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without [underline]His[/underline] knowledge, and numbereth
the [hours?] of our heads, willnot fail
to sustain those that cast all
their burtherns upon [underline]Him[/underline],
neither will [underline]He[/underline] fail to keep that
which is in faith [committs?] into
[underline]His[/underline] holy hour, and it may be the
[very?] means which the great [?]
[our?] who knoweth the end from
the beginning, has seen mete to
dispence to thy darling son, that
precious [plant?], in order to convince
him that the children which [underline]He[/underline]
owns cannot bathe their swords in
blood, and by the teaching of [underline]His[/underline]
holy spirit enable him to see
into the glorious doctrins of the
gospel of peace, and thus leade
him gently back to [underline]His[/underline] own
house where there is bread enough
and to spare, that than my
beloved [Lestec?] may yet be favored
joyfully to proclaim (killing the

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fatted calf) this my son was
dead and is alive again, he
was lost and is found, For did not
our blessed Saviour testify that
[underline]His[/underline] followers were not of this world
and they could not fight.

Truly my heart is often made
sad in contemplating upon the
thousands, and tens of thousands
of poor souls that are sent to
meet Judge, by this cruel and
wicked war, and oh that the
Inhabitance would learn right-
teousness while The Judgements of
The Lord are in the earth, for
truly they are a great deep; and
doth not the signs of the times
call loudly upon The
mourning women, and Those
That are skillful in [Tenutation?]
to stand firm at their post with the
whole armour on, for is not the
voice already heard in [?]