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LETTER III. [Warning to Professors.]
To my most dearly beloved, my Christian Friends in Taunton, Salvation.
Most loving 〈◊〉〈◊〉:
I Shall nover forget your old kindnesses, and the entire af∣fections that you have shed upon me, not by drops, but by floods, would I never so fain forget them, yet I could not, they are so continually renowned; for there is never a day but I hear of them; may, more than hear of them, I feel and taste them. The God that hath promised to them that give to a Prophet though but a cup of cold Water, shall re∣ceive a Prophets reward; he will recompence your labour of love, your servent prayers, and constant cryes, your care for my wellfare, your bountiful supplies who have given me, not a cup of cold water, but the Wine of your loves, with the sense and tidings whereof I am coutinually refreshed. I must, I do, and will bless the Lord as long as I live, that he hath-cast my lot in so fair a place, to dwell in your communion; and especially to go in and out before you, and to be the Messenger of the Lord of Host to you, to proclaim his Law, and to Preach his Excellencies, to be his Spokesman to you, and to wooe for him, and to espouse you to one Husband, and to present you as a chaste Virgin unto Christ. Lord! how unworthy am I, everlastingly unworthy of this glorious Dig∣nity, which I do verily believe the most brightest Angels in Heaven would be glad of, if the Lord saw it fit to imploy them in this work! Well, I do not, I cannot repent, not∣withstanding all the difficulties and inconveniences that do attend his despised Servants, and hated ways, and that are like to attend them; for we have but sipped yet of the Cup; but I have set my hand to his plow; my Ministry I took up