To his very much Efteemed Friend, the Rev. Mr. C. BLAKE I DEAR FRIEND, you Am very fure that nothing can be unacceptable to you, which tends to the promoting of religion, and reviving the decayed fpirit of piety. I know with how much compaffion and concern behold the prophaneness of the prefent age, how vigorously you oppose it, and how truly and fincerely you mourn for it. And therefore I could not tell to whom I should rather dedicate these papers than to you, by whom I know they will be kindly received, if for no other reason, yet for this, that they were well and honestly defigned, and aim at a great and noble end. A 4 I do I do not intend to make a long epiftle, but only to let you fee, by these few rude lines, that where-ever I am, or whatever I am doing, you are still in my thoughts; and more especially then, when I am engaged in any religious work, it being almost impoffible to think of religion, and not to think of you who are fo nearly related to her. But I hate any thing that looks like flattery, efpecially between friends; and therefore I fhall add no more, but what I can add with a great deal of fincerity, that I wish you all the happiness both of this and another world, and that I fhall always rejoice, when I can meet with an opportunity, of fhewing you how much I am Your faithful Friend, and bumble Servant. W. DAWE S. THE |