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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
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 LONDON Printed for Thomas Northcott in George-Yard in Lumbard-street 1690. TO THE READER Dear Friends REmembring the good Housholder that brought forth out of his Treasury Things both New and Old I am made willing to Communicate this following Salutation which was written some Time since chiefly to my Elder Faithful Brethren and Sisters But meeting with various Exercises in which Time the Enemy was not wanting to discourage me I laid it by But now feeling the Renewings of the Love of God towards you and a fresh Stream of Love and Life from the same Fountain runing in my Soul and opening my Heart towards my Younger Convinced Friends I now after this Salutation to you commit what follows to their serious Reading and Consideration who am and trust in God shall Remain in true Love your Friend and their Fellow-Traveller till I may arrive at my desired Rest which is to lay down my Head in Peace with the Lord. A. F. A SALUTATION OF TRUE LOVE TO you my Dear and Well-beloved Friends Faithful Brethren and Sisters whom my Soul feels a Uniting to in the Spirit of the Living God which hath quickned and made you a living People who once were Dead as well as others but through the Riches of the Love of God in the Revelation of his Son Christ Jesus are made alive to Praise him whose gathering Arm hath been made bare for our Salvation and Preservation from under Satan's Thraldom in which we were held by his dark Power which did bear Rule and Captivate our Minds insomuch that many were Slaves till the Lord was pleased to reach forth the Hand of his Divine Love and make known the Right Arm of his Heavenly Power to gather us who with his Shepherds Crook did reach unto us and found us out by which he hath brought many near unto himself and they are his Elect and Precious in his Sight to whom he hath and will Reveal his blessed Mind and Will and for whom he hath and will yet arise to plead with all that shall Combine against him or those whom he hath called for a Purpose of his own Glory by whom he hath and doth yet intend through the work of his Spirit to shew forth his excellent Name which is as Precious Ointment to them who through the Vertue thereof have smelt the good Savour which many shall yet greatly desire For the Lord that hath begun a Work of Reformation will yet go on to a further perfecting the same in this our Age and many have been the Visitations of the Long-suffering God who hath and will yet come in and with the Sanctified to Judge and Condemn the Unsanctified and especially those that have professed his worthy Name but have lived in that which hath dishonoured and caused it to be Evil spoken of by those who know it not but lamentable is their Case except they Repent and Turn to the Lord with their whole Hearts that have been Convinced of the Truth and in some Measure know the working of that Power which is alone sufficient to Convert and work a Change as it is yielded to through the Lively Operation thereof which works by Love in the Hearts of all that sincerely desire to be Translated from Death to Life that they may be as Living Monuments of the Mercies of God which to the Praise of his Name be it spoken many are And these are they to whom the Lord hath and is spreading his Table with many Delicates and they know the Mansion-house where their Bread is sure and their Water never fails Come Eat with me this day my well beloved and drink of the Wine of the Kingdom for it is new and newly poured forth through the Flagons of God's Love to you who are indwellers where his mercy Seat you have beheld and where you can approach before the Throne of his heavenly Grace and where his honourable Presence you do behold when the Light of his Countenance is lifted up upon you O then his Love you feel as a strong Cord which draws you to love him again and you are the espoused to Christ who can say in truth he is my Beloved and I am his you feel his blessing to light upon you as the Dew which causes you to grow and you are as the Garden of God which he delights to dress and prune and much Labour hath the Lord bestowed on you whose love is felt at this time as the small Rain descending on every Plant that his Right hand hath planted that they may grow in their Season as the Summer Fruits which are beautiful to behold Friends my Soul is greatly affected with what the Lord hath done and is doing for a People that are willing to be the Workmanship of his hands whose sincere Cry is to the Lord not only to know his Will which is the Sanctification of his People but also to know the word of his Power which is as a Hammer and as a fire to beat down and burn up all the Combustible matter and you are they that have and are coming thus to know the Travel of your Souls through an holy Subjection to the Mind and Will of God that he will and doth stand by and secretly make way for through all outward and inward Opposition but to such who may not be so nearly gathered this Exhortation springs from the Root of true Love Retire to the Lord and draw near to him who hath promised he will draw near to you and Christ said They that come unto me I will in no ways cast off Blessed be the Lord there are many witnesses therefore let all be encouraged he is faithful who hath promised many can seal to the Testimony whom he hath made partakers of the Benefit thereof and they have reapt great Advantage by coming unto him yea when they were wearied and heavy laden with divers sins then was his hand stretched out to undo the heavy Burthen and that was a sign of Love the remembrance of which bows my Soul before the great God whose Love I feel and the large extending thereof reaching to all and many shall be visited who have not yet felt God's quickning Power to raise their Souls from that Sleep of Death which Satan hath lull'd them into through harkning unto him and disobeying the Command of the great God but my Friends I know the dealing of the Lord to you who are awakened and raised from Death to Life is as a strong Obligation on your Spirits to walk in the Light of the Lord where the Morning of God's Day was known to dawn and the Sun to rise that hath shined unto the Noon day by which your hearts have been warmed and your Spirits