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To an Unidentified Man (August 6, 1759)
To an Unidentified
Man
Everton
August 6, 1759
Dear Sir,
August 6, 1759
Dear Sir,
170In the Minutes of the Conference we observe <that 'poring> too much upon our inbred sin' may bring <us 'under a> kind of bondage',
1See Disciplinary Minutes, June 17, 1747, Q. 22, 10:805–6 in this edn.
that
is, when we fix, as it were, both eyes of the mind upon it,
whereas one only should be fixed upon this, and the other constantly upon Christ. One
with whom I was speaking a day or two ago, who seems to be entered into rest, by looking
at sin alone had lost all her joy and peace, and almost her
faith, and was like a condemned unbeliever; while her friend (whom I j<udge to> be
higher in grace than her) only felt an ine<xpress>ible want and emptiness (yet
consistent with peace as well as with love) till she was filled with the fullness of
God. O tread in her steps! Be simple, little, nothing; yet be loved of God, yet a member
of Christ, a child of God, an heir of all his promises!
Be still, <and know that> he 171is God!
2See
Ps. 46:10
.
Obmutesce, pulvis et cinis.3'Be silent, dust and ashes.'
<…>
Και γενήσεται γαλήνη ἡ μεγάλη
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