Phillips Family Papers Box 1

September 23 1769

Dear Samll. Your Father is well as comonon your Granfather is poorly with coold but is bout you Granmother is much as shee has been

have no new but wish you grace mercy & peace in & throuh our Lord Jesus Christ - & what shall I say more

if I cant say so much as sume mothers can I believe theare is no mother that has a Grater delien to see a child sincearly ameing at ye glore of God than yours

there is a promice - those that seek me Early shall find mee - it is not said those that seek themselves nor those that seek my benefits - But those that seek mee - Jesus Christ in his whole Charecter is not Acceptobel to unrenewed sinners to them that believe it is prectious implying that that he is not precious to un believers - now if he is not precious Acceptable on Devisable how can he be sought whith ye whole heart tis impossebel to sopose a persons turned to God as his chef Good & happiness & yet not Love him with all his heart this out of an allthou whitch hope youl be [?] granted with more pulle if you Live to come home I Remain your Ever Effectioate Mother Elizabeth Phillips

PS with regard to what was wrote sometime ago I wood say be thankfull be not hegh minded but fear Led him that stands take heed lest he fall Sopose your father will be Down soon after next week if he finds thers no Danger but Dont Depend hope youl send your divote Sinner by man as good

[next paragraph crossed out must just let you know how longe I was when you left your Great Coat - how much less when I heard you was not weat But pleas mes although gratifi me for ye patence in thing that so reasonabel as I thought that was]

[sideways in margin Aunt Hagen was here [illegible] in found that master Whit'd [illegible] soar mouth yesterday morning was taken ye a day [illegible] Born

Mr Samuel Phillips Studt at Har. College Cambridge

Though provedence hath seperated us on yet it reprocheth me to think upon you hoping I am intrested in your prayers as you are in mine. Well if we are met in Christ we shall met opon ye bench in ye Great Day of Assize and before a throne of Glory -- in ye mean while our God is with us both whilst we are with him. we are told in his prence is fulness of you commune with your one heart consider your father manifests himself and look at things eternal true to realise Eterniti at But who can compehend at But passes theay that are prepard for it

its a time of health in town we have no news I sopose but what you have had we your Father gyvs in sending his Love

I remain your very affictionat Mother that Longs for your everlasting hapiness

Elizabeth Phillips

Dear Samuel, March 4 I am sensible of your love to us hope you dont doubt of our love to you my constant love and concern is for your temporal and eternal welfair- hope your various employments wont take your mind of from the greatest things of the Greatest moment these is no compare between time & eternite between the forever of God and the friendships of the world you are in the midst of temptations enemies within as well as enemies without if it should be suggested such a sin is littel Let it be illegible is the end a Little hell Let us reverence conscience now it will be as a thousand witnesses Let us labour more and more to know our State own Savior except a man be born again he cant enter into the kingdom of heaven Leet us plead his free Grace I commit you to the care of a kind providence

I remain your Ever Effectionate mother Elizabeth Phillips

PS so your father has subscribed toward the Library? beside yours keep your mind easy it will be much for your Advantage upon all accounts Endeavor to conduct so as to lay now foundation for uneasiness

To,

Mr. Samuel Phillips

Stud t at Har. College

Cambridge