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To the camp of Israel (whom He hath brought up out of the land of Egypt by a mighty hand and outstretched arm) called Quakers in England (or elsewhere upon the face of the earth) a visitation and dear salutation from the breathings of the life of a true Jew ... / by William Bayly.
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Bayly, William, d. 1675.
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1663
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Wing B1541; ESTC R18148
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and can say as Moses did Blot out my Name rather then thy Name should suffer or be justly reproached or dishonored amongst thy people This is that which is raised in many which they love more then Father Mother Wife Children House or Lands yea or their own Life as God is witnesse Here 's a passage through the daily Cross the strait gate into the place of broad Rivers where goes no galley with Oars but a stretching forth and swimming in the Eternal Will and Obedience of God So lift up your Heads all ye tender Plants of my Heavenly Fathers own planting from the virtue which you receive at the Root of David from which the branch of Righteousness springs and dwell in the stilness and patience in which ye will feel the bowels of God's Love and Mercies opened in you like a Fountain at which ye may drink and be satisfied and rejoice in God your Saviour in the midst of all Tryals and Tribulations wherein ye wil have strength and boldness to confess his Name before men even to the death in the day when many shall hide themselves for fear and for looking at the things which are swiftly coming upon the Earth So dear Babes of God and Children of the Stock of Israel put on the whole Armour of Light and make War in Righteousness in the Spirit of the Lamb in whose mouth guile is not found this is the Captain of our Salvation who hath left us an example that we should follow his steps vvhom looking to and obeying the Lord God that made Heaven and Earth wil be with you and preserve you all his dear children in and through all your tryals and tribulations which may be suffered to come upon you for the tryal of your faith and patience and for the purifying and cleansing his sanctuary And this Man wil be your hiding place from the storm and from the rain even the same which was found the Rock in a weary Land And this is he that vvil stand the last upon the Earth and get the Victory and Dominion over and through all of whose Dominion and Kingdom shal be no end So in this the Lord God of Life of Heaven and Earth keep you all by his Eternal power and establish you on the unmovable Rock of salvation that so with one heart mind and soul we may glorifie the holy Name of our God in this our Day and Generation and right walking before him that so we may give up our account with joy and not with grief and have the Witness in us and for us that we are vvel-pleasing in his sight in which whether vve live or dye vve shal have peace and joy unspeakable and ful of glory The Lord God of Life Love and Peace Wisdom and Righteousness be vvith you all my dear Brethren and Friends and preserve you all in his Eternal povver unto his Heavenly Kingdom there to remain and in it to rest when this World shall be no more This is given forth in the movings of the Bowels of God's Love unto his people Israel and in the remembrance of his mercies of old and of his daily compassions towards them which is as an entreaty thereby that we may all remember and loâ—e his mercies walking humbly before him all the dayes of your life And to be read in your Meetings as in wisdom and conveniency of time ye have meet opportunity By a Companion of them that follow the Lamb through the great tribulations for whose sake he can say he loves not his life to the death enjoying that Love which is stronger then death Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever Amen THE END