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by William Romaine

Letter VIII

Lambeth, April 17, 1764

My Dear Friend: — I have just now received your letter, and thank you for the kindness you express in it to me. I am pretty well in health, and loaded with benefits — nothing but mercy, rich mercy, every day. All the dealings of my most precious Jesus with my soul are grace and love. He not only promises, and by faith makes me rely upon him for heaven, but now, even now, I am as it were in heaven; for I live upon his heavenly blessings. Vile and base as I am, yet he lets me approach him, and converse with him freely. He vouchsafes to admit me into fellowship with him, and he opens his treasures and says, “All these are thine; I bought them for thee with the price of my blood, but I give them to thee as a free gift. Take this for the earnest — accept this for the pledge of all the rest; and all mine are thine.”

Yes, Lord, I believe it: on thy word do I trust, .and I rely upon thy faithfulness to make it good to me. I desire to glorify thee amidst all my wants, and sins, and miseries, by living out of myself upon thine infinite fullnevss. Empty me still more, blessed Lord! be daily emptying me more, that I may be capable of holding more of thy good things. What do you think of this? is it not heaven begun? What is heaven but the perfection of this life of grace? Believers now live with Christ: they now live upon Christ. Christ is their all; for the life which they now live in the flesh, they live by the faith of the Son of God; and what a blessed life this is I have in some small degree experienced; and what the Lord has taught me I have endeavored to set forth, and make public, for his glory, and the comfort of weak believers. The little book is finished. May my ever dear Jesus shine upon every page as you read it, and strengthen your faith, and warm your heart with his heavenly love! I beg your prayers for a blessing on this book: I beseech you do not forget it, for your own sakes and mine, and all the household of faith. To Jesus’ love I commend you and Mr.; and am, by many

ties, your servant in the Gospel,

W. R.

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