Health to you and to all the Israell of God; as this doth testifie my life and health, soe let it my harte and minde. perswade yourselfe that all the water betweene vs shall not be able to wash away my former professed loue to you and the place where you are; and to the persons with you, to whome I am obliged in a neuer to be cancelled bond. The bookes Mr. Gurdon hath fetcht away, and the Luna is at your service; soe is both the books and Sol et quodcunque sub sole habet vel habebit me tuum.

I heare your mothers vnkle is dead, and hath left her an 100li in his will heare is a mutteringe of a too palpable seperation of your people from our church gouernement. allas, alas, it is not any outward will worship that god requires, but god being a spirit ought to be worshiped in spirit and truth. there are many guifts by one and the same spirite yet not all giuen to one man. let euery man, as the guift is giuen continue in his callinge, one to rule another to convince another to exhorte, one the guift of healing, another guift of tongues etc. the eyes cannot performe the office of the hand nor the eares of the tongue etc. hence you receiued your being; and best being; in striuinge soe sodainely to be better, may proue to be starke naught. thus in rude termes I haue exprest my mynde out of a tender regard of the weaknes of your infant state. Children suck the brests of theire mothers, stronge meate is for stronge men; I pray god account you and preserue you all as worthy stones in buyldinge his newe Jerusalem, and that ye may be conformable to 55the head stone Christ Jesus, whoe make ye wise to the salvation of your owne soules, your generations after you and the poore heathen with you; that ye become not a prey to the spoyler, and your children turne heathen, vnces-santly shall pray Your