A57970:1450
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 the worthy & much honoured Colonel G. KER. (57)
To the worthy & much honoured Collonel G. KER. (57)
Much honoured & truly worthy.
Much honoured & truely worthy.
I hope I shall not need to show you that ye are in greater hazard from yourself and your own spirit, which would be watched over [that your actings for God may be clean, spiritual, purely for God, for the Prince of the Kings of the earth] then ye can be in danger from your enemies. O how hard is it to get the intentions so cut off from, and raised above the creature, as to be without mixture of creature and carnal-interests, & to have the soul in heavenly actings only, only eyeing himself and acting from love to God revealed to us in Jesus Christ! Ye will find your self, your delights, your solid glory [far above the air & breathings of mouths, & the thin, short, poor applauses of men] before you in God. All the creatures, all the swords, all the hosts in Britain and in this poor glob of the habitable world, are but under ⟨p. 552⟩him single ciphers making no number, the product being nothing, & but painted men & painted swords in a brod, without influence from him: And O what of God is in Gideon's sword when it is the sword of the Lord! I wish a sword from heaven to you, & orders from heaven to you to go out, & as much peremptoriness of a heavenly will, as to say & abide by it, I will not, I shall not go out, except thou go with me. I desire not to be rash in judging, but I am a stranger to the mind of Christ, If our Adversaries who have unjustly invaded us be not now in the camp of these that make war with the Lamb; but the lamb shall overcome them at length, for he is the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, & they who are with him are called & chosen & faithful: & though ye & I see but the dark side of God's dispensations this day towards Britain, yet the fair beautiful & desirable close of it must be the confederacy of the nations of the world with Britain's Lord of Armies: & let me die in the comforts of the faith of i, that a throne shall be set up for Christ in this Island of great Britain [which is & shall be a garden more fruitful of trees of righteousness, & payeth & shall pay moe thousands to the Lord of the vineyard then is paid in thrice the bounds of great Britain upon the earth] And then there can be neither Papist, Prelate, Cavalier, Malignant, nor Sectary who dare draw a sword against him, that sitteth upon the throne.