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A42004 An epistle by the life of truth in the love of God to all the bretheren in England greeting who are called Quakers ... Greene, Thomas, 1634?-1699. 1665 (1665) Wing G1841; ESTC R28045 4,789 10

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tryals and maketh them white thereby and supporteth them in the deepest exercise though many at this day are saying as Peter did Master save thy self yet we know he that saveth his life shall loose it and he that looseth his life for Christs sake and the Gospel shall find it And because of this our faithful Testimonie many are saying as Eliab did to David who came down when they shouted to the battel I know thy pride and the malice of thy heart thou art come down to see the battel then David said what have I done is there not a cause And this is our cause at this day wherein many are defying the Israel of God though we have not neither shall we go out with Sword nor spear neither with pride nor malice in our hearts but in the name of the Lord and in the strength of the mighty JEHOVAH in the meek and the quiet spirit therefore let none discourage you ye valient ones for the Lord is with us and who can be against us we seek not our own glory but the glory of the Lord alone and for his sake have and do suffer grievous things because we love our peace with him he hath cloathed us with innocency which is the strength of our loynes and refreshed us with the incombes of his life which hath been the comfort of our hearts therefore let not the frowns nor flatteries of any prevail upon you in this cloudy and dark day but stand still and in patience wait upon the Lord so shall you witness him unto you your everlasting reward and as you wait upon him in whom you have believed so will you know him fitting of you for life and death or bonds or liberty for prosperity or adversity and in every state ye will be content so shall you be as a bride adorned for her husband and shall witness the Lord to be with you and though he take you from the Earth yet are ye with him and can make your appeals unto him and say as good Hezekiah did Lord remember how I have walkt before thee with an upright and with a perfect heart the Lord will have pitty on thee and the Almighty will spare thee and gather thee unto himself but fear a snare and the pit shall be the portion of the ungodly for the Sinner cannot stand in judgment nor the ungodly in the Congregation of the Righteous for now the anger of the Lord is kindled and his arrows are flying abroad and the destroying Angel is gone forth from the presence of the Lord by which already many Fathers are left Childless and many a Wife now Widow and many Children parentless and yet for all this few turn to the Lord by true repentance Well the Lords anger is not yet over but his hand is stretched out still it 's yet but the beginning of sorrow even that I may cry and say Ah sinful Nation ah people laden with iniquity a seed of evil doers will not the Lord visit thee and the Almighty be avenged of thee who hath given thee line upon line and precept upon precept who hath corrected thee in love that thou mightest return but thou wouldst have none of his Councel and yet the Lord through his infinite love hath plucked us as brands out of the fire and hath brought us to sit under the Vine where none can make us afraid And now dearly beloved Friends who are as the first fruits unto God keep your Habitations for the time is near that that Scripture shall be fulfilled which saith Nation shall rise up against Nation and Kingdom against Kingdom and every Kingdom devided against it self shall not stand And these things ye may hear and see yet be not troubled for what have we to do in this matter our Kingdom is not of this World neither is our Crown of rejoycing in visible things for it shall be as it hath been spoken The people of the Lord shall dwell alone and shall not be numbred amongst the Nations Therefore be still be still in this day while all people out of truth are as the troubled waters that cannot rest nor find peace nor satisfaction in all they enjoy therefore ye little Remnant who are called chosen and beloved of the Lord keep retired in the true breathing Seed which is only satisfied with the incombes of the Fathers love in that wait in the patience and in the meek spirit so shall the blessing love and mercy of the Lord be your portion and your daily recompence from the Almighty and happy for ever shall ye be that are kept faithful in your Testimonies and are found in Gods Worship in this his day wherein he is trying all the sons of Men and sifting them as wheat the faithful shall be preserved and by the Lord be into the Garner gathered where safety yee shall witness and daily satisfaction enjoy from the Almighty and shall be ready for your dissolution when ever it shall please the Lord to call you So to the hands of the Lord and into the armes of the Almighty do I commit you all making mention of you in my Prayers to God daily beging that the Lord may fill refresh and satisfie you with his own likeness that his power may be with you and his glory rest upon you that to him ye may be as a garden of Spiees and as Plants full of living virtue that glory to God alone may be given and to the Lamb by you all for evermore So the God of Heaven bless you and water you with the dew from above and keep you in an Heavenly watchfulness that as the Vallies receive the small rain so ye may receive power and strength from the Lord over every adversary enemy tryal and temptation that in the way of Righteousness ye may run to the end of the race to the glory of the Lord for ever Amen saith the Soul of him who for the Lord and his truths sake loveth you and remaineth your Friend and Brother in tribulation and rejoycing F●om Edmundsbury Gaol the 17th day of the 19th Moneth 1665. Tho. Green Friends here are well and the Presence of the Lord is with us We are in all in this Prison upon all Accompts twenty four and their love is to Friends every where This to be read amongst Friends in the fear of the Living God THE END