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A38828 An epistle of Margaret Everard to the people called Quakers and the ministry among them: more especially to such of them to whom she hath bee particularly known, and who are concerned for her, as if she were lost and fallen from truth. Shewing her dissatisfaction with the ignorance, error, and uncharitableness that too much abounds among them. Everard, Margaret. 1699 (1699) Wing E3535; ESTC R219770 6,413 8

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dye for us to speak and satisfie Divine Justice and to rise again for our Justification And we wanted him inwardly to give us the Faith and Comfort of what he hath done and suffered for us outwardly and by his holy Spirit and Grace to renew and Sanctifie us throughout in Spirit Soul and Body who is our Justice and perfect Saviour and Sanctifier as he is both God and Man and with respect both to his outward and inward Coming And Friends least any should Imagine or say this is not her Inditing nor would she have put to Print without being put on or advised by some In answer I tell you it was my own Act without the perswasion of any and if it were needful I could produce sufficient Witnesses who have heard me say often I shall not be easie until I have written something that all that have any true love to me might understand how it is with me and the Reason of the disturbance which hath been But some may further object and say it looked bad and contrary to Friends Order and that I should have sent it at first to the Meeting at London that Friends might have given their approbation and might have Printed it by Friends Printer I readily confess according to such Order I should and it would have pleased me best but I could not perswade my self it should ever have been Printed To me it appears it would be cast out for I remember a paper sent to the Meeting from a Woman Friend living in Nottinghamshire or Darbyshire whose paper was rejected by them so would mine some may say thou might have tryed but I was not willing to give them trouble or my self the disappointment Well I have done it and am satisfied and hope it may satisfie some others for whose sake chiefly I did it And as for those or such as will not be satisfied I cannot help it it is no disappointment to me for I never did nor can propose to satisfie all nor can I tell who ever did Some that loves me say keep Meetings and speak or teach those things that is The Doctrine of Christ Crucified together with the Light within c. But I find it will not be endured except I could be a Hypocrite and jumble and confound things as some have done and yet do as I my self Ignorantly have done and sometimes to please others or rather for fear of open opposition but I pray God forgive me for Jesus Christ his sake and preserve me and all the sincere towards him for time to come for I am well assured the words of our blessed Lord Jesus are true and shall be fulfilled in the time appointed to wit Whoever is ashamed of me and of my Words of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in the Glory of his Father And Friends I have seen great hurt in openly opposing each other Oh! surely I have reason to say so I say some have been much offended and others have gone out of the way for the present but the Lord my God for his Son Jesus Christ his sake bring them again to himself that by a Living Faith in Christ they may obtain forgiveness and know the work of Regeneration and Sanctification in and by the Power and Spirit of Christ in their Hearts So with my dear Love to all that Love our Lord Jesus Christ in Truth and sincerely believe in him and manifest their Truth and Love to him by obedience to his Commands I say to all these I desire that Grace Mercy and Peace from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ may be multiplyed and abound in them Farewell The 10th of the Fourth Month 1699. Margaret Everard FINIS London Printed for Brabazon Aylmer at the Three Pigeons against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill 1699.