20 LETTERS OF THE [1638-9. his childeren; and he so loued them, that he gaue his sonne to dye for them. O that we could but see the depthe of that loue of God in Chirst to vs : then shure, loue would constraine vs to serue the Lord, with all our harts most willingly. And this loue of the Lord is not cowmen to all. Others may partake of his mercy, as Ahab, who the Lord spared vpon his humeliation ; and they may partake of his power, as the Kinge in Samaria did, when the Lord made plenty to Howe in the citty, affter so greate a famine. And all his creaturs partake of his liberallity in feeding them, and his most wise gouern- ing of the things heare belowe; but none tastes of his loue but his chosen ones ; and if we be loued of the Lord, what need we care what the men of the world thinke of vs? We in that respect, should be like a good wife, whoo cares not, howe ill fauored all men ells thinke her, if her husband loue her. And, my deare Ned, as this loue of the Lord is his peculier gifte, only to his deare onse, let it be your cheefe care to geet ashurance of that loue of God in Christ; and, sence he has loued you, sheawe your loue to him, by hateing that which he hates, which is sinn ; and it was sin that crucified our Lord, that so loued us that he gaue himself for vs. My deare Ned, the eye, which I put vpon my owne soule, I put you in minde of. Be constant in holy dutys; let publicke and priuet goo to geather. Let not the on shoulder out the other. I beleeue, before this, you haue reed some part of Mr. Caluin; send me word how you like him. I haue sent you a littell purs with some smale mony in it, all the pence I had, that you may haue a penny to giue a power body, and a pare of gloufs; not that I thinke you haue not better in Oxford; but that you may some times remember her, that seldome as youout of my thoughts : the Lord blles you. Your most affectinat mother, BRILLIANA HARLEY. Jane: 14, 1638. I haue sent your tutor a smale token. I can not but desire to sheawe thankes to him, who sheawes so much loue to you. I heare in closed send you the bookebinedrs letter from Woster, that you may see bookes are not so cheep theare as in Oxford.
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