Genealogical account of the Barclays of Urie

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From George Fox to Christian Barclay,
Widow to Robert Barclay ; being one of
the last he ever wrote, the 28th of Decern-
ber } 1690.
" Dear Fuiend,
" With my love to thee and thy children, and all
the rest of friends in the holy seed Christ Jesus, that
reigns over all, in whom ye have all life and sanation,
and rest and peace with God.
u Now, dear friend, though the Lord hath taken
thy dear husband from thee his wife, and his children,
the Lord will be a husband to thee, and a father to thy
children: therefore cast thy care upon the Lord, and
trust in him : let him be thy confidence, and let thy
eye be upon him at all times, whoisthe great ruler and
orderer of all, both in heaven and earth, and hath thu
breath and souls of all in his eternal infinite hand ;
and all the creation is upheld by his word and power,
by which they were made, so that a sparrow cannot
fall to the ground without his will and pleasure ; and
his sons and servants in his image are in greater value
in his eye than many sparrows : therefore thou and thy
family rejoice, that thou had such an offering to offer
up unto the Lord, as thy dear husband, whom I know