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conscience, and such a true cheerfulnesse in
your heart, as may be strong seales to you,
of his eternall gracious purpose upon you.
This morning I spend in surveying and
emptying my Cabinet of Letters; and at
the top of all I light upon this Letter lately
received, which I was loth to bury. I chose
to send it you, to mine own condemnati-
on; because a man so busie as he is, de-
scending to this expressing of himself in
verse, I am inexcusable towards you, for
disobeying a commandement of yours, of
that kinde; but I relie upon the generall,
that I am sure you are sure, that I never re-
fuse any thing for lazinesse, nor morosity,
and therefore make some other excuse for
me. You have been so long used to my hand
that I stand not to excuse the hasty ragged-
nesse of this Letter. The very ilnesse of the
writing, is a good argument that I forced
a time, in the fulnesse of businesse, to kisse
your hand, and to present my thanks as for
all your favours, and benefits, so principal-
ly for keeping me alive in the memory of
[CW: the] 		p.224

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