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Show • An -A P P E. N 'AUf ta VQ:t.l. ~ :b LiJ:tJe,Floo:k and, F. WJily; of God, lht Peopk whom H_e-hat~eaU.J. ~ 0 :._1 gathmlvto ~be l(pq.,Jt<ig( and Btlief qf Rit Everla!bng Way to Ltfe and Salvation. . .r Of God b(/Q<·ed b"t of Mt·trirod•ce:l o•d fpokrn Evil OJ. • .d lfi ;; ch. a1 bttve of /au any Dejirts begot~tn tn tiJt_m after Hn Ere~nal 1 a. 0 11 rejidin in (be United p1ovmces, R1ght Underfian~ng~ Jlu.thd,.,'l('"'h d Pe~r'-tl O"-'ience with aU Spirirual81effings btlnr)l(aJr vOUD ,3.,11 , M 1;1t ~ 1 ]\' •~lji · 4lirongftyo11, auording to yqur J.tveral tU;1 ttet:. ~- Dcqr an4 Well-beloVed Friends! A U.ller.tP to¥ ' My True and Tender Love in God out Life, who by th:e PoW(ft that iinl~Floci,ut4 , rai(ed our Lord ]t!fus Chrift froQl tb..e Dead, hath qutck~ed us ~Jn~: 71!!,.t,~;tJ ' \Q,3Jl "ope of Eternal Felicity, when ~ys, _and Years, :md ~tmes _(hall Pr111inm. ' ~ 00 more, do 1 a.t this Time fa lute. y.ou, and the _Reft of FneQ~S mall We p. 47· ' tl\o!¢ Pa.tts u.nto whom is rhe i!fuing fort" of the .1-•~hr and Love, of (i,~ ' in an abuodln' MJnner, rh:n you may a~l rece1ve !'ltnriful Red(mptto~ • a.nd be tcfrefht in Him that is an Evert,iflrng Fo,anrazn, ~hat can ne1{er be ' ex·hau.fted; and for the Thirfty it is fet o~en, that wh? w:mt Inward <;:qn. .. ' fol~\ton and SltisfaCtion for their Immortal Souls,, m1_ght be 3bundantly ' teple6i(hr with rhe Living Cbry.ffal $trtamt thereof: Ble!fed are rhef of ' t\1.~ ·Father of an Bleffings and Mercies that h3ve the\r E-ye turne4 ~l)tQ ' flirt\. that \\t..atch and wait upqn Him, who dare not to offend or ~n~y~ ' H\$ GQod S.pirit that ftaRds ready. nOt only to C011vince .tkr World o $zn, ' a.tll\ mr• many into tho Way of L1fe 1 bur Seal all the Faithful qQ 9 t.h~ ' Iuheri,tance of ~.ternal Life: That as you qncc; bore tQe Earth/~ I~p~g~ :J.n4. ' WQJf: the Beafrs Seal in your Foreheads, fo now you fl;l;I.Y daily' Wttl\efs ' the Re.newing of the HeaVMiy Image upon yQ,, br r.he Pqwer 9~ the ' Lord, inwardly felt, and a Wearing of ·the Lambs &o/ m YQW ~o<<h"'ldi ' by the Spirit of our God. . ' Oil! be not fcattered from rhi< blcff«\ !lot><, ~or l~r .rhe B~lfhnll' ?f ' fome Tbict Carn:~l He3dwife Oppoibs, who are more m Wor4 th~t 111 • Deed and ~nly ikill:d in Science f.ilfly fo called (for ir is fille4 "1it.li ~nd, ' lefs jaogles and Debates) any whit move you mr De~r fri~nd~, ftqm ' yo~r Hol)l Standing i neithe.r the Re\'roaches of the Pro.ph;~ne,, n9r crl!el ~ Suffeting~ of fume Perfccutmg PPanfees, nor finally, t~e: f:~:lhng-away, ' ~pd.Tt(.acherous Apoftacy of any ]Mila(, Demtu, <;'C 4/exand~r U1c; ~" ' Pftf11!ith · bur as Pilgrims, efrranged. from rhe Ltfe ~nd Sgtrlt o.f thiS ' Wotld, ~ho are embarked foJ a mQre du,rabl~ Cot!nt{)' 3nd B'uilding t}la~ ' is Euxruzl in the-Hu.vtns-, p::tfs away your foJournln~ here below in Fe.ar ' and Tremblin~, in Dilige~ce and Godly Converfation, !hat ~q theGofpel • tttaY he adorned, the Life and Power of ~cdhneiS lh1qe br1g~dy forrll ' ~~rough thofe black Clouds, envious j\len feek ro obf,ure and. eclipfe ~~~ ' ~auty of your Principles and Prai\ice with, and God !hall hav~ the q~., ' ry. and you (hall be preferYed to His Eurnal Kingdf1111,.: And ~here(o.re, ' JHy De(1r Friends, have a Care of the Sn:ues the E~it One lays in tbc ' Spirit of this World, whereby to draw out your Minds from the Hea' ' ven\y Watch, ag:tfnft that which makes not for Qod.'s Honou.r and yQUE ' OWil tme Peace: That no fluggifh, negligent, or Earthly Spiri~ oycl'! I. t:tkc you, fince the Fatherly Viftration has reached unto you. Neither Jet ' V,i~t TboMghll or unntctfJttry Difputation$ be cherifhr, for none of Thofe ' Things make for True Comfon in the Day of God. 0 that the Cro!S ' of Chrifi may cvermort; be precious :tmong: you: And you whom the ' Lord of hre hath more-particularly extended His Loving Kindnefs unto, ' leJve rhe Dead to bury 1he DeaP ~ parr with all that you may h'JVI\ £ .. ' t<rnal Life: Make no Bargains of Eafe for yolll Joid/J and B!o~J, wl\i>~ ' muft never Enter into the Kingdom of God, ond whof~ C:onfylrings, \fYQ~ ~ yjeld to.xhem, will run you into F.ternal J'er4i.t\qn1 ,. . 'B/ejta ' Bie.ffrd are the Poor in Spirit, for theirs. i< ~~ King,Jp"l ?£ ~od; and a No, VIL • Man is then fo, V(hen he ha[h .ua1r'd wtt~ a1,! fo1 Cill:tl\~ Name Sa~c. ~ ' 1 mean not a comfonab\e Livel)lj9Qd, as Papijh Fryar.t ~Q, that rljey may> ' live on the hard Labours of orh~11\1en, That is ar bel\ b~t rlj,l; 9~rft<)e of ' the Planer; bur *ofe falhions,. Cl)lfroms,l'\eaf~\es, lil9l)PY'~• Lu[\s, ffe. • rh¥t are from b~low, anq form~ and b~oug~r {o[th by [he Spirit of tl,.i• 'World, unto which rljeFr,eborn qi!dreq pf (iod by rl\~ Et~rn~l Spjri• • have been made Sl!~ngers, not l9•<hi~g t\1~1ewirh. O. ler QO,t tl>~ Fool· ' ijhntf! ol: rhe Crofs be over·r~afoned, cavill'd, ~nd difpur~d ; a WiU/pg ' Offering, re.fig~e4 Spirit and rq~teqf,fd B~arfr of the k~proach of ~en for • Canfrienee·So~e, fu~h God love1 ~nd h~tlt in srear l,t~g~!d : He is a fulli• • cienr Recompence; and every light ."\ft!iCiion He repays with ~ (~l !llPre ' exceeding Weight of Glory, ~yen that P~rc Spiri{l!al G/pryJ that was ~ wi[h tl\e Fath~r e're this World began. . ~ ' 0 prj~e your precious and Higll Calling, and diligently fee~ ro l/fO~I ' your '-t'r1Qing aJJd Eletlion fur e) b-, working put YO\.lr fo great Salvatip~ ~y ' rhe J'0wer aq~ Sgjrir of Je1u~ opr ~ord: Apd as many ~s a1e led by 11, ' are Child ten and Heirs, yea Coheirs of that Life and Kin_gdo1p wi~h ~hn, ' whi~h abiderh for evermore. SQ tb< God ami F,atper of pur Lo(d ]ejm '. Cbrifl, by hi~ Holy 1\rm and Power compafs you ~bout, and have your ' Souls ~nd Bodies in f!is ~eepipg, rh~t in His fear <nd Love you fl!ay live • towards Him and one anotber the !l.emaiqder of 1our Pays; SR !hall ' Honour afcend rq Him, and 1:1i~ . l'eace like a jl.iyer Row amon11fr yo~ ro ~your unutterable Rejoycing, World without End. I am ypur Senfiq\c, Tender, and Sinc;re Friend and B.1orber if! tbe Eyerlafriqg ':\'ruth, tp ffrvt Yfl! to t/lf ~JipoJ! of my Abzl(ty (bcrti~, W.P. To FRIENDS in Maryland; Dear friend.r, ' THough unknown to you jp l!ody, yet well knowq i9 S!'ir,it hj' that ' Erern~l Living Union :llld 'Fellowfllip rhar the Li,ghr of the Lord ' Jefus Chri,lt hath br,ught Uj inro, which comp10heads rite Wqrld1 the ' Life, }.Vifilom and W snks of~~. 'aqd repro~es .rhe111 ~I as ~~g'il't'"'1 fl91ll ' the Life of Go~, aM the Common·wealrh of Hl~ blelfed S.pirlrua11{rael: : ~nd Bleffed ~i11 you be for.ever, as you keep t~erein, for¥ .~owing up , mt.o Immortaltty, and the Lt~e, ~eace, and Joy that are E'ternal, you will Wttnefs more and more, wh1cl;l JS tJte Heavenly Durable Treafure in the ' earthen Ve!fe!. In the Living 5eofe of His Precious Truth, and Glorious ' Day of Light, Life, and Love, that has dawn'd and is breJking Up clear' er an~ clearer upon us, my Soul falutes you, the boneil andf4ithf11l-brarr .. · ' ed Fnends of Maryland Plantation, wifhing you the Encreafes of God ' Day by Day to the buildi.n_g yo.u more and m.ore up into the Image that is ' Glorious, being the exprefs ReprefentcitiOn of .flim that hath caJied you ·:to ~he Hope that gives ~omfort in the Day of the Lord: Oh, My Dea; Frzends, up and Work for rhe Lord God, for the defpifed Light and : Truth?~ J E s u 1 10 yo~r .I?:tY and let not us be lefs Vigil:tnr, in the Ten-der, Dtllgent, Fervent Spmr for God, than the World is for their t-~:~m• ' mon, that fo we ffifiY appqr M.en for God, not for our feh'.es, mmding ' the Things of Chrift and not our own, Pbi/, ii. :21. SO !hall God's ' Truth fpread to the 11tmojl Partr of the Earth, ilnd the Hearhen lh;ll} be• come the Inbtrirance of that Tr111 Light tbpt lilhut/J l'tl/fJ Man that ~ tomerb into tbe fVor/J, - · Y 2 'Dear No.Vllr. ~ .II Lttttr re~ ; Frienisill Maryland. Life P• 47• |
