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earth_n	heart_n	heaven_n	lord_n	10,416	5	3.7641	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70063	A declaration of the bountifull loving-kindness of the Lord manifested to His hand-maid Mary Harris, who stood idle in the market-place till the eleventh hour, yet then received her penny ... as also a few words of encouragement from experience to any who knows the name of the Lord in the least measure, to fear the Lord, and trust in His mercies.	Forster, Mary, 1619?-1686.	1669 (1669)	Wing F1603; ESTC R25815	6,747	12

overflowings of his vertue and thou shalt praise his Name even so long as thou abidest in his fear for the Lord is not a hard Master but he answereth the desire of every living one and this my Soul knows right well let him be glorified for ever who hath given me the desires of my heart so that I must praise his Name whilst I have a being But art thou now increased in Divine Substance so that thou canst say now the eyes of my understanding is enlightned and those things which before were hard and dark as to me are now become plain and easie and now I see not men like Trees but in the Light of the Lord I see light not as in a glass darkly but now I see face to face the shadows are over and gone and now I can say my Redeemer liveth and the eye which the Lord hath opened seeth him yea and he standeth last upon my Earth the Lord my God having cast out the strong man that did keep the house now he liveth and reigneth in me and opens even the Flood-gates of his everlasting Loving-kindness in me yea he feedeth me with the Bread that cometh down from Heaven that shall never perish and I drink and am refreshed yea I drink aboundantly of the River of Pleasure that is at the right hand of the Father I drink of the wine that is well refined new in the Kingdom of Heaven may I not now sit down being perfected in that Love which casteth out fear may I not now keep holy day in God being in a state above the fear so much exhorted to Ah Friend whosoever thou art that shall thus say in thy heart be not high-minded but fear and remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day Art thou at rest in God oh sanctifie the Sabbath day and keep it holy for this the Lord requires and stand upon thy watch continually and fear to the end lest after all this thou grow careless and the exalted spirit get up and thou fall from thy stedfastness and so lose thy Crown Blessed is he who feareth alwayes Further art thou in a low estate as to things of the World having many depending on thee and knows not which way to turn thee as to an outward livelihood Ah fear the Lord and trust him over all and he that feeds the Ravens and cloathes the Lillies that can neither sow nor spin cast thy care upon him and assuredly thee and thine shall be fed For the Earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof it s the Lions that shall want and suffer hunger But they who fear the Lord shall want nothing that is good this have I seen and known and this is writ for the encouragement comfort and strengthning of them who are of a fearfull heart keep in Gods fear be faithfull to his requirings be not carefull but do thy duty and Heaven and Earth shall sooner pass away then the Lord fail to supply thy necessities yea He shall bless thee in thy Basket and thy Store he shall be with thee in thy going out and in thy coming in he will cause all to prosper thou settest thy hand unto yea he shall bless thy Children within thee and he shall Crown thee with his peace which passeth all understanding even in thy daily labour as thou art found waiting upon him and he shall also replenish thy heart and as thou keepest thy eye and heart to him thou shalt be fresh and green bringing forth trust in thy old age and thy last dayes shall be thy best dayes and thus shall it be with them who fear the Lord and faithfully wait upon him in a chearfull diligence expecting each day their daily bread from the hand of the Lord who giveth liberally and upbraideth not Oh my Soul praise thou the Lord in the sence of his Love and enjoyment of his Mercies and let all that is within praise his holy Name for his Mercies are manifold and his compassion never faileth this day is the Scripture fulfilled and God is known indeed to be the Father to the fatherless and the Husband to the widow yea the Master of that Family which calleth upon his Name hath provided all things needfull so that it may well be said What lacked ye and he hath yea God himself hath recompenced into the Bosom even an hundred fold whatsoever hath been given up or lost for his sake and the Gospels surely surely he hath given good measure pressed down and running over of this I and mine are living witnesses and we have no cause to complain but great cause to praise and magnifie his Name and to live to him for ever and ever Let all thy Works praise thee O Lord So even so saith my Soul Mary Forster THE END

World she would say What Friends who know Gods precious Truth put on their Hoods so that is like me in my other life Friends who have received Gods precious Truth need no other adorning and having spoken long in this wise she laid her self in silence waiting for her dissolution having said I shall shut mine eyes and sleep but she lay several weeks in great weakness after this having her heart exercised on this wise And if she had spoken an unadvised word then would she cry to the Lord to wash her throughout and say Judge me Lord judge me with thy great Judgments let nothing remain in me or be spoken by me but what is pure search me throughly Ah cursed be that nature and that disposition this at first kept me from receiving Gods pure Truth cursed be that disposition and lying longer then one would have thought one so weak could have layn taking very little of any outward sustenance some would say to her it may be thou mayst recover No no would she say I must lay down this body for my rebellion in my other life if any had said I should recover it would for a little time seem to refresh me and if they had said surely I could not live long or so it would cast me down but now I long for death I must lay down this body for said she when I received Gods precious Truth I received the sentence of death And this she was very positive in all along and when she was perswaded to be passive in this matter she said I have indeed cause enough to desire life now for the Lord hath made me partaker of his blessed Truth and if I live I know I shall bear a Testimony a faithfull Testimony for the Lord and he hath placed me amongst his People and I shall have their company this is desirable but I must lay down this body great was her love to the Lord and his People and when the Servants of the Lord came to her it was such a reviving that she had not the sence of her weakness her heart being overcome with the Love of the Lord in his Servants she lay a rejoycing Often was she assaulted by the Enemy sometimes to desire life sometimes with worldly things but she would say even in Gods Authority Away Satan away I defie thee in the Name of the Lord touch not that which is pure and one time when she was under this temptation a precious Servant of the Lord coming to visit her Ah said she to him now the Tempter flees he cannot stand before thee then after she had been thus ●●yed she was usually filled with joy in God through whom she had obtained victory then would she sound forth the praises of the Lord. And grew still more weak and sometimes would say I am weak and full of pain but it is below me to complain and with much patience and comly behaviour she lay and in the morning before her departure she called for several things to drink and gasped for breath but said I shall not go so And afterwards did as it were lay her self forth in silence waiting for her dissolution but at the coming in of a good Friend she revived and lived till Evening and about half an hour before her departure she was taken with a very great trembling and seemed to be somewhat troubled It was said by one near her what 's the matter what ailest thou I fear said she whether it be a true Spirit or a Temptation it was said to her what meanest thou art thou in any doubt as concerning the Truth of which thou art made partaker No no said the that 's Gods pure and Everlasting Truth the Truth which the People of God called Quakers are made partakers of and for which they suffer that is everlasting that is the true Spirit and their God is my God and although I see it not now as I have seen it yet I bring in my testimony that 's the Truth that shall abide for ever that 's pure and nothing that is desiled must be sheltred under it that 's the Truth which enlightens every man that cometh into the World The little Seed in me is become great great great Blessed be God who hath placed me among his People and I possess what they possess and when the Faithfull lie as I lie my Portion well be their Portion and my Cup is full it runs over over over Then she breathed a little thicker about the space of one quarter of an hour and without groan of sigh or the least motion she shut her eyes and slept Glory be to God for ever A few Words of Encouragement from Experience to any who know the Name of the Lord in the least measure to Fear the Lord and Trust in his Mercies Friends IN the Living sence of Gods Love and manifold Mercies wherewith he hath compassed me as one every side it hath been often yea very often upon and in my heart what shall I render or wherewith shall I appear before the Lord And the Answer was and is Keep low in his Fear and do thy Duty declare his Goodness spread forth his Praises that they who have not such experience of his Mercy may by thy Declaration speak good of his Name and be encouraged to fear him for ever and trust in his Mercies Then first whosoever thou art that shall read these lines and hast any hungrings and thirstings begotten in thee after Righteousness fear the Lord and trust in his Mercies and thou shalt be satisfied let the Lord God of Heaven and Earth be thy fear and let him be thy dread yea keep in the fear of the Lord all the day long and that will purifie thy heart and make it a fit receptacle for the manifestation of Gods Love and Power Or art thou in any doubt concerning the Truth or the Way or Manifestation of it as it now appears wait thou in God's Fear and trust in his Mercy and assuredly the Light will shine forth it will arise and expel the Darkness and discover to thee the Path of Life in which the wafaring man although at Fool shall not err Again Art thou in Gods Eternal Truth poor low and little seeing and knowing little of the mystery of Godliness having little faith love or zeal for God his Truth and People yet sayst thou in thy heart this little is of the right kind and I would not part with it for all the World Well Friend be contend with thy Portion and keep in the pure fear of the Lord wait on him and trust in his Mercies and he will arise in thee and increase thy store yea when he hath by his righteous Judgments as with a rod of small cords whipt out the Buyers and Sellers out of his Temple and the House is clean and thou fit for it the time of refreshment being come he will assuredly open the well-springs of Life in thee and fill full thy Cup with the