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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54137	An epistle of farewell to the people of God called Quakers where ever scattered or gathered in England, Ireland, Scotland, Holland, Germany, or in any other parts of Europe.	Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1699 (1699)	Wing P1284; ESTC R38192	4,018	10

AN Epistle of Farewell To the People of God called QUAKERS Where Ever Scattered or Gathered in England Ireland Scotland Holland Germany or in any other Parts of Europe MY Dearly Beloved and Highly Esteemed in Christ our heavenly Head the Living and Good Shepherd of the Sheep by whom we have been found out one of a Family and two of a Tribe and made One holy Flock and Family unto Him in this day of his Spiritual and Glorious Appearance Grace Mercy and Peace yea His Peace Which the World can neither give you nor take from you be plentifully multiplied amongst you from day to day that a holy harmless and faithful People you may be yielding to the Lord the Fruits of his Goodness by a Circumspect and Self-denying Conversation to the End And now my dear Friends whom I Know and Love and you also whom I truly love tho' I do Not Know Personally nor may be so known of some of you since it has pleased the Good and All-wise God to order my Course from you so that I cannot visit you as I have often desired before I left you This therefore is to be my Brotherly Farewell unto you And surely my Soul is Bowed in Humble Petitions to Israel's God The True and Living and Powerful God that it may be well with you all here and for ever And my Dear Brethren this is certain if you Do well you shall certainly Fare well and in the End of all your Trials Troubles and Temptations it shall be said unto you Well Done Good and Faithful Servants Enter ye into the Joy of the Lord. O it is that which crowns the work Not Saying but Doing we must not only Begin but End well and hold out to the End Not of those who are weary of Well-doing but who follow the Lord fully as Caleb and Joshua did in old time and are Famed for it So that tho' God has Appeared to us and Given us many and undeniable Testimonies that it was He and not Another who Reached our Hearts and Touched our Consciences and brought us to Confession yea and Forsaking too of that which offended Him in great measure Blessed be his Name yet we are not to stop or take up our Rest here We must Watch still Pray still Fight still that good Fight of Faith till we have overcome the Enemy of our Souls And even then must we Watch and Pray and that to the End of our Days that we may not lose that Crown of Glory which God the Righteous Judge shall give to all those that love his Appearance overcome and persevere to the End For be assured we shall reap if we faint not But we shall faint if we wait not upon God who alone is the Strength of his People This My Dear Friends is that which lies with greatest stress upon my Spirit Watch to your Dayly Preservation and be not satisfied unless you feel it Sufficient is the Day for the Evil thereof say'd our Blessed Lord. God is not wanting He that long stood at the Door of our Hearts under our Impenitency in times past till his Locks were wet with the Dew and his Hair with the Drops of the Night till we were wakened out of our Carnal Security and came to Judgment in our selves unto unfeigned Repentance to be sure he is not weary of waiting to be Gracious now to his poor People Especially if they are Poor in Spirit and hungring and thirsting after Righteousness and are not fill'd overlaid and choak'd with the Cares and Incumbrances of this World No He was ever Good unto Israel yea unto all that are of an upright and clean Heart Wherefore Brethren let your Eye be to the Lord and wait often upon him Walk with him and Dwell with him and he will Walk and Dwell with you And then no Weapon form'd against you be it in Particular or in General shall prosper that is not finally It may perhaps Try you and bruise your Heel as it did your Lord and Master's but it shall never finally Prevail against you if you keep the Eye of your Minds to him and have faith in him who saved Daniel in the Lyons Den and Shadrach Meshach and Abednego in the fiery Furnace and has upheld us to this Day under various Afflictions And tho' Balaams there are that may be hired by the Balaks of our Age to Curse our Israel-Family of God of which some of us have been very sensible Yet this we know The Son of God is among us who commands the Fire and the Water and the Winds as well now as then And there is no Inchantment against Jacob or Divination against Israel that can prosper And who knows but even some of these present Balaams may yet live to say before they dye as others of them have done since we were a People How goodly are thy Tents O Jacob How pleasant is thy dwelling place O Israel But then Friends we must keep our Tents we must be a Retired and a Peculiar People and dwell alone We must keep above the World and clear of the Spirit of it and those many Trifles Cares and Troubles that abound in it with which but too many have visibly wounded and pierced their own Souls Beware of this in the Name of the Lord and do not Tempt God it is in Christ ye have Peace in the World is the Trouble Keep therefore in him who has called himself and we have found him so the Way Truth and Life and you shall live because he lives He the Root you the Branches by whom you will be kept Green and Fruitful bringing forth the Fruits and Graces of the Holy Spirit in all your Converse and Commerce that it may be seen and said God is with you and amongst you O let Humility Charity Meekness and Self-denyal shine amongst you so will you come to sit as did the Primitive Christians in Heavenly Places in Christ Jesus and be preserved through the Noise Snares and Hurry of this present Evil World Much I could say for my Heart is open and full too of Divine Love and Matter to you but time fails me therefore feel me my Dear Friends in that Love of God which is over Sea and Land where Distance cannot Separate or Time Decay nor many Waters quench In which Love I Embrace and Salute you all with the Kiss of our heavenly Fellowship which the Lord hath given us in the Blessed Truth And my strong Desires are to him that we may maintain our blessed Relation by the same means by which we came at first into it viz. the true Fear and Love of God which did not only make us careful not to offend him but also to be willing to forsake all things that came in Competition with him or our Duty to him Oh let this Chaste Fear and first Love abound amongst you my Beloved in Christ our Blessed Light and Life or you will Decay Wither and Dye to God and your Good Beginnings which