my due respect being remembred to you: I heartily salute you in the Lord, giueing you humble thanks for your favourable aspect which 320hath alwaies bin towards me, (tho: of me most undeserued,) and especially for your late kind letter on my behalfe; for which sake, I was kindly imbraced, aboue the expectation of my selfe, and others, and am still (I thank God) loueingly respected amongst them: but not with out some hot discourses, (especially about the Ceremonies,) yet they all haue ended (through mercy) in peace: and for aught I can perceiue, doe prize the word, and relish it, dayly better then other, and some promise faire, euen in Mr. Vines his family. But generally they were very ignorant, superstitious, and vitious, and scarse any religious. Fre leaue they giue me to doe whatsoever I please: imposeing nothing on me either publikly or privately which my selfe dislike onely this, Mr. Vines and the Captaine2 both, haue timely expressed themselues to be utterly against Church-way; saying, their Patent doth prohibit the same: yet I for my part neuer once touched upon it, except when they themselues haue in private discourse put me upon it by Questions of their owne, For I count it no season as yet to go build, before God send vs materials to build with all. Thus being in some hast, I end, humbly craueing your prayers: and so committing your selfe and all yours to him, who hath promised to Guide vs by his Counsell here, and afterward to receiue vs vnto glory, in whome I rest your worships to command