(Letter CCCLI.)
Sir I would ere now have writtin to you had I not knowin yo^r health
weaker and weaker could scairclie permitt you to hear. I neid not
speak. The way you know and have preached to others the skill off the
Gŭijd and the glorie of the hom beyond death And qn he sayes com
and sie it will be yo^r gaine to obey and goe out and meett the
brydgroom What accessioun is mad to the higher hoŭs off his kingdom
sould not be our lose though it be a reall losse to the church of God
Bot we count on way and the Lord counts anoy^r way He is jnffallible
and the onlie wyse God and needs non of us Had He needed Mosses and
the prophetts ther staying in the Bodie he could hav taken an oy^r way
Who dar bid you cast your thoughts bak on wyff or children when he
hath said Leav yam to me and com up hither or who cane perswad you to
die or liv as iff that wer abritarie to us and not his alon who hath
determined the number off yo^r moneths. If so it seem good to him
follow your forrunner and Gŭyd. It is ane unknowen land to you who
was never ther beffor bot the land is good and the company befor the
thron desyreable and he who sittes on the throne is alon a sufficient
heavin. Grac be with you