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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38516	An epistle to Friends given forth from Leinster-province meeting in Ireland, held at Castledermot the 9th. 10th. and 11th. days of the 7th. month 1698.		1699 (1699)	Wing E3165A; ESTC R219570	8,343	28

baits them with the things of this World And God hath wonderfully own'd and blessed our labours to our great Comfort and Encouragment and the great benefit and satisfaction of many who gives thanks and praises to the Lord for the benefit received on many Accounts through those close Concerns and Labours of love for the good of one another as Saviours on Mount Sion And now that which remains and chiefly is before us in this service of this our day is to warn and admonish the Church of Christ to beware of the snares of that unwearied Enemy which he lays in secret baits with the lawful things of this World in this time of Ease and great Liberty for his baits is suitable to the times and seasons to answer the Inclination of Peoples minds that goes from things that are above after the things that are below and 't is easie to understand the generality of People is taken in his snares and carried away after Riches Preferment Honour Greatness and Vain-Glory in the things of this World that is uncertain and soon comes to an End And he is striving to break in upon the People of our Society whom the Lord hath called by his Grace out of the World to obey and follow him in all things as Lights in the World to his Honour And this Enemy of all Righteousness hath prevailed on many that are not so careful and watchful in the Light of Christ as they ought to be against this Adversary of Mankind in the lawful things of this World with which he blinds the Eyes of the Understanding and leads the Heart Mind and Affections into Captivity they not Eying the Lord and his blessed Truth to limit and bound them so falls into many Temptations Snares and hurtful Lusts and others following their Examples to get Riches and be big in the World Invades other Mens Properties and fails in their purposes so sacrifices Religion and their own Credit to their greedy desire after gain and gives occasion for Men to brand us with the Character of Covetousness which causes Truth professed by us to be evil spoken of Stumbles the minds of some that otherwise might joyn with us and hinders the Lords work of Reformation on many Accounts and grieves his good Spirit and wounds the hearts of his faithful Servants that are given up in Heart Mind Body and Substance that the Lord may limit bound order and dispose of them all they have and hold as stewards under him that hath all power in Heaven and Earth and his Will and Mind to be known and observed in Earthly things as well as in heavenly things with all due Reverence Subjection and Obedience where our preservation is from the Inrodes the Enemy makes to hinder the Progress of the Lords People and to make them unfruitful to the Lord as his Vineyard in heavenly and spiritual things but instead thereof to bring forth wild Grapes Bryars Thorns Thistles and Tares the fruits of the Mind Heart Spirit and Affections that goes in their own Wills into Earthly things beyond the Bounds and Limits of the Lords Everlasting Truth which is great provocations for the Lord to curse the Ground and to lay his Vineyard waste which he hath bestowed great labour upon that it might bring forth good fruit to the Praise Honour and Glory of his great Name Now under a due consideration of the great Injury and damage the Church of Christ hath and doth sustain in our day by this floating Spirit that leads into the lawful things of the World beyond the Bounds of Truth and beyond the use for which they were created and given of God A great concern came upon several of us in a spiritual Travel for the Honour of God and the preservation of his People the Comliness Beauty and Credit of the unspotted Religion professed by us and under this Godly care and concern the Spirit and power of the Lord mightily appearing with us and in us in which the Testimony of the Lord Jesus rose in many as a Standard lifted up against the Invasions of an Enemy and great Labours and Endeavours were used to stop this unsatiable Mind and Spirit that is so earnest and eager after Earthly things and yet not willing to be called by the name of Covetousness and to bring it within the Bounds and Limits of Truth This Religious concern being practised from time to time for several Years at such Opportunities as the Lord put into our hands to be concerned in Church-Affairs that nothing thing might get in nor grow which God hath not sowed nor planted but be pluckt up and rooted out in due time that the Lords Plant and good Seed that he hath planted and sowed might grow flourish and bring forth good fruits in due Season to the Honour and Glory of the great Husbandman that the cares of this World and Covetousness of Riches might not choak it Now we being at our Province Meeting before mentioned and a great Appearance of Friends both Men and Women and the mighty power of the Lord amongst us his Glory covering our Assembly and crowning our meeting with his presence and under a weighty sence thereof the Affairs of the Church were managed in great Unity Peace and Concord And under this heavenly Canopy of the Lords Antient goodness a weighty concern came upon our Spirits as at other times on the like Occasion concerning the Bounds and Limits of Getting and the right using the lawful things of this World and how far Friends might safely go into them And much time being spent in Church-Affairs to good purpose and satisfaction the Meeting adjourned till the next day and after the Meeting for the worship of God was over then Men Friends and Antient concerned Women to meet together and consider of this weighty matter and accordingly Friends met and sat down in great Silence retired to the Lord for his Aid and Counsel and the Lord was pleased to appear and his power was great through his Spirit to our great Comfort for his Glory covered our Assembly and many hearts were melted before him because of the weight of his Goodness which bowed all Spirits and many heavenly things were opened in the Testimony of Jesus concerning the Bounds and right use of the lawful things of this World and in the demonstration of the Spirit and power of Christ then abounding amongst us and governing our Assembly and guiding our hearts and understandings Unanimously mously it was agreed and adjudged that a Competence of the lawful things of this World is sufficient for every one and is the right bounds with a due consideration of every ones Charge Station place and service And that Mind which will not be content with this bears the Character of Covetousness and renders such unfit to Rule in the Church of Christ And under the Over-Ruling power of the Lord there was an Unanimous Consent one by one to offer up our selves to the Judgment of the Province-Meeting