WHosoever worketh on the Sabbath Day [...] guilty. I command you to go to Church, [...] [...]eep the Lord's Day holy without doing any manne [...] [...] Work. You shall not idly mispend your Time [...] [...]ecking yourselves with Superfluities of costly [...] [...]nd vain Dressings; for I have ordained it [...] Rest: I will have that Day kept holy that [...] [...]ay be forgiven you. You shall not break [...] [...]m­mandments, observe and keep them, written [...] my [...]wn Hand, write them in your own He [...] sted­ [...]astly observe this, This was written [...] own Hand, and spoken by my own Mouth [...] shall [...]ot only go to Church yourselves, [...] Men [...]ervants and your Maid Servants [...] [...]serve my Words, and learn my Commandment [...] [...] shall finish [...]our Labour every Saturday in the [...]rnoon, by Six [...]f the Clock, at which [...] [...]eparation of the [...]abbath begins. I advise you [...] fast five Fridays in [...]very Year, beginning with [...]od Friday and to con [...]nue the four Fridays imm [...]ately following, [...] re [...]embrance of [...] bloody Wounds I received for [...] Mankind. [...] shall diligently and peaceably la­ [...]our in your respective Vocations in which it hath [...]eased God to call you. You shall love one another [...]ith brotherly Love; and cause them that are not [...]ptized to come to Church and the holy Sacraments, [...]. Baptism and the Lord's Supper, and be made [...]mbers thereof; and in so doing I will give you long [...]ife and many Blessings, and your Land shall replen­ [...]h and bring forth Abundance; I will give you many [...]lessings, and comfort you in great Temptations, and [...]rely he that doth to the contrary shall be accursed [...]nd unprofitable: I will also send Hardness of Heart [Page 4] [...]on them, but especially upon hardened and impeni [...]ent Unbelievers. He that hath not given to th [...] [...] shall be unprofitable. Remember to keep holy [...] Sabbath Day, for the seventh Day I have take [...] [...] myself; and he that hath a Copy of this Let [...]ter [...] [...]ritten with my own Hand, and spoken wit [...] [...] Mouth, and keepeth it without publishing i [...] to [...] shall not prosper; but he that publisheth i [...] to [...] shall be blessed of me, and if their Sins be in numb [...] as the Stars of the Sky, and they believe in this, [...]all be pardoned; but if they believe not thi [...] Writ [...] and my Commandments, I will send Plague [...] on the [...] consume them, their Children, and their Cattle. And whosoever shall have a Copy of thi [...] Letter written with my own Hand, and keepeth it in their Houses, nothing shall [...]urt them, neither Pe­stilence, Lightning, nor Thunder, shall do them any Hurt: And if a Woman be with Child and in La­ [...]our, and a Copy of this Letter be about her, and [...] put her Trust in me, she shall be safely de­livered of her Birth. You shall [...] no News of me, but by the holy Spirit, 'till the [...]y of Judgment. All Goodness and Prosperity shall be in the House where a Copy of this Letter shall be found.

I Have heard of thee, and of the Cures wrought [...] thee, without Herbs or Medicines: For as [...] reported, thou restorest Sight to the Blind, maketh the Lame to walk, cleanseth the Leprous, raiseth [...] Dead, casteth out Devils and unclean Spirits, and healeth those that are tormented with Diseases of long [...]ontinuance. Having heard all this of thee, I was [Page 5] [...]ly persuaded to believe one of these two Things, [...]her, That thou art the very God, and come down [...]om Heaven to do such Miracles; or else, That thou [...]t the Son of God, and performest them: Wherefore [...] have now sent thee these Lines, intreating thee to [...]me hither and cure my Disease: Besides, having [...]eard that the Jews murmur against and contrive to [...] thee Mischief, I invite thee to my City, which is [...] little one indeed, but beautiful, and sufficient to [...]tertain us both.

BLessed art thou Agbarus for believing in me, whom thou hast not seen: For it is written of [...], That they which have seen me should not [...]lieve in me, that they which have not seen me [...]ould believe and be saved. But concerning the [...]atter thou hast written about, th [...]se are to acquaint [...] that all Things for which [...] sent hither must [...] fulfilled, and then I shall be taken up, and return [...] him that sent me; but after my Ascension I will [...] one of my Disciples, who shall cure thee of thy [...]istemper, and give Life to thee, and to them [...] are with thee.

THere appeared in these our Days a Man of Vir­tue, called Jesus Christ, and by the People a [...]phet, but his own Disciples call him the Son if [...]: He raiseth the Dead, and cureth all Manner [...] Diseases: A Man of Stature, somewhat tall and [...]ely, with a reverend Countenance, such as the Be­ [...]er may both fear and love; his Hair is the Colour [...] Chesnut full ripe, and is plain to his Ears, but [Page 6] from thence down somewhat curl'd, but more orien [...] of Colour, was [...]eing about his Shoulders; in the Mid of his Head goeth down a Seam of Hair or parting like the Nazarites; his Forehead very plain an [...] smoothe; his Face without either Spot or Wrinkl [...] beautified wi [...]h a comely Red; his Nose and Mout [...] are so formed that nothing can be reprehended; h [...] Beard thick, the Colour of his Hair; his Eyes grey▪ clear and quick: In reproving he is severe, in coun [...]seling courteous; he is fair spoken and pleasant i [...] Speech, mixed with Gravity: It cannot be remembere [...] that any have seen him laugh, but many have see [...] him weep: In Proportion to his Body he is well shap [...]ed and straight; his Hands and Arms are very de [...]lectable to behold; in Speaking very temperate, mode [...] and wise, A Man for his singular Beauty, far ex [...]ceeding all the Sons of Men.