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Original Letters. 



[Nov, 1; 



as they pleafc. — Yet a little while and we 

 firali all apptni- before the Great Shepherd 

 ^iiitl liiJliO}) of" our Suiils. There, there, 

 Diy Lord, Ihall it be determined who are 

 His true niinillcrs, and who are only 

 wolves in ihecp's cloathing. — Our Lord, 

 J believe, will not Lc a'.haitjcd to eont'cl-i 

 us publicly in that day. I pray (jod we 

 all may approve ourlelves fuch t'aithuil 

 inlnifters ot" the New Tellaiiient, that we 

 may be able to lit't up our heads with 

 boldnefs. As for declining the work in 

 wiiich I am cng,ii£i;cd, my blood rinis chill 

 *,t the very thought- of it. — I am as much 

 con\inced it is my duty to uti as [ do, as 

 that the fun Ihines at noon-day. 1 can 

 jpre'ec the confequcnces very v^ell. They 

 have already, in one fenfe, thruft us out 

 of their fynago^ues : by and by they will 

 think it is doing God fervicc to kill us. 

 But, my Lord, if you and the rell of the 

 JJiihops cult us out, our Great and (Com- 

 mon ^J after will take lis up. — Though all 

 )ncn (liould deny u?, yet will not He. 

 And however you may cenfurc us as 

 eril-docrf, and (lifiuibera of ike peace, 

 yet if we do fuller for ourprcfent way of 

 aftiup;, ynur Lordfliip, at the great day, 

 ■will lind that we fulTcr only for righteoui- 

 ■cfs' fake. Li patience, therefore, do I 

 poffofs my foul — I willingly tarry the 

 Jowl's Icifure. In the mean wiiile, I 

 fliall continually bear your Lordlliip's fa- 

 vours upon my heart, and endeavour to 

 behave fo as to fubfcrihe myfelf, 

 " My Lord, 

 " Your Lordlliip's obedient, 

 *' And obliged Servant, 



'• GeOUGF. WlIITElIELD." 



" Brifoll, July 10, 17S9. 

 " To the Right Rev. Fattier in God, 

 Martin Lord Bijhop ofGlouce/ier." 



" MY LOKD, 



" THK uccafion of my giving your 

 J.orddiip this trouble, is an mfonnation 

 from Mr. Charles Weilcy, that I am 

 charged '(fith breach of promife and in- 

 fincerity. — As to the former, the Vice- 

 Chancellor of Oxford told him, that I 

 had proniifed, if your Lordlhip would 

 ordain me, not t« preach again in fo po- 

 pular a way. This information he had 

 li-om the Dean of Chrjft Church, who told 

 him he had it from your Lordlhip. — As 

 to infnicerity, the Ueun hindllf was 

 pieafed to charge me with it, for not pub- 

 liihinii in my Journal the converfarion 

 jour i/>rdfl>.ip favoured me witli at Ox- 

 ford. ' I am tlierefore obliged, with all 

 humility, to a(k your Lordfliip, lit. 



'Whether I ever did (or cou'.d) make 

 jour liOrdfhip fu:h a promi.e.' 2nd. 

 'Whether your L iidlliip iuliics, defircs, 

 orconfents that I ll.ould pubdlh the c;>n- 

 verfation which palled between us?' I 

 did not look upon myfelf at liberty to 

 mention what your Lordlliip Ipoke with 

 fo much kindnefs and coudefcenlion, but 

 ihall declare explicitly, if your Lordiiiip 

 jileafes, how f*- you have, and how far 

 vuu have not appro\ed of, 



" My Lord, 

 " Your Lordlliip's dutiful Son, 

 " And moll obliged humble Servant, 

 " George \N uriEfiELo.* 



" London, July 24, 1739. 

 « To the Right Rev. Father in God, 

 Martin Lord Bijlop of'Glouccjkr.'^ 



" srn, 



"I !\Ji\'EIl faid, that yon made me 

 ^ny fuch private promii'e a^ you mention 

 before your ordination, thai you would not 

 for the future preach in a popular way ; 

 nor did I then atk you to make me any 

 fuch. The only engagements, as you 

 know, I have lince charged you witlt 

 the breach of were the publick ones to 

 the Church you made and entered into at 

 tlxe time of j'our ordination. 



" As to the coiiverfation mentioned, I 

 have had at dilferent times, you know, a 

 great deal with you, more than it is pof- 

 liblc either for you or me now to recolle6t 

 all the ])arlicuiars of. Nor if they could 

 be recoilet'-ted, have I fuch an opinion of 

 w hat 1 fay, as to think they would be of any 

 great ufe to the world. But in the gene- 

 ral we cannot but both well remember, 

 that I ei.prefl'ed my dillike and difappro- 

 batiohofyour behaviour and proceedings 

 fiiice the tune of your ortlination. This I 

 did fay to the Dean of Chriilchurch, that 

 I had done, but not that you had ever 

 faid to any one that I had done otherwife. 



" I wifli I had been able to fay any 

 thing at any time to you, as I fmcerely 

 wilh you well, which might pcrfuade yon 

 to alter your conduft,and apply your zeal 

 to the care of that diltrict to which you were 

 ordained and appointed, and in which 

 yuuhave fo large an opportunity of doing 

 good. You have both my willies and 

 prayers for j'ou, and I am 



" Your affectionate Brother, 



" And faithful Servant, 



" M. G." 



" Jiili/ 23, 1730.'" 



" To Mr. Wt'.it(;/:tld.'* ■ 



