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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42705	A faithfull testimony for the Lord wherein is proclaimed the mighty day of his power. Also, an exhortation of love unto all young children, with young men and maidens, whose hearts are tender towards the Lord. By one whom it pleased the Lord to manifest himself unto now in the dayes of my youth, and hath given me cause never to forget him, whom it pleased to call me from amongst my relations, to bear testimony unto his name, when I was about eleven years of age.	J. G. (John Gibson)	1663 (1663)	Wing G670; ESTC R213344	5,413	10

living God with your hearts and minds and affections alwayes exercised upon him that you may all stand immoveable in this day of Gods tryall wherein he will try all flesh as with fire and his seed as Gold is tryed in the furnace and as Silver is tryed in the Refiners fire So will the Lord try his seed that when it comes forth it may be purer than Gold seven times tryed And dearly beloved Friends in the Lord though we have not been unacquainted with tryals tribulations and afflictions ever since the day that the Lord redeemed us out of spiritual Egypt oh because of this let none of you get into a false ease or into a wrong security and so think that the storms are over and now thou mayest do what thou wilt and walk whither thou wouldest Oh dear Friends take heed of this carelesnesse or of this false ease least the storm take thee when thou art not ready for it for in the fear of the Lord I do declare that the storm is not yet over there is yet a sharper storm than hath been yet which must try the weighty seed that the chaff and all the drosse may be all purged forth for there is yet a fire to be past through before Sion be redeemed the which redemption must be through great judgment and the Lord is hastning it for it cometh suddainly And this hath the Lord often constrained me to declare among his people which is a faithful testimony for his name And therefore all dear Friends dwell in the savoury life of God and feel his power to carry you on in all your tryals and know the workings thereof in all your hearts to be as a Sword a Fire and a Hammer to cut down burn up and hammer down all that is contrary to the pure will and mind of God in you and that will stand for ever and will be a more sure Prophet unto you than all Prophets or prophecies without though though they are serviceable in their places but we have a more sure word of prophesy unto the which you all do well to take heed as unto a light which shineth in a dark place until the day dawn and the day-star arise in your hearts which will give unto you the knowledge of God in the face of Jesus Christ the which knowledge is life eternal unto all that come to know him aright And so all dear Friends whom the Lord hath called and chosen and begotten and brought forth in the life immortal know him who is invisible and let you strength stand in him and your confidence be in his name for his name is a strong ●ower and the righteous do fly to it and there they are safe from all the wrath and malice of all the Kings and Potentates in the world c. And so all dear Friends meet often together in the name of the Lord for in that did the Lord manifest himself unto us at the first and in that doth the Lord manifest himself unto us now even in our meeting together in his name and if any declare any other Doctrine or any other Gospel then hath already been preached and declared unto you let them be accursed whatsoever form or pretence they come under And this is my living Testimony for the Lord. J. G. Oh you that are young and tender in years Remember the Lord your Creator now in the dayes of your youth and turn from the vanities of this world and take no delight in them for they must all perish and come to nought with all the treasures and delectable things therein and therefore this is my counsell and advice unto all that are young and tender in yeares who have any true desires to know peace with God to return out of all the vanities pleasures joys and delights in the world and rather choose to enter into the house of mourning than into the house of laughter for this I know that thou mayest find more peace joy and consolation in thy soul in the house of mourning than in the house of laughter for sorrow is better than laughter and by the sadnesse of the countenance the heart is made better Eccles 2.3 And this I can truly say that true sorrow brings true joy but as for laughter I count it madnesse and for mirth what doth it Eccles 2.2 And therefore thou that art young and tender in years who truly breaths after the Lord let it be thy whole delight to seek after him with all thy soul with all thy heart and strength for he will be found of them that seek after him but if thou forget the Lord now when thou art young and seek not after him the time will come wherein thou wilt be forced to say O that I had remembred the Lord when I was young and sought after him with all my strength Oh that I had forsaken my father and mother sisters and brothers and turned unto the Lord Thus wilt thou be forced to cry who forgets the Lord now when thou art young yea when it will be too late for thee to repent though some may object and say May I not return unto the Lord and not forsake my neer relations which are so dear unto me Answer If thou be worthy of Christ thou must be willing to forsake thy father and mother and whatsoever is dear and neer unto thee if thou be worthy of Christ for it is said a man must forsake his father and mother and cleave unto his wife But it is said a man must forsake his father and mother sisters and brothers wife and children lands and livings and whatsoever is dear or neer unto him and cleave unto Christ if he be worthy of him yea and his very life if it be required of him for he that seeks to save his life shall lose it but he that loses his life for Christs sake shall save it c. But some may Object and say I am young and if I forsake my father and mother or neer relations I know not what would becom of me for I should be undon they would deprive me of my inheritance or portion and I might ruine my self for the sake of Christ Answer They who forsake father and mother sisters and brothers wife and children lands or livings for Christs sake shall never lose their reward for all the rewards and inheritances thrones and crowns in this world must return unto the dust from whence they came but if thou have assurance of that inheritance and portion which endures for ever this will make thy soul rejoyce and thy heart more glad than all the inheritances or thrones and crowns in this world if thou couldest obtain them all and if all thy relations according to the flesh should cast thee out and deny thee if it be for Christs sake thou wilt never be forsaken I have been young but now am old said David and I never saw the righteous forsaken nor its seed beg its bread For they who first seek the Kingdom of God and the righteousnesse thereof the Lord will add all other things unto them and so let none say I am young and I have time enough yet I may spend many yeares in the joyes and delights of this world and then when I wax old I will seek the Lord Oh how doest thou know how soon the Lord may smite thee with sicknesse and call thee to an account or what knowest thou when thou goest to bed whether ever thou may●st rise with thy life again or no and therefore let none say I have a Farm to take or Oxen to try or a wife to marry or a husband and when this is done then I will return to the Lord oh say not so in thine heart but now while thou hast time and while the day is light and while the Lord calls seek him and while he is to be found for the night is coming wherein no man can work and it hastens on apace By One who desires the eternal happiness of all that desires to serve the Lord. J. G. Written in London the 7th day of the 8th Month 1663.

A Faithfull Testimony FOR THE LORD Wherein is PROCLAIM●D THE Mighty Day of his Power ALSO An Exhortation of love unto all young Children with young Men and Maidens whose hearts are tender towards the Lord. By One whom it pleased the Lord to manifest himself unto now in the dayes of my youth and hath given me cause never to forget him whom it pleased to call me from amongst my Relations to bear Testimony unto his Name when I was about Eleven years of Age. Who am known to the World by the name of John Gibson He that answereth to a matter before he hears it is as if he cast a stone up into the Air and it falleth upon his own head LONDON Printed in the Year 1663. To THE READER FRiend whosoever thou art that reads this Testimony or Exhortation read it without prejudice in thy heart and despise it not because of my youth for the Lord can manifest himself unto whom he pleases and make instruments for his praise of whom he will and therefore how excellent is his name in all the earth who hath set his glory above the Heavens and out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger Psal 8.12 I thank thee O Father Lord of heaven and earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them even unto babes Mat. 11.25 Let no man despise thee because of thy youth but be thoa an example of the believers in word in conversation in charity in spirit in faith in purity 1 Tim. 4.12 And so read with understanding and without prejudice that thou mayest receive the benefit of it c. This is the mighty day of the Lords power and of his heavenly love mercy unto the Sons Daughters of men wherein he hath made bare his arm in the hearts of his people and hath caused the light of his glory to shine and the beauty of his countenance to be lifted up amongst the Sons of Sion and the Daughters of Jerusa●em which causes our souls to rejoyce and our hearts to be more glad than they who have had great increase of corn oyl and wine c. And therefore the day of true rejoycing is come unto all the mourners in Sion and true gladness I do proclaime unto all the heavy-hearted in Jerusalem for the Lord the mighty God of Heaven and Earth is risen and arising in his mighty power and in his irresistable strength to break down all the powers of darknesse and all the strong holds of Satan wherein he hath lodged this many yeares and made warr with the Lamb and oppressed the just in many thousands But now is the Lord risen in his mighty power to plead the cause of his oppressed seed which hath been deeply oppressed both inwardly and outwardly by and in many thousands and which hath been sore weighed and grievously loaden and deeply oppressed with the heavy clods of the earth which the heart of man hath been affected with and drawn after which hath caused the innocent seed of life to suffer under an heavy and grievous burthen the remembrance of which hath often broken my heart and caused me to cry out in the integrity thereof and in the bitternesse of my Spirit O Lord O Lord wilt thou not hasten the deliverance of thy seed and make a speedy work in the earth and cut it short in righteousnesse for thy names sake and for thy glory and for thy seeds sake which lyeth in bordage and in straight captivity both inwardly and outwardly and thus have I been constrained to cry often unto the Lord even in my infancy and this cry yet remains in my heart O Lord O Lord when wilt thou remove the Rod of the wicked from off the back of the righteous O let it not alwayes lye upon them This cry hath often run through me unto the Lord and I have often received an answer from the Lord and for the seeds sake am I constrained to publish it Thus saith the Lord concerning the seed which is heir of the Kingdome and of the promised Land I can never forget it for it is as the apple of mine eye and it s very tender in my sight though a woman may forget her sucking child yet I can never forget that babe which I have begotten though it be yet unbtought forth and I will remember all my promises saith the Lord which I promised unto my servant Abraham in the dayes of old and in the years past concerning his seed that in his seed shall all the Nations of the earth be blessed Gen. 1 2.3 Chap. 28.28 And I have remembred saith the Lord all the afflictions of my people and all the sufferings of my innocent ones and there shall not one of them be forgotten in the day of account for they are all recorded in a book not written with ink nor pen but with my Spirit saith the Lord and I will remove the rod of the wicked from off the backs of the righteous in my time which shall be in season which time and season shall be a blessed and a joyful time unto all that fear and obey my name and wait in patience to see it accomplished but it shall be a terrible and a dreadful day unto all the opposers of me and my people and this day shall come as a thief in the night when men are unaware of it and my own out-stretched arm shall bring it and the glory and the honour of it shall redown unto my name saith the Lord. And this answer hath been often made unto me by the Spirit of the Lord which hath often refreshed my soul and caused my heart to be glad rejoyce even with joy unspeakable and hath filled my mouth with his heavenly praises And therefore you well-beloved of the Lord and you chosen of the mighty God of Jacob rejoyce in the Lord with me for the fathers love is very great and dayly extends it self to you and to all that truly wait upon his name How hath he filled our cups made them to overflow How hath he made even that which was barren to bring forth fruits abundantly to his own glory and to the rejoycing of our souls and to the exalting of his own name whose name must be lifted up and exalted above every name in the world and at his name must every knee be made to bow and every tongue to confesse for he is the King of Kings and the Supream of Supreams and the Metropolitan of Metropolitans and he must rule over all in his Supreamcy and in his Kingly Majesty and all the Nations in the world must be bowed before him and all the proud and lofty must be subdued under his feet And therefore I dearly exhort all friends unto whom this may come as the exhortation of one of the least of all your Brethren that you all be stayed upon the