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 houſe, and when thou layeſt down thy dear head to receive thy Father's ſtroke, remember what thou ſaidſet to me: That though thy head were ſevered from thy body, yet thy ſoul ſhall ſoon be united to Jeſus Chriſt, thy head, in heaven. And though it may ſeem bitter, that by the hands of men we are parted a little ſooner than otherwiſe we would have been, yet let us conſider, 'tis the decree and will of the Father, and beſides, we could not have lived much longer together, and it will not be long e'er we ſhall enjoy one another in heaven. Oh! let us comfort one another with theſe ſayings. O be comforted, it is but a little ſtroke, e'er thou ſhalt be 'where the weary are at reſt, and where the wicked ſhall ceaſe from troubling thee.' Oh! remember that though thou eat thy dinner with bitter herbs, yet thou shalt have a joyful ſupper with Jeſus Chriſt at night. And, my dear, by what I write to thee I do not undertake to be a teacher of thee; for this comfort I have received of the Lord by thee. I hear a warrant is come to the lieutenant, I am ready to think it may be concerning thee, to ſend thee to thy journey's end to-morrow, and that becauſe they may poſſibly be hindred if they ſtay till the day appointed; but I am perſuaded, thou art ſo far from being afraid of it, that thou doſt long for the day, which (next under God) to hear of thy willingneſs to die, will be the greateſt comfort in the world. I can write no more, but commit thee to the hands of that God, with whom thou and I e're long ſhall be. Farewell, Farewell.

Jully 11, 1651. LOVE

P.S. One comfort I would have thee carry to thy grave if ever God did good to my ſoul; thou waſt the chief inſtrumant of it, for I never looked after God till I ſaw thy face.

Call thee ſo, becauſe God hath put heaven into thee, before he hath taken thee to heaven: Thou now behold