I had a part in the first resurrection, and was ’enlightened with the light of the living,’ Job xxxiii. 30.  I wished for a man of God with whom I might converse:  my soul was like the chariots of Aminidab, Canticles vi. 12.  These, among others, were the precious promises that were so powerfully applied to me:  ’All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive,’ Mat. xxi. 22.  ’Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you,’ John xiv. 27.  I saw the blessed Redeemer to be the fountain of life, and the well of salvation.  I experienced him all in all; he had brought me by a way that I knew not, and he had made crooked paths straight.  Then in his name I set up my Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto he hath helped me:  and could say to the sinners about me, Behold what a Saviour I have!  Thus I was, by the teaching of that all-glorious Deity, the great One in Three, and Three in One, confirmed in the truths of the bible, those oracles of everlasting truth, on which every soul living must stand or fall eternally, agreeable to Acts iv. 12.  ’Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved, but only Christ Jesus.’  May God give the reader a right understanding in these facts!  To him that believeth all things are possible, but to them that are unbelieving nothing is pure, Titus i. 15.  During this period we remained at Cadiz until our ship got laden.  We sailed about the fourth of November; and, having a good passage, we arrived in London the month following, to my comfort, with heartfelt gratitude to God for his rich and unspeakable mercies.  On my return I had but one text which puzzled me, or that the devil endeavoured to buffet me with, viz.  Rom. xi. 6. and, as I had heard of the Reverend Mr. Romaine, and his great knowledge in the scriptures, I wished much to hear him preach.  One day I went to Blackfriars church, and, to my great satisfaction and surprise, he preached from that very text.  He very clearly shewed the difference between human works and free election, which is according to God’s sovereign will and pleasure.  These glad tidings set me entirely at liberty, and I went out of the church rejoicing, seeing my spots were those of God’s children.  I went to Westminster Chapel, and saw some of my old friends, who were glad when they perceived the wonderful change that the Lord had wrought in me, particularly Mr. G——­ S——­, my worthy acquaintance, who was a man of a choice spirit, and had great zeal for the Lord’s service.  I enjoyed his correspondence till he died in the year 1784.  I was again examined at that same chapel, and was received into church fellowship amongst them:  I rejoiced in spirit, making melody in my heart to the God of all my mercies.  Now my whole wish was to be dissolved, and to be with Christ—­but, alas!  I must wait mine appointed time.

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