A57970:1232
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. (17)
MADAM.
I Determined & was desirous also to have seen your La: but because of a pain in my arm I could not: I know ye will not impute it to any unsuitable forgetfulness of your La: from whom at my first entry to my calling in this country, & since also, I received such comfort in my affliction, as I trust in God, never to forget it, & shall labour by his grace to recompense it the only way possible to me, & that is, by presenting your soul, person, house & all your necessities, in prayer, to him (whose I hope ye are, &) who is able to keep you till that day of appearance, & to present you before his face with joy. I am confident your La: is going forward in the begun journey to your Lord & father's home & Kingdom; howbeit ye want not temptations within & without: And who among the saints hath ever taken that castle without stroke of sword? The chief of the house, our elder brother our Lord Jesus, not being excepted, who won his own house & home, due to him by birth, with much blood & many blows. Your La: hath the more need to look to your self, because our Lord hath placed you ⟨p. 461⟩higher then the rest, and your way to heaven lieth through a more wild and waste wilderness then the way of many of your fellow-travellers, not only through the midst of this wood of thorns The cumbersome world, but also through these dangerous paths The vain glory of it: The consideration whereof hath often moved me to pity your soul, & the soul of your worthy & noble husband: And it is more to you to win heaven, being ships of greater burden, and in the main sea, then for little vessels that are not so much in the mercy and reverence of the storms, because they may come quietly to their port by launching alongst the coast: For the which cause ye do much, if in the midst of such a tumult of business, & crowd of temptations, ye shall give Christ Jesus his own court & his own due place in your soul. I know & am persuaded that, that lovely one Jesus is dearer to you then many Kingdom, and that ye esteem him your well beloved and the standard-bearer among ten thousand