1639.] LADY BRILLIANA HARLEY. 55 garden of the ripe grapes and leaufe sower ons behinde. My deare Ned, my God be bllesed, who has giuen you a hart to looke vp to Him, and a desire to depend on His most holy Prouidence; and the Lord in mercy establisch your hart in waiteing one Him, and then you will neuer be ashamed. It is true that you no souner peeped into the world but you had a taste of the various and changeabell- ness of the condistions here belowe ; for no souner weare you at Glloster but you weare remoued, and from Shearwesbury; but, as you well obsarue, for which I hope both you and I shall endeuer to be thankfull, God still prouied for you ; and so I trust He will doo still. My hope is, that you will still inioy your worthy tutor, which will be much contentment to me. I hope your father will be a means to seettell his thoughts. I haue heare sent you a coppy of a sermon preeched in Scotland ; you must take care whoo sees it ; you neuer read such a peace. I thanke God, I am reasnabell well, and your brothers and sisters, with your cosen Smith, are very well ; but to my much trubell I feare your brother R'obine learnes but littell. I purpos to send this weake into Linconschere, for I haue not heard from my sister a longe time. My deare Ned, the Lord in mercy blles you, and fill you with his grase, and giue you a feeleing of his vnspeakebell lone in Christ Jesus, that so you may be tyed by the bonds of lone to all obedience to your God ; and so I rest Your most affectionat mother, BRILLIANA HARLEY. Your fathers ante Corbet is dead, for which he is very sorry. Bromton, May 20. 1639. Your father meet accedentally with on at Hariford by home he rwite to you to meete him. Your father will binge his armes with him, if please God, to be set on the plate.
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