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Show The Au1-lioR's LIFE! VoL: l' SS . d Tb t be bad made his Sermon much , fl"dintheHearingoffom~Fnen_s, btlren oftbe Meeting. At Night t677·- jhowbo a~ban Ordinary, that be nllght efn~oy t fieeri~~s and Chrlftian Difcourfe~ ~- - camrtee rt he Pbyficta. JJ to fie e.m e '. who;f ta Ttehri nag s relating to F" n.e n d s, left me .. expreffing g_reat Satl]fhCl:toifn I ~r!tot been to go the Fourth J!ollr next .M.o~ Withal telli.ng me, at' d l itb me, or come agnm. if. b ·;ng be would either have fla{:' f<on;,er.:ve to us and told me, Tbat t tt ad Healforemembred. r~e iffiar on m'ng t~omucb undertbeQbferuatlon b n for Fear of gtvmg 0 ence, or bco z ;e t • Adding That tt teat d. :}~b:P~ople,bbe h·"'~e~a~e b~dm~:,o p~~u:/~hrir ·PrincipluB'. tokbe :~~~~ great Puy t at t It 'P d h he had fome of our oo s, T which the Dottoranfwere 't a\ L d his Glorious Workgoeth on, w~uld lend hi'? them. we~~d ~n~ :ow o;he Tenth Hour at Night, I rook and his Power IS over a ·. . ' myT hLiesa vDea oyf i Gt c. aFm. ea unpdo Fnn mened st.o wr.t te a Letter to Joanna Eleonora Malant, the Noble Young Woman at Francl<fort, . Dear Friend, J. E . .ill. b. b G J bath raifod in my Heart by Hi< Mr dear and tender Love, tO ~c o b tfpecza!Jy unro rhofe m Living Word to all Mankmd, (/}/•J{e{t<r H,m) falutetb tbee' whom He b4tb begotten an Holy Huhger abo l "ifl at be Remembrance of tbu, .And amongfltboje of that Place w ue I u /~~i~entl at thn Tul18 brought 'IJJttb thy Compamons, l' ~"J.fl ear:~~u~;Z-b:artedncjs, 'YStmpltctty and Smm~ before me. And the enJe of y h /J 'H wal delivered unto you, bar Lovetorhe Teftimony of JESUS" tad ~enraifed m my Soul Heavtnll deeply engaged my Hear;;owaJ1}/~%~/"He would keep you m the Datly Sen{• Brearbmgr to th• Gud o by h ifreaed you For rbu know tt was tlJe Lt e of that Dzvme Life, wbzc t en {zud ou by,the Miniflry of iife tbrougb tit. iny~m felves, t hat foJweett :VfezandyLight in your felves: Be retzred and Wherefore love the tv me l.n all Heaven! Tbmgs Defore you move: For fltU; let that Ha!y Seed mov: :t rrul rofir/:b) but what be recezver? from no one recezverb aj Tbmg tr ~~ D~/tes. Now that that fltrrerh zn your .Above. Tb.s /at John f b World jlayetb JOU to aU the Vatn-Gioq, and Hearu, drawerb you our a I ~b tar; m II • Thu is from Above, the Hea• P!eafure, and empty WorflHPj l a pt hie. .tbat't come down from Heavtn venly Seed of God, rure zn nc;;:a~e;ly Places you may dwell and vmnef.r, to make you Heaven&; t at j1 nl Treafure zn Earthen VejJd.r. fl!ith the Slints of ld, tbh lave 'Y e if JESUS m you m wboje Ltgbt 0 flay your .A1tnd.r iron I e fpearan{ o wet bry conjide~zng Sptnt, more you jhaU fee ftght! ,:0 '1eeb:: /beu _MyJeryJ Jmqu1ry hatb wrought, anl ttnd more; I a~ you !}' d n all 71ungt and what Part you yet bave, that bow .iUankind u c;,rutre d!Cc f God ;hat yo¥ may lay it all down arrbe belongetiJ not to r e ara L e 0 • ' 0111 11 and domn, domg Good to all Feet of Jefus, aJt fa:;m Hm~ ~~~/}r gyou; stul.r m rhe Senfible Feelzng of that bebeve .m " . ~me. d Bre:nhings upon your Spirits, and watt dtltHIS ~ally J•fit:,b s~:~~!}r~')u,, left the Enemy furpnze you, or JOUr Lori gent y, an wn c d ou be unprepared to recetve Hrs Sweec an t:ome. at unvafiar~~upon tt:: ;: rh'a_re Holy Besmnmgs, Which thou art a Wtr .. Ptectous I tan ns. h !.'.)f. at if they bad never been; 71ejs ;[ rottb thy c[;:;n'/J;;·to'"l!./J.'. , ~b; Gr;~,b of Hu L1gbt, Life, Power buj~a;g~:~~?}our Soul.r, that you may be able to fay, The Kmgdom o on . 1 it is given to the Sam[S. · h God ~~ cob~'/.}:j unto one I fa)' unto aU that rewved our Tefl,mo~J tn d at .An w a l ay'fl gtve if thou pl<afefl, the Remembrance O; my eh CLtty, rohw'T.m r 'J!Un ~Ei Spmr' for rbetr Redemptron, tlJat rbey 11taJ be br;:,ug t ove, w o rave r if h S ifG d P. r"cular!J. Saluu me rhe ~.oang intorbeG/onout Lr6ertyo t be Ls/ o ·Tho; Lord JESUS CHRIST, the J"Voman, that met vJilb 1H attn} 0 grng. H~arts jled/tz/1 m Hu Holy Prince of Peace, dwell amongjt you, keep/our . d Tune 111ttzlyour Light, witbiut wavering, all the Days tJ JDHT appqmu , Great VoL. I. The AuTHOR's LIFE. Great and Lafl Change foal/ come; when He wiD receive His own Sheep into i6n. His own Everlafting Kingdom, /rom the Pomer of the Foxes an I the fl!0 vu ~ and all tbe Devouring Befl}f.r and Bird.r of Prel: When He will wipe :lWJY . • aU Tears from their Eyes, and Sighing and Sorrowin6 fhlll be nn more : Jind when it foa/J. be fait!, There is no more Death, nu more Ntght, no more Time. So dear f. E. M. know, that the Lord barb brought 111 well to Amficrdam, not wirho11t Good Service by the fVay: For .nr Cullen we ha.l a Precio11s A1at .. ing, and were received with much G!ainefs of Heart. We a!Jo wenr to Duyf.. bur~h, and from thence toward.r Mulheim, being the Firjl Day of the Week, bopmg to get an Opportunity witb the Counte{.r of Bruch, and to deliver tbj Letter: But her Father (wbo is a Cruel am[ Severe Alan) meetmg m near hi.r Caflle, flopt tn ; and after fome little Time, finding wh11t we were, faid, There wanted no Qulkers there; and fe,rt r1t with f ome of hi.r StJ!dters out of bis Territory. It wa.r about Sun-fit, fo that we were forced to return ro .. uard.r Duyihurg; bur the Gate.r of the City being }hut, anrl there being '10 Houfe.r fl:'ithout ir, we were forud to lye in the Fields all Night, wbere tbe Lord made 111 a good and comfortable Bed. We told the Graef at P11rting, We were Men that feared the Almighry G 0 D; we defited the Good of All Men; and thlc we came not hither for "any Evil Dcfign ; but he would not hear J the Lord, if he pJeafeth, forgive him. 1\Teverrhelif.r we had a good JHeeti,~ at Duyfburg, where we bad our Henrt.r Dcjire, rbe Ble.ffed Power and Life of God mding its own Way in the Hearr.r of thofe that beard pur Teflimuny. 1 a(fo writ a large ani tender Letrer to rbe Count eft, ond receiued a fweer and loving Me.Dd&e /rom her~ and I have great Hopes tbar · 4y Tbing.r will work together /or the heft. From Duyfburg we went to Wefel, where we enquired out t.oho war rborrhy; and there we found fogr or five feparnred from all Congregation.r, waiting ·for the' Confolation of If!ael, tvith whom we had Two PreciOtlt A1eetingr: .And leaving the Peace of J E S US with them, went to Emrick. where w~ vifited the Chief Baptift·Teacher, who confeffed to Dllr Tejlim~'!l· and re .. £eived tiS lovingly. Wt dire{fed him to tha.t Gift of God in h111tjelj, that P11r~ tJnd Eternal Word in the Heart, that be might know the Pure ft!i,Jijlry of that, fthreom S otbuel. .Minijlry cf Man'.r Spirit, UJhicb cannot profir or gzve Life to From th,t~ce ws wenr to Cleve, where ot a Lady'.r HouJc, lie!onging to the Court, we h11d a Preciou:J Meeting: .ilnd we found fome that bad diferrel the Public:k Miniftry, a.t not being Anointed of God to Preach, neither knowing by a True Expuience tbe lVay ond Travail of the 1\~rc Birth, b11t mmle and maintmned by Men.- fVe founded the Joyful Gofpel amongfl tbem, ond from tbenu ljl the Way of Nimmeguen and Utrecht, we came tbe lajl Sixth Day to Amfterdam, which wat the Sevemh of rbe Seventh ldontb. This Ia }I FirJI Doy I bad~ Great and Ble.f!ed Meeting at Amllerdam,_ almoft of ever)' ~uabryand Rehgton; tbe Lortl'.r Heavenly Pamer (that is quiCkmng People mto a Living SenJ( of Him, thot rhey may fay, The Lord liveth, and He liveth in me) reigned that Day overall. In tbe Evening I took Boat for Horn, nnd from thence came la.fl Night (De .. ing the Second Day of the Week) to this City of Harlingen, where we met with f ome of our Brerbren, tbttt h.td heen ttp at Hlmburgh and Frederick~ ftadt; 1md thit Day rve are to have Two Meetingr here, the one among our Friendt, the other publick/or the Town. It is upon me ro vijit J. de La bad i.e's People, that tbcy m11y know Him in themftlve.r, in whom their Salvatton flandeth: For thife Simple People arc to be pitied. From tbenu I thin!: to vifit Leeuw.Jerden, Groningen, Embden, Brem~n. Herwerden, Wefel! Embriyc kH, isC Pleovwee, r.U trecht, · and fo to· return to Amfterdam, rbe Lord enablmg me Thi.r orife!b in my Heart to thee; Give not thy Bread to J?ogs; Spen.d I!ot thy Portion; Feed nor the Serpent, neither hearken to htm.: A~1dc With JESUS, ami He will abide with Thee, that thou may/1 grow zn TVi[dom ond in RighUoHfnef.r, thrDH!,b the Croft that Crucifinb Tbee to the World, an.l N tbe |
