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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56574	A testimony to the Lord's power and blessed appearance in and amongst children wherein is expressed the great love of God to them, who, as young and tender, have tasted of his good word & heavenly life. Published for the use of Friends, and to prevent various reports, that they may have a true account in the following testimonies, given forth by faithful witnesses. Here are also added to what was before printed, several pretious testimonies and epistles, which are as the effects of the appearance and opperation of that great power & wisdom of God in and amongst them.	Taylor, Frances, d. 1685.; Paterson, A., Quaker, attributed name. aut; Taylor, Christopher, ca. 1615-1686, attributed name. aut; Matern, John, 1639 or 40-1680. aut	1679 (1679)	Wing P683B; ESTC R217119	22,314	71

Springs were opened in dry places and the very Depth did utter forth its Voice I my self was so overpowered and overcome with this heavenly Life Virtue and Power of God that I did shake and tremble before Him the mighty God of Heaven and Earth who by his quick and powerful Voice shaketh the Wilderness and breaketh the Cedars of Lebanon at whose appearance and look the Earth Trembles and at whose touch the Hills Smoke This his great Love and powerful Operation upon my Heart and Spirit being livingly refreshed and comforted by it did cause my Soul to magnifie the Lord and my Spirit to rejoyce in God my Saviour singing and making sweet Melody in my Heart to the Lord because he did so graciously answer the Desire of our Souls and powerfully break in upon the Hearts and Spirits of our Children revealing himself in his great and Almighty Power among them in and through which their Hearts were broken their Spirits melted and their Souls humbly-bowed before him as the alone searcher of the Heart and tryer of the Reins making known to every one his state and condition and bringing to Light the hidden things of Darkness and Counsels of the Hearts which brought Sorrow and Trouble upon them and caused many of them to lament and cry out before the Lord. Oh! who can appear and stand before the great Judge of the Quick and Dead and not Tremble at his Word and not Howl and Cry as under the Sense of his Judgments till they be brought forth unto Victory and the Soul comes to feel Redemption from Sin and Iniquity through the Blood of Jesus Christ We are living Witnesses of this great and powerful Work of the Almighty God in and amongst the Children of our Family by which he hath begun to work out their Salvation with Fear and Trembling and to turn their Minds from Darkness to Light and from the Power of Satan unto himself that they may receive Forgiveness of Sins and Inheritance amongst them which are sanctified by Faith in Christ Jesus to the great comfort and satisfaction of our Souls who was thus graciously pleased to appear and reveal himself in and among us in his heavenly Power and Authority for my Soul hath often been poured out before the Lord on their behalf that he would be pleased to reach unto their Hearts in his heavenly quickening Power that at length they might come to experience in themselves what hath-often been declared to them by others that so in the sense of this Heart-breaking Power they might learn to fear him their Creator in the dayes of their Youth and their Souls might be engaged and constrained to love and obey him Now the Lord hath heard our Cry and answered our Desire he hath manifested his great Love Favour and Mercy unto them and us in the sense whereof my Soul did and doth rejoyce praising and glorifying his Name on their and our behalf I can bear my witness in Truth that the sense of the goodness of the Lord did rest upon my Spirit all the Night long that after I awaked my Eyes were full of Tears and my Soul full of holy Praises and Thanks-giving unto the Lord because of his tender Mercies and great Love towards us breathing to the Lord that he in his heavenly blessed Power would carry on his great Work of Regeneration that he hath begun in and upon our Spirits and to Bless us daily more and more with all Spiritual Blessings in Christ Jesus to the Praise and Glory of his Grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved according to the Riches of his Grace wherein he hath reached and abounded towards us to declare unto our Souls that he has pardoned our Sins and received us into his Fatherly Love and Care What shall I say of the next following Meeting I am not able to express the sweet refreshing Life Virtue and Power of our heavenly Father arising in us with healing under his Wings For as the Evening before Fearfulness and Trembling came upon many and Horror had overwhelmed them so now at this time the sweet Love of a most tender and merciful Father embracing their Spirits did sweetly and livingly refresh and comfort their Souls he healed the broken in Heart and bound up their Wounds with the Balm of his heavenly Life Virtue and Power to the great comfort and satisfaction of our Souls who partook of the Water of Life that the Lord poured forth and made us to drink of in and through which the Spirit of the Humble was quickened and the Heart of the Contrite Ones revived Now as the Lord in those two Meetings hath appeared and revealed himself in and to us in a most special gracious and powerful manner so his Sweet and Heart-melting Love and tender Mercies have hitherto followed us from Meeting to Meeting sensibly and livingly Refreshing Comforting Strengthening and Confirming our Souls in his Love Life Vertue and Power until this very Day Praises Praises Praises Glory and Honour be to our God henceforth forever and forever Moreover it is sealed to my Spirit by the holy Spirit of the Lord God That We shall be Monuments of his Tender Mercies and Fatherly Love and Care These are the Words which livingly arose in my Heart as we were lately gathered together and arise again as I am writing this Testimony for God I say We shall be Monuments of his tender Mercies and fatherly Love and Care if we keep Low Humble Meek and Tender before him he will instruct us and teach us in the Way which we shall go and guide us with his Eyes if we alwayes Fear and Dread his holy powerfull Name which he hath revealed unto us and poured forth in and among us as a good and precious Ointment which causes us to be glad and to rejoyce in him and to love him with all our Heart Soul and Mind In the sense of this great Love and tender Mercies of the Lord God my Soul desires that I and every one of us especially our dear Children that have with us tasted of the good Word and Power of the World to come by which our Souls have been quickened and livingly refreshed and comforted may be alwayes kept in a living sense of the Lovingkindness and Goodness of the Lord towards us that so we may walk in Humility Righteousness and Holiness before him who hath reached to our Souls and made us sensible of our inward State and Condition and also of his Love Grace and Mercy that we may walk worthy of this his great Love and Dread and Fear him in our Hearts alwayes having the Eyes of our Mind towards him that in his Light shining in our Souls we may see even the least appearance of Evil waiting in it we may receive Power to be kept and preserved out of it lest by entring in or consenting to it we should offend the Lord and cause him to with-draw his sweet Love and to hide the Light and Favour

Lords own begetting because he hath answered it in some measure and in his Love hath wonderfully appeared unto me and refreshed my Soul many a time since the day that I came among these Children and under the sense of that Love of God hath my Heart often been broken O! how is my Soul tendered when I think of the Lords Love to my Soul and how he hath delivered me from the Snares of the Enemy who hath often sought to captivate my Soul and to hinder the motions of the Spirit of the Lord that would sometimes arise in me for then was he busie to draw away my Mind from the Power of God lest I should lay hold upon it and thereby be delivered from him Oh! when I consider these things and how I have been made to cry in the bitterness of my Spirit when no Mortal Eye could see Who shall deliver me out of this Thraldom how the Lord yearned towards me with Bowels of tender Compassion whereby he made me sensible That he had laid Help upon one that is Mighty even upon his Beloved Son the Lord Jesus Christ who is come a Light into the World that all might believe in him and have Eternal Life And that if I would but give up to him he would Deliver me Blessed be his Name forever For by the Working of his holy Power hath he constrained me to give up unto him and to cast my self down at his Feet that so I might be saved by him For even as he healed those of their outward Infirmities in the dayes of his Flesh who were cast down at his Feet and who humbled themselves before him so doth he arise in this Day to those who are willing to be humbled before him and to give up truly unto him with Healing in his Wings to heal their Back-slidings and to cure their Infirmities and it is those only who Humble themselves before him and who are willing to be content with that Measure that he is pleased to bestow upon them how little soever it be that he doth Nourish and that he doth Refresh even as he did those two Women of Old one whereof was willing to be content with the Crumbs that did fall from the Table the other was willing to be content if she could but touch the Hem of his Garment How was the Lord moved with Compassion towards them and how did he Refresh them and give them the Desire of their Hearts and indeed so he doth to all those in this Day who despise not the Day of small things but are willing to wait upon him in the least of his Appearances although it be but as a Grain of Mustard-seed the lest of all Seeds yet if it be given way unto it will come to be great and it will become a Teacher that cannot be removed into a Corner but will alwayes be with those both Day and Night to Reprove them for Sin and Evil and to give them Victory over the same that lay hold upon it and by Virtue thereof they will even grow from strength to strength until they become Perfect men in Christ Jesus who said Be ye therefore Perfect as your Father which is in Heaven is Perfect Waltham-Abby the 8th of the 11th Moneth 1679. David Barclay WHen I consider how Merciful Loving and Kind the Lord hath been unto us and how he doth graciously appear and time after time manifest his Love amongst us my Heart is filled with Praises and my Soul doth magnifie his Power and rejoyce in God my Saviour For I do truly believe that the cause of my coming to this place was of the Lord for as before I was Wicked and Disobedient unto God running hither and thither seeking rest for my Soul but could find none But Praises be to God forever he did at last hear my Cry and answer the desire of my Heart and did pluck me as a Brand pluckt out of the Fire and set my Feet upon a Rock where he did make known unto me the thing which had been long hidden from me and did also shew me the Darkness and Obscurity which I was plunged into such was the Mercy of God which I hope I shall never forget unto my dying Day and I can truly say that the Lord doth still abide with us and doth time after time appear unto us healing the Wound which before he had caused for we do certainly know that he is both able to wound and also to heal Oh! I cannot but admire the Loving-kindness of God that he should so appear and abide as he doth but it is true as it is said With those that are meek and lowly and of a contrite Heart will God abide and with such is he well-pleased for in my measure I can witness that God is a God of Love and of Long-sufferance and desires not the Death of a Sinner but would rather that he should live for I have known it so therefore is my Mouth opened at this time to the Praise of God and that the Ages to come may know of the Wondrous Works of the Lord even amongst Children and those that are but young in Years for he indeed hath looked upon us with an Eye of Pity and Compassion and it hath pleased him to appear unto us and to shew us the gross Errors and Pollutions which we have been addicted to Therefore in the sense of the Mercy and Loving-kindness of God my Soul is even overcome and doth magnifie and praise his Name desiring that both I and all those whom he hath in any wise made sensible of their States and Conditions may be kept in his fear and dread unto the end of our days that so in the End we may lay down our Heads in Peace and enjoy his presence for evermore And also that while we live we may live to his Praise and be kept humble and low that so in the consideration of his Love we may be even constrained to love him again for what were we or our Fathers House that he should appear unto us who have been so Wicked and Disobedient unto him Oh! this is great Love indeed that for all this the Lord should be so merciful for he hath opened our Eyes that we can clearly see and discern that the end of the Lord in this matter is to do us good and that we may perfect his Praise as it is said Out of the Mouthes of Babes and Sucklings will I perfect Praise Therefore we cannot but praise him who is worthy of all Praise henceforth forever and forever more Amen Waltham-Abby the 23d of the 11th Mon. 1679. Sam. Sweeting To his quondam School-Master Loving Master MY Love salutes thee with the rest of thy Houshold remembring my School-fellows and Landlords hoping that you are all in good Health as I am at this present writing by the Grace of God who is the preserver of all mankind and by whom we live and breath and have our being O! when I remember at any