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A salutation of true love to all faithful friends, brethren and sisters in the fellowship of the blessed truth with an addition of tender love to all younger convinced friends in and about London &c. : also a few words of advice to the children of believing and faithful parents.
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Fisher, A. (Abigail)
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Wing F986; ESTC R37815
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his immediate Power hath fitted for the Publishing his Truth and Informing you of the blessed Way of Life and Salvation in this our Age Blessed be his Name his Fame hath spread and shall to the Ends of the Earth He is the same God this Day as ever his Power is not lessened neither is his Arm shortned but his Voice is still uttered and his Call is Come look unto me all ye Ends of the Earth and be ye saved who saves his People from Sin that they may be Workers of Righteousness He saith I am God and there is no other He is a jealous God and jealous of his Glory therefore see to it all you who have heard his Call which I doubt not but many must acknowledge too therefore this is with me in the Love of God to you who have heard but not yet obeyed the Call of the Lord which is Come and be saved a worthy Call indeed and worthy of all Acceptation for your Encouragement that thereby you may come to forsake and deny those things which the Call hath been to you to come out of or depart from either immediately by his Spirit in your Hearts or Instrumentally through any faithful Servant by the Conducts of it for his Call hath gone long forth and his Alarming Trumpet hath been long sounded and is this Day Arise thou that sleepest and come to Judgment for SION must be Redeemed through Judgment and all her Converts with and by that Righteous Principle of Light and Life by and through which the Spirit of God's Love and Free Grace hath been and yet is so largely Extended to and amongst you that now you may not only hear but believe and obey the Gospel of our Lord and come to know him to be your Saviour and to have your Spiritual Eyes so opened as to behold your Teacher which you have often heard cannot be removed into a Corner for that is the good End of the Lord in visiting you who have had a large Day in this City therefore now that you may come to know the Work of Salvation by a thorough Separation from all that which draws the Mind into Vanity from God that thereby you may be the saved of the Lord and of that number which may come to Mount SION with Songs of Deliverance and enter into that Joy which all the faithful who hide not their Talent in that Earthly Mind which leads to a Carnal Liberty and Fleshly Ease shall enter into therefore whilst the Day of God's tender Visitation in the Riches of his long forbearing Love doth last and whilst he is yet striving by his Spirit harken and give Ear what the Spirit saith which hath and doth say Come and all that will come may come therefore what Excuses will any make who have had so much or many Invitations of the Love of God who hath also said My Spirit shall not always strive with Man Therefore let none harden their Hearts or stiffen their Necks against the Way of the Lord which is as sure this Day as ever as Righteous and Holy as ever and they that walk in it must deny themselves of all the contrary as much as ever and blessed be the Lord this is not the Day in which the Lord will say to such My People perish for want of Knowledge therefore let all take heed of the greater Condemnation He that knows his Masters Will and doth it not shall be beaten with many Stripes Dear Friends In the tendering begetting Love of our God is my Heart opened to you who are the Younger convinced amongst us for whom my Spirit with many more hath been and is truly concerned with many Desires to the Lord on your behalf that as you have heard the Truth and been Educated in the Truth you may also receive the Truth in the Love of it and come to be led and guided by it into the Self denying Way of it to take up the Cross and bear the Yoke in your Youth that thereby you may come to wear the Crown of Faithfulness in your Riper Years For it is the same this Day as ever If you die not the Death of the Righteous you cannot expect to be made Heirs of Everlasting Life therefore it behoves all to be concerned and consider what Spirit they are sowing to if to the Flesh and carnal Desires of that you will certainly reap Corruption but if to the Spirit Life Everlasting for to be spiritually minded is Life and Peace Blessed be the Lord there are many Witnesses of it and now that there may be many more of those who have heard it born Witness to for the Lord hath caused many to rise early and go forth late to Preach the Everlasting Gospel amongst you which is glad Tydings of Peace to all that believe and obey the Gospel but to such who do not obey what Tidings doth it bring to your Houses O! Harken and again hear what the Spirit saith you have been often directed to it and it is the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God must give you a right Understanding of these things that differ from it whatever you may hear by those who have had large Experience of the Way and Work of the Lord which will be your great Condemnation if you walk not in it but blessed be the Lord there is a living Hope in that Faith which stands in the Power of God that many will yet be awakened unto Righteousness and stirred up to walk in that blessed Way and Path of the Just which is a shining Light and will shine in them more and more till the perfect Day for the Sun of Righteousness is risen and his splendorous Beams are seen yea many have and yet shall behold the Glory and Beauty that is in him and be made Partakers of that healing Virtue which proceeds from him therefore all press forward through the Throng of all that which you find to oppose in your Hearts that by Faith you may come to touch the Hem of his Garment by which the Precious Virtue of his Life you may know conveyed to your immortal Souls Dear Friends the Lord is on his way therefore be ye followers of him why should any stay behind and miss such great Salvation as is offered in this our Day Friends be concerned and seek the Lord that you may be found of him and find find him to be your exceeding great Reward for he is a rewarder of all them that diligently seek after him and blessed be the Lord there is a Remnant that have sought but not in vain yea many faithful and living Testimonies have you heard of the same therefore is my Heart still in the Love of God drawn to remind you that you come to be experimental Witnesses the Lord many of you know and the Truth you know therefore travel on and go forward in the Foot-steps of the Flock of God who are gone before and many are entred into that Holy City the Gates of
which stand open to receive all who are truly poor in spirit for they shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven Which is a Place of great Felicity Believe it you and then come all and see Where Joy and Comfort endless doth abound To all unfeigned hearts whose Love is sound And travel on as Caleb Joshua did Men of excellent Spirits as you all may read And this I also do you farther tell There is great Happiness in doing well The benefit of which you 'll surely find If cross you do all vain things in your mind The Principle of Light and Truth is set In thy Heart Man and doth it often check But this is a great Misery in our day Some hate Counsel and thrust Truths check away But I desire that none of you so do To whom these following Lines do yet ensue You who are the Children and Off-spring yea I may say the natural Branches of such who have been grafted into the true Vine to many of you the Love of God still reaches that you may come to know a being grafted in also and that you may receive Sap and Nourishment from the Root Christ Jesus that thereby you may come to grow fresh and green remembring the Willows by the Water-courses you having been often watered as with the Dew from Heaven that now you may not be as fruitless Branches that the Lord may not have cause to cut off any natural Branch but as you are Children and Heirs of these Earthly things which the Lord hath blessed many of your Parents with that now you may not only therewith be content but fervently desire to be made Heirs and Possessors of that heavenly Treasure and durable Riches which the Lord hath also enriched them with that you may not be only Children of the Flesh but come to know a being born of the Spirit or that spiritual Birth brought forth in you which is Heir of everlasting Life that when your Parents shall be called to leave these earthly Tabernacles or Houses of Clay to possess an House not made with hands but Eternal in the Heavens which many are already called to then as you come to possess and enjoy their Substance here you may also be following them in that straight and narrow way which will lead and bring you to that same purchased Possession and everlasting Inheritance when Time in this World shall be no more that as the Lord hath been honoured his Power magnified and Truth exalted by many who have been as a kind of first Fruits to the Praise of the Lord be it spoken that now you who are as a following Generation may be as a second Spring on the same Ground whose freshness and greenness may so appear as that you may be Inviters and Encouragers of others to come and feed on the same Pasture the Lord being your Shepherd you may be able to say we shall not want having your Faith in him and Hearts fixed upon him that in all things your Eyes may be to him and to the Honour of his great Name which hath been as precious Ointment often poured forth amongst you the Savour of which hath caused many to love the Lord and not only to love him but an increase of Love to him hath been known and this is that Love which thinks no Evil the Lord still increase it this bears all things endures and suffers all things this Love also edifies and will build you up as an holy House as you see the Encrease of it this is that Love which the Apostle makes mention of when he said All things are as Dross and Dung in comparison of the Riches of the Love of God which hath been revealed and partaken of in this our Day through Christ Jesus our Lord And now Dear Friends my desire to the Lord on your behalf is that you may have the Benefit of those precious Promises which are Yea and Amen unto the one Seed Christ Jesus which will be as you find him raising that Birth in you which hungers and thirsts after Righteousness For such the Lord hath and will fill with the Treasure of Wisdom and they shall know the Mysteries of his Kingdom and be fed with that Bread which comes down from Heaven and here you will feed together as harmless Sheep of one Pasture and be nourished up in that innocent Life in which the Plant will grow that the Lord 's Right hand hath planted and here you will not only answer the good End of the Lord but also the Care of your tender Parents which hath not only been concerned for you their Children but also for the Honour of God and the Glory of his Power which I have often heard many publickly desire that this young Generation may come to witness the operating Virtue of it to soften tender and mollifie their Heart that by the effectual working thereof they may know that Contrition of Spirit which the Lord never did nor will despise Friends slight not the Love of God because you have often and many frequent Tokens of it but embrace it and remember it is said Whilst it 's called to Day harden not your Hearts lest a Night of Deprivation of these Mercies you now enjoy should approach any of you Dear Friends the Love of God enlarges my Heart to you the which I desire you may feel to make room in you to receive it will be your own Advantage and a Cause of Joy and Comfort to those whom the Lord hath made instrumental in his hand to the begetting of you to himself and here you will be in a living Capacity to glorifie God your Maker and much might be said for your Encouragement but the Lord will not be wanting unto you for his immediate Power will be present with you as also many Instruments in his hand whom he hath and may make helpful to you And thus dear Friends the God of all our Mercies will be honoured the Knowledge of his Truth still increased and we together mutually comforted which is the hearty Desire of your Friend and Sister ABIGAL FISHER FINIS