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. Hewit, John, 1614-1658. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A86267 of text R211085 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.21[6]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A86267 Wing H1633 Thomason 669.f.21[6] ESTC R211085 99897377 99897377 170878 2240938252

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A86267) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 170878) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2501:1) 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. Hewit, John, 1614-1658. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1658] Signed: Your most affectionate friend, brother and servant in Christ Jesus, John Hewit. Dated at end: Tower, June 7. 1658. Morning 7 a clock. Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 9". Reproduction of original in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. eng Hewit, John, 1614-1658 -- Early works to 1800. Royalists -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Executions and executioners -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England A86267 R211085 (Thomason 669.f.21[6]). civilwar no 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. Hewit, John 1658 1 593 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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

Dearest Brother Your most affectionate Friend , Brother and Servant in Christ Jesus , John Hewit . Tower , June 7. 1658. Morning 7 a Clock .