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A56574	A testimony to the Lord's power and blessed appearance in and amongst children wherein is expressed the great love of God to them, who, as young and tender, have tasted of his good word & heavenly life. Published for the use of Friends, and to prevent various reports, that they may have a true account in the following testimonies, given forth by faithful witnesses. Here are also added to what was before printed, several pretious testimonies and epistles, which are as the effects of the appearance and opperation of that great power & wisdom of God in and amongst them.	Taylor, Frances, d. 1685.; Paterson, A., Quaker, attributed name. aut; Taylor, Christopher, ca. 1615-1686, attributed name. aut; Matern, John, 1639 or 40-1680. aut	1679 (1679)	Wing P683B; ESTC R217119	22,314	71

of his Countenance from us which would bring Sorrow Anguish and Destruction upon our Souls Oh! let us walk worthy of this great Love let every one of us be circumspect in our Lives and Conversations that our Enemies who Reproach and Blaspheme the holy Name and powerful Work of the Lord God who hath graciously and gloriously appeared in and among us may behold our Holy Innocent Upright Life and Conversation and by it may be reached and convinced that not the Devil but the Lord God in his holy Life Virtue Power and Spirit hath appeared in and among us by which he hath wrought a new Heart and renewed a right and holy Spirit in us the blessed Effect whereof is Holiness and Righteousness which Work is not of Man much less of the Devil but of the Everlasting Pure and Holy God who in his Everlasting Holy Pure and Quickning Power hath begot us again into the heavenly Image of his dear Son Christ Jesus which consists in Holiness and Righteousness and Truth which the Devil is out of Having therefore received Grace and Mercy Life Virtue and Power of God let us cleanse our selves from all Filthiness of the Flesh and Spirit perfecting Holiness in the Fear of God that we may shew forth the heavenly Vertue and Power of him that hath called and translated us from Darkness into his marvelous Light and turned from Satans Power to his own Holy Pure and Living Power in which we are inabled to do good Works new created of God in Christ Jesus unto good Works that we may walk therein in which if we are found walking doing the Works of God we shall never fall again for so an entrance shall be ministred unto us abundantly into the Everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who is the true Light which lights every man that comes into the World in which heavenly and divine Light we daily receive Life Virtue and Power to escape the Corruption that is in the World through Lust and to live Soberly Righteously and Godly in this present World to the Honour and Praise of him that hath called us to Glory and Virtue For this is the very end of the heavenly living powerful Appearance of our God in the midst of us that in and through the heavenly Power of his Son Christ Jesus reveal'd in us in his divine heavenly Light Life and Spirit he might redeem us from all Iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar People zealous unto good Works and that so out of the Mouthes of Babes and Sucklings he may perfect Praises for his Name Let us therefore always be found in Well-doing that our Light may shine before men that they may see our good Works and glorifie our Father which is in Heaven who dwells in the Light and is Light in which if we walk therein we have fellowship with him and one with another and the Blood of Jesus Christ his Son which cleanses us from all Sin is inwardly known and felt and the true Fellowship with the Father and his Son Jesus Christ comes to be witnessed Righteousness and Holiness is shewn forth in our Lives and Conversations by which our heavenly Father comes to be praised and glorified For herein is our heavenly Father of his Children glorified when ●hey bring forth much Fruit of the Spirit which is in all Goodness and Righteousness and Truth always proving and doing what is acceptable unto the Lord to whom be Glory and Honour Praises and Hallelujah Wisdom and Dominion from my Soul in the living Sense of his great Love and tender Mercies now henceforth forever and ever Amen Amen The 5th of the 5th Moneth 1679. Testified by me J. M. VVHen I consider the Goodness Mercy and Love of Almighty God to the Sons and Daughters of Men so largely manifested and suited to every Capacity and Condition to this end and purpose that all even from the least to the greatest may be made sensible and living Monuments of his wonderful Work which he hath been carrying on in all Ages less or more but now in this latter Age of the World is cutting the Work short in Righteousness I see it clearly in the Light of the Lord for which my Soul and Heart is overcome with Praises and Thanksgivings to him who I see takes pleasure to dwell with the lowly in Heart and that are willing to follow him whithersoever he in his Requirings may lead Glory to his blessed Name forever I say the consideration of the Lord 's wonderful Dealing with people but more especially with the young Ones in our Family constrains me at this time to open my Mouth in my small Measure to declare of his Wonderful and Soul-ravishing Virtue livingly witnessed to in my measure and also am an Eye Ear-Witness but which is more I find it seal'd in my Heart that the Lord hath begun a blessed Work in and among the Younger sort so that I can say in Truth The Lord hath been here the blessed Effects whereof do sufficiently declare it Oh! how is my Soul overioy'd when I see that wild Nature which bore rule in some changed and brought under so that I may justly say with the Prophet and do witness the same both in my own particular as also I declare it on the behalf of the Children That in some I see instead of the Tkorus comes up the Fir-tree and instead of the Bryar comes up the Myrtle-tree and it is for the Lord a Name for an Everlasting Sign that shall not be cut off This hath been the End and Tendency of all the Upright-hearted Ones in their Labour and daily Exercise in this Family who are more nearly concerned in them And Oh! let all Hearts joyn with me at this time and at all times to Praise and Extol the God of all Goodness who in his Love hath given us an Earnest of our Desires which is more to us than Thousands of Silver or Gold This the Lord hath been bringing to pass for several years past by his Almighty Power and Out-stretched Arm invisibly in the Hearts of the Young Ones and now is more manifestly begun to shew forth his Power to the melting of the Rocky-hearted and tendring of them into Tears which was livingly witnessed to by many who felt the Power of the Almighty to overshadow them in a Wonderful and Soul-ravishing manner at our fourth day's Meeting in Waltham-Abby so that in the Sense of the goodness of the Lord tendred to my Soul and the Souls of the Children there present I was broken into Tears having a deep sense of the Work of the Lord in my own particular to work in my Heart as also I was overcome with Joy to feel the Lord's Power so wonderfully to work on the Childrens Minds that they were melted and broken to the Amazement of many there present who never saw such a Day nor witnessed the Lords Power to change them in their Minds Oh! but what Joy what Comfort what

Lords own begetting because he hath answered it in some measure and in his Love hath wonderfully appeared unto me and refreshed my Soul many a time since the day that I came among these Children and under the sense of that Love of God hath my Heart often been broken O! how is my Soul tendered when I think of the Lords Love to my Soul and how he hath delivered me from the Snares of the Enemy who hath often sought to captivate my Soul and to hinder the motions of the Spirit of the Lord that would sometimes arise in me for then was he busie to draw away my Mind from the Power of God lest I should lay hold upon it and thereby be delivered from him Oh! when I consider these things and how I have been made to cry in the bitterness of my Spirit when no Mortal Eye could see Who shall deliver me out of this Thraldom how the Lord yearned towards me with Bowels of tender Compassion whereby he made me sensible That he had laid Help upon one that is Mighty even upon his Beloved Son the Lord Jesus Christ who is come a Light into the World that all might believe in him and have Eternal Life And that if I would but give up to him he would Deliver me Blessed be his Name forever For by the Working of his holy Power hath he constrained me to give up unto him and to cast my self down at his Feet that so I might be saved by him For even as he healed those of their outward Infirmities in the dayes of his Flesh who were cast down at his Feet and who humbled themselves before him so doth he arise in this Day to those who are willing to be humbled before him and to give up truly unto him with Healing in his Wings to heal their Back-slidings and to cure their Infirmities and it is those only who Humble themselves before him and who are willing to be content with that Measure that he is pleased to bestow upon them how little soever it be that he doth Nourish and that he doth Refresh even as he did those two Women of Old one whereof was willing to be content with the Crumbs that did fall from the Table the other was willing to be content if she could but touch the Hem of his Garment How was the Lord moved with Compassion towards them and how did he Refresh them and give them the Desire of their Hearts and indeed so he doth to all those in this Day who despise not the Day of small things but are willing to wait upon him in the least of his Appearances although it be but as a Grain of Mustard-seed the lest of all Seeds yet if it be given way unto it will come to be great and it will become a Teacher that cannot be removed into a Corner but will alwayes be with those both Day and Night to Reprove them for Sin and Evil and to give them Victory over the same that lay hold upon it and by Virtue thereof they will even grow from strength to strength until they become Perfect men in Christ Jesus who said Be ye therefore Perfect as your Father which is in Heaven is Perfect Waltham-Abby the 8th of the 11th Moneth 1679. David Barclay WHen I consider how Merciful Loving and Kind the Lord hath been unto us and how he doth graciously appear and time after time manifest his Love amongst us my Heart is filled with Praises and my Soul doth magnifie his Power and rejoyce in God my Saviour For I do truly believe that the cause of my coming to this place was of the Lord for as before I was Wicked and Disobedient unto God running hither and thither seeking rest for my Soul but could find none But Praises be to God forever he did at last hear my Cry and answer the desire of my Heart and did pluck me as a Brand pluckt out of the Fire and set my Feet upon a Rock where he did make known unto me the thing which had been long hidden from me and did also shew me the Darkness and Obscurity which I was plunged into such was the Mercy of God which I hope I shall never forget unto my dying Day and I can truly say that the Lord doth still abide with us and doth time after time appear unto us healing the Wound which before he had caused for we do certainly know that he is both able to wound and also to heal Oh! I cannot but admire the Loving-kindness of God that he should so appear and abide as he doth but it is true as it is said With those that are meek and lowly and of a contrite Heart will God abide and with such is he well-pleased for in my measure I can witness that God is a God of Love and of Long-sufferance and desires not the Death of a Sinner but would rather that he should live for I have known it so therefore is my Mouth opened at this time to the Praise of God and that the Ages to come may know of the Wondrous Works of the Lord even amongst Children and those that are but young in Years for he indeed hath looked upon us with an Eye of Pity and Compassion and it hath pleased him to appear unto us and to shew us the gross Errors and Pollutions which we have been addicted to Therefore in the sense of the Mercy and Loving-kindness of God my Soul is even overcome and doth magnifie and praise his Name desiring that both I and all those whom he hath in any wise made sensible of their States and Conditions may be kept in his fear and dread unto the end of our days that so in the End we may lay down our Heads in Peace and enjoy his presence for evermore And also that while we live we may live to his Praise and be kept humble and low that so in the consideration of his Love we may be even constrained to love him again for what were we or our Fathers House that he should appear unto us who have been so Wicked and Disobedient unto him Oh! this is great Love indeed that for all this the Lord should be so merciful for he hath opened our Eyes that we can clearly see and discern that the end of the Lord in this matter is to do us good and that we may perfect his Praise as it is said Out of the Mouthes of Babes and Sucklings will I perfect Praise Therefore we cannot but praise him who is worthy of all Praise henceforth forever and forever more Amen Waltham-Abby the 23d of the 11th Mon. 1679. Sam. Sweeting To his quondam School-Master Loving Master MY Love salutes thee with the rest of thy Houshold remembring my School-fellows and Landlords hoping that you are all in good Health as I am at this present writing by the Grace of God who is the preserver of all mankind and by whom we live and breath and have our being O! when I remember at any

Satisfaction unutterable was ministred to them who waited upon the Lord for this to see their Expectation answered in this Matter what greater Joy could be afforded surely none I can truly say it was more to me I hope to my dying Day never to forget it then all Visible or Created Comforts whatsoever And so as the Lord did in a wonderful manner break forth in his Living Power upon the 4th day being the 4th day of the 4th Moneth so we have witnessed since and do witness daily Praises to our God for it the same Arm of Power to work in our Family-Meetings so that for some Nights we have gone to Bed with the Tears in our Eyes being filled with the Love of so tender and merciful a Father who thus had visited us in his love and filled our Hearts with unexpressible Joy And this I say more on the behalf of the Children that some have been so livingly refreshed in our Evening-Meetings that after they have been in Bed their Sleep hath been taken from them for several hours together and their Souls have been ●●lled with Praises and Thanks-givings more then could be uttered This I was constrained to say for the Lord that he is no hard Master that he takes no pleasure in the Death of Sinners but thus even in our day as of Old so fatherly tenderly and condescendingly he deals with People even with the renderaged as to accommodate himself in his appearance to their Capacities that they may feel him at work in their inward parts who worketh all his Childrens work in them and for them to the everlasting renown and praise of his worthy Name forever Now let all be invited hereby to bow and submit their Necks to the Yoke of Christ and let them be made willing to take it upon them for truly it is light to them that are made willing in the day of his mighty Power Further let me intreat all who have been sharers with me in this late and continued Heart-breaking Power to walk worthy of the same that we together may pass the time of our sojourning here in fear that in the end when we shall lay down these Tabernacles we may be admitted unto the full Fruition and compleat Enjoyment of his favour who hath called us and that very early whose favour is better then Life whereof of late we have had a large Earnest to the refreshing of our Souls and the establishing of them in his fear Everlasting Praises Glory and Renown be sounded forth unto our bountiful Lord and Master Christ Jesus World without End Amen A. PATERSONE Here follow several Living Testimonies given forth by the SCHOLLARS Dear Father Mother MY Duty is remembred unto you both with my dear Love to my Brother and Sisters and unto the rest of the Family hoping you are all in good Health as I am at this present I have sent you a Book whereby you may know the State and Condition our Family is in at present how wonderfully the Lord hath wrought amongst us for as he hath begun a blessed Work in the Hearts of many in these latter Ages to destroy and break down the Power of Darkness and to set up his own Kingdom so he will go on in his mighty Power and Strength and will make his Arm bare for the bringing back of the Out-casts of Israel For as he promised That Righteousness shall cover the Earth as the Waters cover the Seas so will he perform it in its appointed time which now in some measure is begun I am constrained to tell you what the Lord hath done for my Soul how day after day he hath followed me with tender Mercy willing me to turn from my Wickedness and vain Imaginations and to obey and worship him the Creator of all things I being troubled and vexed in my Conscience by the grievous Terrors and Judgments of God did often times lie Howling and Crying in my Bed for one or two Hours together so that sometimes I could scarce sleep but as if I had been Tormented in the very Depth of Hell and forever cast out of the sight of God never to receive Mercy from him but the Lord full of Mercy and Love did by degrees help me and delivered me out of the Claws of the Enemy and so by waiting more and more upon him I became yet more sensible of my State and Condition and did pray unto the God of Heaven That he would teach me his Way wherein I should walk before him in Singleness and Uprightness of Heart and would alwayes preserve me in his holy Fear For as it is said A bruised Reed will he not break nor the smoking Flax will he not quench until he send forth Judgment unto Victory this have I witnessed in my particular And again They that wait upon the Lord renew their strength this also hath the Lord made me a witness of for sometimes sitting down in his Fear and Dread with my Mind only staid upon him and waiting for his presence he hath melted my Heart and bowed down my Spirit before him by the blessed in-breaking and over-powerings of his tender Love that so I could not but praise him and honour him that in such a gracious and bountiful manner hath appeared unto me and in abundance of Love manifested himself unto me and I have gone to my rest in Peace with he hath brought me out of Aegypt wherein I was a Captive and a Bond-slave under the Prince of the Power of Darkness with a desire never to return back into Aegypt for it is said They that go down into the Deep see the Wonders of God So the Lord before whom I stand knows I have a living Desire that I may alwayes be kept in his Fear and walk worthy of the Love which he hath manifested unto me and obey him that so what I am I may be to him and alwayes may be kept Low and Humble before him giving him the Praise Glory Honour and Renown unto whom it belongs now henceforth and forever Amen So I rest Your Dutiful Son James Claypoole Waltham-Abby the 5th Mon. 1679. Dear Mother I Received a Letter by which I understand it hath been the Will of the Lord God to take away my Father out of this World for which I am very sorry but since it hath been the Will of the Lord I am sati●fied for the Lord is merciful O! his Mercies have been very great and his Kindness unutterable to me who can say so who brought me to the place where he would have Mercy O! where he would make himself manifest O! in bringing me out of the Pit of Darkness the Saying is fulfilled I was found of them that sought me not I was made manifest to them that asked not after me So dear Mother I would desire and beg of thee that thou wouldst send my Brother hither O! Mother the Lord is here here he hath been pleased to make himself manifest Therefore Mother I would desire