❧Letters of William Tyms.
¶To his faythfull sister in the Lord, parishio∣ner in the towne of Hockley, named Agnes Glascocke.
THe grace, mercy, and peace of God our Father thorow Iesus Christ our Lord and Sauiour,* 1.1 with the sweet comfort of hys holy and mighty spirit, to the performance of his will, to your e∣uerlasting comfort be with you my deare sister Glascocke, both now and euermore. Amen.
My most deare and entirely beloued sister, yea mother I may right well call you for the motherly care which you haue alwaies had for me, I haue me most hartely commended vnto you, giuing God most harty thanks for you, that he hath geuen you so louing a hart to Christes poore Gospell, & his poore afflicted flocke for the same: and as you haue full godly begonne, so I beseech God to geue you power, to goe forward in the same, and neuer more to looke backe fearing neither fier, neyther sworde: and then I warrant you, you haue not farre to runne.
And now my deare hart, remember well what I haue taught you when I was present with you, and also written being absent, and no doubte we shall shortly meete agayne with a most ioyfull meeting. I go vpon Friday next to the Bishop of Londons Cole∣house, which is the .20. daye of March, where I thinke it will be harde for any of my friendes to speake with me. Howbeit I trust I shall not long tary there, but shortly after be caryed vp after my deare brethren and sisterne which are gone before me into hea∣uen in a fiery chariot: therefore now I take my leaue of you tyll we meete in heauen: & hye you after. I haue tarryed a great while for you: and seeing you be so long a making ready, I will tarry no longer for you. You shall find me merely singing, Holy, Holy Holy, Lord God of Sabboth, at my iourneyes ende. Therefore nowe my deare hart, make good hast and loyter not by the way, ••easte nighte take you, and so ye be shutte out of the gate with the foolishe virgines. And now my sister, in witnes that I haue taught you nothing but the truth, here I write my name with my bloud, for a testimoniall vnto you, that I will seale the simple doctrine which I haue taught you, with the rest. And thus fare you well: and God defend you from Antichrist and all his Mini∣sters the false Priestes. Amen.
These words following were written wt his owne bloud.
Continue in prayer.
Aske in fayth.
And obteyne your desyer.
By me William Tyms in the Kynges Bench for the Gos∣pell of Christ.