Let me entreat thee (my sweet Love) to take all in good part, for it is all my love to thee, and in my love I shall requite thee: I acknowledge, indeed, thou may justly sat to me, as Christ to the Pharisees, Hypocrite, first cast out the beam that is thine own eye and, for whatsoever, I may be in the opinion, yet mine own guilty heart tells me of  far greater things to be reformed in myself and yet I fear there is much more than in my own partial judgement I can discern; just because I have to complain of my pride, unbelief, hardness of heart, and impatience, vanity of mind, unruliness of my affections, stubbornness of my will, ingratitude, and unfaithfulness in the  Covenant of my God, and therefore, (by God’s assistance) I will endeavor that in myself, which I will also desire in thee. Let us search and try our hearts and turn to the Lord: for this is our safety, not our own innocence, but his mercy: If when we were enemies he loved us to reconciliation; much more, being reconciled will he save us from destruction. Lastly for my farewell (for thou sees my loatheness to part with thee makes me to be tedious) take courage unto thee , and clear up thy heart in the Lord, for thou knows that Christ they best husband can never fail thee: he never dies, so as there can be no grief at parting; he never changes, so as once beloved and ever the same: his ability is ever infinite, so as the dowry and inheritance of his sons and daughters can never be diminished. As for me a poor word, dust and ashes, a man full of infirmities, subject to all sins, changes and chances, which befall the sons of men, how should I promise thee anything of myself, or if I should, what credence could thou give thereto, seeing God only is true and every man a lair.

 Yet, so far as a man may presume upon some experience, I may tell thee, that my hope is, that such comfort as thou hast already convinced of my love toward thee, shall (through God’s blessing) be happily continued; his grace shall be sufficient for me, and his power shall be made perfect in my greatest weakness: only let thy godly, kind, and sweet carriage towards me, be as fuel to the fire, to minister a constant supply of meet matter to the confirming and quickening of my dull affection: This is one end why I write so much unto thee, that if there should be any decay in kindness and through my default and slackness  hereafter, thou might have some patterns of our first love by thee, to help the recovery of such diseases: yet let our trust be wholly in God, and let fist constantly follow him by our prayers, complaining and moaning unto him our own poverty, imperfections and unworthiness, until his fatherly affection breaks forth upon us, and he speaks kindly to the hearts of his poor servant, and handmade, for the full assurance of Grace and peace through Christ, to whom I now leave thee (my sweet Spouse and only beloved). God send us a safe and comfortable meeting on Monday morning. Farwell. Remember my love and duty to my Lady thy good mother, with all kind and due salutations to thy uncle E: and all thy brothers and sisters. They husband by promise. My father and mother salute thee heartily with my Lady and the rest. How brilliant and tender is the moon on this night. May your life be like this fantastic night filled with happiness and ecstasy. Without rhythm, there would be no poetry; without colors, could there be life? May Summer endow you with magnificent colors, boundless hopes, and a bright future!   If I had thought my letter would have run to half this length I would have made choice of a larger paper.