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A56574	A testimony to the Lord's power and blessed appearance in and amongst children wherein is expressed the great love of God to them, who, as young and tender, have tasted of his good word & heavenly life. Published for the use of Friends, and to prevent various reports, that they may have a true account in the following testimonies, given forth by faithful witnesses. Here are also added to what was before printed, several pretious testimonies and epistles, which are as the effects of the appearance and opperation of that great power & wisdom of God in and amongst them.	Taylor, Frances, d. 1685.; Paterson, A., Quaker, attributed name. aut; Taylor, Christopher, ca. 1615-1686, attributed name. aut; Matern, John, 1639 or 40-1680. aut	1679 (1679)	Wing P683B; ESTC R217119	22,314	71

out of the Full unto Christ Jesus that never fell that they may feel themselves growing up in his heavenly Life as living Members of him the blessed Head then will they come to understand that these Things are from the Lord when the inward Eye and Ear is opened they will with me hear their Testimony That these things are of the Lord. The 6th day of the 5th Moneth 1679. G. LAWRY A Copy of a Letter to A. P. DEar A. P. c. I cannot omit but certifie some-what of our last Nights's Exercise in our Meeting in our Family how mightily the Power of the Lord appeared amongst us first breaking in upon Two Young Lads and so passed through the rest with such Dread and Power that there was an exceeding great shaking and tenderness amongst them rather more than on that notable Fourth day so that it was not without difficulty to bring several of them into stilness again But at the last it being late they went to Bed and there many of them lay Crying Weeping and Lamenting for two or three Hours together Others in a diverse Exercise some who had been sober and formerly good conditioned meek and gentle the Power was meek with them and overcame them in a most blessed manner so that they were filled with heavenly Praises uttering such words as sweet-conditioned Souls are wont to do when they are sealed by the Lord's Spirit Others most bitterly Lamenting their Conditions especially one of the aforesaid Lads for about three Hours together in his Bed exceeded and cryed out for Mercy so Dreadfully that I never as I remember heard a more Terrible Exercise from small or great When I told him how patiently his Bed-fellow lay besides him he answered The reason was because he had not been so Wicked as himself had been If I could but write down the Speeches of the poor Children under their various Exercises I may well say it would be as a wonderful Thing and such a Lesson as many Hearts would be broken to read but what shall I say but admire the Love and Mercy of the Lord in these Things C. was blessedly disposed on and was truly refreshed in his Soul and with him and several others there was a secret inward Harmony from a feeling Sense of God's pure Visitation and some more dreadfully feized on and broken in upon by the Authority of the Power so that it was admirable to behold the varity of the Exercises suitable to the subject Matter Condition and Disposition of every Child This is a hint to thee of the matter who I know dearly loves us and will be refreshed at any time to hear of our Wellfare So leaving the rest to W. C. who was with us in the Meeting if thou pleasest to enquire of him with mine and my Wife 's dear Love to thee and thy dear Wife c. I rest thy dearly loving Brother in the Fellowship of God's Truth Waltham-Abby the 24th of the 4th Moneth 1679. C. Taylor A Copy of a Letter to T. T. DEar Brother c. the 24th of the 4th Moneth 1679. we sitting towards Evening with the Family and Children being in all about Fifty the Lords sweet and tender heart-breaking Power was with us in a shower of abundance of Love Mercy and Gentleness thorowout which caused abundance of melting Tears and great Soul-gladness like unto the Love and Tenderness of a most tender Father in Forgiveness and Mercy after Correction and Submission under the same I mean especially as to such who had been more stubborn And the more mild and gentle-conditioned were under the pure sense of the same Power in pure Love and sweet Tenderness with an encrease of what had been poured out before at the other Meetings so that the whole Meeting and Family at that time was as I may truly say overpowered with Divine comfort in the sense of God's pure Love nothing else from God declared to them but that they should admire his sweet Love and Mercy and how good the Lord was how gentle kind and most tender over them together with the great admiring of the same Love being filled with it so that the heavenly Flame of it drowned all manner of Sorrow at that time and conquered all sense of Terror and Judgment nothing but Love at that time and Mercy appearing and overcoming all so that it was wonderful to behold the great Gravity and Sense of the Children in such an Exercise there being such a general Heart-breaking Power over powering them in such a manner with Gods blessing throughout declared amongst them all And now I may say that there is not one who hath been of the worst Temper and Disposition hore at present but in pleading with them about their Conditions in the sense of God's Truth have been broken into a sensible acknowledgment with weeping Eyes so far hath the most blessed Power of the living God appeared in this place a Day much groaned and longed for to see Glory to the Lord forever And certainly the living God will bestow more of his heavenly Blessings upon us by the still pouring forth of his heavenly Spirit as we are dear and tender before him and of his Glory Amen So dear Brother admire with us the excellency of God's pure Love and pray with us that we all may be kept in the sweet and humble acknowledgment of all his most tender Mercies And oh that we may never give the least occasion whereby the Lord may with-draw the sense of such great Love and Mercy from us Amen Amen So dear Brother if I could tell thee I would how full of sweet Melody my Soul is at present from the sense of this his pure goodness and how full of Joy and Gladness and heavenly Praises Oh! the glorious heavenly Power of the Lord God how when he pleases it most wonderfully overcomes the Hearts and Souls of his beloved and tender Children Oh dear Brother feel feel what my Soul can admire but my Tongue far unable to utter neither lawful for any man to do in this earthly Tabernacle in which we reach unto thee dearly and to thy dear Wife And I am thy dear Brother C. Taylor The following Testimonies are from the Teachers of the Children A testimony concerning the Goodness and Mercy of God our heavenly Father in Christ Jesus manifested to the Children of our Family IN the sence of the great Love and tender Mercies of the Lord God who hath often graciously visited and livingly refreshed my Soul in our Evenings or Family's Meetings I can and do bear this living and faithful Testimony That at a Meeting the 23d of the 4th Moneth called June in the Evening the great God and Father of Mercy in a special and wonderful manner did abundantly pour forth of his good and holy Spirit of Life and Grace upon our Spirits through Jesus Christ our Saviour by which our Souls and Spirits were broken and melted before him That Waters did gush out of of the Rocks

of his Countenance from us which would bring Sorrow Anguish and Destruction upon our Souls Oh! let us walk worthy of this great Love let every one of us be circumspect in our Lives and Conversations that our Enemies who Reproach and Blaspheme the holy Name and powerful Work of the Lord God who hath graciously and gloriously appeared in and among us may behold our Holy Innocent Upright Life and Conversation and by it may be reached and convinced that not the Devil but the Lord God in his holy Life Virtue Power and Spirit hath appeared in and among us by which he hath wrought a new Heart and renewed a right and holy Spirit in us the blessed Effect whereof is Holiness and Righteousness which Work is not of Man much less of the Devil but of the Everlasting Pure and Holy God who in his Everlasting Holy Pure and Quickning Power hath begot us again into the heavenly Image of his dear Son Christ Jesus which consists in Holiness and Righteousness and Truth which the Devil is out of Having therefore received Grace and Mercy Life Virtue and Power of God let us cleanse our selves from all Filthiness of the Flesh and Spirit perfecting Holiness in the Fear of God that we may shew forth the heavenly Vertue and Power of him that hath called and translated us from Darkness into his marvelous Light and turned from Satans Power to his own Holy Pure and Living Power in which we are inabled to do good Works new created of God in Christ Jesus unto good Works that we may walk therein in which if we are found walking doing the Works of God we shall never fall again for so an entrance shall be ministred unto us abundantly into the Everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who is the true Light which lights every man that comes into the World in which heavenly and divine Light we daily receive Life Virtue and Power to escape the Corruption that is in the World through Lust and to live Soberly Righteously and Godly in this present World to the Honour and Praise of him that hath called us to Glory and Virtue For this is the very end of the heavenly living powerful Appearance of our God in the midst of us that in and through the heavenly Power of his Son Christ Jesus reveal'd in us in his divine heavenly Light Life and Spirit he might redeem us from all Iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar People zealous unto good Works and that so out of the Mouthes of Babes and Sucklings he may perfect Praises for his Name Let us therefore always be found in Well-doing that our Light may shine before men that they may see our good Works and glorifie our Father which is in Heaven who dwells in the Light and is Light in which if we walk therein we have fellowship with him and one with another and the Blood of Jesus Christ his Son which cleanses us from all Sin is inwardly known and felt and the true Fellowship with the Father and his Son Jesus Christ comes to be witnessed Righteousness and Holiness is shewn forth in our Lives and Conversations by which our heavenly Father comes to be praised and glorified For herein is our heavenly Father of his Children glorified when ●hey bring forth much Fruit of the Spirit which is in all Goodness and Righteousness and Truth always proving and doing what is acceptable unto the Lord to whom be Glory and Honour Praises and Hallelujah Wisdom and Dominion from my Soul in the living Sense of his great Love and tender Mercies now henceforth forever and ever Amen Amen The 5th of the 5th Moneth 1679. Testified by me J. M. VVHen I consider the Goodness Mercy and Love of Almighty God to the Sons and Daughters of Men so largely manifested and suited to every Capacity and Condition to this end and purpose that all even from the least to the greatest may be made sensible and living Monuments of his wonderful Work which he hath been carrying on in all Ages less or more but now in this latter Age of the World is cutting the Work short in Righteousness I see it clearly in the Light of the Lord for which my Soul and Heart is overcome with Praises and Thanksgivings to him who I see takes pleasure to dwell with the lowly in Heart and that are willing to follow him whithersoever he in his Requirings may lead Glory to his blessed Name forever I say the consideration of the Lord 's wonderful Dealing with people but more especially with the young Ones in our Family constrains me at this time to open my Mouth in my small Measure to declare of his Wonderful and Soul-ravishing Virtue livingly witnessed to in my measure and also am an Eye Ear-Witness but which is more I find it seal'd in my Heart that the Lord hath begun a blessed Work in and among the Younger sort so that I can say in Truth The Lord hath been here the blessed Effects whereof do sufficiently declare it Oh! how is my Soul overioy'd when I see that wild Nature which bore rule in some changed and brought under so that I may justly say with the Prophet and do witness the same both in my own particular as also I declare it on the behalf of the Children That in some I see instead of the Tkorus comes up the Fir-tree and instead of the Bryar comes up the Myrtle-tree and it is for the Lord a Name for an Everlasting Sign that shall not be cut off This hath been the End and Tendency of all the Upright-hearted Ones in their Labour and daily Exercise in this Family who are more nearly concerned in them And Oh! let all Hearts joyn with me at this time and at all times to Praise and Extol the God of all Goodness who in his Love hath given us an Earnest of our Desires which is more to us than Thousands of Silver or Gold This the Lord hath been bringing to pass for several years past by his Almighty Power and Out-stretched Arm invisibly in the Hearts of the Young Ones and now is more manifestly begun to shew forth his Power to the melting of the Rocky-hearted and tendring of them into Tears which was livingly witnessed to by many who felt the Power of the Almighty to overshadow them in a Wonderful and Soul-ravishing manner at our fourth day's Meeting in Waltham-Abby so that in the Sense of the goodness of the Lord tendred to my Soul and the Souls of the Children there present I was broken into Tears having a deep sense of the Work of the Lord in my own particular to work in my Heart as also I was overcome with Joy to feel the Lord's Power so wonderfully to work on the Childrens Minds that they were melted and broken to the Amazement of many there present who never saw such a Day nor witnessed the Lords Power to change them in their Minds Oh! but what Joy what Comfort what

Springs were opened in dry places and the very Depth did utter forth its Voice I my self was so overpowered and overcome with this heavenly Life Virtue and Power of God that I did shake and tremble before Him the mighty God of Heaven and Earth who by his quick and powerful Voice shaketh the Wilderness and breaketh the Cedars of Lebanon at whose appearance and look the Earth Trembles and at whose touch the Hills Smoke This his great Love and powerful Operation upon my Heart and Spirit being livingly refreshed and comforted by it did cause my Soul to magnifie the Lord and my Spirit to rejoyce in God my Saviour singing and making sweet Melody in my Heart to the Lord because he did so graciously answer the Desire of our Souls and powerfully break in upon the Hearts and Spirits of our Children revealing himself in his great and Almighty Power among them in and through which their Hearts were broken their Spirits melted and their Souls humbly-bowed before him as the alone searcher of the Heart and tryer of the Reins making known to every one his state and condition and bringing to Light the hidden things of Darkness and Counsels of the Hearts which brought Sorrow and Trouble upon them and caused many of them to lament and cry out before the Lord. Oh! who can appear and stand before the great Judge of the Quick and Dead and not Tremble at his Word and not Howl and Cry as under the Sense of his Judgments till they be brought forth unto Victory and the Soul comes to feel Redemption from Sin and Iniquity through the Blood of Jesus Christ We are living Witnesses of this great and powerful Work of the Almighty God in and amongst the Children of our Family by which he hath begun to work out their Salvation with Fear and Trembling and to turn their Minds from Darkness to Light and from the Power of Satan unto himself that they may receive Forgiveness of Sins and Inheritance amongst them which are sanctified by Faith in Christ Jesus to the great comfort and satisfaction of our Souls who was thus graciously pleased to appear and reveal himself in and among us in his heavenly Power and Authority for my Soul hath often been poured out before the Lord on their behalf that he would be pleased to reach unto their Hearts in his heavenly quickening Power that at length they might come to experience in themselves what hath-often been declared to them by others that so in the sense of this Heart-breaking Power they might learn to fear him their Creator in the dayes of their Youth and their Souls might be engaged and constrained to love and obey him Now the Lord hath heard our Cry and answered our Desire he hath manifested his great Love Favour and Mercy unto them and us in the sense whereof my Soul did and doth rejoyce praising and glorifying his Name on their and our behalf I can bear my witness in Truth that the sense of the goodness of the Lord did rest upon my Spirit all the Night long that after I awaked my Eyes were full of Tears and my Soul full of holy Praises and Thanks-giving unto the Lord because of his tender Mercies and great Love towards us breathing to the Lord that he in his heavenly blessed Power would carry on his great Work of Regeneration that he hath begun in and upon our Spirits and to Bless us daily more and more with all Spiritual Blessings in Christ Jesus to the Praise and Glory of his Grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved according to the Riches of his Grace wherein he hath reached and abounded towards us to declare unto our Souls that he has pardoned our Sins and received us into his Fatherly Love and Care What shall I say of the next following Meeting I am not able to express the sweet refreshing Life Virtue and Power of our heavenly Father arising in us with healing under his Wings For as the Evening before Fearfulness and Trembling came upon many and Horror had overwhelmed them so now at this time the sweet Love of a most tender and merciful Father embracing their Spirits did sweetly and livingly refresh and comfort their Souls he healed the broken in Heart and bound up their Wounds with the Balm of his heavenly Life Virtue and Power to the great comfort and satisfaction of our Souls who partook of the Water of Life that the Lord poured forth and made us to drink of in and through which the Spirit of the Humble was quickened and the Heart of the Contrite Ones revived Now as the Lord in those two Meetings hath appeared and revealed himself in and to us in a most special gracious and powerful manner so his Sweet and Heart-melting Love and tender Mercies have hitherto followed us from Meeting to Meeting sensibly and livingly Refreshing Comforting Strengthening and Confirming our Souls in his Love Life Vertue and Power until this very Day Praises Praises Praises Glory and Honour be to our God henceforth forever and forever Moreover it is sealed to my Spirit by the holy Spirit of the Lord God That We shall be Monuments of his Tender Mercies and Fatherly Love and Care These are the Words which livingly arose in my Heart as we were lately gathered together and arise again as I am writing this Testimony for God I say We shall be Monuments of his tender Mercies and fatherly Love and Care if we keep Low Humble Meek and Tender before him he will instruct us and teach us in the Way which we shall go and guide us with his Eyes if we alwayes Fear and Dread his holy powerfull Name which he hath revealed unto us and poured forth in and among us as a good and precious Ointment which causes us to be glad and to rejoyce in him and to love him with all our Heart Soul and Mind In the sense of this great Love and tender Mercies of the Lord God my Soul desires that I and every one of us especially our dear Children that have with us tasted of the good Word and Power of the World to come by which our Souls have been quickened and livingly refreshed and comforted may be alwayes kept in a living sense of the Lovingkindness and Goodness of the Lord towards us that so we may walk in Humility Righteousness and Holiness before him who hath reached to our Souls and made us sensible of our inward State and Condition and also of his Love Grace and Mercy that we may walk worthy of this his great Love and Dread and Fear him in our Hearts alwayes having the Eyes of our Mind towards him that in his Light shining in our Souls we may see even the least appearance of Evil waiting in it we may receive Power to be kept and preserved out of it lest by entring in or consenting to it we should offend the Lord and cause him to with-draw his sweet Love and to hide the Light and Favour

Lords own begetting because he hath answered it in some measure and in his Love hath wonderfully appeared unto me and refreshed my Soul many a time since the day that I came among these Children and under the sense of that Love of God hath my Heart often been broken O! how is my Soul tendered when I think of the Lords Love to my Soul and how he hath delivered me from the Snares of the Enemy who hath often sought to captivate my Soul and to hinder the motions of the Spirit of the Lord that would sometimes arise in me for then was he busie to draw away my Mind from the Power of God lest I should lay hold upon it and thereby be delivered from him Oh! when I consider these things and how I have been made to cry in the bitterness of my Spirit when no Mortal Eye could see Who shall deliver me out of this Thraldom how the Lord yearned towards me with Bowels of tender Compassion whereby he made me sensible That he had laid Help upon one that is Mighty even upon his Beloved Son the Lord Jesus Christ who is come a Light into the World that all might believe in him and have Eternal Life And that if I would but give up to him he would Deliver me Blessed be his Name forever For by the Working of his holy Power hath he constrained me to give up unto him and to cast my self down at his Feet that so I might be saved by him For even as he healed those of their outward Infirmities in the dayes of his Flesh who were cast down at his Feet and who humbled themselves before him so doth he arise in this Day to those who are willing to be humbled before him and to give up truly unto him with Healing in his Wings to heal their Back-slidings and to cure their Infirmities and it is those only who Humble themselves before him and who are willing to be content with that Measure that he is pleased to bestow upon them how little soever it be that he doth Nourish and that he doth Refresh even as he did those two Women of Old one whereof was willing to be content with the Crumbs that did fall from the Table the other was willing to be content if she could but touch the Hem of his Garment How was the Lord moved with Compassion towards them and how did he Refresh them and give them the Desire of their Hearts and indeed so he doth to all those in this Day who despise not the Day of small things but are willing to wait upon him in the least of his Appearances although it be but as a Grain of Mustard-seed the lest of all Seeds yet if it be given way unto it will come to be great and it will become a Teacher that cannot be removed into a Corner but will alwayes be with those both Day and Night to Reprove them for Sin and Evil and to give them Victory over the same that lay hold upon it and by Virtue thereof they will even grow from strength to strength until they become Perfect men in Christ Jesus who said Be ye therefore Perfect as your Father which is in Heaven is Perfect Waltham-Abby the 8th of the 11th Moneth 1679. David Barclay WHen I consider how Merciful Loving and Kind the Lord hath been unto us and how he doth graciously appear and time after time manifest his Love amongst us my Heart is filled with Praises and my Soul doth magnifie his Power and rejoyce in God my Saviour For I do truly believe that the cause of my coming to this place was of the Lord for as before I was Wicked and Disobedient unto God running hither and thither seeking rest for my Soul but could find none But Praises be to God forever he did at last hear my Cry and answer the desire of my Heart and did pluck me as a Brand pluckt out of the Fire and set my Feet upon a Rock where he did make known unto me the thing which had been long hidden from me and did also shew me the Darkness and Obscurity which I was plunged into such was the Mercy of God which I hope I shall never forget unto my dying Day and I can truly say that the Lord doth still abide with us and doth time after time appear unto us healing the Wound which before he had caused for we do certainly know that he is both able to wound and also to heal Oh! I cannot but admire the Loving-kindness of God that he should so appear and abide as he doth but it is true as it is said With those that are meek and lowly and of a contrite Heart will God abide and with such is he well-pleased for in my measure I can witness that God is a God of Love and of Long-sufferance and desires not the Death of a Sinner but would rather that he should live for I have known it so therefore is my Mouth opened at this time to the Praise of God and that the Ages to come may know of the Wondrous Works of the Lord even amongst Children and those that are but young in Years for he indeed hath looked upon us with an Eye of Pity and Compassion and it hath pleased him to appear unto us and to shew us the gross Errors and Pollutions which we have been addicted to Therefore in the sense of the Mercy and Loving-kindness of God my Soul is even overcome and doth magnifie and praise his Name desiring that both I and all those whom he hath in any wise made sensible of their States and Conditions may be kept in his fear and dread unto the end of our days that so in the End we may lay down our Heads in Peace and enjoy his presence for evermore And also that while we live we may live to his Praise and be kept humble and low that so in the consideration of his Love we may be even constrained to love him again for what were we or our Fathers House that he should appear unto us who have been so Wicked and Disobedient unto him Oh! this is great Love indeed that for all this the Lord should be so merciful for he hath opened our Eyes that we can clearly see and discern that the end of the Lord in this matter is to do us good and that we may perfect his Praise as it is said Out of the Mouthes of Babes and Sucklings will I perfect Praise Therefore we cannot but praise him who is worthy of all Praise henceforth forever and forever more Amen Waltham-Abby the 23d of the 11th Mon. 1679. Sam. Sweeting To his quondam School-Master Loving Master MY Love salutes thee with the rest of thy Houshold remembring my School-fellows and Landlords hoping that you are all in good Health as I am at this present writing by the Grace of God who is the preserver of all mankind and by whom we live and breath and have our being O! when I remember at any

time thee or my School-fellows I am moved with compassion unto you because of my former Acquaintance and because of the Love which I bear unto you O! how am I cast down when I think of things which were done there with thee in my time O! when the Lord gave me a sight of the Vanities thereof O how Naked I saw my self in the sight of the Lord for even I was as Naked as Adam when he had eaten of the forbidden Fruit yea when the Lord called unto me saying Where art thou I was afraid and was ready to hide my Face but if I had called never so often to the Hills and Mountains to hide me still I should have been as Naked as ever I was and he that cannot first witness these things with me can never witness a new Birth and if he cannot witness a new Birth he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven for Paul said while he was upon Earth Flesh and Blood cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven O! when I remember the Pride of the Pharisee he who is counted the Shepherd of the Town when as I once went down the Town and did not put off my Hat to him how he complained unto thee O! but he never considered when he was Drunk himself and when he lay in Babylon even to the Day and Hour he was to feed his Sheep O that thou mightest but think upon these things with consideration then wouldest thou not wink at these things any longer And so no more but thy Loving Friend Ralph Fretwell Waltham-Abby the 19th of the 11th Moneth 1679. My beloved Brother MY dear Love in the Unchangeable Truth of the Lord our God wherewith my Heart at this time is overcome saluteth thee so that in the feelling Sense of the Heart-ravishing Love of a Tender-hearted Father witnessed towards my Soul am I constrained at this time to write a few Lines unto thee shewing thee how wonderfully and how powerfully the Lord hath made bare his Arm of Eternal Salvation and hath stretched it forth towards our Souls in this Place in the Sense of which my Heart at this time is broken so that I cannot forbear but must needs acquaint thee with that which I have seen with mine Eyes and heard with mine Ears and my Hands have handled of the good Word of Life since I came into this Family Oh! my Mouth cannot speak these things which I have livingly felt and experienced in mine own particular neither can I express those things wherein I have seen others exercised since I came amongst them for I have felt the Almighty and Powerful God at work in me to the rooting out in some measure of that Spirit of the crooked Serpent that hath so long possessed the House but now have I felt the Cleansing Power and Purifying Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ who is come as a Refiner with Fire and as a Fuller with Sope and who hath determined That he will have a Pure and Undefiled People to Worship him to purifie and to cleanse my Soul in some measure from the Polutions of Sin and Iniquity Oh my Brother my Soul cannot express the wonderful Loving-kindness of the Lord God Almighty which he hath handed forth unto me in and through his beloved Son who is come indeed that his Children might have Life and that they might have it more abundantly Oh! the flowings forth of his heavenly Life is felt in this Day to refresh the Hearts of those that wait upon him and his heavenly Peace is witnessed to comfort their Souls which is more than Thousands of Gold and Silver and indeed as one said A Day in his Court is better than a Thousand else-where Oh! this is the Day of glad Tidings indeed unto a Remnant whom he hath reached unto by the Operation of his blessed Power which worketh wonderfully in the Hearts of his little Ones and of his tender hearted Babes whom he tendereth before him whereby they come to witness the Times of Refreshment and of sweet Consolation to run down their Souls as a place of broad Rivers Oh! my Soul at this time is sensible of his Consolating and Refreshing Presence whereby he hath often comforted me to his Praise I can say it and I know assuredly that he withholds nothing that tends to the good of those that love him and that delight to run the Way of his Commandments and to follow him in the Regeneration but he enables them and endews them more and more with Power from on High and he renews their Strength from time to time so that indeed they can run the Race that he hath set before them and not be weary and walk in his Heavenly Way and not faint Oh! my Soul is so filled at this time with the pure Life of Jesus that I cannot but admire his Holiness who so filleth the Hearts of his Children with heavenly Praises and melodious Songs whereby he makes them to praise and magnifie his Name in the Land of the Living Oh! how can those who are sensible of this his blessed Power and of the Dawnings of his heavenly Day upon their Hearts and Souls but forever praise and magnifie his Name for his blessed Appearance and for the Revelation of his holy Power whereby he hath turned their Hoarts from their former Lovers and from their former Idols unto the Love of him and of his Truth who is over all worthy to be loved and waited upon So having no more at present I do remain Thye Loving Brother D. Barclay A Testimony of one of the Teachers BLessed be the Name of the Lord our God forever and evermore who in this Day hath made his People sensible of his Redeeming Arm of Power stretched forth for their Deliverance out of the Bondage and Slavery of Satan to serve him in the Liberty of his own holy and blessed Spirit and to praise his Name in the Land of the Living who is their God and their King their Captain and their Leader who goeth out and in before his Children his Sheep his Babes his little Ones whose Hearts he hath tendered by his heavenly Power and thereby he doth over shadow them from time to time and makes them to grow in the sense of his Love and Goodness to their Souls Thus the Lords Love is extended in this his heavenly Day unto many and the Arm of his Eternal Power is revealed in many for their Deliverance whereby they are come to know a blessed Change wrought upon their Hearts and as their Minds are staid upon him they do alwayes feel him near unto them and he is never wanting to administer Comfort and sweet Consolation unto them when they do truly and in Uprightness of Heart wait upon him O! the flowings forth of his fatherly Love and heavenly Everlasting virtuous Life that my Soul with the Souls of others hath been many time sensible of in our Family Meetings in this place And I can truly say I have been made to