1658. To S. D. H. No 32.
I Am glad to see you strive to get up the Hill, and do take the right way. Go on and prosper, he is near who justifieth you: Though he stands (as it were) behind the Wall, he hears your Request, and all your desire is before him: he himself has under∣took the whole. Light is sown for you, the Har∣vest is coming: Lift up your Head, your Redem∣ption is sure, and your Waters shall not fail. You can never lay too much burthen on Christ; he bears up the Pillars of the Earth, and has already born your burthen: the work is over with him, and shall be over with you too shortly. Yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. You are not your own Workmanship, but his: he has lifted up his hand to Heaven, and sworn, that Blessing, he will bless you, and shortly tread Satan and every Cor∣ruption under your feet. Cling about him, he will not shake you off; your Prayers are heard, your Person is accepted. Be not weary, everlasting Arms are under you, the Battel you are in will prosper. The greatness of his Power is not to amaze you, but to support you; his Righteousness is to justifie you, that you may not fear your Judge, but reverence and love him who has washed you in his own blood: and the business is done already, and now there is no revoking of it. The more difficulties do appear, the more you are to triumph in him who overcame by the Blood of his Cross, and will not leave you