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  The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 82 (p.228) |
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To my worthy friend F. H. Sir, I can scarce doe any more this week then send you word why I writ not last. I had then seposed a few daies for my preparation to the Communion of our B. Saviours bo- dy; and in that solitarinesse and arraign- ment of my self, digested some meditations of mine, and apparelled them (as I use) in the form of a Sermon: for since I have not yet utterly delivered my self from this in- temperance of scribling (though I thank God my accsses are lesse and lesse vehe- ment) I make account that to spend all my little stock of knowledge upon matter of delight, were the same error, as to spend a fortune upon Masks and Banqueting houses: I chose rather to build in this poor fashion, some Spittles, and Hospitals, where the poor and impotent sinner may finde some relief, or at least understanding of his infirmity. And if they be too weak to serve posterity, yet for the present by contempla- tion of them, &c. [CW: To] |
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