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Show Duy~burgh. 2· 7• 1·~ The- AuTHoR's LIFE. Vox.. I. yet rome would come, ond he defired the Meeting might be at his Houfe about Three 1n the Afternoon. h . In the Morning we went ro vifit th3t Re~dent, w om we met comtn~ to fee us. bur he returned ond brou~hr us t6 h.JS floufe. ~Ve had a good T1me w· h hi . fot the M:in is an anCIOnt Seeker, oppreft wuh the Cares of thiS \~~rld ~~d. he may be truly faid to mourn. under them : Hu Heart ~as opened to us, and Ji< B!cjf<d God that be ~ad bved (Q fee ur. We _gave htm :tn Account how the Lord had ~ppeared m the Land of our Nauv1ty, and how he had ;deaJt with us -; ~-vhtch was as the tool and gentle Showers u~oa the dry and fc6rched Detert. About Noon we returned Home_, and after we had eaten, we went to the Merchaht's Houfe .to th~ Meeting, whe~e orne four ~rfons, one of which was the Prefoyunan Pnejl, who pre~ch d in private to the Protejltznts of that Place, for they are no ways publickly allowed in that City. Surely the True Day and Power of the Lard made known itfelf to the Confciences of them prefent: Yea,_ they felt t~at we were fuch as had been wirh JESUS, and that had obramed our Telhmony through the Sufferings and Travels of tbe Croft. They were tender: The Refident and Merchant condu8:ed us to out Inn, and from t!Jence to the Boat, being about Seven at Night. We fer out towards the Ctty of Duyf hurgb, of rb.e Ca/vinifl Wa}', belonging to the EleCtor of_ Brandenburg,_ m nnd near to which we had been informed there were a rcured and Seeking Pe~!e~rrived there the next D:~y about Noon, being the Firft D:1y of th~ Week. The firft Thing we did after we carne to our Ion, wast~ inquire out one Dr. Maflricbt a Civili:~.n, for whum we h:nt a Letter to Introduce us, from a Merchant of Cullen; whom quickly finding, we informed him what we came about, defiring his Allilbnce, which he readily promifed us. The firit Thing we offered, was an Accefs to_ the Countefs of. Fa!chenfleyn and Bruch: He told u!f, She 'OhU an extraordmary Woma(l, one m whom ~e fhou/J. find 1fJings worthy of our Love; that, b_e UJou/d wrue to her,_ to g~ve us -a11 Opportun.ry with her; that the fiueft Tm:e WM tbe prifent Tune, m tbat ue might find her at the Minijler's of Mulheim, 011 the o1her Si~e of 1he River from ber Fi1tber's CttJI.Ie; for thlll jhe ufed to (Oint Ollt 1he Frrjl Pay hlorn· ing, nnd not return ttli 1\tgbt: That we m11jl be very jhy of makmg 011r fclves p11blid '!Of on!J! for our own Sakes, but for hers, tl)ho WtU jet:erely l,.eated by her Father for the SJke of thofe Religious Inclinations that appeared in her, altho11gl; her Father pretended to b6 of ~he Prot~fiant R~ligion: We therefore difp:t.tched tow~rds lHullmm, ha:mg recetvcd hts Letter, and being alfo accompanted by htm about One Thud of the Way; but I» ing Six t.Hglijh Miles, and ~n Foot, we could IJO[ compafs the Place before the Meeting was over ; for It was paft Three before we could get out from Duyjburgb; and following that Way which led to the Backfide of the Grarfs Cafile and Orchard, which was alfo a common Way to the Town, (tho' if we had Rnown the Country we might have avoided it) we met l\'ith one HenrySmirb, Schoolmafier and Catechizer of Spdd~rp, to whom we imparted our Bufinefs, and gave the Letter of Dr. J.11ajlncbt of Duyfb~ trg!J, to introduce us to the Countet:S. He told us, He bad jufl left ber, bemg come over I be Water from T!TQrjhip, h11t b( tt'ou!d carry the Letter to her, nnd bring an .A.nfwer fuddenly; bur notwithfbnding ftaid near an Hour. When he came, he gave us this An~ fwer, vi::. Tbat jhe would be glad to meCJus, but jhe did not know tcberc; lutt t'aJber inclined that we jhou!d go over the Water to the .ll1inijlcr's lioujl', whither, if jhe could, foe Wtluld collie to r1s; butt bat IJ jlrill Hand wa~ be!d over !Jer by her Father. After fame more ferious Difcourfe with him, con· cerning the Witnefs nf Gq,d i11 the Confcience, and the Difcovery, Tefiimony, and Judgment of thac True Ligbt, unto which all mufi bow rhac would be Heirs of the Kingdo01 of God (recommending him to the fame) we p:med; he returning homewards, and we advancing to the Town. But being neceffitated to pafs by her F:nhcr's Cafile, who is Scignior or Lord of that Country, it fo fell out1 that at that very Inftant he came fonh to walk: And Vo.L• .I. The AuT H o-n's -L IF 1!,- 79 And feeing us in the Habit of Strangers, fent Ori~ of hi& Attendants to de: r6 77• rnand who, an~ from when~ we were? And wh~ther we went? Calling ut ~ afterwards to htm, and aflnng us the fame Quefhons. We anrwered That ,, - PJe n;r.r.J! Englifhmen .come from: Holland, going no. /an~er in tbrft 'Paru, than hrs own Tou:n of Mulhetm. But not !howmg· htm, or paying him Mulheim. that Worldly Homage and RefpeCI:: which was expefled from us, fome of his Gentlemen ask'd us, Jf we lme'UJ whom we were lit/ore ? .And if we did not ufc to deport our felves after another Manner before ·f.{obiemen and in tlte PrrJM:ce of Princes ? We anfwcr~d, TVe were no/ Conjci011:1 to o~r ftlvu of any ,Difrej}e[/ or Unfcem~ BehaVIour.. One of them fharply replied, Why don t }till pull off y~ur H(J/s I ben? Is 1t ReJPcO lo fland coveted m the Prr;. fence of tbeSovera1gn of the Co11ntry? We told them, lr war our PraOice in the Prefence of our Prince, who is a Grear King, and iharu:e uncovered noi our Heads to any, but in our Dulj to .Almighty GOD. Upon which the Graef called us t?._uakers, _fa_ying unto us, We bt~ve no need of Quakers here; ger )'Oil OJI/ of my Dommwns; you jhali not go to my Town. We t?ld him, That we were an innocent People that feared God, and baJ Good W,lJ toward, aD lllcn ; that we bad True ReJPe[f in o11r Hearts tvward.t l1im, and would be glad to do him any retllGood or Service; and thai the Lord bodtnade it )Hatter ofOmJcience to !If, not ro conform our Je!ves to the vain 1111d fr11itlejs Cufloms (If this World, or Words to this Purpofe. However, he commanded fome of his Soldiers to fee us out ofhis Territories· to whom we alfo declared fomewhat of the Reafon and Intention of our 'coming to that Place, in the Fear :tnd Love of God, and they were civil to us. We p:~rred wic~ much Peace and Comfort in our Hearts; and as we paf. fed through the Vtllage where the Schoolmaftet dwelt, (yet in the Domini· ons of the Graef) we called upon him, and in the Senfe of God's Power anci Kingdom, open'd to him the .A1e.Jfagc and Te/limony ofT RuTH which the Man received wirh a weighty and ferious Spirit. For under th~ Domi• nion of the Graef there is a large Congregation of Protefiants called Calvi· nifls, of a more Religious, Inward and Zealous Frame of Spirit than any Body of People we met with, or heard of in Germany. ' After we had ended our Teftimony to him, we took our Leave defiring him not to fear, hut robe of good Courage, for the Day of the iord was haftning upon all the Workers of Iniquity; And to them that feared his Name, where-ever fcattcred throughout the Earth, he would caufe the S11n of Rigbuoufnefs to arife and vifir them, with Healing under HiS Wings: And to r~member us with True Love and Kindnefs to the Countefs, Daugh· ter to th1s Gr11ef, and to defire her not to be offended in us, nor to be dif.. mayed at the Difpleafure of her Father, hut Eye the Lord that hath vifited her Soul wirh his Holy Ligbt, by which lhe feerh the Vanity of chis World and in fome Meafure the Emptinefs and Deadnefs of the Religions that ar~ in it, and He woul~ preferve her from the Fear of the Wrath of Man, that workerh not the Rrghtco•fnef; of God. So we lefr the Pence of JESUS wtth h1m, and walked on towards Duy}burgb, being about Six .bltg!{fo Miles from thence, and near the Eighth Hour at Night. The Lord was with us, and comforte~ our Heart~ as we walked~ without any Outward Guide, throug_h a ted1ous and fohtary l¥ood, about Three Miles long with the joy oj llis Salvation: GiVing us to remember, and to fpeak one' unto anoe t~er, Of Hi~ B~rffcd Wir,re.ffes in the Doyr pajl, who wandred up and Jown bk: Poor Pilgnms and Strange~s on the Enrt~, rbeir Eye hcing to a CitJ in t he He,vcns-, that bad Foundatums, whoJe Bm!derand Alt1ker is God. Betwixt Nine and ~n we reached the WailsofDJJyjlmrgb, but the Gates were fhut, and there bemg no Houfes wirhour the Walls we laid us down together in a Field1 receiving both Natural and Spiritual'Refrefhment, hlel:. fed be the Lord. About Three in the Morning we rofe, fanClifying God in 3. 7• 2. our H~arts tbat bod kept us tbt~t Night, and walked till Five, often ipea·king one to another, Of the Great and Xotable Day of rbe Lord d,,wning upon Germany, and on feveral Places of that Lam! tbat u:erc a/mojl ripe unto HtJrV(jl, Soon |