To John Bennet June 1750 You do entirely right in speaking your mind freely. To keep anything back is indeed to poison our own soul. It was chiefly this the being close, the not speaking your mind which had wellnigh overthrown you. If you had opened yourself at the beginning either to - or any other things would not have gone so far. But it is the artifice of the devil to make us disaffected to those very persons who might be of the greatest use to our soul. It is a great blessing that you are thus far delivered. But you are not beyond the danger of a relapse nor will you be (I fear) till you are farther from home. It is not good (no, not for your body) to be so long in one place. I believe it would help you every way, for a while either to change with - or come to London. Write freely. Peace be with you. Adieu.