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Show No. XVlll. ~ An .A p p E N 1J I X io VpL. I. . . 1 S irit and Truth, ahd tofol-frorn. aU your falfe. WorjhipW by lnf R:~e~~~~~~n,p whofe ~ove to me hath tow his dear ::..on 111 the k~yd 0 and to feek their Salva~10n. taught me to Love all Man tn ' W. Pehh. Alllfllt~·~~~~~' 2~~7~f the Tender . b Wa 0r Epi!He to.pll thof• Counfel and Ad VICe, ,/Y . :Yan~d who have received th• ,f h · D 0r rijitatton, . h . R who are fenftble o, t "' •J. 1 d Spirit of His Son IN t m eartSj Call of the Lord, by the ~tght an h re ever /catteml throughout the to partake of the Great Sad v({b~~it; ~vhi,h overcome the World, be U'orld; Faith, Hope, an ' mtJitiplied among you. An Epiflle 'o My Denr!J. beloVed Fricndt. of our Vifitation, by the Light of the .u rbofe •ho . w H 0 are fenlibJe of the Day /who have gladly received the Holy :h:~~b~j ef Lord Jefus in you~ Hel~~,h~~e beheld the Great Apoftacy, that is. in shtirVi#wion Tefhmony thereof, by .which ~er and Spirit of God, and the GrojJ Dege'!e· l.ife p. 109, the World,. from the Ltfe, Po lied Chriftiana, from the Purity, Self·demal, raq, that 1s amongit tho~eftcJa 1i and his Primitive Followers; and how aud Holy Example <?f C~n e us, w Chriftendom is become a Cage of ~nPride, Luft lnd Vanay reJgn, ant ho der the Senfe thereof, and have cned ~leaR Birds: Who have mourne l un how long 0 Lord God Holy and Trrte, in your Souls, How long, ho~ ifongb G eat Po~er' and Reigneft ~ To whom fJ.Jill it be, ere thou takeflto thy Je ~ ~h{ Vanities and Glory of lt but Vexatbe W orl~ i.s become a ~~~de~, 3-fhings that are fcen, which are Temporal. zion of Spmt: Who de P1 e t c are not feen, which are Eternal: Whofe for the Sake of the Thmgs t~a~ime and Mortality, to that Eter~al City, !yes look through and be~oG 0 D , Whofe daily Cri~s and Travails. are ~o whofe Butlder .and .MakerW of Regeneration; to live as Prlgnms m this follow ]ESU ~ In 'f\ a~lory which (hall hereafter be Revealed, that World, for the Sake o tat 'attain unto the Eternal Reft of God ~ can ne\'er fa,de away., that you m~y is that the God and Father of Him thlt To you, my dca!' Fr!ends, ~0 j.O,~:~ f~r evermore, Chrift JeJm, the Frzirhful was dead, a.nd ts alive, an 1\ and vifited my Soul, harh now .moved and True W't.n.tfs, wb? hath Jo:j.fi~ you with this Epiflle. Receive 1t rhen, upon rn,y Sputt to wnte, an . of that Love and tife which are not of apd with it the endeared Sa~ta{..Vo"ld Great and frequent are my Travail9 this World, but overcome t (ie or a~d not faint but endure to the End; f<>t you, that ybou. mal PGt~~~~~s Salvation and Redemption, that' is in that you may o tam t at. Knees bended before the God of the Chtilt Jefus. Yea, for thts are m~ entire! ke t. that you may fo run, dJ Spirits of all.Flefh, that you may u a uve~com~; 'that an Immortal Crown yaonud mKaiyn godbotmm nm; aayn dbefo fyiogubrt p.o tum 'jaOn , mw h en all Sins and Sorrows fhall be done away. . . a do hear my ExhortatiOll to you in the Spirit of And that thiS you m/., 'h God hath begotten in your Hearts by .rbe Truth. Dwell m the enJ e t at . . u reconciling you unto htm-r t\1" w~.~~ri:;{, ~hi:b~;£~0Se1~f~0~;~;:re;ved in you, and/' ~il~r;~: . e · f:! where the Holy Senfe irloft, Profeffion, even o t e fn:~~lli1 ~~~~~:~ ~;[f~l\· t~r~~~~"~h~h~t:~~;.tt:~t;t~lub~o~~fa~~~ and they will be car~ied i.~aln caj~~~d:Y. n t~~a~Li;~t ~~kLir!:.":t1ich bath '~herefore, I fayb:J gam, tve ~~ly Senf; in your Hearrs and which bath ~~~:d?i~u~,~~~di::'fi~'r:l :~you, and you.weary and hea;y.IJden uddT~~;ft 'Burden of it: And hath raifed in yon a Spmt ual Travazl, Hunger an aftcE VoL. I. The A i.r THo lt's LIFE. after your SJviour, tha.t he.mijlht Helivtr .You: ThJt ye tnight be filled with No. XV Ill. the Righreoufntf~ of :Ius Kmgdom, that Js wahout ~nd: . ~ Dear FrJendr, God bath breathed the Breat.h of Life tn yoo, and tn meafure you live; for dead Men and Women do nOt Hear, or Hunger, or Thirft; neither do rhey feel Weights and Burdensas you do. The Day of the Lord. is dawned upon yoU,· and it buroeth as an Oven; you.know it;~ and all . Works of Iniquity. are :.s Srubble before it: You feel Jt fo.,. they cannot ftand before the Lord: His Judgments take hold of the1ll, Jnd CQnfurne them. ~love His judgments! That with thofe of old you may fay1 In the Wny of thy Judgmentr, 0 Lord, have rve tt•aited [or thee ; t.fJe Dejire of 011r So11l i1 to thy Na111c, and to the R~membran~ .of T~e: Wrtk o11r SoNir have we drjired thee iJt the Night, yeti wub o11r Sprrtts 11mbrn tn wt!J we f eek rbee early: For when thy Judgmfnts ore in t h~ Earrb, tht IHhabit~nts of the World n:iO learn RigfHeopfncj.f. Parr, part Wtth all, M.r dear Fnmds, tkat is for Judgment, In Him arifc in )'OPr Hfartr, that His and ! our Enem1e.r may be fi:arrered : That you r:nay witnefs Him to be fironger_ 1n you, than he that is in the World. If the Defire of your Soul be to h1s Name, and the Remembrance of him you will love his judgments, and abide there the Days he alloweth for' your Purification. Be~old his bi:~cd Vifitation is upon you: His Angel harh faluted you, and Hts Holy Spalt hath over .. {had owed you: He barb begotte11 Holy De fires in you, I pray thJt they m:~y never be extinguifht, and that you may never. ~ainr. Where~ore look to Jefus that is the Author, th:lt he may be the Ftmfher. I Te(bfy for God, H, Hat appeared to yo11; yea, He hath faid to you as to Andrew, Philip, 8f:c. FoUow me : And I fay unto you, follow Him: Come and fee where He dwelleth; do not lofe Sight of Him, let Him be lifted up in you, and your Eye be ro Him • Who, where·ever He is lifted up, draweth all fuch a~ter Him. And this is the Reafon, why People are nor now drawn after Chnft, becaufe He is nor lifted up in their Hearts, He H nOr exalted in tbeir Souls; He is rejdled, oppnfl, crucified, and BUried-; y ea they have roBed a Stone up· on Him, ondftr Guards, that He jho11ld nor rife in chem to Judge them. But blefred are you, whofe Eyes have feen one of the Days of the Son of Man : Blelfed are You, at whofe Doors He hath kitocked, to whofo Hearts He hath appeared, who have recei\'ed His Holy Vifitation, who believe it ir He, and not another; and chcrefore have faid in your Hearts, with Nathaniel of old, Tho11 art the Son of God, thou ttrtth~ King of Ifrael; and with Thomas, My Lord and my God. 0 what have you, my f)ear Friends to do, but to keep With Him for ever! For whither ihould you go the'Words of Eternal Life tldJelJ with Him? He is full of Grace, and fuil of Truth, and of His Fulnefs ye have received Grace for Gr:~ce. And this is th:u Grace which bringeth Salvation to all that receive ir, embrace' it, and will be Led by it. For it teacheth fuch, as it did the .Ancient Chrifiians, to deny all Ungodline!J, and the World's Lufls, and to live fober!y and godlikely in this prrfenr tvi! World, looking for that hleifed Hope, and glori4. orK Appearing of the grear God, and their St1'Uio11r Jifm Chrijl, tJtJbo hatb given Himf elj / or them to deliver them from all Sin, and tiJ redeem them from all Iniquity. You know that you are bought with a Price, now you feel it, and in rneafure difcern the Precioufnefs of that Price which hath bought you, namely, the Life of the Dtar Son of God. Orievc not His Spirit that is ready to feat you to the Day of your perfect Redemption : Bur give up your Bodies, Souls and Spirits ro Hit Service, whofe thty are, that they may " he order'd by Him to His Glory. I write nor to you as to the World, for you are called out of the Wotid, by Him that hath overcome the World; that as he isnor of this World, fo you may not be of this World. Come then out of h more and more, .out of tb~ Nature, our of the Spirit, out of thC FrPirs, and out t~f rhe Fnjhton& of the World! They are all for the fire. Chrift faid, The World loverh its own. Search with the Light of the Lord Jefus, what there is in yout that the World owntth and lovetb: For that is its own. And confider what it is, that the World is offtnded roirb: Not with that which Cometh from ic felf, |
