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Show ·pEN'D1Xto Vot.. I. 6 .An A 1! h e found the Redeeming 17 t given Life to our So~ls, anSd o·l 'is wwhhictchh wwee naevv er fe1 t un der other Mt· No. XV-- ' P~wer of CH R.ts T m ~u: u , ms of the World, in ~ ~ niftties, andf in °~~~r d~li~i~g the Fafh1io~ k"~ ~£!~ efteemtng our felves ' He that rom G d calls it the on Y 0 e into another. ' Pur~ C:onfc~e';{e ;~ha~ fayt, we (?O o~t. of _B"e Ex~~d~et count.s the Papifl; ' Chnihans . n with mamtatmng oper{c, ft uefhons u. .. ' He that cba~ftt~ udenies us to be fuch, at ea 't~e agamft Gen"als; ' Cbri!ltans, wdht\, neot Particular Infl_an~~~ :o c~np~n the whole Body cal· • He that a mt R Re£\:ions from]. Jvay er, ' and htmfelf draws ~ Faith . Re ent of what ne- ' led !{.uakers, an\~h~re with.Believing, ~nd ~~d~:riy d~tefted J and that ~ ' He that charge if it were, I told htm, u. he fame Terms, wirh- ' ver was; but i~aJ' yet fums up his Difcoul£e 1!1 t of my .Abhorrence of ' after he ~as 1o .d~;ufatzon, or raking an/ h or;~~t can make 3. People ' out proVIng. " that he charged. An . e h 0 they Solemnly, and ' anyfuch Tf ~'"c\ ¥ony as ]. N. migbtHcom;:tfin~s ~ault with aggravating ' Gutlty o u d Genfure 1t. e t a d ft y Love; and yet ' in Print, Renounce an s a Way that tends to e. ro h ice over, not at. ' Evil _aga~n~ P:rX~W;n~ envious RepetdirioH oft~~~r~~~e; it a Mark of a ,& praalces tt y be atticularly difprov' . e . e one againft another, ' that Time ~o. p that we contradttt and wr!t ft'fies the Epifcopabans, ' Fa!/~ hc~"'fi,n'Pa!l'; we never did fo) Jland tb:: ~~v~ done the ltke, and ' (whic IS d ' denu and Baptz s, 1 . B ethren (and rhe & Pre.Jl?yterrand I; epHe rha't pretends they ~rh al albe ~y bei~g born of ' con~~ue to ~or~~ calls them Cbriftzanr) wh.'f S 'bl{m tb>S Rendzng Spmt, : PapzJ!s too~ a~d yet fay, That tbzs Spt~zt OJ WJrb ',b;;-e that crud, Down : ~b;,hs;B;~,;;~i!K1,' J:."'J:{:.:a[zt;bl~l'~d~~~::;)1fib;o~e~b~~~~:~b~ A~:;:;: wtt ~ the Prejbyterzans ca ; ~~~~~:Y~~fi~~t}1 ·:u~~ {; ~~~i~:~;:~;~'i: ;~i~~f"~i~~~ri?- , Sinful, Sortltd, and UJrrupt1111 ~:~' b,~ Brethren. H~ that repr~vds ;: :! : It's.{.ut w;h:t w;.f.~'d 01, Fetv_es in Scri~ure '!e~~~e;~~htU."J,~~~a'n call a : ~Hl~E/,~~·o;n.'H~~:~ a~d ~~~~~~ bi£;~:~.E:;dz a~~ ~i{~~:·;,;~~~ ' Debate and guc{fi< f:Ieb:~.~~;n do all thefe Things, }h0P;;.J,:','~t/"1And : to lf;;e~=i~ere~t Good Man, a. Cbarit~:nMii'ea~~r 1~ :i;h him ferioufly to ' h h R Baxur be not thts very 6 D t His Tribunal. ~ ;t~f:,D'~ ~·o~~; •pfh:;ili~~ ~~~~fe'n~ "iLXi~~~~f~~:~~~z; J g,o~~ : t~~~;~c!b:i ;~~ ~~;~"to~~ t~~~s~-~i: ~~~~ ei~~n .!~o~i\!';t;~~;;~~~J , of our Hearts knockbmi, b~~ toe a~dg wait upon God, ~he1n to~~:~ r~ ' Fear we defire to e u J Tb hts that we may 1ee our , True Stlence, from all _Fle~ly odgLif~ in which to forgive our Ob~l ' lenifh'd with bts Dtvme ove an I ~hich dear Love of God, RlC ar • Jm and tbofe that SpztefuUyt{'fi,~·tbny Good and Felicity. And w~en~ ' Bn;,er, I do forgive thee, aS e.~ies therein could not divert me /tohy ' read thy Letter, the many . even A artment in my Haufe, an ' faying, that ~ could fr{ely 1_de ~:~e :~d fe~ difcourfe thee in much1 T~· ' Liberty theretn ;_ t~~t d.cou th'~l ~;rd Entertainment from thee. a ' ' der Love, notwlthuan rng 1 . P. : without harder Words, Tby Sincere an~ Loving Frzenif, Yf. .. To VoL~ I. · 'Tbe A iJ T H a R ·~ LIFE. To the P R r N c E s s and C o u N T E s s at Hetford in Gi!mlany, r676, No. XVI. ~: JESUS be witb your Spirirr, the Immaculate Lamh of God, and G!oriour Hil Lmrr,. Light of the World, His Pure Spirit rtdeem )Oil fi·om the Evil and Ign~ U: Pri'"'fi · ranee t~at are in it, and r~p/e,ifh you with Hir Euer!afling RighreouJnefi, ~~z~~~~ ! whole End u Peate 6!1d .Affurance {or euumore. Aona Maria 4 f..'oh!e of this World, but more Noh!e for your Enquiry after the T&UTR 1 de Horn~ and Love to ir, the Fame whereof hath founded to the Ears of fome of us c,unufi oJ in this Wand, whom God hath made both his certain Wirneffes and Mef.. ~i~~~es·~c~ fem~ers, through man~ and greJ,t Tri~ul::nions: !!ternal, He11Vt'!!y Prai[es • to His Holy and Power} a! Na111e, who Lzvu and Re1gtu over aU Pnncipalitiu, and Power.;, and Thrones, and Dominions [or ever. I have had you, Worthy Womm, often in my Remembrance, with that Honour which is not of this World ; even then, when my Soul has been in hs pureft Reriremenrs, not only from 1H Vifibles, but from their very Idea; in the Mind, and every other Imagination; refting With the Lord i'n hiS' Own Sabbath, which is the True SlitRu of ::Ill Flefh indeed, which pfofits above the Formal Chriflian's Bodily Exercife. And in thefe Heavenly Se· queftrations of Soul, and True Refignation unto rhe Divine \Viii of my Fa· ther, .have 1 taken .a moft clear Profpe8: of you, and every Circumftance that may be fit for me to know; Tour Educatitm, your !<.ua/ity, your Dig-. 1Jity tbc Envy of the Clergy, the Fury of the Rahhie, and the Strength :Jnd Pou·~r of Temptation, arifing from aJl thefe Con}iderationr, if poffible to fmother your Bleifed Beginnings ; and as fo ma'!Y Bandr of Sotdiur, employed and commiffioned of their Great Prince of DarA:nefr, to Watch, Jnd hinder JESUS from rifing in you. In a weighty Senfe of all Whith, my Heart opens irfelf unto you in God"s Counfcl, after this Manner: Be Faith .. ful to that you know, and Obedient to that which God by the Light of His Son makes manifeft in your own Confciences. Confult not away the Pure and Gentle Strivings of the Holy Ghoft; Drown nor His StiU Voice with the· Crowd of Careful Thoughts, and Vain Contrivances: BrQk not the bruifed Reed, neither quench the Smoking Flax in your felves. 0, if you truly love JESUS, hear him: And fince it hath pleafed God irr fame M~fure1 as with Pat~!, to reveal His Bleffed Son in you, corrfult not with Fle(h and B~ood, that are below t_he H_eavenly Things; for . that inherits nor the Ktngdom of God : But wtth Stncere Mary, from a deep Senfe of the Beauty~ Vircue and Excellency of that Life, that is hid with Cbrifl in God, wait out of all Cumber, free from that running, willing, facti/icing Spirit that is in the World, in [he Pore Obedience; Humiliation, Godly Death or Silence, at the Feet ofJESUS, chufirig the better Parr, Wi1ith fhall never be taken from you : And JESUS will be with y~u, He will fhed His Peace abroad -in the !vfidft•of you, even that which flows from the Cbry}Jal Streams of Lif~, that anfe from under the Throne of God. Prepare, prepare to meet the Lord ; for aifuredly JESUS is rifen, the Faithful and True Witnefs; and he is come in Ten Thoafnndr of Hir Sainu, to _ __judge this Fallen Chrifl:iart World. He that was Dead during the Times, Ti111e, and Half a Titlle, is now alive, and lives forever~ Nor fhall HeU, Death, or the Grave, get the Dominion any more; but Life and Immortality fhaUfpHnt tU the Morning with-out Cloadr. The Set-rime of the Father is come; and all Faces tball garber Palenefs, yea, and all Knees fhall fmite and bow, and Tongues (}roll confefs to rhi!i,.his Appearance; fOme to Joy, others to Mifery : Ages and Genera ... tions fiavc no"t known him ; the Earth has been cover'd With Violence, Op. preffi(n,, Undeannefr, Rercardr, Gifu, Blood, Wrath, ltfa!ice, Pride, Covetollfnefr: Yet God profeft, and Chrift confeft : A Glorious Church, a Porn .. pous WorOtip, and as much Religion (fuch as ir was) as the World could hold : Bnt, 0 the Idolatry! 0 the Fa!fe W;, nep! 0 the Blafpbemy and * A a Lyzt«! |