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Show 'Ibe AuTHoR's L IF E. VoL. I. 100 hed us in French. At firft he took no 6 Being arrived, the Graef approacB h . 0 r but proceeded to enqmre of ~ great Notice of our Inceremomous \ avtw~ 'found anrwering our journey us our Succefs in our Journey\ an~ w a: of Religion, and the Nature and and Inclin:uions. _Then we fel to omrthe Way that leadeth t~ the ~ternal End of true Chnfbanuy, and wha~ was mpleat SanChfication m thts Ltfe, Reft. After fame fhorrl,ddeba.r:l a M~~r~fic:uion and Vt8:ory Y"~s the Duty, we both agreed that Se t• ent ' of every fincere Chn{ban. and therefore ought ro_be t~e ~ndeaA~~~unt of my Ret rent from the World. From this I fell to g1ve htm orne he Neceffity of an InwMd Work~ and the Inducements I had ~herftofi d"d A.rrer thts he fell to the Hat, etc. with which he feemed muc P bee ~fe it telleth Tales: h telleth w~at This choketh, and the rather, ca n it's blowmg a Trumpet~ \1Ifl* People are; it m:uketh Md tor ~~~3fe~r ~~11:tn (greatly prevalent with blycrofling t~e Worldi ~n ~aLl d) cannotlfb,Je, jfaruthlft, and t~mwb too m:tny fenous Pe?p e mL aJ n bled me to open the Thing to h1m, as away from. Howbeit the ~r ena. but 3 Weed of: Degeneracy and A· that It was no Plant of Gods plHnttng, h Effefl Feeder and Pleafer of poftacy; a Carnal ~n~~adthly d ~~~tu~o tAdvantag~ redounded to Mankind Pmle, and of a vam tn • :m d all to the Glory of God, ufe by it; and how could they that ought hto h ~nnor be done to the Glory of that vain and unpr.ofitable ~uftom, fidlc wi~h himfelf the Riie and End ~f God~ I entr~ated him feno? yltof~n I nd what that was that was angry lt it; whence It came, what It pea , a had it nor. dj · b" Rr.fprEl which Truth fub- I alfo told him of the fincere an e';'dcehi~ to Simplicity and Poverty ftitut~r~ in Placj_.~er~of :J ~nd ~e ~r~fdfed to be his Saviour, whofe otlfji~e of Spmt; tojt .~ e i a}ede :~t the Jewr and fo we parted. He took bts as well as D r!ne Pea d h f us with great Clv.iliry. Leave of the Prm,efr,hanP; ~ e~ o defired us to withdraw to her Bed-Cham~ After he was gone, t e rmce r 1M in The Thing lay weight.XUP""" ber, and there we _began dur FDrewd f ~~ f.~rd ; and Eternally m.:~gmfi~d on me, and that /nh thi. dpth;:aov~rfbadowed us with his Glory : H~s be the Name o. t e .or . P wer richl Flowed amongft us, and hts Heavenly, Breaktnf, LJ?£ifolvt~g th~ midft of ~s Let my Soul never forget Minillring Angel o t e wa~ 'I d ll Ar th~t Blelfed Farewel I took of the Divine Senfe thda~ overw f et~e H~u·r of Chrift's Temptation, his Watchthem, much opene ID me? e AW bout the Ten Virgin$, what the fulnefs! ~erfeverance and VC,Ettry d_ La~p~ and what the Bridegroom, his true VI(jtn was, t~e S true r .Y A~d in the Conclufion of th3t Torrent of Hea- ~~ ~~~i~aLov."~hh.which we were alldeepl\.,~~~:~~ \{ri~s~~ hl~~f~~~b:i~op~fe~~~~fo~~e~dn~~r::,~~~d;h;i~~~·s Prefenceg with us, anif~e:f~~~ Paufe, I went to the Princifs, and took he~ J7r tMn~:t~ which lhe received and embraced with great Sign~ of a ~elgft ihe Bkjjing ~1},~,~c~/J.}~; '.f;{g~~~ ~;: :~rdsT~::\ ~en~r;oa~he "coun~{';oa:; left a particular Exhortation Lwidh he~ w~o :e;;en~!o!e~~erc~~ent to the ·p;;::b.!:;a!,n~~dp~id~~~~e f~rdithf~ia ~d ~fr~~~~~t~h:~i':!~~r~n~ tr!: She was exceedmgl y broken, an too an of u~. I fi okc to the refr and took Leave feverally of them ; my Corn· l'a~o~~ di:faUthe like. They followed us to the outwardlookm,o ah~r t~en~ me to ftep to the Countefs, and once more tp pea t 5 fi ~~~a~~PL~ave of her, which fhe received and returned with ~rea\o e~:~ Humility and Love. So turning td them~· myd Hf,Jt }n~olewirh all Lord, I prayed that the Fear, Prefence, e an 'J' o 'Heavenly VoL. I. Heavenly BleJJings; might Defcend and R.efr with and upon tbcm, Then, 1677- and for ever. ~ Home we went to our Lodging, clear'd the Houfe, exhorted the Family, ~'i· 1· 3• left Books, and then took Waggon for Wrfel, about 2oo Engliflt Miles from 26. 7• 4• Heru;erden. We rid Three Nights arid Days without lying down on a Bed, or fleeping, otherwife than in the W.:tggon, which was only covered lVith an old ragged Sheet, The Company we had with us, made Twelve in Number, which much ltreightned us: They were often; if not always, , Vain; yea, ill their Religious Songs, which is the Fafhion of that Country, efpecially by Night; they ca11 them Lruher's Songt, and fomerimes Pfalmr. We were forced often to repro"e and teftifie againft their HJpocrifie, to be full of all Vain, and often Prophane Talk one Hour, and Sing Pfalms to God the next; we lhewed them the Deceit ahd Al:Jomination of it. l:Ve paffed through feveral great Towns by rb~ Way, as Lipflrtd, #ttm, &c. Many Difcourfes we had of Truth, and the Religion and Worfhip that was truly ChrifiiJn~ and all was vety well ~ they bore what we faid. Bur one Thing was remarkable that may not be omitted: I had not been Six HourS in the Waggon~ before an heavy Weight and uhufual Oppreflion fell upon me; yea, jt weighed me, almoft to the Grave, that I could almoft fayJ.. My So11l wtU fad even unto Dea1h. I know not at prefent the Ground ot this Exercife; it remained a hour Twenty four Hours upon me. Then it opened in me, rhat it was a Travel for the Seed of God, that it might arife over all in them I had left behind, and rhat nothing might be loft but the Son of Perdition. 0 the 1irong Cries-, :ind deep Agonies. many Tear.; and fincere Bowings and Rumblings of Soul before the Lord that His Holy Senfe, which was raifed in them, might be preferved alive in them, and they for ever in it ! That they tnight grow and fpread as heavenly Plants of Righteoufnefs to the Glory of tHe Name of the Lord. The Narrative from the 27th of the 7th Monrb inclufive, io the roth of the 8th Month exclufive, is mferted in the following Letter to the Co11ntifJ of Hornes. For Anna Maria de Hotnet, ftiled Countefs of Hontesj· . at Herw"den in Germany, My dear Friend, 0 That thou mayjl far rver lwrO In the fwm aitd tender Sfnfr of that Divine Love and Life, whicl~ h11tb vijired thy So11l, n.t/efled and over~ come thy Heart! 0 teR me, bt~th it not foJiierimes raifed t hy Spirit above the. World, trndjiO'J. thee with /erwnt41td paffionate Dejiru, Tea~ holy Refollltionr to follow J~fm thy blejfed StrViour, r»bo bath glven HU mo/l Predoin Blood for thee, that tbou.foollllfll not live ro rhy felf, but to him t6(1f hath fo dearly purchaftJ. tb~e ? 0 the Reured, Humble, Reverent Frame tbn't I b,vi hehtld thee iii when tbi< hlr.lf'ed Lifr both lrown thee ihto it fo/f, anJ adornrd ohd frifon;d thee with iu own Hell'Uenly Virtue; beautifying thy very Co11ntenance beyontl all the Vain and Foolijh Ornamenrr of tbt Wanton Daughurr of Sodom- and Egypt, for therein are Charms not k11or:r;n to the Cbi/d,en of thH World. 0 that thH Holy and Chll}l Life may be alwayr preciom with thee! And that thou mayft be for ever chajlly lupt in the Luve and FeUow.foip of it! That o11i of th_ir World's Nature, Spirit, and Pr~Oice, thou may"ft he redeemed by Him, who u the Way, the Trllrb, and the Life; who, tU thoM t.rJatcbefl with Holy Vigilmue, will n~t only daily manifoft the Droicer of the Entm} to thee, hut fave tbee from h1m. FQr Cbrijl'r Work in tbee is thy Sanalficarion, m ir ir in Jlim Hir Father's Will, at,PaulfaiJ Of old. to the Belitverr, This is the Will of God, even your Sanctification. My |