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Show ( 294) wlchin he thus fubtiJly works·; and I well ~noWing it cannot forbear to Exhort you, tn the Fear ~f rhe Lord God, that you wi~h che. Eye of your Mind, retired ouc of all Thmgs vtfible, there to wait Still and Q2iet, and ceafing fr?n1 all felf-working, may with Meeknefs receive Power Might Dominion, and perfetl Strength, againft' all tha~ ever the Enemy did ~ppear in; and in this Condition of the free favmg G~ace of God, which is appeared for your Deliverance and Teacher, you may learn to grow from .Grace w Grace, into the Knowledge of rhe wonderful Works of God, which your foreFar hers faw ; and many Things happ_ened to them for our Enfamples, and are wnnen for our learning Spiritually ;. and the fame Way you are to Travel, as they dtd, who were b~pttzed unro Mofes; and fo proceeding, you will find the fame fpirftual Meat, from the leaft to the greateft of you; and he that g~thererh. tnofr, will have none over ~ and behold I Telhfy (as the Jeail among many Brethren ) rhat he that oarhererh Iirtle hath no lack, bm in his Father's Haufe feeds on the Bread of Life ; the Nourifhrnenr and Venue of it will make the leaft as Strong as David, a~d give Pow~r ove: all fpirirual Enemies, rho every one m thetr Camp were as great as Goliab. A11d rhus tU this Day hath the Lord preferved ·me in the Power of t.he endlefs Life, where, like a Beacon on a H11l, the Watchers fired and filled with Zeal,. to give' others Warning of the nigh approaching of the Enemy, who lies lurking in the Nature of Tranfgreffion, ready upon all Opponunities to appear in . Evil Thoughts, Lufis, .&c. and fo to defile the Temple, if not refified m the firft Motion. And as £he Creature gives way to the Temp- ( 29) ) Temp~arion of the Defiroyer, he will grow Cold, and hts Zeal towards God, and Love to his People, will Wither, and fomerimes be hardly drawn to 1heir Affemblies; and all this while he may walk under Covert of an outward Pro. f~ffio~ of Trur~, yet grow not at all ; for havmg JOyned wuh r_hat in the Motion, although not brought forrh tnto the ACI: that hides from the P~efence of the Lord, and keeps from fweec Nounihmenr of the Vine, which caufeth all that abides in it, co :bring forth Fruit, as rhe Hear of the Sun cauferh the tender Herb ro fpring. And whoever comes imo · this Condition the lingle Eye difcerns him, and the Faithful 'goes about Mourning, and faying, How have fucb defiled the Bed of Virginity, who once in a great meaJure bad efcaped the Corruptions that are in · thr: World2 thr?ugh Luff :. And altho' I am perf waded berrer Thmgs· of you, yet, my beloved Friends, who are dear unto me, as you abide in that which Crucifies you to the World, wherein I dearly E~hon you to abide, as ir ariferh in you, and p~lt 1t on as a Garment of Righreoufnefs wherem from Faith to Faith you may pafs on, ~nd fo Preach Righteoufnefs to the Old World' 2nd in it you will be P!eferved, as in an Ark~ from the Defirultion, like a Flood, that wili alfure91y come up<;>n the World of Ungodly : An~ m aU your Trials and Troubles, look and watt fo: the. Power that once delivered you and agau~ and again it will deliver you fron~ the Power of the Dog, and work mightily in you ; that wirh willing Minds you deny all for Its fak~, until the Image of the Beloved. be form~d m you, and you in him, where in Love ye will be acc~pted, .and the Knowledge of his Myftery, mamfefted 111 Fldh, in every meafure of |