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spirit_n	know_v	lord_n	see_v	7,565	5	3.3975	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92347	A Relation in part of what passed through a true and faithful servant and handmaid of the Lord, Mary Page, when she lay upon her bed of sickness, as followeth with an exhortation to all friends to wait, to dwell in the cross of Christ Jesus, given forth b the same spirit, though through another vessel.	Page, Mary, d. 1665.; Wills, Daniel. Exhortation to all Friends to dwell in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.	1665 (1665)	Wing R782; ESTC R217063	6,564	8

give me up freely into the armes of my Heavenly Father And she spoke no more but within a little time finished her course with joy and laid down her body in peace near to the fourth hour in the morning the 17. day of the tenth Moneth 1665. We who were with her when she finished her days and are witnesses of what is here written and of much more that passed through our dear Sister we are much pressed in our Spirits that this might be sent amongst Friends that you might be comforted as we have been very largly in the time of her weakness in the body yet God renewed his life we may say hourly in her to her great refreshment and also to all that came about her and to us who was much with her all the time she lay weak in body Whose Names are under written Bridget Nichols Hanna Whitehead Anne Clabin Elizabeth Nichols An Exhortation to all Friends to dwell in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ ANd I in some measure being sensible of the sore travel and deep exercises that this Handmaid of the Lord passed through with joy and a willing mind to serve the Lord in all true obedience what ever she endured outwardly and she hath often said that would be enough to her and I cannot but desire that I may wait upon the Lord to finish my days in the same faithfulness dwelling continually in the pure self-denying life and also exhort all who have in any measure tasted of the goodness and tender mercies of our God to wait to dwell in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ which will lead perfectly into the way of self-denial where for ever as we dwell and walk we shall lay down our heads in peace in the appointed season of our God as his dear servant and faithful handmaid hath now done Oh! you dear and tender ones wait ye diligently upon the Lord that you may feel a true growth in the same life for I know right well it was ever the desire of the soul of the Handmaid of the Lord who is now gone to rest with him that all might partake of the same comforts and true refreshings that she was comforted and refreshed with yea and much more abundantly it hath often been her cry unto the Lord in the earnest desire of her soul and spirit that all the Children of the Lord might be filled with his blessed eternal Presence But dear Babes it 's known unto you all as you wait diligently upon the Lord in the light of his Son you will see that it 's through great tribulation that the Kingdom is to be entred therefore you dear ones let the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ be willingly taken up unto all self and every selfish desire Oh! let not the cumbers of this World nor the delights nor pleasures thereof I dearly beseech you hinder you of this blessed peace and large possession which is laid up in Christ Jesus our Lord for all those who is willing to deny themselves mind that we must deny our selves and take up the Cross unto every selfish action word and thought and take no liberty because the Lord is and hath been large in his loving kindness and tender mercies unto us Oh! let not the profession or shew or likeness satisfie any of us for surely that will stand in no stead when trials come and exercises are felt on every hand Oh! then it 's known unto you my dear and tender Friends that there is nothing can then stand but what is assuredly built upon the Rock of Ages so in tender bowels of love I entreat and beseech you let not lukewarmness be found in any of you for that is loathsom to our God Oh! wait yea wait ye diligently upon the Lord yea watch and pray continually least at any time ye enter into temptation Oh! the danger that there is on every hand and the by-paths that the enemy lieth ready to lead into continually surely when I behold them the sight thereof makes me ready to tremble least I should at any time be betrayed and drawn aside from the Presence of the pure God and surely I know no other way to walk in safety but in the daily Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ which will lead truly all that are willing to walk therein into the way of self-denial and then assuredly Friends as we are established or wait upon the Lord to be established therein nothing can harm us Oh! let the Cross be as dear unto us now as ever and let not the wisdom of flesh any ways hinder us or any thing whatsoever prevent us for walking therein Oh! let not any thing that hath been done by any of us suffered or passed through in any exercise or trial whatsoever for the name of our Lord Jesus and his blessed truth sake be accounted of any value by us for surely if it be it will stop our passage and become a great hindrance of our entrance into the Land of rest so it 's good for us all to press forward on our journey leaving all behind as a thing of nought that we may feel the incomes of Gods pure precious life daily that thereby our strength may be renewed in him day by day for as the Manna in the days of old could serve the Children of Israel no more but for the day no more will now the feeding of the eternal food yesterday serve the true child for to day therefore there is a great necessity for us to wait diligently upon the Lord to receive every day from his own hand of the bread which never faileth those who are willing to wait upon the Lord to feed thereon but truly the enemy lieth so exceeding near to draw forth the mind into one thing or other that if we keep not diligently upon our watch that the fear and dread of the Lord God may be truly placed in our hearts and be continually before our eyes Oh! the looseness of life yea and lightness of words and foolish actions if liberty be taken that the enemy will draw into I can say it of a truth to the grief of my soul but my dear and tender Friends do but consider a little and in the cool of the day you will hear the true birth cry and feel it sorely grieved because of its great oppression and great want yea and because its ready to be famished with hunger for surely there is not any thing that can satisfie the true child but the streams of the love of our God which runs freely unto it except it be damm'd from it by our yielding to the enemy of our souls peace for want of true watchfulness to the light of the Lord Jesus and not walking in the daily Cross but surely its the desire of my soul that I may walk in the daily cross of our Lord Jesus Christ whilst I am and I know it was the true desire of the soul of the servant of the Lord who is gone