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Show ( 276 ) feek after the living Bread and hidden Manna that comes down from above, and is given to feed the Hungry, and firengthen the fee~Ie minded: And verily it is fo, in Love and Plamnefs to you do I fpeak, that you who can. li~e without this living Bread, ~our .sou_ls he m Death fiill and th~ Wirnefs hes flam m Sodom and Egypt,' in you, and the Seed. lies covered under the Clods of the Eanh, m you ; and unlefs it arife and live in you, you cannot be Saved, nor enrer into the Land of Reft, which is prepared for the Faithful, wro are R f'~enerate and Born again of the Holy See~, whtch_ fha!I Inherit the Bleffing, the Son of God, whiCh 1s Heir of the Promife, and in him is our Life hid wirh God, from the Vulrurous Eye and Venemous Beafi ; and from the Lord are we refrefhed, Day lpy Day. So, dear People, !et the Witnefs of God arife and be awakened m you ' all, that the Seed may come fonh from under the Clods of your hard and fiony Heans, that fo rhe Prifoner mtty be fee at Liberty, which long harh been Opprdfed ; and for the fake of It, irl you, am I confirained ro write unto you, nor knowing whether I may fee your Faces, in the Fleib any more, yea or Nay. Oh! that you would lay rhefe Things w Heart, which I in Love have written to you, not knowing how foon your Breath may be fiopp' d, and your Life taken from you ; and as Death leaves you, fo muft you appear before rhe Lord, and be Judged according to your Doing. So, dear Hearts, do nor flight rhe Day of your Vifitation, nor rhe Tenders of God's Love, which is yet held forth to you, left you be taken away in your Sins, and dye in your Iniquities, and then I know your Portion wil~ be Sad : There-fore ( 277 ) fore do I warn. you, in Bowels of render Love, and in Piry ro your Captive Souls, that you run no longer in your former Vanities, in fpending your time out of the Fear of God; for all they that live out of the Fear of God, do nor feel his Prefence, nor enjoy his Bleffing. So, all hearken to the Counfel of God, and be arrentive to his Voice, and lend your Ear to his Cali, while he is knocking ar the Door of your Hearts : Oh ! do nor refill: him, but let him in, that he may take Poffeffion, whofe right it is ; for, verily, if you refift him, when he calls upon you, and will not lend your Ears to his Counfel, nor give Ear ro his words, a Dai of Trouble and Perplexity of Spirit will alfuredly come upon you; rhen will you call upon the L?rd, bur he will not hear you, but will hide hts Face from you; even fo will it be with you ar char Day, becaufe the Lord calJed, and you would nor hear him ; fo, when you call upon him, he will nor hear you. And this from th~ Lord God I declare unto you, rhar if you Penfh, your DeftruCtion is of your [elves, and the Lord will be clear of your Blood, in the Day of your ·Account. So, dear People, let the Patience and Forbearance of our God, towards you, ltad you to Repemance, and now no longer go on in Sin, againft that of God in yo~.tr Conkiences, bur all ltoop down to rhe Wt~nefs. of God in you, that rhe Seed may arife ro hve m you; for the Bleffing is upon England for the Seed's fake, which God hath rai{ed and !t is growing, anj rhe Venue of it is fp~eadmg . over ~he N arions! a_nd the Kingdom of Chnft begms to Flounib m the Eanh but this I fay unto you, char unlefs you feel rhe Seed of God to arife and Jive in you, you cannot Inherit the |