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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44812	A visitation of love, peace, and good will from the spirit of the Lord sent unto the whole flock of God, now in this their day of tryal and hour of temptation, for the refreshing, strengthening, comforting and building of them up in their most precious holy faith, that they may be encouraged to hold fast the profession thereof through all tryals and sufferings, unto the end, that the crown immortal they may come to receive : being two epistles, the one from F.H. and the other from A.P.	Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.; Parker, Alexander, 1628-1689. Salutation of dear and tender love.	1664 (1664)	Wing H3187; ESTC R6656	9,882	16

not the pride of Moab nor the reviling of the children of Ammon for they are uncircumcised in heart and the moath shall eat them up as a garment oh if any draw back from following of the lamb through suffering they will be smitten and the Lord will have no pleasure in them and what will Amaleck say when Israel turnes their backs in the day of Battel but where is their God in whom they trusted and he that brought them forth was not able to deliver them to the end oh that such things may never be spoken of now in Gath or Ashkelon as in the days of old lest the Sons of the Philistines triumph the Daughters thereof rejoyce in their wickedness this would make the hearts of Israel of God to mourn this is the day of the Lambs war indeed in 〈◊〉 age and a day of battel though his weapons and his followers be not Carnal but Spiritual and there is none that goes to war doth intangle himself that hath a purpose to hold out and is resolved to continue with him in his sufferings but will shake off these things that incumber last he should not obtain the victory and come short of the promise and the victory and crown which all that endure hardship unto the end shall receive oh dear friends look above all visible things and stand out of them all and loose from them that the enemy do not ensnare you What is not the earth the Lords and the fulness thereof and hath he not given the utmost part of the Earth for a possession unto his Son What was not Abraham our Father blessed when he was faithful and obeyed the voice of the Lord and went out of his own Country he knew not whether was not the Lord with him whether ever he went and his blessing upon him where he sojourned in a strange land did not God intreat him kindly in Mesopotamia and among the Hittites and was not he loved and feared among his enemies was not John the boloved and faithful Disciple of Christ banished into Patmos for the testimony that he held was not Shadrach M●sech and Abednigo Children of the Captivity cast into the furnace and Daniel too among the Lions for the testimony they held against the common worship of Nations commanded by a Law did Christ endure the death of the Cross and the contradiction of sinners and condemned by the most did not the believing Hebrews who were banished wander in sheep skins and goat skins in holes dens and caves of the Earth for the hope they held and the Country they looked for did not Moses through faith forsake Pharaohs Court and became a Companion of poor brick-makers in captivity a cloud of witnesses might be brought even of them who died in the faith and yet were not made partakers of the promises who many of them saw not what you have seen nor hear those things that you have heard nor injoyed that which God hath made many partakers of and have we not a great cloud of witnesses in this our own Age some who have not loved their lives unto the death for the testimony they received believed and held fast to the end unto death hath not many died in prison with hard usage hath not some been hanged and died a shameful death and finished their course with Joy and Peace have not many endured great hard and long Imprisonment for years and are they yet weary nay have not many suffered great spoil of their Goods and have not they a reward seven fold into their bosom Oh let the consideration of these things dwell upon your hearts and provoke you unto suffering and long-suffering with joyfulness that in the midst of all Tribulations as it abounds you may feel according to the promise of God your joy much more abound to carry you above it indeed now is the time come and he that will 〈◊〉 manifest himself to be on the Lords side must suffer and he that will no but turn back into the broad way and run with the heard of swine in o the sea of common pollution must perish there and indeed there is no place for halting if God be God follow him and if Baal be he go after him and therefore let none draw you aside from that you are perswaded of in your consciences by the Spirit of the Lord neither to joyn with that you know he disalows and in the obedience you will have peace and joy look not at them that draws back for they go to perdition but rather after them that continues faithful that shall receive honour and glory immortality and everlasting life in the fresh heavenly power of God meet together and worship him as at other times though the decree be gone forth and the more because you have been therein refreshed and comforted and edified and let none perswade you from that innocent du●y in worshipping God in his Spirit and assembling your selves together for the strengthning of one ano●her for this is the will of God and acceptable in his sight as many of you well know watch and pray least you fall into temptation and into the snare of the wicked one the God of heaven and earth establish all your hearts that you may glorifie God in your Generation and be a sweet and an odorious smell unto him in bonds or liberty in life or death is the prayer of him who hath besought the Lord and is determined so to do on all your behalf till the Lord by his power tread satan under your feet that you may triumph and rejoyce and sing over all in heavenly rejoycing and praises unto God and the Lamb that lives for ever and for evermore Amen From Applebye Goal the place of my Rest where my days and hours are pleasant unto me the 4th of the 5th Moneth 64. Your dear Brother in the Patience and Suffering of Christ who abounds in perfect love to all the faithful flock of Christ every where Francis Howgill A SALUTATION OF Dear and tender love springing and arising from the fountain of light and life revealed from God unto all the dear children of God who love and beleive in the true light DEar and well beloved friends you whom God in mercy and tender love hath visited with the day-spring from on high opening your understandings and letting you see the deceits of the subtile serpent and the empty dead formes and inventions of men which have been set up in the night of darkness and Apostacy which have been over people of all sorts in that part of the world called Christendom since the days of the Apostles of Christ and not onely so but by the vertue of the same light shining in your hearts he hath revealed and manifested the great and deep things concerning his kingdom and the beauty and glorious excellency of his house and of those things pertaining unto life and peace the sight whereof hath kindled and inflamed the hearts of many with holy

A VISITATION OF Love Peace and Good Will from the Spirit of the Lord. SENT Vnto the whole Flock of God now in this their day of Tryal and hour of Temptation for the Refreshing Strengthening Comforting and Building of them up in their most Precious Holy Faith that they may be Encouraged to hold fast the Profession thereof through all Tryals and Sufferings unto the End That the Crown Immortal they may come to Receive Being two Epistles Tho one from F. H. And the other from A. P. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer For behold the Devil shall cast some of you into prison that you may be tryed c. Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a Crown of life Rev. 2. 10. London Printed in the Year 1664. A Visitation of Love Peace and Good-will from the Spirit of the Lord Sent unto the whole Flock of God now in this their day of Tryal and hour of Temptation c. DEar Friends and Brethren who have been called to believe by the Holy Calling of the Lord unto Sanctification and Holiness that ye might inherit the Promises of God and and that your souls might live in the land of the living and partake of his goodness that you might admire him and praise his name for ever And seeing the Lord out of his rich Love and Mercy hath visited you who sometime sate in the Region of the shadow of death and were cast out of his presence in the time of Unbelief seeing he hath caused his Miraculous Light to shine upon you in his gracious Visitation of you and hath given you to believe in his name prise his love unto you and let not his gracious Benefits slip out of your mindes least your hearts be filled with other things that will corrupt your hearts and make you an unmeet habitation for the Lord to dwell in and among Dear friends hear my Brotherly Admonition and Exhortation for the Lord moved in my heart to write unto you and in the bowels of his kind and tender Love and motion of his Heavenly Spirit to stir up your pure Minds and Consciences unto stedfastnes in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ and so much the more that you all be watchful seeing the times be perillous for now the Adversary goes about Roaring and Ravening on the right hand and on the left to destroy and devour that which God hath brought forth-in-you that so he might re-gain you too under his power and government and that ye might revolt from the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ that stands in Power and Righteousness which is come and hath been of a truth manifest in great glory and this is an hour the power of darkness is let loose to try the faith of them that dwell upon the earth and he is let loose for a season Blessed are they that hide themselves under the shadow of the Almighty and under the wings of Christ Jesus who is given for a Redeemer a Saviour and a preserver of men that the wicked one touch them not and now the Devil Rages because he knows his Kingdom is but short and but for a small time is like to stand in many because a stronger then he that rules in the world is come and hath began to dispossess the strong man and bind him and cast him out and now he Rages and stirs up all the temptations within and without and all his Instruments to joyn with him to make war for him that he might not Rule who is the Heir of all things and given for a Leader and to be the Head of the Body his Church in which alone he hath right to Rule because the Lord of the whole earth ye of Heaven and earth hath put all power into his hands to bind and to loose to bring out of Captivity and to lead Captivity Captive that life and Immortality might again inhabit in the sons of men that truth and Righteousness might sway that mercy and love might sit on the Throne that his salvation might take hold on the ends of the earth and his power made known from Sea to Sea that all that wait for him and love his appearance now when he is made manifest might rejoice in his goodness and life and may be made glad as Zebulon and Nepthaly beyond Jordan in the days of old upon whom sprang up a marvellous light that the whole earth might be filled with his praise and glory that hath been filled with darkness violence and cruelty in the time of the Devil and Antichrists Reign which hath been long and great in the earth So that the hearts of the sons of men have been corrupted and they are gone backward from the Lord and have been degenerated into a strange nature and hath brought forth evil and corrupt fruit like that of Sodom and they that do evil are not at all ashamed neither do they blush but are become Impudent through the long custom of evil and hard and Impenetrable upon whom the hammer of the Lord must come and his indignation be poured forth But you whom God hath called out of this estate into a state of Redemption and purity by his Son the light of the world who hath Illuminated the eyes of your minds Consciences and Understandings that you might bear witness unto him that is true a testimony against the world that lies in wickedness and pleads for it and lives in it as though it were the way to felicity hold fast your liberty hold fast your faith hold fast your hope hold fast your testimony let none take your Crown and so much the more as you are compassed with temptations and the times be perrillous so much the more you had all need to keep near the Lord for now Father would betray the Son and the Son the Father the Mother her daughter and the daughter her Mother and Brother and Kinsfolks betray one another and them that exercise authority would bertray who are not in the power of God and through flattery and threats and fair promises and frowns and gifts rewards ease and liberty and the glory of the world and what not to lead your hearts away from the Lord and then glory over you and rejoyce that your feet should slip and you fall into the mire and dirt and gross abominations and pollutions of the world that lyes in wickedness dearly beloved never heed none of these things let not the Philisti●●● your eyes nor damm up your wells for then they would make you grind like Samson you might perish in the drought for lack of moisture and then your dayes would be miserable and your years full of sorrow for the Lord will perform his promise and keep Covenant with them that keep covenant with him but if you forsake him in your hearts in what is made manifest then he will forsake you and then you are left to the mercy of your adversary which will be cruel Therefore heed