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Show The Au THo R's L 1 F E. VoL • .I. J677· Next Morning the Pacquet-Boat arrived, and ahou_t Ten we went 011 ~ Board, having firft taken our Solemn Leave of rhofe Fnends that accompa, 22• 8. 2, nie~~si~~~d{~rely fer Saii, with a great Number of. Pal('engers: Bur, ~f 23. 8. 3• Reafon of contrary and tempeftuous Weather, we arnved nor ~t Harwz~" Harwich till the Thiid Day about the 7th Hour. W~ence, nex~ Mormog, l wm 24· 8. 4· this followirlg $qlutation and Account co the Fnends of Holl11nd and Germa-- ny, to return with the Boar. A Letter from Harwich, to Friends in Holland and Ger. many, containing the 'Paffages from Holland to England. Let this be fent to the Friends in High and Low-Dut<h-La~tl. 0 My Sou!nttJgni}ittb tbt Lord, and my Spirit rejoyccrb in God my_ Saviour, tvbo bath rebuked the Winds and tbe Sea.r, and made us ro.dnnk_o£ brs Sa!vatitm upon the Great Deeps! Ye:~, .we co.uld not but P~a1fe Hun in the Tempel\ for all Things are full of HIS Majel\y. Blelfed lS the Eye that feeth, and 1the Heart that dependeth upon Him at all Ti.mes. There ;is not another God; He is the Lord alone that the Holy Anctents trulted. ifl, and were not confounded. What !hall my S_oul render u~to the lArd I We are full of His Mercy, he hath made us Wuneires of Hts Care. We can fay in Righteoufnefs, they are ble!fed whofe God is the Lord, and that ferve all the Day long no other Maftet than our God. Friends, this is an endeared Salutation to you all in HiglJ and Low-DutcbLdnd in the Deep and Freili Senfe of the Lord's Preferving Power. 0 that you ~ay :~bide in th:J.t Scnfe of _Him whic~ He hath begot.ten in. you, ~nd in the Reverent Knowledge of Htm, accordmg to the Mamfeftanon whtcb. you have received of Him, in the Light of H~; Dear. Son: !hat you may be Faithful, and Fervent for the Lord; that Hts Glonou~ Life anJ Power may break through you : And thefe Lands long Dry and Barren, as the Wildernefr, may fining and bloffom as the Rof e. For what have we to do here but to exalt Him, that hath vi fired and loved us; yea, faved us in grea~ Meafure? lib, He is Worthy! My Spirit reverenceth Him, my Hear( ~nd Soul do bow before Him: Eternal Blcllingr dwe11 for :Ever with Him. l)epr Friends, my Love fiowcth to you as a 'Fountain. God, even mr God, and your God hath made /ou dear rome; yea, dearer than all Nil"' t11ra/ Kin(ir~d. You Jre Flefh ·a Flefh indeed. Nor Sea nor Land, nor Time nor Place can ever fep:~.rarc our Joy, divide our Communion, or wipe put the Remembrance that 1 have of you. Yea, the living Remembrance that my God often giveth me of you, in the Life of His Son, abideth; which breaketh my Hean to Pieces; .And I can f:ty, I left much of my Heart behind me; and the Lord only cnuld hJ.ve outwardly feparated m;fo foon from you. 0 this Love thn is fi:rcngcr th:IR Death: More excellent than the Love of Women i for th:H endurelh for Ever : Thi~ Priviledge_ haye all the Saints. Jefus the Light of the World, that faveth from the World, be _with you, Jlmen. We get welllaft Night about Seven to Harwicb, beiQg three Days and two Nights at Sea: Mofi Part of the Time was a great Storm of Wind, artd Rain, and Hail; the Weather was againft us, and the Veffel fo leaky1 fhar two Pumps went Nigh-t ahd Day, or we had perifh'd. 'Tis believed thJt rhey pumpr twice more Water our, than the Veffel could contain 1 bur our Peace was as a River, and our Joy full, The Seas had like to havew:~.lb'd for)Je of the Seameu over.bnard, but the Great God p1eferved nJI wetl. Frig'lu 1 were among the People, and Defpondencies in fame, but the Lord wrought Deliverance for all: \¥e were mightily throng'd, which made it the more rroublefom. 1 But .. I The AuTHoR's LIF'E. But it is obfervabie that though the Lord fo wonderfully delivered u!; yet fome V:~.in People foon forgot it, and returned quickly to their wanrorr Talk and Convcrfation, not abiding in the Senfe of that Hand which had delivered them: Nor can any do iq as they fbould, but thofe that are turned to His Appearance in their Hearts: Who know Him to be a God nigh at Hand; which, 0 ! May it be your Experience and Ponion for EvX~~ the Lord be with you, and refrefh and ful\ain you-; and in all your Temptations never leave you, nor forfake you; that Cong11eron you may be, and in the End of Days and Time, .ftand in your Lot among the Spirits of the ]uU made Perfea. .Amen, ..tmen. HirJrifb 24th of the 8th Month, 1677. ToNrt in that wbieh if Eternal, w. p_ Here I left dear G. Pox, and Gertruyd Dirich ahd her C4ifdren, that came over with us, to follow me in a Coach ; But I having :i Defire to be that Day at Cokhefler Meeting, went early away on Horfc-back. G. K. ac· Colchenet.; companying me. We got to the Meeting, and were wellRefrefhed in Friends. 2~. 8. 1· That Evening we had a mighty Meeting at J. Furley's Haufe, where we lay; many being there of the Town that would not come to a Publick Meeting. And indeed the Lord's Divine Power and Prefence were in the .1\ffembly. "Se~i~t f~aib:'Lo~d~ aT~~e:~f~~:~i~; ab~~t ~~~~:a;;~ ~~:rHo~~ h/o~ 1:: 26• s. 6~ don. G. F. &c. through Mifc:nriage of a Letter about the Coach, not be .. 1ng come to Cokbe,.Per. That Night we lay at I. Ravens, Eight Miles art Clur Way. There we met Giles Barnad,ffon, and William Bennet; with whom, and fome other Friends thereabout, we were cdmfoned in the Life and Powet of the Lord. The Day following we took our Journey for London; we came there in london; good Time, that Evening; w.here I fbund all Things relating to Friends in 2 7• s. 1• a good Condition: Bleffed be the Name of the Lord. I frayed about a Week in Town; both to vi fit Friends at Meetings,,.~and to be·fervkeable to the more ~eneral Affairs of Truth: Where a Jecond Letter from the l'rincej! Elzzabeth came to Hand. Dear Friend, Herford, the 29th of OE!ober, 1677, Y. 0 U R TenMr Can_of my Elerltal WeD·heing doth oblige me m11cb, anl ~ 1 fllill weigh every .iirticle of )ONr CoNnftl to follow tU much tU lies in Me, but God's Grace mujl be ~ffiflant; tU you fay your felf, he accepts no· thing that does not come from Him: lf I had mdde me bare of all Worldly Gootlt, and left undone what lle requires mofl, I mean, to do allln, and By Hit So11, Ijhall ·be in no better(:ondition than at this prefent. Lu me feel Himfir/l g()1)erning in my Heart, then do wbat he requires of me; but I am not able to uach.otbers, being not taught of God my fel£ Remember my Love to G. F. B. F. G. K. and dear Gertruyd. If you wriu no worfe tlJan your Pofl· fcript, I can mak.e afhift to read it. Do not think I go from whac I fj:>Okc to you the lafl: Evening, 1 only fiay to do it in a Way that is anfwerable before God and Man. I can fay np more now, hNtrecommend to yoiJr Prayert, Your Tru.e Friend, Elizabeth. 1 almoft forgtJt to telJ }Oil, tb4t my Si!l:e.r writes me Wort!, fo~ bad henr tlad y~u had rdtn your Journey by Ofenburg to return to Arol\etdam: Tbere ().2 " |
