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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
Part 1 › Letter 38: To the right honourable my Lord LINDSAY. (38)
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 right honourable my Lord LINDSAY. (38)
Right honourable & my very good Lord.
Grace, mercy & peace be to your Lo: Pardon my boldness to express my self to your Lo: At this so needful a time, when your wearied & friendless mother-kirk is looking round about her, to see if any of her sons doeth really bemoan her desolation: Therefore, my dear & worthy Lord, I beseech you in the bowels of Christ, pity that widow-like sister & spouse of Christ. I know, her husband i• not dead, but he seemeth to be in another country, & seeth well & beholdeth who are his true & tender hearted friends, who dare venture under the water to bring out to dry land sinking truth, & who of the Nobles will cast up their arm to ward a blow off the crowned head of our Royal law-giver who reigneth in Zion, who will plead & contend for Jacob in the day of his controversy. It i• now time, my worthy & noble Lord, for you who are the little nurse-fathers (under our Sovereign Prince] to put on courage ⟨p. 86⟩for the Lord Jesus, & to take up a fallen orphan speaking out of the dust, & to embrace in your arms Christ's Bride: he hath no more in Scotland that is the delight of his eyes, but that one little sister, whose breasts were once well fashioned; She once ravished her well beloved with her eyes, and overcame him with her beauty; She looked forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, terrible as an army with banners; Her stature was like the palm-tree, and her breasts like clusters of grapes, & she held the King in his galleries, Cant. 4: 9