| Title: | Copy Extract, In Hartlib'S & Hand F, Dury To [Hartlib] |
|---|---|
| Dating: | 14 February 1640 |
| Ref: | 1/29/15A-16B |
| Notes: | Original at 1/29/17. |
[1/29/15A]
[Hartlib's hand:]
Hamburg the 14 of Febr. 1640.
My journy wherof j gaue notice the 22. of Nov [1639.? blot on MS] before j went away from hence hath lasted a great deale longer then j thought it should haue done. for j haue not beene able to returne till now the vnexpected succes which God hath given kept mee vp beyond my intentions. The summe of my proceedings you haue in this adioined and by these other Copys of their inclinations to concurre, and of the D. of Brunswig his fauorable countenancing of the worke. you may see that j haue not without fruit emploied the time through God's blessing. Now to answer your Letters which here j find waiting for mee. [hand F:] I first thanke God for your subsistence & resolution to continue in this way of generall & publique Service The Care of which doth oft times perplex mee very much & cheifely because I am not able to give you anie assistance & allthough you still are burthened & allmost overburthened yet I see you are not wholly borne downe & allthough you bee sometimes Cast downe yet you are not destroyed, for the promise is <God doth give> strength to those that trust in him & reneweth theire vigour to make them mount vp like Eagles with wings; for the promise is (Esa: 40 v. last) that they shall runne & not bee weary they shall walke & not faint: well then let vs carry about with vs the dying of our Lord Iesus Christ that his life may bee the more <allsoe> appeare[altered from apparent] in vs & let vs learne to rejoyce in our affliccions, & not onely in them but for them. I say even for this Cause that wee are[altered] afflicted & deserted for <in> well doeing let vs rejoyce, because herein wee are partakers
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of the affliccions of Christ & wee know that if wee suffer with him wee shall allsoe bee glorifyed together
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have noe life but from one moment to another nor noe relacion further to any thing then as it is at this present in God & Cometh from his hand to mee, onely my desire is to bee able to see his face in all things that my present & momentary life may bee still renewed in him whiles I looke not in the vse of things present to that <which> I find[altered from see] or see in them, but to that which is
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to hasten his hand in making vse of you faster then hee will have his owne worke to proceede, but if when wee intend to runne perhaps too fast for his purpose hee will lay a Clogge at our heeles to make vs goe a softer pace, should not wee <bee willing> too to endure it. Surely (if wee intend not to master Gods worke but to serve it) wee will, Therefore let vs take vp our Spirits & possesse the same in patience till his time come wherein hee will make all well & then wee shall see wherefore Gods Counsell was soe ordered that all things should soe come to passe as they did. Mee thinkes I could fill a little volumme with a discourse of this Subject, but I hope it is not needfull in your behalfe whom I find soe strong that the very expressions of your greatest weakenes adde strength & vigour to mee in mine Infirmityes, therefore I will in the next place give[altered] thanks vnto you for your great Care love diligence & faithfullnes in administrating all my affaires in writing soe largely vnto mee & providing soe exactly for mee, for I have received all your letters & adioyned packets of the following dates. [Hartlib's hand:] /and Letters from NN etc. and to give an answer briefely to the chiefe points mentioned therin I thanke you for the communication of N.N. Extracts [scribal hand:] & desire you to testify soe much to him on my behalfe, telling him withall that it is more then apparent, not onely to vs but allsoe to them selves because they have beene many ways