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An epistle of love and good advice to my old friends & fellow-sufferers in the late times, the old royalists and their posterity and to all others that have any sincere desires towards God.
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Docwra, Anne, 1624-1710.
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have regard to the Commandments of God to keep them that would make them wiser than their Teachers that have been the chief cause of sowing Discord between the King and People and between one sort of People and another which have strengthened both Faction and Atheism and will do more and more if it be not prevented Let these things be weighed in a sincere humble Mind which is a true Ballance left any be deceived by the false Weights and Measures of those that make a Trade of Religion which are the Buyers and Sellers of the Souls of men these have been the chief cause that Hell hath enlarged it self abundantly of late years to the great Grief of all sincere true Christians for since this Day-spring of divine Light and Love that hath appeared so effectually to all those that have waited in Faith and Patience to be Partakers of it the old Enemy of Mankind which is the great Accuser of God's People in all Ages hath raged more abundantly seeking by Persecution Slanders and Reproaching the Children of Light to remove all that may obstruct his Kingdom of Darkness and Delusions but the Lord God Everlasting will more and more break forth by his Almighty Power to blast the Expectations of all those his Agents Instruments that have strengthened man in his Wickedness to prevent or hinder the Prosperity of Peace and Truth in this Land of our Nativity whether they be Professors of Religion or Prophane loose Persons O Eternal Powerful Lord God! hasten this thy Work that all Mankind may fear and tremble before thee Then shall the works of Darkness be destroyed and thy holy Power will be adored more abundantly in the Hearts and Consciences of the Sons and Daughters of Men to thy Everlasting Praise and Glory for evermore Amen Written in the Year 1683. Anne Docwra THe Mystery of God's Love to all Is Light within Now since the Fall Vain man that 's rock't asleep in Sin Sees not the Day-Star coming in The fond Desires of Vain Delight Brings Sorrow and Eternal Night Awake Awake come to the Light Which shews thy Deeds that are not Right Why shouldst thou sleep the Sleep of Death And lie in Sorrow down Beneath When Light is given thee for thy Guide To bring thee from thy Life of Pride The humble lowly Truth invite All men to stoop to it unite That thou mayst know a Resting-place With God that will the Proud debase This Testimony of God's Love The Light descending from above That shines into the Hearts of all For to Redeem out of the Fall It shews to man how to begin The Work of God that Conquors Sin Discovering Vice and Vertue clear To all that will to it adhere That ev'ry man may see his Sin Ev'n by the Light that shines within Which shews to ev'ry one his Deeds Spring from the good or evil Seeds This Light is for the Righteous sown The Iust mans Path where God is known Sons of Corruption come not there No Vipers in this Path appear This troublesom Insect that Aspires To Rob man of his good Desires To Iustice Mercy Love and Peace That no true Vertue may increase Their Sun will set and Storms will come A Bed of Sorrow is their Doome Though in the Sun these Vipers play And think not of a Reckoning day Awake my Friends come and behold This Light divine will not be sold Nor bought for Money 't is too dear And pretious as it does appear Our bounteous God he hath sent forth His Proclamation of great worth Which calls to all to come and buy Of him that will not Life deny Wine and Milk without Coine Both heavenly pure and divine All those that freely feed on it In heavenly places they shall sit Anne Docwra THE END BOOKs Printed and Sold by Andrew Sowle at the Crooked Billet in Holloway-Lane in Shoreditch NO Cross No Crown Or a Discourse shewing the Nature and Discipline of the holy Cross of Christ. An Answer to a foolish Libel called The Quakers Opinions England's present Interest discovered with honour to the Prince and safety to the People An Epistle to the Churches of Jesus throughout the World An Epistle to the Children of Light An Address to Protestants upon the present Conjuncture A brief state and exmination of Liberty Spritual Wisdom justified of her Children Reason against Railing and Truth against Fiction The Invalidity of I. F's Reply Innocency with her open face An Epistle containing a solemn Farewell c. All writ by William Penn. The Christian-Quaker and his divine Testimony vindicated by Scripture Reason and Authorities in two Parts Writ By W. Penn and G. Whitehead A Lamentation over England and faithful Warning to the Inhabitants thereof By William Bingley Due Order of Law and Iustice pleaded against Irregular and Arbitrary Proceedings By George Whitehead The Real Quaker a Real Protestant By G. W. The Religious Assemblies of the People call'd Quakers vindicated A legal Examination of Abuses of Law Concerning 1. Forcible Entry 2. Imprisonment without Warrant how contrary to Law 3. Riots Routs and Unlawful Assemblies 4. The publick Peace and Breach of it 5. Oppression and Duress by Goals and Goalers and what Priviledge the Law allows to Prisoners The Prisoners Vindication with a sober Expostulation and Reprehension of Persecutors By Iohn Gratton Lawson's Treatise concerning the seven Liberal Arts. Something in Answer to them that say the Quakers are no Christians By G. F. Universal Love By W. Smith The great Case of Tythes once more revived By Fr. Howgill 2 Cor. 4.6 2 Tit. 2 11 12. 1 John 2. 27. Psal. 68. 18. John 4. Acts 2. Gal. 3. 28. 1 Cor. 11. 14. 34. 1 Tim. 2 11 12. Gen. 3. 15. Mat. 13. 31. Zach. 4. 7. 10. 2. Cor 4. 4. Isa. 57. 15. Psal. 50. 23. Prov. 27. 5 6. 2 Cor. 2. 24. Heb. 11. 1. Psal. 119. 6 98 99 100. 1 Pet. 1. 19. Ephes. 5. 13 14 15. John 3. 19 20 21. 2 Cor. 4. 6. Psal. 97. 11. Prov. 4. 8 9. Isa. 55. 1. John 7. 37 38 39
appeared to People in several Forms yet he dyed to end Shadows and Typical Forms our great concerns are to be conformable to his Death that we may be partakers of his Resurrection It is usual with the Serpent to creep into Forms but he cannot creep into this true Conformity there is no Harbour for him in the Cross he is not willing that any should take up the Cross and become a true Disciple of Christ Jesus It is the Seed of the Woman that bruises the Serpents Head I pray mark that for wheresoever this Seed is sown either in Man or Woman that is sown upon the good Ground it will bring forth its Increase according as is declared in the Scriptures of Truth and is there called the least of Seeds and is the Day of small things which many have despised for that which they have accounted to be greater Injoyments which are but as the glory of the World which the Devil the God of the World hath shown them who tempts Man and Woman at this day as he did our Saviour in the dayes of his Flesh when he shewed him all the Kingdoms of the World and the glory of them and as these pretended Gifts of the god of the World are received they blind the mind of Man and Woman lest they should believe in the Light of the glorious Gospel of Christ who is the Image of God or that it should shine into them this is that inward Principle of the divine Light and Life which is given of God to man and woman to be their Guide to bring them out of their fallen state that the Work of the Devil may be destroyed in them which is Pride Vain Glory Covetous Minds and Corrupt Manners feigned and contrived Religion which is Hypocrisie all which this Nation is much poysoned withal And further I shall add this that the Lord is opening the Store-house of his divine Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge to all those that do sincerely wait in silence that their Minds may be made empty of all Imagination whereby they may be fitted and prepared to receive that inward Principle of Gods love to mankind in all Humility and Resignation to him that his divine Power and precious Grace may be their Teacher to lead them out of their outward Observations into that inward Principle of the divine Life whereby all Gods Children do govern their Actions O that ye may all come to this to dwell with God and he with you as it is written by that Evangelical Prophet Isaiah Thus saith the high and holy One that inhabits Eternity whose Name is Holy I dwell in that High and Holy Place with him also that is of a Contrite and Humble Spirit To revive the Spirit of the Humble and to revive the Heart of the Concrite One this is that that all will desire at one time or other and That they may dye the Death of the Righteous also Ay! but this will not serve your turns you must come to live the life of the Righteous first which is To order your Conversations aright and then you will see the Salvation of God and ye will then see the destruction of the Lusts of the Flesh the Lusts of the Eyes and the Pride of Life and whatsoever is contrary to God By the work of God in your own Hearts and by his inward and spiritual Grace Sin will be mortified in you and ye will be brought into a serious Consideration and heavenly Contemplation of the Beauty and Glory of a Coelestial Life that ye may be fixed Stars in the Kingdom of God forever All you that are like the Noble Bereans that are diligent Inquirers of this Age I shall leave you to search the Scriptures and see if these things be not true for this is written in true Love to all but more especially to awaken those that are asleep in their mistaken Judgment and led away by the dreaming Conceits of Imagination These are they that have taken up a Religion upon Trust upon the Credit and Relation of the Sons of Tradition whose Faith Doctrine and Discipline are the Commandments of Men making a Money-Trade of Religion and Persecuting such as do not conform to it Some of these have publickly declared themselves to be neither Papists nor Protestants but true Sons of the Church of England I desire you in all love to examine how far she is degenerate from her first Principle it may be easily discovered if you understand Bishop Iewel 's Apology for the Church of England and also the Principle and Practices of both these and the late Times which differ not much in the ground I have no Enmity in my Heart against any Person or People but desire the good of all men and that ye may be truly informed and also to remember this Saying of the Wise Man Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend but the Kisses of an Enemy are deceitful My aim is that ye may understand me as I am and not otherwise not accounting me Worldly Wise but honest in dealing so plainly with you at this day when the Ruin of the Dissenters from the Church of England is threatned I my self being one of them and also that the Projectors of Self-Interest amongst you have gotten more Power to destroy than Honesty to preserve our Protestant-Interest But to return to my purpose which only concerns the ground of True Religion The Faith unfeigned which is the Gift of God only and not at mans disposing this was confessed by the Apostle Paul when he said Not for that we have Dominion over your Faith but as Helpers of your Ioy for by Faith you stand True Faith being the substnce of things hoped for the Evidence of things not seen it comes from God and leads up to God again and hath nothing of mans contrivance in it Therefore let all cease from imposing Faith and Worship towards God upon his People and let God alone to be King and Law-giver in mens Consciences in matters of Faith and Worship towards him unto whom alone it belongeth whose right it is to reign there in the heavenly Dominion which gives Victory over Death Hell and the Grave they that do otherways do but lead men out from God into Man's Contrivances from that inward Principle of the divine Life that God hath put in their Hearts and Consciences to be the Guide of all Mankind and is the only Infallible Way for them to trust to for this brings them out of the Pride Vanity and Deceits of the World the other keeps them in them so that few of them come to the true Knowledge of God but continue in following the Devices and Desires of their own hearts offending Gods holy Laws until they lay down their heads in everlasting Sorrow And thus is the Creation of God destroyed by the craft and subtilty of those blind Guides that see not beyond their own worldly Interest and profit but if men would