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A43847	The poor widows mite, cast into the Lord's treasury wherein are contained some reasons in the justification of the meetings of the people of God called Quakers with an approbation of several truths held by them, and the ground of dark persecution discussed / written by a woman of the south, who came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of him that is greater than Solomon, and doth a far off behold the happy estate of his friends and servants who stand continually before him, to hear and receive wisdom from him, who is the true Emanuel, now left it should be counted a libel or any should think we dare for own it in the world, I have subscribed my name.	Hincks, Elizabeth.	1671 (1671)	Wing H2050; ESTC R20070	37,177	47

the Devil The which besides Old Adam did set on to tempt the Lord And in 's temptations offered what the World could afford The Kingdom power and glory to him he would allow And said t was his to give to those that unto him would bow Though he himself a wandrer were up and down in the Earth Our adversary doth appear to devour Spiritual birth This Spirit you shall see in them that do worlds glory seek And such as flatter fawn and bow to them they 'll appear meek But any one that fears the Lord and cant to proud flesh bow No favour love or curtesie to such he doth allow Though his necessities be great as Christs were also when He fasted forty nights and dayes a hungry he was then And this the Devil he did know to him it did appear Because Christ would not bow to him he therefore did him jear To satisfie his own hunger Bids him with stones make bread His own necessities to help if he meant to be fed And further mischiefs he contriv'd and dangers what he could When put upon the Pinacle himself cast from he should For if thou be Gods Son he said the Angels they have Charge And in their hands they should bear up and keep thy feet at large Lest thou at any time shouldst dash thy foot against a stone These were the snares affronts and jears our Lord he put upon But in Gods Power he did them bear of him we are to learn And to suffer all for his sake tho brought we are to burn Object But some may say That thou dost treat ' gainst Gods Commandement Which bids us honour our Parents this is the true Intent Answ For Answer hereunto I say This honour do we give There wants and their necessities we always do relieve This is the true Honour the which Christ he himself did say Though Jews Traditions made it void and Gods Law disobey For what profit our Parents do receive from us at all Is but returning of their own Corban we don't it call If in the Lord our Parents be we honour them also And if the Lord do honour them How can we then say no This is as 't is in Marriages are only in the Lord Where only is the Vnity and the alone Accord For here 's no caring for the World the Husband for to please The Husband being in the Lord they both are serv'd with ease When Wife and Husband both do seek the Lord for to obey What can the Wife or Husband do that either will gain-say For please the Lord the Wife is pleas'd if in the Lord she be And please the Lord the Husband 's pleas'd if in the Lord be he And if at all a jar arise they shall each other heal Till the thing plain be signifi'd and God doth it reveal Yea this will be to Parents to when in the Lord they be We honour do and please them both when that they do agree This is the double honour too the Elder is to have That in the World and Doctrine both do labour souls to save And this is not before People that we do them admire They being in the Lord do not at all such things desire The Grand SCRUPLE and OBJECTION ANSWERED Object BUT some may say You fickle are and know not where to fix And you in many Forms have been in seven or at least six When you from us at first did go Puritans you would be But when the Scotish-Broiles began you cryd Presbyter●e And so in War you would fight for 't in it some Blood you spent Yet here you could not fix at all but turn Independent And so you several Churches were with Power severally And then you broke up Churches to and did them all deny Because you said They were not built on the Foundation And all the Ordinances lost for Pope was Corner-stone Oh then did you bethink your selves what then was best to do To Bail these Churches and to get more Ordinances New For that this Anti-christian Pope the former he had spoild And now they must have all anew the others being defild And then a great Contention rose who should this same begin And who should John the Baptist be sith none were free from sin And all had need to be washed because that there was none The which had Gods Word come to him as it did come to John Neither that Power nor Spirit which could bring such things to pass By turning hearts to God as did the Prophet E-li-as At last this work it was begun there 's very few know how And many this Tradition took to it did many flow And so in many Bodies grew yet here were not content Which shews that you are wavering being Incontinent For here you did not tarry long but anon presently So great was your Ambition grown must be a Monarchy And that not only a small one you count your selves to thrive The World contains but four great ones and you must make them five So when that this great power came forth your building that was ●…igh You said your selves 't was but rotten and Foundation sandy For that as soon as any storm on this your house did blow Your Monarchy came tumbling down into the dust full-●…ow And then when in the dust you were not knowing what to do When all your heavenly Building fell you went a seeking to And by that name you did confess still that there is a want Your Souls not being satisfied for that they still do pant So what shall we that do stand by of ye now for to make Who Valliant Famous Builders were but now are made to Quake And now for it are Quakers called your Laborinth is such So many means and ways you 've tryed we dare not with you tuch Answ For Answer hereunto I say these things do not dispise For when the Lord did Samuel call he presently did rise And ran forthwith to Old Ely and said lo here am I For that thou now didest call me and I came by and by Then Ely bid him go to rest and ly him down again But the Lord called Samuel before he long had layn Then Samuel rose the second time and to Ely did say Here I am for thou did'st call me he Answered nay nay But the Lord still calls Samuel again the third time to Who forth with went to Ely then to know what he should do And that with this great confidence and said he did him call That t' was the Lord Ely perceived that called these times all Samuel did not yet know the Lord nor ought by him was sed Gods Word to him was not showen nor yet was re-ve-led But Samuel Samuel cal'd is still and a fourth time also Before he knows it is the Lord then here 's thy Servant lo. Then do not you condemn us when 't was God who still did call Though we run to the Outward Priest and Ordinances all And second third and forth way God calling of

different Ministrations which Operate as thrifts And yet it is but the same Lord on whom we only call And the same God that Operates and Worketh all in all To own the Word of Wisdom's given the Word of Knowledg to By the same Spirit another hath both Faith and Power to do And heal infirmities of Soules by working Miracl's many And Prophesie and Descerning of Spirits where ther 's any All this the one and self-same Spirit which doth his members fill Dividing unto every man severally as t' will If this Church Figure be too bright for worldlings for to see The use we make of our Meetings in one Body to be Take your own Body-figure-world the Countrys Members are And each Comodity there grows which are brought from on far These outward things the spirit are of the world that 's compleat And every place where each doth go are members of the great And now God he hath plac't things so in the whole ther 's no want Neither can any Country say I 've all her 's nothing scant And so each Country his Offring to each other sends Then these these gifts when they receive with others making mends This order the worlds members have their wants for to supply By sending their abounding fruits for things they on rely And where most trading there is us'd Oh there they rich do grew In gold silver and pretious stones this Babylon doth know By Schism War if Trading fail Oh! then they do grow poor By wanting of Commerce and Trade when they have spent thir store This being true why shall not we as Members each of other Bring forth our Offrings to the Lord these may comfort another Object Me thinks I hear some Critick say O this is cunning made For to compare Conventicles to our great World and Trade You count your selves so heavenly me thinks that you should not So paraphrase on this fowl World lest you receive a blot Answer My Answer is 't is for thy sake thy hearing being but dull That I speak after the manner of men to thee in full Moreover this Worlds Children are more wiser much by far In their own generation then Lights own Children are So to this generation who mock and scorn and fain And for thy sake I have digrest but now let me return Unto Gods order in his Church that all may hear and learn This favour and incoragment it is held forth to all That what of God revealed is to any other shall Have liberty to speak it forth the Prophet which must hold Their spirits being subject to the Prophet which is bold So it the bruised reed breaks not nor smoking flax doth quench Till Judgment unto Victory comes and Truth sits on the Bench. For that the knowledg of the Truth doth bring us all together And from this Truth we cannot swerve nor from each other sever For the profession of our Faith together must hold fast For this our hope our stay our strength that must help us at last For whether shall we go but there where words of Life do spring And from the roots doth hony drop that makes poor Souls to sing Oh these Assemblies we may not at all as some forsake Least fiery indignation upon us God doth take For that it is a wilful sin not to profess Gods Name When before men we be brought forth to suffer for the same For where that two or three be come together in his Name If the mid'st of them he will be who can keep from the same For that in him the Treasures be of Wisdome Knowledg to Which he gives to his Children dear whose hearts to him are true In him 's the Oracle of God who doth his People teach In their hearts how to worship him so they it forth do preach And not Meeting it was the cause of Hearing some were dull Which made things hard for to be said or uttered to the full For there were some that for their time ought Teachers for to be And yet have need one teach again first Principles to see And were become such as had need of Milk and not strong Meat For every one that useth Milk unskilful is to Eat Or feed upon the Righteous Word for that a Babe is he To him strong Meat doth not belong with him t' will not agree But those that are of riper age to them it doth belong E'en those that by reason of use have their sences made strong Being exercised do deserne between both good and evil So in Gods Truth we are kept from the lying murdering Devil Job that was just and perfect both such Meetings did come to With other of the sons of God as Gods sons now do do And though Sathan did also come 't was for advantage sake To be Informer and accuse that he their goods might take And though that he Commission got to take all in his power By Sabins and Caldeans to as he doth at this hour Perswading God they him would Curse if he 'll but let him tuch Their goods or ought else that they have no Meetings would be such And yet again there was a day when the Sons of God Came For to present themselves before the Lord they are the same Who still hold fast Integrity although that he doth move ' Gainst him and us both to destroy yet we 'll not Curse our Love Yea Skin for Skin and all we have yea Bone and Flesh also We hope we shall to him give up rather then Curse him mo For how can we commit this sin not to walk in Gods way When we such large experience have of him our strength and stay But I shall rather here break forth it being now the Spring By Chirping praise our Gad of Love Who can but to him sing And in my song I shall you shew What these our Meetings be I figured have in many things yet all in Truth agree We are the Tabernacle of the Con-gre-ga-ti-on The which the Lord in Earth reserves to call his Name upon In us the Ark and Covenant is and Mercy-seat we see With Pot of Heavenly Manna to to us the Cher'bims flee With us also there is the Rod that buddeth and is green Of the High Priest from Judah came as plainly may be seen Here is the Golden Censer to in which is heavenly fire And here 's the Table of Shew-bread What can you more desire And here 's the Cap of Blessing to in our Communion This Blood our Souls must also purge for other help we 've none And if that you Baptiz'd would be oh here are Baptim's many Here 's Water Fire Suffrings Death here you cant miss of any With us there is the Laver of Re-ge-ne-ra-ti-on For Juda and Jerusalem it cleanseth Mount Sion And Fire-Baptism's also here the Holy Ghost Gods Word A Suffering-Baptism doth appear proceeding from the Sword A more secret Baptism there is cannot be spoke with breath And this is that Baptism of Christ Baptiz'd into his

us still We could not rest but we must rise till we did know his will If for our zeal you us condemn Samuel must stand our Friend To speak for us when that God will to Jesses house him send Who there for us will make excuse for this our Ignorance When he did judge God annointed with his outward eyes glance For the Lord said he should not look on outward countenance Nor on the height of the stature though it was Jesses Branch For by that way God doth not look neither by it doth chuse For what accords not with his heart that still he doth refuse Here Samuel took the first-born Son for Gods Annointed sure But Countenance nor Stature doth answer to God the pure So second third and all seven past before Samuel But no answer from God he had of them as he could tell So being at a stand he said are here all thy Children David unworthy counted was to be with his Brethren Yet by the Lord annointed is whatere of him is sed For Gods Spirit on him is pourd Sure mercies of David Thus you see all the seven Sons disowned by their Maker But this same last Sheep-keeping lad because he was a Quaker All here may see that God doth chuse the heart that is upright Which tremble doth at his own Word is pleasant in his sight So we can say in truth of heart when God did first us call And we ran in the several wayes yea some have run them all In something we did answer him that pleasd him we do know That he never left calling us till his Truth us did show So the Last way some did profess was no Form but Seeking By Babylons fall they all did cease but now is found the thing The MESSIAH that doth restore Israel that was lost The which hath suffered much Shipwrack is cast upon our coast So the sure Mercies we have found the Christ the first the last The Spirit of the Living God which was in Ages past Christ by the flesh was Davids Son he being his Off-spring But yet in Spirit was Davids Root for David calls him King Here answerd is the great Question that doth with Truth accord How Jesus Christ not only was Davids own Son but Lord This is the King that God hath set upon his holy Hill That shall the Pot-shards of Earth break that bow not to his Will God being a Spirit his Son is so and so of right is Lord. Who was and is and ever shall be King with one accord His Day Christ said Abram did see tho some him for 't did scorn The Everlasting Father was though Isays Child new-born This was the Scepter which was not from Israel to depart The inward Israel indeed who 're Circumcis'd in heart This Law giver 'tween Judas feet yea nearer in his womb Who never shall from his depart until that SHILO come This was the Spiritual meat and drink this was the store the stock Of Israel that followed them to drink t is Christ the Rock Yea this the Rock of Ages is it was and shall be so Generations Foundation no other shall they know So now that former fickle State in which we wore wavering Being wholly unsatisfied until we had our King But now our Lord and King is come and in our hearts doth raign And hath our Enemies Sin and Death in 〈…〉 eat measure slain So I again to you do say do not upbraid us more With such a fickle wavering state as you have done before When in dead Forms and outward Priests which perish with using We neither handle touch or taste with you any such thing Wherefore your outward visible Signs must all of them give place According to your Liturgy 't is inward spiritual Grace The which now in the heart doth raign of many in this Nation For outward Shaddows were but till the time of Reformation But now the good things they are come Christ Body is discern'd And Gods Kingdom of Righteousness of Joy and Peace is learn'd The which in Meats and Drinks doth not consist as many think For in this Kingdom we afresh with Christ this fruit do drink And therefore all your Washings then that divers were and many With all your worldly Elements that doth not perfect any For the Body Christ hath prepard to do thy will O God For that thy People willing be in this days Power O Lord. And now may'nt I say Glory to as well as Englands Form The Father Son and holy Ghost in it I see no harm And that in the beginning 't was I also say the same So it shall be world without end Praise to his Holy NAME His Name 's but one and yet to him there many Names are given According as he Ministers to us here under Heaven And here on Earth Three record bear tho Three in ONE agree And answer Heavens record to as Branches of ONE Tree Some more SCRUPLES clear'd NOW for the opening of the Truth which is our strength c stay In answering of Objections to this same some may say Object Oh! here 's a Table richly deckt Oh here are dishes store Oh! is all this but one Small Mite and from a Widow poor Though here are many good Dishes they have not the right place Nor in good Order Vsherd in oh this doth spoile the Grace For there are sometimes Dishes come the which should last be brought And this Course will not it admit of this some will find fault Though we confess the meat be good and on the Table store But Sauce here is not sutable to sight it is but poor Answ My Answer this no●… ●…nquet is for them full Stomack have But bitter things for hungry Soules which newly come from grave But yet in it ought sweetness find O this is all my aim To praise the goodness of our God for his Love in the same And seeing meat is on the Board if it be'nt rightly set Let others take the pains that can the Dishes places ●…it Now for my part when I did taste any dish that was good I presently brought him to board to others for their food If in Feasts they first best Wine bring and after that that 's worst Yet Christ when he makes Water Wine the last's as good as first So these Traditions we do not in our minds much admire So hungry Souls with Righthousness be fed is our desire Object Tautologies O some may say be here I do them find Which are Dishes of one like meat this doth not please the mind Answ My Answer is 't was meat I lov'd that I often did eat And so for 't should not be reprov'd for giving of my meat This way Prophets and Apostles did use with Line on Line Thus putting Saints in remembrance by stirring their pure mine And that 't was not grievous to them the same thing for to write Yea those things which they did believe and had thereof the sight Object But now again for to return and