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A61464	A call from death to life and out of the dark wayes and worships of the world where the seed is held in bondage under the merchants of Babylon / written by Marmaduke Stephenson, who (together with ... William Robinson) hath (since the writing hereof) suffered death, for bearing witnesse to the same truth amongst the professors of Bostons jurisdiction in New England ; with a true copy of two letters, which they writ to the Lords people a little before their death ; and also the true copy of a letter ... from a friend in New England, which gives a brief relation of the manner of their martyrdom, with some of the words which they exprest at the time of their suffering.	Stephenson, Marmaduke, d. 1659.; Pearson, Peter, 17th cent.; Robinson, William, d. 1659.; Dyer, Mary, d. 1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing S5466; ESTC R16756	29,922	32

A CALL FROM Death to Life AND Out of the Dark wayes and Worships of the World where the Seed is held in Bondage under the Merchants of Babylon Written by Marmaduke Stephenson Who together with another dear Servant of the Lord called William Robinson hath since the Writing hereof suffered Death for bearing Witnesse to the same Truth amongst the Professors of Bostons Jurisdiction in New England With a True Copy of Two Letters which they Writ to the Lords People a little before their Death And also the True Copy of a Letter as it came to our hands from a Friend in New England which gives a brief Relation of the manner of their Martyrdom with some of the Words which they exprest at the time of their suffering John 16.2 3. They shall put you out of their Assemblies yea the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth God service And these things will they do unto you because they have not known the Father nor Me saith Christ London Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Sign of the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1660. To the READER But especially to you that are Professors one in Doctrine and discipline with the professors in New England do we write these things that the witnesse of God may arise in you to judge between the Lords people called Quakers and your Brethren the Professors in New England whether they have not forgotten God and his goodnesse towards them and lost their first love which was stirring in them when they were little amongst the Families of the Earth and whether they are not Children of the Whorish woman that is called the Mother of Harlots that hath sitten upon many waters and deceived the Nations with the wine of the Wrath of her fornications which she offers in her golden Cup till the Earth is corrupted with violence and she made drunk with the Blood of the Saints Seeing they are so far Adulterated from God and Christ as that in their skirts is also found the Blood of the Saints Martyrs of Jesus Oh! how are they fallen that once seemed so tender in Conscience as that they would rather leave their native Countrey then practice things contrary to their Conscience and who would have believed that they which once fled for fear of sufferings would have caused others to suffer under their own hands which are now become wicked hands For they have taken two of Gods dear Servants and hanged them on a Tree for no matter of Fact committed by them against any Law which is Iust but because they were found by their words and actions to be Quakers and did contrary to the sentence of banishment which upon pain of death the Court passed upon them * return into their Iurisdiction as they were required of God to bear witnesse unto the Truth in which there is power to set free and for the Testimony thereof and that they might hold forth the good will of God in love to their Enemies and that they might be clear from the blood of all men in giving them warning to repent and walk in the Light of the Lord their lives were not dear to them they being nothing terrified by their adversaries which to them is an evident token of perdition but to the patient sufferers of Salvation and that of God with whom they have now a reward in the endlesse life So that in them is fulfilled the words of Christ he that will loose his life for my Sake shall find it but we do clearly see in the Light of the Lord that he that seeks to save his own life will kill the Iust and therefore we marvel not at what the professors in New England that fled to save themselves have done Knowing that they which are born after the flesh will persecute him that is born after the Spirit but we do even pity to see such as do professe Scriptures have their eyes so shut and their hearts so grosse as to think they do God good service when they not onely cast out of their Synagogues but out of their Countrey and do Imprison Scourge cut off Ears and kill those that come to them in the Name and fear of the Lord and do tremble at Gods Word working out their Salvation with Fear and Trembling and here we do appeal to the witnesse of God in you all Professors and People whether the Professors in New England have not acted quite contrary to God in Imprisoning Scourging Banishing and Killing those that tremble at his Word seeing God hath said to this man will I look that is of a broken and contrite heart and trembleth at my Word but to such the Professing Rulers in New England will not look neither suffer them to have a being amongst them And again we say let the witnesse of God in you judge whether they have not acted directly contrary to Christ in destroying mens lives seeing he comes not destroy mens lives but to save mens lives and whether they be not quite out of his Doctrine and Royal Law which saith what ever ye would that men should do unto you do you even so unto them And we do likewise appeale unto the witnesse of God in all sober people whether the Pastours and Teachers of the People in New England that stir up and encourage their flocks to persecute to death Gods Servants be not become bruitish and contrary to the Ministers of Christ and their flocks contrary to the Primitive Christians seeing the Ministers of Christ were gentle towards all men and did not strive nor warr with Carnal Weapons but did meekly instruct them that did oppose themselves that with sound Doctrine they might convince their Adversaries and they both loved and taught the believers that followed them to love their Enemies and not kill them as they have killed those that they account their Enemies for which they have no cause unl●sse it be for speaking the Truth And again whether these Teachers and Professors and all that justifie their proceedings against the Lords Servants be not of that Generation that killed the Prophets and shamefully entreated those that were sent unto them which called the Master of the house Beelzebub and killed the Prince of Life seeing they do the same things to them of his Houshold And Reader That it may appear that these two which the Professors of New England have taken and by wicked hands put to death were the Servants of Christ Iesus and of the Houshold of God we do here present to thy view these things following which were writ by their own hands and sent unto us not long before their death Together with a Letter which was Writ from Plymouth in New England by Peter Pearson relating the manner of their death with some of their words which they did expresse a little before their Martyrdom all which we desire may be seriously weighed and laid to heart that the witnesse of God may rise in Iudgement against the

his hand where his Banner of love will be over us to compass us about where we shall have recourse to the living springs which comes from the pure fountain and well-spring of life which issues forth abundantly to refresh the hungry and strengthen the feeble minded where you may feel me my beloved ones in the green pastures among the lillies of the pleasant springs where our Souls are bathed and refreshed together with the overcoming of Gods love the vertue of his presence which is as pretious oyntment poured forth giving a pleasant smell So my dear Friends let us alwayes wait at the Altar of the Lord to see the Table spread that so we may sit down and eat together and be refreshed with the hidden Manna and living food of life which comes from him who is our life our peace our strength and our preserver night and day Oh! my beloved ones let us all go on in his strength who is our Prince and Saviour that his Image we may bear who is meek and lowly in heart and minde the true and sure foundation of many generations the chief Corner-stone elect and pretious the Rock of Ages on which the Saints were built and if we all abide thereon we shall never be moved but stand for ever as trees of Righteousness rooted and grounded in him who will be with us in all our Tryals and temptations which we may meet withal and here will the Lord our God be honoured by us all that are faithful unto death we shall assuredly have a Crown of life which will never be taken from us Oh! my beloved ones what shall I say unto you who drinks with me at the living Fountain where we are nourished and brought up as twines in the womb at the breasts of consolation where I do embrace you in the bond of peace which never will be broken Oh! feel me and read me in your hearts for I am filled with love when I think upon you and broken into tears for the remembrance of you who are faithful doth refresh my Soul which makes me often to think upon you and have you in remembrance you Iewels of my Father and first fruits of his encrease if I forget you then let the Lord forget me nay verily you cannot be forgotten by me so long as I abide in the vine I am a branch of the same nature with you which springs from the good Tree which the Lord hath blessed where we do grow together in his life and Image as members of his body where we shall live to all eternity and sit down in the Kingdom of rest and peace with Abraham Isaac and Jacob to sing the songs of deliverance to the most high that sits on the Throne who alone is worthy of all honour and living praises to whom it is due novv and for ever Amen And this vvill be the portion of our Cup if vve all stand stedfast to that vve have received and be faithful in our measures in doing the Will of God vve shall find peace and unity vvith the Lord vvhich is joy unspeakable and glorious vvhich vvill never be taken from us So dear hearts let us all press forvvard to the mark of the High Calling so shall vve obtain the Crovvn from him vvhere our lives are hid vvith Christ in God vvhere vve shall remain for ever vvith him after our Testimony is finished 〈◊〉 shall lay dovvn our heads vvith joy and peace and receive the reward of everlasting life vvhich is laid up for us in Christ Iesus Oh! my beloved ones vvho are of the Royal Seed vvhich the Lord hath blessed my life 〈◊〉 bound up vvith you in the Holy Covenant vvhere vve are linked together as in a Chain and moulded into one mould vvhere nothing must remain that is not good for it must be purged out that vvould defile that so so vve may appear like the fine Gold vvhich is tryed in the fire to shine forth in the Image of the Father as lights to the world and as Cities set on a Hill vvhich cannot be hid so vvill the Lord have praise to vvhom it is due by our upright vvalking and honest conversation so shall vve all be a svveet smell and a good savour in them that are saved and in them that perish Oh! my dear Friends and Brethren hovv doth my love abound tovvards you Oh! feel it and let it fill your hearts for verily you are dear to me the Lord knovvs it vvhom I 〈◊〉 that you are often in my remembrance though my body be far beyond the Seas separated from you yet doth my Soul and life remain vvith you in the Holy Covenant sealed by the Spirit of Promise vvhere vve shall remain together in rest and svveet peace for evermore after our Testimony is finished So all you vvho are upright in heart feel my love and receive my Salutation vvhich springs from the Fountain of love where I am vvith you as by the vvaters of Shilo vvhich runs softly vvhere we are watered and refreshed together day by day that so we grow as Plants of Righteousness in the true vine where we are reconciled to the Father and one to another in that which Sea and Land cannot separate where you may all feel me and read me in your hearts with that which was before words were and if I never see your faces more in the flesh the will of the Lord be done for verily my life is not dear to me to lay it down for his sake who hath called me out of darkness into his marvellous light and hath counted me worthy to bear witness of his truth amongst a blood-thirsty people whose hearts are removed far from the Lord that so I may finish my Testimony with joy as the rest of my Brethren have done which are gone before me for I am freely given up with my dear Brother called William Robinson wh●se love is dear to you all to lay down our lives as a witness against this people for us to live is Christ but to dye is gain for we know that our reward is sure where we shall enjoy the pure presence of the living God and be in favour with him for evermore Oh! how doth my love abound and run out in tenderness to you all Oh! my tongue cannot express it nor my mouth utter it forth as it flowes out to you from the living streams which waters the whole City of God Oh! feel it and be refreshed M. S. This is a Copy of W. R. his Letter to the Lords People THe streames of my Fathers love runs daily through me from the Holy Fountain of Life to the Seed throughout the whole Creation I am overcome with love for it is my life and length of my dayes it s my glory and my daily strength I am swallowed up with love in love I live with it I am overcome and in it I dwell with the Holy Seed to which the blessing of love is given from God who is

true Ministers did to whom the Word of the Lord came saying I have ordained thee a Prophet unto the Nations Mark not to a Town or a City to remain in for many years together but to the Nations and in obedience to the living God he testified against the World that their deeds were evil but they could not bear his words but said he was worthy to die and so the Priests and false Prophets joyned with the Princes and Rulers of the people and cast him into prison and into the dungeon where he did sink amongst the mire that was in it Read in his prophesie and you will find it so and this was that which the true Prophets and Ministers of Christ received from the World where they went stocking whipping and Imprisonments thus were they requited evil for good in all Ages for their love which they did bear to the souls of the Sons of men and the same must we expect from this generation wherein we live we whom the Lord hath called to place his Name in and hath sent us forth in this day of his love to preach his Everlasting Gospel to them which dwell upon the earth in love and pity to their souls but they regard it not though we go thousands of miles for the Seeds sake which lies in death yet the reward of our labour from them is prisons and whips to scourge us withal and knives prepared to cut off ears and Irons hot to burn in the hand thus are we requited evil for good for testifying against the World that their deeds are evil and therefore do they hate us as they did Christ and his Apostles and calls us Deceivers Fools and Hereticks Jesuites and the like because we speak the truth to them and cannot joyn with them in their abominations but stands as witnesses for the Lord God against them therefore do the Priests and Rulers joyn hand in hand together against us as they did against the true Prophets Christ and his Apostles as you may read in the Scriptures of Truth which bear Testimony to these things So dear Neighbours and People where this may come consider my end in writing this unto you the Lord is my witnesse that this is not written as to set up our selves and pull down others but it is written for your sakes that you might come so see the deceit of your own hearts which hath long lodged in you and also the deceit of the Priests in this generation that seek their gain from their quarter and keeps you captive in Babylon and Aegypt where our Lord is crucified as they did many of us in time past where we were bewitched by their sorceries and their smooth words in speaking peace to us w●en our soules lay in death unconverted in our fallen estates as they are at this day so they could not help us out of it being in it themselves Thus were we led by them in blindnesse for many years together ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth by them if the Lord had not looked upon us with an eye of pity we had surely perished under their Teaching because they are out of the Doctrine of Christ and his Apostles who was sent to open blinde eyes and turn People from darknesse to the light of Christ in them and from the Power of Satan to God but these Priests labour in this generation to keep people in darknesse in blindnesse and in ignorance in Death in their unconverted estate that so they might not see their deceit as we do the Lord open your eyes that you may see how you have been led astray out of the true way which leads unto Eternal Life Oh! my love in tendernesse runs out to you all my dear neighbours and acquaintance in Bowels of compassion and pity to your Souls which lies in Death as mine hath done but the Lord in his Eternal love and pity to my Soul hath redeemed me from my fallen estate and raised my Soul from Death to Life and out of the Pit wherein it lay dead in trespasses and sins and seeing the Lord hath done this for me I cannot but declare it to the Sons of men and praise his Name in the Land of the living who hath done great things for me and when I consider and ponder it in my heart my Soul is ravished with his love and broken into teares to consider his kindnesse toward me who was by Nature a Child of wrath as well as other● Oh! the consideration of his love hath constrained me to follow him and to give up all for his sake if it be for the laying down of my life for none are the Disciples of Christ but they that follow him in the Crosse and through sufferings and they that love any thing more then Him are not worthy of Him Now minde well and consider what I say the true unfeigned love to God doth not break the love from one another but it breakes the bands of wickednesse as Strife Debate Anger and Envie that have lodged in the mind one against another and when these things are destroyed in men and women then comes the love of God to abound in them and encrease one to another and this I witnesse and the Lord beareth me testimony to what I speak that my love is dearer and nearer to those in relation to me than ever it was before and I know some of them feels it so yea the Lord knows my heart whom I serve that I lie not but speak the truth to you all that so you might not stumble nor have any prejudice in your mindes against me without a cause who am a lover of all your Soules and for that cause is this written to you that you may know it is so for the Lord knows I do not forget you though I be thousands of miles from you because of the simplicity that was in some of you who were my neighbours and acquaintance for I am one who have obtained mercy from the Lord through judgement and great tribulation which all must passe through before they come into the Land of Canaan they must be regenerate and born again and know a dying to sin and that which they have delighted in before they witnesse a living to Righteousnesse the Old man must be put off with his deeds before the new man be put on Christ Jesus the Son of the living God who is the expresse Image of his Fathers Glory who is taking his People to himself out of the 〈◊〉 of the Beast and false Prophets who have long made a prey upon them but the day is come that they shall make no longer a prey upon them for the Lord hath said it that he will teach his People himself and under his Government shall they dwell safely from the devourer and venemous beasts which hath long had his seat in the Earth amongst the Sons of men and by him they have been led Captive at his will to

an eye of pity and called me home to himself out of the far Country where I was feeding on the husks with the swine into the banqueting-house where my soul is refreshed nourished and fed with the hidden Manna and bread of Life which is prepared for the hungry and feeble-minded to feed upon So all dear people turn in your minds and read within I speak not to the thing without for all they that go from the Lord they go into the strange land into the far Country and all such are Adulterers that spends their portion upon Harlots and hides their talent in the earth which was given them to profit withal and all such are wanderers and vagabonds which have not a habitation in the Lord in Cains nature and though they may be builders of Cities as Cain was yet being from God as he was they are strangers and wanderers being seperated from the Lord who hath prepared a rest for his People where they are safe and feeds together in the good land where they are at home with their Maker who fills Heaven and Earth with his presence glory unto his Name for ever more So all People turn home into your own tents that you may see where you are and what you are feeding upon and wander no longer abroad with your minds in the earth after that which will perish and come to an end where the moth rust doth corrupt and thieves break through and steal and deprive you of your substance that you have gathered together by fraud and deceit which may be soon taken from you and you left desolate naked and bare therefore it stands you all in hand to seek after that which will endure for ever the Pearl of great price which doth exceed all the treasures in Aegypt for its durable and will last for ever the Rock of Ages on which the Saints was built the chief Corner Stone Elect and Precious the sure foundation of many generations the pillar and ground of Truth Christ the light the bright and morning Star the Sun of Righteousnesse which is now arisen with healing in his wings to cleanse the Lepar of his leprosie and hath caused the dumb to speak and the deaf to hear his Voice and follow him and this hath he done in this day of his power which makes the Heathen to wonder and be confounded at his appearance in his Sons and Daughters who beare his Image who are meek and lowly Lamb-like the Righteous knows him who loves his appearance but to the wicked his presence is dreadful and terrible like a Lyon of the Tribe of Iudah to consume with the Breath of his Mouth and break to pieces like a Potters vessel all the stiffe necked and strong ones who lives in the pride of their hearts and at ease in the flesh like fat Bulls of Bashan spending the Creation upon their Lusts Oh the day is at hand that all such must be as chaffe before the wind and as stubble before the fire which will consume them leave them neither root nor branch the Mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it therefore take heed what you do and follow not the multitude to do evil for they walk in the broad way which leads to destruction and to the Chambers of Death where the Souls of men and women are plunged into misery and torment and into the Pit of perdition where they cannot come out nor be loosed from their cruel bonds where they are chained and fettered fast under the powers of darknesse who is King of the bottomlesse Pit the old Dragon which goes about like a roaring Lyon seeking whom he may devour and they that are from the watch watch they are from the Rock and sure Foundation Christ the Light and Life of his People and all that are from him they are in darknesse and such are taken in the snares of the Devil who rules in the dark for there he hath his seat in the Earthly part of man which is one with him who is the unclean spirit which seeks to destroy and lay wast the Heritage of God that so his kingdom might be set up Who is a lier a murderer but now is the day come that Christ is risen to Reign as Lord and King in his People therefore doth Antichrist rage in his members because his destruction is at hand and his torment is coming upon him wherein he must have and receive a just recompence of his reward and all that joyns with him must partake of his torment for what they have done against God and his People And so dear Neighbours and People joyn with him no longer who is the Enemie of God least you be cut off from the Face of the Earth and destroyed with Leviathan that crooked Serpent which must go into everlasting burning there to remain for evermore where there is weeping and gnashing of Teeth and no comfort nor ease to be found but howling bitter lamentation night and day and this will be the portion of the wicked that live wantonly upon the Earth Oh! the day will come that they will wish they had their time to spend over again when their misery comes upon them and the darts of the Almighty striks them wounds them to the heart then will their pain be great which cannot be expressed which they must feel night and day Oh! that you would lay these things to heart and consider your latter end and this I speak in love to you all whether you will hear or forbear you shall one day know and be made to confesse what is written to you is true Therefore take heed what you do that resist and quench the motions of the Spirit of God in you when it doth arise to shew you your conditions wherein you lie for you that do resist the Lord in his way you do despite unto the Spirit of Grace So dear people young and old resist the Lord no longer in his appearance in you for you that do you slay the witnesse the Messenger of the Covenant in you and so becomes guilty of blood Therefore take heed of going on in the hardnesse of your hearts and in speaking evil of the Truth though Baalam erred from the Spirit of Truth yet it was the same then that it is now though Iudas betrayed it and Demas forsook it and embraced the World yet Truth is Truth and will stand for ever over the heads of all its enemies and here comes the Scriptures to be fulfilled for many are called but few are chosen And this hath appeared in our Generation that many have had a true taste of the love of God and of the Powers of the World to come but they are gone from it again and are turned aside into the crooked path like the Dog to his vomit and like the Sow that was washed into the mire again where they are defiled with the flesh-pots of E●ypt which they lusted after Oh! mark and behold the

end of all such that depart from the living God Oh! is not the unclean spirit entered into them again and become worse then he was before so none rejoyce at the hearing of those that turnes from the truth which they were once in for verily it will not ease you of your misery and torment which will come upon you if you go on in sin and dispise the day of your visitation So to you all I have cleared my conscience in the sight of God From a Friend of the Truth and a s●ferer for the Seeds sake which is ke●pt in Bondage under Pharaoh and his Task-masters my Name in the fl●sh is Marmaduke Stephenson Written in the Common Goal of Boston in New England in America in the beginning of the seventh Moneth 1659. These are Copies of Letters sent from William Robinson and Marmaduke Stephenson after they were Banished unto Christopher Holder a Prisoner in Boston Common Prison Christopher Holder O My dearly beloved of my Father my Soul and Life salutes thee for thou art dear to me in the love which changeth not but doth indure for ever am I one with thee in the Life and Power of Truth where we are joyned together as members of his Body who is our Head and our preserver night and day where we are kept safe under the shaddow of h●s Wings where we feed together in the green pastures by the pleasant springs where thou may feel me my beloved one at the livin● Fo●ntain which doth refresh the whole City of our God where we are daily re●reshed together in the banqueting House where we do receive ●tr●ngth and nourishment from him who is our Life and fi●● us with his l●ving vertue day by day which is as precious Oynment powred forth giving a pleasant smell and is pleasant to behold for it hath ravished whereby we are constrained to leave all to follow it who gathers our hearts in one where I am joyn●d and sealed with thee in the Covenant of Life where we shall or ever rema●●e in the bo●om of t●e Father after our Testimonies are finish●d then shall w● lay d●wn our head● in peace with all the Faithful ev●n so the Lord k●ep us as witn●sses of his Truth that so we may be armed with his P●wer and 〈◊〉 in the hour of T●mptation and in the day of tryal to s●pport ●s and bear us ●p in his armes that so he may be hono●red by us who is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all Glory and Honour to whom it doth bel●ng now and forever Amen So with my love to thee I rest who am thy dear brother in the Truth Marmaduke Stephenson C. Holder DEarly beloved Brother whom my Soul dearly loves and my Spirit and Life doth dearly embrace in Gods Love and Life Power and Truth thou may feel me with thee in the armes of the Lord where we are kept who is our Strength and the portion o●our Cup for ever God knows how my life doth flow forth unto thee from the River of our God which dayly runs through us wherewith we are dayly refreshed and whereby our strength is daily renewed for surely the Lord is with us and who shall be able to stand against us Dear heart in the sweet and pleasant habitation of our God in the Mansion House of my Father and thy Father feel me with thee for surely we have all one God to our Lord who is our King and our Law-given for truly out of one Womb have we all come and at one Fountain do we all drink and are daily nourished Dear heart where thou may feel me with thee in the life where we are sealed together for evermore Oh! my dear beloved my soul doth greatly love thee Oh! I cannot expresse it but thou may feel it in the Covenant of everlasting love where we are united by the Spirit of Truth Holinesse in the Power and Heavenly Peace of God feel me with thee where neither length of time nor distance of place can seperate us nay all the powers nor strength of darknesse it cannot break it in the same life and love and Authority of God the Lord for ever keep us and grant that it may be with us for evermore Amen Which I know the Lord God will perform even so be it saith my Soul Dear heart the remembrance of thee doth ravish my soul and by it is my heart filled with pure love and joy Oh! the Lord God knows how greatly I long to see thy face but dear heart I have not yet freedom in the Lord to accomplish it for I see some service I have to fulfil before I come to Boston if the Enemie hinder not for truly hitherto I have seen the Hand of the Lord greatly with us William Robinson DEar Brother my spirit and life dearly Salutes thee feel my love in thy own bosom how my life issues forth unto thee wherein I am bound up with thee in the bowels and love of God sealed with thee in the Eternal Covenant in the life and power of the Lord Iesus wherewith we are covered and where we feel each other in the Heavenly Life and Kingdom of our Lord Iesus Christ dear heart feel how near I am unto thee in the quiet and peaceable Union and Habitation of our God where we cannot forget one the other where we are sealed together in the fear and Dominion of God Dear heart the Lord knowes how greatly I long and desire to see thy Face and I know the Lord will grant it dear heart we were and are gladly received here and the seed hath been reached in many and the life hath answered to us in many we have had two fine meetings Thy dear Brother William Robinson The 15th 7th Moneth 1659. DEarly beloved unto whom I am united in the Spirit of Truth Love and Everlasting Peace where I believe our dwelling shall be for ever in Heavenly joy and true Peace in our Fathers Kingdom where we rejoice together and sweetly enjoy one anothers presence under our Fathers Banner in heavenly Paradice where we meet each other in our Father love in the Unity and Life of Christ Jesus where my dearly beloved I am with thee dear heart thou maist feel me and see how I am united unto thee W. R. The 26th of the 7th Month 1659. C. H. MY dearly beloved my life is often refreshed by thee the remembrance of thee is like the new Wine whereby my spirit and soul is refreshed and like the Oyl wherewith we are annointed even bread in time of need and water in time of thirst Oh! what shall I say unto thee I am overcome with thy life and ravished with thy beauty and thy love doth often melt in me and I am broken with the remembrance of thee Oh! that thou didst but know it how full I am of the Fathers love Oh! dear heart bear part with me of what I bear until I see thy face surely the Power of the Lord that is with me and upon me doth