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gation, more than an handful of Gentry, I earnestly besought them not to " receive the grace of God in vain. " The next even- ing I applied part of the thirteenth chapter ofthe First Epistle Nov. 1775.1 59 to the Corinthians. Many were shaken when they weighed themselves in that balance. May we not be found wanting in that day! Thur. 23. About noon I preached at Cranbrook, and in the evening at Staplehurst. Friday, 24. I preached at Sevenoaks, and on Saturday returned to London. In some of my late little journeys I read Mr. Wraxal's Travels, in which are several ingenious remarks. But the account he gives of Count Struenzee is a mistake, from begin- ning to end. Struenzee was as bad a man as most that ever lived. He caused many horrid abuses ; but never reformed, or desired to reform, one. And there was abundant proof of the crime for which he suffered : Therefore, the behaviour of King Georgewas exactly right. Mon. 27. I set out for Norwich. That evening I preached at Colchester ; Tuesday, at Norwich ; Wednesday, at Yarmouth. About this time I published the following letter in Lloyd's "Evening Post : " " I HAVE been seriously asked, ' From what motive did you publish your Calm Address to the American Colonies ?' " I seriously answer, Not to get money. Had that been my motive, I should have swelled it into a shilling pamphlet, and have entered it at Stationers' Hall. "Not to get preferment for myself, or my brother's children. I am a little too old to gape after it for myself: And if my bro- ther or I sought it for them, we have only to show them to the world. " Not to please anyman living, high or low. I know man- kind too well. I know they that love you for political service, love you less than their dinner ; and they that hate you, hate you worse than the devil. " Least of all did I write with a view to inflame any: Just the contrary. I contributed my mite toward putting out the flame which rages all over the land. This I have more oppor- tunity of observing than any other man in England. I see with pain to what an height this already rises, in every part of the