A
Testimony
of
LOVE
,
in
tender
Advice
and
Counsel
,
to
a
Young
Men
,
and
others
,
who
profess
the
Truth
.
Dear
Friends
;
WE
whom
God
hath
raised
in
the
Morning
of
his
Day
,
to
be
a
kind
of
first
Fruits
unto
himself
,
do
in
a
living
sense
of
the
Truth
,
and
in
a
true
respect
to
the
Prosperity
and
Glory
of
it
,
tenderly
advise
Young
men
,
and
others
,
who
are
of
late
Convincement
,
that
you
use
all
dillgence
and
circumspection
in
your
several
places
and
callings
(
in
Conversation
and
Practice
)
to
answer
that
holy
Principle
which
in
words
you
do
profess
,
and
especially
to
beware
of
a
false
Liberty
,
which
some
take
to
themselves
,
that
Truth
allows
not
of
,
particularly
that
of
Fashioning
according
to
the
course
and
custom
of
this
World
,
which
creates
a
great
offence
unto
many
,
who
are
apt
to
conclude
there
is
no
stability
amongst
us
,
more
than
in
other
Professions
,
when
they
see
how
several
conform
to
,
and
let
in
Superfluity
,
Curiosity
and
Costliness
in
Habit
and
Apparel
,
which
evidently
bespeaks
the
vanity
of
such
Minds
,
and
become
not
men
really
professing
Godliness
,
Whose
adorning
is
,
and
always
was
inward
,
in
the
hidden
man
,
in
the
heart
;
and
blessed
be
God
,
many
are
settled
down
into
the
sense
of
it
,
not
being
subject
to
alter
or
change
,
but
daily
denying
themselves
,
take
up
the
Cross
to
all
outward
and
perishing
things
,
and
being
stedfast
in
the
Faith
,
become
examples
of
Righteousness
,
Gravity
&
Sincerity
unto
others
,
some
of
whom
through
Carelesness
and
Negligence
,
have
cooled
their
Affections
and
Love
to
the
Truth
,
whereby
they
become
weak
,
and
grow
into
a
feeble
state
,
sometimes
put
on
Gay
Clothing
,
with
Sumptuous
and
Costly
Array
,
such
as
many
of
us
for
Truth
's
sake
have
deny'd
and
put
off
;
which
,
as
it
is
a
Stumbling-block
to
those
that
are
without
,
so
an
Exercise
and
Grief
to
us
,
who
are
concern'd
for
the
Lord
,
whose
Power
and
Spirit
hath
mightily
wrought
in
us
,
to
subdue
and
bring
under
the
carnal
Mind
,
with
its
Affections
and
Lusts
;
which
in
the
weighty
and
serious
Life
we
exhort
you
to
watch
against
,
and
suffer
not
that
which
is
unsavoury
and
corrupt
to
arise
,
nor
give
place
to
it
,
but
by
the
Spirit
resist
every
Appearance
of
Evil
,
and
dwell
in
the
seasoning
Power
,
that
ye
may
be
as
the
Salt
of
the
Earth
,
and
Lights
to
the
World
,
that
they
seeing
your
good
Works
,
and
orderly
Conversation
,
may
glorifie
your
Father
who
is
in
Heaven
.
And
Friends
,
our
further
advice
and
counsel
to
you
is
,
that
you
keep
inward
with
the
Lord
,
and
out
of
the
Hurries
and
Busles
that
are
in
the
World
,
which
we
ought
not
to
be
concerned
in
,
who
are
seeking
for
a
heavenly
Kingdom
,
and
Immortality
and
Glory
,
far
transcending
the
Splendor
and
Lustre
of
this
World
,
which
Christ
said
,
his
Kingdom
was
not
of
,
but
consists
in
Righteousness
and
Peace
,
in
which
peaceable
Spirit
of
Righteousness
,
we
desire
all
may
be
found
,
and
not
to
be
busied
in
matters
relating
to
outward
Government
and
Rule
,
which
belongs
not
to
us
,
but
are
for
such
on
whom
it
pleaseth
God
them
to
bestow
;
wherefore
we
caution
all
to
be
careful
that
no
real
occasion
be
given
,
by
Words
or
Actions
,
for
any
to
be
esteemed
as
Busie-Bodies
on
that
account
,
but
be
ye
fervent
with
the
Lord
,
and
strong
in
the
Power
of
his
Might
,
as
good
Souldiers
of
Christ
,
to
endure
Hardships
;
suffer
,
not
as
evil-doers
,
but
for
the
Testimony
of
Faith
and
a
good
Conscience
towards
God
,
and
the
Crown
Immortal
you
shall
receive
,
which
is
laid
up
,
not
only
for
us
,
who
are
at
present
tribulated
and
afflicted
for
Righteousness
sake
,
but
for
all
them
that
love
the
Appearance
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
.
So
,
to
the
Word
of
his
Grace
we
commend
you
all
for
further
Counsel
and
Direction
,
and
with
the
tender
Salutation
of
our
Love
,
rest
,
Devonshire-House
Monethly-Meeting
,
the
8th
of
the
5th
Moneth
,
1685.
Your
Friends
and
Brethren
in
the
precious
Truth
,
-
William
Ingram
,
-
William
Crouch
,
-
Richard
Whitpane
,
-
Gilbert
Mace
.
A
tender
and
Christian
Testimony
to
Young
People
,
and
others
,
whom
it
may
concern
in
this
present
Day
.
Friends
;
WE
having
a
weight
on
our
Spirits
,
and
Godly
care
on
our
Minds
,
and
a
holy
Jealousie
,
in
respect
to
the
Honour
and
Prosperity
of
the
blessed
Truth
you
and
we
walk
under
the
Profession
of
,
find
a
necessity
thus
to
remind
you
,
and
to
stir
up
one
another
to
our
Exercise
in
the
Light
of
Christ
Jesus
,
which
first
convinced
us
of
Sin
and
Evil
,
shewing
us
,
that
to
be
the
Way
and
the
Truth
,
that
leads
out
of
all
Defilements
,
both
of
Flesh
and
Spirit
,
into
the
Life
of
Holiness
and
Righteousness
,
in
the
whole
course
of
our
Conversation
,
so
that
to
the
World
and
all
that
are
without
,
our
Lives
may
speak
,
that
the
Grace
that
hath
appeared
to
all
,
we
have
received
;
for
by
the
effectual
work
of
it
,
we
deny
all
Ungodliness
and
Worldly
Lusts
,
The
Lust
of
the
Eye
,
the
Lust
of
the
Flesh
,
and
the
Pride
of
Life
,
which
are
of
the
evil
One.
And
by
this
that
first
convinced
us
,
this
Principle
of
Light
and
Spirit
of
Grace
,
we
are
led
to
live
godly
,
soberly
and
righteously
in
this
present
evil
World
,
in
which
the
Temptations
are
.
Now
Friends
,
we
looking
back
to
the
Purity
we
beheld
in
the
first
breaking
forth
of
the
Light
of
Christ
among
us
,
't
is
not
less
beautiful
in
it self
,
but
more
to
us
through
the
clearer
shinings
of
it
in
the
Mystery
of
the
Cross
of
Christ
Jesus
,
which
is
Foolishness
to
the
World
,
but
to
us
that
believe
in
it
,
the
Power
of
God
for
Salvation
,
out
of
the
pollutions
of
the
World
,
that
enters
through
the
Lusting
Eye
,
or
Flesh
,
or
Pride
of
Life
,
which
our
fervent
Breathings
are
to
God
,
that
we
may
be
preserved
from
turning
back
into
again
,
looking
to
our
first
steps
in
Truth
's
way
:
Oh!
the
strength
we
were
one
to
another
,
through
our
Unity
,
each
watching
for
the
others
good
,
as
well
as
our
own
,
fearing
to
draw
one
another
from
the
stay
of
our
Minds
,
did
not
forget
the
bridle
to
the
Tongue
,
through
unprofitable
talking
,
whispering
,
or
evil
speaking
one
of
another
behind
the
back
;
but
if
any
thing
did
lie
upon
one
,
to
inform
,
exhort
and
reprove
one
another
,
that
we
did
in
a
holy
awe
(
as
became
them
that
walked
in
the
Light
)
to
the
particulars
faced
concerned
.
Moreover
,
consider
the
Comliness
of
that
Plainness
,
that
at
the
first
the
Truth
led
us
to
,
by
which
we
were
distinguished
from
other
Professors
and
People
of
the
World
,
who
if
we
were
then
reproached
for
it
,
it
was
for
Truth
's
sake
,
which
the
upright
minded
to
God
valu'd
above
all
the
vain
Glory
of
the
World
.
And
with
such
do
you
consider
,
that
wear
the
gay-clothing
,
which
speaks
not
the
weight
and
gravity
of
Truth
,
the
costly
array
,
and
so
much
conform
to
the
Fashions
of
the
World
,
yet
walk
under
the
Profession
of
Truth
with
us
;
In
the
fear
and
love
of
God
we
beseech
you
,
as
Children
,
Retire
to
the
Light
of
Christ
in
you
,
and
there
feel
our
burden
for
you
,
and
the
reproach
and
dishonour
of
the
precious
Truth
by
you
,
whilst
the
world
saith
,
The
Quakers
are
now
like
us
,
they
want
only
Lace
&
Ribbands
.
Our
end
is
not
to
upbraid
any
,
but
to
remind
you
how
our
religious
Profession
is
upbraided
;
for
with
the
Light
you
will
see
,
there
may
be
,
and
is
Superfluity
in
Habit
,
although
no
Lace
and
Ribbands
;
neither
would
we
have
you
provoked
,
but
to
the
Love
of
the
Light
of
Christ
in
you
,
because
they
that
love
the
Light
,
bring
their
deeds
to
be
manifested
by
the
Light
,
and
receive
the
Reproofs
and
Instuctions
of
it
,
for
they
are
the
way
to
Life
.
Now
this
we
do
enjoyn
upon
you
,
and
are
seeking
for
you
,
even
that
the
holy
Principle
of
Truth
may
take
place
in
you
,
so
as
to
season
you
in
all
good
Manners
of
Life
and
Conversation
,
as
those
that
profess
Godliness
.
Remember
what
the
Apostle
saith
in
1
Tim.
Let
the
Women
adorn
themselves
in
Modest
Apparel
,
and
with
Sobriety
,
and
not
with
broidered
Hair
,
Gold
,
or
costly
Array
.
And
in
Peter
,
read
,
how
the
godly
Womens
adorning
was
to
be
inward
,
not
in
putting
on
Apparel
,
&c.
Now
having
known
a
Mortification
through
the
Cross
of
Christ
,
and
in
this
,
as
well
as
other
things
,
deny'd
our selves
,
&
put
off
these
things
we
had
liberty
in
before
we
professed
the
Truth
,
to
such
it
s
now
strange
to
see
what
some
put
on
,
so
much
more
costly
,
&
far
exceeding
whatever
they
wore
,
before
they
came
to
profess
the
Truth
;
and
indeed
unsuitable
to
Truth
's
Gravity
,
and
Christian
Society
,
as
if
that
which
crucifies
to
the
World
,
and
leads
to
Self-denial
,
were
forgotten
.
The
Lord
help
to
stop
these
things
that
hinders
the
work
of
God
,
and
stops
that
holy
progress
in
the
Life
of
Truth
.
Furthermore
,
we
cannot
but
remind
here
amongst
us
,
Young
People
that
have
little
in
the
World
,
yet
deck
themselves
,
as
if
they
had
great
matters
,
and
thereby
draw
out
the
Mind
one
after
another
,
into
high
expectations
;
in
this
Circumstance
there
is
oft
times
a
Falacy
and
Deceit
,
and
the
end
of
it
proves
of
a
bad
effect
,
by
disappointment
;
but
at
best
,
this
bespeaks
not
the
Modesty
,
Sincerity
or
Weight
of
Truth
.
Now
,
pray
Friends
,
bear
with
us
;
for
it
is
the
Truth
of
God
,
which
is
most
precious
,
both
in
Faith
and
Life
,
which
is
our
concern
herein
,
and
that
the
Cross
of
Christ
,
in
which
the
sum
of
Christianity
consists
,
may
not
be
made
void
,
and
our
holy
Profession
may
not
be
scandalized
by
things
unbecoming
Truth
and
us
;
in
which
a
false
Liberty
is
creeping
up
,
to
the
hurt
and
hindrance
of
Truth
's
Prosperity
;
but
in
the
Light
all
is
discerned
,
and
strength
ministred
to
withstand
;
Therefore
our
Testimony
is
to
Elder
and
Younger
,
that
in
all
things
we
all
may
keep
to
the
Touch-stone
,
and
Guidance
of
the
holy
Principle
that
first
convinced
us
.
And
you
,
the
Younger
Friends
,
be
not
as
those
that
are
grown
beyond
Reproof
,
but
esteem
of
them
that
are
before
you
in
the
Truth
,
as
the
Elder
Women
that
are
in
our
Duty
,
which
is
,
To
teach
the
Younger
in
all
good
things
,
and
also
to
reprove
and
admonish
concerning
evil
things
,
and
the
Elder
and
Yonger
may
walk
in
Truth
in
all
things
harmless
and
blameless
.
Let
us
all
mind
that
which
keeps
in
humility
,
fear
and
godly
sincerity
;
and
those
that
are
Mothers
of
Children
,
in
all
holy
circumspection
to
watch
over
them
,
that
the
Vanity
of
the
Mind
may
not
be
encouraged
,
but
curbed
,
and
kept
down
.
And
those
Servants
that
profess
the
Truth
,
which
will
not
be
subject
in
their
places
in
these
things
that
are
wholsom
,
honest
and
just
,
but
take
liberty
as
they
will
,
being
stubborn
and
perverse
,
not
answering
the
blessed
Principle
of
Truth
,
so
becoming
a
stumbling
to
them
without
,
an
ill
example
to
our
Children
and
Families
within
,
a
sore
disorder
,
and
grievous
burden
that
many
bears
by
them
;
but
such
Servants
we
exhort
to
fear
the
Lord
,
and
take
heed
how
they
persist
in
going
contrary
to
the
holy
Truth
they
profess
,
but
turn
into
the
measure
of
God's
Spirit
of
Grace
,
and
with
the
Light
of
Christ
examine
their
own
Spirits
and
manners
of
Life
,
and
with
a
subject
mind
read
what
the
Apostle
teacheth
Servants
in
their
places
,
as
well
as
Masters
and
Mistrisses
;
Col.
3.22
.
Servants
,
obey
in
all
things
your
Masters
,
according
to
the
Flesh
,
not
with
Eye-Service
,
and
so
on
to
the
end
of
that
Chapter
,
Ephes.
6.5
,
6
,
7.
also
read
Tit.
2.9
,
10.
1
Pet.
2.18
.
&
1
Tim.
6.1
,
2.
Let
as
many
Servants
as
are
under
the
Yoke
,
count
their
Masters
worthy
of
all
honour
,
that
the
Name
of
God
,
and
his
Doctrine
be
not
blasphemed
.
We
pray
God
,
that
Servants
with
meekness
and
fear
,
would
lay
to
heart
what
the
Spirit
of
God
speaks
in
themselves
,
as
also
what
the
Spirit
hath
spoke
through
the
Apostle
,
to
the
Servants
state
,
that
so
the
Truth
they
might
do
,
as
well
as
know
and
profess
,
and
then
they
will
be
sensible
that
our
Exercise
is
for
the
Prosperity
of
Truth
in
all
.
And
Masters
,
do
ye
the
same
things
as
the
Apostle
saith
,
Col.
4.1
.
Give
unto
your
Servants
that
which
is
equal
and
just
.
And
Mistresses
of
Families
to
be
Examples
to
your
Servants
in
the
fear
of
the
Lord
,
in
Humility
and
Christian
Gentleness
,
that
as
in
our
several
Stations
we
are
called
,
and
gathered
into
the
harmony
of
Truth
,
that
so
all
may
grow
up
,
and
prosper
therein
,
that
so
we
may
be
a
good
savour
to
God
in
our
day
,
and
to
the
Generation
that
shall
succeed
us
in
the
Truth
and
Service
of
the
Lord
,
which
he
daily
confirms
us
in
,
through
his
heavenly
Presence
with
us
;
his
Name
be
honoured
,
the
Witness
in
all
hearts
answered
,
we
through
his
Word
of
Life
confirmed
and
strengthened
to
every
good
Work
,
for
which
let
us
always
wait
on
the
Lord
,
to
whose
Spirit
of
Grace
we
commit
the
whole
Flock
and
Family
of
God
,
for
Instruction
and
Preservation
unto
the
end
,
Amen
.
From
our
Womens-Meeting
at
the
Bull
and
Mouth
,
the
8th
of
the
4th
Moneth
,
1685.
These
Names
for
,
and
in
the
behalf
of
the
rest
of
the
faithful
Members
of
our
Meeting
;
-
Mary
Elson
,
-
Jane
Bland
,
-
Hannah
Taylor
,
-
Anne
Whitehead
,
-
Margaret
Meakins
,
-
Sarah
Milnar
,
-
Lucresie
Cook
,
-
Elizabeth
Fuller
,
-
Agnes
Poole
,
-
Marabel
Farnsbury
,
-
Susannah
Dew
,
-
Elizabeth
Camfield
,
-
Grace
Bathurst
,
-
Mary
Plumstead
,
-
Ruth
Crouch
,
-
Martha
Fisher
,
-
Bridget
Ford
,
-
Sibel
Adson
,
-
Constant
Atridge
,
-
Mary
Ellis
.
THE
END
.