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A54422	Some fruits of a tender branch, sprung from the living vine being a collection of several sound and godly letters, written by that faithful servant of God, Benjamin Padley. With diverse living testimonies to that innocent life, in which he walked, and continued to the end of his day.	Padley, Benjamin, 1658 or 9-1687.	1691 (1691)	Wing P161; ESTC R217466	26,941	57

peace with the Lord where all sighing and tears of sorrow comes to be wiped away so that although our loss and the want of him be great yet surely its his gain and in this shall my soul and spirit be comforted I well remember when the Lord was pleased to raise a Travel in my soul for Sions prosperity and laid a constraint on me to cast in my mite into his Treasury amongst my Brethren and Sisters at that very time was he made instrumental to the helping me forward and after sometime it was laid on me with my dear Sister and Companion Mary Frost to visit Friends in Cumberland and laying it before him being under a True Sence of our own weakness youth and tenderness Oh! How he encouraged us saying Travel on in your innocency and in a sence of your own weakness without the Lord and I do believe he will be with you and make your journey prosperous which time was the last time we see his face his delight was to take the weaklings by the hand and to encourage the good in all wherever it appeared for his care over the Flock of Christ was great and I have heard him often say where he saw a backwardness or slackness in meeting together to wait upon the Lord Oh how it wounded and grieved his spirit within him often stirring Friends up to diligence and faithfulness in serving God Oh the Remembrance of his innocency together with the Lamb-like Nature which mine eyes beheld to appear in him is very pleasant unto me and the many sweet and comfortable expressions which dropped like Honey from his Lips unto my Soul when under great distress the Consideration of it breaks my Heart and Melts my Spirit into Tenderness before the Lord Oh the sweet Councel my Soul received from him when in a mournful state it was even as marrow to my bones and as strength unto my sinews so that I have been made to bless the Lord that ever it was my Lot to see his Face and although it was not ordered so to be for me to see him in the time of his weakness being many Miles distant as also under weakness of body yet at the first hearing of his sickness I was made sensible he might be taken away which at the first came very nigh me but after sometime I was made to say Lord thou has now fitted him for thy Kingdom therefore Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord for they do Rest from their Labour and their works do follow them and surely thou art taking the Righteous away from the evil to come so being fully satisfied of his well being as also hearing the report of some good friends who were with him near the time he finished of his comfortable end I dare not repine as believing his life was hid with Christ in God and I do feel this time as at many other times servent breathings in my heart and a cry run through my Soul unto the Lord that he will still raise up many more to bare a faithful Testimony to his Name and Truth even as I do believe this my friend did in his young and tender years and it 's my full belief he 's now rejoycing amongst the valiants of Israel who hath not only proved Conquerors but more than Conquerors so what shall I say more but even leave all to the disposing of him whose mercys are over all the works of his hands with True breathings unto the Lord not only for my own Soul but for all his whole flock and Family that 's left behind every where that we may so spend the residue of our time even as I do believe this my Friend of whom I am speaking did that so the reward of the Righteous we may all receive when time on this side the grave shall be no more So unto him who hath been our preservation unto this day and is able to make up all our wants and raise up unto himself many faithful and living witnesses doth my Soul return Glory and Honour with humble and holy thanksgivings having cleared my self and eased my spirit and so remains a Traveller for Sions prosperity and a well wisher to all Elizabeth Leaper DEar Benjamin Padley was one of the Sons of William and Elizabeth Padley of Northcave in the Eastriding of Yorkshire who in former days with many others in whom true desires towards God were begotten was travelling and seeking the Kingdom in Forms and Observations zealously following them that cryed Lo here and lo there in whom the true Birth being not satisfied with any empty husk when it pleased the Lord in his great Mercy to cause his day to dawn and to visit a Remnant that sate mourning in darkness with the Manifestation of his everlasting Light and to send forth faithful Witnesses and Messengers of the Gospel of Peace and Reconciliation in Christ Jesus the Light of the World and the only way to the Father Then I say the said William and Elizabeth his Wife were the first in these parts that received the said Messengers and their Testimony and became faithful Followers of him whom the Father hath sent to gather in his scattered flock to wait for his teaching and to worship him in Spirit and Truth and through much Tribulation in Patience they endured to the end and did not deny him before Men for any Suffering as Imprisonment spoyling of Goods c. with the latter whereof more especially the Widow and Samuel their eldest Son were tryed by Means of Thomas Forge a prophane Priest who was much retained in Williams days but after his death break forth in great Rage and Cruelty against the Widow and Fatherless but most especially after Elizabeths death against the said Samuel who by means of the said Priest and his adherents suffered twice 20 l. fine for Friends meeting in his house to worship God which with other sufferings when he had endured by wicked men for his love to God and his Truth and People he was taken away in peace out of the World and his next brother William stood up in his place in the same Testimony who met with the like usage from the same wicked priest who shut him up in Prison where he remained till the death of his said Adversary and not long after he being taken out of the World also this dear Benjamin came in to the place where his Parents had finished their course And in deep Humility and Zeal towards God and servent love to him and to all that walked in the Truth he did continue a considerable time before his mouth was opened to bare a Testimony of the everlasting Truth of God in the Assemblies of his People and after he was raised in the Power of Truth to bare a Testimony of it I do verily believe he did not go before the motion of Life nor stretch beyond it nor speak of what he lived not in ●either did he aspire into high Notions nor seek to illustrate

Remembrance the many sweet and living Testimonies that were given forth and that ran through him in the precious Extendings of Life and sweet Visitations wherewithal the Lord was pleased to visit him and to make him a Partaker of amongst the People of God of which I was an Eye and Ear-Witness and a partaker with him both in the time of the Ministration of Death and in the time of the Ministration of Life and Salvation and in his Exercises both spiritual and temporal but in all he was preserved in the meek and quiet spirit of the Lamb holding fast his Integrity in the ancient power of God and in the word of his patience who never failed him nor none of his faithful Children in the day of Tryal nor hour of Temptation though they be great and the troubles of the Righteous many yet the Lord is able to deliver out of them all as he hath done this my dear Friend where all sighing and sorrow doth fly away and where all tears is wiped away and all sorrows and pains cometh to an end and the troubler ceases troubling and the scorner ceases from scorning and the troubler of Israel doth not appear any more and this is our Joy and our Comfort that which maketh up our Loss in parting with so dear a Friend as he was in his day which was but short yet glorious for he was taken away in the flower of his age and in the strength of his youth I mean every way both bodily and spiritually for he had overcome the wicked one and the Word of God did abide in him and his presence did fill him until his Cup did overflow many times to the watering of the Heritage of God and now this is my desire That all to whom this may come may be Followers of Christ in his footsteps and according to his and many others that was holy Examples in their days of humility and self-denying and patience and long suffering and meekness and Brotherly kindness and charity suffering all things and bearing all things for the Name of Jesus and for the Word of God as he was given up to do and now is entred into Glory where he rests from his Labours and his Works do follow him and his Reward is with him for thus saith the Spirit Blessed is the dead which dye in the Lord for they rest from their Labours and their Works do follow them and the Name of the Righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance and shall be blessed among the Righteous but the Name of the Wicked shall rot These few Lines opened in my heart concerning my dear Friend whose Life was blessed and latter End Peace Now it is time to conclude and recommend this with the rest of Friends Testimonies to the serious Readers to whom this may come to the help and encouragement of them that are in Afflictions that they they may hold out to the end and be saved Iohn Richardson A Copy of a Letter sent to his Wife Dear Love THE Salutation of my endeared Love reacheth unto thee with my Children and I cannot but desire of the Lord That he would preserve you and keep you in his fear from day to day and give thee Wisdom and Understanding to order thy Family in his fear and dread and to be cheerful and trust in the Lord and he will not fail thee I am satisfied for blessed be the Name of the God of Heaven his Presence and Power is still with us and his Arm doth still surround us that we are carryed on with cheerfulness and freely given up to follow the Lord whithersoever he is pleased to lead us So my Dear I dearly desire thee be not troubled nor any way cast down in thy mind because of my Absence though things may go contrary to thy desire and expectation yet my Dear be incouraged and give up to the Lord and fear him and doubt not but all things will work together for thy good So unto the Lord do I commit thee with my Children and Family with my own Soul who I desire to preserve and keep us to his own Praise and Glory who alone is worthy over all for ever So my Dear I desire thee to remember my dear Love to all our Friends in general who is very dear unto me when I remember them especially those that are faithful So my dear Love with my dear Companion John Richardson salutes you all and bid you all farewel We are now at Rousby and doth intend for Whitby and so toward Burlington if the Lord permit So with my dear Love to thee I remain thy dear and faithful affectionate Friend and Husband Benjamin Padley From Rousby 16th of 8th Month 1686. Another Copy of a Letter sent to his Wife My Dear THe Salutation of my endeared Love at this time with many other times doth reach unto thee as also to my Dear Children and you are often in my Remembrance and my Soul is many times bowed down and my Spirit poured forth in Supplication before and in the presence of my God and yours that you may be preserved in holy fear and dread and that he may give thee Wisdom and understanding and strength and ability to order thy Children and to nurture them in the Fear of the Lord and keep them in Subjection as much as in thee Lyes and stand in the Dominion of Truth over them and thy servants and wait for Wisdom and Councel from the Lord to guide and order thee in all things that thee art concerned in And my dear be not too careful in driving on thy business too eagerly and keep thy hands off as much as thou possibly canst thou knowing thy own unfitness and the weakness of thy Constitution and although things may sometimes not go so well on as thou wouldst have them yet I would have thee be careful that thou lettest not thy mind out to fret and grieve at them but stand in the Counsel of God that he may give thee directions to order all things aright and to keep out of extreams on every hand But let thy Moderation appear in all things and let a moderate care be had in all things that nothing be willfully lost or wasted And so unto the Lord who is only able to preserve and prosper thee in all things do I commit thee with the rest of my family and my hope and confidence and whole belief is stedfast in him as ever that as we do keep faithful to the Lord and his Truth and desires to be found in that and to abide in that which will bring Honour to his Name The Lord will multiply his blessings upon us and we shall be as Monuments of his Mercy and his presence will be with us and his provident hand will be seen and felt in the ordering of us in all things to his glory and to our mutual Joy and Comfort And blessed be his great and Mighty NAME that hath not been wanting to me since I was