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An epistle general containing wholsome exhortations and good counsel from the spirit of truth unto all such as are or may be under the judgment or sentence of banishment, for the testimony of Jesus Christ ... / by ... W.B.
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Bayly, William, d. 1675.
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1664
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Wing B1524; ESTC R16452
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who shall give glory to God in their behalf So in his Truth the Lord God of all mercies and everlasting blessings keep you all Amen In whose blessed Will I lye down with all the faithful and upright in heart dayly waiting in his pure Light which makes all things manifest to know more of his counsel and to be obedient thereunto in whatsoever he requireth of me in which I exhort some that they suffer not a motion of that spirit of Core or Eliab to rise in their hearts lest thereby they endanger themselves for what was Moses and what was Aaron and what are all that bare a pure Testimony this day for the Name of the Most Holy dreadful God but such as hazard their Lives and are your servants for Christs sake therefore let such be very careful and tender in this matter for cannot we say to them as little to David his brethren Is there not a cause Do not the care and zeal for the honour of the great and holy Name of our God dayly increase in our hearts I Can truly say The zeal of thine house hath even eaten me up That his living Truth and People may be kept blameless and spotless in this great and notable day of Tryal is the travel of my breathing soul day and night and I seek not mine own honour but the honour of him that hath had mercy upon me who hath opened mine eyes and given me of his free Spirit eternal Power and all I have I have received from him and I have nothing to boast of but in the Lord and his Mercies which endureth for ever in whose Salvation I rejoyce and in his fear I delight and Lord let me never forget thy Name nor the multitude of thy Mercyes toward me and toward all thy People but let me ever give thanks to thee in the lively remembrance of them who is setting a Remnant as watchmen upon the walls of Jerusalem who cannot hold their peace for her sake day nor night till she is made the Praise of the whole Earth and so much the more as they see the day approaching though their life is in great stillness and I could be content to be silent but I must obey his requirings or I cannot be clear in his sight And I know to this end hath he preserved me to this day and hour in the secret of his Pavilion blessed be his Name for ever Into whose hand I freely commit my soul and body and all that he hath given me and all his dear people every where to be disposed at his good will and pleasure in which I feele my reward with me and my witness is in heaven and the true joy of the Lord is in my heart as an open fountain which none knows but the redeemed from the earch and yet I am dayly a man of sorrowes and well acquainted with griefs for the redemption of his seed in Captivity and for the whole Creation that groaneth under the bondage of corruption but in all estates I have learned to be content knowing the Lord is with me and hears and in due time will answer the breathings of his own to whom be the glory dominion and praises now and for evermore Amen I am your dear Brother and Companion who suffer with patience for the everlasting Truth of God which must spread over all the Earth and be established on the top of all Mountains in which I bid you Farewel W. B. From Hertford where I remain a Prisoner for the Testimony of Jesus Christ the 26 of the 6th Month. 1664.
Name of our God in whose sight the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit is of great price so shall your good and sweet savour of all vertues abound and spread through Nations And by these things as leaves and fruits of the Tree of life must the Nations be healed and replanted And this is Gods decree and determination and the work he hath begun amongst us and is about at this very day even to make new Heavens and a new Earth wherein Righteousness shall dwell for ever and the old shall pass and is passing away with this great noise for the Lord is finishing transgression and making an end of sin and bringing in everlasting Righteousness Blessed is the eye that seeth and the heart that beleiveth and understandeth and waiteth patiently and faithfully for the accomplishment thereof for such only shall be kept under the shadow of the Almighty who abide in the secret of the Most High where they enjoy the sure mercies of David and the Kingdome and Dominion which never ends Into which the God of Life bring you by his Eternal Power and keep and preserve you in his pure peaceable Wisdom at all times and in all places where-ever you come by Sea and Land The Eternal God of my Life of Heaven and Earth be with you and cause you to grow daily as living plants to his renown and glory and give you favour among all people that generations to come may call you the blessed of the Lord. And as in this ye walk and abide your enemies shall be made to confesse that you are his chosen people and many shall take hold of your skirts because of these venues of which your garments will send forth a sweet savour among them But wo to that man by whom the Lord shall be dishonoured among you it had been good for him that he had not been born So my dear friends and Brethren dwell in your particular measures of the grace of God the light and power of his eternall Spirit of Truth for whose Name sake ye suffer and resign up your own wills in the Crosse daily to his heavenly will and providence and cast all your care upon him for he careth for his Children only let this be your care that his Name and Truth be kept clean and not be reproached or blasphemed or suffer justly any way through any of you for that would bring weakness and even a Consumption upon you Condemnation and Anguish upon every soul that doth evil So the eternal God keep your minds and hearts in the deep Consideration of the substance of these things For truly Friends great is the Lord and greatly to be feared and honoured by all that make mention of his Name the weight of which my soul doth daily ponder and yet there remains a depth beyond that the mind of man can fathom So unto the Lord and his faithfull Witness I leave you being cleare of what lay on me to write unto you in this matter at present yet my soul doth daily travaile and breath to my God for you all For the honour of his Name is setled in my heart daily more and more in the sence whereof I cannot forget his dear suffering people who suffer so this Name-sake So the God of Heaven be with you and his pure lively presence fill your hearts with everlasting joy and peace and in this we shall daily meet together and embrace each other where nothing can separate as in it we faithfull abide though we may be separated as to the outward vessells through the wills of men never to see each others faces more the will of the Lord be done saith my soul Who am your dear Brother in the bond of love and peace which never changeth ANd all friends every where who are yet at liberty keep your meetings together in the Name and fear of the Lord and be not daunted or terrified in any thing as from your Adversaries for the Lord hath permitted or suffered them in some measure according to their hearts desire to try you and to sift and winnow you for a season and ye shall have Tribulation ten dayes For the Devil who hath already cast many of you into prisons hath desired to winnow you as wheat and not only so but to destroy you utterly root and branch from off the earth But blessed be the Lord who hath sent down the Angel of his presence with the great Chain in his hand and hath laid hold on the Dragon so that he is limited as in the dayes of Job though he cast out his floods of rage and fury against the man-child persecuting the Woman that brings him forth and makes war with the remnant of her seed which keep the Commandements and hold fast the Testimony of Jesus But his time is but short of which he is sensible that his ruine and downfall approacheth and dreadfulness hath taken hold of his heart because the two Witnesses are risen which torments the Earth the Spirit of life from God is entered into them and they stand upon their feet and great fear is fallen upon their enemies and this is the smoak of their Torment of the fire which is kindled in their bowells which will never be quenched till the ungodly are consumed whose swift destruction is hastening upon them and this way it cometh to passe even by those very actions and contrivances by which he thinks to stand and uphold his power and Kingdome so blind is your Adversary and his followers and when they shall cry peace and safety then shall sudden destruction come upon them as pangs on a Woman in Travell and they shall not escape Therefore my dear Friends be of good courage and stand valiant for the Truth upon Earth and dwell in the will of God and be faithful to him in whatsoever he makes manifest to you that ye may witness perfect peace with him in all ye do or suffer for his Name sake And fear not him that can but kill the body and hath power to do no more but fear and reverence the living God of Heaven and Earth and let him be your dread and not man and commit your selves and all ye have and the Cause ye are engaged in freely unto the Lord who takes care for his Children that not one hair of their head shall perish beyond his permission And keep your meetings diligently and let in no Reasoner or Consulter with flesh and blood to hinder you therefrom And meet together as exactly as ye can possible at the time appointed for your faithfull restimony here in is honourable in the sight of the Lord and of his children who suffer bonds or may suffer exilement or banishment for the same Terlin ony And in so doing ye will be a strength encouragement one to another and a good savour in the hearts of many that are even ready to joyn with you in the light of the Lord and a dread to your enemies for by a foolish