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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60658	A tender visitation of the Fathers love, to all the elect-children, or, An epistle unto the righteous congregations who in the light are gathered, and are worshippers of the Father in spirit and truth, to be read amongst them in the pure fear of the Lord God, when they are assembled and met together in his name / by Wlliam Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1660 (1660)	Wing S4336; ESTC R2609	12,935	18

he will not spare the Evil doer though for a time he may go on and boast himself against the Lord and persecute those that fears his Name yet his End must come and his Wickedness upon his head will fall and as a whirlwind from the Almighty it will light upon him and as the Summer chaff he will be driven away and be no more for the Lord is hastening and cutting the work short in righteousness therefore fear not your adversaries nor who or what they be that turns against you for it is an evident token unto them of perdition but to you of salvation and that of God for many have already had their day and the Lord hath tryed them what they would doe and they have all betrayed their trust and turned against his Power and none that have been Faithful to him for he tryed them all and gave to each of them their Day but none regarded what was put into their hauds but carelesly neglected it so he pulled down one and he set up another and as their zeal did arise and that they came to Profess more then others before them he gave unto them their Day and tryed them if they would perform what they Professed but they have been all found Deceitful and as bitter fruit did spring from such as did Profess as from those that was pulled down before them and nothing hath been done by any of them as to what they might have done either for God or his People but from one to another the Yoak hath been continued and the spirit of Persecution hath Reigned and the loyns of one hath been as heavy as the loyns of another and none that did regard the Cry of the afflicted wherefore the Lord hath removed them and given their Day into the hands of others whom he hath brought up to be a scourge unto them and a Cloud to cover them for the Lord tryed them All if any could have been found amongst them that would have done good that he might have placed them and set them up in Power to have Ruled but they all proved Corrupted and none performed when they was Intrusted but went backward and drew downward and forgot the Lord and his Benefits turning one against another for self Interests and then strive and contended until the Lords Spirit was grieved and vexed in beholding their Wickedness and his Wrath kindled against them and he stretched out his Arm and overturned them and hath brought up a People to be a Just Recompence unto them and a Cloud over them under which their Sun is set What is Man or his way that he should be feared though he set himself on High and Boast of great things the Lord Rules over him and in a moment brings him down and all his glory passeth away as untimely fruite if he do not the thing that is Just the Righteous God finds him out and layes him naked to all passers by whatever he may profess and so the inside of many are discovered in this Day of Tryal who professed much and boasted of great things but when they were tryed then they betrayed and brought forth nothing but their own deceitful Workings neither regarding the Lord nor fearing his Name so he laid them all by as Useless in his Service and hath stained the pride of their glory that man in all his profession may behold what he is for all their Professions is brought to Light and none hath done the thing that is right therefore are they smitten their Foundation shaken that fear on every side takes hold upon them like blind men they grope cannot find a resting-place for their way is closed up and they have lost their aim and are all Scattered that many are turned into that way again which once they departed from and contended against and hath lost the favour of all that which seemingly they once Professed and thus hath the Lord God in a little time tryed the wayes and doings of many of the Children of men and in the Ballance of Truth hath weighed them and their Professions and hath found them as light as Vanity and as Airy Shaddows they are passed away and are all dead and withered as if they had never been and now is he trying others So dear Lambs all in Gods Power waite which through all changeable things abides and do not depart from it at any time for in that have you been kept in Faithfulness to stand that you are not shaken nor driven away from your Hope Confidence but still abides in Uprightness to the Truth of God feeling the sure Foundation which no man can shake or prevail against this is to be prized by you in the pure fear and not to be gloryed in with a fleshly confidence for it is the Lords own work and it is marvellous to behold that you who are so much by men despised should in Gods Arm be still Preserved and are not shaken from your Hope though many storms have blown upon you Oh feel the Living in which you are upheld that faithful to the end you may be kept for waiting so to be preserved you shall be everlastingly saved and glorious will your Reward be for the Winter is not yet quite over though many storms hath sorely beat yet there is some will still arise and many will vanish in their appearance but some will fall and shall be felt and in their time they will be quick for all is drawing near an End but the glorious Life none can destroy therefore look not at man for he hath been tryed and is manifest to be Corrupted and all his wayes perverse and froward and nothing else from man can be expected until he come to a measure of Gods Spirit to be guided so what may appear from man do not you regard or whether it seem with you or against you let not your minds look after it but dwell in Gods Power and if he work for you and turn many hearts to do something that is right let all flesh be silent and all boasting excluded that God in his own work may be Glorysied and if any thing from man appear against you keep to the Power to preserve you and in the measure of that pure Eternal Life be ye all stayed for there is Safety there is Peace Satisfaction and eternal Rest and in that abiding you will all be kept from Fainting or Falling and your strength daily will be renewed and your hearts alwayes enlarged the way of his Command to run and nothing will be grievous to you so will the Truth be gloriously exalted and the Lords name honoured who is over all for evermore blessed Oh tender Babes sweet is your savour you give a pleasant smell be ye all cloathed with a Low Meek and Quiet Spirit and in the stillness waite to receive your Portion and in the coolness drink of the River of his Pleasure for his Mercy endures for ever and his Bountifullness is opened freely all the fresh springs are in him and his own Right Hand gives daily Bread Oh feed in the Pasture of Life that in the tenderness you may daily grow feeling the sweet refreshings of his living presence and in the life of Righteousness bear his Image and so will your Ornament adorn the Gospel and Beautiful will you be in the eyes of all Beholders And the Lord of Life and Power season you all continually Confirms Strengthen and Establish you daily that High and Low Bond and Free Male and Female may evermore feel your Union in the Life of Truth that with one accord we may lift up our voyce to Magnifie his Name together who is over all Gods and Kings alone worthy to be praised and glorifyed for Ever and Ever Grace Mercy and Peace be unto you all from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ Amen Dear Lambs my Life breaths after you and with you it is wrapped up either to rejoyce or suffer in the will of God Your Dear Brother in the Immortal William Smith THE END

A Tender VISITATION Of the Fathers Love To all the Elect-Children OR AN EPISTLE Unto the Righteous CONGREGATIONS who in the LIGHT are gathered and are Worshippers of the Father in Spirit and Truth To be read amongst them in the pure fear of the Lord God when they are Assembled and met together in his Name By William Smith LONDON Printed and are to be sold by Robert Wilson at the Sign of the Black-spread Eagle and Windmill in Martins near Aldersgate 1660. A tender VISITATION of the Fathers Love to all the Elect-Children Dear FRIENDS and BRETHREN THe day is the Lords he hath appeared you to visit and unto him must the gathering be his Work is great his Arme is powerful he hath made it bare it rules for him Nations shall know it and all People shall behold the appearance of his might he hath dealt with you in mercy and yet is his Judgments true he sought you in his love when there was none to help he saved by his Power when all beheld you and passed by who can declare his goodness or who can shew forth his loving kindness he hath wrought with his Arme and his right hand hath done valiantly mighty things is come to pass thereby he found you in the Wilderness and upon Mountains scattered he prepared a way for you and hath brought you into the Valleyes great things hath he done and prosperous hath his Work been this is his Day long it hath been waited for and the cry hath been for the appearance of it it is now come and in it is his Work wrought you that waited for it and did abide it are blessed for dreadful was his appearance whil'st the wicked stood in his sight and as a consuming fire he came to destroy them that many shrunk from him and could not abide the day of his coming but fled from his Righteous Judgments who had truly waited for his Appearance his Wrath was hot and his Stroak was heavy and his rising was like a man of War so that his Enemies sell before him and were scattered by his Arm the mighty could not stand but from their seat he brought them down he spake and the Earth trembled he uttered his voyce and the Hills melted it is you that have beheld his mighty acts who did abide the day of his coming and fled not from his Arm of power but gave his enemies into his hand and did not love your lives to death then did you feel the strength of his might who came in power to redeem his chosen then did the womb of the morning open then did sore travail come upon you pangs took hold on every side and great was the cries that then was heard now was your Deliverance nigh at hand and his only begotten came into the World this was the day in which the poor found help and that of low degree was raised up then the Prisoner came out of the pit and the Captive was delivered out of Iron bonds so did his work prosper in his hand and deliverance came by his eternal Power you felt his terrour upon the wicked and none was able to resist his might his stroak was heavy on your loynes and feebleness possest your reins for in his wrath he sealed you down and you languisht in the deep distress then did your cry go up unto him and the earnest breathed for relief his bowels yearned to his own and his love brake forth like a mighty stream his ear was open for to hear and his Arme ready to deliver for he remembred his holy Covenant and his own Inheritance whom he had chosen he did not leave you when you were weary nor forsake you when you were feeble but in the deep he was your strength and in your travail he you upheld so did he lead you in his Mercy and yet his Judgments are all true you walked in the narrow way and his Arm of power was your support he brought you thorow the gate of Death and raised up the seed of Life his love is not to be expressed nor the works of his hands to be declared for in the midst of Judgment he remembred Mercy and his eye of pitty was open towards you the Lyon could not prey upon you his mouth he stopped the Devourer could not spoil you him he judged Pharaoh could not keep you him he Plagued the Grave could not shut you up that he opened and out of the horrible pit he you delivered then did the poor find help in his Power and the needy was relieved in his Mercy he stretched forth his Arm and Salvation came and that was wrought which no other could do though you had run from man to man and had enquired after God and sought to have obtained Peace yet none could bring true tydings of it but still you mourned for want of Life and travelled in the anguish of your Spirits running but obtained not seeking but could not find until you was wearied in sore travail and ready to faint under your heavy burthens then did you cry in your deep distress and he heard out of his holy Hill he made the Fountain open wide and his Salvation did not tarry he gave you ease and made you glad and brought you into a wealthy place that your joy in his presence did increase and the dayes of mourning passed away for his work in you he brought to pass and accomplished the thing which he had determined Oh Friends what hath the Lord done for you pen cannot write nor tongue declare you were lost and he sought you Strangers and he gathered you Enemies and he Reconciled you Sinners and he Saved you what could the Lord do more for you Mountains are fallen the Earth is melted the Devourer is spoil'd for against the mighty hath the Lord appeared and his work hath been prosperous in his hand he hath brought death upon the first man and all his deeds he hath destroyed he hath quickned the second and in his power he is raised and in glory is his only begotten come into the world and unto him must the gathering be you are blessed in whom he is revealed who feels your Union with his Life and your Translation into his Likeness abide with him depart not from him for there is not another that can save or can refresh the wearied ones for many have forsaken him and have not continued faithful to him though for a time they followed him and whil'st they did abide was faithful in him but when Tribulation came they started aside and is turned into a withered branch for they could not abide the Judgement nor the straitness of the way to walk in but sought for ease and a carnal liberty and so departed from the Lord after they was Enlightned and of his Word and Power tasted and having Erred from the Right Way they have been again Entangled and a yoak of bondage is come upon their necks so hath the Enemy wrought upon them and drawn