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Show ( 300) Savour of Life to your Life, · and a T~llhnony in you of my Innocem Dearh : And If I had been aJwgether Silent, and the Lord had not opened my Mouth unto you, yet he would have opened your Hearrs, and there have_ fealed' my Innocency wirh the Screams of Ltfe,_ by which we are all Bapti~eJ into that Bod1 wh1ch i.r in God, 'JVitb whom, and in 'JJJbofe Prejence there u Life; in which, as you abide, you fiand upon [he PiiJar and Ground of Trmh: For, the Life being rhe Trurh and rhe Way, g.o noc one fiep .. wirhout ir, Jefi you fhould compajs 11 Mountain in the Wildernefs ; for, unto e·very Thing there is a Seafon·. As rhe Flowing of rhe Ocean doth fill every Creek and Branch thereof, and chen retires again towards its own Being and FuJ. nefs, and leaves a Savour behind ic ; fo doch the Life and Vertue of God flow into every one of your Hearts, whom he hath made Partakers of his Divi11e Nature ; and when ir withdraws but a Iiule, it leaves a fweet Savour behi~d ir, that . many can fay, they t~re made clca.n through the Word that be hath Jpoken to them : In which In- . nocenr Condition you may fee what you are in the Prefence tl( GoJ, and what you are wit~out him. Therefore, my dear Heans, let rhe enJoyment of rhe Life alone, be your Hope, your Joy and Confolation, and let the Man of God flee rhofe Things rhat would lead the Mind our of tpe Crofs, for then the Savour of the Life will. be buried : And allho' fome may fpeak of Things rha£ rhey received in the Life, as Experiences; yet the Life being veiled, and rhe Savour thar H left behind wafhed away by the frefh Floods of Temptation, the Condition thar they did enjoy in the Life, boafied of by the airy Thing, will be like the Mann11 that was gathered Ye-jlerdr. y, ( JOI ) Perday; wirhout any good Scent or Savo1,1r; For, ir was only well wirh rhe Man while h~ was · in the Life of Innocency ; bm being drjven . from the Prefence of the Lord into the Eanh, What can he boaft of? And alrho7 you know thefe Things, and (many of you) much more than I can fay; yet, for the Love and Zeal I bear to the Truth and Honour of God, and tender Defire of my Soul to chafe char .. re Young, that they may read 1e in that from w~ich I write, ro firengthen them againft rhe Wtles of the fubrle Serpent chat beguiled Eve; I fay, Stand in the Watch within, in rhe Fear of the Lord, which is the very Entrance of Wtfdom; and the State where you are ready ro receive . th~ Secrets of the Lord : Hunger and Thirft patiently, be not lveary, neither doubt; jlan4 flill, and ceafe from thy olvn Working, and in due time thou fhalt enter into the Ref!, and thy Eyes jha!J behold thy Salvation, 'JJJhofe Teflimonies are Sure, And Righteom altogether : l..et them be tU a Seal upon thine Arm, and tH Jewels about thy Neck, that others 111ay fee what the Lord hath done for your Souls: Confefs him before Men, yea, before his greateft Enemies ; Fear not what they can Jo unto ~ou : Greater is he that i.r in you, than he that i4 '~ the Worfd: For he will cloath you with Humiltty_, and m the PolJJer of his Meeknefs you thafl .. Retgn over all rhe Rage of your Enemies in th~ Favour of God ; wherein, as you ftand in Fanh, ye are rhe Salt o~' the Earth · for man~ r. . '.1 ' ' :/ Jwng _YOU~ go~d Works, may glorifte God in the pay of t?etr Vijitatzo11. Take heed of receiving that whtch you faw not in the Light, lefi you give ear to the Enemy. Bring all Things co rhe Lighr, that t~ey may be proved, whether they be Wfqught m God; The Love of rhe World, the T ~ Lu~ |