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spirit_n	fear_n	lord_n	wisdom_n	5,389	5	6.9425	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65865	An epistle of consolation from the fresh springs of life, and flowings forth of the Fathers love (through his servant) as a tender salutation extended to the whole flock and family of God; even to the lowest of his babes and servants, whose hearts are sincere and tender towards him: for their encouragement now in these suffering and trying times. By G.W.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1664 (1664)	Wing W1927; ESTC R217349	6,705	10

An Epistle of Consolation from the fresh Springs of Life and flowings forth of the Fathers Love through his Servant as a tender Salutation extended to the whole Flock and Family of God even to the lowest of his Babes and Servants whose hearts are sincere and tender towards him For their encouragement now in these Suffering and Trying times By G. W. O My dear and tenderly beloved Friends Brethren and Sisters from the greatest to the least in my Fathers family who are raised up by the power of an endless life and begotten by the word of truth and life into a living faith and confidence in him who is our Rock and Refuge in all tryals afflictions and sufferings which we are exposed to and undergo for the testimony of Righteousness and a good Conscience unto you even unto you who are partakers of this heavenly Calling and whose hearts accordingly are set with a holy Resolution for the glory and honour of our God therein is my heart filled with love unutterable which ariseth from the fresh Springs of Life and Consolation made manifest from a living experience of the effectual power and work of God which hath given access into a heavenly habitation and Sanctuary wherein his presence is enjoyed in which the fulness of Consolation and Joy resideth for the Righteous and all such as wait upon the Lord our God in his own e●ernal spirit of life and holiness whose delight is to dwell with him in his Mansion-house which we have access into through the new and living way which in the everlasting and unspeakable love of God in his own Son is now made manifest and the many veils seen thorow by which this way and habitation was hid from us whilst our minds were alienated from the lo●e and everlasting light of the Lord God and his Christ but now therein is life and Salvation brought forth and come near to many whose hearts are enclined towards him and set to seek the fountain of life And it is not the power of darkness nor the enmity of the Serpent or old Dragon nor the dark wrath of man that shall be able to hinder obstruct or frustrate the Lord God in his proceeding in this his great work of Righteousness which by his mighty arm and power he will carry on and prosper to the perfecting his own praise in his people and as he hath glorified his everlasting name and Crowned his own seed with glory victory and tryumph thorow sufferings and tribulations which glory and victory many in their own particulars are partakers of so he will glorifie and renown his name and seed thorow those tryals and sufferings which yet remain to be fulfilled amongst his faithful witnessess servants and people who are called and chosen and faithful being endued with the spirit nature and properties of his Elect seed in which his soul delighteth and with whom the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper and which shall out live the enmity and Reign over its Adversaries and Oppressors though they for a time be permitted to appear with a high hand and the wicked so highly to lift their horns up against the seed of the Righteous and to attempt the rooting out of the faithful from amongst men yet we have no cause in any of these things to distrust the Lord or to be weakened in our confidence which he hath raised up in us for he is with us who is mighty to save and his care mercy and tenderness is felt towards all that truly fear him and obey his voice and of this I am a living witness who from time to time upon the weighty consideration and feeling of the goodness of our God and largeness of his love to his people have been and am filled with the sense of his presence and unspeakable glory over all that which would oppress or hurt which cannot enter into the holy Mountain and in that glory and life received is my heart and bowels of tender love enlarged towards all the upright in heart who are come of a holy right seed a●d sprung forth from a noble Vine and not only so but in ho●y confidence and stedfast Resolution are given up in the spirit of life wisdom and power and of the fear of the Lord to follow him in the faith patience and suffering of his own faithful and Elect seed which you that abide in shall never degenerate from the nature and innocency thereof but know your victory and dominion therein over death and hell where the gates threeof shall never be suffered to prevail against you for as in the faith and obedience you are given up in his will who hath called you your habitation and security stands in his name and power to which the Righteous flie and retire in all their troubles and tribulatio●s which though they be many yet so many deliverances do they meet withall at his hand who is our Rock and Refuge whose Salvation becomes as Walls and Bulwarks for the faithful Oh my dear Friends both in the City of London Bristol Hartford Reading Colchester and elsewhere in this Nation of England who for the tryal and exercise of your faith and patience thorow many tribulations and sufferings and who more particularly at this day and time are under a deep tryal and exercise the power of darkness and its Instruments being permitted to afflict you and to break your harmless and innocent Meetings and to hurry many of you into holes and prisons and yet you retain so much tenderness in your spirits towards God and respect to his testimony and cause that you dare not deny him but must confess him and his truth and righteous testimony and worship before men and for that cause have given your backs to the smiters and exposed your selves to undergo the deep sufferings or penalties that men may be permitted to inflict upon you and even to give up your lives for a prey rather then the name of the Lord should be dishonoured by you Oh dear hearts hold fast your confidence and resolution in the name and power of the everlasting Jehovah in whom is your strength and safety and keep within and be retired in your minds when temptations or any discouragements would enter you to weaken any of your faith for in the light and power of the God of Jacob a safe habitation is known out of and above all the troubles of the world and the persecutions that we meet with in it and in the secret pavilion of the Almighty and hiding places of the Lord the oppressed that wait upon him find a Refuge in the time of trouble and therein do see over all the blackness and darkness which hath covered the Earth in which the enmity worketh against the righteous seed and do know a sweet repose in their deepest sufferings and tryals and that Well-Spring of life is set open in them which makes all easie to them and sanctifies every state and condition of what tryal or exercise soever they

in the Lord and those that come of thee sha●l take root and Israel which prevaileth with God shall blossom and bud and fill the face of the world with fruit and I will be as the dew unto him he shall grow as the Lilly and cast forth his roots as Lebanon saith the Lord What though if men be suffered to persecute hurry about exile transport or transplant any of us who are of this seed yet they cannot hinder this from growing nor the branches thereof from spreading over Nations and Kingdoms because our God hath caused and will yet cause his own seed to take deep root among nations and people and will root out the uncircumcised before his plant And thou O Zion and Church of the living God and suffering seed who hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them that went over that thou mightest keep thy conscience clear and not bow down thy soul for thy enemies to go over it the Lord thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people will give the cup of trembling and fury which thou hast drunk of into the hand of them that afflict thee therefore put on strength and courage in the Lord thy God and shine forth in thy brightness and beauty for he is with thee who hath laid thy foundations with Saphires and thy stones with fair colours and he will adorne thy dwelling and beautifie thy scituation as with the most precious and pleasant stones though thou hast been as one afflicted and tossed with tempests and troubles within and without and whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake and the gathering of the people and the fulness of the Gentiles shall be unto thee and the sons of them that afflicted thee and all them that have despised thee shall bow and bend before thee O my dear friends who are come to a living faith concerning these things and to know that seed in which all the promises of God are yea and Amen dwell and abide therein and as you are called to bear a publick testimony for God in order to the gathering of many unto the covenant of promise so be faithful in holding forth that testimony though for it many be called to suffer in this day of tryal and to offer up all for the sake thereof yet the Lord being with us let us go on in his name and by him make mention thereof and vindicate his worship in spirit and truth which we suffer for and in the power authority and counsel of God stand up for our just liberty therein before our persecutors and Judges when we are called before them and in the weighty and feeling spirit of life Friends to endeavour when called before their oppressors to fasten something upon their consciences for the innocency of our Cause and when any of them are tryed in order to banishment or the like that they may be so kept in the fear and counsel of God having their spirits seasoned with his life as they may be manifest in the consciences of both their persecutors and spectators and that it may be apparent that friends are in the name of the Lord which is above every earthly name how great soever and that in this name of our God we walk and suffer for obeying him and assembling together singly and innocently in his way and worship and suffer upon an innocent and conscientious account whatever otherwise men unrighteously pretend against us and this our suffering shall preach and the Gospel of the Kingdom shall there thorow be witnessed and sounded forth to the gathering in of many into the love of that truth which we have received though some that are unfaithful and such as back-slide in heart shall be scattered and blown away with the storm but the faithful and upright whose hearts are perfect towards God he will shew himself strong on their behalf and they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goes who through great tribulation have their garments washed in his Blood and who abide in the Temple and habitation of the living God serving him continually therein the storm shall not be suffered to remove them nor the heat to scorch them but under the shadow of their souls beloved they shall sit down in peace and the Lamb shall feed them and lead them unto the fountains of waters even so the Lord God encompass all you his dear babes and spiritual off-spr●ng with the arme of power and make you as a wa●ered Garden and surround you within the bounds of his salvation and confound your enemies and make their evil designs and intentions void and frustrate that he alone may have the glory and preheminence amongst his people in this his day From your dear brother and fellow sufferer who travels in spirit and waits in patience with the suffering seed for Sions deliverance out of all her troubles and ren●wn over all her enemies G. W. W. M. Written in the White Lion Prison London the 23d of the 7th Moneth 1664. The End