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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.
To his Parishioners at Anwoth. (149).
To his Parishoners at Anwoth. (149).
Dearly beloved in our Lord.
Grace, mercy & peace from God our father & from our Lord Jesus Christ be multiplied upon you: I long exceedingly to hear of your on-going & advancement in your journey to the Kingdom of God: My only joy out of heaven is, to hear that the seed of God sown among you is growing & coming to an harvest; for I ceased not while I was among you, in season & out of season [according to the measure of grace given unto me] to warn & stir up your minds, & I am free from the blood of all men, for I have communicated to you the whole counsel of God: And I now again charge & warn you in the great & dreadful name, and in the sovereign authority of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords; and I beseech you also by the mercies of God, and by the bowels of Christ, by your appearance before Christ Jesus our Lord, by all the plagues that are written in God's book, by your part of the holy city, the new Jerusalem, that ye keep the truth of God as I delivered it to you, before many witnesses, in the sight of God and his holy Angels; for now the last days are come & coming when many forsake Christ Jesus, & he saith to you, will ye also leave me? Remember that I forewarned you to forbear the dishor ouring of the Lord's blessed name, in swearing, blaspheming, cursing, And the profaning of the Lord's sabbath; willing you to give that day from morning to night to praying, praising, hearing of the word, conferring, and speaking not your own words but God's word, thinking and meditating on God's nature, word and works; And that every day at morning and at right [at least] ye should sanctify the Lord by praying in your houses publicly in the hearing of all; that ye should in any sort forbear the receiving of the Lord's supper, but after the form that I delivered it to you, according to the example of Christ our Lord, that is, that ye should sit as banqueters, at one table with our King, & eat & drink, & divide the elements one