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Show .. '[be AuT H o R's L I F E. VoL. I. 'An ACCOUNT, P$c. n. f•ft Fi· B E I N G the Firft Day of the Week, I left my Dear Wife and F•mily; gJUt u rbe at Wormingburft in SuJfex, in the Fe:,tr and Love of God; and came D•J •!•" well to London th3t Night. · . f. Mont.b, rbe The next Day 1 employed my felf on Friends Behalf, that were 10 Su .. ntd'r~~J~on• ferings till the Evening; and then went to my own Morher'slh E.ffex. de D.zJ of tU The' next Morning I took my Journey to Colcbefter, and met George Wars W'ee.l!. Worm. of London upon the Way ; who returned with me, and came w~ll to that 21' ~· 1' Town that Evening. . z. if.~on. We lodged 31 John Furly's. the Elder, but had a bleffed Meeung at J~~" 21. ~· 2. nathan F11rly's Houfe that N1ghr. . Colchefter. The next Morning early I left Colchejler, and c1me to Haroucb a??ut 24· ~: 3· Noon accomplnied with George Wars and John FJJrly the Elder, TVtUtanz ~;~~~.'~·. TaUco~t, and J. Wbittrly of Colchejler; ~here we found dear G. F. :.tt J. VandewaU'.r Houfc, with many more Fne~ds: 26. ~· ~· 27· 5· 6. Rotterdam. After Dinner, we went all to the Meeung, where the L?rd ga~e us .a Ble!fed Earneft of his Love and Prefence, that !hould be wah us In thiS Voyage. fo( his Holy overcoming refrefhlng Power, did op:n all our Heans, 'and many of our Mouths in Mini~ry, Prayer, and Pralies, to the Magnifying of his own Name, and Truth m that Place. The Meeting done, we return~d to John VanJer.vn~'s Honfe, where we took our Leave of Friends ; that 1s to f3y, of the Fr1ends of that Place, with others that carne with us, or met us there : And fo we went on Board of the Pacquet Boat, where (by the Special Favour of the Maller of the Pacqueu to me, having formerly ferved un.der my Father,). we had the heft Accomodation given to us. Many of the Fnends accompanted us to the Ship; not leaving us till all was fix'd, and then we parted in the Fellow· (hi~~!Je{;::; came over were G. Fox, R. Barclay, G. K. G. Wars, J. Fur!y; W. TaU coat, J. Yeamans, E. K. My felf, with two. of our Se.rvants. We fer Sail about three in the Morning, bemg the Fifth Day of ~he Week; and got the Sixth Day at Night. within ~alfa_League of the Bnel. We h•d good Service thofe two Days m the Sh1p w11h feveral Pa!fengers, French and Durch: And though they feemed at firft to be (hy of us, and to Slight us, yet at laft their Hearts were much Opened in Kindnefs towards us and the Univerfal Principle bad Place The next Morning Friends were fetchr on Shore by a Boat of Rotterdam, with fome Friends of that City, that came to the Briel to meet us. The Friends that came were .A. Somum~n, B. Furly, and S. Jobnfon, VntekeJt• ken with three Young Men that live at B. F11rljs Houfe: After we had Eaten, we took Boat immediately for Rot~erdam; wllere we arrived about Noon, and where many Friends came to fee us, among whom we-were comforted. The next Day, being the Firft Day of the Week, we had two Meetings at B. Furly's Haufe ; whither reforted a great Company of People, fome ofrhem being of the confidera~left Note of that City. And Oh, bleffed he the true Word of Life that never failerh them that reft upon it, and abideirt it 1 TheGofpel was preached, the Dead were Raifed, and the Living Comforted; :1nd God, even our God," bore Heavenly Record to his only begotten Son in us: And Truth is honourable in the Eyes of feveral in that Place: The next Day~ being the Second Day of the Week, we fpent in Vifiting Friends from Hou.fe to Haufe, not in one Company, being lodged in feverai Q.uarrers of the City. All our Vifits were Precious Meetings; for indeed, for that End God brought us into this Land. Sevetal of us Dined and Supped that Day at two Great Men's Houfes, where we had blclfed Opportunities to make known unto them what was the Hope of our Glory; that Myfte;y, which to the Gentiles is now reveahnjl VoL. I. The Au'I' Ho R's LIFE. vealing, even Chrift Jefus the Ll$ht and Life of the World manifefted in us. t6]7. The next Day bemg the Th11d Day of the Week, G. F. ]. F. W.T 1...r"V'-.) and. my Self, after havmg broken our Fafl at A. Sonneman's, took Boat for 3t. ~· 3· Leyden; ~here w~ came that Night, in Order to be at H11erlem next Day Leyden,: at a Meetmg a_ppomted by G. F. and my Self from Rotterdam: Being ac-companied by f. Bocliffr, ]. Annts and J Cla1u. th3t came from Am /I erda,;, on purpofe ro. conduif us thither. , At Hnedem we arrived about the I It h. Hour; and went to theHoufe of a Haerlem.: good Old Man, that had long waired for, and is now come ro behold the 1• 6• 4- Confolation and Salvation of lfrael. After we had 3 little refrefh'd our felves, we went to the Meeting; w~ere the Lord gave us a bl~ffed Opportunity, nor only with RefpeE\: to Fnends, but many faber Baptlfl:s and Profeifors, that came in and abode in the Meetipg, to the End: Ble.ffed he the N4me of the Lord. ' !he Meetmg d?ne, we went to Amjlerdam, in Company with feveral Amfterdam.; ~nends of that City, and of .Aicbmaer and E mbden, who met us at the Meet- Jog at H4erlem. We lodged at Gertruyd Diriclts Houfe. G. K. ond his Wife, an4 R. B. frayed over the Fourth Day's Meeting at Rotterdam, and focame not rill the next Day· which was the Day of the General Meeting of Friends in this Country. ' The l'ifth Day of the Week at G. D's Houfe the general Meeting was 2• 6. 1.; held both of ~en and Women: And the Lord who is fetting up his own Kingdom by. h1s own P_ower, owned us with his own bleffed Prefence, and opened us m that w1fdom and Love,_ that .all Things ended with Pe3ce, great C?ncord and Comfort : Many Thtn~s bemg fpoken, efpecially by our ~a~ ~~~e~~e~· F. that were of good Servtce; 3nd I hope, will dwell with th~~·~~ ~r~Jo~~te~: ;~::~ upon, being of good Savour and Report, I ' .At ihe Gen.ral Meeting of Friends at Amfierdam, the Seeond of the Ss:xth Month, 1677. • J. BE ir kno~n to all Men, that the Power of Got!, rbe Gofpd, is the Author.tty ofal~ our Mens and Vfomens Meetings; thar every Heir ()fthat. Power 1~ an Heu of that Au.thonty, and fo becometh a lh•ing Mem .. ber ofnght of euher of thofe Meermgs, :1nd of the Heavenly Fellow!hip and Order in which they ftand :Which is not of Man, nor by M:rn. 2. That each Monthly .Meeting have a Colledion apart; and alfo that there be another ColleChon Quarterly at ..dmflerJam from each Meeting !~~ fafdr<t~::;ril~~s it:;r~n~~at it be not difpofed of, but by the Confent of ~· It is agreed upon_, that .hence~orth, a Yearly Meeting be held here at Amflerdam_; unto WhiCh f!Ie~ds 10 the Pplatinate, Halflbrougb, Lubed, :~ndFredtnckft.I!_Jt, &c. be Jnvned : Of which Meeting there (hall be given Notice to the Friends of the Yea!lY. M~eting at London, to be kept always on the fifth Day of that Week, whiCh IS fully the Third Week following after rhe Yearly Meeting at London. 4· It i~ alfo agreed upon, th~t henceforth this General Meeting is to be changed mro a U..uarrerly Meermg: And that the firft Quarterly Meeting hereafter {hall be on the fecond fifth Day of the Ninth Momh following. and fo forth e~ery Qparre~ on the f:cond fifth Day of the Month. This fecond o.f the Nmth Month IS robe th1s firft Quarterly Meering. S· It IS alfo ~greed, that henceforth 3 Monthly Meering in Friejland fhould be Eftabl1fhed, as alfo at Rotterdam; and that on the fccond Second ~~YM!n~~~h Month: Ahd at Horhnt,en upon the third Third Day of 6. Further, that in the Interim. the Friends of .Aichmaer, Haer/em, and Water/and, are to have their Monrhly Meeting with Friends at ilmPenlam: And to begin the faid Meeting the fixrh of the Seventh Month, and fo forth 1 Alw3ys |
