And O, sir, what a Saviour I have found! He is more than I could ask or desire.

In his fulness I have found all that my poverty could need; in his bosom I have found a resting- place from all sin and sorrow; in his Word I have found strength against doubt and unbelief." "Were you not soon convinced," I said, "that your salvation must be an act of entire grace on the part of God, wholly independent of your own previous works or deservings ?" "Dear sir, what were my works before I heard that sermon, but evil, carnal, selfish, and ungodly?
The thoughts of my heart, from my youth upward, were only evil, and that continually.

And my deservings, what were they but the deservings of a fallen, depraved, careless soul, that regarded neither law nor gospel?
Yes, sir, I immediately saw that, if ever I were saved, it must be by the free mercy of God, and that the whole praise and honour of the work would be his from first to last." "What change did you perceive in yourself with respect to the world ?" "It appeared all vanity and vexation of spirit.

I found it necessary to my peace of mind to come out from among them and be separate.

I gave myself to prayer; and many a happy hour of secret delight I enjoyed in communion with God.