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A relation of the labour, travail and suffering of that faithful servant of the Lord Alice Curwen Who departed this life the 7th day of the 6th moneth, 1679. and resteth in peace with the Lord.
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Martindell, Anne.
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Salutation of our Unfeigned Love reacheth dwell at Home keep in your Tents for they that dwell at Home they divide the Spoil their Enemies shall become subject unto them Truly dear Friends we should have been glad to have seen your Faces but in the Will of our Heavenly Father we stand and we do believe we should have been comforted together in the mean time let us all be diligent to stir up one the other and to provoke one the other to Love and Good Works So see that in Gods Vineyard ye may be all found for they that labour there they do receive their promise which is an earnest of that Inheritance that God hath prepared for all that love him So dear Friends there are but twelve Hours in the Day in which we may all work in the Night none can work therefore said Christ Jesus who is the true Light While ye have the Light walk in the Light that ye may be the Children of the Light lest Darkness come upon you So dear Friends in the unfeigned Love of our God that can never be seperated as we abide faithful do we write unto you in that Love which first begot us unto God and is as precious unto us as ever it was yea the desire of our Hearts is that in this feeling Life ye may all dwell which is nearer then what can be declared either by Word or Writing for blessed be the Lord God for evermore this great and marvellous Light shines through Darkness and shines in Peoples Hearts and the Lord is working secretly though they do little know it And therefore Friends in the Holy Invisible Power of the Immortal Living God all dwell Low and Humble in that quiet and meek Spirit that thinks no evil but in Lowliness of Mind esteeming each other in the Lord and truly denying self so will you dwell upon the Rock Christ Jesus who is become our hiding-place in this our Age and Generation as he was in Ages past unto whom we flee in time of Trouble and we are saved Everlasting Holy Praises be unto his blessed Name for evermore So in this weighty Power Christ Jesus dwell Low that you may spread at the Root as Lebanon and bring forth Fruit upward to the Praise and Glory of God unto whom be Everlasting Holy ' Praises forever and for evermore So dearly beloved Friends Brethren and Sisters in the true Fellowship of the Gospel which is the Power of God unto Salvation though this be the Day of Jacob's Troubles and the Afflictions of Joseph yet the Worm Jacob shall rejoyce and Israel shall dwell safely and the true Israelite in whose Heart is found no Guile the Seed Christ Jesus the Power of God which doth and shall reign over all the Dark Powers of the Earth who hath a Habitation in the Earth which the Wo from the Lord is to So in the Life and Power of God and in this blessed Seed which never sinned nor consented to Sin all dwell that the Blessing of God every one may receive be kept in true Peace with the Lord when Time shall be no more for the Blessing of God is to the Seed not unto Seeds many but unto the one seed Christ that all may witness the Promise of God fulfilled That the Seed of the Woman shall bruise the Serpents Head in every particular where the Blessing is received and where the Promise is Yea Amen forever for Caleb Joshua did enter into the Promised Land who were of a right Spirit So dear Friends keep your Dominion and be true to your Testimony that he may reign whose right it is for the Devil the Serpent hath no right to reign in the Hearts of People but Christ Jesus is come to destroy the Works of the Devil and to reign in Righteousness and to set up his Government and would have all People to come under his Government for the Increase of his Government hath no End that he may reign whose right it is And here we can say in the Truth of our Hearts That the Son of God is come and hath given us a good Understanding to understand and know the things of God for the Light is broken forth which comprehends all the Works of Darkness and shines in the Hearts of the Righteous and the Righteous do rejoyce in the Light which gives the Knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ And so walk in the Light and be encouraged and you shall have the Light of Life and stand fast in your Liberty and Freedom wherein Christ Jesus hath made you Free and that none may be entangled with the Yoke of Bondage which may cause the Just to suffer For though Trouble and Sorrow may endure for a Night yet Joy comes in the Morning and ye shall come to sing the Song of Moses and the Lamb. So dearly Beloved Friends be encouraged to keep to the Word of Patience and the Lord God will keep you in the Day of Tryal and in the Hour of Temptation For the Rod of the Wicked will not alwayes lie on the Back of the Righteous for the Wicked and they that forget God who Repent not shall be turned into Hell Everlasting Holy Praises be unto the Lord our God forever and for evermore From us your Friends though unknown to you outwardly yet well-known in the Mystery of the Fellow ship the Power of God in which we dearly Salute you all and bid you all Farewel Barbadoes the 9th of the 12th Moneth 1676. Barbadoes the 4th of the 8th Moneth 1676. For the Friends of Road-Island DEar Friends in the openness of Gods blessed Life in which our Unity stands not only when we are together but when we are separated in this is the Salutation of our dear Love unto you for the Lord our God hath shed his Love abroad in our Hearts in which love we can truly say the Lord laid it upon us to visit his Seed amongst you though we be the least of many of the Lords People and our Testimony is but little yet we are sure it is true for the Lord. So in the feeling of God's blessed Life which cannot be limited but limits all under it and brings into true Subjection to do the Will of God This blessed Life and Love of God oh our dear Friends which reaches over Sea and Land this Love constrains us as it did to visit you so to write unto you Therefore Friends dwell together in Unity and in this precious Love that thinks no Evil nor is not easily provoked but endureth all things this Love seeketh not its own but every one anothers good Friends we desire you That you would bear with us a little for we do not write these things unto you because ye know not the Truth but because you know it and therefore a necessity is upon us to write unto you That no Prejudices nor Evil Surmisings nor Whisperings nor Back-bitings be or remain among you for