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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65955	An epistle to Friends every where to be distinctly read in their meetings, when assembled together in the fear of the Lord / by a friend of truth, and a lover of righteousness, Katharine Whitton.	Whitton, Catharine.	1681 (1681)	Wing W2050; ESTC R15697	9,423	14

strong City Salvation hath God appointed for Walls and for Bulwarks and will keep in perfect peace all those whose minds are staid upon him but he will bring down those that dwell on high yea the ●o●●y he will lay low but the way of the Just is uprightness the most upright doth weigh his paths yea in the way of his Judgments have we waited for him and the desire of our Souls hath been to his Name and to the remembrance of it yea with our Souls have we desired him in the Night season and with our Spirits within us have we fought him early for when his Judgments are in the Earth then its Inhabitants learn Righteousness O living Praises unto him who hath appeared in our age and brought forth Judgment into victory and ransomed redeemed and raised by his ancient power his own suffering Seed which in every age hath found acceptance with him from the beginning as was manifest in righteous Abel Enoch and also Noah whom he preserved though he destroyed the old World and though Sodom was destroyed yet Lot escaped by flying out of it and getting into Zoar. And dear Friends it is upon me yet once more to entreat if any there be in any measure guilty of any of those Evils for which the Lord is angry with this Nation the land of our Nativity that such by true Repentance while mercy is proffered would return and get out of the same for the Angel of the Lord hath warned therefore linger not but I say get out of every thing where with the Lord is displeased for he is a holy God and of purer eyes then to behold Iniquity and without holiness none can come unto him Therefore saith he be ye holy as I am holy So dear Friends in this holy life let us fly unto the Name of the Lord for it is our strong Tower in which he will preserve the Righteous until his indignation be over and past for he is angry with this Nation because of the many gross evils which hath abounded in it with the oppressions of his people because of all which he is grieved and is preparing as a man of war to cut down the workers of iniquity and sweep the Nation of Evil doers and will finish Sin and put an end to transgression and bring in everlasting Righteousness that the knowledge of his glory may cover the Earth as the waters cover the Seas for he hath taken notice of his suffering Seed and hath remembred the afflictions of Joseph and will set his Seed and heritage free and bring the prisoners out of the prison-house for Joseph came forth to answer the end for which he was appointed though he was afflicted from a Child to be a Saviour and a preserver of much People for the promises of the Lord to our father faithful Abraham stands sure for ever who said in blessing I will bless thee and i● 〈…〉 I will multiply thy Seed as the Stars of Heaven and as the San● 〈…〉 sh●re which cannot be numbered in whose Seed also all the Nations of the Earth shall be blessed So dear Friends in the blessed Seed let 〈◊〉 ●●●…ly wait upon the Lord to feel its breathings and travels and wrestlings of the Almighty for Sions sake yea let those Spiritual Prayers ascend up unto him which in every age is his delight and avails much with him for Sions prosperity and for Jerusalem's welfare and not only so but for all that have their faces Sion wards and desire to inhabit within Jerusalem's walls for good is the Lord slow to anger and of great mercy willing to shew kindness to all Sions wel-wishers And so dear Friends let us give our Attendance in all heavenly obedience upon him in his own pure life begotten and brought forth by him that so by his own off-spring he may be honoured and in that may sway the Righteous Scepter and lift up his Standard and display his Ensign that the Nations of those that must be saved by him may flock unto him that so many there may be from the East and West North and South that may come to sit down with Abraham Isaac and Jacob to praise him in the beauty of holiness unto whom all praises honour and renown belongeth and to him it is given and returned saith my Soul Dear Friends this hath long laid upon me from the Lord but I would have hid my self and have been as one unconcerned but his hand was heavy upon me and gave me no rest until with many tears I cryed unto him that he would help me and enable me to do my duty and discharge my Conscience and deliver his Message and then I gave up and in obedience found peace and according to the ability he hath given me and as he opened in my heart have I delivered it desiring it may be received in the same bowels of love in which it is given forth and its end answered which is only and alone that the Lords People may be preserved and he over all glorified who is God worthy for ever and for ever and for evermore From a Traveller in Spirit for Sions prosperity and your true and loving Friend in the universal and unchangeable love of our God in which I bid you all farewell CATHARINE WHITTON

AN EPISTLE TO FRIENDS Every where To be Distinctly Read in their MEETINGS When Assembled together in the Fear of the Lord. By a Friend of Truth and a Lover of Righteousness Katharine Whitton LONDON Printed for Benjamin Clark Bookseller in George-yard Lombard-street 1681. AN EPISTLE TO FRIENDS Every where Dear Friends IN bowels of tender love to all Friends every where am I constrained and pressed in Spirit to give forth this Testimony under which I have lain for a long time bowed in Spirit in a deep sense of the Fatherly care of our God over all his Lambs and little ones which he would gladly have all gathered unto him that he might preserve them from the evil of the day which is approaching for he hath shewed a terrible day near to break forths yea a day that will burn as an Oven and all the proud and they that do wickedly will be as Stubble which cannot endure the Fire for it will be as a flame and serve as a fire to consume the counterfeit Mettal and reprobate Silver that the pure Gold may appear yea that the precious Sons and Daughters of Sion may come forth as Gold seven times tried and shine in their Beauty and Lustre For saith the Lord I will burn the Chaff with unquenchable fire but the Wheat I will gather into my Garner And Friends this is no Reflection but comes for discharging a duty from one whom God in measure hath placed as on Sions Walls and who seeing the Sword come dare not but give warning to such as are not upon the watch For saith the Lord If they take not warning if the Sword come and take them away their blood shall be upon their own heads But if thou do not warn them if the Sword come and take any person from amongst them they are taken away in their Iniquity 〈◊〉 their blood will I require at thy 〈◊〉 And Friends with many Tears and Cries unto the Lord have I been bowed down many a time that I and every one whom God hath concerned may be clear of the blood of all And that the House of Israel may be spoken to least sin be upon us For saith the Lord Cry aloud and spare not lift up thy voice like a Trumpet shew my people their transgression and the house of Jacob their sin Yea it is a warning from the Almighty to all and every one of the backsliders in Israel and lukewarm ones and careless daughters of Jerusalem and Women at ease in Sion yea an Alarm is sounded out of the Holy Mountain that you may hear and be awakned to righteousness and stirred up to holiness to meet the Lord in the way of his pure Judgments for woe will be to those that are at ease in that day that is a coming yea the sinners in Sion must mourn fear will overtake all the unfaithful and disobedient yea terror will surprise the hypocrites and woe and misery will be to all those except they repent for it is a warning in my heart unto all such from the Lord that they may all turn unto him by true repentance whose mercy is proffered and observe his Commandments and do them and keep Covenant with him and see that every one be wise in heart and travel in spirit and make it their concern to bring glory unto the Lord in this his day for he keeps Covenant with and extends mercy unto them that love him and keep his Commandments and he hears the Prayers of his own children and hath heard them in every Age and hath not forgot his word spoken by his Servants of old where he saith If you transgress I will scatter you abroad amongst the Nations but if you turn unto me and keep my Commandments and do them though there were of you cast out into the uttermost parts of the heaven yet will I gather you from thence and will bring you into the place that I have chosen to set my Name there And surely Friends we are the people for whom the Lord hath done great things since the day that he hath opened our eyes and let us see our miserable and wretched state and the great need we had of him to help us out of that condition Oh! the many tears with deep sighs and bitter groans in that day can never be forgotten and blessed be the Lord who hath heard the cries of the poor and regarded the groanings of the needy and hath met us in the way of his Judgments and hath brought in the Ministration of Condemnation which was glorious in its time and placed it upon the head of the transgressor in us whereby he hath judged and condemned the transgressing and rebellious part that would not that he should reign and in his infinite love and bowels of tender compassion which yearned towards his own pressed Seed that groaned to be delivered hath he ransomed and redeemed his own in measure and led the same as he did Israel of old out of Egypts darkness and from under Pharaoh's taskmasters to sacrifice unto him and praise him in the land of the living And my dear Friends a remnant through Gods mercy can truly say he hath visited us as with the day spring from on high and are witnesses that refreshment from his presence is come and though sorrow endur'd for the night yet joy came in the morning the day being dawn'd and the morning Sun arisen yea the Winter is now through mercy with many far spent and the storms in measure over and the spring time come and the singing of Birds and the voice of the Turtle is heard in our land O! the glorious day that is dawn'd upon us where the morning Stars do sing together and all the Sons of God do shout for joy Oh! the wonderful works of our God and the noble Acts that he hath done he hath made us to see his wonders in the deep and as Israel of old to sing his praises Oh his tender dealings can never be raced out of our remembrance he hath printed them in our hearts and his engaging love constraineth us to speak well of him and to make mention of his Name and speak of his loving kindness and tender mercies which endureth for ever And dear Friends after all this and much more of the Lords dealing with us and kindness and mercy bestowed upon us hath the old adversary and enemy of mankind bestirred himself who in every Age hath gone about to insnare the simple as in Israel of old when he prevailed over Achan to covet the wedge of Gold and the Babylonish Garment for putting his hand to which the whole Camp of Israel was troubled until Achan was found and Babylon's Stuff thrown out and burnt without the Camp And other some taking strange Wives mixing with the Heathen loving their Gold and learning their ways for which Ezra in his bitter Lamentations plucked the Hair from his Head and Beard and Jeremiah wished that his Head were Waters and his eyes a