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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64346	A tender visitation of heavenly love, streaming from the fountain of endless life unto the tribulated flock of Christ (whom the world in derission calls Quakers) being several epistles given forth, by the one spirit of truth, through several of the servants of the living God, who are called among men Richard Farnsworth, John Whitehead, Thomas Greene.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1664 (1664)	Wing T680; ESTC R16615	13,111	22

Lord unto the sheep of his pasture wisheth stability in grace increase of faith with all spiritual comforts and blessings needful for your strengthening and preservation in the path of life unto the end of the race set before you that you may obtain that which your souls long after and not be beguiled of the recompence of Reward prepared for you that endure faithful unto the end of Time ASI was waiting on God to fulfill his will I felt the love of God springing in me unto all souls and in spirit beholding their bondage to corruption as also in the light plainly seeing the manifold tryals that do attend the camp of the Saints and the beloved City which they that dwell upon the earth with the instruments of cruelty are compassing about thinking to wear out the Saints of the most high and scatter the power of the holy people who have been made instruments to reprove their ungodly deeds I say having beheld these things and felt Gods yearning bowels to his creatures and his everlasting love to the house of Jacob I have therein laboured since I saw you face to face with good successe to streng then the plants of Gods vineyard that they may live and grow in that ground where they have felt both the root of life to nourish and the dew of heaven to refresh and received divers testimonies of Gods power in delivering and of his love in preserving them that thereby they might be encouraged to hold fast their confidence and persevere untill the righteousnesse of God be revealed to render tribulation to them that trouble us and to you that are troubled Rest with us in the day that the Lord Jesus shall take vengeance in flames of fire on them that know not God and are disobedient to his glorious Gospel which I have also laboured to preach unto them that dwell upon the earth testifying that the common salvation of every soul is the light which shineth in the heart and shews the corruptions therein that have imbondag'd the soul that the light may give unto it the knowledg of the glorious God and lead it into the possession of the treasure in the earthen vessel which so many are seeking without to find And further I have in the light manifested the confusion of Babels builders and shewed the nakednesse of the Whore in her second dress and reproved the abominations of the times whereby Satan felt his kingdome weakened and hath stirred up wrath against me and by his instruments hath cast me into prison in the Castle of Lincolne where I am now shut up for the testimony of Jesus and because I love his lambs and have laboured to inform strangers into the right way And now dear friends what can I do more to stablish and confirm you in the faith than patiently to suffer for the Lord and your sakes untill he break their bonds asunder Be assured that I am not straitned in spirit towards you neither is the word of God bound but therein do I breath unto the God of all power that your faith may not fail but be daily encreased and in the vertue of the word my soul saith unto my heavenly Father who is the husbandman and walketh in his Vineyard Water thy plants every moment and cause them to grow in thy vertue for without instrument thou canst perform thy work therefore let the light of thy countenance shine upon them that they may behold thy presence in their assemblice in their watchings let them feel thee near to deliver out of temptation and in their waiting upon thee let thy visitations renew their strength that they may walk together in thy love and trust perfectly in thy name O Lord poure forth of thy Spirit both on sons and Daughters that in the leadings of it they may serve and worship thee and be a refreshing and comfort one to another Let thy glorious power be revealed in us and stretch out thy hand for our help for thou alone dost know our innocency and hast pittied us in our affliction Therefore we hope in thy mercy and commit our selves to thee for in the day of thy power we were made willing to stay on thee and are gathered in thy name for refuge And now O righteous Father not only we whom thou hast recovered out of the Apostacy that have received the first fruits of thy Spirit but the Creation which thou hast made groans to be delivered from the oppression of Violence and bondage to corruption Therefore let thy bowels yerne towards thy suffering seed and thy mercy reach over all thy works and in thy righteousnesse cut short the dayes of Jacobs trouble and restore all things by thy power that all thine enemies may dread thy name and see that thou knowest how to deliver them that put their trust in thee that they also may bow to thy Scepter and thy kingdome come over all for unto thee alone with thy Word and Spirit belongs Glory Majesty Worship Dominion and Reverence for ever and ever Thus having poured out my supplication unto the Lord who himself loveth you in discharge of my duty to him as also to you unto whom I owe my whole life I do exhort you all to wait upon the Lord in the measure of light which he hath given you and look not out at things which are seen lest your faith fail neither be discouraged because you are sensible of your own weaknesse for you are Gods instruments by whom he will confound the strong and mighty therefore be not dismayed at the enemies rage whether inward or outward for though he fift you as wheat yet not one corn shall be lost and though he tread over and crush some of your tender plants with his feet yet shall the life of your root cause such again to spring up Therefore let not your hearts be troubled nor fear those sufferings or hardships that the enemy sets before you to cause you to stumble or turn aside out of the right way but look up unto the God of all mercy by whom you do enjoy all things that you have both pertaining to this life and that which is to come who hath delivered you out of the jaws of the devourer unto this day and doth not intend your destruction though he suffer you to passe through many great tribulations for the trial of your faith and exercise of your patience that all of you may be fully made manifest and such approved as do love God more than all things under the Sun and with their hearts do perfectly trust in him and seek not out any invention to save themselves which may grieve his spirit but delight in his love to do his will and do patiently wait to inherit the promise in the day of their distress flying unto his name alone for refuge and protection I say such shall never be put to confusion nor rooted up but grow and be nourished as the Lillies in the valley and in bringing

forth fruit be blessed for ever But they that with their hearts depart from the living God and bow down to an image invented by man and trust in the arm of flesh thinking by a corrupt compliance with the world and their own care wisdome and prudence to save themselves shall certainly find destruction in their goings Therefore let such consider whether they have an arm like the highest or can deliver themselves from the sword in the day of battel or from death in the time of plague or from hunger in the time of famine or whether they can deliver their corn from blasting and mildew or the fruits of the ground from the Palmer worm and Caterpiller and who can deliver their cattel from the hail stones shafts of lightning murrain consuming rot and other instruments of destruction which are at Gods appointment and who can deliver their houses and fields their baskets and store from Gods curse if rebelliously or treacherously they depart from him or thinkest thou O vain man thereby to make thy off-spring blessed or lay up treasure for thy children shall it not be a snare unto them untill the moth consume it Wherefore I say most blessed is the man whose help is in the name of the Lord and that puts his confidence in God who casteth down and raiseth up killeth and maketh alive as pleaseth him on whom all creatures do wait and be gives nourishment to every thing that hath life whether Vegetable or Animal O then fear not little flock but cast your care upon him and walk before him with a perfect heart and love him above all things in every thing watching that your consciences may be kept void of offence and nothing spoken nor acted against the light of the Lord Jesus Christ so in him you shall have peace though in the world you have trouble yet shall your latter end be blese sed and your off-spring inherit your substance And dear friends meet often together in the name of the Lord as he requireth notwithstanding the contradiction of Sinners and the Laws of mortal men so shall you feel the pure presence of God in the midst of you and in the day of adversity he will be your hiding place and not leave you destitute of help in time of affliction therefore diligently wait on God in all your meetings that you all may inherit the promise of the Father which the world cannot receive even the holy Spirit that in it you may worship God and exhort comfort and pray for one another and for your enemies not quenching the spirit and beware of bringing forth any thing or running into any thing but as you are led with the spirit and power of the Lord. And if any have erred from the truth let them return and patiently wait on God for mercy and forgivenesse who pitties the wandrings of his sheep and in dear compassion seeks after that which is loft though ninety and nine be left alone in the wildernesse Therefore as he is merciful dear children be ye merciful and ready to forgive one another and your enemies as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you and have perfect peace and love amongst your selves and in no wise jarr one with another lest ye be guilty of weakening one another and so drive the halt out of the way but in all lowlinesse of mind and tendernesse of heart condescend one to another in the truth that you may not grieve one another and judge that eye which is more apt to look at anothers weakness than thy own and that mind which hath a delight to spread it abroad for it is in transgression of the Royal Law left thou be judged of God and the measure which thou hast given to others be measured to thee again And you whom the Lord doth anoint with the oyl of gladness take heed of exalting above your fellows which is the heads place and beware of doing any thing whereby they that are in heaviness with the mother which yet travails to bring forth and dwell in her house of mourning may be grieved for God accepteth them therefore let your melody unto the Lord who seeth in secret be chiefly in heart and stoop low that you may mourn with them that mourn and if need be enter into heaviness with them that are in heaviness so in the pure love and sympathy one with another you may edifie one another and be comforted of God together growing unto a habitation of his delight who by his Spirit hath signified how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity And dear Lambs none of you be discouraged because of my bonds but in a pure Conscience hold fast the mystery of faith without wavering for though the Devil should cast many of Gods servants into prison yet the victory is sure to the Lambs followers who through his precious blood and the word of their testimony shall come through the tribulation of these dayes which shall have an end when it is manifest that we as naturally serve God as Job did and not for any self end but are as willing to be stript of all and embrace affliction for his names sake as to be compassed about with blessings And in the mean time the suffering of Gods lambs whether imprisonment spoiling of their goods or banishment are not only for the purifying and making them white but also for a tryal and to leave all without excuse that make mention of the name of the Lord Jesus Christ whom he will judge in righteousness according to their works in the day of seperation when the sheep shall stand on the right hand and the goats on the left Then to them on his right hand who have been as sheep given up to the slaughter he will say Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world for I was naked and ye cloathed me I was a stranger and ye took me in hungry and ye fed me thirsty and ye gave me drink sick and in prison and ye ministred unto me for in as much as ye did it to one of those that believe in me ye did it unto me But to them on his left hand the Lord will say Go ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels for I was naked and ye cloathed me not a stranger and ye took me not in hungry and ye fed me not thirsty and ye gave me no drink sick and in prison and ye visited me not But in as much as their eyes are without and they will not see him afflicted in his people they will say When saw we thee naked or a stranger or hungry or thirsty or sick or in prison and did not minister unto thee Then shall our Lord and King say in as much as ye did it not unto the least of these that believe in me ye did it not unto me And the Righteous shall enter into everlasting life but the Wicked into everlasting punishment O Then rejoyce ye suffering Lambs Because the day draws near Wherein God will break all Satans bonds And eke your innocency clear That all the earth may know You are his pasture sheep Whom he doth feed in vallyes low Where runs lifes fountains deep That ye therein may washed be Whiter than Snow in Salmon In beauty to exceed the fair Lilly When com'd through the great tribulation Wherein your faith and patience Your zeal your love and constancy To the Lord God omnipotent Hee 'l fully prove and try Then in the power ye shall stand On Sions holy Mountain With Psalmes in each right hand And praises springing from the fountain Of endless life in victory triumphant Wherewith God will you crown Over th' Earth Whore and Dragons power so rampant To reign in high renown Therefore in patience faith and hope Wait Gods will to fulfill And in his love your souls repose Till valleys rise above the hills Then you that with mans Judgment wronged are And for pure Conscience sake oppressed Amongst the blessed you shall have a share And at th' Lambs throne in righteousness be redressed In sight of all your foes Who at their will and pleasure By unjust decrees have you expos'd To sufferings without measure Who then shall understand and too late repent The errours of their life Being constrain'd by righteous punishment To see they have caused their own grief By kicking ' gainst the pricks In their own Consciences Whilst they devis'd new tricks To add affliction to the Innocents Who do on God depend Their righteous cause to judge And cannot seek revenge On them who life them grudge J. W. The first Copy of this was writ in the Castle of Lincoln the 22d day of the 9th Moneth 1661. Let it be carefully copied over and sent to be read in the meetings of friends amongst whom I have laboured while it was day having peace in this hour of the worlds darkness in which I rest with all the Brethren and friends that be faithful THE END