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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40935	The last testimony of that faithful servant of the Lord and minister of Jesus Christ, Richard Farnworth whereunto is prefixed a brief testimony concerning his life, death and travels &c. : to which is added a few words of exhortation unto those that believe in the light of the the Lamb : published for the consolation of the household of faith .. / by a companion of those who hold the word of God and testimony of J[e]sus Christ and suffer for the same, Josiah Cole.	Coale, Josiah, 1632?-1668.; R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1667 (1667)	Wing F488; ESTC R27355	8,715	14

THE Last Testimony OF That faithful Servant of the Lord and Minister of Jesus Christ RICHARD FARNWORTH Whereunto is Prefixed A brief Testimony concerning his Life Death and Travels c. To which is added A few words of Exhortation unto those that believe in the Light of the Lamb. Published for the Consolation of the houshould of Faith and for the stopping of that mouth which is opened in Blasphemy against God his Tabernacle and them that dwell in Heaven By a Companion of those who hold the Word of God and Testimony of Jesus Christ and suffer for the same JOSIAH COLE Then I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me Write The dead which dye in the Lord are fully blessed even so saith the Spirit for they rest from their labours and their works follow them Rev. 14.13 London Printed in the Year 1667. A Brief Testimony concerning the Life and Death OF That faithful Servant of the Lord and Minister of Jesus Christ Richard Farnworth c. FOrasmuch as it hath pleased God Almighty after the long night of woful gross Darkness Apostacy and Ignorance which hath been over the Nations amongst those who have had a Profession of Christianity again to make known and manifest the true new and living way which leads unto Life Eternal even by and through the Revelation and Operation of his Eternal Power and Word of Life in the hearts of a Remnant whom in this our day he first reached unto and visited and raised up to be Witnesses thereof that by them it might be born Testimony unto amongst those who were strangers to it and that thirsted after it that so thereby they also might receive the manifestation and knowledge thereof for want of which many perish and are strangers to the way of Life having only at best a Form of godlyness without the Power In which dead Forms or outside empty Professions some are at ease and rest as though they were in the true Heaven that should never pass away and some are at rest and at ease without any profession living in all uncleanness unrighteousness and abomination and some cannot find rest in either The faithful and true Witness of God being awakned in their Hearts and Consciences which takes the false peace from them and lets them see the emptiness of all outside professions which are without Life and Power and also the abominations and vanities of the world and makes sin exceeding sinful to them And by this true and faithful Witness are desires and breathings and pantings begotten in their hearts after the knowledge of God Christ after fellowships acquaintance with the Father and the Son which desire cannot be satisfied without the knowledge enjoyment of the presence of the Lord and of the light of his countenance And for this cause many run to and fro and wander like Sheep gone astray from the true Sheepherds fold and are wearying themselves upon the barren Mountains in vain looking thereunto for Salvation and seeking the living amongst the dead and so spend their labour for that which doth not satisfie And in these several states and conditions aforesaid the whole Christian world lieth who are not turned to the Light and Spirit of Jesus in themselves and true rest and salvation cannot be found by them until they return to the Light and Power of the Spirit of God in their own hearts which is that whereby a dislike of sin is begotten in them and also desires after Life and Salvation and freedom from sin is thereby begotten and that is it alone which can answer every desire which is begotten by its self Well But when it pleased the Lord to reveal the Son of his Love and to make known his eternal Power in these latter days for the rending of the Vail of darkness that had long been over the heart by which he caused the Light to shine out of darkness which gives the knowledge of his own glory he did not then give the knowledge and manifestation thereof unto all People but he chose certain Witnesses whom he raised up to declare of the manifestation of this Power and to preach the Word of Life nigh in the heart and in mouth and he furnished them with Armour of Righteousness and with all spiritual weapons which were mighty through him to break down the strong holds of Iniquity the spiritual wickednesses that were in the high places and impowred them as Instruments in his hand to turn many from darkness to the Light that the Salvation of God they might come to see and the Work of God greatly prospered in their hands and multitudes were brought to the acknowledgment of the Truth to the saving of their Souls and though they met with great opposition and persecutions by the Emissaries of Sathan even in all Quarters where they came yet that was not prevalent to hinder the prosperity of that Work whereunto they were called of God but it still prospered and doth still prosper to the spreading of the unchangeable Truth abroad even as is seen at this day And of this number whom God Almighty at the first raised up by his Power for this Work aforesaid the late deceased Richard Farnworth was one concerning whom the chief occasion of this my present writing is that so a Testimony concerning him and of what the Lord did by and through him may remain upon Record for Generations to come and that this present Generation of the Just may see and hear his last Testimony which proceeded from his own mouth a little before his departure out of the body and I doubt not but thereby the Consolation and spiritual Comfort of the Houshold of Faith will be added unto And for these Causes I could not well rest satisfied in my spirit without taking in hand to publish these things though I well know that there are many living Witnesses that knew the Life Labours and Travels of the said R. F. who are the Seal of his Ministry And also the many Writings of his own which remain upon Record will speak forth to those who are of a true Spiritual understanding what he was yet notwithstanding all these things were in my mind and divers of other Considerations which occasioned me to defer the publication hereof so long as till now yet being I could not be so clear in my duty towards God and my Brother in neglecting to give forth this my Testimony concerning him and in suffering so precious a Testimony as his last was wholly to be put in oblivion I have with freeness and cheerfulness of heart undertaken it And when it pleased God to manifest his Eternal Power in the heart of the aforesaid R. F. it is well known unto many how effectually it wrought in him insomuch that although he was before a man of great abilities and parts and knowledge accounted of among men even excelling many of his equals yet he was content and willing in obedience to the Power of God to become a