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Show , .,~ A p p 1! N 'J) I X to Voi.. I. ~3f ~tn , Which melted us all into Lo d b!efs thee, come and kifs mt. l l No XXVI. Cb,/d,Tbed :ers but hts- Brother more P3(cucu ~f ~he Servants, and others ~ great en ~ :Exhonations he gave tof omCommumoo, as well as thofe Many g h m that were not o our , that cam'e ~:e~h Jre~ Tears from their Eyes. ke the Air in a Coach; but tbTh~{,~y bu: one before he dted,, he 7~"~ ~~::edmg roeak, tbou canJI dnot h~ R turn ReaUy Farou, 1 ed h u an weak but lio ts fatd, bt ts I I a,;. My d~:u Child, I re~ 1 , b t t ~s rr faid he, fJJbJcb "~ ffthmk o:h:eis the Strength of thy Ldtfe: a· ~e~ng al~ne with him he de· rong, d h Day before he eparte ' e fatd Dear Fa-- ~~~~~emt~ fJ~~n tth: Door; anddlo1~~J ,ezrp~~r~p:o~!",;, r1s fwbo have 0 b Dear Father, an '& body elje u ere. ~~~~; J,;;;:::g~ aprzv~t; ~acJJh~~~G:J1'"~~d'i:d:CJ': fweet Time we had, S I u Jenfible of tue uve ~J l ~ke :; preciOuS Ointment ffor h~s !u{i~e· to die there, and we mahdft Prep:; He defircd to go Home, t no ' Haufe ; and fo muc rong ation for It, being Twenty Mlles from ~!of oing next Day, whtch was !vas his Spirit than hts Body, thas he fforn it w~s of his greater Journe~ t() the MorninHg he depTl~t=~ i1~~~~~g h~)eft us, growd tng mf ol roef ah~mfe~}e 11:: Jus longer orne. h k d me as oubt u ' b fible of his extrelm We:~kne~s, (:a;,~ he ;nfwered, I am heft'" "Coac • jhall 1 go Home? I told him, tn .a Zvh ' Chtld > Thcu art at Home evt:{k But obfervmg his Dec:~y, I fatdb Lo ~ I took that Opponunuy. to a where, Ay, iilid he, So 1 am. tn I e r hi-s Friends at Brijlol, London, &c: him if I thould remember hts Lo~ j '}Love to aU Frtend.r zn the Lo,d. TeJ Tt.r faid he, my Love m the b 'r m Being asked lf he would h::we And Reiauons too; He f:uTd, .AY ~o he ~~~ered ]\1o mole o~ttward Food, bllt hts Afs's Mtlk, or eat any hmg' e Hellvenly Food iJ pri!Utded for me. h faid to me, My Dear Father, kifs2 me, Hts Ttme dr:twing on apace, e ze tt· How can 1 make thee amends tho:~ art 4 dear Farber, I de fire 10 prt h 'r Poor Child come and kifJ me, He alfo c:~lled his SJfter and f:ud ~olor.e 'farewel. I' fent for his Brother between whom feem7d a Tende~. 3~ he dta: All were m Tears about htm, that he might ktfs htm too, '!" tc l Dear Father, Haft no Hope form~ l turning Ius Head to me, he faJd foft lr~id to hope, and I d:~re not defpatr; I a:nfwered, My Dear Child, am a h one of the hardeft Leffons I ever but am, and have been refigned, ~~~~a compofed Frame ofMtnd, he fa1d; learned. He paufed a whJle, an d . 0 the Love of God ove' come.r my So~tl. Come Life, come Dea!h, 1 am 1tfig,e . him nor able to bnng up the Mar• Feeling him~elf ~eclme apace, an~~etnfetchr the Dollar, but fo foon as he ttr that was tn hts Throat,~o~e r. yk to tbe Dollor and 1'0 go to jlttp t came m, he f:ud, Let my at er JP~# breathing his l~ft on my Brealt, the which he did, :tnd waked no ~ore' the Hours of Nme :lnd Ten tn the 1oth D:~y of the 2d Month,. tween 'eth Year. Morning, 1696, m hts One and Tw;nu d Eldeft Son much of my Com· So ended the Ltfe of my Dear CR•~;n~~r and Dutif~l, as \Vell as Ingeni· fort and Hope, and one of the mo ·r 1 fay fo of my own Dear Child; ous and Vmuous Youths, I knew, 1 l~a~ a chald fince he was capable In whom I loft all that :~ny ~at;er yan ~ M;n my friend and Companaon, of any Thing rhac became a o er ou~ Ch'ld ~ as well as moft AffeCtionate and J?uttu W~ight and lmpreffion upon all his May this Lofs and End have dn\ fie whofe Hands thts Account may Dear Relations and Fnends, an t 0 e to 1 on for rberr Great and Ltjl come, for their Remembrandc~, an~. PrepyarD:ar Cbtld's thus far publick. Cbrmge; and I have my En m ma mg m • W 1 L L I A l4 p E N 1(, An V01.. I. • , No.XXVII. An E P 1ST L E to the Yearly-M~etiug at London. ~ Lamb's·Town in Ireland, the 2d of rhc 4th Month, 1698• Dear Friends and Brethren, IT i's not tbe lt4}1 ... £~~: ;::./~~~Jo,;f~ o;11br; E{:x:tr:c:ifro ~.r ;th~a :t~ 'df£re ~a!r:e~ t"lmo~.td [~ner: O;'N~trIJJ,I;JrbdtlyJ f-e!p:a~r~n;t{td~ ~.A~n rtp~if~tl.e . ff Hi1 Ordering H(md, and roitb Open .Arms of Dup and '(emler Love, embrflce Life, 1, 144~ yo~t, Our Living, and our Loving Brethren, wbo are g1vtn up to ferve tbe Lord· in your Generation, and that bave long prefured Jerufalem, mrd the Peace and Proj}trity of Her Borders, above yo~tr Cbiefejl Joy. The Salzuation Of 011r Endeared Brotherly Love i11 CHRIST JESUS, H unto yo11, deji-rilft tbat lie ..' -mtty rich!y .. appear among you i, Power, Wifdom and Lve, to gttide JOIIr Judgments, mrdinfi~tence yo~tr Spirits, in this Weighty and iJ.nni .. Vtrfiu'J Ajfembly, that fo norhing may appear, or hnve Place nmong you, b11t wh11t jingly fee/a the llonour of the Lord, the Exalt:Ition of His Truth, and the Peace and, Eftablifhrnent of His Heritage. For this, Brethren, )'Oil and we know, btU been the .Jiim, End, and Pra[/ice tJf tbofe tohom the Lord h11tb mode wiUi!tg to for fake tmd Jive 11p allfor liis 1\/anJe'S·Sakc, t111d tbroitt,b Vflrioll! Exercifes and Tribulation.r, yetJ, in the Way of the Daily Crofs, and through the Fi~ht and Baptifm of manifold AftliElions, to btiVe rbcir Convcr .. /t~titm, nnd So;ourning here below upon tbe- h"arrb, in Fear and Lm.:e, loohng for their Reward in the lieavenr that jhaU never pafJ fltcny, tiJbo have not been iifud 11p by Good Report, nor cafl dov.;n by Evil Re_porr, /ro1Jltheir Love Jo the Lord and His Precious TRUTH; h11t ho/J ontberr W(ry, and wbofeliandr bting cltan of Evil Thingt toward.t a/J A1en, have waxed jlronger mrd j/rMger in the Lo~d. Wherefore, Dear Bre~hren, _let 'H. nO be found in ~};e famtStrps, and w~lkmg the fame W,ry, not bemg R1gh-mrnded, bur fearmg to the E'nd, zluu we may ferve up 011r Generation in Dili_tcnce nnd Fnithfulnlj.r, and jtJ cnur into rhe Rtflthat God btU reftrved }or liis Tnte TriiVeUer.r and La .. bo11rers in his Vineyard. · iJ.nd now, Dear Brethren, !men» that tbe Lord bath bro11ght tis tull ffltD this Kingdom of lrel.Jnd, and given tl! many large and Blc_ffed Opportunitie.r in feveral P11rt.r, .Mteting.r being crowded by Peopk of nU Ranks and Perfwa· fionr, ej)ecially at Dublin, tobo, for o11ght toe bave heard, have given tb~ TRUTH a good Report, and indeed tbe Lord /)(U mightily appeared for His own Name, and owned 11$. with a 1f!Orc than Ordinary Prefence, fuitable to the Occqfionr, and made very benvy and bnrd Things eojic to 11s, htcnttfe of the Glory of His Power, with which be nffifled 111 i't our J\'ted[~ti T1mes, for which our So11/s bow before him, and h!ifs, reverence, nnd prttife, His Holy ::tnd Wonhy Name. So that Dear Brethren, tQe have Good Tzding_s to give yo~t .ofT RUTH's Profperity ot inrge, and tnore t{pttinUy in th( Churches, hav11rg lJdd tbe Comfort Of tbe General Meeting ot ibis N:Jtion, confiflit~g of mtmy Weighty Brethren and Sifters, frotn all P.trtt thereof, UJbicb f#al beld in tbe City Of Dublin i'r m1tch Lovt, Pence and Unity for fet•ernl Days; wherein we h(rd Occajion to oh{erve their Commendable Cnre, for tlie ProJpefi:ty of'rhe Bleffed T RUT I.f, in all tbt Bra,cbes of irs Holy Te!limony, both in the General, and in the ParticNitrr, improving rbe Good Order praflijed among rbe Churches of CHRIST in our Nation. . ~ l!f(/ecd their Simplicity, Gravity, 11nd Cool nelS, in inanngi(fg.tbeir Cbur&h .dlf(,ir.r; their Dilig~nce in .A1reting.r, hotb for Worp,;p ond BNjincfs; their Difpltch in ending J)ij[erences, ttnd ExpedJenrs to prevent tbelh,. b:~t.efpui .. fUJ their Zeal ntainjl Covcnoufnefs, nnd lndiffcre~Jcy in Trurh's Service, •n~ Exemplary Care, to dift"o~trage immoderJte Concern iii P11rf11it of th~ Th111g1 of tbM Life, and to excite Friendr to do Good with w/Jilt tbey hllVe ve!'J !J/elll/y_ comfort.ed II!. And i•t rhe Sater and IJ!rjfetl Porre-roJ:CH RI sT }E.SUS, tbe Meetrng ende~, "nd Fritnds Jcpt~rud. tbe Lord grnnt th11t 'f{llf (nay a{fo fer: of·tbc Tntvttil of"yoNr So11ls, ontl En& of )'UHf' Lobo11r, nnd "'.; 1 * H h 2 Srrviu |