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Christian letters full of spiritual instructions tending to the promoting of the power of…
Christian letters full of spiritual instructions tending to the promoting of the power of godliness, both in person and families.
London : Printed for and sold by Nevil Simmons and Dorman Newman, 1673
CHRISTIAN LETTERS, Full of SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTIONS, Tending To the P… › Letter 37: LETTER XXXVII.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
LETTER XXXVII.
Dear Cousins,
Though you are removed far from me, out of my sight, and the Seas as a great Gulf are fixed betwixt you and me; yet my Prayers follow you, and my good wishes for your present and everlasting welfare, like the wings of a Dove, take speedy flight. I look upon my self, now God hath removed my Brother, to be as in the room of a Father to you, yea and of a Mother too; for I know you have but little help from her.
THough you are removed far from me, out of my sight, and the Seas as a great Gulf are fixed betwixt you and me; yet my Prayers follow you, and my good wishes for your present and everlasting welfare, like the wings of a Dove, take speedy flight. I look upon my self, now God hath removed my Brother, to be as in the room of a Father to you, yea and of a Mother too; for I know you have but little help from her.
My Dear Niece, my heart is careful for you; and therefore I cannot cease, while I am in being in this World, to warn and admonish you, as my Children, and to call upon you in the Name of the Eternal God, to awaken your selves with all Godly fear and holy diligence, lest by any means you should come short of the glory of God.