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next evening, Friday, 19, met the Committee at the Foundery. Wed. 24.-I read Mr. Jenyns's admired tract, on the " Inter- nal Evidence of the Christian Religion." He is undoubtedly a fine writer ; but whether he is a Christian, Deist, or Atheist, I cannot tell. If he is a Christian, he betrays his own cause by averring, that " all Scripture is not given by inspiration of God; but the writers of it were sometimes left to them- selves, and consequently made some mistakes." Nay, if there be any mistakes in the Bible, there may as well be a thousand. If there be one falsehood in that book, it did not come from the God of truth. Sun. 28.-Perceiving the immense hurt which it had done, I spoke more strongly than ever I had done before, on the sin and danger of indulging " itching ears." I trust, here at least, that plague will be stayed. Fri. AUGUST 2.-We made our first subscription toward building a new chapel ; and at this, and the two following meetings, above a thousand pounds were cheerfully subscribed. Sun. 4. Many of the Preachers being come to town, I "Let enforced that solemn caution, in the Epistle for the day, him that standeth take heed lest he fall. " And God applied it to many hearts. In the afternoon I preached in Moorfields to thousands, on Acts ii. 32, " This Jesus hathGod raised up, whereof we all are witnesses." Tues. 6. Our Conference began, and ended on Friday, 9, which we observed with fasting and prayer, as well for our own nation as for our brethren in America. In several Conferences, we have had great love and unity ; but in this there was, over and above, such a general seriousness and solemnity of spirit as we scarcely have had before. Sunday, 11. About half anhour after four I set out ; and at half an hour after eleven on Mon- day, came to Bristol. I found Mr. Fletcher a little better, and proposed his taking a journey with me to Cornwall ; nothing being so likely to Aug. 1776. ] 83 restore his health, as a journey of four or five hundred miles ; but his Physician would in nowise consent ; so I gave up the point. Tues. 13.-I preached at Taunton, and afterwards went