The great mystery of godliness

...repelled the Devil, so you should repel the fanatical spirits of these mentally unstable original: "brain-sick" men with the phrase, "It is written." Let those who would try to be wiser than God justly perish in their own arrogance original: "presumption". I stake my soul on yours if you keep yourself within St. Paul’s safeguard: not to be wise beyond what is written A reference to 1 Corinthians 4:6, which warns against prideful speculation beyond the text of the Bible.

I could easily, out of the abundance original: "exuberance" of my Christian love, overwhelm original: "overcharge" you with a multitude of holy counsels, but I do not wish to make this farewell tedious. May the God of heaven bless these and all other wholesome warnings original: "admonitions" for the advancement original: "furtherance" of your souls in grace. And may His good Spirit ever lead and guide us in all such ways as may be pleasing to Him, until we joyfully original: "happily" meet to share in that incomprehensible glory which He has prepared for all His saints. Until then, farewell from your fellow pilgrim in this world of sorrow original: "vale of tears",

| Higham, near | Nov. 3, |
| Norwich, | 1651. |