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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65901	A general epistle to be read amongst friends in all their meetings	Whitehead, John, 1630-1696.	1682 (1682)	Wing W1978; ESTC R30198	6,717	11

forth good Fruits must be hewn down and cast into the Fire But the long-Suffering and Patience of God leadeth to Repentance and hath been great towards many of you who have stood in a convinced state but have been negligent and careless not walking worthy of the Mercy of this day wherein the Lord hath not been awanting to you but hath visited you time after time looking that you should bring forth good Fruit and through the Intercession that hath been made for you he hath let you alone Year after Year and his Servants have laboured amongst you in the Lords Vineyard that ye might be Fruitful whilst the Rain hath descended upon you But Oh! how many are yet barren or like that Ground that doth not bring forth Herbs meet for the Dresser but Bryars and Thorns and other unsavoury Weeds which the Lord takes no Pleasure in and therefore I am sensible that Wrath is kindled against that Ground and those unnatural Branches that bring forth evil Fruits who sit and speak against their Brethren and slander their Mothers Children who because of his Long-suffering have thought the Lord delayed his coming and therefore have joyned with his Enemies and smitten their fellow-Servants labouring as much as in them lies to expose them and all their faithful Testimonies to the scorn and fury of this prophane and desperate Age for which cause a Day of Tryal is come and the Lord will manifest whom he hath chosen to feed his Lambs and watch over his Flock and they shall come near unto him and have the Light of his Countenance and in all their Troubles be comforted with the presence of the Lord whilst his Indignation smoketh against all that are treacherous and false-hearted who have not regarded the Glory of the Lord nor sought the Prosperity of Sion in what they have brought forth but have seen false Burthens and causes of Banishment to cause the unwary to stumble and turn the simple from the right way and their Reward shall be according to their works Therefore all dear Friends keep your Habitation in the Light and be Followers of that which is good that in you may arise and encrease the first Love and Faith by which you believed the Record that God gave of his Son in the Unity of whose Life and Light we were blessed and prospered into a People and the Lord hath delight in us and will preserve us as a Nursery of tender Plants from which shall spring a mighty People though the Nations are Angry and may seek to hinder the Work of the Lord who will distress them as in Antient time that they may be tryed that dwell upon the Earth Wherefore all tender hearted Friends take heed of looking out but abide in the Light where there is no occasion of stumbling for it judges down all evil Thoughts and surmizing one of another which gender to Strife and tends to break the Bonds of Love and Friendship one to another which are and of right ought to be kept inviolable amongst the Disciples of Christ that being the great Commandment he hath given to them and the principal Mark he hath set upon them through all Generations Therefore dear Brethren and Friends love the Lord withal your Hearts for that is a perfect Bond to keep you in Obedience to him and love one another as your own Souls that you may sympathize one with another in Afflictions and help comfort and support one another as the Lord hath helped and comforted you that it may be manifested by your Works that you have obtained like-precious Faith with the holy Antients who said not to those that were destitute and afflicted Be thou warmed and filled but did minister unto them of the Ability that God had given them that by works of Charity and Mercy their Faith might shine forth having Virtue added unto it which makes the true Faith to differ from the Opinions and Made-Faiths which will all fail and come to an end but the True Faith which stands in Gods Power shall have the Victory and those that possess it overcome the World Even so Amen LOrd God Everlasting keep all thy tender People in the Unity of the Faith that works by Love that we may be kept near unto thee and one to another that thy Delight may be in us and thy Presence with us now that our Adversaries rage and rore against us seek to lay waste thy Heritage and would shut the Mouthes of them that praise thee Wherefore arise O Lord and scatter thine Enemies that Wickedness may come to an End and Deliverance to thy People so shall the expectation of bloody and deceitful men be frustrate and their Mouthes shut that blaspheme thy Name whilst thou art pleased to let thy Glory shine in thy holy Tabernacle which thou hast pitched amongst us upon which Glory let there be a Defence for evermore that those which have trusted in thee may not be confounded but renew their strength in thy Power to the end of Days and Time that in Eternity thou maist be magnified over all forever From Lincoln-Castle this 21st of the 10th Moneth 1682. John Whitehead THE END