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The life and death of that old disciple of Jesus Christ and eminent minister…
The life and death of that old disciple of Jesus Christ and eminent minister of the Gospel Mr. Hanserd Knollys who dyed in the ninety third year of his age written with his own hand to the year 1672 ; and continued in general in an epistle by Mr. William Kiffin.
London: printed for John Harris, 1692
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Letter: Mr. Knollys's last Legacy to the Church, written a little before his Death.
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Mr. Knollys's last Legacy to the Church, written a little before his Death.
To the Church whereof I am Pastor, Grace, Love, and Peace, by Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour, Amen.
Holy Brethren, Partakers of the Heavenly Calling, I not being able to Preach any more unto you, do take liberty by writing to give you this as my last Counsel, and I hope the whole Church will seriously consider what I have written, as the last words of your very aged Pastor, whose departure, as I hope, is at hand.
HOly Brethren, Partakers of the Heavenly Calling, I not being able to Preach any more unto you, do take liberty by writing to give you this as my last Counsel, and I hope the whole Church will seriously consider what I have written, as the last words of your very aged Pastor, whose departure, as I hope, is at hand.
First of all, I do humbly beseech my Reverend and Beloved Brother Steed, for Christs sake, that the fervent Love to the Church, and the watchful Care over the particular Members of it, Expressed and Published in his little Epistle touching Singing, may be revived; and also that the Brotherly Love of the Ministering Brethren, and likewise of all my beloved Brethren, who are helps in Government, may be stirred up to Help, to Assist, to provoke the rest unto good Works,