
 was fo brutifh as to'hate Inftruction, and ufed pur- 
 p'ofely to fhun all Opportunities of receiving it, 
 I can date fome very e*arly Acts of Uncleannefs. 
 Lying, filthy Talking, and foolifh Jefting I v/as 
 much addicted to. — Sometimes I ufed to curfe, 
 if not fvvear. — Stealing from my Mother I thought 
 no Theft at all, and ufed to make no Scruple of 
 taking ? loney out of her Pocket before (he was 
 up. — I have frequently betrayed my Truft, and 
 have more than once fpent Money I took \n tha 
 Houfe, in buying Fruit>, Tarts 6?c. to fatfefy 
 my fenfual Appetite. — Numbers <5f Sabbaths hive 
 I broken, and generally ufed to behave myfelf 
 very irreverently in God's Sanctuary. — Much 
 Money have I fpent in Plays, and in the com- 
 mon Entertainments of the Age. — Cards, and 
 reading Romances, were my Heart's Delight. 
 Often have I joined with others in playing roguifti 
 Tricks, but was generally, if not always, hap- 
 pily detected. — For this I have often fince, and 
 do now, blefs and praife God. 
 
 It would be endlefs to recount the Sins and 
 
 Offences of my younger Days — They are more 
 
 in Number than the Hairs of my Head. — My 
 
 B Heart 
 
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 Heart would fail me at the Remembrance of 
 them, was I not affured that my Redeemer liveth, 
 ever to make Interceffion for me. — However the 
 young Man in the Gofpel might boaft how he 
 had kept the Commandments from his Youth, 
 with Shame and Confulion of Face I confefs, 
 that I have broken them all from my Youth. — 
 Whatever forefeen Fitnefs for Salvation others 
 may talk of, and glory in, I difclaim any fuch 
 Thing — If I trace myfelf from my Cradle to 
 my Manhood, I can fee nothing in me but a 
 Fitnefs to be damned ; and if the Almighty had 
 not prevented me by his Grace, and wrought 
 moft powerfully upon my -Soul, quickening me 
 by his free Spirit when dead in Trefpalfes and 
 Sins, I had now either been fitting in Darknefs, 
 and in the Shadow of Death, or condemned, as 
 the due Reward of my Crimes, to- be for ever 
 lifting up my Eyes in Torments. 
 
 But fuch was the free Grace cCGod to me, 
 that though Corruption worked fo ftrongly in 
 my Soul, and produced fuch early and bitter 
 Fruits, yet I can recollect very early Movings of 
 the blefied Spirit upon my Heart, fufficient to 
 fatisfy me that God loved me with an everlaft- 
 ing Love, and feparated me even from my Mo- 
 ther's Womb, for the Work for which he after- 
 wards was pleafed to call me. 
 
 I had early fome Convi&ions of Sin, and once 
 I remember, when fome Perfons (as they fre- 
 quently did) made it their Bufinefs to tcafe me, 
 I immediately retired to my Room, and kneeling 
 down, with many Tears, prayed over that Pfalm 
 wherein David fo often repeats thefe Words, 
 B:J in the Name cf the Lord will I oejlroy ibew. 
 
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 I was always fond of being a Clergyman, tifcd 
 frequently to imitate the Minifters reading 
 Prayers, &c. Part of the Money I ufed to ileal 
 from my Parent I gave to the Poor, and fomc 
 Books 1 privately took from others, (for which 
 I have fince reftored four fold) I remember were 
 Books of Devotion. 
 
 My Mother was very careful of my Educa- 
 tion, and always kept me in my tender Years 
 from intermeddling in the leaft with the public 
 Bufinefs. 
 
 About the tenth Year of my Age, it pleafed 
 God to permit my Mother to marry a fecond 
 Time. It proved what the World would call an 
 unhappy Match, but God over-ruled it for 
 Good.-— 
 
 When T was about twelve, I was placed at a 
 School called St- Mary de Crypt in Gloucejler, 
 the laft Grammar School 1 ever went to. Hav- 
 ing a good Elocution and Memory, I was re- 
 marked for making Speeches before the Corpo- 
 ration at their annual Vifitation. But I cannot 
 fay I felt any Drawings of God upon my Soul 
 for a Year or two, faving that I laid out fome 
 ©f the Money that was given me on one of thofc 
 forementioned Occafions, in buying Kens Manual 
 for JVincheJicr Scholars, a Book that had much 
 arreted me when my Brother ufed to read it in 
 my Mother's Troubles, and which, for fome time 
 afcer I bought it, was of great Benefit to my 
 SouL 
 
 During the Time of my being at School, I 
 
 was very fond of reading Plays, and have kept 
 
 from School for Days together, to prepare my- 
 
 fclf for acting them. My Mafter feeing how 
 
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 mine and my Schoolfellows Vein run, compofed 
 iomething of this kind for us himfelf, and caufed 
 me to drefs myfelf in Girl's Cloaths (which I 
 had often done) to aft a hart before the Cor- 
 poration. The Remembrance of this has often 
 covered me with Confufion of Face, and I hope 
 will do fo, even to the End of my Life. 
 
 Before I <was fifteen, -having, as I thought, 
 made a fufficient Progrefs in the Claffics, and, 
 at the bottom, longing to be fet.at Liberty from 
 the Confinement of a School, I one Day told my 
 Mother, "Since her Circumftances would not 
 ■« permit her to give me an Univerfity Educa- 
 4< tion, more Learning I thought would fpoil 
 f < me for a Tradefman, and therefore I judged 
 <c it beft not to learn Latin any longer." She 
 at firft refufed to confent ; but my Corruptions 
 jbon got the better of .her Good-nature, Here- 
 upon, for fomc time, I went to learn to write 
 jcnly. But my Mother's Circumfiances being 
 much on the Decline, and being traftable that 
 Way, I from time to time began to aflift her 
 occafionally in the public Houfe, till at length,! 
 .put on my, blue Apron and my Snuffers, wafhed 
 -Mops, cleaned Rooms, and, in one Word, .bsf# 
 .came a profeffed and common Drawer. 
 
 Notwithftanding I ,was thus employed in a 
 .large Inn, and had fome times the Care of the 
 .whole Houfe upon my Hands, yet 1 compofed 
 two Qt three Sermons,, and dedicated one of them 
 in particular to my elder Brother. One time I 
 ■remember. I was very much prefled to Self- 
 examination, and found myfelf very unwilling 
 .to look into my Heart. — Frequently I read 
 the Bible when fitting up at Night. Seeing 
 
 the 
 
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 the Boys go by to School has often cut 
 me to the Heart. And a dear Youth (now 
 with ; God) would often come intimating me, 
 when ierving at the Bar, to go to Oxford. 
 My genera] Aniwer was, / wijh 1 could. 
 
 After I had continued about a Year in this 
 fervile Employment, my Mother was obliged 
 to leave the Inn. My Brother, who had been' 
 bred up for the Bafinefs, married ; whereupon 
 all w T as made over to him ; and I being ac- 
 cuftomed to the Houfe, it was judged bed that I 
 fhould continue there as an Affiftant. But it 
 happened that my Sifter-in-law and I could by nO 
 means agjee ; and therefore, after continuing a 
 long while under a great Burden of Mind, 1 at 
 length refolved (thinking my Abfence would 
 make all things eafy) to go away. Accordingly, 
 by the Advice of my Brother, and Confent of 
 my Mother, I went to fee my elder Brothers- 
 then fettled at BrijioU 
 
 Here God was pleafed to give me great fen- 
 fible Devotion, and fill me with fuch unfpeakable 
 Raptures, particularly once in St. Johns Church, 
 » that I was carried out beyond myfelf. — I felt great 
 Hun°rin2;s and Thirftin£s after the blefTed Sa- 
 crament, and wrote many Letters to my Mo- 
 ther, telling her I would never go into the pub- 
 lick Employment again. Thomas a Kempis was 
 my great Delight,and I was always impatient till 
 the Bell rung to call me to tread the Courts of 
 the Lord's Houfe. But in the midft of thefer 
 Illuminations, fomething fecretly whifpered, This 
 tioauld not la ft. 
 
 And indeed it fo happened. For (Oh that I 
 
 could write in Tears of Blood !) when I left 
 
 B 3 Br if hi 
 
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 Brljlol (as I did in about two Months) and re- 
 turned to Ghuccjier^ I changed my Devotion 
 with my Place. Alas ! all my Fervour went 
 off, and I had no Inclination to go to Church, 
 or draw nigh unto God. — However, I had 
 fo much Religion left, as to perfift in my 
 Pvefolution not to live in the Inn ; and 
 therefore my Mother gave me Leave, though 
 file had but a little Income, to have a Bed upon 
 the Ground, and live at her Houfe, till Pro- 
 vidence Ihould point out a Place for me. 
 
 Having now, as I thought, nothing to do, it 
 was a proper Seafon for Satan to tempt me. 
 Much of my Time I fpent in reading Plays, and 
 in fauntring from 1 lace to Place. 1 was careful 
 to adorn my Body, but took little Pains to deck 
 and beautify my Soul.— Evil Communications 
 with my old School- fellows foon corrupted my 
 good Manners. — By feeing their evil Practices, 
 all Senfe of Religion gradually wore off my 
 Mind, and I at length fell into a fecret Sin, the 
 difmal Effects of which I have felt, and groaned 
 under ever fince. 
 
 Having lived thus for fome confiderable Time, 
 a young Student, who was once my School-' 
 fellow, and then a Servitor of Pembroke College, 
 Oxford^ came to pay my Mother a Vifit. Amongft 
 other Converfation, he told her how he had 
 difcharged all College Expences that Quarter, 
 and received a Penny. Upon that my Mother 
 immediately cried out, " This will do for my 
 
 " Son." Then turning to me, fhe faid, 
 
 <c Will you go to Oxford, George?" T replied, 
 With all my Heart. Whereupon, having the 
 fame Friends that this young Student had, my 
 
 Mother, 
 
Mother, without Delay, waited on them. They 
 promifed their Intereit to get me a Servitor's 
 Place in the fame College She then applied to 
 my old Mafter, who much approved of my 
 corning to School again. 
 
 In about a Week I went and entered myfelf. 
 and fpared no Pains to go forward in my Book. 
 God was pleafed to give me his Bleiling, ana I 
 learned much fafter than I did before. But all this 
 while I continued in Sin : And at length got ac- 
 quainted with fuch a Setofdebauched,abaudoned, 
 athtiftical Youths, that if God, by his free,unme- 
 rited, and efpecial Grace, had not delivered ma 
 out of their Hands, I fhould long iince have fat in 
 the Scorner's Chair.— By keeping Company with 
 them, my Thoughts of Religion grew more 
 and more like theirs. I went to publick Service 
 only to make fport, and walk about I took 
 Pleafure in their lewd Converfation. I began tp 
 reafon as they did, and was in a fair Way of 
 being as infamous as the worft of them. 
 
 But (Oh ftupendous Love !) God even here 
 flopped me, when running on in a full Career 
 to Hell. For juft as I was upon the Brink of 
 Ruin, he gave me fuch a diftafte of their Prin* 
 ciples and Pradices, that I difcovered them to 
 my Mafter, who foon put a Stop to their Pro 
 ceedings. 
 
 Being thus delivered out of the Snares of the 
 Devil, I began to be more and more ferious, and 
 felt the Spirit of God at different Times work- 
 ing powerfully and convincingly upon my Soul. 
 One Day in particular, as I was coming down 
 Stairs, and overheard my Friends fpeaking well 
 of me, God fo deeply convicted me of Hypocrify, 
 B 4 that 
 
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 tfsat though I had formed frequent but ineffe&ual 
 Resolutions before, yet I had then Power given 
 me over my fecret and darling Sin. Notwith- 
 ftanding, feme time after being overtaken in 
 Liquor (as I have been twice or thriee in my 
 Life -time) Satan gained his ufual Advantage 
 over me again.*— An experimental Proof to my 
 poor Soul, how that Wicked one makes ufe of 
 intemperate Men as Machines to work them up 
 to jufl what he pleafes. 
 
 Being now near the Seventeenth Year^of my 
 Age, I was refolded to prepare myfelf for the 
 hcHy Sacrament, which I received on Chrijimas* 
 day. 1 began now to be more and more watch- 
 ful over my 1 boughts* Words, and Actions.— 
 The following Lent, Ifafted Wednefday and Fri- 
 day thirty-fix Hours together. — My Evenings, 
 when I had done waiting upon my Mother, were 
 generally fpent in A£ts of Devotion, reading 
 Du tin court upon Death, and other pra&icaJ 
 Books, and 1 conftantly went to public Worfhip 
 twice a Day. — Being now upper Boy, by God's 
 Help I made fome Reformation amongft my 
 School-fellows. I was very diligent in reading 
 and learning the Claflicks, and in ftudying my 
 Greti Teftament; but was not yet convinced of 
 the abfclute Unlawfulnefs of playing at Cards, 
 and of reading and feeing Plays, though I be- 
 gan to have fome Scruples about it. 
 
 Near this Time I dreamed that I was to fee 
 
 God on Mount Sinai, but was afraid to meethim. 
 
 - — This made a great Impreflion upon me ; and a 
 
 Gentlewoman to whom I told it„ faid, George*, 
 
 ibis is a Call from GOD. 
 
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 For a Twelvemonth I went on in a Round of 
 Duties, receiving the Sacrament monthly, fafi> 
 incr frequently, attending conftantly on publick 
 Worfhip, and praying often more than twice a 
 Day in private. — One of my Brothers ufed to tell 
 me, " He feared this would not hold long, and 
 that I fhould forget all when I came to Oxford" 
 This Caution did me much Service, foritfet rrrfc 
 upon praying for Perfeverence : And, under 
 God, the Preparation I made, andCautions given 
 me in theCountrv, were no frnall Prelervatives 
 ..againft the manifold Temptations which befet me 
 at my firft coming to that Seat of Learning. 
 
 Being now near eighteen Yeurs old, it was 
 judged proper for me to go to the Univerfity. 
 God's Providence had prepared my Way. The 
 Friends before applied to, recommended me to 
 the Mafter of Pembroke- College. Another Friend 
 took up ten Pounds upon Bond which I have 
 finee repaid) to defray the firft Expence of en- 
 tering \ and the Mafter, contrary to all Expecta- 
 tions, admitted me Servitor immediately. 
 
 Soon after my Admiffion, I went and refided, 
 and found my having been ufed to a Publick- 
 houfe was now of Service to pie. For many of 
 the Servitors being lick at my firft coming up, 
 by my diligent and ready Attendance, J ingra- 
 tiated myfelf into the Gentlemen's Favour fo 
 far, that many who had it in their Power, chofe • 
 me to be their Servitor. 
 
 This much leffened mv Expence ; and indeed 
 God was fo gracious, that with the Profits of • 
 my Place, and fome little Prefents made me by 
 my kind Tutor, for- aimed the foil three Yean 
 
 £ 5 1 
 
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 I did not put all my Relations together to above 
 24 /. Expence. 
 
 I had not been long at the Univerfity, before 
 I found the Benefit of the Foundation I had laid 
 in the Country for a religious Life. I was quickly 
 lblicited to join in Excefs of Riot with feveral 
 who lay in the fame Room. But God gave me 
 Grace to withftand them ; and once in particu- 
 lar, it being cold, my Limbs were fo benumbed 
 by fitting alone in my Study, becaufe I would 
 not go out amongft them, that I could fcarce 
 fleep all Night. But I foon found the Benefit 
 of not yielding : For when they perceived they 
 cculd not prevail, they let me alone, as a fingular 
 odd Fellow. 
 
 I now began to pray and fing Pfalms thrice 
 every Day, befides Morning and Evening, and 
 to faft every Friday^ and to receive the Sacra- 
 ment at a Parifh-Church near our College, and 
 at the Caille, where the defpifed Mttbodijh ufed 
 to receive once a Month. 
 
 The young Men, fo called becaufe they 
 lived by Rule and Method, were then much 
 talked of at Oxford. I had heard of, and loved 
 them before I came to the Univcrfity ; and fo 
 itrenuoufly defended them, when I heard them 
 reviled by the Students, that they began to think 
 that I alio in time fliould be one of them. 
 
 For above a Twelvemonth my Soul longed to 
 be acquainted with them, and I was ftrongl/ln- 
 clined to follow their good Example, when I 
 faw them go through a ridiculing Croud to re- 
 ceive the holy Sacrament at St. Man's. — At 
 length God was pleafed to open a Door. It 
 
 hap- 
 
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 happened that a poor Woman in one of the 
 Workhoufes had attempted to cut her Throat, 
 but was happily prevented. Upon hearing of 
 this, and knowing that both the Mr. JVefleys 
 were ready to every good Work, I fent a poor 
 aged Apple- woman of our College to inform 
 Mr. Charles JVejley of it, charging her not to 
 difcover who fent her. She went ; but, contrary 
 to my Orders, told my Name. He having heard 
 of my coming to the Caftle and a Parifh-Church 
 -Sacrament, and having met me frequently walk- 
 ing by myfelf, followed the Woman when (he 
 was gone away, and fent an Invitation to me by 
 her, to come to Breakfaft with him the next 
 Morning. 
 
 I thankfully embraced the Opportunity. — Pie 
 put into my Hands Profeflbr Frank's Treatiie 
 againft the Fear of Man ; and in a fhort Timer 
 let me have another Rook, intitied, The Life of 
 God in the Soul of Man. 
 
 At my firir reading it, I wondered what the 
 Author meant by faying, " That foine falfely 
 placed Religion in going to Church, doing huit 
 to no one, being conftant in the Duties of the 
 Clofet, and now and then reaching out their 
 Hands to give Alms to their poor Neighbpurs." 
 — Alas ! thought I, " If this be not Religion, 
 what is ?" Goo foon (hewed me. For in read- 
 ing a few Lines further, that " true Religion 
 Was anllnion of the Soul ivitb God or Cfn iji foi me a 
 within w 9 " a Ray of divine Light inftanta- 
 neoufly darted in upon my Soul, and from that 
 Moment, but not till then, did I know that I 
 muft be a new Creature. 
 
 Upon this I had no Reft till I wrote Letters to 
 B 6 my 
 
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 fny Relations, acquainting them there was fuch 
 a Thing as the New- Birth. — I imagined they 
 would have gladly received them. — But alas-! 
 they thought that I was going befides myfelf, and 
 by their Letters confirmed me in the Refolutions 
 I had taken not to go down into the Country, 
 but continue where I was, left that by any Means 
 the good Work which Goi> had begun in my 
 Soul, might be obilructed. 
 
 From time to time Mr. Charles We (ley engaged 
 me to come unto him ; and by Degrees he 
 introduced me to the reft of the Methodifts* 
 Like them, I now began to live by Rule, and 
 to pick up thevery Fragments of my Time, that 
 not a Moment of it might be loft. Whether I 
 eat or drank, or whatfoever I did, I endeavoured 
 to do all to the Glory of God. Like thern^ 
 having no w r eekly, Sacrament (altlio* the Rubric 
 iequired.it) at our own College, I received every 
 Sunday at Chriji- Church* I joined, with them in 
 faffing Wcdnefdays and Fridays ^ and gradually 
 engaged to vifit the Sick and the Prifoners, and 
 to read to poor People, till I made it a Cuftom, 
 as moft of them did, to fpend an Hour every 
 Day in outward A&s of Charity. 
 
 The Courfe of my Stu ies L foon intircly 
 changed ; for whereas^ before I was bufied in ftu- 
 dying the Dry: Sciences, and Books that w T ent no 
 farther than the Surface, I now refolved to read 
 only fuch as entered into the Heart of Religion, 
 and which led me directly into an experimental 
 Knowledge of Jffift(s Chrijl^ and him crucified. 
 
 The firft thing J was called to give up for His 
 dear Name Sake, was what the World calls my 
 fair Reputation •, for I had no fooner received the 
 
 Sa- 
 
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 Sacrament publickly on aWeek-ilay at St.MaryS, 
 
 but I was let up as a Mark for all the polite 
 Students that knew me to fhoot at. — Soon 
 after I alfo incurred the Difpleafure of the 
 Matter of the College, who frequently chid, . 
 and once threatened to expel- me, if ever I vifited 
 the Poor again. — Being furprized by this Treat- 
 ment, and over-awed by his Authority, I unad- 
 vifedJv faid* if it difpleafcd him, I would not. 
 
 My Confcience foon pricked me for this firt- 
 
 ful Compliance. — I immediately repented, and 
 vifited the Poor the firft Opportunity. 
 
 My worthy Tutor being a moderate Man, 
 did not oppofe me ; but I daily underwent fome 
 Contempt from the Collegians. Some have 
 thrown Dirt at, and others took away their Pay 
 from me. — And two Friends, that were very dear 
 to me, foon grew fhy of, and forfook me. — My 
 inward Sufferings were of a more exercifing Na- 
 ture.— Senfible Comforts were foon withdrawn, 
 and an horrible Fearfulnefs and Dread over- 
 whelmed my Soul. — All Power of meditating, 
 or even thinking, was taken from me. — My 
 Memory quite failed me. — My whole Soul was 
 barren and dry, and I could fancy myfelf to be 
 like nothing fo much as a Man locked up in Iron 
 Armour; — Whenever I kneeled down, I felt - 
 great Prefliires both in Soul and Body, and have 
 often prayed under the Weight of them till the 
 Sweat came through me. — GoD^>nly knows how 
 many Nights I have lain upon my Bed, groan- 
 ing under what I felt. — Whole Days and Weeks 
 have I fpent in lying proftrate on the Ground, 
 in filent or vocal Prayer; and, having no Body 
 to fhew me a better Way, I thought to get 
 Peace and Purity by outward Aufterities. — 
 
 Ac* 
 
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 Accordingly, by Degrees I began to leave off 
 eating Fruits and fuch like, and gave the Money 
 I ufually fpent in that Way to the Poor. — After- 
 ward I always chofe the worfl: Sort of Food, 
 tho' my Place furnifhed me with Variety. I 
 fafted twice a Week. My Apparel was mean ; 
 and I thought it unbecoming a Penitent to have 
 his Hair powdered. — I wore woollen Gloves, and 
 a patched Gown and dirty Shoes, and therefore 
 looked upon myfelf as very humble. 
 
 For many Months I went on in this legal 
 State ; but finding Pride creeping in at the End of 
 almofr every Thought, Word and Aclion, and 
 meeting with Ca/iaraza's Spiritual Combat^ in 
 which he fays, " That he that is employed in 
 H mortifying his Will, was as well employed as 
 " tho' he was converting Indians " or Words to 
 that Effect, Satan fo impofed upon my Under- 
 {landing, that he perfuaded me to (hut myfelf 
 up in my Study, till I could do good without 
 feeling any Mixture of Corruption, left in en- 
 deavouring to fave others, as I did now, I (hould 
 at lair, by Pride and Self-complacence, lofc 
 myfelf. 
 
 Near five or fix Weeks I had now fpent in 
 my Study, except when College Bufinefs obliged 
 me to go down. During this Time I was fight- 
 ing with my Corruptions, and did little elfe be- 
 sides kneeling down by my Bed-fide, feeling a 
 heavy Preflure upon my Body, as well as an un- 
 fpeakable Oppreffion of Mind, yet offering up 
 my Soul to God, to do with me as it pleafed 
 him. It was now fuggefled to me, that J>fus 
 Cbrift was amongft the wild Beafts when he was 
 tempted, and that I ought to follow his Example ; 
 
 and 
 
[ 15] 
 
 and being willing, as I thought, to imitate Jefus 
 Chrift, ar " ter Supper I went into Chrijl-Church 
 Walk, near our College, and continued in filent 
 Prayer under one of the Trees, kneeling upon 
 my Knees, till the great Bell rung for Retire- 
 ment to the College, not without finding fome 
 Reluctance with myfelf in flaying fo long in the 
 Cold. 
 
 By this Time I had left off keeping my Diary, 
 ufing my Forms, or fcarce my Voice in Prayer, 
 vifiting the Prifoners, iffc. Nothing remained 
 for me to leave, unlefs I forfook publickWorfhip, 
 but injN-eKgious Friends. — Now it was fuggefted 
 that I wuft leave them all for ChriJTs Sake. — 
 This was a fore Trial, but rather than not be, 
 as I fancied, CbriJPs Difciple, I refolved to re- 
 nounce them, tho' as dear to me as my own 
 Soul. — Accordingly, the next Day being IVed- 
 nefday, whereon we kept one of our weekly Fafts, 
 initead of meeting with my Brethren as ufual, 
 I went out into the Fields, and prayed filently 
 by myfelf. — Our Evening Meeting 1 neglected 
 alio, and went not to Breakfaft according to 
 Appointment, with Mr. Charles IVeJley the Day 
 following. — This, with many other concurring 
 Circumltances, made him fufpect fomething 
 more than ordinary was the Matter. He came 
 • to my Room, apprized me of my Danger if I 
 would not take Advice; and recommended me to 
 his Brother Jcl.n, Fellow of L/w^/w-College, as 
 more experienced than himfelf. God gave me 
 a teachable Temper ; I waited upon his Bro- 
 ther, who advifed me to refume all my Exter- 
 nals, though not to depend on them in the leaf}, 
 and from time to time he gave me Directions as 
 my pitiable State required. 
 
 Having 
 
[ i6 ] 
 
 Having now taken up my Externals, I " be- 
 gan again to vifit the Poor. — A few Days after, 
 as I was walking along, I met with a Wo- 
 man, whofe Hufband was then in Oxford Town- 
 Gaol. —Seeing her much difcompofed, I enquired 
 the Caufe. She told me, that not being able to 
 bear the Crying of her Children, ready to perifh 
 for Hunger, and having nothing to relieve them, 
 ihe had been to drown herfelf, but was mercifully 
 prevented, and faid fhe was coming to my Room 
 to inform me of it. 1 gave her fome imme- 
 diate Relief, and defired her to meet me at the 
 Prifon with her Hufband in the Afternoon.— 
 She came, and there God vifited them both by 
 
 his free Grace. She was powerfully quickened 
 
 from above ; and when I had done reading, he alio 
 came to me like the trembling Gaoler, and grafp- 
 ing my Hand, cried out, " I am upon the Brink 
 " of HeJl !"— From this Time forward both of 
 them grew in Grace. God, by his Providence, 
 Toon delivered the Man from his Confinement. — 
 Tho' notorious Offenders againft God and one 
 another before,yet now they became Helps meet for 
 each other in the great Work of their Salvation, 
 and, I truft, will be my Joy and Crown of re- 
 joicing in the great Day of our. Lord Jefus. 
 
 Soon after this the Lent came on, which 
 our Friends kept very ftriclly, eating no Flefh 
 during the fix Weeks, except on Saturdays 
 and Sundays. I abftained frequently on Saturday* 
 alfo, and ate nothing on the otherDays, (except 
 on Sunday) but Sage-tea without Sugar, and 
 coarfe Bread. I likewife conftantly walked out in 
 the cold Mornings, till Part of one of my Hands was 
 quite black. This, with my continued Abflinence, 
 and inward Conflicts, at length fo emaciated my 
 
 Body, 
 
t 17 3 
 
 Body,~tha{ at Paflion-week, finding I could icaics. 
 creep up Stairs, I was obliged to inform my kind 
 Tutor of my Condition, who immediately fent 
 for a Phyfician to me. 
 
 This caufed no iinall Triumph amongfl the 
 Gownfmen, who began to cry out, w What is 
 " his Fading come to now r" But however, 
 notwithftanding my Fit of Sicknefs continued fix 
 or feven Weeks, I truil I fhall have Reafon to 
 blefs God for it, through the endlefs Ages 01 
 Eternity. — For, about the End of the feventb 
 Week, after having undergone innumerable Buf- 
 ferings of Satan, and many Months inexpreflibls 
 Trials by Night and Day under the Spirit of 
 Bondage, God was pleafed at length to remove 
 the heavy Load, to enable me to lay hold on his 
 dear Son by a living Faith, and by giving me the 
 Spirit of Adoption, to feal me, as I humbly hope r 
 even to the Day of everlafting Redemption. 
 
 But Oh! with what Joy, Joy unfpeakable, even 
 Joy that was full of and big with Glory,was my 
 Soul filled, when the Weight of Sin went off;. 
 and an abiding Senfe of the pardoning Love of 
 God, and a full Affurance of Faith broke in 
 upon my difconfolate Soul ! — Surely it was the. 
 Day of my Efpoufals, a Day to be had in ever- 
 lafting Remembrance. — At firft my Joys were 
 like a Spring-tide, and as it were overflowed the 
 Banks. Go where I would, I could not avoid 
 fingingof Pfalms almoft aloud ; afterwards it be- 
 came more fettled, and, blefled be God, laving a 
 fevr cafual Intervals, have abode and encreaied n\ 
 my Soul ever fince. 
 
 But to proceed. — The Days of my Mourning 
 b»ing thus ended, and my bodily Strength fome- 
 
 whtt 
 
[ i« ] 
 
 what reftored, the Phyfician and fome others, 
 were ftill urging me to go into the Country, 
 hoping thereby to divert me, as they thought, from 
 atoointenfe Application to Religion. -I refifted for 
 fome Time ; but finding at length it was necef- 
 fary for my Health, and many other providential 
 Circumftances pointing out my Way, after earneft 
 Prayer for Support, by the Advice of my religious 
 Friends, I left my fvveet Retirement at Oxford^ 
 and went to Gloucejler^ the Place of my Nati- 
 vity. 
 
 u I will endeavour either to find or make a 
 cc Friend," had been my Refolution for fome 
 Time ; and therefore, immediately upon my 
 Coming down after importunate Prayer, I refolved 
 to go to the Heufe of one, to whom I had for- 
 merly read Plays, Spectators, Pope's Homer ^ and 
 fuch like Books, — hoping the Alteration (he now 
 would find in my Sentiments, might, under God, 
 influence her Soul. — She received the Word 
 gladly, and foon became a Fool for Chriji's Sake. 
 — Not long after, God made me inftrumental to 
 awaken feveral more young; Perfons, who foon 
 formed themfelves into 'a little Society, and had 
 quickly the Honour of being defpifed at douce- 
 Jier^ as we had been before them at Oxford : 
 Thus, all that will live godly in Jcfus Chrijl, muft 
 fuffer Perfecution. 
 
 My Mind being now more open and enlarged, 
 I began to read the holy Scriptures (upon my 
 Knees) laying afide all other Books, and praying 
 over, if poffible, every Line and Word. — This 
 proved Meat indeed, and Drink indeed, to my 
 Soul. — I daily received frefh Life, Light, and 
 Power from above ; and found it profitable for 
 Reproof, for Correction, for Inftrudtion in 
 
 Righ- 
 
[ 19 ] 
 
 Righteoufnefs, every Way fufficient to make the 
 Man of God perfect, throughly furnifhed unto 
 every good Word and Work. 
 
 During my Abfencefrom Oxford^ I fpent three 
 Weeks at Brijlol, whither I went to lee fome 
 Relations, but coukl not do them much Good, 
 becaufe of the Prejudices they had conceived 
 againft me. — However, I daily walked with 
 God, and going to vifit a Relation, then in one of 
 the Alms-houfes, God brought in my Way a 
 young Woman, who was hungering and thirfting 
 j&fter Righteoufnefs. She received the Word into 
 an honelt and good Heart, and fince has proved 
 a true Follower of J ejus Ghrijl. 
 
 According to His abundant Mercy he alfb 
 raifed me up fome temporal Supplies. Thcfe I 
 expected fhould aifift me, did not ; but Perfons 
 I never fpoke to, and who, I thought, were my 
 Enemies, were raifed up to fupply my Wants, 
 and thereby helped to fulfil that Promife which I 
 always pleaded, " Seek firft the Kingdom of 
 " God and his Righteoufnefs, and all thefe 
 " Things fhall be added unto you." 
 
 In a fhort Time after my coming down, 
 I began to read to fome poor People twice 
 or thrice a Week ; and having leave given 
 me by the Keeper and the two Ordinaries, 
 I foon after conftantly read to and prayed with 
 the poor Prifoners in the County Gaol every 
 Day. — One of the Poor whom I vifited in 
 this Manner, was called effectually by God as at 
 the eleventh Hour : She was a Woman about 
 threcfcore Years old, and I really believe, died 
 in the true Faith of Jefus CbriJI. 
 
 Here alfo God enabled me to give a publick 
 Teftimony of my Repentance as to feeing or 
 
 ading 
 
[ so ] 
 ailing Plays. — For hearing the Strollers were 
 coming to Town, and knowing what an egregi- 
 ous Offender I had been that Way, I extracted M ft 
 Law's Pamphlet, intitled, The ab folate Unlaw- 
 fulnejs of the Sta^e Entertainment. — This was put 
 into the Gloucefter 'Journal for fix Weeks fuc- 
 cefiively, and God was pleafed to give it his 
 Bleffing.— 
 
 Being now about twenty- one Years of Agc^ 
 fome began to enquire when I was to take Orders ; 
 but that Saying of the Apoftle, " Not a Novice, 
 left being puffed up with Pride, he fall into the 
 Condemnation of the Devil;" And that firft 
 Queftion of our excellent Ordination Office, 
 " Do you truft that you are inwardly moved by 
 the Holy Ghoft to take upon you this Office and 
 Adminiftration?" ufed even to make me trem- 
 ble whenever I thought of entering into the Mi- 
 niftry, — With ftrong. Cryings and Tears I have 
 often faid, u Lord, I am a Youth of uncircum* 
 cifed Lips ; Lord, fend me not into the Vine- 
 yard yet." 
 
 To my Prayers I added my Endeavours, and 
 wrote Letters to my Friends at Oxford^ befeech- 
 ing them to pray to God to difappoint the De* 
 figns of my Country Friends, who were for my 
 taking Orders as foon as poffible. 1 heir An* 
 fwerwas, ." Pray, we the Lord of the Harveftto 
 fend thee and many more Labourers into his 
 Harveft." But this did not fatisfy me. I ftill 
 continued inffant in Prayer againft gping into 
 Orders fo foon, and was not thoroughly convinced 
 it was the divine Will, till God, by his Pro- 
 vidence, brought me acquainted with Dr. Benjcn^ 
 the late worthy Bifhop of Ghucefler^ who one 
 Afternoon as I was coming from the Cathedral 
 
 Prayers, 
 
[ 21 ] 
 
 Prayers, ient one of the Vergers to inform ine 
 that his Lordfhip defired to fpeak with inc. I 
 immediately tucned back, and imagining it was 
 to chide me, I began to confidcr what I had done 
 to incur his Lordfhip's Difpleafure. But, to my 
 great Surprize, when I came to the Top of the 
 Palace Stairs, the Bifhop took me by the Hand, 
 told me he was glad to fee me, and bid me to 
 wait a little till he had put off his Habit, and he 
 would return to me again. 
 
 At his coming into the Room, his Lord- 
 fhip was pleafed to fay, that he had heard of my 
 Character, liked my Behaviour at Church, and en- 
 quiring myAge, added, " Notwithstanding I have 
 declared I would not ordain anyone under three 
 and twenty, yet I (hall think it my Duty to or- 
 dain you whenever you come for holy Orders. " 
 
 Before I came home, this News of the Bi- 
 fhop's fending for me had reached my Friends, 
 who, being fond of my having fueh a great 
 Man's Favour 5 were very folicitous to know the 
 Event of my Vifit. — Many things I hid from 
 them ; but when they preffed me hard, I was 
 obliged to tell them, how the Bifhop, of his 
 own Accord, had offered to give me Orders 
 whenever I would, — On which they, knowing 
 how I had depended on the Declaration his 
 Lordfhip had made fomc time ago, that he would 
 ordain none under three and twenty, faid (and I 
 then began to think fo myfelf ) " That if I 
 hell out any longer, I fhould fight againft 
 God." —At length I came to a Refolution, by 
 God's Leave, to offer myfelf for holy Orders 
 the next Ember-days. 
 
 The only Thing now in Difpute was, into 
 what Part of the Lord's Vineyard I fhould be 
 
 lent 
 
[ 22] 
 
 fent to labour firft. — God had given me much 
 Succefs in Gloucejler^ and my Friends being de- 
 firous of having me near them, I had Thoughts 
 of fettling amongft them. But when I came to 
 Oxford, my Friends urged feveral Reafons for 
 my continuing at the Univerfity. — " The Mr. 
 Wejleys had not long been gone abroad, and 
 now no one was left to take care of the Prifon 
 Affairs," £ff7.— They further urged, « That 
 God had blefTed my Endeavours there as well as 
 at Gkucejier -, that the Univerfity was the Foun- 
 tain-head ; that every Gownfman's Name was 
 Legion, and that if I fhould be made inftru- 
 mental in converting one of tbem 9 it would be 
 as much as converting a whole Parilh." At the 
 fame Time (unknown to me) fome of them 
 fent to that great and good Man, the late Sir 
 John Philips, who was a great Encourager of 
 the Oxford Methodifts : And though he had ne- 
 ver feen, but only heard of me, yet he fent 
 word he would allow me thirty Pounds a Year, 
 if I would continue at the Univerfity. Upon 
 this, finding the Care of the Frifoners would be 
 no more than, under God, I could undertake 
 with Pleafure, and knowing the Univerfity was 
 the beft Place to profecute my Studies in, 1 re- 
 folved, God willing, to wait at Oxford for a Blefl- 
 ingon the firft Fruits of my minifterial Labours. 
 In the mean while, having before made fome 
 Obfervations upon the Thirty-nine Articles, and 
 proved them by the Scriptures (at lead to my 
 own £atisfacYion,) I ftricily examined myfelf 
 by the Qualifications required for a Minifier in 
 St. Paul's Epiftle to Timothy, and alfo by every 
 Queftion that 1 knew was to be publickly put to 
 me at the Time of my Ordination. This latter 
 
 I drew * 
 
r»3 3 
 
 I drew out in Writing at large, and fealed my 
 Approbation of it every Sunday at the blefled 
 Sacrament. — At length Trinity-Sunday being near 
 at hand, and having my Teftimonials from the 
 College, I went a Fortnight before-hand to Glou- 
 cefter, intending to compofe fome Sermons, and 
 to give myfelf more particularly to Prayers. 
 
 About three Days before the Time appointed 
 for Ordination, the Bifhop came to Town, The 
 next Evening I fent his Lordfhip an Abftradt of 
 my private Examination upon thefe two Que- 
 ilions, Do you truft that you are inwardly moved 
 by the Holy Gboft to take upon you this Office and 
 Adminiftration I And, Are you called according to 
 the IV 1 11 of our Lord fe/us Chrift, and the Laws 
 of this Realm ? The next Morning I waited on 
 the Bifhop; He received me with much Love, 
 telling me, " He was glad I was come; that he 
 was fatisfied with the Preparation I had made, 
 and with the Allowance given me by Sir John 
 Philips. I had myfelf (faid he) made Provifion 
 for you of two little Parifhes ; but fince you 
 choofe to be ztOxford, I am very well pleafed." — 
 
 This, I think, was on Friday. The Day 
 following I continued in Abftinence and Prayer. 
 — In the Evening I retired to a Hill near the 
 Town, and prayed fervently for about two 
 Hours, in behalf of myfelf and thofe that 
 were to be ordained with me, — On Sunday 
 Morning I rofc early, and prayed over St. 
 Paul's Epiftle to Timothy, and more par- 
 ticularly over that Precept, Lot no one defpife thy 
 Youth. — And when the Bifhop laid his Hands 
 upon my Head, if my vile Heart doth not 
 deceive me, I offered up my whole Spirit, Soul, 
 and Body, to the Service of God's Sanctuary : 
 
 2nd 
 
[ M 1 
 
 ^snd afterwards fealed the good ConfeffionThad 
 ■made before many Witnefles, by partaking of 
 the holy Sacrament of our Lord's moft blefled 
 'Body and Blood ! 
 
 Having been thus ordained at GlouccJiei\ on 
 Trinity Sunday , 1 736, and preached my Sermon 
 en the Necejfty and Benefit of religious Society, to 
 a very crowded Auditory in the Church in which 
 I was baptized the Lord's Day following, I let 
 out the next Wednefday to Oxford, where I was 
 ■received with great Joy by my religious Friends. 
 > For about a Week I continued in my Ser- 
 vitor's Habit, and then took my Degree of Bat- 
 chelcr of Arts, after having been at the Univerfity 
 three Years and three Quarters, and going on 
 'towards the 22d Year of my Age. The Sub- 
 scriptions for the poor Prifoners (which amount- 
 ed to about Forty Pounds per Annum) were foon 
 
 .put into my Hands Two or Three imall 
 
 Charity-Schools, maintained by the Methodifis, 
 were under my more immediate Infpeclion, 
 which, with the Time I fpent in following my 
 Studies, private Retirement, and religious Con- 
 verfe, fweetly filled up the whole of my Day, 
 and kept me from that unaccountable, but too 
 common, Complaint of having any Time hang 
 upon my Hands. 
 
 In a fliort Time I began to be more than con- 
 tent in my prefent State of Life, and had 
 Thoughts of abiding at the Univerfity, at leaft 
 for fome Years, to finifli my Studies, and do 
 what good I could amongft the poor defpifed Me- 
 
 thodiits. But God's Thoughts are not as cur 
 
 Thoughts, neither are our Ways as his Ways. — 
 
 Whilft I was an Undergraduate, amongft other 
 
 religious Friends, I was very intimate with the 
 
 6 Revd* 
 
[ 25 ] 
 Revd. Mr. B n y who had lately taken Or- 
 ders, and was Curate at the Tower in London. — 
 He mentioned me to good Sir John Philips ; and 
 being called down for a while to officiate in 
 Hampjhire, he wrote to me to be of good Cou- 
 rage, and, in the Strength of God, bid me 
 haften to Town to officiate for him at the Tower 
 in his Abfence, and be refrefhed with the Sight 
 and Converfation of many who lo\oed me for 
 Christ's fake, and had for a long Time defired 
 to fee me. 
 
 On IP'ednefday Auguji 4th, with Fear and 
 Trembling I obeyed the Summons, and went in 
 the Stage-Coach to London, and the Sunday fol- 
 lowing, in the Afternoon, preach'd at Biflwpgatz 
 Church. — As I went up the Pulpit Stairs almoft 
 all feem'd to fneer at me on Account of my Youth ; 
 but they foon grew ferious in the Time of 
 preaching ; and after I came down, fhewed mc 
 great Tokens of Refpect, bleifed me as I pafted 
 along, and made great Enquiry who I was.— The 
 Queftion no one could anfwer ; for I was quite 
 a Stranger; and, by fpeedily paffing through 
 the Crowd, returned to the Tower without hav- 
 ing my Name difcovered. 
 
 Here I continued for the Space of two Months, 
 reading Prayers twice a Week, catechiling and 
 preaching once, betides viiitmg the Soldiers \\\ 
 the Infirmary and Barracks daily. I alio read 
 Prayers every Evening at Woppmg Chapel^ and 
 preached at Ludgate Priibn every Tuejday. — God 
 was pleaied to give me Favour in the Eyes of the 
 Inhabitants of the Tower. The Chapel was 
 crowded on Lord's Days. Religious Friends 
 frocd divers Parts of the Town attended the 
 Word, and fcveral voung Men came on Lord's- 
 C Day 
 
[ 26 ] 
 Day Morning under ferious Impreffions, to 
 hear me difcourfe about the Neu-Birtb. 
 
 After I had been about a Month in Town, 
 Letters came from the Revd. Mr. Wefeys* 
 and Mr. Ingham their Fellow-Labourer, from 
 Georgia. — 1 heir Accounts fired my Soul, and 
 made me even long to go abroad for God too. 
 But having no outward Call, and being, as 
 I then thought, too weak in Body ever to under- 
 take a Voyage to Sea, I endeavoured to lay afide 
 all Thoughts of going abroad. But my En- 
 deavours were all in vain For I felt at times 
 
 fuch a ftrong Attraction in my Soul towards 
 Georgia, that I thought it almoft irrefiflible. — I 
 ftrove againft it with all my Power, begged again 
 and again with many Cries and Tears, that the 
 Lord would not fufrer me to be deluded, and at 
 length opened my Mind to feveral dear Friends. 
 
 All agreed, that Labourers were wanted at 
 
 Home; that I had as yet no vifible Call abroad ; 
 and that it was my Duty not to be rafh, but wait 
 and fee what Providence might point out to me. 
 ^— — To this I confented with my whole Heart, 
 
 and having flayed in Lcndm till Mr. B n 
 
 came out cf the Country, I returned to my little 
 Charge at Oxford* and waited upon my Deacon- 
 fhip according to the Meafure of Grace impart- 
 ed to me. 
 
 But, oh what a delightful Life did I lead there ! 
 What Communion did I daily enjoy with God ! 
 And how fweetly did my Hours in private glide 
 away in reading and praying over" Mr. Himy's 
 Comment upon the Scripture ! Whiift I am 
 muting on and writing about ir, the Fire 1 then 
 fclt again kindles in my Soul — Nor was I alone 
 happy — For feveral dear Youths were quickened 
 
 greatly, , 
 
[ 27 ] 
 
 greatly, and met daily at my Room, to build up 
 each other in their mod holy Faith — God railed 
 up Friends for our temporal Support — The late 
 Right Honourable Lady Betty HajUigi, that eledfc 
 Lady, allowed fome of them two or three (mail 
 
 Exhibitions. 1 alfo partook of her Ladyihip's 
 
 Bounty ; and a Gentleman, whofe Heart was in 
 an efpecial Manner knit to me when at London* 
 was itirred up, without being folicitfcd, to fend 
 me not onW Money for the Poor, but alfo a Suffi- 
 ciency to difcharge a fmall Debt I had contracted 
 for Books before I took my Degree. 
 . About the Middle of November following, Pro- 
 vidence once more called me from my beloved, 
 
 though little, Scene of Action. The Revd. 
 
 Mr. Kinchin* now with God, had lately been 
 awakened, and accordingly refolved to aflbciate 
 with the defpifed M-thodijh* determining to 
 know nothing but JESUS CHRIST* and him 
 
 crucified. He v/as then Minifter of Dummer 
 
 in HampJJArc* and being likely to be chofen Dean 
 of C.rpui Chrijii College, he d.efircd me to come 
 and oiiiciate for him, till that Affair ihould be 
 decided, — By the Advice of Friends, I went, 
 and he came to fupply my Place at Oxford. — — • 
 His Parifli confifting chiefly of poor and illiterate 
 People, my proud Heart at firft could not well 
 brook it. I would have given all the World 
 for one of my Oxford Friends, and mourned 
 for lack of them like a Dove But up- 
 on giving myfclf to Prayer, and reading 
 Mr. Laius excellent Character of Quraniu , 
 in his Ser'ous Call to a Devout Life, my Mind 
 was reconciled to fuch Converfation as the Place 
 
 afforded me. Before I came to Dummer, Mr. 
 
 Knchin had ufed his People, according to the 
 C 2 Kubrick, 
 
[ 28 ] 
 
 Rubrick, to have publick Prayers twice a Day, 
 viz. In the Morning, it being the Winter- feafon, 
 before it was Light, and in the Evening after 
 the People had returned from their Work. He 
 alfo catechifed the Children daily, and vifited from 
 
 Houfe to Houfe. He loved his People, and 
 
 was beloved by them. — —I profecuted his Plan, 
 and generally divided the Day into three Parts, 
 eight Hours for Study and Retirement, eight 
 Hours for Sleep and Meals, and eight Hours for 
 reading Prayers, catechifing, and vifiting the Pa- 
 ri fh. The Profit I reaped by thefe Exercifes, 
 
 and converfing with the poor Country People, 
 
 was unfpeakable. 1 foon began to be as much 
 
 delighted with their artlefs Conversation, as I had 
 been formerly with the Company of my Oxford 
 Friends; and frequently learnt as much by an 
 
 Afternoon's Vifit, as in a Week's Study. 
 
 During my Stay here, an Invitation was lent me 
 to a very profitable Curacy in London ; but I had 
 
 no Inclination to accept it The Thoughts of 
 
 going to Getrgia fiill crowded continually in upon 
 me, and at length Providence feemed to point 
 my Way thither. About the Middle of Decem- 
 ber ^ comes a Letter from Mr. B ;/, inform- 
 ing me, that Mr. Charles IVifl y was arrived at 
 London. Soon after came a Letter from Mr. 
 Charles himfelf, wherein he informed me, that 
 he was come ever to procure Labourers; but, 
 added he, / dare not prevent God's' Nomination* 
 
 In a few Days after this, came another 
 
 Letter from Mr. John Wejley, wherein were 
 thefe Words : Only Mr* Delamott is with me, 
 till Godjhallflir up the Hearts of feme of his Ser- 
 vants^ who putting their Lives in his Hands, Jhall 
 ems ozcr and help us, when the Harvejl is fo 
 2 greats 
 
[ 29 j 
 
 greet y and the Labourers fo fw. IVi ;' i art 
 the Ma>/> Mr. Whitcfield ? In another Letter 
 were thefe Words : Do you ajk me what y u jhall 
 have? Fucd to cat, an 'I Raiment to put on, a Hinfe 
 to lay your Head in finh a< \our Lot d hjdnct ; and 
 a Ci own of Glory that fade h not away. Upon 
 reading this my Heart leaped within me, and, a*; 
 it were, ccchoed to the Call. — Many 1 hings con 
 curred to make my Way clear. Mr. Kinchin was 
 now elected Dean of (Corpus Chrijii College, and 
 being thereby obliged to refide at Oxford^ ho 
 willingly took upon him the Charge of the Pri- 
 
 foners. Mr. H>rvey was ready to ferve the 
 
 Cure of Dummer. Mr. JVefley was my dear 
 
 Friend. Georgia was an infant, and likely lo 
 
 be an encreafing Colony. — The Government 
 feemed to have its Welfare much at Heart; and 
 as I had heard many Indians were near it, I thought. 
 it a Matter of great Importance, that ferious 
 Clergymen ftiould be ferit over. — A Voyage to 
 Sea would, in all Probability, not do my Con- 
 stitution much Hurt; nay, I had heard the Sea 
 was fometimes beneficial to weakly People : And 
 fuppofing the worir, as I mull necelTarily return 
 to take PriefPs Orders, it would then be left to 
 my Choice, whether I would fix in my native 
 
 Country, or go abroad any more. Th ii 
 
 Things being thoroughly weighed and prayed 
 over, I at length refolved within myfelf to em- 
 bark for Georgia : And knowing that I fhould 
 never put my Refolution into Practice, if I con- 
 ferred with Flefh and Blood, I wrote to my Re- 
 lations to inform them of my Dehgn, and withal 
 told them, " If they would promifc not to dif- 
 fuade me from my intended Voyage, I would 
 come and take a perfonal Leave of them ; if 
 C 3 other- 
 
[3°1 
 etherwife, knowing my own Weakriefs, I was 
 determined to embark without vifiting them at 
 all;" A few Days after Mr. Kinchin came to 
 Dummcr, and introduced Mr. Hcrvey into the 
 
 Cure. 1 apprifed them of my Intention. — — 
 
 They gave me fome friendly Council, and hav- 
 ing fpent the Beginning of Chnjimas fweetly to- 
 ge:her, and taken an effeclionate Leave of the 
 Dun.tr.er People, I returned once more to Oxford y 
 to bid adieu to my Friends, who were as dear to 
 
 me as my own Soul. My Refolution at firfl: 
 
 a little ffcocked them ; but having Reafon to 
 think from my Relation of Circumfrances that 
 I 1 ad a Call from Providence, moil of them 
 laid, The Will of the Lord be done. 
 
 On New-Years- Day, 1736-7, I went to Glou- 
 cester in order to hear the Bifliop's 'Opinion, and 
 to take my Leave of my Mother, and other Re- 
 lations. HisLordfhip received me,- as he al- 
 ways did, like a Father, approved of my Defign^ 
 wifhed me much Succefs, and faid, w He d d 
 not doubt but God would blefs me, and that I 
 ftould do much Good abroad." My own Rela- 
 tions at firft were not fo paflive. My aged 
 Mother wept fore, and others urged what pretty 
 Preferment I might have, if I would ftay at 
 Home— But at length they grew more quiet, 
 and finding me fixed, gainfayed no longer. — 
 During my Stay here, I began to grow a little 
 popular. Congregations were very large, and 
 the Power of God attended the Word. 
 
 In about three Weeks I went to Lrijlcl, to 
 take Lave of fome more of my Relations who 
 lived there. — As it was my confrant Practice, go 
 where I would, to attend on the daily publick 
 Offices of the Church, I went to hear a Sermon 
 
 at i 
 
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 at St. John's Church. Whilft the Pfalm was 
 finging after Prayers, the Mintfter came to my 
 Seat, and afked me to give the Congregation a 
 Sermon. Having my Notes about me, I com- 
 plied. The next Day there was another Leflure 
 at St. Stephen s. The again afked me 
 
 to preach. I again complied, and the Alarm 
 given hereby was Co general, t^.at on the follow- 
 ing Lord's-Day, many of all Denominations 
 were obliged to return from the Churches, where 
 I was invited to preach, for Want of Room. Af- 
 terwards I was appointed by the Mayor to preach 
 before him, and the Corporation. And" for ibme 
 time following, I pro ached all the Lectures on 
 Week-Days, and twice* on* Sundays* befides \ i • 
 fiting tine religious Societies. The Word, thro' 
 the mighty Power of God, was fharper than a 
 two-edged Sword ; and the Doctrine of the New 
 Birth and Juflificaticn by Faith in Jefus Chrifi 
 made its Way, like Lightning, into the Hearers 
 Confciences. 
 
 During my Stay at Brrfiol, I made a little E- 
 lopement to Bath, where I was kindly receive J, 
 and preached at the Abbey-Church twice. 
 
 It v/as now about the Middle of February. 
 Lent was at Hand, and I was obliged to be at 
 Oxford to perform the Remainder of my Col- 
 lege-Exercife, which they call Determining. 
 Having ftaid about ten Days at the Univerfity, I 
 took, as I thought, my laft Farewel of my dear 
 Friends, and came up to London in the Beginning 
 of March, in order to wait upon James Ogle- 
 thorp, Efq; and the Honourable Tru/ifes. I was 
 kindly received by both. The former introduced 
 me to his Grace the late Archb'-JJjop of Canterbury, 
 and the Revd, Mr. Arthur Bedford^ at the Dcfire 
 C 4 of 
 
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 of the latter, (with whom 1 cined at their pub- 
 lick Anniverfary) went with me to the then 
 Lord Bifhop of London. Both approved of my 
 going abroad ; the former was pleafed to fay, 
 44 He would take particular Notice df fuch as 
 went to Georgia, if they did not go out of any 
 jinijier View. 7 ' This put me upon Enquiry what 
 were my Motives in going? And, after the 
 itticlefr. Examination, my Confcicnce anfwered, 
 Not to please any Man living upon Earthy nor out 
 of any Jinijhr View j tut /imply to comply zvitb 
 what I believe to be thy PVill, O God y and to pro- 
 mote thy Glory, thou gnat Shepherd and Bijhop of 
 Souls. 
 
 I continued at London about three Weeks, 
 waiting for Mr. Oglethorpe who expedted to fail 
 every Day. In this Seafon I preached more fre- 
 quently than when there before. Many more came 
 to hear me, and the laft Sunday I was in Town, 
 I read Pjayers twice, and preached four times . 
 But finding Mr. Oglethorp was not likely to go 
 for fome time, and having lain under particular 
 Obligation to the Revd. Mr. Sampjon Harris^ 
 Minifierof Stone- Houfe, in Gloucefterjhire, I v/ent 
 down thither, at his Requeft, to fupply his Place, 
 whilft he came up to difpatch fome Affairs in 
 Town. 
 
 Hither I had Rcafon to think God fent me in 
 Anfwer to Prayer : For there was a little fweet 
 Society of feeking Souls, who had heard me 
 preach at an adjacent Town, and wrcftled with 
 God, if it was his Will, to fend me amongft 
 them. They received me with all Joy, and 
 moft of the Pariftiioners were very civil, when I 
 came to vifit them from Houfe to Houfe. Upon 
 Examination I found them more knowing than 
 
 I ex- 
 
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 I cxpeded. Their Paftor had ufed to catechife 
 the little Ones in the Summer-feafon, and ex- 
 pound the four LefTons every Lord's-Day in the 
 Church. I followed his good Example, and 
 found great Freedom and Afliftance given mc 
 both in my publick and private Administrations,, 
 Having the Ufe of the Parfonage Houfe, I ex- 
 pounded every Night. Many that were not Pa- 
 rifliioners came to hear, and were edified. On 
 Sundays j befides expounding the LefTons, cate- 
 chifing and preaching, I repeated my Sermons to 
 the Society. Neither Church or Houfe could 
 contain the People that came. I fouud uncom- 
 mon Manifestations granted me from above. 
 Early in the Morning, at Noon-Day, Evenings 
 and Midnight ; nay all the Day long, did tha 
 blefled JESUS vifit and refrefh my Heart. Could 
 the Trees of a certain Wood, near Stone- Houfe , 
 fpeak, they would tell what fweet Communion 
 I and fome more dear Souls enjoyed with the ever 
 blefled God there. Sometimes as I have been 
 talking, my Soul would make fuch Sallies that I . 
 thought it would go out of the Body. At other 
 times I would be fo overpowered with a Senfe of 
 God's infinite Majefty, that I would be con- 
 ftraincd to throw myfelf proftrate on the Ground, 
 and offer my Soul as a Blank in his Hands, to 
 write on it what he pleafed. One Night was a 
 Time never to be forgotten. It happened to 
 lighten exceedingly. 1 had been expounding to 
 many People, and fome being afraid to go Home, 
 I thought it my Duty to accompany them, and 
 improve the Occafion, to ffir them up to prepate 
 for the coming of the Son of Man : But O what 
 did my"8X)ul fee4 ! In my Return to the Par- 
 forage- Houfe, whilft others were riling from their 
 C 5 Beds, 
 
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 Bees, and frightened almoft to Death, to fee the 
 Lightning run upon the Ground, and fhine from 
 one Part of the Heaven unto the other, I and 
 another, a poor, but pious, Countryman, were 
 in the Field praifing, praying to, and exult- 
 ing in our God, andionging for that Time, when 
 JESUS -mould be revealed from Heaven in a 
 Flame of Fire ! Oh that my Soul may be in a 
 like Frame, when he fhall actually come to call 
 me ! — Every Week the Congregations increafed; 
 and on Jfcenjion-Day^ when I took my Leave, 
 their Sighs and Tears almoft broke my Heart. 
 Many cried out with Ruth, IVhither thou gee ft I 
 toil! go, where thou lodgcjl 1 will ledge. But I only 
 took one with me, who proved a good Servant, 
 and is, I believe, a true Follower of our ever 
 bleffed JESUS, 
 
 The Incumbent being returned from London ^ 
 and the People of Brijiol having given, me re- 
 peated Invitations, nay having infilled upon my 
 coming again, fince the Time of my embarking 
 "was deferred ; on May 23d, I paid them a fecond 
 Viiit. Multitudes came on Foot, and many iri 
 Coaches aMile without the City to meet me, and 
 almoft all faluted and bleffed me as I went along 
 the Street. Upon my coming here, I received 
 Letters from London, informing me, that Mr. O- 
 g'etberp would not embark thefe two Months. 
 This glad en ed many Hearts, though I cannot 
 fay it did mine; becaufe I counted the Hours, 
 as it were, till I went abroad. I preached, as 
 ufual, about five times a Week f but the Con- 
 gregations grew, if pofiible, Jarger and larger. 
 Some hung upon the Rails of the Organ-Loft, 
 ' others climbed upon the Leads of the Church, 
 " and all together made the Church itfclf lb -hot 
 
 with 
 
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 with their Breath, that the Steam would fall 
 from the Pillars like Drops of Rain. Sometimes 
 almoft as many would go away for want of Room 
 as came in, and it was with great Difficulty I 
 got into the Defk to read Prayers, or preach. 
 Perfons of all Ranks and Denominations flocked 
 to, hear. A private Society or two were erect- 
 ed. I preached and collected for the poor Pri- 
 foners in Newgate twice or thrice a Week, and 
 large Offers were made me if I would not go 
 abroad. 
 
 During my Stay here, I paid another Vifit to 
 Bath, and preached three Times in the Abbey- 
 Churchy and once in Sheer? s-Chdpeh People 
 crouded, and were affe&ed as at BriJldL And 
 God ftirred up fome eleS Ladies to give upwards 
 of a hundred and ftxty Pounds for the Poor of 
 Georgia. 
 
 June 21, I took my laft Farewel of BriftoL 
 But when I came to tell them, it might be that 
 they would fee my Face no tnorc^ high and low, 
 young and old, burft into fuch a Flood of Tears, 
 as I had never feen before : Drops fell from their 
 Eyes like Rain, or rather gufhed out like Wa- 
 ter. Multitudes, after Sermon, followed me 
 home weeping ; and the next Day I was em- 
 ployed from {even in the Morning rill Midnight^ 
 in talking and giving fpiritual Advice to awaken- 
 ed Souls. 
 
 About three the next Morning, having thrown 
 myfelf on the Bed for an Hour or two, I fet out 
 for Ghucefter^ becaufe I heard that a great Com- 
 pany on Horfeback and in Coaches, intended to 
 fee me out of Town. Some finding; themfelves 
 difappointed, followed me thither, where I ftakl 
 a few Davs, and preached to a yery crouded 
 C 6 Au- 
 
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 Auditory. Then I went on to Oxford, wl. 
 we had, as it were, a general Rendezvous qj 
 the Metbodifts ; and, finding their Inter eft* 
 flourifhing, and being impatient to go abroad, 
 I haftened away, after taking a moft affectionate 
 Leave, and came to London about the End of 
 AugujU — 
 
 About this Time, through the Importunity 
 of Friends, and Afperfions of Enemies, I was 
 prevailed upon to print my Sermon on the Nature 
 end Nicrjjity of our Regeneration or New-Birth 
 in CHRIST JESUS, which, under God, be- 
 gan the awakening at GlouceJUr, Gloucefterjhirey 
 Eriftol, and London. A fecond Impreflion was 
 foon called for -> and^ finding another of my Ser- 
 mons was printed without my Leave, and in a 
 very incorredt Manner, at Brijtci, I was obliged 
 to publifh the Original in my own Defence, and 
 afterwards thought myfelf warranted to print 
 any other Difcourfes though in themfelves mean, 
 that I found bleffed to the Good of Souls. 
 
 But to return to my publick Administrations. 
 Being determined to abide in London till the 
 Time of my Departure, I followed my ufual 
 Pra&ice of reading and praying over the Word 
 of God upon my Knees. Sweet was this Re- 
 tirement to my Soul, but it was not of long 
 Continuance. Invitations were given me to 
 preach at feveral Places. — The Stewards and 
 Members of the religious Societies were very 
 fond of hearing me. I was invited to preach at 
 Cripplegate, St. Anne's, and Fofter-lane Churches, 
 at Six on the Lord's- day Morning, and to affift 
 in adminiftring the holy Sacrament. I embraced 
 the Invitations, and fo many came, that fomc- 
 times we were obliged to confecrate frefh Ele- 
 ments 
 
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 Hicnts twice or thrice, and the Stewards found 
 it fomewhat difficult to carry the Offerings to 
 the Communion-table. — I alio preached at /flap- 
 ping Chapel, the Tower, Ludgate, Newgate*, and 
 many of the Churches where weekly Le&ures 
 were kept up. The Congregations continually 
 increafed, and generally, of a Lord's-day, I 
 ufed to preach four Times to very large and 
 very affe&ed Auditories, befides reading Prayers 
 twice or thrice, and walking, perhaps, twelve 
 Miles in going backwards and forwards from one 
 Church to the other. — My kind Friends fre- 
 quently laid, /pare yourfe/f; but I found, by 
 daily Experience, the more I did > the more I 
 might do for God. 
 
 About the latter End of Auguft, finding there 
 were many young Men belonging to the Socie- 
 ties that attended my Administrations, I entered 
 into one of their finging Societies, hoping thereby 
 to have greaterOpportunities of doing themGood- 
 It anfwered my Defign — Our Lord gave me to 
 fpiritualize their Singing : And after they had 
 taught me the Gamut, they would gladly hear 
 me teach them the Myfteries of the New-Birth^ 
 and the Necefftty of living to God. — Many de- 
 lightful Evenings did we fpend together in this 
 Way. And many of thefe Youths afterwards, 
 to all Appearance, walked with God, and will, 
 I trufi, join the heavenly Choir in finging 
 Praifes to the Lamb, and him that fitteth upon 
 the Throne forever. 
 
 About the Middle of September, my Name 
 Was firft put into the publick News-Papers, but 
 upon what particular Occafion I cannot now 
 recollect. The Sunday before, with great Re- 
 luctance, I was prevailed on to preach a Cha- 
 rity 
 
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 rity Sermon at Wapping Chapel. The Con- 
 gregation was very large, and more was col- 
 lected than had been for many Years upon a 
 like Occafion. This got Air ; my Friends im- 
 proved the Occafion, and intreated me to preach 
 another Charity Sermon at Sir Gecrge Wheeler 's 
 Chapel. I abfolutely refufed ; but at length, 
 through the Importunity of a Friend, preached 
 upon the Widow* s giving her two Mites, God 
 io bowed the Hearts of the Hearers, that almoft 
 all, as I was told by the Collectors, gave 
 
 moft willingly This ftill drew on frefh 
 
 Applications. The Sunday following I preached 
 in the Evening at St. Siviihen's, where eight 
 Pounds were collected, inftead of ten Shillings, 
 The next Morning, as I was at Breakfaft with 
 a Friend at the Tower, I read in one of the 
 News-Paper, Th&t there ivas a yenng Gentleman 
 going Vcluntier to Georgia: That he had preached 
 at St. Swithen'-s and collefted eight Pounds, in- 
 ftead of ten Shillings ; three Pounds of ivhich 
 were in Halfpence : And that he was to preach 
 next Wednesday before the Societies, at their. Ge- 
 neral Quarterly Meeting. This Advertifement 
 chagrined me very much. — I immediately fern to 
 the Printer, defiring he would put me in his Pa- 
 per no more.— His Anfwer was, That he was 
 paid for doing it, and that he zvould not lofe two 
 Shillings y^r any body. By this means Peoples 
 Curiofity was ftirred up more and more.— On 
 the Wednefday Evening Bow- Church in Cheap- 
 fide was crouded exceedingly. — I preached my 
 Sermon on early Piety, and, at the Requeft of 
 the Societies, printed it. — Henceforwards, for 
 near three Months fucceffively, there was no 
 End of Peoples flocking to hear the Word of 
 
 God — 
 
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 God — The Church- Wardens, and Managers 
 of the Charity-Schools, perceiving what Effect 
 my Preaching had upon the Populace, were con- 
 tinually applying to me to preach for the Bene- 
 fit of the Children. — And as I was to embark 
 ihortly, they procured the Liberty of the Churches 
 on the Week-days. — And fometimes Conftables 
 were obliged to be placed at the Doors, without 
 and within. — One might, as it were, walk upon 
 the Peoples Heads, and thoufands went away 
 from the largeft Churches for want of Room. — 
 They were all Attention when the Word was 
 delivered, and heard like People hearing for Eter- 
 nity. — I now preached generally nine Times a 
 Week. The early Sacraments were exceeding 
 awful. At Cripplegate^ St. Aruus, and Fofter- 
 lane.O how often have we feen JESUS CHRIST 
 crucified, and evidently fet forth before us ! On 
 Sunday Mornings, long before Day, you might 
 fee Streets filled with People going to Church, 
 with their Lanthorns in their Hands, and hear 
 them converfing about the Things of God. — But 
 as my Popularity and Ufefulnefs increafed, Op- 
 pofition increafed proportionably. — Atfirftmany 
 of the Clergy were my Hearers and Admirers : 
 But fome foon grew angry, and Complaints 
 were made, that the Churches were fo crouded, 
 that there was no Room for the Parifhioners, 
 and that the Pews were fpoiled. — Some called 
 me a Spiritual Pick-pocket, and others thought 
 I made ufe of a Charm to get the Peoples Mo- 
 ney.— A Report was fpread abroad, that the 
 Bifhop of London, upon the Complaint of the 
 Clergy, intended to filence me. I immediately 
 waited upon his Lordfliip, and enquired whe- 
 ther any Complaint of this Nature had been 
 
 lodged 
 

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 lodged againft me ? He anfwered, No. I afked 
 his Lordfhip, whether any Obje&ion could be 
 made againft my Do&rine ? He fa id, No: For 
 he knew a Clergyman who had heard me preach a 
 plain Scriptural Sermon. I afked his Lordfhip 
 whether he would grant me a Licence ? He faid, 
 / needed none, ftnee 1 was going to Georgia. I re- 
 plied, " Then your Lordfhip would not forbid 
 me r" He gave me a fatisfactory Anfwer, and 
 I took my Leave. — Soon after this, two Clergy- 
 men fent for me, and told me, they would not 
 let me preach in their Pulpits any more, unlefs 
 I renounced that Part of the Preface of my Sermon 
 on Regeneration, wherein I wifhed, That rny Bre- 
 thren would entertain their Auditories oftener with 
 Difcourfes upon the New-Birth. — This 1 had no 
 Freedom to do, and fo they continued my Op- 
 pofers. — What I believe irritated fome of my 
 Enemies the more, was my free Conversation 
 with many of the ferious DtfTenteis, who invited 
 me to their Houfes, and repeatedly told me, 
 That if the Doclrine of the New-Birth' a>d Jufti- 
 fication by Faith was preached powerfully in the 
 Church, there would be but few Dijfenters in Eng- 
 land. — My Practice in vifiting and affociating 
 with them I thought was quite agreeable to the 
 Word of God. — Their Conversation was fa- 
 voury, and I judged the befl Way to bring 
 them over, was not by Bigotry and Railing, but 
 Moderation and Love, and undiffembled Holi- 
 nck of Life.— But thefe Reafons were of no 
 Avail. — One Minifter called me Pragmatical 
 Rafcal, and vehemently inveighed againft me 
 and the whole Body of Diflenters together. — 
 Nor. was I witiout fome Oppofition even 
 
 {torn 
 
f 41 ] 
 
 m my Friends, who were jealous over me 
 with a Godly Jcaloufy. — However, the Lord 
 (Oh infinite Condefcenfion !) was pleafed to 
 be with and bids me Day by Day. — I had 
 a fweet Kn6t of religious Intimates, with 
 whom ( ibmetime I think in Otlobcr ) we 
 began to let apart an Hour every Evening, to 
 intercede with the Great Head of the Church 
 for carrying on the Work begun, and for the 
 Circle of our Acquaintance, according as we 
 knew their Circumitances required. — I was their 
 Mouth unto God, and he only knows what En- 
 largement I felt in that divine Employ. Once 
 we fpent a whole Night in Prayer and Praife ; 
 znd many a time at Midnight, and at one in 
 the Morning, after I have been wearied almoft 
 to Death in Preaching, Writing, and Conver- 
 sation, and going from Place to Place, God 
 imparted new Life to my Soul, and the Sweet- 
 nefs of this Exercife made me compofe my Ser- 
 mon upon Intercejfion. 
 
 Cbrijimas now drew near, and Notice being 
 given me, that the Soldiers were almoft ready to 
 embark for Georgia^ I was refolved to throw 
 myfelf into the Hands of God, an! go with 
 them. But the nearer the Time of my Em- 
 barkation approached, the more affectionate and 
 eager People grew. — All Ranks gave Vent to 
 their Paffions. — Thoufands and Thoufands of 
 Prayers were put up for me. — They would run 
 and flop me in the Allies of the Churches, hug 
 me in their Arms, and follow me with wifhful 
 Looks. — Once in the Chriftmas before my De- 
 parture, with many others, I ipent a Night in 
 Prayer and Praife ; and in the Morning helped 
 to adminifter the Sacrament at St. Dunftan*s % 
 
 as 
 
[42 ] 
 
 as I ufed to do on Saints-days. — But fuch a Sa- 
 crament I never before faw. — The Tears of the 
 Communicants mingled with the Cup, and had 
 not JESUS given us fome of his new Wine 
 to comfort our Hearts, our parting would 
 have been infupportable. — At length, after hav- 
 ing preached in a good Part of the London 
 Churches, collected about a thoufand Pounds 
 for the Charity-Schools, and got upwards of 
 three hundred Pounds Sterling for the Poor of 
 Georgia among my Friends (for which I have 
 ftnee publickly accounted) on December 28, 
 1737, and twenty-third Year of my Age, I 
 left London, and went in the Strength of God 
 as a poor Pilgrim on board the Wbitaker. For 
 an Acount of what befel me there, and fome 
 following Years, I muft refer thee, my dear 
 Reader, to the annexed Journals. 
 
 Mr. WHITE- 
 
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 Mr. JVHlTEFIELD's 
 
 JOURNALS. 
 
 FROM 
 
 His firft Embarking for Georgia, 
 by Way of Gibraltar, j 73?5 
 
 t o 
 
 His firft Return to England, 1738. 
 
 ON IVednefday^ December 28, 1737, having 
 received the holy Sacrament at St. Dun- 
 ftanS) being recommended to the Gra^ce of 
 God by a great Number of weeping Chriftian 
 Brethren at the Reverend Mr. H "s, I fet out at 
 Night for Deptford in a Coach, where an aged 
 Widow-woman gladly received me into her 
 Houfe ; where many of my Friends, who came 
 on Foot from London, gave me the Meet- 
 ing. With them I took a little bodily Refrefh- 
 ment, fpent two or three Hours in Interceflion 
 for our Friends and Enemies, and all Mankind ; 
 fung Pfalms, and Hymns, and fpiritual Songs, 
 and then went comfortably to Relr. Ob who 
 can exprefs the unjpcakable Joy of religious Con- 
 Verfe ! 
 
 Thurfday, Dec. 29. Rofe early in the Morn- 
 ing, and continued inftant in Prayer, Chanting, 
 
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 and finging of Pfalms with my Friends till nine. 
 After this we went in queft of our Ship, but 
 finding £he was fallen down to Purfiec^ and was 
 not to remove to Grave fend for fome Time, we 
 returned to Depifcrd, praifingGoD, and praying 
 for a Blefiing on the intended Voyage. The 
 LORD perform all our Petitions ! 
 
 Here we dined comfortably together, joined 
 in a Pfalm, read the Leflbns for the Day, and 
 concluded with Prayer. Some were then obliged 
 to depart for London. After they were gone, 
 my Heart being ready to break, 1 continued 
 with the reft in particular Interceflion for near 
 two Hours, and then God was pleafed to com- 
 fort my Soul. If parting frcm a few earthly 
 Friends fir a Seajcn be jo grievous , what mu/1 it 
 be to be parted from GOD and good Men for all 
 Eternity ? 
 
 It happened providentially that a Ledlure was 
 to b$ preached that Evening at Deptford^ and 
 feveral importuned me to preach it. At firft I 
 was fearful, having no Notes : But afterwards 
 (having got the Confent of the Minifter) I went 
 up, depending on bis Promife, Lo I am wiih you 
 ckvayS) even unto the End cf the IVcrld \ and was 
 enabled to preach to a large Congregation with- 
 out the leaft Hefitation. Did any one ever trufl 
 in the LORD and was forfaken ? 
 
 Friday^ Dec. 3c. Went with our Baggage 
 and nine or ten Friends in a Gravefend Boat to 
 Purflett) where the JVhitakcr was fallen down, 
 and came on board about ten in the Morning, 
 fpoke fome few Things to my new Charge, 
 fpent the Remainder of the Day on fhore with 
 my Friends, in finging Pfalms, Prayer, and ex- 
 horting 
 
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 horting one another to Love and good Works, 
 and returned at Night to the Ship, and lay very 
 comfortably upon the Ground on a Matrefs, in 
 the great Cabin. It is tkcu LORD that canjl 
 make us /Jeep in Safe'y. — 
 
 Saturday ^ Dec. 31. Began this Morning to 
 have public Prayers on open Deck, at which 
 the Officers and Soldiers attended with Decency 
 and Reverence. After Prayer, I enlarged a 
 little on thofe Words of St. PauJ^ I am deter- 
 mined to know nothing ammg you fave JESUS 
 CHRIST^ and him crucified \ told them how 
 my future Conduct would be, and then difmiffed 
 them I thought fomewhat moved. O that I may 
 have Grace to aft fnitably to thi> PrcfeJJion ! 
 
 To-day alfo 1 began to vifit the Sick, and 
 took that Opportunity of difcourfing on the Un- 
 certainty of Life, and the Certainty of a future 
 Judgment ; and God was pleafed not to let 
 my Words fall to the Ground. 
 
 About twelve, I went and paid my Friends a 
 Vifit, who were on Shore, and fpent two or three 
 delightful Hours in praifing and bleflingGoD. 
 
 Soon after came another Friend, with two 
 more from Grave/end, deiiring me, in the Name 
 of the Minifier, to ccme and preach there the 
 following Lord's-day. At firit I was unwilling 
 to leave my own Flock in the Ship, but my 
 Friends Reafonings over-b;ilancing mine, I wenr 
 on Board, read publick Prayers, vifit ed the Sick, 
 gave an Exhortation (at which the Soldiers were 
 much affected), and then took Boat with them 
 for Gravefevd. I he Evening was exceeding 
 calm, the Sky clear, and all Things confpired 
 to praife that high and lofty One that inhabiteth 
 
 fciernity, 
 
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 Eternity, who Jlretcheth forth the Heavens like a 
 Curtain, and holdeth the Waters in the Hollow of 
 his Hand. 
 
 Sun day i January I. Rofe early in the Morn- 
 ing, and retired to an adjacent Hill with my 
 Friends to Prayer. — About Ten went to Church, 
 and preached, and received the holy Sacrament, 
 the Curate being fo kind, at our Requeft, as to 
 adminiiter it. — In the Afternoon I preached again 
 to a more numerous Congregation than in the 
 Morring: And being to ftay there but one 
 Lord's Day, upon the Curate's readily confent- 
 ing to lend the Pulpit, and my Friend's and the 
 People's Importunity, I read Prayers and preach- 
 ed a third time at fix in the Evening, to a very 
 thronged Auditory. — BleJJed be GOD for this 
 happy Beginning of the new Year ! 
 
 Monday, Jan. 2, 1737-8. Sat up till twelve 
 at Night, to take leave of fome of my Friends, 
 whofe Bufinefs obliged them to be at London the 
 next Morning; and then, after three or four 
 Hours Reft, rofe and walked to Gretnhith with 
 the Remainder of my Friends. 
 
 About twelve I went on board, leaving them 
 to dine on Shore ; fpent the Remainder of the 
 Day vifiting the Sick, teaching the Children, 
 reading Prayers, and Preaching. 
 
 In the hvening went on Shore again to my 
 Friends, prayed, fung Pfalms, and expounded 
 a Chapter out of the holy Scriptures, and was not 
 jk little comforted. Praife the LORD^O my Soul. 
 
 Tufflay, fun. 3. This Evening began to read 
 Payers between Decks, judging it would be too 
 coid above. Afterwards went, according to 
 Cuiiom, on Shore to Graiefend % where I was 
 agreeably iurprifed by feeing my Friends once 
 
 imrc, 
 
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 more, the Weather having prevented their go- 
 ing to London. Here alio Mr. C. IV. and Mr. 
 IV, H. gave me the Meeting, with whom we 
 prayed, iungPfalms, commended one another to 
 G i), and parted tbe next Morning like Chn- 
 IHan Brethren. 
 
 iVedncfday^ fan. 4. Came on board at Ten. 
 in the Morning ; but could not have publiclc 
 Pravers, becauie the Soldiers were engaged with 
 their Officer : But I vifited the Sick, and per- 
 ceived the Soldiers were attentive to hear, when 
 I applied myfelf to thofe that flood around the 
 flck Peiibns. I alio diftributed amongfl the Sick 
 fome of my London Friends kind Prefents, 
 and afterwards went with Mr. H. in the 
 Evening on Shore to Grave/end, where we in- 
 terceded for Friends, expounded a Chapter, and 
 went to Bed, with that Peace cf Mind ivbub 
 paffiib all Under/landing. — Oh that the I en fun t\ 
 carc/f, half ' Cbriftian could but know the Comforts 
 of Religion ! 
 
 Thurfday^ Jan. 5 . This Day I was refrefhed in 
 Spirit, by hearing from fome London Friends, and 
 begun to catechiie fix or {tvm of the young Sol- 
 diers on open Deck. I queftioned whether they 
 would fubmit to it : But GOD has the Hearts of 
 all Men in his Hands. 
 
 Friday , "January 6. Came on board about 
 Nine, read Prayers, and preached between 
 Decks. In the mean while the Ship loofed from 
 Gravefend, and failed by Noon to the Ao*e. 
 
 Having a brifk Gale, fome of the Paiiengers 
 began to be fick : But I felt very little of it ; God 
 enabled me to rejoice. My Heart was warmed 
 by talking religioufly to the Sailors, and I wa^ 
 k> pleafed, that I could have watched u no Pi 
 
 and 
 
 
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 and Praife all Night. — Oh for a prayerful praifirg 
 Heart ! 
 
 Saturday ', January 7. Breakfafted with fome 
 of the Gentlemen in the great Cabin, who were 
 very civil, and let me put in a Word for God. 
 
 Read publick Prayers, and began to expound 
 the Lord's Prayer to the Soldiers, by way of 
 Sermon. After that I inftru&ed my military 
 Catechumens, who now amounted to twelve or 
 thirteen. GOD make them good Soldiers of 
 Christ, as well as of the King ! 
 
 Had an Hour's Converfation with a Gentle- 
 man on board, on 6ur Fall in Adam y and the 
 Neceffity of our New Birth in Christ Jesus, 
 and hope it was not unpleafant to him. 
 
 Catechifed thofe who went with me on open 
 Deck, for Example to others. Captain IV. the 
 two Cadets, and Serjeants, fat very ferious and 
 attentive. But when the Captain of the Sol- 
 diers came, my Heart funk a little. — Corrup- 
 tion, thou art my Sifter ! 
 
 The Ship continued at the Nore all this Day ^ 
 but! hope we made fome Advances towards Eter- 
 nity. — In the Evening the Wind blew very frefh 
 indeed -, and had our Ship been in the Downs, we 
 ihculd have been in Danger. How wifely doth 
 GuD provide for us ! 
 
 Sunday, Jan. 8. Went early and vifited the 
 Sea-fick Soldiers and their Families between 
 Decks, gave them fome Sage-Tea and Sugar, 
 iff 6*. and excited them all to Thankfulnefs and 
 Repentance, out of Gratitude for their Prefer- 
 vation in the laft Night's Gale ; and returned 
 
 publick Thanks at Morning Prayers. Read 
 
 publick Prayers, and preached twice to the Sol- 
 diers j 
 
 
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 dicrs j and read Prayers once in the Great Cab- 
 bin to the Officers, at their own Requeft. 
 
 This being the firit Lord's Day I have fpent 
 for a long Time in fo private a manner* I could 
 not avoid reflecting on the following Lines : 
 
 I figh vohen-eer ??iy mufing Thoughts 
 
 Thfe happy Days prefent, 
 JVhin 1 ivith Troops of pious Friends 
 
 Thy Temple did frequent ; 
 When 1 advavc d with Songs of Praife 9 
 
 My folemn Voids to pay, 
 And led the joyful f acred Throng 
 
 That kept the FejlaUDay. 
 
 But I confidered it was the Divine Will that 
 placed me here, and therefore I rejoiced. He is 
 unworthy the Name of a Ghrijlian, who U not as 
 wiling to hide himfelf when GOD commands, as to 
 aft in a public k Capacity. 
 
 M-nday, Jan. 9. Weighed from the Nore, and 
 failed before the Wind in company with fever al 
 others, which carried us on fo brifkly,that we an- 
 chored before Margate about One. — After dinner, 
 having fome Neceffaries to buy, I went on Shore. 
 In the Boat was one of the mofr abandoned Men 
 I ever faw : He had fo much of the Devil in 
 him, that the very Boat-Men, profane as they 
 were, abhorr'd him. From whence I infer, that 
 was the Devil himfelf to appear as he is, the 
 moft profane Sinners could not but deteft him, 
 — When I went into the Boat the Sea run high 5 
 but 
 
 God is our Rrfuge in Dijlrefs, 
 Aprefent Help when Dangers prefs j 
 
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 In kitn undoubted we'll confide, 
 Tho' Earth were from her Center tcjYd, 
 And Mountains in the Ocean loft, 
 
 Torn piece-neal ly the rearing Tide. 
 
 —About Five we got fafe to Margate, and after 
 we had done our fecular Bufinefs, we paid the 
 Minifrer a Vifit, who received us moil: courte- 
 oufly. — Our Converfation was fuch as tended to 
 the Ufe of Edifying. — It ran chiefly upon the 
 great Importance of the minifterial Function ; 
 the NccerTity of Preaching up the Doctrine cf 
 the New Birth ; and the Benefit of Vifiting 
 from Houfe to Houfe. 
 
 Tuefday, Jan. 10. Came on board about Eight 
 this Morning, and found we had great Reafon 
 to be thankful that we were on Shore laft Night : 
 The Sailors told us that it lightned all Night ; 
 that the Storm was great, and the Ship's Long- 
 boat loft. — At publick Prayers I.rctufned Thanks 
 for our Deliverance, and by Way of S-ermon ex- 
 plained the Second Article of the Creed, which 
 J began Yefterday. Did the fame after Evening 
 Prayers. Spent the Remainder of the Day in 
 writing Letters and vifitin£ the Sick, who en- 
 crealed on my Hands, but were very thankful 
 for furnifhing them with Sage-tea, Sugar, Broth, 
 ifjc. At the Sight of fo many Obje&s of Pity, 
 I was;feniibly touched, and could not but trani- 
 verfe the Prodigal's Complaint; How many art 
 ready to perijh with Hunger, whilft I have enough 
 and to j]are. 
 
 Wcanijday, Jan. 1 1. Weighed from Margytjt 
 Road, and caft Anchor in the Downs, the Ship 
 failing moft pleafantlv before the Wind. — Went 
 en in explaining the Creed after Evening Prayers, 
 
 and 
 
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 and had the Comfort to hear gooJ was done 
 among the Soldiers. The Captain was pleafed 
 to exprefs his Approbation. GOD grant I may 
 with a Jingle Eye feek to plcafe the Captain of ?ny 
 Salvation! — After Evening Prayers and vifiting 
 the Sick, went afliore with Mr. H. to Deal; and 
 was highly delighted with a Profpecl of the 
 Downs. — Went and payed my Refpects to the 
 two Minifters of the Place : But rinding neither 
 of them at Home, fpent the Remainder of the 
 Evening very comfortably in religious Talk and 
 Family Prayer, at which a poor Woman was 
 much affected. —II' ho knows what a Fire this litt'e 
 Spark may kindle ! 
 
 Thurjday, Ja*u 12. Went on board about E- 
 Icven.— Read Prayers and went on explaining 
 the Creed to the Soldiers ; vifited and prayed with 
 the Sick ; arid began this Afternoon to explain 
 the Cateckijm to the Women by themfelves : I 
 find they are in Number about fixteen. Projper 
 thou, O LORD, this Work of my Hands irpm 
 me! — After Evening Prayers and expounding the 
 Creed, went again to Deal with Mr. H. to buy 
 fome NecefTaries. Spent the Remainder of the 
 Evening in writing Letters, and reading and 
 praying with eight or nine poor People, wli3 
 came, I fuppofe, at the Report of the other 
 poor Woman to hear me. 
 
 Friday, Jan. 1 3. Remained all Day on Shore 
 (the Weather being too rough to go on board) 
 and fet it apart as a Day of Humiliation, Abfti- 
 nence, and Interccflion for all Mankind. — Had 
 two or three added to my Company at Night, 
 who feemed very attentive, and prayed for me 
 moft heartily. I gave them fome Bojks : May 
 GOD give them his Blejfmg ! 
 
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 . Saturday, Jan. 14. Spent the Morning In 
 writing Letters, and was much pleafed with the 
 pious Converfation of a poor Woman, who was 
 one of my Auditors laft Night, and who, I be- 
 Ireve, has parted through the Pangs of the New 
 Birth. — Haded on board ^bout Eleven. — Was 
 enlarged in preaching after Prayers to the Sol- 
 diers, and at Night continued inftant in Inter- 
 ceffion on Deck ; and the Profpect of a clear 
 Sky, the Stars glittering, and the Moon fhming 
 bright, warmed my Heart, and made me greatly 
 rejoice in Spirit. I now began to be more recon- 
 ciled to a Ship Life ; for God gave me Health of 
 Body, and, without which all is nothing, Con- 
 tent of Mind. Lord continue this for thy Mer- 
 cy Sake. 
 
 Sunday, Jan. 15. Read publick Prayers in the 
 Cabbin this Morning, and was much enlarged in 
 preaching to the Soldiers on this Article, 1 believe 
 in theHoly Ghofl : In explaining which, I took Oc- 
 cafion to fhew the Nature and Neceffity of the 
 New Birth. Lord 7?iake all Partakers of it ! — 
 Catechifed the Soldiers, and, blcfled be God, 
 find fome of them improved. Was enlarged 
 again in my Evening Sermon, and had Prayers 
 a fecond Time in the great Cabbin. The Offi- 
 cers, cffY. willingly complied as foon as I pro- 
 
 pofed it; — God be praifed ! All the Day the 
 
 Sea was entirely calm, and every thing about us 
 feemed hufhed and quiet, as though it would re- 
 mind us of that facred Reft the Day was fet 
 apart to commemorate. In the Evening the 
 Wind blew veryfrefh, but being full againfl us, 
 we were obliged to fail back to the Douons, (tho' 
 we had got near fifty Miles) where we arrived 
 about Twelve o'Clock. Keep us, GOD, from 
 
 going 
 
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 go : ng back in our heavenly Voyage and all /ball be 
 wJl/ 
 
 Monday, Jan. 16. Was a little affected by 
 feeing a poor Soldier tied Neck and Heels, for 
 feveral mutinous Words he had jpoken. The 
 Captain related the Cafe to me, and faid, if I 
 could make him fenfible of his Crime, I might 
 beg him oft'. I endeavoured to do it, bui alas, 
 in vain ; he continued cbftinate, and thereby 
 hindred my Defign taking Effect. After this, 
 the Captain ordered him to be tied down between 
 Decks ; from whence I took Occafion, in my 
 Morning Sermon, to exhort the Soldiers to obey 
 them that had the Rule over them, and to avoid 
 thofc Sins, that would provoke God to com- 
 mand thern to be lied Hand and riot, and <o be 
 cafl into outer DartneJ?, where would be weeping 
 and gnajhtng of Teeth. 
 
 About Twelve, a Deal Boat coming along 
 Side, I was minded to go thither to anfwer my 
 Letters. The Sea was very boifterous, but God 
 brought us to Shore rejoicing. O wherefore did 
 1 in the lea ft fear ? — It being the 16th Day of the 
 Month, Mr. H. and I joined in an Hour's Inter- 
 ceflion and Abftinence, with many that I knew 
 met together to bewail their own and the Sins of 
 the Nation. About Four, took fome bodily Re- 
 frefhments, and from thence, till One in the 
 Morning, continued anfwering my Correfpon- 
 dents. May the LORD make them Anfwers of 
 Peace and Jov ! 
 
 Tuefday, fan. 17. Game on board about Two 
 in the Afternoon, and found all Things quiet in 
 the Ship. Obferved the Women to be uncom- 
 monly attentive when I proceeded to explain the 
 Catechjfm. — 'Gained an Opportunity, by wajk- 
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 ing at Night on Deck, after Interceffion, to talk 
 clofely to the chief Mate, and one of the Ser- 
 jeants of the Regiment, and hope my Words 
 were not altogether fpoken in Vain. O that they 
 may come to the Knowledge of the Truth) and be 
 javed t 
 
 IVcdncfday^ "Jan. 1 8. Spent all the Morning 
 in Retirement, reading the Scriptures, publick 
 Prayer, and preaching ; the Weather being ex- 
 tremely pleafant. — Began to live by Rule more 
 than ever ; for nothing I find is to be done with- 
 out it. All that had been lick being recovered, 
 they came to worfhip, for whom I gaveThanks: 
 And at the End of my Sermon I exhorted them to 
 fhew forth their Thankfulness, not only with 
 tr.e r Lips, but in their Lives. O that there may 
 be in them fuch a Mind! — Finifhed my Expofi- 
 tion on theCWW; read publick Prayers, and 
 preached as ufual in the Afternoon; catechifed 
 the Soldiers \ and was pleafed to fee many that 
 flood very attentive* — Had great Comfort in read - 
 Mtg the Scriptures. Was afterwards a little in- 
 clined to Heavinefs, but drove it off by a long 
 interceffion. Prayer is an Antidote agai»Ji every 
 EviL — About Eleven at Night went and fat 
 down among the Sailors in the Steerage, and 
 •reafoned with them about Right eoufnefs^ Tempe- 
 raucc^ and a Judgment to ccme ; at which fome 
 of them almoft trembled. 
 
 Tkufday, Jan. 19. Was much comforted by 
 hearing from my Friends. Began, after Prayers 
 this Morning, to explain the Catechifm to the 
 Soldiers, and draw proper Inferences by way of 
 Sermon : I find it is much approved of, and, for 
 them, by far the fitted Way of Inftru&ion. — 
 Spent the Afternoon in anfwering Correspon- 
 dents ; 
 
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 dtnts ; was much affiltcd in my Evening Expo- 
 sition on theCatechifm ; and had great Hopes of 
 two Soldiers becoming Chriftians indeed. IFou'.d 
 U God all the Kings SI Hers zvere fucb ! — Was 
 enabled to compole a great Part of a Sermon 
 this Evening, enlarged in Interceifion, and after- 
 wards much rejoiced by three more Letters, and 
 fat up till One in the Morning to anfwer them. 
 Wbatfoever thou findeji in thy Hand to d: 5 faith 
 the wife Man, do it with all thy Might. 
 
 Friday > Jan. 20. Rofe with great Peace of 
 Mind, and fpent all the Morning in compofing. 
 —Happily made up a Difference between a Sol- 
 dier and his Wife, who were one of the four 
 Gouple I married when firft I came on board : 
 The Man had refolved to part from her, but 
 upon my reminding him of his Marriage Vow, 
 and entreating him with Love, he immediately 
 took to her again. IV'nat may n$t a Minijhr d? 
 tbr ugh Cbfii/i) when his F. i bhri?*— Pro* 
 
 poled to the Captain to read a few Prayers in the 
 great Cabbin every Night, which he readily con- 
 sented to, and withal laid, he fhould be glad to 
 here me preach, whenever I fhould think proper. 
 Thanks be to GOD for the Profpefl of 'mire I Fork ! 
 — Was furprifed in the midll of my Evening's 
 Difcourfs by the chief Mate, who came and told 
 me, that the Aliniiter of Upper Deal had lent a 
 Boat for me, defiling me, at the Requeft of the 
 Inhabitants, to preach the Sunday following. I 
 went with them, and found the Number of my 
 Evening Hearers greatly encreafed, and very joy- 
 ful to fee me once more on Shore. — Afterwards 
 1 fate up till One in the Morning, anfwering my 
 Corrclpondents, and then lay down, filled with 
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 a Joy which no Man could take\fromme. Oh that 
 all Men knew the Comforts of Religion ! 
 
 Saturday, Jan. 21. This Evening the Num- 
 ber of my Hearers fo encreafed, that the Stairs 
 were full, as well as the Room. I expounded to 
 them the 25th of St. Matthew, at which they 
 were much affecled, and prayed for me moftear- 
 neftly. Lord, let their Cry come unto thee f 
 
 Sunday , Jan. 22. About Nine went on board 
 with Capt. IV. who is always extremely civil ; 
 vifited the Sick, and read Prayers in the Great 
 Cabbin, and then read Prayers, and preached my 
 Sermon on Early Piety, on open Deck to the 
 Soldiers. The Officers, and other Gentlemen, 
 attended very ferioufly. The Weather was very 
 cold, hut Preaching u armed my Heart. — In the 
 Afternoon preached at Upper Deal, on ASls xxviiu 
 26. Many feemed to be pricked to the Heart.— 
 In the Evening expounded the Lord's Prayer, 
 and had a much larger Company than before.— 
 Sat up till paft Ten, to anfwer fome Letters ; 
 snd then went to Reft, with, I truft, humbling 
 Reflections upon God's unmerited loving Kind- 
 nefs to me, the chief of Sinners. 
 
 Ten thcufand thoufand precious Gifts 
 
 My daily Thanks employ : 
 Oh give me, Lord, a thankful Heart 
 
 To tajh thofe Gifts with Jcy t 
 
 Tlorough all Eternity, to Thee 
 
 My grateful Sony FU raife 
 But, oh ! Eternity s too JJ)ort 
 
 To fet forth all thy P raife. 
 
 Mon^ 
 
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 Monday, Jan. 23. About Eleven this Morn- 
 ing went on board the Amy, to pay rny Refpc<5ls 
 to Colonel C. and to vifit his Soldiers, whom I 
 looked upon as part of my Charge, Was receiv- 
 ed very civilly by him and the otherOfficers ; went 
 among the Soldiers, gave them a Word or two 
 of Exhortation ; promifed to bring them fome 
 Books, and to come and preach to them, if Op- 
 portunity fhould offer, before we left the Downs. 
 — After this, I vifited the Light fro , another Ship 
 in company, in which were about twelveSoldiers 
 and a Serjeant: They received me kindly. I fat 
 down and converfcd with them ; promifed to fend 
 them fome Books, and to come and preach to 
 them alfo, if Providence (hould permit. The 
 Down* being exceeding calm, and the Weather 
 clear, going from Ship to Ship was very pleafant. 
 Mine are but little Flocks, may it be our heavenly 
 Father** goid Plea fur e to give them the Kingdom! 
 
 About Two went again on board the Amy, to 
 dine with the Officers, being kindly invited by 
 them when I was before on board : They all 
 treated me with great Kindnefs, and in the midft 
 of our Meal I was moft agreeably furprized by the 
 coming of two London Friends, who made ajour- 
 ney from thence (0 unmerited Love) on Purpofe 
 to fee me. — Dinner being ended, I went and dif- 
 perfed fome Books among the Soldiers ; took my 
 Leave and haftened on board our own Ship, where. 
 I read Prayers and preached, and then went on 
 Shore with my Friends, not being a little rejoiced 
 to fee them. Ere long may wejee thee, tbm Frie d 
 of Sinners, in thy Kingdom ! 
 
 January 23. This Evening fo many came to 
 
 hear me expound, that the poor Landlady who 
 
 owned the Houfe where I lodged fent to her Te- 
 
 D 5 nants, 
 
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 nants, befeeching them to let no more come in 
 for fear the Floor fhould break under them. I 
 "firft expounded the Creed to about Eighty, and 
 then the fecond LelTon to as many more ; among 
 whom I obferved there were many of the chief 
 Inhabitants. — About Eleven they were difmifled, 
 I then cat a little Food, interceded for abfent 
 Friends, and all Mankind, and went to Bed a- 
 bout Two in the Adorning. What jh all I render 
 tmio the LORD for all his Mercies ! 
 
 Tuifdayt Jan. 24. Met with a little Oppofi- 
 tion To-day; but I mould have wondered in- 
 deed, if any Door had been opened for preaching 
 
 Chrij}^ and there had been no Adverfaries. 
 
 More People came to hear me to Night than ever, 
 fo that I divided them into two Companies again, 
 and from the fecond Leflbn for the Morning, 
 took an Opportunity of fhewing the abfolute Un- 
 lawfulnefs of running, or dealing in Run Goods. 
 May the LORD give it his BlJJmg! 
 
 IVcdufdvy, Jan. 25. Went on board in the 
 Morning with my Friends, intending to read 
 Prayers and preach to the Soldiers, but they were 
 engaged about their own Affairs, and I could not 
 fray long. — Had great Civilities fhewed us by the 
 Officers, &c. who treated my Friends refpecl- 
 fully, and the Captain, upon my Requeft, par- 
 doned a Woman who otherwife was to have been 
 
 fent on Shore. After Breakfaft, returned on 
 
 Shore with my Friends, and read Prayers, and 
 preached at Upper-Deal to a very large Congre- 
 gation. — Expounded in the Evening to twoCbm- 
 panics the Epiftle for the Morning, and the two 
 LcfTons for the Evening, ts moft fuitable for the 
 Day. More People came to Night than ever, 
 fo that they now did actually put a Prop undejr 
 6 the 
 
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 the Floor of the Room. Was agreeably enter- 
 tained with more London Letters, and tho' the 
 Duty of the Day had a little fatigued me, yet I 
 was firengthened to fit up till Three in the Morn- 
 ing, anfwering them and fome other Chriftian 
 Correfpondents. They that wait upon the LORD 
 fnall renew their Strength. 
 
 Thurjday, Jan. 26. I had a Vint paid me by 
 a Baptift Minifter, who came to difcourfe to me 
 about the Things that belonged to the Kingdom 
 of God. — Was much comforted by the coming 
 of two more Friends from L.nd.n. In the After- 
 noon I took them all on board, read Prayers and 
 preached to the Soldiers, and then haftened on 
 Shore, and expounded to the People, whom I 
 was now obliged to divide into three Companies 
 I continued expounding three Hours, Thanks be 
 to God, without Wearinefs. LORD help me 
 to hold, out without being faint. — Lefs than the 
 leaft of all Jba/l be my Motto fiill 
 
 Friday^ Jan. 27. Came on board about Noon, 
 vifited the Sick, and catechifed the Soldiers, fome 
 of whom anfw 7 ered moft aptly, for which I diftri- 
 buted amongft them fomething I knew would be 
 agreeable. Ob J that 1 may be made wife to win 
 their Souls to GOD. — About Two came a Cler- 
 gyman on board, from a neighbouring Village* to 
 pay me a Vifit, with whom I fpent an Hour or 
 two agreeably, had Prayers on open Deck, and 
 kiforced the Duty of keeping holy the Sabbath- 
 day* i:om the fourth Command, which then 
 came in Courfe to be explained. — At Five re- 
 turned afhore with the Clergyman, to whom I 
 promifed fome Books for his Parithioners. I Ex- 
 pounded three Hours to three Companies, as be- 
 fore 3 did the fame the Night following, : 
 
 D 6 went 
 
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 went to Sleep about One in the Morning. Ob 
 for a comfortable Sabbath, if I wake again ! 
 
 Sunday, Jan. 29. Went on board early in 
 the Morning, read Prayers, and preached to the 
 Soldiers, and vifited the Sick; then returned on 
 Shore, and haftened with a Troop of pious 
 Friends to Sbroulden Church, about a Mile and 
 halfdiftr.nt from Deal, where I preached to a 
 thronged and weeping Congregation. In the Af- 
 ternoon I preached ixUpper-Dcal Church, which 
 was quite crowded, and many went away for 
 Want of Room ; fome flood on the Leads of the 
 Church on the outfide, and looked in at the Top- 
 Windows, and all feemed eager to hear the 
 Word. May the LORD make them Doers of it! 
 
 In the Evening I was obliged to divide my 
 
 Hearers into four Companies, and was enabled 
 to expound to them from Six till Ten. LORD 
 keep me from bung weary of, or in IV ell- doing. 
 
 Monday, Jan. 30. At the Requeft of the In- 
 habitants, and the Leave of Mr. R. (who fent 
 from Canterbury a moft obliging Meflage) I 
 preached again at Upper- Deal to as crouded and 
 attentive an Audience as Yefterday. — Soon after 
 the Wind fhifted on a fudden, and a Cry came, 
 The Wind is fair, prepare for failing. Having 
 therefore recommended ourfelves to God, I tooiC 
 Leave of my weeping Friends, whilft many came 
 running in Droves to the Sea-ftiore, and wifhed 
 me good Luck in the Name of the LORD —In 
 failing to our Ship, after having feen Deal all in 
 a Confufion when the Wind fhifted about fo 
 fuddenly, I heard fome crying for one Thing, 
 fome another, and all anxious left their Ship 
 fhould fail without them. Oh (thought I) what 
 Confufion will the Inhabitants of the World be /w, 
 
 when 
 
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 when iu a Moment , in the Twin kit g of an Eye 9 
 tbeyjbail hear the Vcice of the Archangel and Trump 
 of GOD, crying aloud, A ife, ye dead, and come to 
 judgment ! Oh that we all may be rsady. 
 
 Friday, Feb. 3. Let this Day, O my God, be 
 noted in my Book. About Seven in the Morn- 
 ing, the Men upon Deck not keeping a good 
 look-out, one of the Eaji- India Ships in fhifting 
 to the Wind ran near us fo very briffcjy, that had 
 not Captain IV. providentially been on Deck, and 
 befeeched them for God's Sake to tack about, 
 both the Ships mud inevitably have fplit one a- 
 gainft another. 
 
 Since GOD des thus his wwnd'rous Lovs 
 
 TIjiq 1 all our Lives extend, 
 Thfe Lives to him may we devite. 
 And in his Service fpend. 
 
 — Read publick Prayers, and preached to the 
 Soldiers as ufual : And was pleafed to hear their 
 Captain, as I came on Deck, remind me of the 
 Motion I made to him fome Time ago, about 
 having Prayers daily in the Great Cabbin ; and 
 withal he defired that from henceforward I would 
 read Prayers Morning and Evening to them. 
 This I moil readily confented to, it being what 
 I had long defired, and what I was juft then about 
 to propofe to him again. Accordingly we begaft 
 this Night to have full publick Prayers: And at 
 the Requeff of the Captain of the Ship I expound- 
 ed the fecond LefTon. Oh that we now may btgin 
 to live like Chrijlians, and call upon the Ncme of the 
 LORD! 
 
 Saturday, Feb. 4. Began to have Prayers in 
 the Great Cabbin in the Morning \ read Prayen 
 
 and 
 
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 and' preached twice to the Soldiers as ufual ; and 
 after Prayers expounded the fecond LefTon in the 
 Evening to the Gentlemen in the Great Cabbin ; 
 henceforward I intended, God willing, to con- 
 tinue it. I hope it will afford us Matter for feri- 
 ous Table-talk afterward. 
 
 Sunday, Feb. 5. Joined in Spirit with abfent 
 Friends in holy Ordinances ; fpent fome Time 
 moll delightfully in reading the Word of God : 
 Read Prayers, and made fome Obfervations on 
 both the Leflbns in the G^eat Cabbin ; and then 
 read Prayers and expounded both the Leflbns to 
 the Soldiers. O that the LORD would open our 
 Under/landings ! for they are but a dead Letter 
 
 without the Illumination of his Holy Spirit! 
 
 Preached my Sermon on "J unification in theAfter- 
 noon to the Officers, and began To-night to 
 turn the Obfervations made on the Leflbns in the 
 Morning into catechetical Queftions, and was 
 pleafed to hear fome of the Soldiers make very 
 apt Anfwers* Thanks be to GOD ! 
 
 Monday, Feb. 6. Had no Prayers in the Morn- 
 ing between Decks ; but read Prayers in the 
 Great Cabbin, did the fame in the Evening, and 
 expounded to them the 14th Chapter of St. Mat- 
 thew, the fecond Leflbn v which, containing an 
 Account of St. Johns reproving Herod, gave me 
 an Opportunity of telling them, that great Men 
 fhould not be angry if Minifters fhould reprove 
 them out of Love. They feemed to aifent to it.—- 
 Was pleafed to fee Mr. H..fo active in teaching 
 the Children. He has now many Scholars : May 
 GOD IkjsthemJ 
 
 Tuefda), Feb. 7. Being now in the Bay of 
 Bifca\', the Ship rocked very much, tho' there 
 was a great Calm] but if there is a fixed Principle 
 
 9 
 
 
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 of Grace i and a f.rm Love cf Gcrf r:-:ted in the 
 
 Hi art , fuch Motions will not fo cur 
 
 , ; rt/, hoivi Vt r th 'V totay affe< c l c uroutwar d A L \ n . 
 
 V/edneldas, Feb. S. This Afternoon I preached 
 and read Prayers on open Deck, at the Captain's 
 Defire. who ordered Chairs to be brought, and 
 Boards put a-crofs them for the Soldiers to fit 
 upon. My Subject being the Eternity of Hell Tor- 
 ments, I was earneft in delivering it. May none 
 cf my Hearers iber experience them! 
 
 Saturday j Feb. n Catechifed, vifited the Sick, 
 expounded and read Prayers as ufualj and met 
 with fome Soldiers who could fing by Note, with 
 whom I purpofe to join in Divine Pfalmody every 
 Day. 
 
 A Hymn may win him who a Sermon fiies^. 
 And turn Delight into a Sacrif.ee. 
 
 • — In the Evening gave Thanks for the BlefTings, 
 and examined into the Actions of the pan: Week. 
 // is well I have a Saviour to fatisfy for ?ny Per- 
 fcrmances as well as my Perfon, for otherwife how 
 Jhould I Jland before thee, O thou Holy LORD 
 GOD? 
 
 Sunday, Feb. 12. Preached my Sermon on 
 Glorification to the Gentlemen in the Great Cab- 
 hin. Oh that GOD may make them Partakers cf 
 it. — Hone.fr. J — h my Servant returned Thanks 
 after Morning Prayer for his Recovery from a late 
 fevere Fit of Sicknefs. He tells me he can fay 
 with David, It is good for me that I have been 
 afflicted. GOD hepraifedf Sanctified Afflictions 
 are Signs of fpecial Love. 
 
 Monday, Ftb. 13. Did as ufual, only inftead 
 of the fecond Leflbn, expounded the 22d Chapter 
 of St. MatthtWy at the Captain's Requeft, who 
 
 takes 
 
takes all Opportunities to exprefs his Kindnefsto 
 me : Alay the GOD whom I ftrve, fanciify and 
 jave him ! 
 
 Tuefday, Feb. 14. May I never forget this 
 Day's Mercies ! About Twelve at Night a frefh 
 Gale arofe, which increafed fo very much by 
 Four in the Morning, that the Waves broke in 
 like a Flood on many of the poor Soldiers, who 
 lay near the Main-hatch Way. I arofe and call- 
 ed upon God for myielf and thofe that failed with 
 me. After this I went on Deck \ and then creep- 
 ing on my Hands and Knees, (for I knew not 
 how to go otherwife) I went between Decks, 
 and fung Pfalms with, and comforted the poor 
 wet People, Afterwards, altho' Things were 
 tumbling, the Ship rocking, and Perfons falling 
 down and fick about me ; 1 was enabled, though 
 in the midft of Company, to finifh a Sermon be- 
 fore I went to Bed, which I had begun a few 
 Days before, and was never more chearful in my 
 Life. PrAfe the LORD, O my S^l, and all 
 that is within me praife his holy Name ! 
 
 Friday, Feb. 1 7. Expounded Part of the Lord's 
 Prayr, at Evening Worfhip in the Great Cab- 
 bin; and intend, after this is done, to go on v/ith 
 the Creed and Ten Commandments. GOD give 
 us all prayings believing, obedient Hearts. — Found 
 Mr. D. particularly ufeful to me, being a little ficlc 
 by the late fhaking of the Ship, and the Heat and 
 Smell of the People between Decks, who as yet 
 have fcarce had Time to recover themfelves fince 
 the Gale. O how foon a?e thefe frail Tabernacles 
 cf curs put cut of Order ! Happy the Man who 
 fervis GOD in his Health, and has nothing to do 
 when Sickncfs feizei bi?n 3 but quietly to lie down and 
 die, 
 
 Satur~ 
 
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 Saturday, Feb. 18. Grew better this Day, and 
 was much delighted by fitting on Deck, and read- 
 ing Archbifhop Cran*iet*% Life : Swily he was a 
 righteous Man. The Account of his Fall made 
 my Heart tremble within me. But why fl)ould(l 
 thou be cajl down, O ?/y Soul? Still truft in GOD. 
 
 Sunday ; Feb. 19. Slept better To-night than 
 I have a long while ; bleffei be the Keifer */'Ifrael. 
 Read Prayers in the Great Cabbin ; was enlarg- 
 ed in expounding both the Leflbns to the Soldi- 
 ers -, and read Prayers, and preached one of the 
 Sermons, compofed fince I came on board, on 
 open Deck in the Afternoon. All the Gentle- 
 men attended, Benches were laid for thePeople, 
 and the Weather being very fine we had a noble 
 View. About Two in the Morning we call An- 
 chor in Gibraltar Haven. Ob that we all may 
 therefore praife the LOUD for his Goidnefs. And 
 may this, my GOD, be the Language of my pcor 
 Heart in particular. 
 
 In midfi of Dang rs, Fear?, and Death, 
 
 Thy Gcodnefs V ll adore \ 
 And praife Thee for thy Mercies paff, 
 
 And humbly hope for more. 
 
 My Life, ifThoupreferv'fl my Life, 
 
 Thy Sacrifice jhall be: 
 And Drat h, if Death Jhall be try Doom, 
 
 Shall join my Scul to Thie. 
 
 Monday, Feb. 20, 1 737. Spent the Morning 
 on board, in writing Letters to my dear Friends 
 in England, to acquaint them of my fare Arrival. 
 Went in the Afternoon on Shore to Gibraltar, 
 and was unfpeakably delighted with the ProfpecSl 
 
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 of the Place. My Friend H. and I dined at arr 
 Inn, and afterwards went with Captain JV. and 
 fome other Company, to view one Side- of the 
 Fort, which to us feemed impregnable ; a«d at 
 the Sight of it I could fcarce avoid crying out, 
 Who is Jo great a Gd as our Gcd f — The feeing 
 Perfons of all Nations and Languages gave me 
 great Pleafure : And the Difference of ti e Value 
 of their Money and ours, gave me Occaiion to 
 reflect on the Stupidity of thofe who place their 
 Happinefs in that which has no intrinfick Worth 
 in itfelf, but only fa much as we arbitrarily put 
 upon it. — Went into a Rom : Jh Chapel, wherein 
 were the Reliques of a vaft deal of Pageantry, 
 and feveral Images of the Virgin Mary, drefled 
 up, not like a poor Galilean, but in her Silks and 
 Damafks. Ob (thought I) who bath bewitched 
 this People, that they jhould thus depart from the 
 Simplicity of CHRIST, and gp a whoring after 
 their own Inventions ? 
 
 Tuefday, Feb. 21. Went again to Gibraltar, 
 to pay my Refpe&s to Governor S. being told 
 by Captain M. that he expected to fee me. 
 The worthy old Gentleman received me with 
 the utmoft Candor, and gave me a general 
 Invitation to come and dine with him every 
 Day, during my Stay at Gibraltar. I thank'd 
 him for his Kindneft 5 had about a Qiiaittr 
 of an Hour's Converfation with him, and took 
 Leave for that Time. — At One o' Clock, I re- 
 turned to dine with him, according to his Ap- 
 pointment ; and was well pleafed with the regu- 
 lar Behaviour of. the Officers at Table. We had 
 what an Epicurean would call ?>Ccena Dubia. At 
 Three I took my Leave, and walked about v 
 Captain JP\ and other Friends, to take a fecond 
 • View 
 
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 View of the Fort; went on board about Five; 
 read Prayers, and began expounding the Creed 
 in the Cabbin ; wrote fome more Letters, and 
 went to Bed, quite thankful to God for fending 
 me abroad. 
 
 If'tdnefdoy, Feb. 22. Went again on Shore, 
 and paid both the Miniirers of Gibraltar a Vifit, 
 who received me very affectionately, and offered 
 me the Ufe of the Pulpit. Oh what a pi afant 
 Thing it isfr the Clergy to dwell together i '.Unity ! 
 — At Eleven went to publick Prayers, and was 
 much pleafed to fee many Officers and Soldiers 
 attend the General to Church. Melhinks Reli- 
 gion looks doubly amiable in a Soldier. — After Pray- 
 crsl dined again with the General, who gave me 
 another particular Invitation as I was going out of 
 the Church, and defired me to preach the fol- 
 lowing Swiday* — Went in the Afternoon to vifit 
 a Deferter, who had fent me a Letter, defiling 
 me to intercede for him with the Governor, he 
 being apprehenfive he fhould die for Defertion. 
 I intended to anfwer his Requeft, but the Gover- 
 nor was fo merciful that he ordered him to be 
 whipped only, which I thought Punifhment little 
 enough. O Sin, what M /chief dfi thou rruke in 
 the IP' or Id! 
 
 Friday, Feb. 24. Blejid be God, who this Day 
 hath/hewn me that he hath heard my Prayer, and 
 not taken his Loving- kiridncfs from me* About Ten 
 in the Morning comes Capt. M. on board, telling 
 me that one Major S. (a Perfon I never faw) had 
 provided me a convenient Lodging at Mer- 
 chant B's, and defired that I would come on 
 Shore. Looking upon this as a Call from Provi- 
 dence, I went on Shore. — In about the Middle 
 of the Town Major S. gave me the Meeting, 
 
 con- 
 
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 conducted us to our new Lodgings (which were 
 very commodious) and engaged us to dine with 
 him. — About Eleven was introduced by Doctor 
 C. to General C. who was defirous of feeing 
 me. He received me exceeding kindly, and af- 
 ter a little ferious Converfation, we went to the 
 Governor's, from thence to publick Prayers ; 
 where I was highly pleafed to fee fo many 
 Officers attending on the Generals. Dr. C. 
 told me he had not known Governor S. abfent 
 himfelf from Prayers once thefe feveral Years, 
 except when he was hindred by Sicknefs. O 
 that all ethers would let their Light Jo Jlnne before 
 Men! 
 
 Sa'urday Feb. 2;. About Six this Morning 
 went to the Church to pray with fome devout 
 Soldiers, who I heard ufed to meet there at that 
 Time.— After we had finifhed our Devotion, I 
 made an Enquiry into their State, and found 
 that their Society had been fubfifting about 
 twelve Years, and that one Serjeant B. (a de- 
 vout Soldier indeed) now amongft them, was 
 the firft Beginner of it. At firft they told mc 
 they ufed to meet in Dens and Mountains, and 
 Caves in the Rocks ; but afterwards upon their 
 applying for Leave to build a little Place to re^ 
 tire in, Doctor C. and Governor S. gave them 
 the free Ufe of the Church, where they fta- 
 tedly meet three times a Day, to pray, read, 
 and fing Pfalms, and at any other Seafon when 
 they pleafe. They have met with Contempt, 
 and are now in Derifion called New Lights.— 
 There is another Society of the Scotch Church, 
 who in Derifion are called Dark Lantb&rns* 
 I feat them, as well as the other Society, 
 fome proper Books ; had religious Talk with 
 
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 fevcral of them, and endeavoured to unite both 
 Societies together. Ob when will that T.n:e cm:c x 
 u hen all Dijjertnccs ab.ut External* ]h ail It fd 
 awav, a>id we all luith one Hca>t, and cm M 
 gh>-. . LORD JESUS CHRIST!— 
 About Twelve went on board, read Prayers, 
 gave an Exhortation, and returned about Five 
 on Shore, where I fpent near two Hours with 
 the devout Soldiers in the Church. Many of 
 them converfed mofl fpiritually, and feemed well 
 acquainted with the Pangs of the New-birth, 
 May GOD per/eel the good I Perk begun in their 
 Hearts! O how amiable are thy Servants, O 
 LORD of Ho/Is ! 
 
 Sunday, Feb. 26. Preached in the Morning 
 at Gibraltar, before fuch a Congregation of 
 Officers and Soldiers as I never before faw : 
 The Church, though large, was quite thronged : 
 ■ — After Evening Prayers (for there is Sermon 
 only in the Forenoon) I went and expounded, 
 prayed and fung Pfalins with the Society. — At 
 Night had fome devout Converfation with my 
 Hoif. and Hoftefs, who feemed to look upon me 
 as their own Son ; prayed for abfent Friends, 
 and went to Bed afhamed I had done fo little 
 for God on a Sabbath-day. — But when we can- 
 not do as we would^ we muft do as we can. 
 
 Mtnday, Feb. 27. Went to the Church, and 
 did as yefterday ; and was vifited afterwards by 
 two of the Nonconforming Society, who feem- 
 ed to be IJraelites indeed: I exhorted them to 
 Love and Unity, and not to let a little Diffe- 
 rence about a few Externals occafion any Nar- 
 row-fpiritednefs to arife in their Hearts. I alfo 
 advifed them to come and hear me expound in 
 the Church, which they did - ? and providentially 
 
 8 the 
 
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 the Lefibn was the fourth of the Ephefums, from 
 whence I took Occafion to urg« on them the 
 Neceffity of loving one another with- a Catho- 
 lick diiinterefted Love \ to be of one Heart and 
 one Mind, and to join without Refpeft of Per- 
 fons in haftening the Kingdom of our Lord Je- 
 sus Christ. I hope God gave a Bleffing to 
 what was faid : For I obferved they came con- 
 stantly afterwards, and was told there was a 
 perfect Harmony between them. IVhat infinite 
 Mi f chief have needlefs Divifions occafioned in the 
 Chrijiian World? Divide & impera, Divide and 
 Conquer, is the Devil's Motto. 
 
 Tucfday, Feb. 28. Expounded to a large 
 Number of Soldiers, in the Evening at Church. 
 — Was afked by Dr. C. in the Name of the 
 Governor, Colonel C to preach every Prayer- 
 day whilft I ftaid at Gibraltar. Many of the 
 Inhabitants prefTed me to flay with them, and 
 were very kind to thofe who were" with me. 
 BleJJed he GOD) for thus giving me Favour in 
 
 his People's Sight! LORD, what ami? 
 
 Converfed with one of the devout Soldiers, who 
 was under ftrong Spiritual Trials j and God 
 was pleafed to give him Comfort. I find it ne- 
 cefTary more and more every Day, that Minis- 
 ters (hould be tempted in all Things like unto 
 Brethren, that they may be able experimentally 
 to fuccour thofe that are tempted. 
 
 Wednefday, March 1. Expounded in the 
 Morning, and was highly pleafed at my En- 
 trance into the Church, to fee feveral Soldiers 
 kneeling in feveral Parts of the Houfe of God 
 at their private Devotions. O happy Gibraltar, 
 that thou hajl fuch a Set cf praying Men ! Some 
 I hear often come in by Two o'Clock in the 
 
 Morning, 
 
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 t Lining, to pour out their Hearts before God. 
 The LORD perform all their Petitions! — Preach- 
 ed, according to my Promife, to a numerous 
 and aftected Audience of Officers, Soldiers, fcff. 
 and expounded at Night to near 200 People, 
 amongft whom were many of the Officers, and 
 of the honourable Women not a few. O that 
 they fray with metkrtifs receive the engrafted ff^ordy 
 and that it may be a Means of faving their Souls ! 
 Tburfdaj) March 2. Expounded twice in the 
 Church, as ufual, and at Night had above three 
 hundred Hearers : amongft whom were many 
 Officers, Ladies, and Dr. C. the Miniftcr of 
 
 the Church. GO D bj praifd for fending 
 
 j 1 fo far proffering the Walk of his 
 Hands upon me. 
 
 Fridr^ March 3. This Morning, befides a 
 great Number of the Soldiers, near, if not 
 more than a Dozen of the Town's People came 
 to Church to hear me expound. Afterwards 
 we hreakfafted with a Gentlewoman, who lent 
 by Major S. to invite us, and moft gladly re- 
 ceived us into her Houfe. About Ten I preach- 
 ed my Sermon againft Swearings and made a 
 farewel Application to the Soldiers that were 
 going over to Georgia out of that Garrifon. The 
 Governor had that Morning reviewed them j 
 and as I could not be in the fame Ship with 
 them, I deiired they might be ordered to come 
 to Church, that I might have an Opportunity 
 of telling them how to behave in that Land 
 which they were going over to prote"£t. The 
 Colonel and Governor mod: readily confented ; 
 there was a moft thronged Audience : Many 
 Officers and Soldiers wept forely, and a vifible 
 Alteration was obfei ved in the Garrifon for fome 
 
 Days 
 
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 Days after. O thai their Convictions may end in 
 Converfion, and that they may bring forth the 
 Fruits of the Spirit ! — Had above five hundred 
 to hear me expound this Evening, and went up 
 into the Defk, by the Advice of Dr. C. who 
 now conftantly makes one of my Hearers. Af- 
 ter this, we fupped at Mr. B's of the Victualling- 
 Office, and returned home with Joy and great 
 Gladnefs of Heart. Who can exprefs the Loving- 
 kindnefs of the LORD) or Jhew forth all his 
 Praife? 
 
 Saturday, March 4. Expounded in the 
 Morning ; to more Hearers than ever, fome of 
 which wept. Dined and fupped with General 
 C. who fent laft Night to invite me, and went 
 in the Afternoon to the Jewi/h Synagogue, but 
 was furprifed to fee one of the Chief of them 
 come from the fartheft End, and put me in on€ 
 of their chief Seats : But afterwards he told me 
 he had heard my Sermon yefterday againft Swear- 
 ings and thanked me for it. Not unto me, not 
 unto me , O LORD, hut unto thy Name be all the 
 Thanks and Glcry ! I continued with them their 
 whole Service, and fpent moft of my Time 
 there in fecret Prayer to God, That the Veil 
 might be taken from their Hearts, and that the hlef 
 fed Time might come when his chofen People Jhould 
 again be engrafted into their own Olive tree, and all 
 
 -Jfrael be faved. Vifited an unhappy Man in 
 
 Prifon, who laft Night, in a drunken Fit, had 
 murdered a Fellow- Soldier. I providentially met 
 himjuft as he was apprehended, and laid before 
 him the Terrors of the Lord. At firft, he 
 feemed unconcerned ; but in a fhort Time he 
 was moved, defired me to come and fee him, 
 and to-day trembled and wept bitterly. O 
 
 Drunk- 
 
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 Drunkennefs, what Mifchicf hajl thou done? 
 Thy Name U Legion ; for behold a Trcop of Sins 
 come along with thee. — In the Evening I had near, 
 if not more, than a thoufand Hearers y audi 
 took Occafion, from the poor Man's Example 
 before mentioned, to warn the Soldiery not to 
 be drunk, with Wine, wherein is Excefs ; a 
 Sin that mod eafily beiets the Men of Gibral- 
 tar. Alay they hear and fear, and Jin no m:re 
 pre jump tuoufly ! 
 
 Sunday, March 5. After Morning Expofl- 
 tion in the Church, went and law the Roman 
 Catholicks at their high Mafs ; and fhall only 
 make this Remark: That there needs no other 
 Argument againft Papery, than to fee the Pa- 
 geantry, Superftition, and Idolatry of their 
 Worfhip. — About Ten went to the Church be- 
 longing to the Garrifon ; preached to a moft 
 thronged Audience, and received (what my 
 Soul longed after) the Sacrament of Christ's 
 mart bleiled Body and Blood : Both the Gene- 
 rals were there, and near fifty more Commu- 
 nicants. The weekly Collection for the Poor 
 was larger than ever was known : And ****** 
 was fo affected, that he wifhed himfelf a de- 
 fpifed Method ifi 9 ire are not fit for GOD to 
 work by, till ws are dejpifed hy Men, that ths 
 Excellency and Power of preaching way be feen to 
 be if GOD only. — Dined at Governor S's, and, 
 at the Requeft of the Inhabitants and Gentle- 
 men of the Garrifon, preached in the Afternoon. 
 Expounded in the Evening to above a thoufand 
 Hearers, of all Denominations ; fupped with Ge- 
 ntral C. and went home betimes, full of unfpeafe- 
 able Comfort : Oh when Jhall I Uam to be on tin 
 full Stretch for GOD ! 
 
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 Monday^ March 6. Had near, if not more 
 than a hundred at Morning Expofition ; and it 
 being the laft Day of my being at Gibraltar^ 
 many came to me weeping, telling me what 
 God had done for their Souls, defiring my 
 Prayers, and promifing me theirs in Return. — 
 About Twelve, I went to the Church, according 
 to Appointment, and gave a farewel Exhorta- 
 tion to a great Number of weeping Soldiers, £sV. 
 after which we kneeled down, and having re- 
 commended each other to the Grace of God, 
 I left them, and about Four went on board, ac- 
 companied to the Sea-fide with near two hun- 
 dred Soldiers, Officers, Women, EsV. who were 
 all concerned at my Departure, and wifhed me 
 profperity. LORD put their Tears into thy 
 Bottle, and let their Cry cme unto Thee ! 
 
 Tuejday, March 7. Went and cohverfed 
 with, and difperfed fome Books among the Sol- 
 diers that we tcok from Gibraltar. -Three of 
 them belong to one of the Societies, and dellred, 
 with fome others, to go with me in our Ship. 
 GOD fanclify ?ny Mihijiry unto them! Moft of 
 the reft are of the Sects Church, but feem very 
 willing to conform. JVljat a pity is ff, CHRISTs 
 jcamlejs Coat jhould be rent in Pieces on account of 
 Tt ings in ihemfe'ves purely irdfferent ! — At Din- 
 ner we were likely to be (truck againft by the 
 Man of War ; but God had Mercy on us, and 
 delivered us out of fo great a Danger. Hoiu 
 ought Creatures to tff>/j 11 ho are tv.ry Moment lia- 
 ble to be hurried atvay by Death io 'Judgment! — 
 Finifhed my Expofition on the Creed in the great 
 Cabin, and did my other Duty in the Ship, as 
 ufital; The Wind blew hard, and God fent 
 abroad his "Lightning great Part of the Day. 
 
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 -—Gave myfelf, (as much as my Indifpofition of 
 tody, occasioned by the Ship's Motion, would 
 give me leave) to the Word of God and Pray- 
 er ; and was much affecled with what is faid of 
 Hezekiah, 2 Cbrou. xxxii. 25. that becaufe he 
 rendered not again, was not thankful enough for 
 the great Things God had done for him, he 
 was permitted to fall through the Pride of his 
 Heart. J/as ! what D anger am I in of faring 
 the fame Fate ! O my Friends, cry mightily unto 
 GOD, tbat no fuck Evil come upon me. — The 
 contrary Wind frill continuing, my Sea-fickneis 
 encreafed ; fo that I was obliged to omit read- 
 ing Prayers to the Soldiers, and go to Bed fooner 
 than ufual. Ob that I may ie purged in order to 
 bring f r b mire Fruit ! 
 
 Friday, March 10. My bodily Indifpofition 
 frill increafed ; there was a great Storm without, 
 but, blefled be G o d, fomewhat of a Calm 
 
 •in. — Did my ufual Duty in the great Ca- 
 bin, and began expounding the Ten Command- 
 ments ; interceded for Friends on Deck, and 
 went to lied fomewhat fenfible of my own Un- 
 v/orthinefs. O that I could always fee myfelf 
 in proper Colours ! I believe I fhould have little 
 rcafon to fall down and worfhip myfelf. God be 
 merciful to me a Sinner ! 
 
 Saturday, March 1 1 . Blefled be God, this 
 Morning the Storm began to blow over ; and I 
 was enabled to read Prayers and expound both in 
 the Cabin and to the Soldiers, with more Vi- 
 
 (r than I have done fince we left Gibraltar. 
 Sorrow may endure for a Night, but "Joy cometb 
 
 be Miming ! 
 
 Sunday, March 12. Expounded with more 
 
 largement tlua ufual, and gave the People 
 E 2 Notice 
 
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 Notice that I intended fpeaking to them one by 
 one, to fee what Account they could give of 
 their Faith. / have not ceo fed warning every one 
 of you, fays the Apoftle. — May I follow his 
 'Steps ! 
 
 Tuefday, March 14. Began to put in Exe- 
 cution what I promifed on Sunday, viz. to en- 
 quire into the Faith of thofe committed to my 
 Charge, and felt fuch a fervent Love for my ab- 
 fent Chriftian Friends, that I feared how I 
 fhould behave, was God to call any of them 
 from me. But jufficient for the Day will be the 
 Strength thereof ! 
 
 JVednefday, March 15. Was much pleafed 
 with my preient Situation, and had Reafon to 
 blefs God for fome further vifible good Effects 
 of my Miniirry. Was highly delighted in fee- 
 ing my Friend H. active in teaching the Lambs 
 of the Flock : He has now gotten a regular 
 School, and the Children begin to dav- to come 
 at regular fet Hours: Several alio of the Soldi- 
 ers learn to write and read ; fo that my Friend 
 is like to make an ufefu! Man *. GGD make him 
 vwe and more Jo every Day ! 
 
 Thurfday, March 16. Preached this After- 
 noon my Sermon againft Swearing, at which 
 ieveral of the Soldiers wept. Blefled be God ! 
 that Sin is much abated amongft us ; and I think 
 a vifible Alteration may be perceived through the 
 whole Ship. N:t unto rnr 9 tut unto me, O LORD, 
 but unto thy Natr.e be the Glory ! — Vifited near a 
 Dozen that were Sick. Jttfay I by thusvifiti 
 Juk Beds, learn to improve my Time of Hea t 
 F.r, a 1 a:, what can le dore in Time of Sicknejs ? 
 
 * Bit-fed be GOD lie hath proved Co, and is now Secretary of 
 the Province of Georgia. 
 
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 I find but few that arc able with any tolerable 
 Patience to fuftain their bodily Infirmities : But 
 to have a wounded Spirit at the fame Time^ wh$ 
 can bear it ? 
 
 Saturday, March 18. The Weather being 
 very fair, and the Sea calm, I went with Capt. 
 IV. on board the Light foot, dined with the Gen- 
 tlemen belonging to the Ship and Colonel 6\ 
 who came on board to pay them a Vifit : Mar- 
 ried a Couple, and difperfed Bible;, Teftaments^xvX 
 Soldiers Monitors, amongft the Men ; exchanged 
 lbme Books for fome Cards ; preached a Sermon 
 <igainft Drunkennefs, which I finifhed yefterday ; 
 and returned in the Evening, much pleafed with 
 feeing the Porpoifes roll about the great Deep. 
 (J LORD, how marvellous are thy IVorks ! 
 
 Sunday, March 19. Went with Capt. W. on 
 board the Amy ; read Prayers and pi cached to 
 above two hunched and tweiit) Hearer*] mar- 
 ried a Couple, and about three returned to the 
 Il'hi taker, read Prayejrs, and preached my Sei»- 
 mon againft Drunkennefs \ after which Capt. 
 M* made a ufeful; Speech to the Men, and ex- 
 horted them to 'jive heed to the Things that had 
 been fpoken. Vmchjbfe. O LORD, ttgfo* us 
 tpy BUjfiig ! 
 
 Moy/day, March 2c. To-day Col. C. came 
 to dine with us, and in the midft of our Meal 
 we were entertained with a moft agreeable Sight ; 
 it was a Shark about the Length of a Man, 
 which followed our Ship, attended with five 
 little Fifties called the Pilot fifh, much like a 
 Mackarel but larger. Thefe I am told always 
 keep the Shark company ; and what is moft 
 furprifing, though the Shark is fo ravenous a 
 
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 touches one of them. Nor are they lefs faith- 
 ful to him : For, as I was informed, if the Shark 
 is hooked very often thefe little Creatures will 
 not forfake him, but cleave clofe to his Fins, and 
 are often taken up with him. Go to the Pilot- 
 fifh, thou that forfake ft a Friend in A elver fit y\ con- 
 fidtr his Wayi % and be afhamed* — After Dinner I 
 read Prayers and expounded to our own People ; 
 and then went on board the Amy with Colonel 
 V* who ufed me with uncommon Civility ; mar- 
 ried a Couple ; and came back to the Wbiidker\ 
 "rejoicing to fee the Works of the Lord, and 
 the Beauty of the great Deep. IVbo would but 
 time abrcad ? — The Weather growing warmer, 
 
 DO * 
 
 Friend H. had feme Cloaths hun£ over to cover 
 his School : His Children come very regularly 
 both to learn and fay their Prayers at Night : 
 Cap*. JP\ takes great Delight in them, and Cap- 
 tain M, much encourages the Solders to learn to 
 read and write ; fo that we begin to live as re- 
 gular now as we could wifli to do on Shore. 
 Ble£ed be G O D for tins making bis Power to be 
 known ! 
 
 Thurfday, March 23. This Morning we be- 
 gan to have Prayers at Six o' Clock, and the 
 Drum beat at the Captain's Order to call the 
 People. — Vifited near twelve or fourteen ilck 
 Perfons ; and notwithstanding the Place where 
 they lye is much confined, and they catch the 
 Fever of one another, as yet I am kept from In- 
 fection. The Way of Duty is the Way cf Safety. 
 % Tkyfudgmtnts, O LO RD 9 are abroad , may we 
 learn Right cou fiefs. 
 
 Friday, March 24. Sail'd an hundred and 
 fifty-four Miles the laft twenty-four Hours, and 
 began now to live fo happy on Shipboard, that 
 
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 I believe we (hall part from each other with Re- 
 By this may all Men knew we are Cbri/fs 
 Difciples, that we love one another ! — Preached a 
 Sermon in the Afternoon which I compofed ac 
 the Requeft of Capt. M , on Luke iii. 14. 
 
 — And the Soldiers likezvife came unto bir/i, and de- 
 manded* faying^ And what muji zue do? And be 
 /aid unto them % Dj I ioltnce to no Man, neither ac- 
 cf any falfely, and be content with your Wages. 
 
 — I afterwards exchanged foaxe had Books that 
 were on hoard (which I threw immediately into 
 the Sea) for fame gqod ones ; andbleiled be God, 
 all that I have round them with, as yet, Have 
 
 . \ly to lur render them up. May it prove 
 'd Eschar. 
 
 I/all Night God was 
 pleafed to take away a black Boy of Captain 11 e> 
 
 or fome 
 Days. — He / a Com- 
 
 miflion from his Mafter, who feemed much af- 
 fected at his Death) to irtfrru&, and baptife him, 
 if it had pkr h that he (hould 
 
 over •, but Go.j iw fit to order it otfi 
 His I nt Ten in the Morn- 
 
 ing he was wrapt up in a Hammock and thrown 
 into the Sea. 1 could not read the Office over 
 him being unbaptifed, but Captain TV* ordered 
 ' the Drum to beat, and 1 exhorted all the Sol- 
 diers and Sailors, to Rcmcmbi r their Ci ea:or in ihs 
 JJ ys of ,lhe{i , and to prepare for that 
 
 Time, when thi Sea flmtld give up 'us Deul % and 
 al l\ r aiio}is he called together to appear before the Son 
 cf God. Ob thai they may lay to Heart what bat 
 1 faidy and prqclically confider their latter End ! 
 Tuefdayy march 28 1 his Day Capt. M. be- 
 gan to come at Six in the Morning and join in 
 E 4 Prayers 
 
t so 3 
 
 Prayers on Deck, inftead of having Prayers in 
 the Great Cabbin. Surely our Soldiers will be 
 without Excufe, fince their Captain leads fo good 
 an Example; bleffed be God, I have no reafon 
 to complain of them, for they come very regu- 
 larly twice a Day to Prayer, and an Oath feems 
 to be a ftrange Thing amongft moft of them. 
 Many Marks of a thorough reformation at leaft 
 appear in feveral on board, and we live in per- 
 fect Harmony and Peace, loving and beloved of 
 one another. Lord, what am IP 
 
 Thurfday, March 30. Had ftill more Proofs 
 of a great change being wrought in fome of the 
 Ship. Oh that I may be. thoroughly renew* d my/elf 
 and pafs from Glory to Glory by the Spirit of the 
 Lord! 
 
 * Renew thy Llkenefs, LORD, in me, 
 
 Lowly and gentle may I be ; 
 jNo Charms but tbefe to Thee are dear : 
 
 No Anger mafjl Thou ever find, 
 No Pride in my unruffled Mind, 
 
 But Faith and Heaven-born Peace be there 
 
 J patient, a victorious Mind, 
 
 A Life that all Things cafl behind, 
 
 Springs forth obedient to thy Call-, 
 A Heart that no Defire can move, 
 'Butjlill f adore \ and praife, and love, 
 
 Give me, my LORD, my Life, my All ! 
 
 Friday, March 31. This being the Cruci- 
 fixion of our bJefied Lord, I preached a Sermon 
 on the Penitent Thief We begun Prayers later 
 than ufual, fo that before I had done, Darknefs 
 came upon us, which put me in mind of that 
 
 Dark- 
 
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 Darknefs which overwhelmed the World, when 
 the God of Nature differed. Oh that our Heart* 
 may rend like the Rocks, and our Souls arife from 
 the Death of Sin, as the Bodies of thofe did from 
 their Graves who appeared to many in the Holy 
 City, after cur Lord's Re furred ion ! 
 
 lay* 4prtl 2.' Rofe early this Morning, 
 and joined in Spirit with my dear abfent Friends, 
 who I knew were receiving the Holy Sacrament, 
 and celebrating our Blefled Lord's Refurre&ion. 
 - — I preached a Sermon in the Afternoon, on 
 Phil, iii. 10. That I may know Him, and the 
 Pow>r rf his Refurreclicn. — Oh that we may 
 all experience it in our Hearts ! For ivithout it 9 
 CHRIST as to us is dead in vain ! 
 
 April 3 Had fome Converfation with a young 
 Gentleman whofe Converfion I mentioned be- 
 fore, and who I hope is really quickened from 
 Above. He told me he ufed to wonder when he 
 heard me fay that all our Thoughts, Words and 
 Aclions, ought to be dedicated unto God, but 
 now he perceived what I faid to be true. How 
 does the new Nature give us new Notions ! — About 
 Eleven went on board the Light foot, prayed with 
 a Tick Man, and preached my Sermon on the Pe- 
 nitent Thief, Afterwards went on board the rfwy 9 
 catechifed the Children, dined on a Dolphin, 
 had fome ufeful Converfation, preached to the 
 Soldiers, returned home about Six, read Pray ci 3, 
 vifited the Sick, interceded for Friends, and 
 went to Bed pr ailing and bleffing God. 
 
 April 8. Went on board the Light foot and the 
 Amy, and preached to the Soldiers of each Ship ; 
 oiiicd with Colonel C\ who continued extrem< ly 
 civil ; and at my Return found the Sick increafo 
 upon my Hands, —Preached two Sermons befi 
 
my Expofition at Six in the Morning, and was 
 , well pleafed to hear that the poor People be- 
 ' tween Decks prayed heartily for rrie. A goodly 
 Portion ! Bleffed be God, v/e now live alfo very 
 comfortably in the Great Cabbin. We talk of 
 little elfe but God and Christ, and fcarce a 
 Word is to be heard amongft us when together, 
 but what has Reference to our Fall in the firft, 
 and our New-birth in the fecond Adam, the 
 Lord from Heaven. — Oh that I knew' hnv to be 
 thankful / Oh that Heaven and Earth would join 
 with me in praifing GOD! 
 
 J would net, L O R D, alme y 
 
 Thy Praifcs celebrate ; 
 Tdxall the blfjed Angels down, 
 ^rd move the World's united State, 
 Tilt they in fervent Song; thy gracious Afts relate. 
 
 April 14. To-day, I could have-wifhed for 
 ibrne young Prodigals on board the Wb'itak<r, to 
 fee one of our Soldiers dying. Alas, how did 
 his Breaft heave, his Heart pant, and gr 
 Drops of Sweat trickle down his Face ! His Eyes 
 looked gbaftly, and the whole Man was in a 
 bitter Agony. Captain IV* went down between 
 Decks once or twice to fee him : And I ufed the 
 laft Prayer feveral times. About Nine at Ni:ht 
 he expired, J fear without Hope ; for he killed 
 himfclf by Drinking. Oh thai all Drunkards 
 vucruld ham from him to he wife in Time, aid 
 praclicaily cenfder their latter End ! — To-day 
 was called in a Hurry to pray by one of the de- 
 vout Soldiers who came from Gibraltar, and who 
 was fuppofed to be expiring ; bat inilead of be- 
 ing affrighted at the Approach of the K.'ng of 
 
 Tc 
 
 
 
 
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 Terrors, he welcomed it, /'aid, he \ - to 
 
 his clear Redeemer, and poured out his I 
 repeating Come very applicable V'erfes out of the 
 Pfdms. Oh, what Difference is there between 
 him that fearcth God, and him that feareth him 
 not, in their la ft Hours ! LORD, let ?ne die the 
 Death of the Right eout % and let my future State be 
 like his! 
 
 Sunday^ April 16. Read prayers and expounded 
 at Six in the Morning, and preached to our 
 own People: Then went and preached on board 
 the Ligbtfnt ; and afterwards dined, read Prayers, 
 and preached on board the Amy : Returned about 
 Five in the Evening, read Prayers and preached, 
 vifited the Sick", and went to reft blcffing God 
 for the Strength of the Day. All the Officers 
 continue extremely kind, and feem ftudious to 
 oblige, me.- The good LORD reward them a thou- 
 fand-fold ! — This Evening was fent for by a Sai- 
 lor, who has been the moft remarkable Swearer 
 onboard; and whom I in an efpecial Mai:: 
 warned about two Days ago to fiee From the 
 Wrath to come. He laughed, but to-night he 
 fent for me, trembling, and burning with a Fe 
 ver, told me what grievous Sins he had been 
 guilty of, and prayed moft fervently for Repen: 
 ance. Two or three of the fame Stamp ta 
 been taken in the fame Manner. GOO 
 them a Repentance mt t r j be repented of l 
 
 Tuifday, Jpril 1 8. V. tedtin 
 
 feeing two vVater-fpouts, winch ran ale : 
 feveral Miles, and by the efpecial Proyid 
 God efcaped us. After this feveral Squalls c. 
 The Sailors were m great Hurry and Ccr/i:' 
 but to my Comfort not onefagle Oa 
 the while : A Proof this, that 
 
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 pull their Ropes without Swearing. Bleffed be 
 GOD! 
 
 Saturday , April 22. Drew near our Port and 
 fled as it were on the Wings of the Wind for 
 three Days paft, failing fometimes an hundred 
 and feventy, fometimes an hundred and eighty 
 Miles in twenty-four Hours. May I learn from 
 hence a Leffon of Inflruclion ; and the nearer I 
 come to my Haven of eternal Reft, the quicker may 
 I move ! 
 
 Monday, May I. This Morning went out 
 upon Deck, after being confined to my Bed a 
 Week by a violent Fever, with which all ex- 
 cept three or four in the Ship have been vifited. 
 I was blooded thrice, and bliftered and vomited 
 once, and, bleffed be God, I can fay, // is good 
 for me that I have been afflicled : For as Afflic- 
 tions abounded, inward Confolations much more 
 abounded ; and as to outward Things, nothing 
 was wanting to make my Sicknefs comfortable 
 and eafy. Bleffed be GOD for thefe abundant 
 Mercies in CHRIST JESUS ! 
 
 Friday, Mcy 5. About Ten o' Clock this 
 Morning buried the Cook of the Ship, who af- 
 ter a few Hours Ulnefs expired laft Night : Not- 
 withftanding He had faid He would be wicked till 
 two Years before his Death, and then He would 
 repent. I could have wifhedfor a hundred Tongues 
 to have founded aMoud Alarm to the People \ but 
 the Sight of the Corpfe, and the Weaknefs of 
 my Body, would but juft permit me to read out 
 the Office. LORD, what is Man ?—ln the 
 Afternoon I privately baptized a new-born In- 
 f int. Thus it is, fome coming into the World, 
 o hers going out of it continually. Teach us, O 
 i ORDy fo to number our Days that we- may apply 
 
 our 
 
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 our Hearts unto If tfdo m /—Having lain about a 
 Week on the Coaft, towards the Evening, we 
 faw Savannch River, and lent off for a Pilot. 
 Oh what Joy appeared in every one's Counte- 
 nance ! How infinitely more joyful will the Chil- 
 dren of God be, when having pafled through 
 the Waves of this troublefome YVorld, they ar- 
 rive at the Haven of everlafting Reft ? Haftin, 
 O LO R Dj tb.it bleffhd Time, and let thy King- 
 dim come / 
 
 Sunday May 7. By the Bleffing of God, 
 we caft Anchor near Tyby Ifland about fourteen 
 Miles off Savannah; laft night I preached my 
 Farewel Sermon, at which many wept ; and ar- 
 rived at Savjnnab Town about feven this Even- 
 ing, where I joined in Prayer and Thankfgiving 
 with Mr. I), and fome pious Souls that were 
 rejoiced at my Arrival: The good LORD fane- 
 tify our Meeting to his Glory, and his People's IV el- 
 fare. 
 
 Monday, May 8. Begun to read publick 
 Prayers, and expound the fecond Leflbn at five 
 in the Morning to feventeen Adults and twenty- 
 five Children. May GOD open their Hearts that 
 they may attend to the c l hi tigs that were fpoken. — In 
 the Afternoon, Mr. C. fent Word, that he and 
 the Magiftrates would wait upon me, but I choie 
 rather to wait upon them. I was received with 
 great Civility, and our chief Converfation ran 
 upon the Place of mv Settlement — At laft it was 
 refolved that I fhould have a Houfe and Taber- 
 nacle built at Ft ederica, and ferve at Savannah, 
 when, and as long as I pleafed. I find there are 
 many Divisions amongft the Inhabitants, glad 
 fliall I be to be made an Inilrument of healing 
 
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 them — Grant this, O Lord, for thy dear Sons % 
 
 Sunday, May 14. After another Week's Con- 
 finement, by the Return of my Fever, under 
 which God fhewed me great Mercies, and which 
 went off with a Fit of the Ague, I attempted to 
 read Prayers, but was fo exceeding faint and 
 weak, that I was obliged to leave off before I 
 begun the fecond Service. Oh that my Friends 
 had fern me at that Hour, they- then might have 
 learnt not to have any Mans Perfon in Admiration, 
 and not to think more highly of me than they ought 
 to think, 
 
 Tucjday, May 16. Having by the Bleffing of 
 God gotten a little Strength, I went to fee Tomo 
 Chachi, the Indian King, who, I heard, was near 
 expiring at a Neighbour's Houfe. He lay on a 
 Blanket thin and meagre, and little elfe but Skin 
 and Bones. Senauki hisWife fat by, fanning him 
 with fome Indian Feathers. There was no body 
 that could talk EngUjh, fo I .could only (hake 
 Hands and leave him. 
 
 Friday, May 19 Being a little ftronger in 
 Body, I went this Morning to two little V illages, 
 Hawffiead and Highgatc, about Five Miles off 
 Savannah- : The former confifts of three Families, 
 making in all eleven Souls ; one Man a "Jew \ 
 two Men, one Woman and feven Children 
 IvSijJers. They live exceeding hard, but with 
 a little Affiftance may do very well. I was at a 
 Lofs, becaufe I could not talk French ; but how- 
 ever I refolved, under God, to vifit them once 
 a Week, and read Prayers to as many as could 
 - underftand me. I alfo enquired into the State 
 of their Children, and found there were many 
 who might prove ufeful Members of the Colony, 
 
 if 
 
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 if there was a proper Place provided for their 
 Maintenance and Education. Nothing can ef- 
 k£i this but an Orphan-Houfe, which might 
 eafily be erected at or near Savannah* would fome 
 of thofe that are rich in this World's Good, con- 
 tribute towards it. Moy G D in his due Time, 
 Jlir up the JVilU of his faithful People, to be ready 
 to dijlribute, and willing to communicate en this 
 commendable Occafon ! 
 
 Saturday, May 20. Went once more to fee 
 7onn Chachi, and hearing his Nephew Tooavoovjce 
 there, who could talk Englijh, I defircd 
 him to enquire of his Uncle, Whether he thought 
 he fhouM die ; who anfwered, He could not tell : 
 I then afked, where he thought he fhould go 
 after Death ? He replied, to Heaven. But alas, 
 how can a Drunkard enter there ! I then exhorted 
 Tooanoowee (who ifc a tall proper Youth) not to 
 get drunk, telling him, he underftood Engliftj, 
 and therefore would be punifhed the more, if he 
 did not live better. I then afked him, Whether 
 he believed a Heaven : He anfwered, Yes. I 
 then afked, Whether he believed a Hell ? and 
 described it by pointing to the Fire \ he replied, 
 No. From whence we may eafily gather, how 
 natural it is to all Mankind to believe there is a 
 Place of Happinefs, becaufe they wifh it may be 
 fo, and on the contrary, how averfe they are to 
 Relieve a Place of Torment, becaufe they wifh 
 it may hot be fo. But G O D is true and juft, 
 and as furely as the righteous fhall go into ever- 
 lafting Happinefs, fo the impenitently Wicked 
 fhall go into everlafling Punifhment. 
 
 fp'ednefd<iy % M'ty 24. Went to Day to TIjuk- 
 derboh, a Village about fix Miles off Savannah^ 
 fituatcd very pleaiaiuly near the River, and con- 
 lilting 
 
 
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 filling of three Families, four Men and two 
 Women, and ten Servants ; I was kindly re- 
 ceived, expounded a Chapter, ufed a few Col- 
 lects, called on a Family or two that lay near 
 our Way, and returned home to Savannah very 
 comfortably, about fix in the Evening. B I eject 
 be GOD for flrengthcning my weak Body ! — 
 
 Monday , June II. On Saturday placed one 
 that came with me at Highgate, to teach the 
 Children Englijh, that belong to that Village and 
 Hampflead. They are about twenty in all, of 
 French Extraction, but fome few of them are 
 able to fpeak a little in our vulgar Tongue. I. 
 thought placing a Matter there would be bene- 
 ficial. And to Day opened a School for the 
 Girls of Savannah, a Friend, whofe Heart GOD 
 was pleafed to touch on Board the Ship, having 
 at my Requeft undertaken to teach them. May 
 GOD enable him to feed them with the fine ere 
 Milk of the IVord, and give them Grace to grow 
 thereby ! 
 
 Thurfday, June 22. Was taken (as all about 
 me thought for Death) with a violent Purging 
 and Vomiting, which in the Space of five Hours 
 quite exhaufted my Spirits, and brought me in 
 Appearance almoft to the Point of Death. But 
 GOD fupported me by inward Comforts ; and 
 after taking a little Reft I awoke perfectly we!'. 
 O wbocan exprefs the loving Kindnefs of the LORD, 
 or /hew forth all his Praife ! 
 
 Friday, July 7. Being the Anniverfary for 
 opening the Court, I preached in the Morning 
 at the Magiftrate's Requeft, and endeavoured 
 with all Plainnefs and Humility to fhew both 
 them and the People .what they ought to do to 
 
 promote 
 
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 promote their Temporal and Eternal Welfare. 
 O GO D, do thou blefs it, and it /ball be bleffed 
 through JESUS CHRIST. 
 
 Tuefday^ July 1 1. Returned this Evening from 
 Ebenezer (whither I went Yefterday) the Place 
 where the Saltzburghers are fettled ; and was 
 Wonderfully pleafed with their Order and Indu- 
 ftry. Their Lands are improved furprifmgly for 
 the Time they have been there, and I believe 
 they have far the bell Crop of any in the Co- 
 lony — They are bleft with two fuch pious Mi- 
 nifters, as 1 have not often feen : They have no 
 Courts of Judicature, but all little Differences 
 are immediately and implicitly decided by their 
 Minifters, whom they look upon and love as 
 their Fathers. They have likewife an Orphan- 
 Houfe, in which are feventeen Children, and 
 one Widow, and I was much delighted to fee^ 
 the Regularity wherewith it is managed. — Mr. 
 Bollzius, one of their Minifters, being with me 
 on Saturday, I gave him fome of my Poor's Store 
 for his Orphans, and when I came to Ebenezer •, 
 he called them all before him, catechifed and ex- 
 horted them to give GOD Thanks for his good 
 Providence towards them ; then prayed with 
 them, and made them pray after him \ then fung 
 a Pfalm, and afterwards the little Lambs came 
 and fhook me by the Hand one bv one, and fo 
 we parted — Surely, whoever contributes to the 
 Relief of the Saltzburghers, will perform an ac- 
 ceptable Sacrifice to our Bleffed M after. They 
 want a Place for Publick Worfhip, and Money 
 to buy Cattle, and other NeceiTaries for the Or- 
 phan Houfe and People. May the great GOD 
 ra:jc up injirumenti to ojjiji and relieve them ; for 
 tH Same's Sake ' — 
 
 Turf day, 
 
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 TuefJay, July 1 8. About ten o' Clock this 
 Evening returned to Savannah, having fet out 
 from thence Yefterday to vifit four or five Fa- 
 milies that live at fome of the outward Settle- 
 ments about twelve Miles off. — Their Begin- 
 nings as yet are but fmall, but I cannot help 
 thinking there are Foundations laying for great 
 temporal and fpiritual Bleffings in Georgia. — 
 JBlefled be G o d, in Savannah they hear the 
 Word gladly, and are not angry when Ireprove 
 them. — May GOD keep them always thus minded^ 
 and prepare me for vjhalever Sufferings he fliall per- 
 mit to fall upon me for doing my Duty, either there 
 or eifewhere ! — My ordinary Way of dividing my 
 Minifterial Labours has been as follows, — 
 
 On Sunday Morning at five o'Clock, I pub- 
 lickly expound the Leffon for the Morning or 
 Evening Service as I fee moftfuited to the People's 
 Edification $ at ten I preach and'read Prayers, 
 at three in the Afternoon I do the fame, and at 
 feven expound Part of the Church Catechifm, at 
 which great Numbers are ufually prefent. 1 vifit 
 from Houfe to Houfe, read publick Prayers, and 
 expound twice, and catechize (unlefs fomething ex- 
 traordinary happens,} and vifit the Sick every Day, 
 and read to as many of my Parifhioners as will 
 come to the Parfonage-houfe thrice a Week. — 
 And blefied be God my feeble Labours, I hope, 
 have not been altogether in vain in the Lord. Ti 
 Him alone be all the Glory, 
 
 At FREDERIC A. 
 
 Tuefday, Augufi 8. After a pleafant PafTage 
 of five or fix Days arrived at Frcderica, a Town 
 fituated fouthwardly above an hundred Miles from 
 
 Savannah^ 
 
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 Savannah^ and confiding of about an hundred 
 and twenty Inhabitants. The People received 
 . me gladly, having had a Famine of the Word 
 for a long Seafon. May GOD give a Bltjjing to 
 my Jhort I ifit among]} them ! — In the Evening we 
 had publick Prayers, and expounding of the fe- 
 cond Leflbn under a large Tree, and as many 
 came as could be expected. Blcffed be GOD. 
 
 lVtdnefday\ Jugujl 9. This Evening had 
 Prayers and preached in a Houfe which Mr. H. 
 hired, and mo ft of the Inhabitants, I believe, 
 were prefent. Timber is fawing for the erecting 
 <i more commodious Place for publick Worfhip, 
 'till a Church can be built. GOD grant we may 
 always worjbip him in Spirit and in Truth^ and 
 then we may be ajfurcd that at ail Times and in ail 
 Places he will hear us ! 
 
 Friday, Augujl 11. Went this Morning to, 
 and returned in the Evening from Danen, a 
 Settlement about twenty Miles off Fredtrica y 
 whither I went to fee Mr. MacLeod, a worthy 
 Minifter of the Scotch Church. Thanks be to 
 GOD, who doth not leave Himfelf without Wit- 
 nefs!—h\ the Evening, becaufe I was to take 
 Boat about Midnight, I gave Notice I would 
 preach as well as expound, at which almoft all 
 the Inhabitants attended ; fo that many were 
 obliged to ftand without the Door. When I 
 told the People that Providence called me away, 
 fome wept. Oh G O D h:w ch/l thou folim me 
 with thy HLjJings ! I looked for Perfecuti:>i, but h ! 
 I am received as an Ambajjddor of Cbri/i's Grace ! 
 Grace ! 
 
 Sunday, Jug. 13. Being difappointed of go- 
 ing by the Boat la ft Night, I read Prayers and 
 preached twice, which caufed great Joy among 
 
 the 
 
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 the Hearers. — —About Two in the Afternoo: 
 mod: of the Inhabitants accompanied me to the 
 Bluff or River fide, and took their Leave of 
 me in an affe&ionate Manner. The good Lord 
 reward them ten thoufand Fold, and make me thank' 
 ful for his unmerited Mercies ! 
 
 At SAVANNAH. 
 
 Wednesday, Aug, 16. Arrived this Day at 
 Savannah* and had the Pleafure of meeting one 
 of my Friends fafe, who had been ltfft, the 
 News of which haftened my Return ; he was 
 from Tuefday till Friday roving about the Woods, 
 during which Time the great Guns were fired. 
 Many of the People went out Day and 
 Night after him. — As foon as I had refrefhed 
 myfelf I went and vifited my Parifhioners from 
 Houfe to Houfe to return them Thanks for their 
 Kindnefs to my Friends. — At Evening Prayers 
 (and a large Congregation was prefent) I return- 
 ed my dear Hearers hearty Thanks for the late 
 Jnftance of their fincere AfTe&ion: and publickly 
 exhorted him that had been loft to fhevv forth 
 his Thankfulnefs not only with his Lips but with 
 his Life. Even Jo LORD JESUS, Amen and 
 Amen ! 
 
 Wednefday, Auguft 23. Was obliged to Day 
 to exprefs my Refentment againft Infidelity by 
 refufing to read the Burial Office over the mofl 
 profefled Unbeliever I ever yet met with. — God 
 was pleafed to vifit him with a lingering Illnefs, 
 in which Time I went to fee him frequently. — 
 Particularly about five Weeks ago, 1 afked him 
 what Religion he was of, he anfwered, cc Reli- 
 tc gion was divided into fo many Sedts, he knew 
 
 " not 
 
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 " not which to chufe."— Another Time, I of- 
 fered to pray with him, but he would not ac- 
 cept it, upon which I refolv'd to go fee him no 
 more. — But being told two Days before he di- 
 ed, that he had an Inclination to fee me, I went 
 to him again, and after a little Converfation I 
 put to him the following Queftions, " Do you 
 " believe Jesus Christ to be God, the one 
 " Mediator between God and Man ?" He 
 faid, " I believe Christ was a good Man." 
 « — Do you believe the Holy Scriptures" ? " I 
 U believe, replied he, fomething of the Old Tef- 
 " tament, the New I do not believe at all ". — 
 " Do you believe, Sir, a Judgment to come ?" 
 he turned himfelf about, and replied, " I know 
 4 c not what to fay to that." — Alas, faid I, Sir* 
 " If all thefe Things fhould be true, — ~ 
 which Words, I believe gave him Concern, for 
 he feemed after to be very uneaiy, grew deli- 
 rious, and departed in a Day or two. — Unhap- 
 py Man, how quickly he was convinced ! The 
 Day after his Deceafe he was carried to the 
 Ground, and I refufed to read the Office over 
 him, but went to the Grave and told the Peo- 
 ple what had parted between him and me, and 
 warning all againft Infidelity, I afked them whe- 
 ther I could fafely fay, Ci as our Hope is this 
 " our Brother doth ?" Upon which I believe they 
 were thoroughly fatisfied that I had done right. 
 — GOD grant this may be a Warning to furviving 
 Unbelievers ! 
 
 Tburfday^ Auguft 24. This Day went "to 
 Higbga'e with a Friend or two, and read Pray- 
 ers, preached and baptiz'd a Child, and cate- 
 chifed in a Houfe lately creeled by the Inhabi- 
 tants. For upon my fending a Mafter to teach 
 
 their 
 
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 their Children, one offered to give me a Part of 
 his Lot, and the reft to give their Labour. Ac- 
 cordingly I accepted of it, found Materials, and 
 to Day it was fit to preach in, and be made a 
 School-Houfe of. The Children, though Fo- 
 reigners, anfwered admirably well, which gave 
 me great Hopes that the other Foreign Children 
 of the Colony may alfo learn our Engajh Tongue 
 when a proper Matter is provided. — After Ser- 
 vice we refrefhed ourfelves together, thanked 
 our Good God, and eat our Bread with Glad- 
 nefs of Heart. Biffed be thy Name, O LORD, 
 fjr [pre a ding a Table for us in the Wiklernefs ! 
 
 Sunday, Auguji 27. After earned Prayer and 
 Confutation, finding it was neceffary for me to 
 go to England, to get Prieft's Orders, and to 
 raife Contributions for an Orphan -houfe, which 
 I faw was greatly wanted \ this Afternoon I 
 preached my Farewel Sermon, to the great 
 Grief of my dear Parifhioners, whofe Hearts 
 were very full as well as mine, which we all 
 exprefled by fhedding many Tears. But a fen- 
 fible Alteration appear'd in their Counteiiaric 
 when J promifed them folemnly before God to 
 return as foon as poffible. — The Weather was 
 exceeding hot, and the Greatnefs of the Con- 
 gregation made it itill hotter, but when we are 
 weak, then are we ftrong. May God < , 
 to prfhtm my Ptom'ije, and prepare ni) 
 b'fere me ! 
 
 Monday, Augufl 28. This being the Day of 
 my Departure, it was moftly fpent in taking 
 Leave of my Flock, who expreifed their Affec- 
 tion more than ever. — About Four in the Af- 
 ternoon I went into the Bo; \\ for me 
 by Mr. C. who with the Recorder ca 
 
 Ik 
 
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 Houfe and took their Leave. A great Num- 
 ber of People came alio to the BlujJ to wifh me 
 
 a good Voyage, and a fpeedy Return. My 
 
 Heart was full, and I took the firft Opportunity 
 of venting it by Prayers and Tears. O tb&je 
 Partings ! Ha/ten, O LORD, that Time when 
 iv e Jhall part no more ! 
 
 Cbarles-Town, South-Carolina. 
 
 Sunday ) Sept. 3. Arrived laft Night here, 
 and preached twice to Day, I hope with fomc 
 ^ood Efrect. The Bifhop of London's Commif- 
 iary, the Rev. Mr. G. received me very courte- 
 ously, and with feveral others offered me Lodg- 
 ing. How does God raife me up Friend* whir ever I 
 go ! Who isfo good a GOD as our GOD ? — Was 
 much pleafed with the Neatnefs of the Buildings, 
 and the Largenefs of the Place. The Church 
 is very beautiful, and the Inhabitants feemed to 
 be excellently well fettled. G D y s Judgments 
 have been late abroad arnongjl them by the f pre a ding 
 of the Small-Pox, / hope they will learn Righte- 
 teoufnejs ! 
 
 On Board the Mary, Captain Coe, Com- 
 mander, bound from Charles -Town to 
 England. 
 
 Saturday, Sept. 6. Found there was a gene- 
 ral Expectation among the Inhabitants of my 
 preaching as To-morrow ; but the Wind be- 
 ing fair I came on Board about Noon, and 
 we were to fail about five in the Even- 
 ing. The Lord fend us a projperous Vo)age, 
 
 and 
 
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 and bring us in his appointed Time to the Haven 
 where we would be ! 
 
 Saturday, Sept. 16. Had contrary Winds all 
 the Week, and got but a few Leagues from 
 Charles-Town, which the Captain thought was 
 a Curfe upon him for not flaying over Sunday. 
 There are but few Souls on Board, and all that 
 I can do is to read publick Prayers, and add a 
 Word of Exhortation twice every Day. Had 
 I my own Will, I could wifh myfelf a fpeedy 
 Paflage, that I may return the fooner to thofe 
 few Sheep I have left at Savannah ; but God 
 knows beft. — Oh! that this Retirement may be 
 btejfed to fit me for whatever Work may be before 
 me ! 
 
 Saturday, Sept. 23. Still God is pleafed to 
 fend us contrary Winds ; however, my Mind, 
 brefled be God, has been compofed. and eafy. 
 Only the Abfence of my Friends, now and then 
 flruck a Damp upon my Spirits. — But the Friend 
 of all is with and in me, and he by his Spirit, 
 I truft, will fupply the Want of all.— Jmen, 
 LORD JESUS, Amen. 
 
 ■ Sunday 24. Alonday, Sept. 25. Was op- 
 prefTed much in Spirit thefe two Days. We mujl 
 not always be upon the Mount in this Life,— Bu- 
 ried a young Man that came from Georgia, and 
 died this Morning. Lord, what is Man? He 
 folaced himfelf with the Thoughts of feeing his 
 Friends in England. But Gop faw fit to pre- 
 vent it by fhortning his Days. LORD, thy 
 ^Judgments are like the great Deep ! — ■ — When I 
 buried him, I could not fay much, becaufe of 
 the rowling of the Ship -, but at Evening Prayer 
 I took occafion from the Leffon (which provi- 
 dentially was the 15 th Chapter of the firft of 
 
 Cor in* 
 
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 Corinthians) to exhort all my Shipmates to con- 
 fider fo as to prepare for their latter End. 
 GOD grant it may have a due Effctt I 
 
 Friday, Ocl,ber 6. On Tvfday Mightlaft (nftec 
 we had failed 150 Miles, the preceding twenty- 
 four Hours) about eleven o'Clock arofe a fud- 
 den violent Eaft Wind, which continued till 
 about Four in the Morning, and put all the 
 Sailors to their Wits End. — Moft of them de- 
 clared they never had fcen the like before. The 
 main Sail was flit in feveral Pieces, and feverai of 
 theother Sails, and much of the Tackling was torn 
 all to Tat:ers: -not a dry Place was to be found 
 in all the Ship : the Captain's Hammock, in 
 the great Cabin, was half filled with Water ; 
 and though I lay in the dry eft Part of the 
 Ship, yet the Waves broke in upon me twice 
 hrice. In fhort, all was Terror and Confu- 
 fiorL. The Men's Heart failed them for fear, 
 and the Wind and the Sea raged horribly. But 
 God (for ever he adored bis unmerited Goodnejs) 
 was exceeding gracious unto me. For I felt a 
 fweet Complacency in my Will, in Submiffion 
 to his. Many particular Promifes that I fhould 
 return in Peace, flowed in upon my Heart, 
 which caufed me to rejoice amidft all. — This 
 is the firft Day we have ventured to pull down 
 any of our dead Lights ; moft of our frefh Pro- 
 \ liions are wafhed over Board, and our Tack- 
 ling much out of Order, fo that we have a Prof- 
 pedt but of an indifrerent Voyage. May 1 now 
 learn hew to want as well as bow to abound, and 
 be taught to endure Hardncfs like a good Scldic cf 
 Jefus Cbrijl ! 
 
 Saturday, October 7. This Evening, having 
 
 -had no Opportunity before fmce the Storm, of 
 
 F getting 
 
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 getting of our People together, I gave them a 
 Word or two of Exhortation. LORD keep us 
 from being like the ungrateful Lepers t 
 
 Saturday, Oft. 14 Sailed this Week about 
 f 00 Miles ; but Yefterday God was pleafed to 
 fend us a contrary W ind again, which ftill con- 
 tinues. — I have alfo had many inward Trials. 
 All our frefh Provisions are gone, and the Peo- 
 ple are put to the Allowance of a Quart of Wa- 
 ter each Man a Day. O Dear Redeemer ', do thou 
 enable us in every Tubing to give Thanks, fmce it is 
 thy bleJJ'cd Will concerning us. 
 
 Sunday, Oft. 15. The Weather being calm, 
 and being kindly invited Yefterday, went on 
 board the Conjlant, Capt. Philips, bound from 
 Jamaica, and w-asr kindly received both by the 
 Captain and his PafTengers, and not only fo, but 
 they fpared me what they could of their Provi- 
 fions. A providential Supply. But our Extre- 
 mity is GOD's Opportunity. — Our chief Difcourfe 
 was about Georgia -, and flaying a little longer 
 than was expected, my Shipmates were very fu£ 
 picious that I fhould be detained on board. But 
 I promifed to return ; and therefore, not- 
 withstanding I was flrongly follicited to the 
 contrary, fo I did. — Gcd reward our kind Benefac 
 tors, and make us truly thankful for juch an unex- 
 pefted Relief! 
 
 Saturday, Oct. 21. Made but flow Advances 
 in our Voyage, having had but one or two Days 
 of fair Wind. And God has been pleafed to 
 continue to vifit me with a Variety of inward 
 Trials. Tkefe Things are not joy ow, but grievous. 
 GOD gra?it that I may be truly ex erci fed thereby, 
 end that they may bring forth in me the peaceable^ 
 Fruits of Right coufnefs t 
 
 Satur- 
 
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 Saturday, Oct. 28. Blefled be GOD! he 
 has this Week enlarged my Heart, and filled 
 me with great Comfort, after great inward Con- 
 flicts. Sailed above 300 Miles the four fir ft ; 
 
 Days : Had a little Storm on IFelnrfday Night, 
 and a great Calm ever fince. We are now 
 within 150 Leagues of Land, but our Provifi- 
 ons and Water are very fcanty, and our Ship 
 very weak. LORD y teach us to be rcfigmd and 
 thankful, and then deal with us as feemeth good in 
 thy Sight. — Had Reaibn to believe one on board 
 was offended at my enlarging one Night on the 
 Sin of Drunkennefs. — But if People will account 
 me their Enemy, becaufe out of Love I tell them 
 the Truth, I cannot help that. 1 have delivered 
 v Soul ! 
 
 fonday, Oct, 30. Still God is pleafed that 
 the Wind, what there is of it, mould be contrary, 
 and our Ship's Company are now brought into 
 great Streights Their Allowance of Water is 
 a Quart a Day, and our conltant Food for foma 
 Time has been Salt Beef, and Water-Dumplins, 
 i which do not agree with the Stomachs of all 
 amorrgft us. Some Cay we are within a hundred 
 Leagues of Land. But what does that fignify, 
 if God fays, hitherto Jhall ycu go^ and no further. 
 IORD, In thy due Time* blejjed Redeemer, let 
 that which now letteth be taken away. 
 
 Tuefday, 03. 3. Was comforted To-Night 
 in our preient Circumftances, by the Verfes out 
 of this Evening's Lcilbn. — I have learnt in what- 
 soever State I am, therewith to be content, 1 knew 
 both how to be abajeci, and I know how to abound > 
 every where, and in all Things I am injirucled, 
 both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and* 
 F 2 to 
 
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 tofuffer Need. I can do all through CHRIST 
 which flrengtheneth me. Even fo come, LORD 
 JESUS. Amen, WAmen. 
 
 Wedncfday, Nov. i. This Afternoon, about 
 4 o'Clock, as I was in Secret humbling my 
 Soul before God, News was brought that the 
 Wind was fair ; upon which, we joined in 
 Singing the firft Part of the 34th Pfalm, (new 
 Verfion) which was very applicable to our Cir- 
 cumftances. For they tell me they have not above 
 three Days Water on Board, allowing a Quart 
 to each Man a Day. LORD help us to hold out 
 cur three Watches, and at the fourth Watch I know 
 then wilt come. Even fo come LORD JESUS. 
 
 Tl.1pfd.1y, Nov. 4. For thefe two Days laft 
 paft, God has been pleafed greatly to humble 
 my Soul, and bring me low by fpiritual Dcfer- 
 tions. I am fometime afraid left continued Ab- 
 ftinence may occafion-a bodily Sicknefs. But 
 wherefore do I fear? If it does, that and every 
 Thing clfe (hall work for Good. — To-day we 
 have n?,ain a contrary Wind— BlefTed be GOD ! 
 Our Allowance of Water now is but a Pint a 
 Day, fo that we dare not eat much Beef. Our 
 Sails are exceeding thin, fome more of them 
 were fplit laft Night, and no one knows where 
 we are ; but God does, and that is fufficient. 
 
 Sunday, Nov. 5. This Day we rejoiced with 
 trembling. For though we thereon commemo- 
 rated our Deliverance from the Gunpowder-Plct^ 
 yet as our Circumftances called for Acts of Hu- 
 miliation, I ufed Part of the Office of Commi- 
 nution, (befidcs folemn Prayer and Pfalms three 
 Times) and enlarged on thefe Words of St. 
 Ja?ne^ " Mv Brethren, count it all Toy, when 
 
 "ye 
 
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 M ye fall into divers Temptations ; knowing this, 
 " that the Trial of your Faith vvorketh Pati- 
 M ence : But let Patience have her perfect Work." 
 I hope this had a good Effect upon my Hearers 
 Hearts, and calmed their ruffled Spirits. Indeed 
 we are brought verv low : But I can fay with the 
 Penitent Thief, " Thatlfuffer juftly." Lord* 
 remember me now thou art in thy Kingdom ! 
 
 Monday , Nov. 6. Laft Night about Seven 
 o'Clock, GOD was ple-afed to fuffer another 
 violent Wind to arife, which would not permit 
 me to rife till this Afternoon, about which Time 
 it began in fome Meafurc to abate. Glory be to 
 thee, OLord! 
 
 JVednefday, Nov. 8. Moft of us in the great 
 Cabin now begin to be weak, and look hollow- 
 eyed — Yet a little while, and we (hall come to 
 Extremity ; and then GOD's Arm will bring us 
 Salvation. May vjc patiently tarry His Lsifure ! 
 Amen ! Amen ! 
 
 Thurfday, Nv. 9. Enjoyed great Peace of 
 Mind To-day, and was ftronger in Body than 
 ui'ual. We are now making for Ireland, and are 
 advanced fome Leagues towards it. Whether we 
 (hall arrive there or not, GOD only know?. 
 I find all Uneafinefs arifes from having a Will 
 of my own. And therefore 1 would deiire to will 
 only what GOD wiileth. Oh! when will tins 
 once be ? 
 
 Saturday, Nov. 11. Still we are floating about, 
 not knowing where we are. But our People 
 feem yet to have Hopes of feeing Ireland. — The 
 Weather alfo begins to be cold, fo that we can 
 fay, IV e are now in tiungringi and ihhjlivgs, 
 Cold and Fojlings often. — An Ounce or two of 
 Salt-Beef, a Pint of muddy Water, and a Cake 
 F 3 made 
 
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 made of Flour and Skimmings of the Pot, is 
 my daily Allowance. — May we new learn , that 
 Man doth net tree ly Bread alcne. 
 
 Sunday, Nov. 1 2. Blejfed be the LORD GOD 
 of Ifrael, who this Day hath vifited a dijlrejfed 
 People / About 8 o'Clock this Morning News 
 were brought, that our Men faw Land, and I 
 went and was a joyful Spe&ator of it myfelf. 
 The Air was clear, and the Sun was riling in full 
 Strength, fo that 'tis the mofr pleafant Day I 
 have fcen thefe many Weeks. The LORD will 
 t always he ehid.nj, neither keepeth he his Anger 
 for ever. — As foon as I had taken a View of the 
 Land, we joined together in Prayer and a Pfalm 
 of Thankfgiyirig, and already began to reflect 
 with Pieaiure On our late Streights. Thus it will 
 be hereafter : the Storms and Tempefts of this 
 ■ublefome World will ferve to render our Ha- 
 ven of eternal Reft doubly agreeable. — His good 
 Providence has been pleafed to bring us into a 
 line large Bay, furrounded on each Side with 
 high Lands and Hommocks, much like thofe 
 near Gibraltar* and a large Houfe on the Fore- 
 land, from which in the Evening was fhewn a 
 light. It lies oil the North -wed: of Ireland* 
 2nd moft fuppofe we are near Limerick* but are 
 net certain, only one of our Men having been 
 here before. There are no Soundings till you 
 come very near the Land. The Wind being 
 ag'ainft us (that little that was of it) we could 
 nut get much forward : But GOD in his due 
 Time will bring us on Shire. 
 
 TuiJZfay* Nov 14.. Was uneafv and rcfl'efs 
 all Monday Night ; becaufe, although the Wea- 
 ther was fo exceeding Calm, and we in fo great' 
 Difrrefs, and very near the Land, yet no H< 
 
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 was fcnt to fetch us Provifions. Upon this I 
 jfpoke to the Captain, and he to the Mate, who 
 in the Morning went with a Boat, and about 
 Noon this Day returned loaded with Provifions 
 and Water ; and not only fo, but told us, hje 
 was kindly in treated by the People he met with, 
 efpecially by a Country Gentleman, who came 
 from his Seat at Midnight, on Purpofe to re- 
 lieve him and h ; s Companions ; furnifhed their, 
 with a frefh Boat and other Neceflaries, molt 
 kindly invited me, though unknown, to his 
 Houfe, to ftay as long as I pleafe ; and lias or- 
 dered Horfes to wait ready to take me thither. 
 Who is fo good a God, as cur Gni ? We h*d 
 but half a Pint of Water left, and my Sto- 
 mach was exceeding weak, through Jong Afcfti- 
 iience ; but now his Almighty Arm hath brought 
 us Salvation. 
 
 Thro* all the changing Scenes of Lifi t 
 
 In Trouble and in Joy y 
 The Praifts of my GOD JhallJIill 
 
 My Heart and Tongue employ. 
 
 Of his Deliverance I will boa/l. 
 
 Till all that are dijlrejl 
 Fr:m my Example Comfort take, 
 
 And charm their Grief to reft. 
 
 Fear him ye Saint J, and you will thai 
 
 Have nothing elfe to fear ; 
 Make you his Service your Delight y 
 
 Tour JVanis fiall he his Care. 
 
 As foon as the Provifions came, we kneeled 
 
 down and returned hearty Thanks to our jood 
 
 F 4 God, 
 
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 God, whofe Mercy endureth forever ; and about 
 fix at Night, being carried by a pleafant Gale, 
 *e caft Anchor before Karrigbolt Ifland. — Praife 
 tie LORD, my Soul, and all that is within ?ne 
 
 praife his Holy Name ! We have now been on 
 
 Board juft nine Weeks and three Days. — A long 
 and perilous, but I truft on the Whole a profit- 
 able Voyage. My Cloaths have not been off 
 (except to change me) all the Paflage : Part of 
 the Time I lay on open Deck, Part on a Cheft, 
 and the Remainder on a Bed-ftead cover'd with 
 my Buffaloes * Skin. About feven at Night I 
 d;efs'd my (elf and went on Shore, and was re- 
 reived in a ftrong Caftle belonging to Mr. M. 
 the Gentleman who fent me an Invitation, He 
 himfelf was not at Home, having went fome 
 Miles up to meet me \ but his Servant kindly re- 
 ceived us: / asked for Water, and Jhe gave me 
 Milk , and brought forth Butter in a lordly Di/h : 
 and never did I make a more comfortable Meal : 
 About ten the Gentleman (having miffed of me 
 at the Place appointed) came through the Rain, 
 and entertain'd us moft hofpitably, and about 
 One we went to Bed. — May our Song hencefor- 
 ward be always of thy Loving Kindnefs y O Lord I 
 
 KILRUSH in Ireland. 
 
 This Morning about 1 1 o'Clock, after being 
 moft hofpitably entertain'd by Mr. Mac Mahjn, 
 and furnifhed with Three Horfes, I and my Ser- 
 vant and my new Convert fet out for Dublin, and 
 reached Kilrufh, a little Town, about eight Irijh 
 Miles from Karrigholt, about two in the After- 
 
 * A large Creature like an Ox, common in the fouthem Woods 
 of Amerigo* 
 
 noon, 
 
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 noon, where we were fwcetly refrefhed, and 
 tarried the Remainder of the Day with C. apt. (\ 
 who laft Night with his whole Crew was like to 
 be fhipwreck'd ; but this Morning by the good 
 Providence of G o d, was brought hither on 
 Shore. — At our firft coming into our Inn, wc 
 kneeled down and prayed ; and again at Night 
 iung Pfalms, and prayed with the Captain and 
 feveral of our Ship-mates. — May ibis be our eter- 
 nal Employ when arrivd at the JVorld of Spirits ! 
 
 Fcurthfergus and Limerick* 
 
 Saturday , Nov. 19. Had a very plcafant ride 
 Yefterday over a fine fruitful open Country to 
 FvurthfarguS) a Village as was reckoned only 
 ten, but at a moderate Computation thirty En* 
 glijh Miles from Kihujh. And about two this 
 Afternoon we reach J d Limerick y a large Garrifon 
 Town, with a Cathedral in it, about twenty one 
 Engliflj Miles from Fourthfargus. — Good GOD ! 
 Where was I laft Saturday f In Hunger, Cold 
 and Thirfting ; but now I enjoy Fulnefs of Bread) 
 and all Things convenient for me. GOD grant, 
 I may not, ftjimrun like^ wax fat and kit k ! Per- 
 haps it is more difficult to know how to abound, 
 than how to want. IVe can do all Things thro* 
 Cbrijl flrengthening us ! 
 
 Sunday, Nov. 20. Having fent laft Night to 
 inform Dr. Bur [cough, Biftiop of Limerick, that 
 I was lately arrived : At his Lordfhip's Appoint- 
 ment, I waited on him this Morning, and was 
 received with the utmoft Candour and Civility. At 
 his Lordfhip's Requeft, I alfo preached this Morn- 
 ing at the Cathedral, to a very numerous Au- 
 dience, who feem'd univerfally affe&ed. — After 
 F 5 Ser- 
 
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 Sermon the Mayor fent twice to invite me, but 
 I was pre-engaged to the Bifhop. — O that I may 
 le accounted worthy after the Trials cf this trouble- 
 Jome World are over, to fit down with the great 
 Shepherd andBiJhop of our Souls in his heavenly King- 
 d:m ! 
 
 TULLER-BRIDGE. 
 
 Monday, Nov, 20. Went about Limerick Town 
 this Morning, to difpatch fome neceffary Bufi- 
 nefs ; and found the Seed fown Yefterday, had 
 been watered from above. For all the Inhabi- 
 tants feem'd alarmed, and look'd moft wifhfully 
 at me, as I pa/Ted along. One fubftantial Trades- 
 man in particular even compell'd me to come in, 
 fhewed me and my Friend uncommon Civilities, 
 and told me how folicitous the People were for 
 my flaying longer. — Another came to my Inn, 
 and begg'd me to come and fee him, which 
 I did. — And His Lordfhip, when I went to 
 take Leave of him, kiffed me, and faid, " Mr. 
 " Whitefield, GOD blefs you, I wifh you Suc- 
 lc cefs abroad. Had you ftaid in Town, this 
 
 *' Houfe fhould have been your Home." 
 
 BUffed be GOD for thefe frejh Inflames of his un- 
 merited Goodnefs / 
 
 DUBLIN. 
 
 Tuefday, Ncv. 21. Arriv'd at Dublin Yefter- 
 day about Noon, and went that Night to vifit 
 Doclor D. who moft kindly received me, and 
 preached twice to Day at the Churches of War- 
 bsrcugh and St. Andrew's, I believe with fome 
 Succefs ; for the People, as it were, hung upon 
 me in the Morning, and flock'd to the Church, 
 
 where 
 
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 where I preached in the Afternoon ; fo that it 
 was like a London Congregation — LORD, I am 
 unworthy ofallthefe Mercies which thou haft flown 
 thy Servant ! 
 
 Tuefday, Aw. 28. By the Advice, and through 
 the Introduction of Dr. D. I waited on Dr. R. 
 Bifhop of Lon.isr.derry, and the Archbifhop of 
 Armagh, Lord Primate of all Iceland : the former 
 engaged me to dine with him on the Morrow if 
 I ftaid in Town, and the latter to dine with him 
 at three this Afternoon, at which Time I waited 
 on, and was courteoufly received both by His 
 Grace and his Clergy, who I found had heard 
 of me from a Gentleman of Gibraltar. — Dearcjl 
 J e f u h give me Humility, fojhall thy FaVjurs mt 
 frcve my Ruin ! , 
 
 ENGLAND. 
 
 Friday, December 8. On Thurfday, after near 
 twelve Months Abfence from London, three 
 Months from Georgia, and a pleafant PafTage of 
 twenty-four Hours from Dublin, to my great 
 Comfort arriv'd fafe at Parkgate. Preach'd twice 
 on Sunday at Munch jier, and about three Yefter. 
 day in the Afternoon, reaclvd St. Albans \ and 
 this Morning in my Way to London, was agree- 
 ably furprifed with the Sight of feme of my 
 Chriiiian Friends, who came out to meet me 
 at which I was not a little comforted.— And now, 
 Thou glorious Emanuel, what /ball I Jay P What 
 /hall I render to thee for all thy Mir da f 
 
 F 6 . My 
 
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 My Life, my Blood I here prefent 9 
 If for thy Truth they may be fpent, 
 Fulfil thy Sovereign Counfel, LORD : 
 Thy Will be done ! thy Name ador'd! 
 
 Give ?ne thy Strerigth, GOD of Power ! 
 T/xn let Winds blotVj or Thunders roar y 
 Thy faithful Witnefs will 1 be — 
 ''Ttsfix'd! lean do all thro' The$f 
 
 A CON- 
 
A 
 
 CONTINUATION 
 
 Of the REVEREND 
 
 Mr. WHITE FIELD'S 
 
 J OU R N A L, 
 
 FROM 
 
 His Arrival at LONDON, 
 
 T O 
 
 His Second Embarkation for 
 GEORGIA, 
 
 From December 1738, to Augufi 1739* 
 
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 To the Reverend 
 
 Mr. GEORGE JVHITEFIELD. 
 I. 
 
 BRother in Christ, and well-belovM, 
 Attend, and add thy Pray'r to mine -, 
 As Aaron call'd, yet inly mov'd, 
 To minifter in Things divine. 
 
 II. 
 
 Faithful, and often own'd of God, 
 
 Veflel of Grace, by Jesus us'd - y 
 Stir up the Gift on thee beftow'd, 
 
 The Gift by hallow'd Hands transfus'd. 
 
 III. 
 
 Fully thy heavenly Miffion prove, 
 And make thy own Election fure ; 
 
 Rooted in Faith, and Hope, and Love, 
 A&ive to work, and firm t' endure. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Scorn to contend with Flefh and Blood, 
 
 And trample on fo mean a Foe ; 
 By ftronger Fiends in vain .withftood, 
 
 DaunUefs to nobler Conquefts go, 
 
 V. Go 
 
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 V. 
 
 Go where the darken 1 Tempeft low'rs, 
 Thy Foes triumphant Wreftler foil ; 
 
 Thrones, Principalities, and Powers, 
 Engage, o'erconje, and take the Spoil. 
 
 VI. 
 
 The Weapons of thy Warfare take, 
 
 With Truth and Meeknefs arm'd ride on ; 
 
 Mighty, through God, Hell's Kingdom fhake, 
 Satan's ftrong Holds, through God, pull down, 
 
 VII. 
 
 Humble each vain afpiring Boaft, 
 
 Intenfely for God's Glory burn; 
 Strongly declare the Sinner loft, 
 
 Sclf-righteoufoefs o'erturn, o'erturn. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Tear the bright Idol from his Shrine,, 
 Nor fuffer him on Earth to dwell - y , 
 
 T'ufurp the Place of Blood Divine, 
 But chafe him to his native Hell. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Be all into Subje&ion brought, 
 
 The Pride of Man let Faith abafej 
 
 And captivate his every Thought, 
 And force him to befav'd by Grace. 
 
 Charles Wesley* 
 
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 A 
 CONTINUATION 
 
 O F 
 
 Mr. WHlTEFIELps 
 
 JOURNAL, &£. 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 SUNDAY December 10. Waited Yefterday 
 Morning on the Archbifilop of C^n*$rbun^ 
 and the Bifhop of London ^ and met with a fa- 
 vourable Reception from both, but was not fo 
 civilly treated by fome of the Clergy \ for five 
 Churches have been already denied me. — How- 
 ever, I had an Opportunity of preaching in the 
 Morning at St. Hl^ns, and at tflington in the 
 Afternoon, to large Congregations indeed, with 
 great Freedom and Enlargement of Heart. — In 
 the Evening I went to a Society in Fitter Umr^ 
 where we had (what might not improperly be 
 called) a Love-Feaft, eating a little Bread and 
 Water, and fpending about two Hours in Sing- 
 ing and Prayers. — Surely a primitive Spirit is re- 
 viving amongji us. May God knit ?ny Heart to 
 theirs more and more ! 
 
 Sun- 
 
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 Sunday, December 24. Preached twice, and 
 went in the Evening to Crooked- lane Society, 
 where feveral cavilled againft the Doctrine of the 
 New Birth. — Afterwards I went and expounded 
 to a Company in Li tie-Britain ; then to another 
 in Fetter- lane ; and, it being Chrijlmas-Eve, con- 
 tinued till near Four in the Morning in Prayer, 
 Pfalms, and Thankfgiving, with many Chriftian 
 Brethren— God gave us a great Spirit of Sup- 
 plication. Adored be his free Grace in Chnft 
 Jefus, Amen and Amen ! 
 
 Monday , December 25. About four this Morn- 
 ing went and prayed, and expounded to a Society 
 in Redcrofs-Jlreety confirming of near two or three 
 hundred People, * and found the Room was ex- 
 ceeding hot.— At Six I went to another in Crutch- 
 ed FryarSy and expounded as weft as I could, 
 but perceived my (elf a little opprefled with Drow- 
 finefs. Afterwards I preached thrice, and aflifted 
 in adminiftring the Sacrament — This Day twenty- 
 four Years was I baptized. Lord ! to what little 
 Purpofe have I lived ? ^uicken^ oh quicken my 
 tardy Pace ! 
 
 Sunday ', December 31. Preached twice to large 
 Congregations, especially in the Afternoon, at 
 SpittlefieldS Church. — After that my Cold being 
 very great, I defpaired of fpeaking ; but God 
 enabled me to expound to two Companies in 
 Southward and I think I was never more en- 
 larged in Prayer.— Many feem'd to be prick'd to 
 the Heart, and to feel themfelves Sinners. Oh 
 that all the World knew and felt that ! 
 
 * The firft Time I ever prayed extempore before fuch a Number 
 io public. 
 
 Mon~ 
 
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 Monday, January I. Received the holy Sa- 
 crament, preached twice., and expounded twice, 
 and found this to be the happicft New-Tear's 
 Day that I ever yet faw. — Oh that old Things 
 may pafs azvay, and ail Things become new in all 
 cur Harts ! — Afterwards fpent the whole Night 
 in clofe Prayer, Pfa?ms and Thankfgivings with 
 the Fetter- lane Society. 
 
 Thurfday, 'January 4. Tho* my Cold con- 
 tinued, and I feared it would prevent my fpeak- 
 ing, yet God enabled me to expound in a pri- 
 vate Society, and then to preach at Wapping 
 Chapel, and afterwards to expound and pray for 
 an Hour and an half, with uncommon Freedom 
 of Heart ! How bountifully docs Jcfus Chrijl rs- 
 ward His Followers for their Services ! As [con as 
 their daily Work is done, he fays, Enter ye into the 
 Joy of your Lord : He commands, and it is done. 
 
 Ftiday, Jan. 5. Held a Conference at IJling- 
 ton, concerning feveral Things of Importance, 
 with ftvtn Minifters of Jefus Chrijl, defpifed 
 Methodifls, whom God in his Providence brought 
 together. — We continued in Fading and Prayer 
 till three o'clock, and then parted with a full 
 Conviction that God was about to do great 
 Things among us. that we may be any IVay 
 inflrumental to his Glory ! Oh that he would make 
 us Veffels pure and holy, meet for fuch a dear Ma- 
 Jler\sUfe ! 
 
 Sunday, J<m. 7. Preached twice, expounded 
 to three Societies, and afterwards fpent the whole 
 Night in Prayer and Thankfgiving at Fetter-lane. 
 — There was a great deal of Divine Influence 
 amongft us. — Oh that we may increafe with all 
 thi hcreafe of GOD ! 
 
 Mm* 
 
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 Monday, 'Jan. 8. Was carried through the 
 Work of the Day with about an Hour's Sleep, 
 and expounded in the Evening, and withflood a 
 virulent Oppofer of the Do&rine of the New 
 Birth, and Jufiification in the Sight of God by 
 Faith only.— But what can be faid to thofe that 
 will not be convinced r Lord* open thou their 
 Hearts and Eyes, 
 
 Tuefday* "Jan. 10. Staid at Home To-day to 
 talk with many that came to me under ftrong 
 Awakenings : And preached in the Evening 
 at Great 67. t£len% for erecting a Church for 
 the Sahzlurgheri in Georgia. Thirty three Pounds 
 were collected. The People gave moft readily, 
 God Meafure prejfed down aid running ever* may 
 GOD return into their Bofom ! 
 
 OXFORD. 
 
 Wednjdax, Jan. 1 1. Slept about three Hours, 
 rofe at five, let out at ten, and reached Oxford* 
 whither I went to receive Prieft's Orders, by 
 five in the Evening. — As I entered the City, I 
 endeavoured to call to Mind the Mercies I had 
 received fince I firft came there. O that my 
 Heart may he melted down by a Senfe of them : but 
 alas they are mere than I am able to exprefs or re- 
 member ; ,/ can only fay* Grace ! Grace ! 
 
 Friday, Jan. 12. Breakfafted with fixteen or 
 feventeen Cbriftian Brethren , expounded and 
 read Prayers at the Caftle to many devout Souls, 
 Received the Holy Sacrament at St. Marys* ex- 
 pounded with great Liberty at Mr. F y s* went 
 with the other Candidates for Holy Orders to 
 fubferibe to the Articles 3 and afterwards had 
 
 ciofe ' 
 
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 clofe Convcrfation with many Gownfmen at 
 Carpus GhriJH College.— Obf that I may kt pre- 
 pared fir To-mcrrsio's Solemnity! Amen, Lord 
 Jefos, Anun. 
 
 S rtdajj *¥<***• 4. This, blcfled be God, has 
 been a Day of fat Things. — Rofe in the Morn- 
 ing, and prayed and lung Pfalms ; and afterwards 
 was ordained Prieft at ChrijV s Church. Before, 
 I was a little difiipated, but at Impofition of 
 Hands, my Mtrid was in an humble Frame, and 
 I was comforted at the holy Sacrament. — That I 
 might begin to make Proof of my Miniftry, I 
 preached, and adminiftred the Sacrament at the 
 Cattle ; and preached again in the Afternoon at 
 St. Jibuti's to a crowded Congregation. — The 
 Church was furrounded with Gownfmen of all 
 Degrees, who, contrary to their Cuftom, flood 
 attentive at the Windows during my Sermon. — 
 God enabled me to preach with Power, and quite 
 took away my Hoarfenefs, fo that I could lift up 
 
 my Voice like a Trumpet. After Sermon, I 
 
 joined in giving Thanks to our good God for all 
 the Mercies he had conferred upon me 5 then I 
 read Prayers at Carfax, expounded to a large and 
 devout Company both of Men and Women at a 
 private Houfe*, and fpent the Remainder of the 
 Evening with thirteen more, where God gave 
 me great Cheerfulnefs of Spirifr. Grace! Grace! 
 
 L O N D M 
 
 Monday * Jan. 15. Took a moft affe&ionate 
 Leave of my dear Oxon Brethren, and reached Lon- 
 don by Five, where I met with the firft Pamph* 
 
 let 
 
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 let publifhed againft me. It was wrote by a 
 Clergyman. Thcujhalt anfwer for me, my Lord 
 and my God. 
 
 'Tuefday, "Jan. 16. After much Oppofition, 
 read Prayers, and preached to a thronged and af- 
 fected Audience at St. Helens. — And having ex- 
 pounded afterwards twice to two Companies, 
 whom I left in Tears, I then return'd full of 
 that Peace, which paffeth all Understanding. 
 Surely it is a Peace that the World cannot give f 
 
 Wednefday^ Jan. 17. Waited on the honour- 
 able the Truflees, who moft kindly received me, 
 and highly approved of my perfifting in my De- 
 fign of erecting an Orphan-houfe at Georgia. — 
 The LORD enable me to bring it to good Effecl ! 
 
 Friday, "Jan. 19. Did fome ncceflary Bufinefs 
 for Georgia^ and fpent the Afternoon -in viiiting 
 fome DiiTenting Chiiflian Brethren. For a% fuck* 
 I acknowledge all who love the Lord J ejus in Sin- 
 cerity and Truth. 
 
 Sunday^ Jan. 21. Preached twice with great 
 Freedom in my Heart and Clearnefs in my 
 Voice to two thronged Congregations, especi- 
 ally in the Afternoon, when, as I was informed, 
 near a thoufand People flood out in the Church- 
 yard, and Hundreds more returned Home that 
 could not come in. — This put me firft upon 
 thinking of preaching without Doors. I men- 
 tioned it to fome Friends, who looked upon it as 
 a mad Motion. However we kneeled down 
 and prayed that nothing may be done rafhly. — 
 Hear and anfwer , O LORD*, for thy Name's 
 Sake. 
 
 Monday, Jan. 22. Spent all the Day in ne- 
 ceffary Bufinefs for my Savannah Flock, and in the 
 * Evei.» 
 
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 Evening expounded to three feveral Societies, 
 one of which was the moft polite I ever yet 
 Taw. Some mocked, but others .were affect- 
 ed, efpecially three Quakers, who afterwards 
 came and paid me a fliort Vifit. Vifit them and 
 ail, O LORD, with thy Salvation ! 
 
 Tuefelay, Jan. 23. Staid at Home To-day as 
 ufual, to receive People, and ftill had the Com- 
 fort of having many come to me, who have 
 been awakened to a Senfe of the New- Birth. 
 What Reafon have I to blefs God for fending me to 
 England ! Praife him all ye Hojt of his, let 
 every Thing that hath Breath praife the Lord. 
 
 Received a Packet of Letters from my dear 
 Friend i/— — m, by which I find the infinite 
 Wifdom cf God more and more, in fending me 
 to England. — The poor People of Savannah love 
 me ftill moil affectionately. But the Colony 
 feems to be at alow Ebb. Poor Georgia ! When 
 thou art univerfally defpifed, and quite defpaireji of 
 human Help, then may God manifejl his mighty 
 Arm in thy Salvation. — Read Prayers and preach- 
 ed at St. Helens, with great Power, to a crowded 
 and attentive Audience, and was afterwards en- 
 abled to expound to two Companies. — Not unto 
 me, Lord, net unto me, but to thy Name be the 
 Ghy ! 
 
 Wednefday, Jan. 24. Preached a Charity Ser- 
 mon, went to Netvington to fee Dr. Watts, who 
 received me moft cordially, and returned in the 
 Evening and expounded to two Companies. — 
 Wrote feveral Letters to my Friends at Savan- 
 nah, and was filled with Holy Joy. — Oh that alT 
 that deny or plead againjl this Blejfmg, might indeed 
 receive it tbemfdves ! 
 
 Thurf- 
 
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 Thurfday, Jan. 25. Received the Sacrament 
 at Bow Church. — At two in the Afternoon read 
 Prayers and preached at Chrifl -Church, Spiral- 
 fields, for the Orphan-houfe. — This done, I went 
 and gave a Word or two of Exhortation, and 
 prayed to a Company that waited for me. Then 
 I expounded with uncommon Pleafure to a So* 
 ciety in Leadenball-Jlreet* — About Eight to ano- 
 ther Society, and after Nine to a third, at both 
 which my Soul was much jrefrelhed with divine 
 Comforts, and which alfo much ftrengthened 
 my Body, and made my Feet like Hart's Feet 
 in my Return Home. What a gracious Majler 
 do Chrijlians ferve ! 
 
 Friday, Jan. 26. Waited upon, and had a 
 Conference of near two Hours, with an oppo- 
 
 fing Clergyman. His grand Objection was 
 
 againft our private Societies, and ufing extern- 
 tore Prayer, which he grounded on the Autho- 
 rity of the Canons, and the Act of Charles II. 
 In Anfwer, I fhewed that the AcT: was entirely 
 levelled againft feditious fchifmatical Meetings, 
 contrary to the Church of England, which con- 
 fines us to a Form in publick Worfhip only. He 
 replied, that ours was publick Worfhip ; but 
 this I deny. For ours were Societies never in- 
 tended to be fet up in Oppofition to the publick 
 Worfhip, by Law eftabhfhed \ but only in Imi- 
 tation of the primitive Chriftians, who conti- 
 nued daily with one Accord in the Temple, and 
 yet in Fellowfhip building up one another, and 
 •exhorting one another from Houfe to Houfe.— 
 Can it be criminal to be Followers of them ? 
 p Saturaay, Jan. 27. Slept but little To-night, 
 as well as the Night before, but was much 
 
 ftrength- 
 
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 ftrengthened without it by the Holy Spirit. Rofe 
 about Five, (pent above an Hour molt agreeably 
 in Prayer, finging and reading the Scriptures 
 
 with the Church in Mr. D 's Houfe ; fome 
 
 of whom, aftc the Example of their Lord, 
 pafTed the whole Night in the fame delightful 
 Employment. — Came to London about Nine in 
 the Morning, and expounded twice in Beech- 
 lane, where, I believe, near feven hundred Peo- 
 ple were prefent ; Lord J>jus be prefent in all 
 their Hearts ! 
 
 Sunday, Jan. 28. Received the Sacrament at 
 Crooked-lane Church, afterwards went and preach'd 
 at/ra;;ws/7^rjAlms-houfes, not doubting, but there 
 would be Hundreds more than the Chapel would 
 hold. I took two written Sermons with me, one 
 for within, and the other without ; but to my Sur- 
 prize, found there were no more than could con- 
 veniently hear me from the Pulpit. — In the Af- 
 ternoon I preached at St. Katharine's, and then 
 expounded to two large Companies in the Mi~ 
 nories, with fuch AiTiftance from above, as I 
 never fpoke with before. Oh free Grace in Cbriji 
 Jefus ! 
 
 Monday^ Jan. 29. Expounded twice, and 
 fat up 'till near One in the Morning, with my 
 honoured Friend and Kcljow-labourer, Mr. John 
 JVejlcy, in Conference with two Clergymen, 
 and fome others, who itrongly oppofc our Man- 
 ner of preaching up the Doctrine of the New- 
 Birth. We believe, LORD JESUS, that thou wilt 
 come to be our "fudge. 
 
 Tuefday, Jan. 3^. Preached at Duke's- Place 
 and St. Helens, to crouded Audiences, and af- 
 terwards expounded twice on Djwgate-hiil, 
 where the People prefled mightily to come in. 
 G Th; 
 
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 The Minifter of the Parifli threatens the Matter 
 of the Houfe with a Profecution. But, blejjed 
 be God, we breathe in a free Air. 
 
 GRAVESEND. 
 
 Wednefday, Jan. 31. Rofe at Three in the 
 Morning, and went with fome Chriftian Friends 
 in a Boat to Grave/end, where I have been long 
 expected.— God inclined the Minifters Hearts 
 to let me have the Ufe of both their Pulpits ; 
 I therefore preached and read Prayers at Three 
 in the Afternoon at the Church without, and 
 did the fame afterwards at the Church within 
 the Town. 
 
 Thurfday, February 1. Read Prayers and ex- 
 pounded on the third of St. John ; expounded 
 at a private Houfe in the Afternoon, and read 
 Prayers and expounded a third Time on the 
 Converfion of St. Paul in the Evening. — Took 
 Boat about Eleven, fpoke warmly to the Paffen- 
 gers in the Way, and came to London rejoicing 
 about five in the Morning. The Lord preferve 
 our going out, and our coming in, from this Time 
 forth for evermore ! Amen, and Amen. 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 Friday, Feb. 2. Slept about two Hours, and 
 then preached at Ifington Church, where I col- 
 lected twenty-two Pounds for the Orphan-houfe. 
 — Expounded in the Evening, at Mr. Abbot's ; 
 preached with great Freedom at Wapping-Chapd ; 
 then expounded to another Society, and return- 
 ed Home without Fatigue or Wearinefs. H iv 
 d&fs GOD deal with us ! lie gives us a Heaven 
 
 up< 
 
 : 
 
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 'upon Earth ! Surely Wijdoms Ways are Ways of 
 Pleafaninefi. — 
 
 Sunday, Feb. 4. Had a comfortable Night's 
 Reft ; was warmed much by talking to an al- 
 moft Chriftian, that came to a.sk me certain 
 
 Queftions. Preached in the Morning at St. 
 
 GecrgSs in the Ea/i, collected Eighteen Pounds 
 for the Orphan- Houfe, and where, I believe, 
 were 600 Communicants. — Preached In the Af- 
 ternoon at Chrijl- Churchy S pit al- fields ; in the 
 Evening at St. Margare(%^ IVeJhntn/ier -> then 
 took a little bodily Refreshment, and then went, 
 where I fpent the whole following Night in 
 watching unto Prayer, in Fetter-lane, with ma- 
 ny Chriftian Friends. About Four in the Morn- 
 ing, we went all together and broke Bread at a 
 poor fick Performs Room, and fo we parted, I 
 hope, in a Spirit not unlike that of the primi- 
 tive Chriftians. Thanh be to GOD for fuch Ante - 
 pnjh nf Heaven ! 
 
 Tuefday, Feb. 6. Was refreflied much this 
 Morning, and found that the Sleep of a labour- 
 ing Man was fweet. — Waited on the Bifliop of 
 Gl-uejhr with Mr. John JVeficy, and received 
 his Lordfhip's liberal Benefaction for Georgia. — 
 Went to St. Helen s, where, all on a fudden, I 
 was taken fo ill in Body, and was fo deferted in 
 Soul, that I would have given any Thing for 
 my written Notes ; yet God gave me to truft in 
 him for Strength and Affiftance, and before I had 
 done I was w r arm in Heart, and ftrong enough 
 in Body to continue to ofter JESUS CHRIST 
 freely, for a considerable Time, to all that 
 would lay hold on him by Faith. Many feem- 
 ed to feel what was fpoken, and faid hearty and 
 loud Amens to my Sentences. The Church was 
 G 2 greatly 
 
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 greatly thronged, and after I had done, Prayers 
 were put up on all Sides for my fafe Journey and 
 
 Return. Stmtly theft are not ew icus He a - 
 
 trs ! In coming along I perceived myfelf 
 
 more and more ftrengthened. About Nine at 
 Night, I expounded with great Enlargement at 
 Doivgaic-hill to a moft affected Audience. They 
 fighed and mourned, and wept lorely. Amongft 
 other Things, I exhorted them particularly not to 
 forfake the aflembling themfelves together, not- 
 vvithftanding the People of the Houfe had been 
 threatned with a Profecution. — But jo far as cur 
 Qppofers are per?mttcd to go 9 Jhall they go, but no 
 farther. This be cur Comfort, the LORD reigneth! 
 
 WINDSOR. 
 
 Wednesday, Feh. J. Got hither about Six in 
 the Evening, and was joyfully received by feve- 
 ral Chriftian Friends,, who had invited and were 
 waiting for me. About ieven I was taken very 
 ill, but God ftrengthened me to go out, and 
 expound with great Freedom and Power in the 
 School-houfe to a great Number of People, who, 
 ] believe, felt what was fpoke ; for fome wept, 
 and many exprefled their Thankful nefs for the 
 Expedition. Not unto we, O LORD, not unto 
 ?/;e, but unto thy Name be all the Gh i 
 
 BASINGSTOKE. 
 
 Thurfday, Feb. 8. Left JVindfor about Fen 
 in the Morning, and reached Bafingftoke at Five 
 in the Evening. — And was agreeably Unprized 
 by feveral who came uninvited to fee me. —-Af- 
 ter a little Converfation, I perceived they v 
 
 defirous 
 
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 defirous to hear the Word of God, and being 
 in a hrgc Dining room in the Publick Houfe, I 
 gave Notice I would expound to as many as 
 would come. In a fhort Time I had above a 
 hundred very attentive Hearers, to whom I ex- 
 pounded for above an Hour, for which they were 
 very thankful. BUJfed be GOD for this Opfo - 
 t unity ! I hope % 1 fnall Lam more and mm evtry 
 Gay, that ?io Place is amifs for pleaching the 
 
 Friday, Feb. q. After Breakfaft and Prayer 
 with the Family where we lodged, I fet out for 
 Dummer (a Parifh once for a little while under 
 my Care) and met with near a dozen Chriftian 
 Brethren, with whom v/e took exceeding fweeu 
 Council, prayed, and fung Pfalms, and eat our 
 Bread with Gladnefs and Singleness of Heart. 
 LORD melt down my frozen Heart with a Senfe 
 of thy unmerited Love. Amen, Amen. 
 
 After having wrote feveral Letters, I returned 
 with my Friends to Bafingfioki, where I expound- 
 ed in a large Room for an Hour. The Place 
 
 was very much thronged, but fome were very 
 noify, and others threw up Stones at the Win- 
 dows. Lord take away their Hearts of Stone, and 
 give them Hearts of Fl'Jh. — 
 
 Sa'tirday, Feb. 10. After Family Prayer, went 
 with fome dear Brethren to Dummer, where I 
 (pent m oft of the Day in vifiting that poor Flock 
 from Houfe to Houfe, who I found had not for- 
 gotten their former Love. — About Four in the 
 Afternoon we returned to Bafmpjioke, in order 
 to expound. And near three large Rooms were 
 filled. — We expected ill Treatment ere we re- 
 turned Home, and fome did begin to interrupt 
 me; but God fo ftruck and over-aw'd them, 
 G 3 that 
 
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 that many faid we will never oppofe again. — — • 
 After E pofition, many Chriflian Friends came 
 to fee me in a moft affectionate Manner, and 
 about Nine at Night we fet out for Dummer. 
 But how did Jefus comfort us in the Way ! 
 Monjlrare neqtteo fentio tantum* 
 
 Sun i a y, Feb. 1 1. Rofe full of Love and Joy, 
 byut :erwards was taken fo very ill, that I ftrug- 
 gled like one in his laft Agonies. — Father,thy Will 
 be done* 
 
 SALISBURY. 
 
 Monday, Feb. 12. Perceived myfelf greatly 
 recovered, and was much refrefhed by the com- 
 ing of many dear Friends, with whom, after I 
 had breakfafted and prayed, I took a moft af- 
 fectionate Leave ; called at Dummer, fung a 
 Hymn, prayed, and gave a Word of Exhortation 
 to fome ferious Souls that were there, and 
 reached Sahfbury with my Companion in Travel 
 Mr. Seward about Six in the Evening. — Here I 
 wrote feveral Letters to my London and Bafing- 
 
 Jloke Friends, and fent for Mr. in order to 
 
 have a Conference with him concerning his late 
 Book, but he happened not to be at Home.— 
 Oh that that unhappy Man was turned from 
 his erroneous Principles ! For I fear, like Simon 
 Magus, he has bewitched many about Sal-Jbury 
 with his falfe Doclrines. — Lordjuffer not thy Peo- 
 ple to believe a £js t though they have held the Truth 
 in TJ>.righieoufnefi. Raife up, I befeeeh thee, fome 
 true Paflors among ft them, who may acquaint them 
 with the Nature and Necrjfity of the Neiv- Birth, 
 and point cut to them the blejjed Spirit, u I 
 tiey may huVe that Refect a nee wrought in their 
 
 Soulis 
 
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 Souk, which thefelf righteous Mr. — falfly off}) ts 
 may be wrought in them by a m ral Perfuafon. 
 
 STAP LEAS HWIN, WILTS. 
 
 Tuefday, Feb. 13. Thought when I rofe to 
 abide at Sali/bury a few Days, but finding it quite 
 inconfiftent with my other Bufinefs, I left that 
 Place (after publick Worfhip, and paying a Vi- 
 fit to an old Difciple, Mr. TVcJley's Mother) 
 and reached Stapleajhwin about Six at Night. 
 — After having refreshed ourielves, we intended 
 to fet forward towards Bath ; but finding the 
 People, at whofe Houfe we put up, were well- 
 inclined, we altered our Refolution. And our 
 Hoftefs having called in many of her Neighbours, 
 I prayed, converfed, and fung Pfalms with them 
 for a confiderable Time, wrote fome Letters, 
 and went to Bed, not doubting but the Lord 
 would caufe me to dwell in Safety. — Who kmws 
 but fome good may have been done hire this Night ? 
 But what have I to do with thai ? I am only to fol- 
 low my Lord, who, 'wherefo+vtr he came^ talked of 
 the one Thing needfuL 
 
 B A T H and BRISTOL. 
 
 Werlncfday, Feb. 14. After Family-Prayer, 
 and giving a Word of Exhortation, I fet out for 
 Bath, and was greatly comforted there with fome 
 Chriftian Brethren. — I then waited on Dr. C — y 9 
 defiring I might have the Ufe of the Abbey- 
 Church, to preach for the Orphan-houfe, the 
 Trustees having obtained Leave of the Bifhop 
 before I went to Georgia. But he was pleafed to 
 G 4 give 
 
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 rve me an abfolute Refufal to preach either on 
 that, or any other Occafion, without a pofitive 
 Order from the King or Bifhop. I afked him 
 his Rcafons. He faid, be was not oblige J to g,ve 
 me any. I therefore withdrew, and reach'd Bri/lol 
 :ibout Seven at Night. — But who can exprefs the 
 Joy with which I was received ? God bt m r\iful 
 it me a Sinner. — 
 
 BRISTOL. 
 
 Thurfdaj\ Feb. 15. Sat up till paft One in the 
 Morning anfwering my dear Friends Letters, 
 having no Time otherwife. — Received a Letter 
 from a dear Chriftian Brother, wherein were 
 thefe Words, " I was told that Mr. - 
 
 ". faid to Mr. , / believe the Devil in Hell 
 
 " is in you all. Whitefield has fet the Town on 
 l< Fire, and how he is gone to kindle a Flame in 
 <v the Country" — After having breakfafted and 
 prayed with fome religious Friends, I went with 
 Mr. Seward to publick Worfhip ; from thence 
 
 to the Reverend Mr. G s 9 Minifter of St. 
 
 Mary, Ratcltjf) who, as I was informed, had 
 promifed to lend me his Church to preach in for 
 the Orphan houfe. But he, in Effedt ? gave me 
 a Refufal, telling me, that he could not lend h : s 
 Church without a jpecial Ordtr f'tm the Chattel- 
 
 lor. Upon this, I immediately waited upon 
 
 the Chancellor, to whom I had fcnt the Night 
 before. — But he told me frankly, " that he would 
 " not give any pofitive Leave, neither would he 
 " prohibit any one that fhould lend me a Church : 
 * c But he would advife me to withdraw to fome 
 c< other Place till he had heard from the Bifhop, 
 M and not preach on that or any other O.cca- 
 
 « lion/' 
 
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 cl fion." I afkcd him his Rcafons. He an- 
 fwered, " Why will you prefs fo hard upon me ? 
 Ci The Thing has given a general Diilike."— 
 I replied, ^ Not the Defign of the Orphan- houfe. 
 
 " . Even thofe that difagree with me in other 
 
 li Particulars, approve of that. — And as for the 
 c< Gofpel, when was it preached without Difr 
 " like ?" Soon after this, I took my Leave, 
 and waited upon the Reverend the Dean, who 
 received me with great Civility. When I had 
 fhewn him my Georgia Accounts, and anfwered 
 him a Queftiori or two about the Colony, I 
 afkcd him, ** Whether there could be any juft 
 u Objection againft my preaching in Churches 
 " for the Orphan houfe r" — After a Paufe for a 
 cohfiderable Time, he anfwered, c< He could 
 " not tell." But fomehody knocking at the 
 Door, he replied, <• Mr. Wbiufiild, I will give 
 " you an Anfwer fome other Time; now I ex- 
 ci peel Company." " Will you be pleated to 
 " fix any, Sir i" laid I. " I will icn.i to y 
 fays the Dean. O Chrijlian -.-••-, \ vhi? 
 — About three in ihe Afternoon* 
 with the JaUor*s Confent, I preached a Sermon 
 on t' [ > the poor Prifont . in .'. 
 
 gat - d fifteen Shillings foi them«~At 
 
 for an Hour with \ :\ v great 
 a youngSo< li h hath been efta- 
 
 blifhed fince I was in Bi . . laft, 
 
 Sa - Dew of H 
 
 nine to grow . at 71 /. 
 
 i 
 Friday, Feb. i5 egun i fettle 
 
 a daily Expedition, and reading Prayers to 
 G 5 
 
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 Fnfoners in Newgate* I opened it by enlarging 
 on the Converfion of the Jailor. — May the fame 
 good Work be experienced in this Prifon before IVe 
 leave it 9 Amen and Amen! ~ About one this Af- 
 ternoon I went, and was moft delightfully en- 
 tertained by an old Chriftianj and having long 
 fince felt my Bowels yearn toward the poor Col- 
 liers, who are very numerous, and yet are 
 as Sheep having no Shepherd, I went upon a 
 Mount and fpake to as many as came to hear ; 
 I believe there were upwards of two hundred. — 
 Blefjed be GOD that the Ice is now broke , and I 
 have now aken the Field. — Some m^y cenfure me. 
 —But is th're not a Caufe? Pulpits a> e denied, 
 and the poor Colliers ready to perijh for la:k of Know- 
 ledge 
 
 Sunday, Feb. 18. Arofe this Morning about 
 fix, being called up by near fifty young Perfons, 
 whom I appointed to meet me at my Sifter's 
 Houfe, and with whom I fpent above an Hour 
 in Prayer, Pfalm-finging, and giving a warm 
 Exhortation. Soon after this, I read Prayers, 
 and preached at Newgate to a large and very at- 
 tentive Congregation. At ten I preached at St. 
 IVer burgh's with great Freedom, and to a large 
 Audience.— Bhffedbe GOD— I thought Yefler- 
 day I {hould net have the Ufe of any Pulpit ; 
 but God, who has the Hearts of all Men in his 
 Hands, difpofed the Rev. Mr. - to lend 
 
 me his, who thanked "me for my Sermon; and 
 
 the R.ev. Mr. fent to me, and offered me 
 
 the Ufe both of St. Thomas and St. Mary Rat- 
 iliK—The latter of thefe I accepted of, and 
 preached to fueh a Congregation as my Eyes ne- 
 ver yet faw, with great Liberty. — Many went 
 
 away f^r want of room j and Mi. and his 
 
 > Lady 
 
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 Lady were exceeding civil. — The LORD reward 
 them for this their Love! — After Sermon, and 
 taking a little Refrefhment, I hafted to a Society 
 in Baldwin-Jlreet) where many Hundreds were 
 aflembled to hear me, fo that the Stairs and 
 Court below, befides the Room itfelf, were 
 crowded. — Here I continued expounding for near 
 two Hours. And then expounded for as long 
 a Time at another Society in Nicholas-fir eet^ 
 equally thronged, but with much greater Power. 
 Surely^ that fame Jefus that came to his Difciples r 
 the Doors being flout, when they ajftmbled together r 
 was ivith us of a Truth : Great Numbers were 
 quite melted down, and Gjd fo caufed me to 
 renew my Strength, that I was better when I 
 returned Home, than when I began to exhort 
 my young Fellow foldiers at fix in the Morning. 
 / could not do this, except Jefus Cbrifi did ftrenpthen 
 me. By lis free iorace alone, I am vjbat I am. 
 Not unto me, hut unto thy Name y O Lord, alone 
 be all the Glory. 
 
 Monday, Feb. 19, Read Prayers and ex- 
 pounded as ufual at N.wgnte, and preached in 
 the Afternoon to a great Multitude at the Parifh- 
 Church of St. Philip and Jacobs and colle&ed. 
 Eighteen Pounds for the Orphan -houfe.— But 
 
 Thoufands, as I was inform'd, went away. 
 
 About fix in the Evening I went to a new So- 
 ciety greatly thronged, and was enabled, not- 
 withftanding I had exerted myfelf at St. Philip" $ % 
 to expound with great Freedom of Spirit for 
 above an Hour. — '1 hence I went and expounded 
 for near the Space of two Hours to another Sc* 
 ciety in Baldwin-flrcet, and much of the Divine 
 Prefence was amongft us. This done I returned 
 Home full of Joy, which was kcpjC up by con- 
 G 6 veiling, 
 
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 verfing, finging, and praying with many Chri- 
 ftian Brethren. — We parted, rejoicing in that 
 God who cauies his People to go on from con- 
 quering, and to conquer. 
 
 Tuefday^ Feb, 20. This Day my Mafter ho- 
 noured me more than ever he did yet. — About 
 Ten in the Morning, in Compliance with a 
 Summons received from the Apparator Yefterday, 
 
 I waited upon the Rev. Mr. R /, the 
 
 Chancellor of Bri/hl, who now plainly told me, 
 he intended to itop my Proceedings. — cl I have 
 " fent for the Regiftcr here, Sir, fays he, to 
 " take down your Anfwer." Upon which he 
 afked me by what Authority I preached in the 
 Diocefe of Bri/i<l, without a Licence? I an- 
 swered, I thought that Cuftom was grown ob- 
 folete. And why, pray Sir, replied "I, did not 
 you afk the Clergyman this Queftion, who 
 preached for you laft Thurjday ? He laid that was 
 nothing to me. — He then read over Part of the 
 Ordination-Office, and thofe Canons that for- 
 bid any Minifter preaching in a private Houfe, 
 &c. — And then he afked me what I faid to them ? 
 1 anfwered, that I apprehended thofe Canons did 
 not belong to profefled Minifters of the Church 
 of England. — .But he faid they did. — There is 
 alfo a Canon, faid I, Sir, forbidding all Clergy- 
 men to frequent Taverns and play at Cards ; 
 why is not that put in Execution f Why does 
 not fomebody complain of them, fays he, and 
 then it Would. — When I afked him why I was 
 thus taken particular Notice of, (referring to my 
 printed Difcourfes for my Principles;) He faid, 
 I preached falfe Doclrine, Upon which I told 
 him, notwithftanding thofe Canons, I could not. 
 but fpeak the Things that I knew, and was re- 
 
 * folved 
 
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 folved to proceed as ufual.— '* Obferve his An- 
 " fwer then, faid he, Mr. Regi/ler" — And turn- 
 ing to me, added, " I am refolved, Sir, if you 
 " preach or expound any where in this Diocefe, 
 <c till you have a Licence, I will firft fufpend, 
 " and then excommunicate you.'' — I then took 
 my Leave — He waited upon me very civilly to 
 the Door, and told me, M What he did was in 
 " the Name of the Clergy and Laity of the 
 " City of Brijlol"— And fo we parted.— Im- 
 mediately after my Return Home I went and ex- 
 pounded at Newgate as ufual ; where God gave 
 fuch Tokens of his Love and Prefencc, as by a 
 dumb but perfuafive Language did, as it were, 
 fay, This is ihe IVay, walk in it, — At four there 
 was a general Expe&ation of my preaching at 
 
 St. Nicholas ; thoufands went to hear. But 
 
 the Ledturer fentWord, that Orders were given 
 
 by Mr. B r, that I fhould not preach in his 
 
 Church. — At five I went and expounded on the 
 firft of St. Jamts^ to a Chriftian AfTenbiy in- 
 deed, who were much affecSted-— And afterwards 
 I hafted to Nichola-jinet^ where was a great 
 Crowd waiting upon the Stairs, Yard, and 
 Entry of the Houfe, as well as in the Room 
 itfelf. — I expounded the ninth of St. Jokn^ ex- 
 horted all to imitate the poor Beggar, and not 
 to fear the Face of Men. — God was pleafed to 
 fill us with Joy unfpeakable. — Thus it was for- 
 merly, fo it will be now. When we are cajl out y 
 Chujl will more clearly reveal kimfelf to us. 
 
 JVechi(>jdayy Feb. 21. Had feveral come to me 
 this Morning, to enquire about the State of their 
 Souls, amon^ft whom was a little Girl of thir- 
 teen Years of Age, who to:d me in gre;:: Sim- 
 plicity, u She was pricked through and through 
 
 " with 
 
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 u with the Power of the Word." And Indeed 
 a good Work, I believe, has been wrought in 
 her Heart. Out of the Mouths of Babes and 
 Sucklings haft thou perfected Praife. — Preached at 
 Neivgate with uncommon Freedom, and obferved 
 the Audience to be quite melted down. After 
 this I made a Collection for the poor Prifoners, 
 and at my Return Home was much comforted by 
 another gracious Soul, whom God brought un- 
 to me, and who was willing to follow me not 
 only to Georgia^ but alfo to Prifon and to Death *. 
 — All the Church Doors being now fhut, and if 
 open not able to contain half that came to hear, at 
 three in the Afternoon I went to King/wood 
 amongft the Colliers. God highly favoured us 
 in fending us a fine Day, and near two thoufand 
 People were aflembled on that Occafion. I 
 preached and enlarged on John ch. iii. ver. 3. 
 for near an Hour, and I hope, to the Comfort and. 
 Edification of thofe that heard me. GOD grant 
 the Seed may not fall enftony or thorny * but on good 
 Ground! — About fix in the Evening, I expounded 
 to a Society without Lawford's Gate^ and after- 
 wards to another in Baldwin-fired ; both were 
 exceedingly crowded and attentive: At firft I 
 could not fpeak fo ftrongly, becaufe I had ex- 
 erted myfelf fo much upon the Mount ; but af- 
 terwards God gave me a frefli Supply of Strength, 
 and I was enabled to go through my Work 
 cheerfully. Lo ! I am with you always^ even un- 
 to the End of the World. 
 
 • He afterwards went with me to Gtorgia, and lived and died 
 there in the Triumphs of Faith. 
 
 BATH. 
 
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 BATH. 
 
 Thurfday, February 22. Obferving Providence 
 called me, this Morning I went, with fome 
 Chriftian Friends, to Bath ; where I was much 
 comforted by meeting with feveral that love our 
 Lord Jesus in Sincerity. — More efpecially, I 
 was edified by the pious Converfation of the 
 reverend Mr. Griffith Jones, whom I have de- 
 fired to fee of a long Seafon. His Words came 
 with Power, and the Account he gave me of the 
 many Obftrudtions he had met with in his Mi- 
 niftry, convinced me that I was but a young 
 Soldier, juft entring the Field. — Good GOD^ 
 prepare me manfully to fight what fo ever Battles thou 
 hajl appointed for me. I can da all Things thro'' 
 thee fir engthening me. 
 
 BRISTOL. 
 
 Friday, Feb. 23. Returned hither about ten 
 this Morning. About eleven, went, as ufual, 
 and preached at Newgate, and collected two 
 Pounds five Shillings for the Prifoners. Many r 
 I believe, were much affMed. To GOD be all 
 the Gory. — After Dinner, I was taken very \\\ T 
 fo that I was obliged to lie upon the Bed ; but, 
 at three 1 went, according to Appointment, 
 and preached tc near four or five thou/and People^ 
 from a Mount in Kingfwood, with great Freedom. 
 The Sun Oione very bright, and the People 
 Handing in fuch an awful Manner round the 
 Mount, in the profoundeft Silence, filled me 
 with an holy Admiration. Bleffed be GOD for 
 fuch a plentiful Harvfl % —LORD) do thou fend 
 
 forth 
 
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 forth more Labourers into thy Harvsjl. — This 
 done, God ftrengthened me to expound to a 
 Society without hauforcCs Gate, then to another 
 in the City, and afterwards to a third. And 
 I fpoke with more Freedom the laft Time than 
 at the firft. When vje are iieak, then are we 
 
 Jirong. 
 
 Saturday, Feb, 24. About ten this Morning 
 I waited on the Chancellor, and fhewed him a 
 Letter I had received from the Lord Bifhop of 
 BriJioL After ufual Salutations I afked the 
 Chancellor why he did not write to the Bifhop 
 according to his Promife ? I think, he anfv/ered, 
 he was to blame. I then infifted on his proving 
 I had preached falfe Dodlrine, and reminded 
 him of his threatening to excommunicate me in 
 the Name of the Clergy and Laity of the City 
 of Brljhl. But he would have me think that 
 he had faid no fuch Thing ; and confefled, that 
 to this Day he had neither heard me preach, nor 
 read any of my Writings. — After I left the 
 Chancellor, I went and preached at Newgatj ; 
 and at three in the Afternoon, went to the Poor- 
 houfc without LawforeTs Gate; but the Room 
 and Yard being full, I flood upon the Steps 
 going up to the Houfe, and preached to them 
 from thence. Many that v/ere palling along the 
 Road on Horfeback. ftood itill to hear me ; and, 
 I hope, many were bettered by what was fpoken. 
 —/This Evening I declined going to any So- 
 ciety, that I might have a little Time to write 
 Letters ; amongft which, I wrote the following 
 one to the Bifhop of BriJioL 
 
 " My Lord, B ijiol, Feb. 14. 1739.. 
 " I humbly thank your Lordfhip for the Fa- 
 " vour of your Lordfliip's Letter, It gave a- 
 
 bundant i 
 
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 44 bundant Satisfaction to mc, and many others, 
 M who have not failed to pray in a particular 
 44 Manner ior your Lordfhip's Temporal and 
 
 44 Eternal Welfare. — To-day I ihewed your 
 44 Lordfhip's Letter to the Chancellor, who 
 44 (notwithstanding he promifed not to prohibit 
 44 my preaching for the Orphan* houfe, if your 
 44 Lordfhip was only neuter in the Affair) has 
 ** influenced tnoft o: the Clergy to deny me their 
 <c Pulpits, either on that or any other Occafion. 
 44 Laft Week he was pleafed to charge me with 
 " falfe Doclrine. To day he has forgot that he 
 44 laid fo. — He alfo threatned fo excommunicate 
 44 me for preaching in your Lordfhip's Diocefe. 
 44 I offered to take a Licence, but was denied. — 
 44 If your Lordfhip fhould afk, What Evil I 
 44 have done r I anfwer, None, fave that I vifit 
 44 the Religious Societies, preach to the Pri- 
 44 foners in NtWgatty and to the poor Colliers 
 44 in King/woody who, they tell me, are little 
 44 better than Heathens. — I am charged with 
 44 being a Diilentcr ; though many are brought 
 44 to the Church by my preaching, not one 
 44 taken from it. — Indeed the Chancellor is 
 44 pleafed to tell mc my Conduct is contrary to 
 44 Canons ; but I told him thole Canons which 
 44 he produced were not intended again ft fuch 
 44 Meetings as mine are, where his Majefly is 
 44 conftamly prayed for, and every one is fi cc 
 44 to fee what is done. I am forty to give your 
 44 Lordfhip this Trouble ; but I thought proper 
 4i to mention thefe i articulars, that I might 
 44 know of your Lordfhip wherein my Conduct 
 44 is exceptionable. I heartily thank your Lord- 
 44 fhip for your intended Benefaction — I think 
 44 the Defisjn is truly eood, and will meet With 
 
 44 buccefsj 
 
«c 
 
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 Succefs, becaufe fo much oppofed. Gob 
 knows my Heart, I defire only to promote his 
 Glory. If I am fpoken evil of for his Sake, 
 I rejoice in it. My Matter was long fince 
 fpoken evil of before me. — But I intrude on 
 your Lordfhip's Patience. — I am, with all 
 poflible Thanks, 
 
 My Lord* 
 Tour L$rdjhips dutiful Son and Servant , 
 
 G. IV. 
 
 Sunday^ Feb. 26. What Mercies has my good 
 God (hewn me this Day ! When I arofein the 
 Morning, I thought I fhould be able to do no- 
 thing ; but the divine Strength was greatly mag- 
 nified in my Weaknefs. — About fix in the Morn- 
 ing I prayed, fung with, and exhorted my Morn- 
 ing Vifiters, as I didlaft Lord's Day.— At eight I 
 read Prayers, and preached to a very thronged 
 Congregation at Newgate^ and from thence I 
 rode to Bufsleton, a Village about two Miles 
 from Brijlcl) where was fuch a numerous Con- 
 gregation, that after I had read Prayers in the 
 Church, I thought it beft to go and preach in- 
 the Churchyard. — The People were exceedingly 
 attentive, and afterwards, by the Leave of the 
 Minifler, who invited me thither, we had a 
 Sacrament ; and, I hope, it was a Communion 
 
 of Saints indeed. At four I hafted to Kingf- 
 
 wood. At a moderate Computation, there 
 
 were above ten thoufand People. The Trees 
 and Hedges were fuil. All was hufh when I 
 began 3 the Sun fhone bright, and God enabled 
 me to preach for an Hour with great Power, and 
 
 fa 
 
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 (o loud, that all (I was told) could hear me. 
 
 Blefled be God, Mr. fpoke right. The 
 
 Fire is kindled in the Country ; May the Gates of Hell 
 never be able to prevail againjl it ! Finding my felf 
 ftrengthened from above, I went and expound- 
 ed at Baldwin-fir ect Society Afterwards I 
 
 went to another ; and about nine at Night 
 came home, rejoicing to find how all Things 
 turn out for the Furtherance of the Gofpel. 
 
 Monday, February 26. This Vlorning I wrote 
 thefe few Lines to the Chancellor. 
 
 " Reverend Sir ; 
 
 * The inclofed is a Letter I fent on Saturday 
 " to the Bifhop of Briflol -, be pleafed to pe- 
 " rufe it, and fee if any Thing contrary to 
 " Truth is there related by, 
 
 Reverend Sir, 
 
 Tour very humble Servant 
 Urijlol, Feb. 26. 173I. G. W. 
 
 Preached at Newgate, and was refrefhed by the 
 Converfation of fome whom God had wrought 
 upon by my Miniftry. 
 
 Wednefday, Feb. 28. Preached at Newgate, 
 and expounded to the Societies, To-day and 
 Yefterday and the Day before as ufual ■> and in- 
 tended to go and preach upon the Mount in 
 Kingfwood ; but was diffuaded from it, by a 
 Report that the Waters were out. However, 
 many, as I was told afterwards, came from 
 far to hear me ; fo that it repented me that I 
 did not go. IVhen People are willing to hear, it 
 is a Pity that any Minijhr Jhould be flow to preach. 
 
 Thurf 
 
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 Thurfday^ March i. Amongft my other Let- 
 ters by this Day's Port, I received the following 
 one from Mr. Jchn JVeJley. 
 
 " My Dear Brother^ Fib. 20. 
 
 " Our Lord's Hand is not fhortned amongft 
 iK us. Yeiterday I preached at St. Kather'n 
 " and at Iflington^ where the Church was al- 
 " moil: as hot as fome of the Society Rooms 
 C€ ufed to be. I think I never was fo much 
 " ilrengthened before. The Fields, after Ser- 
 " vice, were white with People pralfing God. 
 4 * About three hundred were preient at Mr. 
 Ki S — $ 1 thence 1 went to Mr. Z?— j, then to 
 4i Fetter-lane y and at nine to Mr. B — s ; where 
 <c alfo we only wanted Room. — To-day I 
 " expound in the Minories at four, at Mrs. 
 « W—s at fix, and to a large Company of Poor 
 <c Sinners in Gravel-lane (Bijhopfgate) at eight. 
 
 c< The Society at Mr. C 's does not meet 
 
 <c till eight ; fo that I expound before I go to 
 u him near St. James's Square. On Wcdnefday 
 <c at fix, we have a noble Company of Women, 
 u not adorned with Gold or coftly Apparel, 
 4C but with a meek and quiet Spirit, and good 
 l< Works. — At the Savoy, on Tburfday Even- 
 " ing, we have ufually two or three hundred. 
 " moft of them, at leaft, throughly awakened. 
 c< Mr. A — 9 s Parlour is more than filled an 
 " Friday^ as is Mr. P — 's Room twice over: 
 <c where, I think, I have commonly had more 
 u Power given me than at any other Place. On 
 " Saturday fe'enight, a middle aged, well d relied 
 " Woman at Beech-lane (where I expouncTufu- 
 " ally to rive or fix hundred before I go to :. 
 
 " " £— 's 
 
" E — 's Society) was feizcd, as it appeared to 
 44 feveral about her, with little lefs than the 
 44 Agonies of Death. We prayed that God, 
 44 who had brought her to the Birth, would give 
 44 her Strength to bring forth, and that he would 
 44 work fpeedily^ thai all tnight fee it^ and fear ^ 
 44 and put their Trufl in the Lord. Five Days 
 44 fhe travailed and groaned, being in Bondage, 
 44 On Ihurfday Evening our Lord got himfelf 
 44 the Victory ; and, from that Moment, (he 
 44 has been full of Love and Joy, which fhe 
 44 openly declared at the fame on Saturday laft ; 
 44 fo that Thankfgivings alfo were given to God 
 44 by many on her Account. It is to be ob- 
 44 ferved, her Friends have accounted her mad, 
 44 for thefe three Years ; and accordingly bled, 
 44 bliftered her, and what not. Come and let us 
 44 praije the Lord^ and magnify his Name together" 
 — The following Paragraph was liktwife in a 
 Letter I received from Oxou. M God has greatly 
 44 blefled us at Oxford of late. We have Rea- 
 44 fon to think, that four, within this Fortnight, 
 44 have been born of God. The People crowd to 
 46 the Societies on Sunday Nights, feveral Gownf- 
 44 men among the reft. God has much af- 
 Cl fifted me. Laft Night we had a thronged So- 
 44 ciety, and about forty Gownfmen. 5 ' — Blcffed 
 be God^ J hope the Kingdom of Jefus Chrift will 
 now come with Power ^ and that a Remnant of de- 
 fpifed Methodijlsy (as the JVorld terns them) will 
 Jlill be le ! t^ which fija/l take Root downuards, and 
 bear Fruit upwards , and fill the Land. — The 
 Weather being fair, after I had preached, and 
 collected for the Prifoners at New-gate^ I went 
 on the Mount at Kinfiwood; where, about fifteen 
 
 hundred 
 
[ I 4 2 ] 
 
 hundred Colliers and Country People were ga- 
 thered together, and were very attentive. Some 
 of the Colliers, I find, have been much affc&ed. 
 BleJfedbeGOD. 
 
 BRISTOL. 
 
 Sunday^ March 4. Rofe much refreshed in 
 Spirit, and gave my eaily Attendants a warm 
 Exhortation as ufual. Went to Nevjgate, and 
 preached with great Power to an exceedingly 
 thronged Congregation. Then hafted to Han- 
 nam Mount, three Miles from the City, where 
 the Colliers live altogether. Above four thou- 
 sand flood ready to hear : The Ground not be- 
 ing high enough, I flood upon a Table, and the 
 Sight of the People covering the green Fields, 
 and their deep Attention pleafed at the fame time 
 as it aw'd me much. In the Afternoon, I went 
 to the Mount, my firft Field Pulpit on Rofe-green 9 
 and preached to above fourteen thoufand Souls ; 
 and all as I was inform'd could hear. / thought 
 it was worth while to come many Miles tv fee 
 fuch a Sight. — In the Evening I expounded at 
 Baldwin-Jlreet Society, but could not get up to 
 the Room without the utmoft Difficulty, becaufe 
 the Entry and Court were fo much thronged. 
 After Excrcife I returned home, much more re- 
 frefhed in my Spirits than in the Morning when 
 I went out. What a good Mqfler is JESUS of 
 Nazareth ! 
 
 Monday , March 5. Had many, whom God 
 has touched under the Word, come to me, en- 
 quiring about the New Birth : and being invited 
 thither by many Colliers, at three in the After- 
 noon 
 
C 143 J 
 noon I went to a Place called the Fijh-ponds, on 
 another Side of Kingfwood, were about two thou- 
 fand were gathered together. Having no better 
 Place to (land upon, the Wall was my Pulpit, 
 and, I think, I never fpoke with greater Power, 
 —My preaching in the Fields I know difpleafetb 
 fome y but I am thoroughly perfuaded it pleajes GuD' 9 
 and why Jhould I mind any Thing elfe ! 
 
 CARDIFF. 
 
 Wednefday^ March 7. Yefterday, and about 
 Midnight, the Wind being fair, we had a fpeedy 
 Paflage over to the Welch Shore. Our Bufinefs 
 requiring hafle, we rode all Night, flopped at 
 Newport to refreih ourfelves, where we met with 
 two Friends, and reached Cardiff about eleven 
 in the Morning. Whilft I was giving a Word 
 of Exhortation to fome poor People at the Inn 
 Mr. Seward went to afk for the Pulpit ; but be- 
 ing denied, we pitched on the Town-Hall, which 
 Mr. Seward got by his Intereft ; and at four in 
 the Afternoon, I preached from the Judge's Seat 
 to about four hundred Hearers. Mod were very 
 attentive \ but fome mocked : After I came from 
 the Seat, I was much refrefhed with the Sight 
 of Mr. Howel Harris ; whom, tho' I knew not 
 in Perfoii, I have long fince loved in the Bowels 
 of Jefus Chriji) and have often felt my Soul 
 drawn out in Prayer in his Behalf. " A burning 
 u and fhining Light has he been in thofe Parts -> 
 " a Barrier againft Profanenefs and Immora- 
 " lity, and an indefatigable Promoter of the 
 44 true Gofpel of jfefus Chriji. About three or 
 c; four Years God has inclined him to go about 
 6 44 doing 
 
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 V doing Good. He is now above twenty-five 
 *{ Years of Ap;e. Twice he has applied (be- 
 cc ing every Way qualified) for holy Orders ; 
 <c but was refufed. About a Month ago he of* 
 44 fered himfelf again, but was put off*. Upon 
 <c this, he was, and is ftill refolved to go on in 
 cl his Work ; and indefatigable Zeal has he 
 <c fhewn in his Mafter's Service. For thefe 
 M three Years (as he told me with his own 
 " Mouth) he has difcourfed almoft twice every 
 cc Day for three or four Hours together - y he has 
 « c been, I think, in feven Counties, and has 
 " made it his Bufinefs to go to Wakes, tffc. to 
 " turn People from fuch lying Vanities. Many 
 " Alehoufe People, Fidlers, Harpers, &c. (De- 
 « metrius like) fadly cry out againft him for 
 " fpoiling their Bufinefs. He has been made 
 " the Subject of Numbers of Sermons, has been 
 " threatned with publick Profecutions, and had 
 €C Conftables fent to apprehend him. But God 
 cc has blefied him with inflexible Courage ; and 
 cc he ftill continues to go on from conquering to 
 •< conquer. Many call, and own him us their 
 " fpiritual Father : He difcourfes generally in a 
 " Field ; but at other Times in a Houfe, irom 
 << a Wall, a Table, or any Thing elfe. He 
 *< has eftablifhed near thirty Societies in South- 
 " Wales, and ftill his Sphere of Action is en- 
 Ci larged daily." When I firft faw him, my 
 Heart was knit clofely to him. I wanted to 
 catch fome of his Fire, and gave him the Right- 
 hand of Fellowfnip with n>y whole Heart. GOD 
 loves to do great Things by zveak Injlrumenis, that 
 the Power may be of GOD, and not of Man. 
 
 Thurfia, 
 
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 Thurfday^ March 8. Was much refremed by 
 Iaft Night's Reft, and fpent the Beginning of the 
 Morning in Piayer and private Difcourfe with 
 the Members of the Religious Society. — About 
 ten, according to Appointment, I went to the 
 Town-hall, and preached for about an Hour 
 and a half to a large Aflembly of People. I 
 did not obferve any Scoffers within ; but without 
 fome were pleafed to trail a dead Fox, and hunt 
 it about the Hall. — But, blefTed be God, my 
 Voice prevailed. — In the Afternoon, about four 
 of the Clock, I preached again in the fame Place 
 without any Scoffing or Difturbance. And at 
 fix in the Evening, I talked for above an Hour 
 and a half, and prayed with the religious Society, 
 whofe Room was quite thronged : And never 
 did I fee a Congregation more melted down. 
 Moft of them were diffolved into Tears, and 
 feemed to have their Hearts perfectly knit to- 
 wards me. — Thanks be to GOD for fuch an En- 
 trance into IVales ! 
 
 N E IV PORT in IVALES. 
 
 Friday », March 9. Left Cardiff about fix in 
 the Morning, and reached Newport about ten, 
 where many came from Pcntypool^ and other 
 Parts, on Purpofe to hear. The Minifter being 
 afked, and readily granting us the Pulpit, £ 
 preached with great Power to about a thoufand 
 Souls. I think IVales is excellently well prepared 
 for the Gofpel of Chri/i. They have I hear 
 many burning aiad fhining Lights both among 
 the Dillenting and Church Minifter6: amonglt 
 whom Mr. Griffith "Jones fhines in particular. 
 No lefs than fifty Charity Schools have been 
 H ere&ed 
 
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 erected by his Means, without any fettled vifible 
 Fund, and frefh ones are fetting up every, Day. 
 People 1 hear make nothing of coming twenty 
 Miles to hear a Sermon, and great Numbers 
 there are, as I am inform'd, who have not only 
 been Hearers, but Doers alio of the Word ; ib 
 that there is a moft comfortable Profpecl of the 
 fpreading of the Gofpel in Wales. — Even Jo 
 LORD JESUS, Amen! 
 
 BRISTOL. . 
 
 Saturday, March i o. Got fafe to Brijlol about 
 eleven at Night: Preached in the Morning at 
 Newgate, and in the Afternoon on the Poor- 
 houfe Steps. The Hearers ue^e much afftfted, 
 and melted into Tears. 
 
 Sunday y March 1 1. Had a whole Room full 
 of People come to hear me at fix m the Morn- 
 ing, with whom I prayed and fung Pfalms for 
 near an Hour. Then I read Prayers, and 
 preached at Nevgate. Afterwards went to Han- 
 nam Mount, where was near a third Part as many 
 again as lafl Sunday ; and at four in the After- 
 noon, preached, as ufual, on the Mount at Rofe- 
 Green. Do thou Holy JESUS who duVJl once 
 -preach from a Mount by thy blejjed Spirit Jpeak to 
 all our' Hearts! 
 
 BATH. 
 
 Monday, March 12. Went, in Company with 
 fcveral Friends, to Bath, and finding many weie 
 tiefirous to hear, after having given a fhort No- 
 tice, about five in the Evening I pi cached out 
 en the Town-Common, to a. much larger Audi- 
 ence 
 
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 -once than could rfeafonabfy he expe&ed. — It 
 mowed good Part of the Time; but the People 
 ftaid very contentedly. Indeed fome (aid (as I 
 heard afterwards) that I fpolce Blafphenij ; but 
 the People of God were much rcj >yced ; and we 
 know who hath laid, the Natural Man re- 
 ceiveth }i ot the Things of the Spirit of GOD. 
 
 U'cdncUur, March 14. Being returned to Brif- 
 1*;/, and forbidden by the M — to preach any 
 more at ! : I preached this Afternoon at 
 
 Baptiffs Aiiils, a Place very near the City, to 
 three or four thoufand People, from thefe Words, 
 " What think you cf Ch -j/i." — Oh that zve may 
 think, and [peak cf him, highly as we ought to think ! 
 
 Friday, Marcw\6, Being much intreatcd by 
 the People, and Hoi fes being fent for me, I went 
 Kiid pieached at Elberton, a Village about nine 
 Miles oft* Brifhl. The Clergyman denied me 
 the Pulpit ; fo I preached on a little Afcent oil 
 which the May-pole was fixed. After Dinner, 
 I hafted to Tbornbury % whither I was invited alio, 
 and preached with uncommon Power to a great 
 Part of my Morning Congregation, and many 
 Hundreds befides. The incumbent lent me 
 the Church, and ufed me with great Civility, as 
 did two other Clergymen who were there pre- 
 ;lnt. The People were \cry defirous to have 
 me ilay ; but I had prom i fed to lie at IVinten* 
 burn, at a Quaker's Houie, where three more 
 of their Friends met us, and with whom we had 
 agreeable Converfation. But 1 cannot fay their 
 Arguments for omitting the outward Signs of 
 Baptjfrn, and the Lord's Supper, and for having 
 no outward Call to the Miniihy, were at all 
 convincing : However, they wiflied me Succefs, 
 11 2 and 
 
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 and we parted from each other very lovingly — 
 Oh how amiable is a CathoLck Spirit ! 
 
 BRISTOL. 
 
 Saturday, March 17. Returned to Brijlol a- 
 bout eight in the Morning, and had the Pleafure 
 of hearing that Mr. Mayor, &f, had engaged a 
 Clergyman to preach to the poor Prifoners at 
 Newgate, rather than to agree to a Petition they 
 had prefented to have me. " Some preach Chrif't 
 ' c out of Contention, and others of good Will: 
 " However, Chrift is preached;" and I would 
 fend on'y thofe uho oppofe them/ elves to School to 
 Gamaliel. u If this Work be mt of God, fays he, 
 " it vAll come to nought ; but if it be, ye cannot 
 w overthrow it \ leji haply ye be found to fight againji 
 « God." 
 
 Sunday, March 18. Obferv'd my early Morn- 
 ing Audience fo much increafed, that above an 
 hundred were obliged to ftand without in the 
 Street. — Was afterwards taken ill for about two 
 Hours ; but, notwithftanding, had ftrcngth to 
 go and preach at Hannum to many more than 
 were there laft Sunday. And in the Afternoon, 
 perhaps not lefs than twenty thoufand were pre- 
 sent at Rofe-Green. To behold fuch Crowds 
 itanding together in fuch an awful Silence, and 
 to hear the Eccho of their linging run from one 
 End of them to the other, was very folemn and 
 linking — How infinitely more folemn and firi king 
 will the general Jf/embly of the Spirits of jufi Men 
 made fcrfetl be, when they join in Singing the 
 So?<g of Mojesj and the Lamb in Heaven ! 
 
 BATH. 
 
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 B A T H. 
 
 Monday? March ig. After having refrefhed 
 myfelf and Friends, by reading a Packet of Let- 
 ters from London, and difpatched fome other Bu- 
 fincfs, according; to Appointment, I fet out for 
 Bath, and got thither about three in the After- 
 noon. Dinner being ended, through great 
 Weaknefs and Sicknefs of Body, I was obliged 
 to ly down upon the Bed ; but the Hour being 
 come for my preaching, I went, weak and lan- 
 guid as I was, depending on the divine Strength, 
 and, I think, fcarce ever preached with greater 
 Power. There were about 4 or 5000 of High 
 and Low, Rich and Poor, to hear. As I went 
 along, I obferved many feoff; and when I got 
 upon the Table to preach, many laughed , but 
 before I had finifhed Prayer, all was hufVd and 
 filent; and ere I had concluded my Difcourfe, 
 God, by his Word, feemed to iinpiefs a great 
 Awe upon their Minds: Men may jay what t 
 pleafe ; but tlyjti is fom [thing in this Fooiifimcfs of 
 Preaching ttiku :■ ended with a divine Energy 
 
 will make the mojl jiulborn Heart to bend or break* 
 " Is not my JVord like Fire? faith th£ Lord, and Hit 
 " a Hammer that breaketh the Rock in Pices ?" 
 
 Tuesday, March 20. Had the Pleafure of hear- 
 ing of many Souls, imprefled by the Word, 
 efpecially upon two little ones, who were ob- 
 ferved to come home crying, and to retire to 
 Prayers. — At eleven o'Clock I read Prayers at 
 the Hofpital, and was greatly comforted by the 
 fecond Leflon, which was the 7th of St. John. 
 After Dinner I was taken ill again 5 but notwith- 
 standing, God Strengthened me to preach to 
 H 2 about 
 
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 about as large a Congregation as Yefterday, and* 
 all were very fileoL — Lord this is thy doing. — 
 
 Wednejday, March 21. Brcakfafted this Morn- 
 ing with one Mr. M— , (who kindly invited" me 
 and my Friends \) and afterwards went to a pri- 
 vate Houfe, where many were ailemblcd to hear 
 the Word. — But Oh ! how did the poor Souls 
 weep ! They aim oft conitrain me to cry out : 
 ■ mean you to break my Heart? — Bbvery Time 
 I look upon the Bath, / think on the Peel of Be- 
 thefda. hhffed Jelli, look doit n ivith Campaffion 
 <n it; and as then hall cured many impotent Per* 
 font hy theft healing WaUrs^ heat, 1 hefeech thee, 
 ■the Dijeafes of their fn-fick Souls Ly the Power of 
 thy all- quickening J It e ng thening G race ! — 
 
 K E I N S H A M. 
 
 Dined with one Mr. M — , an eminent Quaker, 
 who entertained me and my Friends in a moft 
 hearty Manner. — About three we left Bath, and 
 tho' it was a wet Day, were met at Keinjham by 
 great Numbers of Horfemen, &c. from Brifiol, 
 hefides feveral Thoufands from the neighbouring 
 Villages, who flock to hear : The Church be- 
 ing refufed, I preached on a Mount. — -Our 
 Matter being with us, I preached with Power. — 
 VV e then rode our Way rejoicing, reached Br if* 
 tol ab;mt kven at Night, and then I went imme- 
 diately and expounded the 7th of St. John to 
 Baldwin flreet Society.— Oh that we may all be 
 Mt mbers of the Society of tritely Regenerate Souls , 
 in the Kingdom of Heaven ! 
 
 Thurfday, March 22. Received unfpeakable 
 Pleafure from a Letter by this Day's Port, which 
 brought me Word of the flour ifhing of the Gofjel 
 
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 .it Oxford, — Had many gracious Souls came to- 
 me to confult me in fpirkual Cafes, and Could 
 
 not but rejoice to fee how powerfully the inward 
 Kingdom of J ejus Chriji was carrying on, in 
 ipitc of all Oppofition. — In the Afternoon I 
 preached at B p ijl Mil!s, wlurc fomebody wa s 
 fo kind as to put Ionic Turf together fur 
 me to itand upon. I had a great Freedom of 
 Speech, and infilled much on original Sin, having 
 heard of many who, 'tis to be fear'd, have imbibed 
 the Area): and So inian Principles. — But ivoe be to 
 them thai deny ih t they are lorn %n Sift* Surely, 
 they mujl he poft feeling / J Fee le to them that dny 
 the Divinity of the Lord that bought them : For it 
 Japs the ye»y Foundation of the Chrijlian Religion. 
 And as for ?n)> own Part, did I not fir?nly believe 
 that Jefus Chrifc was truly and properly God, I 
 never would preach the Gofpel again. — Lord J ejus 
 do thou convince and cenvert all that are othenvije 
 minded. 
 
 Friday, A 1 arch 23. Dined with many Quakers 
 at Frenchhay, who entertained me and my i riencis 
 with much Love : Much Sincerity and Simplicity 
 feems to be am.n jl them.— - But I think, at the faint 
 T':me, they injift fo much upon the inward Life ; 
 they place t:o much Religion in their not uftng Ex* 
 terua's. God keep us from Ext reams. — After Din- 
 ner, I went and preached at the Fijh-pond as 
 ufual, where were, many Coaches, and about as 
 great a Number of People as before. God gave 
 me great Freedom and Power. I was longer 
 than common both in my Prayers and Sermon. — ■ 
 A I any, I believe, were aftecteJ.- — After I came 
 home, I vilited two Societies, where God was 
 pleafed to give us great Tokens of his Prefence > 
 and the Way up to the laft Room was Co ex- 
 H 4 ceedingly 
 
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 ceedingly thronged that I was obliged to go up 
 by a Ladder through the Window, 
 
 Saturday, March 24. Received good News 
 
 from my religious Correfpondents. Spent 
 
 the Morning in anfwering their kind Letters, 
 and preached in the Afternoon at the Poor- 
 houfe, where both the Number of the Peo- 
 ple, and my Strength v/ere greatly increafed. 
 — — After Sermon, I collected for the Or- 
 phan-houfe, and the poor People fo loaded my 
 Hat with their Mites, that 1 wanted Help to col- 
 left. The Chearfulnefs with which they gave 
 
 is inexpreflible ; and the many Prayer5 they 
 joined with their Alms, I hope, will lay a good 
 Foundation for the Houfe intended to be built. 
 — After this, I convers'd with fome more of 
 God's dear Children, and fpent the Remain- 
 der of the Evening in expounding to a Society, 
 where almoft all were drowned in Tears, when 
 
 I mentioned my Departure to them. The 
 
 good Lord fend fomebody a?nongf} them to water 
 what his own Right-hand hath planted. Even 
 fo, come LORD J E S US, come quickly. 
 
 Sunday, March 2>. God will work, and who 
 Jball hinder? I am fhut out of the Prifon, and 
 my Sifter's Room was not large enough to con- 
 tain a fourth Part of the People who came to 
 me on Sundr. Morning. — But God put it into the 
 Hearts of fome Gentlemen to lend me a large Bo w- 
 in.:- green, where I preached to about five thoufand 
 People.— Preached at Hannam to a larger Con- 
 gregation than ever - y and preached again in the 
 Afternoon to upwards (as was computed; of 
 20000 People. I was afterwards told, that thole 
 j flood fartheft off could hear verv plai 
 
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 Iv. Oh may God fpca.k to them by his Spirit, at 
 the [dm? Time that he enables me to lift rrp my 
 t lik n 5 ' — About eight I went to 
 
 the Society in Niche. ; ami with great 
 
 Difficulty got up into the Room, which was 
 extremely hot. God enabled me to fpeak with 
 much Freedom and Power ; and at the Clofe 
 of my Exhortation, I recommended a Cha- 
 rity-fchool, which was opened by this Society 
 To day. I collected at the Door my f elf, and 
 few pafTed by without throwing; in their Mites* 
 —Blefed be GOD for this ! the Lord mike us 
 humbly thankful ! 
 
 Monday, March 26. Still God is pleafed to 
 give us frefh Tokens of his Love. Letters arc 
 fent, and People come continually, telling what 
 God hath done for their Souls. — At Four in the 
 Afternoon,! preached again at the £ 
 Green, to, I believe, feven or eight thoufand 
 People. The Sun fhone bright, and the Win- 
 dows and Balconies of the adjoining Houfes were 
 filled with Hearers. I was uncommonly en- 
 larged in Prayer, and fo much carried out, when 
 I came to talk of the Love and free Grace of 
 Jtfus Chrifl, that the Concern the People were in 
 cannot well be defcribed. — At eight I hailed to 
 IVeaver'sHall, in Temple fired, which was pro- 
 cured, becaufe the Society Rooms were too little. 
 — After I had done, I went to aChriilian Friend's 
 Houfe, where many waited for me , and, at my 
 Return home, my Mafter paid me unmerited 
 Wages. 
 
 Sure/?, O LORD thy Grace is free, 
 For, O my GOD it finds out me. 
 
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 Tuefday, March 27. At Four this Afternoon, 
 being invited feveral Times, I preached in a Yard 
 belonging to theGlafsHoufes, where many dwell, 
 who (as I was informed) neither feared God, 
 nor regarded Man. The Congregation confirm- 
 ed of many thoufands, and God enabled me to 
 Jay before them his Threatnings and Promiies ; 
 fo that none might either defpair or prefume. Oh 
 that I may be taught of God rightly to divide the 
 
 Wad of Truth ! Whilft Iwas preaching, I 
 
 heard many People behind me, hollowing, and 
 making a Noife, and fuppofed they were fet on 
 by fome body to difturb me. — I blefs God I was 
 not in the leaft moved, but rather increafed the 
 more in Strength ; but when I had done, and 
 enquired the Caufe of that Noife, I was inform- 
 ed, that a Gentleman (being drunk) had taken 
 the Liberty to call me Dog y and fay, ". That I 
 4C ought to be w r hipped at the Cart's Tail, and 
 " offered Money to any that woul'd pelt me." 
 Indead of that, the Boys and People near began 
 to caft: Stones and Dirt at him. — I knew nothing 
 of it till afterwards, when, in ftrong Terms, I 
 exprefTed my Diflike of their Behaviour, but 
 could not help obferving at the fame Time what 
 forry Wages the Devil gives his Servants.— 
 
 Wednejday, March 28. Preached this After- 
 noon at Pubkw, a Village about five Miles from 
 
 B> jl U to feveral thoufands of People. The 
 
 Church was offered, but being not fufficient to 
 contain a third Part of the Audience, by the Ad- 
 vice of Friends, I went and preached in the 
 Fields — Doth not the Friend of all fay the fame? 
 Go cut into the Highways and Hedges , and cctnpel 
 them to ame in. Speak y Lord Jejus and it /hall 
 be done. 
 
 2 Tburf- 
 
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 i G &, | hope 
 
 ood Work is begun To day. Having had 
 
 eral Notices that the Colliers of Kingjwood 
 were willing to fubfenbe, 1 went to Dinnei whh 
 fome of them near a Place call* tile Hilly 
 
 and collected above twenty Pound- in Money, and 
 above forty Pounds in Sybfcriptions toward 
 building them a Charity- School. It was fbl - 
 prifing to fee with what Chearfulnefs they parted 
 with their Money on this Occafion. — After Din- 
 ner I preached a fafewel Sermon, and recommend- 
 ed the Charity-School to their Consideration j and 
 all feemed willing to aifift, either by their Money 
 or their Labour, and to offer fuch Things as they 
 had.— As foon as I came to Town, I took my 
 Leave of a Society in Cijlle-Jlnet j— After this 
 1 did the fame at a Society in A ■ t — 
 
 At bcth, for near an Hour, they wept aloud and 
 forely all over the Room. Ob tbete Parti 
 
 Friday March 30. Preached this Aft -moon 
 near Criepit- Heathy feven Miles from B;:\ a 
 Place to which I was earnellly invited, and where 
 great Numbers of Colliers live. - The leather 
 was exceeding fair, the Hearers behaved very 
 well, and the Place where I preached being near 
 the Maypole, I took Occafion to warn them of 
 miipending their Time in revelling and dajicing. 
 Oh ! that all fuch Entertainments were tut a 
 to ! — About Seven I returned to Uri/lit* and Look 
 Leave of the Society without LdwfbraTs Gate ; 
 but there were io many People, that I was ob- 
 liged to ftand and expound at the Window, that 
 thoie in the Yard (which was full) might hear 
 alfo. Their Hearts were ready to bur ft itb Grie, — 
 Dearejl Redeemer do thou come and comfort them and 
 me ! 
 
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 Saturday? March 31. Went this Morning, 
 and vifited the poor Man who was mifiried at the 
 Glafs Houfes. He feemed much concerned for 
 what he had done, and cenfefled he knew not 
 what he did : Upon which, I took Occafion to 
 difluade him from the Sin of Drunkennefs, and 
 parted from him very friendly. — At Eleven, I 
 went and gave the Prisoners a farewel private Ex- 
 hortation, and left Orders concerning the Diftri- 
 bution of the Money that had been collected for 
 them. — —At Four I preached, as ufual, at the 
 Poor-houfe, where was a greater Congregation 
 than ever ; and, at my Return home, I was 
 much refrefhed with the Sight of my honoured 
 Friend, Mr. Jhn IVefey, whom I had defired to 
 come hither, and whom I had now the PleafurC 
 of introducing to my Friends \ he having never 
 before been at BriJioL — Help him, LORD JE- 
 SUS to water what thy own Right-hand hath plant- 
 ed, for thy Mercy s Sake. 
 
 Saturday, April 1. Preached at the Bow ling - 
 Green, Hannam, and Rofe-Green ; at all which 
 Maces the Congregations were much enlarged, 
 especially at the latter. There were twenty-four 
 Coaches, and an exceeding great Number of 
 other People, both on Foot and Horfeback. The 
 Wind was not fo well fet to carry the Voice as 
 ufual ; but however, I was lTrengthened to cry 
 aloud and take my laft Farewel. — As I was re- 
 turning Home, many blelfed and prayed for me, 
 and wifhed me a good Voyage in the Name of 
 the Lord. — At Seven, I went and took my Leave 
 of B dwin-Jir.tt Society ; but the Yard, and 
 Entry leading to it, was fo crowded, that I was 
 obliged to climb up by a Ladder, and go over 
 3 *c 
 
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 the Tiling of another Houfe near adjoining, be- 
 fore I could get to the Door. 
 
 Mot. U 2. Spent a good Part of the 
 
 Morning in talking with thole who came to take 
 their Leave ; Floods of Tears flowed plentifully on 
 all Sides. — About one, I was obliged to force my- 
 felf away.— Crowds were waiting at the Door to 
 give me a laft Farewel, and near twenty Friends 
 accompanied me on Horfeback. Blefjed be GOD 
 for the nnrveil us gt$at Kindnefi he hath flew :i me 
 in this C ity. Many Sinners, I believe, have 
 been effectually converted. Numbers of God's 
 Children greatly comforted. — Several thoufands 
 of little Books have been difperfed among the 
 People ; about two hundred Pounds collected for 
 the Orphan-houfe, and many poor Families re- 
 lieved by the Bounty of my Friend Mr. Seward. 
 Shall not thife Things be noted in my Book ? God 
 forbid they Jhould net be written on the Tables cf 
 my Heart. Even fo 9 LORD JESUS. 
 
 K I N G S IV O D. 
 
 Having taken a moil: forrowful Leave, and 
 paffed through the People of Brijlol, who pour- 
 ed out many Bleffings upon me, I came, about 
 two, to Kingfwood, where the Colliers, unknown 
 to me, had prepared an hofpitable Entertain- 
 ment, and were very forward for me to lay the 
 firft Stone of their School. At length I com- 
 plied, and a Man giving me a Piece of Ground, 
 in cafe Mr. C — {hotild refufe to grant them any; 
 I laid a Stone, and then kneeled down, and 
 prayed God that the Gates of Hell might not 
 prevail againft our Deiign. The Colliers faid 
 
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 a hearty Amen ; and after I had given them a 
 Word of Exhortation fuitable to the Occafion, 
 I took my Leave, promifing that I would corner 
 amongft them again, if ever God fhould bring me 
 back from Gco-gia to England. Fiat! Fiat ! 
 
 T H O R N B U R T. 
 
 About five, I and my Friends got fafe to 
 Thojnbury-y where I had appointed to preach as 
 on this Day. The Minifter being offended at 
 my Doctrine, when there lair, would not lend 
 
 me the Pulpit again. However, there being 
 
 above a thoufand People waiting to hear the 
 Word, I flood upon a Table, and preached in 
 the Street. All was folemn and awful around 
 us ; every one behaved with Gravity ; and 
 God gave me Freedom of Speech. The Re- 
 mainder of ' the Evening was fpent delightful- 
 ly in finging Pfalms and Hymns with my dear 
 Companions ; and had not the parting with my 
 Brijicl Friends caft a Damp upon my" Heart, no 
 one could well have laid down his Head to fleep 
 with greater Joy. IVho would but work for 
 jfefus of Nazareth ? 
 
 OLD-PASSAGE. CHEAPSTOIV. 
 
 Tuefday, April 3. Came to the Old Faffage by : 
 Nine in the Morning ; and, according to Ap- 
 pointment, preached from fome Steps to many 
 People who came to hear — Then I exhort- 
 ed, and lung with as many as the Room would 
 contain in the Inn ; and having providentially 
 loft our Paffage, about Three in the After- 
 noon I preached a fecond Time from the Steps, 
 
 at 
 
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 at which many were much afie&ed. We pafT- 
 ed ' about feven, and got io far as 
 
 , where the People, I find, expeded to 
 
 hear me > but it being late, I could only ling, and 
 
 , and preach to about forty that came to the 
 
 Inn, and ga\ e a Promife, jfpoffible, that I would 
 
 come and preach in their Church before I left 
 
 But futu tj ibew U 
 
 I 
 
 HUS K and P N T YP O L. 
 
 Wed V//4. Came hither before Ten, 
 
 and was much refrefhed with the Sight of Mr. 
 ,and feveral other Chriftian Friends, 
 who came from Cardiff** and other Places, to 
 give me the Meeting. — The Pulpit being denied,, 
 I preached upon a Table under a large Tree, to 
 Come Hundreds, and God was with us of a 
 Truth. After Dinner, with near forty on Horfe- 
 back, I fet out for Pcnty-poo:, five Welch Miles 
 
 from Hujk. About five we got thither, and 
 
 found feveral thoufands ready to hear. — The Cu- 
 rate being very felicitous for it, I preached fir ft 
 (he having read Prayers) in the Church ; but 
 there being great Numbers that could not come 
 in, I went afterward and preached to all the Peo- 
 ple in the Field. — After Sermon, we wen:, and 
 joined in Praver at the Gentlewoman's Houle 
 that owned the Field, and then we returned to 
 
 the Houfe of Mr. G *, where a r tcr taking a 
 
 little Supper, and expounding the third Chapter 
 of GcnejU to two Rooms full of People, we pray- 
 ed, and betook ourfelves to Reft, full of fuch un- 
 utterable Peace, as no one can conceive but thole 
 who/W7 it. — God be fraifed for giving mc to fa fo 
 
 vuiny 
 
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 mam gracious Sculs, whcfe Hearts fe em to be knit 
 together in Ghrijlian Love. Lord, what am I ? 
 
 ABERGAVENNY and C0M1H0T. 
 
 TLurfday, April 5. Spent fome Time very 
 comfortably with my dear Friends at Pontypccl, in 
 finging, praying, and, religious Conferences ; 
 and then in Company with about thirty on Horfe- 
 back came to Abergavenny, ten Miles from Pen- 
 typool, by eleven in the Morning. The Place I 
 preached from, was the Backfide of a Garden, 
 belonging to one Mr. IV— s, who invited nie to 
 Abergavenny, and erected a Place very commo- 
 dious for my {landing upon ; (o that the People, 
 in Number about two thoufand) could all hear 
 very well.— After Dinner, I went, according to 
 Appointment, with about forty on Horfeback, 
 to Comihiy, five Miles from Ale^gavenny, and 
 found the Minifler of the Church to be a 
 hearty Friend, and two or three others like mind- 
 ed with him. The Church not being large 
 
 enough to hold half the Congregation, I preach- 
 ed from the Crofs in the Churchyard. The 
 
 Word came with Power. — When I had done, 
 I hafted back with my Friends to Abergavenny, 
 where we were kindly entertained; and, after 
 having written a Letter or two, and expounded 
 to three Rooms full of People, I went chearfully 
 to Bed. Oh that I may with the fame ChcarfuU 
 nefs rcfign my Breath, when caWd to lie down in 
 the filent Grave ! 
 
 CARLEON 
 
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 C A R L E N and T R E L E X. 
 
 Friday, Ap'il 6. Set out about eight in the 
 Morning from Abergavenny, with near a dozen 
 Friends on Horfeback; and foon after, near 
 fifty or fixty more joined us \ about Noon we 
 reached Car Icon, fifteen Miles from Abergavenny, 
 a Town famous for having thirty Britijh Kings 
 buried in it, and producing three noble Chris- 
 tian Martyrs. — Many thoufands were therefrom 
 all Parts to hear me, and God gave me fuch 
 AfMance, from above, that I was carried out 
 beyond myfelf. — At three in the Afternooi we 
 fet out for Trelek, ten IVehb Miles from Car- 
 le on \ but the Miles being very long, we could 
 not reach thither till it wasalmoft dark ; fo that 
 moft of the People who had been waiting were 
 returned home: However, the Church beins; 
 denied, I flood upon a Horfe-block before the 
 Inn, and preached from thence for about three 
 Quarters of an Hour to thofe that were left be- 
 hind \ but I could not fpeak with fuch Freedom 
 as ufua! : For, my Body was weak through the 
 Fatigue of the pail Day. L:rd, vJien /hall I be 
 de ivered from the Burden of this Fleftj ? I vjait 
 for this Salvation, O Lord. 
 
 CHEAPSTOir. 
 
 Saturday, April*]. Found myfelf but vvr. k 
 in Body when I rofe in the Morning, and it 
 being a very rainy Day, I refolded to flay at 
 
 ''ipflaw (which we reached by eleven of the 
 Clock.) Great Numbers that cam- from the 
 Countries round about, were ready to hear \ but 
 
 the 
 
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 the Minifter being unwilling to 'lend the Pulpu 
 on a Week Day, I ohlv exhorted the People in 
 the Dining-Room of the Inn, where we put up. 
 Oh how f wifely has this Week c tided an ay ? To me 
 it has been but as one Day. How do I pity tb-fe, 
 who complain that Time barns heavy upon t eir 
 Hands ! Lit them but leve Ch ift, andfperd ti 
 wfaftTime in his Sen ice, and they nil find but 
 few mlanckoh) Hours % 
 
 Sunday, April 8. Arofe much refrefhed, and 
 highly pfeafed with the laft Afternoon's Retire- 
 ment ; read Prayers, and preached twice at 
 Coeapjiow Church to very attentive Congrega- 
 tions, many of whom came from far. After 
 Sermon, I gave a Word of Exhortation, and 
 prayed with feveral that came to the Inn, and 
 about five, fet out, with my Friends, to Col ford, 
 eight Miles from Cheapjhw, and went and vi- 
 fited a religious Society, which has met with 
 much Oppofition.— And no wonder, for they which 
 are born after the Flejh, always did and always will 
 perfecute thofe who are born after the Spirit. 
 
 CO L E FORD -and GLOUCE STE R. 
 
 Monday, April 9. Preached this Morning in 
 the Market-houfe at Coleford to about one hun- 
 dred People, and afterwards talked, I trufly with 
 errecl to fame Scoffers at the Inn. After this, 
 I fet out for, and reached Gloucefier my na- 
 tive City about Noon ; where I was refrefhed 
 by a great Packet of Letters, giving me an Ac- 
 count of the Succefs of the Gofpel in diffe- 
 rent Parts. GOD grant I may fee jome fuch 
 Fruit aniongft my own Countrymen, 
 
 GLOU- 
 
GLOUCESTE il. 
 
 JVc A I T. Was treated this D 
 
 edfed; — The 
 ilea fed to lead me his Chli 
 
 and to Jay ; but feme bern i at the 
 
 tnefs of the Q . and alledging 
 
 from (hi ir 
 influenced by them todenythte Ufe of his Pulpit 
 
 any more on a Week Day,- " Ye are idle, 
 
 urt idle \faj il:e Pharaoh *s of this Ginti 
 " t 'href; re yc fay , Let us go U d" — 
 
 About four I let out for I \ a Town five 
 
 Miles diitant from Gioucejier, where the Pulpit 
 being denied, I preached to a large Congrega- 
 tion from the Stairs belonsfms to the School- 
 houfe, in one of the Streets. Many were fo!- 
 licitous for me to come and preach at other 
 neighbouring Places alio. — At my Return to 
 Gicusejler, my Heart was much refreshed by the 
 Reception of near thirty Letters from Bri/iol ; 
 all, I hope, from Perfons whofe Hearts God 
 hath been pleafed to touch, and powerfully con- 
 vince of Self-righteoufnefs. — Give them, 
 LORD, Change of Rain 
 
 Thurfday, April 12. Spent the Morning in 
 ihfwering fome of my dear Correfpondents, and 
 preached in the Evening to near three thoufand 
 Hearers in my Brother's Field.— After Sermon, 
 I vifited two crowded Societies ; where many 
 received the Word with Gladnefs; and To day 
 I felt fuch an intenfe Love, that I could have 
 almoit wifhed myfclf accurfed for my Brethren 
 according to the Flelh. Oh thai they experi- 
 ment 
 
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 mentally knew the Things that belong to their Peace 
 before they are evtrlaflingly hid from their Eyes ! 
 
 Friday, April 19. Preached at Noon to a 
 much larger Congregation than Yefterday in the 
 Eicld ; took a little Refreshment, and went, 
 upon Invitation, to Ch afford, eight Miles from 
 Gloucffer, where I preached with great Power 
 to above 3000 Souls, all which behaved with 
 great Decency, and fecmed defirous to be fed 
 with the fincere Milk of the Word — Oh that 
 it may take deep Root in their Hearts ! 
 
 Saturday , April 14. Lay at Stroud, abcut three 
 Miles frcm Chaffer d \ preached in the Fields 
 belonging to the Inn, at Nine in the Mofhir)g 9 
 to about 600 ; and being intreated moft ear- 
 neftly, as I pafled through the Town Yefter- 
 day, at three I preached again at Pain/wick, to 
 double the Number [ preached to before. And 
 God was with us of a Truth. AfToon as I had 
 done, I hafted to Gloucefler^ according to Ap- 
 pointment, and preached in the Bootkall to, I 
 believe, near 5CC0 People. I was uncommonly 
 enlarged in Prayer ; and though 1 had preached 
 twice, and rode fome Miles, yet I think, I 
 never fpoke with greater Freedom. — If GOD 
 will ucrk, who Jhall hinder ? 
 
 Sunday, April 15. Preached by eight in the 
 Morning to a larger Congregation than ever in 
 my Brother's Field ; went to the Cathedral Ser- 
 vice at Ten ; and after Dinner went to Stone- 
 houfe, being invited thither by the Miniiter, 
 as well as People. — It rained all the Way going 
 thither ; but notwithftanding that, I believe 
 3000 Souls were ready to hear. The Church not 
 being large enough to contain a third Part of the 
 
 Auditory, 
 
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 Auditory, I preached from a very commodious 
 Place on the Outfidc ; and though it rained the 
 whole Time, yet I did not obferve one Perfon 
 leave the Place before I had done. — Afterwards 
 many of the Children of God came to me, re- 
 joycing that Free Gra.e in Chrijl had been 
 preached unto them, telling me, it was Food 
 to their Souls, and what they had experienced 
 for fome Years. — The other People alfo behaved 
 moll affectionately, and would have conftrained 
 me to abide with them all Night ; but being 
 engaged to return back to Gloucejler^ I hafted 
 thither through the Rain, and expounded in the 
 Booth all to feveral thoufands. All behaved quite 
 well, all was hufht and folemn. — And my de- 
 livering the Word from a Place juft before where 
 the Judges fit rendered it yet more awful. — 
 Oh that I could plead the Caufe of my Lord and 
 King , even Jefus Chrijl ^ w'.th greater Power ! 
 
 Monday <> April 16. Preached with an ex- 
 traordinary (hower of Divine influence amongft 
 us at my Brother's Field about ten in the Morn- 
 ing. — Received a moft comfortable Packet of 
 Letters, giving an Account of the Succefs of 
 the Gofpel ; — vifited the Priibn, took a little 
 Refrefhment, preached to near a thoufand at 
 Oxnellj feven Miles from G'.oucejler^ being in- 
 vited thither by the Reverend Mr. Pauncefoot^ 
 a worthy Minifler of J ejus Chrijl ; then return- 
 ed, and preached my Farewel Difcourfe to more 
 People than ever in the Bcothall, and afterwards 
 found my Strength renewed. — Faithful is he that 
 hath primifed) who alfo will do it. 
 
 Tuefday, April 17. Spent this Morning in vi- 
 fiting a private Society, and converfing with many 
 religious Friends, whj came from fome diftance 
 
 to 
 
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 to take their Leave. — About eleven, by the 
 Bifhop's Permiflion, I baptifed, at the Church 
 
 of Sr. Mary de Crypt, Mr. Thomas tV d, a 
 
 profciTcd Quaker, about fixty years of Age, who 
 was convinced of the Neceffity of being born 
 again of Water, as well as the Spirit, Many 
 of ChriJFs faithful Servants attended. — After the 
 Solemnity, was over, I gave a Word of Ex- 
 hortation from the Font ; and it being the Place 
 where I myfelf had been baptifed, it gave me an 
 Opportunity of reflecting on my own frequent 
 Breaches of my baptifmal Vow, as well as prov- 
 ing the Neceffity of the New Birth from the 
 Office of our Church.— LORD make all Par- 
 takers if it for thy Mercies Sake ! 
 
 CHELTENHAM, 7 Miles from Gloutejler. 
 
 Being earneftly invited by feveral of the In- 
 habitants, I came hither, attended with about a 
 dozen Friend?, by five of the Clock; and the 
 Ui'e of the Pulpit being refufed I preached on 
 the Bowling-green belonging to the Phugh-lnn. — 
 At the -fir ft, I found myfelf quite fhut up. — 
 I was ftupid in my Head,. and my Heart was as 
 dead as a Stone ; but afterwards my Spirits be- 
 gan to be refreshed, and I was enabled to preach 
 with uncommon Energy to near two thoufand 
 People. Many were convicted \ and fomc were 
 •fo comforted that they were almoft unable to 
 fupport themfelves under it. — GOD's Children 
 alone know what theje Things jnean. 
 
 JVednejday, April 8. Preached this Morning 
 to a much larger Congregation than we had laii 
 Night, and with fuch a fpiritual Gale, that fe- 
 veral Servants of God iiaid, they never firvr 
 
 the 
 
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 the like before. — G" f fyam (where 
 
 Mr. Seward's Relations live) about teven at 
 Night. — Several Perfons came to fee me, amor it 
 
 om was Mr. Benjamin Stward, wham (» 
 ha« b tfed to call by his dec Grace very 
 
 lately. — He was bred up ai Cambridge for fome 
 Years. So far a§ outward Molality went, he 
 was blamelefs ; my Proceedin ; by 
 
 no means approve, and he had once a Mind, 
 he faid, to write a^ainff. Mr. Law s Enthu(it~ 
 ftick Notions. — Hut lately it has pleated (.}> D 
 firfr to humble him and afterwards to reveal his 
 dear Son in him. — He is a Gentleman of a very 
 large Fortune. — Bleffcd be GOD, thai although 
 ■ not many rich, not in any mighty, not many noble 
 are called, yet fom.e are. Lordjefui, add to the 
 h ippy \ umber ! 
 
 Thurfday, April 19. Went to Bad fey*, about 
 two Miles from Evefiam, where M "i's 
 
 eldeft Brother lives. — About lour in the Even- 
 ing, the Churches, both at Evcfham, Bengc- 
 tvertb, and Bad fey, being denied, I preached 
 from the Croft, in the Middle of Evcjham- 
 flrcet, to a great Congregation, and went to 
 Hadfey, and preached in Mr. Seward's Brother's 
 Yard to ? great Numb'jr of People, many of 
 which came from Kvcjham to hear me a^nin. — 
 GOD f rant it may Jlrike home to their Hearts. 
 
 Fiiday, April 20. Preached again about nine 
 in the Morning at the Crofs, wene to Church, 
 and received the Sacrament.— Preached again 
 at Badfey at five in the Evening, and returned 
 and expound d in the Town-Hall ; which, t'no' 
 very large, was quite thronged. — The Recorder 
 bimfelf procured the Keys for us, and great 
 
 ;;nbers or People weretruly afte&ed. The 
 
 (landing 
 
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 ftanding in the Judge's Place, and fpeaking 
 thence, gave me awful Thoughts of him who 
 is appointed to be the Judge of quick and dead.— 
 Lord J ejus prepare us for thy fecond Coming. 
 
 OXFORD. 
 
 Sunday, April 22. Preached Yefterday in the 
 Morning at Badfey to a weeping Audience, 
 and then joined in Prayer, and fetout for Oxford, 
 which I reached about ten at Night. Vifited To- 
 day two Societies, at the firft of which many 
 Gownfmen came to hear. — Before I began, I de- 
 fired them to behave like Gentlemen and Chrifti- 
 ans.~I alfo prayed particularly for them, and ap- 
 plied myfelf in Meeknefs and Love to them at 
 the End of my Difcourfe. Iblefs God, an Awe 
 was impreffed upon their Minds, and they be- 
 haved quietly ; — but afterwards they followed 
 me to my Inn, and came uninvited up into my 
 Room. — However, I took that Opportunity of 
 giving them ajfecond Exhortation. Some mocked, 
 —Lord, fend forth thy Light and thy Truth, and 
 make them Scribes ready injlrutted to thy heavenly 
 Kingdom ! 
 
 Tuefday, April 24, Met with a little more 
 Oppofition this Morning — About nine o'Clock, 
 after I had exhorted the Society, the Vice-Chan- 
 cellor came in Perfon to the Houfe where we 
 were ailenibled, having threatened to do fo fome 
 Time ago, if they continued to build up one a- 
 nother in that Manner. — He fent for me down 
 Stairs, being informed that 1 was in the Houfe.-- 
 When I firft faw him, I perceived that he was in 
 a Paffion, which he foon exprefTed in fuch Lan- 
 guage 
 
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 as this ; " Have you, Sir, fays he, a 
 * c Name in any Book here ? Yes, Sir, laid I - 9 
 44 but I intend to take it out foon. Yes, and 
 " you had beft take yourfelf out too, replied he, 
 " or otherwife I will lay you by the Heels. 
 * c What do you mean, continued he, by going 
 U about, and alienating the Peoples Affections 
 " from their proper Pallors ? Your Works are 
 " full of Vanity and Nonfenfe ; you pretend to 
 " Infpiration. If you ever come again in this 
 M Manner among thefe People, I will lay you 
 " rirft by the Heels, and thefe (hall follow," 
 Upon this, he turned his Back, and went away. 
 — I deiired the Brethren to join in Prayer, took 
 rny Leave, being juft going to fet out as the 
 Vice-Chancellor came in, and about eight at 
 Night, 1 and my Friends reached Uxbridge % 
 where we were greatly refrefhed by the coming 
 of fev eral more, and the Rcceit of fome Letters 
 from Savannah* Blefied be God, all is well ; 
 and I ihall now think the Time long till I 
 embark for Georgia* Lords Ut that People hi 
 prtciaus in thy Sight* 
 
 L O N D X. 
 
 Thurjdfy* April 26. Allifted in adminiilring 
 the blefied Sacrament at ljlington \ where the 
 Vicar, in Conformity to the Rubrick, takes 
 Care to cbferve the Octaves of Eajier* — After 
 this, I expounded to a large Roomful of Peo- 
 ple, and perceived the Hearers Hearts were lb 
 melted down by the preaching of the free Grace 
 of God in Chriji Jefus* to poor Sinners, that 
 Floods of Tears flowed from their Eyes. — In 
 the Evening I expounded to a Society at S/. 
 I Afary 
 
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 Mary Hill in London, and then retired to reft, 
 wifhing that all felt the Comforts God was then 
 pleafed to communicate to my Soul.^- Indeed I 
 can fay , that the Lord is graci us. 
 
 Friday, April 27. Went this Morning to 
 Jflbigton to preach, according to the Vicar's Ap- 
 pointment; but in the mid ft of the Prayers the 
 Church-Warden came, demanding me to pro- 
 duce my Licence, or otherwife he forbad my 
 preaching in that Pulpit. I believe I might have 
 infifted upon my Right to preach, being in Prieft's 
 Orders, and having the Prefentation of the Li- 
 ving at Savannah, which is in the Bifhop of Lon~ 
 don's Diocefe, a ftronger Licence than that im- 
 plicit one, by which hundreds of the inferior 
 Clergy are by his Lordfhip permitted to preach : 
 However, for Peace Sake, 1 declined preaching 
 in the Church ; but after the Communion Ser- 
 vice was over, I preached in the Church-yard -, 
 being affined my Mafternow calledme out here, 
 as well as in Brijlol.—Stand by trie, Lord, for thy 
 infinite Merits Sake. 
 
 Saturday, April 28. Preached this Morning 
 again in 1 lfington Church-yard, and to a Con- 
 gregation as near as large again as Yellerday, 
 and the Word was attended with extraordinary 
 Power. The fecond Leflbn was very applicable, 
 being Acls xxv. 1 can fay with St. Paul, Nei- 
 ther ogairfi the Temph, nor again// Caefar have 
 I done any Thir.g, and yet I am caji cu', and 
 reviled as an evil Doer \ but the Str.ptures wjl 
 be fulfilled, cc If they have perfecuted me, th<y 
 *' will aljo perfecute you." — About fix I ex- 
 pounded to a thronged Society at Fctttr-iaafr 
 and at eight on St. Mary Hill. The Portion 
 of Scripture that was to be opened, was the 
 
 nine- 
 
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 nlitetcenth of Genefv, which was very applicable to 
 what happened : For fome unhappy Men came 
 and prefled, and broke down the Door ; but they 
 were foon aw'd into Silence, and, I believe, 
 really felt the Weight of God's Word.-— The 
 Fiercenefs cf Men jh all turn to thy Praije, and the 
 Remainder cf it Jhalt thou rejlrain ! 
 
 Sunday, April 29. Begun to be yet more vile 
 this Day, for I preached in the Morning at Moir- 
 jiclds to an exceeding great Multitude, and at 
 five in the Evening went and preached at Ken- 
 ningtm Cmimon, about two Miles from London, 
 where upwards of 20,000 People were fuppofed 
 to be prefent. The Wind being for me, it car- 
 ried the Voice to the extremeft Part of the Au- 
 dience. All ftood attentive, and joined in the 
 Pfalm and Lord's Prayer fo regularly, that I 
 fcarce ever preached with more Quietnefs in any 
 Church. — Many were much affe&ed. 
 
 For this let Men revile my Name, 
 F d flmn no Crofs, V d fear no Shame ; 
 All hail Reproach, and welcome Pain, 
 Only thy Terrors, Lord, rejlrain. 
 
 Monday, April 30. Declined preaching To- 
 day, that I might have Leifure to write to fome 
 of my Correfpondents, and make Provifion for 
 my poor Orphans at Georgia. — Received Let- 
 ters this Evening from thence, telling mc of the 
 Affairs of that Colony. — At prefent they have 
 but a melancholy Afpect,; but our Extremity is 
 God's Opportunity. — Lord, thou calledjt me; lo ! 
 I come to do thy Will. 
 
 Tuefday, May 1. Preached after publick Ser- 
 vice in ijiington Church -yard to a greater Con- 
 I 2 grega- 
 
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 gregation than ever; and in the Evening went to 
 expound on Dowgate Hill y at the Houfe of Mr. 
 
 C h ; but when I came to the Door no lefs 
 
 than two or three thoufand People were gathered 
 round it ; fo that to avoid a Noife, I was obliged 
 to ftand up in the Fore-ftreet Window and preach 
 to them in the Street. — Surely it is high Time, 
 upon every Account, to take the Field. 
 
 Thurjday^ May 3. Was fully employed all 
 this Day in making Preparations for my Voyage, 
 and preached at fix this Evening, as well as 
 Yefterday (this Time I chofe that People may 
 not be drawn away from their Bufinefs) at Ken- 
 nix gt on, and great Power was amongft us. — The 
 Audience was more numerous and filent than 
 Yefterday, the Evening calm, and many went 
 affedted away. — Gloiy be to God, I begin to find 
 an Alteration in the Peoples Behaviour. God grant 
 it may increaje more and more ! 
 
 Saturday, May 5. Preached Yefterday and 
 To-day, as ufual, at Kennigton Csmmon, to about 
 20,000 Hearers, who were very much affected. 
 — The Remainder of my Time I fpent in pre- 
 paring 1 hings for Georgia. — I am not ufually fo 
 much engaged in Seculars ; but I as readily do 
 this as preach, when it is the Will of God.— 
 It is a great Miftake that fome run into, to fup- 
 pofe Religion confifts only in faying our Prayers ; 
 but I think a Man is no further holy, than he 
 is relatively holy : And he only will adorn the 
 Gofpel of our Lord Jesus Christ in all Things, 
 who is careful to perform all the civil Offices of 
 Life, whether Servant, Mafter, or Miftrefs, with 
 a fingle Eye to God's Glory, and from a Prin- 
 ciple of a lively Faith in Jesus Christ our Sa- 
 viour.— This is the Morality which We preach, 
 
 and 
 
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 and which fhall ftand as /on? as the Reck en iv 
 it is founded^ even for ever an I evrr, 
 
 Sunday i Alav 0. Preached this Morning in 
 Moor fields to about 20,000 People, who yvi 
 very attentive, and much affected \ and at fix 
 preached at Kensington : But fuch a Sight I n 
 ver faw before. Some fuppofed there were 
 above 30 or, 40,000 People, and near fourfcore 
 Coaches., befides great Numbers of Holies ; and 
 there was iuch an awful Silence amongit them, 
 and. the Word of God came with iuch Pow- 
 er, that all feerned pleafingly furprifed. I 
 continued my Difcourfe for an Hour and a half. 
 — The wore Men oJ>pofe 9 the more will Jefus be ex* 
 a/ted. 
 
 Monday, Mayy. K*u full Employment again 
 To-day in preparing for my Voyage •> did not 
 preach, only expounded in a private IToufc, 
 where ten Pounds were collected for the Or- 
 phans. Tho' I kept it as fecret as poflible, yet 
 Numbers of People crowded round the Door ; 
 fo that I find myfelf more and more under a Ne- 
 ceflity of going out into the Fields. Received 
 feveral Letters of the Fruits of my Miniftry in fe- 
 veral Places, and had divers come to me awaken- 
 ed, under God, by my preaching in the Fields. 
 Thanks be to God, th y a>e white unto Harveji. 
 
 Tut/day, May 8. Preached in the Evening, 
 as ufual, on JCennington Co mm vu — Some consi- 
 derable Time before I fet out from Town, it 
 rained very hard, fo that once I thought of not 
 going \ but after joining in hearty Prayer, i 
 thought it mod: advifeable to go, and, to mv 
 great Surprize, w r hen I came to the Common, I 
 law many thoufand People. — All the While, ex- 
 cept a few Moments, the Sun (hone out upon 
 I 3 us* 
 
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 ns ; and, I truft, the Sun of Rightcoufnefs arofe 
 on fome with healing in his Wings. — For the 
 People were melted down very much at th« 
 preaching of the Word, and put up hearty 
 Prayers for my temporal and eternal Welfare. 
 
 Ob that they may enter into the Ears of the Lord 
 
 cf Sabaoth ! 
 
 Wtdnefday, May 9. Waited at Noon upon 
 the honourable Truftees for Georgia. — They re- 
 ceived me with the utmoft Civility, agreed to 
 every Thing I afked, and gave me a G rant of 
 five hundred Acres of Land, to me and my Sue- 
 ceiTors for ever, for the Ufe of the Orphan- 
 houfe. — After preaching in the Evening to about 
 20,C00 for above an Hour at Ktnriington, the 
 Hearers contributed moft cheerfully and liberally 
 towards it.- -I was one of the Collectors, and 
 methinks it would have delighted almofl any one 
 to have ken with what Eagernefs the People came 
 up both Sides the Eminence on which I ftood, 
 and afterwards to the Coach Doors to throw in 
 their Mites. --When we came Home, we found 
 we h:id collected above Forty -fe veil Pounds, 
 amongrt which were ftxteen Pounds in Half* 
 pence -, for which we endeavoured to give 
 hearty Thanks. — Accept this, Holy Father, for 
 thy dear Son's Sake. 
 
 Friday, May 1 1. Preached at Kennington to a 
 yet larger Audience than the laft Night, and 
 collected Twenty-fix Pounds fifteen Shillings and 
 Sixpence for the Orphan-houfe. — The Readinefs 
 wherewith the People gave is inexpreflible. — In- 
 deed I can fay they offered willingly ; for I 
 think they could not have taken more Pains, 
 or exprefled more EarnefTnefb, had they all 
 been to have received an Alms. — One Si±n this, 
 
 7z-/ 
 
/ hope y that the IVord of God has taken bold of 
 their Hearts. 
 
 Saturday May i 2. Agreed To-day for myfelf 
 and eleven more, to go on Board the Elizabeth^ 
 Captain AiLn, to Perfylvama ; where I defign, 
 God willing, to preach the Gofpel in my Way 
 to Georgia, and buy Provifions for the Orphan- 
 houfc. — Lordj fend thy Angel before us to prepare 
 our Way /—Had many come to me this Morning, 
 acquainting me what God had done for their 
 Souls by the preaching in the Fields ; and in 
 the Evening preached to about 20,000 People at 
 Kennington, as ufual, theWeather continuing re- 
 markably fair whilft I was delivering my Ma- 
 iler's Meflage. — Gh that all would e?nbrace him ! 
 LORD, make them willing in this Day of thy 
 Power ! 
 
 Sundiy, May 13. Preached this Morning to 
 a prodigious Number of People in Moor fields,. 
 and collected for the Orphans Fifty-two Pounds* 
 Nineteen Shillings and Sixpence, above twenty 
 Pounds of which was in Halfpence. — And in- 
 deed I was alnuut wearied in receiving their 
 Mites ; which were more than one Man could 
 
 carry Home. Thus will God tnah bis P w:r 
 
 to be known. — Went to publick Worfhip twice, 
 and preached in the Evening to fo many thoufand 
 that many went away becaufe they could not 
 hear • but God enabled me to ipcak, fo that the' 
 bed Part of them, as I was informed, could un- 
 der/land me well ; a very remarkable and deep 
 Silence being preferved whilft I was (peaking, — : 
 After Sermon 1 made another Collection of 
 Twenty-nine Pounds feventeen Shillings and 
 Eight-pence, and came Home deiiring to be hum- 
 bled with a Senfe of what God was doing for pre- 
 I 4 cious 
 
t 176 ] 
 
 cious Souls. — I doubt not but many fclf-righte- 
 ous Bigots, when they fee me fpreading out my 
 Hands to offer Jesus Christ freely to all, are 
 xeady to cry out, " How glorious did the Rev. 
 41 Ixlr Jf'hitefield look To-day, when, neglecting 
 " the Dignity of a Clergyman, he flood vent- 
 !• ing his Enthufiaftick Ravings in a Gown and 
 44 Caffock upon a Common, and collecting Mites 
 44 from the poor People ?" But if this is to 
 be vile, Lord grant that I may be more vile. 
 — I know this Foolifhnefs of preaching is made 
 inflrumental to the Converfion and Edification of 
 
 Numbers. Te Scoffers, mock on, I rejoice ; yea, 
 
 and will rejoice. 
 
 Monday, May 14. Was employed moft of this 
 Day in viliting fome Friends, and fettling my 
 Geergia Affairs. Spent the Evening very agreea- 
 bly with feveral Quakers at the Houfe of Mr. 
 liy — m. — How much dm fort do tbofelofe who con- 
 vtr/i with none but fuch as are of their own Com- 
 tn union ! 
 
 Tuefday, May 15. Preached this Evening at 
 Kennington, and God was pleafed to fend us a 
 little Rain : But the People, notwithftanding, 
 ftood very attentive \ and as foon as the Rain 
 came, I received uncommon Strength from above. 
 —The god Lord water u> all with the D.iv of his 
 heavenly BUffing ! 
 
 IVednefday, May 16. Sent a Quaker, whom 
 God was pleafed to convince, to be baptized by 
 Mr. 5 — .Waited upoiuhe honourable Iruftees, 
 who ft III treated me with the utmoft Civility. — 
 Dined with fo;i e more ferious Quakers, and 
 preached at Kerning, on ^ and have Reafon to 
 blefs God more and more for the Order and 
 Devotion of thofe that came to hear the Word, 
 
 — Indeed 
 
[ »77 ] 
 
 — Indeed they behave as tbeugb they believed God 
 was in that Place. 
 
 Thm, iy 17. Preached, after feveral 
 
 Invitations thither, at 1 Ii<rn >jtead-biatb, about 
 five Miles from Lwd ';«. — The Audience was of 
 the politer Sort, and I preached very near the 
 Horfe-courfc, which gave me Occafion to fpeak 
 home to their Souls concerning our fpiritual Race. 
 
 — Mod were attentive, but fome mocked. 
 
 Thus the Word of God is either a Savour of 
 Life unto Life, or of Death unto Death — God's 
 Spirit bloweih when and were it li/ittb. 
 
 Friday, Ma\ 1 8. At fix this Evening I preached 
 in a very large open Place in ShadweJl t being 
 much pre fled by many to go thither. — I believe 
 there were upwards of 20,000 People. — At firft, 
 through the Greatnefs of the Throng, there was 
 a little Hurry ; but afterwards, all was hufh'd 
 and flent. — The Word, I believe, made its Way 
 into the Hearers Hearts, and very near twenty 
 Pounds were collected for the Orphan-hojfc.— 
 Glory be to tle>\ Lord ! 
 
 Saturday^ d,Ly iq. Had the Pleafure of being 
 an Inilrument, under God, with Mr. Seward, 
 of bringing a voung Man out of Bethlehem, who 
 was lately put into that Place for being, as they 
 term it, Metbedically mad. — The Way I C3me 
 to be acquainted with him, was by his fetkiing 
 me the following Letter. 
 
 lo tfj$ Reverend Mr. Whitcfield th?[e. 
 
 u Dear Sir, 
 
 " I have read your Sermon upon the New* 
 " Birth, and hope I fhall always have a due 
 ** Scofe of my dear Redeemers Goodnefe to tne, 
 I c 
 

 1 178] 
 
 ** that has fo infinitely extended his Mercy to 
 ** me, which Senfe be pleafed to confirm in me 
 " by your Prayers ; and may Almighty God 
 <c blefs and preferve you, and profper your mi- 
 *' nifterial FuniHon. I wifh, Sir, I could have 
 4i fome explanatory Notes upon the New Tefta- 
 €< ment, to enlighten the Darknefs of my Un- 
 44 derftanding, to make me capable of becoming 
 <% a good Soldier of J* sus Christ ; but, above 
 ** all ? fhould be glad to fee you. I am, 
 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 Yours affectionately with my whole Heart, 
 
 BtiUehtm Hofpital, N° 50. Jofeph Periam. 
 
 According to his Requeft I paid him a Vifit, 
 and found him in perfect Health both in Body 
 and Mind. A Day or two after, I and Mr. 
 Seward went and talked with his Sifter, who 
 gave me the three following Symptoms of his 
 feeing mad, Firft^ That he farted for near a 
 Fortnight. Secondly, That he prayed fo as to be 
 heard four S^ory high. Thirdly, That he had 
 fold his Cloaths, and given them to the Poor. — 
 This the young Man. himfelf explained tome 
 before ; and ingenuoufly confefied, that under 
 Ins firft Awakenings, he was one Day reading 
 the Story of the young Man whom our Lord 
 commanded to fell all, and to give to the Poor, 
 and thinking it muft be taken in the literal Senfe, 
 out of Love to Jesus Christ he fold his Cloaths, 
 and gave the Money to the Poor,, 
 
 May 
 
t *79 7 
 
 May the $tb I received a fecond Letter f rem him, 
 
 cc Sfuery I. If Repentance does not include 
 " a CefTation from Sin, and turning to Virtue ; 
 4C and though notwithstanding I want that deep 
 " Contrition mentioned by ibme Divines, yet 
 <c as I live not willfully in any known Sin, and 
 " firmly believe the Gofpcl of our Lord Jesus 
 u Christ, may I not thereby be intitled to the 
 " Benefits of Christ's Death and Refurre&ion, 
 ** in the Pe Severance of Knowledge, and Prac- 
 Ci tice of my Duty ? 
 
 " Query ±. If I am in Prifon, whether I may 
 " nor, without Offence to God, make ufe o£ 
 <c Endeavours to be difcharged, by which I may 
 cc be enabled to get into a pious Chriftian Fa- 
 u mily, and confequently bt grounded and firmly 
 " fettled in the Love of Goo, it being my De- 
 " lire ; for I am furrounded .vith nothing but 
 " Prophanenefs and Wickednefs ? 
 
 <c Query 3. If my Objections to being im- 
 u prifoned are in confident or wicked, which are,. 
 " that I am- obliged to fubmit to the Rules of 
 M the Houfe, in going to my Cell at feven ex 
 " eight of the Clock at Night, and not let out 
 u till fix or feven in the Morning, by which I 
 " am debarred the Ufe of Candle, and confe- 
 " quentl; Books ; fo that all that Time, ex- 
 u cept what is fpent in Prayer and Meditation^ 
 ic U loft. Which Exercifes, though good, are, 
 M by fo conftant Repetition, and for want o£ 
 u Change, deaden'd ? 
 
 " Query 4. If I mould, by the Goodnefc of 
 
 " God, be difcharged, whether I may, with- 
 
 u out Offence to the Gofpel of Jesus CnRit ; , 
 
 I 6 ^W,. 
 
€( 
 
 follow the Bufinefs of an Attorney at Law, to 
 which I was put as a C lerk ; and by a con- 
 fcientious Discharge of that Duty, be thereby 
 intitled to a heavenly Inheritance ; my Fear 
 in this Point arifing from our Lord's Advice 
 about going to Law, Matthew v. 40. 
 '• £htety 5. If I cannot be difcharged by pro- 
 per Application, (which Application pray be 
 pleafed to let me have) how can I beft fpend 
 my Time to the Glory of God, myfelf and 
 Brethren's Welfare ? And pleafe to give me 
 Rules for the fame. 
 
 « Worthy Sir, 
 " Thefe Queftions, whether momentary or 
 not, I leave to your Judgment. If you think 
 u they deferve an Anfwer, fhould be glad to 
 44 have them folved - y for as I am fenfible of the 
 4C Power of my Adversary the Devil, furely I 
 4< cannot but ail: with the utmoft Circumfpec- 
 44 tion, which gives me Occafion to trouble you' 
 44 herewith ; and I hope, Sir, the Cireumftance 
 4< of the Place I am in, may excufe the Man- 
 44 ner in which I have wrote to you, and count 
 44 it not an Affront ; for God is Witnefs how 
 44 I Jove and efteem the Minifters of Jtsus 
 " Christ; for whofe dear Sake, may the God 
 44 of infinite Love and Goodnefs eftablifh and 
 44 confirm you in the daily Succefs of your mi- 
 44 nifterial Labours, which are the daily Prayers 
 4 < of 
 
 Your mofi unworthy, 
 
 but faithful humble Servant, 
 BMAem, N° 50. j fc h p j^ 
 
 t M03 5» 17.39- J .. , 
 
 -4 t U, 
 
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 P. S. " I am afraid, Sir, I mifbehaved my- 
 fclf when you fo "kindly came to fee me; but 
 if I did in any Mcafure, your Chriftian Love 
 and Charity will excufe it; for not being 
 warned of your coming, the Surprize, though 
 pleafant, fo fluttered my Spirits, that I was 
 overburdened with Joy. 
 i4 O how pleafed fhould I be to fee you !" 
 
 To this I fent the folhiiing Anfwer. 
 44 Dear Sir, Alay 7, 1 739. 
 
 44 The Way to Salvation is by Refits Ciriji, 
 44 who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. — 
 44 The Way to Chrijl is by Faith. IVhojoever 
 44 liveth and believeth in me, fays our Lord, 
 44 though he were dead, yet flmll he live. But this 
 44 Faith, if it is a faving Faith, will uork by 
 44 Love. — Come then to Jefus Chrijt as a poor 
 44 Sinner, and he will make you a rich Saint. 
 44 This, I think, ferves as an Anfwer to your 
 44 firft Query. 
 
 44 It is, no Doubt, your Duty, whilft you are 
 " in the Houfe, to fubmit to the Rules of it ;. 
 44 but then you may ufe all lawful Means to get 
 44 yourfelfout. I have juft now been with your 
 44 Sifter, and will fee what can be done farther. 
 
 — Watch and pray. 
 
 1 am, 
 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 Tour affeclionate Friend and Servant , 
 
 1 G. W. 
 
 tc 
 
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 A Day or two after I received a third Letter* 
 in which was as follows : — 
 
 44 Worthy Sir, 
 
 Xi I received your Letter* which was a full 
 44 Anfwer to my Queries, and give you my 
 44 hearty thanks for the Trouble you have taken 
 44 upon you (the only Gratitude I can at prefent 
 44 pay ; but he, whom I have perfectly at 
 44 Heart, will fupply the Deficiency to you, and 
 44 will not fuffer a meritorious Acl to go unre- 
 44 warded.) Oh how do I daily experience the 
 44 Love of Chri/i towards me, who am fo vile* 
 4C bafe, and unworthy ! I pray ( jod I may al- 
 44 ways be thankful, and both ready to do and 
 44 fufter his moft gracious Will, which I truft* 
 44 through your Prayers and God's Grace, I 
 44 fhall at all 'l imes fubmit to. 
 
 44 My Father was with me laft Night, when 
 44 I ftiewed him your Letter. He was pleafed 
 44 to fay, he thought me not mad, but very 
 44 well in my Senfes, and w^uld take me out r 
 44 on Condition Doctor Monro and the Com- 
 44 mittee were of his Opinion. Then he va- 
 4C ried again, and thought it convenient for 
 44 me toftay the Summer, and fo to take Phylic 
 " twice a Week, fearing a Relapfe. I told 
 <4 him, as a Father, he fhould be wholly obeyed,; 
 44 but when at parting he mentioned my leaving 
 44 Religion (or Words to that Purpofe, at which 
 €{ I was fomewhat ftirred in my Spirit) I told 
 44 him, nothing fhould prevail upon me to leave 
 ** J e j us Chriji \ upon which he left me. This 
 * 4 is the Subftance of what pafled between us, 
 •*• which, I hope, is not amifs to let you know 
 
 44 of, 
 
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 *' of, as you have been fo kind as to plead for 
 
 44 my Liberty. 
 
 44 Upon the whole of the Matter, Sir, God 
 
 44 gives me perfect Resignation, and I truft 
 
 44 when he (hall fee fit, will difchargeme; and 
 
 44 as I find his Love daily more and more fhed 
 
 " abroad in my Heart, all Things will work 
 
 " together for my good. Pray, Sir, be thankful 
 
 44 for me, and if Opportunity will let you, I 
 
 44 mould be fincerely glad to fee you before you 
 
 44 fet out for America. And may almighty God, 
 
 " in his infinite Goodnefs, profper, guide, and 
 
 44 protect you thro' this trafitory Life, and here- 
 
 4t after receive you triumphantly into the hea- 
 
 44 venly Jerufalem, there to converfe with, and 
 
 44 fee the ever blefTed Jefus y that dear Lamb of 
 
 44 God ; to which that you may attain, are the 
 
 " hearty and fervent Wifhes of 
 
 Your loving andfmcere Friend^ 
 
 IVcdnejday^ May 9, 1 739. Jofeph Periam. 
 
 44 I am afhamed to trouble you thus, but my 
 « 4 Heart is full." 
 
 Upon reading this I was fenfibly touched with 
 a Fellow-feeling of his Mifery \ and, at my Re- 
 queft, Mr. Seward and two more Friends waited 
 upon the Committee. But alas ! they efteemed 
 my Friends as much mad as the young Man, 
 and frankly told them, both I and my Followers, 
 in their Opinion, were really befide themfelves. 
 My Friend Setuard urged the Example of the 
 young Perfons, who called the Prophet that was 
 lent to anoint Jcbu King, a mad Fellow ; — of 
 oui Lord, whom his own Relations, and the 
 
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 Strikes and Pharifees* took to be mad, and be- 
 sides himfelf — and Fe/tus's Opinion of St. Paul — 
 He further urged, that when young People were 
 under their firft Awakenings, they are ufualiy 
 tempted by the Devil to run into fome Extremes. 
 —But all fuch Language confirmed the Gentle- 
 men more and more, that Mr. Sezvardwas mad 
 alfo. And to prove that the young Man was 
 certainly mad, they called one of the Attendants, 
 who faid, when Mr. Perlam firft came into the 
 Place, he (tripped himfelf to the Shirt, and 
 prayed. — The Reafon of this, as Mr. Periam 
 faid afterwards, was, that he might innure him- 
 felf to Hardfhip at once : For being brought 
 from Betbnall Green^ where he was taken great 
 Care of, into a cold Place, without Windows, 
 and a damp Cellar under him, he thought it beft 
 to feafon himfelf at firft, that he might learn to 
 endure Hardnefs as a good Soldier of Jcfus Cbrijh 
 In the mid ft of the Conference, fome Way or 
 other, they mentioned his going to Georgia* and 
 faid, if I would take him with me, they would 
 engage that his P'ather lhould give Leave to have 
 him releafed. — A Day or two after, Mr. Seward 
 waited upon his Father, who gave his Son an 
 excellent Character, and confented to his gomg 
 abroad. — After this, he waited upon the Doctor, 
 who pronounced him well. — And To-day he 
 Waited again upon the Committee, who behaved 
 very civilly, and gave the young Man a difcharge. 
 —He is now with me, and I hope will be an In- 
 ftrument of doing good *. Before I leave my Ac- 
 
 * At my Embarkation, he went with me to Georgia, where he 
 married one of the Orphan- Houfe Miftrefles.--- After a few Years, 
 both died, and I have now two of their Sons ia the Orphan- 
 Houfe, who are very promifing Boys, 
 
 couot 
 
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 count of him, I cannot help telling what UfagC 
 he met with at his fiift coming into Bcthhhrm. — 
 Being fenfible within himfelf, that lu- wanted no 
 bodily Phyfick, he was unwilling at firft to take 
 it ; upon which, four or h\ e took hold of him, 
 curfed him mod heartily, put a Key into his 
 Mouth, threw him upon the Bed, and faid 
 (though I had then never i'cen or heard of him) 
 ycu are one of Whitefield's Gang, and Co drenched 
 him. — 1 hear alio, that there was an Order 
 given, that neither I, nor any of my Friends, 
 fhould be permitted to come unto him. — Alas ! 
 Alas ! how Jhortly will that Day come when thefe 
 unhappy Afen foall be heard to cry ottt> " JVe Fools 
 44 counted their Lives Afadnefs y and their Ends to 
 44 be without Honour I How are they numbred 
 44 among the Children of God ! Hoiu is their Lot 
 44 among the Saints /" — Dined at Clapham with 
 Mr. B- — n a Quaker. Preached in the Even- 
 ing at Kennington Co?nmcn to about 1500 People, 
 who, were very attentive and affe&ed. — After- 
 wards I fpent two Hours at Fetter-lane Society, 
 where we had a moft ufeful Conference con- 
 cerning the Neceflity every Chriftian lay under 
 to have fome particular Calling, whereby he 
 may be a ufeful Member of the Society to which 
 he helongs. — We all agreed to this unanimoufly; 
 aid as for my own Part, I think, if a Man will 
 not, labour, neither ought he to eat. — To be fo in- 
 tent en furjuing the one Thing needful, as to neglect 
 providing for thdfe cf our own TrlouJjbold\ in toy 
 Opinion, is to be righteous overmuch. 
 
 Sunday, May 20. Went with our Brethren of 
 Fetter-lane Society to St. Pauls, and received the 
 holy Sacrament, as a Teftimony that we adhered 
 to the Church of England. — Preached at Moor- 
 
 fields 
 
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 fields and Kennington Common , and at both Places 
 collected very near fifty Pounds for the Orphan- 
 houfe. A vifible Alteration is made in the Peo- 
 ples Behaviour: — For though there were near 
 Fifteen Thoufand in the Morning, and near 
 double the Number, as was fuppofed, in the Af- 
 ternoon, yet they were as quiet during Sermon, 
 as though there had not been above fifty Perfons 
 prefent. — I did not meet with a Moment's In- 
 terruption. And could fay of the Aflembly, as 
 Jacob did on another Occafion, Surely God is in 
 this Place.— 
 
 HERTFORD. 
 
 Monday ', May 21. Was fully engaged all the 
 Morning in fettling my Georgia Affairs. — Left 
 London about three, called and prayed at a 
 Houfe or two in the Way, and reached Hertford 
 between eight and nine at Night — I never law a 
 Town fo much alarmed. — The Streets were 
 every Way crouded \ and, by the Behaviour of 
 feme, I thought we fhould have had many 
 Scoffers.— But, blefild be God, I ntver preached 
 to a more quiet Congregation. — The Hearers 
 were in Number about four or five thoufand, 
 and the Place I preached in was a Common near 
 the Town.—- Afterwards, a certain Gentlewo- 
 man, Lydia like, conftrained both me and my 
 Friends, if we judged her worthy, to come and 
 abide in her Houfe that Night, which we did to 
 our great Comfort. The Lord reward her a T/jgu^ 
 [ami-fold. 
 
 Hertford 
 
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 Hertford and Oitlney in Buck high aihflnre* 
 
 Tuejday^ May 22. Preached about fcven in the 
 Morning from the fame PJace, and to near as 
 large a Congregation as I did laft Night. — God 
 gave me uncommon Power, and all, I hope, 
 went away convinced that my Doctrine was of 
 
 ( MD. — Breakfafted with Mr. S d y s, tl dif- 
 
 fentino; Minifrer, who kindly invited and received 
 
 me and my Friends. — Dined at Hitchen Pro- 
 
 mifed, at the Requelt of many, to preach to 
 them, God willing, en Fiiday Morning, and 
 reached Ouhiey about ten at Night, where I 
 long fince promifed to come. — Here alfo God 
 had prepared a Table for us ; and here I was 
 not a little comforted with meeting with the 
 Reverend Mr. R — .of Bedford, who, like 
 me, has lately been thruft out for fpcaking 
 of Jafijication by Faith and the Ncw-Birihj 
 and has commenced a Field-preacher. Once 
 he was fhut in Priibn for a fhort Time, but 
 thou fan ds flock to hear him, and Go!) blef- 
 fes him more and more. 1 believe roe are the 
 firfi profejed Minijlers of the Church of Eng- 
 land that we> e fo foon, and without Caufe^ ex- 
 cluded every Pulpit. Whether our Brethren can 
 jujlfy fuch a Conducl, the lajl Day will deter- 
 mine. 
 
 Wednefday, Mav 23. Being denied the Pulpit, 
 I preached this Morning in a Field near the 
 Town, to about two thoufand People, with 
 much Freedom and Power. They were very 
 attentive, and I could have continued my Dif- 
 courfe much longer ; but the Bells ringing for 
 Prayers, I adjourned my Hearers to publiclc 
 
 Worfhip* 
 
[ i88 ] 
 
 Worfhip, where many of them went, and God 
 was pleafed to fpeak to us much in the fecond 
 LefTon. — How powerfully does the Word of God 
 come to our Hearts, when we experience it ? Other- 
 zuife, it is a dead Letter. 
 
 NORTHAMPTON. 
 
 Reached Northampton about five in the Even- 
 ing, and was moft courteoufly received by Doc- 
 ter Dodridge, Mafter of the Academy there. — 
 At (even, according to Appointment, 1 preached 
 to about three thoufand Hearers on a Common 
 near the Town, from the Starting-poft.— Great 
 Power, I believe, was amongft us, and I preached 
 with wonderful Pleafure.— Oh that we may all 
 run fo as to obtain the Crown of Life^ which God y 
 the righteous fudge 9 zvill give at the lajl Day^ to 
 all that love our Lord Jefus in Sincerity. 
 
 Thwfdayt May 24. Preached again in the 
 fame Place at about eight in the Morning, but 
 to a much larger Audience. Breakfafted with 
 fome pious Friends. Was greatly comforted 
 by feveral choice Children of God, who came 
 from different Parts, and left Northampton about 
 eleven, rejoicing with my Friends at the great 
 Things God had already done, and was 
 yet about to do for us. Many righteous S.us 
 live in and about Northampton, and nothing con- 
 firms me ?no>e in my Opinion, that God intends to 
 work a great I Voik upon the Earth, than to find 
 hoiu his Child' en cf all Denominations every uhere 
 as 1 am infer *mtd % iwejUe in Prayer. 
 
 U L- 
 
[ '*9 ] 
 O U L N E r. 
 
 Being much follicited thereto, after Sermon 
 Yefterday, I haflned, in Company with near a 
 Dozen Friends, to OuImy y eight Miles from Nor- . 
 thampton, and got thither about ten of the Clock. 
 —Great Numbers were aflembled together ; but 
 on account of its being a rainy Day, it was 
 judged inconvenient to preach in the Fields.— 
 I therefore flood upon an Eminence in the Street, 
 and preached from thence with fuch Power as I 
 have not for fome Time experienced. Tho' it 
 rained all the time, yet the People flood very at- 
 tentive and patient. All, I really believe, felt, 
 as well as heard the Word, and one was fo 
 pricked to the Heart, and convinced of Sin, that 
 I fcarce ever law the like Inftance. — The JVord 
 of God is quick and powerful and Jharper than a 
 two- edged Sword. 
 
 BEDFORD. 
 
 Hafted away as faft as poflible from Ouh.ey 
 to Bedford, where I had promifed, God willing, 
 to preach this Night. About (even we got thither, 
 and found die Town fully alarmed. — About 
 eight, I preached from the Stairs of a Wind- 
 mill (the Pulpit of Mr. R — ) to about three 
 thoufand People ; and God was pleafed to give 
 me extraordinary Afliftance, and thereby caufed 
 me fo to renew my Strength, both bodily and 
 fpiritual, that my Journey did not affedt me 
 at all. — As thy Day is, fo /hall thy Strength 
 be. 
 
 Ft ic/ay, 
 
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 Friday, May 25. Preached at feven in the 
 Morning with great Power, and rather a larger 
 Congregation than before. — Took an affectionate 
 Leave of many gracious Souls, and reached Hit- 
 cbetty ten Miles from Bedford^ about one of the 
 Clock at Noon. — The Town, I perceived, 
 was much alarmed, and many devout Souls 
 came from far to hear me. — About two, I got 
 upon a Table in the Market-place, near the 
 Church , but feme were pleafed to Ring the 
 Bells in order to difturb us. Upon this, not 
 having begun, we removed Into a moft com- 
 modious Place in the Fields ; but being a little 
 fatigued with my Ride, and the Sun beating moft 
 intenfely upon my Head, I was obliged, in a 
 fhort Time, to break off, being exceeding -Tick 
 and weak. — A kind Gentlewoman offered me 
 her Houfe, Where I went, and lay down for 
 about two Hours, and then came and preached 
 near the fame Place, and God was with us. — 
 It was pleafing to fee how the Hearts of the Peo- 
 ple feerned to be knit in Love. — I could have con- 
 tinued longer with them ; but being under an 
 Engagement to go to 5/. Albans, 1 haftned 
 thither, but could not preach on account of my 
 coming in fo late. Great Numbers had been 
 there expecting it •, and it grieved me to think 
 how little I could do for Cbri/i. For he As a 
 gracious Majler, and had la thousand Lives , they 
 Jh.uld be /pent in his Service. 
 
 St.AL- 
 
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 St. ALBANS and LONDON. 
 
 Saturday, May 26. Had a comfortable Night's 
 Reft, which much refrefhed me. — Preached at 
 {even in the, Morning to about fifteen hundred 
 People in a Field near the Town with great 
 Power, and got fafe to London by two in the 
 Afternoon. — Blefled be God, this has been a 
 Week of fat Things. Some further Inroads, I truft, 
 'have been made into Satan's Kingdom; and many 
 Sinners convicted, and many Saints much com- 
 forted and eftablifhed in their moft holy Faith. 
 I find there are fome thoufand fecret ones yet 
 living amongft us, that have not bowed the Knee 
 to Baal, and this Publick Way of adting brings 
 them out. — It much comforts me, wherever I 
 go, to fee fo many of God's Children, of all 
 Communions, come and wifli me good Luck 
 in the Name of the Lord. — I perceive People 
 would be every where willing to hear, if the 
 Minifters were ready to teach the Truth as it is 
 in J 'ej us. .— Lord, dj thou fpirit up more of my 
 dear Frienfo and Fellow -Labourers to go out into 
 the Highways and Hedges, to compel poor Sinners 
 to come in. Amen. — Received an excellent Let- 
 ter from the Reverend Mr. Fbenezer Erjkinc of 
 Scotland^ Brother to Mr. Ralph Erjkine, ac- 
 quainting me of his preaching laft Wek to four- 
 teen thoufand People. — The Lord furnijh us all 
 with jfiritual Food wherewith to feed fo great 
 Mu tituacs ! — Preached in the Evening at Ken- 
 nington Common to about fifteen thoufand Peo- 
 ple, and we had an extraordinary divine In- 
 fluence amongft us. — Oh ! that all who objeel a- 
 4 gwji 
 
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 gainjl this Way of preachings would come and 
 fee ! 
 
 Sunday, May 27. Preached this Morning at 
 Moorfields to about twenty thoufand, and God 
 maniiefted himfelf flill more and more. My 
 Difcourfe was near two Hours long. My 
 Heart was full of Love ; and People were fo 
 melted down on every Side, that the greateft 
 Scoffer, one would imagine, muft have owned 
 that this was the Finger of God.— Went twice 
 to publick Worfhip, received the blefled Sacra- 
 ment, and preached, as ufual, in the Evening at 
 Kennington Co?nmon, to about the fame Number 
 of People as I did laft Lord's Day. I was a little 
 hoarfe; but God ftrengthened me to fpealc fo as 
 not only to be heard, but, I truft, felt likewife, by 
 mod that flood near.— Glory be to GOD in the 
 Higheft ! 
 
 Monday, May 28. Preached, after earneft and 
 frequent Invitation, at Hackney, in a Field be- 
 longing to one Mr. R — . to about ten thou- 
 fand People. — I infifted much upon the Jleafon- 
 ablenefs of the Doctrine of the New Birth, and 
 the Neceffity of our receiving the Holy Ghofl in 
 its fanctifying Gifts and Graces, as well now as 
 formerly. God was pleafed to imprefs it moit 
 deeply upon the Hearers. Great Numbers were 
 drowned in Te2rs ; and I could not help expol- 
 ing the- Impiety of thofe vile Teachers, and 
 only thofe, who fay we are not now to receive 
 the Holy Ghofl, and count the Doctrine of 
 the New Birth Enthufiafnu Out cf your own 
 Mouths 1 wi I condemn you, you blind Guides. 
 Did you not, at the Time of Ordination, tell the 
 Bifljop, that you were inwardly moved by the Holy 
 Ghojl, to take upon you the. Adminijhation of the 
 Church? Surely^ at th«t Time, you aftcd the 
 
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 Crime of Ananias and Sapphira over again* Surely* 
 fays Bifhop Burnet? you lyed not only unto Man* 
 but unto GOD. 
 
 Tucfday? May 29. Went to publick Service 
 at JVeJlminJhr Abbey. Afterwards difpatched 
 Bufinefs for the Georgia Orphans, and preached at 
 Kennington to a moft devout Auditory with much 
 Sweetnefs and Power. The Subject I treated of, 
 was our Lord's Miracle of the Loaves and Fiflies £ 
 and I hope he who fed fo many Thoufands with 
 bodily Bread, did feed the Hearers Souls with the 
 Bread of Life which cometh down from Heaven, 
 
 JVednefday? May 30. Waited upon Dr. Butler* 
 Bifhop of Brijiol (who treated me with the utmoft 
 Civility) and received his Lorfhip's Benefa&ion 
 for- Georgia. At the Requeft of many, I preach- 
 ed in the Evening at Newington Common to about 
 15000 People. A moft commodious Place was 
 eredted for me to preach from. The Word 
 came with Power ; and fixteen Pounds nine Shil- 
 lings and Four-pence w T ere gathered for the Or- 
 phan-houfe. — IlleJJed be the Lord for thus far 
 profpering this Work ! 
 
 Thurjday? May 31. Was taken very ill this 
 Afternoon ; but God was pleafed to ftrengthen 
 me to go to Kennington? where I preached to my 
 ufual Congregation ; and three of my Brethren 
 * in the Miniitry were pleafed to accompany me, 
 which filled the People with great Joy. — O Lord 
 of the Harveji) fend forth? we befech thee* more 
 Labourer* into t)yy Harvefi. 
 
 Friday? June 1. Dined at Oldford? — gave a 
 fhort Exhortation to a few People in a Field, 
 and preached in the Evening at a Place called 
 
 ' y-Fair 7 near Hyde Park Corner. — TheCon- 
 K eregation 
 
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 gregation was, by far, the largeft I ever preached 
 to yet. — In the Time of Prayer there was a Jittle 
 Noife ; but a deep Silence was kept during my 
 whole Difcourfe. — An high and very commo- 
 dious Scaffold was erected for me to ftand upon ; 
 and tho' I was weak in myfelf, yet God 
 ftrengthened me to fpeak fo loud that moft could 
 hear ; and I truft feel alfo. — All Love, all Glory 
 be to GOD through Chri/l. 
 
 So weak, fo frail an Infirument, 
 
 If thou, my God, vouchfafe to ufe ; 
 'Tis Praife enough to be employ d, 
 
 Reward enough, if thou excufe. 
 Jf thou excufe, then Work thy Will 
 
 By Jo unfit an lnflrument -, 
 It will at once thy Goodnefsjbew, 
 
 And prove thy Pow'r Omnipotent. 
 
 Sa'urday, June 2. Sent another Quaker to 
 
 be baptifed by Mr. S . Colle&ed by 
 
 private Contributions near fifty Pounds for the 
 Orphans, and preached in the Evening to about 
 TOOOO at Hackney, where twenty Pounds twelve 
 Shillings and four Pence were gathered on the 
 fame Occafion. Before I went out to preach, 
 I was very fick and weak ; but I was enabled to 
 continue preaching for an Hour and an half, 
 and the People were diflolved in Tears, and 
 wept moft bitterly. It rained fome confiderable 
 Time, but almoft all were unmoved ; and I was 
 fo enlarged, by talking of the Love and Free 
 Grace of Jefus Chrijl, that I could have con- 
 tinued my Difcourfe till Midnight. — Faithful is 
 he that hath promifedy that they that wait on the 
 
 Lord 
 
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 I or J fn ill renew their Strength, Ob free Grace 
 in Cbtijl Jefus our Lord ! 
 
 Sunday, June 3. Preached at Mo:rficlds to a 
 larger Congregation than ever, and collected 
 Twenty-nine Pounds feventeen Shillings and nine 
 Pence for the Orphan-houfe 5 went twice to 
 publick Worfhip, received the Sacrament, and 
 preached in the Evening at Kennington Common ^ 
 to the moft numerous Audience I ever yet faw 
 in that Place, and collected Thirty-four Pounds 
 five Shillings. When I mentioned my Depar- 
 ture from them, they were melted into Tears.— 
 Thoufands of Ejaculations and fervent Prayers 
 were poured out to God on my Behalf, which 
 gave me abundant Reafon to be thankful to my 
 dear Mafter. — I am now going, I truft, under 
 the Conduit of God's holy Spirit and Provi- 
 dence, to Penfylvania and Virginia, and from 
 thence to Georgia, knowing not what will befal 
 me, favc that that Labours, Afflictions, and 
 Trials of all Kinds muft necelTarily abide me. O 
 my dear Friends pray that none of thefe Things 
 may move me, and that I may not count even 
 my Life dear unto myfelf, fo that I may finifh 
 my Courfe with Joy, and the Miniftry which I 
 have received of the Lord Jefus. 
 
 Captain of my Salvation , bear J 
 
 St r up thy Strength, and bow tbe Skies > 
 
 Be tbou the God f Battles near 3 
 In ail thy Majejly arife ! 
 
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 Steel me to Shame, Reproach, Difgracei 
 Arm me with all thy Armour ?ww 7 
 
 Set like a Flint my jleady Face, 
 Harden to Ada mam ?ny Broiv. 
 
 Bold may I wax, exceeding bold 
 My high Commifjion to perform. 
 
 Nor Jhrink thy harjheji Truths ? unfold, 
 But more than meet the gathering, Storm* 
 
 Adverfe to Earih's rebellious Throngs 
 Still may I turn my fearlfs Face y 
 
 Stand as an iron Pillar jlrong, 
 Andjtedfajl as a Wall of Br aft: 
 
 Give me thy Might* Thcu GOD of Paver* 
 
 Then let cr Men or Fiends a fail ! 
 Strong in thy Strength, Tllfiand a Tower 
 
 impregnable to Earth cr HelL 
 
 Blachheath, in Kent. 
 
 Monday, June 4. Went a fecond Time to pay 
 my Rcfpccis to the Archbifhop of Canterbury^ 
 but bis Grace was gone out. — Waited upon the 
 Bifhop of London, who ufed me very civilly. — 
 Finifhed all my Affairs according to mv Mind. 
 - — 7*ook Leave of my weeping Friends, and 
 went in Company with many of them to Blajk* 
 , where was near as large a Congregation 
 as there was at n the lad LcrePr-Day, — 
 
 i think I never was fo much enlarged fince I 
 have preached in the Fields.— My Difcourft 
 :iear two Hours long, and the People we 
 
 melted 
 
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 melted down, and wept fo loud, that they almolt 
 drowned my Voice. 
 
 Blenclcn. 
 
 Tnefday, June 5. Went in the Morning to 
 Blender!^ five Miles from Blackhead^ and en- 
 joy 'd a fweet Retreat at the Houfe of Mr. D — . 
 Preached with great Freedom of Heart at Bexley 
 Common, at 1 1 in the Morning, to about 300 
 People, and in the Evening, near fVodivicby to 
 feveral Thousands. — Then I return'd to Bl- 
 rejoicing, and (pent the Remainder of the 1/ 
 ing moft delightfully with many dear C 
 Friends, who came from London to f:c me. — 
 Oh! how does their five et Company caufe me to 
 for Communion amongfl the Spjrih ofjuji * 
 made perfect! 'Acc6mpli]b 9 O Lcrj 9 I befrech the} 9 
 the Number of thine Eu£i\ and I a fed tby-Kivg- 
 dom, 
 
 Bexley, and GravferJ. 
 
 Wedncfdax, June 6. Break faded with many 
 Friends, and gave a Word of Exhortation to 
 many more that came from London to bid me 
 
 Adieu. Their Hearts were ready to break 
 
 with Sorrow. About 10 in the Morning 
 
 read Prayers, and preached at BcxUy Church, 
 Mr. P- , the Vicar, my Brother and Fellow- 
 Labourer in Cbrjfi) having given me a preffing . 
 Invitation. — The Congregation was large, and 
 the Word feem'd to imprefs the Hearts of all 
 that heard it — Blcffed be God 1- — After Sermon we 
 dined with Mr. l J . and having taken a Farewel, 
 we left our Friends in Tears, and hafted to 
 K 3 Gravcf- 
 
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 Gravefer,d, where I read Prayers, and preached 
 in a Church near the Town to about 600 People. 
 
 1 have no Objiflion againf, but highly a f prove of 
 
 the Liturgy of our Church, would Minijlers lend 
 jnc their Churches to ufe it in. — If not, let them 
 blame themjelves, that I pray and preach in tie 
 Fields. 
 
 Grave/end, Bexley, r-nd Blendon. 
 
 Thwfday, June 7. Received two Letters from 
 Perfons, confeffing, that they came to hear me 
 out of a bad Motive, but were apprehended by the 
 free Grace of Jefus Chrijh — Anfwered them, and 
 
 fome others. Read Prayers, and preached in 
 
 the fame Church as I did laft Night. — Took 
 lome Refrefhment, returned in the Evening and 
 preached in Bexley Church, being much ex- 
 cited fo to do by the kind Sollicitations of Mr. 
 P. — The Congregation was much larger than 
 we could expedt, and mod feem'd deeply af- 
 fected. « — Here fome of Mr. D -'s Family 
 
 gave us the Meeting. — After Sermon I return'd 
 to their Houfe at Blendon, praifing and blefling 
 GOD, that we had once more an Opportunity 
 of building up each other in cur moft holy Faith. 
 ■ — Ob ! how fwat is this Retirement to my Soul ! 
 
 Friday, June 8. Preached at Bexley in the 
 Morning, and at Chariton in the Afternoon, whi- 
 ther I was invited by the Earl and Countefs of 
 JEgmont. Both before and after Sermon they en- 
 tertained me with the utmoft Civility. —My Heart 
 was much comforted by GOD, and at Night I 
 returned with my Friends to BLndon* Oh f the 
 
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 Comforts of having all of one Mind in a Houfe ! 
 It begins our Heaven upon Earth. 
 
 Saturday, jne 9. Was much pleafed and edified 
 in reading Bifhop Hall's Chrijl My/lical^ and £r- 
 sk Jti's Sermons. — Preached in the Evening at Dnl- 
 with) not to a very large Congregation, and went 
 afterwards to Blackheath % andfpenta mod agree- 
 able Evening with many Christian Friends, who 
 came thither on Purpofe to give me the Meeting. 
 — Bleffed be God, all behaved as tbo their Convcr- 
 fation was in Heaven* 
 
 BlendoHy Bexfy, and Blackheath. 
 
 Sunday > June 10. Haflen'd back to Blend:n 9 
 where more Chriftian Friends came laft Night to 
 fee me. — Preached with more Power than ever, 
 and aflifted in adminiftrino: the Sacrament to about 
 200 Communicants in Bexley Church. — Din'd, 
 
 gave Thanks, and fung Hymns at Mr. D 's. 
 
 — Preached with great Power in the Evening on 
 Blackheathy to above 20COO People, and col- 
 lected fixteen Pounds Cev^n Shillings for the Or- 
 phans. — After Sermon I went to the Green Man* 
 near the Place where I preached, and continued 
 till Midnight inftant in Prayer, Praife, and 
 Thankfgiving, and Chriitian Converfation. — I 
 believe there were near 50 or 60 of us in all. — 
 Great Decency, and much Devotion was to be 
 fcen. — Numbers flood by as Spectators. -—God 
 enlarged my Heart much in Prayer and Exhor- 
 tation.— And in fhort every Thing was fo well 
 regulated, that all unprejudiced Perfons that came 
 in muft fay, Surely God is in this Place* 
 
 K 4 Silent 
 
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 Silent have we been too h*g\ 
 jlw'dby Earth's rebellious Throng i 
 Thee if we Jhould jlitt deny, 
 Lord, the very Stones won! el cry, 
 
 Hal: . 
 
 Bexley, Dulwlch, and Blendori* 
 
 Monday, J-ne ir. Pray'd, fung with, and 
 m Exhortation to thofe that continued 
 at Blackbeath all Night — R.ead Prayers at Bix'cy 
 C hurch, din'd with Mrs. S — at Lewi/haw, a 
 Gentlewoman, who gladly received both me and 
 my Friends into her Houfe ; preached in the 
 Evening to a much larger Audience than before 
 lit Di-hvieh, and then halted back to B tendon, in 
 Company with fome who Love our Lord Jesus 
 in Sincerity. — Oh hew fwiftly and delightful} do 
 thfe Hmrs pafs away which are fpent in Chrijiian 
 Cohverfation ! 
 
 Blendon, Bex ley, and Blackbeath. 
 
 Tueflay, June 12. Read Prayers. at Bexley 
 Church — Begun (being preiTed thereto by my 
 Friends) to put fome of my Extempore Dif- 
 courfes into Writing — Preached at Blackbeath in 
 the Evening to about 20,000 People, and fpent 
 the remaining Part of the Night with rather 
 more Friends, and as much Chearfulnefs, De- 
 cency and Devotion, as on Sunday Night laft. — 
 Several People of different Ranks flood by, as 
 before ; fome, I hope, went away edified, for 
 God gave me great Enlargement of Soul, and 
 
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 the Exhortation, I truft, reached their Hearts. 
 —God grant we may thus always continue to let 
 cur Light Jhine before Men ! — // cannot but bring 
 Glory to our Father which is in Heaven. 
 
 JVednefday^ June 13. Retired in the Morning 
 to Blcndon, preached, as ufual, at Blackheathy 
 and went with my Fellow Travellers to Lewi/ham^ 
 
 about a Mile off, to the Houfe of Mrs. S , 
 
 who has frequently prefled me to abide there. — 
 After Supper I expounded to, and prayed with 
 feveral Gentlemen and Ladies whom Airs. S-— 
 had invited to hear the Word. — Ob that it may 
 take deep Root in their Hearts ! 
 
 Tburfday, June 14. Spent the whole Day in 
 my pleafant and profitable Retreat at Blendon— 
 And in the Evening had the Pleafure of intro- 
 ducing my Honoured and Reverend Friend Mr. 
 John IVeJlcy to preach at Blackheatb. — The Lcrd 
 give him ten thoufand Times ?nire Succefs than He 
 has given me! After Sermon, we fpent the Even- 
 ing moft agreeably together with many Chriftian 
 Friends at the Green Man— About ten we ad- 
 mitted all to come in that would The Room 
 
 was foon filled 1 exhorted and prayed for 
 
 near an Hour, and then went to Bed, rejoicing 
 that another frefli Inrode w r as made into Satan's 
 Territories, by Mr. IVeJley's following me in 
 Field Preaching in London as well as in BrijloL 
 — Lwdi /peak the Wordy and great /ball the Ccm- 
 pany of fuel? Preachers be. Amen. Amen. 
 
 Friday, June 15. Continued at Blendon all 
 Day. — Preached with great Power in the Even- 
 ing at Blackbeath to about as many as ufual, and 
 after retired to Lewijbam\ where I and my Friends 
 were again moft kindly rfaceiV*d by 'Mrs. S — . 
 K 5 
 
[ 202 ] 
 
 May the Lo d blefs her Houje as he did the Houfe 
 cf Obed-edom, and make each of our Souls an At k 
 cf the Holy Spirit ! 
 
 Saturday, June 16. Returned in the Morning 
 to BUndon— Finifhed fome Writings I had in 
 Hand, and preached in the Evening at Black- 
 heath on Abrahams Offering up his Son I/aac, — 
 God make us Partakers of juch a working obedient 
 Faith ! 
 
 Sundry , June 17. Preached with much Power 
 in BexLy Church, and helped to adminifter to 
 near 300 Communicants, moft of which came 
 from Lo don. — Baptiz'd a Perfon of 28 Years of 
 Age, whom God had work'd upon by my Mi- 
 niftry. Din'd at Blendon, and took fweet Coun- 
 fel with many Chriftian Friends — preached to 
 above 20,000 People at Blackhcatb, and after- 
 wards fupp'd again at the Green Man. There 
 were n ar 300 in the Room. — Let them count us 
 Vain-g rious for thus con) * effing Chrijl before Men. 
 <~It is a j ma II Thing who us to be judged of Mens 
 Judgm : t. — To our own Mnfter we Jl'and or fall, 
 what we are the laji Day willjhew. 
 
 Hertford. 
 
 Monday, June 18. An Embargo being laid 
 upon the Shipping for fome Weeks, I had Time 
 to go to Hertford, whither I was invited by fe- 
 veral preiiing Letters, declaring how God had 
 work'd by my Miniftry, when I was there laft. 
 . — We din'd and pray'd with Madam C — of 
 Newington and her Family, and reached the 
 Place intended by feven at Night— A moft kind 
 Reception I met with from many Chriftians — 
 
 At 
 
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 At eight I preached, according to Appointment, 
 with Freedom of Spirit, to about 4000 People, 
 who were quite filent and attentive — Blefled be 
 God, I found myfelf much ftronger than when 
 I was here laft — God grant I may fo live that ?ny 
 Progr>f> mav be made knowu unto all Men ! 
 
 Tuefday , June 19. Preached this Morning 
 about Seven o'Clock to near 3000 People with 
 uncommon Enlargement of Heart, and appa- 
 rent Succefs — Many came to me under ftrong 
 Convidtions of their fallen Eftate, and their want 
 oi a God- man to be their Mediator— Many I 
 heard of beiides who had been much wrought 
 on by the Word preached — Several Chriftian Fa- 
 milies, I find, had been comforted — And fuch 
 immediate Effects produced, that I could not 
 help rejoicing in Spirit exceedingly — Breakfafted, 
 
 din'd, pray'd, and fung Hvmns with Mr. S , 
 
 a Difienting Miniiter, was vilited by fome Qua- 
 kers, and in the Afternoon waited upon Mr. 
 
 lh ood, a Bapti/l Teacher, who, unknown 
 
 to me, had fent a Horfe to fetch me from Lm* 
 don. Preached about (even in the Evening to 
 about five thoufand Souls upon the Faith of Abra- 
 ham, in which GOD was pleafed to give me 
 great Freedom, and the People great Attention, 
 
 Broad Oa.h, in EJfiX. 
 
 Wednefdafi June 20. Set out about five n the 
 Morning, and hafted to Broad-oaks^ above 20 
 
 Miles from Hertford. About Twelve we got 
 
 thither, and perceived that Providence had lent 
 
 us moll opportunely to a Family, fome of whom 
 
 being born after the Spirit, are, for that Reafon, 
 
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 moft violently oppofed and perfecuted by thofe 
 Foes of their own Houfhold, who are only born 
 after the Flefh. A Clergyman has been em- 
 ployed to divert them from their prefent Madnefs, 
 as they call it ; and has done them the Honour 
 of Preaching againft them. — After having fpent 
 fome comfortable Hours together, we went to 
 JVimbijh Green, where Mr. Charles We/ley had 
 preached fome Time ago. I rode thither in a 
 Chaife, and preached from it to about 400 Peo- 
 ple, with great Freedom and Power. — About 
 nine we returned to Broad-oaks, and fpent the 
 moft heavenly Night I have known for a long 
 while. Oh ! how doubly fweet are Opportuni- 
 ties when we have been debarred of them for 
 fome Time ! I believe the Saints of old did 
 not want Comfort even when they were oblig- 
 ed to fhut the Doors for Fear of the Jews, or 
 hide themfelves in Dens and Caves of the 
 Faith. The Lord prepare us all for fucb an 
 Hour ! 
 
 S ffron-Walden. 
 
 Thurfday, June 21. Was much refrefhed by 
 laft Night's Reft.— Preached at Saffron -Wa 1 'den, 
 eight Miles from Broad oaks, to about 2 ooo Peo- 
 ple : Din'd with my Friends at Mr. F > 's. 
 
 Preached at five in the Evening to a like Con- 
 ion as before, and returned to Brsa 
 
 X and praifing GO D. My Sheep, jays 
 
 cur L;u', Lear my fiice. 
 
 Thajh 
 
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 Tbaxted, and Bijhop-Jiortfcrd. 
 
 Friday ', June 22. Read Part of Jenks's Sub- 
 miffion to the Right eoufnefs of Chri/l, a moll ex- 
 cellent Book. — Preached at nine in the Morning 
 at Tbaxted, about two Miles from Broad-oak s y 
 to upwards of iooo People, but with fuch 
 Sweetnefs and Power, as I have not felt fince 
 I came into Effex. About five we got thi- 
 ther, and at Jix, GOD enabled me to preach 
 with Power to near 4000 People. Many de- 
 vout Souls were prefent, and feveral Invitations 
 were given me in the Name of Cbrijl, to other 
 Parts of EJftx, which I promifed to do, fuppo- 
 fing the Embargo on the Shipping continued.— 
 
 Bleffed be God, this itinerant Preaching brings 
 me acquainted with Numbers of his Children , which 
 otherwife I might never have feen or heard of in 
 this Life. The united fervent Prayers of fo many 
 righteous Souls , undoubtedly will avail much in mj 
 Behalf 7 Lordy was ever Love like thine ! 
 
 • Blackheatb. 
 
 Saturday, June 23. Set out betimes from Z?/- 
 foop-flortford, and reached Blackheatb about three 
 
 in the Afternoon. Preached at (even in the 
 
 Evening to about 1000 People. The Small- 
 
 nefs of the Congregation was occafioned by a 
 
 Report that I was dead. Wherever I came I 
 
 found the People much furprized and rejoiced to 
 fee me alive. — Bw, alas ! 1 fear I am not j 
 if I am to live, may it be to declare thy Works , 
 
 Lord! 
 
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 Bexley. 
 
 Sunday, June 24. Read Prayers, and aflifted in 
 administering the Sacrament at Bexley Church. — . 
 Many came from far, and expecled to hear me, 
 but the Diocefan had been pleafed to infill on the 
 Vicar's denying me the Pulpit,— Preached in 
 the Afternoon to about 300 People in Juftice 
 D — 's Yard, and in the Evening on Blackh<ath, 
 to upwards of 20000, on thefe Words, Ad they 
 cr.ji him out. I recommended to the People the 
 Example of the blind Beggar, and reminded them 
 of preparing for a gathering Storm. — God grant 
 we may learn when we are reviled, not to revile 
 again^ when we fujfer may we threaten net, but 
 ctrmmt our Souls into the Hands of kirn that judgcth 
 rigkteovjly f 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 Monday and Tuefday, June 25. Came hither 
 privately laft Night. — 1 00k Coach about 1 1 
 and reached Cirencejler by 10 the next Even- 
 ino - . Ju/fly may 1 jay, 1 am a Stranger and 
 Pilgrim upon Earth : For I have here no continu- 
 ing City. — May I always be preparing my/elf for 
 that which is to come, a City not made with Hands, 
 eternal in the Heavens, whoje Builder and Maker 
 is God ! 
 
 Cirencejler and GUuceJler. 
 
 JVednefday, Ji>ne 26. Waited on the Mi- 
 iiifter of the Panih, and afked him for the life 
 
 of 
 
 
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 of his Pulpit, but he refuted it.— Went to pub- 
 lic Worfhip at n. and preached to about 3000 
 People in a Field near the Town about 12. — 
 Was afterwards vifited by icvcral gracious Souls 
 of the BaptijFs Congregation, who brought me 
 five Guineas for the Orphan-houfe. Set out 
 about Four in the Afternoon, and reached Glou- 
 eejler about Seven in the Evening, where I found 
 the late Report of my being dead had only ferv'd 
 to make my prefent Vifit more welcome. — Thus 
 all Things zvork together for Good to thofe that love 
 GaL — Soon after J came into Town, I vifited 
 the Society, and expounded for the Space of an 
 Hour to more People than the Room (tho' it 
 was large) would contain. Blcffed be GOD, 
 all heard the Word moft gladly : — And I truft 
 the Seed fown when I was here lall, was not all 
 ibwn on irony, or thorny Ground. — This is t^e 
 Lcrd's Doing — To him he all the GLry through 
 Jejus C'jnjf. 
 
 Gloucejicr. 
 
 Thurfday^ June 27. Preached in the Morning 
 to about 1000 People in my Brother's Field. — 
 Went to publiclc Prayers at the Cathedral. — 
 Waited upon the Bifhop, who received me very 
 civilly.— Vifited fome fick Perfons in the After- 
 noon who lent for me.— Preached at Night to 
 upwards of 3000. — GOD was pleafed to give 
 me uncommon Freedom and Liberty in fpeaking. 
 Great Numbers were melted into Tears, and 
 moft, I believe, went convided away. Thanks 
 be to Goo 7 , who thus giveth us the Viitory through 
 cur Lord J ejus ChriJI. 
 
 * Gku- 
 
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 GlouceJleV) and Painfwlck, 
 
 Friday, June 29. Preached in my Brother^ 
 Field in the Morning to a large and very affect- 
 ed Congregation, went to the Cathedral Service, 
 vifited fome religious Friends, and preached (at 
 the earneft Invitation of many who had heard 
 before ) to above 3000 Souls in Painfwick- 
 Jireet. All was hufh'd and filent. The Divine 
 Prefence was amongft us ; and all feem'd to re- 
 joice and thank GOD abundantly.-*-// well be- 
 tometh the Righteous to be thankful. 
 
 Stroud, and Gloucejler* 
 
 Saturday, June 30. Spent the Evening with 
 fome Chriftian Friends, lay at Painfwick> and 
 preached about Ten in the Morning to near 2000 
 People, in the Bowling-Green belonging to the 
 George-Lm in Stroud, three Miles from thence. — 
 GOD was with us. — After Sermon, I went in 
 Company with many Friends to Glmcefler, where 
 I preached at Seven in the Evening to a larger 
 and more affected Congregation than ever. Bleff- 
 
 bi God, the Word has free Courfe. — Oh ! that 
 it may run and be glot ijicd through all the Earth. 
 
 Glmc>jur, Randivick, and Hampton-Common.' 
 
 day, July 1. Preached at Seven in the 
 Morning to a much increased Audience in my 
 Brother's Field. — Breakfafted at GLuctjlsr, and) 
 preached at Eleven in the Morning, read Pray- 
 ers in the Aiternoun, and preached again in the 
 
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 Afternoon at Rand-wick Church, about Seven 
 Miles from Ghucejler. The Church was quite 
 full, about 2000 were in the Churchyard, 
 by taking down the Window that lay behind the 
 Pulpit, had the Conveniency of hearing. Many 
 wept forely. After Evening Service I hafted to 
 Hampton C'.mmcn, and to my great Surprift, 
 found, as was computed, near 20000 on Horfe- 
 back and Foot ready to hear. New Strength was 
 imparted to me from above. I fpoke with greater 
 Freedom than I had done all the Day before, and 
 about twelve at Night I reached Gbucejicr much 
 frefher than when I left it in the Morning. Surely 
 Jifiu Chrijl is a gracious Majiir. They that ivait 
 upon htmlhall renew their Strength. 
 
 Monday, July 2. Preached this Morning in 
 my Brother's Field to a larger Audience than 
 
 ever. Found my Spirits much exhaufted by 
 
 Yefterday's Labours, but notwithftanding a fweet 
 Power was amongft us. — After Dinner I went 
 to Tcwksburyj where I found much Oppofition 
 had been made by the Bailiff againft my Coming, 
 —Upon my Entrance into the Town, I found 
 the People much alarmed, and as foon as I was 
 got into the Inn, four Conftables came to attend 
 me. But a Lawyer being there who was my 
 Friend, he demanded the Conftable's Warrant, 
 who being not able to produce one, he fent them 
 about their Bufinefs. At eight o'Clock I went 
 into a Field lent me by one Mr. H — ds, which 
 lay without the Liberties of the Town. — My 
 
 Audience confifted of 2 or 3000 People. 1 
 
 fpoke with Freedom, and moft, as I afterward- 
 
 heard, went fatisfied and affeited away. The 
 
 Remainder of the Evening I fpent moft agree- 
 ably 
 
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 ably with many Chriftian Friends who accom- 
 panied me on my Journey.— I perceived a frefh 
 Supply of Spirits to be given me from above, and 
 rejeted in that God ubo Lads us en from cenquer- 
 tng to conquer. 
 
 Tt wis bury y and Evefiam. 
 
 Tuefday^ July 3. Waited this Morning upon 
 
 Mr. J j, one of the Town- Bailiffs, and 
 
 afked him in Meeknefs, " For what Reafon he 
 fent the Conftables after me ?" ' He faid, " It 
 was the Determination not of himfelf, but of 
 all the Council."— He then faid,, " T he Peo- 
 ple were noify, and reflected upon the Bai- 
 liffs." I anfwered, " that was owing to their 
 fending the Conftables with their Staves to 
 apprehend me, when I (hould come into 
 
 Town." Upon this he began to be a little 
 
 angry, and told me, c< A certain Judge faid, 
 he would take me up as a Vagrant, was 1 to 
 preach near him." I anfwered, " he was 
 very welcome to do as he pleafed. But I ap- 
 prehend no Magiflrate had Power to flop my 
 Preaching even in the Streets, if I thought pro- 
 per." " No, Sir, fays he, if you preach 
 here To-morrow, you fhall have the Confta- 
 bles to attend you." After this I took my 
 
 Leave, telling him, " I thought it my Duty 
 as a Minifter to inform him, that Magiftrates 
 were intended to be a Terror to evil Doers, 
 and not to thofe who do well. And I defired, 
 he would be as careful to appoint Conftables 
 to attend at the next Horfe Race, Balls, and 
 Aflemblies," &c. 
 About nine in the Morning we left Tttvksburji 
 and reached Evefoam about Nooa). — The pocr 
 
 People 
 
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 People were much alarmed, hearing I had been 
 
 abufed at Tewkfbun. And the Magiftrates of 
 
 Evrjham had threatened to apprehend me if I 
 
 preached within their Liberties After this I 
 
 went to a Friend's Houfe to cat Bread, and came 
 to my Inn, wifhinjj; that all felt the Love of God 
 fhed abroad in their Hearts — Then would this Op- 
 position aaje. 
 
 Evsjhjm> Per/here^ Tewkibury^ and Gloucejier. 
 
 Wednefday^ July 4. Preached by kvtn in the 
 Morning at Eve/ham^ breakfafted at an hofpit- 
 able Quaker s Houfe, and went in Company with 
 about thirty to Perjhore^ where I was kindly in- 
 vited by Mr. P. the prefent Incumbent, who gave 
 me the Meeting as I was going to the Church. 
 ■ — I read Prayers, and preached with Power- 
 Several Clergymen were prefent, and after Ser- 
 mon Mr. P. fent me his Thanks, and gave me 
 another Invitation to Per/lore. The Inhabitants 
 were much affected, and I was receiv'd gladly 
 into fome of their Houfes, and requefted to come 
 
 to Others. About five in the Evening I took 
 
 an affectionate Leave of Evefcam Friends, and in 
 Company with about 1 20 on Florfeback went to 
 
 Tewksbury^ which was much alarmed. The 
 
 Streets were crowded with People from all Parts. 
 — I rode immediately through the Town, preached 
 to about (coo Hearers in a Field lent us by Mr. 
 P. but faw no Conftables that came either to mo- 
 led or attend on me — Immediately after Sermon 
 I took Horfe, and reached GUuctfter near Mid- 
 night. Sh'julrifi Thou c:me, O Lor \ at thai 
 
 Time j may we be r.ady to go for th to me t tree ' 
 
 Glm* 
 
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 Gkucejier, and ChefforcL 
 
 Thurfday, July 5. Preached about Ten in the 
 Morning, as ufual, to a numerous and deeply 
 afFeclcd Audience ; and my own Heart was full 
 of Love to my dear Countrymen. — Many Friends 
 after this came to take Leave of me, and told 
 ine what GCD had done for their Souls. — About 
 five in the Evening, I reached Cbaffard Common, 
 and at feven preached till it was near dark to up- 
 wards of icooo People. Biejjld be the Lord 
 
 Gcd of Ifrael, who delight eth in the Prof ferity of 
 his Servants, 
 
 BRISTOL. 
 
 Friday, July 6. Lay at the Houfe of Mr. 
 
 Wa n, a Clothier, two Miles from Chefford. 
 
 — Rofe at Six, and after Family Duty, and taking 
 a little Breakfaft, we fet forwards towards Bri- 
 
 jhl At Petty France fome Friends met us, 
 
 afterwards more joined us, and before we came 
 within two Miles of Briflol^ our Company en- 
 
 creafed very confiderably. At Seven in the 
 
 Evening I preached at Baptijl Mills, to about 6 
 or 7000 People, who were much melted by the 
 Power of GOD's Word.—/ hope they will re- 
 ceive a fee on d Benefit. 
 
 Sunday i July 8. Preached at the Bowling- 
 Green to about ioooo People, greatly affeded 
 indeed.— About 11, I preached again at h 
 narn-Mount to near as many Hearers, and at Se- 
 ven in the Evening to about 20000 at Rofe- 
 Green — and obferved fuch a vifible Alteration in 
 the Congregation for the better, that convinces 
 me more and more that GOD is with us of a 
 Truth.— -As cur ( safes, I dcult 
 
 
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 but the Manifeflations of God's Prefencc amongfl 
 us will encreafe alfo. 
 
 Tuefday^July 10. Preached Yefterday Evening 
 at the Brick-Yard to about 8000 People — and 
 preached afterwards to feveral thoufand Strangers 
 and Colliers, in the School-houfe, which has 
 been carried on fo fuccefsfully, that the Roof is 
 ready to be put up. A great and vifible Al- 
 teration is made in the Behaviour of the Colli- 
 ers. Inftead of Curfing and Swearing, they are 
 heard to fing Hymns about the Woods ; and the 
 Profpeft of their future Welfare filled me with 
 Joy unfpeakable. They took a moft affec- 
 tionate Leave of me. Lord put thou their 
 
 Tears into thy Bottle ! Went immediately af- 
 ter Sermon was ended with Mr. Wefley, and fe- 
 veral other Friends, to Bath, and preached there 
 to about 3000 People at Seven in the Evening 
 It rained a little all the while, but the Peo- 
 ple were very patient and attentive, and I never 
 had fuch Power given me to fpeak to the polite 
 
 Scoffers before. Oh that the Scales were re- 
 
 moved from the Eyes of their Minds ! 
 
 Bath and Brijlol 
 
 Wednefday, Julyii. Preached at n in the 
 Morning, to a larger Audience than laft Night, 
 
 and almofl: with equal Power.- Haftencd to 
 
 Brifiol, and preached in the Evening at Brtptfl- 
 Mills to a large Congregation. It rained much 
 
 • But, bleffed be G OD, the People's Hearts 
 
 are fo far influenced by the Gofpel of Chrift, that 
 they care but little whether it rains orjbines. 
 
 Ihurflay, July 12. Was bufieu moft of the 
 Day in fitting a Sermon for the Prefs On the In- 
 dwell- 
 
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 dwelling of the Spirit. Preached in the Even- 
 ing to 8 or 9000 People in the Bowling-Green, 
 with great Freedom and Power, and afterwards 
 fpent an Hour moft delightfully with Tome Chrif- 
 tian Friends. — Bleffed be God for the Communion 
 of Saints ! Oh I u hen foali I be tranflated to the 
 Communion of the S pints ofjufl Men made perfft ! 
 Js the Hart panteth after the Water Brooks, jo 
 dctb my Soul long after that p erf eft Fellowship with 
 the Sons of God I 
 
 Friday, July 13. Preached my Farewel 
 Sermon at 7 in the Morning to a weeping 
 and deeply affefled Audience. — My Heart was 
 full, and I continued near two Hours in Prayer 
 and Preaching. — The poor People fhed many 
 Tears, and fent up Thoufands of Prayers in my 
 Behalf, and would fcarce let me go away. — 
 Their Mites they moil chearfully contributed to 
 the School -Houie at King/wood :—Blejpd te G.d 
 for feeing this Increafe of his Mercy ! — Retired 
 after Sermon to vent my Heart, which was ready 
 to burft with a Senfe of God's efpecial, dlffin- 
 guifhing, repeated Favours. — Dined with and 
 took a moft affectionate Leave of a whole 
 Roomful of weeping Friends. Set out about 4 
 o'Clock, and reached Thomlury about 8 in the 
 Evening. — It raining exceeding hard moft Part 
 of the Day, there were but few Country People. 
 — However, I preached to about 600 from a 
 Table in the Street. — / h pe Gcd gave it his 
 Bleffing. 
 
 Thorn bury, and Glou:efler, 
 
 Saturday, July 14. Peached at 8 this Morn- 
 ing to an attentive Congregation.— Breakfafted 
 
 at 
 
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 at a Quaker's, and reached GlouceJler^With Mr. 'John 
 ITtjhy, and fome others, by 3 in the Afternoon. 
 — Went to the Cathedral Prayers, dined, and 
 afterwards preached to a Congregation a third 
 Part larger than 1 have had in this Place before, 
 — Lord make me truly bumble and thankful ! 
 
 Swiday, July 15. Left Mr. Wtfhrfa to preach 
 to about 7000 Souls in GloucejUr. And had the 
 Pleafure afterwards of hearing that the People 
 heard him gladly. — Preached twice in Randwiek 
 Church, and affirted in adminiftring the Sacra- 
 ment to 270 Communicants. — The Congrega- 
 tions were larger than when I preached laft.— - 
 My Body being weak, I fpoke with very lit- 
 tle Power in the Morning ; but in the After- 
 noon, God caufed me to renew my Strength, 
 and I preached with much Freedom and Power ; 
 and in the Evening at Hampton Common, I was en- 
 abled to preach to about 20000 Souls. — All be- 
 haved with great Reverence and Devotion ; and 
 after I had done I received frefli Invitations to 
 different Places, which I propofed to comply 
 with, if the Lord fhould permit — Never did 
 I fee People more eager after the fmcere Milk 
 \ of tht IVord. 
 
 Monday^ July 16. Lay laft Night at the 
 
 Houfe of Mr. E s of Ebly % and had a moil 
 
 comfortable Time of it. — Went to Tedbury, a- 
 : bout fix Miles from thence, having been ear- 
 < neftly invited feveral Times, and preached at 
 Noon to about 4000 People. — Many gracious 
 Souls of divers Denominations came to meet 
 me, with whom I took fweet Couniel ; went af- 
 terwards, in Company with feveral Friends, to 
 I Malm/bury in JViltJhire> about 3 Miles from 
 
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 Tedbury, whither I had been invited by a Letter * 
 figned by 52 Perfons. — At 7 I preached to about 
 3000 People, who, I believe, felt the Power of 
 God's Word. — Much Oppofition had been made 
 againft my coming, — And the Minifter in parti- 
 cular had wrote to the Church-warden to flop 
 me, — But he was more noble. — Numbers, as I 
 heard afterwards, who were vaftly prejudiced a- 
 gainft me by lying Reports, went away convinced 
 that I fpoke the Words of Truth and Sobernefs.. 
 —7bou foalt anfwer for me-> O Lord my God* 
 
 Tuefday^ July 17. Lay with my Fellow-Tra- 
 vellers at the Houfe of Mr. L — , who moft 
 gladly received us for our Matter's Sake. — Here 
 I had a Thorn in the Flefh fent to buffet me, was 
 weak in Body, and defertedin my Soul ; with great 
 inward Relu&ance I rofe and preached to about 
 2000 Souls at 8 in the Morning, then I retired to 
 my Bed again, with an unfpeakable Prefiure upon 
 my Heart till Noon. — Then I went and paid my 
 Refpedts to the chief Magiftrate, who was my 
 Friend, and reached Cirencefter about fix in the 
 Evening. — Here alfo Men breathed out Threat- 
 jiings againft me, but were not impowered to 
 put them in Execution. — Numbers came from 
 Neighbouring Towns. — The Congregation was 
 as large again as when I preached here laft. — 
 God enabled me, to fpeak. boldly : — Every Thing 
 was carried on with Decency and Order, and 
 my inward Comforts began to return again : — 
 God will not always bj chiding^ neither keepethfle 
 his Anger for ever — How heavily do I drive \ 
 God takes off my Char let Wheels ! — Lord gk 
 Humility , or I die ! 
 
 Ci i 
 
[ 2I 7 ] 
 
 Cirencefler, and Abingdon. 
 
 JFidnefday, July 18. Found more than ever 
 the Truth of the wife Man's Saying, Wo be to 
 him that is alone , for when he fourth he hath not 
 another to lift him up. — Breakfafted with one Mr. 
 
 H r, and preached at 7 in the Morning to 
 
 about as numerous a Congregation, but with 
 much greater Spirits than laft Night — The Place 
 where I preached was exceeding convenient — 
 I flood in the Valley, and the People on an Af- 
 cent that formed a molt beautiful Amphitheatre. 
 — After I had done, God gave us fome ex- 
 traordinary Inftances of the Power of his Word,, 
 — Lord, not unto me, but unto thy Name be all the 
 Glory. — Left Cirencefler about 1 1, dined at Leatch* 
 lade, where the Inhabitants were very importu- 
 nate to hear me, would Time have permitted,, 
 —I reached Abingdon, 22 Miles from Cirence- 
 fler, about 7, and preached to feveral thoufands 
 ibon after I came in. — Much Oppofition had 
 been made againft my Coming — The Landlord, 
 whofe Houfe we offered to put up at, genteelly 
 told us, he had not Room for us ; and number- 
 lefs Prejudices had been induftrioufly fpread to 
 prevent mv Succefs — But God ftrengthened me 
 after my Journey, and enabled me to fpeak, I 
 Uuft, to the Hearts of many — Goa's Word will 
 make its own IVay, let Men fay what they pleafe. 
 Chriflians Weapons are not carnal, but mighty thro* 
 the Divitii Power a to the pulling down Satan s 
 Strcng-h;l.is, 
 
 L 
 
[218 ] 
 
 Aoingchn^ and Bafin?flole. 
 
 Thurfday^ July 19. At the Requeft of feveral 
 well-difpofed People, preached again this Morn- 
 ing, though not to fo great a Number as before 
 
 . A fwcet Power was amongft us. The 
 
 Hearers melted into Tears. My Heart was 
 
 full of Love, and their's alfo were much af- 
 fected. — Oh ! zuhat ajudden Alteration d:es this 
 Fooliftmefs of Preaching ?nake in the mojl obftinate 
 Hearts ! 'Tis but for God to /peak the Word^ and 
 the Lion is turned into a Lamb. — Oh! that we 
 were like that dear Lamb of God^ who died to 
 take awiy the Sins cf the iVor'.d!— Breakfafted 
 with Mr. F — r, who with many other Friends 
 exprefTed great Tokens of Friendship for me and 
 my Fellow Travellers— Set out at 1 1, dined at 
 ////)', and reached Brfwgfoke about 7 at Night — 
 Perceiving myfelf languid and weary, I lay down 
 upon the ]>eu foon after our coming into the Inn, 
 but was foon refrefhed with the News, that the 
 Landlord, one of whofe Children was wrought 
 upon when I was there laft, would not let us 
 ftay under his Roof; upon which I immediately 
 role and went to another Inn ; but the People 
 made a Mock of both me and my Friends as 
 we pad along, fhot out their Arrows, even bit- 
 ter Words, and Fire-Rockets were thrown 
 
 around the Door It was now near eight 
 
 o'Clock, and too late to preach ; I therefore re- 
 tired from my Friends, gave God Thanks for 
 accounting me worthy to fuffer Reproach for his 
 Name's Sake, and about an Hour after received 
 the following Letter by the Hands of the Con- 
 iiable from Mr. Mayor. 
 
 SIR, 
 
[ 2I 9 J 
 
 SIR, 
 
 l Being a Civil Magiftrate in this Town, I 
 thought it my Duty, for the Prefervation of 
 Peace, to forbid you, or at leaft difwade you, 
 from preaching here. If you perfift in it, in 
 all Probability, it may occafion a Disturbance, 
 which I think is your Duty, as a Clergyman, 
 as well as mine, to prevent. If any Mifchicf 
 fhould enfue (whatever Pretence you may after- 
 wards make in your own Behalf) I am fatisfied 
 it will fall on your own Head, being timely cau- 
 tioned by me, who am, 
 
 SIR, 
 
 J *J ° * four tnoft humble Servant. 
 
 P. S. The Legiflature has wifely made Laws for 
 the Prefervation of the Peace, therefore I hope, 
 no Clergyman lives in Defiance of them. 
 
 To this I immediately fent the following An- 
 fwer : 
 
 Honoured Sir y 
 
 c I thank you for your kind Letter, and I hum- 
 1 bly hope a Senfe of your Duty, not a Fear 
 ' of Man, caufed you to write it. If fo, give 
 c me Leave to remind you, Honoured Sir, as a 
 c Clergyman, you ought to be a Terror to evil 
 
 * Doers, but a Praife to them that do well— I 
 
 * know of no Law againft fuch Meetings as 
 
 L 2 ' mine 
 
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 4 mine — If any fuch Law be exifting, I believe 
 4 you will think it your Duty to apprize me of 
 4 it, that I may not offend againft it— If no 
 4 Law can be produced, as a Clergyman, I think 
 c it my Duty to inform you, that you ought to 
 4 protect, and not any ways to difcourage, or 
 4 permit others to difturb, an Aflembly of People 
 4 meeting together purely to worfhip God. 
 4 To-morrow, I hear, there is to be an AfTembly 
 4 of another Nature ; be pleafed to be as careful 
 4 to have the publick Peace preferved at that, 
 4 and to prevent prophane Curfing and Swearing, 
 4 and Perfons breaking the fixth Commandment, 
 4 by bruifing each other Bodies by Cudgelling 
 4 and Wreftling; and if you do not this, 1 fhall 
 4 rife up againft you at the great Day, and be a 
 4 fwift Witncfs againft your Partiality. I am, 
 
 Hontmred Sir, 
 
 Tour very humble Servant, 
 
 George Whitefield. 
 
 Friday, "Jidy 23. After Breakfaft waited in 
 Perfon upon Mr. Mayor, to fee what Law could 
 be produced againft our Meetings —Aflbon as I 
 began to talk with him, I perceived he was a 
 little angry, and faid, "Sir, you fneered me in 
 
 ■ Letter you fent laft Night — Though J am a 
 Butcher, yet Sir, fays be, I — " I replied, u I ho- 
 fc - noured him as a Magiftrate, and only defired 
 *« to know what Law could be^produced againft 
 tC my Preaching : In my Opinion there was 
 
 tc none." 1 then inftanced the Trial of 
 
 P — the Quaker, where the Jury, notwithftand- 
 
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 ing they were (o hardly ufed, brought a Verd 
 in Favour of him — " Sir, fays he, you ought to 
 preach in a Church" — u And i'o I would, replied 
 J, if your Alinifter would give me Leave" — " Sir, 
 cc laid he, I believe you have fome finifter Ends 
 <c in View — Why do you go about making a Di- 
 11 fhirbance ?" I anfwered, I make no Difturbance 
 — And it was hard I could not come into Town 
 without being intuited — It Was your Bufinefs, Sir, 
 laid I, to wait, and if there was any Riot in our 
 Meetings, then, and not till then, it is your 
 Duty to interpofe — Then faid he, <c Sir, you 
 wrote to me about the Revel To-day — I have de- 
 clared againft it" — But, faid I, Sir, you ought to 
 go and read the Riot- Aft, and put an entire Stop 
 to it — I then prefled him to (hew me a I. 
 againft cur meeting to worfiiip God; — He. 
 fwered, u It was an odd Way of preaching — 
 u But, Sir, fays he, I muft go > a 
 
 " Fair—Before you came I had wrote you another 
 c< Letter, which I will fend you yet, if you pic 
 —Upon this I thanked him, paid him the Rl- 
 fpecl due to a Magiftrate, and took my Leave — 
 Soon after I was returned to my Company, he 
 fent me the following Letter. 
 
 Rev. Sir, Bafingftoke, July 20, 1730. 
 
 c I received your extraordinary Letter, and 
 % could expeft no other from fo uncommon a 
 * Genius. 
 
 6 I apprehend your Meetings to be unlawful, 
 f having no Toleration to protect you in it. My 
 c Apprehenfions of Religion always was, and I 
 c hope always w r ill be, that God is to be wor- 
 J (hipped in Places confecrated, and fet a-part 
 L 3 \ for 
 
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 for his Sefvice, and not in Brothels, and Pla- 
 ces where all Manner of Debauchery may 
 have been committed ; but how far this is 
 confident with your Actions, I leave you to 
 judge. 
 
 * As for the other Aflembly you are pleafed to 
 mention, 'tis contrary to my Will, having 
 never given my Confent to it, nor approved of 
 it, but difcouraged it before your Reverendfhip 
 came to this Town; and if thefe Cudgellers 
 perfift in it, I fhall fet them upon the fame 
 Level with you, and think you all Breakers of 
 the public Peace — You very well know there 
 are Penal Laws againft Curling and Swearing, 
 and I could wifh there were the fame againft 
 Deceit andHypocrify — Your appearing againft 
 me as a fwift Witnefs, at the Day of Judg- 
 ment, I muft own, is a moft terrible Thing, 
 and may ferve as a Bugbear for Children, or 
 People of weak Minds ; but believe me, Re- 
 verend Sir, thofe Difguifes will have but lit- 
 tle Weight amongft Men of common Under- 
 standing. 
 
 Tours, &c. 
 I told j^ou I had a Letter 
 wrote: I made bold to fend it. 
 
 To this I fent the following Anfwer :' 
 
 Honoured Sir, 
 ' Does Mr. Mayor do well to-be angry ? Alas, 
 what Evil have I clone ! I honour you as a 
 Magiftrate ; but as a Minifter I am obliged to 
 ha, no Refpedt of Perfons — Your appn 
 ;V my Meetings to be unlawful, does not 
 
 4 make 
 
[ 22 3 ] 
 
 make them to be Co —There's no need of a 
 Toleration to protect me, when I do not act 
 unconformable to any Law, Civil or Eccle- 
 fiaftical— Be pleafcd to prove that my Meetings 
 are Schifmatical, Seditious, or Riotous, and 
 then I will fubmit — But you fay they are upon 
 unconfecrated Ground — Honoured Sir, give 
 m.> Leave to inform you, that God is not now 
 confined to Places, but feeketh fuch to worfhip 
 him, who worfhip him in Spirit and in Truth ; 
 and where two or three are gathered together 
 in Cbrijl's Name, there will Chriji be in the 
 Midft of them— The Church, by our Mini- 
 fters in their Prayer before their Sermons, is de- 
 fined not to be the Church-Walls, but a Con- 
 gregation of Chriftian People ; fuch is mine. 
 As for judging me— to my own Mafter I ftand 
 or fall; at his dreadful Tribunal I will 
 you, and then you fhall fee what is in the 
 Heart of. 
 
 Honoured Slr 9 
 
 BafingftokC) 
 
 July 20, 1739. Tour very humble Servant^ 
 
 George Whitefield. 
 
 • About eight o'Clock I went into a Field, 
 lent me by Mr. H n ; and tho' one faid, I 
 fhould not go alive out of Bajingfioke if I preached 
 there, and another faid J the Drum fhould beat 
 juft by me, yet I had little or no Interruption ; 
 and God gave me fuch gre t F reedom in i peaking 
 againft Revelling, and thole few Scoffers that 
 were there, that the, were quite over-awed. — 
 L 4 As 
 
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 As I came from the Field, paffing through 
 the Church-Yard, the Boys, headed by fome 
 of the bafer Sort, faluted me as before, and 
 called me ftrange Names, which, I truft, was 
 received in fomewhat of the Spirit of our dear 
 ,i(ter. — From Bajmgjioke I intended to go to 
 ndfor, but having not fent to any in that 
 Place, and longing for a little Retirement, I lay 
 rit u tains, i:nd fpent fome Hours in fweet Fellow- 
 ship with my dear Fellow Travellers. — O what 
 a blejjed Thing it is for Brethren to dm ell together 
 in Unity. ! 
 
 L O N D O A 7 . 
 
 Saturday, July 2r. Set out a little after fcxtr 
 in the Morning, arid reached London by Break- 
 Time.— Settled my Affairs, rejoiced with 
 jny dear Friends, and preached in the Evening 
 to upwards of ten thoufand at Kmnington Com- 
 m n — The Poor Souls were ready to leap for 
 Joy — The Word feemed to fink deep into their 
 
 Hearts. Great Numbers melted into Tears, 
 
 and my own Heart overflowed with Love to- 
 wards them Bleffed be God for what has 
 
 been done here, fince I left London, by my ho- 
 fciourad Friend and Fellow Labourer, Mr. 
 Charles JVejl-y.—All Lev,, all Glory he to GOD, 
 for giving filch an Increafe ! 
 
 Sunday, July 22. Preached at feven in the 
 Morning to about 2OC00 at Moor fields — A greater 
 Power than ever was amongft us — Scoffers and 
 curious Perfons daily drop off — Mofr that come 
 now, I hope, do not come out of Curiofity. — 
 Scarce ever, I believe, did People offer their 
 
 Mites more willingly. 1 collected 24/. 17 J. 
 
 for 
 
(. 2 2 5 ] 
 
 for the School-Houfe that is erecting at Kings-' 
 wood, and all feemed follicitous how to ex- 
 
 prefs their Affection. Went to St. Paul's, 
 
 and received the bleiled Sacrament, and preach- 
 ed in the Evening at Kenninvt on-Common to about 
 30000 Hearers. God gave mc great Power, and 
 1 never before opened my Mouth fo freely to con- 
 fute thofe, who either make our Sanctificatior* 
 a Caufe of, whereas it is the Effect of our Jufti- 
 fication before God, or fo interpret away the 
 Meaning of all the Doctrines of the Spirit, as to 
 make Regeneration confift only in a Defire and 
 good Difpofition to do the Will of God ; or, 
 in other Words, in an outward Decency oT 
 Life, and a Morality falfely fo called. This is 
 the Sum and Subftance of the Generality of our 
 Mcdernizers of Chriftianity. — God only knows 
 the Heart \ but I truft I do not fpeak out of Re- 
 fentment — No, I heartily wifli all the Lord's 
 Servants were Prophets — But I cannot fee pre- 
 cious Souls finking into Papifl'cal Ignorance, 
 and Deifm refined, and not open my Mouth 
 againjft thofe, who by their fenfual lukewarm 
 Lives, and unfcriptural fuperficial Doctrines, caufe 
 them to err — LORD, fend out, ue befeccb thee, 
 fend out thj Li'jht, and thy Truth. Even fo eca:e, 
 LORD JESUS, come quickly ! 
 
 Monday, July 23. This Day I received the 
 following Letter from the worthy Quaker at 
 Bafingflcke, at whofe Houfe I lodged. 
 
 IL 5 Bafing- 
 
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 Bafmgjloke, July 2 r , 1739. 
 
 c Afy Dear Friend, 
 4 Wheii I Yefterday went up to thy Inn, 
 4 and found thee juft gone, I was forry that I 
 4 mifs^l an Opportunity, both of taking my 
 4 Leavi of thee, and expreffing the Senfe I had 
 4 of the Power and Prefence of God that was 
 
 * with thee, more efpecially in the latter Part 
 4 of thy Sermon, and in thy Prayer after it. 
 
 * However I am truly glad, that thou wert pre- 
 4 ferved out of the Hands of cruel and unrea- 
 J fonable Men. Thou heard ft of the Threat- 
 
 * nings of many ; but the Malice and blind 
 
 * Zeal of fome went further. For hadft thou 
 
 * went to my Friend H — to-Bed, or elfewhere 
 
 * towards that Part of the Town, which I be- 
 J Jieve was expected, there were ten or twelve 
 4 Men lying in wait to do thee a private Mif- 
 c chief, which I know by the Teftimony of one 
 4 of thofe very Men, who boafted "to me, We 
 4 iiould have given bim a fecret Blow, and pre- 
 4 vented Lis making Dijlurbances. This Con- 
 t fefiion came out to me in the Warmth of his 
 4 Zeal, as thinking, perhaps, that I could hate, 
 4 at leaft, if net deltroy (like him) all that were 
 4 not of my own Party. 
 
 6 O thy noble Teftrrriony againft the Pro- 
 
 4 phanenefs and Vanity of the Age. It rejoiced 
 
 4 me not a little. But when thou earned to the 
 
 * Necetuty, the Nature and the Rewards of the 
 4 New Birth, the true Seed, thou wert carried 
 4 beyond thyfelf, the Fountain of Life was 
 4 opened, and flowed around amongft the Living 
 4 — I am for one a Monument of free Grace 
 
 3 4 an< ^ 
 
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 and Mercy. — O GOD, bow h**dkfi is thy 
 Love ! He hath not hid his Mercies from me. 
 
 I have often drank of the fpiritual Rock- 
 ; been a Witncfs of the Joys of God's Salva- 
 tion. Ay, thole Joys, that fweet Pve fence of 
 Chriji % that carries Men above the Fear of 
 ; the World-, and enables them to overcome Ghg 
 World; that baptizeth into the Spirit and 
 : Nature of the Son cf God, and rnaketh 
 Difciples indeed. — It is a Senfeof God ever- 
 near, and the Influences of his quickening Spirit, 
 ; that is only able to deter from Evil, crucify 
 : the old Nature, create again to God, and 
 
 * perform his good and acceptable Will. — This 
 ; will make a thorough Reformation, beginning 
 : at the Heart, ianclifying that, guarding of 
 j it, and making it a holy Temple for the 
 ! holy Spirit to dwell in, then producing holy 
 c Thoughts, Longings after divine Enjoyments, 
 1 Love, Joy, Solidity, Watchfulnefs, (jc. 
 
 1 But, why this to thee r Thou had- drunk 
 1 deep of divine Love ; only I know that the 
 1 good Experiences of God's Children are often 
 1 Caufes of mutual Comfort. I have often been 
 1 feniible of it myfelf; and therefore not only 
 
 * thus privately, but publickly have I been ftrength- 
 1 ened to tell to others, that God is good, and 
 1 that he has done great things for my Soul. Mi- 
 1 nifters not thus qualified, and thus fent, may 
 1 indeed be Mi nifters of thofe who fent them, 
 
 * but Minifters of Cbriji they cannot be. 
 
 c May we, my dear Friend, tho' abfent in 
 c Body, be prefent in Spirit in him who is cm- 
 4 niprefent. May we unitedly go on in the 
 1 Caufe of our common Lord and Mailer, to 
 4 promote his Honour in winning Souls to him ! 
 
 * May we bear a faithful and undaunted Tefti- 
 
 L 6 c mony 
 
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 € mony to him before all Men in the Midft of a 
 c perverfe Generation. May we not flinch, but 
 € declare the Truth as it is in Jefus, not daubing 
 4 nor daring to make the Way to the Kingdom 
 
 * of God wider than it is. And may we finally 
 
 * be received up into the Manfions of Glory, 
 
 * there to live with all the righteous Genera- 
 
 * tions, with thofe that have wafhed their Gar- 
 c ments white in the Blood of the Lamb, and 
 
 * that have laid down their Lives for the TefK- 
 « mony of Jfasy and to ling with them Halle- 
 
 * luiahs, Glory and Praife, for ever and ever. — 
 
 * May the -Antient of Days, the Alpha and 
 
 * Omega, keep thee in his Arms, direct thee by 
 
 * his Spirit, fupport, comfort, and watch over 
 4 thee, is the fervent Prayer of, my dear Friend, 
 c thine in great Sincerity. 
 
 My Friend, Mr. William Sfivsrd, received 
 alio a Letter from his Brother, in which were the 
 
 .ving Paragraphs: 
 
 ' I had a Letter per toft Pod from Mr. 
 
 rein he fpeaks cf orie Mr. of ( 
 
 v, whom his Uncle, a C!ergy- 
 
 * man, hat carded, and wrote to the 
 *■ College to expel him for his methodiftical No- 
 
 * tions. 
 
 6 The old Clerk at Bi whom I before 
 
 4 fpoke of, having heard t Ba'i- 
 
 \ was fo affected, that he told me he courd 
 
 * ha\e no Reft in his Spirit; but after fearching 
 6 the Church h irticles^ &c. and finding 
 
 * the Doctrine every Wa ble to them, he 
 4 met with the Landlord of Contereip^ who dif- 
 
 * courting about Mr. fi told him, he 
 
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 5 bad fome old Books that fet forth the very fame 
 4 Do6lrine. Soon after this he went to work, 
 
 * being a Taylor by Trade, and afking for one 
 4 of thefe Books, the others being lent out, he 
 4 faid he had not read above a Page or two, be- 
 4 fore the Truth broke in upon his Soul like 
 4 Lightening. He faid he could not go on with 
 4 his Work with any Satisfaction, but his Fingers 
 4 itched to be at his Book again, which the 
 4 Man lent him Home with him ; a few Days 
 4 after he got the other, which fo ftrengthen'd 
 4 and confirmed him, that he could lay his Life 
 4 down in Defence of the Truth as it is in Je- 
 4 sus. He fays, the Gofpel appears to him as 
 4 though he had never read a Line in it before ; 
 4 and it is a greater Miracle to him, that he, an 
 4 old Sinner, with one Foot in the Grave, fhould 
 4 be called at thefe Years, than if he had (cen 
 4 the Dead raifed. — He always, by what I can 
 4 learn, bore a fair Character, and was efteemed 
 1 by his Neighbours, but now threatned with 
 4 the Lofs of his Bread, for coming to Badfey 
 c Society, and declaring his Teftimony to the 
 4 Truth of Mr. JVhitefield\ Do£trine, or rather, 
 4 I fhould fay, the Doctrine of the Gofpel. The 
 4 Books he met with are very old, and, he fays, 
 4 were thrown by as wafte Paper out of a Clergy- 
 4 man's Library, that was fold after his Death, 
 4 whereby the Cmt n cup Man met with them, 
 
 * and they feemed very providentially referved 
 « for his Ufe.' 
 
 Pcrfons wonder at me, becaufe I talk of Per- 
 secution, now the World is become Chriftraw ; 
 but alas ! was Jesus Christ to come down 
 from Heaven at this Time, he would be treated 
 
 as 
 
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 tfs formerly. And whoever goes fofth to preach' 
 the Gofpel in his Spirit, muff expecT: the fame 
 Treatment as his firft Apoftles met with. — Lord % 
 prepare us for all Events ! — -Preached this Even- 
 ing at Hackney- Marjh to about 20 00 People — 
 I prayed and difcourfed for above two Hours, 
 
 Floods of Tears were fried by the Hearers, 
 
 and the Doctrine feemed to make its own Way 
 into their Hearts. — Every Day have I more and 
 more Reafon to rejoice in what God has done 
 and is doing for precious Souls. At the great 
 
 Day, Pharifees themfelves will know. Bur f 
 
 Lord, grant th. Ved may be taken frcm their Hearts^ 
 and the Scales from their Eyes^ before tbc<t dread- 
 fid Time f For ih:n Convictions zci/l come t:o fatei 
 
 Tueflay^ Jtdy 24. Difpatched my private Af- 
 fairs, and preached in the Evening at Kenning* 
 ton-Commo-i to about i;,ooq. The Doctrine, I 
 believe, diftilled like the Dew. — May the Lord 
 y*f*t w:ifer rheir thirjiy Souls / 
 
 Wedfttfiay* Jtdy 29. Preached this Evening 
 at Echnon;:-^ at the Defire of many. The Con- 
 gregation was large and attentive, and [ rejoiced 
 in having an Opportunity of offering Salvation 
 freely to the Rich.— Oh y that all in high Stations 
 iv ere ri h t',vca<ds Gcd ! 
 
 Tbwjday, J<t!y 26. Preached to upwards of 
 io,:co at Hackney- Mar jl^ where I appointed 
 p.urpoielv to preach, becaufe there was to be an 
 Horfe-Race in -the fame Field;.-. Very few left 
 the Sermon to fee the Race, and fome of thofe 
 returned back again quickly, to whom I took 
 Occalion of fpeaking with, I truft, fomething of 
 the Love and Gentlenefs of Christ. — To him 
 le all the Ghty\ Proffer* Lord, the Gcfpcl- 
 Plow ! 
 
 Ft iday r 
 
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 Friday, July 27. Preached at Kenni;:-gten-C.m- 
 mm to my ufual Number of Hearers, went to 
 
 Lewi/bam, was kindly entertained by Mr. 
 
 and lay at the Houfe of Mr. both which 
 
 received me and my Friends with Joy. — BlcJJld 
 be God for all his Mercies, 
 
 Saturday, July 28. Spent a comfortable Hour 
 with my Friends in the Morning, went to pay 
 
 a Vifit to the Family of Juftice D at 
 
 Blender 7 , where we exhorted and built up each 
 
 other in the Knowledge and Fear of God. 
 
 Preached at Blackheath in the Evening, and came 
 
 Home rejoicing. The Bills fent and put up 
 
 plainly prove, that God has worked on Num- 
 bers of Souls. — At the Julgrnent Day we ffjall 
 fee what Gocd has been done by this Foolijhnefs of 
 preaching, — Many, I believe, cms now into the 
 Fields to worJJjip the Father in Spirit and in Truth. 
 He feeketb fuch to worflnp him. 
 
 Sunday, July 29. Preached this Morning in 
 Moor fields to a much larger Congregation than 
 we had Jaft Sunday, and collected 24/. 91. for 
 the School at Kin-fwoo/L Received the Sacra- 
 ment at St. Paul's, and preached at Kenningtan- 
 Cofnmon in the Evening, where 20 /. was col- 
 lected. A little Rain fell ; but that only wafh- 
 ed away the curious Hearers. — Many thoufands 
 ftood their Ground ; and God, I believe, wa- 
 tered them with the Dew of his Heavenly Blef- 
 iine;. — A vifible Alteration for the better is made 
 in the People's Behaviour daily, and it would be 
 endlefs to recount how many come after preach- 
 ing under ftrong Convictions of their loft Eftate, 
 —0 God, zuho hafl begun, carry on the good Work 
 in their SquU \ — even Jo y Lord J ejus ! 
 
 Mon* 
 
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 MdHday, July 30. Was bufied all the Morn- 
 ing in directing thofe to believe in Jefus Qhrifl, 
 who came to enquire, What they Jhould do to be 
 faved? Preached at Plaiflcw, about fix Miles 
 from London, and an uncommon Power was in 
 the Congregation. — A4y own Heart was much 
 enlarged, and I returned Home much rejoiced 
 within myfelf that the Lord Jesus was pleafed 
 ftill to manifeft himfelf more and more amongfl 
 us. 
 
 Tuefday, July 3 1 . Preached at Newington near 
 Hackney, to about 20,000 People, many of whofe 
 Hearts, as well as my own, were warmed under 
 
 the Word. 1 preached upon Gene/is iii. 15. 
 
 May the Seed of the Woman now bruife the 
 Serpent's Head to fome Puipofe ! — Amen, Lord 
 Jefus j Amen ! 
 
 IVednefday, Augufl 1. Preached this Evening 
 at Mary le Bone Fields, at the other End of the 
 Town, to near 20,000, and went afterwards to 
 take my Leave of Fetter-lane Society. — We 
 parted in Love, and I hope the next Time we 
 meet, we fhall be in or at leaft nearer Heaven. 
 — Gh that we may comfort one another with the 
 Profpecl of this Thing ! 
 
 Thurfday, Aug. 2. Preached at Newington to 
 upwards of 20,000 People, and came Home 
 much rejoicing to fee what God has done in 
 and about this City. — Thoufands and thoufands 
 come conftantly to hear, and Scoffers are fre- 
 quently overpowered by God's Word. 1 
 
 hope the Time is coming which the Prophet 
 /peaks off, Behold, you Defpifers, and wonder, cind 
 ftrijh ; for 1 zvill work a JVark in y.ur D 
 which you fi.-all in no-wife believe, thoufo a Man 
 declare it untopu* 
 
 Friday? 
 
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 Friday^ Aug* 3. Having fpcnt the Day in com- 
 pleating my Affairs, and taking Leave of my dear 
 Friends, I preached in the Evening to near 
 twenty thoufand at Kcnnin^ton-C.mmon. I chofe 
 to difcourfe on St. Paul's Parting-Speeeh to the 
 Elders at Ephefus^ dels xx. at which the People 
 were exceedingly affe&ed, and almoft prevented 
 my making any Application. Many Tears were 
 flicd, when I talked of leaving them. I con- 
 cluded all with a fuitableHymn, but could fcarce 
 get to the Coach, for the People's thronging me, 
 to take me by the Hand, and give me a parting 
 
 Blefling. And here I cannot but fhut up this 
 
 Part of my Journal with a Word or two of Ex- 
 hortation to my dear Fellow-Labourers, whom- 
 ever they are, whom God fhall ftir up to go forth 
 into the Highways and Hedges, into the Lanes 
 and Streets, to compel poor Sinners to come in. 
 — Great Things GOD has already done — For it 
 is unknown how many have come to me under 
 ftrong Convidions of their fallen Eftate, defiring 
 to be awakened to a Senfe of Sin, and giving 
 Thanks for the Benefits GOD has imparted to 
 them by the Minifrry of his Word. — O my dear 
 Brethren, have Companion on our dear LORD'S 
 Church, which he has purchafed with his 
 own Blood ; and let them not perifh for Lack of 
 Knowledge. — If you are found faithful, you muft 
 undergo Perfccution. Oh arm People againft. a 
 Suffering Time, — remind them again and again, 
 that cur Kingdom is not of this World, and that 
 it does not become Ghriffians to refill the Powers 
 that are ordained of GOD, but patiently to dif- 
 fer for the Truth's Sake — Oh let us ftrive toge- 
 ther in our Prayers, that we may fight the Good 
 Fight of Faith, that we may have that Wifdom 
 
 which 
 
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 which cometh from above, and that we may 
 never fufter for our own Faults, but only for 
 
 Righteoufnefs Sake Then will the Spirit of 
 
 Chriji and of Glory reft upon our Souls, and 
 being made perfect by fuffering here, we (hall 
 be qualified to reign eternally with Jejus Chriji 
 hereafter. Amen, Amen! 
 
 Eternal Unlverfal LORD, 
 
 Maker of Heavn and Earth art Thou, 
 All Things fprang forth fcbey thy Word, 
 
 Thy powerful Word upholds them now* 
 
 Why then with unavailing Rage, 
 Did Heathen with thy People join, 
 
 And imp potently fierce engage, 
 To execute their vain Defign ? 
 
 Indignant Kings flood up foppofe, 
 
 The LORD, and his MeffiaV s Reign, 
 
 And Earth's confederate Rulers rofe, 
 Againfl their GOD in Council vain. 
 
 Surely againfl thy Holy Son, 
 
 (Son of thy Love and fent hy Thee, 
 
 One with tV anointing Spirit, One, 
 With thy co-equal Majefly) 
 
 JJeVod anxl Pilate both combind, 
 
 Thy Sovereign Purpofe to fulfil, 
 Gentiles ana Jews u iconfeious joined, 
 
 T' arvmplifh thy Eternal Will. 
 
 And nciX) their idle Fury view, 
 
 And now behold their Threatnings, LORD, 
 Behold thy feeble Servants too, 
 
 ' And flrcngthen them to f peak thy Word. 
 
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 Emboldened h thine outjhetch'd Arm y 
 Fill us with Confidence Divine, 
 
 With Heavenly 'Leal our Bo/im warm* 
 That all may own the JVork is Thine. 
 
 May fee the To fans of thy Hand, 
 
 Its Sovereign Grace, its healing Poiur^ 
 
 No m:re their Hdppinefs ivithjiand, 
 And fight againjl their GOD no more. 
 
 Now let their Oppofition ceafe, 
 
 Now let them catch the quickening F/ame 9 
 And fore } d to yield, the Signs increafe, 
 
 The Wonders wrought by JESU's Name, 
 
A 
 CONTINUATION 
 
 Of the REVEREND 
 
 Mr. WHITEF IELD's 
 
 JOURNAL, 
 
 FROM 
 
 His Second Embarkation to America 5 
 Augujl 1739; including his Voyage to Phi- 
 ladelphia, and his Journey by Land from 
 thence to GEORGIA, Jan. 1739-40, 
 
L 2 39 1 
 
 To the Reverend 
 
 Mr. GEORGE WHITEFIELD. 
 I. 
 
 SErvant of GOD the Summons hear, 
 Thy Mafter calls, arile, obey ! 
 The Tokens of his Will appear, 
 His Providence points out thy Way. 
 
 IL 
 Lo ! we commend thee to his Grace ! 
 
 In Confidence go forth ! be ftrong ! 
 Thy Meat his Will, thy Boaft his Praife, 
 
 His Righteoufnefs be all thy Song. 
 
 III. 
 
 Strong in the Lord's Almighty Power, 
 
 And arni'd in Panoply Divine, 
 Firm may'fl thou ftand in Danger's Hour, 
 
 And prove the Strength of Jesus Thine. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Thy Breaft-plate be his Righteoufnefs, 
 His iacred Truth thy Loins furround ; 
 
 Shod be thy beauteous Feet with Peace, 
 Spring forth, and fpread the Gofpei Sound. 
 
 V. 
 
 Fight the good Fight, and ftand fecure 
 
 In Faith's impenetrable Shield ; 
 Hell's Prince fhall tremble at its Power, 
 
 With all his fiery Darts repell'd, 
 
 VI. 
 
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 VI. 
 
 Prevent thy Foes, nor wait their Charge, 
 But call their ling'ring Battle on, 
 
 But ftrongly grafp thy Sevenfold Targe, 
 And bear the World, and Satan down, 
 
 VII. 
 
 The Helmet of Salvation take, 
 
 The Lord's, the Spirit's conquering Sword, 
 Speak from the Word— -In Lightning fpeak, 
 
 Cry out, and thunder— from the Word. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Champion of GOD, thy LORD proclaim, 
 
 JESUS alone refolve to know; 
 Tread down thy Foes in JESU's Name : 
 
 Go— conqu'ring, and to conquer go. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Thro' Racks and Fires purfue thy Way," 
 
 Be mindful of a dying GOD : 
 Finifli thy Courfe, and win the Day : 
 
 Look up — And feal the Truth with Blood. 
 
 Charles Wesley. 
 
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 CONTINUATION 
 
 O F 
 
 Mr. WHITE FIELD'S 
 
 JOURNAL, tfc* 
 
 Lnvijham^ Deptford, and Blendon. 
 
 SAturday, Augujl 4. Lay laft Night at the 
 Houfe of Mrs. S . Went in the Morn- 
 ing to Deptford ; prayed, fung Pfalms, and 
 gave a Word of Exhortation at two or three 
 
 •Houfes. Returned to dine with Mrs. S . 
 
 Expounded to a Roomful of People ; preached 
 at Blackheath to about 10000 ; and went to 
 Blend-n, to the great Comfort and rejoicing of 
 my Soul, and lay there. Ob that my M:uth may 
 le ever filed with the divine Praift ! 
 
 Blendort) Bexfy> and Blackheath. 
 
 Sunday ) Aug. r. Rofe much cnlighten'd and 
 refrefh'd inwardly. — Expounded, prayed, and 
 
 lung Pfalmsat Mr. D 's Door, with many 
 
 that came laft Night from London, Read 
 
 Prayers, and aflifted in adruinillring the Sa- 
 M cramcat 
 
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 crament to feveral hundred Communicants at 
 Bexley Church.— Preached in the Afternoon to 
 
 about T500 in Juftice D 's Yard. And 
 
 again in the Evening to about 20000 at Black- 
 heath. — It rained, but few were driven away by 
 
 it. — Great Power came from above. Oh 
 
 that we ?nay all grow in Grace * and in the 
 Knowledge of our Lord and Saviour JESUS 
 CHRIST/ 
 
 Blcndon and Chatham, 
 
 Monday* Aug* 6. Spent the former Part 
 the Day moft agreeably a: Bhndon ; and preach- 
 ed in the Evening at Chatham* about 18 Miles 
 
 from thence, to near igcoo People. 1 neve 
 
 obferved more Decency and Order in any Plac 
 at my firft preaching, than at that. — Had a Con- 
 ference after Sermon with one, who I fear, with 
 feme others, maintained Anthiomian Principles. 
 . — —From fuch may all that know them turn 
 away'! For though, (to uie the Words of ol 
 Church Article) GoodlVorks* which are the Fruit 
 if Faith* cannot put avjay our Sins* or endure the 
 S verity of God's Judgment, (that is* cannot juf- 
 ftfy us) yet they follow after JuJlificatio'n* ar:d 
 faring out neccfjarily of a true and lively Faith , in 
 femuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evi- 
 dently knevM as a Tree dijccmed by the Fruit. 
 
 CI aO am* BLndon* Blackheath^ and Lew'foam* 
 
 z fv.rfdcy* Aug. 7. Left Chatham early thisMorn- 
 ing. Dined at B'endon* and preached in the 
 Evening at B.a.klcalh. — Jt rained very much the 
 
 whole 
 
[ 243 J 
 whole Day. — We expected but little Company r 
 However, there were about 2000. — I difcourfed 
 on the Converfion of Zaccheus the Publican.— 
 And I kope there was Joy in Heaven over fome 
 of the Hearers repenting. — They received the 
 Word as the thirfty Ground receives the former 
 and the latter Rain. — I know not when I have 
 been more delighted. — Lord, in doing thy Com- 
 mandments there is great Reward. 
 
 Lewi/bam^ Deptford, and Blackheatb: 
 
 Wedmfdaji Auguft%. Lay at Liwijbam.* , ■ 
 
 Went on board the Ship fallen down to Dept- 
 fardj which we now hallowed by the Word of 
 
 God and by Prayer. — Dined at Mr. IF 's of 
 
 Lewi/ham, and preached at Blackheatb to near 
 20000 People, on the Pbarifee and the Publican* 
 -— I felt much Freedom in myfelf, and could not 
 but take notice of a great Miftake his Lord- 
 /hip of London was guilty of, in a Paftoral 
 Letter publifhed this Day. — For in it he exhorts 
 his Clergy, SO to explain the Doctrine of Juf- 
 tification by Faith #/W, as to make our Good 
 Works a necejjary Condition of it. — St. Paul in 
 his Epiftle to the Galatians pronounces a dread- 
 ful Anathema againft thofe who join Faith and 
 Works together in order to their beina; iuftified 
 in the Sight of Gol>. — : / pray God that all 
 Preachers may be feed from fo tr a Sen- 
 
 tence ! And let ALL the People Jay, Amen. 
 
 On board Ship, Lewijham and Blackheatb. 
 
 Thurflay, Aug. 9. Went this Morning and 
 
 continued on board till Afternoon^ fettling my 
 
 M 2 little 
 
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 little Family. — Dined at Lewijham. Preached 
 at Blackhcatb to a very large Congregation. 
 Took a little Refrefhment, and went and lay on 
 board, in order to be ready to finifh my Affairs 
 in the Morning. — Several Companies of Friends 
 came to fee me, and fome continued with me all 
 Night. — In anfwer to their Prayers, I doubt not 
 but we fhcill be as fafe as Noah was in the Ark, 
 Every Place is alike to thofe who have the Pre* 
 fence of God with them. 
 
 Hcatifh ;.% dear Lord, where'er thou art± 
 O never then from me depart ; 
 For to ?nv Soul 'tis He 11 to be 
 But fr one Moment viid cf thee* 
 
 Leiv'fjam, B'ackbeatby and Blendon* 
 
 F iday. Jug. io. Finiihed my Ship Bufincfs. 
 
 Breakfafted at Leivijham* — Spent the reft of 
 
 the Day rnoft comfortably at Blende n. And 
 
 preached in the Evening to a yet greater Con- 
 gregation than ever at Blackheatb. — '1 he People 
 expecting it would be the laft Time, were much 
 afiecled with Sorrow ; but a great Rejoicing was 
 difcoverrtble among them, when I told them of 
 rr.y continuing to preach till Mo day. — -Surely 
 God has made himfelf a willing People in the 
 Day of his Power. — U all ye Servants cf the 
 Lord, blfs ye the Lord y praile him and magnfy' 
 hun for tvtr. 
 
 Bhndon and Blackbeatb* 
 
 Faturdry, Angufl u. Ecgan in the Spirit of ' 
 Lo\e frnd iYletkijeis to anfwer the Jiiihop of L n- 
 
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 '•> Paftoral Letter. 1 pray God give it bis 
 
 Blefling. Continued all Day at BUtidon. — — W 
 
 Preached in the Evening at B(ackbeath % and re- 
 turned to Blendon with an earned Longing in my 
 Soul for the approaching Sabbath. — O how do I 
 long for that Reft which awaits the Children of 
 God ! Lord) give me P alien: e to wait till my 
 Change come. 
 
 Blendon^ Btxfyy Bhikbidtb} and Ltivijham. 
 
 Sunday Aug. 12. Preached early in the Morn- 
 ing to fome hundreds in Jultiee D 9 s Yard, 
 
 molt of whom came thither laft Night, fifigmg 
 and praifing God. — Read Prayers, heard a tndf 
 Cbrijtian Sermon from Mr. Party and aiiiflcJ 
 him in adminiftring the blefled Sacrament at bis 
 
 own Church to near 600 Communicants. 
 
 Preached at three in the Afternoon to near 3000 
 in Mr. Z>~ — 's Yard, and to about 20000 at 
 Blockbeath. — At each Place the People were ex- 
 ceedingly affected. — Much Devotion and Reve- 
 rence was to be feen during the Time of the 
 Adminiilration of the Holy Eucharift. — And in 
 the Afternoon at Blackheath^ when I (aid, Final- 
 ly ■, Brethren^ Farewell I Thoufands immediately 
 
 burft out into ftrong Cryings and Tears ! 
 
 A Sight, I think, fufficient to have melted down 
 the mod hardened Heart. — My own was fo full 
 that I did not know when to leave off. — I conti- 
 nued my Difcourfe till it was near dark \ and col- 
 lected near 15/. for Kmgfwvd School. — And 
 vrith great Difficulty got away in a Coach to 
 Leivijbam, where an hofpitable Entertainment 
 was prepared for me and my Friends.— Their 
 M 3 Com- 
 
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 Company was fvveet to my Soul, but my Body 
 being weak, and God being pleafed to vifit me 
 with fome inward Trials, T retired to Bed with 
 a deeper Senfe of my own Vilenefs, than I have 
 
 felt for fome Time. Lord, encreafe it for thy 
 
 Mercy* s Sakt ! 
 
 Monday Augufi 1.3. Rofe early, and hafted 
 to B'endcn.— Finifned, and fent to the Prefs, my* 
 
 Anfwer to His Lord (hip's Paftoral Letter. 
 
 -Dined and took Leave of my dear weeping 
 Friends. — Rode with many of them to Erith ; 
 took my final and forrowful Farewel, and went 
 from thence in a Boat with my dear Fellow- 
 avdlers to Gravefezd* where our Ship was 
 fallen down. — In the Way I W2S much edified 
 by reading an Extract cut of Bifhop Hopkins's* 
 and Dr. Hvmmond's Sermons on the Doctrine of 
 the New Birth, and thought it my Duty to re- 
 commend them publickly to all my Friends. 
 B'eJJed be God for detaining me in England by the 
 Embargo.— Many others* as well as tnyfelf* I hope* 
 have Reafon to rejoice thereat. — Lord* teach me 
 in all Things fimp-y to amply with thy Will* with* 
 §11 1 pre fuming to Jay* even in my Heart * What 
 deeft Thou ? 
 
 My Bondage of Corruption break* 
 
 For this my Spirit groans ; 
 Thy only Will I fain would feck* 
 
 Ofave me from my ozvn ! 
 
 On 
 
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 On Board the Elizabeth, Capt. Steven foil 
 Commander ', bound from England to Phi- 
 ladelphia. 
 
 Tilefday. id.. Got on board about Eight I aft 
 Night, and received the following Letter from 
 Thomas IV— , Clerk of the Pariih of Bre'fortmy 
 Worcejhrjhire, whom Vlr. Benjamin Seward men- 
 tioned in a Letter published in my laft Journal. 
 
 Reverend and worthy Sir, 
 
 4 Altho' I am unknown to you in Perfon, 
 
 * yet as I truft I am, by -the Grace of God, 
 € awakened to a New and fpiritual Life, thro' 
 4 the Powerful Influence of your Miniftry, 1 
 4 think myfelf under an .Obligation to give my 
 4 Teftimony to the Truth as it is in Jefus ; and 
 4 to pay my grateful Acknowledgments to the 
 4 Freedom of that divine Grace, which has 
 4 made you fo wonderfully inftrumental in call* 
 c ing me, a mod unworthy Sinner, at this laft 
 4 Hour of the Day, from a State of Darkncfs 
 4 and Infenfibility, to the marvellous Light of 
 4 his glorious Gofpel. — The Circumfhnces of 
 4 my Converfion were as follows. — I heard you 
 4 was to preach on Thurfday the 19th of Abril 
 4 laft, at Mr. Seward's of Badfey\ and living 
 4 at Brctfortpn % a Village about a Mile from 
 4 thence (where I have been Clerk of the Pariih 
 
 * for about thirty Years, being aow in the fixty- 
 4 third Year of my Age) my Curiofity, as I then 
 4 mould have termed it, but as it is fincc evi- 
 4 dent by the Confequence, the wonderful Good~ 
 
 M 4 4 nrfs 
 
1 2 4 8 J 
 
 1 nefs and Prtvidenccof Almighty GOJD, ltd me 
 * to hear you, which I did with great Attention, 
 1 and was much afiecStcd. The next Day, being 
 ' Good Friday, I attended your Miniltry again 
 1 with great Warmth, when you fpoke with fuch 
 1 Demonftration of the Spirit, and with Power, 
 ' from thefe Words, What I fay unto ycu I fay 
 f unto ally IVauh^ that I foon was convinced I 
 1 was in the State of the Foolifh Virgins, who 
 1 were unprepared to meet the Bridegroom, 
 1 having all my Life long taken up with a Lamp 
 ; of an outward Profeflion ; thinking it fuffi- 
 ' cient that I duly and confiantly attended the 
 : publick Wor/hip, Sacraments, and the like j 
 but I foon found, to my great Confufion, that 
 ; I had all my Life long been offering to Goo 
 the Sacrifice of Fools, being deftitute of the 
 pure Oil of Grace in the Heart, which alone 
 could make me meet to attend the Marriage 
 Supper of the Lamb. — The New Birth, Jufti- 
 fication by Faith only, the Want of Free- 
 Will in Man to do good Works, without the 
 fpecial Grace of God, and the like, was as 
 it were new Language to me ; for tho' I re- 
 membered the Letter of thefe Do&rines, yet 
 the fpiritual Senfe thereof I was an utter 
 Stranger to. — But being very much epprefs'd 
 in Thought concerning thofe important Truthi 
 which you delivered, as foon as I returned 
 Home, I fearched an old Expofition of the 
 Catechifm, the Church Articles, and Book 
 of Homiles, which I found exaclly to corref- 
 pond with what I had heard delivered by you, 
 — Some Days after this, being a Taylor by 
 Trade, I was fent for to Work art a little 
 
 ■ Ale- 
 
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 Alehoufe called Contercup^ where (tho' one of 
 the lafl: Places in which Ifhould have expected 
 Food for the Soul) the Man of the Houfe told 
 me he had fome old Hooks which he had of 
 
 one Mr. F , a Glazier and Plumber in 
 
 Teivkfbury, who had thrown them by in order 
 to have lent them to the Paper- Mill, as fit for 
 no other Purpofe, but that he begg'd they 
 might be given to him; that he had heard Mr. 
 Whitefield\ had got his Sermon on the NewBirth; 
 and that thefe old Books fpoke to the very 
 fame Purpofe as Mr. IVtJitcileld did. Upon 
 which I defired to fee one of them, (the other 
 being then lent out) the Title thereof was, 
 General Directions for a comfortable Walking 
 with God, by Robert Boulton, an old Divine of 
 our Church. I had not read long, before the 
 Light broke in upon my Soul with fuch pow- 
 erful Evidence, that I was from that Inftant 
 clearly convinced, and I hope, by the Grace 
 of God, determined not to know any Thing, 
 fave Jefus Chrift, and him crucified. Upon 
 this I avoided all carnal Acquaintance and 
 Reafming as much as podible, and constantly 
 attended the Religious Society at Badfey, 
 where, by hearing your Sermons, and other 
 ' Religious Exercifes, I daily was ftrengthened 
 and comforted. Soon after this, I got the 
 1 other old Book, which was fo providentially 
 1 preferved from the Paper-Mill, the Title 
 : whereof is as follows, Six Evangelical Hijh- 
 J ries. — Water turned into I Vine, — The Ternpies 
 ' Purgation, — ChriJI and N'uodemus, — John's lajl 
 1 Tejhmony, — Chrijl and the Woman of Samaria, 
 1 — The Ruler's Son healed [■; — contained in the Se- 
 M £ c a 
 
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 cond, Third, and Fourth Chapters of St. John'f 
 Gofpel 9 opened and handled by the late faithful 
 Servant of God, Daniel Dykes, Batchellor in 
 Divinity. Printed Anno Dom. 1617. This 
 old Book has been a very grateful Cordial to 
 my Soul ; and tho' I have lived under the 
 Sound of the Gofpel for fo many Years, and 
 thought I did not want to be taught the firft 
 Principles of Chriftianity at this Age, being, 
 as I apprehended, well thought of and efteem- 
 ed by all my Neighbours, yet I am fully con- 
 vinced, that I knew nothing as I ought to 
 know, and that the Gofpel was to me a fealed 
 Book; but by the wonderful Free Grace of 
 God, tho' I before had Eyes and faw not, 
 Ears and heard not, I now read it as the Sa- 
 vour of Life unto Life, and can fay experi- 
 mentally -that the Word of God is a Light to 
 rny Feet, and a Lanthorn to my Paths. — For this 
 Declaration of the Truth I have fuffered the 
 Reproach and Derifion of them that were 
 round about me. But I truft, that the Grace 
 of God, which hath called me, when fo old 
 and dead in Trefpafles and Sins, will alfo 
 touch the Hearts of my Oppofers, and work 
 in them loth to wi I and to do of his good Plea- 
 fure. — I have been even threatned with the 
 Lofs of my Bread for the Profeffion of the 
 Truth, but hope God will turn the Hearts of 
 my Enemies. If not, and it were his bleiTed 
 Will, J hope I (hould be enabled to lay down 
 my Life in Defence of that Gofpel, which f 
 can truly fay is glad Tidings of great Salvation 
 to my Soul ; and could, I think, be conte t 
 with old Simeon to cry cut in Tranfport, Lord, 
 7 6 now 
 
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 * now lettefl thou thy Servant depart in P 
 
 c The inward Light ami Comfort I have felt 
 ' being to me more miraculous than if I had Teen 
 
 * one rofe from the Dead. — May the Lord prof- 
 1 per your Labours, and make them fuccefsful 
 ; to the turning many Souls to Righteoufnefs ; 
 
 * and as you know in whom you have believed* 
 
 * fo I am confident you will join with me in 
 t giving all Glory to that God, who I truft 
 c hath created us a-new in Chriil Jefus ; in 
 4 whom I moft humbly and thankfully beg Leave 
 4 to fubferibe myfelf 
 
 Tour mofi unworthy Servant, 
 Jugujl II, 1739. 
 
 Thomas W. 
 
 Rofe early, and fettled my Family Affairs. — 
 Wrote fome Letters, and, after much Entreaty, 
 went to Gravefend\ read Prayers, and preached 
 at Mitten Church near the Town. — The Con- 
 gregation was large :I fpoke with Freedom, and 
 returned back to the Ship by eight in the Even- 
 ing. Bleffed be God, I was much rejoiced at 
 retiring from the World. Oh that God m 
 fully Jhow me myfelf. 
 
 Search, try, Lord, my Reins and Heart, 
 If Evil lurks in any Part ; 
 Correct me where I go a fir ay, 
 And guide me in thy per fed J Fay ! 
 
 JFe.!nefda\\ Augujl 15. Be^an to put my Fa- 
 Order.— In all we arc eig 
 M 6, 
 
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 ane Boy, and two Children, befides Mr. Sewari 
 and myfelf. — The Converfion of one of the 
 Men was particularly remarkable. — Not long 
 fince he was M after of a Ship, which was loft 
 near the Gulph of Florida. — Providence was 
 pleafed to throw him and his Crew upon a Sand- 
 Bank, where they continually expected the Wa- 
 ters to overwhelm them. At the End of ten 
 Days they faw a Ship, and made a Signal of 
 Diftrefs. — The Ship made towards them ; the 
 Captain (now with me) went out with his Boat, 
 and begged for a Paffage for himfelf and Men. — 
 It was granted him, on Condition he would 
 leave fome of his Crew behind upon the Sand- 
 Bank, but he would not confent. - At length, 
 the Commander agreed to take all. — But as 
 foon as ever my Friend put off his Boat to 
 fetch them, the Captain made Sail and left 
 them- — All this feeoi'd quite ogalnjt^ but in 
 the End Gcd (hewed it was intended for the 
 Good of my Friend. — After thirty Days Con- 
 tinuance upon the Sand- Bank, having fitted 
 up the Boat with fome Planks they had took 
 *>ut of a Ship which had been loft five Months be- 
 fore, nine of them committed themfelves to the 
 Providence of God. — The others cared not to 
 venture themfelves in fo fmall a Boat. — Having 
 failed about 140 Leagues, they at length came 
 to Tyby Ifland, ten Miles off Savannah. — An 
 Inhabitant being near that Place, efpied them, 
 and brought them Home with him. — Being then 
 in Georgia , and informed of what had happened, 
 I invited the Captain to Breakfaft with me, 
 and reminded him of the Goodnefs of God.— 
 He then fcerjied ferious 3 and coming very pro- 
 
 vidcaj 
 
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 vldentially in the fame Ship with me, when 1 re- 
 turned to England^ God was pleafed to work 
 more effe£tually upon his Soul, and he is now 
 returning with me to Georgia again. — Many Of- 
 fers have been made him to go back into the 
 World, but he chufes rather to fuffer Affli&ion 
 with thePeopleof God. Happy Choice ! 
 
 Thurfday, April 16. Had Reafon to rejoice 
 at the Regulation of my Family. — Wrote fe- 
 veral Letters, and begun to have publick Pray- 
 ers Morning and Evening; fpent above an Flour 
 in conferring with and exhorting my Fellow Tra- 
 vellers, and went to Bed almoft forgetful that I 
 
 had ever been out in the World. For ever 
 
 blepd be God's holy Name through Chrift ! 
 
 Fridav, Augujl 17. Had a brifk Gale, which 
 cairied us diredlly through the Downs. — Sent 
 fome Farewel Letters on Shore, and rejoiced 
 . much in my happy Settlement on Ship board. — 
 In the. Morning, mod of my Family were fick ; 
 j I did not entirely efcape.— God enabled us t -. 
 Thanks, and as we came to Sail more 
 direSIy before the Wind, our Diforder gradually 
 went off. — I blefs God we are in good Order, 
 and if the Voyage ends as happily as it begins, 
 we fhali have abundant Reafon to blefs God 
 for it. — Grant this, Lord, for thy dear Son's 
 Sake. 
 
 Saturday, Augujl 18. Made but fmall Ad- 
 vances in our Way, there being little Wind, 
 and that not very fair, 'till about Six this Even- 
 ing, at which Time it favour'd us very much. — 
 
 Was enlightened in reading God's Word. 
 
 Had my Heart warmed with a Senfeof his Love 
 and diftmguiftung Mercies*— Was enlarged in 
 
 prayi 
 
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 praying feveral Times with and for my Friends* 
 and was very earned with God to give me Grace 
 to improve my prefent Retirement to his Glory, 
 the Good of his Church, and the Edification 
 of my own Soul.— Perceived alfo my Bodily 
 Strength to increafe, and enjoyed fuch an un- 
 fgeakable Peace and Tranquility within, that I 
 was often filled with Confufion, and was obliged 
 to retire to give my Soul Vent.-— O "Thou in~ 
 finitely condefcending GOD ! 
 
 Sunday, Auguji 19. Adminiftred the Holy 
 Sacrament early in the Morning, fung an Hymn, 
 and continued in Prayer for near an Hour after- 
 wards, in Behalf of ourfelves and abfent Friends. 
 My Heart was much melted down and enlarged. 
 My Companions fympathized and w T ept with 
 rne.-~A Spirit of Love was fent forth amongft 
 us.— -May it increafe ever more and ?nore /- --Both 
 at Morning and Evening Prayers, the Captain 
 and Ship's Company attended very orderly. — 
 The Remainder of the Day was fpent in Read* 
 ing, Prayer, Singing and Praifing God.— The 
 Ship continued failing direclly before the Wind, 
 at the Rate of about five or fix Miles an Hour* 
 
 , May tie be jenfible of and thankful for theft 
 
 Menus! 
 
 ■:Ja\', Augufl 20. Fair Wind all Night, 
 by which our Ship was carried to the Bay of 
 ,7V, and went before the Wind at the Rate 
 of fix Miles an Hour, almoft the whole Day.— 
 vThe Wind being brifk, and a great Swell com? 
 inn; out of the Bay, moil of us grew fick, and 
 could do little elfe but lie down upon our Beds. 
 A Scnfe of my actual Sins and natural De- 
 formity, humbled me exceedingly $— and then 
 
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 the Freenefs and Riches of God's everlafting 
 Love broke in with fuch Light and Power upon 
 my Soul, that I was often awed into Silence, 
 and could not fpealc any more. — Oh the Com- 
 forts of Religious Friendjhip ! Santtify it, O Lord, 
 to me, for thy dear Sons Sake ! 
 
 Saturday, Augujl 25. Had but little regular 
 Sleep fince Tuefday, the Wind continuing con- 
 trary.-— Laft Night it blew a hard Gale. — Moft 
 of my Family itill continued lick.— I waited 
 on them as well as I could, and prayed to God 
 to make me willing to become the Servant of 
 all. — Frequently interceded for abfent Friends ; 
 Read Dr. Guije his Paraphrafe on the Evangelift 
 St. Matthew, and think it the bell I ever met 
 with. — Endeavoured to keep clofe to God by 
 watching unto Prayer, for Direction and Help 
 in Time of Need. — Frequently was enlightened 
 to fee the Pride and SelfiChnefs of my Heart, and 
 as frequently longed for that more perfect Liberty 
 wherewith Jefus Chrift makes his Servants free. — ■ 
 The Sea was calmer To-day than before. — Mv 
 Family grew better, and we fpent near two 
 Hours this Evening in talking of the inward 
 State of our Souls, and preparing for the Re- 
 ception of the blefTed Sacrament. Lord grant 
 
 that we all may have on the JVedding Garment/ 
 
 Sunday, Augujl 26. Adminiltred the Holy 
 Sacrament early in the Morning. — Spent the 
 Remainder of the Day in Reading, Intercefiion, 
 fcfr. — God was pleafedto enlighten me in read- 
 ing his Holy Word ; and gave me Satisfaction 
 in the Behaviour of thofe about me. The Wind 
 was Itill contrary, and the Sea rough ; but I had 
 a great Calm and Joy in my own Soul. How 
 
 can 
 
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 can I be thankful enough for the glorious Op- 
 portunities I now enjoy for fpiritual Improve- 
 ment ! — Let all that is ivithin me praije GOD's 
 Hch Name. 
 
 Friday , Augujl 31. Very light Winds for two 
 Days laft paft, and an entire Calm To-day.— 
 But I had fo many Inward Struglings that I could 
 do nothing but lay myfelf down and offer my 
 Soul up to God. — At Night I prayed with ftrong 
 Cryings and many Tears, before all my Family. 
 Afterwards my Soul received Comfort. — Oh that 
 thefe inward Conflicts may purge, humble, and 
 purify my polluted, proud and treacherous Heart ! 
 Let all that love me fay, Amen. 
 
 Saturday, September 8. Advanced about a 
 hundred Leagues this Week in our Way to- 
 wards Philadelphia. — Boifterous Weather moft 
 part of the Time, which caufed many of us to 
 be lick again. — Had as deep a Senfe of Sin, and 
 my in-bred Corruptions, as ever I had in my 
 Life. — I groan daily to be fet at Liberty. — 
 Dear eft Redeem:?', J come unto thee' weary and 
 heavy laden, O do hou bring me into the full Free- 
 dom of the Sens of GOD ! 
 
 Sunday, September 9. Had a comfortable Sa- 
 crament, and a Love-Feail afterwards, at which 
 we were not unmindful to pray for our dear 
 Friends on Shore. — Read publick Prayer?, and 
 expounded, as ufual, to the Ship's Company in 
 the Morning ; but, gave a Quaker Preacher on 
 board (at his Defire) the Ufe of my Cabbin in 
 the Afternoon. — All attended very gravely. — 
 He fpoke chiefly concerning the falfe Pretences 
 -and Education of thofe who rim before they are 
 
 sailed 
 
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 d of Gon. — Wo he tint') thofe tl I /./- 
 
 \n thus to (peak reprnicifui'y. 
 Member 15. Had a pleafant Prof- 
 1 To-day of fome of the Weftcrn Mauds. — . 
 Give myfelf to Reading the Word of God, 
 and to Praver, the greateft Part of this Week. 
 — Was vifited with frequent inward Trials. — • 
 led the Week comfortably with my Family, 
 and was exceedingly ftrengthen'd in reading 
 Profeflbr Frank's Account of the Orphan-HoufS 
 at Hall, near Glaucha. — It fecms, in many Cir- 
 cumftances, to be fo exactly parallel to my pre- 
 sent Undertaking for the Poor of Georgia, that 
 I truft the Orphan-Houfe about to be ercfted 
 there, will be carried on and ended with the like 
 Faith and Succefs. Amen. Amen. 
 
 Saturday, Sept. 22. Underwent incxpreflible 
 Agonies of Soul for two or three Dava, at the 
 Remembrance of my Sins, and the bitter Confe- 
 quences of them. — Surely my Sorrows were f$ 
 great, that had not God, in the midji of them, 
 comforted my Soul, the Load would have been 
 unfupportable ! All the while I was aflured God 
 had forgiven me, but I could not forgive myfelf 
 for finning againftfo much Light and Love. Surely 
 I felt fomething of that which Adam felt when 
 turned out of Paradife; David, when he was 
 convicled of his Adultery ; and Peter, when 
 with Oaths and Curfes he had Thrice denied his 
 Mafter. I then, if ever, did truly fmite upon 
 my ungrateful Bread, and cry, GOD be merciful 
 
 to me a Sinner/ late but very little, and 
 
 went mourning all the Day long. At length, 
 my Lord looked upon me, and with that Lock 
 broke my rocky Heart, and Floods of contrite 
 
 Tears 
 
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 Tears gufhed out before my whole Family, and 
 indeed I wept mod bitterly ! — When in this Con- 
 dition, I wonder'd not at Peter's running fo 
 flowly to the Sepulchre, when loaded with the. 
 Senfe of his Sin. — — Alas ! a Confideration of 
 aggravated Guilt quite took off my Chariot- 
 "W heels, and I drove fo exceeding heavily, that 
 was I always to fee myfelf fuch a Sinner as I am, 
 and as I did then, without feeing the Saviour 
 of Sinners, I fhould not fo much as be able to 
 look up. — Lord) what is Man I 
 
 Sunday, September 23. Had a fweet Sacrament. 
 —Was much ftrengthen'd, both in my Morn- 
 ing and Evening Exercifes, and felt fuch un- 
 fpeakable Comfort and Warmth of Heart to- 
 wards my abfent Friends, as made me for a 
 while forget the Anguifh I lately felt; but at ' 
 Night, a Senfe of my Sins weighed me down 
 again, and I mourned in my Prayer, and was 
 vexed. — Alas ! how are they miftaken, that go 
 out of the World to avoid Temptations. — Z#- 
 ther fays, he never undertook any frefh Work, 
 but he was either vifited with a Fit of Sicknefs, 
 or fome ftrong Temptation. — Prayer, Medita- 
 tion, and Temptation are neceflary Accomplifh- 
 ments, in his Account, for every Minifter. — 
 May IfrAkvj him as he did CHRIST. 
 
 Saturday, September 29. Adminifter'd the Holy 
 Sacrament this Morning. — Had fair Winds, and 
 lay upon Deck with my Companions the greatefl 
 Part of the Week.— Had little Time for Read- 
 ing, but this Afternoon was exceedingly flrength- 
 en'd by perufing fome Paragraphs out of a Bool; 
 call'd The Preacher, written by Dr. Edwards of 
 Cambridge, and cxcracled by Mr. Jonathan Warn* 
 
 in 
 
[ 259 ] 
 
 In his Books, entitled, The Church of England- 
 Man turnd Diffenter, and Arminianifm the Back- 
 Door to Popery. — There are fuch noble Teftimo- 
 nics given before that Univcrfity, of Juftification 
 by Faith only, in the imputed Righteoufnefs of 
 Christ, our having no Free-will, &fc, that 
 they deferve to be written in Letters of Gold. — 
 I fee more and more the Benefit of leaving writ- 
 ten Teftimonics behind us, concerning thefe im- 
 portant Points. — They not only profit the pre- 
 sent, but will alfo much edify the future Age. — ■ 
 Lord, open thou my Mouthy that I may hencefor- 
 ward fpeah more' boldly and explicit l ely, as I ought 
 to f peak ! 
 
 Sunday, Sept. 30. Adminifler'd the Holy Sa- 
 crament, and had a Love-Feaft— — Expounded 
 with Power in the Morning to the Sailors, and 
 lent my Cabbin to the Quaker Preacher in the 
 Afternoon. — He fpoke with much Earneftnefs, 
 but in my Opinion his Foundation was wrong, 
 t — He feem'd to make the Light of natural Con- 
 fcience, and the Holy Spirit, one and the fame 
 Thing, and reprefented Christ within, and 
 not Christ without, as the Foundation of our 
 Faith—whereas the outward Righteoufnefs of 
 Jesus Christ imputed to us, I believe, is the 
 fole Fountain and Caufe of all the inward Com- 
 munications which we receive from the Spirit of 
 God. — Oh that all of that Perfuafon were con- 
 vinced of this ! Till they are, in my Opinion, they 
 cannot preach the Truth as it is in JESUS. 
 
 Saturday, Oclober 6. Contrary Winds mofl 
 Part of this Week, and made a very flow Pro- 
 grefs towards Philadelphia. — Had great Freedom 
 in Writing, and felt ftrong Convidions for paft 
 
 Sins« 
 
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 Sins. — Heldaclofe Conference for fome Hours this 
 Evening with my whole Family, wherein we 
 open'd our Hearts, confefs'd our Faults to, and 
 pray'd for one another. — Do thou, O great and 
 mighty Phyfician of 'Souls , hear and foal us. Amen 
 and Amen. 
 
 Sunday OSIober 7. Adminiftcr'd the Holy Sa- . 
 crament. — Had a Love-Feaft, and expounded, 
 as ufual. — The Wind blowing very frelh, the 
 Ship-Men were obliged to attend the Sails, and 
 fo could not come to Publick Worfhip.-— Sailed 
 (bmetimes near Nine Miles an Hour, for which 
 We endeavoured to praife the Lord. — Had com- 
 fortable Communion with God, in interceding 
 for our dear Friends on Shore, and at Night felt 
 fuch Freedom in my Spirit from the Load I la- 
 boured under, as caufed me to break out into 
 many Thankfgivings to God. — He is the Fa- 
 ther of Mercies ; — He is the God of all Confo* 
 Jations ; — He can create Comfort out of nothing, 
 and bring Light and Order out of the greatell 
 Confufion. — This my Soul knowefh right well. 
 ~ O my Souly be not Jlack to love and praife Him 
 for ever and ever ! 
 
 Tuefday, Oclober 9. This Morning our whole 
 Ship's Company was brought to an Allowance 
 of Bread, Two Bifkets a Day for each Perfon ; 
 — But, blefTed be God, 'thro' the Bounty of 
 Friends at England, as yet my Family have got 
 Provifions enough. — The Lord, in Return, feed 
 our Benefaclors with that Bread which comet h aown 
 from Heaven ! 
 
 Friday, Oclober 12. Kept a Family Faft this 
 Day, that we might affiic~l ourfelves before our 
 God. — I truft it was fuch a Fail as the Lord 
 
 would 
 
[ a*i ] 
 
 would chufc— His Divine Prefencc was amongft 
 us, and we had good Reafon to hope and be- 
 lieve that the Lord was entreated for us. — Oh 
 that we mas find more and more Reafcn to fay fa 
 when zue come on Shore. I dread going into the 
 World: But wherefore do 1 fear ? — Lord, I be- 
 lieve (Oh help my Unbelief) that thou wilt keep me 
 unf potted from it. 
 
 Saturday, Oclober 13. Still God is pleafed to 
 fend us contrary Winds, but very warm and 
 pleafant Weather. — The Power of Writing has 
 been, in a great Meafure, taken from me, but Gon 
 has been with me in Reading, Expounding, and 
 my other Exercifes of Devotion. — I have experi- 
 enced fome blcfled Teachings of his Holy Spi- 
 rit, in convicting me of the Pride, Senfuaiity, 
 and Blind nefs of my own Heart, and of the 
 Advantages Satan has gain'd over me by w r orking 
 on them. — I truft I have alio been more enlight- 
 en'd to fee into the Myftery of Godlinefs, God 
 manifeit in the Flefh, and to behold more and 
 more of the divine Goodnefs in letting me have 
 this Time of Retirement to fearch out my Spirit. 
 —I would not but have come this Voyage for a 
 Thouiand Worlds ; .it has been fweet and pro- 
 fitable to my Soul. — The Length and Conti- 
 nuance of it highly delights me. Lord> I want 
 
 to kmw myfelf and Thee. 
 
 Sundi er 14. Felt much of a divine 
 
 Influence both at Sacrament and publick Wormip 
 Morning and Evening. — Was enlarged in Inter- 
 cefiion for our Friends on Shore. — The Af- 
 furance of their Prayers often lifts up my Hands 
 when they hang down, and rtrcngthens my fee- 
 ble Knees. — The ProfpecT: of the many Changes 
 and Trials which I mult neccHarily be .expofed 
 
 to 
 
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 to and undergo, fometimes fills me with Fear 
 and Trembling ; but when I reflect that God 
 has ftirr'd up the Hearts of many of his dear 
 Children and Servants to pray forme, my Fears 
 vanifh.*— Lord y make me thus minded in the Hour 
 of Trial ! — 
 
 Saturday, October 19. On Tuefday and Wed- 
 nefday had the rougheft Weather we have yet 
 met with, but the latter Part of the Week has 
 been warm and calm. — All our frefh live Stock 
 of every Kind is now gone, but thro' the 
 Bounty of Englifh friends, we have not only 
 Food enough for ourfelves, but fome to fpare 
 to the Ship's Company. — Let every Thing that 
 hath Breath praife the Lord. 
 
 Saturday, Oftober 27. Came into Soundings 
 On Sunday laft; faw Land on Monday, and were 
 within a few Leagues of Cap en Lopen, which 
 opens into the Bay whither we are bound ; but 
 Providence was pleafed to keep us back by con- 
 trary Winds. — Came within Sight of the Land 
 again to Day, but ftill are kept back. — Our Pro- 
 vifions grow fcanty, the People are put to an 
 Allowance of about half a Pound of Beef for 
 each in a Day, and we have diminifhed our Fa- 
 mily Stock in helping them.— However, blefled 
 be God, we have got Plenty of Water, and 
 very fair Weather, and my Family I think was 
 never in better Order in refpeit to their Bodies 
 or Souls. — 
 
 Lo ! GOD is here ! My Soul, adore 
 And own how dr eadful is this Place / 
 
 Let all within thee feel his Power, 
 In Silence bow before his Face ; 
 
 To 
 
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 To Him let all thy Thoughts arife % 
 Ceafelefs accepted Sacrifice ! 
 
 Sunday >? Oftober 28. Had more inward Con- 
 folation To-day than fince I have been on board. 
 —I have been engaged in writing a Sermon on 
 the Marriage of Cana. — Hajlen that Time, O 
 Lord j when we /hall drink new Wine at the Mar- 
 riage Supper in thy Heavenly Kingdom ! 
 
 Monday? Oclober 29. Had a fweet Opportu- 
 nity offer'd me this Day of giving a few Sermons, 
 and fomething out of our little Stock of Provi- 
 sions, to a Captain of a Sloop and his Company, 
 who had been driven to great Extremity. Oh 
 hew gently does GOD deal with me and mine ! 
 How has he confider'd our Weaknefs? and not per- 
 mitted us to fall into great Dangers or Wants ! — ■ 
 BleJJ'ed be his Name for evermore. Amen ! Amen ! 
 
 Penfilvania. Lewis Town. 
 
 Tuefday? Oclober 30. Had a moft comforta- 
 ble Night. — Pray'd with, exhorted, and fo- 
 lemnly recommended my Family to the Grace 
 of our Lord JESUS? expecting to go on Shore 
 this Morning. — Being near Capen Lopen? a Pi- 
 lot came on Board, in whofe Boat Mr. Se- 
 zuard? myfclf, and another dear Friend, went 
 to Lewis Town? in ordv?r that we might go to 
 Philnd: J phia by Land, and get a Houfe in Rea- 
 dmefs for my Family be 'ore the Ship arrived at that 
 Place. — About Five in the Evening, we landed at 
 Lewis Town? fituated in the fouthern Part of the 
 Province of Penfilvania? and about 150 meafured 
 Lnglijh Miles from Philadelphia. The Houfes 
 
 are 
 
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 are moft of them built of Wood ; it is not above 
 half fo big, but more plentiful, in refpedi of 
 Provifion, than Savannah in Georgia. We had 
 not been long in the Inn before two or three 
 of the chief Inhabitants came and fpent the 
 Evening with us, and defired mc to give 
 them a Sermon on the Morrow, which I pro- 
 mifed to do. — We fupped very comfortably to- 
 gether, and after Prayers, and finging wjth the 
 Family, I and my dear Companions went to 
 Reft, admiring more and more the Goodnefs 
 and Providence of the All-wife God. He is the 
 great Houfholder of the whole World, and I 
 look upon all Places and Perfons as fo many lit- 
 tle Parts of his great Family. — As here's the fame 
 Sun, fo here's the fame God in America as in 
 England. — I would have all Places alike to me, 
 fo I am where God would have me to be ; but 
 I hope I fhall never account myfelf at Home, 
 till I arrive at my Heavenly Father's Houfe a- 
 bove. — I truft my Heart is there already; Oh 
 when fhall I {hake off this earthly Tabernacle ! 
 •—It fadly confines my Soul. — Lord, help me pa- 
 tiently to tarry till my blefted Change comes. — I 
 would not willingly defire to reign till I have 
 fuffer'd a little for thee. Heaven will be doubly 
 fweet to thofe who are worn out with DiftrefTes 
 and Perfections for the Sake of Jesus Christ. 
 - — Lord, grant I may continually be looking up to the 
 Glory which is to be revealed hereafter, and then 
 deal with me as itfeemcth good in thy Sight, during^ 
 my Pilgrimage here ! 
 
 Jf rough and thorny be my Way, 
 My Strength proportion to my Day \ 
 
 if 
 
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 "Till Toil and Grief, and Pain JImU ceap y 
 Where all is calfftj and jfoy and Peace ! 
 
 Widnefddy^ Off. 31. Spent the Morning in 
 writing, and fent fome Proviiions on board for 
 my Fellow-Travellers. — Wrote fome Letters, 
 and preached at two in the Afternoon to a fe- 
 rious and attentive Congregation. — Perfons of 
 different Denominations were prefent ; and, as 
 I heard afterwards, were much affected . Soma 
 I obferved to weep, and the Congregation was 
 larger than might be expected in fo fmall a Place, 
 and at fo fhort Notice. After Sermon, the High 
 Sheriff", Collector, and chief Men of the Place, 
 came and took Leave of me ; and by their Meana 
 being provided with Horfes and a Guide for our 
 Journey at a reafonablc Hxpence, about five in 
 the Evening we left L wis Town, and rode very 
 pleafantly near 27 Miles through the Woods* 
 About ten weftopp'd at what they call a Tavern, 
 which was not very commodious ; but the Hoft 
 and Hoftefs were plain well-meaning People.-— 
 They made us a Cake of unleavened Bread, let 
 us have a little Cyder, and a few Eggs, and we 
 went to Bed rejoicing in all die Mercies of God, 
 
 A guilty, weak and bclplefs IVorm^ 
 
 Into 1 by Arms I fail \ 
 Be thou ?ny Strength avd Rigbteoufncfsy 
 ■ My Jfftis and my All I 
 
 Thurfday^ Nov. 1. Set out from our little Inn 
 
 about eight; dined at Dover, a little Town (19 
 
 Miles diftant from our Lod^in?) from whence 
 
 (having left a few Books) we rode as pleafantly 
 
 N and 
 
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 and with as much Eafe as tho' we were riding 
 through Hide Park. — About eight in the Even- 
 ing we came to a more convenient Inn, near 50 
 Miles diftant from the Place where we lay laft 
 Night. Our Lord comforted us as we on came 
 our Way \ and our Hearts burnt within us whilft 
 we talked to one another in Pfalms and Hymns 
 
 and Spiritual Songs. Oh how glorioufly muft 
 
 the Children of Jfrael pafs through the Wilder- 
 nefs, when they faw God's Prefence go along 
 
 with them / Lord let it always accompany us thy 
 
 unworthy Servants in as fure^ though not in the 
 fame vifjble Manner for without it we can do no- 
 thing ! 
 
 Friday^ Nov. 2. Rode near 60 Miles with- 
 out Fatigue, and reached Philadelphia before 1 1 
 at Night. — As I travelled, I obferved the Coun- 
 try was more and more open, and many fruitful 
 Plantations lay on each Side the Road y fo that 
 J frequently thought 1 was, as it were, in iiflg-- 
 land.— Going abroad, if duly improved, can- 
 not but enlarge our Ideas, and give us exalted 
 Thoughts of the Greatnefs and Goodnefs of 
 Gen.— Lot d, enable me to learn this*> and every 
 othtr good Lejjon for thy dear Son's Sake. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 Saturday, Nov. 3. Delivered the Letters com- 
 mitted to my Charge. Went on board the £//- 
 zabtth to fee my Family, who arrived laft Night. 
 — Vifited the Proprietor, Commiftary, and lome 
 others.— Was received very civilly, and perceived 
 the Town was in great Lxpedlation of hearing 
 me preach — Met with fomc gracious Souls, who 
 
 difcourfed 
 
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 difcourfed with mc fweetly concerning the Things 
 which belong to the Kingdom of God. Hired 
 a Houfe at a very cheap Rate, and was quite 
 fettled in it before Night. — Methinks going thus 
 from Place to Place fomewhat refembles the Pa- 
 triarch Abrahams frequent Removes, when call- 
 ed to leave his Kindred and his native Country. 
 Oh that, like him, we may erett an Altar for Gcd 
 whithtrfoever we go ! Adored be his Holy Name, 
 all Things have been] ordered for us far above 
 Expectation, and every Thing is fo convenient, 
 that I fear we fhall be tempted to fay 'tis good 
 for us to be here : But bleffed be God, we muft 
 move foon, and learn to endure Hardnefs like 
 good Soldiers of Jesus Christ. — Lord for thy 
 infinite Mercies fake keep us Ji riving till we die ! 
 
 Sunday, Nov. 4. Read Prayers and aflifted at 
 the Communion in the Morning. Dined with 
 one of the Church-Wardens, and preached in 
 the Afternoon to a large Congregation. Went 
 in the Evening to the Quaker's Meeting, but 
 I heartily wifh they would talk of an Outward 
 as well as Inward Christ. For otherwife we 
 make our own Holinefs, and not the Righteouf- 
 nefs of Jesus Christ the Caufe of our being 
 accepted by God. — Fromfuch Doctrine may I aU 
 ways turn away ! 
 
 Monday, Nov. 5, Read Prayers and preached 
 to a large Auditory. Dined with the other 
 Church-Warden, with whom I had fome clofe 
 and edifying Converfation about our Juftificatioa 
 in the fight of God by Faith alone in Christ's 
 righteoufnefs. Was vifited in the Afternoon by 
 the Presbyterian Minifter. Went afterwards to 
 fee the Baptift Minifter, and fpent Part of the 
 Evening moft agreeablv with two loving Quakers. 
 N 2 Had 
 
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 Had remarkable Inftances of God's anfwering our 
 Prayers which we put up on board a Ship, and that 
 in the minutcft Particulars. O-tbat we may watch 
 GOD's particular Providence more and mire ! It 
 comforts and builds up the Soul. How unhappy 
 mull they be who would exclude it out of the 
 World ! Surely fuch muft wander about in worfe 
 than Egyptian Darknefs. To live without a 
 Senfe of God's particular Providence, is in Ef- 
 fect to live without Gox> in the World. — From 
 jucb a State go:d Lord deliver us. 
 
 Tburfday^ Nov, 6. Read Prayers and preached 
 in the Morning, having the Ufe of the Pulpit 
 granted me for the whole Week. Went at the 
 Invitation of its Father, to the Funeral of a 
 Quaker's Child, and thought it my Duty, as 
 there was a great Concourfe of People at the 
 Burying- Place, and none of the Quakers fpokc, 
 to give a Word of Exhortation. — Was vifited 
 again in the Evening by the Presbyterian and 
 Baptift Minifters, who were much rejoiced to 
 hear Jesus Christ preached. Whilft I was 
 con verfing with them, fome Women "came de- 
 firing they might be admitted to Prayers with 
 my Family. Looking on this as a Hint from 
 Providence, I called them up, and felt much- 
 Enlargement of Heart in exhorting and pouring 
 out my Heart before God in their Behalf. Many 
 came up afterwards, whom I defired to take the 
 Liberty, if they thought proper, to come again 
 every Night. Who knows but the Lord may be 
 about to open any effectual Door ? — prepare 
 7m to do and jufftr thy JVill^ O God! 
 
 Wedncjdoy, Nov. 7. Read Prayers and preached 
 in the Church. Dined with the Proprietor, and 
 prayed with, and gave a Word of Exhortation 
 
 to 
 
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 to more than a Room full of People at our hired 
 Houfe. —Blefled be God I found much Liberty of 
 Spirit, but having taken Cold was obligedto leave 
 off fooner than othcrwife I fliouhl have done. 
 However, in the midit of the Weaknefs and 
 Diforder of my Body, the feeing People come fo 
 gladly to hear the Word refrefned and comforted 
 my Soul. — L&di ti&ki it my only Jcy to fee thy 
 Kingdom advanced and carried on. Amen dnd 
 Amen ! 
 
 TburfdaV) Nov. 8. Read Prayers and preached 
 to a more numerous Congregation than I have 
 (cen yet. Dined with an honeft, open-hearted, 
 true Ifraelltijh Quaker. Had a fweet Opportu- 
 nity with him anil his Family of talking about 
 Jfcsus Christ and him crucified^ and preached 
 at Six in the Evening from the Court-how fe Stairs 
 to about 6coo People. I found in the Evening 
 th.it the Number that came on Tnejday to my 
 Houfe vyas greatly increafed and multiplied, 
 and heard alio that the Inhabitants were very 
 follicitous for my preaching in another Place 
 beiides the Church ; for it is quite contrary here 
 to what it is in England. There the generality 
 of People think a Sermon cannot be preached 
 well Without ; here they do not like it fo well 
 if delivered within the Church Walls. — Lord, 
 : -gs to all Mtn y that I 
 ns gain form. 
 , q. Read Prayers and preached 
 as ufual in the Morning, and perceived the Con- 
 gregation ftill encreafed. Vifited a fick Perfon, 
 to whom I was fent for, and perceived the 
 Power of the Lord was prcfent : Moft wept 
 forely. Was vifited in a kind manner by the 
 Miniiler of the Parifh, and preached again at fix 
 N 3 in 
 
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 in the Evening from the Court-Houfe Steps. I be- 
 lieve there were near 2000 hearers more than laft 
 Night. Even in Lcndon I. never obferved a more 
 profound Silence — The Night was clear, but not 
 cold. Lights were in mod of the Windows all 
 around for a confiderable Diftance. The People 
 did not feem weary of {landing, nor was I weary 
 of fpeaking. I could have continued my Difcourfe 
 all Night. After I came Home, fome defired 
 to join in Family Prayer, and in that Exercife 
 the Divine Prefence was manifeft amongft us. 
 At prefent they feem moil: gladly to receive and 
 fweetly to melt under the Word. — Lord, I be- 
 feech thee^ {hew forth thy Glory more and mote, and 
 grant that much People in this Place may be enabled 
 to believe on thee ! Even fo Lord Jefus ! 
 
 Saturday, Nov. 10. Before it was Light, came 
 a young Perfon whom I obferved to be much af- 
 fected laft Night, defiring to join in Prayer ; and 
 after our Devotions were ended, {he put into my 
 Hands the following Letter. 
 
 € Oh what (hall I fay to exprefs my Thanks 
 
 * I owe to my good God, in and from you 
 c through Jesus Christ, which you have been 
 
 * the happy Inflrument of beginning in my Soul ; 
 
 * and if you have any Regard to a poor, mifer- 
 
 * able, blind and naked Wretch, that's not only 
 
 * Duft, but Sin, as I am confident you have, 
 
 * you will in nowife reje£i my humble Requcft, 
 
 * which is that I, even I, may lay hold of this 
 € .blefTed Opportunity of forfaking all, in order 
 
 * to perfevere in a virtuous Courfe of Life. 
 
 Soon after came a little Maid about feven Years 
 •f Age, telling me {he heard I took little Chil- 
 dren 
 
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 dren to Georgia, and defired me to take her. In 
 the remaining Part of the Morning feveral gra- 
 cious Souls of different Communions paid me a 
 moil loving Vifit, and my Heart was much re- 
 frefhed with their pious Converfation. About 
 ill read Prayers, and preached in the Church 
 to a larger Audience than before. Dined with 
 the Minifter of the Parifh, and at my Return 
 Home was much comforted by the coming of one 
 Mr. Tennent an old grey-headed Difciple and Sol- 
 dier of Jesus Christ. He keeps an Academy 
 about 20 Miles off Philadelphia^ has been blefled 
 with four gracious Sons, three of which have 
 been and ftill continue to be ufeful in the Church 
 of Chrift. He brought three pious Souls along 
 with him, and rejoiced me by letting me know 
 how they had been evil fpoken of for their Ma- 
 tter's Sake. — About three went to the Prifon, 
 and t reached on the ^Trembling 'Jauor. The Place 
 was crowded, and many wept. Returned Home 
 with the Swedi/h Minifter and old Mr. Tennrtrt. 
 Converfed of the Things of God for a confider- 
 able rime, and then preached in the Evening 
 to as large a Congregation as there was laffc 
 Night from the Court-houfe Stairs. I continued 
 my Difcourfe above an Hour, and when I had 
 finiflied, the People feemed fo unwilling to go 
 away, that I began to pray afrefh, and I hope 
 the Lord fent them Home not without a Blef- 
 fing. — After preaching, my Houfe was filled 
 with Peop'e who came in to join in Pfalms 
 and Family Prayer. My Body was fome- 
 what weak, but the Lord ftrengthened and en- 
 larged my Heart. Many wept moft bitterlv 
 whilft I was praying. Their Hearts, feemed 
 to be loaded with a Senfe of Sin, the only Pre- 
 
 N 4 parative 
 
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 parative.for the Vifitations of Jesus Christ. 
 
 IJleffed be the Lord for fending me hither. 
 
 Lord, give me' Humility and make me truly thank- 
 luL Amen, Lord /ejus, 
 
 Sunday, N:v. ii. Read Prayers in the Morn- 
 ing Dined with the Collector Preached in 
 the Afternoon to a very thronged Congregation. 
 Vifked one fick Perion, and aclminifired the 
 Holy Sacrament to another, who never re- 
 ceived more inward Peace and Comfort than 
 God was pleafed to communicate to her Soul 
 at this Time.— .Not unto mi\ O Lord, not unti 
 me, but unto thy Jsarne be all the Glory. For 
 ever adored be the Divine Gocdnefs, in letting the 
 Gofp el take Root in many Hearts ! 
 
 Philadelphia^ Buriirgto*, and Trent-Tcwn in the 
 
 Jtr/iys. 
 
 Monday, Nov. 17. Left a large Packet of 
 Letters, and fome Things for the Prefs, to be 
 lent by the Conjl amine, Captain 11 'right, to Lon- 
 don. A Man came to me this Morning, telling 
 me what God had done for his Soul by the 
 preaching of Faith. He feem'd deeply convinced 
 of Sin, and faid he was drawn out by God's 
 Spirit to pray laft Night, fo that he lifted up his 
 Voice like a Trumpet, for which he was im- 
 mediately looked upon by his Mafter and the Fa- 
 mily as a Madman. I never yet knew one truly 
 awakened who did not commence a Fool for 
 ChrifFs Sake. Was pleafed to fee feveral ten- 
 der Souls come to Family-Prayer. Indeed I 
 have great Reafon to believe a good Work is be- 
 gun in fome Hearts. Lord, carry it en for thy 
 dear Son's SaJu! At my firft Arrival at Phila- 
 delphia? 
 
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 , I received a Letter which had been left 
 for me three Months, and in which there was a 
 preffing Invitation fent me by one Mr. Nolle, (a 
 Spiritual Man) in the Behalf of many others, to 
 come to Neic Y^k. On Friday I received ano- 
 ther from the fame Pcrfon ; which looking like 
 a providential Qall, I this Morning, fct out for 
 that Place. Four Horfes were lent to me and 
 my Friends, and more we might have had, had 
 there been Occafion. About One we got fafe to 
 BurlnojiK in the Jrtfeys, (20 Miles from Pbiin- 
 dilihi i) where I was importuned to preach as I 
 went along. — The Gentleman who gave me the 
 Invitation, received me and my Friends in as 
 fweet a Manner as can well be imagined. Im- 
 mediately after Dinner I read Prayers and preach- 
 ed in the Church, to a mixed but thronged 
 and attentive Congregation. I fcarce know* 
 the Time when I have fpoken with greater Free- 
 dom ; and I perceived feveral were much affected., 
 I — The poor People were very importunate for 
 my laying with them ail Night, and giving them 
 another Difccurfe; but it being inconiiftent with 
 my Bufinefs, (with great Regret) about Five in 
 the Evening we took our Leaves, and by Eight 
 q' Clock reached Trent, another Town in the 
 yerfty. .Itbeim* dark, we went out of our Way 
 a little in the Woods. But we had comfortable 
 Refrefhment when we reached our Inn, and went 
 to Pveft in Peace and Joy Lord, teach us to be 
 thankful. Amen and Amen / 
 
 Tuejday, Nov. 13. Left Trent Town about 
 Six in the Morning Had a fweet and pleafant 
 Journey, and- reached B.unf-wick, thirty Mile3 
 diftant, about One. Here we were much re- 
 frefhed with the Company of Mr. G'dhrt Ten* 
 N 5 ntntj 
 
[ *74 3 
 nent, an eminent DifTenting Minifter about forty 
 Years of Age, Son to that good old Man who 
 came to fee me on Saturday at Philadelphia. 
 God I find has been pleafed greatly to own his 
 Labours. — He and his Aflbciates are now the 
 burning and fhining Lights of this Part of Ame- 
 rica* He recounted to me many remarkable Ef- 
 fufions of the BlefTed Spirit which have been fent 
 down amongft them ; and one may judge of 
 their being true, faithful Soldiers of Jefus Chrift, 
 becaufe they are every where fpoken evil of. Se- 
 veral pious Souls came to fee me at his Houfe,with 
 whom I took fweet Counfel. At their Requeft, 
 and finding there was a general Expectation of 
 hearing me, / read the Church Lturgy, and 
 preached in the Evening at Mr. Tenrtenfs Meet- 
 ing-Houfe. — For there is no Place fet apart for 
 
 the Worfhip of the Church of England; At 
 
 my firft getting up I was fomewhat weak and 
 low, but God renewed my Strength, and -ena- 
 bled me to fpeak with Freedom and Power. I 
 was above an Hour in my Sermon, and I truft 
 I fhall hear it was not preached in vain. Paul 
 may plant 5 slpollos water ; thou, Lord, only canjl 
 give the Increafe f 
 
 IVednefday, Nov. 14. Set out from Brunfwick* 
 in Company with Mr. Tenncnt and my other Fellow- 
 Travellers j and as we pafTed along we fpent our 
 Time moft agreeably in telling one another what 
 God had done for our Souls. About Noon we got 
 to Eiizabetb Town, 22 Miles from Brunfwick. 
 Here we took Boat, and about Four reached Neiv* 
 Y±rk^ where we were moft affectionately receiv- 
 ed by the Family of Mr. Noble. As foon as we 
 had refrefhed our Bodies by eating a little Food, 
 and our Souls by giving of Thanks, I waited 
 
 UpOH 
 
[ *75 1 
 
 upon Mr. V y the Commiflary, but he was 
 
 not at Home : Then I went to the Meeting- Houfc 
 to hear Mr. Gilbert Tennent preach, but never 
 before heard I iuch a fcarching Sermon. He went 
 to the Bottom indeed, and did not daub with 
 untempered Mortar. He convinced me more 
 and more that we can preach the Gofpel of Chritt 
 no further than we have experienced the Power 
 of it in our own Heart: Being deeply convi&ed 
 of Sin, aud driven from Time to Time off his 
 falfe Bottom and Dependencies, by God's Holy 
 Spirit at his firft Converfion, he has learned ex- 
 perimentally to diffedt the Heart of the natural 
 Man. Hypocrites muft either foon be converted 
 or enraged at his Preaching. He is a Son of Thun- 
 der, and I find doth not fear the Faces of Men. 
 After Sermon we fpent the Evening together at 
 Mr. Nile's Houfe. At their Requeft I expounded 
 and prayed, and after we had fung a Pfalm, we 
 took our Leaves of each other, and went to 
 Reft. My Soul was humbled and melted down 
 with a Senfe of God's Mercies, and I found 
 more and more what a Babe and Novice I was 
 in the Things of GoD.—BleJfed JESUS, grant 
 I may make continual Advances 9 ti!l I come to a per- 
 fe& Man in thee ! 
 
 ThurfJay, Nov. 15. Had feveral come to fee 
 me at my Lodgings, who alfo gave me kind In- 
 vitations to their Houfes.-- Waited upon Mr. V— 
 but he feem'd to be full of Anger and Refentment, 
 and before I afked him for the Ufe of his Pulpit, 
 denied it. — He faid they did not want my Af- 
 fiftance; I replied, if they did preach the Gof- 
 pel, I wifhed them good Luck in the Name of 
 the Lord. — But as he had denied me the Church 
 without my alking the Ufe of it, I would preach 
 N 6 in 
 
in the Fields, for all Places were alike to me. 
 — I therefore Preached in the Fields to upwards 
 of two thoufand about Three in the Afternoon, 
 and expounded at Six in the Evening to a very 
 thronged and attentive Audience in the Reverend 
 and worthy Mr. Ptmbertons Meeting- Houfe.— 
 In the Field fome few mocked, but after fpeak- 
 ing to them, they grew more ferious. At Night 
 the People feem'd exceedingly attentive, and I 
 have not felt greater Freedom in Preaching, and 
 more Power in Prayer a long while. Ob that 
 ibis may be an accepted Tme ! Ob that this may 
 ie a Day of tbeir Salvation ! 
 
 Saturday, Nov. 17. Preached as ufual in the 
 Afternoon, at the Meeting-houfe, to a full Con- 
 gregation ; and again at Night to a great Mul- 
 titude Handing round the Doors. — Had the Plea- 
 sure of hearing that fome blefled Effects had been 
 produced by the preaching of the Word, and fe- 
 deral exprefs'd a ftrong Inclination to go with 
 me.— When God will work, who can hinder? 
 Praifed be the Lord, who daily ft.ews me this is the 
 Way ivhercln I jhould go : Lord % make me truly 
 humble and thankful I 
 
 Sunday, Nov. 18. Preached this Morning by 
 Eight o'Clock, unto a very attentive Auditory ; 
 2nd went to the Ehglijh Church, both Morning 
 and Evening, In the Second Leflbn in the Morn- 
 ing were thefe Verfes,Jobn Ch. x. Ver. 19. There 
 was a Divijion therefore again among the Jews for 
 thefe Sayings, ver. 20. And mi?iy of them faid, he 
 hath a Devil, and is mad, why bear ye him ? Others 
 faid, Thefe are not the Words of him that hath a 
 Devil.— In the Evening, a great Multitude flock- 
 ed to hear the Woid j fome petition'd to have the 
 
 Ufe 
 
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 Town- Hal!, but it 
 
 ought of exp out of i Wo 
 
 and to let the Poop et : But at 
 
 lair, with much Difficulty, I got into the .\ 
 ing-Houfe, and the People being prevailed on to 
 open the Windows, Numbers c IT that 
 
 iiood on the OutiiJe. — After Sermon, many 
 with me, and take their lait Fare- 
 well. — About Ten at Night, I took Boat with 
 my Friends, and had a pieafant Pailage to a 
 Place about ha" where 
 
 we lay down with J"6y and Thankfuincfs for the 
 great goodnefs the Lord had ihewn us. — G 
 
 ci ■> ! 
 , AVi>. 19. Took Boat about Five in 
 
 [orning, and reached /': 
 at Seven. — Dined with Mir. 1 2 worthy 
 
 Diffenting Minifler, who had fent a Letter of In- 
 vitation to X-w~V.? •', and offered me tfaeUft of 
 his Meeting- Houfe.-t About Twelve I preached 
 in it, according to Appointment, to upwards of 
 700 People, many of whom feemed much af- 
 I, and God was pieafed to open my Mouth 
 agakift both Minifters and People among all 
 denominations, who imprifon the Truth in Un- 
 ricrhteoufnefs. — Stech 
 dtvn 1 aiicn ! 
 
 New Brunjwhi* 
 
 V.o , Nov, 2C. Reached hither about Six 
 laft Night, aud preached about Noon, for near 
 Two Hours, in Mr. Tcv f v.*s Meeting Houfe, 
 to a large Aflembly gathered together from all 
 Parts; and amongft them, as Mr* Tbtnert told 
 me, there \ eat Bed/ of folid ChrifHans. 
 
 - 
 
t 278 3 
 
 About three in the Afternoon, I preached again, 
 and at Seven I baptized two Children, and 
 preached a third Time with greater Freedom 
 
 than at either of the former Opportunities. 
 
 Among others that came to hear the Word, 
 were feveral Minifters whom the Lord has been 
 pleafed to honour, in making Inftruments of 
 bringing many Sons to Glory. One was a Dutch 
 Calviniftical Minifter, named Freeling Houfen y 
 Paftor of a Congregation about four Miles aff New 
 Brunjwick ; he is as I was informed a worthy old 
 Soldier of JesusChrist, and was the Beginner of 
 the great Work which I truft the Lord is carrying 
 on in thefe Parts. — He has been ftrongly oppofed 
 by his carnal Brethren, but God has always ap- 
 peared for him in a furprifing Manner, and made 
 him more than Conqueror, through his Love.— 
 He has long fince learnt to fear him only whc* 
 can deftroy both Body and Soul in Hell. -With 
 him and many other Difciples of our dear Lord 
 Jesus, I took fweet Counfel, eat our Bread with 
 G'adneis and Singlenefs of Heart, and comforted 
 ourfelves with this Confideration, that tho' we 
 muft be feparated from each other on Earth, yet 
 we fhould fit down ere long to eat Bread with 
 Abr am, Jfaat, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of 
 Heaven. Hajlen, O Lcrd, this blejjed Time I Oh 
 when will thy Kingdom come ! 
 
 Maidenhead, and Trent-Town. 
 
 Wednefday, Nov. 21. Set out early, with 
 about a Score in Company, for Maidenhead^ a 
 little more than Twenty Miles from Br unfa 
 wick, where, at Mr. Tennenfs Requeft, I had 
 appointed to preach as To-Day .-—At Noon we 
 4 S ot 
 
[ 279 ] 
 
 got thither, and I preached from a Waggon to 
 about i 500 Perfons on the Convcrfion of Saul 9 
 and, as I was told afterwards, God was pleafed fo 
 to direft my Words, and enabled me to fpeak 
 {o fuitably to the Condition of the poor defpifed 
 Chriftians in thofe Parts, that they knew not well 
 how to exprefs their Satisfa&ion: The Lord is 
 gracious in all his IVays^ and wdnderful in all his 
 IVorks ! Oh that I could praife him as I ought f 
 Here one Mr, Rowland, another faithful Minifter 
 of Jesus Christ, gave us the Meeting. — He 
 has been a Preacher about two Years, has went 
 about doing Good, and hath had many Seals to his 
 Miniftry. — Much of the Simplicity of Christ 
 was difcernible in his Behaviour. Bleffed be GOD 
 for fending forth juch burning andjhining Lights / 
 —Thou Lord of the Harvejl^ fend forth more fuch 
 Labourers into thy Harvejl ! — After Sermon, we 
 were kindly entertained at a Houfe near the 
 Place where I preached, and being ftrongly de- 
 fired by many, and hearing a condemn'd Male- 
 fa&or was to fufYer there that Week, in Com- 
 pany with above thirty Horfe, I went to Trent- 
 Town, ten Miles from Maidenhead, and reached 
 thither by Five in the Evening. — Here God was 
 pleafed to humble my Soul, and bring my Sins 
 to Remembrance, fo that I could fcarce hold up 
 my Head. — However, knowing that God called, 
 I went out trufting in his Divine Strength, and 
 preached in the Court-Houfe ; and though I was 
 quite barren and deje&ed at the Beginning of my 
 Difcourfe, yet God enabled me to fpeak with 
 great Sweenefs, Freedom, and Power, before I had 
 done. The unhappy Criminal feem'd hardened, 
 but I hope fome Good was done in the Place. 
 Lord, Jefus bring all our Souls of Prifon ! 
 
 Trent 
 
[ 28o ] 
 Ireht Toun, and Ne/hamhti. 
 
 Thurfday? Nov. 22. Set out for Nefnamini 
 (twenty Miles diftant from Trent Tozvw) where 
 
 old Mr.. T > lives, and keeps an Academy, 
 
 and where I was to preach To day, according 
 to Appointment. About Twelve v/e came thi- 
 ther, and found above 3000 People gather'd to- 
 gether in the Meeting houfe Yard; and Mr. 
 iV — m Tenent^ an eminent Servant of Jesus, 
 preached to them, becaufe we had {laid beyond 
 the Time appointed When I came up, he 
 foon ftopp'd, and fung a Pfalm, and then I be- 
 gan to fpeak. At firft the People feem'd unaf- 
 fected, but in the midft of my Difcourfe, I. felt 
 fuch a wrcftling in myfelf for the People, as I 
 fcarce ever felt before. —7'he Hearers began to 
 be melted down immediately, and cried much. 
 After I had finimed, Mr. G-T— gave a Word 
 of Exhortation to confirm what had been deliver- 
 ed. At'the End of his Difcourfe, v/e fung a Piaim, 
 and then difrnified the People with a hi effing. (J 
 that the Lord may fay Amen to it ! — After our £x- 
 ercifes were over, we went to old. Mr. T — , who 
 entertained us like one of the ancient Patriarchs 
 His Wife to me feemed like El"zabeth^ and he like 
 Zaccbary-y both as far as I can find, walk in all the 
 Ordinances and Commandments of the Lord 
 blamelefs.- -Though God was pleafed to humble 
 my Soul, fothatl was obliged to retire fora while,; 
 yet we had fweet Communion with each other y 
 and fpent the Evening in concerting what Mea- 
 sures had beft be taken for promoting our dear 
 Lord's Kingdom. It happens very providential- 
 ly, that Mr. T—t and his Brethren are appointed 
 
 to 
 
[ 28i ] 
 
 to be a Prcfbytery by the Synod, (o that they 
 intend breeding up gracious Youths, and fend- 
 ing them put from Time to Time into our 
 Lord's Vineyard. The Place wherein the young 
 Men ftudy now is in Contempt called the Col- 
 lege. It is a Log-houfe, about twenty. Feet long, 
 and near as many broad ; and to mc it feemed 
 to refemble the Schools of th^ old Prophets,— 
 From this defpiied Place Seven or Eight worthy 
 Minifters of Jesus have lately been fent forth ; 
 more are almoft ready to be fent, and a Foun- 
 dation is now laying for the Inftrudtion of many 
 others.* The Devil will certainly rage againft 
 them, but the Work, I am perfuaded, is of 
 God, and therefore will not come to nought, 
 Carnal Minifters oppofe them ftrongly ; and- be- 
 
 caufe People, when awaken'd by Mr. 7— /, 
 
 or his Brethren, fee through, and therefore leave 
 their Miniftry, the poor Gentlemen are loaded 
 with Contempt, and look'd upon (as all faithful 
 Preachers will be) as Perfons that turn the World 
 upfide town. A notable War I believe is com- 
 mencing between Michael and the Dragon. We 
 can ealily guefs who will prevail. The Seed of 
 the Woman fi-all b.uife the Serpent's He id. 
 
 Nejhamini, Abingdon and Philadelphia. 
 
 Friday, Nwemb.r 23. Parted with dear Mr. 
 Tennent, and his other worthy Fellow-labourers, 
 but promifed to remember each other public kly 
 in our Prayers. Rode to Abingdm about ten 
 Miles from Nejhamini> and preached to above 
 
 * It is now encreafed to a large College, now erecting m 
 the Nexv Jerfeys, .— May it encreife with all the encrrale of 
 
 2000 
 
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 2oco People from a Porch-window belonging 
 to the Meeting-houfe, whither I was invited 
 Yefterday, after I had preached at Nejhaminu 
 Many of the People feemed affe&ed ; and 
 it feemed furprifing how fuch Bodies of Peo- 
 ple fo fcattered abroad, could be gathered at 
 fo fhort a Warning. I believe at Nejhamini 
 there might be near a thoufand Horfes, which 
 the People do not lit on to hear the Sermon as 
 in England, but tie them to the Hedges ; and 
 thereby much Diforder is prevented. AfToon as 
 I had dene, frefn Invitations were made me to 
 come tofeveral others Places, if Time and Bfc- 
 finefs would permit. Tho' it was cold, the People 
 flood very patiently in the open Air, and feemed 
 in no Hurry to return home after the Difcourfes 
 were ended. What are outward Things to a 
 
 Soul intent on GOD P Lefs than nothing. j 
 
 AfToon as I had finifhed, I haftened to Phila- 
 delphia, where blefTed be God I found my Family 
 in good Order, and all Things carried on ac- 
 coiding to my Defire. Oh how can I exprefs 
 my Thankfulnefs for this little Excurfion !— Oh 
 that I may now begin to do fomething for Chrijl? not 
 to juftify my Perjon, but my Faith, a- d to Jhew my 
 Love and Gratitude for what GOD has done for 
 *my SouL 
 
 Saturday, November, 24 Preached this Morn- 
 ing and Afternoon in the Church, that be- 
 ing judged more convenient than the Market- 
 place, as the Weather was fo cold. A vail Con- 
 courfe of all Denominations were prefent God 
 gave me, particularly towards the Clofe of my Ser- 
 mon, to fpeak with more than ordinary Energy. 
 After Sermon, I vifited two lick perfons, then flap- 
 ped comfortably with my Family, and laid me down 
 
 with 
 
[ 28 3 ] 
 
 with a ftrong Defire to fee my own Unworthy - 
 nefs, and the Freenefs and Riches of that Grace 
 which alone has made me to differ from the moil 
 abamloned of Men. Whatever others may fee 
 in themfelves I know not. This one Thing I 
 know, I fee nothing naturally but Hell in my 
 
 ;!. And therefore , whenever I do glory , I de- 
 fire only to glory in thee, O Lord ! 
 
 Sunday, November 25. Was fomewhat a- 
 larmed this Morning, after my Sermon in the 
 Church, by one who with a loud Voice told 
 the Congregation. " That there was no fuch 
 '• Term as imputed Rigbte,ufnfs in Holy Scrip- 
 M lure ; That fuch a Doctrine put a Stop to 
 u nil Gcodneis;that we were to be judged for our 
 " good Works arid Obedience ; and were com- 
 4C manded to do end live." — When he had ended, 
 I denied his firft Proportion, and brought a Text 
 to prove an imputed Righteoufnefs was a Scrip- 
 tural Expreffion ; but thinking the Church an 
 improper Place for Difimtation, I faid no more 
 at that Time. The Portion of Scripture ap- 
 pointed for the Epiftle, was Jerem. xxiii. where- 
 in were thefe Words, The Lord our Right- 
 eousness. Upon thefe I difcourfed in the 
 Afternoon, and fhewed how the Lord Jefus was 
 to be our whole Rig teouf efs ; proved how the 
 contrary Doctrine overthrowed all Divine Re- 
 velation, and endeavoured to anfwer all the 
 Objections that were made againft the Doctrine 
 of an imputed Righteoufnefs. I then produced 
 the Articles of our Church to ill uft rate it, and 
 concluded with an Exhortation to all to lay 
 afide a Reafoning Infidelity -, and to fubmit 
 to Jefus Chrift, who is the End of the Law for 
 Ri^kte:ufnefs^ to every one that believeth. — The 
 
 Church 
 
[ 284 ] 
 
 Church was thronged within and without, all were 
 wonderfully attentive, and many, as I was in- 
 formed, convinced that the Lord Chrift was 
 eur Right eoufnefs. Thus out of the Eater cometb 
 forth Meat !— 
 
 Monday, November 26. Read Prayers and 
 preached twice in the Church to very large and 
 attentive Congregations The Word, I per- 
 ceived, came with great Power, and People now 
 apply to me fo faft for Advice under Convi&ions, 
 and fo continually crowd in upon me, that I 
 have not fo much as Time to write a Letter to 
 my Englijh Friends. Some little Prefents have 
 been fent for the Orphan-Houfe, and a large 
 Collection, I believe, might be made : But 
 I chufe to defer that till my Return hither again. 
 *— Good Lord direft mj Goings in thy Way ! 
 
 Philadelphia and German Tozvn. 
 
 Tucfday^ November 27. According to Ap- 
 pointment, preached at German Town, kvtn 
 Milesfrom Philadelphia, from a Balcony, to above 
 6000 People, Before I began I retired, and was 
 humbled at the Throne of Grace. But God 
 ftrengthened me fo to fpeak for very near two Hours 
 that great Numbers^continued weeping for a con- 
 siderable Time. I have not feen a more gracious 
 Melting for a long Seafon. After I had done, 
 People came to me {baking me by the H?.nd, and 
 inviting me to their Houfes, and frefh Places. 
 A German moft kindly entertained mc. I think 
 there are no lefs than fifteen particular Denomi- 
 nations of Chriftians in German Town, and yet 
 all agree in one Thing, that is, to hold Jc'fus 
 Chrift as their Plead, and to worfhip him in 
 
 and 
 
[ 28 5 1 
 and in Truth. About four in the Afternoon wc 
 went in Company with many dear Difciplcs or 
 the Lpid, to fee one Ccnradc Alattbeivs, an aged 
 | r, who has lived a folitary Life near forty 
 
 Years. He talked moft feelingly of inward 
 Trials; and when I afked him whether he had 
 not manyfuch in ib clofe a Retirement, he an- 
 fwercd, " No Wonder that a fingle Tree that 
 •* {lands alone is more expofed to Storms, than 
 ic one that grows among others." After about 
 halt an Hour's Conversation, we took our 
 Leave ; he killed me and my Friends, and was 
 much rejoiced to hear what was doing in Eng- 
 land. The Germans, I find,, are about to trans- 
 late mv Journals into High Dutch. Our Hearts 
 v/ere knit together, and the God of Love was 
 with us of a Truth. — About eio;ht in the Even- 
 ing we reached Ph'lad.lph::^ and found great 
 Numbers waiting round our Door to hear the 
 Word of Life. —I could not bear to let (o many 
 Souls go away without a Spiritual Morfel ; I 
 [therefore gave them a Word of Exhortation, 
 fung a Hymn, and then prayed and difinUfed them 
 with the Bleffing. Many wept bitterly, and the 
 [People's Behaviour more and more convinces me 
 fthat God has begun a good Work in many 
 Souls. — Carry it on^ GiO ious Red emcr, fir thy 
 :'s Sake ! 
 
 PHILADELPHI A 
 
 IFuln jday, November 28. Redeemed a little 
 Time before it was light, to write a Letter or 
 wo to my dear Friends in England, having not 
 iad a Moment's Time before, fince my Return 
 irom New-York. People are continually coming 
 8 . in, 
 
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 in, and enquiring with ftrong Cryings and many 
 Tears how they muft come to Chrift. It 
 grieves me to fend them away with fuch fbort 
 Anfwers, but Neceffity compels me. Speak to 
 them thy fj elf \ O Son of GOD, by thy bleffed Spirit.— 
 Read Prayers and preached in the Morning, as 
 ufual, to a thronged Congregation ; heard of more 
 that were under Convictions, and as I was walking 
 out to Dinner, a German came tome faying, 
 u Thou didft fow fome good Seed Yefterday 
 cc in German Town, and a Grain of it fell in- 
 4C to my Daughter's Heart. She wants to fpeak 
 4< with thee, that flue may know what (he muft 
 " do to keep and increafe it." The young 
 Woman being near at hand, came at her Fa- 
 ther's Call. Both melted into Tears immediate- 
 ly, and after I had exhorted her to watch and 
 pray, and keep clofe to Chrift by Faith, I took 
 my leave, befeeching God to water the good Seed 
 which his own Right Hand, T truft, had planted in 
 her Heart.-In the Morning Notice had been given 
 that I fhould preach my Farewel Sermon in 
 the Afternoon. But the Church " (though as 
 large as moft of our London Churches) being 
 not large enough to contain a fourth Part of the 
 People, by the Advice of Friends we adjourned 
 to the Fields, and I preached for an Hour and 
 a half from a Balcony to upwards of ten thou- 
 fand Hearers very attentive, and much affected. 
 It quite melted me down, to fee with what Ea- 
 gernefs and earneft Affection they follow after the 
 Preaching of the Word. If I could preach, I be- 
 lieve they would attend all the Day long.— 
 After I was in Bed at Night I received the fol- 
 lowing letter from New-Tirk. 
 
 Reverend 
 
[ 28; ] 
 
 Reverend and dear Sir, 
 4 I was heartily forry that the Diforder of 
 a Cold ftiould hinder me from waiting upon 
 you in the Jerfeys : But am in Hopes it was 
 ordered by Divine Providence for the heft. I 
 found the next Day, that you had left the 
 Town under a deep and univerfal Concern : 
 Many were greatly affected, and I hope abid- 
 ing Impreflions are left upon fome. — Some 
 that were before very loofe and profligate, 
 look back with Shame upon their part Lives 
 and Converfations, and feem refolved upon 
 
 a thorough Reformation. 1 mention thefe 
 
 Things to ftrengthen you in the Blefled Caufe 
 you are engaged in, and to fupport you under 
 your abundant Labours.— When I heard fo 
 many were concerned for their eternal Wel- 
 fare, I appointed a Lecture on Wednefday 
 Evening, tho' it was not an ufual Seafon. 
 And tho' the Warning was fhort, we had a 
 numerous and attentive Audience.-— In fhort, 
 I cannot but hope your coming among us has 
 been the Means of awakening fome among 
 us to a ferious Senfe of practical Religion, 
 and may be the Beginning of a good Work 
 in this fecure and finful Place.— Dear Sir, 
 Let your Prayers be joined with mine for this 
 defirable Blefling. I defire your Prayers for 
 me in particular, that I may be faithful in my 
 Matter's Work ; That I may be an Inftru- 
 ment in the Hands of Chriit of pulling down 
 the ftrqng Holds of Sin and Satan, and 
 building the Redeemer's Kingdom in this 
 Place. Pray for us, that the good ImprefTions 
 any have received may not wear off, and 
 
 4 prove 
 
[ 288 ] 
 
 * prove as the Morning Cloud, and as the early 
 4 Dew, but that he would grant a Reiurrection 
 4 of Religion in- the midft of us, that many may 
 4 flock to Chrift as Doves to the Windows. — 
 
 * I pray God take you under his gracious Pro- 
 4 teclion, fuftain you under your many Trials, 
 c and make you glorioufly fuccefsful to convert 
 4 Sinners from the Error of their Ways, and 
 4 turning them to the Wifdom of the Juft. — - 
 4 My Wife joins with me in affectionate 1 Re- 
 
 * gard to you, Mr. Seward, and your other 
 4 Friends, whom we love in Sincerity. 
 
 I am 
 
 Tour affecllonate Brother , 
 
 and very humble Servant , 
 
 E. Pemberton. 
 
 Btefled be God for fuch Succefs at New-York. 
 Nor is he working lefs here. — QnQ of the Prin- 
 ters has told me he has taken above two hundred 
 Subfcriptions for printing my Sermons and Jour- 
 nals. Another Printer told me he might have 
 fold a thoufand Sermons if he had them ; and 
 by the Perfuafion of my Friends I therefore 
 gave out two extempore Difcourfes to be publifhed. 
 Dearift Lord, give them thy Biejjing.— Numbers 
 of Letters have been Tent me from Perfons un- 
 der ConvidHons. And it is unknown what 
 deep Impreflions have been wrought in the 
 Hearts of Hundreds. — An Oppofer told me I 
 had unhinged many good Sort of People : And 
 indeed I believe many that contented themfelves 
 with good Dcfires, are now convinced they muft 
 have good Habits alfo, and be thoroughly born 
 again ere they can fee the Kingdom of God.— 
 
 Many 
 
L 289 ] 
 
 Many poor Sinners have, I truft, been called 
 home, and great Numbers are under ftrong 
 Convictions. As I have Town fpirituai Things 
 People were willing [mould reap carnal Things. 
 They have therefore Cent mc Butter, Sugar, 
 Chocolate, Pickles, Clieeie and Flower for my 
 poor Orphans ; and indeed I could almoit fay 
 the}' would pluck out their own Eyes and give 
 me. — Blefled be God, for the great Work be- 
 in in thefe Parts. — The Word has run very 
 iwiftly, and been much glorified. — Oh that uh.it 
 GOD fa s of the Church of Philadelphia in 
 Revelations, may be now fulfilled in the City called 
 after her Name! — / know thy Works. Behold 
 1 } have Jet [before thee an open Doir\> and no Man 
 can find it ! 
 
 Philadelphia, Cheficr and JVilnington. 
 
 T/irfday, November 29. Had the Satisfac- 
 tion of fettling all my Family Affairs according 
 to my deftre, had a Sloop lent me, which Mr. 
 ' bought and named Savannah , in which 
 
 !I left Orders for my Family to fet fail immedia- 
 tely after my leaving Philadelphia. — My Friend 
 Gladman (the* Captain mentioned before) has 
 done every Thing without giving me any, or 
 however, but little Trouble. — About Eleven in 
 the Morning, having correfted two Sermons for 
 the Prefs, I took an affectionate Leave of my 
 ' Family and Phi la eople. — From Seven 
 
 in the Morning they thronged round the Door, 
 and when we parted, oh how bitterly did they 
 weep! -As I palled along the Street, they came 
 running out to the Doors, and di the Con- 
 
 cern that was in their Hearts by the Sorrow of 
 C) their 
 
[ 290 ] 
 their Countenances. Near twenty Gentlemen ac- 
 companied me on Horfeback out of Town. — 
 About feven Miles off, another Company was 
 waiting to meet us, (b that at lad we were near 
 ?.co Horfe. By three we reached Chejttr^ a 
 Town fii-cen Miles diftant from i hiladelphia, 
 and after we had taken a little Food, I preached 
 to near 5000 People from a Balcony.— It being 
 Court-day, the fu/iices lent Word they would 
 defer their Meeting 'till mine was over, and the 
 Minfter of the Parifh, becaufe the Church would 
 not contain the People, took Care himfelf to pro- 
 vide the Place from which 1 fpoke. The People 
 were very o^Jtet and attentive ; *nd, as I was 
 told, rear icoo came from Philadelphia.— After 
 Sermon, many of them took their laft Farewell. 
 
 About fix in the Evening, we left Chejler, 
 
 and came to Wilmington (thirteen Miles) before 
 Nine. — The Evening was warm, the Moon 
 (hone bright, and the pious Difcourfewe had on 
 the Way, made the Time imperceptibly glide 
 away. Two loving Quakers received us into 
 their Houfe.— God al o was plcafed to refrefli 
 my Heart with a Senfe of his Love, and after I 
 had given a Word of Exhortation, and prayed 
 wuli my own Friends, and fome others that 
 came in, I went to Bed, dcfiring to adore the 
 free Grace of an infinitely condefcending God. 
 
 , Dearefi Redeemer ^ make me humble^ prepare 
 
 me for thy future Mercies , and whenever thou 
 ieeft me in Danger of being exalted above 
 fw*i gracioufly fend me fuch a Thorn in the F Ufa 
 that thy BUJJings may not prove my Ruin ! 
 
 TV I L- 
 
[ 291 ] 
 
 IV I L M I N G TO N. 
 
 Friday, November 30. Had a fwect Retire- 
 ment this Morning, preached at Noon, and a- 
 gain at Three in the Afternoon. — Received fe- 
 v.eral frefh and preffing Invitations to preach at 
 feveral different Places, but was obliged to with- 
 (land them all. — Oh that I had a Hundred Tongues 
 and Lives, they /I) u'd be all employ d for m\ dear 
 Lord JESUS ! — Spent the Evening in fwect 
 Converfation with Mr. JVillia?n Tennent, Brother 
 to Mr. Gilbert Tennent, a faithful PJinifler of 
 Jesus Christ, and with feveral Germans, whofc 
 Hearts God has been pleafed to knit to me in a 
 clofe and intimate Union. — BleJJed be GOD for 
 the Communion of Saints ! 
 
 Nevucajlle, and Chrijlian- Bridge. 
 
 Saturday^ December 1. Reached NewcaflJe, Se- 
 ven Miles from Wilmington, by Ten in the Morn- 
 ing ; was met on the Way by Mr. Rofs, the 
 Minifter of the Place, and was kindly entertain'd 
 
 by Mr. G the principal Inhabitant, who 
 
 fent to invite me and my Friends Yefterday. — > 
 Preached to about 20GO People from a Balcony, 
 about Ten o'Clock, but did not fpeak with fo 
 much Freedom and Power as ufual, by reafon 
 God was ^leafed to h u mble my Soul by in wai \ Vi- 
 sitation ;, and a Bodily fndifpofition. Lay on the 
 E ai er Sermoj , which refrefhed me much, 
 a,. I rode and preached at Four o'CJock at Chrif 
 iian-i. ridge, to about the fa-rie Number as was 
 at Neiucqflle. I believe 1 • - 2C 5 Horfe came on 
 the R^ad with us. We had fome edifying Conver- 
 O 2 fation 
 
[ 292 ] 
 
 fation on the Way, and a great Influence was 
 difcernable in the latter Part of my Sermon. — 
 Oh what a gracious melting of Souls was there ! 
 —Oh with what Earneftnefs did People befeech 
 me to vifit other Places ! Who knows but the 
 divine Herbert's Prophecy is now fulfilling r 
 
 Religion Jlands a T'iptce in our Land, 
 Ready topafs to the American St i and! 
 
 Sunday, December 2. Return'd laft Night af- 
 ter Sermon to Newcaftle^ that I might once more 
 fee my dear Family, who came thither in the 
 Sloop juft after I had left it. — Lay at the Houfe 
 
 of Mr. G n, and this Morning went on 
 
 board, prayed, fung Pfalms, gave a Word of 
 Exhortation, and rejoiced much to fee all Things 
 in fuch excellent Order. — My dear Friend the 
 Captain told me how kind the People of Phi' a- 
 delphia had been to my Family after my L 
 ture : One brought them Butter, another Beer, 
 cjf<r. and the Collector would not .take his Per- 
 quifite for clearing the Sloop. — Oh hoiv p> eni'ful 
 are thefe Mercies uhich GOD has laid up for them 
 that fear him, even before the Sons of M n ! — 
 About Ten we came to Chrijlian-Bric ! gc again, 
 whue we had left fome ot our Friends lait Night. 
 Here we took a little Refreshment, aid by 
 Twelve reach'd Whitely Creek, the Place ap- 
 pointed for my preaching. — The Weather was 
 rainy, but upwards of loooc: People were af- 
 lembled together to hear the Word. — It furprized 
 me to fee fuch a Number of Horfes.- There 
 were fevera! Hundreds of them. — Ipreach'd from 
 a Tent erected for me by Order of Mr. William 
 Tennentj whole Meeting-Houfe lay near the 
 
 Place. 
 
r 493 1 
 
 Place. — I continued in my fir ft Difcourfe an 
 Hour and a Half, after which we went into a 
 Log Houfe near adjoining, and Hiving takrn a 
 Morfel of Bread, and warm'd ourfelvesj I preached, 
 a fecond Time from the fame Place. — My Body, 
 I perceived, was a little weak, but God ma 
 niiied his Strength, and caufed his Power to 
 known in the Congrega . Souls wi 
 
 melted down ; and here I lad the Pkafure of 
 tpeeting with another faithful Miniitcr of Jes 
 pHRIST. — He, a^ well as Mr. Ten :ent, was 
 very foli.citous for my going to his Houfe, but be* 
 ing pre-engaged, I rede Three Miles, and was 
 kindly and hofpitably entertain'd at the Houfe of 
 one Mr. Howell^ who came with his Family fome 
 Years ago from Cardiff in Wales. One in the: 
 Houfe had heard me preach in Kingfwood^ and 
 every Thing was carried on with fo much Free- 
 dom ?nd Love, that I rejoiced much. — Sure'y 
 God's Children have Meat which the World knows- 
 nothing of ! 
 
 MARYLAND. North Eajh 
 
 Monday , December 3. Parted from fome more 
 Friends who accompanied us from Neyjcajlle^ 
 eat our Bread with Gladnefs, and came to North 
 Eajl in Mary land j where I appointed to preach as 
 To-day. — Little Notice having been given, there 
 were not above 1500 People, but God was with 
 us, and 1 obferved many were deeply affected. Se- 
 veral repeated Invitations were fent to me to 
 preach at other Places. Immediately after Ser- 
 mon, we fet forwards, and pais d over Sufquean- 
 nah Ferry , about a Mile broad, and were re- 
 ceived at a Gentleman's Houfe that lay in the 
 O 3 Way. 
 
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 Way. Tho' we were Eight in Company, yet 
 all Things were carried on with great Freedom 
 and Gencrofity ; and I hope we came pro- 
 videntially thither ; for the Gentleman told us, 
 that he hud been a little melancholy, and had 
 therefore font for fome Friends to help him to 
 drive it away. T he Bottle and the Bowl I found 
 were the Means to be made ufe of; but blefled 
 be God, the Defign was in a good meafure 
 prevented by our coming in and giving an- 
 other Turn to the Converfation. All joined 
 in Family Prayer ; afterwards I went to Bed, 
 pitying the miferable Condition of thofe who live a 
 Life of Luxury and all Self-indulgence. They arc 
 afraid to look into themfelves — And if their Con- 
 ferences are at any Time awaken'd, they muft be 
 lull'd afleep again by Drinking, or Evil Company. 
 None but a fincere Chrifiian can with Pleafure 
 pra&ife the Duty of Self-Examination. — Lord y 
 ehi lie u: always jo to live as to keep a Corf ience 
 void of Offh <v, both t: words thee and towards 
 Man! then fha'l we never be lefs alone than when 
 alone ; — for thou 9 Father of Mercies , and GOD 
 of all Connotations, wilt every where be with us ! 
 
 y o p p j. 
 
 Tttifday, December 4. Set out about Eight in 
 the Morning, and took Leave of two dear 
 friends, who parted from us with weeping Eyes. 
 — Baited at Jopfa, & little Town about Fifteen 
 Miles off the Place where we lay, and gave a 
 Word of Exhortation to about Forty People in 
 the Church. — Do Thou, mojl adorable Head cf the 
 Church, give it thy Blejjing ! 
 
 NE 
 
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 NEWTOWN^ ANAP0L1S. 
 
 TVednefday, Dictmber 5. Lay laft Night at 
 X ;vto jn, Fifteen Miles from %^tf; eat of 
 
 what was fet before us ; joined in family Prayer ; 
 and, as Opportunity offered, put in a Word t tf 
 God. — In the Morning we Tung an J prayed ; at 
 Noon* we baited at a Houfe lying about Fifteen 
 Miles off, and by Four in the Afternoon reached 
 Anapolis, a little Town, but the Metropolis of 
 Maryland. The Houfe where we lodged was very 
 commodious, but the People of it i'eenVd to be 
 furprized when they heard us talk of Goo and 
 Christ ; notwithstanding, both they and the 
 other Strangers attended very orderly at Family 
 Prayer, and I endeavoured to recommend them, 
 as I was enabled, to the Mercy of our gracious 
 and good God. — Lord J ESUS ', fend f rth y we be- 
 feech thet^ thy Li^ht^ and Ugh en ow Darkness, fur 
 thy Mercies Sake ! 
 
 A N A P O L I S. 
 
 7hurfday 9 December 6. Mad a providential 
 Opportunity of writing fome Letteft laft Ni 
 and this Morning to England.' Waited on the 
 Governor, and was received with much Civility. 
 Went to pay my Rcfpe&s to the Minifter of the 
 Parifh, who happen'd not to be within ; but 
 whilft we were at Dinner, he came with the 
 greatefl Civility, offer'd me his Pulpit, his Houfe, 
 or any Thing he could fupply me with. About 
 Four, he came and introduced me and my Friends 
 to a Gentleman's Houfe, where we had fome 
 O 4 life- 
 
I 296 J 
 
 ufeful Converfation.— Our Difcourfe run chiefly 
 on the New Birth, and the Folly and Sinfulness 
 of thofe Amufements, whereby the polite Part 
 of the World are io fatally diverted from the Pur- 
 fuit after this One Thing needful. — Some in Com- 
 pany I believe thought me too ftricT:, and were 
 Aery ftrcnuous in Defence of what they called 
 innocent Diverfions ; but when I told them every 
 Thing was finful which was not done with a 
 -fingle Eye to God's Glory, and that fuch Enter- 
 tainments not only discovered a Levity of- Mind, 
 but were contrary to the whole Tenour of the 
 ( jofpel of Christ, they feem'd fomewhat con- 
 vinced, at Icaft I truft it fet them upon dtubiing\ 
 2nd I pray God they may doubt more and more ; 
 for Cards, Dancing, and fuch like, draw the 
 Soul from God, and lull it afteep as. much as 
 Drunkennefs and Debauchery. — And every Mi- 
 nifter of Christ ought, with the Authority of 
 an Apoltle, to declare and teflify the dreadful 
 Snare of the Devil, whereby he leads many 
 Captive at his Will, by the falfely call'd innocent 
 Entertainments of the polite Part of the World j 
 for Women are as much enflaved to their fajhi- 
 onable Diverfions, as Men are to their Bottle and 
 their Hounfls : Self-pleafing, Scl.f-feeking is the 
 Ruling Principle in both ; and therefore fuch 
 Things are to be fpoken againfr, not only as fo 
 many trifling Amufeinents, but as Things which 
 fhew that the Heart is who! y alienated from the 
 Life of God. — For if I may fpeak by my own, 
 as well as others Experience, as foon as ever the 
 Soul is ltirrcd up to feek after God, it cannot 
 away with a ny fucb Thing; — And th ere fore, 
 when in Company, I love to lay the Ax to tha 
 Root of the Tree, Ihow the Ncceflity of a tho- 
 rough 
 
97 J 
 rough Change-of Heart, and then all Things fall 
 
 to the Ground at once. Aly Friend, Mr.'. 
 
 well defcribes the Mifery of a Modern fine Lady 
 
 in the following Verfes. 
 
 i Tim. v. 6. 
 
 She that liveth in Pleafure is dead u bile Jht Ihetb* 
 
 TTOW haplefs is tV applauded Virgin's Lot, 
 J * Her GOD forgetting, by her GOD forgot ! 
 Stranger to Truth, unknowing to obey, 
 In Error nurs'd, and difipllnd to fray ; 
 Swcln with SclfJVill, and principled with Pride, 
 Senfe all her Good, and Pajfion all I er Guide : 
 Pleafure its Tide, and Flatfry lends its Breath, 
 Andfmoothly waft her to Eternal Death ! 
 
 A Goddefs here, JJje fees her Vo fries meet. 
 Crowd to her Shrine, and tremble at her Feet ; 
 She hears her Vows, believes their Life and Death 
 Hangs on the JVrath and Mercy of her Breath ', 
 Supreme in fancy d State jhe reigns her Hour, 
 And glories in her Plenitude of Power. 
 Herfelf the only Objccl worth her Care, 
 Since all the kneeling I For Id was made for her. 
 For her Creation all its Stores difplays ; 
 The Silk'l form's Labour, and the Diamond's Blaze; 
 Air, Earth, and Sea conj'pire to tempt her Tajle, 
 And ranfack'd Nature fur nfhs the Feaji. 
 Life's gaudiefl Pride attracts her willing Eyes, 
 And Balls, and Theatres, and Courts uric : 
 Italian Songfers pant her Ear to plea/e, ^ 
 
 Bid the firjt Cries of Infant Reafon ceafe, C 
 
 Save her from Thought, and lull her S Quito Peace, j 
 
 9 5 D"P 
 
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 Deep funk in Se>fe /// impriforfd Scut remains f 
 N.r A news its Fall from GOD, nor feels its Chains : 
 UncoTjfcious Jlillj Jleeps on in Error's Night, 
 Norjirives to rife, tiorjlruggles into Light : 
 Heaven- bo- :: in vain, degenerate cleaves to Earthy 
 (N Pangs experience of the fecend Birth) 
 She only fallen^ yet urnvakendfund, 
 While all tb' enthralled Creation groans around ! 
 
 Friday, Dee, 7. Obferved two Perfons came 
 in with the Family to Prayer laft Night, and a 
 vifible Alteration was made in the Behaviour of 
 the People of the Houfe ; preached in the Morn- 
 ing and Evening to fmall polite Auditories. 
 
 The Governor put by his Court to come to 
 Morning Service, and at Noon, upon an Invi- 
 tation fent hft Night, I and my Friends dined 
 with him ; he treated us very humanely; and in 
 the Evening, two of the Head Inhabitants fa- 
 vour'd me with a Vifit. — At Night Four Per- 
 fons came to join in Family Prayer, to whom I 
 gave a fliort Exhortation. — God grant it may be 
 a beneficial one to their Souls f 
 
 Upper- Marlboroigb. 
 
 Saturday, Dec, 8. Left Anapolis this Morning. 
 Baited at Upper- Marlborough, about 15 Miles 
 diftanr, intending to go farther; but being de- 
 fired.by fome Gentlemen to fray and preach on 
 the Morrow, I was prevailed upon, and fpent 
 the Remainder of the Day in fweet Converfa- 
 tion with my Friends, and in writing Letters to 
 fome under Convictions at Philadelphia ; and 
 fuep'd with a Gentleman who kindly entertain'd 
 
 both 
 
both me anJ my Fellow-Travdjers. — Our Talk 
 ran upon the Fall of Man — Help u$> LordJefui 9 
 to be made alive in thte ! 
 
 Upper- Afarlborougby Poriobacco. 
 
 Sunday, Dec. 9. Preached at Upprr-AL 
 rough to a fmall, polite, and feemingly very cu- 
 rious Audience. Dined with the Gentleman 
 with whom we fupped Jaft Night. Parted with 
 a dear Friend who came from Philadelphia \ took 
 Horfe, (there being no Sermon in the Afternoon) 
 and went a Sabbath day's Journey as far as Pi/- 
 
 catawa , where we were kindly entertained. 
 
 Wrote fome Letters to our Englijh Friends. 
 
 Converfed to the Ufe of edifying, and felt an 
 uncommon Freedom and Sweetnels in our Hearts, 
 — Well might our Lord fay, The Kingdom cf God 
 is within you. 
 
 Pifcatavcay, Portobacco, and Poicmock. 
 
 Monday 1 Dae. 10. Was fweetly refrefhed by 
 laft Night's Reft. — Wrote another Letter to Eqg- 
 land ; baited at Pcrtobacco, and reached Potomock 
 by Three in the Afternoon. P<.tom,ck is a Ri- 
 ver which parts the Two Provinces Maryland 
 and Virginia. It is fix Miles broad. We at- 
 tempted to go over it ; but after we had rowed 
 about a Mile, the Wind blew fo violently, and 
 Night was coming on fo fair, that we were 
 obliged to go back and lye at the Perfon's Houfe 
 that kept the Ferry, where they brought out fuch 
 Things as they had. Here God was pleafed to 
 Jhumble my Soul by inward Triads, — I retired as 
 O 6 foon 
 
foon as poffible, and bewailed the Wretched nef^ 
 of my fallen Nature. — Behold I am vile ! 
 
 Virginia^ Seals- Church. 
 
 Thursday \ Dec* 1 1. Had a fhort and delight- 
 ful Paflage over the River this Morning, which 
 we could not pafs lafl Night. — Obferved the 
 Country to be much more open, and the 
 Roads better than in Maryland. PafTed over 
 two more Ferries in the Day's Journey, but 
 were put to fome little Inconveniency for want 
 of finding a Publick Houfe in the Way. How- 
 ever, at laft we met a poor Woman in our 
 Road, who was going to fell Cakes to the Train'd 
 Bands, of which we bought fome. — A few Miles 
 further, a Planter let us have fome Provender 
 for our Beads, and a little Milk and fmall Beer 
 for ourfelves. — In the Strength of which, by Six 
 at Night we got to a Place called SeaL-Churchy 
 Twenty- nine Miles from Potomcck. — Here we 
 called at a Perfon's Houfe to whom we were re- 
 commended.— But the Miftrefs of it not being, 
 ai Home, the Overfeer of the Slaves at firft was 
 unwilling to receive us. However, finding we 
 were wet, and Strangers, he was at laft pre- 
 vailed upon to let us abide there all Night ; and 
 in a little Time furnifhed us with a good Fire, 
 with fome Meat, Milk, and a Cake baked on 
 the Hearth, which was exceedingly refreshing, 
 and afforded us no fmall Matter for Praife and 
 Thankfgiving. — Oh that we may abound in that 
 Dut', ?n:re and ir.Qre ! 
 
 Wednefda)\ Dtc. 12. Took a little Breakfafr ; 
 went on, having plea fan t Roads and a warm 
 Day, 'till we came to -Pifcataivay Ferry, Eigh- 
 teen 
 
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 ■ ', off, where the Man of the Houfe 
 fpared us ibmc Corn and Sheaves for our Horfcs, 
 but had neither Milk nor Bread in the Houfe for 
 ourlelves. — However, I endeavoured to feed him 
 with Spiritual Bread ; but he ferioufly afked one 
 of us, if J was not a Quaker. — About One we 
 jet out, and before Four in the Afternoon reached 
 an Ordinary. Here we were moil opportunely 
 refreflied with what Meat they had. There- 
 being no other Publick Houfe for fome Miles, 
 and being wearied more than common, for 
 want of ufual Suftenance, we tarried all Night. 
 — In the Evening fome Gentlemen came dis- 
 ordered in Liquor ; but the Woman of the 
 Houfe kept them from us, fo we flept very com- 
 fortably on the Bed that file made us in the 
 
 Kitchen. 1 talked to her of Religion, and 
 
 told her that we were to be born again. She 
 faid that was true, but it was to be done after 
 Death. — Alas^ b.w do moji live as th/ this was 
 their Creed ! L$rd, awaken them cut of this SLep ! 
 Tburfday^ Dec. 13. Set out juft as the Sun 
 rofe, got to an Ordinary by Noon ; eat what 
 was fet before us with Comfort, and fome De- 
 gree of Thankfulnefs, and reached the Houfe of 
 
 Colonel W , long before Night. Here God 
 
 fpread a plentiful Table for us, and what was 
 ftill more defirable, a well-inclined Perfon pro- 
 videntially came in, to whom I truft the Con- 
 verfation was much blefs'd. — Speak , O Lord, and 
 it Jhall be done. 
 
 Ghucejier^ York and Williamfburgh* 
 
 Friday, Decemb. 14. Left Colonel W- 's 
 
 about Seven in the Morning, pafs'd through 
 
 Clou- 
 
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 Gloucejler Town, a very little Place. CrofTed 
 a Ferry a Mile over. Dined at York, a Place 
 fomewhat larger, and reached IVilUamshurgh, the 
 Metropolis of Virginia, by the Evening. The 
 Gentleman before-mentioned was fo kind as to 
 accompany us ; with him I difcourfed much of 
 the Things pertaining to the Kingdom of God. 
 — Oh that the Lord moy make him an Ifraelite 
 indeed ! 
 
 Saturday , Dec. 15. Waited on, and after- 
 wards (at his Invitation) dined with the Go- 
 vernor, who received me moft courteoufly.— — 
 Paid my Refpects to the Rev. Mr. Blair the 
 CommifTary of Virginia. ~- His Difcourfe was 
 favoury, and fuch as tended to the Ufe of edi- 
 fying. He received me with Joy, afked me 
 to preach, and wifhed my Stay was to be 
 longer. — Under God he has been ^chiefly in- 
 ftrumental in raifing a beautiful College in Wil- 
 liamsburgb, in which is a Foundation for about 
 eight Scholars, a Prefident, two Matters, and 
 Profeffors in the feveral Sciences. Here the 
 Gentlemen of Virginia fend their Children ; and 
 as far as I could learn by Enquiry, they are near 
 in the fame Order, and under the fame Regula- 
 tion and Dilcipline, as in our Univerfities at 
 Home. The p relent M afters came from Oxford* 
 Two of them I find were my Cotemporaries. 
 I rejoiced in feeing fuch a Place in America. May 
 learning Chrijl be made the one End of all their 
 Studies and other Arts and Sciences only introduced 
 and purfued as fubfervient to that Excellency of 
 Knowledge / 
 
 Sunday, Dec. 16. Preached in the Morning 
 (as I afterwards was informed) to the Satisfac- 
 tion and Profit of many. Several Gentlemen 
 
 came 
 
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 came from York, 14 Miles off, to hear, and 
 were defirous of my going back to preach at 
 their Town on the Morrow. A large Au- 
 dience (I found) might have been expected, could 
 timely Notice have been given ; but being in. 
 great Hafte, and there being no Sermon cufto- 
 marily in the Afternoon, I dined with the Com- 
 miffary, who entertained me and my Friends 
 with great Civility, and \zit Willi amsburgb in the 
 Afternoon, pro mi fin g, if poflible, to vifit thefe 
 Parts again fome Time in the Summer. But 
 future Things b. long to thee, O God F 
 
 Monday, Dec 17. Got over a Ferry three 
 Miles broad the laft Night, and providentially 
 met with a young Man who (hewed us the Way 
 to one Captain R — w's, who entertained us with 
 much Generofity and Freedom, and was fo kind 
 as to go w r ith us this Morning fourteen Miles in 
 the Way. At my firft getting on horfeback I 
 was much indifpofed, but God was pleafed to 
 ftrengthen me, and I held out my Journey tiil we 
 came to an Ordinary about 30 Miles from the 
 Place where we lay laft Night. — Here we met 
 with what fome would account very indifferent 
 Entertainment. — Bafhfulnefs, and a Fear of being 
 troublefome, has, kept us from embracing Offers 
 of Gentlemen's Houfes : But we have heard a 
 good Report of the Generofity of the Virginia 
 Gentlemen, and I have great Reafon to believe 
 what is reported ; for I find they are fo willing 
 and accuftomed to entertain Strangers, that few 
 think it worth their while to keep publick Or- 
 dinaries. — How amiable is fuch Hofpitality, efpe- 
 cially when proceeding from Chrijlian Motives! 
 
 Tuefday, Dec. j 8. Was very reftlefs and in- 
 difpofed with a Fever all Night, which continu- 
 ing 
 
Ing upon me, and one of our Horfes being foun- 
 dered, it was thought advifable to flay at the 
 Ordinary the whole Day — Being very weak I 
 could icarce lift up my Head, or eat any Food : 
 But God caufed me to rejoice in it : For it is 
 he alone can enable any Man to fuftain with 
 Patience and Thankfulnefs even his Bodily In- 
 firmities. — Lord JefuSy grant me thy Grace > and 
 then, though thou kill me y yet will I put my Truji 
 in thee ! 
 
 NOR TH-C ARO LIN A 
 
 IFednefday, Dec. 1 6. Finding myfelf fome- 
 what ftronger, and the Horfe alio being in better 
 Order, we took a (hort Day's Journey of about 
 26 Miles, and were moil afre£tionately received 
 
 by one Col. n in North-Carolina.— & little 
 
 while after our coming in, I begg'd Leave to 
 lye down to reft my weary Limbs.— -And fome 
 Way or other, in my Abie nee, my Friends ac- 
 quainted our Hoft v/ho I was. — Upon which he 
 was (o rejoiced that he could not tell how to ex- 
 prefs his Satisfaction. His Wife alfo feem'd moft 
 follicitous to oblige,, and they were only con- 
 cerned that they could do no more for us. The 
 honeft old Man told us, that his Son-in law, 
 who lived about three Miles ofF, ever fince he 
 heard of me in the News, wifhed that I would 
 come thither. — This is not the firft Time, by 
 many, that I have found the Advantage of the 
 Things my Adverfaries have inferted in the pub- 
 lick Papers : They do but excite People's Cu- 
 riofity, and ferve to raife their Attention, while 
 all Men of JSerioufnefs and Candor naturally in- 
 fer 
 
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 fer that foine Good mull: be doing where fuch 
 Stories and Falfities are invented. 
 
 The Worlds Sin, Death , oppfe in vai y i> 
 
 Cbri/l by hh dying, Death hath /Iain ! 
 
 My great Deliverer, and my GOD ! 
 
 In vain dees the old Dragt 
 
 In vain all Hell its Pcivi s engage \ 
 
 Nought can witlfiand thy conquering Blood ! 
 
 EDEN-TOWN. 
 
 Tuefday, Dec. 20. Found myfelf better in the 
 Morning than I have been for fome Days part. 
 Took our Leave of our kind Hoft, and tra- 
 velled cheerfully onwards. About Noon we 
 lighted in the Woods to give our Horfes Pro- 
 vender, and to take a little Refrefhment our- 
 felves, which we have done every Day this 
 Week, becaufe there are no Ordinaries in the 
 Way ; and one cannot well tell with what Glad- 
 nefs we took our Food, and how comfortably we 
 praifed God for fpeading us a 'Fable in the Wil- 
 dernefs. — By four in the Afternoon we reached 
 Eden-Town, a little Place, but beautifully fituated 
 by the Water-fide. — Here we were well enter- 
 tained at a publick Houfe ; and tho' God was 
 pleafed to humble my Body by Weaknefs, and 
 my Soul by inward Pains, yet before we went 
 to Reft, he was pleafed to refrefh me with a 
 Multitude of Peace. 
 
 Why Jh:idd the Children of a King, 
 
 Go mourning all their Days ? 
 Great Comfort: r, elf end, and bring 
 
 The Tokens of thy Grace ! 
 
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 Affure each Confcience of its Part 
 
 In the Redeemer s B ood ; 
 And bear thy Ifttnefs with each Hearty 
 
 That it is born of God ! 
 
 BE LLs-FE R R T. 
 
 Friday, Dec. 21. Was refrefhed much both 
 in Body and Spirit ; and the Weather being too 
 hazy to pafs over the Sound, I had a fweet Op* 
 portunity given me of writing fome Things that 
 lay upon my Mind. — I intended, had I ftaid, to 
 preach to thofe few People that were in the 
 Town : But about Noon the Sun Aiming bright 
 and difpelling the Mift, at three o'Clock we went 
 in a Pettiagua over the Sound, and were near 
 feven Hour in our Paflage — It was about twelve 
 Miles over. We were favoured with a calm and 
 pleafant Night ; and praifed God as we went over 
 by finging Hymns, and met with a convenient 
 
 Ordinary when we came on the other Side. 
 
 How /ho? t a Way can a Boat go in a long Time, 
 when there is no Wind or Tide to carry it forwards P 
 Thus it is with the So f d. When God with-!: olds 
 the gentle Gales and Breathings of his Spirit from 
 US) we jail but fowly towards the Haven of eter- 
 nal R<ji. 
 
 BATH-TOWN. 
 
 Saturday, Dec. 22. Set out by break of Day, 
 and came by eight at Night to Bath Town, near 
 fifty Miles frorn BelP 'j- Ferry. -It is by far the 
 longeft Stage, and the worft Roads we have had 
 fince we began our Journey. The Ground, mod 
 Part of the Way, was wet and fwampy, the 
 
 Country 
 
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 Country uninhabited, and a very fenfible Alter:: 
 tion was difcernible in the Climate. — It was as 
 hot as generally it is at Midfummer in England - y 
 but we had a fweet Breeze of Wind intermixed, 
 which made our riding through the Woods in the 
 Day time exceeding pleafant. About mid-way 
 we met with an Ordinary where we refrefhed 
 ourfelves and Beads. We obferv'd a Variety 
 of Birds and in the Evening heard the Wolves 
 on one Side of us howling like a Kennel of 
 Hounds, which made me refle6l on what the 
 Pfalmift fays, The Lions rearing after their Prey 
 dojeek their Meat from GOD, 
 
 They range all Night on Slaughter cent, 
 y I ill fummm d by the rifing M)m y 
 
 To skulk in Dens 9 with one Content r 
 The confeious Ravagers return. 
 
 When we came to our Inn, we were told of 
 a Man and Woman who one Night were fur- 
 rounded with a Company of thefe Wolves, and 
 purfued by them a long Wav ; this made me 
 think of an Obfervation of Mr. Gilbert Ten* 
 nent : cc The Creatures are up in Arms againft 
 4C us, to revenge their Maker's Quarrel : Thanks 
 " be to God for the Death and Refurre&ion 
 < c of our dear Lord Jesus, who has not only 
 " delivered us from the Power of Wild Beads, 
 « but of Death and Hell itfelf!" Therefore 
 we may fweetly fing, 
 
 Tho in a bare and rugged Way, 
 Thro* dtfart lonely Wilds wejhay, 
 Thv Bounty (1 all cur Pains beguile ; 
 The barren Wilder nefs Jheill frnile 
 With fudden Greens avd Herbage crown d, 
 And Streams Jhall murmur all around! 
 
 Sun* 
 
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 Sunday, Dec. 23. Sent to the Minifter of the 
 Place, and had fome Conversation with him laft 
 Night; preached about Noon to near 100 Peo- 
 ple, which, as I found, was an extraordinary 
 Congregation, there being feldom more than 
 
 Twenty at Church. After Sermon, one 
 
 poor Woman came with a full Heart, defiring 
 my Prayers ; I afked her whether (he had been 
 convicted by the Sermon, or whether (he knew 
 Christ; (he anfwered, (he had been Seeking 
 him for fome Time, but wanted to find a Mi- 
 nister who had Understanding in Divine Things. 
 —Lighten our Darknefs, ivebefeech ilne^ O Lord! 
 
 Newborn-Town. 
 
 Monday, Dec. 24. Crofled PampUco River, • 
 about five Miles wide, yefterday Evening. — Lay 
 at an Ordinary near the Water-fide. — Set out by 
 break of Day ; crcfTed New River about Four in 
 the Afternoon, and reached Newborn Town, 
 Thirty-two Miles from Bath Tow>?, by Six at 
 Night --Perceived my Appetite to grow better; 
 but could not help thinking wifhfully on the Way 
 of my dear Friends at England, who I Supposed 
 were joining with one Accord in fervent Prayer, 
 and umering in the Feftival of our dear Lord's Na- 
 tivity; by finging of Hymns and fpiritual Songs. 
 This Time twelve Months I was with them. 
 Oh that the Cry v/as made, Bth'ld the Bridegroom 
 comet h ! 
 
 Tuffday, Dec, 25. Endeavoured ftill to keep 
 my Mind as much as poflibie in Union with all 
 thofe pious Souls who f knew were rejoicing in 
 the Glad Tidings of Salvation by Jesus Christ. 
 ■ — Went to publick Wor(hip, and received the 
 Holy Sacrament, which was celebrated in the 
 
 Court- 
 
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 Court- Houfe. — In the Afternoon the People were 
 uncommonly attentive. Moft melted into TeaiS. 
 
 . — Alter Sermon, a poor Woman with a Heart 
 full of Concern, ran to me, defiling that I would 
 come and preach where (he lived , another told 
 me I had given him a home Stroke ; and indeed 
 all, I believe, felt an unufual Effect upon their 
 Minds. 1 — The Woman where we lodged would 
 take nothing for our Chrijlmas Dinner, and wiftied 
 we could itay with them longer. — Oh how will it 
 rejoice me tohearthat fome poor Soul this Day was 
 born again ! Then it would be a Cbrijl?nas Day 
 indeed ! And why ihould I doubt ? I have great 
 Reafon to think, 
 
 In mariy a Soul the Saviour ft irr^d ; 
 / truji jomc yielded^ and believ'd. 
 
 Wednefday, Dec 26. Set out early, and rode 
 very plcafantly till Dinner-time. Met with fome 
 comfortable Rcfrcfhmcnt at an Ordinary on the 
 Road, and lodged at a little Houfe in the Woods, 
 • about Thirty-five Miles off' where we lay laft 
 Night. The People w r ere apprized of my com- 
 ing, and got fuch Things a3 they had in a de- 
 cent Manner, and we endeavour'd to receive all 
 the divine Bleflings with Thankfulnefs. I had 
 a good deal of Diicourfe with the People of the 
 Houfe, and after much previous and fuitable Con- 
 vention, I baptized two Strangers Children, 
 who providentially lay at the fame Houle that 
 
 Night. 1 believe there may be Hundreds of 
 
 Children in this Province unbaptized, for want 
 of a Minifter. Oh that the Lord would fend forth 
 fome vjbo might preach and baptize in this Wilder 
 
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 vefs ! I believe they would flu k to him from all the 
 Countries round aUu/. 
 
 Thurfday, Dec. 27. Set out about Eight in the 
 Morning ; eroded Trent River, a Ferry about 
 half a Mile wide, and got to an Ordinary a lit- 
 tle Way out of the Road, and about Thirty 
 three Miles Stage, before Six at Night. As foon 
 as I came in, a young Man welcomed me into 
 America, who, upon Enquiry, I found had been 
 one of my Parifhoners at Savannah \ this gave 
 me an immediate Opportunity of falling into re- 
 ligious CUnverfation, and afterwards I went, as 
 my uiual Cuftom is, among the Negroes belong- 
 ing to the Houfe. One Man was fick in Bed, 
 and two of his Children laid their Prayers after 
 me very well.— Ltrd Jefus, when Jhall Ethiopia 
 Jlrclch out its Hands unto thee ? 
 
 Neiv-Tcivn on Cape Fear River. 
 
 Friday, Dec. 28. Had a very boifterous Night, 
 and the Weather continued rainy molt Part of 
 the i Jay. — However, the Lord ftrengthencd us to 
 go on our Way After about fifteen Miles ride, 
 we comfortably refrefhed both ourfelves and 
 Beafts at a poor Widow's Ordinary, who a few 
 Days ago had buried her Hufband, whici made 
 her more thankful, and better prepared tor reli- 
 gious Difcourie.— After 1 inner we had a plea- 
 fant Ride to New-town on Cape Fear River, 
 near eighteen Miles from the P a^ . wheie we 
 baited.- -It is a little but thriving Plac tor Trade, 
 and we rejoiced greatly that the Lord had brought 
 us ib far on our Journey, and had not fuftered 
 us to go out of our Way through fo many al- 
 moft uninhabited Woods ! The little wet lea- 
 ther To-day made our Inns more acceptable, 
 
 and 
 
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 and we could not help reflecting that it is in our 
 Spiritual as in our Temporal Journeys ; fome- 
 times the Sun of Rightcoufnefs arifes with great 
 Luftre upon our Hearts, fomctimes a Cloud over- 
 fhadows us, and Storms furround us. Lord ena- 
 ble us through all continually to pr if s fir wards ^ and 
 fufjtr us t ot to grow weary and jalnt in our Minds \ 
 for we know that one Moment of the Beatifck Vi- 
 fim will make Amendi for all ! 
 
 Sunday^ Dtc. 3:. Wrote fome more Letters 
 to my Friends at England, Read Prayers, and 
 preached, both Morning and Evening in the 
 Court-Houfe, to as many as could be expected 
 at fo fhort a Warning. — There being many of 
 the Scoub amongft the Congregation, w o lately 
 came over to fettle in North Carolina^ I was led 
 out in the Afternoon to make a particular Ap- 
 plication to them, and to remind them ©f the 
 Necefiity of living holy Lives, that fo they might 
 prove a Hlefiing to the Province, and give Proof 
 of their Zeal for thoi> Truths which I had been 
 delivering, and which they had heard preached to 
 them with great Purity and Clearnefs in their 
 native Country. — After Service, a Gentleman 
 inform'd me that feveral were affedted -, two other 
 Gentleman came and prefs'd me to ftay longer, 
 but being intent on my Journey, about Five in 
 the Evening I and my Friends palled the Ferry, 
 about Three Miles diiiant, and lay comfortably 
 at the Houfe of" the High Sheriff of the County 
 — Here we met with fome other Perfons, whom 
 I prayed with, and mftructed to the beft of my 
 Power, for which they feem'd thankful.— Much 
 Good may be done by an earneft and circum- 
 spect endeavouring always to introduce proper 
 Religious Conversation. Our Lord did fo where- 
 
 ever 
 
ver he was ; and every true Minifter of Jesus 
 Christ ought to live fo exemplarily, that 
 whercfoever he comes People fhould expeti fome 
 edifying Difcourfe immediately to drop from his 
 Mouth. Every Chiifiian ought to bring Light 
 and Heat with him, like the Sun, whitheribever 
 he comes. — Wicked Men will lead us an Ex- 
 ample of Boldnefs. 
 
 They can brave tV eternal Lazts f 
 Zealous in their Majlcr's Canh, 
 JEW, Jhallthy Servants be 
 
 Lefs rej-'cv V, or bold for thee ? 
 
 Jvlonday, Dec. 31. Set out ea^lv, and met 
 with more Perils by Land than we have been 
 
 expofed to yet. It having rained ahnoff the 
 
 whole Night, the Swamps and Creeks which 
 lay in the Way were filled with Water; and 
 the Bridges being out of Repair, render'd Tra- 
 velling very dangerous. In one Place we were 
 obliged to fwim our Horfes -, in many the Wa- 
 ters were very high, and were not to be palled 
 without much Difficulty, and I was of fo little 
 Faith as to be ibmetimes rather afraid! But 
 we met with two go* 1 Guides, by whofe Aflift- 
 nnce we were carried through all, and brought at 
 Nmht to a little 1 iotife, where with Pleafure we 
 reflected en the Dangers and Deliverances of the 
 Dav, and reminded one another of the unfpeak- 
 ible Satisfa6Hon we might expect hereafter up- 
 on a View of thofe manj Crofles, Difficulties, 
 and Temptations, which wc mull: ncceflarily , 
 endure whilft in our Pilgrimage here Oh that 
 we may Urn n to endure arty Pa ,<, dejpife any Shu 
 jubmlt to any Dijjiculties^ p om a believing Prcf- 
 2 /u7 
 
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 peSf of zuhat we /hall hereafter enjoy, when raifed 
 to Glory at the Right Hand of God our Saviour ! t 
 
 South-Carolina. 
 
 Tuefday, Jon. i. Rode about Ten Miles, 
 and, to my great Comfort, where we baited, met 
 with one who I had great Reafon to believe was 
 a Child of God. — It fomewhat grieved me that 
 I could ftay no longer, but being in Hafte, we 
 pailed over a half Mile Ferry. — About Sun fet, 
 we came to a Tavern lying near Five Miles 
 within the Province of South -Carolina, Here I 
 immediately perceiv'd the People were more po- 
 lite than thofe we generally met with, but I be- 
 lieve the People of the Houfe at firft could have 
 wifh'd I had not come to be their Gueft that 
 Night; for it being New- Year's Day, feve- 
 ral of the Neighbours were met together, in 
 order to divert themfelves by dancing Country- 
 Dances. — By Advice of my Companions in Tra- 
 vel, I went in amongft them. All were foon 
 put to Silence, and were for fome Time fo over- 
 aw'd, that after I had difcourfed with them on the 
 Nature of Baptifm, and the Neceffity of being 
 born again, in order to enjoy the Kingdom or' 
 Heaven ; at their Entreaty, I baptized one of 
 i their Children, and pray'd afterwards as I was 
 j enabled, and as the Circumstances of the Com- 
 
 1 pany required. Oh that Hearts way be given 
 
 I them to turn away from thefe and all other lying 
 I Vanities* 
 
 Wednefday, Jan. 2. Rofe very early, pray'd, 
 Ifung a Hymn, gave another Word of Exhorta- 
 tion to the Dancers ; and at Break of Day mount- 
 j'sd our Horfes. For near twenty Miles, wc rode 
 P over 
 
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 over a beautiful Bay as plain as a Terras-Walk ; 
 and as we paiTcd along were wonderfully delight- 
 ed to fee the Porpoifes taking their Paftime, and 
 hear, as it were, Shore refounding to Shore the 
 Praifes of Him who hath fet Bounds to the Sea 
 that it cannot paft, and hath faid, " Here (hall 
 
 your proud Waves be ftaid !" At Night we 
 
 thought to call at a Gentleman's Houfe, where 
 we had been recommended, about fort}' Miles 
 diftant from our laft Night's Lodging, but the 
 Moon being totally eclipfed, we miffed the Path 
 that turned out of the Road ; and then thought 
 it moft advifeable, as we were in the main Road, 
 to go on our Way, trufting to the Almighty to 
 ftrengthen both our Beafts and us. We had 
 net gone far but we faw a Light ; two of my 
 Friends went up to it, and law a Hll full of 
 Negroes ; they enquired after the Gentleman's 
 Houfe whither we were directed, but the Negroes 
 .feemed furprized, and laid they knew ro fuch 
 Alan, and that they were but new Comers. 
 From thefe Circumilances one of my Friends 
 inferr'd, that thefe Negroes might be fome of 
 thofe who lately had maJe an Infunection in vhe 
 Province, and were run away from their Mat- 
 ters. When he returned, we were aU of his 
 Mind, and therefore thought it heft to mend our 
 Pace. Soon after we faw another great r ire 
 near the Road Side, but imagining there was an- 
 other Neil of fuch Negroes, we made a Circuit 
 into the Woods, and one of my Friends at a 
 Diftance obferved them dancing round the Fire. 
 The Moon fhining bright, we foon found our 
 Way into the great Road again ; and after we 
 had tfone about a Dozen Miles, expeclmg to 
 find Negroes in every Place, we came to a great 
 
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 Plantation, the Mailer of which, to our great 
 Comfort, gave us Lodging, and our Beafts Pro- 
 vender. Upon our relating the Circumftances 
 of our Travels, he gave us Satisfaction about the 
 'Negroes, inform'd us whofe they were, and up- 
 on what Occafion they were in thofe Places in 
 which we found them. This afforded us much 
 Comfort, after we had rode near Threefcore 
 Miles, and, as we thought, in great Perils of 
 our Lives. B'U'Jcd be thy Name, (J Lrd, for 
 this, end all ether thy Mercies, through JESUS 
 CHRIST l 
 
 Jhurfday, Ja~. 3. Had a hofpitable Breakfaft 
 fet before us by the Gentleman who laft Night 
 
 received us into his Houfr. Set out late in the 
 
 Morning, palled over a Three Mile Ferry near 
 
 George-Town, and for the Eafe of our Bealts, 
 
 rode not above Nineteen Miles the whole Day. 
 
 ' A c^od Man, fays So'omon, is merciful to his BajK 
 
 Friday, Jon. 4. Lay at a little Houfe on 
 Sant.c River ^ where I met with a Soldier, for- 
 merly one of my Catechumens, who had been 
 difcharged, but retained a grateful Senfe of the 
 Instructions that had been given him. PafTed 
 over two Ferries in the Morning, baited at Din- 
 ner Time, af:er we had rode about Eighteen 
 Miles, and were then obliged to ride Twenty 
 Five Miies further, there being no proper Place 
 to ilay at by the Way. About Eight in the 
 Eve-ning, we came to a Tavern, within five 
 Miles from Charles-Town, where we were com» 
 fortably refrefh'd with Food convenient for us. 
 We had Family Prayer, and therein endeavour- 
 ed to exprefs our Thankfulnefs to God for thus 
 cauiing us to renew our Strength, and bringing 
 us fo near the Place where we would be ! Oh that 
 P 2 eu- 
 
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 cur Hearts may be excited more and more to prai/e 
 the Lord for thefe and all other Mercies which he 
 daily pours down en us> the unworthieji of the Sons 
 cf Men ! 
 
 Charles -Town. 
 
 Saturday*, 'Jan. 5. Left our Lodging before 
 Day-light, and reached Charles-Tcwn, after we 
 had pafied over a three Mile Ferry about ten in the 
 Morning. Went to the Houfe of one Mr. L—rc^ 
 where we dined, and were entertained with great 
 Civility. In the Afternoon feveral Gentlemen 
 of the Town were fo kind as to come and fee 
 me, and expreffed a great Willingnefs to hear 
 me preach ; Letters and Papers were alfo brought 
 me from New York ', informing me how fucceff- 
 fully the Work of God was carrying on there. 
 •— — The Accounts in the Endi/h Papers to the 
 fame Effect, afforded us frefh Matter for praifing 
 that God, who we hoped would advance his 
 Kingdom of Grace, whilft the World was buff- 
 ed in Wars and Rumours of Wars. In the 
 
 livening I wrote fome Letters to my Englifo and 
 New York Friends, and felt fuch Comfort with- 
 in myfelf as the World cannot give. Well 
 might David 'fay, Th y Jhall be in petfM Peace 
 whofe Minds are ft aid on t'hee ! 
 
 Sunday , Jen, 6. Went to publick Service in 
 the Morning, but did not preach, becaufe the. 
 Curate had not a Commiffion to lend the Pulpit, 
 unlefs the Commiflary (then out of Town) had 
 been prefent. However, moft of the Town being 
 very eager to hear me, in the Afternoon I preach- 
 ed in one of the Diffenting Meeting-houfes, but 
 was grieved to find fo little Concern in the Con- 
 gregation, 
 
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 grcgation, after the Sermon was over. The 
 Auditory was large, but very polite ; and I 
 queftion whether the Court-End of the Town 
 at London could equal, at lead exceed them in 
 affected Finery and Gaiety of Drefs, and a De- 
 portment ill-becoming Perfons who have had 
 fuch divine Judgments lately fent abroad amongft 
 them. — I reminded them of it in my Sermon ; 
 but I feemed to than as one that mocked. 
 
 Monday * Jan. 7. Finding the Inhabitants 
 were deiirous to hear me a fecond Time, about 
 eleven in the Morning I preached in the French 
 Church, and, blcffed be God, faw a glorious 
 Alteration in the Audience, which was fo great 
 that many flood without the Door, and I felt 
 much more Freedom in myfelf than I did Yes- 
 terday. Many were melted into Tears, and one 
 of the Town, moft remarkably gay, was obferv- 
 ed to weep, and inftead of the People's going 
 out (as they did Yefterday) in a light, airy, un- 
 thinking Manner, a vifible Concern was in moil 
 of their Faces. — AfLer Sermon, I and my Friends 
 dined at a Merchant's in Town ; and as I was p 
 ing along, a Letter was put into my Hands, where- 
 in were thefe Words : 4 Remember me in your 
 4 Prayers, for Chrifl's Sake, who died for me 
 4 a Sinner. 1 appeal to you for Help in the 
 
 * Way to Salvation. Prav fail me not, and I 
 c befeech you to pray for my Soul ; and the Lord 
 
 * bleis you, and grant you may win many Souls 
 
 * to God by your iincere Preaching.' Many 
 alfo of the Inhabitants, with lull Hearts, en- 
 treated me to give them one more Sermon, which 
 I looked up as a Call from Providence, and 
 therefore, though I w ls ready for Departure, 
 and juft about to take Boat, yet I thought it my 
 
 P 3 Duty 
 
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 Duty to comply with the People's Requeft, and 
 to put off my Journey till the Morrow. No- 
 tice was immediately given, and in about half an 
 Hour a large Congregation was afFembled in the 
 Meeting home where I preached Yefterday, 
 becaufe it was the largeft Place. In the Evening 
 I fupped at another Merchant's Houfe, where 
 I had an Opportunity, for near two Hours, 
 to converfe of the Things of God with a 
 large Company, and afterwards retired to my 
 Lodgings, pleafed with the Profpe£l of feeing 
 a good Work in that Place —Lord, fend forth 
 thy Servants, let there be now a great Cry made^ 
 Behold the Bridegroom ccmeth, and incline all for- 
 mal Profellbrs, all polite and foclifh Virgins, 
 to trim their Lamps, that they may he ready to 
 go forth to meet thee ! 
 
 Beaufort in Port- Royal 
 
 Tvfdau Jan. 8. Rofe a good While before 
 Day, left our Kcrfes in Chcries-lown^ and fet 
 out for Georgia in an open Canoe (having five 
 Negroes to row and fleer us) and God was plea- 
 fed to give us, for the mod Part, fair Weather. 
 The poor Slaves were very civil, diligent and 
 laborious. — We lay one Ni^ht on the Water, 
 and about five on tVednefda\ Evening arrived at 
 Beaufort in Port- Royal (ioo Miles from Charles- 
 Town) within the Province of South-Carolina. 
 We drank a little Tea at our Inn, and then 
 waited upon the Reverend Mr. Jones, the Mi- 
 nifter of the Place, who received us with great 
 Civility, and was very defirous I fhould take 
 a Red at his Houfe, as I did when I pafs'd 
 through the Place after I left Georgia laft. 
 
 Buf 
 
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 But intending to fct out by two in the Morn 
 in r, we thought it beft to lie at our Inn ; 
 and therefore, after Supper, and a little friendly 
 Converfation, we took our Leave. Ob that it e 
 may have Pilgrim Hearts for our Pilgrim Lives ! 
 
 IVednefdav, Jan. 9. The Wind being very 
 high, and thereby Sailing rendered impracticable, 
 I and my Friends ftaid at Braufcrt all the Morn- 
 ing, dined, at his Invitation, with kind Mr. 
 fone^ and afterwards, the Weather being fair, 
 and the Tide ferving, we took Boat and re- 
 frefhed ourlelves at a Plantation in the Way. In 
 the Night, we made a Fire on the Shore, and 
 flept round it for about four Hours ; a little after 
 Midnight we prayed with the Negroes, took 
 Boat again, and reached Savnnah before Noon 
 the next Day, where I had a joyful Meeting with 
 my dear Friends, who I found had been arrived 
 three Weeks ; and alfo was much refreflv/d 
 with a moil comfortable Packet of Le:. 
 . from England % Neiv-T.rk, &c. Bleffid be G 
 the IVork ff $*r dear Emanuel is pou 
 
 lug Oil 
 
 I cannot exprefs my Defire for its further 
 
 Advancement both in the Hearts of mv Friends 
 and all Mankind, better than in the Hymn al- 
 tered from Dr. More by one of the Reverend 
 Mr. IVefiqs. 
 
 1 . \XT HFNC HR IS T had left bis Fled brfow, 
 V V The Lofi his faithful Flock deplor'd: 
 
 H m in the Fle/h no more they Anoiv, 
 And languijh for their abfent Lord. 
 
 P 4 2. Not 
 
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 2. Not long — For He gone up on high, 
 Gifts to receive, and claim his Crow??, 
 
 Behold them farrowing, from his Sky, 
 And pour' d the Mighty Bleffing down. 
 
 3. He, for the Prefence of his Fl Jh, 
 The Spirit's feven- fold Gifts imparts^ 
 
 And living Streams their Souls refrefh, 
 And Joy Divine overflows their Hearts. 
 
 4. While all in fweet Devotion join 9 d y 
 Humbly to wait for GOD retire, 
 
 j he promi^d Grace in rujhing Wind 
 Defends, and cloven Tongues of Fire. 
 
 5. Gcd 9 s mighty Spirit fills the Dome, 
 The feeble Dome beneath Him Jhook, 
 
 ^Trembled the Crozvd to feel him come, 
 Soon as the Sons of Thunder fpoke. 
 
 6. Father/ if jufllyfiill we claim 
 
 To Usy and Ours, the Promife made. 
 To Us be gracioufly the fame, 
 
 And crown with Living Fire our Head. 
 
 7. Our Claim admit, and from above, 
 Of Holinefs the Spirit jhow'r, 
 
 Of wife Difcernment, humble Love, 
 And Zeal, and Unity, and Pow'r* 
 
 8. The Spirit of convincing Speech, 
 Of Pow 9 r demonflrative impart, 
 
 Such as may evry Confcience reach 9 
 And fund the Unbelieving Heart* 
 
 9. The 
 
9. The Spirit of refining Fire : 
 
 Searching the Innrjt f the Mind, 
 To purge all fierce and flul Deftre, 
 And kindle Life more pw e and kind. 
 
 10. The Sp'rit of Faith, in this Thy Day, 
 To break the Pow'r of cancel d Sin, 
 Tread down its Srngth, overturn its Sway ^ 
 And fi ill the Conquejl more than win. 
 
 %!• The Spirit breathe of Inward Life, 
 
 IVhich in our Hearts Thy Laws may write j 
 Then G'ief expires, and Pain, and Strife, 
 'Tis Nature all, and all Delight. 
 
 12. On all the Earth Thy Spirit Jhow'r, 
 
 The Earth in Righteoufnefs renew ; 
 Thy Kingdom come, and Hell's o'er-pow'r y 
 And to thy Sceptre all Jubdue. 
 
 13. Like mighty Wind, or Torrent fierce, 
 
 Let it Oppofers all o'er -run, 
 Aid ev'ry Law of Sin reverfe, 
 
 That Faith and Love may make all one* 
 
 14. Yea, let Thy Sp'rit in ev'ry Place 
 Its Richer Energy declare, 
 
 While lovely Tempers, Fruits of Graced 
 The Kingdom of thy CHRIST prepare, 
 
 1 5. Grant this, Holy GOD, and True! 
 
 The Ant lent Seers Thou didjl infpire : 
 7o Us perform the Prcmife due, 
 Defcend, and crown Us mw with Fire. j 
 
A 
 
 CONTINUATION 
 
 Of the REVEREND 
 
 Mr. WHIT: E FIE L D's 
 
 JOURNAL, 
 
 After his A r r i v a L at 
 
 GEORGIA, 
 
 January 1739-40, 
 
 To his fecond Return to England, March 1 740- 1 3 
 including an Account of his fecond Return to 
 Peiiiy-vania, New-Jerfies y and New-York, with 
 his firft Vifit to Rhode IJIand> Bojlon, and other 
 Parts of New England. 
 
 P 6 
 
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 CONTINUATION 
 
 O F 
 
 Mr. WHirEFIELUs 
 
 JOURNAL,^, 
 
 SAVANNAH. 
 
 F^ RID AT, January 11, 1739-40. Went 
 this Morning with fome Friends to view 
 a Tra£t of Land, confifting of 500 Acres, 
 which Mr. H— , whom I left School-Mafter of 
 Savannah, was directed, I hope by i rovidence, 
 to make Choice of for the Orphan Houfe. It 
 is fituated on the Northern Part of the Colony, 
 about ten Miles off Savannah, and has various 
 Kinds of Soil in it ; a Part of it very good. — — 
 Some Acres, through the Diligence of my Friend, 
 are cleared. He has alfo flocked it with Cattle 
 and Poultry. He has begun the Fence, and built 
 a Hut ; all which will greatly forward the Work. 
 I choofe to have it fo far off the Town, be- 
 caufe the Children will then be more Free from 
 bad Examples, and can more conveniently go 
 upon their Lands to work. For it is my Delign 
 to have each of the Children taught to labour, 
 fo as to be qualified to get their own Living.—- 
 
 LORD, 
 
LORD 9 do thou teach and excite them to labour 
 clfofor that Meat which endunth to everlajiing 
 Life'. 
 
 Tburfday, January 24. Went this Morning 
 and took PofTeflion of my hot.— I hope it is caji 
 in a fair Ground, and GOD, i 1 anfwer to our 
 Prayers, will Jhew that he has given us a goodly 
 Heritage. I called it Bethejda, that is, the Hcufe 
 of Mercy. For I hope many Ads of Mercy 
 will be (hewn there, and that many will thejeby 
 be ftirred up to prai t , th* lORD, as a GOD 
 whofe Mercy en dure th for ever. 
 
 Tuefday, January 29. Took in three German 
 Orphans, the moft pitiful Objects, I think, that I 
 ever yet faw.— No new Negroes could poflibly 
 look more defpicable, or require more Pains to 
 inftrucl: them. — Was all the Money I have col- 
 lected to be fpent in freeing thefe three Children 
 from flavery, it would be well laid out. — I have 
 alfo in my Houfe near twenty more, who, in 
 all Probability, if not taken in, would be as ig- 
 norant of God und Chrift, comparatively fpeak- 
 ing, as the Indi n$. BlefTed be God, they be- 
 gin to live in Order.— Continue this and all other 
 BleJJings to them for thy infix te Mercies fake, 
 LORD, my StrttK th and my Redeemer. 
 
 JVednef day, January 30. Went this Day with the 
 Carpenter and Surveyor, and laid out the Ground 
 whereon the Orphan-Houfe is to be, built. It 
 is to be fixty Feet long, and forty wide. A 
 Yard and Garden before and behind. The 
 Foundation is to be brick, and is to be funk four 
 Feet within, and raifed thn e Feet above the. 
 Ground. — The Houie is to be two Story high, 
 with an Hip-Roof: The firft ten, the fecond 
 nine Feet high.— In all, there will be near 
 
 twenty 
 
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 twenty commodious Rooms. — Behind are to 
 be two fmall Houfcs, the one for an Infirmary, 
 the other for a Work-houfe. There is alfo to 
 be a Still-Houfe for the Apothecary ; and I truft 
 ere my Return to England^ I fhall fee the Chil- 
 dren and Family quite fettled in it. — I find it will 
 be an expenfive Work : But it is for the Lord 
 Christ. He will take Care to defray all 
 Charges. The Money that will be fpent on this 
 Occafion, will keep many Families from leaving 
 the Colony; there are near thirty working at the 
 Plantation already, and I would employ as many 
 more, if they were to be had. — Whatfoever is 
 done for GOD, ought to be dine fpeedily, as well 
 as with a: I our Might. 
 
 Monday, Teburary 4. Met, according to Ap- 
 pointment, with all the Magiftrates, and the 
 former Truftee of the Orphans, who heard the 
 Recorder read over the Grant given me by the 
 Truftees, and took a Minute of their Approba- 
 tion of the fame. — LORD, grant that I and my 
 Friends may carefully watch over every Soul that 
 is or jhall be committed to our Charge ! 
 
 Monday, February u. Had much of the Di- 
 vine Prefence Yefterday, both at Morning and 
 Evening Service. Took in four frefh Orphans, 
 and fetout with two Friends to Frederica> in or- 
 der to pay my Refpects to General Oglethorpe^ 
 and to fetch the Orphans that were in the Sou- 
 thern Parts of the Colony.- LORD, pnferve 
 us in our Going out and Coming in^from this Time 
 forth for evermore. 
 
 Darien 
 
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 Darien near FrederUa. 
 
 Friday > February 15. Lay on the Water two 
 Nights, and reached the Scots Settlement To-day 
 at Noon.- Was kindly received by Mr. Mac- 
 leod the Minifter, and thofe of his Houfe. — En- 
 gaged to take four Orphans which were in his 
 Flock; and about feven in the Evening, after 
 fome edifying Converfation and friendly Offices 
 of Love, I took Boat for Frederica, where we 
 arrived about two in the Morning ; and having 
 warmed and refreshed ourfelyes, retired to Bed, 
 bleffing God for the bodily and fpiritual Com- 
 forts which he from time to time imparted to 
 us. — O that my Eyes were open to fee the Lengthy 
 and Breadth^ and Depths and Heighth, of the 
 Loving Kindnefs of the LORD! But it is pajl 
 finding out. 
 
 FREDERICA. 
 
 Saturday > Fdruary 16. Waited upon and was 
 courteoufly received by the General, with whom 
 I and my Friends T>reakfa;i-d and dined, and 
 fyent moft Part of the Day. At Night God 
 was pleafed to vifit me with a Fever, which 
 obliged me to go to Bed fconer than ufual. My 
 Mind was alfo exercifeu ith inward Trials : But 
 in a few Hours my Pams both of Body and Soul, 
 were fome what abated, and the Remainder of 
 the Night I was bleffed with fweet Repofe. — 
 For ever adored be the Keeper of Ifrael, who neither 
 JIumbereth nor fleepeth ! 
 
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 'Tis he fuft aim my feeble Pow'rs 
 
 With bis Almighty Arms : 
 He watches my unguarded Hours, 
 
 Again/} invading Harms, 
 
 No fcorching Sun> nor fukly Moon, 
 Have Leave from him to fmite : 
 
 He Jhields ?ny Head from hunting Noon, 
 From blajiing Damps at Night. 
 
 He guards my Soul, he keeps my Breath, 
 
 IWen thickeji Dangers come : 
 Still I'll go on, fecurefrom Death, 
 
 Till he commands me home* 
 
 Sunday, February 17. Found myfelf better in 
 
 Body, tho' fomewhat weak. Preached in the 
 
 Morning in a Room belonging to the Store- 
 Houfe.— God was pleafed to give me much 
 Freedom, and the People feemed very attentive. 
 The General, Soldiers and People attended 
 very orderly. After Sermon I married a Couple* 
 baptifed a Child, and fpent the Remainder of 
 the Evening with my two Friends. O what a 
 happy 77/ing is it for Brethren to dwell together in 
 Unity ! 
 
 Monday, February 18. Rofe this Morning by 
 one o'Clock. — Took Boat in order to go to St. 
 Andrew's ; but the Rudder breaking, we were 
 obliged to return back and defift from our in- 
 tended Voyage. — Went to Bed and flept for a 
 few Hours. Spent a good Part of the Day with 
 the General. About feven o'Clock fet off 
 for Darien, whither I promifed to return, to 
 take Mr. Macleod and the Orphans with me to 
 
 5#- 
 
[ 33° 1 
 
 Savannah. — The Paffaee to that Place is gene- 
 rally about four Hours : But the Wind being 
 high and contrary, we were obliged to come to 
 a Grapling, near an open Reach, and did not 
 get to Darien till the next Day at Noon.— Mr. 
 Maclcod and his Friends received us with Joy, 
 and finding me ill, advifed me to lie down j by 
 which I was much refreshed, and was thereby 
 enabled at Night to give God Thanks in Family 
 Prayer. — Ob who can exprefs the Loving Kindnefs 
 tfthc Lord, or Jloew forth all his Praife ! 
 
 D A R I E N. 
 
 Wednesday, Fib. 20. Preached about ten in 
 the Morning to Mr. Macleod's Congregation, 
 who feemed rejoiced at what God enabled me 
 to deliver. — About two o'Crock took Boat for 
 Savannah. — But after we had rowed about twelve 
 Miles, the Wind grew rough, and the Water 
 beat fo fart into our Boat, which was but fmall 
 and very heavy laden, that we were obliged 
 to put in at a Place called Doboy //'land; where 
 we fat very comfortably round a large Fire, and 
 praifed the Lord with joyful Lips, for providing 
 fuch a Place for our Safety. — God, thou and 
 thou only art our Refuge again ft every Storm ! 
 be thou our Guide even unto Death ! 
 
 DOBOY and DARIEN. 
 
 Friday, Feb. 21. Continued all Day Yeftcr- 
 day, to my abundant Satisfa&ion and Spiritual 
 Advantage, on Doboy I/land, and finding the 
 Wind ftUl continue high and contrary, we thought 
 it beft to return back to Darien, where we ar- 
 rived 
 
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 rived this Day about Noon. — The People were 
 much pleafed at our Return ; and tho' I wanted 
 to fee my dear Family at Savannah , yet I felt 
 a peculiar Satisfaction within myfelf, becaufe I 
 hoped that God intended fome Good for the 
 Scots People at Daricn. — Oh that they may have 
 feme Spiritual Benefit imparted to their Souls I 
 
 Sunday^ Feb. 24. Preached once Yefterdajr 
 and twice To-day. Prayed with a ficlc Perfon. 
 Spent fome Hours in difcourfing with a well-dif- 
 pofed Family, and was enabled to fee more of 
 the Vilenefs of my Heart and Nature. — Medi- 
 tation is a fweet Means to keep up and quicken 
 the Divine Life. — LORD, grant I in ay never be 
 afraid to converfe with my f elf and thee I 
 
 DARIE N and SAVANNAH. 
 
 Thurfday, Feb. 28. Preached on Monday, and 
 on Tuefday fettled a School both for grown Per- 
 fons and Children at Darien, to the great Sa* 
 tisfa&ion of the Inhabitants. — Set out with 
 my Friends and four Orphans on Tuefday Even- 
 ing. — Had pleafant Weather. — Lay two Nights 
 in the Woods. — Reached Beth ef da about Noon ; 
 was pleafed with the Improvements that had been 
 made in my Abfence, and w r as refrefhed with 
 I fome comfortable Chriftian Letters that I re- 
 ceived from New-York. —Took Horfe and came 
 Home to my dear Family at Savannah ; who re- 
 ceived me with abundance of Love and Joy. — 
 The People alfo of the Parifh I found were re- 
 joiced at my Return, and flocked to and feemed 
 very attentive at Public Worfhip. — Thus was I 
 comforted on every Side. — LORD, prepare me 
 
 for 
 
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 for an Hour of Temptation. Amen? LORD JE- 
 SUS ! Amen and Amen. 
 
 CHARLES-TOWN. 
 
 Friday, March 14. Arrived laft Night at 
 Charles-Town, being called there to fee my Bro- 
 ther, who lately came from England, and brought 
 me a Packet of Letters from my dear Friends. 
 — Blejfed be GOD! His Work goes on amonpjl 
 
 them ! Waited on the Commiflfary, with my 
 
 Brother and other Companions, but met with a 
 cool Reception. — After this we went to public 
 Prayers, dined at a Friend's Houfe, drank Tea 
 with the Independent Minifter, a dear Man of 
 God, and preached about four in the Afternoon 
 to a large Auditory in his Meeting-Houfe. — God 
 was pleafed to favour us with his Prefence during 
 Sermon, and I fpent the Remainder of the Even- 
 ing with many, who I truft will be all knit in 
 one Communion and Fellowfhip, by Faith in a 
 crucified Redeemer. — Amen, Jo he it ! 
 
 Saturday, March 15. Breakfafted, fung an 
 Hymn, and had fome Religious Converfation on 
 board my Brother's Ship.— Preached in the Bap- 
 tift Meeting Houfe, and was much pleafed, when 
 I heard afterwards, that from the fame Pulpit a 
 Perfon not long ago had preached, who denied 
 the Doctrine of Original Sin, the Divinity and 
 Righteoufnefs of our bleflfed Lord, and the Ope- ' 
 rations of his blefled Spirit upon the Soul. — I 
 was led out to (hew the utter Inability of Man 
 to fave himfelf, and abfolute Necefiity of his de- 
 pending on the rich Mercies and Free Grace of 
 God in Christ Jesus, in order to be reftored 
 to his Primitive Dignity.— Some I obferved were 
 
 put 
 
[ 333 J 
 
 put under Concern ; and mofl feemed willing to 
 know whether thefe Things were fo. — In the 
 Evening I preached again in the Independent 
 Meeting-Houfe, to a more attentive Auditory 
 than ever : And had the Pleafure afterwards of 
 finding that a Gentlewoman, whofe whole Fa- 
 mily had been carried away for fome Time with 
 Deiftical Principles, began now to be unhinged, 
 and to fee that there was no Reft in fuch a 
 Scheme for a fallen Creature to rely on. — Lord 
 ypfus ! for thy Mercies Sake, reveal tbyfelf in her 
 Heart, and make her willing to know the Truth as 
 it is in thee. Amen and Amen. 
 
 Sunday, March 1 6. Preached by eight in the 
 Morning at the Scots Meeting-Houfe to a large 
 Congregation. Vifited a fick Perfon. Went to 
 Church, and Heard the CommifTary reprefent me 
 under the Character of the Pharifee, who came 
 to the Temple, faying, GOD, I thank thee that 
 I am not as other Men are. — But whether I do 
 what I do, out of a Principle of Pride, or Duty, 
 the Searcher of Hearts will difcover ere long, 
 before Men and Angels. — Found myfelf very 
 fick and weak at Dinner, but went to Church 
 again in the Afternoon, and preached about five 
 in the Independent Meeting-Houfe Yard, the 
 Houfe itfelf, tho' large, being not near capacious 
 enough to hold the Auditory. 
 
 With rejilefs and ungovertfd Rage, 
 
 Why do Oppofersjiorm ? 
 Why in fuch rajh Attempts engage, 
 
 As they can ncer perform ? 
 
 The 
 
[ 334 3 
 
 The Great in Council and in Alight \ 
 
 Their various Forces brings 
 Again/1 the Lord, they all unite. 
 
 And his anointed King. 
 
 Muft we fulmit to their Commands, 
 
 Prefumptuoujly they fay ? 
 No, let us break their flavijl) Bands, 
 
 And cajl their Chains away, 
 
 But God, who fits enthroned on high, 
 
 And fees how they combine, 
 Does their con firing Strength defy, 
 
 And mocki their vain Defign. 
 
 Monday \ March 17. Preached in the Morn- 
 ing in the Independent Meeting-Houfe ; and was 
 more explicit than ever in exclaiming againft 
 Balls and Affemblies, to which the People Teemed 
 to hearken with much Attention. — Preached again 
 in the Evening, and being excited thereto by 
 fome of the Inhabitants, I fpoke in behalf of the 
 poor Orphans. God was pleafed to give it his 
 Blefling, and I collected upwards of Seventy 
 Pounds Sterling, the largeft Collection I ever yet 
 made on that Occafion. — God be praijedfr tfefe 
 Mercies in this new World I 
 
 Tuifday, March 18. Preached twice again 
 this Day, and took an affectionate Leave of, 
 and gave Thanks to my Hearers for their great 
 Liberality. Many wept, and my own Heart 
 yearned much towards them. For I believe a 
 good Work is begun in many. Generally every ' 
 Day feveral have come to me, telling me with 
 weeping Eyes, how God had been pleafed to 
 
 con- 
 
[ 315 ] 
 
 convince them by the Word preached, and how 
 defirous they were of laying hold on and having 
 anjntereft in the compleat and everlafting Righ- 
 teoufnefs of the Lord Jesus Christ. — Invita- 
 tions were given me from fome of the adjacent 
 Villages, and many came to Town daily from 
 their Plantations to hear the Word ; fo that the 
 Congregations grew larger and larger, and many 
 Things concurred to induce us to think that 
 God intends to vifit fome at lcaft in Charles- 
 Town with his Salvation. — Grant this, O Father ! 
 fr thy d-ar Son's fake, Cbriji Jrfus our Lord. 
 Amen y Amen. 
 
 SAVANNAH. 
 
 Friday^ March 21. Breakfafted at a Friend's 
 
 Houfe on U Morning, went on board 
 
 the Sloop, prayed, lung an Hymn, and took a 
 mod affectionate Leave of my dear Brother and 
 other Friends. —Got over the Bar and reached 
 Savannah about Noon this Day, to the great Joy 
 of my Friends and Family, w r ho immediately 
 joined in giving Thanks to God for the fignal 
 Mercies vouch fafed unto us fince our Jail Part- 
 ing.— bow ul is thy Goodnefst O Lo>d, 
 wbicb thou hu/i laid up ^or them t'jatfear thi f, tVi n 
 t the Sons *f M 
 TuefJ <y, March 25. Went this Day to B- 
 thefda* and with full Affurance of Faith laid the 
 firft Brick of the great Houfe. The Workmen 
 attended, and with me kneeled down and prayed. 
 After we had fung a Hymn fui table to the Occa- 
 sion, I gave a Word of Exhortation to the La- 
 bourers, and bid them remember to work heartily, 
 knowing chat they worked for God. — Near forty 
 
 Childrea 
 
[ 33* 1 
 
 Children are now under my Care ; and near a 
 hundred Mouths are daily fupplied with Food. 
 The Expence is great \ but our Great and Good 
 God, I am perfuaded, will enable me to defray 
 it *. As yet I am kept from the leaft doubt- 
 ing. The more my Family encreafes, the more 
 Enlargement and Comfort I feel. Set thy Al- 
 mighty Fiat to it, O gracious Father % and for thy 
 own Name's Sake convince us more and more that 
 thou never wilt fcrfake thofe that put their Truji 
 in thee I 
 
 Sunday, March 30. Found myfelf very fick 
 and weak in Body ; but was ftrengthened not- 
 withftanding to go through moft of the Duties 
 of the Day, and to take an affectionate Leave 
 of my dear Parifhioners, becaufe it appeared that 
 Providence called me at this Time towards the 
 Northward. — One Woman that had been a con- 
 ftant Attender on the Means of Grace, and 
 thought herfelf a Chriftian for many Years, came 
 to me acknowledging, that fhe had been a Self- 
 Deceiver, and knew nothing of the Righteouf- 
 nefs or true living Faith in Jesus Christ. A 
 Tradefman of the fame Stamp, having felt the 
 Power of the Doctrines of Grace, fent to me ; 
 and a Captain of a Ship, who bad been a ftrong 
 Oppofer of the Truth, wrote and came to me 
 under great Convictions. Some others alfo there 
 are who I truft have received the Love of God 
 in the Truth of it. — BleJJed Jefus ! take this Co- 
 lony into thine own Hands \ fo Jhall we fing and 
 praife thy Power ! 
 
 * Hitherto, blefled be God, I have not been difappoint- 
 cd of my Hope* 
 
 PEN- 
 
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 PENSILVANIA. 
 
 Newcajlle. 
 
 Sunday t April 13. After a (hort Paflage of 
 ten Days, (in which God was pleafed to excr- 
 cife my Body with Sicknefs, and my Soul with 
 many Spiritual Conflicts) we caft Anchor about 
 eight this Morning at Newcajlie^ in the Pro- 
 vince of Penfdvania. Mr. G — , at whofe Houfe 
 I lodged when laft there, very courteoufly re- 
 ceived both me and my Friends. The M.ni- 
 fter of the Parifh, who has been an Advocate 
 for me, but was now fick, readily accepted my 
 Offer to officiate for him. I read Prayers and 
 preached twice in his Church. In the Morning 
 I was much carried out ; and in the Evening the 
 Word came with Power. People flock'd as foon 
 as they were apprized of my arrival, to hear the 
 Afternoon's Sermon. Mr. Charles Tennant, men- 
 tioned in my laft, came with great Part of his 
 Congregation. And People began to invite me 
 feveral Ways to come and preach to them : But 
 being in Hafte to go to Philadelphia^ I appointed 
 to preach on the Morrow at JVillingtown^ which 
 lay in the Way. Thither I went, with Mr, 
 Tcnnant and other Friends, after Evening Ser- 
 vice ; and my Soul was much rejoiced, in hear- 
 ing how the Word of God had been .glorified 
 fince I was at Penfilvania I aft. 
 
 My Sculy infpir'd with f acred Love, 
 GOD's Holy Name for ever blefs : 
 Of all his Favours mindful prove , 
 And JIM thy humble Thanks exprefs* 
 
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 '77j he that all thy Fins forgives, 
 And after Sicknefs inches thee found : 
 From Dange he thj Life retriezes, 
 By him with G ace and Me> cy a ownd. 
 
 The LORD aho nds with tender Love, 
 And un.xampled Afts >f Grace ; 
 His weaken d Wrath dothfertoiy move, 
 His willing Mercy flies apace \ 
 
 Let every Creature jointly blefs 
 The mighty LORD ; an thou, my Heart , 
 With g> ate jul Joy thy Thanks exp, ef, 
 And in this Concert bear thy Part. 
 
 Willingtown and Philadelphia. 
 
 Monday, April 14. Preached to near 3000 
 3bout eleven in the Morning : — God was pleafed 
 to be amongft us by the Influences of his Holy 
 Spirit. — After Sermon, I and my Friend* dined 
 at a Quaker's, who feemed to fpeak as one ex- 
 perienced in the Things of God. Numbers 
 embraced me with the tenderer! Affection. — As 
 foon as Dinner was over, we took Horfe, baited 
 at Chefler, (where the Landlord of the Houfe 
 would take nothing either for the Entertainment 
 of ourfclves or Horfes) and reached Philadelphia 
 about eight in the Evening. God was here a- 
 gain pleafed to vouchfafe me and others great 
 Enlargements of Heart \ and it is impoffibie to 
 exprefs the mutual Joy we felt at meeting again. 
 The Baptift Minifter in particular, who has 
 been made infrrumental to water what God had 
 planted, recounted to me many noble Inftances 
 
 of 
 
[ 339 ] 
 of God's Power of Free-Grace, fhewn in the 
 Conviction an J Converiion of fome Mintfters, 
 as well as common People. — Ob tha th LORD 
 ma>> revive bis IVo k in .be Mid/l of the Years. 
 The World is now up n A ;ns. ' BlejJ'ed J"SUS y 
 do thou now gird on thy Sw$rd upon by Thivh y and 
 wki'-Jl the Kin^s of the Earth areftriving to tend 
 their Domnions y do thou feci etly carry iq tl.y King- 
 dom in Believers Hearts, till the Earth he fled 
 uitb the Knowledge of thee our LORD, as tbt 
 Waters cover the Sea f 
 
 PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 Tuejday, April 15. Paid my Refpefts to the 
 Governor and Proprietor. Went to the Com- 
 miiTary's Houfe, who was not at Heme: But 
 afterwards fpeaking to him in the Street, he foort 
 told me that he could lend me his Church no 
 more. — Thanks he to GOD the Fields are open. — 
 * IVednefday, April 16. Talked in the Morn- 
 ing with three or four who were convicted, and 
 as [ humbly hope converted by the Word laft 
 Fall. In the Afternoon two Men came to me ; 
 one of which with a full Heart, cried out, 
 u Blefled be God, for, under Him, You have be- 
 gotten me again to a lively Hope." Lord Jefus y 
 do thou take all the Glory. — Preached upon Society 
 Hill twice ; in the Morning to about 6000, 
 and in the Evening as was computed to near 8000 
 People. — God was much with us in both Ex- 
 ercifes. — In the Afternoon I was particularly 
 aflifted in fpeaking to thefe Words, lea y and all 
 that will live godly in CHRIST JESUS mujijuf- 
 fer Pcrfecution. — But ibis is our comfort^ — Suffer- 
 ing grace will be given for fuffering times. 
 
 0^2 AbingdA 
 
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 Jbingdcn and Philadelphia. 
 Thurfday, April 17. Rode laft Night after 
 Sermon about eight Miles. - Lay at a Friend's 
 Houfe, and preached this Morning to near 3 or 
 4000 People at Abingdon^ a diitrict under the 
 Care of one Mr. Treat (a Prefbyterian Minifter) 
 to whom God has been pleafed lately to fhew 
 Mercy. He has been a Preacher of the Doc- 
 trines of Grace for fome Years ; but was deeply 
 convinced, when I was here laft, that he had: 
 not experienced them in his Heart. And foon 
 after I went away, he attempted to preach, but 
 could not. He therefore told his Congregation, 
 how miferably he had deceived both himfelf and 
 them ; and defired them that were gifted, to 
 pray for him.— Ever iince, he has continued to 
 leek Jesus Chj ist forrow T ing, and is now 
 under deep Convictions, and a very humbling 
 Senfe of Sin*. — -He preaches as ufual, becaufe 
 he faid it was bed to be found in the Way of 
 Duty. A great Influence was obfervable in the 
 Affembly, and the Word, as I was informed 
 afterwards, came with a Soul-convicting and 
 comforting Power to many. When I had done, 
 I took a little Refrefhment, baptized a Child, 
 and hafled to Philadelphia^ where I preached to 
 upwards of iccoo People, upon the Woman 
 that was cured of her bloody IiTue.— Hundreds 
 i'eem'd to be very graciouily melted ; and many, 
 I hope, not only thronged to hear the Word, 
 but alio touched the Lord Jesus Christ by a 
 living Faith. Near ten came to me after Ser- 
 mon, under deep Convictions, and could tell 
 me the Time when, and Manner how the Lord 
 Jesus made himfelf manifeft to their Souls.— 
 
 * He hath frnce icceivM Comfort, and for feveral Years huh 
 walkM with Gud 
 
 LORD 
 
[ 34i ] 
 LORD JBSUS^JIretch out thy Arm, and let us ft 
 that new Heaven and new Earth wherein dweiUth 
 Righteoufnc, i / 
 
 German-Town and IVhitc-AlarJh. 
 
 Friday y April 1 8. Was employed for two 
 Hours this Morning in giving Anfwers to feveral 
 that came to me under ftrong Convictions ; a- 
 mongft whom was a Negroe or two, and a young 
 Girl of about fourteen Years of Age, who was 
 turned out of the Houfe where fhe boarded be- 
 caufe (he would hear me, and would not learn 
 to dance. — Set out about nine o' Clock for White- 
 Ma r Jh, about twelve Miles from Philadelphia. — 
 Had near forty Horie in Company before we 
 reached the Place. Preached to upwards of 
 2000 People, and perceived great Numb 
 much incited down, and brought under Convic- 
 tions, when I made free Offers to them < : 
 and his Benefits, if they would believe on hirn. — - 
 Took a little Refiefhipent at a Quaker's ; bap- 
 tized two Children belonging to the Church of 
 England at his Houfe ; returned back to and 
 preached at Gentian-Town ', with much of the 
 Divine Preferice, to near 4C00 Hearers, and 
 came to Philadelphia about feven in the Evening, 
 refreihed both in Body and Soul. — Bleffid be the 
 LORD GOD of Jacob, who ferns to be building 
 up his Spiritual Jerulalem, a?id to be gathering 
 toge&er the Outcq/fs of Ifrael. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 Saturday, April 19. Was fall much engaged 
 in giving Anfwers, and praying with divers that 
 applied to me under deep Convictions of then- 
 undone Condition by Nature. Preached Morn- 
 Q* 3 tog 
 
[ 342 J 
 
 ing and Evening to 7 or 8coo People each Time ; 
 and it much rejoiced my Heart to fee with what 
 Order and Devotion they conftantly attend. — 
 Scoffers feem to be at a Stand what to fay. They 
 mutter in Coffee-Houfes, give a Curfe, drink a 
 Bowl of Punch, and then cry out againft me 
 for not preaching up more Morality.— From fuch 
 profane Moralifls may I always turn away ! 
 
 Sunday^ April 20. Preached this Morning at 
 kven o' Clock with much Clearnefs and Freedom, 
 to about 10,000 People, and collected no/. 
 Sterling for my poor Orphans. The People 
 threw in their Mites willingly, and thereby re- 
 minded me much of what God had done for- 
 merly at Moorfields and Kennington- Common. Went 
 to Church Morning and Evening ; and heard 
 Mr. — preach a Sermon upon Jujlifieation 
 by Works , from James ii. 18. — Many People 
 feeing me go in, followed ; and Numbers of 
 them told me afterwards, that the Preacher (tho' 
 undefignedly) had confirmed them more and 
 more in the Truths which I had delivered. In 
 the Evening I preached from the fame Words to 
 about 15,000 People, and encleavour'd to (hew 
 the Errors contained in the CommifTary's Dif- 
 courfe. For he all along took Faith to be only 
 an AiTentto the Truths of the Gofpel. — He faid, 
 St. Paul and St. James fpoke of the fame Kind 
 of Juftification.-— That Works mentioned by St. 
 Paul were only the Works of the Ceremonial 
 Law.— That the Doctrine of an imputed Righ- 
 teoufnefs had done much Harm, and hindered 
 the Convei fion of the Heathens. - That we were 
 to be juftified by our Works at the laft Day, and 
 COnfequently were to be juftified in the fame 
 Manner now. —To all thefe Things I endea- 
 voured 
 
[ 343 ] 
 
 voured to anfwer diftinctly; and after Sermon 
 we collected 80 /. Currency for my Children in 
 Georgia, and then came home, rejoicing in Spi- 
 rit. Oh what a gcod Majler is JESUS CHRIST ? 
 
 Greenwich and Gloucejier in the We/i-Jerfeys. 
 
 Monday, April 21. Had frefh Application made 
 to me by Perfons under Convictions. Went by 
 Water about four Miles, and then rode, in Com- 
 pany with many others, who came to meet me, 
 to Greenwich in the JVeJl-Jcrjeys^ and about 
 twelve Miles from Philadelphia. There being a 
 Miftake made in the News, about the Place 
 where I was to preach, we had not above 1500 
 Hearers. At firft I thought I was fpeaking to 
 Stocks' and Stones : But before I had done, a 
 gracious Melting was vifibie in moft that heard. 
 Sermon being ended, I dined with my Friends ; 
 but being taken very ill iu the Way, I lay down 
 for about an Hour ; and then Rode back to 
 Gloucejier \ wheie I took Horie in the Morning, 
 and preached with fome little Life to about 150c 
 People. It being but four Miles difrant from 
 Philadelphia, many came in Boats from thence, 
 — And the Moon (hilling very bright, we went 
 back to Town very pleafantiy. For we fung 
 Hymns good Part of the Way, which were fol- 
 lowed by a Word of Exhortation. — Set thy Almighty 
 Fiat to it, my LORD and my GOD. — 
 
 PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 Tuefday, April 22. Hearing a Sloop was go- 
 ing to Georgia, I (hut up myielf for fome Time 
 in the Morning, in order to write fome Letters 
 to my dear Friends at Savannah. Preached both 
 Q_4 Morning 
 
[ 344 ] 
 
 Morning and Evening to rather larger Congre- 
 gations than I have yet feen in a Week-day. 
 There were I fuppofe not lefs than 10,000 Peo- 
 ple. — A fweet Power was amongft them ; and 
 when I came to take my Farewell, being about 
 to depart for New-York on the Morrow, a great 
 Number was dbTolved into Tears, and wept 
 forely. Many of the Negroes were alfo much 
 affecied, and I truft fome of them will now ex- 
 perimentally know the Lord Jesus, and feel 
 the Power of his Refurredion.— Even jo LORD 
 JESUS, Amen! 
 
 NESHAM1NL 
 
 Wednefday, April 23. Was more than ordi- 
 narily employed the firft Part of the Morning in 
 writing Letters, anfwering People, and preparing 
 for my Journey. Set out about eight with many 
 Friends , baited at a Friend's Kouie in the Mid- 
 way. — Reached Nefoamini near three in the Af- 
 ternoon, and preached to upwards of 5000 
 People in old Mr. Tennanfs Meeting- Houfe Yard. 
 When I came there, my Body, through Heat 
 and Labour, was fo weak and faint, that I was 
 ready to drop down as foon as I had finifhed my 
 Prayer. But notwithftanding, being ftrengthen'd 
 from above, a very great Concern was among 
 the Hearers. Great Numbers were much melted 
 down ; and one in particular, after Sermon came 
 to me with many Tears, and faid, You have 
 brought me u ider deep Conviflions, what Jhal I 
 do to bejaved? I gave him the Apoftle's Anfwer. 
 Believe on the LORD JESUS, and thou /halt be 
 Javed. Upwards of fifty, I hear, have been lately 
 convided about this Place.— The LORD grant 
 
 his 
 
[ 345 ] 
 
 his Arrows may flick fa/? in them till they have 
 got a clofing Inter -eft wi.h JESUS CHRIST! 
 
 Montgomery and SbippacL 
 
 Thurfday, April 24. Was hofpitably enter- 
 tained with my Friends laft Night at Montgomery^ 
 about eight Miles from Nt/ha/niniy whither I 
 came to make this Day's Journey the eafier. 
 Wrote fome more Letters to my little Flock and 
 Family at Savannah. Preached at Shippack y 
 fixteen Miles from Montgomery , where the Du'ch 
 People live. — It N was feemingly a very Wildernefs 
 Part of the Country ; but there were not lefs, 
 I believe, than 2000 Hearers. Conviclion 
 feemed to fatten at the latter End of the Sermon. 
 Travelling and preaching in the Sun again, 
 weakened me much, and made me very iick ; 
 but by the Divine Affiftance I took Horfe, rode 
 twelve Miles, and preached in the Evening to 
 about 3000 People at a Dutch Man's Plantation, 
 who feerned to have drank deeply into the con- 
 folations of the Holy Spirit. We fpent the 
 Evening in a moft agreeable Manner, I never 
 faw more Simplicity : furely, that Houfe was a 
 Bethel. The Dutch prayed and fung in their 
 own Language, and then God enlarged my 
 Heart to pray in ours. Many Tears trickled 
 down my Face, and afterwards I was in a great 
 Agony of Soul in the Field — Do thou^ O blefjed 
 yefus, who wafi in all Things tempted as we are^ 
 hearken to and anfwer the Petitions thou clidjl enable 
 me in that Hour to put up ! 
 
 <i % Arnwell 
 
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 Amwell in the Eajl Jerfeys. 
 
 Friday, Apr' I 25. Rofe before Day. S unh- 
 and prayed with my own Friends and the Ger- 
 man Brethren. Set out before Sun rifing, and 
 reached Amwell, thirty five Miles from Ship- 
 pack, where I had appointed to preach at fix at 
 Night. Some Thoufands of People were gather- 
 ed together, expecting I would have been there 
 by Noon ; but Mr. Gilbert Tennant and Mr. 
 Roidand, mentioned in my laft Journal, coming 
 there to meet me, had given the People three 
 Sermons. — In my Way thither, the Lord was 
 pleaicd to bring me low by inward Trials, and 
 very great Weaknefs of Body, occafioned by the 
 Heat of the Sun, want of Sleep, and the Length 
 of the Journey. But before I had preached fix 
 Minutes, bodily and fpiritual Strength were 
 given me, and the Lord was pleafed to fet his. 
 Seal to what he enabled me to deliver. — After 
 Sermon, a Friend took me in his Chair to an 
 old Chriftian's, who invited me and my Com- 
 panions to his Houfe, five Miles diftant from 
 the Place where I preached. We were com- 
 fortably refrefhed under his Roof, and tho' my 
 .Body was weak, yet my inner Man was ftrength- 
 ened from above. — Ob that we all may bejlrong 
 in the Lord, and in the Power of his Might ! 
 
 N E TV-B RU N S IV I C K. 
 
 Saturday, April 26. Was much comforted 
 and refrefhed both in Body and Soul laft Night. 
 Sung Pfalms, prayed, and fet out for New- 
 Brunfwick about eight. Reached thither by four 
 
 jn 
 
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 in the Afternoon, and preached to about 2003 
 Hearers in the Evening. Many were affecled. 
 Here alfo my true Chriftian Friend and Hoft, 
 Mr. >ioble from New-York , gave me the Meet- 
 ing and brought me a Packet of Letters from 
 Savannah^ which aftefted me much. Blefled be 
 God, many of mv Friends, in the Orphan- 
 Houfe, I rruft, will be Friends of God. — Grant 
 this, O Lord, for thy Mercy s Sake ! 
 
 Sunday, April 17 . Was told laft Night by 
 Mr. Gilbert Tcnnant, of two in a judgment of 
 charity that were favingly brought home when 
 I was here laft. — Got a little Time to write a 
 Letter to my Engtifh Friends, giving them a 
 fhort Account of what God was doing here. — 
 Preached Morning and Evening to near 7 or 
 8000 People : And God's Power was fo much 
 amongft us in the Afternoon Sermon, that had 
 I proceeded, the Cries and Groans of the Peo- 
 ple, I believe, would have drowned my Voice. 
 One Woman was ftruck down, and at Night 
 another Woman came to me under ftrong Con- 
 victions, She told me (he had often been fome- 
 what moved - T but now fhe hoped God had 
 ftruck her home. — She cried out, I can fee no- 
 thing but Hell!— Ob that all vuere in as good a 
 Way to Heaven ! 
 
 Brunfwick) TVoodjridge, Elizabeth - Town, and 
 New-TorL 
 
 Monday y April 28. Underwent great Con- 
 flicts in my Soul laft Night and this Morning. 
 Wrote Some Letters to my dear E'nglijh Friends, 
 who are continually upon my Heart. Took a 
 foriowfui Leave of Captain Gladman, and my 
 Q^6 dear 
 
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 dear Brother and Fellow-Traveller Mr. Seward, 
 who were going to England on fome Affairs of 
 great Importance.* Captain Gladman is the 
 Perfon mentioned in my laft Journal, who was 
 caft away at the Gulph of Florida, and whom 
 God made me an Inftrument of converting in 
 my Paffage to England. — Hitherto he has had 
 the Command of our Sloop : But being obliged 
 to difpatch him on Bufinefs to England, I have 
 now committed the Care of the Sloop to his 
 Mate, whom God was pleafed to bring home 
 to himfelf when I was laft at Philadelphia. Not 
 long fince he was an abandoned Prodigal, and 
 Ring-leader in Vice $ but God ftruck him to 
 the Heart. Captain Gladman had prayed that 
 God would fend him a Mate. This young 
 Man was ftrongly drawn to come and offer 
 himfelf; the Captain hired him ; and now, I 
 believe, he is a Child of God. Numbers at 
 Philadelphia cannot but fee the new Creature in 
 him.f — Jnd yet the Doclrine of free Jujlification 
 by Faith in Chriji fefus, does Harm to the Chrijlian 
 IVorld. — Surely fuch Talkers plainly prove, that 
 they never yet knew what it was to believe on the 
 Lor df efts with their whole Heart. — Set out about 
 eight in the Morning, and reached Woodbridge 
 by ten, where I preached to about 2000 Peo- 
 
 * This was the laft Time, I faw my worthy Friend ; for before 
 my Return to England he was entered into his Reft, having left be» 
 hind a glorious Teltimony of the transforming Efficacy of con- 
 verting Grace. This hath aifo been the happy Cafe of his Bro- 
 ther Benjamin, who lately finished his Courfe with Joy. May 
 my latter End be like theirs! 
 
 -f This young Man lived with me and ferved the Orphan. Houfe 
 ehearfully and gratis for feveral Years.— Aftei wards he married 
 one of the Orphans, and is now fettled as a Merchant in PJbila- 
 dtlpbia j where both continue to adorn iht Gofpd of oor Lord \ 
 
 pie. 
 
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 pie. Here again my bodily Strength wasalmoft 
 exhaufted ; but God enabled me to fpealc home 
 to many Hearts ; for many were affedted. — 
 After Sermon, f and my Friends dined at the 
 Diffenting Minifter's Houfe, who invited me 
 to preach ; and then we hafted to Elizabeth* 
 Town, where the People had been waiting for 
 me fome Hours. — I preached in the Meeting- 
 Houfe, as when I was there laft. It was full, 
 and was fuppofed to contain 20CO People. Near 
 ten diffenting, and two Church Minifters were 
 prefent. I ufed much Freedom of Speech. No 
 doubt fome were offended : But Events belong 
 to God. — After Sermon I intended to ride fix 
 Miles : But being over ruled by the Advice 
 of Friends, I flopped, and lay at an Inn all 
 Night, near the Water-fide, where People take 
 Boat to go to New-Fork. Our Converfation 
 tended to the Ufe of edifying ; and God was 
 pleafed to give me an Appetite to my bodily 
 Food, which I have not had before for fome 
 Time. Surely this frail Body cannot hold me 
 long. — When^ O Lord, wilt thou fet my imprifoned 
 Soul at Liberty ! When flmll I be dijjohed and 
 be with thee, O Chriji ! Lord, give me Patience 
 to wait till that blejjed Time come ! 
 
 N E W-Y O R K. 
 
 Tuefday, Jpril 29. Took Boat about nine in 
 the Morning. — Was bleffed with a fair Gale of 
 Wind, which brought us to New-York before 
 Noon. — Here my dear Friends kindly received 
 me, and here alfo I met with Mr. William Ten* 
 nant, who refrefhed my Heart, by telling me 
 
 what 
 
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 nvhat the Lord was doing for Numbers of Souls 
 in the Highlands, where he has lately been. — 
 Surely Jefus Chrift is getting himfelf the Vic- 
 tory indeed ! About five in the Evening I 
 preached in the Common to 5 or 6000 People. 
 But obferved no Scoffers, as when I was here 
 laft. — Oh that I f nay never be ajhamed of, or a 
 Shame to Ch ijl or hi* Go/pel. 
 
 Weanefday, April 30. Preached this Morning 
 from a Scaffold, erected for that Purpofe, to 
 a fomewhat lefs Congregation than the laft Night, 
 but with much greater freedom. Towards the 
 Conclufion of my Difcourfe, the People were 
 melted down exceedingly. — Afterwards I began 
 to collect Money from private Hands for the 
 Orphans, and met with Succefs. — Blejfed be 
 GOD, who has the Hearts ftdiA.cn in his Hands! 
 — Dined at worthy Mr. Pemberton's, but was 
 obliged to retire as loan as Dinner was over ; 
 for my Body was weak, and my Soul w T as in an 
 unfpeakable Agony for near an Hour. At length 
 1 droot afleep, but rofe about five in the Evening, 
 and preached to upwards of 6 or 7000 People 
 on our Lord's Temptations.— Oh that 1 may 
 follow the Captain of my Salvation^ and be willing 
 to be tempted in ail Things dke unto my Brethren^ 
 that 1 may be experimentally able to juccourfucb as 
 apply to me when tempted ! Amen,^ Lord Jefus y 
 Amen ! 
 
 Flat-Bufh on Long-Ifiand. 
 
 Thurfday, May 1. Went in a Ferry this Morn- 
 ing, over to Flat-Blujb on Long-Ifland ; on the 
 Eaft Part of which, God has lately begun a 
 
 moft 
 
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 moft glorious Work, by the Miniflry of two 
 young Prefbyterian Minifters, who have walked 
 in an uncommon Light of God's Countenance 
 for a long While together —Pro/per thou, O Lord, 
 more and more the Work of their Hands upon them ! 
 Oh pro/per thou their handy Work ! — At our 
 coming to Flat-Blujh, the Dutch Minifters re- 
 ceived me with all Civility, and gave me the 
 Ufe of their Church. There were {even or 
 eight Diflcnting Minifters prefent. — I fcarcewas 
 ever enabled to fpeak of the Do&rines of Grace 
 with greater Freedom and Clearnefs. I con- 
 tinued difcourfing on the Knowledge we ought 
 to have of Jefus Chrift near an Hour and a 
 Half.— Many People, and fome of the Minif- 
 ters wept. My own Soul was much enlarged, 
 and at laft I applied myfelf to the Minifters 
 themfelves. — Oh that we all were a Flame of 
 Fire! — About two in the Afternoon, having a 
 fair Wind, we returned to New-York ; where I 
 received another comfortable Packet of Letters 
 from Charles-Town and Savannah, amongft which 
 were two or three from my little Orphans. 
 Here God was pleafed again to humble me both 
 in Body and Soul, and caufed me to mourn, 
 like a Sparrow fitting alone upon the Houfe- 
 Top. I preached in the Evening at New-Tor Jb 
 to as large a Congregation as ever. But my 
 Spirits being exhaufted, and God being pleafed 
 to fufpend his wonted Afliftance, I preached, as 
 I thought, but heavily. But — We are too apt 
 to build en our Frames, and think we do n) good, 
 or do not pleaje GOD, oniy becaufe ue donotpleafe 
 ourfelveu 
 
 NEW- 
 
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 N E W-Y O R K. 
 
 Friday, May 2. Preached twice in the Field, 
 and once in the Meeting-Houfe, and was agree- 
 ably refrefhed in the Evening with the company 
 of one Mr. Davenport, whom God has lately 
 highly honoured,- by making Ufe of his Minis- 
 try for the Converfion of many at the Eaft End 
 of Long- I/land. — "The ^ood Lord encreafe his Ufe- 
 fulnefs, and the Ufefulnejs of all that preach Chrijt 
 "Jefus in Sincerity ! 
 
 Sunday, May 4. Preached by feven in the 
 Morning in the Meeting- Houfe. — Went to thd 
 Englijh Church twice, and preached in the Even- 
 ing to about 8000 in the Field. — After Sermon, 
 Numbers came to me, giving God Thanks for 
 what they had heard ; and brought feveral large 
 Contributions for my poor Orphans. Bleffed 
 be God, by public Collections and private Do- 
 nations, I have received upwards of 300 /• 
 fince I came hither. - Lord, increafe my Faith, 
 and accipt f my poor Thanks for what thou haji 
 done during my Jhort Stay here. Amen, LORD 
 JESUS, Amen! 
 
 Strati o-.-Ijland, Freehold and Amhoy. 
 
 Monday, May 5. Prayed with, and parted in 
 an affectionate Manner from my dear New-York 
 Friends laft Night. About ten o'Clock, took 
 Boat with my worthy Hoft Mr. Noble, and fome 
 others, and came by Midnight to Stratton-ljland 
 where we were kindly received by one of our 
 Lord's true Difciples. — About eleven thisMorn- 
 ing we fet out, in order to preach at a Place ap- 
 pointed 
 
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 pointed on the Ifland, about (even Miles dfftant, 
 and afterwards haftened to Amboy, about twelve 
 Miles farther, where I preached again a little 
 
 after fix in the Evening. It being fuch rainy 
 
 Weather, only a few People came, and I did 
 not feel much Power in preaching to them.— 
 After Sermon, my Friends advifed me to ftay at 
 Jmboy all Night: But Mr. IVillicnn Tennant 
 coming to fetch me, I parted over a Ferry with 
 him and his Brother Gilbert^ who alfo came to 
 Jmboy to meet me. With them I fet out for 
 Freehold^ twenty Miles from Jmboy, the Place 
 where Providence hath more immediately called 
 Mr. William Tennant, — Oh how fweetly did the 
 Time glide on, and our Hearts burn within us 
 when we communicated our iixperiences to each 
 other! — About Midnight we reached Frehold\ 
 and about two in the VTorning retired to Reft. 
 My Body v/as weak, but my Soul much com- 
 forted - 9 and I think I fleep with double Satisfac- 
 tion when lying in a good Man's Houfe. — For 
 the Angels of the Lord encamp about the Dwell- 
 ings of the Righteous. — Oh that like them we may 
 be unwearied in adminijlring to a :d labouring for 
 the good of thoje who are Heirs of everlafiing Sal- 
 vation f 
 
 Freehold^ Jmboy and Burlington. 
 
 Tuefday, May 6. Preached at Freehold in the 
 Morning to about 3000, and the Power of 
 God was much manifefted Took a little Re- 
 frefhment, and went in Company with many of 
 God's Children to Allen's Town, about fixteen 
 Miles from Freehold. Preached there to about 
 3000, and afterwards reached Burlington, about 
 
 twenty 
 
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 twenty Miles farther, by Midnight.- — As I came 
 along, a Man who had been diffuaded from 
 coming to hear me, came under ftrong Con- 
 victions, and dcfired to follow me. How natu- 
 ral is it for Perfons to be defirous of being with 
 thofe, who have, under God, brought them from 
 Darknefs to Light ! Our Lord's Anfwer I find 
 generally beft to be given. " Go Home to thy 
 Houje" — Dearejl Redeemer^ teach thy Servants in 
 thisy and all other Refpecis, how to copy after thy 
 blejftd Example. 
 
 Brijlol and Philadelphia in Penfilvania. 
 
 Wednefday\ May 7. Had a little refreftiing 
 Sleep - y crofled a Ferry over into Penjylvan.a Pro- 
 vince ; preached to about 4000 at Bri/io^ and 
 made all poilible Hafte to Philadelphia^ twenty 
 Miles off, where I was received with great Joy 
 and Satisfaction by my kind Hoft Mr. B, 
 and many other Friends. — After difpatching fome 
 private Affairs, I went and heard Mr. Jones the 
 Baptift Minifler, who preached the Truth as it 
 is in Jesus. — The poor People are much re- 
 frefhed by him ! May the LORD blefs him more 
 and more ! 
 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 Thurfday, May 8. Had, what my Body much 
 wanted, a thorough Night's Repofe, was much 
 refrefhed in Spirit, and was engaged in the Morn- 
 ing, as ufual, to fpeak to poor Souls under Con- 
 viction. The firft, I think, was an Indian Tra- 
 der, whom God was pleafed to bring home by 
 my preaching when here laft. The Account he 
 
 gave 
 
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 gave of God's Dealings with him was very fa- 
 tisfa&ory. — He is juft come from the Indian 
 Nation, where he has been praying with and 
 exhorting all he met, that were willing to hear : 
 Some of the- Indians he had Hopes of: But his 
 Fellow- Traders endeavoured to prejudice them 
 againft him. However, he propofes vifiting 
 them again in the Fall *. Heavenly Father > ful- 
 fil thy ancient Prcmfcs, and let thy Son have the 
 Heathen for his Inheritance^ and the utmfi Parts 
 of the Earth for his Pofffji™. Com-, LORD 
 jE±U$< erne qui-.kly ! — Another was a poor Ne- 
 groe Woman, who has been vifited in a very 
 uncommon Manner. God was pleafed to awa- 
 ken her laft Fall : but being under Dejections 
 on Sunda: Morning, fhe prayed that Salvation 
 might come to her Heart, and that the Lord 
 would be pleafed to manifeft himfclf to her Soul 
 that Day. Whilft fhe was at Meeting, hear- 
 ing one Mr. M> rr 9 a Baptift Preacher, whom 
 
 the Lord has been pleafed lately to fend forth, 
 the Word came with fuch power upon her 
 Heart, that at laft fhe was obliged to cry out ; 
 and fuch a great Concern alfo fell upon many in 
 the Congregation, that feveral betook themfelves 
 to fecret Prayer. The Minifter ftop'd, and fe- 
 veral perfuaded her to hold her Peace: But fhe 
 could not help praifing and bleffing God. Af- 
 ter fome Time, fhe was taken out of the Meet- 
 ing- Houfe, where fhe continued in an Agony 
 for fome confiderable Time; and afterwards 
 came in compofed and heard the Remainder of 
 
 * This Indian Trader was afterwards employed by the Society 
 for the propagating the Gcfpel in Scotland, in the Indian Million, 
 in which he continued till he was called to enter into his Matter's 
 Joy. 
 
 the 
 
1 356 J 
 
 the Sermon.— Many fince this have called her 
 mad ; but the Account fhe gave me was rational 
 and folid, and I believe in that Hour the Lord 
 Jesus took Poffeflionof her Soul*. — Preached 
 in the Morning about eleven to 6 or 7000 Peo- 
 ple. Had great Freedom of Spirit, and cleared 
 myfelf from fonve Afperfions that had been caft 
 upon my Dodtrine, as though it tended to Ar.tino- 
 mianifm* But I abhor the Thoughts of it ; and 
 whofoever entertains the Doctrines of Free-Grace 
 in an honeft Heart, will find, they will in their own 
 Nature caufe him to be fruitful in every good Word 
 and Work. — At five in the Evening I preached 
 again, but rather to a larger Audience ; and af- 
 ter Sermon rode ten Miles to a Friend's Houfe, 
 that I might be in readinefs to preach according 
 to Appointment the next Morning. — Hw diffe- 
 rently am I treated from my MajUr ? H bad not 
 where to lay his Head: but go when I wiJl, I find 
 People ready to receive me into their Houfes. — IV hat 
 /bail I render unto the Lsrd ? 
 
 Pennypock and Philadelphia. 
 
 Friday, May 9. Preached at Penny fack z about 
 three Miles Diftance from the Houfe where I 
 lay, to about 2000 People ; and preached again 
 in the Evening with great Freedom at Philadel- 
 phia ; and afterwards fettled a Society of young 
 Men, many of whom I truft will prove good 
 Soldiers of Jesus Christ, Amen and Amen! 
 
 Saturday j May 10. Preached twice To-day, 
 and to larger Congregations than ever : and in 
 the Evening went to fettle a Society of young 
 
 * She hath fincc evidenced it by a good Life for thefe feveral Yean 
 hft pair, 
 
 Women, 
 
L 357 ] 
 Women, who feemed to be under the ftrong- 
 eft Convi&ions, and to be feeklng Jesus 
 forrowing. Their Cries might be heard a great 
 Way off*. When I had done Prayer, I thought 
 proper to leave them at their Devotions. They 
 continued in the fame Exercife (as I was inform- 
 ed by one of them afterwards) for above an Hour. 
 — The prefent Captain of our Sloop going near 
 the Water-fide, was called into another Company 
 almoft in the fame Circumftances ; and at Mid- 
 night I was defired to come to one who was in 
 ftrong Agonies of Body and Mind, but felt fome- 
 what of Joy and Peace, after I had prayed with 
 her fever al Times. Bring all their Souls out of 
 Prifon, O llejed Jefus, for thy Mercy s Sake ! 
 
 Sunday, May n. Preached to about 15,000 
 People in the Morning, and obferved a great 
 Melting to follow the Word. Went twice to 
 Church, and heard myfelf taken to Talk by 
 
 , who preached from thefe Words : / 
 
 bear them Record, they have a Zeal cf G O Z>, 
 but not according to Knowledge. I could have 
 wifhed he had confidered the next Words : For 
 they being ignorant of GO.D's Righteoufnefs^ and 
 going about to eJiabVjb their own Right eoufnefs, 
 have not fubmitied theinf elves wi:o the Right ecu fefs 
 
 cfGOD. In the Afternoon I preached my 
 
 Farewell Sermon to I believe very near : 0,000 
 Hearers. — The poor People were much concern- 
 ed at my bidding them Farewell. And after I 
 had taken my Leave, many came to my Lodg- 
 ings y amongft whom, I believe, were 50 Ne- 
 groes, who came to tell me what God had done 
 for their Souls. — I hope Matters and "Yliftreffes 
 will fee, that Chriftianity will not make their 
 Negroes worfe Slaves. I cannot well exprefa 
 4 how 
 
[ 358 ] 
 how many others of all Sorts came to bid me a 
 Jaft Farewell. I truft the Lord Jesus hath got- 
 ten himfelf the Viclory in many Hearts.— With 
 preaching and praying, and converfmg, I was 
 truly weary by eight at Night. However, I 
 went and baptized two Children, took my Leave 
 of both the Societies, and at my Return Home, 
 fupped with fome Chriftian Friends, and went 
 to Bed, deiirous to be humbly thankful for what 
 
 the Lord had done at Philadelphia. Grace ! 
 
 Grace ! 
 
 Derby, Ghejler and JVillington. 
 
 Monday, May 12. Rofe very early to anfwer 
 
 thofe who came for private Advice. — Vifited 
 
 three Perfons, one of whom was under fuch deep 
 Conviclions, that (he had taken fcarce any Thing 
 to eat for near a Fortnight. Another had a 
 Profpedr of Hell fet before her laft Night in the 
 moi> terrifying Colours ; but before the Morning 
 received Comfort. — When I came to my Lodg- 
 ings, my Friends were waiting to accompany mc 
 on Horieback, and great Numbers of the com- 
 mon People were crowding about the Door, 
 About nine I left Philadelphia, and when I came 
 to the Ferry, was told, People had been croffing 
 over as fait as two Eoats could carry them, ever 
 fince three in the Morning. — After we had wait- 
 ed fome Time, I and my Friends got over and 
 preached at Derby, feven Miles from Philadel- 
 phia, to about 40c o hearers — Many wept much. 
 
 After Sermon, and eating a little Food, I 
 
 took a forrowful Leave of many : Then preach- 
 ed at Cbejier about nine Miles ofF, to about 
 2000, and colle&ed there and at Derby upwards 
 
 of 
 
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 of Forty Pounds for the Orphans. Here I part- 
 ed with fome more Friends, but feveral went 
 with me after Sermon to Witiingtown, fifteen 
 Miles from Che/ier. We got in about eleven at 
 Nio-ht. My Body was weak ; but God ftrength- 
 ened me to pray, ling Pfalms with, and exhort 
 a Roomfull of People for about an Hour, and 
 then I lay at a Perfon's Houle, who I believe 
 was a Chriitian indeed, and could fay Sbibbi- 
 l e tk. — Oh that all could jay fo too! 
 
 JVillingtown and White- Clay Creek. 
 
 Tueftlay, May 13. Preached at Wiliiigtoivn in 
 the Morning to about 5000; and at I'/hite-Clay 
 C-cfk) about ten Miles diftant, in the Evening, 
 to about 3000. A great Prefence of God was 
 in both Places, efpecially at White-Clay .Creek, 
 a Place under the Care of Mr, William Tevnant. 
 I he Word , I believe, was both like a Fire and 
 a Hammer; for many were exceedingly melted, 
 and one cried out moft bitterly, as in great Ago- 
 nies of Soul. At both Places we colleded about 
 Twenty-four Pounds for the Orphan- HjuJ,^ and 
 the People were very folicitous for me to bring 
 our Sloop up their Creek, the next Time I came, 
 that they might put in Provifions —After Sermon 
 I rode towards Nott n^harn with Mr. Ttn»an>, Mr. 
 Craghed and Mr. Blair*, all worthy Minitfers 
 of the dear Lord Jesus. The laft, efpecially, 
 has been remarkably owned of God. Many 
 others belonging to Philadelphia accompanied us, 
 and we rode through the Woods, molt fweetly 
 iinging and praifing God. 
 
 * He is enter'd into his Reft. 
 
 Notting- 
 
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 Nottingham. 
 
 Wednefday, May 14. Got to a Quaker's 
 Houfe, which lay in our Way to Nottingham, 
 about Midnight, where I preached both this 
 
 Morning and Evening. 1 was invited thither 
 
 in the ftrongeft Terms by fome of the Inhabi- 
 tants, who had a good Work begun amongft 
 them, fome Time ago, by the Miniftry of Mr. 
 Blair^ TennantS) &c. It furprized me to fee 
 fuch a great Multitude gathered together, at fo 
 fhort a Warning, and in fuch a Defart Place. 
 I believe there were near 12,000. I had not 
 fpoke long, but I perceived Numbers melting. 
 As I proceeded, the influence increafed, till at 
 laft, both in the Morning and Afternoon, Thou- 
 fands cried out, fo that they almoft drowned my 
 Voice. Oh what ftrong Cryings and Tears were 
 fhed^and poured forth after the dear Lord Je- 
 sus.— Some fainted; and when they had got a 
 little Strength, they would hear and faint again. 
 Others cried out in a Manner, almoft as if ^they 
 were in the ftiarpeft Agonies of Death ! And 
 after I had finifhed my laft Difcourfe, I myfelf 
 was fo overpowered with a Senfe of God's Love, 
 that it almoft took away my Life. However, at 
 length, I revived, and having taken a little Meat, 
 waJTftrengthen'd to go withMeff! Blair, Tentt&nty 
 and fome other Frienvis to Mr. Blair's Houfe, 
 about twenty Miles irom Nottingham. In the 
 Way we refrefhed our Souls by finging Pfalms 
 and Hvmns We got to our Journey's End 
 about Midnight, where after we had taken a lit- 
 tle Food, and recommended ourfelves to God 
 by Prayer, we went to Reft, and flept, I truft, 
 
 in 
 
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 in the Favour as well as under the Protection of 
 our dear Lord Jesus. — Oh LORD, was ev*r 
 Love like thine ! 
 
 Fig's Afjnnor* 
 
 Tburfday, May 15. Preached at Fog's Matm*r % 
 about three Miles from Mr. Blair's Houfe ; where 
 I was earneftly invited by him to come. The 
 Congregation was about as large as that Yefter- 
 day at Nottingham, and as great, if not a greater 
 Commotion was in the Hearts of the People. 
 Look where I would, molt were drowned in 
 Tears. The Word was {harper than a two- 
 edged Sword, and their bitter Cries and Groans 
 were enough to pierce the hardeft Heart. Oh 
 what different Vifages were then to be feen ? 
 Some were ftruck pale as Death, others were 
 wringing their Hands, others lying on the Ground, 
 others finking into the Arms of their Friends, 
 and moil lifting up their Eyes towards Heaven, 
 
 and crying out to God fer Mercy ! J could 
 
 think of nothing, when I looked upon tkem, ic 
 much as the Great-Day. — They fecmed like Per- 
 fons awakened by the laft Trump, and comir.g 
 out of their Graves to Judgment. I dined com- 
 fortably with my Friends, rode at the Rau 
 eight Miles an Hour to HewcajN^ about twentv- 
 four Miles from Fig's Manmr \ preached to ib 
 I 4000, and wrote fome Letters, difpatched fome 
 ! other Affairs, gave a Word of Advice to, a 
 I prayed with feveral, who came many Miles un- 
 der violent Convictions, and then went and fyp- 
 Iped on board our Sloop with my Friends. Her« 
 I 'God was again pleafed to fill us with a 
 I his Love. My Heart was ready, to burftj T 
 
 R ckjed 
 
[ 30i ] 
 
 trickled plentifully down my Cheeks, and I was 
 much carried out in Behalf of thofe poor Souls, 
 whom I had left behind, as I humbly hope, hun- 
 gering and thirfting after the Righteoufnefs of 
 Jesus Christ. LORD, fcr thy "Mercys Sake, 
 Lt them be filled ! 
 
 On Board the Savannah Ship. 
 
 Friaay, May 16. Rofe by break of Day, 
 parted with two more dear Friends, and put my 
 Things and little Family in order as foon as I 
 could. Was pleafingly furpiized to ice the Va- 
 riety and Quantity of Provifions and Sea- Stores 
 which had been tent on board by Philadelphia 
 People. And found that in Goods and Money 
 I had received near 500 /. Sterling, for the Or- 
 phzns.—B/fJid be the LORD GOD of Jfrael, 
 who alone bringelh fuch Things to pafs ! lam now 
 going to make an Addition to my Family of 
 half a dozen Perfons, a Bricklayer, a Taylor, 
 two Maid-fervants, and two little Girls*, whofe 
 Father kept a Dancing-School, AfTembly and 
 Concert-Room in Philadelphia. Their Mother, 
 I believe, had a Work of Grace upon her 
 Heart, was well-bred, and concerned much for 
 feme Time, at the Bufinefs in which her Huf- 
 band was engaged. When laft at Philadelphia, 
 I did what I could for them, but now God open- 
 ed Mr. Seward^s Heart, before he went to Eng- 
 land , to relieve them, fo that an End will be put 
 to fuch Entertainments, at leafl in that Houfe. 
 
 * The youngeft of thefe lived feveral Years at the Orphan- houfe, 
 and died, I truft in Chrift fometime after (lie was returned to take 
 care of her Mother at PbiladeIj,bia.-'-~ r lht other was^ alfo made 
 tally feriouF, and is now Wife to Mr. Haverfiam the "prefent ^ e * 
 prttjrv for the Province of Georgia, 
 
 $ -0 
 
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 -±-0b that I cculd lament my pajl Mifeonduft in 
 this Rejpecl with Tears of BhUl 
 
 Saturday, May 17. Both Yefterday and this 
 Day had feveral Captains and Ship-Carpenters 
 (the Wind being contrary) come on Board to 
 hear me pray and exhort. — The Tears trickled 
 plentifully down their item Faces ; three feemed 
 to be under ftrong Convictions ; and one, efpe- 
 cially, not long iince remarkably wicked, I have 
 great Hopes will be effedtually brought Home, 
 — Grant /7, O LORD, for thy deaf Sc?i y s Sate. 
 Amen and Amen ! 
 
 On Board Ship, and Reedy Ijland* 
 
 Sunday, May \%. The Weather not permit- 
 ting us to fail, at the People and Sailor's De- 
 fire, I went on Shore and preached twice on 
 Reedy Ijland, near which our Sloop, and feveral 
 other Ships came to an Anchor. Having but a 
 few Hours Notice, not above 200 came toge- 
 ther : But there was a fweet Influence amongft 
 us, and it pleafed me to fee how eagerly the 
 Ships Companies hafted in their Boats to hear 
 the Sermon. Many People wept bitterly. Lord 
 hAp us all fo to mourn that we may be comforted* 
 
 Wednefday, May 21. Preached for thefe three 
 Days laft pait, once every Day on Shore at Reedy 
 ljfand) and perceived the Congregations increafed 
 much every Time, both on Shore and on Board. 
 — One Captain and a Pilot were wonderfully af- 
 fected, and all I found had made an Agreement 
 to come conitantly, fo long as the Wind conti- 
 nued againft us. But after Evening Sermon, 
 the Weather clearing up, and the Wind being 
 R 2 fame- 
 
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 fomewhat fair, we weighed Anchor, and wnt 
 fome few Miles towards the Bay. — BleJJed be 
 GOD for this providentaljlcp ! 
 
 LEWIS-TOWN. 
 
 Saturday^ May 24. Came Yefterday Morning 
 to O/d-Kilroad. — Dropt Anchor, the Wind be- 
 ing contrary. Went afhore at Lewis-Town^ and 
 read Prayers and preached in the Church to a 
 fmal], and as unaffected a Congregation as I have 
 fpoke to fince my Arrival in America. The Mi- 
 nifter hearing our Sloop was coming, ftaid to 
 give me the Meeting. Wrote fome Letters to 
 England by the Way of Lifbon. Read Prayers, 
 and preached twice again this Day, in the Church 
 to a much larger ar.d abundantly more affected 
 Auditory than Yefterday. Many flood without 
 the Church Doer, and the Word feem'd toftrike 
 the Hearers like fo many pointed Arrows. — 
 God grant tk<y mayjlickfaft. 
 
 Sunday , May 25. Preached twice from a Bal- 
 cony to about 20CO People, the Church being 
 not capable of holding them. In the Adorning I 
 had not much Freedom. But in the Evening, 
 tiifcourfing on Abraham's Faith, a great many, 
 and fome even of the moll polite, wept much. 
 But alas ! when I came to turn from the Crea- 
 ture to the Creator, and to talk of God's Love, 
 in facrincing his only begotten Son Jesus Christ, 
 their Tears, I obferved, dried up. I told them 
 of it; and could not but from thence infer the 
 tireadful Depravity of Human Nature. — We 
 • an weep at the Sufferings of a Martyr, a Man 
 like ouriblve^ ; but when are we affe&ed at 
 
 the 
 
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 the Relation of the Sufferings of the Son of 
 God ? 
 
 Sin is Jlill f reading o'er our Heart, 
 
 A Har.lnefs void of L \ t : 
 Let fuppling Grace, to cr<fs her Art, 
 
 Drop gently from above ! 
 
 After Evening Service, thinking it Time to 
 vifit my little Family (in all feventeen Souls) I 
 went on board, prayed with and exhorted them. 
 My Eves gufhed out with Water -, and they wept 
 plentifully too. I think I have now preached 
 lixty eight Times fince my Arrival at Neiveajile 9 
 and have been near forty Days on Shore ; and 
 whether God is pleaied to detain us longer here, 
 or permit me to return to my dear Charge, I hope 
 his Name will be glorified, and ths Salvation of 
 Souls promoted. 
 
 Wkile in theft Regions here below, 
 No ether G cd will I turfue, 
 fa b 'd this World of Noife and Shr.i\ 
 With all its fatt ring Snares, Adieu ! 
 
 That Path zcith humble Speed Fdfeek^ 
 'Wherein, O LORD thy Footjlepfhine : 
 Ner will I bear , nor w 11 lfpeak, 
 
 Of any other Love than thine. 
 
 7TBE E-I SLA N D in Georgia. 
 
 Wedntfiay, "June 4. Caft Anchor about Mid- 
 night, Eft .', fifteen Miles from Sa- 
 vannah, after a ihort Pailage of nine Days, a 
 Thing verv uncommon at this Time of the 
 R 3 Year. 
 
t.3«') 
 
 Year. But our God is a God hearing Prayer. 
 — LORD) enable us to exercife Faith on thy Pro- 
 mifcS) and then all Things whatfoiver we ajk in thy 
 dear Son's Name, Wejhall receive. 
 
 SAVANNAH. 
 
 Thurfday, June 5. Took Boat at Tybee, a- 
 bout one in the Morning, and arrived at Savan- 
 nah about eight. But oh what a fweet Meeting 
 had I with my dear Friends. What God has 
 prepared for me I know not ; but fureiy I cannot 
 well expedt a greater Happinefs till I embrace 
 the Saints in Glory. When I parted, my.Heart 
 was ready to break with Sorrow, but now it al- 
 moft burn; with Joy, Oh how did each in Turn, 
 hang upon my Neck, kifs and weep over me 
 with Tears of Joy. And my own Soul v/as fo 
 full of a Senfe of God's Love, when I em- 
 braced one Friend in particular, that I thought 
 I fhould even have expired in the Place. Several 
 of my Parifhioners came into us with great Joy, 
 and after we had wept and prayed and gave 
 Thanks for a confidcrable Time, I took a little 
 Refrefhment for my Body ; but felt my Soul fo 
 full of a Senfe of the Divine Goodnefs, that 
 I wanted Words to exprefs myfelf ! Why me 
 LORD? Why me? 
 
 Friday , June 6. Bleffed be the God of all 
 Grace, who continues to do for us marvellous 
 Things ! This Afternoon, one of the Men that 
 I brought over, was enabled to wreftle with 
 God exceedingly, both for himfelf and others. 
 — After this I went up and pray'd for near half 
 an Hour with fome of the Women of the Houfe, 
 and three Girls, who feemed to be weary with 
 
 the 
 
 
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 the Weight of their Sins ; and when we came 
 to public Worfhip young and old were all dif- 
 lblved in Tears. After Service, feveral of my 
 Parishioners, all my Family, and the tittle Chil- 
 dren, return'd home crying along the Street, 
 and fome could no: avoid praying vcrv loud. — 
 Being weak in Bodv, 1 laid myfelf upon a Bed ; 
 but finding fo many in fuch a weeping Condi- 
 tion, I rofe and betook myfelf to Pra\er again. 
 But had I not lifted up my Voice very high, the 
 Groans and Cries of the Children would have 
 prevented my being heard. This continued for 
 near an Hour, till at laft, finding their Concern 
 rather increafe than abate, I defired all to retire. 
 Some or other might then be heard praying moft 
 carneftly in every Corner of the Houfe : It hap- 
 pened at this Time to thunder and lighten, 
 which addded much to the Solemnity of the 
 Night, and reminded us more of the Coming of 
 the Son of Man. The next Day the Concern 
 ftill continued, efpecially amongft the Girls. — 
 Several alfo of the Parifhioners were brought 
 under great Concern : But I mention the Or- 
 phans in particular, that their Benefactors may 
 rejoice in hearing what God is doing for their 
 Souls. 
 
 Their Mites in Blffings en their Heaj* 
 
 d tho //and Fold rejhve, 
 O feed their Souls with living B ready 
 
 A'id let their Cup run o'er ! 
 
 E B E N E Z E R. 
 
 Wednesday •, June 2;. Went on Monday to, 
 
 and returned this Evening from Eber.ezer> which 
 
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 I have feen with no fmall Satisfaction. Surely 
 there is a Difference, even in this Life, between 
 thofe that ferve the Lord, and thofe that fervc 
 him not. AH other Places cf the Colony feem 
 to be like Eg}ptj where was Darknefs, but Ebe- 
 Ti'-zer like the Land of G-flje*) wherein was great 
 Light. For near four Miles did I walk in aim oft 
 one continued Field, covered with a mod plen- 
 tiful Crop of Corn, Peafe, Potatoes, £3V. ail the 
 Product of a few Months Labour. But God 
 gives the Labourers a peculiar Bleffing. They 
 we unanimous, and the ftrong help the weak. 
 I had fweet Communication with their Miniflers. 
 Our Sifter Orphan-Houfe there is bleffed by their 
 Means : And Yefterday was fet apart as a Day 
 of T^hankfgiving for fome Afliftances lately fent 
 
 the little ones from Germany and Savannah. \ 
 
 Lord rot fe them up more Benefattorsfor thy infinite 
 Mercy 'j Sake* 
 
 SAVANNAH. 
 
 Mortday, June 30. For thefe ten Days laft 
 pad, have had frequent Communications from 
 above, both by Way of Humilialion and Exal- 
 tation. God has often been pleafed, to make 
 himfclf known in our Sancluary, and I have 
 been much refrefhed with a Packet of Letters 
 from Engli/h Friends. Alfo to one Mr. Hugh Bryan, 
 a wealthy, moral, civilized Planter of South 
 Carolina^ who came lately to fee us, God, I truft, 
 hath been pleafed to give a true Knowledge 
 of himfclf, and a true Faith in his dear Son 
 Jefus Cbrift. His Wife alfo was much quick- 
 ened, having been wrought upon fometime laft 
 Winter, Wi: etffiftg thM 
 
 Charles- 
 
 
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 Charles-Town People were in great Expectations 
 of feeing me before I went to Ne.u England, 
 and that God had been pleafed to work by my 
 late Miniftry among them) I \ek Savannah this 
 Morning, in a large Boat, converfed with one 
 another in the Way, and arrived at Beaufcrd 
 in Port-Royal about Midnight. — Blcjjcl, forever 
 blejjedbe the Keeper of Ifrael, who neither fum- 
 bereth norfeepeth. 
 
 C II A R L E S T O TV N. 
 
 Tliurjday, Jidy 3. Set out Yefterday about one 
 in the Morning, and was enabled to hold out, 
 notwithstanding the Weather was exceeding 
 hot, till I came to Charle/lozvn, about eighty 
 Miles from Beaitford. Here again my Spirits 
 were much railed, and my Heart contorted by 
 a Packet of Letters from the Northward, giving 
 me an Account how the Word of God run and 
 was glorified in Ph.lad lphia y and other adjacent 
 Places. — The Lord's &a?ne be prat fed from the 
 R'ifing up of the Sun to the going down of the 
 fame. 
 
 Sunday, July 6. Preached twice Ydlerday 
 and twice To-day, and had great Reafon to be- 
 lieve our Lord got himfelf the Victory in fome 
 Hearts : For the Word was with Power. Went 
 to Church in the Morning and Afternoon, and 
 heard as virulent, unorthodox, and inconfiftcnt 
 a Difcourfe as perhaps was ever delivered. The 
 Preacher's Heart feemed full of Cholerand Re- 
 fentment. Out of the Abundance thereof he 
 poured forth fo many bitter Words again ft the 
 Methodifts (as he called them) in general, and 
 me in particular, that feveral who intended to 
 R 5 receive 
 
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 receive the Sacrament at his Hands withdrew. 
 Never, I believe, was fuch a Preparation-Ser- 
 mon preached before. After Sermon, came the 
 Clerk to defire me not to come to the Sacra- 
 ment till his Matter had fpoke with me. I im- 
 mediately retired to my Lodgings, rejoicing that 
 I was accounted worthy to fuffer this further De- 
 gree of Ccfntempt for my dear Lord's Sake. — 
 BleJJed Jefus> lay it not to the Minifters Charge. 
 Amen and, Amen, 
 
 ASHLEY-FERRY. 
 
 Monday ^ July 7. Set out early this Morning, in 
 Company with feveral, whofe Hearts the Lord 
 has lately opened, and went to the Houfe of 
 one Mr. Chandler ^ a gracious Baptifl Minifter, 
 v/ho lives about fourteen A'liles from Char left own. 
 After Dinner, according to Appointment, I 
 preached at his Meeting-Houfe, I hope, to the 
 Conviction of fome, and Comfort of others, 
 who came to me rejoicing that the exploded Doc- 
 trines of the Gofpel were fo publickly preached. 
 Sermon being ended, and much Importunity ufed, 
 I went with fome Charlejloivn Friends to the 
 Houfe of Mrs P — rx, about five Miles from the 
 Meeting-Houfe, but was obliged to lie down 
 (as I now am generally every Day) by Reafon 
 of the violent Keat of the Weather, and great 
 Expence of Sweat. However, God fo ftrengthened 
 and afiifted me in giving an Exhortation to the 
 Company that all feemed to be under great Con- 
 cern ; and three or four in particular came out 
 telling me how powerfully God was working 
 .upon their Souls. — Fathtr^ jhew that it is toy ef>e- 
 
 aal 
 
#1 Work) by carrying it on and per feeling it till 
 the Day of our Lord Jefus* Amen. 
 
 Dorehefttr and AJhley- Ferry. 
 » 
 
 Tuefday, July 8. Left my Lodgings about 
 eight in the Morning, and hafted to Dorchrfler, 
 where I preached twice with much of the divine 
 Prefcnce, and to a large Audience in Mr. Of 
 good's Meeting- Houfe, a young but worthy In- 
 dependent Minifter. About four in the After- 
 noon we fet out again ; took a little Refrefhment 
 at a Gentleman's Houfe in the Way, and lay at 
 ' Mr. C — 's at Night. Here my bodily Strength 
 much failed me again. And therefore, being 
 very weak, I retired to Bed as foon as poflible, 
 but flept little. 
 
 O when Jhali I, in endlef Day, 
 For ever chafe dark Sleep away. 
 And Hymnsy with the Juptrnal Choir, 
 lnceffant fingi and never tire ! 
 
 AJhley-Ferry and Char left own* 
 
 IVednefday, July g. Found myfclf ftill weaker 
 than before \ but was ftrengthened to preach un- 
 der a Tree near Mr. C — 's Meeting- Houfe about 
 ten in the Morning, it being now too fmall to 
 contain the Congregation. People feemed to 
 come from all Parts, and the Word (as I was 
 toldj came with a convincing Power. Having 
 changed my Linen (which I am obliged to do 
 after every Sermon, by Reafon of my prodigious 
 Sweating) I ha fined away for Charltflown \ but 
 my Body was fo exceeding weak, and th? Sun 
 R 6 ftione 
 
[ 37 2 1 
 flione fo intenfely hot, that five Miles before I 
 reach'd Town, I called in at a Publick-Houfe, 
 and lay for a confiderable Time, almoft breath- 
 lefs and dead. But God poured ineffable Com- 
 forts into my Soul : And being thereby (lengthen- 
 ed I once more fet forwards with my dear Fel- 
 knv-Travellers, reached Town about four, and 
 preached about fix in the ufual Place, and with 
 more Freedom and Power than I could expe<5t, 
 confidering the great Weaknefs of my Body. — 
 / thank ibee f heavenly Father ■, that I have fo often 
 the Sentence cf Death within ?ny(elf. Oh, let me 
 be daily taught thereby, net in the leaf} to trujl in 
 myfrtf% hut in thee the ever living God 1 
 
 CbrijT 's Chiv ch ■, Charle/!owh, ihS John's Ifland. 
 
 Saturday, July 12. Went over the Water on 
 Thurfdajy and read Frayers and preached at the 
 Requeft of the Church- Wardens and Veftry at 
 (JhnJI's Church* Returned in the Evening to 
 Cbarle/iown; preached twice there Yefterday, and 
 went this Morning to Johns Ijland, about twenty 
 Miles up the River, whither I was invited by 
 Colonel G — ;. He received me and my Friends 
 mpft hofpitably, and provided feveral Horfes, 
 Chairs, bfc, for us and his Family. We rode 
 very pleafantly to the Church. There was a 
 great Congregation. I was ftrengthened to read 
 prayers and preach twice with much Freedom. 
 About four we returned to the Colonel's, where 
 I was enabled to give a warm and dole Exhor- 
 tation to the Rich, and returned to Town in the 
 Evening with my dear Friends, praifing and blef- 
 fing God. — Glory be to his m^Jl holy Name. 
 
 Saturday^ 
 
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 Saturday, July IQ. Preached all this Week* 
 twice every Day at Charlefiown, except on Wed- 
 tie/day and Thurfday Evening, the laft of which 
 Days I was called upon to go to James's lfland, 
 to preach at the Houfe of one Madam Wood- 
 ward *. This Gentlewoman, as fhe inform'd 
 mc herfelf, was once much prejudiced again ft 
 me, infomuch that (he thought it dangerous to 
 come and hear me. But having read my Ser- 
 mons, fhe changed her Mind, and coming both 
 to Town, and to John's //land to hear me preach, 
 was, with her Daughter and another Gentle- 
 woman, much melted down. Being given to 
 Hofpitality, fhe provided Food fufficient for a 
 great Multitude. People came from Town and 
 all the other neighbouring Places. Her Barn was 
 put into proper Order, and I read Prayers and 
 preached in it with much inward Comfort. A 
 lovely Melting was viiible in feveral Parts of the 
 Auditory. After Sermon God enabled me to 
 fpeak many Gofpel-Truths, amidft a polite Set 
 of People. And at the Requeft of Madam 
 
 W d, I ftaid all Night, which gave me an 
 
 Opportunity not only of further converfe, but 
 alfo of refting my weary Body, which feems to 
 be declining more and more tvtry Day. — BleJJed 
 h God* 
 
 Jefus, to thy dear faithful Hand, 
 
 My naked Soul 1 trujl : 
 My Flejh awaits thy blejl Command \ 
 
 To drop into my Dujl. 
 
 * This Gentlewoman wat effectually called, walked worthy of 
 God the Remainder of her Days, and iiied in Peace and Joy not 
 Yery long ago. 
 
 Sunday y 
 
Sundays July 20. Preached in the Morning 
 as ufual. — In the Evening (tho' I went off my 
 Bed to do it, and was carried in a Chaife) the 
 Lord ftrengthened me to take my laft Farewel 
 of the dear People of Charljl.wi. My Soul 
 was full of Tendernefs for them, and many 
 feemed to fympathize with me.- BlefTed be God 
 for fending me once more among them. — May 
 the Lord J- fin rev-jar d them for ad their I Forks of 
 E&itb) and Labours which have proceeded of Lcve. 
 May he never leave ihem without a teaching Briefly 
 and grant that the Seed fown in their Hearts may 
 grow up into an eternal Harve/l ! Amen and 
 -Amen ! 
 
 *JJbley~ Ferry and Ponpon. 
 
 Monday, July 22. Left Charhflown very early, 
 accompanied by many of the Inhabitants, who, 
 I hope, will prove true Followers of the Lamb. 
 Read Prayers and preached at Afhley-Ferry to a 
 large Congregation, and great Power was amongft 
 them. The Weather continuing extreme hot, 
 fweating and preaching weakened me very much. 
 I went in a Chariot'to Madam B — *s, who kindly 
 invited me and my Friends to Dinner. I eat but 
 little ; took Leave of my dear Fellow-Travellers, 
 as well as 1 could, and then took Horfe and 
 reached Col. Bee's of Ponton, a moft hofpi table 
 wealthy Planter, near forty Miles from Town 
 about Midnight. Here I had the Pleafure of 
 meeting dear Mr. Hugh Bryan : But Nature be- 
 ing quite worn cut, I went to Reft, as foon as 
 poflible, not doubting but the Lord would caufe 
 me to renew my Strength before the Morning. 
 
 —Why 
 
*~Jf hy Jhculd 1 d:ubt it, find the Lord hath fat d y 
 J u ill never leave or for fake ti 
 
 Tuefday, July 23. Slept pretty well, but found 
 myfclf not flrong enough to engage in Family- 
 duty. Met with, and was civilly treated by the 
 Rev. Mr. S and Air. S— , two fcrts Presby- 
 terian Minifters, and Mr. T — a Church of Eng- 
 land Miffionary. About Noon G-jd itrengthened 
 me to ride a Mile, and preach, under a great 
 Tree, to an attentive Auditory. Some were af- 
 fected ; and I would willingly have preached a 
 iecond Time; but my Body was fo weak, that, 
 by the Advice of Friends, I refolvcd to continue 
 where I was all Night. — Si rely it cannot be long 
 ere tits earthly Tabe/nadi toil! be dijfohed. As the 
 Hart panteth after the Water Brock j, Jo longeth my 
 Soul after the full Enjoyment of thee my God. 
 
 H'ojpanah-Chapel and Good-Hope. 
 
 iVchiefdcy, fply 24. Rofe fome Time before 
 Day, and about Noon got to Hoofpattah-Crafe/ 9 
 near thirty Miles from Mr. Bryan's. Here I 
 preached to a very fmall Auditory, few People 
 living thereabouts -> but (as I was afterwards in- 
 formed) not without good Effect. Sermon be- 
 ing over, I went on Horfeback to Good-Hope^ 
 where Mr. Hugh B — n lived, and feveral fol- 
 lowed, hoping I would preach again in the Even- 
 ing. But here my bodily Strength fo failed, that 
 I fometimes hoped God was about to fet my im- 
 prifoned Soul at Liberty. Thefe Words, 1 knnu 
 that my Redeemer liveth, came with wonderful 
 Sweetnefs and Power upon my Soul : And the 
 Thoughts of my Saviour's dying Love, and of 
 the Lord's being my Righteoufnefs, melted me 
 
 into 
 
into Tears. A dear Friend and Companion 
 wept over me, anfvvered almoft Tear for Tear, 
 and feemed willing to take his Flight with me 
 into the Arms of the beloved Jefus. The poor 
 Negroes crowded round the Windows, and, by 
 their Looks and Officioufnefs, exprefied a great 
 Concern. Their Mafter had acquainted them, 
 that I was their Friend. He himfelf fat by and 
 wept too. But, alas ! in a fliort Time, I per- 
 ceived my Body grow ftronger, and I was enabled 
 to walk about. As well as I could I joined in 
 Family-Prayer, and begg'd of God, if I was 
 not to die, but live, it might be to declare the 
 
 Works and Loving-kindnefs of the Lord. - 
 
 Grant this, O Father, for thy dear Son's Sake. 
 Amen ^Amea. 
 
 Gotd-Hope and Beaufort. 
 
 Thurfdayt July 25. Being too weak to ride 
 on Horfeback, I went in Mr. 5— 's Boat to Beau- 
 frrt. We got thither about ten in the Morning, 
 but the Heat of the Sun almoft ftruck me down, 
 and took away my Senfes, as foon as I put my 
 Foot on Shore. Kind Mr. Jones courteoufly re- 
 ceived me. In the Cool of the Evening I preached 
 in his Church, and afterwards he kindly enter- 
 tained me and my Friends all Night — The Lard 
 blcfs and reward him ! 
 
 Beaufort and Savannah. 
 
 Friday, Julv 26. Took Boat before Day, and 
 having fine Weather, and a favourable Gale, 
 readied Savannah, and faluted my dear Family 
 about five in the Evening, My Body being weak, 
 
 it 
 
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 it could not bear up under the Joy and Satisfac- 
 tion which I felt in my Mind. However, I 
 knecl'd down, wept out a (hort Prayer and 
 Thankfgiving, and, as well as I could, told my 
 Affiftants what God was doing for precious Souls. 
 — In the Evening I expounded, and undefigned- 
 ]y, thinking it was the Leflbn for the Night, 
 read the lait Chapter of St. Paul's fecond Epiftle 
 to Timothy, in which were thefe encouraging 
 Words. But, walcb thou in all Things, endure 
 dffUftions, do the IVork of an Evangclif, m:ike 
 full Prof of thy Minjjlry. — Even fo Lord Jefus, 
 Amen ! 
 
 Thurfday, Auguft I. Continued very weak, 
 ever fince my Return from Charle flown \ but was 
 much refrefhed this Morning with the Sight of 
 fome dear Friends, (amongfl: whom was one Mr. 
 Tilly, a Baptift-Minifter) who came in our Sloop 
 to fee the Orphan-Houfe. I gave them the 
 Meeting at early Prayers, and God enabled me 
 to expound with Freedom. — Lcrd let them not 
 deport hence without thy Blcjfng ! Amen and 
 Amen ! 
 
 Sunday, Augujl 3. Felt more than common 
 inward Joy in my Soul fince the Arrival of 
 Gharlejiown Friends, who brought the Orphans 
 many Prefents, and blefied God for the Foot- 
 fteps of his Goodnefs and Providence, which 
 they thought difcernible amongfl: us. But laft 
 Night, through Weaknefs of Body, and a pro- 
 digious Concern, which lay upon my Soul, juft 
 as I began Family Prayer, I was (truck, as f 
 thought, almoft with Death. I put up a few 
 broken Accents, and breathed out, Lord Jefus 
 receive- my Spirit. This Morning foon after I 
 rofe, I found that the Rev. Mr. Jones and his 
 
 Wife 
 
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 Wife of Pcrt-Ro\al, Mr. Jonathan Brian, Bro- 
 ther to Mr. Hugh Brian , and one Mr. 5— //, 
 were all come to pay us a Vifit. Tho' exceed- 
 ing weak, and I had almofl laid afide Thoughts 
 of officiating this Day, yet, upon Mr. J — "s in- 
 timating that Friends came expecting to hear mc, 
 I promifrd, if I could, to preach, and begg'd 
 him to read Prayers. He did* but I found my- 
 felf fo ill, that I would fain have pcrfuaded !V,r. 
 
 T y to preach for me. He peremptorily re- 
 
 fufed, urging that God would flrengthen me if 
 I begun. Upon this I Hood up, and before I 
 had prayed long, Mr. B — // dropp'd down, as 
 tho' (hot with a Gun. — He foon got up, and fat 
 attentively to hear the Sermon. The Influence 
 foon fpread abroad. The greateft Part of the 
 Congregation was under great Concern. Tears 
 trickled down apace, and God comforted us al- 
 fo much* during the Time of the Sacrament, and 
 I went Home and flood juftly reproved, when 
 Mr. T— faid, " Did I not tell you, God would 
 " flrengthen you ?" — Dearejl Lord, for thy Mer- 
 cies Sake, never let me dijlrujl thee again. Oh me 
 of little Faith ! 
 
 Monday, Augvfl 4. Was fent for about Neon 
 to fee Mr. Jonathan B — n. At my coming I 
 found him under great Concern, and ftrong Con- 
 victions of Sin. Oh ! how did he reflect on his 
 pair mifpent Life ! How did he blefs God for 
 bringing him now to Savannah, and defire that 
 he might be found in Christ ere he returned 
 Home ! flis Wife fat weeping by, and Mr. B — // 
 lay on a Bed groaning in Bitternefs of Soul, un- 
 der a Senfe of Guilt, and crying out for an Irt- 
 tereft in Jesus. I afked him, " what caufed 
 " him to fall down Yefterday?" Ke anfwered, 
 
 « The 
 
[ 379 1 
 15 The Power of God's Word." After about 
 half an Hour's Converfation on the Nature of 
 the New-Birth, and the Neceffity of a faving 
 Clofure with the Lord Christ I kneeled down, 
 prayed with them, and then took my Leave, well 
 hoping, that the Lord would pluck them as Fire- 
 brands out of the Burning. — Even fi Lord JefuS) 
 Amen and Amen. 
 
 Sunday, Auguji c. Went on Turf Jay with Mr. 
 
 B J— j, &c. to Betbejda* and had the 
 
 Pleafure of feeing a great Soul-concern in moft 
 of our Vifitors. It was but feldom I could of- 
 ficiate > but, when I d d, the Lord generally 
 caufed the Word to fall with weight. This 
 Morning I expounded early as ufual, and read 
 Part of the Prayers at ten o'Clock ; but got Mr. 
 T—y to preach, who (tho* a Baptift Minifter) 
 joined with us in receiving the Sacrament in the 
 Church of England Way. The King was pleafed 
 to fit at his Table, and brought us into his Ban- 
 quetting Houfe, and caufed it to be a Feaft of 
 fat Things to our Souls. Many, I believe, fed 
 on Jesus in their Hearts with Thankfgiving.— 
 About the Evening, when my Friends were fit- 
 ting down together, I began to fpeak to them of 
 the Things of God. A great Alteration was 
 foon difcernable in moft of the Company ; their 
 Concern gradually increafed, till many burft into 
 Fioeds of Tears. — Ere I had done, ibme of my 
 Parifhioners came up, and joined with the reft of 
 my Family. When I had done (peaking to them 
 from G:d's Word, I fpoke in Prayer to God for 
 them. My Soul was carried, as it were, out of the 
 Body, and I was enabled to wreftle with God 
 in their Behalf. — He did not let us go with- 
 out a Bleffing.— The Room was filled with the 
 
 Cries 
 
[ 3So ] 
 Cnfes of thofe around me, and many, I believe, 
 
 at that Time fought Jefus forrowing. Tke 
 
 Concern continued after the Duty was over 
 
 Several were in great Agonies of Soul, 
 
 and a Cherikee Indian Trader, who providen- 
 tially was prefent, defired to fpeak with me, 
 faying, he rnver Jaw or felt the like before, Mr. 
 
 J s a ]f of Port-Royal who went away on 
 
 Friday, but was forced back by contrary Winds, 
 and officiated for me this Afternoon at Savannah, 
 told a Friend, that firely God was with us of a 
 Truth. Bleffed be his rich, fever eign, and dijlin • 
 guifoing Grace ! Lord make us lowly in ous own 
 Eyes, and caufe us Jlill to go on from conquering to 
 centner. Not unto us, not unto us, but unto Thee y 
 eur King and our God be all the Glory ! 
 
 Monday, Aug. ij. Preached Yefterday Morn- 
 ing, and took Leave of my Parifhioners. Ad- 
 miniftred the blefled Sacrament, and gave a clofe 
 Exhortation afterwards. Settled every Thing 
 to the beft of my Power for the Orphan-houfe, 
 which fucceeds beyond Expectation, and was fo 
 enlarged in the Evening's Expofition, and my 
 private Farewel Difcourfe, that I knew not hew 
 to leave off*. My Hearers, both in public and 
 private, were affe&ed deeply, and a ftrange Wo- 
 man run to mc crying out, What floall I do to be 
 faved? About Ten at Night I went on Board 
 our Sloop with my other Vifitors, in order to go 
 to Charles-Town, and from thence to Bojlon, in 
 New-England. The Lord preferve my dear Flock 
 in my Ah fence \ bring them i it o green Pa/lures, and 
 lead tbcm befde the (Vatcrs of Comfort for his own 
 Name's Sake ! 
 
 Charles- 
 
[ 38i ] 
 
 Charks-T'oivn. 
 
 Friday i Aug. 21. Found the Sea Air refresh- 
 ing ; and arrived at Chari/lon about Four this 
 Afternoon. Many came. to the Wharf, and fa- 
 luted me moft kindly. I retired as foon as 
 poffible, to my Lodgings ; and fpent the Even- 
 ing moft fweetly at the Houfe of Mr. Fowler y 
 where I hope many true Difciples of the blefl- 
 ed Jefus were met together. Praifcd be his Name 
 from the rifing up of the Sun unto the going down 
 of the fame ! 
 
 Monday j Jug. 24. Being but weak in Body 
 (except on Sundays) I have preached only once 
 every Day : and even then, was frequently fo 
 weak before I began to preach, that I thought it 
 almoft impoflible I fliould go through half the 
 Difcourfe. But the Lord fupported me; nay, 
 out of Weaknefs I became ftrong. The Audi- 
 ences were more numerous than ever, and it was 
 fuppofed, not lefs than 4000 were in and about 
 the Meeting- houfe, when I preached my Fare- 
 well-Sermon. Being denied the Sacrament at 
 Church, I adminiftered it thrice in a private 
 Houfe, viz. Yefterday, Yefterday w T as lev en- 
 night, and this Morning. — Never did I fee any 
 
 Thing more folemn The Room was large, 
 
 and moft of the Communicants were dillblved 
 into Tears ; furely Jefus Chrift crucified was 
 evidently fet forth before us. Baptifts, Church- 
 Folks and Prefbyterians, all joined together, and 
 received according to the Church of England y 
 excepting two, who defired to have it fitting ; 
 I willingly complied, knowing it was a Thing 
 quite indifferent. Many others hearing hew it 
 
 was 
 
[ 3*2 ] 
 
 was with us Yefterday, defired I would admi- 
 
 nifter To day ; I did, and we were comforted 
 again. Having more Leifure from my private 
 Studies, by Reafon my Weaknefs would not 
 permit me to read much ; I had better Oppor- 
 tunities of converfing with, and confirming thofe 
 that were under Convictions. Mr. Jonathan 
 B — n feemed much eftablifhed, and Mr. Hugh 
 was left lick at Home, drinking deeply of the 
 Cup of God's Confolation, and his YVife a gra- 
 cious Woman came to Charles-Town. By my 
 Advice they refolved to begin a Negroe-School. 
 A young Stage-Player * convinced when I was 
 at New-York laft, and who providentially came 
 
 to Georgia^ when Mr. Jonathan B— n was 
 
 there, Is to be their firfl Mafter. Many came 
 in private, under the deepeft Convi&ions. How 
 this Work will end I know not. At prefent 
 there is a comfortable ProfpecT: that the Lord 
 will gather to himfelf out of Charles-Tovjn, a 
 peculiar People zealous of good- Works. Having 
 our Sloop freighted, and the Wind favouring us, 
 after Dinner, with feveral Charles-Town Friends, 
 I embarked for Rhode IJland^ intending to go 
 from thence by Land to Bofto», In the Even- 
 ing we got over the Bar, but the Pilot would 
 not take any Thing for his Trouble. Here I 
 parted with all Friends, except four, two of 
 which, God willing, intend to accompany me 
 during this Excuriion.* Do thou, O Lord^ who 
 
 * This young Man's Name is Hud/on, and had his "Education 
 at the Charter- houfe, at London — After ftaying fome Time with 
 the Mefif. Bryan's, he was a faithful Afiiftant in the Orphan- houfe, 
 and from thence was called to the Miniftry, which he now exer- 
 cifes with an unblemifhed Reputation in Sout b- Carolina.-" »He was 
 lately at London, and preached with great Acceptance to the Edi- 
 fication of many. 
 
 clafpej 
 
[ gfl ] 
 
 clafprjl the Winds in thy Fijls, and hokhjl the Inci- 
 ters in the Hollow of thy Hand, accept our 7 banks 
 for pajl Mercies, pro [per our Voyage, end if it be 
 bejh carry us with Speed to the Haven where tie 
 would be, Amen and Amen. 
 
 Newport in Rhode Ijland. 
 
 Sunday, Sept. 14. Was fick Part of the Paf- 
 fage, but found afterwards the Sea-Air, under 
 God, much improved my Health. Arrived at 
 Neiv-Port in Rhode- I/la nd juft after the Begin- 
 ning of Evening-Service, and fat, as I thought, 
 undifcovered ; but after Sermon was over, a Gen- 
 tleman afked me, whether my Name was not 
 IVhiteficld? I told him Yes ; he then deflred me 
 to go to his Houfe, and he would take Care to 
 provide Lodgings and NecefTaries for me and my 
 Friends. I went, and feveral Gentlemen of 
 the Town foon came to pay their Refpc&s to 
 me, among whom was the Reverend Mr. Clap, 
 an aged Diffenting Minuter, but the moft ve- 
 nerable Man I ever faw in my Life. He look'd 
 like a good old Puritan, and gave me an Idea of 
 what Stamp thofe Men where, who firft fettled 
 New-Engltnd. His Countenance was very hea- 
 venly ; he rejoiced much to fee me, and prayed 
 moit affectionately for a Blefiing on my coming 
 to Rh:de-ljland. In the Evening, v/ith him and 
 fomemore Friends,! waited on the Rev. Mr. H — , 
 the Minifter of the Church of England, and de- 
 fired the Ufe of his Pulpit. He fecmed a little 
 unwilling ; but after he had withdrawn and con- 
 futed with the Gentlemen, he faid, " If my 
 M preaching would promote the Glory of God, 
 44 and Good of Souls, I was welcome to his 
 
 « Church, 
 
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 " Church, as often as I would, during my Stay 
 4C in Town." We then agreed to make Ufe of 
 it at Ten in the Morning, and Three in the Af- 
 ternoon. After this I went to the Houfe of Mr. 
 B — <?, who firft fpake to me when coming out of 
 the Church. It was foon filled $ I expounded 
 and prayed for about an Hour, and then retired 
 to a Lodging the Lord in his good Providence 
 had provided for me. O Lord, in the Night 
 Sea/on 9 let me arife and give Thanh unto thee, and 
 let my talking be of thy Lwing~Kindnefs and tender 
 Mercies all the Day long ! 
 
 Monday ) Sept. 15. Breakfafted this Morning 
 with old Mr. Clap 9 and was much edified by his 
 Converfation. I could not but think whilft at 
 his Table, that I was fitting with one of the Pa- 
 triarchs. He is full of Days, a Batchelor, and 
 has been Minifter of a Congregation in Rhode- 
 I/land upwards of 40 Years. People of all De- 
 nominations, I hear, refpect him for his abound- 
 ing in good Works. At Ten in the Morning, 
 and Three in the Afternoon, according to Ap- 
 pointment, I read Prayers and preached in the 
 Church : 'Tis very commodious, and I believe 
 will contain 3000 People. It was more than 
 filled in the Afternoon. — ~ Perfons of different 
 Perfuafions attended. — I obferved Numbers af- 
 fected, and had great Reafon to hope the Word 
 of the Lord had been fharper than a two-edged 
 Sword in fome of the Hearers Souls. After 
 Evening Service I received a Letter, part of 
 which run thus. — • 
 
 Navport 
 
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 Newport in Rhode- I/land, Sept. 15, 1740. 
 
 Reverend Sir, and beloved Brother, * 
 
 cc A Lthough mine Eyes never faw your Face 
 <c '** before this Day, yet my Heart and Soul 
 " have been united to you in Love, by the Bond 
 <c of the Spirit. I have longed and expected to 
 <€ fee you for many Months pad : I have fome 
 <c Things to communicate to you that will make 
 " your Heart glad" 
 
 I am your unworthy Brother* 
 
 Jonathan B r. 
 
 On reading it, I could not but think this was 
 one of thofe young Minifies, that had been fo 
 remarkably owned at the Eaft End of Long-Ijland. 
 1 fent for him, and found he was the Man. My 
 Heart rejoiced. After a long Conference, we 
 took Leave of each other for the prefent, but 
 agreed, that we would be Companions in 
 Travel for a while. In the Evening I went 
 to venerable Mr. Cap's, and exhorted and 
 prayed with a great Multitude, who not only 
 crowded into the Houfe, but thronged eve- 
 ry Way about it. The good old Man great* 
 ly rejoiced ; and after my Exhortation was over, 
 difmiffed us with his kind Bleffing. Lord Jejls, 
 do thou fay Amen to it. 
 
 Juefday, Seft, 16. Perceived myfelf a little 
 
 • low in the Morning, but was enabled to read 
 
 S Prayers 
 
[ 3§6 ] 
 
 Prayers and preach with much Flame and Clear- 
 neis, to ftill greater Auditories than Yefterday. 
 It being Aflembly Time, the Gentlemen ad- 
 journed in order to attend the Service, and feveral 
 Invitations were given rne to come to other ad- 
 jacent Places. The People were exceedingly 
 attentive ; Tears trickled down their Cheeks, 
 When I came Home to my Lodgings, the Wo- 
 man of the Houfe faluted me with " Blefled art 
 thou of the Lord." I looked round to fee the 
 Reafon of fuch a Salutation, and on the Couch 
 there lay a young Woman under great Diftrefs 
 of Soul. After a little Converfation, I found fhe 
 had a gracious Difcovery of the Lord Jefus made 
 to her Soul, when I was fpeaking thefe Words, 
 Come fee a Man that told rne all Things that ever 
 I did. She told me " She had often grieved the 
 " Spirit of God, but now fhe believed the Lord 
 <c was calling her Home effectually. The 
 " Word, added fhe, came with fuch Power, 
 <c that I was obliged to go out of the Church, 
 " otherwife I muft have difturbed the Congre- 
 *' gation. When I came from Home, contrary 
 " to my Parents Inclination, I infifted, I knew 
 <4 not why, on ftaying at Newport fix Weeks. 
 c4 They would have me ftay only a Month, but 
 M at laft confented that I fhould ftay my own 
 <c 'I ime. To-morrow, fays (he, is the laft Day 
 4C of the fix Weeks, and Oh the Goodnefs of 
 <c God in fending you juft now, before my Time 
 was out." Or Words to that Effect. — After- 
 wards one or two more came under the like Cir- 
 cumftances, crying out in the Bitternefs of their 
 Souls I prayed with each of them, and exhorted 
 them not to reft till they found Reft in Jefus 
 Chrift. In the Evening I went, as I thought 
 
 pri- 
 
privately, to a Friend's Houfe. But the People 
 were fo eager after the Word, that in a flioit 
 Time, I believe, more than a thoufand wore 
 before the Door, beiides thole that were within, 
 and filled every Room in the Houfe. I there- 
 fore flood upon the Threshold, and fpiike for 
 near an Hour on thefe Words, Blejfrd are they 
 that hunoer and thirft after Right eon fnefs^ fir they 
 foall be filed. It was a very folemn Meeting, 
 Glory be to GOb's great Name ! 
 
 Newport and Brijlrf. 
 
 Wednesday* Sept. 17. Left Ntwport in Rhode- 
 I/land about nine in the Morning, and reached 
 Brijhjly a Town twelve Miles diftant, about 
 Noon. Several Friends from Rhode- JJland ac- 
 companied me, and before we came to the 
 Town, a Minilter met me, and in the Name of 
 the Court, which was then fitting at BriJIol, In- 
 vited me and my Friends to dine with them, 
 und alio defired me to give them a Sermon. I 
 complied. The Gentlemen received us with 
 much Civility ; and, after Dinner, I preached 
 in the Meeting-Houfe to more People than might 
 be expected on fuch ludden Notice. My Heart 
 was much fhut up id the Fxerciie. I felt, I fiw 
 but little influence. However the Gentlemen 
 feemed very thankful. "J 'banks be to God for his 
 urifptakablc M reus ! 
 
 Thurfday^ S;pt. 1 8, Rofe and fet out as fbon 
 as it was Light. Breakfasted at a worthy Mt- 
 nilter's Houie on the Road. Found People were 
 apprized of my Coming, and were folicitous for 
 my Preaching ; but being refolved, under God, 
 if poffible, to reach B'Jio /, we travelled on for 
 S 2 near 
 
near fifty Miles, and came to Boflon about eight 
 jn the Evening. When we were within four Miles 
 cf the City, the Governor's Son, feveral other 
 Gentlemen, and one or two Minifters waited at 
 a Gentleman's Houfe to give me the Meeting. 
 After flopping a while, we went together in 
 Company to Bojlon, to the Houfe of one Mr. 
 
 £ 5 Brother in Law to the Reverend Dr. 
 
 Cdnnan, who long fince had fent me an Invita- 
 tion. Several Minifters and other Gentlemen 
 came to pay their Refpects. My Heart was but 
 low, and my Body weak ; but, at the Requeft 
 of one of the Minifters, I gave Thanks to our 
 gracious God. for bringing us in Safety, and 
 prayed that my Coming might be in the Fulnefs 
 of the Bleffing of the Gofpel of Peace. We 
 then parted, i eat a little Supper, and then re- 
 tired, befeeching the Lord to raife my poor 
 drooping Heart," and make his Power known in 
 the Hearts of his People. Even jo, Lord Jefus, 
 Amen and Amen. 
 
 Boflon. 
 
 Friday* Sept. 19. Slept pretty well, and in 
 the Morning perceived fome divine Comfort 
 break in upon and refrefh my Soul. Was vifit- 
 ed by feveral Gentlemen and Minifters, and 
 went to the Governor's with Efquire JVillard, 
 Secretary of the Province, a Man fearing God, 
 and with whom (though before unknown in 
 Perfon) I have correfponded fome J ime. The 
 Governor received me with the utmoft Re- 
 f'KCt : He fcemed to favour the Things which 
 were of GoJ, and defired me to fee him as of- 
 ten 
 
r 3$> ] 
 
 ten as I could. At eleven I went to publick 
 Worfhip at the Church of Eng'an-f, and after- 
 ter wards went home with the Com miliary, who 
 read Prayers. He received me very courtcoufly, 
 and it being a Day whereon the Clergy of the 
 eftablifhcd Church met, I ihad an Opportunity 
 of converfins; with five of them together. In 
 the Afternoon, I preached to about 4000 People in 
 Dr. Coltman's Meeting-houfe ; and afterwards ex- 
 horted and prayed with many that came to my 
 Lodgings, and inwardly rejoiced at the Profpe£l 
 of bringing fome Souls to the faving Knowledge 
 of the Lord Jefus Chrifl. Grant this, O Father^ 
 for thy dear om's Sake. Amm. 
 
 Saturday j Sept. 20. Grew more and more 
 comfortable both in Body and Soul. Was 
 fweetly refrefhed with feveral Packets of Letters 
 fent to me from different Parts in England and 
 America* giving me an Account of the Succefs 
 of the Gofpel. Preached in the Morning with 
 much Freedom and Power to about 6000 Hear- 
 ers in the Reverend Dr. Seival's Meeting-houfc, 
 and afterwards on the Common to about 8000, 
 and again at Night to a thronged Company at 
 my Lodgings. I fpent the Remainder of the 
 Evening with a few choice Friends, in prepar- 
 ing for the Sabbath *. U that we may be alw *ys 
 in the Spirit on a Lord"s Day. 
 
 Sunday, Sept. 21. Went in the Morning, 
 and heard Dr Cofemin preach. Dined with his 
 Colleague the Reverend Mr. Cpoper f . Preached 
 
 * The Sabbath in New-EnghnA begins en Saturday Eveamf, 
 
 and perhaps is kept better by thp Minifies and People than ai 
 any other Place m the known World. 
 
 f Both thefe g)od and great Men are gone to Glory.. -.They 
 Were burning and ihining Light?. 
 
 S3 in 
 
[ 39° ] 
 
 in the Afterm on to a thronged Auditory with 
 great and viiible Effeit at the Rev. and worthy 
 Mr. Fcxcraffs Meeting. Immediately after, in the 
 Common to about 15000, and again at my 
 Lodgings, as ufual, to a greater Company than 
 before. Some afterwards came up into my 
 Room, to whom I could have fpoke till Mid- 
 night. Oh that a I may take the Kngcicm of God by 
 Violate e. Amen and Amen. 
 
 Monday^ Sept. 22. Preached this Morning at 
 the Reverend Mr. JVelb\ * Meeting-Houfe to 
 6000 Hearers in the Houfe, befides great Num- 
 bers ftanding about the Doors. The Prefence 
 of the Lord was amongft them. Look where I 
 would around me, viiible Impreflions were made 
 upon the Auditory. Mod v/ept for a confider- 
 able Time ; and fometime after I received a 
 Letter wherein were thefe Words : 
 
 €4 But what I muft give the Preference to was 
 w that gracious Seafon at the N.w North the 
 i; Aioniuy following, where there was more of 
 M the Prefence of God through the whole Ex- 
 u ercife than ever I had known at one 7'ime 
 <c through the whole Courfe of my Life. Juftly 
 " might it have been faid of that Place, it was 
 ic no other than the Houfe of God and the 
 " Gate of Heaven ! O how dreadful was the 
 " Place! and yet how delightful! The Lord 
 " Jefus feemed to be vifibly walking in that his 
 " golden Candleftick, to try feme of the many 
 6; J houfands that were then prefent. But oh ! 
 44 how few were prepared for fo holy an Inqui- 
 " fition. I am lure I know none who could 
 
 * This M>n of God alD is entered into his Reft, where his 
 good Works, in which hi {.bounded, have followed him long ago. 
 
 not 
 
r 39* i 
 
 44 not but be humble at the Thoughts of it. 
 4< - And indeed who could help crying out, Woe 
 44 is me ! for I am undone, becaule 1 am a Man 
 44 of unclean lips, for mine Eves have i~ci:n the 
 44 Kin j, the Lord of Hofts. Indeed my own 
 41 Soul was fo deeply abafed and overwhelmed 
 44 with fuch unufual Meltings that I could have 
 44 been glad of fome private Corner in thac 
 44 Houfc to pour out my Soul, without Diftur- 
 " bance to the Audience The Spirit of God, 
 44 indeed, fcem'd to be moving upon the Face 
 " of the Waters at that Time, and who knows, 
 44 but that to a great many Sou!s, God was 
 %i pleafed to fay, " Let there be Li^ht, and tb:re 
 44 was Light " 
 
 In the Afternoon I went to preach at the Rev. 
 and worthy Mr. CbeckU^s Meeting Houfc : Bbt 
 God was pleafed to humble us by a very aw.'ul 
 Providence : For the Meeting-Honfe being filled 
 with People, though there was no real Danger ; 
 yet on a fudden all the People were in an Up- 
 roar, and fo unaccountably furprized, that fome 
 threw themfelves out of the Window, others 
 threw themfelves out of the Gallery, and others 
 trampled upon one another ; fo that five were 
 actually killed, and others dangeroufly wounded. 
 I happened to come in the Midft of the Uproar, 
 and faw two or three lying o.i the Ground in a 
 pitiable Condition. God was pi c give 
 
 me Prefence of iMind ; fo that I gave Notice I 
 would immediately preach upon the Common. 
 The Weather was wet, but many Thoufands 
 followed in the Field, to whom I preached from 
 thefe Words, Go out inU the Highways and 
 Hedges, and compd them to come in. I endeavour- 
 ed, as God enabled me, to 'improve what had- 
 S 4 befallen 
 
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 befallen us ; and though Satan in this bruifed 
 our Heel, yet I doubt not but even this will be a 
 Means of bruifing his Head. Lord, thy Judg- 
 ments are like the gnat De p. Thy Foo'Jleps are 
 not known. Jujl and holy art thou, King of 
 Saints I 
 
 Tuefday, Sept. 23. Went this Morning with 
 Dr. Coleman and the Secretary to Roxbury, three 
 .Liiles from Bo/lon, to fee the Rev. Mr. Walter *, 
 who, wiih his Predecefibr the Rev. Mr. Elliot , 
 commonly called the Apoftle of the Indians, but 
 now with God, has been Paftcr of that Con- 
 gregation 106 Years. About eleven we return- 
 er], and I preached in the Reverend Mr. Get's \ 
 Meeting- houfe. Preached in the Afternoon to a 
 thronged Congregation ; and exhorted and pray- 
 ed as ufual at my own Lodgings, at neither Place 
 without fome Manifestations of a divine Power, 
 accompanying the Word. Lord let thy Prefence 
 *. ways follow me, or otheiwfe I /hall be tut as a 
 founding Brafs cr a tinkling Cymb-uL 
 
 Wednefday, Sept. 24. Went this Morning to 
 fee and preach at Cambridge, the chief College 
 for training up the Sons of the Prophets in all 
 New- England. It has one Prefident, I think four 
 Tutors, and about an hundred Students. In the 
 Conclufion of my Sermon, I made a clofe Ap- 
 plication to Tutors and Students. A great Num- 
 ber of neighbouring Minifters attended, as in- 
 deed they do at at all other Times. The Prefi- 
 dent of the College and Minifter of the Parifh 
 
 * He was a good old Puritan, and after hearing a Sermon, 
 when he fat at the Governor's Table, he faid, this is Puritanif- 
 rum redi'vi'V'ji — He lived to a good old Age, and was gathered in 
 1 ke a ripe Shock of Corn. 
 
 «f- He was a zealous Champion for his Lord, and hath been 
 foue fome Years to receive his Crown of Righteoufnefs. 
 
 treated 
 
r 393'] 
 
 treated mc very civilly *. In the Afternoon T 
 preached again in the Court, without any parti- 
 cular Application to the Students. I believe there 
 were about 7000 Hearers. The Holy Spirit 
 melted many Hearts. The Word was attended 
 with manifeft Power ; and a Minifter foon after 
 wrote me Word, " That he believed one of 
 <c his Daughters was favingly wrought upon at 
 <c that Time/' Lord, add daily to thy Church 
 fuel? as Jhall be faved ! 
 
 Thurfday, Sept* 25. Preached the Weekly 
 Le&ure at the Rev. Air. Fcxcaft's Meeting- 
 Houfe ; but was fo opprefled with a Senfe of my 
 bafe Ingratitude to my dears ft Saviour, that Sa- 
 tan would fain have tempted me to hold my 
 Tongue, and not invite poor Sinners to Jefus 
 Chrift, becaufc I was fo great a Sinner myfelf ; 
 but God enabled me to withftand the Tempta- 
 tion, and fince Jefus Chrift had (hewn fuch 
 Mercy to, and had not withdrawn his Holy 
 Spirit from me the chief of Sinners, I was ena- 
 bled more feelingly to talk of his Love, and af- 
 terwards found that one Stranger in particular, 
 was in all Probability effectually convinced by 
 that Morning's Sermon. After publick Wor- 
 ship, I went, at his Excellency's Invitation, and 
 dined with him. Moil of the Minifters of the 
 Town were invited with me. Before Dinner, 
 the Governor font for me up into his Chamber: 
 
 * In my former Journal, taking Things by FTearfty ton nrnr 1 ,, 
 1 fpoke and wrote too rafliiy both of the Colleges nnd Mmifieis- 
 of Neio-Kngland, for which, as I hnve alread) done it when st 
 Bcfisn l?ft from the PuJpit, I take tlvs O.p-Ttnnify cf afk.ng 
 publick Pardon from the Piefs — Tt wis x?.[\\ and uncharitably 
 and thV wcJL«iean' ; J fear, d w d Hurt,— 
 
 S ; He 
 
He wept, wifhed me good Luck in the Name of 
 the Lord, and recommended himfelf, Minifters 
 and People to my Prayers. Immediately after Din- 
 ner, I prayed explicitely for them all, and went in 
 his Excellency's Coach to the Knd of the Town ; 
 but had fuch a Senfe of my Vilenefs upon my 
 Soul, that I wondered People did not ftone me, 
 Crofied a Ferry, and preached at Cbarljhw^ a 
 Town lying on the North-fide of Boflon. The 
 Meeting- Houfe was very capacious, and quite 
 filled. A gracious Melting was discernible thro r 
 the whole Congregation ; I perceived much Free- 
 dom and Sweetnefs in my own Soul ; though 
 the Damp I felt in the Morning was not quite 
 gone off. Oh! when Jhall I be free from In- 
 dwelling Sin ! O Lord deliver me from the Body 
 of this Death. 
 
 Roxbury. 
 
 Friday Sept. 26. Preached in the Morning at 
 Roxlury from a little Afcent to many thoufand 
 People, with much of the divine Prefence amongft 
 us. Several., I think, came afterwards to me, 
 telling how they were ftruck at that Time under 
 the Word : And a Micifter wrote to me thus : 
 
 Reverend and dear Sir 9 
 •« A FTER my fincere Affeclion, and very 
 « •** humble Service to you, I return my 
 " hearty Thanks for your good Services Yef- 
 « terday, and efpecially at Roxbury^ my native 
 " Place. I think I never faw a more attentive 
 " Audience, or more weeping Eyes than Yef- 
 2 " terday 
 
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 44 terday and M nlay. The Holy Spirit, tne 
 
 44 alone Author of all fpiritual Life, teemed in 
 
 44 a verv wonderful Manner to be moving u on 
 
 44 the Waters of the Sanctuary, breathing upon 
 
 44 the dry Bones. For my own Part I was much 
 
 44 affected, for which I give our glorious Lord 
 
 44 thePraife." 
 
 Dined at Judge Dudleys ; preached in the Af- 
 ternoon from a Scaffold erected without the Re- 
 verend Air. Byles's Meeting-Houfe, to near double 
 the Number as in the Morning. Snatch'd a 
 Minutes to write a few Lines to Friends in ng- 
 lan . Gave a (hort Exhortation to a great Croto d 
 of People, and fpent the Remainder of the t 
 ing with feveral Minifters at Mr ' ' uc if H 's. 
 Our Conversation tended to the Ule of edifying. 
 After Supper we fung Pfalms, one of the Mi- 
 nifters prayed, and then we took our Leave, — 
 O that the Lord mof anfwer our SLcqtt fi, . n-i re- 
 vive his JVork in the midjl of the Tars ! We u ait 
 for thy Salvathn y O Lord ; tet thy Kingdom 
 cme ! 
 
 Saturday, Sept. 2J. Preached in the .Morning 
 at the Reverend Mr. fVtlfiiafs * Meeting- Houfe. 
 Dined with Colonel IF — /, and preached in the 
 Afternoon on the Common to about 15, o 
 People. But oh how did the Word run ! I could 
 fcarce abftain from crying out, This is ro ,t< cr 
 than the Houje of Goa and the Gate of Ha: en. 
 After Sermon, I viiited and prayed with two dif- 
 ferent Perfons that were much hurt in the late 
 Fright, and then went Home to exhort thoie 
 
 * He was a worthy M nirt?r of Chi rsT, and w»« <tru k vrh 
 &Cita ia aciimicg hft Mailer's Meila|c« -—Ifoppy £*/»' this I 
 
 S 6 tha t 
 
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 that waited at my Lodgings. Many now wept 
 bitterly, and cried out under the Word like Per- 
 fons that were really hungering and thirfting after 
 Righteoufhefs. — Lord Jejus, let them be filled ! 
 
 Sunday i Sept. 28. Preached in the Morning at 
 Good Dr.iVzW'sMeeting-Houfe to a very crowded 
 Auditory, with much Power, and great was the 
 Appearance of God's Prefence among us. In 
 the Afternoon collected 555 A Currency for the 
 Orphan- Houfe ; was taken very ill after Dinner ; 
 but was enabled to preach at Dr. Co/man's in the 
 Afternoon to as great, if not a greater Congre- 
 gation than in the Morning. Here alfo 470/. 
 were collected. In both Places all Things were 
 carried on with great Decency and Order. People 
 went llowly out, as tho' they had not a Mind to 
 efcape giving ; and Dr. Co/man iaid, " It was the 
 € * moft pleafant Time he ever enjoyed in that 
 " Meeting Houfe through the whole Courfe of 
 4< his Life." After Sermon I had the Honour 
 of a private Viiit from the Governor : His Excel- 
 lency being gone, at their Requeft I went and 
 preached to a great Number of Negroes on the 
 Converfion of the Ethiopian, Afts viii. (at which 
 the poor Creatures, as well as many white People, 
 were much affe£ted) and, at my Return, gave 
 £ Word of Exhortation to a Crowd of People, 
 who were waiting at my Lodgings. My Animal 
 Spirits were almoil exhaufted, and my Legs al- 
 tnoft ready to fink under me : But the Lord vi- 
 iited my Soul ; and I went to Bed greatly re- 
 frefhed with divine Confolations. — Help me, O- 
 Lord} to praife the* with joyful Lips ! 
 
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 Marble-Heady Salem and Ipfwich. 
 
 Monday, Sept. 29. Set out about feven in the 
 Morning ; got to Marble-Head, a large Town 
 twenty Miles from Boflon. About eleven preached 
 to fome Thoufands in a broad Place in the Middle 
 of the Town, but not with much vifible Effect. 
 Rode to Salem, four Miles from Marble-Head, 
 and preached there alfo to about 2000. Here 
 the Lord manifefted forth his Glory, fn every 
 Part of the Congregation Perfons might be 
 iecn under great Concern ; and one Mr. Clarke, 
 a good Minifter, as is granted by all I con- 
 verted with, fecmed to be almoft in Hea- 
 ven. After the Exercife was over, I immediately 
 fet out, and got to Ipfwich, another large Town 
 fixteen Miles (the Way we went) diftant from 
 Salem. Two or three Gentlemen came to meet 
 me, and I and my Friends were moft kindlv en- 
 tertained attheHoufe of the Reverend Mr. R — .r, 
 a venerable old Man, one of the Minifters of the 
 Place *. — The Lord reward him and all others, a 
 thoufand Fold, who refrejh our Bowels in the Lord/ 
 
 Ipfwich, Newbury and Hampton. 
 
 Tuefday, Sept. 30. Preached at Ipfivich about 
 ten in the Morning to many Thoufands. There 
 was a great melting in the Congregation. Dined. 
 £et out for and reached Newbury, another Town, 
 
 * He was defcended from the famous Mr. Rogers of Dedbam, 
 and lived to fee and hear three of his Sons, and I believe a Grand- 
 fon, all now alive, picach Jesus Christ experimental!),-—- — 
 tfj;py Lot ! 
 
 t,vel\$ 
 
twelve Miles diftant from Ipfwich^ about three. 
 Here again the Power of the Lord accompanied 
 the Word. The Meeting- Houfe was very large. 
 Many Ministers were prefent, and the People 
 Were greatly affe&ed. — BleJJed be God ! 
 
 Hampton , Portfmouth and York. 
 
 Wednefdas, Cft.i. Preached in the Morning, 
 tho' not with fo much Freedom as ufual, at Hamp- 
 ton, to fome Thoufands in the open Air. The 
 Wind was almoft too high for me. Some, tho' not 
 many, were affe&ed. God's Spirit bl weth when 
 and tuber e it lijitth. After Dinner, rode in Com*- 
 pany with many to Portfmcuth^ a large Town 
 about fourteen Miles from Hampton. Got thi- 
 ther in about an Hour and a half. Preached to 
 a polite Auditory, and fo very unconcerned, that 
 I began to queft.on whether I had been preach- 
 ing to rational, or brute Creatures. Seeing no 
 immediate Effects of the Word preached, I was 
 a little dejected ; but one young Man came to 
 me crying out, in great Anguifh of Spirit, What 
 Jhall 1 do to he faved? IVhy wjji thou cajl down y 
 O my Soul? Croffed a Ferry immediately after 
 Sermon, and went over a very ftony Way to 
 York, a Town thirteen Miles, round the Ferry, 
 diftant from Portfmouth : Hither I came to fee 
 one Mr. Mocdy^ a worthy, plain and powerful 
 Minifter of Jesus Christ, tho' now much im- 
 paired by old Age. He has lived by Faith for 
 many Years, has been much defpifed by bad 
 Men, and as much refpecled by the true Lovers 
 of the blefled Jesus. He came as far as Hamp- 
 ton to meet me, but getting before him, in our 
 
 Night- 
 
Night-travelling, a Phyfician *, his Neighbour, 
 who came alfo to meej me, received us into his 
 Houfe, and kindly entertained us. . Some of our 
 Fellow- travellers loft their Way, but came to us 
 fome 1 ime after our Arrival at York, Here wc 
 prayed and iupped very comfortably together. 
 The Air agreed mightily with my Conftitution. 
 As I came aloirr, 1 was furprized to fee fuch Im- 
 provements made in a Place of about a hundred 
 Years (landing, and could not but fancy myfelf 
 in 01 1- E' gland. — Surely^ God is a God keeping 
 Covenant ! 
 
 York and Port/mouth. 
 
 Tuefday y Oft. 2. Was comforted to hear good 
 Mr. Moody tell me, " That he believed I mould 
 u preach to a hundred new Creatures this Mora- 
 iC ing in his Congregation." And indeed I be- 
 lieve I did. For when I came to preach, I could 
 fpeak little or no Terror, but almoft all Confo- 
 lation. I preached both Morning and Evening. 
 The Hearers locked plain and fimple ; and Tears 
 trickled apace down moft of their Cheeks. In- 
 deed we faw the Outgoings of the Lord in his 
 Sancluary. But one Thing put a little Damp 
 upon my Soul, and I hope, did me good. Mr. 
 Moody has a bon, a Minifter, who was once full 
 of Faith and Joy in the Holy Ghoft, and walked 
 in the Light of God's Countenance, and made 
 full Proof of his Miniftry ; but for thefe two 
 Years laft paft, has walked in Darknefs, and ken 
 no Light. He has an inexpreffible Gloominefs 
 
 * This Phyfician was afterwards awaken'd, and with his wor- 
 thy Friend, and Pallor, is gone to Glory, They both went in the 
 Cope Breton Expedition, 
 
 upon 
 
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 upon his Soul, and cannot apply any of the Pro- 
 mifes to himfelf. I was informed he was at Meet- 
 ing, but dared not fee me. I was afiifted to pray 
 for him. I prayed the more earneftly, not know- 
 ing but his Cafe might be mine hereafter. — Lord^ 
 let me not be high-minded, but fear. Into thy Hands 
 I commit my Spirit. 1 defire to take no Thought for 
 the Morrow. Deal with me asfeems good in thy 
 Sight ! 
 
 Portfmouth) Hampton and Newbury* 
 
 Friday, Ocl. 3. Preached this Morning at 
 Portfmuth to a far greater Congregation than be- 
 fore ; but inftead of preaching to dead Stocks, I 
 had now Reafon to believe I was preaching to 
 living Men. People began to melt foon after I 
 began to pray, and the Influence encreafed more 
 and more during the whole Sermon. The Word, 
 feemed to pierce through and through, and car- 
 ried fuch Conviction along with it, that many, 
 as I heard, who before had induftrioufly fpoken 
 Evil of me, were afhamed of themfelves. Good 
 Mr. ShutUf * the Minifter, when he afterwards 
 fent me 97 A collected at this Time for the Or- 
 phans, w T rote thus : " You have left great Num- 
 cc bers under deep Impreffions, and I truft in, 
 <c God they will not wear off; but that the 
 " Convictions of fome will be kept up and che- 
 44 rifhed, till they have had their defired Effect." 
 Amen and Amen.— Haftned after Dinner to Hamp- 
 ton ; preached to feveral Thoufands of People 
 with a great deal of Life and Power. Collected. 
 
 * This good M*n God was pleafed to vifit with ftronp Paiiv 
 which h<* bore w;th admirable Patience, and 'afterwards he w*a 
 /ciraieci, in order to go where the weaiy are at Rett. 
 
 41/.. 
 
 7 
 
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 41 /. for the Orphan-Children, and fel out di- 
 rectly for Newbury - 9 which we reached about 
 eight at Night. In the Way two old Difciples 
 acquainted me what fweet refrefhing Times God 
 had vouchfafed them under my Miniftry. — Lrd, 
 not unto we, not unto me, but unto thy Free Gruce 
 be all the Glory ! 
 
 Newbury, Ipfwicb and Salem. 
 
 Saturday, Oft. 4. Preached in the Morning 
 to a very thronged Congregation, and faw the 
 Outgoings of God in his Sanctuary. Collected 
 80 /. Hafted to Ipfwicb. Preached to a larger 
 Congregation, and with as much Power as when 
 there laft. Collected 79/. for the Orphans. 
 Got to Salem about eight at Night. Was kindly 
 received by Colonel P — </*, and alfo was favoured 
 with a Vifit from the Minifter belonging to the 
 Church of England. — H,w a?mable, and there- 
 fore how defirable is brother l\ Love ! 
 
 Sunday, Oof. 5. Preached at eight in the 
 Morning, in the Meeting-Houfe, at the Mini- 
 fter's Requeft. Read Prayers, and affifted in the 
 Sacrament in the Church of England. Preached 
 again in the Afternoon in the Meeting-Houfe, 
 
 and collected 72/. for the Orphan-Houfe. O 
 
 that the Lord would reaeh the Hearts of the In- 
 habitants, and make them a peculiar People, zeal- 
 ous of good Works ! 
 
 Salem, Marble-Head, Maulden and Boflon. 
 
 Monday, Oft. 6. Set out from Salem about 
 nine this Morning. Preached at Marble-Head 
 about eleven, and with fuch Power, that I truft 
 
 it 
 
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 it will be a Day much to be remember'd by many 
 Souls. The two Minifters preferred me with 
 70 /. for the Orphan- Houfe, which they had vo- 
 luntarily collected Yefterday in their own private 
 Meetings. Was moft affedtionately received and 
 -entertain'd by Colonel M—n^ from whom I parted 
 almoft with Tears. At the Requeft of the Re- 
 verend and pious Mr. E — n, Son-in-law to old 
 Mr. Moody, we went to Maulden, fourteen Miles 
 from Marble-Head, where I preached not with 
 fo much Enlargement as in the Morning. But 
 one Girl came crying to me and faying ; " She 
 " feared fhe had not true Faith in Jesus." — O 
 that others began 10 doubt a'fo f Here the worthy 
 Secretary, an Ifraelite indeed, and feveral other 
 dear Friends, gave me the Meeting. With them, 
 immediately after Sermon, I fet out, and got 
 privately into BoJto*> about fev-en at Night. And 
 tho' I had rode 178 Miles, and preacheJ fixteen 
 Times, yet, I thank God, was not in the leaft 
 wearied or fatigued. — Oh what a gocd Majler is 
 Jefus Chrlftl 
 
 Tuefday, Oft. 7. Preached both Morning and 
 Evening in Dr. Oilman's Meeting-Houfe, with 
 much Power •. It being confidently reported 
 I died fuddenly, or was poifoned, the People were 
 the more rejoiced to fee me. And I now, hourly 
 almoft, receive Letters from Perfons under Con- 
 victions, and am favoured with Vifits from many 
 Children of God, who I truft will have Hearts 
 given them to pray for me ; for lefs than the leaft 
 cf them all, muft be my Motto ft ill. 
 
 * By the Word Power all along I mean no more nor no led than 
 Enlargement of Heart, and a c mforrable Fi«me given me from 
 above, by which I was enabled to (peak wth Freedom and Clcar- 
 Def% and the People were impretfed and affc&cd thereby. 
 
 Widnefday y 
 
 
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 jr.JnefJuy, Oclcbcr 8. Went with the Go- 
 vernor in his Coach to Mr. IVcbV* Meeting- 
 Houfc, where I preached both Morning and 
 Evening to very great Auditories. Both Times 
 manv Hearts were melted down, and I think 
 I never was To drawn out to pray for and 
 invite little Children to Jefus Chrift, as in the 
 Morning : A little before, I had heard of a 
 Child, who was taken fick jufl: after it had heard 
 me preach, and laid, " He would go to Mr. 
 v.r/'s God," and died in a fhort Time. 
 This encouraged me to fpeak to little Ones. 
 But, oh how were the old People affected, when 
 
 I laid, " Little Children, if your Parents will 
 
 II not come to Chrilr, do you come and go to 
 " Heaven without them." There feemed to 
 be but few dry Eyes. Surelv it was the Lord's 
 Paflbver. I have not feen a greater Commotion 
 ilnce my Preaching at Boji n. Glory be to God $ 
 who has mt fargQtUn to be graci us. 
 
 Thurjday, October 9. Have been applied to, 
 this and every Morning fince my Return, by 
 many Souls under deep Diftrefs, and was only 
 grieved that I could not have more Time with 
 them. Expounded this Morning at the public 
 Lecture at Dr. Sewair* Meeting- Houie, which 
 was very much crowded. My Subject being our 
 Lord's conference with Nicodemus, when I 
 came to thefe Words, Art thou a Mafter in If- 
 rael, and knowejl not thefe Things? I took the 
 Liberty of cautioning Tutors to take care of 
 their Pupils, and alio to advife all Minifters, 
 many of whom wereprefent, to examine the Ex- 
 periences of thofe that were Candidates for Or- 
 dination. In the Afternoon I preached on the 
 Common to about 15000 People \ collected up- 
 ward* 
 
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 wards of 200 /. of New- England Currency for 
 the Orphans, and juft as I had finifhed my Ser- 
 mon, received a Ticket, wherein I was defired 
 to pray " for a Perfon juft entered upon the Mi- 
 * c niftry; but under Apprehenfions that he was 
 " not converted."— Oh that all who uniertakc to 
 preach Cbr'iji wers alike cautious ! — In the Evening 
 I went, as privately as poffible, to the Alms- 
 Houfe, and enlarged on thefe Words, The Pow 
 received the Gofpel, for near half an Hour; then 
 went to theWork-houfe, where I prayed with, and 
 exhorted a great Number of People, for near an 
 Hour more. And then, hearing there was a 
 confiderable Number waiting for a Word of Ex- 
 hortation at my Lodgings (tho' fome cryed out, 
 /pare thyfclf) God ftrengthened me to give them 
 a fpiritual Morfel, and then I went and eat Bread 
 very comfortably at a Friend's Houfe, and foon 
 after retired to Reft. — Oh ! how comfortable is 
 Sleep after working for jfefus ! Lord Jlrengthen me 
 to do and fujfer *wbat thou hafl appointed for m? y 
 and then let me Jltep in thee y never to awake in this 
 vain World any more ! 
 
 Charhjlown and Redding. 
 
 Fiiday, OcJ. 10. Was ftill bufied, from the 
 very Moment I rofe 'till I went out, in anfwer- 
 ing poor Souls that came to me under great Di- 
 ftrefs. About nine went with good Mr. Cooper over 
 Char lef town Ferry, where I preached with much 
 Freedom of the Spirit. Then I dined at My/liik, 
 at the Houfe of Efq; R-~ /, a young rich Man, 
 who has feemed to be much affected for fome 
 Time. — Oh that he may not lack one Thing ! Im- 
 mediately after Dinner we hafted to Redding, 12 
 
 Miles 
 
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 Miles from Charlejhwn. There I preached to 
 many thoufands. A confiderable Moving was 
 difcernable in the Congregation. Returned and 
 fuppeJ at Efq; R — /'s. Was weak, very weak 
 in Body. But was refrefhed to hear of a poor 
 Girl, who was found fitting at the Gate in the 
 Cold. Upon being examined by a truly expe- 
 rienced Friend, he found fhe was under very 
 ftrong Convictions, and had followed me from 
 Roxbnry. She laid, " She wanted nothing but 
 u Christ, and Christ fhe would have."— 
 The Lcrd perform all her Petitions ! 
 
 Cambridge and B often: 
 
 Saturday, Off. n. Was weak in Body. Went 
 again to Cambridge and preached at the Meeting- 
 Houfe Door, to a great Body of People, who 
 flood v^ry attentively, tho' it rained, and were, 
 at the latter Part of the Sermoi>, much affected. 
 It being at the Univerfity, I difcouried on thefe 
 Words, Noah the eighth Per/hi, a Preacher of 
 Rghtto fufs, and endeavoured to (hew the Qua- 
 lifications proper for a true evangelical Preacher 
 of Christ's Righteouihefs. After Sermon the 
 Prefident kindly entertained me and my Friends. 
 About four we reached B oft on ; where I preached 
 immediately at Dr. Sewdl's Meeting- Houie ; ex- 
 horted a great Number afterwards at my Lodg- 
 ings : And then was employed 'till near Mid- 
 night in fettling my private Affairs, anfwering 
 Letters, and fpeaking to Souls under Convictions. 
 One little Girl, about eight Years old, came to me 
 under deep Concern. She, as her Friends told me, 
 had been wreftling for Christ, and while (he 
 was wreftling, it came to her Mind, That Jefus 
 
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 being in Agony, prayed yet fo much the more earnejlly, 
 and that an Angel was ftnt from Heaven tojirengthen 
 him. This encouraged her to perfevere, and her 
 Soul foon received fome Comfort. Another Mi- 
 nifter's Daughter has been quite reftlefs after 
 Christ Night and Day. And a young Man 
 about fourteen came to me crying and faying, 
 « Sir, I am convicted but not converted, Oh 
 " pray for me!" / thank thje, Holy Father , Lord 
 of Heaven and Earthy that thou haft hid thefe 
 Things f rem the Wife and Prudent, and hafl re- 
 vealed them unto Babes. — Even Jo, Father \ fcrfo 
 it jc erne d good in thy Sight. 
 
 Sunday, Oft. 12. Was much refrefhed in 
 Body and Soul, when I rofe in the Morning, 
 Spoke to as many as I could, that came for fpi- 
 ritual Advice. Preached with great Power and 
 Affeclion, at Dr. SewaVs Meeting- Houfe, which 
 was fo exceedingly throng'd, that I was obliged 
 to get in at one of the Windows. Went with 
 the Governor in his Coach, to the Common, 
 where I preached my farewel Sermon to, as was 
 computed, near 20,coo People. A Sight I have 
 not feen fince I left Blackheatb. It being dufkifh 
 before I had done, the Scene was more iblemn. 
 Numbers, great Numbers, melted into Tears ; 
 I was very particular in my Application, and ex- 
 horted my Hearers fleadily to imitate the Piety 
 of their Forefathers. After Sermon, the Go- 
 vernor went with me to my Lodgings. I flood 
 in the Paffage, and fpoke to a great Company, 
 both within and without Doors ; but they were 
 fo deeply affected, and cried fo loud whilft I was 
 praying, that I was obliged to leave off. The 
 Governor was highly pleafed to fee the Concern, 
 and took his Leave in the moft affectionate Man- 
 ner, 
 
 
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 ncr, and fold, lie would come and take me in 
 his Coach to CbarUJi*tim Kerry the Morrovr 
 Morning. The Remainder of the Evening was al- 
 
 moft entirely taki j n up in (peaking to I erfons under 
 very great Diftrefa or' Soul. — B t id be God i r 
 what has hi in Bolton. — The 
 
 Lo\ i re /■> It , and g ra nt 
 
 thai the Rmiuttt, which is Jit II lifi acceding to 
 the L. f Gnue, may take Root downwards $ 
 
 and bear Fruit upwards , and Jill the Lan* / 
 
 Bojhn and Concord, 
 
 Aionday, Oft. 13. Took an affectionate Leave 
 of many dear Friends. Went with the Gover- 
 nor in his Coach to Charle/loivn Ferry : When 
 there he handed me into the Boat, kifTed me, 
 and with Tears bid me farewell. About Noon 
 I reached Concord \ a Town eighteen Miles from 
 Bojlon. Here I preached to fome Thoufands in 
 the open Air > and comfortable preaching it was. 
 The Hearers were melted down. About 45 /. 
 were collected for the Orphans, and afterwards 
 at the Minifter's Houfe, a good Soldier of Jesus. 
 We had Reafon to fay, it was good for us to be 
 here. — O bleffed be tky Name, O Lord, for thefe 
 fweet Refrejliirgs in cur IVay toivards the heavenly 
 Canaan ! 
 
 Sudbury, Marlborough and IVorceJler. 
 
 Tucjday, Oft. 14. Reached Sudbury, about fix 
 Miles from Coneord, about ten. Preached to 
 fome Thoufands, and obferved a confiderable 
 Commotion in the Aflembly. Got to Marlbo- 
 rough) eight Miles from Sudbury, about four. 
 
 Preached 
 
[408 ] 
 
 Preached in the Meeting to a large Congrega- 
 tion : At firft my Heart was dead, and I had but 
 little Freedom, but before I had finifhed, great 
 Numbers were very much melted down. When 
 I came into the Meeting- Houfe, I turned about, 
 and to my Surprize, faw Governor Belchu there ; 
 he was affected, and tho' it rained, and he was 
 much advanced in Years, yet he went in Com- 
 pany with us as far as Worcejler^ 15 Miles from 
 Marlborough^ whither we got about 8 at Night. 
 —Here we were kindly entertained at the Houfe 
 of one Colonel C r ; and fpent the Remain- 
 der of the Evening very agreeably with the Go* 
 vernor, and after Prayer retired to Reft. — Oh 
 that 1 may prove my/elf a Difaple of that Mqfter, 
 who) vukiljl tabernacling here on Earthy had not 
 where to lay his Head ! 
 
 Worcejler and Leicefier. 
 
 Wednefdsy, Off. 15. Perceived the Governor 
 to be more affectionate than ever. After Morn- 
 ing Prayer he took me by myfelf, " and exhorted 
 " me to go on in ftirring up the Minifters." 
 For, fays he, " Reformation muft begin at the 
 " Houfe of God." As we were going to Meet- 
 ing, fays he, " Mr. IVhitefield^ do not fpare 
 " Rulers any more than Minifters, no, not the 
 " Chief of them." I preached in the open Air 
 to fome Thoufands. The Word fell with Weight. 
 After Sermon the Governor faid to me, " 1 pray 
 u God, I may apply what has been faid to my 
 " own Heart. Pray, Mr. WhitefiAd^ that I 
 " may hunger and thirft after Righteoufnefs." 
 Dinner being ended, with Tears in his. Eyes he 
 
 kiffed 
 
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 khTcd me, and took Leave of me. —Ob thai ire 
 may meet in H.aucn *• 
 
 BrookfiAd and Cold-Spring 
 
 7'burfday, Oft. 1 6. Preached at Coil-Spring 
 15 Miles from Broohfdd, at the Hou'e of Mr. 
 
 L .id to 3 or 400 People, but perceived little 
 
 moving, except a few Minutes. Spent the Even- 
 ing with my dear Fellow-Travellers. Was fome- 
 what cafr. down, but afterwards recover'd Swtet- 
 nefs and Freedom of Soul, by retiring, and pour- 
 ing out my Complaints and Petitions before the 
 dear Lord Jesus. — Ob tbiftvtrtign y diJHnguiJb- 
 tng Frecnfs of Gsd's Gra:e. If it was not for 
 the Confideration of that, my Sett I muji be c ntinuadj 
 pierced tbrmgb and through with many Sorrows, 
 
 Hxdhy and Northampton. 
 
 Friday 0,7. 1 7. Set out as foon as it was 
 Light, and reached Ha /•., a Place where a 
 great Work was begun, and carried on fome 
 Year* agoj but lately the People of God have 
 complained of Deadnefs and lofing their firft 
 Love. However, as foon as I mentioned what 
 God had done for their Souls formerly, it was 
 like putting Fire to Tinder.— The P :membrance 
 of it quietened them, and caufed many to weep 
 forc'y When I had taken a litvle Refrelhment, 
 we crofled the erry to A : ', where no 
 
 lefs than 300 Souis, as was iuppo/ed, were f;w- 
 
 * Since that we have met more than once again OB Eit*h.--- 
 He is dow Gove i r >f the New jtr\tsi> waiting 1 1 his gnat 
 Change, and in the ..«n while ioing with great S jadinel's fur 
 tkc Intereil of h;s &Bg f his Country, and his God. 
 
 T ing T y 
 
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 ingly brought Home to the dear Lord Jesus about 
 5 or 6 Years ago : Their Paftor's Name is Ed- 
 wards, Succeflbr and Grandfon to the great Stod- 
 dard^ whofe Memory will be always precious in 
 New-England^ whofe Books entitled " A Guide 
 xt toCHRisT, and Safety of appearing in Christ's 
 c< Righteoufnefs," I v/ould recommend to all. 
 Mr. Edwards is a folid, excellent Chriftian, but 
 •at prefent weak in Body. When I came into 
 his Pulpit, I found my Heart drawn out to talk 
 of fcarce any Thing befides the Confolations and 
 Privileges of Saints, and the plentiful Effufion 
 -of the Spirit upon the Hearts of Believers. And, 
 ivhen 1 came to remind them of their former 
 Experiences, and how zealous and lively they 
 overe at that Time, both Minifter and People 
 wept much. In the Evening, I gave a Word 
 cf Exhortation to feveral that came to Pvlr. Ed- 
 wards's Houfe. My Body was fomewhat weak ; 
 my Appetite aimoft. gone ; But gracuus Souk 
 'have Bread which the World knows nothing of.— 
 I<?rd) evermore give us this Bread ! 
 
 Hadfidd and Northampton. 
 
 Saturday* Oct. 18. At Mr. Edwards's Re- 
 
 queft I fpbke to Jus little Children, who were 
 
 much affected. — Pleached at Hadfie Id five Miles 
 
 from Northampton^ but found myfelf not much 
 
 ftrengthened. Converfed profitably on the Way 
 
 about the Things of God with dear Mr. Ed- 
 
 : ,"/ , and preached about four in the Afternoon 
 
 t , his Congregation. I began with Fear and 
 
 Wing, having felt but little Freedom in the 
 
 : ; but God vouchsafed to give me an 
 
 rofped of the Glories oi the u 
 
 World, 
 
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 World, and therefore was enabled to fpeak of 
 them with fome Degree of Pathos. Few Eyes 
 were dry, and it feemed as if a Time of Re- 
 frefhing was come from the Prefence of the 
 Lord. Even Jo, c:m:^ Lord Jejits, c:me quickly , 
 Amen and Amen. 
 
 Northampton* 
 
 Sunday^ Ocl. 19. Preached this Morning 
 good Mr. Edwards wept during the whole Time 
 of Exercife. — The People were equally anvtfted, 
 and in the Afternoon the Power increafed yet more. 
 
 Our Lord feemed to keep the good Wine to 
 
 the laft. Oh that Northampton People may recozur 
 their firjl Lcve, and return end do their firjl 
 Works ! 
 
 Wejifield and tyringfulL 
 
 Monday, Oft. 20. Left North in the 
 
 Evening, rode very pleafantly 18 Miles to 
 IVeftfield) preached there in the Morning to 
 a pretty large Congregation, and with con- 
 siderable Power at the latter End. Haded to 
 Springfield about ten Miles from thence. Croff- 
 ed a Ferry; preached to a large Auditory, and 
 then returned and preached to thofe who could 
 not get over the Ferry, by Reafon of th 
 The Meeting was full — God gave us a Ble 
 both Times, but efpccially at the laft. A little 
 after I left ,' , my Horfe, coining over 
 
 a broken Bridge, threw me over his Head, di- 
 reftly upon my Nole. I was fhmn'd for awhile 
 —My Mouth' wns full of Duft, I bled a little, 
 but falling upon foft Sand, got not much Da- 
 mage. We put up at a Friend's Hoiife about 
 four Miles from Springfield; tool: Re- 
 
 T 2 ment, 
 
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 frefnment, and then went to Reft, defiring not 
 to be unthankful for the peculiar Favours con- 
 ferred upon us the Day and Evening part. Lord, 
 the arc noted in thy >oJ. Ob let them be a If 9 
 writ: en on the Tai les of aft our Hearts ! 
 
 Sujjield and IVvdfor. 
 
 Tuefday^ Off. 21. Set out for Suffeld about 
 eight Miles from the Place where I lay. Reach- 
 ed thither, and preached about eleven o'Clock 
 to feveral Thouiands of People. A great Im- 
 preflion was made upon the Pe/o ie in all Parts 
 of the Aflembly. Many Mimfte'rs were prefent, 
 moft of whom thanked me for my plain Deal- 
 ing. As I was riding to Windfor after Dinner, 
 an old Man came up to me, faying, " He knew 
 4C what I had preached in the Morning was 
 <c true ; I have felt it, fays he— I was under 
 * 6 the Spirit of Bondage twenty Years, anc have 
 < c received the Spirit of Adoption twenty three 
 cc Years." Afterwards another came, giving 
 me an Account of his Lxperienccs ; and in the 
 Afternoon at 11 indfor^ where I preached with 
 great Freedom ; a young Minifter, who had 
 heard me feveral Times, told me, " I had kept 
 the good Wine till now." As foon as Sermon 
 was over, I rode about a Mile and a half, and 
 preached to a throng'd Congregation, belonging 
 ' to good old Mr. Edivmds, Father to Mr. Ed- 
 wards of Not t'rampton ; and after Exercife we 
 flipped at his Houfe. Mr, Edwards's Wife was 
 as aged, I believe, as himfelf, fo that 1 fancied 
 that I was fitting as it were, in the Houfe of a 
 Zackiry and Elizabeth* Indeed I felt great Sa- 
 tisfaction in my Soul, and parted from him and 
 
 his 
 
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 his Son (who came with me fo far) with fome 
 inward Regret. But blefl'ed be God, we i 
 meet with all God's faithful Mmifters and Peo- 
 ple in an endlefs Eternity. Lord ^r ant that limy 
 uhvays comfort friyfelf with this Thought ! 
 
 Hertford and TVeaihtn field* 
 
 lVedn e fdiy, Oft her 22. Preached to many 
 Thoufands with much Freedom and Power in? 
 the Morning; and to about the fame Number at 
 WtathirsfieULi three Miles from Hartfnd^ in 
 the Afternoon. Here my Soul was refreflicd by 
 the coming of Meflrs IVhedxk and Pomaoy, two 
 young, faithful, and zealous Minifters of Jefus 
 Chrift. This Morning I intended to go and 
 preach at both their Places ; as alio to Ptymuth y 
 Khodt-Ijlandy &c* but it being ineonfiftent 
 with my other Bufinefs upon many Accounts ; 
 after Prayer and a Confutation with my Friends, 
 I refolved to go directly to NtVJ York* Accord- 
 ingly, at Night, I rode to Middle -Town, ten 
 Miles from treat her sficld, and was entertained at 
 
 the Houfe of Mr. R /, the Minifter of the 
 
 Place, who, I hear, has been long mourning 
 over the Deadnefs of Profeflbrs. — L:rd put Lis 
 Tears into thy Bo t e ! 
 
 Middle town and WaUbngiford. 
 
 Tucfdav, 0/7. 23. Was much pleafed with 
 the Simplicity of our Hoir, and the Order wherc- 
 
 * AltW I could not go to thefe Places, yet tefore my ru-xt 
 Return \o Nitv-Eiglwly God w s pleafed 'o revive 
 in them, oy the la Iru mentality of many of their uwa wonky 
 Paflors, in a mqit wjn-itrtul Manner. 
 
 T 3 In 
 
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 in his Children attended on their Family Devo- 
 tions. Preached to about 4000 People (great 
 Numbers of which were confiderabJy affecled) 
 about 1 1 o'Clock. Preached again in the Af- 
 ternoon 2xJVall'u:gsford^ fourteen Miles from Mid- 
 dletown ; and rode to N.wh^ven, 14 Miles farther, 
 where I was mod affectionately received by Mr. 
 fietponfj .Brother to Mr. Edivaids of Nirthamp- 
 i n. Ltrd hojhn the c l ime zikcn we f jail fit down 
 hi tbt Kingdgm of Heaven! 
 
 New- Haven. 
 
 Friday^ OcT. 24. Was refrefhed with the Sight 
 e of N. zu-Y'> k, who alfo brought 
 
 -Iters from Georgia. BlefTed be God, the 
 
 i n-Houfe Affairs go on prof eroufly. De- 
 preaching in the Morning, becaufe it was 
 
 and the People had no Notice of my Com- 
 ir.g, but I preached in the Afternoon with Power, 
 
 illy towards the latter End of the Sermon. 
 Some were deeply affecfted indeed. It being the 
 Time in which the AfTembly met, the Governor, 
 Council, and the Gentlemen of the lower Houfe 
 were prcfent. After Sermon, two gracious 
 young Minifters came to converfe with me, and 
 in the Evening I expounded at my Lodgings to 
 a Room full of People. Ob! who would but 
 travel for Chrift ? 
 
 Thurfday, Oclcber 25. Was again refreshed 
 this Morning by the Sight of Mr. Jcdtd':ab 
 All's, a dear Man of God, Minifter at Rip- 
 iq-:^ near Stratford. He wrote to me fome 
 Time ago, and I find he has had a remarkable 
 Work going on in his Parifh, With him I 
 dined at the Rev. Mr. Clap% Rector of New- 
 fgavtn College, about one third Part as big as 
 
 that 
 
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 that of Cambridge. It ha! V 
 
 Tutors, and about a hundred Students : th 
 were fweet Meltings difcernible both Times. 1 
 
 endeavoured to fhew the ill Confequences of 
 
 unconverted Miniilrv. D< , whc;i 
 
 he took his I eavc, told me of in 
 
 particular, who had I upon bef 
 
 but now was gone Home as lie could 
 
 hold. Oh ihdt God may quicken Minijiirsi Oh 
 that the L r I ;. ay make us all a .. e ' 
 
 C mt Lord ye/ifj come fikkly % Amen and Amen. 
 ,/v, Oft* 26. Preached both Morning 
 and Evening to much larger Cc 6ns tha'v 
 
 before, and in the Afternoon obferved a 
 cial Prefence of God in the Afieinbly. 
 of the People of God lent me Word, that t 
 were much revived, and one came and told me 
 that thefe Words were lately prcfied upon her 
 Heart, The Winter is gone y the Spri 
 on, the Voice of the Turtle is beard in the L . 
 Bring this Lord to pafsf Before E Ser- 
 
 vice, the following Note was put into my Han. 1 , 
 by one who came a Day or two ago, fome Miles 
 off, under Diftrefs, and though hut weak in 
 Body, could not but help following me, " One 
 " Self righteous Pharifee reding in Duties, who 
 <c hath a rational Belief of his damned Eftate,. 
 M and that he never felt the Pangs of the N 
 " Birth, delires your Prayers to that God 
 " hath laid, Ye nwjl be born again** 9 After Ser- 
 mon I waited on the Governor ; whom I ob- 
 ferved to be much affe£ted under the Word. 
 When I came in, he faid, " I am glad, Sir, to- 
 " fee you, and heartily glad to hear you " His 
 Heart was lb full that he could not 
 The Tears trickled down his a^ed 
 
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 Drops of Rain. u He was thankful to God, 
 " he faid, for fuch Refrefhings in our Way to 
 M our Reft. Food does us Good, when we eat 
 iQ it with an Appetite." And indeed, I believe, 
 he had fed upon the Word. The Lord Jupport 
 b;m 9 when his Strength faileth him, and bring his 
 grey Hairs with Crnfort to the Grave! In the 
 Evening I expounded at my Lodgings to a great 
 Number of People, and colleded above 35 /. 
 for the Orphans About eight at Night we left 
 Ntiu-Haven. The Moon fhone bright, and 
 after we had rode three Mile?, we arrived at a 
 Houfe, in which, I think, they told me, the 
 Mother and three Daughters were converted 
 
 o 
 
 Perfons *. Whilft there, we enjoy'd fuch a Be- 
 thel, that my Friends faid, they were never in 
 fuch a Houfe before. After I had pray'd, and 
 given a'Word of Exhortation that they would 
 ftudy to adorn the Gofpel of our Lord in all 
 Things, we went forward on our Journey, and 
 got to Ml ford, ten Miles f om New-Haven^ 
 abo 1 ten at Night The Lord's Name be praifed 
 frcm .his Time forth for evermore! Amen and 
 Amen. 
 
 Mil ford and Straford. 
 
 Monday, Oft. 27. Preached this Morning at 
 Mifrd, and I think, with as much Clearnefs, 
 Freedom and Power as I have for a long Seafon. 
 The Prefence of God was much in the Affem- 
 
 * Whilft: in the Houfe I g^ve a Ward of Advice to the 
 fotrth Daughter-^^fd blefftd jtaa fee told me herfdf laft Year 
 wi en I \*>?s »t Nc*v England : anH (he »fl now married t > a 
 v. rthy Minjfter of Jefus Chrift.— &%$ would tut At op a W&d 
 
 for God? 
 
 bly. 
 
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 bly, which was large. Many Miniflcrs were 
 prefent, and Mr Ad lb, who came again to ir.ee: 
 me this Morning, was much affected, and as I 
 was riding out of Town a godly Gentleman 
 met me, and with Tears in his Eyes, faid, " I 
 " never faw God's Prefence in the Sancluary 
 " on this wife before ; it has been a blefled Tirije 
 " to my Soul/' or Words to that Kffecr. In 
 the Afternoon I preached at S;ra;frd, four Miles 
 from Milford, but was not fo much affifted as in 
 the Morning. Lord we are the Clay and tome art 
 the Potter. 
 
 Fair fit hi and Newark. 
 
 Tuefday, OX. 28. Got to Fairfield, eight Miles 
 from Stratford, about ten la'ft Night. The 
 Weather was very cold, it having fno-.ved a great 
 Part of the Afternoon ; but the Lord brought us 
 on in Safety. Preached in the Morning to a 
 confiderable Congregation, and was fo enlarg'd 
 in Prayer after Sermon, that I fcarce knew how 
 to leave off. In the Afternoon at Newark , 12 
 Miles from I ai fit Id, I was damp'd much both 
 in Prayer and Preaching. — It rained greatly, fo 
 that we had not a very large Congregation : 
 However, fome I obferved were affected. B> 
 be Gulfor Dnps when we cannot have Shower* I 
 
 Stanford and Ry.\ 
 
 Wednefday, Ocl. 29. Came hither laft Nigfi| 
 in Safety, though it was dark and rainy. Was 
 yifited with a great inward Trial, in that I was 
 pained at the very Heart. Was fome what de- 
 jected before I went out of my Lodgings, but 
 T 5 before 
 
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 before I had preached half an Hour, the Hearers 
 ts were imprefled in fuch an awful Manner, 
 that I thought they would have cried out. At 
 Dinner, two Minifters, with Tears in their 
 Eyes, puhlickly confeffed that they had lain 
 Bands on two young Men without fo much as 
 afking, 4C Whether they were born again of 
 44 God, or not r" Afterwards an aged Minifter 
 calling Mr. Noble and me out, with great Diffi- 
 culty (becaufe of his weeping) defired our Pray- 
 ers : " For, fays he, I have been a Scholar, 
 * c and have preached the Doctrines of Grace a 
 4C long Time ; but I believe I have never felt 
 4C the Power of them in my own Soul ;" or 
 Words to that Effect. thai oil unconverted 
 All iji rs zuere brought to make, the fame C-nfejJicn f 
 But here I think it proper to fet up my Ebenezer. 
 before I enter into the Province of New -Tor k r 
 to give God Thanks for fending me to New- 
 el. " I have now had an Opportunity 
 44 of feeing the greateft and moft populous Part 
 " of it, and take it altogether, it certainly on 
 44 many Accounts exceeds all other Provinces 
 44 in America ; and, for the Efiablifhment ot 
 44 Religion, perhaps all other Parts of the 
 44 World. Never, finely, was a Place fo weif 
 44 fettled in fo fhort a Time. The Towns all 
 *< through Conneclicut and Eaftward towards 
 44 Forty in the Province of Jet\ near 
 
 >< the River -fide, are large, well - peopled, and 
 " exceeding pleafant to travel through. Every 
 •* five Miles, or perhaps let's, you have a Meet- 
 * 4 ing-hqufc, and, I believe, there is no fuch 
 t* Thing as a Plural ift or Non-refident Minifter 
 «< in both Provinces. God has remarkably, in 
 »«fui 4ry Times and in divers Manners, poured 
 7 " out 
 
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 <c out his Spirit in feveral parts of both Provhl- 
 M ces; and it often refrefhed my Soul to hear of 
 <c the Faith of their good Forefathers, w 
 M fettled in thefe Parts. Notwithstanding tl 
 " had their Foibles, furely they were a Set of 
 " righteous Men. They certainly followed our 
 " Lord's Rule, fought firji the Kingdom of God 
 <c and his BJghtcoufnefs^ and behold all other Things 
 <€ God hath added unto them,- Many glorious I 
 <c Men of God have come out of their Colleges, 
 w and many more, I truft, will be fent out fr< m. 
 *< Time to Time, till Time itfelf fhall be no 
 
 " more. As for the Civil Government of 
 
 " New-England^ it fcems to be well regulated \ 
 <c and, I think, at opening all their Courts, 
 4C either the Judge or a Minifter begins with a 
 " Prayer. Family Woifhip, I believe, is ge- 
 ** nerally kept up, and the Negroes, I think Let- 
 <c ter ufed in refpedt both to Soul and Body, 
 " than in any other Province I have yet ken : 
 " In fhort, I like New-England exceed inj 
 Send forth) O Lord, thy Light and thy Truth^ and 
 for thy infinite Mercy's Sake i Jhtw thou haji a pe- 
 culiar Delight in thfe hall: able Parts of the 
 Earth! Jmerty Lordpjus, A?nen and Arht.nl 
 
 Rye In Nezv-Tork Province. 
 
 Being kindly invited by a Minifter of the 
 Church of England after Dinner ( went to R 
 about eleven Allies. from Stanford. I read Pray- 
 ers and preached to a fmall Congregation. 
 Was civilly entertained by the Minifter* and 
 then rode Ten Miles further to Eaji. Ckefter. 
 Here I fpent an agreeable Evening with my dear 
 Companions in Travel. — He that bd'avith on 
 6 
 
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 faith our Lord, out of his Belly ft a 11 flow R'vers 
 of living Water. Lord evermore give us this 
 Water. 
 
 Kr.gs-Biidge and Nevj-York. 
 
 Thur r da-, Oft. ?o Preached in the Morning 
 to about 300 People, and obferved a fweet Melt- 
 ing amongft them. Dined and rode fix Miles to 
 King 's-B'idgr, where I preached from the Steps 
 of a public Houfe to about 500 ; but did not 
 perceive much vifible Effect. Hither feveral of 
 N^w-Tcrk Friends came to meet me : we talked 
 on the Way of the 1 hings of God ; and at 
 the Houfe of my dear Friend Mr. Ko ! le I had 
 the Pleafure of feeing Mr. Davntort from Long- 
 Ijktrid) by whofe Hands the bleffed Jefus has of. 
 late done great Things. In a Letter to his Mo- 
 ther he writes thus : " The Lord has, in infinite 
 u Mercy, given me, in my Parifh, near twenty, 
 <c in a little more than two Months Time. In 
 <; almoft all th.efe the Work of Converfion 
 " feejn'd very clear." Let God have all the 
 Praife. Even fo^ Lord Jefus, Am^n and Amen. 
 
 New -York, 
 
 Fr\Ja\\ Oft. 31. Preached in the Morning at 
 good Mr. Pembertyts Meeting- Houfe : But ne- 
 ver faw the Word of God fall with fuch Weight 
 in N zv Y.rk before. Two or three cried out. 
 Mr. Nohie could fcarce refrain himfelf. And, 
 look where I would, many feemed deeply wound- 
 ed. At Night the Word was attended with yet 
 greater Power. Alas! How vain are the Thoughts 
 ©f Men ! As I came along Yeflerday, I found 
 
 my 
 
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 my Heart fomcwhat dejected, and told Mr. No- 
 ble I expected but little Movings in New -Tor k ; 
 but Mr. Noble bid me " expect great Things 
 46 from God," and likewife told me of fevcral 
 who were, as he hoped, favingly wrought upon 
 by my Miniflry, when there laft. O Lord, let 
 theft Things hutnbl my Soul for thy own Name's 
 8 a \e ! 
 
 Saturday , Nov. I. Preached twice as Yefter- 
 day to very crowded Auditories, and neither 
 Time without Succefs. In the Evening Exer- 
 cife, the Redeemer Teemed to (hew us more and 
 more, that a Time for favouring New-Toi & was 
 come. O wherefore did I d.ubt ! Lord increafe 
 my Fivtb. 
 
 Sunday^ Nov. 2. Preached this Morning with 
 fome Freedom, but was much dejected before 
 the Evening Sermon. For near half an Hour 
 before I left Mr. Noble's Houfe, I could only lie be- 
 fore the Lord and fay, " I was a miferable Sin- 
 44 ner, and wondered that Chrift would be gra- 
 44 cious to fuch a Wretch." As I went to 
 Meeting, I grew weaker, and when I came in- 
 to the Pulpit, I could have chofe to be filent ra- 
 ther than fpeak. But, after I had begun the 
 whole Congregation was alarmed. Crying, 
 Weeping and Wailing were to be heard in 
 every Corner, and many to be feen falling into 
 the Arms of their Friends. My own Soul was 
 carried out till I could fcarce fpeak any more. 
 A Senfe of God's Goodnefs overwhelmed mc. 
 As I went down, a Woman faid, " Come and 
 44 fee v/hat God has done for me To-night." 
 I looked, and her Daughter, in a great Agony, 
 was crying out, 4C O my Jefus, my Jefus V* 
 AiKrther little Boy, was jfo concerned on the 
 
 Pulpit 
 
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 Pulpit Stairs, that he could icarce ftand. One 
 afked him why he cried, " Who can help it ?* 
 faid he ; the Word cut me to the Heart." Af- 
 ter I came Home, I threw myfelf upon the Bed, 
 and in an awful Silence, admired the infinite 
 Freenefs, Sovereignty and Condefcenfion of the 
 Love of God. Divine Confolations flowed in 
 fo faff, that my frail Tabernacle was fcarce able 
 to fuftain them. Oh ! how I am obliged to my 
 Enemies ? O how faithful is he that hath pro- 
 mi fed, It Jhall bruije thy Heel, and thou /halt bruife 
 his Head ! Lord enable me to lay bold on this, dur- 
 ing the Time of my f rejourning here on Earth. 
 
 Monday i Nov. 3. Preached both Morning and 
 Afternoon, and perceived the Congregations ftill 
 increafe. There was a great and gracious Melt- 
 ing amongft the People both Times. Near an 
 hundred and ten Pounds Currency were collect- 
 ed for the Orphans ; and in the Evening many 
 came and took an affectionate Leave. About, 
 feven we took Boat ; reached Staten Ifland about 
 ten, where a dear Chriftian Friend received us 
 gladly. We folaced ourfelves by finging and 
 praying 5 and about Midnight retired to flc 
 ftill longing for that Time when we fhould fleep 
 no more. Lord keep us from a finful and too eager 
 Defire after Death,, but help us patiently to u 
 till, our Change come. Amen and //men. 
 
 Staten Ifland and Newark. . 
 
 Tuefday, Nw. 4. Preached from a Waggon 
 on Staten-Ifand, to about 3 or 400 People. It 
 was a gracious Meeting. One young Man, in 
 particular,, 2s tho' his very Heart-firings would 
 break, came to me after Sermon, befeechiug 
 
 rue,, 
 
 
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 ♦ic, " to pray that he might be converted." 
 Many wept, and one grey-headed Man cr.ne 
 and told me how God had brought him from 
 Darknefs to Light, when I was here lad. L 
 this is thy Doing. — Rode after Sermon to A. 
 ark^ about 10 Allies from Staten-IJland. Preach- 
 ed to a confiderable Congregation, but with little 
 Influence. However, at Night, the Lord ma- 
 nifefted forth his Glory. For coming down to 
 Family-Prayer, where I lodged, and perceiving 
 many young Men around me, my Soul was, as 
 it were melted down with Concern for them. 
 After finging, I gave a Word of Exhortation. 
 But how did the Word fall like a Hammer and 
 like a Fire ! What a Weeping was there ! One 
 poor Creature in particular was ready to fink in- 
 to the Earth. His Countenance was altered, 
 till he look'd, as it were, fick to Death. At 
 length he faid, " What fhall I do to be faved?" 
 Others were diiTolved into Tears around him \ 
 and one of my Fellow-Travellers * was ftruck 
 down, and fo overpowered, that his Body be- 
 came exceeding weak. He could icarce move 
 all the Night after. As for my own Part, be- 
 ing almoft fpent, I threw myfelf upon the Bed, 
 humbled myfelf before God, and fpent the re- 
 maining Evening in hearing Mr. Temient give an 
 Account of his late Excursion. Ble/Jed are the 
 Eyes that fee, and Ears that hear tbefe Things. — 
 
 * He was for many Years my Hi ft at Cba?Li- < Tcivr. y South- 
 Caro'i'a. — Froffl this Tin? be turn'd to Gcd, and continued 
 to do jijiiy, hvt Mcy i at.d walk humbly with hn Gcd to his 
 dying Da>, 
 
 Ba/khtridgg. 
 

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 Bajkinridge. 
 
 Wednefday^ Nov. 5. Set out about Eight in 
 the Morning, and got to Bajkinridge. At the 
 Houfe where I waited in the Way, a Woman 
 fpoke to me, under ftrong Convictions, and told 
 me, " She was deeply wounded by my lafl 
 " Night's Difcourfe." When I came to fafjun- 
 ridge, I found Mr, Davenpurt^ according to 
 Appointment had been preaching to the Con- 
 gregation. It confifted of about 3000 People. 
 In Prayer, I perceived my Soul drawn out, and 
 a Stirring of Affection among the People. I 
 had not difcourfed long, but 1:1 every part of the 
 Congregation, fome Body or other began to cry 
 out, and almolt all were melted into Tears. This 
 abated for a few Moments, till a little Boy about 
 7 or 8 Years of Age cried out exceeding piteoufly 
 indeed, and wept as tho' his Heart ould break. 
 As I parted along, after Sermon, jrefh Inftances 
 of God's Power prefented themfelves. Many 
 were mourning and would not be comforted. 
 After Sermon Mr. gave Notice of an Even- 
 ing Ledture in his Barn, about two Miles off, 
 Mr. Gilbert Tennent preached firfly and that ex- 
 cellently well. I then began to pray, and gave 
 a Word of Exhortation. One in about fix Mi- 
 nutes cried out, c< He is enne, He is ccme" and 
 could fcarce fuftain the Difcovery that Jefus 
 Chrift made of himfelf to his Soul. Others 
 were fo earneft for the like Favour, that their 
 eager Crying obliged me to flop. Moft of the 
 People fpent the Remainder of the Night in 
 Prayer and Praifes. Oh it was a Night much 
 to be remember'd ! May the Lord make us mind- 
 
 ful 
 
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 fid of it even to the Day of our Death ! Amen 
 and Amen ! 
 
 Bajkinrldge and Nevu-Brwifwick. 
 
 Tbtr/dfiy^ Nov. 6. After Breakfaft this Morn- 
 ing, at the Defire of Mr. , I went and 
 
 gave a Word of Exhortatiou to, and fung and 
 prayed with a few People in the Barn, where 
 was a fweet Melting a rain.— Before I mounted 
 my Horfe, many came to me under great Soul- 
 Concern. A Lad about thirteen Years old told 
 me, « He never felt Sin before Yefterday." A 
 poor Negroe Woman laid, l€ fhe was filled with 
 £c the Love of Cnnf}," and being too fond of the 
 Inftrument, would fain have gone with me. 
 Ker Mailer a godly Man confented : But I bid 
 her go Home, and with a thankful Heart ferve 
 her prefent Mafter. When I was upon my 
 Horfe feveral Women came to {hake me by the 
 Hand. I afked one " whether fhe knew Chrift J 
 She faid, « Yes." " How long ? Three Years, 
 " faid fhe, the third Sunday in next March" 
 I afked another the fame Queftion. She an- 
 fv/ered " Yes ; but I am waiting for a frefti 
 ;c Breathing from the blefled Spirit." I, with 
 Pleafure, took my Leave of them, and rode 
 agreeably in Company with many Children of 
 God to N w-Briinjwi /£, 23 Miles from Bafkin- 
 riJge. Here Letters awaited me from Sava: nab, 
 acquainting me, that my Family lived in Love, 
 the Orphans continued very healthy, and that 
 a Minifter was coming over to fupply my Place 
 avnruinh. This la ft much rejoiced me, be- 
 ing refrdved to give up Savannah Living as foon 
 as I arrived at Georgia. A Parijb and the Or- 
 
 2 pban* 
 
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 phan-Houfe^ which I mujl travel 1o provide fr r 
 os well as to preachy are toy much for me. In the 
 Evening, I preached at Mr. Gilbert Tenntnt'q 
 Meeting- Houfe, and was led in my Difcourfe 
 to comfort the Hearts of God's dear People. A 
 little afcer the Reverend Mr. Br? *, preached 
 for about an Hour, and then, at the Defire of 
 dear Mr G ent^ I concluded with a 
 
 Word of Exhortation. The Word fell with 
 Weight ; and after Sermon in private Prayer with 
 my dear Friend?, oh how did our loving Lord 
 caufe our Cup to overflow! Oh tie H ippinefi 
 of thofe ivko are realty born again of God ! 
 
 New-Brunfwick and T< e ton. 
 
 Friday^ Nov. 7. Kad fome Thoughts of go- 
 ing to Freehold and Shrewjbury^ but was prevented 
 by the Coming of Mr. V/illiom Tennent^ whom 
 I wanted to confuit about his Brother Gilbert's 
 going to Bcftcn, in order to help in carrying on 
 the Work of God in New- England. After 
 Prayer, and fome Arguments* fro and con, we 
 thought it the bed that Mr. Gilbert Tenrrent fhould 
 go to Bofton. He (diffident of himfelf ) was at 
 firft unwilling, urging his Inability, but after- 
 wards he laid, " The Will of the Lord be 
 
 " done." With him alfo Mr. R s was to 
 
 go, a young Minifter, one of the Tutors of 
 Cambridge College, whom I brought with a 
 View that he fhould return with Mr. Tennent, 
 God has been pleafed to work upon his Heart ; 
 and I cannot but think he will be a burning and 
 a fhining Light. It being the la ft Time we 
 fhould be together for a long Seafon, we though^ 
 
 * Now the wor.by Pcefideat of Ntw J<rfey College. 
 
 it 
 
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 it beft to fpend feme Time in Prayer. Mr. 
 Gilbert Tennent wars our Mouth to God.- Many 
 
 were greatly affe&ed. About i i o'Clock we 
 parted in Tears, but with a full Affurance that 
 we fhould fee and hear of great Things before 
 we faw each other again, hvetifi) Lord J<j'^ I 
 Amen. 
 
 Trenton and Philadelphia. 
 
 Saturday, N v 8. Preached this Morning in 
 the Meeting- Houfe, not to a very large or much 
 
 affected Auditory. Set out immediately after 
 
 Dinner, and was mercifully and providentially 
 preferved in going over two Creek?, which lay 
 in the Way, and were much fuelled by the 
 Rain. In one of them tv/o of my Fellow-Tra- 
 vellers, in all probability, muft have perifhed, 
 had not a Woman cried out, a id bid us (top. 
 A Man touch'd, as I afterwards round, by my 
 Miniftry, hearing my Voice, came and fwam our 
 Horfes over the other Creek, and conducted us 
 fafe over a very narrow Bridge. About eight we 
 reached Philadelphia , though the Night was very 
 dark indeed. Several with great Joy came to 
 falute me. We fang, we prayed, we gave 
 Thanks ; the Lord inclined his Ear. My Soul 
 was filled, as it were, with Marrow and Fat- 
 nefs. I retired to Reft, praying the Lord, that 
 our Coming to Philadelphia might be in the Ful- 
 nefs of the Bleffing of the Gofpel of Peace. 
 Amen, fo be it ! 
 
 Philadelphia. 
 
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 Philadelphia. 
 
 Sunday. Nov. 9. Had feveral gracious Souls 
 come to fee me. — We prayed together. — The 
 Lord much enlarged our Hearts.— Preached about 
 i 1 in the Morning to feveral Thoufands in a 
 Houfe built for that Purpofe fince my laft 
 Departure from Philadelphia. It is 100 Feet 
 long, and 70 Feet broad. — Many Footfteps of 
 Providence have been vifible in beginning and 
 carrying it on. It was never preached in before. 
 The Roof is not yet up, but the People raifed 
 a convenient Pulpit, and boarded the Bottom *. 
 The Joy of moil of the Hearers, was inex- 
 preffible ; but fome fiill mocked. One hath been 
 remarkably called, vi%. " Mr. Brockden y Re- 
 <c corder of Deeds, &o. a Man eminent in his 
 <c Profeffion, but for many Years a notorious 
 <c Deift. Jn his younger Days, he told me, he 
 44 had fome religious Impreifions, but coming 
 cc into Bufinefs, the Cares of the World fo 
 <c choak'd the good Seed, that he not only for- 
 <c gat his God in fome Degree, but at length 
 M began to doubt of, and to difpute his very 
 H Being. In this State he continued many Year>, 
 <c and has been very zealous to propagate his 
 " Deiftical, I cou!d almoft fay Atheiftical Prin- 
 * c ciples among moral Men ; but he told me he 
 c< never endeavoured to make Profelytes of vi- 
 <c cious debauched People. When I came to 
 u Philadelphia this Time Twelvemonth, he told 
 
 * It is now by Confent become an Academy as well as 
 Preaching-place ; and when I was laft at Philadelphia, I heard 
 feveral Youths fpeak in it fo oratorially, as would have delight, 
 ed even a Cicero or Demeftbenes, 
 
 " me, 
 
 
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 * 4 me, he had not fo much as a Curiofity fo 
 4C hear me. But a Brother Deifr, his choiceft 
 44 Friend, prcfiing him to come and hear me, 
 44 to fatisfy his Curioiity, he at length complied 
 44 with his Requeft. It was Night. I preached 
 " at the Court-Hcufe Stairs, upon the Confe- 
 44 ference w 7 hich our Lord had with Xiccd:mus. 
 
 44 1 had not i'poke much before God 
 
 44 (truck his Heart." 44 For, laid he, I faw 
 44 your Doctrine tended to make People good/ 
 44 His Family knew .nothing that he had been 
 44 to hear me. After he came Home, his 
 iw Wile, who had been at Sermon, came in al- 
 44 fo, and wifhed heartily that he had heard me. 
 44 He laid nothing. After this, another of his 
 44 Family came in repeating the fame Wifh ; 
 44 and if I miftake not, after that another, till 
 44 at laft being unable to refrain any longer, 
 44 with Tears in his Eyes," " Why, lays he, I 
 4 ' have been hearing him ;" and then exprelled 
 44 his Approbation. Ever fince he has followed 
 44 on tQ know the Lord, and I verily believe 
 44 Jeius Chrift has made himfelf manifeft to his 
 4i Soul. Tho' upwards of threefcore Years old, 
 4% he is now, I believe, born again of God. 
 4C He is a little Child, and often (as he told 
 44 me) receives fuch Communications from God, 
 44 when he retires into the Woods, that he 
 44 thinks he could die a Martyr for the Truth." 
 • d all, O Lordj in a trying Hcur y 
 wit pldm/s Sake, 
 Saturday^ Nov. 15. Preached twice every 
 Day this Week in the new Houfe, one Morn- 
 ing excepted, when I preached in Mr. C *s 
 
 Meeting houfe, on Account of the Snow. A 
 nioft fweet and bleffed Influence went through 
 
 the 
 
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 the Congregation. Many afterwards told me 
 what they felt.— Indeed I cannot fay we haveiiad 
 one unaffected AfTembly. The leaft Concern, 
 I think, was one Afternoon, when I was carried 
 out to talk againft reafoning Unbelievers. One 
 of them, a little after, meeting Mr. B — n, faid, 
 " What ! Mr. Whitefield could not make the 
 cc People cry this'Afternoon." " A good Rea- 
 * c fon for it, fays Mr. B — w, he was preaching 
 cc againft Deifts, and you know they are a har- 
 " dened Generation." — Lord, take from them a 
 Heart of Stone, and give them a Heart of Flejh. 
 Abba j Father, aU Things are fojfible with thee ! 
 — About the Middle of the Week I was called 
 to vifit one Mrs. D — , then lying on a fick Bed, 
 but after prodigious Agonies brought Home to 
 God when I was at Philadelphia laft Spring. 
 " Her Hufband was then at Sea, and fince his 
 " Return Home, has greatly perfecuted his Wife, 
 " denying her fpiritual Friends leave to come 
 " unto her. God now inclined his Heart to 
 <c let me come and pray with her, according to 
 " her Defire. When I went the firfl: Time, he 
 " was not in the Room, but was offended that 
 <c he was not called up to join with us. The 
 " next Day he himfelf met me in the Street, 
 " and gave me an Invitation. I complied, and 
 " vifited his Wife feveral Times. But never 
 " before did I fee a Soul fo exult in God, and 
 " talk fo feelingly of the Love of Jesus, though 
 << lbmetimes in Extremity of Pain. Sometimes 
 iC fhe was fo full of Comfort that fhe could not 
 <c fpeak, and / bid her lift up her Hands if all 
 cc was ivdl, fheftretched them with great Earn- 
 cc eftnefs. As foon as ever fhe could recover 
 " Breath, fhe w T ou!d talk of Jesus, faying that 
 
 " his 
 
 
[ 43* 1 
 
 u his Love, was above her Pain, that fhe longed 
 li to be diffolved, but was willing to tarry the 
 44 Lord's Leifure. When I told her, that I 
 " wanted to be gone too. No, fays file, do you 
 €% flay longer, and bring Home fome more Souls 
 44 to Christ; with many other gracious Words, 
 44 which dropped from her Mouth. My Soul 
 u was much enlarged to hear a Creature talk 
 4< with fuch AfTurance juft upon the Brink of 
 " Eternity. Her Hufoand and other Friends 
 4 < ftood weeping by." — Ob that this Sicinefs may 
 be a Means under God of favirg her Relations 
 precious and immortal Souls ! After my Departure 
 fhe bid one of my Friends tell me, 4t That fhe 
 4C fed and lived upon the Doctrine which I had 
 « preach'd." Wlien he afked her, What fe 
 thought of the Righteoufnej's of C&rfjl ? " Oh, 
 
 4t fays die, my Soul is wrapped up in it!" 
 
 Lord Jefus, let her repofe her Confidence in thee 
 even to the lajf. Into thy Hands I commend her 
 Spirit : For thru hajl redeemed it, O Lord thou 
 God of Truth ! 
 
 Sunday, Nov. 1 6. Preached both Morning 
 and Evening, and collected both Times about 
 -105/. Sterling for the Orphans. In the After- 
 noon, I publickly baptized five adult Women, 
 who had undergone a flricSl Examination. Be- 
 fore Sermon I gave them an earneft Exhortation. 
 They melted under the Word, and every thing 
 was carried on with great Solemnity. I preached 
 from thefe Words of St. Jude, But ye, b loved \ 
 building up yur fives on your mofl holy Faith, p- ay 
 i'ig in the Holy Gbojl, keep ysurfehes in the Love 
 of.Gcd, l.oking fir the Me cy of cur L.rl J '/us 
 Cb ifl unto eternal Life. The Congregation was 
 very large: There was Abundance of we^pin^r 
 
 when 
 
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 when I came to the Conclufion of my Difcourfe. 
 Great Numbers flock'd to my Lodgings, Tome 
 under Diftrefs, fome to give Thanks for what 
 God had done for their Souls, and others to pre- 
 fent fomething for the poor Orphans. One that 
 was baptized brought three Children. I bap- 
 tized them, prayed, and gave a Word of Ex- 
 hortation with a melting Heart to many dear 
 Souls. In the Evening I went with my dear 
 Friend Mr. Noble to take a final Leave of Mrs. 
 D — yet rejoicing in God, then paid fome more 
 religious Vifits, and afterwards retired to Reft. 
 — Ob that I could do more for J ejus Chrijl ! 
 
 Gloucejler and Greenwich^ Wejl Jerfeys, 
 
 Monday ', NjV 17. Was much melted at part- 
 ing from my dear Friends. After fervent Prayer, 
 I took my Leave of fome, but being to preach 
 at Glcuce/hr in the Wtji jer/.y^ others accom- 
 panied me in Boats over the River. We fung 
 as we failed, but my Heart was low. I preached 
 at Glcucejier, but found myfelf weighed down, and 
 not able to deliver my Sermon with any confider- 
 able Vigour. However, there was an affecting 
 melting, and feveral (as I heard afterwards) who 
 had been under theSpiritof Bondage, at that Time 
 received the Spirit of Adoption. With Abundance 
 of Tears, after Dinner inoft of Ph>l <d Ipbia 
 Friends that came over the Water took their laft 
 Farewtl. To fee us part was moving. I rode on 
 in Company with feveral to Greenwlc 1 ^ and preach- 
 ed to a few People, and fcarce with any Power. 
 My animal Spirits were almoil gone, and Affift- 
 ances fufpended. In the Evening we travelled 
 
 on 
 
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 <H\ a few Miles, but my Body was more and 
 more out of Order. —It is good to be humbled. 
 Lord, let me know myfelf and thee. Amen and 
 
 Amen ! 
 
 PILES-GROVE. 
 
 Tuefday, N-,v. 18. Was better in the Morn- 
 ing *, preached at Piles-Grove in the Afternoon 
 to about 2000 People. Saw only a few affected. 
 But at Night where I lodged, God was pleafed 
 fo abundantly to refrefh my Soul, as to make'me 
 forget the Weaknefs of my Body. I prayed and 
 exhorted with great Power in the Family where 
 I lodged. Vifible Impreflions were made upon 
 the Hearers. — Ob that they may be abiding ! 
 
 Cobanfie, i 8 Miles from Piles-Grove. 
 
 IVednefday, Nov. 19. Had two precious Meet- 
 ings to-day at Cohavjle. Preached to fome 
 Thoufands both Morning and Afternoon. The 
 Word gradually ftruck the Hearers till the wWe 
 Congregation was greatly moved, and two cried 
 out in the Bitternefs of their Souls, after a cru- 
 cified Saviour, and were fcarce able to ftair\ 
 My Soul was replenished as with new Wine, and 
 Life and Power flew all around. — Biffed be 
 God, his Gofpel fpreads more and more. Lord, 
 carry it on for thy own Name's Sake. Amen and 
 Amen ! 
 
 Salem, 18 Miles from Cohanfie. 
 
 Thurfday, Nov. 20. Preached twice here this 
 
 Day j viz. in the Morning in the Court-houfc, in 
 
 U the 
 
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 the Afternoon in the open Air, before the Pri- 
 fon, to about 2000. Both Times God was with 
 us. In the Morning one cried moft piteoufly, 
 and would not be comforted. After Service, two 
 or three came to me quite weighed down with 
 the Burden of Sin. They told me, " God had 
 " {truck them by Mr. Tenvenis preaching, but 
 " now they were ftruck much deeper." I gave 
 them, I truft, proper Advice, and about five left 
 Salem. — O that the Prince of Peace may come 
 and take PoJpJJion of the Inhabitants Hearts ! 
 
 Newcafl/e, 13 Miles from Salem, and Whiteclay 
 Creeks in Pinfylvania. 
 
 Friday, Nov. 21. Got hither with fome little 
 Difficulty about Midnight. Preached in the 
 Morning in the Court-Houfe. Obferved fome 
 few affe£ted, and fome few fcoffing. Met Mr. 
 Charles Tennent, and went with him to White- 
 clay Creek, where many Thoufands were wait- 
 ing to hear the Word. I have not feen a more 
 lovely Sight. I fang the xxiii. Pfalm, and thefe 
 Words gave my Soul unfpeakable Comfort, 
 
 In Prefence of my fpiteful Foes, 
 He does my Table fpread. 
 
 A gracious Melting foon begun, and gradually 
 cncreafed till the greateft Part of the Congrega- 
 tion was exceedingly moved. Several cried out 
 in different Parts, and others were to be feen 
 wringing their Hands and weeping bitterly. Af- 
 ter Sermon I went about three Miles, and lay 
 at Mr. Charles Tennenfs Houfe, who has lately 
 married a young Lady whom God was pleafed 
 
 to 
 
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 to awaken by my Miniftry. Here I had fweet 
 Conversation with Mr. Blair, but being taken 
 very ill I was obliged to retire to Reft. — BUJfd 
 be God, there is a Time coming, wlnn all thefe In- 
 terruptions Jhall be done away. 
 
 FO G % s M ANNO R. 
 
 Saturday, Nov. 2 2. Preached in the After- 
 noon to many Thoufands, and God was again 
 pleafed to own his Word. There was a won- 
 drous powerful Moving. Rode afterwards about 
 twelve Miles, to a Friend's Houfe, who kindly 
 received us, and being quite ill thought it advi- 
 fable to be filent : But inward Comforts fo re- 
 frefhed me that I could fcarce ftand under it. J 
 prayed and exhorted, then exhorted and prayed 
 again — All in the Room feemed to be under very- 
 great Impreffions, fighing and weeping from the 
 very Bottom of their Souls. This continued for 
 near an Hour or two — I was quite overpowered, 
 and obliged to retire to Reft. The Lord gave 
 me fweet Sleep, and in the Morning I arofe with 
 my natural Strength much renewed. — Blejjed be 
 the Lord my God, from whom alone cwnetb every 
 temporal Gift, as wdl as my eternal Salvation ! 
 
 NOTTINGHAM. 
 
 Sunday, Nov. 23. Rode four Miles, and got 
 to Nottingham about ten ; but it rainin : much, 
 and the People thereby being prevented gj^ering 
 fo foon, I preached abou: one to a Jarg.; Con- 
 gregation, who feem'd in no wife to regard the 
 Rain, fo they might be watered with the Dew 
 of God's Bleffing. Imm-.diately after Sermon, 
 U 2 we 
 

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 we Set out in a great Company for Bohemia 
 in Ifaarylat.d, near thirty Miles from Nctt ngham* 
 and to my pieaSing Surprize, as we were riding 
 a 'ong, met with Captain G — w,who went over with 
 Mr St u ard to England* He an ived at NcivcoJiU in 
 the Morning, and very providentially came to us 
 this Afternoon. — Teach me, Lot d, more and 
 11 ore to wait en thee, and rjign my iVtllto thine ! 
 
 Bohemia m Maryland, and St. George's in Pen* 
 fylvania. 
 
 Monday, Nov. 24. Got thither about eleven 
 laft Night, and was moft kindly received by old 
 Mrs: Byard, a true Mother in If ail, many of 
 whole Family are under very good Impreflions *. 
 Preached in the Afternoon to about two Thou- 
 sand, and have not {een a more Solid melting, 
 I ti ink, Since my Arrival. — Some Scoffers Hood 
 on the Outiide, but they foon grew ferious. I 
 parted from good eld Mrs. Byard in Tears, and 
 rode with my Friends about ten Miles to a Place 
 called St. George's, where a kind and courteous 
 Quaker received us into his Houfe. — Tbui am I 
 a Stranger a-d Pilgrim here on Earth ! 
 
 REEDY-ISLAND. 
 
 Monday, Dec. 1. Came to Reedy 1 flan d laft 
 Turjday Morning, and had a bleffed Meeting in 
 the Afternoon. Here Several of my dear Phi- 
 iaditibia Friends came to take their laft Farewel. 
 
 * She and feme of her Children wh : eh were then awakeiTd, 
 ire In.e gore lo Glory, and others thai iurvi?e are now in the 
 Way th.thcr. 
 
 To 
 
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 To them and fomc others I preached' again in 
 the Evening, when many were in great Agonies 
 of Soul. OnWednefdayy Saturday, and Sunday^ 
 I preached again. — The Lord was with us every 
 Time. My Soul enjoyed much of the divirrc 
 Prefence in the Sloop, and I was greatly de- 
 lighted to fee the Captains of the Ships, and 
 their refpecTHve Crews, come conftan-.ly to attend 
 on and hear theWord on Shore, and join with us 
 in religious Excrcifes on Board. This Morni 
 the Wind fpringing up fair, we fer fail from 
 R c !y-Irand. 4 - But before I go on, ftop, O 
 44 my Soul, and look back with Gratitude oiv 
 44 what the Lord hath done for thee during this- 
 4 - Excurfion. I think it is now the 75th Day 
 44 fince I arrived at Rbqdt-ffland. — My Boly 
 " was then weak, but the Lord has much re- 
 44 newed its Strength. 1 have been enabled 
 44 to preachy I think 175 Times in Public, 
 " befides exhorting frequently in private, I 
 44 have travelled upwards of 800 Miles, and 
 44 gotten upwards of 700/. Sterling in Goods, 
 44 Proviiions and Money for the Georgia Or- 
 44 phans. Never did God vouchsafe me 
 44 greater Comforts. Never did I perform my ' 
 44 Journeys with fo little Fatigue, or fee fuch a 
 44 Continuance of the divine Prefence in the 
 44 Congregations to whom I have preached /'-p-v 
 Praife the Lord, O my Sou\ and all that is with* 
 in ihse praife his Holy Name ! 
 
 Charhjlovcn in South- Carolina. 
 
 W'cdnefday,. Dec. 10. Had a pleafaUt PafTage, 
 
 and arrived at Charljtoivn laft Night. As we 
 
 came over the Bar I was informed of a meian* 
 
 U 3 chJy 
 
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 choly Fire, that broke out about three Weeks 
 ago, and deftroyed 300 Houfes in the beft Part 
 of Char left own in the Space of about three Hours. 
 The News much affecSted me, becaufe I loved 
 the People, and therefore I preached to them this 
 Morning from I/a! ah i. 9. Except the Lord 0/ 
 Ho/is had le/t unto us a very /mall Remnant, we 
 Jhould have been as Sodom, and we Jhould have been 
 like unto Gomorrah. — May the- Lord grant it may 
 produce the defer ed Ejfecl, and be a Means 0/ pre- 
 ferving at leaf fine 0/ the Inhabitants from be'nv 
 cofl into that Fire, which never /hall be quenched! 
 
 Belhe/da in Georgia. 
 
 Sunday 1 Dec. 14. Preached again at Charles- 
 t wn on Wednefday Evening. Anfwered fome 
 Letters that I received from E eland. Went on 
 Board on Thurjday\ rc-ched Sawimah on &f- 
 turday about Midnight; preached this Morning, 
 and arrived fafely at Bet he/da (where I found my 
 Family comfortably fettled this Afternoon. My 
 Soul was fo affe&ed with a Senfe of God's Mer- 
 cies, that when I came to pray with an old 
 Chriftian in our Infirmary, I was almoft over- 
 whelmed. — Thanks be to God for thefe, and all his 
 other itffpcakable Gifts, through J ejus Chrifl our 
 Lo>d! 
 
 Monday, Dec. 29. Enjoyed a very comfort- 
 able Chrifl ma 5 at Bethefda. One Woman, I 
 trufc, received Christ in a glorious Manner, 
 and feveral others were brought under ftrong Con- 
 vidions. Having appointed Mr. Barber, who 
 came with me from Rhode- If and, to take care 
 of the fpiritual, and Mr. Haberjham to fuperin- 
 tend the outward Affairs of the Orphan-Houfe, 
 8 and 
 
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 and fettled all things to my Satisfaction, and be- 
 ing called I y Providence on various Accounts to 
 return to England, I, laft Night, took a forrow- 
 ful and affectionate Leave of my Family ; and 
 this Day went to Savannah to take leave there, 
 but narrowly efcaped being fhot by a Labourer 
 walking behind me with a Gun under his Arm. 
 The Gun went off unawares, but the Mouth of 
 it providentially was towards the Ground. Other- 
 wife Land one of my Friends, in all Probability, 
 fhould have been killed } for we were direfUy 
 before, and not above a Yard or two diftant 
 from it. — How ought we to live injuch a State as 
 we would mtftar tc die / /, feeing that in the midji 
 ef Life we are in Death ! 
 
 Mr. Jonathan B 's Plantation near Pert* 
 
 R r ya! in SQUtb-Carclir.a. 
 
 Tburfdoy y Jan. i, 1741. Left Savannah on 
 
 'lay in the Afternoon. Arrived here this 
 
 Morning about Two o'Clock, with fome Friends 
 
 in Mr. Jonathan B '$ Boat, who, with fome 
 
 others, came to Bethefda, in hopes of my re- 
 turning with them. I trufr, he and two or three 
 more, iince our laft Meeting, are fettled in 
 Christ, and have got Satisfaction about their 
 Intereft in him. In the Afternoon I preached at 
 his Floufe to feveral of the neighbouring People. 
 The Lord make it a Bethel. In the Evening 
 
 came Mr. Hugh B », whofe Wife died fome 
 
 Time ago ; in what Frame, the following Let- 
 ter, which he lent to a Niece of his now at Be- 
 t.efda, will beft teflify. 
 
 U 4 Deer 
 
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 Dear Child, 
 T fNder-written are the Dying JVtrds of your 
 ^ Aunt, which I find for your Satisfaction and 
 Info? mat ion. She died Odtober Jtb, between the 
 - Hoirs of Ni e and 7 en in the Morning, being 
 filed with tie full Aflurance of Faith in Chrift, 
 and a joyful Hope of eternal Salvation through his 
 Merits and Mediation. 
 
 J s your Aunt and I were praying to our Lord 
 J Jus to give her the Comforts of his Holy Spirit to 
 ffpo't her under the AgOKies of Death, Jhe replied, 
 I fee him ! I fee him ! Now I fee Light ! After 
 tit's jhe ar.tihiud in Prayer about half an H ur, 
 lit: her Speech failing her, we could not during that 
 7 'me widerjland what Jl:e jpake ; only we could hear 
 the Ncm? of Jefus often, and Come Jefus, Come 
 Jefus ! Then again Jhe Jpake out plainly, and J "aid \ 
 Who would die without a God ? Now I fee 
 Light. God has let me fee my Error. I had 
 not repented of my original Sin. Oh the Falfe- 
 nefs of our Heaits ! O fearch your Hearts before 
 you come to this ; for they are falfc. Then jhe 
 lay in an Agony ah out half an H.ur, and again 
 [pake cut, and jaid, God has let me fee great and 
 glorious Things which would not be believed, if 
 they were told. Then ycur Uncle R ■ s coming 
 
 into the Ro^n jpake to your Aunt S s, and your 
 
 dying Aunt hearing his Voice, callcth him to her, and 
 when he zuas c:me> Jhe [pake to us and jaid, Mind 
 what I fay to you. God is a juft God as well as 
 merciful. Be diligent in fearching your Hearts. 
 Then jloe jaid, My Pain is great, but Chrift is 
 sufficient for me. God has enabled me to fpcalc 
 
 to 
 
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 to you before I go. I am juft a-going. Farc- 
 wel, Farewcl. "God be with you ! As Jhe lay 
 b'gging that the Lord wcufd take her away * I felt 
 her Noie, aid told her it ivas cold ; and Jhe rc- 
 plitd, Bleffed be God for it; and again* My 
 Soul thirfteth after thee, I come, Lord Jefus, I 
 come. Thus far Mr. Bryan. I fhall only add, 
 O Death, where is thy Sting ! O Grave, where is 
 thy Vi fiery over true Believers ! fVhat Fuo's are 
 they that count tihir Lives Madnefs, or their Ends 
 to be without Honour ! 
 
 Charles-Town. 
 
 Sun day , Jan. 4. Came hither Yefterday in 
 
 Company with both the Mr. B 's, and 
 
 feveral other dear Friends. Had the Satisfac- 
 tion of hearing fome Account of Affairs 
 among the Brethren in England. Tie Lotd en- 
 able me to Jher a wife WndJfJtady Courfr, when I 
 come among them ! Preached twice this Day, and 
 expounded in the Evening to large Auditories. 
 Was moft affectionately entertained at the Houfe 
 of Mr. F — r, and enjoyed much of the divine 
 Prefence and Confolations in my Soul. Hapfy 
 they whofe Lives are hid with Chriji in God ! 
 
 Saturday* Jan. 10. Pr ach'd twice every Day 
 this Week, and expounded frequently in the 
 
 Evening to a great Company at Mr. F 's. 
 
 Some, I find, have grown flack, for the prefent, 
 but, bleffed be God, the greateft Part continue 
 ftedfaft, and are rather more zealous than ever. 
 Enemies are therefore more enraged, $5 a Proof 
 of it, take the following inftance. — When Mr. 
 
 J math an B n ca'me to Geoigia* he lhewed 
 
 me 
 
[ 44 2 ] 
 me a Letter written by his Brother Mr. Hugh 
 B n, in which it was hinted that the Clergy 
 
 ! break their Canons ; and this he deiired me to 
 correct for the Prefs. I did. It was published 
 this Week. Immediatelv Mr. B n was ap- 
 prehended and bound ov r, and being afked, 
 frankly confefi^ -d that I corrected and made fome 
 Alterations in it. This Evening a ! onftablc 
 came to me with the following Warrant. 
 
 South- Carolina Sf. 
 
 By B W , &c. 
 
 VX/Hereas I have received Information upon 
 VV Oath, that George WbiUpeli Ckrk, hath 
 made and compofed a falfe, irialkious y jcandaious 
 and ir.famms Libel, againft the Clergy of 
 this Province, in Contempt of His Majefly and 
 H r s Laws, and againft the King's Peace : 
 
 Thefe are therefore in His Major's Name, to 
 charge and command you and each of you forth- 
 with to apprehend the faid George JVlntcfi Id, and 
 to bring him before Me to anfwer the Prem[ffes. 
 Hereof fail not, at your Peril. And for your fo 
 doing, this (hall be your and each of your fuffi- 
 cient Warrant. 
 
 To all and lingular 
 
 the Conflibki of 
 CbdriejiowTii 
 
 Given under my Hand and Seal 
 this Tenth Day of January, in 
 the Fouiterth Year of His 
 Mayfly % Reign, Anno Domini 
 One Thoufand Seven Hundred 
 and Forty. 
 
 B — W— . 
 I 
 
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 I went before the C 7 * confefTed 
 
 that I had revifed and corrected Mr. B 's 
 
 Letter for the Prefs, and gave Security to appear 
 by my Atton e. at the next general ghrrter SeJ- 
 Jion . under the Penalty of 100/. Proclamation- 
 Money. Blefled be God for thi further Ho- 
 nour ! I think this may be called Persecution. 
 I think it is for Rigjpteoufnefs SrJe. Ob J h.w 
 gently does the Lord deal with we ! 
 
 Sunday , 'fan. 1 1 . Preached this Morning 
 upon H. rod's fending the wife Men to find out 
 Chrii}, under a Pretence that he intended to 
 come and wofhp him, when indeed he intend- 
 ed to kill him. I endeavoured to fhew from 
 thence how dreadful it was to perfecu'e under a 
 Pretence of Religion. In the Afternoon I preach- 
 ed from thefe IVords, 1 Kings xxi. 2, 13 They 
 proclaimed a FafT, and Jet Naboth on high amongfl 
 the People and there ca<ne in two Men 9 Children 
 of Belial, and fat before him: And the Men rf 
 Belial witnejfed ag&*fl him, even again/1 Naboth, 
 in tie Pre'erice of tic Peop'e, faying, Naboth did 
 blafpheme GOD and th, King. Then they car- 
 ried him forth out of the City, a>d jioned him 
 with Stores that he died. My Hearers, as well 
 as myfelf, made the Application. It was pretty 
 Clofe. And I efpecially directed my Difcourfe to 
 Men in Authority, and mewed them the heinous 
 Sin of ahufing the Power which God hath put 
 into their Hands. In the Evening I expounded 
 on the Story of Orpah and Ruth, and exhorted 
 my Hearers to follow the Lord Jefus Chriir, tho* 
 AfVCaufe be fo much perfecuted and fpoken 
 againit. Lodfefus, keep us from bein* ajhamed 
 of thee cr of thy GofpeL — Amen and Amen. 
 
 T.hurfday^ 
 
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 7hurfdti)\ Jan. 15. Received forne comfort- 
 able Letters from my dear Friends at Boftmy 
 amongfr. whom Secretary IVulard, an honourable 
 Councilor, writes thus: " Mr. Webb tells me, 
 that divers young Men in this Town, who 
 are Candidates for the Miniftry, have been 
 brought under de<p Convictions by your Preach- 
 ing, and (as he hopes) are carried off from 
 the Foundation of their falfe Hopes (their own 
 Righteoufnefs) to reft only upon Chrift 
 for Salvation." The Reverend Mr. Coofer 
 rites thus : 4i I' can inform you, that there are 
 many abiding Proofs that you did not t un iri 
 vain, and labour in vain amongft us in this 
 Place. I could much more than fill this Pa* 
 per with the Accounts I have received from 
 the Ptrfons who have been imprefled under 
 the Word preached by you. But I can only 
 now fay in g. rural^ fome have been awakened 
 who were before quite fkcure^ and I hope a 
 good Work begun in them. O.hers^ who 
 had been under religious Impreffions, are now 
 more earneftJy prefling into the Kingdom of 
 Heaven, and many of the Children of God 
 ftirred up to give Dilligence for the full ' /If/ur* 
 ance 'f Faith. There is a greater Flocking 
 to all the Leftures in the Town, and the Peo- 
 ple fhevv fuch a Difpofition to the New 
 Tucjday Evening Lefture^ that our large capa- 
 cious Houfe cannot receive all that come. I 
 am fure your Vifit to us has made a large 
 Addition to the Prayers that are going up for 
 you in one Place and another, and I'hope alfo 
 ** the Jewels which are to make up your Crown 
 " in the Day of the Lord." Mr. IVekh, a pir 
 ous Merchant, writes thus ; " I fear I am tedi- 
 
 "■ ous,. 
 
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 " ous, but I can't break off till I juft mention, 
 c< to the Glory of the Grace of God, and for 
 " your Comfort and Encouragement, the Suc- 
 " cefs your Miniflry of late has had among 
 u ;,s. impreffions made fcem to be abiding on 
 iC the Mmds of many. The Dcfirines of Grace 
 " fcem to be more the Topic of Converfation 
 cc than ever I knew them. Nay, religious Con- 
 * c verfation feems to be almoft jajLlonall , and 
 " almoft every one feems difpofed o hear or fpeak 
 <c of the Things of G' d. Multitudes flock to 
 " the Evening I >clu e, though it has iometimes 
 " been the worft of Vv eather. Miniliers feem 
 " to preach with more L//< , and the great Au- 
 " ditories feem to hear with folemn Attention, 
 " and, I hope, our Lord Jefus is getting to him- 
 " felf the Victory over the Hearts of many 
 u Sinners." Others write to the fame Effect. 
 All Live y all Glory be to God. 
 
 For this let Men revise my Name 9 
 No Crrjs I Jhun, I fear no Shame ; 
 All hail Reproach ! and welcome Pain ! 
 Only thy Terrors, Lord, re/irain. 
 
 Friday, jfan. 1 6. Preached twice every Day 
 this Week, and expounded in the Evening as 
 ufual. Congregations much encreafed lince Sa- 
 turday Night lait, and I never received fuch ge- 
 nerous Tokens of Love from any People before 
 as from fome in Charlrjiown. They fo loaded 
 me with Sea-Stores, that I fent many of them 
 to Savannah. Having now all Things finifhed 
 according to my Mind, preached my Farewel- 
 Sermcn laft Night, and f, oke at ihe Burial of a 
 Quaker Woman, at the Defire of her furvivmg 
 
 Friends : 
 
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 Friends : I this Day went on Board the Minerva, 
 Captain Meredith, in which I took Paflage for 
 myielf and fotne others to England, where, thro' 
 divine Goodnefs, I arrived the nth of Much 
 
 following. Being apprehenfive from what I 
 
 had heard and read of fome Difficulties that 
 awaited me, the following Lines befpeak the 
 Language of my Heart and Thoughts, whilft 
 on Board and at my Arrival. 
 
 I. 
 
 Long did my Coward Fle/h delay, 
 And ft ill I tr mble to obey \ 
 Thy Will be done, 1 faiitly cry, 
 But rather— fujfer me to die. 
 
 II. 
 Ah ! rrfcue me from Earth and Sin, 
 Fightings without, and Fears within ; 
 More, more than Hell ?n\felf I dread, 
 Ah ! cover my defcncelefs Head ! 
 
 I'll. 
 Surely thou wilt. Thou canjl not fend, 
 And not my helplfs S'.ul defend, 
 Call ?ne to Jland in Danger's Hour, 
 And not fupport ?ne with thy Power. 
 
 IV. 
 Lord, I believe the Promife true, 
 Behold, I always am with you ; 
 Always if thou with me remain, 
 Hell, Earth, and Sin jhall rage in vain. 
 
 V. 
 Give me Thine M-fifficien: Grace, 
 Then hurl your Darts of Rage or Praife ; 
 Jefus and me ye ne'er Jhall part, 
 For God is greater than nij He rt* 
 
 FINIS. 
 

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