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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Letter: Mr. Knollys's last Legacy to the Church, written a little before his Death.
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.
Another thing very commendable in this Church, is the Charity, which they have added to their Brotherly kindness, 2 Pet. 1.7. It was great Brotherly kindness, which was manifested to the Church, by those Brethren who looked out our Meeting-House, and prepared it for us as it now is: And unto this, many of our Brethren and Sisters, have added their Charity in a free and very liberal Collection and Contribution, given into the Trustees of the Fund: And I hope they will be ready to do the like again, when the like Necessities call for it. Read I pray you the 8th. and 9th. Chapters of ⟨p. 47⟩the second Epistle unto the Church of Corinth: All this, and much more, are the Riches of Grace, which God hath freely given by our Lord Jesus Christ, unto this Church for his own Glory.
Another thing very commendable in this Church, is the Charity, which they have added to their Brotherly kindness, 2 Pet. 1.7. It was great Brotherly kindness, which was manifested to the Church, by those Brethren who lookt out our Meeting-House, and prepared it for us as it now is: And unto this, many of our Brethren and Sisters, have added their Charity in a free and very liberal Collection and Contribution, given into the Trustees of the Fund: And I hope they will be ready to do the like again, when the like Necessities call for it. Read I pray you the 8th. and 9th. Chapters of ⟨p. 47⟩the second Epistle unto the Church of Corinth: All this, and much more, are the Riches of Grace, which God hath freely given by our Lord Jesus Christ, unto this Church for his own Glory.
Nevertheless, I must in Love and Faithfulness to your precious and gracious Souls, (holy and beloved,) tell you of some things, not to shame you, (for I my self am found guilty as well as you, and more than some of you,) but to warn you, and to counsel you, (as a Father doth his Children,) and they are these.