To the Lady Caskiberry — Letter 31

Madam.

Grace, mercy, and peace be to you. I long to hear how your ladyship is. I know not how to requite your ladyship's kindness, but your love to the saints, Madam, is laid up in heaven. I know it is for your well-beloved Christ's sake that you make his friends so dear to you and concern yourself so much in them. I am in this house of my pilgrimage every way in good case; Christ is most kind and loving to my soul. It pleases him to feast with his unseen consolations a stranger and an exiled prisoner. And I would not exchange my Lord Jesus with all the comfort out of heaven; his yoke is easy and his burden light. This is his truth I now suffer for, for he has sealed it with his blessed presence. I know Christ shall yet win the day and gain the battle in Scotland. Grace be with you.

Aberdeen, March 7, 1637. Yours in his sweet Lord Jesus, S. R.