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The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 36 (p.109) |
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To Sr H. G. I send not my Letters as tribute, nor inte- rest, not recompense, nor for commerce, nor as testimonials of my love, nor provo- kers of yours, nor to justifie my custome of writing, nor for a vent and utterance of my meditations; for my Letters are either a- bove or under all such offices; yet I write very affectionately, and I chide and accuse my self of diminishing that affection which sends them, when I ask my self why: one- ly I am sure that I desire that you might have in your hands Letters of mine of all kindes, as conveyances and deliverers of me to you, whether you accept me as a friend, or as a patient, or as a penitent, or as a beadsman, for I decline no jurisdiction, or refuse any tenure. I would not open any doore upon you, but look in when you open it. Angels have not, nor affect not other knowledge of one another, then they lift to reveal to one another. It is then in this onely, that friends are Angels, that they [CW: are] |
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