10 LETTERS OF THE [1638. grase in your soule which may make you haue a healthful! soule, sounde without erors, actiue in all that is good, industrious in all the ways in which good is to be gained. I am glad you finde a wante of that ministry you did inioye: labor to keepe a fresch desire affter the sincere milke of the word, and then in good time you shall inioye that bllesing againe. The Lord has promised to giue his Spirit to his chillderen, which shall leade them in the truth. Begge that bllesed Spirit, and then errors will but make the truth more bright, as the foile dous a dioment. My deare Ned, as you haue bine carefull to chuse your company, be so still, for piche will not easely be tuched without leaufeing some spot. I had not hard of Duke Roberts and my L6rd Crauens being taken. I hope the nwes of the Sweeds is not true ; but in all theas things we must remember the warneing, which our Sauiour has giuen us, when he had toold his decipels that theare must be wars and ruiners of wars ; (but he saith, let not your harts be trubled; in my aprehention, as if Christ had saide) greate trubells and wars must be, both to purg his chruch of ipocrits, and that his enimies at the last may be vtterly distroyed, but you my saruants be not careful! for your selfs, you are my jewells, and the days of trubbell are the days when I take care of jewells: and, my deare Ned, tho I fermely beleeue theare will be great trubells, yet I looke with ioy beyond those days of trubell, considering the glory that the Lord will bring his chruch to ; and happy are they that shall line to see it, which I hope you will doo. I hard that theare was a cardenalls cape brought to the Custome Howes, valued at a high rate, but none would owne it; and, to requete your inteligence, I let you knowe what I heare. The Scoch buisness is not yet ended. Theare is lately come to the court a frech duke with two or three other gentellmen or nobell men, being fleed from the French king's army, for some vnfiting words they vsed of the French kinge. The Queue mother was so transported with joy, as they say, at the sight of the quene, that shee was in a trance. This day I hard it confermed from Lounddoun that the Palsgrave in besceachgeing a towne in WestPhalia was
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