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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54225	Tender counsel and advice by way of epistle to all those who are sensible of their day of visitation and who have received the call of the Lord by the light and spirit of His Son in their hearts to partake of the great salvation, wherever scattered throughout the world : faith, hope and charity which overcome the world be multiplied among you / by William Penn.	Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1695 (1695)	Wing P1377; ESTC R28424	17,575	47

and joyn with their Sacrifices For all these things greatly help to extinguish the Divine sense begotten in your Hearts by the word of Life And as you are faithful to the Light and Spirit of Christ which giveth you to discern and relish between that which standeth in your own will and the will motion of the Spirit of God in your selves so will you by the same Light discern and savour between that which proceeds from the will of Man and the will and motions of the Spirit of God in others and accordingly either to have or not to have fellowship with them For what hath Light to do with Darkness Or what hath Spirit to do with Flesh Or what hath Life to do with Death For the Grave cannot Praise thee O Lord Death cánnot celebrate thee They that go down into the Pit cannot hope for thy Truth The Living the Living he shall praise thee as doth my Soul this day This was the Testimony of the blessed Prophet Esaiah and it standeth true for ever According to the Prophet Thou hast ordained peace for us for thou hast wrought all our works in us Wherefore I exhort you in the Spirit of Truth and in the Counsel of the God of Truth keep in the Divine Sense and Watch if you would endure to the end in the will of God And I say again Touch not with Man-made Ministrys nor Man-made Worships let their words be never so true 'T is but Man 't is but Flesh 't is but the Will and it shall have no acceptance with God O this is the Golden Cup of the Whore that is gone from the leadings of the Spirit with which the Nations are defiled have nothing to do with it Keep to Christ Jesus God's great Light follow him as he shineth in your Hearts and ye will not walk in Darkness but have the Light of Life not of death to Condemnation as in the World but unto Life which is Justification and Peace And remember that nothing bringeth to Christ that cometh not from Christ Wherefore all Ministry that cometh not from Christ God's great Prophet and High Priest to all true-born Christians cannot bring People to Christ Man only gathereth to Man to hear and believe in Man and depend on Man And if the Church of Corinth sought a proof of Christ's speaking in Paul that had begotten them and had wrought the Signs and Works of an Apostle in them how much more reason have you to demand a proof of Christ's speaking in the Priests and Ministers of this World who have not wrought the Signs and Works of Apostles or true Ministers And by what should you try them but by the Light and Spirit of Christ in you Yea 't is Christ Jesus in you that giveth you to savour if others speak from Christ in them And this the Apostle referreth the Corinthians to for a proof of Christ's speaking in him For nothing leadeth to God but that which came from God even Christ Jesus the Son of God O let him be your Vine and know him to be your Fig-tree Sit under his holy Teachings whose Doctrine shall drop as Myrrh upon your Souls He will feed you with the Bread of God that cometh from Heaven that feedeth and leadeth them thither that feed upon it And He is that Bread Therefore wait and watch unto his daily and hourly Visitations to your Souls and against all the Approaches of the Enemy that so he may not take you at unawares but that you may be preserved from the power of his Darts and the force of his Temptations by the Holy Armour of Light the defence of the faithful Antients If you be willing and obedient you shall eat the good of the Land Now is your Day now is your Time work while the light is with you for the Night cometh in which none can work Not only the Night of Eternal Darkness to the Wicked but the Night of Death unto all For in the Grave there is no Repentance neither can any Man there work the Works of God You know the Foundation Is he Elect Is he Precious to you Have ye chosen him Yea I am satisfied you have See what you build upon him Have a care of Hay Straw and Stubble Have a care of your own Wills and Spirits Labour not for the Bread that perisheth as all the Bread of Man's-making doth But labour you in the Light and Strength of the Lord for the Bread that never perisheth that Bread that cometh from Heaven that nourisheth the Soul in that Life that is heavenly that is hid with Christ in God the Root and Father of all Life that of this Fountain you may drink that is clear and pure that cometh from the Throne of God and of the Lamb and not of the muddy Puddle of Man's Invention There is a Bread that perisheth and there is a Drink that perisheth and Wo to them that feed thereon for their Souls shall perish also if they Repent not But there is a Bread that never perisheth and there is a Fountain that springeth up unto Eternal Life and Blessed are they that Feed and Drink thereof for they shall have Eternal Life with God This is that which only satisfieth what is Born of God it will feed on no other Bread nor drink of no other Water I cannot but warn you all that are come to the Lord's Day that you cease from all other Food from Man and Man's Will and Invention for that stifleth the Divine Sense that overlayeth and killeth this Heavenly Birth There are no Grapes to be gathered of Thorns nor Figs of Thistles Keep to your own Vine and Fig-tree Christ Jesus sit under him that you may eat of his Fruit which is the fruit of Life the hidden Manna hid from the Nature and Spirit of this World a Mystery thereunto Two things consider first you must wait till the Manna cometh and then you are not to be idle you are to work and next as it daily cometh so it must be daily gathered and fed upon For the Manna that was gather'd yesterday will not be Food for to day it will not keep for that use As it was outwardly so 't is inwardly Time past is none of thine 'T is not what thou wert but what thou art God will be daily look'd unto Didst thou eat yesterday That feedeth thee not to day Therefore Jesus taught his Disciples and us in them to pray for our daily Bread for the present sustenance and to look no farther but depend upon the Lord and live by Faith in him that raised up Jesus from the Dead so that the time to come is no more ours than the time past can be recalled Wherefore Blessed are they that fear the Lord and confide in him they shall never be confounded They shall lack no good thing for the Lord loveth Israel he is good unto Israel and all that are of an upright Heart whose Hearts look up to Heaven and not down to the

Man cryed and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his Troubles Our Souls said the Righteous of old waited for the Lord for he is our Help and our Shield for ever Wherefore my dear Friends be not you discomforted for there is no new thing happeneth unto you 'T is the Antient Path of the Righteous For thy sake says David have I born reproach I am become a stranger to my Brethren and an Alien unto my Mother's Children When I wept and chastned my Soul with fasting that was to my reproach I made Sackcloth also my Garment and I became a proverb to them They that sate in the Gate spake against me and I was the Song of the Drunkards Save me O God for the Waters are come in unto my Soul And the Water Floods are ready to swallow me up They persecute him whom thou hast smitten and they grieve those whom thou hast wounded Do you not know this Dear Friends are not your Tears become a Reproach Your Fasts a Wonder your Paleness a Derision your Plainness a Proverb and your Serious and Retired Conversation a by-word Yea when the Lord hath Wounded have not they also grieved And when the Lord hath smitten you have not they mocked But this was David's joy the Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want He restoreth my Soul he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his Name 's sake he maketh me to lie down in green Pastures He leadeth me beside the Still waters Yea though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of death I will fear no Evil for thou art with me thy Rod and thy Staff they Comfort me Who was the Comforter preserver of Shadrach Mesach and Abednego that refused to obey the King's Command against the Commandment of God They would not bowe to his Image but rather chose the Fiery Furnace then to comit Idolatry or bowe to another thing then to the Living God Did not we cast Three Men into the midst of the Fire said Nebuchadnezzar Loe I see Four Men loose walking in the midst of the Fire and they have no hurt And the form of the Fourth is like the Son of God O my Friends the Fire obeyeth him as well as the Winds and Seas All Power is given to the Son of God who is given to you for your Salvation Well Shadrach Mesach and Abednego the King calleth out of the Fire and they have no harm though the Mighty Men that cast them into the Fiery Furnace were consumed The God of Shadrach Mesach and Abednego is magnified by the King's decree and Shadrach Mesach and Abednego are by the King highly Preferred Here is the end of faithfulness here is the blessing of perseverance God will bring honour to his Name through the Patience and Integrity of his People And it was this Son of God that preserved Daniel in the Lyons Den it was his Voice that David said divideth the Flames of Fire he rideth upon the Winds he sitteth upon the Floods The Voice of the Lord is Powerful the Voice of the Lord is full of Majesty They that trust in him shall never be confounded Blessed are they whose God is the Lord For he is a present help in the Needful time of trouble The angel of the Lord Encampeth round about them that fear him and he delivereth them O taste and see that the Lord is good Blessed is the Man that trusteth in him O fear the Lord for there is no want to them that fear him The Young Lyons shall lack and the Old Lyons suffer Hunger but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing Many are the Afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivereth them out of them all for the Lord redeemeth the Souls of his Servants and none of them that trust in him shall be made desolate For which Cause my dear Friends cast away every Weight and every Burden and the Sin that doth so easily beset you Neither look at the Enemys strength nor at your own weakness but look unto Jesus the blessed Author of your Convincement and Faith The mighty One on whom God hath layd help for all those that believe in his Name receive his Testimony and live in his Doctrine who said to his dear followers of Old Be of good Chear I have overcome the World Fear not little Flock it is the Father's good pleasure to give you a Kingdom And they that endure to the end shall be saved I will not leave you Comfortless said he I will come to you he that is with you shall be in you This was the Hope of their glory the Foundation of their building which standeth sure And though sorrow cometh Over-night yet joy shall come in the Morning Ye shall Weep and Lament said Jesus but the World shall rejoyce and ye shall be sorrowful but your sorrow shall be turned into joy and their rejoycing into howling And Loe I am with you to the end of the World Be ye therefore encouraged in the holy Way of the Lord wait diligently for his daily Manifestations unto your Souls that you may be strengthned in your inward Man with Might and Power to do the Will of God on Earth as it is done in Heaven O watch that you enter not into temptation Yea watch unto Prayer that you enter not into temptation and that you fall not by the temptation Christ said to Peter Canst not thou watch one hour Every one hath an Hour of Temptation to go through and this is the Hour that every one is to watch Jesus the Captain of our Salvation was under great Temptations he was sad unto Death he did sweat drops of Blood but he watch'd he pray'd he groan'd yea he cry'd with strong cries But through Suffering overcame And remember how in the Wilderness he was tempted but the Angels of the Lord ministred to him So they that follow him in the way of the Tribulations and Patience of his Kingdom God's Angel shall minister unto them all Yea he will keep them in the Hour of Temptation He will carry their Heads above the Waves and deliver them from the devouring Floods Wherefore finally my Friends I say unto you in the Name of the Lord Be of good chear Look to Jesus and fear not Man whose Breath is in his Nostrils But be Valiant for the Truth on Earth Love not your Lives unto the Death and you shall receive a Crown of Life and Glory which the God of the Fathers the God of the Prophets the God of the Apostles and the God of the Martyrs and true Confessors of Jesus yea the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ shall give unto all those that keep the pure Testimony of his Son in their Hearts and patiently and faithfully endure to the end Now to him that is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of his Glory with exceeding Joy To the only Wise God our Saviour be Glory and Majesty Dominion and Power both now and ever Amen I am your Friend that sincerely Loves you and earnestly Travails for your Redemption William Penn. 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