perfection being reserved for another World.
That there are any Beginnings, and that by you we hear of more, we earnestly desire our Hearts may be duly and thankfully affected therewith; praying the God of truth and Peace to uphold his Truth, and to shower down plentifully the Spirit of Love and Peace, that at the Lord is One, so his People may be One.
Your present Work, we are in some measure sensible of its Necessity and Weightiness: Wherefore our Prayers shall be for you, that the Lord whose Servants ye are, and whose work it is would be with you to counsel, encourage, strengthen and prosper you in it, as we crave your daily Prayers for these Infant Churches, that our God may vouchsafe his Spirit and Presence to us whose lot is cast in this Wilderness, having many Enemies to conflict withal from within as well as without; your Advice and brotherly Assistance we request, as we shall have Occasion and Opportunity to communicate our Affairs to you.
Lastly, the deep Sense we have of the extraordinary want of faithful and able Ministers to carry on the Lords Work in this dark Land, together with the daily Cries from many Places of People that are perishing for want of Bread, presseth us to renew our former Request to you for Help in this Day of our Necessity; and we are somewhat the more emboldened thereto, by the Apprehension we find you to have of our Condition, however for the present you find not how to help us.
⟨p. 172⟩•our great Plenty together with your Association, and nearness of Habitations making your Pastors and People as one, besides the Universities are with you, which (blessed be God) are well replenished with many gracious Plants, to whom your Unanimity will doubtless be a very great Encouragement to settle amongst you; whereas our distance from them, together with those sad Reports which are cast upon this Land, render us hopeless of any considerable Supply that way. These things we humbly offer as Motives to you for sparing some that may be helpful to us in this Day of our Extreme Necessity. And now, dear Brethren, most thankfully accepting your Love, we recommend your Persons, Labours and Flocks to the Care and Oversight of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Chief Shepherd and Bishop of our Souls, whose Grace be with you. Amen.
Your Brethren, unfeignedly loving you in the Lord, Sam. Winter. Tho. Hook, Ol.
perfection being reserved for another World.
That there are any Beginnings, and that by you we hear of more, we earnestly desire our Hearts may be duly and thankfully affected therewith; praying the God of truth and Peace to uphold his Truth, and to shower down plentifully the Spirit of Love and Peace, that at the Lord is One, so his People may be One.
Your present Work, we are in some measure sensible of its Necessity and Weightiness: Wherefore our Prayers shall be for you, that the Lord whose Servants ye are, and whose work it is would be with you to counsel, encourage, strengthen and prosper you in it, as we crave your daily Prayers for these Infant Churches, that our God may vouchsafe his Spirit and Presence to us whose lot is cast in this Wilderness, having many Enemies to conflict withal from within as well as without; your Advice and brotherly Assistance we request, as we shall have Occasion and Opportunity to communicate our Affairs to you.
Lastly, the deep Sense we have of the extraordinary want of faithful and able Ministers to carry on the Lords Work in this dark Land, together with the daily Cryes from many Places of People that are perishing for want of Bread, presseth us to renew our former Request to you for Help in this Day of our Necessity; and we are somewhat the more emboldned thereto, by the Appehension we find you to have of our Condition, however for the present you find not how to help us.
⟨p. 172⟩•our great Plenty together with your Association, and nearness of Habitations making your Pastors and People as one, besides the Universities are with you, which (blessed be God) are well replenished with many gracious Plants, to whom your Unamity will doubtless be a very great Encouragement to settle amongst you; whereas our distance from them, together with those sad Reports which are cast upon this Land, render us hopeless of any considerable Supply that way. These things we humbly offer as Motives to you for sparing some that may be helpful to us in this Day of our Extream Necessity. And now, dear Brethren, most thankfully accepting your Love, we recommend your Persons, Labours and Flocks to the Care and Oversight of our Lord Iesus Christ, who is the Chief Shepherd and Bishop of our Souls, whose Grace be with yeu. Amen.
Your Brethen, unfeignedly loving you in the Lord, Sam. Winter. Tho. Hook, Ol.
