friends have informed me that you are afflictedwith weariness of life,and longing for death.
Oh, dear friend,it is high time for you to mistrust your own thoughts, and listen to others who have overcome such temptations
" nay, put your ear close to our mouths, and let our words sink into your heart,and God will comfort and strengthen you thereby.
First,you know one must obey God's will, for He has given you life,and as yet does not will your death ; so you must submit your thoughts to the said
Christ had much that was bitter in His life, but He would not lay it down without Father's will, retainingit as long as " My hour is not yet come."
Elias,Jonas,and other prophets cried for death, through their sufferings, even cursing the day of their birth,and yet they were compelled to live on and put up with this weariness till their hour came.
Therefore, pluck up heart, and bid defiance to yourself, exclaiming, " My good fellow,when thou art so unwilling to live,then thou must live in spiteof thyself, for God wills it so and Throw your devilish thoughts into the abyss of hell,with their dying and death, for they are of no avail here, and grindyour teeth together,determined to repulsethose which have found refugein your head, making you as stubborn as the worst of peasants, or a woman
" nay, even harder,for they are not made of castiron If you thus struggle against yourself,God will assuredlyhelp, and our prayers, with those of all pious
Christians,will do the rest.
I herewith commit you to our dear Jesus,who will retain the mastery in your heart againstthe devil,and cause us all to rejoicein the marvellous help accorded to you, for which we hope and pray, as He has commanded and promised.