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friend_n and_o your_o too_o much_o love_n to_o other_o which_o i_o pray_v you_o let_v i_o for_o my_o satisfaction_n before_o i_o go_v into_o the_o country_n have_v a_o answer_n to_o and_o not_o only_o for_o my_o own_o satisfaction_n but_o also_o to_o enable_v i_o to_o satisfy_v any_o where_o i_o come_v i_o shall_v and_o do_v daily_o pray_v for_o and_o sympathize_v with_o you_o as_o a_o man_n of_o sorrow_n for_o so_o you_o be_v but_o hope_v you_o will_v not_o be_v trouble_v at_o my_o request_n i_o remain_v sir_n you_o in_o the_o faith_n and_o patience_n of_o jesus_n e._n d._n march_v the_o 10._o 1663._o the_o answer_n my_o choice_a friend_n you_o i_o receive_v and_o do_v rejoice_v to_o see_v so_o much_o of_o christian_a tenderness_n towards_o i_o and_o to_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v more_o than_o thousand_o have_v do_v that_o ready_o believe_v and_o ready_o report_v but_o never_o come_v to_o inform_v or_o to_o reform_v and_o as_o to_o what_o you_o say_v i_o have_v hear_v the_o same_o but_o if_o you_o will_v as_o candid_o hear_v and_o consider_v as_o you_o have_v candid_o write_v i_o think_v you_o will_v be_v satisfy_v now_o that_o i_o have_v forsake_v my_o old_a friend_n it_o be_v in_o a_o measure_n true_a and_o i_o must_v needs_o forsake_v they_o that_o will_v not_o come_v near_o i_o nor_o suffer_v i_o to_o come_v near_o they_o and_o have_v be_v and_o be_v the_o chief_a instrument_n in_o wound_v my_o name_n and_o christ_n name_n through_o i_o and_o will_v neither_o come_v near_o i_o nor_o suffer_v other_o to_o come_v but_o will_v cast_v dirt_n in_o their_o face_n and_o must_v go_v with_o it_o abroad_o if_o they_o show_v i_o any_o countenance_n or_o do_v i_o any_o service_n this_o be_v public_o know_v and_o by_o some_o felt_n now_o consider_v and_o put_v yourself_o in_o my_o condition_n to_o forsake_v where_o and_o with_o who_o i_o be_o forsake_v be_v no_o just_a crime_n the_o righteous_a god_n will_v so_o judge_v and_o my_o tear_n for_o that_o will_v witness_v my_o innocency_n before_o he_o to_z 〈…〉_o leave_v my_o cause_n and_o as_o for_o my_o too_o much_o love_n or_o too_o great_a to_o some_o which_o be_v so_o sad_o censure_v 〈◊〉_d answer_n and_o that_o in_o faithfulness_n before_o the_o loâ—â—_n there_o be_v so_o few_o that_o do_v or_o still_o do_v either_o faithful_o love_v i_o and_o in_o my_o state_n and_o strait_n faithful_o tender_a or_o sympathize_v with_o i_o that_o where_o i_o do_v or_o do_v find_v it_o i_o be_o even_o overcome_v with_o it_o and_o it_o be_v with_o i_o towards_o they_o as_o it_o be_v with_o david_n love_n to_o jonathan_n for_o sure_a it_o be_v jonathans_n sympathize_v love_n which_o beget_v that_o endearedness_n between_o they_o and_o make_v they_o as_o one_o soul_n so_o it_o be_v and_o be_v with_o i_o it_o be_v true_a at_o first_o in_o my_o sad_a and_o unheard-of_a suffering_n and_o censure_n i_o look_v about_o i_o and_o see_v as_o david_n do_v psal_n 142.4_o and_o then_o i_o be_v too_o ready_a to_o embrace_v love_n and_o show_v love_n to_o some_o who_o principle_n i_o can_v not_o own_v when_o i_o come_v to_o see_v they_o but_o till_o then_o i_o fear_v i_o show_v too_o much_o love_n because_o they_o appear_v to_o pity_v i_o in_o my_o sad_a trial_n but_o god_n know_v i_o be_v soon_o make_v sensible_a of_o that_o and_o if_o i_o sin_v it_o be_v there_o and_o it_o have_v cost_v i_o many_o tear_n for_o i_o desire_v to_o own_v none_o but_o such_o who_o live_v true_o in_o the_o life_n of_o that_o love_n which_o live_v in_o jesus_n but_o as_o for_o that_o little_a remnant_n who_o soul_n do_v and_o still_o do_v true_o sympathize_v with_o i_o and_o with_o tear_n and_o prayer_n wait_v at_o god_n throne_n for_o i_o and_o for_o their_o love_n to_o i_o be_v hate_v and_o reproach_v for_o my_o sake_n i_o have_v not_o nor_o do_v not_o repent_v of_o my_o love_v they_o and_o have_v i_o ten_o time_n more_o than_o i_o have_v it_o shall_v free_o go_v to_o reward_v they_o for_o their_o service_n and_o 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and_o do_v sing_v fince_n i_o come_v hither_o and_o my_o ground_n why_o i_o do_v insert_v it_o p._n 133-138_a 22._o a_o little_a brief_a account_n of_o my_o imprisonment_n with_o the_o sorrow_n and_o censure_n that_o do_v attend_v i_o in_o these_o suffering_n p._n 138-140_a 23._o some_o account_n of_o my_o imprisonment_n in_o the_o tower_n and_o of_o my_o be_v bring_v before_o the_o king_n and_o the_o business_n relate_v to_o his_o father_n will_n leave_v with_o i_o p._n 140-142_a 24._o the_o ground_n of_o my_o willingness_n to_o go_v beyond_o sea_n if_o i_o may_v p._n 143-147_a 25._o a_o letter_n from_o a_o friend_n and_o my_o answer_n p._n 148-151_a errata_fw-la reader_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o author_n condition_n &_o distance_n from_o the_o press_n some_o fault_n have_v escape_v the_o great_a whereof_o be_v the_o title_n over_o the_o head_n of_o the_o page_n viz._n innocency_n though_o under_o a_o cloud_n clear_v which_o relate_v only_o to_o some_o part_n of_o the_o book_n the_o 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