loved us: fo that our love is the re"flex act of his love to us. And Mr. "HERVEY had great experience of "GOD's love to him, and therefore his "heart was full of love to GOD; and "out of the abundance of his heart his

"mouth fpake.

There was fuch a

"fweetnefs of heart-love upon his

tongue, that he used to speak of the "love of the adorable REDEEMER, like "one who had feen him face to face in "the fulness of his glory. He would, "with all the power of language and "dignity of fentiment, fpeak for a long "time together in praife of the ever"bleffed SAVIOUR.

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But you might

❝ he had not said enough, and what he "had faid fell far below his LORD'S me"rit. But ftill he would try again,

"and indeed was never weary. You

"could not hear him fpeak for any "time upon this his favourite fubject,

"without being convinced that he felt "what he faid; and if you had any "love of God, when you went into his converfation would

"his company, "inflame it. He had an excellency, " which I never faw to fo great a de66 gree in any other perfon. He never

let an opportunity flip of fpeaking of "the love of CHRIST. He would take

"occafion from the moft common in❝cident, and yet it would not appear "forced: for he had a wonderful ta"lent at fpiritualizing and improving "whatever happened about him; by

"which means he hindered the conver"fation from turning upon trifling "matters, and, at the fame time, kept

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with fpirit and usefulness. Ha

ving fet the LORD always before him, "he faw the love of GoD in every

"thing, and therefore it is not to be "wondered that all objects and events "should give him occafion to speak of

"more useful, and would fpeak with ઃઃ great concern and uneafinefs of his "not being able to preach oftener, and σε to do more for CHRIST. In the pul

pit he was fervent and earneft with

"his people, and would often exert "himself beyond his ftrength: for he'

preached the great doctrines of falva

tion as one who had experienced the

power of them. It was manifeft to

"all who heard him, that he felt what "he fpake. And when we fpeak what' "we know, and teftify what we have "feen, then GOD bleffes this experi"mental preaching. He puts a divine

power and energy into it, and ren

"ders it effectual to awaken finners, to "comfort them that mourn for fin,

"and to edify and build up the faith"ful. Mr. HERVEY had many happy "proofs of the usefulness of his preach"ing for each of thefe purpofcs, and "therefore he did not think it enough "to preach once a-week on the LORD'S "day, but he fet up a weekly lecture at “ WESTON-FAVELL, which was very "well attended, and was bleffed to ma

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ny of his neighbours, who will be his

glory and crown of rejoicing in the

"prefence of the LORD JESUS CHRIST,

"at his coming.