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LETTER XXVII. [Of the Second coming of Christ.]
To the Faithful, and Beloved, the Servants of God in Taunton, Grace and Peace.
Loving and most dearly Beloved,
THough I trust my Bonds do preach to You, yet methinks that doth not suffice me, but the Conscience of my Du∣ty, and the workings of my Heart towards You, are still calling upon me to stir You up by way of Remembrance, notwithstanding You know and be established in the present Truth. And if Paul do call upon so great an Evangelist as Timothy, to Remember that Jesus was raised from the dead ac∣cording to the Gospel, why should not I be often calling upon my self, and upon you, my dearly Beloved, to remember and meditate upon, and closely apply the great and weighty Truths of the Gospel, which You have already received? And in truth, I perceive in my self and you another manner of heat and warmth in the insisting upon the plainest Principles of Chri∣stianity, and the setting them home upon mine own heart and yours, than in dwelling upon any more abstruse Speculations, in the clearest handling of which, the Preacher may seem to be too much like the Winter nights, very bright, but very cold.
But now, my Brethren, I shall not with Paul call upon You so much to remember the Resurrection of Christ, as the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Christ: Behold, He cometh in the Clouds, and every Eye shall see him; Your Eyes and mine Eyes: and all the Tribes of the Earth shall mourn because of him: But we shall lift up our heads, because the Day of our Redemption