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Show 1be Au1'llo:~t's LIFE. Vo'x..I. 1 1? • hat is Might)' is near thee ; a prefent 1677 • Inherit; Do not defpond; fO'f" t b\e. 0 let the Defire of thy Soul be l ~ c Help in the Needful Ttme o ro~rance of Him. 0 watt upon the Lnrd, ~ - . - 'to HIS Name, and to the Remem, The r()utb fhal1 farnt, ond the Young , • and tba~ ]halt rene"' tiJy Streng;~· . the urd fhaU never be confounded. ' • .Men fhaU fall, b~t tbey that tr:f1 tn with m whole Soul. The Lord · ' 1 wtfh thee all Tr11e and Solz ~eb~uyhis Keepi~g that thou mayft not • God of Heaven and Earrh have t ~~'" h'ch by His Eternal Word, he ' lofe, but keeg_ in that ~vt~e Sef,:;, Pr:ncifs, my Sincere and Chriftian • hath begotten tn thee.M ecetved, n e be mulriphed among you all that ' Salutation. GrMe, ercy, an ~eac ~ love the Lord JESU\l'~\1 ' tha\1 the Diligence and Difcretion I can; ' Thy Bufinefs I fi!a ow, WI nt after il fha\1 p\eafe the Lord to ' an.d by the firft rlV~ theeAtl" Ac~~tb~tn are well, and prefent the~ with • bnng me fafe to on on. my bee that love JEsUS, the L1gbt of .~ . • their dear I:-o'le, anFd t~e\ reft ;;rh thaft tau ht ine to forget thou art.a ' tb' World, m thy amuy. ou . F £ . and to that of God, tn ' p R IN c Bas, and therefore I ufe thts /ee ~m ' G' ve if thou pleafeft ' thee, am I !)lanififeft ; adnd i kno~o ml _j.~eg;;r~orne~ ~ith the ihclofed: ' the Salutanon o my ear ave · h. Th ' ay be required of ' [)ear Prineefs, do not hinder, but help er : at m et be re uired of ::" •' • her, which (coftfider~g thy fkcu'F~:ed~~ :ul ~~~ithe Pa!l'~e eafier : ~~ t::rR:¥;i;\~~-~;~r.d::~tf~a;l~~~y :~ ~~':/"F=i~~l ~;·D'ir ~ Friend, and the Lord be with thee. ~am more than I can ay, Thy Great Lover and Refpe8ful Friend, William Penn- I refer thee to the inclofed for Pall'ages' We vifited GjftaU andJa.fu:;an; and -they us : They were at one or two of the Meeungs at m}Jtr am. .. Vale itt .lEternum. FQr ANNA MARIA de Horne!, fiiled Countefs of Hornes. Jefm he .,ith thy Spirit. Amen. BEloved and much el\eemed for the Sake of that Love which is taife<i in th/Heart to the Ettrna/Trutb of God; the Increafe of which I ftl defire. tho.t thou mayft be more than Conqueror, through the f~~~rfJl Workings of that Divine Love in thy. Soul, which ca~et~ ouhr al~ F d th the World In Tbu Eternal Love It lS t at {alfe ;ar, a~d ~;::d'b:~oved qf tbee, 'Ble!l'e<L are they that hold their Fel· ove t. eein a it It iS 'Pute l.farmlefS, Patient, Fervent and Conftant: ~n ~ow~~p cometh from God ;nd leadeth all that receive it to God. lnd~ed ~t i n~od, and they that u;e in love, live in G~ if we keep and ~b1df'ur h\m that hath vifited us, we fhall ahyays feel H1s Lo.ve :l~ a Fou~tam ~ d~ Wonderful are the Effeils of it. 0 tt can lay down tts Life for zu Fnen · It will bteak through all Difficulty, and hath Powor to Conquer Death and the Grave: This tranfcendeth the Friendfhip of t~e ~ odd, ~n~ t~e vam: glorious Honour of the Courts of this World. Thts Kmdnefs ts tnvtolab~ · Our Purcft Faith worketh by this Love. 0 the Tcndernefs of that Soulm which this Love liveth and hath Place ! The Humility and Compaffion that always keep it Company. . . . h h at· And who can lively enough defcr~be the lovely .I":Jag~ tt gtvet , t e eit.t traS:i.ng and 'engaging Converfation n hath: But Itt~ difcerned, and g~h·t~ ly value'd by the Children of Love, who are born of tt, which all th,e 1 dren o{ Lght are. What !hal\ l fay, it is the great Command, and 1t ke;~ VoL. I. The AuTUoll's LIFE. ttg eth a\\ the Commands 1 Love Pure and Undefiled, it fulfi\\eth the Law and t671· Go( pel too' Blell'ed are they rhatfeel any of thi• Lovefbed abroad in theit ~ Heans. With this Love it is that God hath loved us, and by the Power of thiS Love CHRIST ]Esus hath died for us. Yea, 'tis this Love that quickneth us to]ifll$1 that cnftameth our Souls with pure and ardent Love to Him :md Ze~l for him: Yea, 'tis this Hol.Y Love, t~at forfalus Father and Mo; 7ber, Sijler and Brother, Hufl!_and, Wife and Cb1/dren, Hou{e and Land, Libtrty_ and Life for tbeSakf oj Jefus: That leavetb the Deal to bury the Dead ttmlfoUowetb Jifm in the Narrow Way of Regeneration. That can truft hi~ in the Winds, and in the Earthquakes, in the Fire, and in the Waters; yea, when the Floods come in, even unto the Soul, This defpondeth nor, neither murmureth. And as it cannot Defpair, fo it never prefumeth ; Yea, it can triumph .. antly fay, What fball be able to feparate me from the Love of God that is in Chrift Jefus? Shall Principalities or Powers? Things prefent, or Things to come? Shall Life or Death ? 0 No, neither Time nor Mot• tality. · My clear FrienJ, Let this Noble Plant of Paradife grow in thy Heart~ Wait upon the Lord, that he would Water it, and Shine upon it, and make an Hedge about it; that thy whole Heart may be replenifhed with rheHea· venly Increafe and .Fruits of it. 0 that thou mayft grow in thy Inner Man I In Wifdom, Strength, and a pure Underftanding; in Favour wuh God. and witb. all People, that are in the fame Nature and Image: For the World only loveth its own. I hoped nor to have been fo quick upon my Iafi long Letter, but God's pure Love (that hath redeemed me from the Eanh, and the Earthly Na .. ture, and Spirit) moved fervently upon my Spirit to vi fit thee, once more, before I leave this Land. I defer;~ ~t to this ~xt~emity, and being not clear to go hence, I fend thee my Cbrij11an Salutation, 10 this pure Love that many Waters cannot quench, Diftance cannot make it forger, nor can Time wear it out. My Soul Reverently boweth before the God and Father of our Lord Jefm Cbri.ft, that it would pleafe Him to preferve thee. Fear Him, and thou needeft not fe~r, For the Angel of the Lord encampeth a.; bout thofe that Truft in His Narne. The Angel of His Eternal Prefence Guard thee, that none of the Enemjes of thy Soul's Peace may ever Pre .. vail::~gainft thee! Perfeverance and Villary be thy Pardon in this World1 and a Crown of End/eft Glory be thy Reward in that which is to come. .4men. · Since my !aft (being the next Day after the Date thereof) we had a Meet• ing with Gaftn11s .Abrabams and His Company : The Succefs thou mayft per· haps fee fuddenly in Print, and therefore I (hall defer the Narrati\l'e: Only, in ~eneral, our Dear Lord, our Staff and Strength, was with us, and Truth Reigned over all. That Night we went to Leytlt11, where we Vifited fame retired Perfons. Thence. next Day, to the Hague., where alfo we had a little Meeeting~ 0 the Luft and Pride of that Place. Thou cameft into my Mind as I walk .. ed in the Streets, and 1 faid in my fdf, Well !he hath chofen the Btner Parr. 0 be Faithful, and the Lord will give thee an Eurna/ Recompence! Thence we came to Rotterdam, where the Lord hath given us feveral hea ... venly Opportunities in Private jlnd PubUck. We are oow come to the Briel and wait our Pafrage. The Lord Jefus he ~~~~~~lli~~~b~-~~~ abide for Ever. Salute me ro my French Friend, bid her be Confianr. I with thy Servants Felicity; but Thine as mine own: God Almighty overthadow thee; hide thee under His Pavilion; be thy Shield; Rock and SanEluary for fver. F#rtr «l, Farewel. Briel f;- St b Mont b~ • 16]7. Thy Friend and 1ht Lm-J's Servant, W.P. |