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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30068	A testimony to the power of God being greater than the power of Satan contrary to all those who hold no perfection here, no freedom from sin on this side of the grave / which doleful doctrine is here testified against by Richard Baker.	Baker, Richard, d. 1697.; Baker, Mary.	1699 (1699)	Wing B541D; ESTC R28337	19,678	50

he answered Yea have ye never read Out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings thou hast perfected praise Mat. 21. The same Power which so affected the Hearts of those Little Ones to make them cry Hosanna did affect the Author of this little Book when he was but a Little One in a Spiritual Sense newly delivered out of the Power of Darkness and brought into subjection to the Power of God The feeling of the cleansing Operation whereof in his Heart constrained him to bear his Testimony to it as in this little Treatise may be seen Which is now published that Generations yet unborn may be invited thereby to bow to the same Power and to admire the Excellency and Greatness of it which he did Experience in the Morning of his Day when it was writ And as the Sun of Righteousness did arise higher and higher in his Heart by the Light and comfortable Warmth of the same was he guided and strengthened to go on in the Spiritual Journey from one step to another till his Mouth was opened by the same Power to bear Witness of it in the Assemblies of the Lord's People and to call and invite Others to retire inward that they also might come to Experience the Work of this divine Power in their own Hearts And that such as were come thereunto might watch and wait for the stirring and arising of this mighty Power in its further Strength and Glory which is able to overcome all other Powers both within and without In his Testimony he was Zealous because his Heart was zealously affected therewith And when any who profest to know the Work of this heavenly Power turned from and acted against it his Concern was great for such labouring to bring them to a sense of their Evil if by any means they might be recovered Which to many proved effectual His Service in the Church of Christ especially amongst the Meetings both Monthly and Quarterly to which more particularly he belonged hath a living Remembrance in the Hearts of many Members thereof And the sense of his absence hath deeply affected the Spirits of some of them His Love was to all the Sons and Daughters of Men But especially to the Flock and Family of God the Witnesses of this Power of Jesus their Saviour amongst whom his Heart was open and his Life went freely forth In their Converse was his delight and he would often say The Friendships and Converse of the World was a great Hurt to Friends and drew their Minds too much out Which thing he kept clear of And tho' he had Dealings and Concerns in the World as well as others yet was always watchful against the Spirit of the World which leads from God In the latter part of this good Man's days it was my Lot to come into so near a Relation to him as to be his Wife who was a very kind tender and open-hearted Husband to me By which means I had the Opportunity to have a Relation of the Course of his Life And he hath oft-times exprest how the same Power which in the following Sheets he exalted at the beginning had carried him through all Exercises which were not a few When he had Goods taken from him for his Testimony to the Truth he has said that the inward Joy he felt in that he was counted worthy to Suffer for the Truth he profest was beyond what he could speak And having been a Prisoner with other Friends for the Truth 's sake about the space of Two Years he took delight to speak of that time often mentioning how mightily the Lord was with them and how good a time it was He would say many times If People did but know the Pleasure of Godliness they would not live in the Earth as they did But said he nothing but God's Spirit can mortifie the Flesh And oft would he mention that place Rom. 8.13 If ye live after the Flesh ye shall die But if ye through the Spirit do mortifie the deeds of the Body ye shall live And he would say He had felt the mortifying Work of it beyond what he could have thought and that over that wherein his greatest Besetment was he had obtained a perfect Conquest For which he offered the Thanksgiving and Praise to God's Everlasting Power who not only begins the Work of Redemption but is able to carry it on and finish it to the perfecting of his own Praise which he accepts out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings Little Ones which incourages me thus to appear in the publishing of this little Book that it may go forth for the Incouragement of all the Weary and such as are heavy-laden with the Burden of their Iniquity that they may come to find rest to their Souls as this faithful Witness did Who when he lay on his dying Bed was kept quick and living in his Spiritual Senses and had a sutable Word to every one's State that came to him and would often clap his Hand on his Breast and say All is well here The day before he departed many Friends visiting him he spake sensibly to all and in great Expression of Love took his leave of them And taking his leave of a Child who wept he said Do not Cry I am well my Peace is made with the Lord. If thou Cry Cry that Iniquity may be brought down and Righteousness brought up The Power and Strength of God is with me I am going the Way of all Flesh I am going before and others must follow after So he laid down his Life in the feeling of that Power which at the beginning of his day he bore Witness to Which I here mention for the comfort of those who are kept by it through Faith unto Salvation and for the Inviting Others to come to feel the Work of the same VVhich I felt to be my Stay and Strength in the parting with so near and dear a Relation And as the Children in the Temple cried Hosanna so the Multitude of the Disciples also did Rejoyce when Jesus came riding on the Asses Colt bringing that into Subjection which before had been at Liberty saying Blessed be the King that cometh in the Name of the Lord Peace in Heaven and Glory in the Highest Luke 19.38 For which some of the Pharisees would have had him rebuke his Disciples ver 39. To whom he answered If these should hold their Peace the Stones would immediately Cry out ver 40. Which causes me thus to cast in my Mite to the Praise of him that lives for ever Who told his Followers Because I live ye shall live also John 14.19 Who is the Alpha and Omega the Beginner and Finisher of the Work of Faith by his own Power which this his faithful Servant was a Witness of Concerning whom I was pressed in Spirit to write this short Testimony without which I could not be clear in the sight of the Lord. Mary Baker The 31 st of the 10 th Month 1697. THE Power of God