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Show Cleve. 1· 8. 6. . Nimmeguen. Utrechr. 6. 8. 7• Amft:erd;lm. 7· 8 ••• The AuTHoR's LIFE.: Vox.. I. Senfe, J>lajlricbt was there with them upon defign to frullrate the hopes we had conceived of meeting wnh her. 'We from that dcfcended to other Things of weight, and in Love and Peace parted. . From his Haufe we returned to our Inn, and after Supper "!'e vdited t~e Scbulr, who with much Civility and {orne. Tenderne~s rec~1ved us. H1s Sijltr alfo came to us, and we had a good htrle. Meeung With them, an.d our God was with us, and His Pure and Te~der I:tfe appe_ared for our Juih ... fication, and pleaded our innocent C::tufe 1n thetr Confciebces: And fo we parted with them, leaving our Mafter'.s Peace amongft them. The next Day we came to Wtfel, betng the Fourth Day, whe~e we under· llood by Dr. Scbukr, rhat thy Sijl<r defired we ":'auld be fo ktnd a~ to fee her when we returned: Upon that we went and vtfited her; fhe received us very kindly. Thy Brother-in-Law's 1wo Sifters were prefent; ~e ftayed with her at leaft Two Hours. Many Qpeftions (he put to me, whtch I was glad to ha\'e :111 Opportunity to anfwer, for it made Way for. a Meeting: She intreated us to come again if we frayed, and told us our Vtfit !'as very grateful to her : Adding, That becaufe wo paft her by the !aft T1me, the concluded with her felf We bad no Hoper of Her; Wlth more to that EffeEt. tram thence we went to' Dr. Scbu!er"s, who freely offered us his Haufe for a Meeting next Day: And indeed, the Man is bold, after his Man~er. The next Day about Seven, I writ a Bil1iet in French to thy Sifter, to in· form her of the Meeting to begin about Eight: S~e came, ~nd ~er Twa Sifters with her; there was Rofendale, Colonel Coptus and hts Wtfe, and about three or four more, and to our Great Joy the Lord Almighty. was with us, and His Holy Power reached their Hearts, and the Doftor and Co· piw thereby confeffed to our Tefiimony. The Meeting lafted about Four Hours : Being ~nded, we took our Leave of them in the Spirit of JEsus, and fo returneCl to our Inn. The T(rylo.r_ wa!l all this While afraid· of coming to our Inn, or to the DoCtor's to the Meeting: Great Fears have overt:Iken him, and the poor Man liveth but in a dry Land. After Dinner, we vifited Copius and Rofendale, and at Copius's we had a Blefl'ed Broken Meeting, he, his Wife, Rofendole, his Wife, and another Woman (Wife to one Dr. Willid's Brother) prefent; they were ex· treamly affe£\:ed and overcome by the Power of the Lord, 'twas like one of our Herwerden Meetings ; indeed much Tendernefs was upon all their Spirits. This done, and having left Books, both there, and with thy Sifter, we left w,[tl with Hearts full of Joy and Peace: And let me fay this, That more ICindnefs, and OpenneCS, we have fcarcely found in all our Travels: 0 that thisBle!l'edSenfe may dwell with them. A Seed there is in that Place G 0 D will Gather; yea, a Noble People He will find out: And I doobt not but there win be a good Meeting of Friends in that City before many Years go about; my Love is great to that Place. 0 how Good is our dear Lord to us, who helpeth our Infirmities, and carrieth through all Oppofition, and feedeth us ·with his Divine Pre fence, in which is Life ! Hir Condie hath hitherto refted on our Tabernacfe, and He hath made us glad in Hi: own Salvation; Eternal Glory be to His Excellent Name. We immediately took a Pofl-Carr, and came next Day about Two in the Afternoon to Cleve, where we had a very Precious Meeting :tt an honeft Procurator's Hou{e, who received us with much Love: Four or Five more were prefent, alf Grave and Tender : Our Hearts were greatly affeft:ed·with their Love and Simplicity. We alfo vifited rhc Lady Hubner, who was kind to us • Next Morning we fet out for J..Timmeguen, and thence immediately to Utrecht, where we arrived that Night; and took the l\1gbt-Boot for .Am· flenlam, becaufe ofw1 Preffure upon my Spirit to be next Day at the Meeting; and the rather, having intimated as much from Cullen. We arrived in the Morning at JJmjlerdam, where we found our Dear Friends generally well, the City much alarm'd, and great Curiofity in fome, and De/ires in 01hers to come to the Meeting. We had a very great Meeting, Voi. I. Meeting, and m:Jny People of Nore reforted : God's Goj}e/-Be/1 was Rung 1677 the Great Day of the Great G 0 D Sounded, and the Dead wtU Raifed fo a; ~ much Tendernefs appeared in feveral. 0 Bteffed be the Name of the'Lord whofe Work and Teftimony profpereth. , The next Day ~as fpent in divers Affairs relating to the Truth. 8, s. 2• The Day follow.!ng .we ha~ a ~eeting with Ga!emtf .Abrahams,(the Great 9, 8. ;. Father of the Socmwn ~emflr In th_efe Par~sJ accompanied with fevcral Preachers and 01~ers of his Co~gregauon ; dn'ers of onr Friends were a!JO prefent. It contmued .a~out Five Hou~s ,; he :!!firmed in Oppofition to us, '[hat there wtU no Cbrijl~t~n ChJJrcb, Almiflry, or Commij]jon Apo/}olica! n:; ro m the Worl1:, but the Lord a !lifted u:; with his Wifdom and Strength 10 confound h1s Attempts. Here tnde!IJ tbe 1\~trrotive. I intend a Vi fit at the llttgJJe to the Lady Over kirk, Sifter of the Somer· likes, and fame others that have faber Chuaflers of Truth and friends . and t~ence to Rotterdatn, where I have much ro do, both with RefpeCI: t~ Meetmgs and the Prefs. Thus, my deJI Friend, have I given Thee a tedious Narrative vet 1 hope not altogether unpleafant. Perhaps the Brevity of my Letter~ ·here .. aft~r, may he~ ApologiZe for the L~ngrh of this: However, I confider Two Thm~s; One tS, That Thou haft T1me enough, one Time or other to look over It; and nexr, That I have plentifully anfwered thy Requetts,' and demonftrated I have not forg~llen ,Th_ce. 0 D~a~ Friend, let us live andremem~ r on; another. (now abfent) In th:tt D1v1ne Scnfe in which rhe Lord God dtfi'olv dour Spans when together. 0 the Unity of this F::~ith the P~rity of thi_s _Lovt, and the Bon.d of _this Peace! The Lord JEsuS lx! ... With Thy Sptrlt, and keep Thee 10 th1s the HoJJr of Thy Temptation that Thou. rnayft come fonh as Gold Seven Times Tried. So lhall Thy Tehimo-ny fhtne for the God th:J.t hath called Thee, and HE will reward Thee with Honour, Glory, and Eternal Life. Amen. Thus fai_th the Lord, I remember Thee, tlJe Kindnifr of Thy J"oJJtb th~ Love of rhme Ej}oufals, when TboJJ wenun after M~ in the Wildernefs' in a L4nd that _wat not Sown. Jer. ii. 2. Dear Friend confider rh1s. ' Yet a.gam: The Way of the Juft is Uprightnefr 1 Thou moft Upright daft we1gh the Par.hs of the Juft, yea, in the H'ay of Thy Judgments 0 ;nd~~ ~h;~:~;'~b~[~~T~~~e~he Dejin of our Soul is to Thy N:~:ne, _W_ith my ~oul have. I defired Thee in the Night ; yel, with my Spirit wtthtn me w11l I feek Thee early; for when thy Judgments are in the Eanl1 the Inhabitants of the World will learn Ri!ipteoufnefs ' W ~~k~ ~huos~ wilt ordain Peace for us, for · hou alfo 'hall wrought all our 0 Lord our God, other Lords betides Thee h:tve had· Dominion over us but by Thee Only we make Mention of Thy N::~me. ; Lord, in _Trouble have they vifired Thee; they poured out a Prayer when Thy Cha!tnmg was upon them. . Li~e .as a ~oman with Child.' th:J.t draweth near the Time of her Deli· ~ez~~.m Pam, and cryeth out m her P:wgs, fo have we been in Thy Sighr, We ha"e been. wirh Child, we have been in Pain, we have as it wert ~!ft~~~~~~r~~h~¥J~t·ahlia~~";f ~~~ W~~f:traifln.Deliverance in rhe Earch; Thy dead .Men !hall live, to.gcther wirh my dead Body !hall they arife: .Awake and Srn:, ye that dwcU 111 the Dufl, for Thy Dew if tU th~ Dew of Herbs, ttnd the /iartb ]hall can OJJI tbe Dead. Corne my ~eople, enter thou inro thy Chambers, and Jbut thy Doors about thee; h1de thy felf as<. it were for a little Moment, umil the Indig .. nation be overp::~ft. · * P 2 Fot |