42 LETTERS OF THE [1639. The Lord in mercy blles you, and keepe you in his feare and fauor, and giue you fauor with his childeren. Your most affectinat mother, BRILLIANA HARLEY. Apr. 6, 1639. Remember my saruis to your tutor, and tell him I thanke him for his letter. XXXIII. To her son Edward. My deare Ned -I should be glad if I weare in this mesengers place, to see you. Nowe at last I haue reseued your letter, bymy cosen Hacklet; it does much reioyce me that you are well, and when I am not well, your being well refresches me, and I blles my God for his mercy to me, that you haue had your health sence you went from me; and I beceach the Lord to blles you, and to fill your soul with thos sweet grases of his spirrit, by which you may both knowe and taste the goodness of the Lord : the Lord is good, and good to his, and his saruis is perfect freedome; and happy are they that are of his famely, whoo serue him dayly, and not as a retainer. My deare Ned, be still wacthfull ouer your hart, that nothing steale away your affections from your God, whoo alone has loued us and whoo alone is to be beloued. My deare Ned, I thanke you for desireing me to be let blood, shuer if I weare auers to it, yet you might perswade me, but doctor Deodats stay was so short, and I then in a condistion not to take phisek, so that I could not bee let blood, which I did desire and doo still; but I dare not venture vpon Woodowes. I haue not bine well theas 4 days, being extremely trubelled with a beateing at my hart. I thanke God, this day I haue bine something better then I was sence thrusday; I hope the Lord will be mercyfull to me in all con- distions. I thanke God, your father is well and cheerefull. Your brother Robert had a littell indispotion, inclineing to a fite the last night, but nowe he is well ; your sister Brill is returned from
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