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and I am called a false witness concerning you in this matter of importance. Therefore I should be glad, if you think it not too troublesome, that you would give me a line or two upon that subject, to prove that you do so believe, and did expressly assert it; and then you will greatly oblige

Your humble Servant and Well-wisher,

(As far as you go in the truth, and no farther)

Godalming, June 8, 1790.

SAMUEL CROUCH.

P. S. I hope you will back your answer to me with portions of holy scripture, for conviction of the truth. I shall be obliged to you, if you will suit it to answer me in a few days on this matter. Farewel.

LETTER XLII.

To Mr. SAMUEL CROUCH, Godalming Surry.

DEAR FRIEND,

CANNOT now remember particularly every word that dropped from my lips in the discourse to

Holy One of Israel, He is God upon his He laid the foundaheavens are the work

which you allude; but, I believe, you heard nothing from my mouth but what was proved by plain scripture proofs. That our Lord Jesus Christ is the self-existent and eternal God, is a truth that can never be denied. He is the beginning and the ending, the first and the last, the Almighty, Rev. i. 8. The mighty God, Isa. ix. 6. He is the Lord Jehovah, the and his Maker, Isa. xlv. 11. throne for ever and ever. tions of the earth, and the of his hands, Heb. i. 8, 10. He is the Lord of Hosts, the King of glory, the Lord mighty in battle, Psalm xxiv. 8—10. "The true God and eternal life," 1 John v. 20. These incommunicable names and titles can be given to none but to him whose name alone is Jehovah, and who is the Most High over all the earth, Psalm lxxxiii. 18. Jehovah will never give his glory to a creature, nor his praise to graven images. It was the spirit of Christ that preached in all the prophets: it was he that declared the righteousness of the gospel, by Noah, to the spirits that are now in the prison of hell, 1 Pet. iii. 18—20. "Who hath declared this from ancient time? Who hath told it from that time? have not I, the Lord? And there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be saved, all ye ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my

mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall This is the God that hath saved my soul, and the God that, I hope, will save my dear friends at Godalming. He is a just God and a Saviour: there is none else; there is no God to the exclusion of him. "Whosoever denieth the

Son, hath not the Father; but he that acknowledgeth the Son, hath the Father also," 1 John ii. 23. This is our God, and he is the God of our salvation: there is no Saviour besides him, for there is salvation in no other name. There is no God besides him; there is no God to the exclusion of him, for he and his Father are one. Israel's God is one Lord: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, are one, 1 John v. 7. When the Father draws your soul to Christ, John vi. 44; and you receive grace for grace from the fulness of Christ, John i. 16; and the Holy Ghost operates on your heart as a Comforter, guiding you into all truth, and bearing witness with your spirit; then you will know what Paul means, when he says, "That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the ac'knowledgment of the mystery of God, [the Holy Ghost] and of the Father, and of Christ," Coloss. ii. 2. Has the anointing taught you all things? then, even as he hath taught you, you shall abide in him, 1 John ii. 27. And, if the Spirit teaches you all things, "Let that which you have heard

of him abide in you, and ye shall continue in the Son, and in the Father."

These are things so plain, that he who runs may read them: they are the oracles of God; not a jot or tittle shall ever pass away. The scriptures cannot be broken; the scriptures of truth cannot deceive. He that denies these things, errs, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. But I hope better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though I thus write; and therefore conclude, wishing you the heart-felt experience, and the soul-satisfying enjoyment, of the greatest and sweetest benediction that ever was dropped from heaven; namely, "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all!" Amen, and Amen! says

Your willing and affectionate

Friend and servant,

W. H.

LETTER XLIII.

To the Rev. MR. HUNTINGTON.

REVEREND SIR,

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ACCEPT these few lines from a stranger to your person, but not a stranger to some of your writings; such as, your Kingdom of Heaven taken by prayer,' Bank of Faith,' Arminian Skeleton, and, 'The Rule and the Riddle.' And I love them all very much, because you prove them from the scriptures of truth. Yet, you seem to be of a different opinion from some divine writers upon one particular matter relating to regeneration, which is the principal occasion of my writing to you. You seem to think that no person can be brought into the light of the gospel from a state of sin and wretchedness, but by severe convictions, or a terrible law-work upon their consciences: but some divine writers say, that God often draws sinners by the cords of love, which is the state of your sincere supplicant at this time, or the devil, with his sophistical train, is deceiving him. But I will give you a description of my state; and your opinion, in answer to this, how my soul stands with God, will be gratefully accepted.

I am an inhabitant of Trowbridge, in Wiltshire; have sat constantly under the word for about eleven

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