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A54225 Tender counsel and advice by way of epistle to all those who are sensible of their day of visitation and who have received the call of the Lord by the light and spirit of His Son in their hearts to partake of the great salvation, wherever scattered throughout the world : faith, hope and charity which overcome the world be multiplied among you / by William Penn. Penn, William, 1644-1718. 1695 (1695) Wing P1377; ESTC R28424 17,575 47

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Earth neither love nor live in the vain Lusts of the World Such shall abide in his holy Tabernacle such shall dwell in his holy Hill even they that walk uprightly that work righteousness and speak the truth in their hearts in whose sight a vile person is contemned but who honour them that fear the Lord. O my dear Friends I know experimentally that this is hard to Flesh and Blood that which is Born of the Corruptible Seed but that can never enter into the Kingdom of God That must be Crucified by Christ that hath Crucified Christ Blood requireth Blood Wherefore give that which is for the Famine to the Famine For the Fire to the Fire And for the Sword to the Sword Let all the sinful Lusts be famisht let the Stubble be burnt and the Corrupt yea and the Fruitless Tree that cumbereth the Ground be cut down and cast into the Fire Let the work of the Lord be done in you let him purge his Floor and that throughly that you may come out as pure as Gold Seven times tried fitted for his use that hath chosen you that you may bear his Mark and wear his Inscription Holiness to the Lord so you will be Vessels of Honour in his House Therefore I say let your Houses be swept by the Judgments of the Lord and the little Leaven of the Kingdom leaven you in Body Soul and Spirit that holy Temples you may be to his Glory This I know is your desire that are on your Travail to this Blessed Enjoyment Well you believe in God believe also in Christ the Light that hath visited you And if you truly believe you will not make haste You will not make haste out of the Hour of Judgment you will stay the Time of your Trial and Cleansing that you may be as I said as pure as Gold Seven times tried and so receive the Lord's Mark and Stamp his Image and Approbation that you may be his throughout in Body Soul and Spirit seal'd to him in an Eternal Covenant Dear Friends gird up the Loins of your Minds watch and hope to the end be not slothful neither strive despond not nor be presumptuous Be as little Children for of such is the Kingdom of God Dispute not neither consult with Flesh and Blood Let not the Prudence of this World draw you from the simplicity that is in Christ Jesus Love and obey the Truth hide his Living Word in your Hearts though it be as an Hammer a Fire a Sword yet it reconcileth and bringeth you to God and will be sweeter to you that love it than is the Honey and the Honey-comb Fear not but bear the Cross yea without the Camp the Camp of this World's Lusts Glory and False VVorships But this know when the Enemy cannot prevail by none of these Stratagems if you resist him as the God of the World's Glory the Prince of the Air and the False Prophet then he turneth Dragon then he declareth open VVar then you are Hereticks Fanaticks Enthusiasts Seducers Blasphemers unworthy to live upon the Earth But in all these things rejoice and be exceeding glad for great shall be your reward in the Kingdom of the Father VVhat if your Parents rise up against you if your Brethren betray you if your Companions desert and deride you If you become the Song of the Drunkard and the Scorn and Merriment of the Vile Person Yea though the Powers of the Earth should combine to devour you let not your Hearts be troubled Shun not the Cross but despise the Shame and cast your Care upon the Lord who will be afflicted with you in all your Afflictions In the Fire he will be with you and in the Water he will not forsake you O let your Eye be to him whose Name is as a strong Tower the Sanctuary of the Righteous in all Ages that you may be able to say in your Hearts with David of old The Lord is my Light and my Salvation whom shall I fear The Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid Though an Host should encamp against me my Heart shall not fear though War should rise against me in this will I be confident One thing have I desired of the Lord that will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my Life to behold the beauty of the Lord and to enquire in his Temple For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his Pavilion he shall set me upon a Rock When my Father and my Mother forsake me then the Lord will take me up I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the Land of the Living Wait on the Lord be of good Courage and he shall strengthen thine Heart Wait I say on the Lord. O my dear Friends let it be your daily and hourly work to wait upon God How often does David speak of waiting upon God he felt the sweetness of it therefore retire into your holy Chamber Be still and the Lord will speak comfortably unto you Blessed are they that wait upon him whose Expectations are only from him For though the youth shall faint and be weary and the young men shall utterly fall They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint I waited saith David patiently upon the Lord and he inclined unto me and heard my cry And this was his Testimony Behold the Eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him to deliver their Soul from Death and to keep them alive in Famine For the Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart and saveth such as be of a contrite Spirit David knew it therefore he could speak it O my dear Friends who are compassed about with many Tribulations the Lord God your Staff and Strength is near you to sustain you Have ye born the holy reproach of Jesus and despised the Shame of his Cross and did he ever desert you Be not cast down though to the Eye of Reason there seemeth none to help no not one to save Though Enemies within and Enemies without Encamp themselves about you though Pharaoh and his Host pursue you and great difficulties be on each hand of you and the dismal Red Sea be before you stand still make no Bargains for your selves let all Flesh be silent before the Lord and his Arm shall bring you Salvation Yea when you are ready to go down into the Pit that your Throat is dry with crying and your Eyes seem to fail with waiting his Salvation shall spring as the Morning because his Mercies are to all Generations and that the Seed of Jacob never sought his face in vain The poor Man cryeth saith David What poor Man was this He that is poor in his own Eyes that hath no Helper in the Earth but God This poor