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Show lterwerden. 2'4:. 1· 1· Tbe .1\ul'!lO 1\'S LIFE. VoL I. fwered, ' Rather than I will betny tb3.t Ca~e, ~nt~~~;rt sc; heRI~f[T~s ~~ • G 0 D's Strengrh, tbfy Jt•~pull ~ ~f!:!ir~ his Companion, the other his Haufe, and cruly we 3 a~ .· h' rhat the Day was come Min iller,_ abo?' threehH~u'I: r~fhf~~~~ g~~~oer ~:,·of all Seth (rhat ftand io end commg, m whtc t e _or w_ 1f, 1 S · 't Life and Powtr · and the o~dnef~ oft~ ~euy~ '!'h H'c{ B~~d of~ea~:fi:ould ltand . And there-that m Tbht.r thd Jt'~f ~he~t!h~~ld have :m Eye to the Princip?t of God in fore tbat e an 3 . ed . h might fpeak from tt; and that themfeh:es, that betng :urn to ~t, t f.Jified So we parted, leaving tbe tbereip they fiblld ~ft'fie GO: :~e be We vifited the Merch:mt twice, and Man in a fen~ e ~~ av?~t?hi~. the Man is of 3 loving and fenfible Spi· h_ad a very~ ve of~eJ~ cned ~ur HeartS to him. ntw:~~~~e vifited Do8:or 1ohn.~r Sopbrony Coznck, an odd ~mprfitum of" M:~n. He has ~ad great and ftrange ~pe~.n~; he dh~~hs~:i':t~:!~:~ ~~;~ of Tracts. He ts a great Enemy to r e tc s, :m M hod De Of a rncr;y et of a rough Difpofirion, without aoy et or ccncy jn his ClotbcL Food, Furniture and Entertainment. He wants but Three of Fourfcore, yet. of a _won~erful Vigour andRPrei~nancy;hink he was as loving We were tw1ce wah h1m, and we have ea on to . . d to uS as to any Body, And truly he did fhow at pa_mng fome fer!ou5 an hearty KindnefS : But we could faften little UJl?n htm as to. Gods Po~er, or any inward Scnfe of us or our Tefiimony : Yet we had ltt~le to objefi :1 ainfi what he faid ; nay, fome Things were very exuao~m<~ry. gFrom him we went to Dofl:or BtUinshnm,_ an Eng lifo Phyfictan, .a Man o£ a lowly and tender Spirit, who rece~ved u~ tn much Love, lamennng when we left him that he had no more .Time wah us. At the I;n we had frequent Opportunity to decl::tre the Way of TrQt~, and we muft needs fay, we were heard with Patience and Sobnet~ \ pa.ru• cularly by a Doftor of Law, who lodged at the Houfe, and_ an ancient Man of Kit/ in Hol/ltin. We left Books amonglt them at~, and tn the Lov~ and Fear of God we took our Leave of them on the Fifth Day afte.r J?tnner, and began our Journey towards Herwerdtn, the Court of the Pnncefs, where we arrived on the Seventh D:ty in the Morning, every way ';Yell, through the Mercies of the Lord. We fent to inform he~ of our Arnval, and to know what Hour it would be con~enienr for ~s to VI fit her; whoreturned us this Anfwer That being t}fen 1mployed m the Bufinefs of her Government, it would be the Second Hour in the Afternoon before fhe could 9e ~~!'¥f~:·being come we went to vifit her, and found both her and tbo Counrefs ready to receive us; which they did wi!h ~~ch Lcwe and Tendernefs. I obferved them to be mu.ch lower in thetr ~mts t,han Ever, and that our former bleffed Opportunities had had a ble!fed FffeU upon them. Tbat Afternoon was imployed in the Narrati\'e of our Tra\lel~, whtch the1 heard with ~reat Attemion and Refrefhment. The whole DtfcotJrfe ended with a precious little Meeting. The Haufe being clear of Strangers, theJ both .earneftly 'Preft us to Sup with them, which being not well able to de-cline, we fubrqtrted to. • At Supper the Power of the Lord came t~pon me, and It was a rrut SNpper to us, for the hidden Manna was m~nifefted and broken amongft us; yea, a bleffed Me!!ting it proved .to us :. 0 the rcv~rent Ttn:Jtrnif.r and Anw'~ Frame of Spirit that ap~red this Evemng, both 10 the Pnncefs and CPun tefs~ The Funcb·u;o111a11 we found greatly impro\•ed, both in her Love and Underltanding; yea, fhe Was very zealous and very broken, and was ~lwa~s with us on r~efe (}cqfiqns. Afte.r SuppeJ we returned to the PnncelSi Chamber, where we flayed. till it was about Ten at Nt~t. At parnn~ defir~d the Princefs wou\d gw~ us fuoh another Opp?rtunuy next J?aY, . ing theFiriiDay of the Wee)<, as we liad tbelaft Trmewe were .wuh her0 She anfw~.ed me, Witb n1J 1(1]'Hlart,bNJ ~IJ]e not cfJ.mt In tht.Mori':C~{~·, VoL. I. The A tr THo R's L I F E; I replied, Tt.r wiOingly; What Time wilt tho" he reatly to receive 111, !he an• fwered, .At Srvtn. Abour Seven the next Morning we came; ahout Eight the Meeting began, and held till Eleven: Several Perfons of the City, as well as thofe of her own Family being prefent. The Lord's Power very much affeEl:cd them, :~nd the Countefs was twice much broken while we fpoh. After the People were gone out of the Chamber, it lay upon me from the Lord to fpeak to them two, the Princcfs and the Countefs, with Refpeft: to their particular Conditions, occcafioned by thefe Words from. the Princefs ; I a1n fuUp c.onttfnc'O; h11t 0 my Sin.r are great ! WhiUt I was fpeaking, the Glorious Power of the Lord wonderfully rofe, yea, after an awjul Manner, and had a deep Entrance upon their Spirits; efpecially the Countefs's,. that fhe was broken to Pieces: God hath raifed, :~nd I hope fix'd his own Teftimony in them. We returned to our Inn, and after Dinner we came back to the fecond Meeting on that Day, which began about the fecond Hour in the After· noon: And truly, the Reverent, Bleffed, Sure Word of Life was divided :~right, and a precious Senfe of Truth was raifed in the Meeting. There came more of the City than in the Morning, and we were much comforted in the Lord's Power that was with us. For the Truth had Paffage, and the nungry were fatisfied, and the fimple-hearted deeply afl"clled. This Day at both Meetings was one of the Princefs's Women, that ne\•er was at a Meeting before, and fhe (tho' very fhy of us the taft Time) became tender and loving to us; fhe was truly reach'd. 0, Magnified be the Name of the Lord, whofe Prifence was wirh us, and whofe Arm ffood by us I After Meeting the Princefs prefi: us to fiay and Sup wirh her, pleading the Qpiernefs of the Family, and rhat they were alone. Ar Supper (as the Night before) it was upon me to Commemorate the \,oodnefS of the Lord, his daily Providenccs, and how Precious He is in the Coyenant of Li~bt to the dear Children, and Follower$ of the Light. Great was the Reverence and Tendernefs that was upon the Spirits of both Princefs and Countefs at that Inftant. After Supper we returned to the Prin£efs's Chamber, where we fpent the Refi of our Time, in holy Silence, or Difcourfe1 till about the Tenth Hour, and then we repaired to our Quarters. Next Morning about Eight we returned to the Court, where the Prince{$ and Countefs were ready to receive us, The Morning was imployed in a very ferious Relation, relating of the AfFairs, Pra6lice and Sufferings of our Friendt in England, wirh which they feemed ~ready afFe£l,ed: When, a· bout the Eleventh Hour a rat ling of a Coach mterrupted us, The Coun-. tefs imrnediarely fiept out to fee what was the Marter, and returned with a Countenance fomewhat une:!lie, telling us, that the young Princu, 1\!phtwr to the Princefs and the Grarf of Donaw, were come to vifit her. Upon which I told them, we fhould withdraw, and return to our Lodging; but in treated, that forafmuch as we were to depart that Night with the PofiWaggon, we might not be difappointed of a.Farewel Meeting with them; and the rather, for that I had a great Burden upon my Spirit: 'Which they readily complied with, telling me, rhefe Perfons would only Dine and be gone. As we went to the Door, the Collntef.r fiep'd before us, and opened it for us; and as I pail by, fhe look'd upon me with a weighty Coumerr .. ance, and fetch'd a deep Sigh, crying out, 0 the C11mber and Enrnnglemcnr.r of tbU Vain W6rld! Tbty hinder nli Good. Upon which I replied> look:ng her ftedfafily in the Face, 0 come thou out of them then I . After we had dined at our Lodging, fomething being upon me to write to the Profeffors of Religion in that Countr{, I went up to my Chamber that I might be the more retired. Jufi: as was about rhe Conclufion of the Paper, came the Steward of the Houfe from the Princcfs, with this Mefi'age, That the Princefs imreated us to come to her, for the Grnef of Donnw had a great Defire to fee us, and to fpeak wirh us. This brought a frefh Weight and Exercife upon us; but committing aiJ to the Lord, and cafting our Care upon Him, we went. 0 2 · Being 99 1677. ~ ~~ 7· ,. |