good experience of these manner of Temptations both by your self and other whom you know well were the beloved of God Satan overcome in Gods Saints Be of good chear therefore dear heart be of good chear for now Satan hath wrought all his malice he hath done all that he can and hath shot off all his last Pieces wherewith he had thought to have done most mischief but now he seeth he cannot prevail the strong Tower of your Faith being so invincible he will pluck up all his Tents and get him to some other place to practise the like assaults and then will the Angels of God come and minister unto you the most sweet and heavenly Consolations of the holy Ghost To him therefore who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that ever we can desire or think I do most heartily commit you with all the rest of your Godly Prison-fellows who comfort strengthen and defend you with his grace mighty operation of his holy Spirit as he hath hitherto done that you having a most glorious Victory over the subtile Serpent and all his wicked seed may also receive the Crown of Glory and Immortality prepared for you before the foundations of the World were laid and is so surely kept for you in the hands of him who is infallible that the Devil Sin Death or Hell shall never be able to deprive you of the same The blessing of God be with you now and for evermore Amen Pray pray pray for me Your own for ever John Careles To my good Sister Mrs. Cotton THe Peace of God in Jesus Christ the eternall Comforts of his sweet Spirit be with you my dear and faithfull Sister to the full accomplishment of that good work which he hath most graciously begun in you that the same may be effectuall to the setting forth of his glory and to your everlasting Consolation in him Amen My loving and faithfull Sister in the Lord I thank you for all your loving kindness shewed unto me but especially for your godly remembrance of me in your fervent and faithfull Prayers and for your most godly and comfortable Letter whereby you do not onely much increase my joy and comfort but also put me in remembrance of my duty towards you Blessed be the Lord our God Gods great gift in women which of his great mercy hath so beautified his Church in these dayes that even unto many godly women he hath given most excellent gifts of knowledge and understanding of his Truth so that they are not onely well able to inform their own Consciences in all things necessary to Salvation but also most sweetly to comfort their sorrowfull Brethren and Sisters that sustain any trouble for the Testimony of Gods Truth yea and that which is more even in the middest of their great Conflicts of Conscience Of which most happy number of godly and virtuous women my dear heart you are one and that of the chiefest being plentifully endued with the gifts of Gods most gracious Spirit as it doth full well appear in your daily doings God onely have the praise therefore Forasmuch then as God hath given you the gift to write Note how God sometime giveth comfort by weaker vessels I shall most heartily desire you to let me hear from you sometimes be it never so little for truly I tâ—ke great Comfort and Courage thereby specially in my poor Conscience which is sore assaulted of subtile Satan and in a manner oppressed of my sin Pray dear S ster that God may give me true hearty and earnest Repentance and increase my Faith for they are both the good gifts of God onely and farre pass the reach of my power to take at my pleasure Therefore dear Sister if you w ll help me to beg the same of our dear loving Father I am sure that he both can and will gâ—ve them me in his good time And as for the fear of Death or terrour of the Fire I most heartily thank my good God I feel it not onely it is mine own sins and unthankefulness which holdeth hard battel and wageth strong warre against me which onely goeth about to separate me from my good Captain Christ that I should not enjoy his glorious victory but God being on my side as I am sure he is that cannot continually prevâ—il against me Though God for a time permit Satan to take his pleasure on me as he did upon Job yet I doubt not but in the end all shall turn to my profit through the Merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ To whose most mercifull defence I commit you dear Sister with all the rest of the Lords Elect. Farewell in Christ Your unfeignedly John Careles Pray pray pray pray To my dear Brother T. V. THe everlasting peace of God in Jesus Christ the continual Comforts of his most pure and holy Spirit be with you my most dear friend and faithful Brother V. to the increase of your Faith and comfort of your sorrowful Spirit which is to the Father a sweet Sacrifice through Christ for whose sake he will never despise your humble and contrite heart but doth favourably accept the same and will in most ample wise perform the desire thereof to his Glory and your eternal Comfort in him In the mids of my manifold Crosses and Troubles wherein I am constrained to flee unto God for refuge and succour by earnest and faithful Prayer I cannot forget you my dear heart in the Lord but esteeming your state for mine own I do pour forth my complaint for yâ—u as I do for my self and rather more as I think present need doth require desiring most heartily to hear of the good success of the same in yâ—u The Lord God for his mercy sake accomplish my desi e as I doubt not but he will when he seeth it good and most to his glory and to your comfort and commodity O that I might once see you so merry in Christ Psal 57. as you have just cause to be that you might say with David Awake my glory awake lute and harp bring forth the psaltery with the merry song that I might sing a new song of praise and thanksgiving unto the Lord for the light of his favourable countenance his help and deliverance Oh! Psal 45. that would refresh me as a most precious Oyle and gladden my poor heart which is assaulted with sorrow moe wayes then one Comfort for a sick Conscience I doubt not but the same shall by your means receive much comfort though for a time it doth mourn with you that we may be made both glad together yea and that with such gladness as shall continue for ever But in the mean space I say most happy are you Mat. 9. that so heartily mourn the absence of the Bridegroom If you were not a wedding-childe you could never do it Onely Christs true Disciples do mourn for his absence therefore shall they doubtless rejoyce at his
ever as the true inheriter of his everlasting Kingdome unto the which thou wast undoubtedly predestinate and ordained by the Lords infallible purpose and decree before the foundation of the World was laid And that is most true that I have said I call the whole Trinity the Almighty and Eternal Majesty of God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost to my Record at this present whom I humbly beseech to confirm and stablish in thee the true and lively feeling of the same Amen Selah Now with a merry heart and a joyfull spirit something mixed with lawful tears I take my farewel of you mine own dear Brother in the Lord who send us shortly a merry meeting in his Kingdome that we may both sing praises together unto him with his holy Angels and blessed Spirits for ever and ever Farewel thou blessed of the Lord farewel in Christ depart unto thy rest in the Lord and pray for me for Gods sake As I had made an end of this simple Letter I heard some comfort both of good Mr. Philpots Servant and yours but alas I do scarcely believe them Well I will hope in God and pray all night that God would send me some comfort to morrow and if the Lord give you sparing to morrow let me hear four words of comfort from you for Gods sake The Blessing of God be with you now and for ever Amen Yours for ever in the Lord Jesus John Careles living in Hope against Hope John Careles his Letter to his Wife AS by the great mercy of God at the time of his good will and providence appointed my dearly beloved Wife you and I were joyned together in the holy and Christian state of godly Matrimony as well to our great joy and comfort in Christ as also to the increase of his blessed Church and faithfull Congregation by having lawfull Children in and by the same with the which God of his mercy hath blessed us praised be his Name therefore Even so now by his mercifull will and Divine Ordinance the time is come so farre as I can perceive wherein he will for his glory and our eternall comfort dissolve the same and separate us asunder again for a time Wherefore I thought it good yea and my bounden duty by this simple Letter to provoke stir and admonish you to behave your self in all your doings sayings and thoughts most thankefully unto our good God for the same And therefore my dear Wife as you have heartily rejoyced in the Lord and oftentimes given God thanks for his goodness in bringing us together in his holy Ordinance Even so now I desire you when this time of our separation shall come to rejoyce with me in the Lord and to give him most hearty thanks that he hath to his glory and our endless commodity separated us again for a little time and hath mercifully taken me unto himself forth of this miserable world into his Celestiall Kingdome Here is a true mark of a faithful Christian forsaking wife children for Christs sake believing and hoping also assuredly that God of his goodness for his Son Christs sake will shortly bring you and your dear children thither to me that we may most joyfully together sing Praises unto his glorious Name for ever And yet once again I desire you for the love of God and as ever you loved me to rejoyce with me and to give God continuall thanks for doing his most mercifull will upon me I hear say that you do oftentimes use to repeat this godly saying The Lords will be fulfilled True obedience of a faithful woman Doubtless it rejoyceth my poor heart to hear that report of you and for the Lords sake use that godly prayer continually and teach your Children and Family to say the same day and night and not onely say it with your tongues but also with your heart and minde and joyfully to submit your will to Gods will in very deed knowing and believing assuredly that nothing shall come to you or any of yours otherwise then it shall be his Almighty and Fatherly good will and pleasure and for your eternall comfort and commodity Which thing to be most true and certain Christ testifieth in his holy Gospel saying Are not two little Sparrows sold for a farthing Matth. 10. and yet not one of them shall perish without the will of your heavenly Father And he concludeth saying Fear not ye therefore for ye are better then many Sparrows As though he should have said If God have such a respect and care for a poor Sparrow which is not worth one farthing that it shall not be taken in the Lime-twig Net or Pit-fall unsill it be his good will and pleasure you may be well assured that not one of you whom he so dearly loveth that he hath given his onely dear Son for yâ—u shall perish or depart forth of this miserable life without his Almighty good will and pleasure Therefore dear Wife put your trust and confidence wholly and onely in him and ever pray that his will be fulfilled and not yours except it be agreeing to his will the which I pray God it may ever be Amen And as for worldly things take you no care Good counsel given to his wife but be you well assured the Lord your dear God and Father will not see you nor yours lack if you continue in his love and childly fear and keep a clear Conscience from all kind of Idolatry â—uperstition and Wickedness as my trust is that you will do although it be with the loss and danger of this temporal life And good Margaret Fear not them that can but kill the body and yet can they not do that untill God give them leave but fear to dâ—splease him that can kill both body and Soul and cast them into hell fire Let not the remembrance of your Children keep you from God The Lord himself will be a Father and a Mother Care of children to be cast upon Lord. better then ever you or I could have been unto them He himself will do all things necessary for them yea as much as rock the Cradle if need be He hath given his holy Angels charge over them therefore commit them unto him But if you may live with a clear Conscience for else I would not have you to live and see the bringing up of your Children your self look that you nurture them in the fear of God and keep them farre from Idolatry Superstition The mothers duty in bringing up her children and all other kinde of Wickedness and for Gods sake help them to some Learning if it be possible that they may increase in virtue and godâ—y knowledge which shall be a better Dowry to marry them withall then any worldly substance and when they be come to age provide them such Husbands as fear God and love his holy Word I charge you take heed that you match them with no Papists and if you live and marry again
with all earnest and faithfull remembrance of you in my daily Prayers thanking God right heartily that you do likewise remember me in yours assuring you that my poor heart doth daily feel great Consolation thereby God onely have the praise for the same and all other his Benefits Ah my dear heart in the Lord well is me that ever I was born that God of his great mercy and infinite goodness hath used me most miserable wretch at any time as his instrument to minister any thing unto you either by word or writing that might be an occasion of your joy and comfort in the Lord and a provoking of you to praise and thanksgiv ng unto God for the same as your most loving and godly Letter seemeth to import Oh happy am I that the Lord hath appointed me unto so good a ground to sow his seed upon but much more happy are you whose heart the Lord hath prepared and made so meet to receive the same so effectuously gâ—ving thereto the sweet showers and heavenly dews of his grace and holy Spirit that it may bring forth fruit in due season accordingly the increase whereof we shall shortly reap together with perfect joy and gladness and that continually Therefore my dear Brother I say unto you as good Elizabeth did to her Cousin Mary Happy are you Luke 1. and happy shall you be for evermore because you have believed The most sweet and faithful Promises of your Redeemer Jesus Christ you have surely laid up in the treasury of your heart his comfortable Callings you have faithfully heard his loving Admonitions you have humbly obeyed and therefore you shall never come into judgement Remission of sins your sins shâ—ll never be remembred for your Saviour hath cast them all into he bottom of the Sea Micah 7. he hath removed them from you as far as the East is from the West Psal 103. and hath given you for an everlasting possâ—ssion his Justification and Holiness So that now no Creature neither in heaven nor in earth shall be able to accuse you before the Throne of the heavenly King Satan is now judged he is now cast out from you he hath no part in you you are wholly given unto Christ which will not lose you your stedfast Faith in him hath overcome that sturdy and bragging Prince of the World Christ hath given you the final victory over him and all his Army that they shall never hurt you What would you have more Oh my dear heart how great treasures are laid up in store for you and how glorious a Crown is already made and prepared for you And albeit the holy Ghost doth bear witness of all these things in your heart Testimony of Gods Spirit and maketh you more sure and certain thereof then if you had all the outward Oracles in the world yet I being certainly perswaded and fully assured by the testimony of Gods Spirit in my Conscience of your eternal and sure Salvation in our sweet Saviour Jesus Christ have thought it good yea and my bounden duty not onely at this time to write unto you and to shew my joyful heart in that behalf but also by the Word and Commandment of Christ to pronounce and affirm in the Name and Word of the heavenly King Jehovah and in the behalf of his sweet Son Iesus Christ our Lord to whom all knees shâ—ll bow whom all creatures shall worship and also by the impulsion of the holy Ghost by whose power and strength all the faithful be regenerate I do I say p onounce to thee my dear B o her T. V. that thou art already a Cit zen of Heaven The Lord thy God in whom thou dost put all thy trust for his dear Sons sake in whom thou dost also undoubtedly believe â—a h freely forgiven thee all thy sins clearly released all thine in quâ—ties and fully pardoned all thine offences be they never so many so grievous or so great and will never remember them any more to Condemnation As truly as he liveth he will not have thee dye the death but hath verily determined purposed and eternally decreed that thou shalt live with him for ever Thy Sore shall be healed and thy Wounds bound up even of himself for his own Names sake He doth not nor will not look upon thy sins in thee but he respecteth and beholdeth thee in Christ in whom thou art lively graffed by Faith in his blood and in whom thou art most assuredly elected and chosen to be a sweet vessel of his Mercy and Salvation and wast thereto predestinate in him before the foundation of the world was laid In testimony and earnest whereof he hath given thee his good and holy Spirit which worketh in thee Faith Love and unfeigned Repentance with other godly Vertues contrary to the Corruption of thy Nature Also he hath commanded me this day although a most unworthy wretch to be a witness hereof by the Ministry of his holy Word Experience of Christ working in his Church grounded upon the truth of his most faithful Promises the which thou believing shalt live for ever Believest thou this my dear heart I know well thou dost believe The Lord increase thy Faith and give thee a lively feeling of all his mercies whereof thou art warranted and assured by the testimony of the holy Ghost who confirm in thy Conscience to the utter overthrowing of Satan and those his most hurtful dubitations whereby he is accustomed to molest and vex the true Children of God all that I have said and by Gods grace I will as a witness thereof confirm and seal the same with my blood for a most certain truth Wherefore my good Brother praise the Lord with a joyful heart and give him thanks for this his exceeding great mercy casting away all dubitation and wavering yea all sorrow of heart and pensiveness of mind for this the Lord your God and most dear and loving Father commandeth you to do by me nay rather by his own Mouth and Word pronounced by me But now my dear Brother after that I have done my message or rather the Lords message indeed I could finde in my heart to write two or three sheets of paper declaring the joy I bear in my heart for you mine own bowels in the Lord yet the time being so short as you do well know I am here constrained to make an end desiring you to pardon my slackness and to forgive my great negligence towards you promising you still that so long as my poor life doth last my prayer shall supply that my pen doth want as knoweth the Almighty God to whose most merciful defence I do heartily commit you and all other his dear children as well as though I had rehearsed them by Name desiring them most heartily to remember me in their hearty and daily Prayers as I know right well they do for I feel the daily comfort and commodity thereof and therefore I neither will nor can
God that the good hour were now come that I might go with you ah that my sins made me not unworthy of such an excellent dignity Be thankful dear hearts be thankful and rejoyce in the Lord for mighty is his mercy towards you and great is your reward in Heaven the which you like faithful persons have plucked to you with a godly violence of an invincible Faith Oh worthy warriers of the most high captain Oh constant Confessors of the everlasting verity how glorious a Crown of victory shall you shortly receive which is prepared for all such as do continue to the end Oh you sweet Saints of the Lord how precious shall your death be in his sight Oh how dear are your Souls to your Redeemer in whose hands they shall most joyfully rest and the pains of death shall never touch you Oh how blessed shall you be when Christ shall appear at the which time you shall receive your bodies again full of Immortality Oh how joyful shall you be when Christ according to his promise shall knowledge you before his Father and his holy Angels as you have most constantly confessed him to be your Lord and onely Saviour before men Oh blessed Green thou meek and loving Lamb of the Lord how happy art thou to be appointed to dye for his sake A full dainty dish art thou for the Lords own tooth Fresh and Green shalt thou be in the house of the Lord and thy fruits shall never wither nor decay Although thou go here forth sowing thy good fruits with Tears the time shall come that thou shalt reap with joy and gladness the fruits of everlasting life and that without ceasing Be merry therefore and fear not Luk. 12. for it is thy Fathers will to give thee a Kingdome whereunto he hath chosen thee before the foundations of the World were laid Oh happy Minister thou man of God how glad mayest thou be of Gods gracious favour which hath prevented thee in the day of thy tryal Oh happy Peter whose part thou hast well played therefore thy reward and portion shall be like unto his Now hast thou good experience of mans infirmity but much more proof and taste yea sense and feeling of Gods abundant bottomless mercy Although Satan desired to sift thee yet Christ thy good Captain prayed that thy Faith should not fail Luk. â—â— Gods strength is made perfect by thy weakness and his grace is sufficient for thee his dear Childe Thine Example did so incourage and strengthen thy poor Brethren that God is every way glorified by thee and shortly will he glorifie thee with himself with that glory which he hath prepared for thee his Elect darling before the World was made Therefore rejoyce and be glad for thou hast good occasion in finding such favour in his fight This is most true oh my other Brethren whom I do not know neither have I heard much of you happy are you that ever you were born and blessed be our God which hath given you such Victory over the bloody Beast Shortly shall you be clothed in large white garments Apoc. 19. and fine rayness of Righteousness and so shall you follow the Lamb on Mount Sion with new Songs of Mirth and Melody for your delivery forth of Satans Power and tyranny God for evermore be blessed for you and strengthen you to the end as I doubt not but he will for he never failed them that put their trust in him Oh my dear and faithful sister Joane Warner what shall I say to thee Thy tryal hath been great thy Victory in Christ hath been notable thou hast overcome many a sharp shower and storm shortly shalt thou arrive at the Haven of quiet rest and receive a reward due to a constant Martyr Thou shalt go home to thy Heavenly Father and possess for ever the inheritance which Christ hath purchased for thee where thy earthly Parents be still looking for thee which have triumphed over Antichrist most victoriously Oh blessed Parents of happy Children which have shewed such an example as the like hath been seldome seen I salute thee dear Sister of like constant minde whose constant example is worthy of continual memory Praised be God for you mine own sweet sisters Mat. 25. which hath made you to play such wise Virgins parts He hath plentifully poured the oyle of his Spirit into the Lamps of your Faith so that the light hereof shall never be extinct You shall enter with your Bridegroom into everlasting joy whereunto you were chosen in him from the beginning Oh my dear Brethren and sisters you blessed Saints of the Lord how much and how deeply am I bound to praise God for you both day and night Pray pray for me my dear hearts for the tender mercy of God that I may be made worthy to follow your trace Oh that I had run the race of my life as far as you have done yours John 5. and were as nigh my journeys end as you be unto yours But alas I lye like the lame man at the Pooles side by Solomons Porch and every man goeth into the place of health before me But God will appoint me one one day to put me in I trust my Lord of London's Colehouse is empty and all his Officers idle therefore they must shortly fetch more sheep to the shambles for he is the common slaughter-slave of all England B. Bonner called the slaughter slave of England But happy are you that are passed through the Pikes and delivered out of his hands and from all the Angels of the Darkness of this World which long tempted you in the Wilderness of the same but now shall the Angels of God come and minister unto you for they are your Servants to hold you up in their hands that you shall not hurt your foot no nor one hair of your head shall perish They shall carry you up to heaven in a fiery Chariot Psal 60. 2 King 2. though you leave your Mantle behinde you for a time till God restore the same to you again in a more ample and glorious sort Thus in haste as it doth appear I am constrained to make an end committing you all to Gods most merciful defence who ever have you in his blessed keeping desiring you all to remember me in your godly and faithful Prayers as I will not forget you in mine by Gods grace The blessing of God be with you all my dear Brethren and sisters All our Brethren and fellow-prisoners here have them most heartily commended unto you and pray for you without ceasing God send us a merry meeting in his Kingdome Amen By your Brother and unfeigned lover John Careles Prisoner abiding his most merciful will and pleasure Pray pray pray To my faithful and loving Brother W. Tyms Prisoner in Newgate THe Everlasting peace of God in Iesus Christ with the continuall joy comfort and strength of his sweet Spirit be multiplied and daily more and more increased in
your good heart my most faithful and dear Brother Tyms to the full quieting of your Conscience and beating back of all the fiery darts of the wicked that you may shortly receive the glorious Crown of Victory and in the same triumph over all your Enemies for evermore Amen I cannot express the exceeding great joy and consolation of my poor heart considering the marvellous works of God most graciously wrought upon you not onely in proving you and trying your Faith by his great and huge Crosses both inwardly and outwardly but also in giving you so great Consolation and Constancy in the midst of the same Faithful is God and true of his Promises Gods Children never tempted above their strength who hath said That he will never suffer his chosen children to be tempted above their strength but in the midst of their temptation will make an out-scape for them by such means as may make to his glory and their everlasting consolation My dear heart great cause have you to be of good comfort for I see in you as lively a token of Gods everlasting love and favour in Jesus Christ as ever I perceived in any man in respect whereof I do even with my heart love honour and reverence you beseeching God for his glorious Name sake in the Bowels and Blood of our Lord and onely Saviour Jesus Christ He confirmeth W. Tims being condemned to the day of his Martyrdome to finish his good work in you as I doubt not but he will do according to his infallible Promises yea I am well assured thereof forasmuâ—h as you have so effectually received his holy Spirit into your heart as a pledg and sure Seal of your eternal Redemption and a Testimony of your Adoption in Christ Jesus For which cause Satan so sore envieth you that he hath now bent all his fierce Ordnance against you thinking thereby utterly to destroy the invincible Fort of your Faith founded most firmly upon the unmoveable Rock CHRIST against the which the Devil Sin nor yet Hell gates shall never prevail Selah Therefore mine own Bowels in the Lord be not discomforted for this your Conflict which doubtless shall greatly increase your Crown of Glory Triumph and Victory but take a good heart unto you and buckle boldly with Satan both in himself and in his subtile Members It is the nature of Gods Children to be tempted It is the very divine Ordinance of God that all his regenerate Children shall be tempted proved and tryed as we see by the Example of our Saviour Christ who as soon as he was Baptized was straightwayes led of the Holy Ghost into the Wilderness there to be tempted of the Devil But there got he such a glorious victory over Satan that he could never since finally prevail against any of his poor Members but in every assault that he maketh either inwardly or outwardly he getteth a foyle and taketh shame so that now he rageth with all the spight possible specially because he knoweth his time is but short James 4. St. James testifieth that he is but a very Coward that will soon flie if he be faithfully resisted And as for his tempting Tools the Lord hath made them manifest unto us so that he cannot deceive us though he assault us Satans tempting tools 2 Cor. 2. for as St. Paul saith his very thoughts are not unknown unto us as it doth in you largely appear praised be the Lords Name therefore You see dear Brother that now to molest you and such as you are that be even passing from this Vale of Misery he hath but two wayes or two pieces of Ordnance to shoot at you Two principal pellets of Satan whereby he assâ—ulteth Gods Servants 1. Fear of sin and death and Infidelity of Gods promises Remedy against Fear and Infidelity with the which he cannot hurt you because you have two bulwarks to defend you The first of these terrible Guns that Satan hath shot at you is the very same that he continually shooteth at me that is to say Fear and Infidelity for the uglysomness of death and horrour of my sins which be so many grievous and great but this Pellet is easily put away with the surer shield of Faith in the most precious death and bloodshedding of our dear Lord and onely Saviour Jesus Christ whom the Father hath given unto us wholy to be ours for evermore and with him hath given us all things as Paul saith So that though we be never so great sinners yet Christ is made unto us Holyness Righteousness and justification He hath clothed us with all his Merits Mercies and most sweet sufferings and hath taken unto him all our misery wretchedness sin and infirmity So that if any should now be condemned for the same it must needs be Iesus Christ which hath taken them upon him But indeed he hath made satisfaction for them to the uttermost jot so that for his sake they shall never be imputed to us if they were a Thousand times so many moe as they be This do you most effectually feel and know dear Brother a great deal better then I can tell you blessed be God therefore And now Satan seeing he cannot prevail with his boisterous Battery against this Bulwark of Faith which doth so quench all his fiery darts that they can do you no harm but rather do you good service to cast you down under the mighty hand of God The second pellet of Satan is confidence and trust in our own good works that he may take you up by his onely grace and power and so you may render him all the glory by Iesus Christ which thing the Enemy cannot abide in no wise therefore he shooteth off his other Piece most pestilent to provoke you to put some part of your trust and confidence in your self and in your own holiness and righteousness that you might that way rob God of his glory Christ of his honour and dignity of his death Remedy against the second Pellet But blessed be the Lord God you have also a full strong Bulwark to beat back this pestiferous Pellet also even the pure Law of God which proveth the best of us all damnable sinners in the sight of God if he would enter into judgement with us according to the severity of the same and that even our best works are polluted and defiled in such sort Isay 64. as the Prophet describeth them With which manner of speaking our free-will Pharisees are much offended for it felleth all mans Righteousness to the ground I had like to have said to the bottom of Hell and extolleth onely the Righteousness of Jesus Christ which is allowed before God and is freely given to all those that firmly believe as blessed be God you do Ah my good brother Tyms Satan hath put his hand in a wrong box when he beginneth to tempt you either to Vain-glory or mistrust for you are an old beaten souldier and have had