# “My last Will and Testament” by John Newton

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- Published: 2015-01-15T12:00:44-06:00
- Author: tollelege

“I commit my soul to my gracious God and Saviour, who mercifully spared and preserved
me, when I was an apostate, a blasphemer, and an infidel, and delivered me from 
that state of misery on the coast of Africa into which my obstinate wickedness had
plunged me and who has been pleased to admit me (though most unworthy) to preach
His glorious Gospel.

I rely with humble confidence upon the atonement and mediation of the Lord Jesus
Christ, God and Man, which I have often proposed to others as the only Foundation
whereon a sinner can build His hope, trusting that He will guard and guide me through
the uncertain remainder of my life, and that He will then admit me into His presence
in His heavenly kingdom.”

–John Newton, [_The Works of the John Newton_,](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851519512?tag=toletaupanre-20)
Ed. Richard Cecil (London: Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1824), 1:90-91.

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## Comments

### By: Hope Turner

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2015/01/15/my-last-will-and-testament-by-john-newton/comment-page-1/#comment-8539
- Published: 2015-01-16T19:46:05-06:00

Amen.