WHEN we sate in Darkness , and in the Region of the ●haddow of Death , when Dark●ess had covered the Earth , ●nd gross Darkness the People , as well in this professing Nation , as in others , in this long and tedious Night of Apostacy , wherein even all Flesh had corrupted its way , and we were seeking the Living among the Dead ; seeking our Bread in desolate Places , and were cast out into the open Field , and lay polluted in our Blood , wounded by Sin and Iniquity , and greatly Distressed for want of the Knowledge of Zion's Way to be cast up in this Day , even in the fulness of the Dispensation of Time , did the Holy Lord God of Heaven and Earth Visit us , a People in this Northern Island , with his Everlasting Day Springing from on High ; and this Day was a Day of Love , beyond all Expressions , which I am , from time to time , moved of the Lord to call into Remembrance in the Ears of his People ; it 's a Day never to be forgotten : For if the Day of outward Israel's Visitation , in outward Egypt , was to be kept in a continued Remembrance , how much more ought the Day of the Visitation of Spiritual Israel , in Spiritual Egypt , in Spiritual Thraldom , under the Spiritual Task-masters , to be kept in perpetual Remembrance .

And dear Friends , You know what manner of entrance Truth made in its first Appearance , in the Day of our first tender Visitation ; how it regarded not the empty Profession of any , but broke in upon us , pricking us to the Heart , bringing us to a true Sence of our inward States and Conditions before the Lord ; where , notwithstanding all the fair Shews of Professions , we saw our Immortal Souls in Death , and Buried in the Grave of Sin , and the Nature of Transgression Exalted above all that was called God in us ; and we had not only a fight of this our Deplorable State , but also a sight of him whom we had Pierced , and whose Countenance we saw Marred more than any Man's , and his Visage more than the Sons of Men ; and here many knew a Day of Mourning , and a passing thro' a Vail of Tears , and a Drinking of a Cup of Trembling from the Hand of the Lord ; for , our awakened Souls cried unto the Lord , to be eased from under the Burden and Load of Iniquity , and the Living Lord God bowed down his Ear to the Cry of his Israel , and manifested his Mighty Out-stretched Arm of Power , which wrought in us mightily , for the killing and making alive , for the casting down and raising up ; and because of the working and operating of the Glorious Power of the Immortal God , our very Tabernacles Trembled , so as that we became as Signs and Wonders to People , yea , to our very Acquaintance and Relations : For we were as a People separated from all Comforts and Delights . And , my dear Friends , although it was thus with many , yet it was a good Day ; for the Judgments of the Lord being in the Earth , many learned Righteousness : And as this Immortal Power was Bowed unto , and Lived in , it brought forth the Soul out of the horrible Pit , which was an Answer to the Cries of the Panting Distressed Hearts and Souls of many .

And so , dear Friends , as the Lord God began an effectual Work by his Immortal , Living , Glorious Power , so hath he , by the same , been carrying it on these many Years amongst us , notwithstanding the great Oppositions it hath met with every way by the Power or Darkness , in them that went out from us , and from Men without , by many and various Persecutions .

Ah! How hath Leviathan , that crooked Serpent , wrought ? Under how many Disguises ha●h he appeared in , to Rend and Devour ? How many false Spirits hath he appeared in ? And what endeavour hath the Old Serpent made to lay waste the Heritage of God ? But , Blessed for ever be the Name of the Mighty God , who is laying waste that Serpentine Spirits working , and will lay it waste , and tread it down for ever , under the Feet of his Anointed ; and will make all their Skirts bare , who have called themselves Jews , and were not , but were , and are of the Synagogue of Satan , who would have Perverted the Right Way of the Lord , and would have risen up in the fulness of the Enmity of the Old Crooked Serpent , against the Servants and Messengers of the Everlasting God , whom they have caused to go with Bowed down Souls before the Lord : Friends , against that Spirit , in its Root and Branches , I have a certain Testimony from the Eternal God ( who Lives for ever ) to bear : And Wo from God to the Vessels that are still Polluted with that Spirit .

And , dear Friends , not only this Mercy have we received from the Hand of the Lord , to wit , The treading down of the Serpentine Spirit , which indeed I cannot but say , is not one of the least of the Mercies and Kindnesses of our God ; but as the Lord hath Appeared Wonderful in Power for our inward Deliverances , so hath he appeared wonderful in Power for our outward Deliverances and Preservations from time to time , who hath bound the Seas with Swadling-bands , and hath said to the proud Waves , Hitherto shalt thou come , and no farther ; Magnified be the Name of the Lord God for ever .

And so , my dear Friends , on every Hand we are an ingaged , obliged People to the Lord , who hath been Digging , Dressing , Pruning and Watering us his Vineyard , from Day to Day , from Week to Week , from Assembly to Assembly ; and his Living Power , that begun this good Work amongst us , in the Day of our first Tender Visitation , hath been carrying the same on to this Day .

And now , Dearly Beloved Friends , in every place , this to you is the Message of the Lord of Hosts , the Almighty God , that I have received from his Mouth , and am Necessitated , both by Word and Writing , to Sound in the Ears of the People of the Lord God , in this Nation peculiarly , which was the first of the Nations that was Visited in this his Everlasting Glorious Day , That the Lord our Righteousness do require his People in every place , To keep stayed in that Immortal Light of Life , unto which they were directed in the Day of their first Tender Visitation ; in that to feel the Vertue , Power and Efficacy of the Girdle of Truth , to Gird up the Loins of every ones Mind in the Light of Righteousness , daily there to wait , to feel the Everlasting Power , and Right Arm of God's Salvation , it 's Manifestation , Operation , and effectual Working ; that so thereby that Good and Holy Work , which the Lord God began amongst us , in the Day of our first tender Visitation ( and hath been carrying on to this very Day ) may now be finished and perfected ; and the residue of that Nature ( against which the Sword of the Lord hath been Furbished ) might utterly be Destroyed . And dear Friends , in the Name of the Everlasting God , this is the very Work of this Day , in and amongst the People of the Lord , and for this End doth the Lord spare many , and lengthens out the Day of Tranquillity of this Nation ( with which he has a sore Controversie , whom he will assuredly Visit for its Iniquities ) and therefore , Friends , let all prize their time , and the Loving Kindness of the Lord God , that is now extending it self unto his People in this Day , wherein he is laying his Hand of Love upon those called to be the Lot of his Inheritance , to pull them out of Spiritual Sodom fully ; and this is the Voice that is to go through unto the Unfaith●ul and Disobedient amongst us ●as it was of old , Come out of Babylon , come out of Babylon my People ; so now ) Come out of all Babylon's Abominations , touch ●o unclean thing ; and be not Par●akers with her in her Sin , that none may may partake with her of her Plagues .

Dear Friends , Nothing will now please the Lord , but a through Work , and real Cleansing , Sanctification throughout , in Soul , Body and Spirit , really Translated out of the Kingdom of Satan , into the Kingdom of the dear Son of God .

And now , dear Friends , this perfect Salvation is no way attained , but as there is an abiding in the Way of it , closing with , and being Comprehended into that Light of Righteousness , given to us to profit withal ; for , in it is the Power received , in it is the Vertue of Life known , which no Mind is made worthy of the Enjoyment of , but that which can sit at Jesus's Feet , but that Mind which can stoop to the lowest Appearance of Christ Jesus , where the Mind is made as low and little as the Grain of Mustard-seed ; here is the Entrance into the Power of Life , that gives Dominion , known ; for many miss here , who come not down , so as to be nothing in the Love of this World , nor in any created Object ; to be nothing in Thoughts or Imaginations that are Evil , to have no Dalilah , no beloved Lust to be as the Right Hand , or as the Right Eye ; for where the Mind is in these things Entangled , it finds not perfectly the Way of Life , the Place of Power and Ability to stand over every Defilement and Temptation , of what Nature and Kind soever ; for the Door of Hope is found in the Valley , where the Mind , Heart and Thoughts come to be as nothing in their own Eyes , before the Lord ; here the Power hath its Passage , and here the Spirit of Life hath its free and perfect Operation , to work the Work of God effectually , until Man throughout be Leavened into the Lump of Life , brought up into the very Image of God : So then every one must come to be as a Child ; yea , and as a weaned Child too ; and here the Work of the Lord in the Heart and Soul goes forward daily ; for the Lord is weary of Out-side Professions , and they are before him as the Fig-Tree , that was covered with Leaves , but had no Fruit , Concerning which Christ Jesus said , Never Man gather Fruit of thee , and it withered ; so will it be with the False and Hypocritical Professions ; for none shall be able to stand in the Day of the Lord , that hastens , but such as come to stand in the Possession of Life it self .

And so , dear Friends , that every one may know the Blood of Sprinkling , that Sprinkles the Conscience from dead Works to serve the Living God in newness of Life ; for where the Blood is not known , even the Life of Jesus , but despised and trodden under Foot , there will the Destroying Angel enter , in the Day of his passing through ; for the Whirl-wind of his Wrath will be revealed , to fan and sweep away the Wicked , and the Sword of the Lord is bathed in Heaven against the Ungodly : And therefore , Friends , Prize your time , prize your time , waiting daily on the Lord God , that so the Nature of Transgression may be wholly taken away in us , for which the Mighty God hath a Controversie with the Nations ; for there will be no Hiding-place for any , but the clean in Heart , in the Day ( at hand ) of the Dreadful Pleadings and Rebukes of the Lord God of Heaven and Earth .

And , dear Friends , it is upon me to leave this , as the Counsel of the Lord , upon all the Families of the Lord's People through this Nation ( as may be concerned ) That all Heads of Families , or any that have the Tuition of Youth , that always in their Families and Schools to feel the daily arising of God's Immortal Power , in that to Labour ( according to their Power ) to keep down all Sin and Iniquity in their Families , and in that to feel Ability to reach the Witness of God in their Children , and Servants , and Families ; that so no Sin nor Iniquity may be in the Families of the Lord's People , but that all be kept sweet and clean , pure and savoury before the Lord , all in his Fear , Dread and Awe , out of all Needless Discourses , Vain Words , Foolish Jestings ; but let your Words be few , and they Administring Grace to the Hearers ; that so , when the People of the World come to your Houses , to have Converse or Commerce with you , all being in the Dread , Fear and Awe of the Lord God , in the Sweet , Savoury , Chast Life , the Witness of God will Arise , and make them acknowledge , you are the People of the Lord , and that he is with you ; and here every one in their respective places will be Preachers of Righteousness , and here , in this pure harmless Life , we must overcome : And this doth the Lord God ( in whose Hand is the Breath of all Living ) require of all the Families of his People . And where any do , or shall walk in a contrary Life , the Lord God of Eternal Might and Strength will visit with the Rod of Affliction , &c.

And , dear Friends , it is likewise upon me to warn all , in all places , to be careful , that neither you , nor your Families , run into Superfluities in Meats or in Drinks ; or in Apparrel ( or into the proud offensive Garbs of the World ) but in all these things let us all keep in our first Fear , Dread and Awe , that in none of these things provision may be made for the Flesh , to fulfil the Lusts thereof .

And dear Friends , it is also upon me to warn all , in all places , to beware of trusting , or having a Life in Uncertain Riches , or in any External Thing ; and that at all times , and in all places , all keep out of the many and needless Words , both in Dealing , and in all your Converse and Commerce with the World , let your Words be few : For , Friends , there is a great Hurt fustained in a Multitude of Words ; for by it is the Mind drawn forth , and the Spirit of the World let in , through which the continued Sence of the Presence of the Lord is lost , and also , our Testimony weakened against the World therein ; and also , thereby the Opportunity is lost of reaching the Witness of God in the World , on all Occasions of having to do with them .

And therefore , dearly beloved Friends , I beseech all , in the Bowels of the Love of God , in the Moving of God's Eternal Spirit and Power , that in your Dealings you use but few Words ; and be Equal , Just and Upright ; and do not be drawn forth in many Words , in answering that Mind that is out of the Dread and Fear of the Lord ; but after you have put a Price on your Commodities , which is Equal , and as you can sell them , then if the Persons you are dealing with , multiply Words , stand you Silent in the Fear , Dread and Awe of God , and this will answer the Witness of God in them you are dealing with ; and if this should not please People at first , yet you will see it will quickly overcome ; so that you , in your Dealings therein , keep out of the Spirit of the World , out of all Covetousness , Overreaching and Craftiness in the Harmless Life , seeking the Kingdom daily , and let other things come as Additions : So all being Diligent in the pu●● Fear of the Lord , out of t●● Love of these Worldly thin●● abiding in the Love of God , and seeking the Kingdom that is not of this World ; you will see great Opportunity in your Dealings of reaching unto People , and thereby Thousands may be Reached , Convinced , and brought to the Truth .

And all , Friends , be watchful over your own Hearts , in the Fear and Dread of the Lord , in the first moving Cause of Marriage , that none that profess to walk in the Undefiled Way of the Lord may run into the Lusts of the Flesh , and of the Eye ( in which Ground stands all the Polluted Marriages of the World ) but all to try the very Ground of their Love and Affection , whether it stands in the Covenant of God , in the clean Life of Righteousness ; for although it is the very Truth , that Marriage is Honourable , the Bed must be Undefiled , which is a near Word , and Judgeth many Marriages in the World , that are begun , carried on , and finished out of the Fear and Dread of the Living God , &c.

And , Friends , I am moved of the Lord God to warn all , to try the first moving Cause of every ones Desire and Willingness to Marry this or the other Person , and that when it first Springs in their Hearts , when it is in the Bud ; for then , if by bringing it to the Light , it be not found approv'd to spring in the Fear of the Lord , but in the Spirit of this World , it is easie cut off and broken ; but if it still continue , and way is gave to it , then it becomes ● Mountain , and the persevering thereon draws the Mind so far out into the Affectionate Part , as that it so vails and darkens the Heart , that the thing seems right in the Consideration , although altogether the working of the destroying Enemy : And here stands the ground of the running out of the Affections of Friends ( or such as Profess Truth ) to Men and Women of the World ; which , for want of the keeping the first Motion out , to that Abominable thing , looseth the Sence of the Truth , so persevereth therein to the ruining their Condition in the Truth , and to the displeasing of the Holy Lord God , and causing his dear Name to be Blasphemed , and to the easing and gratifying of the World ; of which Practice I warn all in the Fear and Dread , and by the Power and Spirit of the Lord God , to beware ; and all such things will be avoided , as heed is taken in the first Thought to any such thing . And let all know , that whoever have been , or shall be guilty in this thing ; notwithstanding they may be darkened and loose their Sence , yet it is great Wickedness in the sight of the Holy Lord God , that is in the midst of us ; and with all such will the Lord plead ; and a Cup of Trembling from the Hand of the Lord must all such Drink , and know his Judgments to Bow them down , before perfect Peace with the Lord they know , and before they can recover their former Splendor in the Truth .

And all , dear Friends every where , whose Hearts are engaged in the Concern of God's Truth and People , let the sharp Sword of the Lord be in your Hearts , Hands and Mouths against this thing .

And , dear Friends , if any see that a single Condition is not best for them , then let all wait to be guided in the Truth , in the changing their Conditions , and not to run , as the World's People do many times , from Place to Place , and from Person to Person , having their Affections residing one while on one Object , and another time on another , and it may be so on too many , which is a wrong thing , and Destruction every way attends it ; but all , in the pure Fear of the Lord ( that keepeth the Heart clean ) proceed , seeing their way clear and plain in the Sence of Truth , out of all the World's Sleights , and Bargainings , and Folly , that attend the Management of such things .

And all Masters and Mistresses , and Heads of Families , all to stand in their places , in the Exercise of a Pure , Meek Spirit to their Servants and Children ; not in the Merciless Spirit of the World , who would require of their Servants more then they have Ability to Perform comfortably ; but out of that let all keep , in the Love of God , waiting on him for Wisdom , that every one may know their places .

And all Servants to stand in the subject , diligent State , in Meekness : And I warn all Servants , professing Truth , to keep low in the Fear and Dread of the Lord , out of High-mindedness and Pride , and out of all Eye-service , waiting on the Lord to know your places in all things ; and herein you will Adorn the Truth .

And also it is upon me , in the Fear , Dread and Counsel of the Lord , to warn all , in all places , of that thing Joseph warned his Brethren , viz. Of falling out by the Way ; that there be no way given to the least Appearance of that which would make any Rent , Schism or Division ; for every Vessel that shall receive in that Spirit that thirsteth to Envy , that Spirit that hurries into Passions , that Spirit that will Back-bite and Whisper in Secret , through which Breaches come ; the Hand of God Almighty is against every such Instrument ; the Dread of the Lord of Hosts , as a consuming Fire , will break out against all such Vessels that shall continue in any such Spirit ; for the Spirit of Truth its Nature is , to bring forth the very contrary Fruits in all such Vessels where it Lives , and Reigns and Rules ; all such their Life is Peace , and such are Peace-makers ; such cannot rest , or be contented while there stands any thing betwixt them and a Brother or Sister , if they be concerned therein ; such a one , seeing any Iniquity in his Brother or Sister , will , in the tender breaking Bowels of tender Love , go to his Brother or his Sister , and say , My Brother , or My Sister , do not offend or grieve our tender Father , who hath dealt so tenderly with us : And so in the Heartbreaking Love he will Labour with his Brother , or with his Sister , and if not received , will let no Prejudice nor Anger arise , nor will not shut out his Brother ; but if there will be no reception , there will be a single standing in the Love and Simplicity of Truth ; and he , or she that shall not so receive , shuts themselves out .

And if there be a Controversie between any , where the Life of Truth is known , if there be but the least slyding , yet the most Innocent will be ready to acknowledge , first , that with the Love of God he may break down , and overcome the Mountain in his Brother ; and this Spirit Ruling , which is the Spirit of the Saviour of the World , no rent , schism or division can Live , or have an existence among the People of the Lord ; against which Spirit , that causes Division , the Hand of the Lord is and Wo from God to all whose Hearts and Spirits do not subject , which seeks Peace , and ●●●●ghts in no other thing ; the Living God requires this of all his People ; and if there be the least of the contrary in any Heart , I beseech all such , in the Bowels of Love , that they would presently put it away , and flee from it , as from the Devourer of God's Heritage , lest that Day over-take , wherein there would be Gladness were there an Opportunity so to do ; so that , dear Friends , all may dwell together in the Unity of the One Eternal Spirit of Life and Peace , in which to feel their Hearts United ; for he , or she that loveth not their Brother , how dwelleth the Love of God in them ? And so , as the Apostle well said , Mark them that cause Division , and 〈◇〉 of their Divisions keep for ever . And , dear Friends , where-ever any thing of Division or Distance remains in any Heart , I earnestly beseech you , seek speedily an end to it ; for God'● Controversie is gone out against all things of this Nature , and the Wrath of the Lord is , and will be revealed against all such things ; and therefore , O Israel ▪ put away this accursed thing where it is found , and let every Soul desire and press in the Practice thereof , into the Lively State of Brethren , dwelling together in Unity ; and here the Blessing of the Life and Vertue of the Endless Fountain of Goodness will flow over all , and here all will be knit together as by Joynts and Bands , all holding the Head , and knowing their places in the Body ; here one Member will not say to another , I have no need of thee ; but all will see need one of another ; here no stop will be put to the current of Life , but ●h●ough all it will run , even from Vessel to Vessel ; in which State God Almighty preserve us all for ever and ever .

And all , Friends , every where , quench not the Spirit of the Lord in your selves , nor in one another ; nor let any resist or judge the Power of the Lord God , although in a tender Babe , that cannot yet speak plain ; for where any do thus hurt the tender Lamps of Christ's Fold , and stop the bublings up of Life , it brings a Barrenness over their own Souls , and over such Assemblies they belong unto .

And so , dear Friends , as there may be , and hath been a false forward Birth , that hath , o● may run before , to the burdening and grieving God's H●ritage ( which Birth the Lord hath , and will destroy ) so there hath been a stopping , and quenching , and resisting the Requirings of the Power , to the hurt of many , and to the hindering of the growth of many , and to the hindering the Prosperity of Truth in general ; for some being in the sight , and under the grief of the false untimely Birth in some , have resisted the Motion of God's Holy Spirit in themselves , whereby two Evils have proceeded at once , viz. The Exaltation of the False , and the Suppressing of the True Birth ; so as that my Eye seeth some Men , unto whom God hath given Gifts , ●nd upon whose Spirits the Requiring of God's Power they felt , and through their Reasonings ( as aforesaid ) and looking out , have even hurt the Birth of God's begetting , to the bringing Deadness and Heaviness over themselves , and to the hindering of their growth ; and therefore , as on the one Hand , the false forward Birth is to be kept down for ever , whose end is always something , either to be great , or looked at , or to have Ease or Prosperity in the Flesh ; and also , that it may have its way in the Lusts thereof ; for all such Births center in those things , notwithstanding all fair and fine Appearances a● Times and Seasons , or for a Time or Season : So on the other hand , the true Birth is to come up . And therefore in the Name , Strength and Power of the God of Heaven , arise , arise , thou Seed of the Covenant , and come forth and shew thy self , and Work in thy Father's Vineyard ; break through , ah thou breathing panting Birth , and in thy Father's Strength break every Bond and Chain that hath held thee under : Arise Zion and s●ine , for thy Light is come , and the Glory of the Lord is ●●isen upon thee .

Arise Zion , and thresh the Mountains , and beat the lofty Hills to Dust ; for into thy Hand hath , and will the Mighty God , the great Jehovah , put a sharp threshing Instrument : And so , dear Friends , in this thing let every one be careful , to walk in the even Path of Life Eternal ; in which Path every Eye will be single , and the whole Body will be full of Light ; here every one will see and know the time when to Speak , and when to be Silent ; for the true Birth's Life is in ●he Will and Power of the Lord , and in his Time and Requirings brings forth ; such Sacrifice not to their own Nets , nor will ever seek an Interest of their own amongst any , but Honour God alone , and be as Worms before the Lord : But it is not so with the false Birth , its Life is not in Meekness , but it is in the contrary : So here all may know the Motions of the one from the other : Where the true Motion of Life is , there it Lives ; the more the Mind is brought into stilness to wait on the Lord , and there the Will of God comes to be Sealed to the Understanding . And all , Friends , every where , keep diligent your Meetings ; for our Meetings were set up by the Lord God of Abraham , Isaac and Jacob , and in his Counsel they now stand ; and the Lord requires his People now to meet as boldly , as constantly , as diligently ●s ever , without any regard to what Man can do unto you , because we know we meet not in Refractoriness to any Man on E●rth , but purely in Obedience to the living God , that doth require it of his People ; and whatever draws from Meetings , in part , or wholly , draws from God , and is an Antichristian Spirit , let it appear when , and where , and in what Vessel soever ; and God's Infinite Power and Dread will tread that Spirit down for ever : Therefore , dear Friends , let none forsake the Assembling of themselves together , as the manner of some was in the Apostles Days , and also in our Days ; and if any do thus for fear , or for saving their Estates , or worldly Goods , and so fears to come forth to confess the Name of the Lord before Men , that will prove an evil Snare to as many as go in to , and keep in it ; for this is a way to bring a Curse upon themselves , and all they have ; and where any depart from Meetings to save an outward Estate , and do not give up to the Power of the Immortal God , to divide them from that Spirit , the outward ( for which they have left the Lord ) will be rent from them , or they from it ; and then when such a one shall loose that , and his Peace with God also , what a miserable , horrid State will that be ▪ which will be the State of ●ll them that sell their Birth●●ght for a Mess of Pottage . And Friends , this I know , and there●o●● in the Name of the Lord , 〈…〉 are it , God doth , and will appear mightily in the Assemblies of his People , and arise in them in the Magnificency of his Eternal Power , to the Astonishment of the Heathen that know not God , and to the gathering many lost Sheep .

And , Friends , these are the ends of our Meetings ; to wit , Our daily Edification , through the Manifestation and Workings of his Eternal Power in our Hearts , in our Assemblies , and therein and thereby for God we give a Testimony against all the false Professions , and Gatherings in the whole World , that are n●● gathered by the Arm of the Lord ; and stand as a City set upon a Hill , to gather to the Lord the Out-casts of Israel , and the Dispersed of Jacob ; and at th● Report of the Holy Ghost descending in our Assemblies , as in Ages past , shall many gather to them , and be pricked to the Heart , and be turn'd from the Evil of their Ways , and be brought to the Mountain of Gods Holiness , now to be Exalted in , and over the ●ops of all Mountains . And , Friends , where any have been visited with God's Everlasting Day springing from on High , and have made open Profession and Confession of God's Everlasting Truth , and have erred from the Holy Commandment , through which they have made S●●pwrack of Faith and of a ●●●d Conscience , and thereby ●●●e gone into the evil Spirit , o● into any Iniquity in their dealings and commerce with the Sons and Daughters of Men , or into any Evil whaisoever , that have , or do cast a Stumbling-block in the way of the Weak , or have caused the dear , and precious , honourable Name of the Lord to Blasphemed amongst the Heathen , his Truth and People to be Reflected upon ; to all such , I say , in the Name of the Lord , Return unto the Holy Light of Righteousness , from which all such have Erred , there to wait for the arising of the Living Power of the Living God to heal your Backslidings , that ●e may know the free Love of God to ctme over all again , and to feel a Testimony arise in you against any thing you have committed , th●● hath caused his dear Name to be Blasphemed , and his Truth and People to be Reproached , and the Hearts of any to be Hardened ; which Testimony you are to bear as publickly as the Thransgression has been , according to the Nature of tha Offence against God , his Truth and People , even so must the Testimony go out against it , in the Fear and Dread of the Lord God , and in the brokenness of Heart and Spirit before him : And where the Backslider in Heart and Conversation doth not thus Return , in the Name of the Lord , I declare , That the Day hastens wherein the Hand of the Lord God will find all such out , and they shall be made an Astonishment to themselves , and to others ; for the Living God hath Determined to clear up the Innocence of his Truth and People : And where any such do not return into a Sence of what they have done in their Backslidings from the Lord , and not declare against themselves to the clearing of Truth , then it is the Duty of the People of the Lord , who keep their Garments unspotted , after they have dealt with all such tenderly , according to the Order of the Gospel of Peace , to give a Testimony against all such Persons and Practice● , that are out of , and against the Truth ; and this Testimony is to go forth according 〈◇〉 the Nature of the Offence , that the House may be cleansed , and all kept pure and sweet , and all may be clear of the Iniquity , and of the Blood of all Men . And so , dear Friends , in the Light of Righteousness let us all keep our Habitations in a continual watchful State , in which we shall all grow , as the Willows by the Water-courses , and be Preserved out of all the Snares and Wiles of the Enemy , in the Light of Righteousness , in which the Arm of the Lord God preserve us all to the end of our Days , that every Day we may perfect Holiness in his Fear , which will be to to the Glory of the Most High God , and Comfort of every Faithful Follower of the Lord .