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Show A AP'PEN'DIXto Voi.. i. ~08 11 d Abednego the King calleth 1 :four Sal\'arion. Well, Sbadracb, J\tlefoacb,:o"u h the miihry Men that caft No. X' Ill, out of the Fire, ~nd they have no ~a;;,!ju!ed. g The God of Sbadrach, JUt .. ~ them i.,nto the Flety ~urnace~~::Ojby the King's Decru; and SbfZdraebE, Mef. . jhacb and Jlbedneto, ts mr~gnt.J... . H" hi Pr~ferred Here 1s the nd o foac/J: and Abtd1tego! are bylt~n K~fgre:fev~rance: God will bring Honour Foithfulncfs; here IS ~h~ BP:tie;ce and Integrity of his People. ' D 'r to his Name, throug t e t referved Dmticl in the Lyon~ en ; 1 . And it was this Son o~d~o~ th~. l?dctb the Flames of Fire; he ndtth updn was his Voice, that Daw :Jt , • "j' Tbt Voiu of the Urd H Powerful; the Windt, be jirrerb '!pon the Hoo ·:· . Tbe tbar trufl in Him .Jhall never the VOice of tbe Lord" full of M'j{,!/ God iftbe Lord: For He IS a ptefeot be confounded. B!effed are tbq tv 1i The A11gel of the Lord emampttfJ Help in the Needful Ti~e o~ Troud he. delivuetb them. 0 rajle, and fu, 1•011nd about them tlur fearffih1j•-"" h M that truft(lb in him. 0 fear the tiJat the Urd is g ood : Bit e ~~ t e th;; fear him. Tbe Young Lyonr jhnU Lord for there ts no Wam tot em but they that fcek rbe Lord, jhaU. lack, 'an,/ the Old Lyo_m fuf{tr H~;~e;,,~ .AjJiiOiont of the RithttDIIi, bur t~e nor rv,mt 1tnl Good TIJmg . .r 1/1111~y. for the Lord redtemcrl1rbe So11lt of bt~ L ord delivuub them out 01 1 ~em .h · b"m jhaU be made defolau. Servant!, and none of rhemdtbat F.~)' an I r.ft away roery Weight, alfd every For which Caufe, my ear rren 1• cab fer ou Neither look at the Burden, ttml the Sin tbttl dotlJ fo W~kn:fs. 1ur.look umo] ESV S, the Enemy's Strength, nor at your.o\\Wl ~ and faith. The Mighty One, on Blefi'ed Author of ~your Convlncem~hore that beli~ve in his Nam,e, receive whom God hath lat~ H~lp, fob a~ ine. who faid to his Dear Followers of his Teftimony, and ltvetb hts 0 ~me ;1,e World: Fear not, little Flock; Old Be of good Cl-ear, ave over~ utbe Kin dom· .d.nd they thor endllrt: it ;/your Father's go~dP~af~[e '·f/~~: ~:ave you ~OJ1t[~rt/efs, i'aid he, I roi1l tot!Je End, }hall be Ja~ · . wz {hall be in you. This was the Hope of come to you; 1Je that :t fA!Ilh ruheir Building which fiandeth fure. And their Glory, the Faun anon °N.t ht yet Joy fuall come in the Morning; though Sorrow cometh ov~r. d j;fu; but tbe World jhnll Rejoyu ! an~ ye Te jhall Wup a;d Lbament, st jh~U be turned into Joy, and their ReJOY· Jhafl be SorrofJJ;~l, lit your o;row 'tb ,011 to the f."'nd of the World. Be y_e cing into Howlmg. ~ndh LH f"\¥~y ~f the 'Lord ; wait diligently for h1s therefore e.ncour~ged m t e 0 ~ 1 that you may be ftrengthned in your daily Mantfefta~wns u.n~ yo~r p 0~4s, to do the Will of God on Earth, as inward Ma_n, with Mlg0 tan b ~bn!'you enter not into Temptation: Yea, it is done In Heaven. watcn;er not into Temptation and tbnt you fall not Watch 1fnto Prayer, 2ht-fi'o[~d to Peter Canfl not thou Wtltch One Hour? by the Temptllttcn. n . ;0 0 through. and this is the Hour Every one hath ~n Ho: ofhTemJ~Sti.JS th~ Captain ~four Salvation, w:~s that every One 15 to. ate · S d' unto DetJth· fie Jid..Swe11t Drops of llndcrgreatTemptau~ns~ H; w'!J H. Grol17t'd y~ He Cry'd tcitb Strong ~;.;:~ ~ ~~tt ~~:~~~~·S~ffe~in~a~v~A~~~s:otth~ L~~i~~~~:r~d ;~ ~~~: w~ derne~h~~ f-:J1so!e~~tei~ t~:\~r~ey 0~ the Tribulations and Pa.ticnce of his ir·ey d God's Angel jht1ll minifler unto tbem all: Ye3, He wtll keep them in'~fte 0H~ur of Temptation : He ~ill carry thei~ Heads above the Waves, and deliver them from the devounng Floods. "1~)1GefdrChfinal}rL;lk ~~icjd£,/JaJ, ~~t£ {e~~ ~~tth~~:":ve11~{e *:e;r<;:1; ~e }.t: {!{ fhil~a.r ·But be Valiant for the Truth on Earth. Love nor your L· 115 0 the 'Death and you jhaU receive tJ Crown of Life and Glory i ~e~ tl:~o God of th~ Fatberr, the Go4, of the Prophets, the God of the w tc d h G d f the Mllrtyrs and Tr11e COJife.lfors of Jefus; yea, ~:.,o{{~~ ::d F~t~er ~ ~ur Lord Jej11,' Chrifl, !hall give unto all thofe k~:; 'l:he AuTHoR's LIFE. keep the Pure Tdlimony of His Son in their Hearrs, and Patiently and No. XV Ill. Faithfully endure to the End. ~ New ro Him tbar is able to hep you from faDing, and to prefont you J'ou!tlejr before tbe Prefrnce of Hir Glory witb exceeding foy; To the only Wife God, our Savtollr, be Glory and MtJ;ejly, Don11mon and Power, bozb now and ever. Amen. I am your Friend that Sincerely Loves you, and earnell!y Travails for your Redemption, · 1Villiam Penn. To aU tbofe Profeffors of C H R 1 s 'r 1 AN 1 T y, that are No.Xnt externally feparated from the Vifible Secls and Fellowlbips in rhe ~ Chrillian World ( fo called) where-ever Hidden or Scattered, True }(now/edge, ovhich it Life Eternal, from G 0 D the Father, through JEsus CHRisT, be increafed. Fritntfr, THE Fir{/ Adam is of the Earth, Earthy; the S«ond .AJ,.m is the Lord T• ut •"'!' from Heaven, the Quickning Spirit: What is born of Flef'h, is F!ejh, :!hf:f.r• .of and cannot emer into the Kingdom of God. So far can the Spirit of meer ;; ~~ 1a:~~~;. . Man come, and no further; .but what is born of God, does inherit Life .:u./{:,~.~rel. E1ernal. All you therefore, who are Exalted in your S_peculations, and re· from rbe r ift· 1in'd in your Ap_prehenfions, and Ideas of God, of Chrift, of rhe Spirit, and hie sea,;, rk of the Secrers of the Heavenly Kingdom, examine and try, by the Light of ~~ld. the Lord Jefus, whether you have received your Knowledge from God, or Ll e, p. '09- ftom Men; and (when taktn in the Befl Parr) whether it is more than the New Wine in the Old Bartles, whiCh cannot endure, nor ftand in Jucfg. ment. Confider if h be not the bare, or meer Man, that fpeaks of Godly Matters, Wh3t he has heard, or read of others Labours, rather than the Over(hadowings and Operations of the Holy and Eternal Spirit of Chrift in your fetves. Hereby fhall you know, whether your Knowledge of God, is True, or nor, viz. )f you are Redeemed by his Righteous Judgments, working out all the T1n and Drofs that have been in you, and brought to the Silence of all Fle(h, that has no Right to fpeak in Man, for it knows not the Thing$ •[God, · Frirndr, I am prcfi"ed by the Good Spirit cf God, to ask you, Whether the Prince of this \¥orld is fu11y and wboUy judged in you? Is he beaten ofF of Fa!fe RigbtcoJJfnefr, tU cf Sin ? For when he cannot prevail with t~ Creature to fubmit to him, then he tempts it to take upon it to govern and guide it felf, rhat it fhould. not be taught by Chrift, and that his own Xingdo.rr. ofDarknefs fhould not be thereby overturned' at once. And therefore deceive not your felves, 0 my Beloved Friouls! Is thei Glory of the \¥orld wholly fet alide in you? Is it. at once iudged, and un· der your Feet ? If tlt..e Spirit of Jefus fully Rei~ns in your Hearts, then are you not Conformable to any ot the Evil Fru111, Invemions, and F:~fhions of this World, but are inwardly and outwardly gathered to the Spirit of Jcfus, and the dark World is tr:odden under your feet in all its Appear· ances; yea, then you are Valiant for rhe Caufc of God upo.n Earth; yo11r CandleJ are in 1beir Candle/1icks, and nor under rhe Bed or Bufhel. But Oh ! Is this fo ? Take Heed, for that Life is now rifen whic~ yoti ca.nnot deceive, hut it wiU tafte you in all your Performances, and Judge !\i&hteousJudgmenr. I afk a ft:cond Time, in the Fe::u and Name of the Holy God, (who ii a Con fuming Fire againft all that which is ~ounterfeir, and nor True) is the Prince ~f this World judged ~ As a Dev1l, as a Dr11~ go-n, as a Prince of the iiir, a Fal(e Prophet, yea,. as one appearihg f~me .. · E e tut)es |