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Show ( 298 ) beginning, may truly be refembJed to the Iinle Multard-Seed, which will grow and prof~er, and be watered with the Dew ofHeaven,whtch, tike fofc drops of Balm, will genrly f~Il on the Branches chereof ; as Patience workmg u~to PerfeCl:ion, w~!its ro enter at the ~oor of L!fe, wichour climbing one. Step to fausfie the LIOn of greedy Defire, bur Jet tr f~ffer Hunge~, yea, and Death alfo, through whtch you wtll find entrance into rhe green and pleafant Pafiures of rhe Folds, where you /ball feed as the Herd in the low VaJiies of Ach£1r; the entrance thereof will be a Door of Hope in Jhe Day of your greareft Need and ~piritual Hunger, wh~n Ex~ perience and Hope ts added ro your Pauence : And at the Threlhold thereof I leave all t?at Hunger and Thirft after Righteoufnefs, to enJOY · the Defire of their Souls. Boj/on-Prifon, in New4 Eng_land, 1 66o. Wil/iam Leddra. This was given forth abour three Months before he fuffered, and was copied by W. Codding· ton of Rhode-!{land. AN / ( 299 ) A N EPISTLE of WiOiam Leddra, to Friends; wrirren by him the Day before he was put . to Death. To the Societ1 of the iittle Flock of C~rif!, Grace anJ · Pet~ce be Multiplied. Moft dear anJ inwardly BelO'rJed; THE fweet Influences of the Morning-Scar, like a Flood diftilling into my innocent Babiration, hath fo fiJled me wirh rhe Joy of the Lord in the Beauty of Holinefs, thar my Spirit is as if ic did not Inhabit a Tabernacle of Clay; but is wholJY. fwaJlowed up in rhe Bofom of Eternity, from whence it had its Being. Alas, alas! What can the Wr.arh and Spirit of Man, that lufieth ro Envy, aggravared by the Heat and Strength of the king of the Locufls, which came out of the Pit, do umo one that is hid in the · Secret ~laces of the Almighty ? Or, Unto them that are gathered under the Het~ling Wings of the Prince of Peace? Under whofe Armour of Lighi they lhall be able to fiand in the Day of Trial, having on the Breajl-plate fJ{ Righteoufne{ s, and the Sword of the Spirit, which is their Weapon of War againp Spiritual Wickedne(s, Principalities and Powers, and the Rulers of the Darkne[ s of this World, both within and without ! Oli my ·Beloved ! I have waited ai a Dove at th~ Windows of the Ark, and h'a_ve flood ftilz'in that Watch, which the Mafier ( without whom I c~uld do nothin& ) did ar his coming rewar4 W!th fulnefs .of ht~ Love, wherein iny Heart did ' reJoyce, that I rnJght in the Love and Life of God fpeak a few words to you, foaled with the Spirit of Promi{e, that rhe rafie thereof might be a . . T t S~voltt |