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Show Thri is a Copy of M. s. hi4 Letter to the Lora s People. OH! my dear and we_ll-beloved Ones, who are fealed wich me m the Holy C_ovenant of our Father's Love, my Love and Ltfe runs our to you all, who are Chofen of God, and Faithful, for you are dear unto me, the Lord knows it, and are as Seals upon my Breaft ; yo:l Lambs of my Fathers Fold, and ?heep .of hts Pafture the remembrance of you ts preciOus to me, ru~ dearly beloved Ones, who are of ~he Holy Seed, and bear the right IruaP~' whtch fprings from the rrue Vine and Off-fpnng of David and Srock of Abraham, the Father of the Fai~hful, and the Redeemed Ones, who _are reconciled to God, and one tO another, m thac which Sea and Land cannot feparace, wh~re you may feel me knit and joyned to you wHh ~he Spi\·it of Truth, ·and linked to you, as Members of his Body, who is our Head and Rockoffure Defence for us to fly unto, w~ere we at~e kept fafe in the Hour of Temptauon, ~nd m the Day of Trial lhall we be preferved m the h~llow of his Hand, where his ~anner of Love wtll be over us to compafs us abour, wher~ we iball have reco~rfe to the living Springs w~tch co~e from rhe pure Fountain and Well-fpnng ofLtfe, which i!fues forch abundantly, to refreih the hungry, and firengrhen rhefeeble-minded,_where you may feel me, my beloved Ones, m the green Paftures, among the LiJlies of the pleafant Springs, where our Souls are bar?ed and r~frefhed together, with the Overcommgs of ~od.s Love and the Venue of his Prefence, whtch ts Ul pr:cioru Oyntment poured forth, giving a pleafant SmeO: Smell : So, my dear Friends, let us always wair at the Altar of the Lord, to fee rhe Table fpreaq, that fo we may fit down and Eat rogether, ~nd be refrelhed with rhe bidden Manna, and living Food of Life, which comes from him who is our Life, our Peace, our Srrengrh, and our Pre.fcrver Night and Day : Oh! my beloved One~, let us all go on in his Strength, who is our Prince and Saviour, rhar his Image we may bear, who is Meek and Lowly in Hearr, and mind rhe true and fure Foundation of many Generations, the Chief Corner-ftone, EleEI and Preciom, the Rock of Ages, on which che Saints were built ; and if we all abide thereon, we fhall never be moved, bur lland for ever as Trees of Righceoufnefs, roored and grounded in him, who will be with us in all our Trials and Temptations which we may meet withal; and here will rhe Lord our God be honoured by us aJl that are Faithful unro De~rh; we lhall affuredly have a Crown of Life which will never be taken from us. Oh ! my beloved Ones, whar fhall I fay unto you, who drink wirh me ac the living Founrain, where we are nourifhed and brought up, as Twins in rhc Womb, at the Breajl~ ·of Confolation, where I do embrace you in the Bpnd of Pe~ce, whi~h never will be · broken ? Oh I feel me, and read me in ybur Heatcs, for I am filled wlch Love,when I think upon you, and ' bro"ken inco Tears; for the remembrance of you who are Faithful, dorh. refrefh my Soul ; which makes me often to rhink upon you, and hav.e you in remembrance; you Jewels of my Father, and firft Fruits of his Encreafe, if I forger you, then let che Lord forgee me; nay, ·verily, you cannot be forgou~n PY me ; (o· J~ng as I abide iq ~~e Vine, J ;nn a S 3 Branch |