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Show The Av'i'HOR's LIFE.: VoL. I. . b d be otten them mto • difconttnted feif-Jcparatmg an Evtl Eye m t em, an {' nd the Pure Eye fees tt. .Aitnd, 11nd this lmagle 't,>' d ~al:e~ none provoke the Eyes of Hn Jealoufie; 0 let none tempt ne r S .r. that he barb begotten m 11s: Where our let rts aU dwell m thnt Dwmc S enJe wtll always flow to God and to one antr Love, ttl a f'.{~· a; pu:~e Pi~~~;ntnefs, and all His Paths are Peace ; fD?" rber. Here al tsb ]15 ifi b Pnnce of Peace He wtll kttp all m HI& uberc be kecpttb ft.{ ou be~; ~~e Family and 1berefore we have but One Heavenly Peace. e are b one Flock' and we have but One Heavenly Lord and Mafter. T~e are ,f:be'fore m and 'gzvetb 111 Eternal Life to /ollom She2he~~ to hear, ,r; 0 J:J m Htm or 'm His, 11 ts rbezr oren Fault ; if they H!m. '1 mty are oJJen e are rrul forry; if through Unwatcbfulnefs the ~mt a'bd tgro;e;Ja!~J begottenCofdnefs to the Brethren, and C~re/efsnts of • nnny na tb: 0 o~tuntf1es by whiCh the Vmty zs renewed and zncreafe ; fl ~;;:;a~,;;t's do!! by the Brethren wuboJJt tbem, IS looDk~ upon fir£l r't.a sr ht E e and then waban Evil Eye, abtcb begets t ance, an'+ t IS 1~ ft tg y 'T Senaration . and Separation contrnued brmgetb forth Embdeo. ance m tme, 11 """ ' 1r S r truly grrev'J Enmity and rhu Enmrty Death ufel; ; ae are m our pzrftn sb d b for the,; However tbe Judgment of God muft fland ngatn t em, an I at s ,,11 t1;at /eaJctb tbem, rn wbtcb they garber not to God but to tbemfelves: Jnd Wo ro them tbat flre'!f,then tbetr Hand.r and Jej}ife Counfel:/bcy rot have much to anfmer for btjore the Lord. 1 fed _afltgbtmg, fcorn;u~ la!IJ. ing Sprnr"ofren jlymg at me wzrb 11.t Venomous Sung, but the Seed OJ Lrje II over 11, dnd the Lord God mll dtflroy 11. • .• Wherefore Friends, in aU Places where tbu Spu:.tr bath bad Entrance, A.etp Sound Judgment upun ir, if you UJtll. keef. .your G~rment.r clean: .And enter 1tot into Difputes and Contelts with zt; tu that 1t je_ekerb and lr:uetb; but 0 on in our Teftimony and Bufinefs for the Lord, ''! tbe Lord .r P_eaceab/e i>ower an! S irit, and His Bleffing and Prifence of Life.foaO ./Je tell~ yop 1 and in mu/r/1 ing be fonD multiply you ; f~r no Good Tbmg un/J be wuhbolrl bZ can {ay it of a Truth God 1s good to Ifrael, and to all that {~:"'of~~ Upright Heart. .And let ,:S be of Good Che11r, for 'tis God's Dete~ mination, rbat tbe Haufe of David foou/d gro~ flronger and ft_r?ngtr, an~ His Branch JhaU increafe and /}read, and oj Hts Government, Kmgdom an Dominion there foaU be No End. Your Faithful Friend and Brother in the Service of our dear Lord, God's Blelfed Work increafeth and prof· JV. P. ffi~e~~e~~a~~~~e Nr:~~~· Magnified be From on Board tbe Pa.!Jage-Bo•t b~tmun Delfzyl aud Embdcn; tbe r6tb of tbe Swcntb Month, 1677. We arrived at EmbJen about the nth Hour: This j~ the City where Friends have been fo bitterly and barharoufly ufed, the l~ke hath fcarcely been known in any Place where Truth hath ~rake fo.nh tn our Day ; they h:tving here been Banifhed fame _30, ~nd .fame 40 Ttrnes ;tnd abo~c: The :fir(\: Family that received Truth m tbts Clty, was Do£lor John Wlll~am Hfl>' elbert, a Phyjician, and his Wife; at whofe Haufe alfo rhe fir~ Meeu.ng was (et up among Friends to wait upon the Lord by W~y of Pu~ltc~ Tefhm~ny. They are now both dead, but the Memory oj the1r FideiJry 1.t as precJollt Ointment among tl;e Righteofl!. . • • . They were with me at a Meeting Stx Yeus ago, m thts C1ty ; and I r: member the Power of the Lord had that Operation upon them, tha_t I fa1d to B. F. and T. R. then with The, it will not be long before they wtll publickly own and bear Teftimony in this Place: And about Three Mo}lth~ af.. ter he came forth and {he about a Year after him. And from thetr Ftdelity and Integrity,' notwithllanding all the fore and bittet Tempell of Per· :t fecuuon, VoL. I. The AuTHOR's LIFE:. fecurion, a fine Meeting fprang; but at this Day they are fi:attered, being 1671· fiill fern :~way as fJft: as they re[Urn. ~ We vifited his Mother's Famqy, where we found Three of his Sifters in the Love of Truth, his Founh Sifter being alfo a Friend, and is Wife of J, c. living at Amfltrd(fm. We had a little fweer comfortable Meeting witH them. After ir, I returned to my Lodging, ;tnd as I was writing to Doaot Jt.ndrewr, Prefident of the Co11nril of Stott, (who is reported to have beeri the Author of this Cruelty to our Friends) a Burden ca:me upon me, my wri· ting would nor ferve Turn, I muft go myfelf, in the Fear and Name of the Lord, To plead the innocent and SN.ffering Ca11fe of o11r Friendi UJithbim. So away we went to his Houfe: He was at firft aftonilhed to fee what Manner of Men we were 1 bur afrer a little Time he comported himfel£ with more Kindncfs th.an we expefled at his Hand. I afk'd him, If He and 1be Senate had not recewed n Lerrer in Latin foom ail Englil'hman about Two Tear.r fince, concerning rh~ir Severity toward.r the People caUtd Qpakers? He! to~d me, He .bad •. I replte~, 1 Wal the Man, and I V.NU conflrained in Con:. fc1enct to vijit h1m on therr Behalf; nnd I could nor fee hoW lie being a Common·Wealrb's M:m, nnd 11. Proteftanr, could Perfecute. ' I pleaded the llnnaturalnefs, the Uncbrijlianiry and Imprutlenct of fuch Proceedings, and preft our Rea fans earneftly, but tenderly upon him. He alfaulted us with feveral ObjeEHons ; but, hlefi'ed be the Lord, they were moftly fifiitious, and therefore eafily removed and anfwered. He alfo promifed me, That if I would write to the Senate a Remonftrance of the Care of our Friends .. and exprefs my Requeft to rhern and indofe it to Him he would both prefenr it,_ and get it to be read, a~d make irappear, th:~'r he was not fa much our Enemy as we look'd upon him to be. 1 prornifed to fend him fame Books containing :1 Defence of our Principles, which were N~~~~ngly put inr.o the Hands of Elizaherb Ht~ejbert, to deli\•er him in my Having taken our Leave of the Old Woman and her Daughters, and a Man·Friend refiding in that City, and left the Bleffing and Peace of our God amongft them, we took Ship for Litr, where we arrived the next Morning. Lrer. Thence we rook Waggon for Bremen, where we came S:~fe, through the 17. 7· 2. Lord's Goodnefs the next Day; where we mer our Friends and Cornpani~ n3emen. ons, G. K. and B. F. who were come thither fame Hours before us from 1 • 7• 3" Am/lerdam. In this City t~ere is a \.Vork of rhe Lord begun, though yet obtCurely: We had a Travad upon our Spirits, th:u the Bleff'ed and Preci-ous Truth of our Dear Lord and Mofler, might find a Place to reft its Foot upon. To that Purpofe we wrote to TwtJ Minifler.r, unaer fame SuWering from· their Brethren, becaufe of their Great '?-eal againft the Formality and Dead. 19. 1· 4oo nefr of the fo- called Reformed Churches. This we fem by a Merthanr whom we formerly met at Herwerden. With fame. Difficulty we got t~ them, but the Perfon chiefly ftruck at was fhy to fpe:~k with uS : His Rea· fan was this: ' It was known that we were in Town, and it was one of & the Accufations again it him, that he was a Fofterer of a1l the ftrange Re· & ligions that carne through rhe Town. Alfo he was then aftuaJly under ~ Procefs, and that the People that had heard of the Innocency of his c Caufe, conceived a Prejudice againft our .Namt, though ir might be ' wic:hour Caufe : Therefore he could not at prefent confer with us and • faid, he was forry for it with all his Heart, but what we fhould fay to his c Brother, lhould be the fame as if ic had been faid to him; to wh'om hd ' referred us. · However, I took hold of hit Arm, and faid, I have this Mefl'::~ge to deli~ ver to Thee, thac·I may diiburden my felf before the Lord; which was this: Mind that r»hicb bath touched Tby Heart; fer tbat guide Thee ; and da not Thou order that : Conf11lt not with Flefh and Blood, bow ro moinra;n that CA11ft, wbi&b Fltfo 11.nd B/oud in thy Encmiu perfoeJ~terh thee for. He 3n· • 0 fwered |
