A57970:1172
Joshua Redivivus, or Mr. Rutherford's Letters
Joshua redivivus, or, Mr. Rutherford's letters divided into two parts, the first, containing these which were written from Aberdeen, where he was confined by a sentence of the high commission ... partly on account of his non-conformance : the second, containing some which were written from Anwoth ... / now published for the use of all the people of God ... by a well-wisher to the work & people of God.Joshua redivivus, or, Mr. Rutherfoord's letters divided into two parts, the first, containing these which were written from Aberdeen, where he was confined by a sentence of the high commission ... partly on account of his non-conformance : the second, containing some which were written from Anwoth ... / now published for the use of all the people of God ... by a wellwisher to the work & people of God.
Rotterdam? : s.n., 1664
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.
To my Lady KENMURE. (5.)
MADAM..
Saluting you in Jesus Christ, to my grief I must bid you [[…] may be] for ever farewell in paper, having small assurance […]. to see your face again, till the last general Assembly, where the whole church universal shall meet: Yet promising by his grace to present your La: & your burdens to him who is able to save you & give you an inheritance with the saints, after a more special manner then ever I have done before. Ye are going to a country where the Sun of righteousness in the Gospel shineth not so clearly as in this Kingdom; but if ye would know where he whom your soul loveth doeth rest & where he feedeth at the noon-tide of the day, where ever ye be, get you forth by the footsteps of the stock & feed your self beside the shepherds tents. Cant. 1, 7. that is, ask for some of the watchmen of the Lord's city, who will tell you truly, & will not lye, where ye shall find him whom your soul loveth. I trust ye are so betrothed in marriage to the true Christ, that ye will not give your love to any false Christ: Ye know not how soon your marriage-day will come, nay, is not Eternity hard upon you? It were time then that ye had your wedding garment in readiness, be not sleeping at your Lord's coming: I pray God, ye may be upon your feet standing when he knocketh. Be not discouraged to go from this country to another part of the Lord's earth, the earth is his & the fullness thereof, Psal. 24, 1. This is the Lord's lower house, while we are lodged here we have no assurance to lie ever in one chamber, but must be content to remove from one corner of our Lord's nether-house to another, resting in hope, that when we come up to the Lord's upper city, Jerusalem that is above, we shall remove no more; because then we shall be at home. And go wheresoever ye will, if your Lord go with you, ye are at home, & your lodging is ever taken before night, so long as he who is Israel's dwelling house is your home,