These, sir, are some of the things which the Almighty has revealed, and what is revealed belongs to us; and we are commanded to proclaim upon the house-tops what he hath spoken to us in secret. And why shouldst thou be offended at the faithfulness of another man's servant? If these

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things are any parts of the counsel of God, they must be declared, otherwise we cannot acquit ourselves as Paul did, who had not shunned to declare the whole of his counsel. These absolute wills and shalls are fixtures that will never be moved. God is of one mind, and none can turn him. The word is gone out of his mouth in righ

teousness, and his counsel shall stand, and he will do all his pleasure. He will, at the great day of accounts, bring forth his righteousness as the light, and his just dealings as the noon-day. Let God be true, but every man a liar.

W. H.

P. S. You see, sir, I have found out another name for you, besides that of Universalist.

LETTER XLVI.

To the Rev. Mr. HUNTINGTON,

REVEREND FATHER IN CHRIST JESUS,

I HAVE, first, to beg you will not be offended at my not writing before, as it was not in my power; and, secondly, to thank you kindly for your letter, &c. which gave me great comfort: for which I am both grateful and thankful; and may the Lord reward you a thousand fold in the world to come, for in this world there is nothing worth wishing for. I bless God, I am enabled to look on it, and every thing in it, as dross. This must

be from the Lord, for never was there any one that loved it better, nor ever entered with more willingness into all its fooleries, than I have done.

Dear sir, I am greatly comforted every time I hear you. The Lord is pleased to make you, sir, a messenger of many joyful tidings to my soul. You tell us, that we must have a change of heart, and be spiritually circumcised. This the Lord is daily doing for me: for I can tell you, dear sir, with truth and great joy, that I could not now be happy with the same people, nor the same amusements, as usual; nor could I, as I have done often, (to my shame I speak it) be a day without prayer. I never, till now, thought of calling myself to an account for trifles: if I did not commit any capital crime, I thought it was all well. I used to go to confession, get absolution, and come away quite satisfied that I had done my duty: but, blessed be God, I can now say that the Lord has imbittered these things to me; and I trust, this springs from the change of heart you speak of.

You ask me, sir, if it is true that, in my great distress, I contributed to procure my father's release from purgatory? You have been informed true as to the thing, but wrong as to the time. In my distress, it was not in my power to have raised five pence, much less five shillings; which was the sum I gave to the priest, and likewise three shillings for myself; and was fool enough, at that time, to believe I was right. This hap