253. To _Mr. George Gillespie_.--Christ the True Gain, 497 254. To _Mr. Robert Blair_.--Personal Unworthiness--God's Grace--Prayer for Others, 498 255. To _Lady Carleton_.--Submission to God's Will--Wonders in the Love of Christ--No debt to the World, 500 256. To _William Rigge of Athernie_.--The Law--Grace--Chalking out Providences for ourselves--Prescribing to His Love, 501 257. To _Lady Graighall_.--The Comforts of Christ's Cross-- Desires for Christ, 503 258. To _Lord Loudon_.--The Wisdom of adhering to Christ's Cause, 504 259. To _David Dickson_.--Danger of Worldly Ease--Personal Occurrences, 507 260. To _Alexander Gordon of Earlston_.--All Crosses Well Ordered--Providences, 508 261. To _Lady Kilconquhair_.--The Kingdom to be taken by Violence, 510 262. To _Robert Lennox of Disdove_.--Increasing Experience of Christ's Love--Salvation to be made sure, 512 263. To_ Marion M'Naught_.--Hope in Trial--Prayer and Watchfulness, 513 264. To _Thomas Corbet_.--Godly Counsels--Following Christ, 514 265. To _Mr. George Dunbar, Minister of the Gospel_.--Christ's Love in Affliction--The Saint's Support and Final Victory, 515 266. To _John Fleming, Bailie of Leith_.--Comfort Abounding under Trials, 517 267. To _William Glendinning, Bailie of Kirkcudbright_.--The Past and the Future--Present Happiness, 517 268. To _the Earl of Cassillus_.--Anxiety for the Prosperity of Zion--Encouragement for the Nobles to Support it--The Vanity of this World, and the Folly and Misery of forsaking Christ--The One Way to Heaven, 519 269. To _his Parishioners at Anwoth_.--Exhortationn to abide in the Truth, in prospect of Christ's Coming-- Scriptural Mode of Observing Ordinanaces such as the Sabbath, Family Prayer, and the Lord's Supper-- Judgments Anticipated, 521 270. To _Lady Busbie_.--His Experience of Christ's Love--State of the Land and Church--Christ not duly Esteemed-- Desire after Him, and for a Revival, 524 271. To _Earlston, Younger_.--Prosperity under the Cross--Need of Security, and being founded on Christ, 526