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Show ~ The Au T 11 o 11.'s L 1 F E. VoL. I. ~4 . · Lord moved me to call upon His Great Name, that he would be With them ~ that fiayed, and with them that returned alfo, and with us that ~rent for ... · ward in wild and untrodden Plac'l· And His Ble!fed Love an_d L!fe over{ hadowed us: Yea, he filled our Cup together, and made us dnnk. tnto One Spirit, even the Cup of Blefiings in the Fellow !hip of the Everla!hng Seed: In which we took Leave of one another. And after having Eaten, it being about the Seventh Hour, we departed theWCeitcay.me to Paderborn that Night, Six German Miles, which are a hour Paderboro. Thirty Six Englijh : It is a dark Popifh Town, an d un de r h G t e overnment of a Bifhop of that Religion. Howbeit, the Woman where we lodged, was an Ancient, Grave, and Serious Perf?"• to whom. we declared the ']'eftimony of zbt Light, fhewing ~er the. Dtiference_betWlXt an outfide and an infide Religion, which fherecetv~ wtthmuch Ktndnefs. \¥e left fomc: Books with her, which !he took readtly. . There was alfo with us at.Supper a L_utb(ran ~hat was a Lawyer, wah whom I had very good SerVIce, m openmg to htm the great Lofs of t~c Power of Godlinefs, as well among them w~o fepara_ted from R~m~, 3s to the Rolflan Church. which he confetred. I dtrefled htm to the Prmc1ple of ~ight in Hir Confciena, that l.et h_im fee the L~fel~fs State of _the Falfe Chriftians: And if he turned h1s Mmd to that Pnnctple, and watted there for Power he would receive Power to Rule and Govern himfelf according to True c:iodlinefs, and that it was the Lofs cf Chrijl(ndom that they went from this Principle, in which the Power ftandeth, that confor.meth the Soul to the Image and Likencfs of the dear Son of God ; and thither ther. mufi come againt if ever they will have the True Knowledge of God, :1nd enjoy Life and Salvation; with much more to that Purpofe i all which he received Lovingly. 1,.. 6. 3• The next Morning we fet forwards townd CaJ[el; but through gre:lt FoOl~ nefs of Weather, having only naked Carts t~ ride in, the Water~ being alfo Calfel. high with the Rains, we got not to Ca.f!d nll the next Day, whtch was the J5· 6. 4-. Fourth Day oft he Week. It being late, we made lit de Enquiry that Night, being atfo wearied with the Foulnefs of the Ways and Weather. 16. 6. ~· But the next Day we made our ufual Enquiry, viz. Who was Worthy in the City? And found fame that tenderly and lovingly received us, to whom we declared the Vifiration of the Light and Love of God. Among the rdl, was Dur(IIS our Country. Man, a Man of _Seventy_ Seven Years ~f Age, who had learned in good Mea_fure to forget hts Learnmg. School·J?l· vinity, and Prieft's Craft; and for hts Approaches ~awards a.n lnwud Pnn ... ciple, is reproachfully fa luted by fame with the Honefl Tit/~ of !'<.ilttker .. 'Tis much better than p,,pifl, l.utbertm, or Ca/vinift, who are not only ignorant of, but Enemies to Quaking and Trembling at the Word of the Lord, as .Mofes and other' did. 17. 6. 6. Upon the Sixth Day of the fame Week about"Noon, we fet out towards Franckfort, having left feveral Books behind us, which hath been our Praftice in our Journey. franckfurt. At Franckfort we arrived the Sec~;>nd Day about Noon, beingjufia Week 2o. 6. 2• from Herwerdcn, and h:tving from thence and Ca.lfei made known our In ten-. tions of coming to that City, Two Confiderable Perfons came and met us about Half a German Mile from the City, informing us of feveral Well~ affected in that Town. Upon which we told them the End of our coming, and defired to have a Meeting wirh them in the Afrernoon, which we eafily obtained at the Haufe of a Merchant, One of the Two that met us. The Perfons that reforted thither, were generally People of confiderable Note, both of Ca/vi,Jijls and Lutherans; and we can fay, they received us with Gladnefs of Heart, and embraced our Tefiimony with a Broken and Reverent Spirit, thanking God for our coming among{t them, and praying that Jie would prof per HH Wor~ in our Hands. This ingaged our Hearrs to make fame longer Stay in this City: \Ve ••· 6. l· therefon: defired another Meeting the next Day, which they cheerfully af- - ~~ VoL: I. The A u 't H o R's L l F F~ f<nted to, where feveral came that were not with us the Dly before 3nd 1671. the Lord rhat fent us into the Land was with u~, and by His Power re~ched ~ to them, infomuch that they confefi'ed to the Truth of o11r Tejlimony. Of thefe Perfons there were Two Women, one a Virgin, the other t Widow, both Noble of Birth, who had a deep Senfe of that Power and Prefence of God that acco~panied our Teftimony, and their Hearts yearned ftrongly towards us; the Virgin giving .us a particular lnyifation to hctr Houfe the next Morning, where we h~d the moft Bleff"ed Opportunity of 22, 6, ,.; the Three, for the Lord's Power fo emmem!y appeared, that not only thofe rhat had been with us before were mofi effe8:ually reach'd, hut a certain Student refiding in the Haufe of a Lutheran Minifter, (fent fo1 by that Young Woman) was broken to Pieces, and magnified that Blcffed Power wh,.ich appeared. Alfo there accidentally came in a Doflor of Pby[tck, who unexpectedly was affected, and confelfed to the Truth, praying God to prof per us. Thii was the Blelred llfue of our Vifit to Franckjort. But there is one Thing more not unfit to be mentioned: Among fame of thofc that have Inclinations after God, a Fearful Spirit, .together with the Shame of the Crofs, hath entred; againft which our Teftimony in P:irt ftriking, we took Notice it was a Life to thefe Noble Women, for that was it as they told us, Which bad long opprefl them, and objlru8ed t~e Work of tbe Lord amongft them. Therefore, faid theY oung Virgin, Our (!jlartcrs 11re ftelfor you, kt all come that will come, a1rd lift up yo11r Voices without Fear; or(faid lhe) ir will never he well wirb tis till Perfecll/ion come, and fome o tfl be lodg(d in th( Stadthollft; that is, the Prifon. We left the Peace of JESUS wich them, and the fame Afternoon we departed out of that City, being the Fourth Day of the Week. Here I writ an Epij/lt to the Cburcbet of JESUS. To the Churches of J E:sus throughout the World) Gathered and Settled in Hi. Eternal Light, 'Power and Spirit, to be One Holy Floc!{, Family, and Houfbold to the Lord, &c. · Dear Friend1 and Brethren; W H 0 have been vifitcd with the Fatherly Vifitation from on High; and have received God's E\ernal Word and Teftament in your Hearts, by which you have been gathered Home to ChriH ]efits, the true Shepherd, from all the Idol-Shepherds, and their barren Mountains, and UI!_Profitable Hills ; where you have been fcartered in. the Dark and Gloomy Day of A· p~ftafy; and by his Light, Spirit and Power, have b~en convinced of Sin, 1!-rghteoufnef.r, and ]ud:ment, and can fay, The Prmu of this World k JUdged by Hi..r Holy, Rigbteo11s, and Powerful ..App(arancc in you, unto whom all Judgment in Heav(n and Earth is committed; who i..r the blcffed Lamb of .God, the Light and Saviour of the World\ who is Ki;,g of Sllem, and Prl!fce of Peace: My Soul Loves you with everlafiing Love; even. wirh the Love with which my God, and your God, my Father, and your Father, hath loved me, and ''ifited my Soul, and your Souls ; in this do I dearly Salute and Embrace you all, in this the Day of the Fulfilling of His Glo-rious Promifes to His Church in the Wildernefs, and Wimeffes in SJck .. Cloth. And, 0 Magnified be His Nom(, and everbfiingly Praifed and Renowned be His Holy Power, and .Arm, by which he hath reached unto us, and brought Salvation near us! For he hath found us out, and I1Jtlr heard our SolitarY Cries, the deep and mournful Supplications of our bowed Spirirs, when we were as the little filly Dove without its Mare, and the lonely Pelican in the Wildernefs; when we were ready to cry out, Is thtrf noM K to |