17. - To Mrs. Glynne.

business shall be to carry thee safe through, or above all thy enemies. Only remember, thy business is to believe and love: and trust me for a faithful discharge of mine to save thee with a high hand.”

Thus, my friend, will your dear Saviour speak to your heart, if you do not drown his voice by the objections of your false wisdom. O down with it; it is the fruit of the tree of death. Away to the tree of life; take freely, eat and live: I know you are willing through grace; and Christ, who hath made you willing, is ten thousand times more willing than you: how, then, can he cast you out? What hinders, but that you should, as a spiritual Rebekah, say, “Now and ever I will have that man?” You go upon a sure bottom, you need not fear being slighted; for in the letter he hath wrote you from heaven, to invite you to the marriage, he says, “I have betrothed thee to me with everlasting, yea, with bleeding kindness.” Indeed, indeed he sends me to you, to assure you he is the same yesterday, to - day, and for ever; and were you the sister of Magdalene in outward wickedness, he sends you word that you may kiss his feet, and rejoice that much is forgiven you, even though you should not have one tear to wash them with: his blood, his precious blood hath washed his feet, and does wash your heart, and will wash it white as snow. O let it be your business to consider it with a believing thought. That is the way to apply it to your heart. I would have called on you this morning, had not my intended journey prevented it: till I have an opportunity of calling, I beg, as upon my knees, you would make use of the directions which I herewith send you, &c, (See Mr. Fletcher’s Life,) which I think as truly applicable to your state, as they are truly evangelical: and pray for him who earnestly prays for you; I mean, for your unworthy servant,

J. FLETCHER.

17. - TO MRS. GLYNNE.

MADELEY, Sept. 2, 1763.

DEAR MADAM, - I thank you for your kind remembrance and good wishes, that I might eat the everlasting bread of our Father’s house, expressed by a present of the most incorruptible bread our earth affords. I should be glad to take the opportunity of Mr. Wesley’s stay at Salop, to thank you in person and eat with you the bread, the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, handed out by him; but I am obliged to set out to - day for Lady Huntingdon’s college, and shall not, I fear, be in Shropshire when Mr. Wesley comes.

If the Father of lights have drawn your soul in any warmer desires after the glorious sense of his love, and enabled you to sit down and count the cost, and give up fully whatever may have a tendency to keep you out of the delightful enjoyment of the pearl of great price, I shall rejoice greatly; for it is my hearty desire that all my Christian friends and I might grow up daily toward the measure of the full stature of Christ.

I return you my most affectionate thanks, madam, for your book, and for the franks you added to it. May you use all the promises of the Gospel, as franks from Jesus, to send momentary petitions to heaven. and may an unwearied faith be the diligent messenger!

What proved a disappointment to you was none to me, having been forced by many such disappointments to look for comfort in nothing but these comprehensive words, “Thy will be done!” A few more trials will convince you experimentally of the heavenly balm they contain to sweeten the pains and heal the wounds that crosses and afflictions may cause. We often improve more by one hour’s resignation than by a month’s reading; and when we can exercise neither gifts nor graces, one of the last is always excepted - patience; which is then worth all the rest. O let us make the best of our day, madam; - a day of grace - a Gospel day - a day of health - a precarious day of life! Let us believe, hope, love, obey, repent, spend and be spent for Him who hath loved us unto death.

Mr. M. said your portmanteau would go to - day; but whether it goes or stays, let neither wind nor tide keep us back from Jesus Christ. That his love may fill our hearts is the repeated wish of, dear madam, your unworthy friend and servant in Christ,

J. FLETCHER.

18. - TO THE REV. MR. CHARLES WESLEY.

MADELEY, Sept. 9, 1763.

MY DEAR SIR, - I see that we ought to learn continually to cast our burdens on the Lords who alone can bear them without fatigue and pain. If M - return, the Lord may correct his errors, and give him so to insist on the fruits of faith as to prevent Antinomianism. I believe him sincere; and