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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
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.
The wind of thy mouth, though accompanied with all the venom thou canst vomit up, will not blast the Authors reputation, it will only be a blazing of thy own shame, & then thou wilt see thy self so unhappy, as to have hit the mark at which thou didst not aim: For without doing him any hurt, who is far above thy reach, thy tongue falls upon thy own head, & in striking at one whom thou canst not wound, thy sword rebounds back upon thy self, & enters into thine own bowels; but if thou remainest a man of imperswasion, & hast so much pleasure in publishing thine own shame, I cannot help it, it is sufficient for me, to have warned thee of thy hazard; nor shall I endeavour hence forth to deprive the world ⟨image 21⟩of their liberty (since thou wilt have it so) to look upon thee, according to the character which thou hast given of thy self, & that is, Deest aliquid intus, to make the a man & a Christian, & since this Brutish shape pleases thee, thou mayest go eat grass & let alone this bread, which is only designed for Children? And so I leave thee to make use of that liberty, of saying what thou pleases, which thou hast now purchased with the loss of thy own reputation.
The wind of thy mouth, though accompanied with all the venome thou canst vomit up, will not blast the Authors reputation, it will onely be a blazing of thy own shame, & then thou wilt see thy self so unhappy, as to have hit the marke at which thou didst not aime: For without doing him any hurt, who is far above thy reach, thy tongue falls upon thy own head, & in striking at one whom thou canst not wound, thy sword rebounds back upon thy self, & enters into thine own bowells; but if thou remainest a man of imperswasion, & hast so much pleasure in publishing thine own shame, I cannot help it, it is sufficient for me, to have warned thee of thy hazard; nor shall I endeavour hence forth to deprive the world ⟨image 21⟩of their liberty (since thou wilt have it so) to look upon thee, according to the character which thou hast given of thy self, & that is, Deest aliquid intus, to make the a man & a Christian, & since this Brutish shape pleases thee, thou mayest goe eat grasse & let alone this bread, which is onely designed for Children? And so I leave thee to make use of that liberty, of saying what thou pleases, which thou hast now purchased with the loss of thy own reputation.