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duty of Love towards Him; as his Spirituall need Shal require

we have advised Him to make a returne to yours w^ch

he hath done inclosed in ours , we begge the Lord, who

careth for his own to Care for you  guide & blesse you

in all y^e Commandm^ts. , & this present motiō respecting y^e

& our poor brother  who needs your pitty & prayers, we

agayn  acknowledge your tendernesse to us  begge y^r prayers

for us who are yours in o^r Lord Jesus Christ

                              William Harris

                              Thomas Allen

                              Thomas Wetman

                              Andrew Warner

                              George Hubbard

Thomas Miller’s L^r.

                 Middletown  Sept. 20 1667.

Dear Brethern I y^t am unworthy to be called a brother

have read over your second L^r . for w^ch I desire y^t God w^d

give me a heart sincerely to be thankfull to himself that

doth yet Stirre up your bowels  to earne toward me.

that yet you can find in your hearts to labour w^th me by

conviction & humiliation , & turning to God from whom

I have so fouly backslidden  to y^e high dishon^r of his Holy

name  y^e scandal of y^e Gospel of o^r Lord Jesus Christ , & ye

wounding of my own Conscience , y^e grief of Gods people &

especially y^r selves w^th whom I have bin so long in Covenant: I shall

as farre as God shalt inable me ; I trust in some poor mea-

=sure of sincerity , yet take y^e shame of this my so horrid sin

of uncleannesse w^th y^e severall aggravations of y^e same w^ch hath made

it out of measure sinfull;  that so y^e Lord may have y^e Glory

to whom it doth belong.    I doe not  so farre as I know

any thing of my poor sinfull heart  desire to extenuate

any part of this my sin, but doe begge of y^e Lord, that he

would be pleased to give me a true sight thereof in the

full breadth of it  for he sayd who so hides his sin shall

not prosper[80] , & agayne y^t whosoever Confesseth & forsaketh

shall find mercy . you are pleased to charge me w^th mercyles

& Cruel carriage to my wife while she lived, whereof I

cannot change myS. in y^e full extent of it , yet thus farre

I doe own & bewayle my breatch of covenant w^th Her,

w^ch did  & that justly  cause sore griefe of heart to her