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Some breathings of the Father's love flowing forth unto the young convinced of the Holy way and blessed truth of the Lord. Unto whom be multiplied and daily increased divine love, grace and everlasting peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Lea, Francis.
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are saved to walk in the Light which the Lord will send forth more and more that those who are yet under the Region and Shadow of Death may come to behold it and the Glory and Excellency that is in it which is the Glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father full of Grace and Truth which a Remnant are come to behold Glory to God on high for evermore For Light shineth in Darkness though the Darkness cannot comprehend it which we have believed in and from whom we have received Power to become the Sons and Daughters of God who is Light and in whom is no Darkness neither any Variableness or Shadow of Turning but the same Yester-day to day and for ever And so Dear Tender-Hearted Ones Keep low in the Holy Truth of God and that will be your Crown for true and deep Humility is Real Christianity For while ye are Meek and Lowly in Heart ye will bear in your Bodies the Marks of the Lord Jesus and then will it be seen whose Disciples ye are And while the meek Spirit of Jesus bears Rule in you that will keep down all Hastiness and Rash and Unadvised Words which you are to dye daily unto who would live with Christ for ever Who when he was reviled reviled not again but when buffeted said Father forgive them Thus we are to have Christ for our Example who dyed that we should no more live unto our selves but unto him that dyed for us leaving us an Example that we should follow his Steps in whom was no Sin neither was Guile found in his Mouth For we are but as other People except we live unto Christ who dyed for us the Benefit of whose Death none will reap but such as live unto him in whom we have believed in whom is Life and his Life is the Light of Men. And though to the Carnal Professors he is a stumbling-Block and to the Learned so accounted Fo lishness yet unto us that have believed the Power and Wisdom of God So let all be content with and faithful unto the Measure of Gods Grace that unto you hath appeared And let the tender Mercies of God towards you be oâ—â—en in your Remembrance that none like Jesurun wax fat and kick against their Maker and so through Disobedience loose the Enjoyment of his Presence and then come to say as Saul once did The Lord is departed from me and answereth me no more But that you all like faithful Joshua may alwayes feel that Noble Resolution dwelling and abiding in your Hearts I and my House will serve the Lord. For his Service is perfect Freedom unto those that abide therein and desire to live in his Courts esteeming one day there above a Thousand else-where And let Truth grow and flourish in you that you may be as Trees planted by the Water-Brook whose Leaves are alwayes green bringing forth Fruit in due Season unto God which must be Holiness the End whereof will be Everlasting Life For the Wages of Sin is Death but the Gift of God which you have believed in is Eternal Life unto all that abide in the same For you know right well that when you were Servants unto Sin you were free from Righteousness and what Fruit had you then in those things whereof you are now ashamed Therefore let not Sin reign in your Mortal Bodies neither obey any but resist and abstain from every Appearance thereof and yield yourselves unto God as those that are alive from the Dead and your Members as Instruments of Righteousness unto him and obey the Form of Doctrine which hath been often delivered unto you by many of the Lord 's Faithful Servants who have not loved their Lives unto Death for the Truth and your Sakes for whom they have travelled in Birth that Christ might be formed in you whom you ought to Honour and Esteem with double Honour in the Lord whose Message they have with Faithfulness delivered unto you Woing and Beseeching you in Christ's stead to be reconciled unto God whose Will is your Sanctification Wherefore as you all have received Christ Jesus so walk in him not Adorning nor Fâ—shioning your selves according to the World which lies in Wickedness but let your Adorning be the Meek Spirit and Self-denying Life of Jesus bearing the Image of the Heavenly Man as you have born the Image of the Earthly which must be put off with his Deeds before you can witnâ—ss to be cloathed with Zeal as a Cloak and Righteousness as a Garment And as your Lights thus shine before Men your Heavenly Father will come to be Glorified For herein is and will he be Glorified by your bringing forth much fruiâ— So be frâ—itâ—ul and always abounding in the Work oâ— the Lord and your Labour will not be in vain in him whose Mercies are over all his Works and with-holds no Good Thing from those that wâ—lk Uprightly Now the God of Peace that brought again from the Dead our Lord â—esus Christ through the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant Sanctifie you throughout and preserve you Blameless that you may be made Perfect in every Good Work to do his Will working in you that which is Well-pleasing in his Sight through Christ Jesus in whom we have believed is the Hearty Desire and Travel of Your dear Brother in the Everlasting Truth and Gospel which is revealed unto us through the Son of the Father's Love Francis Lea. Southwark 25th 4th Mon. 1673. THE END