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spirit_n	faith_n	soul_n	word_n	7,065	5	4.2672	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64346	A tender visitation of heavenly love, streaming from the fountain of endless life unto the tribulated flock of Christ (whom the world in derission calls Quakers) being several epistles given forth, by the one spirit of truth, through several of the servants of the living God, who are called among men Richard Farnsworth, John Whitehead, Thomas Greene.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1664 (1664)	Wing T680; ESTC R16615	13,111	22

Lord unto the sheep of his pasture wisheth stability in grace increase of faith with all spiritual comforts and blessings needful for your strengthening and preservation in the path of life unto the end of the race set before you that you may obtain that which your souls long after and not be beguiled of the recompence of Reward prepared for you that endure faithful unto the end of Time ASI was waiting on God to fulfill his will I felt the love of God springing in me unto all souls and in spirit beholding their bondage to corruption as also in the light plainly seeing the manifold tryals that do attend the camp of the Saints and the beloved City which they that dwell upon the earth with the instruments of cruelty are compassing about thinking to wear out the Saints of the most high and scatter the power of the holy people who have been made instruments to reprove their ungodly deeds I say having beheld these things and felt Gods yearning bowels to his creatures and his everlasting love to the house of Jacob I have therein laboured since I saw you face to face with good successe to streng then the plants of Gods vineyard that they may live and grow in that ground where they have felt both the root of life to nourish and the dew of heaven to refresh and received divers testimonies of Gods power in delivering and of his love in preserving them that thereby they might be encouraged to hold fast their confidence and persevere untill the righteousnesse of God be revealed to render tribulation to them that trouble us and to you that are troubled Rest with us in the day that the Lord Jesus shall take vengeance in flames of fire on them that know not God and are disobedient to his glorious Gospel which I have also laboured to preach unto them that dwell upon the earth testifying that the common salvation of every soul is the light which shineth in the heart and shews the corruptions therein that have imbondag'd the soul that the light may give unto it the knowledg of the glorious God and lead it into the possession of the treasure in the earthen vessel which so many are seeking without to find And further I have in the light manifested the confusion of Babels builders and shewed the nakednesse of the Whore in her second dress and reproved the abominations of the times whereby Satan felt his kingdome weakened and hath stirred up wrath against me and by his instruments hath cast me into prison in the Castle of Lincolne where I am now shut up for the testimony of Jesus and because I love his lambs and have laboured to inform strangers into the right way And now dear friends what can I do more to stablish and confirm you in the faith than patiently to suffer for the Lord and your sakes untill he break their bonds asunder Be assured that I am not straitned in spirit towards you neither is the word of God bound but therein do I breath unto the God of all power that your faith may not fail but be daily encreased and in the vertue of the word my soul saith unto my heavenly Father who is the husbandman and walketh in his Vineyard Water thy plants every moment and cause them to grow in thy vertue for without instrument thou canst perform thy work therefore let the light of thy countenance shine upon them that they may behold thy presence in their assemblice in their watchings let them feel thee near to deliver out of temptation and in their waiting upon thee let thy visitations renew their strength that they may walk together in thy love and trust perfectly in thy name O Lord poure forth of thy Spirit both on sons and Daughters that in the leadings of it they may serve and worship thee and be a refreshing and comfort one to another Let thy glorious power be revealed in us and stretch out thy hand for our help for thou alone dost know our innocency and hast pittied us in our affliction Therefore we hope in thy mercy and commit our selves to thee for in the day of thy power we were made willing to stay on thee and are gathered in thy name for refuge And now O righteous Father not only we whom thou hast recovered out of the Apostacy that have received the first fruits of thy Spirit but the Creation which thou hast made groans to be delivered from the oppression of Violence and bondage to corruption Therefore let thy bowels yerne towards thy suffering seed and thy mercy reach over all thy works and in thy righteousnesse cut short the dayes of Jacobs trouble and restore all things by thy power that all thine enemies may dread thy name and see that thou knowest how to deliver them that put their trust in thee that they also may bow to thy Scepter and thy kingdome come over all for unto thee alone with thy Word and Spirit belongs Glory Majesty Worship Dominion and Reverence for ever and ever Thus having poured out my supplication unto the Lord who himself loveth you in discharge of my duty to him as also to you unto whom I owe my whole life I do exhort you all to wait upon the Lord in the measure of light which he hath given you and look not out at things which are seen lest your faith fail neither be discouraged because you are sensible of your own weaknesse for you are Gods instruments by whom he will confound the strong and mighty therefore be not dismayed at the enemies rage whether inward or outward for though he fift you as wheat yet not one corn shall be lost and though he tread over and crush some of your tender plants with his feet yet shall the life of your root cause such again to spring up Therefore let not your hearts be troubled nor fear those sufferings or hardships that the enemy sets before you to cause you to stumble or turn aside out of the right way but look up unto the God of all mercy by whom you do enjoy all things that you have both pertaining to this life and that which is to come who hath delivered you out of the jaws of the devourer unto this day and doth not intend your destruction though he suffer you to passe through many great tribulations for the trial of your faith and exercise of your patience that all of you may be fully made manifest and such approved as do love God more than all things under the Sun and with their hearts do perfectly trust in him and seek not out any invention to save themselves which may grieve his spirit but delight in his love to do his will and do patiently wait to inherit the promise in the day of their distress flying unto his name alone for refuge and protection I say such shall never be put to confusion nor rooted up but grow and be nourished as the Lillies in the valley and in bringing