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A35851 The word of the Lord to his church and holy assembly regenerated and born again of the righteous seed, which the Lord hath blessed : to whom this is sent to be carefully and distinctly read, in the fear of the Lord, when they are met together, in the light of the convenant of the most high God. Dewsbury, William, 1621-1688. 1666 (1666) Wing D1284; ESTC R36092 7,632 11

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for unto you this is directed in the simpathizing spirit where your burdens is mine and your sorrows is my sorrows when I behold how the enemy chains you down and how the red Dragon in the greatness of his rage is ready to devour the tender birth which hath no life but in the Righteousness of God in Christ the sence of your exercises weights and burdens causes mine eyes to be as a fountain of tears to water the Altar of God when I approach the throne of his Grace in the sensibility of all your misery to wrestle with the Lord my God in the st●ength of the life which hath delivered my soul out of the thraldom where you are bound and the Lord is prevailed withal for you and he hath commanded me in the word of his faithfulness in this day that his spirit is poured upon me to preach the Gospel to you that is poor in your spirits and to entreat and beseech you to judge sin and self and lend not your ears to the accuser or to any evil attendancy that would hinder you as little Children to enter the Kingdom or for looking up in the light to lay hold on the life through faith in the name which in the unlimited power and soul saving sanctifying spirit of the Lord Jesus which will supply all your wants for he is as free to save you as he is to convince you of the need of his Salvation Oh the Lord perswade you of the truth of these words that I may be eased in the travel of my soul for you who st●nd mourning at a distance and will not come that you may have life oh be entreated in true watchfulness in the light to judg all your doubts thoughts fearfulness and unbelief and what ever would hinder you from laying hold of the soul-saving Power of the Lord of Life Oh let not the locks of the beloved be any more bedewed with the drops of the night which is your doubts and resistances of his love but all you necessitated people that are born of the Seed that cannot live without the Light of the Countenance of God and in the secret of your hearts abhors all self-seeking and self-serving that you may serve the Lord in uprightness is the pressure of your spirits and your dayly breathings unto the Lord Oh open your eares and hear the Proclamation from the Throne of the Glory of the unlimited love and mercy of the God of your Salvation who hath commanded me once more in the demonstration and power of his spirit to exhort yee all in the light of his own Covenant to come away to the Fountain of life let not the excusing Man be hearkned unto in this day of Gods invitation but every one in the sense of your necessities draw near and look all to the God of living mercy for as the Serpent was lift up in the Wilderness so is the Son of Man lifted up this day therefore come away come away in the simplisity of your spirits and resign freely to be orde●ed by him who saith who ever comes unto me I will in no wise cast off and he will cure you of all your maladies he will cause the lame to leap and you that hath been blind to see his love extending unto you and he will bind up your broken hea●ts and he will comfort the mourners in Sion and he will lift up the bowed down heads and he will consolate the afflicted and set free the Captives and he will wash the stains off all your Garments and he will dry up all the Ishues that hath putrified and will cause the dumb to speak and the solitary to sing the high praises of our God he will be the Husband of the desolate Widdow and an entertainer of the stranger in his great distresses and a Father he will be to the immortal birth that hath no comfort but in his presence therefore I beseech you and dearly entreat you who hath any sensibleness upon your spirits of the need of the help of the Lord our God Oh stand not at a distance in unbelief oh be perswaded to commit your souls and bodies to the orderings of the Lord Jesus where your help is laid up for you and all that truly wait and believe in his Light and Life shall see the Windowes of Heaven opened and the Sluces of the River of pleasure drawn and the Flood-gates of mercy set wide that every one that 's born again may find more strength life soul-saving power joy and peace in the Light and Covenant of Life in the Lord Jesus then there is strength in the power of Darkness to draw us from him Therefore dear Brethren and Sisters be not doubtful be not doubtful but believe over above and beyond all whatever appeares within or without that would draw you from your stedfast standing in the Light Power and Life of Jesus that so through faith in his name you may say to the Mountaines be removed and it shall be so yea in this faith resist the Devil he will fly away and you shall tread down Sathan and trample upon all wicked thoughts and evil attendancies of your mindes as ashes under the soales of your feet yea the accuser of the Brethren that accused you before the Throne of God will be cast down and you shall reign over him in the Light and Life of the Lord of Glory and so become the free born Sons and Daughters of the ever living God members of the Church of the first born who are redeemed from the Earth and on whom the ends of the World is come that in newness of Life through faith you may live which will make an entrance through all that would vaile into the holy City new Jerusalem where there is no curse neither is the Gates shut day nor night for there is no night as you in the powerful word of faith reign over your dark thoughts doubts and accusings which did benight you but now fighting the good fight of faith the enemy will be kept forth of your habitations and you will see your right to the Tree of Life which stands in the midst of the Paradise of God there to feed and grow Pillars in the Temple of the Lord and shall go no more forth but as you have received Christ so to walk in him and as you are overcome with the glory of his pure love and constrained in the overcoming life to offer up sacrifice of prayer exhortation or praises in the Assemblies of the People of the Lord or in your own Families you are to be faithful for the least mite of the returns of his own spirit is acceptable to him so every one minister according to the aboundings of the manifold Grace of God and let not any from this liberty be hasty to utter words before the Lord least they be found intruders and have their reward with them as is before written in this Epistle who are the troubles of the Heritage of God