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Show S6 Nimmeguen. Ut~cht. 1· 7· 6. The Au T H o R's L 1 F E; VoL. I. h G was called by it· this ought to make the Name t1 hf:oQgd_out eri:n~in make the way caher for rhofe that are truly called e s taus, yea, uaken indeed . It will take off much of the wonder, fo, 01jtt~! a~; !1 the Severity· of the Places, w?ere we c.ome, _that the N~:ne is ~ne before us, and hath received a Dwe_lhng*Place m thetr Towns taod Citie~ In fine, to all fuch God ~ath commuted to us the W:ord of Life to preach and fuch we feek out 1n all ~laces where the Lord hnnpet~ us : And hith~rto we can fay it to the. Pr:nfe of our God, he ~a~ btnd~ cated our Services and Tefiimony, by hts own blefred Power, e a ro.a in their Hearts to whom we have been fent. h So {he told us (he would fend for an Attorney at Law, one t at ~as more than Ordinarily Eminent ; having deferted the Church, and bemg therefore reproached with the Name of !<._uaker. . 1 £ In this Interval we had clofe Difcourfe with her, a Woman ~ertatn Y Od great Wit, high Notions, and very readr Utte~ance: So that tt was bar for us to obtain a True Silence; a State m whtch ~ve could reach to her. But through fome Travail of Spirit more than Ordmary; we had a fweet Time ofRefrefhment, and the Wnnefs was rai~ed in her, and we really an~ :plainly bche~d a tr~e ~obility, yea, that whtch was fenfible of our Telh· mony, and dtd rccetve tr. . Hy this Time the Perfon {he fent for came, and a bleffed fwcet t1me we had: For the Power and Prefence of the Lord, our Staff and Streng_rh, unto which our Eye hath been throughout all our Travels, that we mtghtonly be acceptable in that, plenteoufly appeared amongft us (the Lord have the Glory of his own Work) both ~o~feffing to. the '!ruth of what had been faid, and the Attorney to the Lzuznz SenJI! m whtch_ .the Truth had been de~~r~~uld have returned to our Inn to eat, according as we had appointed in the Morning, but fhe laid a kind o~ violent ~ands upon us, and neceffi4 tared us to ftay and eat with her; whtch we dtd. ~nd we had no foon~r fat down, but her Brother in-Law, a Man of UJl?ltty and ~mployment tn the Court of the Eleft:or of Brandenburgh, came 10, who_ dtned wah us. As we fat at Meat, we had a good Meeting, for !he Tm~e was n;uch ta· ken up about the Things of God, either in anfwenng th_ea ~eftrons,. or rniniUring to them about the true Chriflian Nature and Ltfe; tn all whtch her Brother behaved himfelf with great fweemefs and ~efpea. After Dinner we took our ChriHian Leave of them tn the Fear of God, recommending unto them the Light of Chtift Jefus, that brings all that re~ ceive it into the one Spirit, to live in holy Peace and Concord to gerber; particularly and alone fpeaking to the Lady, and the Attorney what was upon us as to their States. And fo we departed, and foon after rook Waggo_n for ]\:immeguen, where arriving about the Seventh Hour that Night, we rmmedtateJy t o?k Wag· 'g9n for Utrecht, and got thither about the Tenth Hou~ next ~orm ng .. We heard there was a Peo8le in that City, but had not now t1me to vtfit them, re-fer~~! u~\~~ fuft~~ur 1~~~~u~?t';rnoon, G. K. and B. F. took 'Vaggon for Rotterd~tm, and 1 took W:tggon for .AmJ1erdom_, where I came faJely th:tt Night, about Six in the Evening ; and I found Fn_ends generally well, though it was a Sickly Time in that Country. The Meetmg-Houfe was much enlarged and there was a frefh Enquiry among many People after the Truth, and gre~t Dcfirrs to hear theTeilimony and Declaration of it. I alfo underfio?d that DeJt G. r: was returned from Frederickfladt and HtJmburgb into Urze· jlandt, whither T. R. and J. Y. were gone from this City to meet with him. He had an hard Time of Travel with RefpeU to the Weather,- yet I heard was in good Health, througlrthe Lord' ~ Power. ~hat ha~ kept him. ... Here 1 receive~ a Letter from the Przncifs E.l~zabeth,In_ Anfwer to mmeof the 25th of the Stxth Month, from Manbeqn, nllas Fredmck1burgh. The ' ' ' t · , . . 16]7. , . The.).;;. o, Septemoer, 1677. ~ DeJ~;,Ftiend,~ . ,, ) . :,.:. r. , I '" lf•F.' receiytil['l"' Grmfnl"!, ;go•d WiJlle.~. and Exi~Hfions with~~ Joy 11!7d. )t,.~O j~l/pwtbe /1111,r as.f~r lij # i.rJJ/0 plelljC qltf great G"f5;~o,t'". "".' Lgbt any, Str.'l{ngtp. j. cnr<Joy {111/e j{Jr "!.Y St./f. an!l. can do FOth.tng •fmy Self, but h~pe 1he Lor!j,.jU. ciHfl/u{llfe tnNs Ti>ne; by his Waj!,lo bit l\'ir<(,und fb:t not !brink for his Fire; ~d~ /o~,g for it; p,(J when biqh Jure; "!Y Woyr, ' kOJ'e he.wiU .giw '"' PP<W l9-. bear the Crqfq I '?'<ett£e!:l"m;; 1 am a!fo glad to pror, , the J~•rncy. Pnt/J beM Ptpfperoqr Aot/! in tbeCo!ff/,lta, ti.onl of yo11r Bodi:f~, fiJ witbjtand riM Bod~ffJ o/~tbe Weqt)1er, and irt yl R.ceptiar.· you hal/ in Cnlf~l, ! Fmnc~fort, ·~~ ! Ctifb. eim. ' .. 1\'o[hingJurpl-,fi.~. me tl.Jere butt be good old Duty, ;,: whom 14id t:o; cxpefl fo.:lftlj&b lngeniJ'fYJ baving lately writ a Book, Imitulcd; Le Vcri"bl~ Chtetien~ tb,1t J.oti[/JC4!ft nnorlxr Way. I f1Jjfo1o knowwbst ~cepti0111ytlft k.we h11d 4t Frc~ericksOurgh, and if tbis find you at Cle\'e, I wijh )IV~ ' mjgfx J4A:e an Occajion;ofee tbe IDJO;Paftors ofMulheim wbicb do really feik the J....ord, but have (ome Preju lice Dj!.ainft JOUr Doflrine, as a!fo the Countefs t1Jere. It would tiC' of much ljfe jor my_ Fnmi{J to bavc them difabafed ; yet God's will he-done in tha~ a JUl. all Things elfc, com:ernin& . , :. V.l ToUr lLdViliC Friend in tbe Lord Jefus, ElizdfJCtlf. Let both your Frjcnds and Cd\ripanlons ibcct've my hearty Commeridati~ ons here. · · \' ThisD>y at~ig~t (being the ~y;rlthD~y.ofthewee~) come Jolm Wit 8. 7· 7' fJom Uriejlpndt tO tl1e Houft!o ere;. !?· In .Ant,fl,,.Jn,._ . . The next Day (bcillg the fidl. pay of the Week) we had. a blelf~d an~ 9· 1· •I large Meeting, larger than ()rd\nary, he~a\lfe . a €;teat ~dqttron of RoQm iince oUr Journ~y into Germa,Jy. InfleeQ. t.bp~e was a grelt A.ppcaran.c~of Sober PJofeffing Pe<>ple, yea, fever.Jl of t~e Chief of the Boptl]lr, ns Go(e· nus «nd CompaniOns: The ~or~'s heavef\lr.fo\V.~r wa$ over all, :mcf t~e Meeti.ng blelfedly eoded about the fouttlt Ho~r. . Th~t N ig_hy, aft~r Supper, havj.ii~ taken m.y Leave _ina fweet Iittl~ Meet· ing among Fnends, I took Roa_t {Qr Hon~ (P. Hendrrck accompanymg me) Horn: about the Seventh Hour at N"tghr, and got t~ither about two in the Mor· 10. 7· 2. ning: where lying down till <!hoot Six, we took Waggotl for Enckbu;f tn Enckhuyfen; We came thither a ~Lttle after ~ight in the ~orning; wpere having refrefh..; ed our Seh·es, abb\lt the Ninth Hour we toc;>k Ship for Workum in T.Jrirf- Wor~um. Jandt, and :miving a1f.ut One immeQiately took Waggon for Harlm- Har\mgen. J!.en, where we arrived aE6ut Six, there we met with dear G. F. J. T. I. T T. R. ]. C. and his Wife. 11 7 3 ·The next Day we had tWCl ble{fed Meetings; one amonglt Friends, be- ' ' ' ing the firfi Monthly Meeting that was fettled for Uriejlandt, Groningcn and Embden; th.e other a publick Meeting, wh~re reforted both B.1ptijls Cul/egi11ns and others: And among the reft, a Do6:or of Phyjick and a Presby· terian Miniftcr: AU fat with great Attention and Sobrjety. bur the .Jl-lini- (Jer and DoElor more efpcchlly. The Firft having ;,t Lctlure Sermon to 'Preach rhat E,·ening, went away~ but norwithfianding fpeedily returned, G. F. frill fpeaking: But as a Man in plin to be gone, yet willing to fiay, fat at the Door till IS. F. bad done; and then fiood "Jp, and pulling off his Hat, looking up to Helven, in a folemn Manner, and with a loud Voice, fpake to this Purpofe: The Jllmighty, the AU-Wife, the Omnipotent Grcttt God, and his Son Je[tu Cbrijl, w!Jo i4" bklfed f or Ever and Ever, confirm bis Word that batb been jpoken tbis Day: Apologizing, that he could not longer ftay, for that he was a Mini.fter of the Reformed Religion, and was juft now going to Pre::tch, where all that would come. Jbould be welcome; and fo left the Meeting. The Phyjician alfo was q.lled away, but returned and :flayed till the Meeting was ended: J uft as the Meeting ended came the Minifter again, • who |