Dr.
HEWIT'S
LETTER
TO
Dr
WILDE
on
Monday
,
June
7.
1658.
being
the
day
before
he
suffered
Death
,
and
read
by
Dr.
Wilde
at
his
FUNERALL
.
Dearest
Brother
,
I
Have
no
cause
to
think
that
you
have
not
at
any
time
taken
me
along
with
you
in
the
daily
walk
upon
your
knees
to
Heaven
,
but
I
beseech
you
and
all
my
Brethren
to
be
(
now
especially
)
very
mindfull
to
call
upon
God
for
me
.
The
more
company
I
go
withal
,
the
more
welcom
I
shall
be
made
.
I
should
be
loath
either
to
leave
out
of
my
Creed
,
or
to
be
left
out
of
the
benefit
of
the
Communion
of
Saints
Two
are
better
then
one
.
Two
or
three
have
the
advantage
of
a
Promise
;
but
to
go
with
a
multitude
to
the
House
of
God
,
where
all
commers
are
welcome
,
is
to
be
assured
before-hand
of
good
entertainment
.
Admission
will
hardly
be
denyed
to
any
,
for
whom
there
is
great
importunity
of
many
:
If
the
Gate
be
shut
,
much
knocking
will
open
it
;
or
if
that
would
not
doe
it
,
united
Forces
would
offer
an
Holy
violence
.
Many
will
prevail
,
where
one
alone
can
do
but
little
good
Woe
unto
him
that
is
alone
.
Therefore
dear
Brother
,
sith
it
is
the
infirmity
of
our
nature
,
that
we
live
not
without
the
occasions
of
giving
and
taking
of
offence
.
And
't
is
the
corruption
of
our
nature
that
the
offences
we
give
,
we
write
in
the
dust
;
Those
we
take
,
we
engrave
in
Marble
.
If
you
know
,
or
shall
heare
of
any
one
either
of
my
Brethren
,
or
other
persons
whom
by
any
act
of
scandall
I
have
tempted
,
or
provoked
,
or
lessened
or
disturbed
,
to
exclude
me
the
benefits
of
their
charitable
prayers
or
wishes
I
beseech
you
beg
of
them
from
me
,
for
me
,
their
pardon
.
And
let
not
any
private
wild-fire
of
passion
put
out
the
holy
flames
of
a
diffusive
charity
:
And
as
for
my selfe
,
I
doe
here
protest
before
God
that
I
doe
heartily
desire
to
forget
the
injuries
of
whosoever
has
trespassed
against
me
,
either
by
word
or
deed
.
And
if
God
should
have
been
pleased
to
have
granted
a
longer
life
,
I
would
not
refuse
,
(
yea
I
am
stedfastly
resolved
to
sollicite
termes
of
Reconciliation
with
them
that
have
done
me
the
wrong
)
And
if
my
owne
heart
doe
not
deceive
me
,
I
would
give
my
life
to
save
the
soule
of
any
of
my
Christian
Brethren
,
and
would
be
content
to
want
some
degrees
of
glory
in
Heaven
,
so
that
my
very
greatest
Enemies
might
be
so
happy
as
to
have
some
.
The
God
of
Mercy
shed
forth
his
Bowels
for
them
that
shed
my
blood
,
and
the
blood
of
Christ
save
,
&
the
Spirit
of
Christ
sanctifie
,
and
support
him
who
desires
to
live
no
longer
then
to
honour
the
Father
,
Son
,
and
holy
Ghost
,
and
both
living
and
dying
craves
yours
,
and
the
prayers
of
the
whole
Church
for
her
unworthy
Child
,
and
Tower
,
June
7.
1658.
Morning
7
a
Clock
.
Dearest
Brother
Your
most
affectionate
Friend
,
Brother
and
Servant
in
Christ
Jesus
,
John
Hewit
.