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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

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

thee to send my Brother hither lest he perish in his Sins and Iniquities I am perswaded if he came hither the Lord would have Mercy upon him as he had upon me who was an Abominable Sinner So this is all at present but my Master and Mistress remember their Love to thee and I would desire thee to salute my Sister in my Name with my Love to my Brother I rest Thy Obedient Son Philip Dymond Written in the 10th Moneth 1679. OH the Love of the Lord who can express it Oh! when the mighty God pours out of his Water of Life into our Souls we are even constrained to sing Praises to his Name Oh! how can I in any measure express the Love of the Most High through his Son Jesus Christ Oh! the Most High doth draw us with the Cords of his infinite Love Oh! our God is a God of Mercy a God of infinite Love When I consider when I was in Aegypt's Bondage and a Captive to the Devil how many times would he call me out but I knew not that it was he yet at last he made his Arm bare to me and drew me out of the Pit of Darkness with the Cords of his Love And it is now my Testimony for the Lord That he is coming to teach his People himself And Wo to the Teachers that take Tythes and are like AEgypt's Task-masters for the Wrath of the Lord is kindled against them that he will neither leave them Root nor Branch But let us fear the Lord and be Valient for his Truth and he will certainly bless us with his Blessings from above So unto him do I commit my Soul with the Souls of all his People to whom be all Honour Renown and Dominion who is worthy of it God blessed forever and evermore From one that desires the Prosperity of his blessed Truth and in some measure has felt the Operation of it Philip Dymond Written the 29th of the 11th Mon. 1679. Dear Father Mother MY Duty is remembred unto you hoping you are in good Health as I am at this present writing Praises be to the God of Heaven and Earth who of his Loving-kindness hath appeared unto me in the day when I went astray and rebelled against him running apace to my own Destruction in that day it pleased God to give me a sight of my Sin so that I certainly know that my Redeemer liveth Praise Honour and Glory be to the Lord God of Power who hath so plentifully visited my Soul with his Love and Kindness So thinking meet to accquaint you with my present Condition and Exercises having no more at present I recommend you to the Lord the Father and Maker of all good things I rest Your Dutiful Son John Weight Written in the 9th Mon. 79. Dear Friend A. P. MY dear and true Love salutes thee desiring thy Well-fare I have at this time writ a few Lines unto thee which I hope may find thee in good Health Forasmuch as when thou wast with us the mighty Power of the Lord broke in amongst us and tendered our Hearts so also it hath continued with us unto this day which I desire may never depart from us I can really say The preserving Hand of the Lord is time after time witnessed to keep us and preserve us and his intent is to do our Souls good so that in him may be our Peace and Salvation for sometimes waiting upon him in his blessed Light for his appearance he doth so lovingly and fatherly appear that he overcometh our Souls so that we cannot but Praise and Glorifie him that so graciously should visit us in his Love as he said In the Day of my Power my People shall be a willing People And even at the writing of these Lines he hath broken my Heart before him O! how is the Lord found of them that seek after him How beautiful is he in his Arisings How doth he fill them that hunger and thirst after him Now are the dayes of Comfort come even now are the dayes of Rejoycing and being Glad in the Lord approaching unto our Souls for he that wounded us hath in some measure healed us he that made our Hearts sad hath now caused us to rejoyce in him the Creator of Heaven and Earth for who were we or our Fathers Houses that the Lord should have respect unto us but in his Mercy hath he done it therefore it is my Desire that we may all be faithful unto the Lord in that he hath committed unto us so shall we have more Much might be written in the Openings of the Lord but this is sufficient as I think to acquaint thee how it goes with us Farewell and be saluted From thy dear Friend James Claypoole Junior Waltham-Abby the 19th of 10th Moneth 1679. WHen in the Fear of God I consider the wonderful Care that he hath of the Children of men and how he strives with them by his Spirit to work out their Deliverance and that both in Old and Young my Heart is melted within me for in the Consideration of these things he hath often exercised me even in the Consideration of his Kindness towards the Children of Men even towards those who are but of young and tender Years O! when I consider how plentifully he hath poured forth of his Spirit in and among Children and how my Soul with many others hath been overcome by the living Sense of the Holy and Heavenly Living and Eternal Power of the Lord God of Heaven and Earth that hath appeared amongst us to the comforting of our Souls and how his heavenly Presence hath and doth still follow us from time to time in our Assemblies to our great Joy I cannot but thank the Lord and praise his holy Name for his care that he hath had over me in bringing me amongst them to be made a Traveller with them in that heavenly Truth which he revealeth unto us time after time in and through his Son Christ Jesus For although I had some sense of the Power of God before and was really convinced in my Mind that the Way wherein I have been brought up was the Way to Eternal Life to those who were Possessors of that Truth which they did profess and I did in some measure seek after the Possession of the same yet when I came into this Family and amongst those Children among whom God doth so wonderfully appear I was made to confess before the Lord that all that I had done was but very little in comparison of that wherein I saw others exercised and under the sense of the same Power did I secretly cry unto the Lord That I also might be made Partaker of that Power that did so fill their Hearts and that he would forgive me my Sins and blot out mine Iniquities that I had hitherto committed and that I might feel his Saving Arm to redeem me from the Bondage of Corruption wherein I felt my self deeply entangled Which Cry I do really know was of the

admire the Love of God in my Heart when I have been sensible how he hath condescended in reaching unto the Capacity of several of the Children whom I have really felt to be reached and blessedly tendered by the Power of an Endless Life Yea and the Lords Glory hath shined and doth many times shine amongst us so that sometimes it hath been in my Heart That the Lord hath begun to build up his Sion among us as to the Educating of Children for we can say to his Praise and Everlasting Glory That he hath done more in a short time for some Children here than ever any Teacher could be able to do Glory be to his Name who is the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob and of their Seed for he is known to be the God of his People in this Day who are in the Faith of Abraham and of their Children also as they walk in his heavenly Way which he hath again revealed in this his glorious holy Day O! the riches of his Love and the infinitness of his Kindness towards all the Sons of men but more especially towards them whom he hath gathered into the knowledge of his ever-blessed Truth and in whom he hath revealed his Son who are his Witnesses on the Earth whom he hath loved with a singular Love in his Son Christ Jesus and given him unto them to be their Leader and Commander and not only so but he hath begun to visit many of their Children in their Young and Tender Years which cannot but be unspeakable Joy unto all Upright-hearted Parents to see and feel their Children visited with the same holy Arm of Power wherewith they were visited when they were gone far astray from the Lord which to feel in themselves is now their chiefest Joy How much more then will their joy abound to fell it operate in their Children while they are Young and Tender And now for the Encouragement of all who rejoyce to hear of the Prosperity of God's Eternal Truth I do testifie for the Lord and to the Praise of his great Name That the Lord our God hath not withdrawn the Sense of his Power and Heavenly Presence as to the General from us in this Family but at all times many of us are sensible as we are retired in our Minds that the Lords Love is towards us and we do alwayes feel his Power in our Meetings whereby our Souls are refreshed and we are thereby confirmed from time to time and in the Faith and Belief of the Prosperity of the Lords Work which he hath begun amongst us For notwithstanding that the Enemy may work at times in some of the Children to draw their Minds into Wildness and Disorder yet the Lords Power is over all and that contrary Spirit is much chain'd and kept down by the Revelation of Gods Heavenly Power whereby a Remnant are kept in a blessed Measure since the first time that they were thorowly reached thereby and do grow in Weightiness daily and in the experience of the work of Truth in their Hearts which is indeed great cause of joy unto all those of the Lords People who are concerned in them And so that the Lord God of Heaven and Earth may carry on this his Glorious Work among the Children and Off-spring of his People not only in this Nation but in all Nations and Islands where he hath gathered them is the Desire and earnest Breathing of my Soul From one who travails for the Prosperity of God's Truth in the Earth and at present is exercised among the Children in the School of Waltham-Abby Alexander Seaton Written the 17th of the 11th Mon. 1679. OH my Dearly Beloved Friends when I was alone and my Mind exercised in the Truth this Cry came thorow me That the Lord hath heard our Cryes and hath bottled up our Tears and hath answered our Desires in a Blessing upon the Children and hath broken the Wills of many that they fear before him and now is he fulfilling his Promise and that blessed Saying That Righteousness shall Cover the Earth as Waters the Seas that is all over for verily it cannot be said all over except Young as well as Old come to know the Lord. And this is my Testimony That the Time is at hand for a blessed Day have we seen of the Lords pouring forth of his Spirit upon Young and Tender Children that they may know him and fear before him And I can say of a Truth That we have of our Family Children that truly fear the Lord and do truly hunger after Righteousness O! how doth the Lord appear to us in our Family Meetings that we are overcome with his wonderful Presence and our Childrens Hearts broken before him that they cannot contain from Praising his holy Name His Glory doth so arise upon us that our Meetings are indeed to Admiration The Lord doth so follow us from Day to Day and from Meeting to Meeting as our dear Friends can witness with us holy Praises saith my Soul be to our God forever Do we not read in the Scriptures of Truth That Children in the dayes of Old have Blasphemed the Name of the Lord Scoffed at his People and Servants and were Cursed forever But now blessed be his Name he is appearing in his Love and Mercy unto Children that he may Bless them forever Ah! what the Lord hath done a few Moneths and Weeks past that the like hath scarce been heard of in many Ages or Generations amongst Children My Soul desires that the Sense of it may ever remain amongst us for we can never be able to speak it forth how Unutterable indeed are his Mercies unto us and his Wayes past finding out Oh! the Sense of this overcomes me that all within me is constrained to praise the Lord and magnifie his holy Name for he is Worthy Worthy Worthy saith my Soul O! how hath he broken in amongst us in our Meetings like a mighty Man of War that nothing hath been able to stand against him but we have fallen down before him with Praises and sweet Melody in our Mouthes that sometimes we could scarce know how to depart to go to our Natural Rest And when we have been in our Beds sometimes our Eyes could take no Rest for several Hours we have so admired the Lord's doings with us The Lord hath Determined That this His Blessed Work in this His Day shall be a President to the Ends of the Earth that the Generations to come may Magnifie his Holy Name who lives forevermore Written in the 11th Moneth 1679. Frances Taylor THE END