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Show The AuTHOR's LIFE. VoL. I. 104 . 6 Believe alfo in him for the Word's Sake that He has already wrou~ht in ~ thee: He witl minijler to tbu, al he wtU mipi}lrd unr~ hy H~t Farlur s iln· · eh ;11 the Hour of His A.hafement and Great Tempratton. 0 Watch, and be ij,airbfui and rbou jho/t bt • Noble Wirnefs for tht Lord. b E . Once ~ore let meexfH!flulate wirb thee: TVoMldjl tboJt overcome t e .-nemus of rby Sou/'r Ptoce ond tnjoy tbt Dtligbt/ul Pre(tnct of t.?ebfoLord Rrtb tbb', then kee nothing back; let nothing be wit~bdJ that h.e caller. r: enum er thor sa!t of old loft bir Kingdom f or /uepmg rbot Ahvt wbr(b be jhould bavt Slain: Thou knorvefl wbllf bifd Anani:ts and S1pphira ~utwardlf.: ~~~be t~oM like the Poor Widow of Old, that therefore gave more tnto the reaJuz t s'h" all t he rrft, bec:tufe rhey referved the grcateft Part to rh~mfelves; ut e gave All {he had. 0 B!cifed are tbry ~b,u make n~ B~rg41nt for themJ_e!w~: Tbat bave no Referves f or f e!f; neither conjlllt w1th Flefh and Blood; norm on Senfe conform to the ieajl Ceremony which is born of them: But that /llbmfr their Wills in all Things, to tbe Lort!'s, tbat tbty 11Jtl} be made Perfefi through Suffe;ings, m Cbrift uuu. . . . Read 111e in t1Je Myflery Of Life: I (}eak not of deftrtmg, or fim.gmg away aU 0 11trv rrd Sub fiance · b11t tbat thy Heart may Reign above all Vijiblcs, and nake G~d its Treafu;e, and nroer flick in any Thing of this l~wer World, or njl jhorr of CHR JST, tbt Eternal Rell of o/1 tbtSeed of Fo11b. Her·e beginnetb tbe N A R RAT I v E. T HE Lord brought us well to Wcfe/ on the fifrh Day after we left Were!. Herwcrden, having fome Service by the Way. At Wefd we ~ad a 27· 7' ~· good time with Dr. Schuler, and Rofendaie, and the Woman we ment1on~d to thee but the Taylor was fhy, and fearful of coming to us at the Do£l:ors. ,a. 7· 6. The ~ext Day we went towards Duysbur,gb, we vifited the ~chult, ~r chiefGovernour that Night, whom we found at home; he recctve~ us 1.n much Kindnefs. His wife and Sifter, we fear, have been fha~en tn rhe1r good Teftimony Iince we were laft there; fome Fowls of the Air, .have ~e· voured the Seed that was fown. 0 that fweet and ten~er frame 10 wh1cb, we left them the time before! However, the entran6e we had. upon t~" Spirit of the Schult-, a little confolated us. He~ce we fem Marra M~rtha~ Friend, a Letter, defiring him to let us have hts Anfw~r the nex~ Nt g ~t at DujJdtlorp, inclofed to Neander, when and ~e~e we m1ght fee htm, enher at D111Je!dorp, Mulbeim, or Duyshurgb, and 1f lt were poffible, we wonld. gladly vi fit the Counteft of Bruch. , . . D u[ oldorp. We got early to DujJtldorp next I)ay, betng the !aft Day oft he week: 29. 7• 7· But Neander was gone to Mulh&~m, 1n order to Preach on the Morrow; fG that we were difappointed of our Intelligence. . . • Collen. Next Morning we went towards CoDen, and there arrtved that Evemng :;:o. 7• 1 The next Day we had a good Opportunity with Van Di7tando, and Doct* r. 8. 2. miJJs :Jt the Hou{e of the latter; and tftat Afternoon took Boat back for Dulfel.dorp. D11Jfddorp: where arriving next Morning, we prefently fent for Netmdtrl who came to us and three more in Company. We had a blefi'ed Meeting ,, i. l · wirh them, and' one of the three that came with him our Souls were ex• ceedingly alfelled with. The Meeting done, they went away, but }leander returned. And firft. of our Letter to Mulhcim; we found by him, (as alfo at 6ur Return co D11;sh11rg1J) that Kuper w:is fo far from endeavouring our vifit totheCoMif-' tejs1 that he would not meet us himfelf, neither u DNjJeldorp, J11u/heim, or Duy~burgb: Nay, it did not pleafe him to fend us an Anfwer, much letS any the leafi Salutation. I confefs it grieved us now for 1\eandtr, the young Man hath a Zeal for God. and there is a Vifitation upon him, my Souldefirerh that ir may net be inefFeftual: But I have a gre:It fear npon me. For this I know' certainly from the Lord God that liveth for ever, and I have :r. Cloud of Witneifes to my Brethren, that Retirement and Silence before God is the alone way for him to feel th~ heavenly Gift to a rife, and come {otth pure and unmix'd. This only can anght Preach for God, Pray to God, and loege~ .Va:r:.1. Tbe.AttTlLoR•s LIFE; ~eger: People to God, and nothing elfe. But, alas, his Offioe in ihat Family 1677• 1s quite. another tht~g;. namely,.ot_o perfurm fer Duries-, arjix"d Times: ~ Pr_ay, Preach, a~d Smg, an.d that m the Way of. the World's Appointment. J:lts very Office IS· BJbylonijh, namely, a Chap/am; for it is a Popijh Inven .non. In thegocdJ Old Times, godl)t- .Abraham, rhar was 3 Prince, and ] oj/uJa a grcar General, and David ruKing, wirh rnan1 more, injlru{/ed their R1milies in the Knowledge and Fear of Ciod : Bbt now People are too Idle or too grea~ :o pray far thctmfelves, and fo they worfhip God by Proxy. How can ro Muufter of ~he GofpeLbe ~r the beck of any Mortal Living, or give his ~~~ and.ConfG.ience to the T1me and Appointment~ of another; The thing m IC felf IS ,utterly_ wrong, and agninft the very Nature and worfhip of the New and Evcrlaftlng CCovenant. YouWtad better meet to read the Scriptures, the Book. of M-anyrs, elc. if yon cannot fit and wait in Silcnct upon tHe ~~f~, ti0 bis .Jingt/~ove upon ~0/Jr Jha~IS1 than tO uphold fuch a f orma/, L1m1tediand ftcremomous Worfhtp. This IS not the way our: of Babylon. And lhaveadeepSenfe.up?n mr SOul, thatif~he Young Manftrive. beyond the Talent God hath gtven: htm, to anfwer h1s Office, and fill up h1s Place. and wai-li IJOt for the pure and living word of God in his Heart, to open his Mouth, bur. either ftudieth for his Sermons, or fpeaketh his own words, he will be unerly ruined. ' Wherefore~ 0 Dear Friend, have a Care thou art no Snare to him, nor • hetothee-! Man's Works fmother, and ftiRe the true Life ofChrilt; " l'Yhau ha"Ve you now to do bur to look to J efus, the Author of the holy · Delires rha.r are in you, who himfelfhath vi fired you. Tempt nor the ' Lord, provoke not God. What fhould any M.:~n preach from, but Chrift? " And whm lhould he preach People to, but Chrift in them, the hope of ' Glory;? Confider, nothing feedeth that which is born of God, bur that "which cometh down from God; even the Bnad of God, which is the ' Son of God, who giveth his Life for the World. Feel it, and feed on it ; ~ let none mock God, or grieve his Eternal Spirit that is come to feaL them • up from the Mouth o~Man that hath deceived them, th:lt Jefus the A· 'n'Ointi'ng mar reach rhern, and abide with them for Ever. 'Be Sredfaft and! immO\'eable, and this will draw the Young Man nearer • to rhc.Lord., and empty him of himfclf, and purge away. Mixtures, and ' then you will all come to the Divine Silence. And when all Fle(h is filen t ' before the [ord, then ish the I:ercl's Time to fpcak, and if you will hear ' your Souls thai! Live. 0 mr Soul i•in great Pain tha< you may· be all ,!Jajlly ' preferved in that Div;ine Senfe begotten in your Hearts- by the EternJL ' \V'ord Qf God, that abiderh for Ever; that nothing may ever he able to "extinguifh it. Bur more efpecia11y that Thou, my d.ear Friend, mayft be ' kept in Faithfulnefs: For rhe Lord is come very near to thee, and thou 'ttu~fl begin the Work, the ·Lord God expeEleth it at thy Hand. If one ' Sheep brehk through, the reft will follow, Wherefore watch, 0 watch, ' that thou rnayft be ftrengthned and confirmed; and ftrengthen all that is ' begotten of God in that Family, by thy weighty, Savoury and circum .. ' fpeft Life! 0 how is my Soul affeCted With thy prefent Condition! It is ' the fervent Supplication of my Heart, that thou mayft, through the ' daily obedience of the CrofS of Jefus, Conquer and fltine as a bright and < glorious Star in the Firmament of God's Eternal Kingdom. So let tt be, ' Lord. Jejus! Amen. VIe tenderly, yet freely fpoke our Hearts to him, before we plrted, which done, in God s Love we took our Leave of him -at Dllj[e/Jorp, and got rbat Dursburgh. Night to Dnysburgh, being the Third Day of the Week. We firft vifired Dr . .Mty1richl", a Man of a good natural Temper, bur. a rigid C.aivini.ft. I perceived by him. that they held a Confulrauon ahoOl fee ing us:n BrMch; bnt they all concluded, it was befi to decline meeting with us, becaufe of the Grntf, he being ready to fting our Name in Reproach, upon them. in his DifpleaH.irc; and this would conllrm him in his Jealoufies of them. This might excufe the Cognufs, bt.lt by no Means K11per s and ifl ha.d any p SenJe |