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A29302 A loving salutation to all Friends every where, in this great day of tryal, to stand faithful unto God, over all sufferings whatsoever Brend, William, d. 1676. 1662 (1662) Wing B4359; ESTC R106 5,495 8

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A LOVING SALUTATION To all FRIENDS every where in this great Day of Tryal to stand Faithful unto God over all Sufferings whatsoever YOu dear and tender Children of my Fathers family Sheep and Lambs of his Fold my Brethren Sisters and Friends which are near and dear unto me in the living Virtue of the Life of the Lambs Power which I behold in the clear Light of that clear Day that hath dawned and shined from on high which hath visited us and whence the streams of the Father's Love which runneth from his pure and clean Fountain into every part of that Body of which Christ is the head which is so sweet and exceeding delightful and refreshing of Soul Body and Spirit in which you are exceeding precious unto me and the most amiablest and comeliest Family amongst all the Families in the whole Earth for you are the most blessed of the Lord you I mean that are Chosen Called and Faithful and are begotten by the Immortal Word of the Power of the Infinit God and are brought forth from the Everlasting Womb of Eternity and from the Bosome from whence all glorious Vertue doth flow and issue Who can demonstrate the Nobleness of that Off-spring from whence your Beauty doth arise It hath been upon my heart when in the sweet Repose of the Streams of my Father's Love and Life by which my heart soul and spirit hath been overcome to visit you with a loving Salutation from the place of my outward Bonds and Imprisonment for the Gospel sake which is the Power of God O right Dear and Precious Ones which are united to that which is but one in all in which alone the right Dearness and Preciousness doth consist the glorious Virtue and Power of the Eternal Son of God CHRIST JESUS our Lord which we witness alone our Saviour and Anoint●d of the Father who hath taken his Throne in our souls hearts spirits and bodies to rule in us over all that is contrary to him O come my dear Lambs and dear Babes it is a time for us to flock together into our Father's Fold and to get into his Tent of Safety and to lie down in the Arms of his dear Love and to be covered with the Wing of his Power now the wild Boar of the Forest is abroad to make his prey and the Wolvish Devourers are seeking to scatter the Sheep of the Lord's Pasture O let us feel and know the safe Harbour in which alone is Safety whilst the boisterous Storms and Tempests are all about us and the foaming rage of the troubled Seas are casting up their waves one after another and their mire and dirt upon us as if they would devour us and also the many Rocks Shelves and dangerous Sands are seen which will split all that fall thereupon who are not wise and skilful to avoid them and know not a Refuge near to fly unto till the Indignation Storm and Gust is overpast and hath accomplished its end for which it was sent and appointed Oh! what if we be the Mark for all wild Hunters to shoot at Esau the rough spirit which is cunning in hunting for that which perisheth and must die of himself and slights that noble Birthright to be an Heir of the Promife which Jacob the plain and smooth man prizes more than the mess of Pottage Oh dear Lambs and Babes of God our Rock is sure and stedfast our Refuge and Harbour safe and unmovable and our Pilot wise and exceeding skilfull there is not a danger near that can attend us in our Voyage to our everlasting Land of Rest but he doth foresee and knows right well how to avoid them all Therefore it is now our Work and Business in this the Great Day of Tryal that we put our whole trust and confidence in him and to give up all we have and are unto him and he never failed any that trusted in him and in the Arm of his Salvation and he will make all his to feel know and witness that we cannot add one cubit unto our stature by all that we can do and not in his Spirit and Life O blessed is his Name for evermore that hath made his Arm bare for us which hath brought in and is bringing in Everlasting Righteousness into our souls and is breaking down all Man's Unrighteousness and Righteousness and is setting up the Horn of his Anointed and hath caused it to bud even the Horn of his Salvation the Eternal Power which shall break to pieces all the Potsherds of the Earth even the Corrupt Powers of the whole World and shall reign over all for ever and ever Oh! my heart soul and spirit rejoyceth in the consideration of the same of the great Work which God hath wrought and is a working and therfore I am not at all amazed nor startled at what the Enemies are a working in this their time and hour of the power of Darkness But this my soul desireth that I and all that know him may not by the subtilty of the wisdom and cunning of the Serpent be in the least shy of the Truth nor in the least stand aloof off from owning of it in the open face of all where ever they are cast by the hand of the Lord's Providence because of the furious rage of the Enemy which is and may be exceeding great but that we may all wait upon the God of our Salvation to receive the Virtue Life and Power of him by which we may endure unto the end of our race and undergo all the fiery Darts of the Devil which he shooteth at us by the most fiercest of his Instruments which may be let loose upon us to drive us from our Ground and Rock upon which we are built but that we may all stand fast and quit our selves like men and be strong in the Power of his might which will cast out all those fears which cause torment and he wil aid assist all such as are in a godly fear jealousie which may be upon the hearts of many in this the day of Trial knowing that the fleshly part is weak and cannot stand in the Trial. But this I know and am perswaded of in the holy fear of God that the strength of the Lord God will be made manifest in weakness that his Power may be magnified over all For this I know asuredly God doth not regard the strength wisdom and parts nor abilities of none of the Sons of men but the weakest and feeblest of his own he hath an eye unto to hold forth his hand of power to help the helpless and this I am perswaded and in his fear and counsel that the simplicity and lowliness of his own Seed he hath a special regard unto which lowliness and simplicity brings into uprightness with the Lord and to wait upon him in all faithfulness with the eye single unto him and that man and woman shall not want strength in the time of need to witness for God if it