be whole and she arose and was healed Oh vvhy should not vve be contented for his Arme is not shortened nor his Povver diminished therefore vvhy should noâ— vve be contented In this vvorld whilest we are in affliction we think it is miserable and grievous buâ— hereafter it will be sweetened while we aâ— in affliction we think it is miserable and grievous but the Lord will sweeten it with thâ— cup of mercy the Patient must taste of 〈◊〉 bitter potion before his stomack be cleared Oh let us labour to fear the Lord that we may live in his fear and die in his favour for as we do so we must look to be done by October the 20th Children obey your parents in all things knowing that it is well pleasing unto the Lord. Oh let us labour to have our wills melted into the will of that everliving and glorious God The secrets of God are hid from man and his wayes past finding out but the Lord will reveal them to his children in some part when his time appointed is come Lord humble these proud hearts of ours and endue us with the gift of Humiliation Oh let us labour to return thanks unto the Lord for all his mercies that he hath poured down upon us for the way of begetting more is to return thanks unto the Lord to give reverence unto him we reverence our earthly fathers our natural fathers Oh why should not we much more reverence our Heavenly Father Oh let us labour to forsake this world and all things that are therein for there is nothing that is desirable Oh let us labour to stick close unto that Holy One for when all things in the world fail he will never fail he will stick close to us when all things in this world decay and moscer away he will be an everlasting rock Lord open our blinde eyes that we may see clearly the weaknesse of our selves and the strength of Christ Oh let us labour to lead our lives and conversations well in this life for as we do so we must look to be done by if we sowe unto the flesh we shall reap corruption but if we sowe unto the Spirit we shall reap life everlasting October the 21th Let us labour to repent of all our sinnes which we have lived in formerly which lieth unrepented of for after the day of death there is no repentance as life leaveth us so Judgement findes us October the 22th Oh let us cast our care upon the Lord for he will care for us he hath promised to be a father to the fatherlesse and a husband to the widow Lord pull back Satan that lurking roaring lion that goeth about to devour my poor soul but he cannot my Christ will tread him under foot that he can get no power over my poor soul Lord graft thy Word into our heads and not onely into our heads but into our hearts also We are poor Earth-wormes Lord breath into us the breath of life that we may become lively Saints of thine that we may become lively Saints of thine and that we may sing Hallelujahs with thee in the highest Heavens Take heed you lie not one to another for if you go in that way the Devill will take that occasion to pour in more corruption Lord mollifie these hard hearts of ours with thy graces that are so hardened with sin and corruption October the 24th Lord open the eyes of the blinde that â—ey may see clearly the purity that is in Christ and the corruption that is in themâ—ves they see and perceive not they hear â—nd understand not Lord enrich our souls with thy graces that â—e may be instruments to enrich the Kingâ—ome of Heaven Lord pull back Satan that lurking roarâ—g lion that goeth about to destroy my poor â—ul but he cannot my Christ will give him â—o power he will not let him touch it He â—oth what he can to get victory but he canâ—ot my Christ will not let him The Devil â—aliceth the children of God he is alwayes â—usiest about them and flattering them he 〈◊〉 alwayes thinking to make them fear him â—nd flattering them and thinking to overâ—ome them but those whom God hath â—hosen he will take them for his own the â—oor doubting Christian the Devil is always â—utting feares and doubts into them but when he thinks they are in the lowest conâ—â—ition they are in the highest and when a man thinketh he is in the highest condition he is in the lowest when a poor doubting Christian thinketh he falls he stands aâ— when a man thinketh he stands he falls Lord take away these hearts of stone aâ— renew us with hearts of flesh Lord humble these proud hearts of ourâ— that we may not be swallowed up with thâ— vanities of this world we are apt to 〈◊〉 drawn to the vanities of this world and 〈◊〉 flie back from Christ Oh what disobedieâ— children are we that follow not the commands of so loving a Father that which 〈◊〉 biddeth us to do that we do not and thâ— which he biddeth us not do that we do Oh let us labour for faith for he that 〈◊〉 faithfull untill death he shall enjoy the crowneâ— life October the 25th Come my people enter into thy chamber shâ— the door upon thee hide thy selfe for a little mâ—ment untill the indignation of the Lord be overpast He that doth not the will of my Father which is in heaven he is not worthy of me saith thâ— Lord. Take heed you sowe not good seed upon thorny ground lest the thorns spring up and choak it My Christ hath pulled back Satan that lurking roaring lion which goeth about to devour my poor soul he maliceth my poor soul and thinks to get the victory but he cannot Oh let us labour to be partakers with that Beloved one that immaculate lamb of God that spotlesse lambe that laid down his life to take away the sins of the whole world Oh let us labour for faith that rich grace of our God Lord pour it down upon us that is that rich grace of eternity that is the grace by which we must either live or die without we have that grace we shall never come to God we shall never come to Christ Oh let us labour for faith ô let us labour for faith no faith no Christ no Christ no salvation Lord as thou hast fed out bodies with temporall food so feed our souls with spirituall food that we may be able Instruments to enrich the Kingdome of Heaven Lord endue our spirits with the gift of Humiliation for the Spirit of God is a humble Spirit a meek Spirit a holy Spirit a full Spirit it acts powerfully and breaths where it listeth Trust in the Lord Jehovah for in the Lord Jehovah is our everlasting strength Come my people let us reason together though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as wool though
he put them on a way to attain this â—nd not by might nor by power not wisâ—ome of men nor outward meanes of Physick but that grace might be advanced â—o send for the Elders of the Church and â—et them pray over the afflicted which was done in the spirit of grace and supplication and after twice wrestling with God in fasting and prayer he was pleased to be intreated And as gloriously admirable was Gods hand in raising her up as in casting her down for in the close of the second dayes work that God might manifest himselfe to be a God hearing prayer and that creatures in their lowest condition might never more despond he shewed some glimmerings of his gracious favour and within a few dayes gave to her understanding senses speech the use of her legs and since a daily income of health and strength and which is better then life suffered not these high actings of his Spirit to be an occasion of puffing her up but kept her in a gracious humble depend inâ— frame of spirit for being inform'd whaâ— she had said she replied thus in her childisâ— speech Have I me cannot tell I can 〈◊〉 nothing of my self it was not me it was thâ— Spirit of God in me I am nothing but poor earth-worm and me hath nothing buâ— what my God giveth me for me is nothinâ— but dust and ashes Again some two 〈◊〉 three dayes before God gave her the use 〈◊〉 her legs her father desiring to neglect nâ— lawfull meanes wished one to signifie hiâ— pleasure to her that he had thoughts oâ— procuring a Physicians advice concerning her whereto she sweetly answered she would be disposed by her parents will buâ— her desire was to wait Gods end she could wish no Physician might partake of any glory with God for he alone had done the cure he alone deserved the praise Thus Reader hast thou a true Narrative of that which seems marvellous in our eyes the Lord remove from thy heart all selfe and prejudice make thee willing to give God the glory of his own workings slubber not over this passage of divine Providence with carelesse or profane thoughts eye God learn to live by faith and despise not Ordinances which God hath from heaven in this occasion borne witnesse to I have purposely avoided all frothie flourishes of the tongue lest the truth should be suspected for I would win thy heart not thy senses not words but things take wise men of whose number if thou would'st be thought one judge soberly and the end is obteined By The unworthiest yet a faithfull Wel-wisher to thy precicious Soul Wa. Barnard Church-Sandal January 28. 1652. THE NARRATIVE Wherein is related how this Child was visited and the manner of her Disease when she did utter those Heaven born Truths herewith published THis Child who hath been the subject of such wonders of Providence is the daughter of Master Anthony and Mistris Faith Hatfield of Leighton in the West-Riding of York-shire her name is Martha Hatfield she was compleat twelve years old the 27 day of September in the year of our Lord 1652. She hath been from her birth a childe of wonders being so litle when she was brought out of her mothers wombe that it waâ— thought she would speedily have returned 〈◊〉 the common wombe where all living muâ— ere long be laid up But God who quicknetâ— the dead who is the preserver of man contâ—tinued her life and she grew up very hopeâ—fully as a plant of Gods own planting yeâ— some years before this visitation she was observed to be of a sad spirit oft retiring into corners and weeping for a long time and could not then render any reason thereof but it evidently appeared afterward that she was much afflicted with the spleen-winde which encreased notwithstanding the use of means to greater extremity But before I proceed I must desire the Reader not to expect an exact Relation of her Disease in physical terms of art because it pleased the all-wise Disposer of all occurrences so to order the spirit of the childe and his own dealings towards her as you may see anon that no means could be used towards her recovery and so no Physicians did stay with her to observe the symptomes of her disease so that it 's but conjectural what it was it 's thought the rigid convulsions or rather that it was a complicated disease of many of those distempers which affect the brain but I shall give it you in our Countrey Dialect as those that were usually with â—er did apprehend it I shall observe this Method 1 I shall speak of her disease 2 Relate her speeches 3 The manner of her recovery 1 Her Disease The Spleen-winde after some time did â—row to that extremity that she could not â—igest her meat but vomited up all that she â—ook which yet was but a small quantity for 〈◊〉 long time after which she was taken all of one side beginning at her neck which â—aused her to hold her head awry and from â—hence it went into her arm and took away â—he use of it for many dayes and when her â—arm was better it fell into her leg on the same side and continued there until she fell quite down which was after this manner She had extraordinary fits of violent vomiting and after that Convulsions which occasioned extream torments especially in the night and so she continued sometimes better sometimes worse for many dayes sorely troubled with a stopping c. In which time she had the use of her understanding and could speak and with many sweet words was able to exhort her parents to trust in God Saying If we had but faith it would carry us thorough all the troâ—bles of this world Then about April the sixth 1652 〈◊〉 perceived such a change in her that 〈◊〉 thought she would die presently and she 〈◊〉 into a fit of extream pain in her side whicâ— took away her breath and her senses for 〈◊〉 houres and she was stricken all over stiff 〈◊〉 which time she lay as if dead hopelesse 〈◊〉 life in the judgements of those who beheâ—â— her Yet about the third houre she was enabled with great alacrity to express the joyâ— of Heaven and sweetly prayed for herselâ— and all her relations as she conceived theiâ— necessities required First for her father thy servaÌ„t the head of thâ— family Lord give him faith in Jesus Christ to lay hold upon thee and give him patiencâ— to be contented with thy will and for ouâ— mother who hath been so long weak Lord restore her and make her a comfort to us all and teach her to submit to thy will and for my Grand-mother that old stock that old stock that thou hast made such a comfort to us good Lord we thank thee for her and if I live I desire to be thankful for her And for our brother who is to be disposed of good Lord direct the heart of thy servant our father to dispose
Jesus Christ for his mercies are greater to us then we can desire May the 25. Come poor soul come poor soul see how God stretcheth forth his hand to an afflicted soul thou hast been afflicted but now I will take thee up into Heaven God will take a poor afflicted soul into Herven Good is thy Word O Lord to be esteemed â—ot onely in our heads but in our hearts take â—way these stony hearts O Lord that thy Word may work a thorough work in us Oh take my soul O Lord into thy protection and lock it up in thy cabinet for I am assured Lord that I shall be in happiness with thee and thy holy Angels in Heaven Labour to get faith in Jesus Christ and it will keep you out of the deep pit Trust in Jesus Christ and be mindful of his wayes and he will be mindful of you He waketh and neither slumbereth nor sleepeth who would but follow his steps and not Satans Lord open thou our hearts and our eyes that we run not headlong into that bottomless pit of hell and destruction Come my Disciple and take up thy cross and walk and thou shalt be saved Pray for fixed hearts and souls in Jesus Christ that they be not cast into hell-fire God give us fixed and zealous hearts for Jesus Christ and fixed for Heaven The Lord will not turn back from us if we do not turn back from him he will carry us up to Heaven where there is no change but joy and rejoycing for evermore Trust in Jesus Christ and he vvill rebuke your spiritual enemy Satan is the greatesâ—â— enemy to your souls if he get them he vviâ—â— cast them into hell-fire Come my people into my Tabernacle and I will embrace you with my arms and there shall be cause of joy and rejoycing with God and his holy Angels for ever If you can but rise with Christ and seeâ— those things that are above he will take you up into Heaven and lock you up in his Cabinet if you can but rise with him there will be cause of joy and rejoycing for ever with my God and his holy Angels for ever If we can but rise so high as Heaven there will be cause of joy and comfort and no cause of discomfort if we be but raised so high as to seek those things that are above then we are happy Come let us sing a new Sang let the praises of God be alwayes in our mouthes and let them never depart out of our mouthes Come and let us reioyce and be glad with our heavenly Father where there is cause of comfort and no cause of discomfort Let us labour to draw nigh home for we are not at home whilest we are here let us therefore hunger and thirst after better places we are but as pilgrims and strangers here but we must labour to wait with patience till our glass be run We are but as Travellers that travel to and fro let us labour to come to an abiding place where there is no change then there is comfort then we come to that place that our souls thirst after What a gracious Father have we let us be thankful unto him for our manifold mercies and blessings what cause have we to give him praise for them let us never be unmindful of giving him praise and he wil never be unmindful of us What a Christ have we that doth all things in wisdome Oh what he hath done for us we can never suffer so much for him as he hath for us he suffered the death upon the cross for us Good is thy Word O God and to be esteemed of us let us not be ignorant of it let us have a token of thankfulness in our hearts let us acknowledge it that we may give God the glory of it again teach us the way that we may acknowledge and be thankful Come my people do not thirst but come and drink of the waters of life freely and you shall never thirst again I suppose she meant do not rest in your thirsting but come and drink Come my people follow me into that pleasant place of Heaven and there you shall have joy everlastingly Put thy Spirit into our hearts and take away these stony hearts that we may become new Christians Come my people enter in at the gate Strait is the gate but I will lead you and open the gate of that comfortable place the gate of Heaven Oh trust in God and labour to be true believers and he will free you from sin and Satan that roaring lion that seeks whom he may devour put your trust in the Lord and then you will have cause of joy and rejoying for ever Oh God thou art merciful unto thy children and the more we hunger and thirst after thee the more merciful art thou Lord we thank thee for thy mercies that thou hast bestowed upon us God is gracious in all his wayes and actions Let us trust still in God if we do but trust in God we shall never faint although I be in a suffering condition here I shall be in a comfortable condition hereafter How sweet is Christ in his dealings and â—ispensations he will not let Satan that cunâ—ing roaring Lion do me any hurt Oh ground faith in our hearts O Lord â—pon thy Son Jesus Christ oh ground our â—earts aright upon him and he will provide for us and take us up into his Kingdome where there is no cause of mourning but all â—oy and comfort for ever We are but as pilgrims here and stay a time till our glass be run and then Jesus Christ will be our protector and guider where we shall rejoyce for ever I will keep your souls in my protection I will rebuke Satan that roaring lion for your sakes Note that oftentimes she would have uttered words but could not and then her lips would move so that I conceive some of her speeches were spoken in relation to something that she had in her minde and could not utter and so in the last speech which is set down and this may help the Reader to understand some other of her Speeches May the 26th Seek the things which are above where Christ sits at the right hand of God our Father if we can but rise so high there we should have cause of comfort and none of discomfort for ever and ever Happy shall we be when we are raised so high as to sit at the right hand of God our Father God my Father hath chained up Satan that roaring lion that he cannot enter into my soul God doth sometimes suffer Satan to afflict us that we may be drawn neerer to him God lets us lie in afflictions that we may get good by them and himself glory Let us praise God for all his mercies and he will showre them down upon us the more The more we seek to give God glory for all his mercies the more will God seek to poure down good upon us
snail and if he get hold he will not be got out unless Christ pull him off Let us labour to follow the Commandements and Rules of our heavenly Father Oh that we could but observe and follow them we should never have our hearts tied to this world of abomination and sin as we have Come all you that are thirsty and drink of the water of life freely and you shall never thirst again saith the Lord. Let us labour to repent of all our sins before the day of death for after death there is no repentance As life leaveth us so judgement findeth us Let us labour to have our hearts tied to that Beloved One if we could but have our hearts tied unto him we should never run astray like lost sheep as we do Twice she rejoyced and laughed very high and then she said My Christ my Christ shineth before me oh have we not cause to rejoyce in him that shineth so gloriously before us in white robes Oh trust in him Oh trust in him Oh that glorious sight the Son of my sweet Father Oh let us labour to get faith and let us never be without faith that we may rejoyce in him for ever and ever Lord pull back Satan that subtile Serpent and chain him up Lord and let him get no power over my poor soul he always maliceth and troublerh and perplexeth the childe of God but he can get no power over me I do believe he cannot I trust in thee I trust in thee for thou hast promised that thou wilt help me in time of trouble and in time of extremity thou dost but suffer him to look in to look in to make me stick closer unto thee and to deter me from this vain wicked transitory world and from his assaults Lord wash us and cleanse us in the bloud of thy onely begotten Son that we may become pure Virgins of thine Lord help us to examine our hearts and look into them and search them to the bottom and seek to the bottom to see if there be no dross left in them neither dross nor sin remain in them Let us not think too well of our selves for when a man thinketh he is in the highest condition then he is in the lowest and when a poor doubting Christian thinketh he is in the lowest condition he is in the highest Lord humble our proud haughty ignorant and rebellious hearts that are not worthy to taste of the least mercy of thine ô let us be thankful for the least mercy that the Lord hath poured down upon us and you shall see that he will poure down greater Then she laughed very much and clasped her arms several times and said Oh let us hunger and thirst after that holy One let us never be affrighted with Satans temptations Though your sins be as Scarlet they shall be as white as wooll and though they be like Crimson they shall be like Snow if you consent and obey you shall eat the good things of the Land but if you be stubborn and rebellious you shall be devoured with the sword for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it October the 8th Lord pull back Satan that lurking roaring lion that goeth about to destroy my poor soul he watcheth and waiteth for every opportunity to get in but he cannot My Christ will tread him under foot that he can get no power of my poor soul There be many that say Lo here is Christ and lo there is Christ but there is no more crucified Christs but one alone Oh let us rejoyce Oh let us sing and rejoyce for the snare is broken and we are escaped as a bird from the fowler We are poor dry bones Lord breath a Spirit of life into us that we may become lively Saints of thine for if thou breathest not the Spirit of life upon us we are but like dry bones that moscer away Lord pardon and forgive us all our sins whether they be sins of Omission or Commission or sins of ignorance or sins of knowledge or sins of weakness or sins of wilfulness or what sort of sins soever they be Lord wash us cleanse us in the bloud of thy Beloved One thy Son Jesus Christ there is not one day that goeth over our heads but we sin every day more and more We poor nothing creatures that are not worthy to taste of the least mercy of thine if thou hadst not been a merciful and a pittiful God we had been all howling in hell-fire before this day but thou shewedst pitty and compassion upon us or else we had all been sunk into that endless pit but thou gavest us thy Beloved Son to redeem us out of that endless pit of torment Let us draw comfort from Jesus Christ even as the Bee sucks honey from the flower if the Bee finde sweetnesse in one flower she will not flie away to another even so if we could finde sweetnesse from Jesus Christ we should not flie away from him as we do but we must labour for it before we can get it for how should the Bee get honey from the flower unlesse it labour and suck for it so how should we get sweetnesse and comfort from Jesus Christ unlesse we labour for it The Birds of the air have nests and the Foxes have holes but the Son of man hath not where to put his head October 9. Take heed you lie not one to another for the Lord saith They are my children such as will not lie Take heed you despise not Gods Ordinances nor his Instruments that he hath sent to preach his Word God will but let you go on with your own delusions for a time but there vvill come a day of Judgement to try vvhether you be right or false he is the Judge of all Judges he is a true Judge that vvill try vvhether you be right or false These stony hearts of ours Lord renevv them vvith the knovvledge and righteousnesse of Christ thy onely begotten Son in whom thou art well pleased Lord quicken these thorny dead ignorant and carnall hearts of ours that are so set upon the vvorld vvherein there is nothing but vanity and vexation of spirit for what is a man better if he have all the world and have not Christ for he is alwayes hungring after more for how can a round thing fill a three cornered so this world cannot fill our hearts nor give us satisfaction why should we be so in love with this world when we depart we cannot take it with us we must leave it behinde us we must change either for a better life or a worse either for a life of torment or a life of joy Let us labour to forsake sin and live unto righteousnesse that we may have our conversation built upon the Lord substantially if it be built on soft ground it will fall but if it be built upon that substantiall rock it
they be like crimson they shall be as white as snow if you consent and obey you shall eat the good things of the land but if you be stubborn and rebellious you shall be de voured with the sword for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it October the 26th Come all you that are thirsty and drink freely of the spring-well-water of life and you shall never thirst again Oh let us labour to have our hearts tied to that immaculate Lamb that we do not run away like a lost sheep into this world as we do wherein there is nothing but vanity and vexation of spirit My Christ hath vanquished Satan that lurking roaring lion that labours to eclipse my comfort but he cannot but he cannot he can get no power he maliceth the good of my poor soul but he is never the neerer for that as much as he seeks to discomfort me so much the more there is one above that comforts me The Works of God are wonderfull and his wayes past finding out the wisdome of man is foolishnesse but the wisdome of God is righteousnesse Lord humble these proud hearts of ours that they be not blown up with the vanities of this world for we are apt to become back-sliders from that which is good and to be followers of that which is evill Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy-laden and I will give you rest saith the Lord. In the day when I make up my jewels they shall be mine saith the Lord of Hoasts October the 27th As many as I love I rebuke and chasten be zealous therefore and repent Oh let us call upon the Lord in time of trouble and he hath promised that he will hear us ô let us charge the Lord with his promises for he loveth to be charged with his promises of his children and he will give more attentive ear unto them ô let us wrestle with him as Jacob did when he said I will not let thee go until thou blesse me he would not have a deniall of God First he prepareth our hearts that they may be capable of faith then he worketh faith in them October the 28th Ask and you shall have seek and you shall finde knock and the door of Righteousnesse shall be opened unto you They that do the Will of my Father they are my Mother Sister and Brother saith our Saviour Christ We poor drie bones that moscer away for want of one drop of the dew of righteousnesse we moscer away we are so deeply drowned in sin in the corruption of sin that we cannot of our selves attain to the power to enjoy that sweet enjoyment of Eternity Lord pull back Satan that lurking roaring lion that goeth about to eclipse the spirituall comfort of my poor soul but he cannot but he cannot my Christ hath made a wall and he cannot enter the wall he cannot cast it down Oh let us labour for Christ that Love that Dove thatVndefiled One that Holy One by whom we live move and have our being he is All in All perfect without imperfection Oh let us labour for the sweet enjoyment of Eternity where there is comfort without discomfort joy without sorrow and where all tears are wiped away from our eyes and botled up Oh let us labour to attain to that eternall weight of glory where there is nothing but joy and rejoycing mirth and melodie and singing Hallelujahs with the Lord in the highest Heavens Children obey your parents in all things knowing that it is well-pleasing unto the Lord for the wrath of God commeth upon the children of disobedience October the 29th No man can come to Christ except the Father draw him Lord endue us with those rich graces of thine as faith which is the richest of all we are so benummed with sin lukewarme and key-cold that we cannot apprehend them to make a right use of them Oh let us labour for Christ for when Christ who is our life shall appear then shall we also appear with him in glory We poor miserable and wretched creatures that have sinned against thee every day more and more if thou hadst not bin a pitifull and mercifull God we had before this been sunk into the endlesse pit of torment but thou hast shewed pity and compassion upon us in giving us thy onely begotten Son to redeem us from that endlesse pit of torment Mâ—rtifie therefore your members which are upon the earth as fornication adultery blasphemy and covetousnesse which is Idolatry My Christ hath cast down Satan that lurking roaring lion that thinks to get the upper hand over my poor soul but I hope nay I am sure that there is one above that will defend me from him he hath promised that he will tread him under foot The godly have their torments here but the wicked shall have their torments for ever hereafter Take heed of Satan for he is very subtle for there is more danger when he commeth in white like an Angel of light then when he commeth in black like a Blackmoore Oh let us labour for Christ that Holy One for he will never suffer the righteous to be forsaken nor their seed to beg their bread October the 30th There be many that say Lo hereis Christ and lo there is Christ but there is no more crucified Christs then one alone Lord pardon and forgive us all our sins which we have sinned against thee of what sort soever they be Lord wash us and cleanse us in the blood of thy onely begotten One ô what disobedient children are we that are so rebellious against thee Good Lord pardon us that we should be so disobedient to so loving a Father that hath alwayes an eye over us and watcheth over us every day and night and continually that which thou biddest us to do that we do not and that which thou biddest us not to do that we do but alas alas the greater is our Judgement October the 31th Cast your care upon the Lord for he careth for you and let not your care be upon the world it will be never the better for you but a great deal worse for What are we better if we gain the whole world and lose our own souls and be cast into hell for ever Oh let us labour to be partakers of the immaculate Lambe ô what a sweet thing it is to be partakers of that immaculate Lamb Oh! it would ravish a poor Christians soul ô let us labour for him if we lose him we lose all Lord humble these proud and ignoranâ— hearts of ours that they be not puff't up and blowne up with the pride of this world for God knoweth there is many of them but Lord teach them to know themselves that they may live to please thee and not to live in thy displeasure Oh let us knock at the door of Righteousnesse untill Christ Jesus that immaculate