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A48969 An exhortation given forth at the requirings of the Lord in tender love to all that have been in any measure turned unto truth, by the visitation of the Almighty, in his spiritual appearance, that they be faithful and obedient thereunto. Lombe, Henry, d. 1695. 1694 (1694) Wing L2845; ESTC R20184 5,143 7

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Soul with his Goodness and make me in the Riches of his Love a partaker in some measure of his Salvation and having also raised up a Hope in me that as he has begun this Work in my Soul so also he will if I abide faithful unto him carry it on and perfect it to his praise and to my Eternal Comfort So he hath also begotten a concern upon my Spirit to make known this his Wonderful Goodness unto others that I should declare of his Mercies unto the Congregations of his People that those that are faithful to the Lord may rejoice on my behalf and praise the Name of my Redeemer and those that are yet in that state wherein I was even in Disobedience to the Light of Jesus and are set down at ease taking up a rest short of the true rest which none can ever enjoy but those that are faithful and obedient that these may be awakened and stirred up to consider their own states and Conditions whilst a day of Mercy is afforded them for how know any Man or Woman how soon their day may be over and then Woful and Sad will their state and Condition be indeed and whereas the Lord hath made me sensible of his Terrors for my Disobedience a Travel lives upon my Spirit that others may be brought into Obedience unto the Lord that they might witness his Salvation before the day of Fierce anger break for upon them And further my Friends I have been brought into a sence of the deep Tryals I am like to pass through and the many Spirits to be tryed with and believing that many may through their being unacquainted with the Work of the Lord in themselves be lyable to pass a wrong Judgement upon me as I have already understood some have done Judging the Work which the Lord has wrought in me to be only the effect of some Natural cause as Proceeding from Melancholly and therefore to inform such who have so Judged and to prevent others from the like mistakes I am constrained to give this forth as a Testimony to the Lords great Love and Goodness and I hereby do declare in the sence thereof That the Work that has been wrought in me is the Lords Work and the Praise thereof is to be given to him alone And I do also further declare and Testify that the Lord in this the day of his great Love to my Soul has been pleased to Discover unto me divers things wherein I had disobeyed his Holy Law Written in my heart and which he did require me to forsake and part withal but that which in particular I find a concern to live upon my Spirit to give forth as a publick Testimony unto others is that the Lord has manifested unto me his displeasure against my being concerned in making any Figured and Gaudy Stuffs whose end and Service was chiefly to satisfie the Vain and Proud Minds of Men and Women that live in disobedience to God and that those things have their rise and beginning and are invented by man whose Heart and mind is gone astray from the Council of the Lord and therefore by such as come to yield up unto him and take Council of his Holy Spirit they are to be denyed and turned from and we are not to reason with Flesh and Blood about those things saying If I leave this way I know not how I shall get such a Maintenance for my Family as I now can and if the Lord would make out a way for me in other things I could willingly part with this and so are preferring their present Prosperity here in this short and Transitory Life before their Peace and Eternal Comfort and Felicity with the Lord for ever O my Friends it is better to have inward Peace with the Lord and the Seal and Testimony of Faithfulness born witness unto us and in us though we do suffer in the outward then to enjoy outward Comfort for a l●ttle season and want inward Peace My Friends it is the Faith the Lord hath given unto me that those that are obedient unto him and bear a faithful Testimony for his Truth against that Spirit of Pride and Wickedness that so much abounds in this our Age they shall not want that which is necessary for their support in the outward and on the contrary they that refuse to obey the Lord and answer his requirings and think by continuing in that which grieves his Holy Spirit to gather together and increase in Riches the Lord is able to blast all their Increase when he pleases Therefore let all be perswaded to be faithful to the Lord and turn their hearts and minds to seek him above all things as said our blessed Lord to his Disciples Seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven and the Righteousness thereof and all other things that the Lord sees good for as shall be added as his blessings Let us not content our Selves with an outside shew or Profession of Religion but let us every one be concerned to know and witness for our selves and in our selves a being quickened and made alive to God by the Power of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ revealed in us by his holy Spirit that he may fit and prepare our Hearts to be a fit habitation for himself to dwell in For unless we come to witness this for our Selves all our Faith is in vain and we are yet in our sins unredeemed from Corruption and Christ Jesus by all that he has done and suffered for the Salvation and Restauration of poor lost Man will in the end profit nothing to such a Soul without Unfeigned Repentance My Friends I found a concern to lye upon me from the Lord to Testify this unto you being fully satisfied that those that are faithful unto the Lord God in their own Particulars will set to their Seals that this my Testimony is the Truth and unto the Witness of God in every Mans Conscience that will give a right and true Judgement do I commit my self and what I have testifyed to be Judged not being concerned what Judgement the Carnal minded man may pass upon me for I seek not to please man but to serve and please the Lord my God is that which now I do desire and press after and unto whom alone for all his Mercies and tender dealings towards my Soul I do at this time render and ascribe the praises and thanksgivings and honour for he alone is worthy saith my Soul for ever and ever who is over all the Works of his Hand God blessed in himself for ever Amen This is given forth by one whom the Lord has pluckt as a Brand out of the Fire and has made as a Monument of his great Mercy who in the sence of his Infinite Love is made a Lover of the Souls of all People and therein Travails for and desires the good and welfare of all but more especially those who have in measure been made partakers of his Love but have not been faithful thereunto that they might return unto the Lord before his day of Love be over this is the breathing and Cry of the Soul of your Well-wishing Friend HENRY LOMBE Norwich the 20th of the 11th Month 1693. This to be Read in the several Monthly Meetings of Friends in England or elsewhere London Printed by T. Sowle at the Crooked Billet in Holy-well-Lane Shoreditch 1694.