A57970:1354
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.
yet, Madam, it is safe for you to live upon the faith of his love, whose arrows are over-watered & pointed with love & mercy to his own, & who knoweth how to take you & yours out of the roll & book of the dead. Our Lord hath not the eyes of flesh in distributing wrath to the thousand generation without exception. Seeing ye are not under the Law, but under Grace & married to another husband: Wrath is not the Court that ye are liable to. As I would not wish, neither do I believe, your La: doeth despise; so neither faint: read & spell aright all the words & syllables in the visitation, & miscall neither letter nor syllable in it. Come along with the Lord, & see, & lay no more weight upon the Law then your Christ hath laid upon it: If the Law's bill get an answer from Christ, the curses of it can do no more: And I hope ye have resolved that if he should grind you to powder, your dust & powder shall believe his salvation: And who can tell what thoughts of love & peace our Lord hath to your children? I trust he shall make them famous in executing the written judgements upon the enemies of the Lord, this honour have all his saints, Psal. 149: 9. & that they shall bear stones on their shoulders, for building that city that is called, Ezek. 46: 35. The Lord is there: & happy shall they be who have a hand in the sacking of Babel, & come out in the year of vengeance for the controversy of Zion, against the land of graven images. Therefore, Madam, let the Lord make out of your father's house any work, even of judgement, that he pleaseth: What i• wrath to others, is mercy to you & your house. It is Faith's work to claim and challenge loving kindness out of all the roughest strokes of God. Do that for the Lord, which ye will do ⟨p. 517⟩for time; time will calm your heart at that which God hath done, & let our Lord have it now. What love ye did bear to friends now dead, seeing they stand now in no need of it, let it fall as just legacy to Christ. O how sweet to put out many strange lovers, & to put in Christ! It is much for our half-slain affections to part with that which we believe we have right unto; but the servant's will should be our will, & he is the best servant who retaineth least of his own will & most of his Master's.
yet, Madam, it is safe for you to live upon the faith of his love, whose arrows are over-watered & pointed with love & mercy to his own, & who knoweth how to take you & yours out of the roll & book of the dead. Our Lord hath not the eyes of flesh in distributing wrath to the thousand generation without exception. Seeing ye are not under the Law, but under Grace & married to another husband: Wrath is not the Court that ye are liable to. As I would not wish, neither doe I beleeve, your La: doeth despise; so neither faint: read & spell aright all the words & syllabes in the visitation, & miscall neither letter nor syllabe in it. Come along with the Lord, & see, & lay no more weight upon the Law then your Christ hath laid upon it: If the Law's bill get an answer from Christ, the curses of it can doe no more: And I hope ye have resolved that if he should grind you to powder, your dust & powder shall beleeve his salvation: And who can tell what thoughts of love & peace our Lord hath to your children? I trust he shall make them famous in excuting the written judgements upon the enemies of the Lord, this honour have all his saints,