# A Letter By Abraham Picolet, Written To His Sisters. · Page 5 of 5

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Excuse this simple letter. I greatly long for the
day of our deliverance; I was so rejoiced the night
that I heard that we were so near our deliverance,
that for joy, the tears streamed from my eyes. The
Lord be praised for his great grace. We trust to
await our time with patience. They perhaps thought
to frighten me by it; but I rejoice in it, God be
praised, who gives me such strength. O my sisters,
should one not rejoice at the prospect of so
soon being delivered from all sorrow through the
grace of the Lord? O that we were fit for it, what
a great joy this would be for me! Yet I expect it
through the Lord’s great grace, though I am not
worthy of it. O that matters were so far, that the
fiery furnace were prepared. O that it were so far,
that I were standing in the strait gate, where flesh
and blood must be left behind; then it should soon
be over.

O my dear sisters, I am of such good cheer, and
I receive such strength from the Lord, that I can
not express it, praise be to him forever for his great
grace which he shows me. I find it to be true: he
that trusts in the Lord alone has in his sufferings
such joy of heart, that no one can know it, save he
that experiences it.

Farewell; I commend you to God in grace. Pray
God, the Lord for me; I will do the same for you.

Written by me your weak brother,

Abraham Picolet.



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