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An epistle general containing wholsome exhortations and good counsel from the spirit of truth unto all such as are or may be under the judgment or sentence of banishment, for the testimony of Jesus Christ ... / by ... W.B.
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Bayly, William, d. 1675.
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Name of our God in whose sight the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit is of great price so shall your good and sweet savour of all vertues abound and spread through Nations And by these things as leaves and fruits of the Tree of life must the Nations be healed and replanted And this is Gods decree and determination and the work he hath begun amongst us and is about at this very day even to make new Heavens and a new Earth wherein Righteousness shall dwell for ever and the old shall pass and is passing away with this great noise for the Lord is finishing transgression and making an end of sin and bringing in everlasting Righteousness Blessed is the eye that seeth and the heart that beleiveth and understandeth and waiteth patiently and faithfully for the accomplishment thereof for such only shall be kept under the shadow of the Almighty who abide in the secret of the Most High where they enjoy the sure mercies of David and the Kingdome and Dominion which never ends Into which the God of Life bring you by his Eternal Power and keep and preserve you in his pure peaceable Wisdom at all times and in all places where-ever you come by Sea and Land The Eternal God of my Life of Heaven and Earth be with you and cause you to grow daily as living plants to his renown and glory and give you favour among all people that generations to come may call you the blessed of the Lord. And as in this ye walk and abide your enemies shall be made to confesse that you are his chosen people and many shall take hold of your skirts because of these venues of which your garments will send forth a sweet savour among them But wo to that man by whom the Lord shall be dishonoured among you it had been good for him that he had not been born So my dear friends and Brethren dwell in your particular measures of the grace of God the light and power of his eternall Spirit of Truth for whose Name sake ye suffer and resign up your own wills in the Crosse daily to his heavenly will and providence and cast all your care upon him for he careth for his Children only let this be your care that his Name and Truth be kept clean and not be reproached or blasphemed or suffer justly any way through any of you for that would bring weakness and even a Consumption upon you Condemnation and Anguish upon every soul that doth evil So the eternal God keep your minds and hearts in the deep Consideration of the substance of these things For truly Friends great is the Lord and greatly to be feared and honoured by all that make mention of his Name the weight of which my soul doth daily ponder and yet there remains a depth beyond that the mind of man can fathom So unto the Lord and his faithfull Witness I leave you being cleare of what lay on me to write unto you in this matter at present yet my soul doth daily travaile and breath to my God for you all For the honour of his Name is setled in my heart daily more and more in the sence whereof I cannot forget his dear suffering people who suffer so this Name-sake So the God of Heaven be with you and his pure lively presence fill your hearts with everlasting joy and peace and in this we shall daily meet together and embrace each other where nothing can separate as in it we faithfull abide though we may be separated as to the outward vessells through the wills of men never to see each others faces more the will of the Lord be done saith my soul Who am your dear Brother in the bond of love and peace which never changeth ANd all friends every where who are yet at liberty keep your meetings together in the Name and fear of the Lord and be not daunted or terrified in any thing as from your Adversaries for the Lord hath permitted or suffered them in some measure according to their hearts desire to try you and to sift and winnow you for a season and ye shall have Tribulation ten dayes For the Devil who hath already cast many of you into prisons hath desired to winnow you as wheat and not only so but to destroy you utterly root and branch from off the earth But blessed be the Lord who hath sent down the Angel of his presence with the great Chain in his hand and hath laid hold on the Dragon so that he is limited as in the dayes of Job though he cast out his floods of rage and fury against the man-child persecuting the Woman that brings him forth and makes war with the remnant of her seed which keep the Commandements and hold fast the Testimony of Jesus But his time is but short of which he is sensible that his ruine and downfall approacheth and dreadfulness hath taken hold of his heart because the two Witnesses are risen which torments the Earth the Spirit of life from God is entered into them and they stand upon their feet and great fear is fallen upon their enemies and this is the smoak of their Torment of the fire which is kindled in their bowells which will never be quenched till the ungodly are consumed whose swift destruction is hastening upon them and this way it cometh to passe even by those very actions and contrivances by which he thinks to stand and uphold his power and Kingdome so blind is your Adversary and his followers and when they shall cry peace and safety then shall sudden destruction come upon them as pangs on a Woman in Travell and they shall not escape Therefore my dear Friends be of good courage and stand valiant for the Truth upon Earth and dwell in the will of God and be faithful to him in whatsoever he makes manifest to you that ye may witness perfect peace with him in all ye do or suffer for his Name sake And fear not him that can but kill the body and hath power to do no more but fear and reverence the living God of Heaven and Earth and let him be your dread and not man and commit your selves and all ye have and the Cause ye are engaged in freely unto the Lord who takes care for his Children that not one hair of their head shall perish beyond his permission And keep your meetings diligently and let in no Reasoner or Consulter with flesh and blood to hinder you therefrom And meet together as exactly as ye can possible at the time appointed for your faithfull restimony here in is honourable in the sight of the Lord and of his children who suffer bonds or may suffer exilement or banishment for the same Terlin ony And in so doing ye will be a strength encouragement one to another and a good savour in the hearts of many that are even ready to joyn with you in the light of the Lord and a dread to your enemies for by a foolish
AN EPISTLE GENERAL CONTAINING Wholsome Exhortations and Good Counsel from the Spirit of Truth unto all such as are or may be under the Judgment or Sentence OF BANISHMENT FOR THE Testimony of Jesus Christ which is held in a Tender Conscience throughout the Nation of England As also Unto all them that are yet at Liberty to be faithful to the Lord and meet often together in the fear of his Name and not to fear Man that shall be made as Grass and to all in Bonds Prisons and Holes every-where throughout the World who are bearing and suffering for the same Testimony of Truth and Righteousness which the Lord hath decreed shall prosper and spread over all the World till the Kingdoms thereof are become his Kingdoms and he shall Reign for ever and ever Amen With a few Words of Advice to all who have or may have any Message or Business upon the account of Truth to such as are in Authority in the Nations By a Servant of the Churches of Christ Jesus W. B. Printed in the Year 1664. AN EPISTLE GENERAL Containing Wholsome Exhortations and Good Counsel from the Spirit of Truth unto all such as are or may be under the Judgement or Sentence of BANISHMENT for the Testimony of Jesus Christ c. MY dear Friends and Brethren who for your testimony of truth and obedience to the God of Abraham are or may be caused to wander as some of our Fathers have done from your Native Countries and to be exposed to the want of a certain dwelling place in the Earth and to forsake All for the Name of Christ that is neer and dear in the World and be liable to great Jeopardies and Perils by Sea and Land among Strangers and in strange Countries why take ye no thought for your Life what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink or wherewith ye shall be clothed or for your Relations and Families what they shall do in your Absence for the Lord for whose sake ye suffer will provide both for you and them as ye faithful to him abide whose tender bowells of compassions are open toward them that fear him and pittieth them even as a Father pittieth his Children But consider how great and weighty a Work and Service the Lord at this time hath called you unto and how greatly the Honour and Glory of his holy Name is concerned therein the Lord my God give you a clear understanding thereof and direct you in his Counsel in all ye take in hand that in it ye may stand faithful and be preserved in his pure Fear in meekness and wisdom to his praise for it is the faithfulness of his people in their patient sufferings and circumspect humble sobe just wise upright harmless conversation that will answer the Principle of God in all Nations and preach his Kingdom come nigh unto People among whom-soever they may come or be scattered for his Name-sake and by this Gospel which is everlasting shall thousands be converted unto God and multitudes be gathered into his Name and many through his knowledge shall be justified which must cover the Earth as the Waters cover the Sea as was prophesied in dayes past Therefore my dear Friends be ye not at all discouraged in your sufferings but look at the End for which the Lord hath called you thereunto which is the exaltation of his Name and the gathering of his pretious Seed out of Captivity where they have been scattered in all quarters in the cloudy and dark day that they might come to inherit rest in their own Land and partake of the glory which was before the world was and consult not with flesh and blood in any thing for ye have need of great watchfulness this day that no reasoner may enter you to the betraying the Innocent into the Sinners hands so that Spirit will sell the Lord that bought them to save self and the things of this Life But flesh and blood must not inherit the Kingdom of God for 't is prepared for that blessed innocent Seed only which hath no Kingdom in this World out is a stranger in the Earth So let your pure breathings be manifest unto the Lord that ye may receive power from him be preserved in his truth out of all the snares of this World and commit your cause and all ye have freely and wholly unto him and be purely resigned and subject to his heavenly Will eying his Glory in all things at all times and in all places for the Work is his and the Cause ye are engaged in is the Lords and not your own ye are but as Servants or Instruments in this great Work which the Lord hath begun and is causing to spread and prosper throughout the Earth that he may get himself a great and glorious and dreadful Name to the ends of the World who shall be made to bow down and worship at his foot-stool and confess that we are his People and that the Everlasting God is with us is on our side and sights for us who cannot strive nor fight for our selves nor avenge our own cause but leave it to him who judgeth righteously and this shall be an evident token that our Kingdom is not of this World unto all people Therefore my dear Friends and Brethren faint not in your minds neither be ye discouraged as concerning the greatness of the Trials ye have to undergo but cast your burthen in this matter upon the Lord for the weight of your sufferings herein he hath pondred and it 's come near unto him and to the hearts of his dear Children whose secret Cries and tender Breathings are uncessantly poured forth into his bosome in your behalf in the tender yearning bowels of his everlasting compassions that ye may stand faithful in his counsel and so walk that his glorious Name may be exalted and his Truth glorified in you and by you and by all that make mention thereof else to what end is all our sufferings and profession of his Name in the World Surely surely the Lord is chusing a Remnant to himself to walk with him in faithsulneses that shall greatly honour him and magnifie and reverence his Holy Name and bring praise unto him in this his day and such only will the Lord my God honour with everlasting dominion and beautifie with his Eternal Salvation and Peace Oh happy is the man and happy will be that soul whose lot falls in this ground and verily it s but a little while and he will wipe away the reproach of this his chosen Remnant and plead their cause with all their Oppressors when the measures of the iniquities of his Adversaries are filled up and our Faith and Patience sufficiently tried and proved and made manifest to the World for of this great controversie now in hand the tender Seed of God is very sensible through Nations which gives many People to see and discern an absolute difference of Spirit and a great gulf fixed between us and our adversaries