Lastly, Ye ask what to do, when promises are borne-in upon you, and sense of impenitency for sins of youth hindereth application. I answer, if it be living sense, it may stand with application; and in this case, put to your hand, and eat your meat in God's name. If false, so that the sins of youth are not repented of, then, as faith and impenitency cannot stand together, so neither that sense and application can consist.
Brother, excuse my brevity; for time straiteneth me, that I get not my mind said in these things, but must refer that to a new occasion, if God offer it. Brother, pray for me. Grace be with you.
Yours, in his dearest Lord Jesus,
S. R
Aberdeen, 1637.
[CCL.—To the Lady Largirie. [Letter CXCV.]
(PART WITH ALL FOR CHRIST—NO UNMIXED JOY HERE.)
