Epistle 195
1660
The Wild Heifer and Wild Horse
. . . AND so, the Lord God Almighty keep you in his Power and Wisdom, and by it bind the unruly; and when ye have bound them, then ye may speak to them, and by it to fetter them; then ye may catch them, whom ye will, when they are fettered. And get your Yoke upon the wild Heifer; then will ye save your selves from a Push, and bring them down, and order them with the Power, and reach to the Witness. And see, that ye keep the Bit in the wild Horses Mouth, whereby his Head may be held down: And ...
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