“At prayer with some friends, the Lord applied powerfully to my heart, ‘Go and sin no more!’ Now the Lord has answered for himself. I believe it is his will, that from this moment I should sin no more! and that I should have such a faith, as never to depart from Christ in thought, word, or deed; that so, being inseparably one with him I should walk in the spirit, and sing and praise him evermore! Angels praise my Saviour!” “_1757. Sunday._ All the day I was happy in my Lord, rejoicing in confidence that he would save me eternally. I could pray, and love, and weep.” “It was a day of great blessing, and of great trials. I came home through much snow and rain. But it was all sweet with Christ. I called on the strong for strength; and after meditation, lay down in peace.” “_Thursday._ I employed all the day in reading the _Hebrew_ and _Greek_ scriptures, save some time which I spent in endeavouring to convince a man, that there is salvation for a person though he does not make use of the church liturgy.” “With a heart full of matter, I preached on _Ephesians vi. 11._ I could truly say, that the law of thy mouth is dearer unto me, than thousands of gold and silver.” “At dinner my soul was sweetly drawn out after God, I felt such an assurance of eternal salvation, as I never had before; not with such clearness of evidence.” “I felt great love to all mankind. My soul pleaded with God in their behalf. O Jesus hasten thy kingdom. Come and put a period to sin and misery! O my God, suffer not a vain thought to live in me. I never can rest till Jesus has poured his humble, pure, and happy mind into my soul. For some moments I did taste of the felicity of heaven; but thro’ pain and unbelief it was of short continuance.” “_Friday._ It being the public fast. I preached on Isaiah lviii. 3. It was a day of feasting to my soul. With great delight I rested in my God. And it seemed to me, that the people of God were not yet to suffer. Hereafter it will be; but at present, the grand controversy is with antichrist.¹ Jesus will avenge the quarrel of his covenant.” ¹ For some considerable time before, and during great part of his last sickness, his thoughts entered deeply, into the prophecies of _Daniel_ and the _Revelation_. He calculated the times with great exactness, and spared no labour and pains, to be fully informed concerning the great things which those passages teach still await the world. In short he was rapt up in those future scenes, _hastening to the coming of the Son of_ God, in his kingdom of grace and glory. His opinion was, that great and amazing things were at the door, and he has frequently said to a young man, “My brother if you live to the years of a man (meaning three score and ten) you shall see these things.”