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A78561	A tender salutation: or, loving epistle to such, who have a breathing in the innocent life of my friends with whom I walked in the outward observances. Also, for my relations (after the flesh) with all others professing God, and that have any breathings after the truth in the inward parts. Wherein something is declared in the power and light of God, concerning the sure foundation, and the house of God, with the inward glory, government, cloathing, feeding, non-superiority, and safety, that is in Gods habitation. With a word to the weak to establish them, that they faint not at the appearances of outward trouble for their consciences. - Whereunto is annexed a further discovery of God to my soul, concerning the spiritual temple, tabernacle and ark of Gods testimony, being the truth, life, and substance of the temple, tabernacle and ark of the testimony under the legal day. - To be read in the light, which discovers the things that be of God. -	Chandler, Jacob.	1664 (1664)	Wing C1927A; ESTC R227552	24,960	33

and a pushing one at the other for that 's of the flesh but a submitting the shoulder to bear each others burthen they lay out for each others good of what the eternal God has laid into their hearts and all this according to his working in them who works freely that all might be strengthned and comforted so that here 's not among the children of God Superiority one over another but all equally alike the children of God and Brethren one of another And certain I am that according to the measure of Gods indwelling in the pure light of life in the soul so the haughtinesse of man is crucified and laid low for haughtinesse and lordlinesse of spirit is from the flesh and beneath But as the soul receives of the Spirit of light and life and obeyes its teachings and drawings it shall find it drawing him from this spirit of haughtinesse and lordlinesse into a humble and low frame that it can standing in the power of such drawings condescend to wash his Brethrens feet as Christ did and become in the power of this so little and low that a little Child may lead him to wit Christ the Babe of righteousnesse the holy One of God for Friends the more the soul is anointed with the consecrating oyle i. e. the Spirit of God the more humble that soul is and willing to instruct his poor and weak Brother what God has done for his soul in order for his weak Brothers perseverance in the truth such a soul under the anointing of God is far from a Lordly and Majestical spirit This is that which God destroyes in the day of his power and glorious appearings of his life in a soul In that day the lofty looks of man shall be humbled and the hanghtinesse of men shall be bowed down and the Lord alone shall be exaleed AND now my dear Friends Turn in and see what you can experience in your own particulars that your rejoycing may be in your selves and not in another and think not this strange that you are pressed through such a weak instrument as I am to turn in and to see if these things are wrought by the eternal Spirit and that you have your teachings from the Spirit within Consider Friends the soul that is to be saved is within and Christ the light is within he sayes I am meek and low in heart And Christ in you the hope of glory And know you not that Christ is in you c. And the Law of the Spirit of life by which every particular is taught though every particular does not learn holinesse righteousnesse and the true fear of the Lord c. is said to be within I 'le put my Law in your minds and write it in your hearts c. And God himself is within as the Apostle declaved I will dwell in you and walk in you and you shall be my people and I will be your God Now if all this is within then turn in and examine your selves what of the teachings what of the life of the power and Spirit what of the flowings forth of the living vertues of the eternal Fountain of righteousnesse do I feel spring up in me that I and thou oh soul may rejoyce in our own portion and not in anothers and each of us come to sit down under our own Vine in particular and eat of the sweet fruit hereof none making afraid sayes my soul This Vine to be Christ and the Father to be the Husbandman that we may rejoyce together as the children of one Father all drinking into that one Rock and baptized into one Spirit and bound up together in the bundle of one life and that our union and communion may stand in the life Spirit and power and not in forms and outward observances saith my soul A brief discovery of the entrance into this house and habitation of God AND Friends There is no entring into this house of God but by great travel and pains Thou must travel out of Egypt through the loathsom Wilderneste to enter into Canaan Thou must oh soul experience the bond of thy iniquities to be broken Thou must know a day of trouble of misery a day of burning before thou canst advance this Church that is in God I say Thou must know the terrors of the Lord as my soul has known by reason of sin a day of shaking the foundations of the earth and making it to tremble a feeling the Arrows of the Almighty God stick in thy soul and great disquietnesse within thy borders because sin is in thy Tabernacle thou must feel his indignation as my soul hath according to thy measure and 't is good to bear it because of sin untill he raise thee up and comfort thy soul as sin is purged out Wait upon the Lord and suffer the wrath of God to be revealed from heaven against thy unrighteousnesse and in due time thou shalt feel a power-springing up from that light which first discover'd to thee thy sin whereby thou shalt have sin cast out but not all at once but as thou waitest here and obevest so thou shalt feel thy sin and thy old nature and all self destroyed and crucifyed so thou shalt experience a crucifying with Christ that thou maist live with him a pure innocent and spotlesse life and as thy sin and old nature c. is destroyed and dies so shall Christ the light of life live in thee and so as thou obeyest this light of life which is risen to destroy thy death thou shalt come to live in the pure life and have it in your selves and so as he who is this light of life to wit Christ Jesus lives in you you shall live also in him and so come to experience what it is to dwell in the house of God and to be a member of the true Church that is in God and to experience all and much more as already declared And now Friends unto the Lord I commit you and give up to be taught governed and guided by his pure Law of righteou snesse the Law of the Spirit of life which is the Law written in the heart which Law is pure and consents not to sin but reproves it and manifests it and holds out a power to mortifie it the which every soul that waits on the Lord and stands in his counsel shall feel spring up to cast out the son of the bond-woman for it shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman i. e. with Christ the life and seed of God And that you might be cloathed with the garment of light and salvation and with zeal and holy courage for the Lord as with a Cloak and that you might come to praise and adore the living God of endlesse life and that you might be fed upon the Mountain of Gods holinesse with the Feast that God has prepared a Feast of fat things of Wines well refined and that he might destroy by the appearance of his life the

vail that is upon you that you might come forth from darknesse and walk more in the light of life A word to the Weak to establish and direct them that they faint nat at the sight of the outward Adversary in their Meetings AND Friends There is a desire risen in me that every one of you in particular may come so to be established on that sure foundation the everlasting Rock of Ages that you may not be so soon shaken away many of you from the confidence that you seem to have for God and Truth as you are perswaded I speak not this to reproach you but in the power of God to establish you Friends your 〈◊〉 going forth out of the power of God into the flesh is it that makes you faint in the day of adversity and in the face of your enemy Therefore Friends if you would be valiant for the truth mind the life of God in your souls reside and dwell in it and give up all unto it fix your mind steddy upon it and stay thereon and as thou comes to this O soul thou shalt be kept in peace and quiet off from the trouble and disquiet that the flesh raises up for God will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is staid upon him Friends it ill becomes those that fears the Lord to be of such a fearful frightful spirit as I have observed there is sometimes in your Meetings though it be but of suspition of an invasion by the enemy without Friends the desire in my soul is that you would mind the life the spirit in you and be still and quiet in the patience of the life and Lamb of God according to the measure in you and as you mind this and dwell in this your fears and terrors of the flesh will abate and your courage advance for the life of the pure God crucifies the flesh which leads to death The Spirit of God is a Spirit of love and of a sound mind it casts out such fear and it is not a Spirit of slavish fear so that my Friends if you be the sons and daughters of God why then you are led by the Spirit and not by the flesh which is fearful sinful c. And if you have the Spirit and live in the Spirit why then it has mortified the deeds of the flesh which are evil c. See Rom. 8.5 to the 17. verse They which are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh and they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit Slavish fear and cowardise for truth is of the flesh and to be fleshly and carnally minded is death to the soul but to be spiritually minded is life Oh Friends it has been a trouble to my spirit sometimes to see the distraction perturbation and trouble that many have entered into in their Meetings at a shallow c. Oh Friends labor to crucifie this old man with his fleshly meanbers and branches that springs forth into the visible life and what you have in the invisible life watch to have it strengthned and live in the measure you have attained of this invisible or inward life in your own particulars And if any further of the coming in of the visible enemy be into your Meetings in the discharging what you are perswaded to be your duty which is too probable and likely be still and quiet in your selves sweetly composed with your mind fixed upon God enjoying communion in the life and Spirit of God according to your particular measure keeping steddy in the beholdings of the life and be in the serious pursuit of it and do not suffer your thoughts and your minds to straggle in the least no not for a moment though the enemy provoke you be diligent in the watch that the enemy of your soul the invisible enemy break not in to overthrow your peace and communion with God and destroy your pursuit in the life and so your peace being lost your watch down and the enemy broke in then you enter into the flesh in the troubles fears tempests and disquiets which the life is freed from c. and so will be ready to say any thing do any thing so that you might be acquitted of the enemy without and released of a Prison and banishment for thy body which affrights many poor hearts who considers not the Prison the banishment and darknesse and trouble that their souls is in in the want of the light life Spirit peace and communion with God Oh Friends I say unto you all watch watch the life and go not from upon any terms be surely built on the sure foundation and you shall be able to say in the same life according to thy measure as David I am fixed I am fixed O God I am fixed O happy state here is the only safety And now unto the Lord once more I commit you that every one of you may so come to be established on that sure foundation the everlasting Rock of Ages and build so upon the power and life of God that Prisons Fines Persecutions the gates of hell even death it self may not prevail against you non affright you Amen Some further discovery of Gods house or habitation through the Spirit And according to my measure declaring of the spiritual Temple or Tabernacle and Ark of the Testimony the Truth Life and Substance of the Temple or Tabernacle and Ark of the Testimony under the Legal dispensation to be read in the light which manifesls the things that are of God FRiends The house and habitation of God is called the Temple or Tabernacle of God where God dwells walks moves c. and this was shewed by the Temple under the Law in which Temple or Tabernacle God was graciously present with his people in that day but now dwells no longer in Temples made with hands but in his people and children who are the Temple and hat itation of God through the Spirit Though my Friends some do imagine that the Legal Temple or Tabernacle is a figure holding forth to us the outward Ordinances viz. Preaching Praying Supper Water Baptism c. And some calls this a new Iemple state and 't is to be feared there do abide and look no further or very little higher than just to draw from it the outward observation but God hath revealed it otherwise to me and a necessity is laid upon me being called to it not to deny it In order to your understanding of this Consider I. That in the Legal Temple was the Ark of the Testament and this was the Ark of his presence Now this Ark figured forth the Lord Jesus in the Spirit which dwells in his people or particularly in a Saint this is the Ark of the New Testament Isa 42.6 Mal. 3.1 which also is called the New Covenant That Ark was Legal this is a Gospel-Ark that was an outward Ark this an inward Ark that was an Ark in a form this an Ark in the power that

A Tender Salutation OR LOVING EPISTLE To such who have a breathing in the innocent life of my Friends with whom I walked in the outward observances ALSO For my Relations after the flesh with all others professing God and that have any breathings after the Truth in the inward parts WHEREIN Something is declared in the power and light of God concerning the sure Foundation and the House of God with the inward Glory Government Cloathing Feeding Non-superiority and Safety that is in Gods habitation WITH A word to the Weak to establish them that they faint not at the appearances of outward Trouble for their Consciences Whereunto is Annexed A Further discovery of God to my Soul concerning the spiritual Temple Tabernacle and Ark of Gods Testimony being the Truth Life and Substance of the Temple Tabernacle and Ark of the Testimony under the Legal day To be read in the light which discovers the things that be of God By Jacob Chandler That which we have seen and heard and felt declare we unto you that you might have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with the Son Jesus Christ 1 Joh. 1.3 If our earthly house of this Tabernacle were dissolved we have a house not made with hands eternal in the heavens 2 Cor. 5.1 Printed in the Year M.DC.LXIV To all those that love the Lord Jesus in Power and Spirit of my Friends with whom I walked in the outward form As well my professing Relations after the flesh with all else unto whom these presents shall come that have any breathings after the precious Truth and life of God Grace Mercy and Peace be multiplied the everlasting love life and truth of God dwell richly in you c. DEar Friends it has been oft upon me to write unto you of the things appertaining to the Kingdom of God in Spirit and Truth But my flesh with the reasoning part withstood upon some considerations that now I 'le forbear But now after much striving of the Lord God of Power by his Spirit in my Soul I am overcome with the overcomings of the love of God to write unto you And this I find springing up in me to exhort you in tender bowels of love to look at the power light life and truth of God within in every one of ye in particular for Friends it s not the outward profession that will stand you in stead in the day of Tryal and in the day when all Secrets shall be made manifest nor approve you to God without the power and truth of God within And therefore Friends in the bowels of tender compassions let the evil minded think never so otherwise I am moved as before said to exhort you to look to your standing that you turn inward and see what foundation you are built on for Friends that which is not built on a good foundation will come to nothing if the foundation be rotten and corrupt you know whatsoever is built thereon suffers losse Therefore let every soul take heed how he build thereon for every mans works must be try'd Now if you build on the truth and power of God you build on a sure foundation but if you build on some other foundation viz. some outward observation of external performances outward gifts parts humane wisdom or the sayings of men though they may be good men c. Be it known unto you that its a false foundation its deceivable and the whole building will fall great and lamentable will be the fall thereof There is but one foundation for every poor soul that would be saved to build on and another foundation can no man lay than that which is already laid and that is Jesus Christ the power of God the wisdom and truth of God This is that ground and pillar of truth that saves to the utmost all that come unto it and build on it Therefore Friends mind whether you have built on this foundation whether the truth power and Spirit of God be the thing that you mind the foundation that you build on How to come to the foundation and build thereon and how to know in the light of God when the soul has built on the sure foundation THere must be a digging deep to build on this foundation it s not so easie as many Professors think of thou must dig down into thy innermost parts into the secrets of thy soul deep yea very deep into humility must thou sink and resign up freely and must be content to be nothing in thy will wisdom understanding c. Oh soul before thou canst find the foundation the Rock to build on and in the deep thou maist find it for 't is hid from the carnal wise man by all his wisdom he cannot search it out and all his notional knowledge though he may speak much of the foundation is too short to fathom it And now Friends if you are built on this foundation this Rock then you are immovable and cannot be shaken away from the confidence that you have springing up from hence and you are sure and stedfast and you walk in the pure fear of the Lord and you are of tender bowels and full of compassion to all the Lords little ones and you are of a meek spirit and lowly in heart and you are of tender compassion to all the Creation of God you are weak with the weak and bear a dear sympathy with the afflicted precious sons and daughters of Sion let them be under what name and notion soever if thou seest they are built on the power life and truth of God by which they breath after the everlasting well-springs of life the fountain of eternal love thou hast a principle in thee if thou art upon the sure foundation that is stirred up with an endearednesse to such a breathing soul after the pure life of God for my Friends if we have built on a good foundation then 't is certain we have a good building if we have a good Root we have a good Tree and if a good Tree there must be good fruit Now Friends by this you may come to know whether you are built upon the power life and truth of God or what foundation you are built on Let me lay it farther before you NOW if we have a good foundation we have a good building a good house and there is good order and government in this house and good dyet good meat and drink and choice cloathing and blessed safety and no Lordly or Majestick superiority over one another in this house or family that is built on the power and life of God with other good things Now that soul that hath built upon Christ the truth and power of God hath a good building a good house and it s none other but the house of God the Temple of God and God hath said I 'le dwell with you and walk in you and be your God c. And this every Saint is in particular the habitation

will cloath you all with rich and soft cloathing for all his Family is arrayed with soft Rayment Oh every one that will be a Daughter of this King Jehovah Tzebaot the Lord of Hoast shall be all glorious within and shall be brought into the Palace of the King and the King shall greatly delight in her beauty for he is the Lord her God and she must worship him and that in Spirit and in truth I say my Friends God shall cloath and has in a measure cloathed all his children with soft and fine Rayment Are not they that wear soft Rayment in Kings houses yea my Friends they are Now this soft Rayment I declare of is the inward righteousnesse of the Lord Jesus which is the righteousnesse of all Gods Saints this is the cloathing of our house from heaven that every Saint groans for according to the measure of working here 's the putting on the Lord Jesus in Spirit power and truth and this is that righteousnesse that justifies the soul to God and is made acceptable to God and to the Lamb. Friends this Rayment I say is soft Rayment its meek still and quiet 't is all in the Spirit which Rayment in the sight of God is of great price of great value of great esteem Oh Friends There be many that have a covering but not of my Spirit saith the Lord. They have I say a covering something in imitation of this I declare of but it s too narrow then that the soul can wrap its self in it so that its nakednesse is seen by a spiritual discerning And therefore Friends all take heed lest you cover with such a covering insomuch that your shame appears I know there are some such abroad but they must stand or fall to their own Master for every mans works must be tryed and that by fire viz. the fire of the pure living God and if his works have not been wrought in God and sprung up from the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets whose foundation was Christ Jesus the chief Corner stone that bore up all their building and from which they restified that their works was wrought in God and had it not it must suffer losse Some think to shrow'd themselves under such a form and such a form and such an observation outwardly but it s not the form or observation outwardly that can hide any poor soul from the wrath of God and of the Lamb the which every soul is exposed to let them be shrowded where they will it s nothing but this covering to wit the inward righteousnesse of God and Christ investing the soul that hides from the wrath of the Lamb. This soft Rayment I declare unto you is that Rayment with which the Bride the Lambs wife makes her self ready withall and is so dressed therewith as a Bride is for her husband in the choice embraces of everlasting kindness and this Rayment every foul must have on to come to the Marriage-supper withall else it s an unwelcome guest though such as have it not on them may present themselves amongst the sons and daughters of God yet when the searcher of hearts the everlasting God shall make inquisition then they shall be discovered to be but intruders and though they held the form they did not hold the head by which all the members by joints and bands are knit together c. And though they had the semblance the vizard the shew of holinesse yet they denied the power the inward life of purity and righteousnesse and built on their form The Lord sayes to such what hast thou to do to take my Name into thy mouth seeing thou hatest to be reformed for he that nameth the Name of the Lord must depart from iniquity in vain is it that thou namest the Name of the Lord in vain is the multitude of thy services the Lord will say and does now say Who hath required this at your hands in vain is your solemn Assemblies your Sabbaths your Fastings Thanksgivings Preaching Praying Supper Baptisme Alms Conference with a multitude more they are all an abomination to the Lord in the outward observation because thou hast not on this wedding garment this inward pure righteousnesse of the Lamb and therefore they are an abomination oh soul because performed and externally carried on out of the life acted and carry'd on by the same spirit that thou sinnest with sure this is a loathing to the pure holy God of life who rejoyces in truth in the inward parts from whence all without must spring and not to take up an imitation from the Apostles practice and to do such works as thou gatherest from the Scriptures the writings of those holy men out of that life that moved them to it and many things else which oh soul thou art ready to despise but do thou wait upon the Lord for the more clearer breaking in of his light and movings of his life in thy own soul and abide in his counsel and abide his reproof in thy soul and be still look not forth but mind thy watch within least the enemy of thy soul get an advantage against thee and cleave to his power which thou shalt feel spring up whereby thou shalt be able to overcome sin hell death wrath self condemnation the world and all evil and thou shalt mount up in the life of God and here shalt thou be cleathed with his righte ousnesse and hear his voyce and obey his Commandments in thy own particular whose Commands are not grievous to the Spirit but joyous so thou shalt have the light of life in thy own heart as the Apostles and servants of God had before the Apostasie which was by them spoke of 2 Thess 2. the which came upon the world in some few years after the Apostles but now in these latter dayes the light is dawned and the Lord has visited some with his tender mercies the day-spring from on high hath visited some and God is a renewing of that defaced image that Adam had in innocercy and that the Apostles had by which they acted and was led and guided into the wayes of purity and righteousnesse doing what they did without as they had a command from this innocent life in themselves with singlenesse of heart and great joy blessing praysing magnifying the Lord God of power and purity and this is that life that my soul in a measure feels and has communion with And my soul breaths to the everlasting pure life that thou maist have the same holy pure and innocent life that the Apostles and Servants of God had and now some in a measure have in which life thou shalt learn what is the living sense of the Scriptures and Writings of holy men and of those Ordinances that the Apostles in their days was by the life commanded to do the which thou maist also do or forbear as the same life commands thee though this the carnal and fleshly reason cannot bear but I may not speak to please

that the Lord God everlasting destroy cut up and consume carnal wisdom fleshly reason and fleshly will by thy Almighty power that they might never more hinder and deface thy pure holy glorious Image and breakings forth of thy innocent breath and of the pure and holy openings of thy indeared and tender love unto it And Friends in this life you shall be cloathed with this pure fine white linnen John declared of which is clean and white the which the Bride the Lambs wife is to bedeck her self with for the Marriage with the Lamb and therefore if any soul-pretends a Marriage with the Lamb and have not this fine white linnen which is the righteousnesse of the Saints he or them shall be dealt severely with he shall be taken by the Lord and bound cast out and his portion appointed with the Hypocrite where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth for ever Such shall be for ever banished from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power to be punished with everlasting destruction because they obeyed not the Lord who commanded them to put on this garment this righteousnesse which is the Lord Jesus in Spirit and truth and because they obeyed not therefore sudden destruction shall overtake them Therefore Friends all be exhorted in the pure fear and dread of the Almighty God to turn in and make inquiry into this pure spotlesse matchlesse fine white-linnen which is the righteousnesse of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the Saints and you may come to know it by its effects for as it hath been already declared that it 's soft Rayment so 't is it 's soft gentle and quiet where it is and it fills the soul with peace passing the carnal understanding the work of righteousnesse shall be peace and the effect of righteousnesse quietnesse and assurance for ever And this habitation of God where this soft cloathing is to be felt is a peaceable habitation there is sure dwellings and quiet resting places And Friends this ornament beautifies the soul in the sight of God because its the comelinesse of God the beauty of God that is upon it this soul worships God in the beauties of holinesse in the Spirit of power upon the Mountain of righteousnesse And Friends this garment does not make the soul proud but humbles though its glorious apparrel yet it does not puffe up but layes the soul low it sinks the soul deep into humility and brings the soul into a free resignation to God This soul thinks not scorn to hear the voyce of the Lord out of the mouth of a Babe and Suckling but is content yea joyes in the Spirit of the Lord to see the life move in a despised instrument by the world and carnal wisdom But those that have covered but not of the Spirit of the Lord not of this righteousnesse of this pure garment they are proud despisers of them that are good fierce and cruel to the Saints betrayers of the Saints and of one another as their self-interest lies yet build upon a form of godlinesse but denying the power thereof and will own little in reality but what is in their form and way Friends be still and consider these things and examine your hearts Know you not that this is set And further Friends I find from this inward adorning and beautifying my soul to God and to the Lamb a garment of praise spring up in me which leads me forth in the pure fear of the Lord to praise magnifie and adore the pure living God and here I come to experience and to feel what it is to sing a Hymne or spiritual Song unto the Lord God of life and unto the Lamb that sits upon the Throne singing praise and hallelujah to the Lord God Omnipotent because he has taken to himself his great Rule and Raign singing with grace in my heart which heretofore I had heard the sound of and many other things the which now my soul feels the living vertue power and spirit of Oh Friends labour to feel the living power of this and of these things in your own souls and then we shall rejoyce together and sing the Song of the Lamb which none can sing but those that are redeemed from the earth i. e. from the earthly will wisdom and practice for the carnal part has nothing to do herein but the Spirit only The precious Laws of Government in Gods House and the choice Anointings and Teachings by the Spirit AND further Friends the house the habitation of God through the Spirit that I declare of has precious Laws of Government and Rule in it which before was hinted at I am made willing in the power of God to speak a little further of it The Laws of Gods house are spiritual as the house is in the Spirit so are the Laws it s called the Law of the Spirit of life and this same Law ruled and governed in Christ Jesus Rom. 8.2 and so in a measure in all the sons and daughters of God This is the Law of the new Covenant that Law that comes from God out of Sion this Law is not in the letter but in the Spirit the letter is 〈…〉 the Law is within As God said I 'le put my Laws in your mind and write them in your hearts and they shall not teach every man his neighbour saying Know the Lord for all in whose heart this Law shall be made manifest shall know me from the least to the greatest Every one in particular as they come to have the seed of God the Lamb of God the life of God to rise in them they come to experience and feel this Law in the Spirit and life teaching directing counselling and guiding into all truth and as every particular comes to obey they come to have peace with God they shall be all taught of the Lord and great shall be their peace This peace passes all understanding and its such peace that none can speak but the eternal God nor can give but himself who is the God of peace God blessed for ever And therefore Friends every one of you turn in and look for the Law in your hearts in your minds to be guided by it and as you come to see it and to be taught by it obey it and give up your minds to be guided by it which will guide from sin Iniquity and transgression from the world the pride of it the fashions of it the lust of it and it will guide you into righteousness into life and peace with the eternal God Friends think not this manner of speech strange and contemptible I know in the spiritual knowing part whereof I do affirm and have had an inward feeling abundantly whereof I declare Spend not all your precious time in the Law of the letter written on paper with pen and ink without the Law in the Spirit written in your hearts by the Spirit of the living God Oh Friends what if you should never so much study the