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Show Worms. 26. 6. l. , Crilbei.m. Worms. 21• 6.~ The A u THo R's L 1 F E. VoL. I. Prince my Soul;, jiUtd with Lov< and R<fp<a to Thee and Thy Family 1 I UJifh you 'au True and La fling Felicity, and earneflly defire that you may never forget our i1/}liflions, and in the Remembrance of them he deborted from tbofe luJit and Impieties, which draw the Vengeance of .Heaven upon the reattfl Families on Earth, that God '!l"Y look upon you w1th the favourable iy< of Hit Providmce. Jbfd bk.J!td zs tbar Man, who/< God (by Profej]ion) u the Lord in Reslity, viz. that is Ruled and 9"overn~d. by the Lord, a~d :bat lives in Sub}e{lion to .His Grace ~ that bavmg a Dtvme .SenJe of God''! his Heart, delights to rettJ.Jn that Senft and Kllow!edge of Hrm, and be medt~ rating in His Noble Royal Law, tbot converts the Soul to Go~, an~ redums ,illan from the SenJual Pieafuru of this World, to the True Sartsfaaton of tbe InteUeOz111l and Divine Life. 0 tbe .Meannefr and Lownefs of their ~piritr, that abandon themfelver to the Government of Senfe, the .Animal L,iJe, t~ereby debafing_tbeir NatureJ, rejeOing the Divine Light, that foilltth !n tbelf Hea~tr, faymg, Let us Eat and Drink, for to Morrow we {hall D1e; forsettmg whenc,e they are de· fcentled, and not c011jidering the Peac~ a!fd Joy oj the Virtuo~H. I Jcfirc that the LJrd Would put zt mto Thy J;leart to tbm_k of thJ! Latur End and with the Light of Chrift in thy Confc:1cnce, exam me bow zt Jlandt with Thy Soul, that thou mayfl !mow, and diligently watch to do t!Jofe 'I1Jing1 that belong to Thy Ettroal PC ace. . . One Thing more give me Leave to recom"!endto Tbe~, ·~nd t~at u, to be very careful of inculcating Gmerov1, Free mzd R,gbteo/IJ Prznczpler t:ttotby Son, who i.r like to fucceedThee, that when Tho11art gone, the Reputatzon oj the Coun· try may not fink by contrary Pramcer1 nor the Pe_ople of dif.!ers 1udg'!'e.nts (now thy Su!!i_eO.r) b1 Jifappoinred, diflreffid or ruzneil. Whub, wztb Smcere Dejirer for Thy Temporal and Ereriral Good, concluder tbir, :from Manheim, the 2~thof Thy unknown, but Sincere Frien~ '" ~lb Monlh, 16]7. WiOia111. Penn. Which being done, and having refrefhed our felves, we returned that Night by the Rhine to Wormr; from whence we ~he .next. !'Jo:ning (bei~g the Firft Day of the Week) walked on Foot to Crijhezm, whtch ts about Stx Englijh Miles from Worms. We had a good Meeting from the Tenth, till the Third Hour, and the Lord's Power fweetly opened to many of the In· habitants of the Town that were at the Meeting; yea, the Vaught, or Chief Officer himfelf, flood at the Door behind the Barn, where he could hear, and not be feen; who Went to the Prieft and told him, that it was his Work, if we were Hereticks, to difcovcr us to be fuch, but for his Part, he had heard nothing but what was Good, and he would not meddle with us. In the Evening we had a more retired Meeting of the Friend1 only, very weighty and tender; yea, the Power rofe in an high Operation amo'tlg them, and great was the Love of God that rofe in our Hearts at the Meet· ing to vifit them ; and there is a lovely, fweet, and true Senfe among them : We were greatly comforted in them, and they were greatly comforted in us. Poor Hearts, a little Handful furrounded with great and mighty Coun .. tries of Darknefs ; 'tis the Lord's Great Goodnefs and Mercy to them, that they are fo finely kept, even Natural in the Seed of Life. They were moft of them gathered by dear William .A.me.r. The next Morning we had another Meeting, where we took our leave of them, and fo came accompanied by feveral of them to Worms, where hav-ing refrefh'd our fel ves, we went to vifit the Lutheran Priefl, that was ar the -~:VJire:hneo~i~~~h~~i ro~~e S!S;i~fi~u;r ~eftf~i~~d. us Afrir !~n~;>j ~r~ cours'd about an Hour with him, of the True and l.feavenly Miniftry and Wor!hip, and in what they llood, and what all People muft come unto, if ever VoL. t, The A UTH OR1s LIFE. 71 ever theywiO know how to wor!hip God aright, we departed, and imtnedi· t6]1• ately fent them feveral good Books of Friend.r, in Hig5-Duub. ~ Immediately we took Boat, about the Thira Hour in the Afternoon and tame down the River Rhine to Afentz, where we arrived about the 'Fifth Merttt~ ~~~::~~h~a~~r~~~~t ~~: ~i;ft~~~~e~~ ~h~k Afr~r~~~hariot to Franckfori, ;~Q~kfc;~ We prefently informed fome of thofe People that had received us the Time before, of our Return to that City, with Defires that we might have a Meeting that Afternoon, which was readily granted us by the Noble Wo-men, at whofe Houre we met, whither reforted fame that we had not feert before. And the Lord did, after a Livjng Manner, open our Hearts and Mouths amongfi them, which was received by them as a fanher Confirma .. tion of th~ coming of the Day of the Lord unto them ; yea, with much Joy and Kmdnefs they reteivc!d us. The Meeting held till the Ninth Hour at Night; they conftrained us to fby and eat with them, which was alfo a Bleffed Meeting to them. Be-fore we parted, we defired a feleEl: Meeting the next Morning at the fame Place, of thofe that we felt more inwardly affeth:d with Trurh'1 Tejlimony, fut1yt~~e:;:~e tn0~areft unto the State of a Silent Meeting, which they joy~ _We went to our Lodging, and the next Morning we returned unto them, 29• 6. :t•] wtth wh~m we had a Bfelred and Heavenly Opportunity. for we had Room for our L1fc amgngft them : It was as among Faithful Friends Life ran aS Oil, and fwam a-top of all. ' We recommended a Silent Meetin.l unto them, that they might grow in· to an Holy Silence unto themfelves; that the Mouth that talls God Fazher that is not of his own Birth, may be ftop'd, and all Images confouflded' that they may hear the foft Voice of JESUS to inftrua them and receiv~ His Sweet Life to feed them, and to build them up. ' About rhe Ninth Hour we departed from that Place, and went to Vander WaUr, where the Meeting was the Time before, and there we had a more publick Meeting of all that pleafed tocorne. The Lord did lo abundantly appear amongft us, that they were more broken than we had fecn them at any Time; yea, they were exceeding tender and low, and the Love of God was much raifed in their Hearts ~o the TeiHmony. In this Senfible Frame we left them, and the Bleffing.s and Peace of our Lord Jeju1Chrifl with and among them. And after Wi had refrefh'd our fel ves at our Inn, we took Boat down the ltfaine to Mem.:;, where we arrived about the Fifth Hour. 'Tis a great City, Mentxt but a dark and fuperftitious Place, according to the Popifl1 Way, and is un-- der the Government of a Popifh Bifhop. We flayed not lOnger there than till our Hoat was ready, whtch might be better than Half an Hour. 'From Mentz we went on our Way dowrf the Rhine Six German Miles, and came that Night to Hampack: From thence the nex~ Morning, we went by Bache-- Itampack. :ach, Coblent:::, and other Pl?ces up~m the Rhme, to Trefy that Night, be- 30. 6. ,. 1ng about Eleven Gtrman Mtles. Next Day (being the Sixth Day of the Trery. Week) we got to Cullen, a great Popi(h City, about the Third Hour in the Cullen. Afternoon. We gave Notice to a Sober Merchant in that Town, aSeriour 31. 6. ~ Seeker 4tcr God, that we were there arrhred, who prefently came to us. Y'fe fat ~own, and had a Living and Precious Opportunity with him, open- I~g to. h1m the Wny of. the Lord, as it hod been mnnifefled to us; intreating h1m, 1f he knew any m that City, who had Defires after the Lord, or that were willing to come to a Meeting, that he would pleafe to inform them of our being here, and of our Defire to meet wirh them. He anfwered, He fi)Ou!d rcndily do it. Thi_s Night, when we were in Bed, came the Refident offeveral Princes. (~ Senous and Tender Man) to find us out: We had fome Difcourfe with h1m, but being late, he promifed to fee us the next Day. The n~xt Morning came the aforefaid Merchant, informing us that it was 1, 7· 7-;, a bufy T1me, feveral preparing for the Mart or great Fair at Frnnckforr ; yet |