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The VVidow VVhiterows humble thanksgiving for the Kings safe return With an account of John Hall's vision upon the first day of the eleventh month, 1693/4. And also a letter to a friend concerning John Hall's message with a letter from Jamaica concerning the earthquake that happen'd there; a warning to the inhabitants of the earth, to fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgments are come Licensed, D.P. April 18.
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Whitrowe, Joan.
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Fleetstreet the precious presence of the LORD accompaning Me being filled with Joy and returning thanks to the LORD for his great goodness and manifold Mercies in given me power and strength to do his exceptable Will and finding my self clear as I thought of the Blood of all I communed thus with the LORD in deep humility That if I had found favour in his sight and that I had finished the Work he had given me to do then I might return to him in peace for my Eyes had seen his Salvation Upon these Words a mighty Power fell upon me that operated in all parts of my Body and a strong powerful Voice Said Arise and thrash Oh Daughter of Sion for I will make thy Horn Iorn and thy Hoof Brass Upon these Words I was greatly bowed down in deep humility weeping before the LORD and humbly beging his assisting Power and heavenly Wisdom to fulfil His holy devine Will in all things that His pleasure was to require of me Then after this I wrote another Printed-book to the King and Queen and four Papers in writing at several times which I delivered into their one hands and then after I had delivered those Writings I wrote another Book which I had almost finished but this coming so forceable upon me I laid that by and this hath been longer in hand than I expected when I begun it for indeed all things looking so â—ark and dismal I rather expected some dreadful Judgment would break â—orth before this Book would be finished and seeing so little notice taken â—n the general of all the Patience and Long-suffering Judgments and boundâ—ess Mercies of the LORD But all manner of Wickedness and open Proâ—hainess appearing openly with an impudent face saying Who is the LORD â—hat we should fear him and seeing Wickedness rage as a pestilential Fever and the Angels of darkness let loose out of the Bottomless-pit and Hell â—eign on Earth I thought in my self these are the Evil-days wherein the Prudent are to keep silence and the Days of Vengance are at hand I threw the writing out of my hand as Moses threw the Tables of Stone out of his hand and concluded all in vaine that was spent in labour of Love upon this Generation which is passing away like the Smoak of a Furnace for thought I the time is come That he that is wicked must be wicked still and he that is righteous shall be righteous But in this Exercise of Mind the power of his Love broke in upon me who was never weary in Well-doing and charged me with Neglect of my Duty that would a-mount to his Glory and the Good of Souls Upon this I hastned again to the Work I had laid a-side and since I have grudg'd the time that hath been spent from it and now I have given you an Account why it was not committed to the Press before now The next is the Salutation of the Love of God to all of what Perswasion soever whether in Forms or out of Forms through out the whole Universe that loves no Iniquity but the Truth as it is in Jesus my Soul hath fellowship with you herein and if you presevere to the end of all Iniquity to destroy the Root and Ground of all Evil that the Righteous Seed which is Heir of the Kingdom of Glory may be sown in the good Ground which will bring forth Fruit to God an Hundred Fold Friends of all Perswasions that are in this Work all the Promises are yours the Blessing of the everlasting Hills is upon your heads the Eternal God is your Refuge and under his Arms you shall be preserved for ever he shall cast out the Enemy before you and by the Power of his Word destroy them then Israel the Fountain of Jacob shall dwell alone in safety in a Land of Wheat and Wine his Heavens shall drop the Dew Blessed art thou Oh People saved by the LORD the Sheild of thy help which is the Sword of thy Glory therefore thine Enemies shall be in subjection unto thee and thou shall tread upon their high Places Deut. 33.27 28 29. But the Hipocrite the Proud the Covetous the Malicious the Back-biter Lier and Slanderer shall have their Portion in the Lake the Self-ended shall wither the Luke-warm GOD will spew out the Wicked of the World and Sinners in Sion God will thrust a-way as Thorns that cannot be touched with hands therefore must be burnt up in the place where they stand But unto those thaâ— fears my Name shall the Sun of Righteousness a-rise with Healings liâ— his Wings and they shall be mine in the Day that I make up my Jewels and I will spare you as a Man spareth his only Son that serves him saith the LORD As I lay on my Bed waiting upon the LORD having my self and alâ— worldly things in a low esteem and value humbling my self to the dust and making Self of no Reputation but having a wonderful great and high esteem of GOD beyond what my Tongue is able to express to love adore and follow him without the least interest of my own let it be ever so holy so it be according to his divine Will And as I was thus giving my self all up to GOD a powerful Voice said Write down thy Poverty which I immediately did and said My LORD and my GOD that I may use no vain Repetitions to Thee but that which comes from me to Thee may be the Begettings of thy own Life Father I beseech Thee be Thou the Begetter of every Thought that rises in me to thee for then shall my Prayer be exceptable to Thee when Thou art the Father of it â— Then may the LORD of Life and Glory say This is my Beloved in whom â— am well pleased For LORD what am I but as the Dust before Thee who am nothing nor can do nothing not so much as keep out a wandring Thought or keep my Mind fixt upon Thee one moment therefore I lie in my own vileness in my own Corruption who am nothing nor can do nothing No righteous LORD without Thee I can do nothing but in thee holy Father and by thy Eternal Power I can do all things Glory be to Thee All weakness is mine but all Power and evenlasting Strength is thine Thou Omnipotent GOD unto whom my Heart and Soul Strength and Might Poverty and Nothingness ye all that is within me doth ascribe unto Thee the Everlasting Majesty all Honour and Glory all Love and humble Obedience with everlasting Praises and Thanksgiving be returned unto Thee the HOLY ONE Amen saith my Soul World without End Amen J. W. And whereas it is thought by some that are strangers to me and my Writings that a Woman did not write these Books which I have puâ— forth but at least say that I have the help of some Man give GOD the glory Jone Whitrow writ every Word I poor nothing unworthy Creaturâ— wrote it I cannot say whether a Word might be mispelt and mended
grow from Grace to Grace till we come to the perfect stature of the fulness of GOD in Christ Ephesians 4.13.14 15. That we henceforth be no more Children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of Doctrine by the slight of Men and cunning craftiness whereby they lye in wait to deceive But speaking the Truth in Love may grow up into him in all things which is the Head even Christ Oh Praises to GOD for ever for this means this is the means if you make use thereof that shall make you wise unto Salvation not the wisdom of this World nor the Princes thereof that comes to nought which is humane and diabolical the wisdom of the Serpent the forbidden Tree of which GOD said In the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die die to the life of Innocency but live to Man's own Will Wisdom and Skill which the Apostle Paul calls Death it self and the Apostle James 3.15.13 calls it Earthly humane and devilish Wisdom and it may well be called so for it doth the Devils work it lifts Men up above all that is called GOD to admire themselves to kiss their own hand Idolizing their own Gifts Wisdom and Parts Reason Honesty Knowledge and Art And where 's the Man that adores not himself here And can there be greater Idolatry than this for a Man to pride himself Pharisee-like in his own attainments This was Nebuchadnezzar's Sin which provoked the Highest to throw him to the Beasts of the Field Dan 4.20 28 29. till he knew that the Most High rul'd in the Kingdoms of Men and this is the crying Sin of Mankind now to think well of themselves their own Righteousness and Holiness and to follow their own wills conceits and opinion of good which indeed is false as to know much learn much to discern many Sciences and in some to aim to become Gods as might be spoke more fully to had I time yet at the same time all their humane Wisdom and Knowledge doth not shew them that this was Adam's Fall the biting of the Apple and his bitter death Therefore said GOD I think to Tyrus Thy Wisdom hath blinded thine Eyes Therefore Oh Man that wherein thou judgest Adam thou condemnest thy self thou art the Man that eats of this forbidden Tree while thou art following thy own Will and Wisdom which is the head of the Serpent that must be bruised by the Power of Christ before thou canst come to that Estate which Christ spake of by which we must enter Matth. 18.3 the Kingdom of GOD to wit As a little Child Oh my GOD Is this the station we must all come to to be Converted and become as a little Child before we can enter thy Eternal Kingdom of Everlasting Joy Peace and Rest Then how far LORD must the Wise and Prudent of this World travel back to undo all that ever they have done by the Serpents cunning Wit and sensual Wisdom To be stript of all their Glories in natural Parts Gifts and Arts both of Flesh and Spirit To stand as naked in themselves before Thee the pure God as Adam when he transgressed before they can be cloathed with thy Innocency and Humility for if we consider the state of a young Infant it knows nothing but to lye at the Breast and suck the Milk that nourishes and causes it to grow it hath no cunning contrivance of will or wit to preserve it self from danger you may do what you will with it it cannot help it self but if any thing ails it that it suffers it cries for the Breast Just so it is with the Regenerated Man the New-born Man that Christ our Saviour spake to Nicodemus of But did this wise Man tho' a Ruler in Israel understand what Christ meant No no more than the Teachers and Rulers of this Generation But as Bishop Vsher said As Parrots by rote Nor would these give themselves the trouble of that but for their Self-Interest in one kind or other some for yearly maintenance others for Name and Fame or to be highly esteem'd of for their Gifts and Parts therefore all of this sort comes short of the Life of Inocency therefore what can be expected when the Priests and Rulers of Nations or Kingdoms are so corrupted with By-ends and Self-respects But that the People should be infected with the same pestilential Disease of Poyson and Sedition both against God and Man and corrupted with all manner of gross Impieties both publick and private Sins which calls aloud for Vengeance when the Iniquity thereof is fully ripe But to the aforesaid Rabbies Doctors and great Scholars these were the Men that crucified Christ in the Days of his Flesh and are not these the Men in our days that crucify the Lord of Life afresh and puts him to an open shame by their wicked and impious Lives by which the whole World is fill'd with Atheistical Spirits that denies God and Christ Are not these the Anti-christs that preaches Christ in words but in works denies both the Father and the Son yet these are the Men that carries the World before them that pretends to know all things as to resolve any point in Divinity and give the Interpretation of any place of Scripture and so fill the World with their Expositions But what fruit to God hath all this Blustring brought forth For the Tree is known by its Fruit saith Christ Have they set up their Lights that the VVorld may see their Holy and Righteous Lives Are their Conversations in Heaven and so transformed and made new Creatures Do they live the inward and spiritual Life of the VVord they preach Are they dead to the VVorld and the VVorld to them Doth the Life of Christ shine in them and by them so that they live no longer to themselves but to Christ and so fetch'd off their own Bottoms that they are ingrafted into Christ the LORD of Life and Glory But wo and alas is it not quite contrary to all this Are not these the Men that follows the World most wallowing in the Pleasures Profits Honours and Humour thereof having Mens Persons in admiration because of their advantage seeking greeting in publick Places causing Men to fall upon their Knees adoring them as Gods and loving the uppermost Seats at Feasts making long Prayers to get the praise of Men being mightily desirous of Vain-glory and the Wealth of the World but if these fail they are dead and heartless therefore all these things discovers where they are below in the World and not above with GOD but if you be the true Ministers of Christ and Christians indeed shew your Humility and Self-denial let the life of Christ appear in the fruits thereof for you know Christ in all his Doctrine calls for fruits and what he called upon others for he shewed forth himself in Life and Practice For said he A good Tree cannot bring forth evil-Fruit and you know the Tree that did not bring forth Fruit was Curs'd Therefore