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Show A .A p p E N ']) I X to VoL. I. x86 n d h (haltRejoycebeforeme . For with metbe No. XVI. r? ~o~; ~~e~!!W~n~d\v:Pdo~l, 0StreLngt~ '1-i~~~;r~~~;;~ of our God. To ~ or '· he AnCient VVay of the or , u may walk In It, and be Thl~~i~e, Worthy nnd Gru~ Women, rh:r~t~~ne cnes, Lo here, anoth_er · 'f\ N mber whtch at thts Day, (fh h T. ue Jero the Spmrual CuI. that .)may'tay holdonrheSkm\ 1 ~ r'as a n'Jy offmall Things ,;~cifi~~, revealing himfelf, tt m;:e ~'1m: the only Rock to bUild upon, fitft in your Souls, that you .mayh Lord when Troubles are rou~d a- 31 r Peace may be great m t e 'fGod be known, and emtnent· ~~~~ ~~~- For by char fhall rte -~~~f;~e(:~lamny Tranqmlhry, Pauence: ly dtfcovered m the Days ~ 11 ~~nfpicuoufiy !hme m rheu veJy Counre Faith and Perfeverance, 3 • ances · e of my own Convmcement to you, n Som.ething rofe in my Heatt, t<? w~tt from Kindred, Acquainrance, Ru· with what Entenainm~nr I ftecetvc b longing to my Converfion and T1a4 1 etc The many Cucum ances e rr mighr not be ungrateful or ,~:it which, rhough inferior tfe/o~~s ~tatt/be this Seafon, befides, I ha.ve unti:rvice:tble to you. But I ' . Obedience ro the Love and Ltfe been very large already, Y:.r a~ a~on~c{~d befide all Regard t? Worldly of my God in my Soul, bc~~~n~:et~nworthy of them that take m·Hand to Method, Phrafe, or. Contrl W·n d Appointment of God. write of Divin~ Thmgs at the I h~n Word nf ]~Jus, nigh in your ~earts, I commit and com men~ you to k t and preferved, that the Ev1l one In the holy Watches of H,h~oHbel e~ord which is Chrift, the Son ofthe touch you not : And that t IS o y . have rOom in your Hearts to Living God, rna¥ be broug;t ~~orl~~ifuc r~~;ewith. A !;teat Myftery i~ is, live and grow, ull you 3(:h·tl flight very plain; That he that. bungs but very uue, and to the . 1 yen ° h forth in us, The Church is born us forth into the R~ge~eratton, r ~ro~gh~rch: Wherefore the .iipof!le wro!e of Chrift, and Chnft IS born o ., d ~ B' tb again tilt Chrifl was form~4 tn to the Galatians ~hat _he rra_vmCh ~nh b~t fo m:my Virgin .M~mbers, r_hat them : and what IS th1s Virg''it: Gi.:o'n ceives and in the fulnefs. of T1me being over(hadowed by .the . ~(;h.f/" that is to rule the Nattons. brings forth this Glortous M~n- ~' live . where the fweet Overlha- Wherefore in that ~~re rJrgfin Lt f~lt rh'ar you may continually bring fdoorwthh~ "gFsr uoitfs t thoe thhoel yH oLnt oeu ro an £G taorer y of ;he Name of the Lord : which is the Way to your Et~rnal Peace. d I ake my Leave of you at this Time, I have but one Th1ng more, an t s·m licit Self-Denial, Patience, and And that is, Rerne~be~ thef Paver~y, all ;hat{; dear and Sacred ro.you: the Crofs of J~fm · I ;r.eg 0 yohu,r /o much as temper with any Lamude, Shrink not at h1s Baptt.Jm, neu e hi Vine nr and Gall be unpleathat would evade his bemTbCup. Le\ntfoms· no/ !aft of all let not his fant, nur his Crown .ot orns trou ~ that will not forfak~ him in hi:t Nails.and Spear be rerc le t~n1~~~ !fr ~ise~ribulations, and cheerfully lay tt:'~'hcf:~fr~ :~~ di;~F.n him ~o the World; T;tJ, ~~~ n~~l,i;~~~~::~ rbiyf eh 1~mit hto h biem g il no nt?f iee d]\'wtl~tnhe~sh:~ ~l~ry.· ' a~dhi[~e~~ had with his Father, be-forUe nthtoe WwhotrlcdhK betgoagd n,o m G o d Alm"lghty conduE\ you ' through this Earth· ly Pilgrimage, .Am~n. Tours in that Lov~ and Lif~, which reigned, before Sin or Death bad a Being. w. P. A Sum· VoL. I. The A UT H o l!.'s LI F l':. No. XVII. A SuMM ONs , or CALL to C HRISTEN DOM: In vrv-v an <arntjf Expof/,./ation with Her, to prepare for the Great ami Nota-bit Day. of the Lord that is at the Door. A Wake, 0 Chrifle~dom! Awake, and come to Judgment, for the Great and Notable Day of the Lord is drawing ap~ce upon thee; prepare to meet him, thou and thy Children, for the Hour of his Judgment haiten~ eth upon you, as Travail on a Woman with Child, in which all your Works fhall be tried, and that by Fire, For the Day of tbe LordjhaU burn ttl a11 Ov~n, and aU the Proud, and aU that do wickedly, foaU be as Swbble. Yea, byFireandbj'Sword willrhe Lord God Almighty plead wirbaU.FleJb; with all fte!hly 'Vorfbippers and 'Vorkcrs, who live after the F.:.efh, to ful .. fill the Lulls thereof: And with the Spirit of Judgment, and the Spirit of Burning, that is, wirh Spiritual judgment and Burning, will he vifit all Ranks and Regions upon the Earth: Yea, his holy T~rrors !hall take hold of the RebcllioJts, and Anguifb and DiftrelS fltall fill the Souls of the Guilty. The Flees of Nations !haJJJ.ather Palenefs,,and their Knees fmite together, becaufe of the Anger of Go , that is kindling againft them, and his fierce Wrath, that is revealing from Heaven againlt all the Ungodly, but more efpecially againft the Children of the J!fjj/oy of Iniquity: 'Tis in this Day that the Kind reds of the Earth fhall mourn with a great Lamentation. 0 Chriflendom ! Thou bait long fate as a tY_11ttn, that fhould never know Sorrow; Great have been thy Pretenas, mtd large tby Profejjion of God., Chrifl, Spirit and Scriptures; Come, let me expofiulate with Thee and thy Children, in the Fear and Prefence of him, that !hall bring every rv:ord and Work to Judgment. God is Pun, and the pure m Heart only fee bzm: Now, are you pure? Do you fee him? Gc,d is a Spirit, and none can wor .. fhip him lright, but fuch as come to his Spirit, and obey it: Do you fo ~ Cbrijl is the Gift of God, hlvl' you received him into your Hearts? Does he rule there? Thetr have you Eternal Life abiding in you: If not, you are not true Cbrijlians, The Spirit of Trutb leadeth into all Truth; and the Children of Goti are born ofit, and led by it. But are you led into all the holy WHyt of Truth, born of this Eternal Spirit? Then you follow not the Spirit of this World; nor do your own Wilis, but rhe Will of God. You profefs the holy Scriptures; but what do you witnefs and experience~ What Intereft have you in them? Can you fet to your Seal they are true, by the Work of the fame Spirit in you, that gave them forth in the holy .Ancients? What's David's Roarings and Praifes to thee, that liveftin the Lufis of this World? What's Paul's and Peter's Experiences to thee, that walkeft after the Fle(h ? · 0 you, that are called Chriflians, give ear a little unto me, for I am preft: in Spirit to write to you: Read with patience, and confider my wofds; for behold, what I have to fly unto you concerneth your Eternal Good. G 0 D barb fo loved tbt TVorld, that he hath fent his only begotten Son into the World, that thofe that believe on him, fhould have Eternal Life, And this Son is Cbrift J~ft;s, the true Ligbt, that lighteth every one coming into the World; and they that abide no t in him the Light, dwell in Dark.ncfs, in Sin, and are under the Region and Shadow of Death: Yea Jeod in Sin, and fee nor their own States, nei[her perceive the fad Condi- . tions of their own Souls. They :.tre blind to the Things of God's Kingdom, and unfenfible ofrrue and Spiritual Life, and Motion, whlt it is, ro lilre to God: A.n~ in that Scare, are alienated fro·m God.z. without trile Ju~gment and ltvmg Knowledge; and under the Curfe. ror in Jefus Chnlt, the Light of the World, are hid all the 'freafures of Wifdom and Know~ ledge, Redemption and Glory; they :ue hid from the Worldly Cbriflian, from all that are captivated by the Spirit lnd Lufts of the World: And whoever would fee them, (for therein confift the Things, that belong to their Eternal Peace) mult come to Chrift Jefus the true Light in their Con~ B b .2 fcicnces, A C~l!t~ Chriftendom. lif~ P• 109. |