Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	belove_a	lord_n	salute_v	1,118	5	13.5510	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56574	A testimony to the Lord's power and blessed appearance in and amongst children wherein is expressed the great love of God to them, who, as young and tender, have tasted of his good word & heavenly life. Published for the use of Friends, and to prevent various reports, that they may have a true account in the following testimonies, given forth by faithful witnesses. Here are also added to what was before printed, several pretious testimonies and epistles, which are as the effects of the appearance and opperation of that great power & wisdom of God in and amongst them.	Taylor, Frances, d. 1685.; Paterson, A., Quaker, attributed name. aut; Taylor, Christopher, ca. 1615-1686, attributed name. aut; Matern, John, 1639 or 40-1680. aut	1679 (1679)	Wing P683B; ESTC R217119	22,314	71

time thee or my School-fellows I am moved with compassion unto you because of my former Acquaintance and because of the Love which I bear unto you O! how am I cast down when I think of things which were done there with thee in my time O! when the Lord gave me a sight of the Vanities thereof O how Naked I saw my self in the sight of the Lord for even I was as Naked as Adam when he had eaten of the forbidden Fruit yea when the Lord called unto me saying Where art thou I was afraid and was ready to hide my Face but if I had called never so often to the Hills and Mountains to hide me still I should have been as Naked as ever I was and he that cannot first witness these things with me can never witness a new Birth and if he cannot witness a new Birth he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven for Paul said while he was upon Earth Flesh and Blood cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven O! when I remember the Pride of the Pharisee he who is counted the Shepherd of the Town when as I once went down the Town and did not put off my Hat to him how he complained unto thee O! but he never considered when he was Drunk himself and when he lay in Babylon even to the Day and Hour he was to feed his Sheep O that thou mightest but think upon these things with consideration then wouldest thou not wink at these things any longer And so no more but thy Loving Friend Ralph Fretwell Waltham-Abby the 19th of the 11th Moneth 1679. My beloved Brother MY dear Love in the Unchangeable Truth of the Lord our God wherewith my Heart at this time is overcome saluteth thee so that in the feelling Sense of the Heart-ravishing Love of a Tender-hearted Father witnessed towards my Soul am I constrained at this time to write a few Lines unto thee shewing thee how wonderfully and how powerfully the Lord hath made bare his Arm of Eternal Salvation and hath stretched it forth towards our Souls in this Place in the Sense of which my Heart at this time is broken so that I cannot forbear but must needs acquaint thee with that which I have seen with mine Eyes and heard with mine Ears and my Hands have handled of the good Word of Life since I came into this Family Oh! my Mouth cannot speak these things which I have livingly felt and experienced in mine own particular neither can I express those things wherein I have seen others exercised since I came amongst them for I have felt the Almighty and Powerful God at work in me to the rooting out in some measure of that Spirit of the crooked Serpent that hath so long possessed the House but now have I felt the Cleansing Power and Purifying Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ who is come as a Refiner with Fire and as a Fuller with Sope and who hath determined That he will have a Pure and Undefiled People to Worship him to purifie and to cleanse my Soul in some measure from the Polutions of Sin and Iniquity Oh my Brother my Soul cannot express the wonderful Loving-kindness of the Lord God Almighty which he hath handed forth unto me in and through his beloved Son who is come indeed that his Children might have Life and that they might have it more abundantly Oh! the flowings forth of his heavenly Life is felt in this Day to refresh the Hearts of those that wait upon him and his heavenly Peace is witnessed to comfort their Souls which is more than Thousands of Gold and Silver and indeed as one said A Day in his Court is better than a Thousand else-where Oh! this is the Day of glad Tidings indeed unto a Remnant whom he hath reached unto by the Operation of his blessed Power which worketh wonderfully in the Hearts of his little Ones and of his tender hearted Babes whom he tendereth before him whereby they come to witness the Times of Refreshment and of sweet Consolation to run down their Souls as a place of broad Rivers Oh! my Soul at this time is sensible of his Consolating and Refreshing Presence whereby he hath often comforted me to his Praise I can say it and I know assuredly that he withholds nothing that tends to the good of those that love him and that delight to run the Way of his Commandments and to follow him in the Regeneration but he enables them and endews them more and more with Power from on High and he renews their Strength from time to time so that indeed they can run the Race that he hath set before them and not be weary and walk in his Heavenly Way and not faint Oh! my Soul is so filled at this time with the pure Life of Jesus that I cannot but admire his Holiness who so filleth the Hearts of his Children with heavenly Praises and melodious Songs whereby he makes them to praise and magnifie his Name in the Land of the Living Oh! how can those who are sensible of this his blessed Power and of the Dawnings of his heavenly Day upon their Hearts and Souls but forever praise and magnifie his Name for his blessed Appearance and for the Revelation of his holy Power whereby he hath turned their Hoarts from their former Lovers and from their former Idols unto the Love of him and of his Truth who is over all worthy to be loved and waited upon So having no more at present I do remain Thye Loving Brother D. Barclay A Testimony of one of the Teachers BLessed be the Name of the Lord our God forever and evermore who in this Day hath made his People sensible of his Redeeming Arm of Power stretched forth for their Deliverance out of the Bondage and Slavery of Satan to serve him in the Liberty of his own holy and blessed Spirit and to praise his Name in the Land of the Living who is their God and their King their Captain and their Leader who goeth out and in before his Children his Sheep his Babes his little Ones whose Hearts he hath tendered by his heavenly Power and thereby he doth over shadow them from time to time and makes them to grow in the sense of his Love and Goodness to their Souls Thus the Lords Love is extended in this his heavenly Day unto many and the Arm of his Eternal Power is revealed in many for their Deliverance whereby they are come to know a blessed Change wrought upon their Hearts and as their Minds are staid upon him they do alwayes feel him near unto them and he is never wanting to administer Comfort and sweet Consolation unto them when they do truly and in Uprightness of Heart wait upon him O! the flowings forth of his fatherly Love and heavenly Everlasting virtuous Life that my Soul with the Souls of others hath been many time sensible of in our Family Meetings in this place And I can truly say I have been made to

thee to send my Brother hither lest he perish in his Sins and Iniquities I am perswaded if he came hither the Lord would have Mercy upon him as he had upon me who was an Abominable Sinner So this is all at present but my Master and Mistress remember their Love to thee and I would desire thee to salute my Sister in my Name with my Love to my Brother I rest Thy Obedient Son Philip Dymond Written in the 10th Moneth 1679. OH the Love of the Lord who can express it Oh! when the mighty God pours out of his Water of Life into our Souls we are even constrained to sing Praises to his Name Oh! how can I in any measure express the Love of the Most High through his Son Jesus Christ Oh! the Most High doth draw us with the Cords of his infinite Love Oh! our God is a God of Mercy a God of infinite Love When I consider when I was in Aegypt's Bondage and a Captive to the Devil how many times would he call me out but I knew not that it was he yet at last he made his Arm bare to me and drew me out of the Pit of Darkness with the Cords of his Love And it is now my Testimony for the Lord That he is coming to teach his People himself And Wo to the Teachers that take Tythes and are like AEgypt's Task-masters for the Wrath of the Lord is kindled against them that he will neither leave them Root nor Branch But let us fear the Lord and be Valient for his Truth and he will certainly bless us with his Blessings from above So unto him do I commit my Soul with the Souls of all his People to whom be all Honour Renown and Dominion who is worthy of it God blessed forever and evermore From one that desires the Prosperity of his blessed Truth and in some measure has felt the Operation of it Philip Dymond Written the 29th of the 11th Mon. 1679. Dear Father Mother MY Duty is remembred unto you hoping you are in good Health as I am at this present writing Praises be to the God of Heaven and Earth who of his Loving-kindness hath appeared unto me in the day when I went astray and rebelled against him running apace to my own Destruction in that day it pleased God to give me a sight of my Sin so that I certainly know that my Redeemer liveth Praise Honour and Glory be to the Lord God of Power who hath so plentifully visited my Soul with his Love and Kindness So thinking meet to accquaint you with my present Condition and Exercises having no more at present I recommend you to the Lord the Father and Maker of all good things I rest Your Dutiful Son John Weight Written in the 9th Mon. 79. Dear Friend A. P. MY dear and true Love salutes thee desiring thy Well-fare I have at this time writ a few Lines unto thee which I hope may find thee in good Health Forasmuch as when thou wast with us the mighty Power of the Lord broke in amongst us and tendered our Hearts so also it hath continued with us unto this day which I desire may never depart from us I can really say The preserving Hand of the Lord is time after time witnessed to keep us and preserve us and his intent is to do our Souls good so that in him may be our Peace and Salvation for sometimes waiting upon him in his blessed Light for his appearance he doth so lovingly and fatherly appear that he overcometh our Souls so that we cannot but Praise and Glorifie him that so graciously should visit us in his Love as he said In the Day of my Power my People shall be a willing People And even at the writing of these Lines he hath broken my Heart before him O! how is the Lord found of them that seek after him How beautiful is he in his Arisings How doth he fill them that hunger and thirst after him Now are the dayes of Comfort come even now are the dayes of Rejoycing and being Glad in the Lord approaching unto our Souls for he that wounded us hath in some measure healed us he that made our Hearts sad hath now caused us to rejoyce in him the Creator of Heaven and Earth for who were we or our Fathers Houses that the Lord should have respect unto us but in his Mercy hath he done it therefore it is my Desire that we may all be faithful unto the Lord in that he hath committed unto us so shall we have more Much might be written in the Openings of the Lord but this is sufficient as I think to acquaint thee how it goes with us Farewell and be saluted From thy dear Friend James Claypoole Junior Waltham-Abby the 19th of 10th Moneth 1679. WHen in the Fear of God I consider the wonderful Care that he hath of the Children of men and how he strives with them by his Spirit to work out their Deliverance and that both in Old and Young my Heart is melted within me for in the Consideration of these things he hath often exercised me even in the Consideration of his Kindness towards the Children of Men even towards those who are but of young and tender Years O! when I consider how plentifully he hath poured forth of his Spirit in and among Children and how my Soul with many others hath been overcome by the living Sense of the Holy and Heavenly Living and Eternal Power of the Lord God of Heaven and Earth that hath appeared amongst us to the comforting of our Souls and how his heavenly Presence hath and doth still follow us from time to time in our Assemblies to our great Joy I cannot but thank the Lord and praise his holy Name for his care that he hath had over me in bringing me amongst them to be made a Traveller with them in that heavenly Truth which he revealeth unto us time after time in and through his Son Christ Jesus For although I had some sense of the Power of God before and was really convinced in my Mind that the Way wherein I have been brought up was the Way to Eternal Life to those who were Possessors of that Truth which they did profess and I did in some measure seek after the Possession of the same yet when I came into this Family and amongst those Children among whom God doth so wonderfully appear I was made to confess before the Lord that all that I had done was but very little in comparison of that wherein I saw others exercised and under the sense of the same Power did I secretly cry unto the Lord That I also might be made Partaker of that Power that did so fill their Hearts and that he would forgive me my Sins and blot out mine Iniquities that I had hitherto committed and that I might feel his Saving Arm to redeem me from the Bondage of Corruption wherein I felt my self deeply entangled Which Cry I do really know was of the

admire the Love of God in my Heart when I have been sensible how he hath condescended in reaching unto the Capacity of several of the Children whom I have really felt to be reached and blessedly tendered by the Power of an Endless Life Yea and the Lords Glory hath shined and doth many times shine amongst us so that sometimes it hath been in my Heart That the Lord hath begun to build up his Sion among us as to the Educating of Children for we can say to his Praise and Everlasting Glory That he hath done more in a short time for some Children here than ever any Teacher could be able to do Glory be to his Name who is the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob and of their Seed for he is known to be the God of his People in this Day who are in the Faith of Abraham and of their Children also as they walk in his heavenly Way which he hath again revealed in this his glorious holy Day O! the riches of his Love and the infinitness of his Kindness towards all the Sons of men but more especially towards them whom he hath gathered into the knowledge of his ever-blessed Truth and in whom he hath revealed his Son who are his Witnesses on the Earth whom he hath loved with a singular Love in his Son Christ Jesus and given him unto them to be their Leader and Commander and not only so but he hath begun to visit many of their Children in their Young and Tender Years which cannot but be unspeakable Joy unto all Upright-hearted Parents to see and feel their Children visited with the same holy Arm of Power wherewith they were visited when they were gone far astray from the Lord which to feel in themselves is now their chiefest Joy How much more then will their joy abound to fell it operate in their Children while they are Young and Tender And now for the Encouragement of all who rejoyce to hear of the Prosperity of God's Eternal Truth I do testifie for the Lord and to the Praise of his great Name That the Lord our God hath not withdrawn the Sense of his Power and Heavenly Presence as to the General from us in this Family but at all times many of us are sensible as we are retired in our Minds that the Lords Love is towards us and we do alwayes feel his Power in our Meetings whereby our Souls are refreshed and we are thereby confirmed from time to time and in the Faith and Belief of the Prosperity of the Lords Work which he hath begun amongst us For notwithstanding that the Enemy may work at times in some of the Children to draw their Minds into Wildness and Disorder yet the Lords Power is over all and that contrary Spirit is much chain'd and kept down by the Revelation of Gods Heavenly Power whereby a Remnant are kept in a blessed Measure since the first time that they were thorowly reached thereby and do grow in Weightiness daily and in the experience of the work of Truth in their Hearts which is indeed great cause of joy unto all those of the Lords People who are concerned in them And so that the Lord God of Heaven and Earth may carry on this his Glorious Work among the Children and Off-spring of his People not only in this Nation but in all Nations and Islands where he hath gathered them is the Desire and earnest Breathing of my Soul From one who travails for the Prosperity of God's Truth in the Earth and at present is exercised among the Children in the School of Waltham-Abby Alexander Seaton Written the 17th of the 11th Mon. 1679. OH my Dearly Beloved Friends when I was alone and my Mind exercised in the Truth this Cry came thorow me That the Lord hath heard our Cryes and hath bottled up our Tears and hath answered our Desires in a Blessing upon the Children and hath broken the Wills of many that they fear before him and now is he fulfilling his Promise and that blessed Saying That Righteousness shall Cover the Earth as Waters the Seas that is all over for verily it cannot be said all over except Young as well as Old come to know the Lord. And this is my Testimony That the Time is at hand for a blessed Day have we seen of the Lords pouring forth of his Spirit upon Young and Tender Children that they may know him and fear before him And I can say of a Truth That we have of our Family Children that truly fear the Lord and do truly hunger after Righteousness O! how doth the Lord appear to us in our Family Meetings that we are overcome with his wonderful Presence and our Childrens Hearts broken before him that they cannot contain from Praising his holy Name His Glory doth so arise upon us that our Meetings are indeed to Admiration The Lord doth so follow us from Day to Day and from Meeting to Meeting as our dear Friends can witness with us holy Praises saith my Soul be to our God forever Do we not read in the Scriptures of Truth That Children in the dayes of Old have Blasphemed the Name of the Lord Scoffed at his People and Servants and were Cursed forever But now blessed be his Name he is appearing in his Love and Mercy unto Children that he may Bless them forever Ah! what the Lord hath done a few Moneths and Weeks past that the like hath scarce been heard of in many Ages or Generations amongst Children My Soul desires that the Sense of it may ever remain amongst us for we can never be able to speak it forth how Unutterable indeed are his Mercies unto us and his Wayes past finding out Oh! the Sense of this overcomes me that all within me is constrained to praise the Lord and magnifie his holy Name for he is Worthy Worthy Worthy saith my Soul O! how hath he broken in amongst us in our Meetings like a mighty Man of War that nothing hath been able to stand against him but we have fallen down before him with Praises and sweet Melody in our Mouthes that sometimes we could scarce know how to depart to go to our Natural Rest And when we have been in our Beds sometimes our Eyes could take no Rest for several Hours we have so admired the Lord's doings with us The Lord hath Determined That this His Blessed Work in this His Day shall be a President to the Ends of the Earth that the Generations to come may Magnifie his Holy Name who lives forevermore Written in the 11th Moneth 1679. Frances Taylor THE END