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SOME 
 
 ACCOUNT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 L I F E, 
 
 Service, and Suffering, 
 
 Of an Early Servant and Minifter 
 of CHRIST, 
 
 Jofefb Co ale., 
 
 Collected out of his own Writings •, 
 who after near Six Years Imprison- 
 ment in Reading-God, died Prifoner 
 for his Chriftian Teftimony. 
 
 And they overcame him by the Blood, of the Lamb* 
 and by the word of their Tefiimony y and they 
 loved not their Lives unto the Death* 
 
 -/ ndon, Printed ami Sold by T. Sowlejn Wbiu 
 Han-Court^ in Gracious-Street, 1706. 
 
V 
 

 
 \ Brief Account of Jofefth 
 Coalers Life and Xeliimo- 
 ny. By G. Whitehead. 
 
 I Having had for fome time 
 Loving Converfdtion with this 
 our Friend and Brother, to 
 both our Comforts, am therefore con* 
 cerned to give this Brief Account of 
 him. 
 
 He did Early and Tenderly Re- 
 rceive the Bleffed Truth in the Love 
 of it, even as it is in Chrift Jefus 
 in Spirit and Life, and he continued 
 in the Love thereof, and of Faithful 
 fiends and Brethren unto his End ; 
 . i Life and Converfation was Inno- 
 cent, and the Lord Qualified him by- 
 his Spirit for apart in the G of pel - 
 Mwiftry, in which he diligently La- 
 A 2 bourer^ 
 
G. Whitehead's Teftimo^ 
 loured, and Greatly Suffered for the 
 fame in his Day, by lmprifonmeuts, 
 and other Hardjbfps, wherein the 
 Lord Supported him'*tiM he came to 
 hit Bleffed and Peaceable End for his 
 Teftimony, having kept the Faith, 
 and fought the Good Fight thereof, 
 he laid hold of Eternal Life inChrift 
 Jefa our ever, Blejfed Lord, otm 
 Redeemer and Saviour. -And lie 
 was a Man of Peace, for Unity and 
 Concord among all Friends and Bre- 
 thren, and waited for the en ere a fe 
 thereof \ earneftly deftring the Pre- 
 fervation of all Friends therein, 
 efpecially where he Lived and ended 
 his Days in £ufft'i*g, that they 
 might Live in Love and Peace 
 among themfelves. How far his 
 Chrifiian Counfel and Example 
 have been followed by his Neigh- 
 bours Profefflng the fame Truth, 
 Greatly Concerns them all, ferioujly 
 
 to 
 
G.> Whitehead^ Tejlimony. 
 to Cottfider r and to Remember their 
 firjl Love, what Amity, what Con* 
 cord, what Kjndnefs and tender 
 JffeBion was among them in times 
 of Perfecution, when they Suffered 
 together under Long Confinement* 
 Oh I that all thofe Friends, among 
 whom this Faithful Servant of 
 Chriji Suffered and ended his Bays*. 
 would Call to mind his Innocent, 
 his Meek, Loving and Peaceable Ex- 
 ample, fo as the fame might have 
 a Lively and Frtfb Imprefjion upon* 
 their Hearts, and be an Induce- 
 ment unto them all to follow hh 
 Loving, Chriftian Example, and 
 Labour for the Primitive Love 
 and Concord^ and to mind: thofe 
 things which make for Peace } and 
 follow Peace with all Men, and 
 Holinefs, without which, no Man 
 can fee the Lord. That m 
 following, the Faith, and Innocent 
 A i Example 
 
G. Whitehead^ Teftimony. 
 Example of this and Other Faith- 
 ful Servants of the Lord Jefas 
 Chrijty they way with them End 
 their Days in Vniverfal Love> and 
 Peace in him who is the Prince of 
 Life and Peace ; to n>hom be Glory 
 nnd Dominion for Ever and Evtr* 
 
 London, the nth of the 
 . 2d Month % 1706. 
 
 G. W. 
 
 jfe^p* The Occafion of the fa id fofepb 
 Co Ales long Imprifonment (wherein he ended 
 his days) wasy&e was taken out of his Cham- 
 ber, and tendered the Oath of Allegiance .by 
 Willi Am Armorer; ancl' becaafe he confcienti- 
 ©ufly refufed to Swear, was Committed to 
 .^Adivg-Goul, and after near fjx Years Impri- 
 fonment there,, died a Prifoner the 26th day 
 of the Month Called JprjJ, 167c. for his 
 Chriftian Teftimony. 
 
 An 
 
An Account of the Labour s 9 Travel* 
 and Sufferings of Jofeph Coafe in 
 the County of Cornwall Anna 
 1656, 
 
 30SEVHCQALE being to Vific his 
 Friends in Prifon in Lmwtftm 
 Goal, in the County aforefaid, and 
 feeing James Myers fo cruelly ufed', 
 and finding nothing iu the Mittimus- 
 that rendred him a Tranfgfcflbr, he 
 went to the Jaftice called Anthony. 
 Nichols, with a Letter al'fo unto him 
 from C. K and enquired the Cattle 
 why he fent his Friend toGoal, where 
 he was kept among the Fellons in 
 JpoomfdaU j judging it rather the Keep- 
 ers Malice, than the Juftices Order to 
 keep him there : But the Jufticc in- 
 Head of anfwering his Civil and Rca- 
 fonable Quell ion, lent him alfo to 
 Goal, where he remained until the 
 Aflizes, and then was Fined by* Judge 
 Nichols twenty Marks, for not putting 
 A 4 off 
 
An Account of the Labours, &c, 
 
 off his Hat, and continued in Goal 
 many Months under a Cruel Goaler. — 
 In the fame Year Jofepb CoaU having 
 been to Vifit Friends in the Weft, after 
 his long Imprifonment, and being 
 Travelling on the High-way on the 
 Downs alone, was taken up by Pcur 
 Ccdy, called a Juftice, as a Wanderer, 
 and fent again to Lattncefton-Goal y out 
 of which he was lately freed, and 
 there continued for about three 
 Months longer. 
 
 About the latter end of the Sixth 
 Month, 1557. there being a Meeting 
 appointed by Friends on the Downs 
 near Tenryn, and fome being there 
 Met, fate waiting upon the Lord in a 
 peaceable manner, and in the Fear of 
 the Lord, without fo much as a Staff 
 in their hands \ upon whom Captain 
 Fox ;ame with a Troop of Horie,ru(h- 
 ing and ridkg in upon them, endea- 
 vouring to have trod them under foot ; 
 ihen Captain Fox Commanded to flrip 
 fome, and fearch others ; and they- 
 took away feveral Papers and other 
 things from Friends, and a Horfe; 
 
 and 
 
An Account of the Labours, &c . 
 
 and being in great Fury, caufed feveral to be 
 drage&>away as Prifoners, altho' at the fame 
 time (O. P. 's) Inftrument of Government, 
 was. declared unto him* wherein he, had 
 Sworn to Proteft all Chriftian Meetings, but 
 he would take no notice of it, but violating 
 his Matter's Law and Oath, Commanded the 
 Soldiers to drag fome of them away as Prk 
 foners, which they did, for two or three 
 Miles } as George Bemty and others were ; 
 who was beaten,, and the Hair torn off his 
 Head; And the fa id. tfofeph Coale, andano-.. 
 ther Friend who was but coming, to the 
 Meeting, had feme of his Blood fhed, and 
 very much abufed by fome of his unman- 
 like Troop, who fhewed their Cruelty, and 
 not their Valour. So after they had taken 
 fome away as Prifoners, feveral Miles, they 
 left them, who returned again, and kept 
 their Meeting in Penryn Town: And fome 
 had their Goods taken away by this Troop 
 -of Robbers, and never reftored more. And 
 this was one of the Memorable A£ts of 
 Captain Foxy who, fe2Lvi&%.}&L& Jt J i endsnnti- 
 Cajile mould have been Surprized by . this- 
 Company of un-armed Men and Women, 
 Met together three Miles .from his Caftle 
 in Peace and Quietnefs, and in the Fear of the 
 Lord, would rather venture to Skirmifh up- 
 on the open Downs where there was room to 
 Retreat, than to truft to ■ his Place of De- 
 fence ; who feared where no fear was. . 
 
 a $ $ffi$h 
 
r Jn Account of the Labours^ &c. 
 
 tfofeph Code, for. coming to the.Houfe of 
 VneilLiveno'ft, with a Letter *q him from 
 his Friend that was fent tb-Ooalhy the Pneft'; 
 means, and premnghim to read the Letter, 
 and reprehending him for a Lye, the Prieft 
 had made, he fa id, ?ou I{oguc ivho cm forbear 
 hrs Bands off you ; and therwalled to his Ser- 
 vant to 'bring his Caffock-Sufc which being 
 brought him, he held it up to ftnke him-; 
 hut his Wife cried out and held his arms, and 
 with much ado prevailed that he did not beat 
 
 " It having been upon fofeph Code to Vifit 
 £he Town of Fowyefre asked his Friend Ihomss 
 lower whether 'he would accompany him ? 
 which he readily inclined unto; where being 
 .come into their Streets, the Power and dread 
 of the Almighty fo filled the Heart and Mouth 
 of the laid Jofepk Coale, that he uttered his 
 Voice tfke a Trumpet, Warning the 'People 
 to Repent, and turn unto the Lord, for his 
 Dreadful Day was at hand ; and having found- 
 ed the Day of the Lord through their Streets, 
 he Preach'd in their Market-Place alfo ; and 
 fd departed ; and as they took Horfe, the 
 feafer fort of the People followed, throwing 
 Stones, and cried, Stone them, Stone them, 
 throwing many Stones at them, but they re- 
 d no hurt ; and upon 7ho. lower's turn- 
 ing hack and reprehending them they >ill 
 
 Tfcn 
 
The CONTENTS. 
 
 ATejiimony of the Fathers Love, &c. to tfc 
 Friends of Truth in Reading. Page 1 3 
 
 To the Children of the Light, in the Weft Pans 
 of England. p. 20 
 
 A Teflimony of the Father's Love unto all that 
 defire after him, under what Name of Religion 
 foever they be, or are called by, that they may 
 turn to the Lord, and may wait upon bim % to re- 
 ceive fatisfatt ion to their Immortal Souls, being 
 delivered from all falfe Ways and Workups, and 
 from all falfe Teachers and Deceivers, many of 
 whom have been in the World ; who have run, 
 and God never fent them,, and therefore they 
 have not profited the People at all. p. 3 3 
 
 To J. P. Sen. J. P. Jun. and the reft of my 
 Countrymen and Neighbours about the Fleet-End, 
 ofthePariJhofMort'imwe, Ck. p. 85 
 
 Some REASONS why the People called. 
 Quakers do abfent from the Pub lick wjy oj'U'or- 
 foip, and cannot Conform thereunto* p. 101 
 
 An Epiflle to- R IK HD S in and about 
 Devvlow, (2k. p. 1%^ 
 
 To' all the Beloved Friends and Flowers of 
 Jefm Chrift in the Regeneration, in the Counties 
 of Devon ^wiCornwal, Grace,NLercy and Peace 
 be multiplied for evemo r e-, g* 12c- 
 
The CONTENTS. 
 
 An Epifllc to Friends at Henly, and Turned 
 Heath in Oxfordshire. p. 149 
 
 For FRIENDS in Devonshire, mi 
 Cornwak p. 156 
 
 lo Friends iu the Weft of England, p. 172 
 
 A LETTER to James Smith, and Cople* 
 fton Bamfield, who were Perjons in Authority in 
 the County of Devon. p. 185 
 
 To the Sc'kool'Mafters- o/Exon. p. 198 
 
 to all you that Defire and Breath after the 
 lord, and the true IQiowledgc of his Everlafting 
 W$, and the J{ighteoufnefs and Peace of that 
 jQngdom which confijieth not in Words, but in 
 tower, life and jfoy in the Holy Choft, &c. 
 
 p. 205 
 
 Concerning Reconciliation, and how it comes 
 to be Ejfetled in, and Witnejfed by Man. p. 22$ 
 
 For FRIENDS in the Counties of 'Devon, 
 dnd Cornwal. p. 230 
 
 To all the -Upright in Heart, who are of the 
 Flcci of Chrift, and Members- of his Body, in 
 Bevonfhire, and Cornwal, the tender Salutation 
 vf my dear Love is freely extended. p.. 238 
 
 An Epijileto FRIENDS i» the Weft 
 of England,, p. 25$, 
 
 Stmt 
 
CO 
 
 Some Teflimonies Concerning 
 Jofeph Coale, Taken out 
 of the Record of Friends- 
 Sufferings in the County of 
 Berks ; Written fan after 
 his deceafe. 
 
 THIS Faithful Servant of the 
 Lord ( before- mentioned ) 
 whofe Name was Jofeph 
 Code j was Committed by William Ar~ 
 morer y the 13th of the 5th Month* 
 becaufe for Confcience fake towards- 
 the Lord, he could not break his Com- 
 mands; who hath faid, Swear not at 
 all \ and the Apoftle which faid, a- 
 bove all things my Brethren Swear not r 
 being of the fame mind with the true. 
 Chriftians and Martyrs m Ages and 
 Generations- pafl^ who Suffered many 
 
 ft 
 
of them for the fame blefTed Teftimo- 
 ay, as many do at this Day. This 
 faithful Follower of Jefus, after near 
 fix Years Imprifonment, being fhut 
 up in Prifon, and much deprived of 
 the common Air to breath in, was 
 much impaired in his Bodily Health, 
 and the 25th of the 6th Month, 1670. 
 he Sealed- his Innocent Teftimony for 
 the Lord in this World with the lofs 
 of his Life. And this Teftimony we 
 his Brethren and Sifters^ Companions and 
 Fellow-Sufferers for Truth and Righteoaf- 
 nefs fake T do kave upon Record con- 
 cerning him. That he was a Man be- 
 loved of the Lord and his People, and 
 one that truly defired after him, and 
 his Everlafting Kingdom, from his 
 Childhood^ and was one of the firfl: 
 amongft us in this Place, whom the 
 Lord in his Infinite everlafting Love 
 did Convince, and turned from Dark- 
 nefs unto the everlafting Light of Je- 
 fus Chrift, by the Preaching of the 
 Gofpel and glad Tidings of Salvation, 
 whereby the way of Eternal Life was 
 revealed^ to- his great Satrfa&ion 
 
 tilth 
 
< J) 
 
 (with many more who were diftrefled 
 for want thereof) and through the 
 inward and powerful operation of the 
 word of Life (in obedience thereunto) 
 came in due time nnto a Living ac- 
 quaintance with the Lord in the work 
 of Regeneration inwardly, through 
 his tender Mercy, and was foon raifed 
 up in a Teftiraony, being endowed 
 with Power from on high to Preach 
 and Publifh the fame everlafting Gof- 
 pel, and the Day of God's Vifitation 
 tinto the World, for the turning many 
 from Darknefs unto (Chrifl Jefus) the 
 everlafling Light; and we may truly 
 fay his Miniftry was very Serviceable 
 and effectual, not only for the Con^ 
 vincing, but eftabliftving, confirming 
 and building up the Called of God in 
 the Truth, being an experienced Man 
 of the Work and Dealings of the Lord 
 God } and alfo of the Wiles and Baits 
 of the Enemy of the Souls of Man- 
 kind j for it pleafed the Lord to give 
 ■unto him an underftanding of the My- 
 fterfes of his Kmgdom> through a 1?- 
 ting experience, in whom Life and 
 
 iramor^ 
 
(4) 
 
 Immortality was brought to Light* 
 and the Heavenly Image and Immortal 
 Birth (which is not of this World) 
 was in a good meafure born, and the 
 Lord often filled his Earthly Taberna- 
 cle with his Love, and by the over- 
 flowings of the fame, we wich many 
 more have been from time to time 
 comforted, quickened and enlivened 
 in our Hearts unto Righteoufnefs, and 
 true Holinefs, of which he was a true 
 faithful Witnefs- bearer, not only in 
 Words, but in Life and Converfation, 
 as many right well knew, and God's 
 witnefs m all that truly knew him 
 will alfo teftifie, unto which he defi- 
 red to be manifeft. 
 
 And though this our Dear Brother 
 and Companion be outwardly fepara- 
 ted from us, and in mercy taken from 
 the Evil to come, having in faithful- 
 nefs finifhed a Heavenly Teftimony, 
 and his Soul is enired into Everlaft- 
 tng Reft and Peace with the Lord - 7 and 
 though dead, yet* his Memory lives 
 amongft the Faithful, &c. That Life 
 of Righteoufnefs which. in him was 
 
 mauifeftj 
 
 
(5) 
 
 manifeft, and that blefled Teflimony 
 of Truth which he (with us and ma- 
 ny more of God's faithful People)have 
 born witnefs to, and Suffered for un- 
 to the Death, will live and remain 
 for ever ; as it was his Faith and Be- 
 lief (fb it's alfo ours) even as he De- 
 clared upon his Dying Bed : That the 
 Light of that Glorious Ever I aft ing Day 
 of the Lord y which is broken forth in this 
 our Day, fhall never be extinguifhed, 
 notwithftanding all that Men can do, 
 and though it may be in the hearts -of 
 Men to deftroy and root out r if it were 
 poJfibU) the Righteous from off the Earthy 
 yet the Lord doth not intend fo, neither 
 is it in his Heart to fuffer it foto be * r 
 but to Exalt his own Name and King- 
 dom over all, and the Wrath of Man 
 fhall turn to the Glory of God \ and the 
 reft he wiHreftrain. 
 
 This Teflimony (with much nioie 
 to the fame efreft) was fpoken by 
 him (in and from a living Senfeof the 
 Power of God) not long before he 
 finifhed his Courfe; and alfo many 
 Heavenly Exhortations to Friends that 
 
 came 
 
(O 
 
 came to vifit him as he lay on his 
 Death-Bed, and being, as we may 
 truly fay, ready to be offered up and \ 
 filled with Heavenly Love and Life, 
 and fully fatisfied, laid down his head 
 in Peace, and full aiTurance of ever- 
 lafting Reft and Joy in the Lord, and 
 Crowned with Eternal Life \ which is 
 the Reward of all the Faithful. Oh I 
 that we that are left behind, may fol- 
 low this our Dear Brother's Example. 
 
 Reading-God, the 25th 
 of the 3^ Month, 1670. 
 
 The Teftimony of Robert Hodgfon, who 
 was the fame time a Trifontr in Rea- 
 ding-Goal. 
 
 f A Teftimony concerning Jofeph 
 XX Coah, whom I right well knew, 
 and in the bleffed Truth of God was 
 he near unto me, in which I loved 
 him (and alfo many Brethren that 
 knew him) being one that feared God, 
 and loved the ways of his Judgments, 
 
 and 
 
(7) 
 
 and his Mercies were renewed to him, 
 by which his Soul had experience of 
 the Promifes of the Lord in a large 
 meafure, fo that he was given up to 
 Serve the Lord, and his People, as 
 many can witnefs/ for him, and for 
 his Innocency and true Simplicity and 
 Lowlinefs of Mind he walked in } by 
 which he was a good Example and 
 Pattern, which became the Gofpel of 
 Chrifr, beinga Publifherofit,andwas 
 a Savour of Life unto all that lived to 
 God *, and it was the joy of his heart, 
 the Profperity of Truth, and of the 
 adding thereunto, for which he was a 
 Faithful Labourer with many Bre- 
 thren, as was well known*, he was 
 Faithful unto the death, fo that his 
 Soul is at Reft with thofe that went 
 before, and is freed from that Care 
 that did attend him in his Life time for 
 the Seed's fake, and Unity and Peace 
 fake, which he loved :, for he often 
 flood in the gap, to flop and keep out 
 that Enemy that would make breaches 
 or differences, and fow the Seed of 
 Difcord, which he m the Wifdom of 
 
 God, 
 
■ <*■> 
 
 God, and with the Sword of the Spi- 
 rit hath often ftruckat, even at that 
 which had a tendency to break Unity ; 
 and thus wa^his Labour of Love and 
 Xlprightnefsof Heart to the Lord that 
 wrought great things for him, and 
 made Death eafiie to him. And a fraall 
 time before his departure, he turned 
 tome, faying on this wife, Farewell-, 
 and withal, rcfigning up his Place to 
 me, I being a Prifoiier with him * fo 
 that I did in the WiTdom of God ac- 
 cording to the Knowledge and Gift 
 which God gave unto me, perform my 
 Service and Care the time of my con- 
 tinuance in Bonds with my Brethren 
 and Sifters there, I could enlarge 
 much more, as on the behalf of my 
 Dear Brother JofepbCoale, but know- 
 ing he hath an Evidence in the hearts 
 of rpany that knew him, I end in that 
 wherein I began, 
 
 Robert Hodgfon, 
 
 Written in the Year, 167 2. 
 
(9) 
 
 TheTeftimony ^Benjamin Goalc. 
 
 / A. NDas it pleafed the Lord to 
 XlL 9 ail our Dear Brother J. Code 
 to believe in his Name and .Blefled 
 Truth, one of the firft (asisfaid be- 
 fore) amongft us in this County of 
 of Berks ; fo was he called to Suffer, 
 and was one of the firft that was Im- 
 prifoned here upon Truth's account, 
 at the firft breaking forth thereof. 
 
 Firft, in the Year 1^55-. he was 
 Committed to the Counter in Readings 
 by Henry Frevrirt, and afterwards to the 
 Goal, becaufe he declared in the Stee- 
 ple Houfe, That Cain's Sacrifice was 
 not accepted, but was an . Abomina- 
 tion to the Lord, &c. and for not 
 putting off his Hat in the Court ; but 
 1 his Mafter Henry Clayton got him forth 
 I again, with whom he was then an Ap- 
 prentice. Afterwards, being out of 
 his Time, in the Year 1656. he was 
 moved to Travel into the Weft, to 
 : Vifit his Friends and Brethren in Lan* 
 cefion-Goal mCsrmval 7 who werecruely 
 
 ufed 
 
( io) 
 
 ufed there \ and he feeing their Suffer- 
 ings, was confcientioully concerned to 
 go to the Juftice ( fo called ) whofe 
 Name was Anthony Nichols, and carried 
 him a Letter froin G. E who was then 
 a Prifoner ; andalfo to lay before Rim 
 the Goaler's Al)ules and Owelty; to- 
 wards the Prifoners. Bui'jintbony 
 Nichols, inftead ofhearkning to the 
 Complaint of the Opprefled, made a 
 Minimus for Joftph .alfo, and fent him 
 to Lancefton-Goal as a Vagrant} and 
 the Affixes following was Fined twenty 
 Marks for not putting off his Hat, and 
 returned to Goal again, where he re- 
 mained (for the molt part in Doomf- 
 daU for many Months) 'till he and the 
 reft were Releafed by D.efborongh. 
 
 And no fooner washe Releafed, and 
 going to Vifit fome Friends further 
 Weftward, but as he travelled upon the 
 High-way, Peter Ceely a Juftice (fo cal- 
 led) met him, who Apprehended and 
 Committed, him to Lane eft on-Goal as a 
 Wanderer,where he was detained three 
 Months longer. Again, in the Year 
 1657. Jofeph and other Friends going 
 
 to 
 
( II ) 
 
 to a peaceable Meeting to wait upon and 
 Worfhip God, appointed near Fcnryn in Com- 
 roil, Captain Fox, Governour of FeniennU* 
 Ctjtle, came with a Troop of Horfe and abu- 
 fed the Friends in a very wicked manner ; and 
 ffofepb was much abufed and beaten, to the 
 (hedding of his Blood that day ; and it might 
 have been to the lofs of Lifealfo, had not the 
 Lord preferved beyond what could have been 
 expected, their Envy was fo great. The 
 fame Year tfofepb went with a Letter (from 
 a Eriend that was fent to Lancejton-Goal) to 
 Prieft Liverton, who was the Caufe of his 
 being fent thither ; and the Prieft did very 
 mud* abufe him, and had it not been for his 
 Wife, had beaten him ; and endeavour'd with 
 Juftice Nichols for a Warrant to fend him to 
 Goal, but failed of it at that time. 
 
 And in the 2d Month, 1657. fofipb was 
 moved to go into the Steeple-Honfe in Bxon 
 in Dcvonjkire to declare the Truth, and Ex* 
 hort the People to Repentance ; where the 
 Rude Multitude.fell upon him, and haled him 
 by the Hair of the Head' ; and he was had to 
 ; the Town-Hall, and from thence to the Goal, 
 and put him in a very filthy Place, and put d 
 great Pair of double Irons upon one of his 
 Legs ; and Ordered the Goaler not to let him 
 have any Bed, or Straw to lie upon ; but the 
 next Week he was thrcatned, and let go. 
 And in the fame Month and Year, he was 
 Committed to Vorcbefter-Goal, and fent with 
 MitiimuJJes together, one from Lyme, for 
 
 declaring 
 
(12) 
 
 declaring in the Market-Place, and exhorting 
 the People to Repentance ; and being had 
 through Bridport, and making fome ftay there, 
 was moved to go to the Steeple- Houft (it being 
 on a firfi Day) and there was apprehended, 
 and another Mittimus made, and hefentwith 
 thofe two Mhtimujfcs to Donbcfter-Goal in 
 Dorfetjkire ; how long he was then kept, or 
 how Releafed, may be feen (as we fuppofe; in 
 the Record of Friends Sufferings inthatCoun- 
 ty. In the Year 1661. ffofepb was Imprifoned 
 again in Exon-Goal ; was taken at' a peaceable 
 Meeting near the City, and tendered the 
 Oath, and becaufe he could not Swear was 
 Committed, and kept about three Months,and 
 then was freed by fames Smith, and Coplcftone 
 Bamfield Juftices. To be fhort, it was the Lot 
 and Portion of our dear Brother $. C. to Suf- 
 fer in feveral other Places, where he travelled 
 in the Work of the Gofpel, and many times 
 hazarded his Life for the Teftimony of the 
 bleffed Truth, in many places of this Nation of 
 England ; fometimes in Priforis, Stockings and 
 Stonings, Ha rdfhips and Difficulties; he was 
 once in Ireland with Edw. Burrougb ; and laft 
 of all being in his Native Country, was taken 
 at a Meeting and enfnared by WiUiam Armorer 
 with the Oatb of AllegUnce, and Committed, 
 with many more ; where he ended his days in 
 this World, and through Sufferings and D^ath 
 obtained Victory and Eternal Lite. He died 
 about the 54th Year of his Age. 
 
 Benjamin Co ale* 
 
A 
 
 TESTIMONY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Father's Love, &e. 
 
 To the Friends of Truth in Reading. 
 
 DEARLY. Beloved Friends, 
 Brethren, and Sifters, whom 
 God the Father hath Called 
 and Separated From the World, and 
 gathered into his everlafting Covenant 
 of Light, Life and Peace, in the Eter- 
 nal Bowels of tender Love do I Sahflfe 
 you all ^ at the remembrance of whom 
 my Life is refrefhed, even to you that 
 ftand faithful and true Witnefies for 
 the mighty powerful God of Life, by 
 whofe out-ftrecfred Arm we are kept 
 |in the Unity of his unlimited and urt- 
 B changeable 
 
( 14.) 
 
 changeable Spirit, where I cannot for- 
 get you. Lift up your heads all you 
 that are upright-hearted, who breath 
 and third after the Living Fountain, 
 the Lord will fatisfie you with his Li- 
 ving Powerful Prefence, and his Right 
 Hand will hold you up, who on him 
 are waiting, my Life is with you all, 
 and my Love, which is without Dif- 
 fimulation or Hypocrifie, and cannot 
 be feperated from you, who ftand 
 faithful in the integrity of your hearts, 
 waiting in your Tent on the God oi 
 $M°k-> whofe Seed he hath BlejQed, and 
 will Blefs, whom'he will not leave nor 
 forfake, neither in the Fire, nor Wa- 
 ter. And all you that are in this Seed 
 eflabli(ned, are as Mount 5^, which 
 never can be moved - 7 and for you is 
 the Breathings of my Soul to the 
 Lord, that you may bow in his fear 
 and dread, and be kept faithful to the 
 end to prize his everlafting Love, 
 that tetmay never have caufe to with- 
 hold hisBleOings from you, which to 
 the Seed Hands fure. Dwell in Love 
 one with another, and in the Unity 
 
C*5) 
 
 of the Spirit you will be kept with one 
 Confent to do God's Will. This from 
 the tender Bowels of endlefs Love was 
 I conftrained to Write unto you, who 
 am your Brother ia the Life of Rbfu- 
 coufnefs, ° 
 
 Jofeph Code. 
 
 From Treganggerrey in Cornwall, 
 the \$tbDay oftht loth Mmb, 
 1637. 
 
 ' Dearly Beloved Friends, 
 
 IN the Power of Truth, which gi- 
 veth Dominion over the World, 
 dwell and abide, where the Love of 
 the Father will come into your Souls, 
 and Contentment, and Peace and Sa- 
 tisfadtion you wilJ all feel -, and indeed 
 Friends, that is the belt thm^, even 
 much better than that of the World, 
 which paiTeth away - 7 its Love, its Joy 
 ! and Pleafures doth pafs away, but the 
 Love of God everlaflingly doth en- 
 J dure. Wherefore, Friends, that e- 
 very particular may have a part in 
 B 2 due 
 
( 4* ) 
 
 that, keep in the Truth, which keeps 
 you all Clean, . and Pure* and Open, 
 that the Lord's Bleflings may fall up- 
 on your hearts, that youmay rejoyce 
 in his goodnefs for evermore. And 
 Friends, let none be faint-hearted, nor 
 fear the Revilings of Men, but let it 
 appear unto all that ye are Redeemed 
 by the Lamb, and are .willing to fol- 
 low him whether foever he goes, even 
 through the greateffc Tribulation : 
 And indeed it is as you all feel the 
 i?ower of the Lord to preferve you, 
 that you will be able to ftand and en- 
 dure to the end *, and therefore let 
 your Care and Diligence be above all 
 things to wait upon the Lord, and 
 keep in Patience, and fret not at any 
 thing, no not at the Profperity of the 
 AVicked,and dwell in Love (unfeigned) 
 .one towards another, for that will be 
 a great ilrength unto you, and alfo it 
 will confound your Enemies-, and 
 hereby may they know that you are 
 indeed the Difciples and Followers of 
 Chrift, bccaufe you love one another, 
 for God is Love, and true Love is of 
 
 him y 
 
( '7) 
 
 him ; and they that love him that be* 
 gets, love him alfo that is .begotten ? 
 and bear one with another, and over- 
 come Evil with Good, for that mufi; 
 overcome the Evil - and as everyone 
 dwells in that which is Good, the Evil 
 Will mufi: be flain in* all, and foLove 
 and Unity will ihcreafe T and the Lord 
 will delight to be amongft you in his 
 Power, and Prefence. 
 
 And, Dearly Beloved, unto whom 
 God the Father hath made known the 
 way of Life and Salvation in an ac- 
 ceptable time, and unto whom his 
 Voice hath reached, prize the Love 
 and Mercy of the Lord, and walk ye 
 humbly before him therein, in Fear 
 and Reverence,, that he may Shower 
 down more and more of his goodnefs 
 upon you, and fill your Hearts with 
 his Love, that you may Spring, and 
 Flourifh and Profper, and walk from 
 Strength, toStrength, and grow from 
 one Degree of Grace to another, that 
 your Hearts may be eftabliuYd with 
 Grace, and in it, that fo you may al- 
 ways be a fweet Savour to the Lord, 
 B 3 and 
 
( i* ) 
 
 and bring forth Fruit to the Praife 
 and Glory of his Great Name* who 
 hath Called you ^ and live in the fta- 
 - foned fober^ Life, and in the Power 
 of Truth } and if any of you Suffer 
 for that, for the Truchs fake, Happy 
 and BleiTed are you, if you keep in 
 the fear of the Lord/ and bear it pa- 
 tienty, the Lord will be your exceed- 
 ing great Reward. Life up your 
 Heads, and fear not Man, whofe 
 Breath is in his Noftrils ; go on, go 
 on in the Name of the Lord,, ye Chil- 
 dren of Sion, and ht Chrifl: the Light 
 of the World, be your King, Leader, 
 and Commander for ever ^ and bow 
 not too, norferve not any other God, 
 but the true and living God who is 
 Light, who made Heaven and Earth, 
 and worlhip him in Spirit and Truth ; 
 and joyn not with any thing that is 
 contrary to the pure Truth, for if 
 you dOy that will defile you, and 
 Darknefs will come upon you, and 
 you will lofe the enjoyment of God's 
 prefence •, but wait all upon the Lord 
 KT that which hath been declared from 
 
 the 
 
( 19) 
 
 the beginning, even the everlafling 
 Light of the Son of God j that you 
 may feel the Power, and.JRreiencc, 
 and Oread of the Lord of, Jiofb a- 
 niong yon j whereby yoii may. bekepc 
 out of the Defilements of this Workk 
 and out of the Temptations and 
 . Snares of 'the Devil, in Gleannefs, ia 
 Purity and Holinefs, and in the fear 
 of the Lord, that it may appear unta 
 all, that ye are the People whom v the 
 Lord hath Redeemed, that fhall re- 
 turn to Slon with Songs of Deliver- 
 ance, and everlafling Joy upon your 
 Heads; and that they may be made 
 to Confefs that he is among you, unto 
 whom all Nations muft bow, and 
 Kings mull calt down their CfGWlfe; 
 And Dear Friends, keep your Meet- 
 ings in the fear of the Lord, and waie 
 in diligence upon him, that you may 
 grow ftrong in the Truth, and in the 
 true knowledge of God v and heed 
 not the Stirs that is in the World, 
 but eye the Lord beyond and over, 
 all, and feel your Peace with him, 
 and Unicy with him, and then are you 
 B 4 happy, 
 
( 20) 
 
 happy, and he will preferve and up- 
 hold you in the time of Need, and his 
 blefled/Pre fence will be with you, his 
 JBleflingi for ever will reft upon you % 
 which is the earneft defire of our 
 Souls, who are your Dear Friends and 
 Brethren in the Everlafting Truth, 
 
 For Friends in the John Braithwaite* 
 
 Wefi ^/England. Jofefb Coale. 
 
 To the Children of the Light, in the Wefi 
 farts of England. 
 
 D Early Beloved Friends, who have 
 believed in the Truth, in whofe 
 Hearts the Day-Star is Rifen, who 
 have feen the appearance, breaking 
 forth and dawning of the Day of God, 
 •which is breaking forth in this our 
 Age-, and who have heard and re- 
 ceived the glad Tidings of the Gofpel 
 of Peace, and tafted of the Power of 
 the endlefs Life which gives Victory 
 over the World \ and who have re- 
 ceived and believed in that which 
 
 gives 
 
( 21 ) 
 
 gives an entrance into that Inherit 
 tance which is Incorruptible, and fa- 
 detfi not away \ even to you all is th®. 
 Salutation of my Dear Love. 
 
 Dearly Beloved, you are often ia 
 my remembrance , and at this time it 
 is in my Heart to wjrke to you, tho* 
 my Love to you- ward is far beyond 
 all exprefllon, and words are too 
 (hort, for it is beyond all words. I 
 lay that Love which the Father hath 
 fhed in our Hearts, which flows forth 
 towards one another, is beyond ex- 
 prefllon : Yet Friends, a few Lines from 
 that Love and Life whkh the Father 
 hath begotten in any of you, would 
 be a refreihing, and very acceptable 
 unto me, as i hope thefe may be unto 
 you -j if you receive them in that Love 
 from which they come unto your For 
 indeed my Heart- is- filled towards you 
 all, though I am outwardly far re- 
 mote from you, yet I am contented, 
 fo long as it is the will of the Lard fi>- 
 to be ' 7 for 1 am well, becaufe the 
 Power and Prefence of the Lord is 
 with me, whereby I am refrelhedday 
 £ S by 
 
( 22 ) 
 
 by day, and in the Unity of the Spi- 
 rit of Truth I am with you, eating of 
 the fame Immortal Food and Bread of 
 Life at the Table of. the Lord, where 
 there is no want, Praifes and Glory 
 be unto his Name for ever, who ne- 
 ver leaveth nor forfaketh the Righte- 
 ous, nor fuftereth his Seed to beg 
 Bread ; wjio feedeth and nourifheth 
 his Childeren, and w^tereth every 
 tender Plant with his Heavenly Dew 7 
 and filleth the Hearts of his People a- 
 bundantly with his Spiritual Vertue, 
 and opens his " everlafting Fountain, 
 and caufeth them to drink, and be fa- 
 tisfied thereat. Oh ! what fhall I fay, 
 imexpreffible, unexpreflible is the Love 
 and Mercy and Goodnefs of the Lord 
 our God ; 1 am fvvallowed up, even 
 when I think and enter into the Con- 
 sideration thereof. And Friends^ whole 
 .Eyes God hath opened to fee thefe 
 things, and who are made fenfible by 
 his Eternal Power which hath opera- 
 ted in your hearts, and have been 
 Partakers of his rich Love, and Mercy 
 and Goodnefs which hath been (bed 
 
 and 
 
( n y 
 
 and let forth from the endlefs Foun* 
 taia of all Good'nefs into your Hearts, 
 who have believed in, received 4 and 
 obeyed the Truth y in which, and 
 through which you receive Satisfacti- 
 on, Comfort and Refreshment to \ 
 Immortal Souls } who have knowii 
 and icGa the appearance of the ever- 
 lafting Day which hath fprung front 
 on High, and hath viflted us, and 
 hath caufed the thick Clouds of Dark- 
 nefsto flee away, and the Shadows of 
 the Night to be expelled, I fay, 
 Friends^ Oh ! let us be mindful of 
 what the Lord hath done, and let his 
 Loving Kindnefs never be forgotten, 
 but let him be our Fear for ever, and 
 let us wait upon him, and, how then 
 fhall any of us want any thing that: 
 is good, or that is needful for us, for 
 the. Lord will adminifter freely to 
 everyone according to -their necefHty, 
 eyen out of his everlafling Treafury 5 
 and fill us more and, more with his 
 Love and Heavenly Vertue, and he 
 will be with us, and appear for us 3 . 
 and raanifelt his Power to the over- 
 throw? 
 
 
(24) 
 
 throw of our Enemies, as he hath hi- 
 therto appeared for us, and delivered 
 lis, when the Wicked would have 
 .fwallowed us up, yet we are pre- 
 ferved, and kept unto this Day, even 
 by an Invifible Hand, which turneth 
 Nations, Powers and Authorities as a 
 dry Leaf, and turneth their Strength 
 iato feeblenefs, and great weaknefs, 
 md their Wifdom into Foolifhnefs. 
 
 And certainly Friends ,- I do ftead- 
 faftly believe, and am fully perfwa- 
 dQd in my Heart that the Lord will 
 not now forfake us, if we forfake not 
 him, but he will be with us, if we 
 wait upon him, and keep near unto 
 him \ and indeed, it is fafe for all to 
 keep near unto the Lord, and to eye 
 him in all things, over all things, and 
 beyond all things of this World, or 
 which may come to pafs \ and if we do 
 yet further and deeplier Suffer for 
 his Name and Truths fake, certainly 
 we fhall not lofe our Reward ; and if 
 we do Suffer, if the Lord be with us 
 la our Sufferings, and we have, his 
 Feace i& our ijearts, why ihould not 
 
 we 
 
(25) 
 
 we be contented, and bear all with 
 Patience which cometh to pafs \ know- 
 ing that the Sufferings of this prefent time 
 are not worthy to be compared to the Glory 
 which is already revealed^ much lefs to 
 that which (hall Be revealed \ and if the 
 Lord go not with us, let us not go 
 hence \ I fay, let us not delire to be 
 freed from our Suffering Condition, 
 but as it is the Lord's will fo to be, 
 and 'till he makes way for our Deli- 
 verance \ and if it fhould never be o- 
 therwife with us (though certainly the 
 Rod of the Wicked (hail not always 
 be upon the Back of the Righteous) 
 for my part I am fatisfied, in that we 
 have his Pretence with us, and Peace 
 and Unity with him ; for have we not 
 found him whom 'we had long looked 
 for, and our Souls delired after, evert 
 him who gives Strength, Power and 
 Ability to bear ancf to. fuffer, and up- 
 holds us in our Suffering I and it is by 
 him that we fland unto this day; and 
 while it is for him that we Suffer, 
 even for Truth and Righteou(hefs r 
 fcow can we but rejoyce that we are 
 
 couated 
 
 
counted worthy to Suffer for hisNames 
 Sake, for he hath called us out of 
 Darknefs into his marvelous Light, 
 and gathered us, near unto himfelf, 
 who were fometimes fcattcred, and 
 brought us nigh, who were fometimes 
 afar off $ and made us his People, who 
 were not his People, and his Beloved, 
 who were not Beloved, that we might 
 ferve him in faithfuinefs, and worfliip 
 him in Spirit and in Truth, even in 
 the Beauty of Holinefs. 
 
 Oh, Friends! what manner of Love 
 is this with which we are beloved of 
 the Lord our God ? who hath confi- 
 dered it, and is not broken and over- 
 come therewith, even as I am at this 
 prefent? Oh! who hath tailed there* 
 of, and is not fatisfied therewith? 
 Who hath known it, and is not con- 
 ftrained to walk anfwerabie thereunto 
 in all Faithfulnefc, and pure Obedi- 
 ence, and to prize it and efteem it 
 above ail things of this World. 
 Wherefore, Dearly Beloved^ who 
 have received and been made 
 Partakers of the Infinite and un- 
 
 lpeakabte 
 
(27) 
 
 fpeaka-ble Love of the Father, and if 
 iE hath been fhed in your hearts, Oh 
 Friends I let it dwell and remain there, 
 and let not the love of this World en- 
 ter again hi upon you, nor have-any 
 place in your hearts, for that will de- 
 ftroy and devour you 5 and if your 
 Minds go into the love of any thing of 
 thisWorld,either into the Riches,Glo- 
 ry, Honour or Beauty of it, the love 
 of God will be choaked, and the eye 
 will be blinded, and the heart hard- 
 lied, and deadnefs and earthlinefs will 
 abound in you, and the end of fuch an 
 one will be worfe than his beginning, 
 for he becomes twice dead, and is 
 more unfenfible and more hardned 
 than ever, and the Devil's work's 
 more flrong in him than before, and 
 he hath not wherewith to refill him, 
 for he hath loft the Armour of Light, 
 and the Love of the Father he is de- 
 parted from, and the Love of the 
 World is come in, and he is (wallow- 
 ed up in Darknefs, and fees not where 
 he is,nor the ftrength of the Encmy,but 
 is led Captive at his will, and he lofes 
 
 the 
 
(zS) 
 
 the enjoyment of God's Prefence and 
 Peace with him. Oh ! Therefore my 
 dear Friends, put on the whole Ar- 
 mour of God, even the Armour of 
 Light, that you may be able to itand, 
 and let the love of God dwell richly 
 and plentifully in your hearts, and 
 watch diligently, and wait in the 
 light ofChrift Jefus, that the Enemy 
 betray you not, by drawing your 
 hearts after or into any vifible thing 
 which fades away, and comes to an 
 end, but mind the Power of the Lord, 
 which gives Dominion over all, and 
 mind the Wifdom of God to guide 
 you in all things, that your hearts 
 may be kept clean and pure by the 
 Power and Wifdom of the Lord Go<i, 
 out and over all things of this World, 
 and that you may be Witheffes of the 
 New Birth, which is right Heir of 
 that Kingdom and Inheritance which 
 is Incorruptible, and that hath the 
 Earth for its Foot-ftooi; whole de- 
 light is to do the Father's Will. 
 
 And, Dear Friends, inafmueh as 
 you have C^n the Day of God'3 Ap- 
 
 •pcaranc^ 
 
(29) 
 
 pearance, in which the way of Truth 
 is made manifeft, even the way of 
 Peace and Righteoufnes •, and have 
 had experience of his Power working 
 out the Evil Nature, and have known 
 the purifying of your hearts by his 
 Judgments, which have been fet up 
 in you, through which you learn 
 Righteoufnefs, and to know Redemp- 
 tion through Judgment, and purify- 
 ing by the Spirit of Burning, and to 
 feel Peace and Reconciliation in any 
 meafure* 
 
 I fay you that have known this, 1 
 Oh Friends ! keep your felves clean, 
 if you are wafhed, and your Gar- 
 ments are made White in the Blood of 
 the Lamb, that no Spot may be upon 
 you, and that you be not again Defi- 
 led with the Evil of this World, but 
 that you may live in the Power of the 
 Lord, which keeps the Heart clean, 
 and keeps out of that which would 
 defile the Temple of the living God ; 
 for the Defiled and Unclean muft not 
 enter \ but he that is of clean Hands, 
 and a pure Heart, fhall afcend into the 
 
 Holy 
 
( ?o ) 
 
 Holy Hill of the Lord, and dwell in 
 the Holy Place, even he, who is chan- 
 ged by the Power of the Lord, in 
 Mind, and Heart and Nature, and 
 Beautified with his Cbmelinefs j who 
 fhall come to Zion with Songs of De- 
 liverance, and everlafling Joy upon 
 their Heads. 
 
 Therefore all you whole Faces are 
 fefi towards Zion 7 walk on ia the 
 Way, and faint not in your Minds, 
 but wait and be patient, and look noE 
 at the ftraightnefs of the Way (for 
 that Eye muft be blinded) nor at the 
 length of your Journey, nor at the 
 Mountains you havs to pafs over, but 
 be contented and quiet in your Minds, 
 and look not out at any thing, neither 
 be troubled when Temptations do 
 appear - but believe and wait in that 
 which makes them manifeft - 7 and look 
 up and over, them to Chrift the Light, 
 and wait to receive Strength and 
 Power from him to overcome, and be 
 Faithful to the End, even to the Death, 
 and you fhall receive the Crown of 
 Life. And live in Love and Unity 
 
 one 
 
<v ) 
 
 one with another, for where the con- 
 trary is, it will eat as a Canker, and 
 hinder your growth in the Heavenly 
 Life of Righteoufnefs, and the Enemy 
 thereby will take advantage againft 
 you. 
 
 Wherefore my Dear and Well- 
 Beloved Friends, let us walk in the 
 Power and Wifdom of the Father, 
 which keeps Sweet, and Clean, and 
 Frefh, that we all may grow as Plants 
 which, he hath Planted, and bring 
 forth Fruit unto him, even to his 
 Glory, that the Lord, alone may be 
 Honoured and Glorified by us, and 
 among us ; who hath Called us, and 
 Chofen us out of the World, and oufc 
 of the falfe Se&s and Ways thereof, 
 and hath made known his Glorious 
 Truth, even to the fatisfadion of 
 our Souls j and fct our Feet in the 
 Way of Peace, that we may walk 
 therein, up to the Spiritual Canaan^ 
 even to the Reft that is prepared for 
 the People of God, where are Bleflings 
 and Peace Everlafting-, and that we 
 may feed together, and lie down un- 
 der 
 
dev the Shadow of the true Viae, and 
 'none may make us afraid, that we may 
 found forth and give Glory and Ho- 
 nour unto t;he Lord our God, and 
 Praife and Magnifie him over all for 
 ever more j for he alone, yea he alone 
 is Worthy. 
 
 From your Dear Friend, and truly 
 Loving Brother in the Love and 
 Truth of the Lord. 
 
 Jofeih.Coale. 
 Ireland, the 8th of the 
 8th Month, rtftfo. 
 
 h is my Defire that this g* 
 through. Devonfhire and Cornwall, as a 
 Tefiimony of the Contimtance of my dear 
 hove unto all thofe that Love and Fear 
 the Lord in them Parts, and for the 
 fatisfying them that I am mil* 
 
(??> 
 
 ATESTIMONY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Father's LOVE, 
 
 'Unto all that defire after bint, under 
 what Name of Religion foever tbey 
 be, or are called by j That tbey m y 
 turn to the Lord, and. may wait 
 upon him, to receive fatifattion to 
 ibeir Immortal Souls, being deli* 
 ve red from all fa If e Ways and Worr* 
 fhips, and from all falfe Teachers 
 and Deceivers, many of whom have 
 been in the World ; who have run, 
 and God never font them, and 
 therefore they have not profited the 
 People at all. 
 
 THE Lord God, whofe Lo- 
 ving-kindnefs is everlafting,' 
 whole Mercies endure for 
 ever and ever, hath appeared as in 
 the days of old, and hath manifetf ed, 
 
 and 
 
(34) 
 
 and is manifefting his Eternal Power, 
 arid his everlafting Truth, and the 
 Way of Life and Salvation unto the 
 Sons of Men ; to the fatisfa&ion and 
 full contentment of many who have 
 fought and defired after him, and pa- 
 tiently waited upon him, whom he 
 hath made partakers of his Love 
 in Chrift Jefus the Light of • the 
 World, in whom they have be- 
 lieved, whom God is exalting, and 
 giving him a Name above every Name, 
 and at his Name muft every knee bg>w, 
 and he muft reign-as King in the hearts 
 of Men, whofe Right it is : And now 
 hath the Lord opened the Fountain of 
 everlafting Life, and is fatisfying ma- 
 ny with his goodnefs, and filling them, 
 and refreihing them with that which 
 is Eternal and Everlafting v and he 
 hath fent forth, and is fending forth 
 many of his Children and Servants, 
 who have drank at the Fountain of 
 living Water, to gtWitC, and C3H 
 in the %\}i tffp, that they may come 
 and fie fatf 3fieD, and the ^UltgVp, 
 that they may hi fittcD with the Bread 
 
of Lite, that perifheth not, but. en- 
 dureth for ever, that they may come 
 out of thofe things that perifh, that 
 are feen, and Carnal, to know that 
 which whofoever eateth thereof, and 
 feedeth thereupon, fhall never die, 
 but live for ever. 
 
 And now all People that deilre after 
 the Lord, and hunger and thirft after 
 him, who cannot find fatisfa&ion in 
 any thing below, or Ihort of him, 
 Mitty Witt 7 and COHie atoap, come 
 ye, and take of the waters of Life CtCtlp ; 
 Ho every one that thirfieth, come bay 
 Wine and Milk without Money ', and 
 without Price ; and no longer fpend your 
 Money for that which is not Bread, and 
 your Labour for that which doth not fa- 
 thfie ', enclineyour £ars 7 and hear, that 
 your Souls may live ; and come and eat 
 that which is good, and weary not 
 your felves for very Vanity, as many 
 have done, who have gone day after 
 day, and time after time, to hear Men 
 fpeak a Divination of their own Brain, 
 and this hath done you no good at all, 
 neither have you been truly fatisfied 
 
 there- 
 
therewith •, but thefe have deceived 
 you, and cheated you, and made you 
 fpend your Money for that which is 
 not Bread •, and many in England may 
 witnefs this, who have fpent and gi- 
 ven much Money or Goods, and yet 
 want that which fatisfieth the Immor- 
 tal Soul, which none can fatisfie but 
 the Lord : And fo they have cheated 
 and deceived People, and led them in 
 Blindnefs and Ignorance, and. made 
 them give them Money for leading 
 them in Blindnefs and Ignorance 
 (though they have pretended other- 
 wife) and the Hungry have not been 
 fatisfied, nor the Difeafed ftrengthned, 
 neither have they healed that which 
 was Sick j neither have they bound up 
 that which was Broken, nor brought 
 ■again that which- was driven away; 
 neither have they fought that which 
 was loft ; but with JFojCfc and with 
 Cttttltp have they ruled them : And 
 thus have the Falfe Prophets in England 
 done, even ruled over the People 6.p 
 $0llt and Cttteltp \ and compelled 
 them to give them Wages, though 
 
 they 
 
( ?7> 
 
 they do not profit by them. And 
 this hath greatly difpleafed the Lord, 
 and therefore hath he ftretched forth 
 his hand agaiaft them, the flroke 
 whereof they mud feel. 
 
 And now the Lord is*come to feek 
 that which was lofi, and bring again 
 that which was driven away] ana lie 
 will bind up that which was broken, 
 an&\\em\\ftrengthen that which was 
 fick j but he will deftroy the jfat, and 
 thejhong he will feed with Judgment, 
 and the hungry and thirfty he.wiiiy*- 
 tisfie \ for he hath opened the Foun- 
 tain of Life, and the hungry may come 
 and befatiified. 
 
 Wherefore all you that have, de- 
 fires after the Lord, who have been 
 fcattered upon, the barren Mountains, 
 where fatisfattion is not to be found, 
 and have been made a Prey upon by the 
 Idol-Shepherds •, COIM OUt, C0\W CUt 
 
 ftotirapumgtt tljem, anD bt pou 
 
 feprate from tljem, for they have 
 deceived, and do deceive you \ and 
 whileft yon follow them, you will never 
 find fatisfatbion to your Souls , for they 
 C are 
 
( 38) 
 
 arc not fent of Cod, neither do they 
 turn any to him from the evil of their 
 ways, becaufe they have not flood in 
 God's Counfel : And this is Truth 
 from the Loud to you, which he hath 
 ihewed me; and therefore I am con- 
 ftrained to teftifie againfl: them, who 
 was once deceived by them ; and. now 
 through the tender mercy of the Lord 
 am gathered from them : And now is 
 the Lord difcovering of them, and ga- 
 thering his People from them, and 
 fatisfying and feeding them in green and 
 frefh Pafture, upon the Mountains of 
 Jfrael \ and now are People invited to 
 come and take of the Waters of Life 
 freely % and the 5l>ap is appeared, and 
 the <BlO{iftU0 %\%\}t is mining forth, 
 by which People may come to fee 
 their Eftate and Conditions, how 
 they have been ftrayed from God, 
 wandering up and down a* Sheep that 
 have no Shepherd, and have not known 
 the Way of Peace, but have walked 
 in many Ways and By- Paths, following 
 thofe that have cryed, %C Ijeitf, and 
 JLtitfytXti one crying, €gf0'i£ 
 
 the 
 
( 39) 
 
 t&e ilfllap; another, ^gat ii tljt 
 <LQiap i and every one crying up lhac 
 way that. he is in, to be the Way of 
 God \ and every fort of People get 
 the Scriptures to prove that they are 
 in the Right Way, becaufe they fay 
 they do, and pra&ife many things 
 which the Saints did practice, who 
 were in the Way of God, as the Pro- 
 phets and Apoflles. 
 
 Now this I fay to all People upon 
 the Earth, and this is. the Teftimony 
 of one who hath been in many ways, 
 and wandered up and down in many by- 
 paths, and from a Child had a dell e 
 to know, and to walk in the way of 
 the Lord, and knew not which, or 
 where it was j and now after long 
 feeking, is come to know the true and 
 living way, even the ffliap o£ ^ZtiCt, 
 of %i it and valuation ; I fay, the 
 Way of God is called the Way of #7- 
 linefs, in which the Redeemed of the 
 Lord walk, where the unclean cannot 
 come. 
 
 Therefore all you that talk of the 
 
 Way of Cod, and fay you are in his 
 
 C Z Way, 
 
40 ) 
 
 Way, fee • if the Way that you walk 
 in, be Holy ; for though you may do 
 many things which the Apoftles and 
 Saints did, yet you may, be out of the 
 Way of Holinefs, which is CljJtQ the 
 3Ugfjt*, and you may practice ma- 
 ny things which they did, and not 
 by the fame Spirit -, for a Man's fapf tig 
 as the Apoftles did, and fcQf tig many 
 things which they did, this doth not 
 prove that he is in the fame Way -, for 
 if fo, thofe Apoftates thai the Apoftle 
 fpoke of, that had the form of Godlinefs 
 only, and not the Power, might have* 
 iaid they were in the Way ; and here 
 are all the Hypocrites and falfe Chriftians 
 upon the Earth, who will cry, We do 
 and praEiife thofe things which the Apo- 
 ftles did, and we are in their way, & C. 
 But I fay. Do you do thofe things, 
 and Practice thofe' things in the fame 
 way, and by the fame Spirit and Power at 
 they did f For the Practice of the Saints, 
 i do not at all deny, who were guided 
 and led by the Spirit of Truth in what 
 they did, neither any who are led by 
 the fame Spirit to-do thefe things ; and 
 
 fuch 
 
(40 
 
 fiich are in the light Way,, that are 
 led by the Spiric of Truth into all 
 Truth. But againft all fuch I do bear 
 Teflimony,. who fay they are in the 
 way of God, and walk in it, becaufe 
 (they fay) they do thofe things than 
 the Saints did, bat feel not the fame 
 Spirit to lead them, and the fame Power 
 to change them inwardly , as the Saints 
 witnefled. 
 
 And fo all that deflre to know the 
 Way of God, and to" walk in it, they 
 mufl come to the Light which Chrifi 
 hath lighted them withal, which lets 
 them fee their Sins, and reprover h 
 them when they do Evil > and that wilt' 
 let them fee the way out of Sin, and 
 out of Darknefs : Now CUR 1ST' k 
 the way out of Sin, Death and DarM- 
 nefs, and none come to Chrifi, bill 
 they that own the Light within them 7 
 which reproveth them jor Sin; and fo 
 People can never know the Way of 
 God, which is the Way of Peace, 'till 
 they turn into, . and believe in tjie 
 Light which convinceth of Sin, and 
 leadeth out of it ; but many People 
 C 3 may 
 
( 42) 
 
 may be contented to talk of the Way 
 of the Lord, but do not walk in it, 
 becaufe narrow is the Way, and ftraight 
 is the Gate that leadeth to Life, and few 
 there are that find it, ftfcl tljeie tit ty%t 
 toalfc in it ', for People cannot walk 
 in it, and live in wickednefs, and un- 
 nghteoujnefs too ; and fo many love ra- 
 ther to walk on in wickednefs, than to 
 walk in the way of the Lord y which is 
 hdy r which is not of this World, in 
 which the redeemed walk; and this 
 Way hath the Lord our God now 
 made manifefr. to the Sons of Men, 
 even the Way of Life and Salvation - 7 
 and bleffed and happy are they for 
 ever that know it, and walk there- 
 in. 
 
 And all you that have been high in 
 'the Profeflion of Religion, whom once 
 1 loved when you were tender, and your 
 defires were after the Lord, and when 
 you were in fome meafure obedient to 
 that Light which was given you of 
 God, which did let you fee the De- 
 ceit of the Priefts of the World, and 
 led you (or fome of you) out from 
 
 them, 
 
(« ) 
 
 them, and to deny them ; and did let 
 you fee. their Ways, Worjhips and Per- 
 formances to be Idolatrous, even that, 1 
 fay, was the Light of the Son of God, 
 though you did not know it, which 
 did con '/nice you of thofe things •, and 
 how did many of ydB cry out againft 
 the Pr lefts as Deceivers and^ritckri- 
 ftian, and againft their Tythes and 
 fit- Maintenance \ and fome of you did 
 defire to walk in Truth and Righte- 
 oufhefs, and thofe did my Soul love: 
 And now unto all fuch among you is 
 this my 3|nttftatf0l1, and unto fuch 
 I call, come mt, a ad be U\m 
 
 tSt£&, and feed with them no longer nb~ 
 on the husk, 8nd drink m longer with 
 them of the Wine of their Fornica- 
 tion \ 35ut- come to tfje fountain, 
 
 which is now jet open, that your Souls 
 may be fatisfied with that which is truly 
 good: Bun &§ / how are you revolted 
 and gone backward, and not forward ! 
 £1130/ Stla0./ 1 pity you, 1 pay you :, 
 •my- Soul pitieth yon - Oh ! how are you 
 become one with them whom once you 
 tej^ifsd againfl I And thftfe things. 
 G 4 which 
 
(44) 
 
 which you once denied, how are you 
 creepwg into I For which, the Lord 
 God hath a Controverfle with you, 
 and he will plead with you , and all 
 jour talk of Ordinances will not ex- 
 cufeyou: Wherefore IRsptnt, and 
 tUttt tO tije 3L0|0 ye Rebellion Chit- 
 dren, left the Decree be fealed againfl 
 you, and the Lord fay, ToitJliaU not 
 enter into his Reft. 
 
 You have dilhonoured the Lord, 
 and betrayed your Teftimony, and- 
 are become Slaves and Bondmen to. the 
 King of Babylon, and you are under 
 the Reign of Antichrift, and Chrijt 
 the Light of the World you have rc- 
 jccled, and there's no room for him in 
 'your hearty and he doth not reign in 
 you, but Death reignech, and not 
 Life. Oh ! what a large Profeffion have 
 you made ! But how are you dry and 
 barren, as towards God ! And indeed 
 Friends, great darknefs is over you, 
 becatife of your Rebellion again!!: the 
 Light within y on, and you are dead 
 and dry as to the living Virtue and 
 Power of God ; feareh your fejves 
 
 with 
 
( 45 ) 
 
 with the Light of Jefiu Chrift, and fee 
 what you do enjoy and pop ft of that 
 which is Eternal, you that have the 
 good words, that profefs the Scrip- 
 tures of Truth *, fee what reigneth in 
 you, and what Power you are fubjetl 
 to, whether the Power of God, or the 
 Power of Darknefs : Doth not the 
 Prince of Darknefs reiga in your 
 hearts, even the God of this World ? 
 Do you not ferve him, and ferve^.- 
 ven Images, and Worfhip the Works 
 of your own hands? Verily fuch will 
 the Lord confound, that boaft them 
 felves of Idols ; for of a Truth the 
 Lord is rifen to break downer Ima- 
 ges and Likeneffes which, you have fen 
 up, even all that which you have 
 made and done, which was like unto 
 the Saints in appearance, and you not 
 in the fame Power, nor in, reality 
 what you feemed to be v but Deceit 
 and Hypocrifie hath lodged under 
 your fkir [hews, and glorious* out-fides \ 
 and this hath been very loathfom.ajld 
 abominable in the fight of God v who> 
 G 5 ha tli 
 
( ^ ) 
 
 fftli been provoked to anger becaufe 
 of thefe things 
 
 Therefore RXot&t ye Sluggards and 
 car clefs ones, who ileep'and are at eafe 
 in the Flefli \ jfOJ tfje 2Dag of tlj& 
 %Olb id COUie, and your Fields are 
 overgrown with weeds, and your ground 
 doth bring forth Briars and Thorns ', 
 tor indeed it was never yet truly bro- 
 ken up, but you are ft iff and hard, and 
 a TgantWCfc mull ye know, ye Rocks 
 and Mountains, to break yon, and to 
 Patter yen, and your high Buildings 
 miift be thrown down ; and this fhall 
 you know to be true unto you, if you 
 receive it, do. 
 
 Wherefore all you that deflre after 
 the Lord, and thirft after him, flight 
 not the Call of God, nor reject the gen- 
 tle drawings cf his good Spirit ; receive 
 his Love, and come to the Fathers Houfe, 
 where there is Bread e?tough, and full 
 fatisfaElion ; reft not in outward, thingt, 
 neither look at thofe things that are 
 fiehj for they are Carnal, and do not 
 fatisfie the Immortal Soul, and there 
 she Enemy keepeth many in outward 
 
 things-,, 
 
(47 ) 
 
 things, crying up outward things, but 
 Hiil he keeps pofleflion within, and 
 rules in their hearts : And I believe 
 and know he hath thus deceived ma- 
 ny, keeping them in outward things^., 
 and only in. the profeflion of the 
 Scriptures ; for* that doth him no hurty 
 neither is it any way deftrudive to his 
 Kingdom, to profefs the Scriptures and 
 Ordinances, and he can bear with this r 
 But to fpeak of turning to the Light, 
 and waiting in thefdence of all Flefo, to 
 feel the Power of God within, to- give 
 victory over Sin, * and to d'tflroy 
 and make free from that now, while 
 we are here upon the Earth, this 
 makes him rage and cry cut, Oh! you 
 deny the Ordinances, and you deny the 
 means, and perfwade People they can 
 never be free while they are here ufmt 
 the Earth, and cry, it is impojfible, we 
 mult not expect, it, but you mult keep 
 the Ordinances, and life the means - 7 
 and fohe is now come co tell of Or- 
 dinances,, and Commands., and Duties^ 
 and fuck things, but would IT ill rule 
 ia the heart, and be exalted hi the 
 
 Tern-plc 
 
(48) 
 
 Temple of God, as God, above all 
 that is called God. 
 
 And to fpeak of Chrift tof tfjf tt, to 
 rule in t§t gtavt, this he cannot 
 endure to hear tell of, rior to hear of 
 the Light of Chrift fcrtttjttt, for that 
 makes him manifeft,* and by that 
 People come to fee hk fubtiky $ and 
 unto that People muft come, and in 
 the Light of Chrift within you mull 
 believe, and wait to feel the Power 
 of God, which will cut down Sin in 
 
 . and deftroy the Devil's Works, 
 and break dowtf his Kingdom, that 
 you may come to know Chrift to 
 ri'rgrty to be your Leader and Com- 
 mxpder \ for fuch as talk of Ordinances 
 and Commands, which they read of in 
 the Scriptures of Truth, and go about 
 to practice the fame in their own wills, 
 and know not the Spirit of Truth to 
 lead them therein, the Lord hath no 
 refpeft to it, but they are deceived : 
 And therefore they that come to 
 know the Commands of God, mult 
 know his Spirit, or elfe they do not 
 know what he commands or requireth 
 ~ ~ of 
 
(49) 
 
 of them, but may do, and do that 
 which he never required or com- 
 manded them j and unto fuch will the 
 Lord fay, as he onee faid unto a Peo- 
 ple, when* ye come to appear before 
 ITle, Who hath required thefe things at 
 your hands I 
 
 And now the Lord Jefiu Chrifi- h 
 come to be the &ittg, Captain, 
 meatier and COnunanDer of his Peo- 
 ple in the Spirit, and the Lord is ful- 
 filling his Promtfe fpoken of by the 
 Prophet, faying, / have given him for 
 
 a aaiitnefo, a Eea&eu, and com* 
 
 llianOCt to the People, and to be Salva- 
 tion to the ends of the Earth; a C0D£- 
 fiant to the People, a Sltgljt to the Gen- 
 tiles, to open the Eyes oj the Blind, and 
 to bring the Prifoner oat of the Prifon* 
 Hohfc. 
 
 And now all that come to- know 
 
 Salvation, muft know Chrifi Jefus to be 
 their Leader and Commander ; and this 
 is the reafon why People have nod 
 known fat is f aft ion, becaufe they have 
 had (and have followed) another Lea- 
 Air, and have been under the Com- 
 mand 
 
mand of another, and have been un- 
 der the Reign of Antlcbnft, and the 
 Prince of Darknefs hath been their 
 Leader, and he hath reigned in them, 
 and led them, into Wieke*dnefs and 
 Ungodlinefs, and all the Works of 
 Darknefs \ for if Wickednefs is brought 
 forth anda&ed, that is followed which 
 leads thereunto, and then that reigns •, 
 for that Power which a Alan folio w- 
 eth, or is fub/eft to, that r,eigneth 
 over him, whether it be the Power of 
 God, or the Power of Darknefs ;. And 
 
 this is my Teftimony unto all People, 
 that live in Sin and Tranfgrejfion, and 
 are not changed by the Power of God, 
 and born again, they are under the 
 Reign of Antichrifi, and Chrift doth 
 not reign in them, but Death arid the 
 Power of Darknefs reigns, though 
 they may profefs Chrift, and talk of 
 Ordinances, and fay they are Chrift ims 7 
 and talk of the Reign of Chrift. 
 
 Wherefore all People everywhere, 
 who profefs Jefns Chrift, under whats 
 Name foever you be, ferioufly confi- 
 der^ and fee what reigns in yen, and 
 
 whax 
 
(50 
 
 what leads and commands you, all you 
 that live in Sin and Wickednefs, Deceit 
 and Hypocrifie, Double- dealing, Lying, 
 Swearing, Drunkennefs, Pride and Cove- 
 toufnefs, and fnch like, you know not 
 Cbrift's Reign, and he is not your Lea- 
 der ; for they whom he leads, are 
 led into Truth and Right eoufnefs, and 
 out of all wickednefs *, and fuch know 
 him to reign, and he is their King 
 and Commander, who is &fng of 
 Cities, andHCttl of Hci&tf .; whofe 
 Kingdom is an ever lading Kingdom, and 
 his Dominion endureth throughout 
 a-H Generations ; who will break down 
 the Kingdom of Antichrifl, and put 
 down fto Rule and Authority which 
 the Prince of Darknefs hath had in 
 the Hearts of Men \ Chrifl deftroys 
 that, and fubdues his Enemies that 
 would not that he fhou.ld reign; and 
 who come to know this, they may 
 fay as one fa id once, The Lord Reigns^ 
 let the Earth r e Joyce \ (Mark) tf}$ 
 H0$ IRet'ettSS \ What I Did the Lord 
 Reign then while they were upon the 
 Earth ? Yes, while they were upon 
 
 the 
 
(•SO 
 
 the Earth, and the Saints rejoyeed, 
 . while they were upon the Earth, and 
 on this fide the Grave, the Power of 
 God reigned,, and Life Eternal reigned 
 in them, over Death, and that was 
 fwallowed up of Life, and Darknefs 
 was palled away, and Sin was blotted 
 out, and herein they rejoyced ; for 
 there is none that can truly rejoyce 
 while the Devil and Sin Reigns-, for 
 when the Wicked bear Rule, the Land 
 mourns ; then is the time of mourn- 
 ing, though indeed many do rejoyce 
 and tike pleafure in Wickednefs and 
 Vnnghteoufnefs ; but that is not the 
 true joy, for the end of that is mourn- 
 ing, lamentation and forroxo ; and that 
 joy is not everlafting ', and they that 
 come to know Jefus Chrift to reign in 
 their hearts, they know the true rejoy- 
 cing, which is hi the Truth, and in 
 the Lord the righteous rejoyce. But 
 ala£! many are rejoycing in the Flefr, 
 and in Wickednefs, whofejoy will be 
 turned into heavinefs, who are under 
 the Reign of Antichrifl, and are ruled 
 and governed by the. Prince of Bark- 
 
 nefs, 
 
(5?) 
 
 ftefjj whofe Government and King- 
 dom God will overthrow. 
 
 And oh ! what a great profeffion is 
 in this Nation ! And how many do 
 take the pure Name of God and Chrift 
 in their mouths, and talk of Miniftry^ 
 Churchy Ordinances, Commands and Du- 
 ties, and yet hate to be reformed, and 
 are under, the reign of jintkhriftj 
 and the Prince of Darhnefs ruleth in 
 their Hearts, and Wkkednefs is 
 brought forth abundantly in this Na- 
 tion, as Envy, Cruelty, Deceit and Hy- 
 pocrijie, Treachery and Double-minded" 
 nefs, and Falfe-heartejnefs } this is (hen 
 amongftthem} and I fay, theyrejoyce 
 in Wkkednefs, and not in the Truth, 
 which makes free from fuch things ^ 
 • and cry out, They (hall never be free % 
 nor overcome, while they are here upon 
 the Banh, and fo take liberty to do 
 wickedly as long as they live', and upon 
 fuch will the vengeance of God come, 
 and the Vials of his Wrath be pou- 
 red out, notwithftanding their cry- 
 ing up Ordinances, Commands and Du- 
 ties, that will not hide them (in the 
 
 dreadful 
 
' 54) 
 
 dreadful day of the Lord) from Re- 
 bellion agaiaft God, who know not 
 Chrifl the Light of the World to 
 command, lead and guide, them , but his 
 Light they hate and rebel againft, and 
 that doth not rule them, and he doth 
 sot reign in them, and fuch will ne- 
 ver know Chrifl: reign to their joy, 
 comfort, fence and fatisfa&ion, who 
 will not have him to reign In tljettV 
 and to rule in tXfi Ijfcafct, whofe 
 right it is, though the Devil hath ru- 
 led in the hearts of the fins of Men (incc 
 tranfgre$on r in the Children of Diftn 
 bedience , but now are People co- 
 ming to that which was before tranf- 
 greffion, which leadeth out of tranf- 
 greffion, and deftroyeth the Devil's 
 Kingdom \ and now Chrifl u come, to 
 reign, and the Lord God hath decreed 
 to exalt him, even his Son, to be Itt'flg, 
 
 comman&et, %wbtx and &aftgi- 
 
 htt to his People, and he (hall reign 
 for ever \ and he is OUt ^tttfj whom 
 we Proclaim and Declare for to the 
 Nations, who will rule them with a Rod 
 of Iron 3 and breake them in pieces like a 
 
 Potters 
 
(55) 
 
 .. Potters Veffel, that would not that he 
 fhould reign over them, or itt t{)Cttt, 
 whom Cod hath highly exalted^ and gi- 
 ven a Name above every Name, and to 
 him muft the Heathen bow, 1&tttg$5and 
 $?ftlCe<$ muft bow, 3u&6fc$ ^nd jj>0- 
 blt& muft bow, and kifs the Son, left he 
 be angry, and they perijh from the way of 
 peace, when his wrath is kindled bat a 
 little, Blcffed are all they that put their 
 truft in him ; for he is come to reign, 
 and to take the Kingdom to himfelf 
 (as it is faid in the Scriptures,) and to 
 break down the Kingdom' of Anti- 
 thrift, and the Throne of the Devil^ 
 and to puE down his Rule and Autho- 
 rity which he hath had over People, 
 and in them, who hath been exalted as 
 God and King in the Temple of God r 
 over that of God, and hath had the 
 (way, and the whole Dominion, and 
 would keep it •, and are not many- 
 even content to be fubjed to him, and 
 ro have him to reign, and have Do- 
 minion in, and over them, as long as 
 they live? And do they not in effect 
 fay fo, who fay, It is impoffible that 
 
 ever 
 
 
ever they fkauld he ^ree in thk life, or 
 Overcome )7 ?, and he made free from it 
 while they arc upon the Earth, on this 
 fide the Gra c ? and, this is the cry 
 among People: Now the Saints who 
 were ianftified ,>y C^nit Jefus, they 
 had overcome the Wicked one,, as 
 John faith, I write unto yon young men, 
 becaufe ye are firong, and the Word of 
 God abideth ftl p0U> and you have 
 OtfeSCQme the wicked one : Now they 
 that know the Word of God abiding 
 in them, they overcome the wicked one, 
 or the Word overcomes, and gives them 
 victory over the Wicked one, and de- 
 ftroys his Works, and burns up that 
 which is contrary *, for the Word of 
 God is as a fire, which did abide in 
 the Saints, the Word was in them, 
 through which they did overcome \ 
 and greater was he that was \Xi tl)£Ut, 
 then he that was in the World ; and they 
 that have overcome the Wicked one, 
 the Devil, who is the Author of 
 Wickednefs and Sin, they have, and 
 do overcome Sin; for ail Sin is cf the 
 Devil, the wicked one, who abode net 
 
 in 
 
(57) 
 
 in the truth, which the Saints (who 
 ~ had the Word of God in them) did 
 overcome - 7 and they did not fay, It 
 was impofible to overcome^ and be made 
 free while they were up on the Earth } but 
 it was that which they did wait for, 
 aad alfo did attain to, through the 
 power of the Lord } and the fame is 
 to be waked for, and attained to in 
 this our Age*, For the Arm of the Lord 
 is not fljortned? bin he is able to fave to 
 the utmofl all them that do believe in him 5 
 but the unbeliever ^ and the difobedient 
 fhall be fhut Out in utter darknefs. 
 
 And therefore all People mould 
 -wait to feel and to know the Word 
 of God In ttjttU, to change them, 
 and, to deftroy Sin in them^ and to 
 give them victory over the Devil's 
 Power, which hath ruled and reigned 
 in them, that they may come to know 
 Chrifl the Power and Life of God to 
 reign in them, and to govern them : 
 ► But People would reign with Chrifl:, 
 and live with him after death (as they 
 fay) when they can Sin no longer, 
 and do Wickednefs no longer, then 
 
 they 
 
(5**) 
 
 they would reign with Chrift, but 
 plead for Sin, and fay, they can never be 
 free from it while they are here, and 
 would be under the reign of Ami- 
 chrift) under the Devil's Power fo 
 long as they live upon the Earth, and 
 then after Death they would live with 
 Chrift, and reign with him. 
 
 But this I teftifie unto all People in 
 the Fear of the Lord, and by his Eter- 
 nal Spirit do fay, you mult wait to 
 know Chrift to reign ttl poi!,f 11 P0US 
 1jtfttt$, elfe you can never reign and 
 live with him j and where he is you 
 cannot come, (except I fay, you are 
 changed by him, and he lives in pou) 
 but will go into mifery and forrow 
 for ever ; and you muft feel him fo 
 made manifeft in pott, as to deftroy 
 the Works of the Devil, and he de- 
 firoyeth Death 7 and him that hath the -pow- 
 er of Deaths which is the Bevil , and 
 binds the ftrong Man, and cafts him 
 out, and fpoils his goods which hath 
 been laid up, and gathered- in fince 
 tranfgreflion 7 and by the power of 
 Chrift (the ftronger than he) muft 
 
 you 
 
(<9) 
 
 you come to be cleanfed and redeemed 
 out of Sin and Tranfgreffion, up to 
 God, who is pure } and fuch fhall 
 come to Sion with ^atlgg tit %t\\Xst' 
 
 ranee, and euctlafitng 3op upon 
 
 their Heads, who are redeemed out of 
 Sin and Iniquity, and thefe know the 
 Lord to reign, and praife him, and 
 the joy is upon their heads } and thefe 
 fhall reign with Chrift for ever, who. 
 are redeemed by him, and have fur- 
 feted with him, and followed him in 
 the Regeneration, and are brought 
 from under the Reign and Power of 
 Amichrift^ by the"power ofjefus Chrift 
 the Light of the World, in whom 
 they have believed, and owned to be 
 their Sltttg and Cagtattt, and he is 
 the Prince of their Peace, of whom it 
 is faid, That the Government (hall be 
 upon his fhoulder, and his Name fhall 
 be called, Wonderful Counfellor, the 
 Mighty God , the Ever I a fling hither , the 
 Prince of Peace , of the encreafe of his 
 Government and Peace there (ball be 
 no end, upon the Throne of David, 
 and upon his Kingdom, to order it, 
 
 and 
 
and to eftablifh it with Judgment and 
 with Juftice, from henceforth, even 
 forever, 
 
 .Wherefore all People be awaken* d y 
 and fee what reigns in you, and what 
 Government you are under, whether 
 the Government of Cbrifi, or of A$- 
 ticbrifti one of thefe are you under, 
 and either Chrift reigns in you, or the 
 Devil, (and in all the Sons of Men up- 
 on the face of the whole Earth) and if 
 Chrift reigneth, then Love, Joy, Peace, 
 Meeknefs, Lovolinefs, Temperance, Pa- 
 tience, Goodnefs, Chaftity, Sobernefs and 
 Vprigbtnefs is brought, forth ; but if 
 Envy, Pride, Oppreffion, Covet oh fnefs, 
 Lying, Swearing, Drunkennefs, Deceit 
 and Hypocrifie, Double-dealing and Falfe- 
 heartednefs, if thefe things, and fucli 
 like, are brought forth, then certain- 
 ly the Devil reigneth and ruleth -, for 
 that Spirit or Power which you fol- 
 low, and, are led by, and arc fubjed 
 to, that reigneth : Now if you are 
 led by the Spirit of Truth, then Truth 
 and Righteoufnefs reigneth ; but if 
 you are led by, and follow that Spirit 
 
 that 
 
(6i ) 
 
 that leads into Wickednefs, then the 
 Devil and Unrighteoufnefs reigneth- 
 in you, and thofe afore-mentioned are 
 the Works and Fruits of thefe two 
 Spirits, which are brought forth thro' 
 a Man, according as the one or the 
 other rules in him -, and as he is led 
 by, and fubjecr. to the one, he is a 
 Child of God, and an Heir of his King- 
 dom $ and if he is led by, and fubjed 
 to the other, he is not beloved of Godj, 
 but hated, and is a Child of Wrath, 
 let him profefs what he will. 
 
 And therefore you that defire after 
 the Lord, hearken to that which lets 
 you fee your States and Conditions, 
 and that is the Light of the Son of 
 God, which lets you fee the darknefs* 
 and will let you fee what hath reigned, 
 and what doth reign inyow, and in thai 
 you ought to believe, and in ic to 
 wait, that you may come to know 
 Chrifi Jefus r the Power and Life of 
 God to reign in you, and over yon, as 
 Death hath reigned over you -, fo you 
 may come to know Grace reign, thro' 
 Righteoufnefs, unto eternal Life. 
 
 D And 
 
<*2) 
 
 And all ye Vrofeffors who have got 
 the words j but without the Life and 
 Tower of Codlinefs, who talk of ''Ordi- 
 nances and Duties, I &y unto yon, All 
 this is in vain, fo long as Death reigns 
 ever yon, and fo Death may have the 
 Fame, and Death fpeaks in you, and 
 through you; and it's not a living Sa* 
 crifice that you are offering up, and 
 the Living God of Life doth not accept 
 of your dead Offerings and Sacrifices, 
 they are abomination to him, he is 
 weary with thera : All Hypocrites and 
 Diffemblcrs, whoprofefs God in words, 
 but in their worh deny him, his Wrath 
 is kindled againft them,and his Plagues 
 will be poured out upon them, they 
 have provoked the Lord to anger, and 
 he will fcatter them, and they fhall 
 iiever be gathered ; and wound them, 
 and none fhall heal them. 
 
 Be awakened all People in all Se&s 
 and Opinions •, the LORD, the Migh- 
 ty God of 'Jacob is rifen, whofe Dread 
 is gone forth, and he will reign, let 
 the People tremble , he fitteth between 
 the CherHbims 7 let the Earth be moved ; 
 
 the 
 
(<5g ) 
 
 the Lord is great in Sion, and. he is 
 high above all People : Exalt ye the 
 Lord our God, and Worftiip at his 
 Footftool, for he is holy. 
 
 And all you that talk of the Reign 
 and Coming of Chrifl, and fay you 
 look for him to reign Perfonally up- 
 on the earth, unto you this I fay, con- 
 fider what benefit you will have by 
 him, and how you are prepared for 
 his coming \ is your part in the firft 
 Refnrrettion? Are you not worship- 
 ping the Beaft and his Image, and 
 have you not his Mark in your fore- 
 heads? Is it not he who is blefied and 
 holy, that hath his part in the firft 
 Refurrettion, that mail reign with 
 Chrift, and on fuch the fecond Death 
 &3il have no power ? Doth not Death 
 reign over all, from Adam to Mofes f 
 And hath not Death power over them 
 that are in Tranfgreflion ? And arc 
 not you in Tranfgreflion ? are you re- 
 deemed out of it ? Oh Friends! 
 Confider, for trie Lord is rifen to try 
 you all r and to weigh you in an equal 
 BaUance : Is Sin deftroyed ? What reigns 
 D 2 in 
 
( <5 4 ) 
 
 in you now while you look for his 
 Reign? And do you think that Rich 
 fhall reign with Chrift, in whom Sin 
 reigns, and the Prince of Darknefs 
 bearethRule? I fay, if fuchlhall reign 
 with him, then who are they that 
 /hall not? But Friends, if ever you 
 eome to reign with Chrifi, you muft 
 know him to reign in pCMS Ijeatttf, 
 to fubdue that in you which would nott 
 have him to reign \ his Enemies muft 
 be deftroyed, and he muft reign over 
 that in yon which is againft him and 
 his Reign, which indeed is alive in 
 many \ for it is fuch that are holy, and 
 that are fantiifitd^ whofe Garments 
 are made clean in the Blood of the 
 Lamb, that fhall reign with him. 
 
 And therefore be not deceived, let 
 not your vain Hopes puff you up, for 
 you fhall not reign with Chrift be- 
 caufe you fay fo \ but fee how you 
 are prepared for his coming, left he 
 come as a Thief in the night, at una- 
 wares, and find you fleeping, and at 
 eafe in the Flefh, and give you your 
 portion with Hypocrites and Unbe- 
 lievers: 
 
lievers : If Sin reigns in you> Chrift 
 doth not reign. And this I fay unt9 
 you in the Name of the Lord •, You 
 fhall never know Chrift reign to your 
 joy and comfort, except you know 
 him reign in pOUt tjeait0 \ though 
 Chrift fhill reign for ever and ever , 
 but you will have no benefit at all by 
 his Reign, but it will be to J your 
 torment, wo and mifery, if he doth 
 not reign in POU : And how can you 
 expect to reign with Chrift, in whom 
 the Prince of Darknefs r*eigns? Do 
 you think while you are here upon 
 the Earth, to live in Sin, and in the 
 Kingdom, and tinder the Reign of 
 Antichrift-, and then after death, or 
 when you can Sin no longer, to reigm 
 with Chrift ? Oh nay ! but except 
 POU Etptnt, and turn to the Light of 
 Chrift in pOU, and in it wait to feel 
 Sin deftroyed by the power of God, 
 and that which deftroys Sin to reiga 
 in you ; your hopes and expectation, 
 and yoa will perifh together, and this- 
 fhall you know to be true. 
 
 D 3 Where- 
 
(66) 
 
 i Wherefore I fay, £toaltf, and Jleep 
 not the- jleep of Death, €Cl\\t fctuap, 
 and wander not in your imaginations ; Be 
 you ftlfyect to Chrift the Light of the 
 World, who is come to reign ; and 
 you have fa id you looked for him ; 
 but behold he is come .another way 
 than you did expeft him , his appear- 
 ance is itrftltfn, and you have been 
 gazing iMtfitmt: Oh ! tluxn *tt*- 
 tntn itij that you may fee his ap- 
 pearance in you, who appears in terror 
 -againft the wicked, and brings a Sword 
 upon the Earth, and not Peace ; and 
 he wounds his Enemies, (not with a 
 Carnal Sword or Weapon) and flays 
 that which would nofc that Truth 
 fhould rtignrinyoH ; the enmity muft 
 be (lain, and your Carnal minds muft 
 be fubjeded ; and this muft you know, 
 before you reign with Chrift. Now 
 that which appears againft Sin and 
 imrighteoufnefs, is the appearance of 
 Chrift in yon ; and he that owneth nos 
 that, he owneth. not the appearance 
 of Chrift, neither doth he wait for 
 bis appearance^ nor can he ever know 
 
 his 
 
(«7) 
 
 fiis fecond coming to his Salvation : 
 ■So youmuft receive that, and believe 
 in it, which appears againfl: Sin in 
 yoi*\ and that is the Light by which 
 the Lord appears to the Creature ^ 
 and that is ic which may be known of 
 God, which is mamfeft in the Crea- 
 ture ♦, and none know God truly, but 
 as they receive that \ for God is 
 Light, and only in the Light is he 
 known and ken. 
 
 Therefore 1. fay unto you, Come 
 down- (ye that have been exalted) to 
 the Light which Chrift hath lighted 
 you ; -withal, which lets you fee your 
 Sins, and appears low and little in 
 you, and talk not of high things , for 
 thereby the Devil doth deceive you, 
 and keep you in the talk and expecta- 
 tion of the Reign of Chrift voithont 
 you, and all that while he keeps pof- 
 feffion within, and reigns in your hearts? 
 and will notfuffer you to own the 
 Light, which is Chrift's appearance^ 
 but tells you it's natural and created^ 
 zxi&not fuffiaent , and this is the per- 
 flation .of the Devil, the Serpent, 
 D 4 riia* 
 
<<S8 ) 
 
 that perfwades you thus; for all that 
 receive it, and believe in it, they 
 know the fufficiency of it, they know 
 it to be fufficient to lead out of Sin, 
 and to keep out of evil ways, and it 
 leads them in the way of peace: And 
 this is the effect that it hath in the Be- 
 liever, and the Unbeliever will confefs 
 it is Efficient to Condemn, to Judge, 
 and Reprove for Sin, but not to lead 
 out of it, and not to favefrom Sin, faith 
 he: I fay, the reafon is, becaufe he 
 receiveth it not,, nor believeth in it} 
 therefore he cannot fay, it faveth or 
 leadeth out of Sin, becaufe he never 
 knew it fo, but to be his Condemner 
 and Reprover \ and this efFeft it hath 
 in the Unbeliever : And fo the Devil 
 deceives thoufands, and keeps them 
 from the appearance of Chrift within, 
 to look for it without -, and fo in all 
 Ages he twined about to deceive: For 
 v/hen Chrift appeared per fonally upon 
 the Earth, then he perfwaded the 
 Jews he was not yet come, but mould 
 come in another manner, for he then 
 came contrary to their expectation •, 
 
 they 
 
they expected him to come in great 
 Pomp, and ifl fome external Glory, but 
 behold, he was laid in a Manger, and 
 there was no room for him -, and they 
 looked upon him to be fome poor 
 Man, and rejected him, and would 
 not have him to reign over them ; 
 even the Wife Men and the Rulers* 
 they flood up againlt him, for they 
 knew him not* neither did they fee 
 his Glory, who was full of Grace and 
 Truth ; they did not believe that was 
 the Mejfiahj but faid he jbouldcome. 
 
 And thus the Devil deceived then?, 
 and keeps many (till in that belief, 
 (or rather unbelief) that he is not yet 
 come : And fome he perfwades that 
 Chrift is never to be expected to ap- 
 pear more in ftich a Powerful, Mir a* 
 culom manner, as he did then ', and that 
 Revelations , t and Infpiratinns are ceafcd\ 
 and the immediate Teachings of Gad ars 
 not to be looked for now; but the Scrip- 
 ture is to be the Rule, and the Guide-; 
 and thf, Teacher, and the immediate 
 Spirit of God is not to be received now 
 by any •, but you rmift ufe the means \ 
 D c- the 
 
( ?o> 
 the means, cries he ^ and thus he de- 
 ceives many. 
 
 And I fay, others now he keeps in 
 the expectation of his appearing Per- 
 fonaily, as he did in the time of the 
 Jims outwardly, and that this is the 
 appearance which we are to wait for 
 in this Age: And thus he deceives the 
 Nations, and keeps them (till under 
 his Government, and he reigns in 
 their Hearts, and it doth him no hurt 
 at all to talk of the reign of Chrift, 
 fo long as the evil reigns in their 
 Hearts. 
 
 Now I do not m the leaft deny 
 that appearance without, and that 
 which Chrift did and fuffered *, but I 
 fay, None hath any benefit thereby, 
 but fuch as wait to feel him revealed 
 in them : And this is the appearance 
 of Chrill, which we in this our Age 
 are to wait for ; to wit, the appear- 
 ance of Chrift. in us, to defiroy Sin and 
 %)nr'fghteoitfnefs, and to work out the 
 tvil corrupt nature, and to change Aian 
 into, his own. Heavenly Image*, and all 
 f copk are to wait for this, and mull 
 
 witaefo 
 
( ?« ) 
 
 fritnefs it, or elfe they cannot inhe- 
 rit God's Kingdom \ and I fay, he is 
 revealed in many, and Revelations and. 
 Infpirations are net ceafed, but are wit- 
 netted, though the Unbeliever fee it 
 not ; and the appearance of Chrift is 
 now as powerful as ever, even to de- 
 ftroy the Devil and his Works, and to 
 beat down the Rocks and Mountains* 
 and to make the Earth to tremble, and 
 to open the eyes of the Blind, and ta 
 unftop the ears of the Deaf, and ta 
 raife the Dead to Life ; Life Immortal 
 is brought to light, and revealed a- 
 gain, and the mighty Power of the 
 Lord of Hofts is known again, which 
 will fhake the Earth, and make it bow„ 
 honoured and glorified be his Name 
 for ever : And we are come to know 
 the fulfilling of the Scriptures,, and wc 
 do not in the leaft flight or underva- 
 lue them v but we fay, the Devil hatin 
 deceived People, by keeping them m 
 the profeflion and talk of the Scrip* 
 tures, but from that which they fpeak 
 and declare of \ and he will not fuf- 
 fer People to wait fas the fulfilling 
 
 ©:f 
 
(7*) 
 
 of the Scriptures, to receive and feel 
 that in them which they fpeak of; 
 for that deflroys him and his King- 
 dom. 
 
 But now I fay, (praifcd be the 
 Lord) many are come to know thatt 
 which deflroys him, and his Kingdom 
 »nd Government *, .and are come to 
 know the fulfilling of the Scriptures, 
 and to enjoy that which they fpeak 
 of, and are come to fee him whom 
 they have deflred after, even in the 
 Night- feafon, and he is become their 
 iatisfactron, and in him is their peace, 
 who is the Prince of it} and God 
 nath fulfilled, and is fulfilling his Pro- 
 mife among them, and hath given his 
 Son to be thtir Leader and Commander , 
 who leads them into Truth and Right- 
 eoufnefs, and cut of all. Iniquity, and 
 every evil -way \ and they know the 
 Work of Righteoufnefs is Peace, and 
 the effect of it Quietnefs and j$jfu- 
 rance for ever. 
 
 Therefore all People are to wait 
 to know CHRIST JESVS to be their 
 Leader and Commander, and fuch that 
 
 he 
 
(7? J 
 
 lie leads and commands, he reignetft 
 over % and in them, and they reign with 
 him ; and they need not prefcribe, in- 
 vent, or imagine how, or when, or after 
 what manner he foall reign, or difpute 
 about that, as many do, while the 
 Devil reigns in their hearts, as I have 
 faid } and one expe&s him to reign 
 according to his imagination, and 
 another according to his, but his Ene- 
 mies are not deftroyed. 
 
 And therefore this thing all People 
 are chiefly to mind, to fearch and fee 
 what reigns in them, and what power 
 they are under, and what Sprit leads 
 them -, for if they are under the Power 
 of Darknefs, they are not in a capa- 
 city to pleafe God, whatfoever they 
 may do, perform, or praBife ; and if 
 the Spirit of God doth not lead a 
 Man, he is not a Child of God, nei- 
 ther can he pleafe him ', For they arc 
 the Sons of God that are led by his Spirit - y 
 and they thai walk in the Spirit, do not 
 fulfill the defires and Infis of the Flefh - y 
 but they are led out of the iufts, and 
 out of evil, into aH truth? and in that 
 
c 74 ) 
 
 they pleafe God, and do that which is 
 acceptable unco him, in that Spirit 
 which leads out of Sin-, and there is 
 none upon the Earth that can pleafe 
 God, ferve or worfhip him aright, 
 but as they receive that Spirit of 
 Truth, and walk in it, which doth 
 convince the World of Sin : And fo 
 all tlje many Worfhippers upon the 
 Earth who do not receive that, and 
 Worfhip in that Spirit tfcat convin- 
 ced! of Sin, and leadeth out of it into 
 all Truth, they Worfhip not the only 
 true and living Cod, but a falfe God ', 
 and they are under the Reign of An- 
 tichrift : And this is Truth as it is 
 received from the Lord, unto all 
 Men. 
 
 Wherefore all People believe in that 
 which • convinceth yon of Sin, and in it 
 wait, that you may feel the Power of 
 God to deftroy it in you, and that 
 you may come to- pleafe God, and to 
 Worfnip him aright, and that Chrift 
 the Power of God may reign in you^ 
 over that which is contrary to the 
 Lord :. And this you ought to wait 
 
 to 
 
(7?) 
 
 to know and feel in your fefoes, and 
 the Government and Rule of the Lord 
 Jefus Chrift you ought to fubmte 
 unto. 
 
 For now is the Day come, where- 
 in the God of Heaven is fettiug up 
 his Kingdom, which is everlafting, 
 and (hall never be deftroyed } and he 
 will overturn the Kingdom of Ami- 
 chnft, and Chrift ftif 11 reign in Righte- 
 oufnefs, and all that rife up againffc 
 him, (hall perifh for ever \ and all his 
 Enemies that would not have him to 
 reign over them., mult be (lain by 
 him, out of whofe mouth goeth a 
 fharp Sword, with which he will 
 finite .the Nations, and he will rute 
 them with a Rod of Iron, and he 
 treadeth the Wine-prefs of the fierce- 
 nefsand Wrath of the Almighty God > 
 who hath on his Vefture, and on hi* 
 Thigh, a Name written, King of Kings 7 
 and Lord of Lords, unto whom Kings 
 mull bow and cad down their Crowns,, 
 and he will reign whofe right it is, v 
 and blefled are they that are fubje.cl: to 
 liinij and that- wait upon him* 
 
(70 
 
 And why are the Nations troubled, 
 and why do the People fret and rage ? 
 Is it becaufe Chrift is come to reign ? 
 Would they not have him to reiga 
 over them ? Would it not be a pre- 
 cious thing to fee England's Inhabitants 
 under the Government of the Lord 
 Jefus Cbrifi ? How then would Righte- 
 oufnefs run down our Nation as a 
 mighty fir earn, and Truth and Equity 
 meet each other} and true Judgment 
 and Juftice would be fet up, and Lovt 
 and Vnity would abound, and the 
 mouth of mickednefs would be ftop'd ; 
 Cruelty, Jnjuftice and Opprejfion would 
 ceafe; Truth and Right eoufnefs would 
 be exalted, Deceit and Hypocrijie would 
 be bowed under.} and then, oh! then 
 would the Lord blefs England with aa 
 everlafting Melting, and make ic a 
 dread and terror to all Nations of the 
 Earth. 
 
 But on the contrary., Oh England! 
 if thou wilt refufe and rebel a gain ft 
 him, even againft the Lord mighty and 
 dreadful, and chufe unto thee Rulers 
 and G ovtr nowrs according to thy own 
 
 hearty 
 
(77) 
 
 heart, to opprefs the Poor and Inno- 
 cent, and afflidt bis chofen People, 
 and feek to eftablifh the Kingdom of 
 Antkbrift, and uphold the falfe Pro- 
 phets, who Preach for Hire, and Di- 
 vine for Money, which his hand is a- 
 gainfl, and againftwhom his wrath 
 is already kindled, and he hath purpo- 
 fed in his heart to confound them y and 
 make them a defolation for ever, be- 
 caufe of their Idolatries and Witchcrafts : 
 I fay from the Lord, if thou dofl fo t 
 then affuredly he will confound thee 
 with them, and dafh thee to pieces as 
 he will do them, and he will reign 
 over thee in Judgment and in fury f 
 if thou wilt not have Chrift Jefus to 
 reign in thee, to govern and rule thee 
 in Righteoufuefs: And the ftrongeft, 
 and greateft, and mightieft of Men in 
 thee will he bring down, conquer and 
 fiibdae by his Eternal Power, and 
 their Honour^ Glory and Renown will he 
 lay in the -daft, and their ftrength will 
 he trample upon, and they fhall not 
 prevail againft him, and thou fhalfc 
 know that he is high above all hisEne- 
 
 mies, 
 
(78) 
 
 mies, and the great Mountain fhall 
 become a Plain : And this will he 
 accomplifh and bring to pafs by his 
 inviiible Hand. 
 
 Wherefore Oh England! be advi- 
 fed, and eye the Lord God of Hea- 
 ven and Earth, and fay not in thy 
 heart, He feeth me not \ but wait up- 
 on him, to receive his Council } and 
 bntidftot Kp y or efiablijh that which he 
 hath determined to throw doxon, left 
 thou fall'ft totally with it, and none 
 can ever raife thee up again: For if 
 the Lord throw thee down, who- 
 then fhall build thee up ? And if he 
 wound thee, who can, heal thee ? Oh ! 
 if he be againft thee, thou art mife- 
 rable •, and if thou dofl: refufe to come 
 under his Government of Truth and 
 Righteoufnefsi J^fiice and Equity^ thou 
 canft noi be blelTed of him, but his 
 hand of Judgment will be againft 
 thee : Oh ! thou hall had many War- 
 nings, but thou hall: rebelled againft 
 the Lord, and haft not hearkned to 
 his Counfel, but flighted it \ And 
 therefore, O England, the Lord is 
 
 very 
 
(79) 
 
 very angry with thee, for thou haft 
 not prized his Mercies, neither hath 
 his Loving Kindnefs been had in re- 
 membrance by thee, but thou haft 
 forgotten this, even, days without 
 number. : Yet a Remqant there is in 
 thee, who are not guilty of thy ini- 
 quities and abominations, for God hath 
 chofen them from amongft Men, and 
 though they are a Scorn, and made a 
 reproach by the Inhabitants, and hated 
 and perfected ; yet they are dear unto 
 the Lord, and they are clear and inno- 
 cent in his fight •, for whom they have 
 born witnefs againft thy wickednefs, even 
 to thy very face, and have not loved 
 their lives unto death, but have warned 
 thee from the Lord in thy Affemblies r 
 Markets and Synagogues, in which they 
 have openly proclaimed the mighty 
 Day of the Lord, and the Kingdom 
 of God to be at hand -, and have de- 
 clared the way of Life and Salvation* 
 and happy are they that have received 
 their Teftimony, and live in that 
 which they teflifieof, and walk in the 
 Truth, which is their foundation. 
 
 And 
 
( So ) 
 
 And this People are chofen of God, 
 and he that toucheth them, toucheth 
 the Apple of his eye, and they that 
 hate thetn, and ad againil them, cer- 
 tainly cannot profper \ for the Lord 
 is with them, and on their fide, and 
 wo unto him that is againil them, or 
 that feekech their mine, or that de- 
 vifeth mifchief againft them : And 
 why are thy Inhabitants troubled at 
 them ? what hurt have they done ? or 
 who do they wrong ? do they not 
 fpeak Truth to their Neighbour, and 
 deal juftly with all Men, doing unto 
 others as they would be done unto ? 
 living and walking in the fear of 
 God, and worfliipping him in Spirit 
 and in Truth according to the Scrip- 
 tures, waiting to fee his Kingdom 
 fet up, and his Government among 
 Men, and that he may Reign and 
 Govern in and over all •, and the King- 
 dom of Jmichrift deftroyed, and Wick- 
 ednefs and all Unrighteoufnefs fub- 
 dued, that Truth and Right eoufnefs may 
 Flourifh, and that the Name of the 
 Lord may be exalted over all, fchac 
 
 he 
 
(8i ) 
 
 he may be feared, ftrved and obeyed for 
 ever \ arid this is their /ery aim, 
 and that which they wait for \ 
 and wile thou (Oh England) hate 
 them, and perfecute them for this? 
 He that doth, will have much to 
 anfwer for, and his Judgment will 
 be great, and very heavy in the 
 Day of the Lord. 
 
 And though they have been ha- 
 te d 7 perfecuted, and cruelty ufed, 
 as though they were Deceit 
 vers, Diftnrbcrsj and Hcrcticks, &c. 
 Thus they have been Charged, yet 
 1 fay, it is for Truth and Righ- 
 teoufnefs fake : For in all Ages, it 
 is true, the People of God were 
 Perfecuted by Wicked Men as De- 
 ceivers, and Heretich y and Movers 
 of Seditions, &c. and as the People 
 of God, they were never Perfe- 
 cuted : And fo it is in this our 
 Age^ the People of God who are 
 chofen and beloved of him ( the 
 defpifed People called Quakers, I 
 mean, whom the God of Heaven 
 
 hath 
 
 
(82) 
 
 hath raifed up by his Infinite Power ) 
 they (I fay) are counted, hated 
 and ferfecutcd as Deceivers and Be* 
 ceived, &c. 
 
 But this, oh ! this will not exctafe 
 the Perfecutors of the Innocent *, bus 
 it fhall appear, even to them, that 
 they have done it for Truth and 
 Righteoufnefs fake, though how 
 through Envy and Prejudice, they 
 are, ; and have been blinded, and 
 the Lord our God will reward them 
 according to their Works \ and he 
 will not forfake his Chofen People 
 that truly fear his Name, and wait 
 upon him, and patiently endure to the 
 end -j but he will caufe them to lie 
 down in Reft and Peace in himfelf 
 for ever, though they ane hated of 
 this World ; and his Arm fhall be 
 a defence about them, to preferve 
 them from the mouth of the De- 
 vourer, aid his hand fhall be a- 
 gainft their Enemies for ever, and he 
 that lifts up his hand againfl them, 
 fhall not profper. 
 
 And 
 
(8? ) 
 
 And Oh- England! it is for their 
 fakes, and for the Seeds fake in 
 thee, that the Lord overturns and 
 brings down one Tower after another , 
 and confounds Men, and dafhes ont 
 againft another } and it (hall never 
 be otherwife, 'till they ceafe to 
 afflift and opprefs the Holy Seed, and 
 let Ifrael go free to ferve and wor- 
 fhip their God according as his 
 Spirit leads them \ for he is the 
 living God? the God of Abraham^ 
 Jfaacj and Jacob, whom we ferve 
 and obey, and at whofe Word we 
 tremble •, who is God over all, and 
 doth, and bringeth to pafs what- 
 foever he will •, and it is for the 
 Seeds fake in thee, Oh England I 
 that the Lord ftayeth his Judgments 
 which hang over thee, elfe certainly 
 he would foon make thee as Sodom 
 and Gomorrah, and his heavy Judg- 
 ment would overtake thee fud- 
 denly. 
 
 Therefore once more thou art 
 Warned, beware what thou dolt 
 
 againft 
 
(8 4 ) 
 
 againfl the Seed whom. God hath 
 bleffed, and vex not the Lord by 
 oppreffing his People ; but let Juftice 
 and Mercy be fhewed to them, if thou 
 expe&s Mercy from the Lord. 
 
 Jofeph Code. 
 
 To 
 
(«S) 
 
 To J. P. Sen. J. P. Jan. and 
 
 the reft of my Country Men and 
 Neighbours about the Fleet>End, 
 of the Parifh of Mortimore ; 
 but more efpeciafly to my old Fa- 
 miliarS) T. B. R. L. and W. P. 
 yet may be ufeful to a /I, or any m 
 that Parifb, or elfewhere, who may 
 read this with Moderation, 
 
 FRIENDS, whom I have known 
 in the Days of my Vanity, 
 and had great acquaintance 
 and familiarity wich m the Years 
 pad, even in the time of my Igno- 
 rance of God, and of his Ways ; 
 and now, becaufe I have Love to 
 your immortal. Souls, and having 
 known the Terror of the Lord, be- 
 caufe of Sin and Tranfgreflion, m 
 which I lived with you in thofe days, 
 E and 
 
(86) 
 
 and knowing that you and 
 Mat a 2, 36. all Men upon Earth muft 
 come to Judgment, and 
 muft give an account of all your 
 Ways,- Words and Adions : I fay,, 
 upon thefe Confiderations I am pref- 
 fed in Spirit,in true Love to write, ? and 
 to clear my Conference unto you, 
 whether you will hear or not j yet 
 hoping you will receive it in Love, 
 and read it in Meeknefs and Mode- 
 ration. Oh! that you would hear 9 
 and that your Ears were 
 Prov. 3. 17. open to InftruBion, that 
 18. you might hear the Voice 
 
 of Wifdom, and come to 
 the Knowledge of her Ways, whofe Ways 
 are Ways of Pleafantnefs to the Vpright, 
 9 and all her Paths are 
 Afts 1 7.24. Peace, >and they that walk 
 2d. therein foaii he fafe. For 
 
 Jer. 32. 19. do not you know thafi 
 Gen. 1 8.27. there is an Infinite Eter- 
 nal God, that made you 
 and all Nations of Men upon the Earth? 
 and that he is Pure, Holy, Juft and 
 Righteous irj all his ways, and that 
 
 he 
 
( s 7 ) 
 
 he giveth to every Man according to 
 their Doings ; and that he ouglit to 
 be feared, ferved and worfhipped in 
 Spirit and Truth, by you, and all 
 People, and that for this end he crea- 
 ted you, and gives you Life and 
 Breath in this World \ and do you 
 not know? Oh! do you not know? 
 that ye are but Dull and Afhes, and 
 as Clay in the Hands of the Potter, 
 and that he can take your Breath 
 from you in a moment? Oh therefore 
 fhould you not lay this to Heart? 
 and ought you not to confider thefe 
 things, left he cut you off in your 
 Sins, and you pcrifli from the Way 
 of your Souls Peace? And have you 
 not read the Scriptures of Truth, 
 that to know this God, and Jefus 
 Chrift whom he hath 
 fent, is Life Eternal, and John 17. 3, 
 and that he is Light, ijohni.%. 
 and in him is no Dark- John 1,9. 
 nefs at all, and that (you 1 Cor. &.. 6. 
 and) all Mankind are 
 lighted by him, even with the true 
 Light of Jefus Chrift the Saviour of 
 E z the 
 
(88 ) 
 
 the Soul, and that the Light which 
 fliineth in the Heart giveth the Know- 
 ledge of the Glory of God, in the 
 Face of ■ Chrift Jefus? Now there- 
 fore I fay, you muft - receive the 
 Light, and believe in it, which God 
 hath given unto you, which will let 
 you know what Sin is, and when you 
 commit it*, and will let you fee 
 that to Lye, or to Swear, or to be 
 Drunk, or to be Wild and Wanton, 
 
 and to take God's Name 
 E(hef.$.\s. in vain, and to follow 
 
 vain Sports and Plea- 
 lures, is Sin, and not of God, but 
 of the Devil, and he is the Author 
 of it j and he that folio we th thefe 
 things, and lives in them, muft not 
 inherit the Kingdom of God ■, for 
 the Unrighteous muft not inherit, 
 as it is fa id, i Cor. 6. 
 
 Now this Light of Jefus Chrift in 
 your own Consciences will condemn 
 when ye do thofe things, and trou- 
 ble you when ye have finned, if you 
 mind it, and it will keep from go- 
 kg into the fame Evil again, which 
 
 once 
 
( % ) 
 
 once it condemned yon for ; and ycu 
 will noc Lye, nor Swear, nor be 
 Drunk, nor follow Evil Company, 
 if you love the Light of Ghriit in 
 your Conferences, but it will teach 
 you to live Soberly,' and Juftly, and 
 Righteoufly in this World \ but if 
 you hate the Light which God gives 
 you, and go on in Sin and Wicked- 
 nefs without the fear of Gcd, then 
 the Light will condemn you ^ for 
 this is the Condemnation of the 
 World (faith Chrift) that Light is 
 'come, but A'Xen love Darknefs ra- 
 ther . than the.' Light, becaufe their 
 Deeds are Evil; and he 
 that doth Evil hates the John 3. 15}, 
 Light, • and. he will not .20 
 bring his Deeds to the 
 Light, left it fhould reprove them i 
 Now therefore bring your Deeds to 
 the Light, and all your Words and 
 Ways, bring them to the Light to 
 be tried, whether they are of God, 
 or not: And you muft forfake all 
 evil Ways and Courfes, and live not 
 in any thing, or do any thing which 
 E 3 yoih 
 
(9°) 
 
 you know to be Evil •, for if you do, 
 that will be your Sin, which the 
 Lord will charge upon you in ' the 
 Day of Account, and for which he 
 may juftly condemn you^ and not 
 becaufe. you did not know what was 
 Evil, but becaufe you did know the 
 Evil, and did not depart from it, 
 and fo you fin againft Knowledge, 
 which indeed is the Damnable Sin, 
 or the Sin unto Damnation : If you 
 know you fhould not lye, nor fwear, 
 nor be drunk, nor cozen, nor cheat, 
 nor follow vain Sports and Pleafures, 
 nor live in any evil Ways, and yet 
 do thefe things-, then you fin 
 againft your Knowledge, and aft 
 contrary to the Light which God 
 hath given you \ and becaufe of this, 
 the Judgments of God, and his 
 Plagues have come, doth and will 
 come upon Nations, Families, and 
 Perfons \ and will be more heavy up- 
 on fuch, than upon them that are 
 more ignorant-, becaufe Men have 
 a&ed contray to the Lighr of Chrift 
 in their own Confciences: But if you 
 
 love 
 
(9» ) 
 
 love that Light which convincethof Sin, 
 and wait upon the Lord, it will lead 
 you out of ic into Truth and Righte- 
 oufnefs, and give you the true Know- 
 ledge of the Lord God and his Way, 
 and this is Life Eternal : And as you 
 corne to depart from Sin, and die 
 unto it, you will have the Saving- 
 Knowledge of God revealed in you, 
 <and you will receive Power over 
 Corruption, and over 
 the Temptations of the Lake 12. 4. 
 Devil } and the Power 
 of the Lord muft change you, and 
 work out the firfl evil Nature and 
 Sin, elfe you are not Chriftians in- 
 deed, nor Heirs of God's Kingdom, 
 except you be firft 
 changed inwardly - 7 not John 1. 12. 
 by any thing which you 
 can do or perform outwardly in your 
 own Wills, though you profefs 
 Chrift's and the Saints Words, and 
 go to Church ( as you fay ) and hear 
 Sermons, or Common-prayer j yet I 
 fay, all this is nothing as to your Sal- 
 vation, neither doth the Living God 
 E 4 accept 
 
( 9* ) 
 
 accept of it, while your Hearts are 
 not changed, and if you are not 
 changed inwardly, and changed in. 
 your Minds and AfFe&jons, and the 
 evil tufts crucified \ without this, all 
 your Performances are not available; 
 for it is not enough to go once a 
 Week to hear a Man fpeak the 
 Works of the Saints, but you muft 
 come to live in the Saints Life, and 
 not in Unrighteoufnefs all the Week, 
 or all your days : Alas Friends \ this 
 Profcffion will not fave you, neither 
 will you find Acceptance with the 
 Lord herein , for have 
 Jer. 23. 22. you not long been hear- 
 ing, but what have you 
 Profited ? May you not fay the Say- 
 ing of the Prophet is fulfilled upon 
 us y our Teachers have done us no 
 good at all, they have not turned 
 us from the Evil of our Ways, be- 
 caufe they have Run, and the Lord 
 never fent them, therefore they have 
 not Profited us at all, but our Souls 
 are yet unfatisfied, and we do not 
 yet know the Way of Peace? Such 
 
 - Teachers^ 
 
(9? ) 
 
 Teachers,, and falfe Prophets were 
 in the true Prophets days, as you 
 may read Jcr. 23. And behold I 
 have feen Rich now in this our Age, 
 and the Lord hath made me fenfibie 
 who they are, whom I, as well as 
 other People, have followed many 
 Years, and in this time of great Ig- 
 norance and Night of thick Dark- 
 nefs, looked upon to be godly Mini- 
 fl'ers, to whom much Money hath 
 been given, and yet People have not 
 received true Satisfaction : And now 
 the Lord God in his tender Love, 
 hath let me, and many more,, fee. 
 thefe Teachers, that their Souls are 
 lean, and many are even fhrved for 
 wane of the Bread of Life-, and they 
 have fpent their' Money, for that. 
 which is" not Bread, and their La- 
 bour for that which doth not fatis- 
 fie: And I have found in the Scrip- 
 tures, that it was the- 
 falfe Prophets in the Jer. 25. .2.. 
 days of old, that did 
 preach for Hire, and divine for Mo- * 
 Siey, and fought after that more than. 
 E 5. 
 
(94) 
 
 the Good of Souls, and fought for 
 their Gain from their Quarter \ they 
 had Quarters (yours have Parifhes ) 
 not the true Prophets' ( but the falfe 
 Prophets had) as I have found in 
 
 the Scriptures, and 
 Mich. $.u. thought they never had 
 
 enough, but would get 
 to that Place or Quarter where was 
 moil Money : And this the true Pro- 
 phets did cry againft, as I read, 
 Jfaiab $6. that were greedy and co- 
 vetous } and lhave confidered, whe- 
 ther thefe were falfe Prophets now 
 in our day, or not : And the Lord 
 did let me fee, that thefe are even 
 {bell as the Lord fent his Servants 
 the Prophets, to cry againft \ yea, 
 certainly I do find, and abfolutely 
 conclude by the Spirit of God, and 
 alfo according to the Scriptures, thac 
 thx^Q Pari-h-Teachers are found in 
 the very Steps of the falfe Prophets :> 
 for as I hav'efaid, who is more Co- 
 vetous than thefe Pariih ( or Quarter ) 
 Teachers, that fit in a great fine 
 Houfe, and it may be, a Hundred, or 
 
 two 
 
(95) 
 
 two Hundred Pounds a Year, as I 
 find many of them have, and h 
 may be Preach once or twice in a 
 Week, and tell what they have fhi~ 
 died, and gathered out of other 
 Mens Books, and old Authors? And 
 I cannot find that ever the Mini- 
 fies of Chrift did foj but they did 
 fpeak as the Spirit of 
 God did give them lit- Mis 2. 4. 
 terance, freely, accord- 
 ing to Chrift's Command: And ha- 
 ving compared thefe Teachers in Pa- 
 rimes with thofe that Chrift fenfc 
 forth, I do certainly "find that they 
 are Deceivers, which the Scriptures 
 do fpeak of: And there- 
 fore I have ceafed from 2 Pet. uzii 
 fuch as are not fent of 
 God, and do wholly deny them; for 
 I find than the Lord's hand is turned 
 againft them, even a- 
 gainft all fuch as cry Mich. 3. 5, 
 Peace unto People, while 
 they will put into their Mouths \ 
 but if they will not feed them with 
 Tythesj Corn, Hens, Pigs, Geefe^, 
 
 Apples 
 
(9*> 
 
 Apples, and fuch things, and 
 put into their Mouths, they will 
 make a Prey upon them, bite and de- 
 vour them, \Voolf like. 
 
 And now my Friends, and Coun- 
 try-Folfcs, and Neighbours, as God 
 hath ihewn me thefe things, and 
 thefe Falfe Teachers, it is my de- 
 fire that you may fee, and alfo deny 
 and turn from them, and may not 
 take fuch to be Miniflers of Chriit, 
 
 which he never fent, 
 Mat. 23. though they have the 
 Mat. 7. 1$. Sheeps Cloathing, yet 
 
 they are Wolves inward- 
 ly, and want the Sheeps Nature, 
 and Life and Spirit, I do find, aod 
 by their Fruits I have tried them, 
 and did know them fome Years a-go, 
 *ind by their Fruits you fhall know 
 them, as Chrifl hath faid, do you 
 \>\\t try them by their Fruits, even 
 thofe Quarter, or Parifti-Minifters, 
 and fee by the Scriptures if they have 
 not the very Marks of the falfe Pro- 
 phets, which the true Prophets and 
 
 holy 
 
(97) 
 
 holy Apoftles cried a* 
 gainft, that made Mer- 2. Pet. 2. 3^ 
 chandize of Souls for 
 difhoneft Gain, and went after the 
 Error of Balaam, feeking for Gifss 
 and Rewards j and in the Way of 
 Cawj envying, and perfecuting and 
 killing the Righteous, which I do 
 find is the Practice of thefe now, 
 to throw into Holes and Prifons 
 ( fome until Death ) becaufe for Con- 
 fcience-fake they cannot feed them 
 and put into their Mouths; and I fee 
 k is a Shame, and a Stink unto this 
 Nation, that thefe call'd Miniflers 
 fhould make fuch a Stir for their 
 Bellies, and for their own Ad- 
 vantage. 
 
 But it may be fome may objeft and 
 fay, What- is this to you, why do I 
 tell you of this, our Minifters do 
 not do fo ? 
 
 To which I Anfwer, It may be he 
 hath not been tried ; but if you do 
 try him by the Scriptures, his Do- 
 ctrine, Principles and Practice, and 
 give hjm no Tythe nor Hire, but 
 
 fee 
 
C 9» ) 
 
 fee if he will Preach freely, then 
 you may fee vyhat he is ^ and I may 
 fay more concerning him: So that I 
 fay, it will be wifdom in you to try 
 him, and as I have faid, fee what 
 you have profited by 
 IJa. 13. 6. him} are you not in 
 Chap. 3. 11. the Broad Way? Are 
 you not yet in your 
 Sins, and Strangers to the Work of 
 God? Oh confider, for the mighty 
 and terrible Day of the Lord is at hand, 
 and Woe and Mifery will come up- 
 on all the Wicked \ and the Lord 
 will wound, and none fliall heal j 
 Repent therefore and turn unto him, 
 and hafte to meet the Lord by un- 
 feigned Repentance, and 
 5W0. 16, 8. forfake your Sins, and 
 13. all unrighteous Ways 
 
 and Works, and live So- 
 berly and in the Fear of the Lord, 
 and believe in y and walk in his good 
 Spirit, which doth convince you of 
 Sin, and that will lead you into all 
 Truth, and in that to worfhip and 
 ferve the true God, for he is a„ Spi- 
 rit* 
 
(99) 
 
 rk, and in the Spirit only 
 to be worfhipped, and Gal. 6.1$. 
 not in Temples made Chap. 5. 22, 
 with Hands, as you may 19. 
 read, John 4. 23. and in 
 this Spirit you may pleafe God, and 
 do that which is acceptable unto 
 him, and he that walks in it doth not 
 fulfil the Lufts of. the Flefli, but will 
 bring forth the Fruits of the Spi- 
 rit, which is Love, Joy, Peace, Long- 
 fuffering, Meeknefs, Patience, Tem- 
 perance, Chafticy, Gentlenefs, and 
 fuch like; but the Works of the 
 Flefli is Envy, Malice, Pride, "Co ve- 
 toufnefs, Lying, Swearing, Drunk- 
 ennefs, Whoredom, Adultery,Fornica- 
 tion, llncleannefs, Murther, Hypo- 
 crifie, Double-dealing, Falfe-hearted- 
 nefs, and fuch like ; thefe are the 
 Works of the Flefh, and whofoever 
 lives in thefe things (hall not inherit 
 the Kingdom of God, Gal. 5. 2o,,n. 
 And I fay, if Men live m thefe things^ 
 Judgment and Vengance from the 
 Lord God will one Day come upon 
 them: Wherefore take warning, and 
 
 be 
 
( ieo ) 
 
 be advifed, and flight not this ( my 
 Love, and) the Day of your Vifita- 
 
 tion -j oh refufe not the 
 Heb.3.^8. Offers of the Lord's 
 
 Love, but repent: And 
 again I fay, Repent and turn unto 
 the Lord, while you have time, and 
 put it not off; but to Day if you 
 will hear his Voice, harden not yowc 
 
 Hearts, but hearken to 
 i Cor. 12.7. his Voice, even to the 
 
 Manifeflation of his 
 Light and Spirit, by which he fpeaks 
 in you, and condemns for, and calls 
 you out of Sin and TranfgreiTion, 
 and would flop, and limit, and check 
 you when you are turning into Sin-; 
 that is, the Voice of the true Pro- 
 phet, Chrift: Jefus (by his Light in 
 your Hearts) whom Mofes laid the 
 People fhould hear; and he that will 
 not hear him^ muft be cut off from 
 among the People, Bsiit. 18. There- 
 fore hearken diligently to the Voice 
 of the Lord that your Souls may live, 
 and that you may hear w T hat he fpeaks 
 in -yonj. rebel not againft him left 
 
 yon 
 
( ioi ) 
 
 you die in your Sins, and be fhuft 
 out into utter Darknefs, where is 
 Weeping, and Wailing and Gnafh- 
 ing of Teeth for ever : Oh ! I pitty 
 you, knowing your States, becaufe 
 it was once mine; and I can truly 
 mourn over you my Neighbours, the 
 People of my Native Country : Ah ! 
 how doth my Bowels yearn towards 
 you ; for God would not have you 
 perifli, but rather that you may 
 return and live : Oh ! therefore, 
 why will ye die? Why will ye 
 die, oh why will ye die and chufe 
 the way that leads to Death, ra- 
 ther than the way to Eternal Life ? 
 and rather give up your felves to 
 live in Pleafures and Delights, and 
 Vanities of this World, than in the 
 Fear of the Lord? Oh! what will 
 this advantage you? For behold, it 
 is but for a moment, and what 
 will it profrt you, if you could gain 
 the whole World, and -at laft lofe 
 your own Souls, and go to your 
 Graves in Sorrow, and end your 
 Days in Mifery ? 
 
 Oh! 
 
( 102 ) 
 
 Oh ! Friends, confider thefe things, 
 for they are of great moment, and 
 flight them not} for behold you are 
 but as Grais, and all the Glory of Man 
 as the Flower thereof, which is foon 
 cut down and withereth \ and know, 
 you are all but for a time, it foon paf- 
 feth away \ prize it (I befeech you) and 
 make good ufe of it, and feek to make 
 your Peace with God, while time is, 
 by believing in Chrift,and receiving his 
 everlafting Light, and waiting to feel 
 his quick'rting Power made manifeft 
 
 in your Hearts, to give 
 hnh i p. 24. you Vi&ory over Sin and 
 
 Unrighteoufnefs, left the 
 Lord come upon you fuddenly, and you 
 want Peace with him, and fo go into 
 everlafting Mifery and your time be 
 no more, and the things that belong 
 to your Peace, which now you may 
 have, be for ever hid from your Eyes. 
 
 I am one that wifheth you well, who 
 hath obtained Mercy of the Lord, and 
 thro' believing in his Light have recei- 
 ved the knowledge of his Way and 
 Truth j and therefore do I call unto 
 
 you 
 
( »o ? ) 
 
 you, that you alfo may partake of the 
 fame, and may now forfake that which 
 is Evil, and live in that which is Good. 
 And this is a Vifitation of Love un- 
 to all you of my Native Country, and 
 a Teftimony which fhall ftand, and 
 happy will you be if you receive it, 
 and come to walk in the Truth which 
 is tefti-fiedof, that you may be faved 
 ip the Day of the Lord. 
 
 / dm a Lover of your SohIs^ that de- 
 fir es your Eternal Goody known by 
 the Name of 
 
 JofephCoale. 
 
 Reading, the jth of the 
 zd Months 1^5. 
 
 Some 
 
Some RE A S O N S why the People 
 called Quakers do abfent from the 
 Publkk way ofWerfbip, and can- 
 
 • j not Conform thereunto^ though 
 they are expofed to great Sufferings 
 becaufe thereof. And alfo why 
 they cannot Swear at all, and whe- 
 ther it be out ofObftinacy, or Con- 
 • Jsientioufnefsy Refolved* 
 
 WE are a People that have 
 defired and diligently en- 
 quired after the true know- 
 ledge of God, and the way in which 
 he is Worfhipped, in which way we 
 defire to walk j and after much feek- 
 ing and ferious Confideration, we do 
 find and are perfwaded in our hearts 
 and Confciences : 
 
 Firftj Than God is a Spirit, aad 
 
 that his Wor/hip is Spiritual, ac- 
 
 * cording 
 
( '0;> ) 
 eording as Chrifl hath laid, Job. 4. 24." 
 and that none are true Worfhippers, 
 but fiich as Worfhip in the SpiriE 
 and in Truth. f 
 
 Secondly, That Men'-muft firft feel 
 and receive a meafure of the Spirit of 
 the Lord, before they can* come to 
 know the true way of Worfhip, 
 which is only learned in the ; Spirit, 
 Ver. 22, 23. 
 
 Thirdly, That' no Man upon the 
 Earth, can or ought to prefcribe how 
 or after what manner God Almighty 
 is to be Worfhipped, fo as to impofe 
 any practices upon Men, but is to leave 
 that to him, to direct them by -Iris 
 good Spirit in things pertaining to 
 his Worfhip, and he is to perfwade 
 them thereunto, and that they ought 
 not to be compelled or forced to the 
 true Worfhip, much lefs to that 
 which is fo juftly fufpetted by many 
 People not to be the true Way of 
 Worfhip. 
 
 And it doth appear to us that the 
 Publick way of Worfhip, or the Wor- 
 fhip of the Church of England is very 
 
 much 
 f 
 
( **$) 
 
 much different from this Spiritual 
 Worfhip, for we do fee that they 
 have not received the Spirit of Chrift, 
 which leads into all Truth j but they 
 do daily rebell and tranfgrefs againft 
 it, doing, thofe things that they fhouldi 
 not, and leaving undone thofe things 
 which they ought to do, fo that they 
 are without Spiritual Health, and thefe 
 caanot be the Spiritual Worfhippers, 
 for they that do worfhip in the Spi- 
 rit, do feel Health and Peace in it, 
 and therefore we have good reafon to 
 abfent from the publick way of Wor- 
 ship. 
 
 And becaufe that thofe that do 
 frequent that Worlhip are not born 
 again of the Spirit of Chrift, Joh. 3. 3. 
 but rrfany of them are ftill in an nn- 
 regenerate ftate, following the Plea- 
 fures and Vanities of Sin, and do 
 live in all manner of Wickednefs, as 
 Swearing,Lying,Drunkennefs, Whore- 
 dom, Malice, Coufening and Cheat- 
 ing ^ and what other Evils may be 
 mentioned* but may be found among 
 thofe Worfhippers ? and thefe are the 
 
 Works 
 
( io 7 ) 
 
 Works and Fruits of the Flefh, and 
 ^not of the Spirit of God, Gal. 5. and 
 * therefore we do abfent from that 
 Worfhip. 
 
 Befldes, they do not feek to draw 
 and win People by Love and Tender- 
 nefs, and by Example and good 
 Conver&tion, but do labour by vio- 
 lent force and compulfion to bring 
 People to their Worfhip, which the 
 true Worihippers and Chriitians ne- 
 ver did, and do Perfecute and caufe 
 fuch to Suffer, who are otherwife 
 minded, that cannot come to their 
 Church and Worfhip. according to 
 their Prefcriptions', which the true 
 Worihippers never did ^ but faid, if 
 any were otherwife minded God 
 fhould reveal the fame unto them, 
 Phil. 3. 15. and they did not by force 
 impofe their Religion upon others : 
 Hut we do believe that that way, of 
 impofing of Religion upon People, is 
 r of Antichrift, and that all that ever 
 do fo impofe are in the way of An- 
 tichrifl:, and we do and mult abfent 
 from them. 
 
 * And 
 

 ( io8 ) 
 
 And we alfo find tkeir Miniftry h 
 much different from the Miniftry of 
 the true Church of Chrift, both in 
 Call, Maintenance, Do&rineandCon- 
 verfation y for they were Minifters of 
 the Spirit, and not of the Letter, 
 2 Cor. 3. neither were they called by 
 Man, nor taught by Man the things 
 which they did Preach, neither did 
 they receive it from Man, but by the 
 Revelation of Jefus Chrift, Gal. 1. 
 and they had received his Spirit, by 
 which the. deep things of God are re- 
 vealed, 1 Cor. 2. But thefe Minifters 
 are made at Oxford, or Cambridge^ by 
 learning Natural Languages, and old 
 Books and Authors, and ferve fuch a 
 time there before they go forth, and 
 when they have attain'd that, then 
 they run when the Lord never fent 
 them; and they ufe their tongues 
 and fay he faith it, when the Lord 
 never fpoke to them, nor called them 
 forth to preach his Word, but they . 
 are made Minifters by Man, and fent 
 out by Man, and two or three hun- 
 dred Pounds a Year calls them thither, 
 
 and 
 
( 109 ) 
 
 and there they will flay for their 
 bellies, and fuch the true Prophets 
 and Servants of the Lord wicnefled 
 againft,asmaybefeen, Jfa. $6.Jer. 23. 
 Mich. 3. and the Minifters of Chrift 
 did give freely, as they had freely 
 received, according to Chrift's Com- 
 mand, Mat, 10. Bucthefe Minifters 
 receive and force Tythes from the 
 People which Chrift came to put an 
 end to. And the Apoftle faid, the 
 Priefthood being changed, there is 
 made of neceflity a change ^alfo of the 
 Law, by which Law Tythes were 
 paid, Heb. 7. which the Minifters of 
 Chrift never received, muchlefs forced 
 they People to pay them, but did 
 witnefs againft them, for they per- 
 tained only to the Priefts of the firft 
 Covenant \ and fo in their mainte- 
 nance we find them contrary to the 
 Minifters of Chrift \ and alfo they 
 differ in their Do&rine, for the Mi- 
 nifters of Chrift did preach that Peo- 
 ple might wait to receive Chrift into 
 their hearts, and that they might 
 know Chrift in them, die they were 
 F Repro- 
 
( "o) 
 
 Reprobates •, and if Chrift was in 
 them, the Body was dead becaufe of 
 Sin, and they came to be dead unto 
 Sin, and every particular Member of 
 their Church was to know the Spirit 
 of Chrift in him, and if any Maa 
 had not the Spirit of Chrift, he was 
 none of his, &c. Romans 8. But thefe 
 Minifters tell the People that they are 
 Chriltians, and the Church of Chrift, 
 though they know nothing of this in 
 them, but do live wickedly in Sia 
 and Unrighteoufnefs, and are dead to. 
 Truth, and feel nothing of the ope- 
 ration of the Spirit of Chrift in them, 
 but do ftill fin againft it, doing that 
 they mould not do, and leaving un- 
 done that which they mould do, and 
 are not faved from Sin, nor made free 
 by the Truth j and they tell them 
 they muft not expect to be free from 
 Sin, nor to know the Revelation of 
 jefus Chrift, (as former Christians 
 did) nor to know the power of God 
 to work mightily and effedually in 
 them, to deftroy the Works of the 
 Devil, while they are on this fide the 
 
 Grave, 
 
 
( III ) 
 
 Grave, and foftill keep them in blind- 
 nefs and ignorance, ever learning, 
 but ftill laden wich Sin and divers 
 Lulls, and never able to come to the 
 knowledge of the Truth which makes 
 free, as we have feen, and therefore 
 we have denied them, and we do be- 
 lieve with the Miniltersof drift that 
 the Truth makes free, and that it is 
 poflible to know Chrift fo made ma- 
 nifeft within as to deftroy the DeviFs 
 Works, and to fave from Sin, and 
 that he that is born of God Sins not ^ 
 we fay we believe that fuch a State is 
 attainable on this fide the Grave, and 
 yet w r e do acknowledge there is a 
 State the Saints knew and palled 
 through, in which if we fiiould lay 
 we have no Sin we deceive our felves, 
 and the Truth is not in us ^ but if we 
 confefs our Sins, he is faithful and 
 juft to forgive us our Sins, and to 
 clean fe us from all unrighteoufnefs; 
 and this was fpoken to little Children 
 in the Truth, that they mould not fin, 
 Jeh. 2. But there were Fathers that 
 had known the Truth, and youog 
 F 2- Mej| 
 
 
( «*) 
 
 Men that were ftrong, in whom the 
 Word of God dwelt, that had .(take 
 notice) overcome the Wicked one. 
 
 Many other things might be men- 
 tioned, but thefe may be fufficient to 
 fhew why we deny that Miniftry which 
 hath not profited the People at all, 
 and fuch as are proud and covetous, 
 as thoufands do know. 
 
 Again, we do abfent from the pub- 
 lick way of Worship becaufe of its 
 deadnefs and formality, becaufe we 
 cannot find that the immortal Souls 
 of People are refrefhed therein, nor 
 that any true and fpiritual comfort is 
 received thereby j and we do believe, 
 and upon true fearch and examination 
 do find, and alfo are perfwaded in 
 our Confciences (and that by the Spi- 
 rit of the Lord) that many of their 
 Ceremonies and Pra&ices in their 
 Wormip are but the vain Traditions 
 of Men, and no Heavenly Divine In- 
 ftitutions} and we may fay as the A- 
 poftle faid in another cafe, they do 
 not make the Comers thereunto Per- 
 fe&, if any whit the better - 7 but they 
 
 are 
 
are ft ill miferable and dead, and want 
 that which only can give life and fa* 
 tisfa&ion to the Soul $ to wit, the 
 Knowledge of Ghrift's appearance in 
 themfelves, and of his Lite and Ver- 
 tue : We might mention many Cere- 
 monies, and Practices, and fpeak par- 
 ticularly to them, but we would not 
 be too tedious. 
 
 And having fcea thefe things that 
 they wait not for, the Spirit of the 
 Lord to exercife them in their Wor- 
 flrip, that they are not born of it, 
 that they want the fruits of it, that, 
 they force and perfecute People that 
 cannot for Confcience fake conform 
 to their way of Worftiip-, that their 
 Miniftry differs from the Miniftry of 
 Chrift, in Call, Maintenance, and 
 Converfation, being in the very fame 
 fteps which thefalfe Prophets and De> 
 ceivers in the days of old were found 
 in. That their Worfhip is dead, for- 
 mal and carnal, and doth not give fa- 
 tisfa&ion to ' the Soul ■, we cannot 
 conform to it, but have denied it up- 
 on jult ground, and in Confcience to 
 . F; 3 . the 
 
( H4) 
 
 the Lord do abfent from it, and not 
 out of obftinacy, as fome would ac- 
 cufe us. 
 
 And again, we do abfent from it, 
 becaufe we have found a better way, 
 in which we can trull our Souls, and 
 do find health and peace, and fpiritual 
 comfort, and true fatisfa&ion in this 
 way in which we now walk with the 
 Lord, and do worfhip him in fpirifc 
 and truth, * and we do find his living 
 prefence in our Aflemblings together 
 in the worlhip and fervice of God, for 
 we meet together to wait upoa him, 
 and to perform holy duty to him, 
 and do fpeak as his Spirit mqveth in 
 us, and gives us utterance, and fo 
 pray in. the Spirit, and this only is 
 acceptable unto him, and this is Spi- 
 ritual worfhip, when the Spirit of th< 
 Lord exercifeth Man in the things hi 
 performeth towards God - 7 and if his 
 Spirit doth not ftir or move in u< 
 thereunto, we are filent, waiting t( 
 hear the Lord fpeaking in our Souls 
 and this is according to the Saints 
 pra&ife \ and becaufe we have found 
 
 great 
 
great peace and^ fatisfa&ion to our 
 
 Souls in this way in which we now 
 walk, we cannot deny it what ever 
 we fufFer -, and we do choofe rather to 
 obey the Lord, that we may have and 
 feel his peace in our hearts, then to 
 obey Men to avoid all flifferings. 
 
 And becaufe we would noc lofe 
 that Peace,and make Shipwrack'of our 
 Faith, we cannot conform to the 
 Publick way of Worfhip, and not oue 
 of any wilfulnefs or obftinacy ^ and 
 we do deiire to fpend our days in the 
 fear of God, and to walk in juftnefs 
 and righteoufhefs towards all Men, 
 and to do unto every Man, as we 
 would they mould do unto us, and to 
 love God with all our hearts, and our 
 Neighbours as our felves , and to a- 
 void the Sins and grofs Iniquities and 
 Abominations thas do daily abound 
 among thofe that are of the publick 
 way of Worfhip \ and we dare not 
 Riot in the day time, nor fpend our 
 precious time in Vanity, nor waft^ 
 God's good Creatures, and fpend 
 them upon the Lults, which will be 
 F 4 the 
 
( «6 ) 
 
 the caufe of God's fevere Judgments 
 to come upon Men and Nations, and 
 we cannot go with multitudes to do 
 evil, but mnft have refpect to the 
 Lord God that made us, to live unto 
 him, that we may die in his love and 
 favour, and that we may be Heirs of 
 that Kingdom which is everlafling, 
 into which the fayers Lord, Lord, 
 mull not enter, but thofe that do his 
 will; and this is that we feek, and 
 which is our only end and aim the 
 Lord knows *, and if for this we muffc 
 be hated and affli&ed we cannot help 
 it, for we mull not deny the Lord, 
 but will trull in him though we die 
 and perilh outwardly for our obedi- 
 ence tahim ^ and becaufe this is our 
 defire and refblution, we do abfent 
 from the publick way of Worfhip, 
 and cannot have fellowfhip with th< 
 unfruitful Workers and Works oi 
 Darknefs, but do rather reprov< 
 them. 
 
 jind 
 
 
( ii 7 ) 
 
 And as for our refufmg to Swear; wt 
 would have all Men to know, 
 
 That it is not out of obftinacy or* 
 wilfulnefs that we do refufe, or as 
 though we had any referve to our 
 felves, becaufe we cannot Swear Al- 
 legiance to the KING, as if we 
 would Plot or Contrive Mifchief a- 
 gainfthim : No T God knows, and his 
 People knows, and the witnefTes of 
 God in the Confciences of our very 
 Adverfaries will one day teftifie for 
 us, that this is not the caufe why 
 we refufe to Swear, but it is only and 
 fingly in pure Obedience and Confer- 
 ence to the Lord Jefus Chrift, who 
 hath faid, Swear not at all, and this is 
 his Command unto his followers; 
 though it was faid by them of old 
 time, thou (halt not forfwear thy 
 felf, but fhalt perform thine Oaths 
 unto the Lord: Tl$ey might then-.,. 
 Swear, for it was Commanded •, . buP 
 now Chrift being come, who is the 
 end of the Law, and fulfiller of it, 
 F 5 faith. 
 
 
( iiS) 
 
 faith, Swear not at all ; by which it is 
 dear that all Swearing is forbidden, 
 for the Law did forbid and prohibit 
 all vain and frivolous Swearing \ and 
 ' if thefe words of Chrifl: did reach no 
 further then to prohibit that, (as 
 fome would limit them) then Chrifl 
 Iiad only forbid that which before 
 was forbidden by the Law , but it is 
 very plain his words do extend fur- 
 ther, becaufe he repeats what before 
 was forbidden and commanded, and 
 then goes on further ^ But I fay unto 
 you Swear not at all, &c. And how 
 lie could have fpoken much fuller I 
 cannot tell : And alfo the Apoftle 
 James Preaches the fame Dodrine 
 with the fame abfolute prohibition ^ 
 But above all things my Brethren Swear 
 not, ( for it was fo positively forbid- 
 den by Chrifl:, ttiarrie put that as \l 
 were above all things) neither by Hea- 
 ven nor Earth, ( mark ) nor any other 
 Oatl^ no Oath was to be Sworn by 
 the true Chriftians who were brought 
 out of the ftrife that was among Men 
 into love, and peace, and good will 
 
 towaids 
 
 ; 
 
(up) 
 
 towards all Men : And truly it is a 
 token of darknefs and much igno- 
 rance, that any Man profeffing Chri- 
 ftianity, fhould have any word co fay 
 again ft- fuch a thing which is fo clearly 
 forbidden } and how many Chriftians 
 have fuffered fince for refufing to 
 Swear, appears by feveral Ancient 
 Hiftories} and upon the fame account 
 only do we refiife to Swear at this 
 day, having received the ChriftiaiL 
 Spirit, which in us faith Swear not •, 
 and therefore upon this general ac- 
 count we cannot Swear Allegiance to 
 the KING} but we can and have 
 proffered to promife in faith fulnefs, 
 and do defire that the fame Punifh- 
 ment may be inflided upon thofe that 
 break their Word and Promife, as on 
 them that break their Oaths. And if 
 this were taken, 'Jt would appear that 
 we make as much Confcience (and 
 more ) to keep our Promife, as any 
 Men do their Oaths, and it is to the^ 
 full as binding to us} for it is a com* 
 mon Saying among Men, -thofe that will 
 Swear, will Lye \ and many that will 
 
 now 
 
 
( 1TO > 
 
 now Swear Allegiance to the KING 
 to fave their outward Liberty, would 
 foon Swear againft him upon occa- 
 ilon *, and if it had been known that 
 ever we could Swear in any cafe flnce 
 we were a People, and would not now 
 Swear Allegiance to the KING, then 
 indeed there were great caufe of fuf- 
 picion ^ but we have always denied 
 to Swear in any Cafe fince we knew 
 the Truth, and had the Spirit of 
 Chrift to. guide us, and have differed 
 upon divers accounts in former days; 
 and therefore, in reafon and juftice we 
 ought not to fuffer in this cafe for 
 refofirig to Swear Allegiance to the 
 KING, neither ought Men to ia- 
 fnare us becaufe of the tendernefs of 
 our Confciences to the Lord } for we 
 have always defired the good and 
 ha'ppinefs of the KING, and all Men 
 in this World, and that which is to 
 tome \ and in as much as we live ta 
 , the fear of God, and peaceable, it is 
 *thac which brings honour to good 
 Government and Kings, when Sub- 
 jects do live in the fear of God, and 
 
 fuch 
 
( 121 ) 
 
 fuch as do live wickedly in ungodly 
 ways and practices, difhonour God, 
 and good Government, and KINGS 
 too: And we are for Peace, and de- 
 ny that Spirit .that would Plot or 
 Contrive Mifchief againft the KING, 
 or any Man's Perfon \ for our Prin- 
 ciple is peaceable, and leads to love 
 and good will towards all Men, which 
 is the Principle of Truth and Hone- 
 fty } as will appear when all falfefuf- 
 picions will die, and the refuge of 
 Lyes and evil Reports will be fwept 
 away. And thus we have fpoken the 
 Truth in nakednefs, defiring that it 
 may be for good unto all to whom ic 
 may come. 
 
 We are lovers of Truth and Righ- 
 teoufnefs, and every one that truly 
 defires to walk therein, in which alone 
 true Happinefs and Everlafling Peace 
 is enjoyed by all fuch as do believe 
 and walk in the Light of Righteouf- 
 nefs, which leads out- of the Evil 
 way which the Sons of Men have long$ 
 run on in, in the time of great dark- 
 nefs$ which hath overlhadowed the 
 
 Earth, 
 
 
( 122 ) 
 
 Earth, which (hall pais away, and 
 Light will (hine more and more in the 
 hearts of Men, in which all that do 
 walk (hall know the Salvation of God, 
 and partake of his Mercies and great 
 loving kindnefs, and Praife and Mag- 
 nifie his Glorious Name for ever- 
 more. 
 
 Reading-Go*/, theiidof 
 the %th M<mtb 7 1665. 
 
 yofepk Code* 
 
 A N 
 
 
A N 
 
 EPISTLE 
 
 To FRIENDS, in and 
 about DewloWj fee. 
 
 D Early Beloved Friends, whom 
 the God of Truth hath Vi- 
 fited in an acceptable time, 
 even in a Day of Salvation, and great 
 Loving-kindnefs, in which he hath 
 appeared unto you, and called you out 
 of the World, and its evil Ways and 
 Vanities $ and touched your hearts 
 with the fenfe of his Eternal Power, 
 which moitifies, and flays and buries 
 into Death all that which is not of 
 God in the Creature, which redeems 
 and brings you near unto the Lord, 
 and unites your hearts unto him • 
 
 whereby 
 
 
( 124 ) 
 
 whereby you come to witnefs Peace 
 with him, and to feel the aflurance of 
 his Love unto your Souls. Oh ! how 
 Great, how Infinite hath the Love of 
 God been in reaching forth his Arm 
 unto you ! when you were as Sheep 
 going aftray, even as others upon the 
 barren Mountains, and defolate Wil- 
 dernefs ^ where the Springs were all 
 dried up, and ye knew not your Reft- 
 ing-place, nor found not him whom 
 your Souls loved, and defired after ; 
 but he was as a Spring (hut up, and 
 a Fountain fealed, and ye knew not 
 where to go to find refrefhment to 
 your Immortal Souls ; but leannefs 
 and barrennefs your Souls were in. 
 Surely thus it was with us in days 
 paft: And now I fay (dear hearts) 
 the Lord of infinite Mercies and of 
 great Companions hath v4ficed you, 
 and reached unto you by his Ever- 
 lafling Arm, to bring you into his 
 own Fold, and. to feed you in the 
 'frefh and green Paflures, where your 
 Souls may eat abundantly, and not 
 want j becaufe he, who is the Shep- 
 herd 
 
( I*D 
 
 herd of Ifrael, who neither (lumbers 
 nor fleeps, feeds you, and takes care 
 of you. 
 
 Oh ! my Dear Friends, this is a 
 High Calling, and this is a very great 
 Love of which you have partaken : 
 Oh ! be you all mindful of it, and 
 prize it for evermore. For what 
 now remains on your parts, but that 
 ye fhould walk anfwerable unto your 
 Calling, in all faithfulnefs and dutiful 
 Obedience •, in all Meeknefs, Lowli- 
 nefs and Uprightnefs in the fear and 
 dread of his Holy Name all your days 
 in this World \ which is but your 
 reafonable Service \ that the Lord of 
 Life may take delight to dwell with 
 you for ever, and to fhower down 
 his Mercies more and more upon you \ 
 that you may always receive and feel 
 of the Morning Dew defending and 
 gently dropping down upon your Souls, 
 that ye thereby may fpring and flou- 
 rifh in the Life of Righteoufnefs, to 
 the Honour and Glory and Praife of 
 God's Eternal Name who hath called 
 you : And that you may be as Lights 
 
 in 
 
( 126) 
 
 in the World, and Patterns and good 
 Examples unto all People j that there- 
 by thofe who have deflres after the 
 Lord, may be won imto you, and m 
 that you wiil Preach * 7 for many are 
 yet to be gathered and brought into 
 this Fold, and the Lord will bring in 
 thofe fcattered Sheep that are not yec 
 of us, to lie down with us, and God 
 will arife, for his Seeds fake, and 
 work wonderfully in the Earth. 
 Wherefore be ye ( my Dear Friends ) 
 watchful and diligent, that your Gar- 
 ments may be kept clean, and wait in 
 Patience upon the Lord, that ye may 
 daily receive from him of the Bread 
 of Life which keeps alive, and frefh* 
 and nourifheth up unto Eternal Life, 
 And this alfo hath lain upon me from- 
 the Lord to you, to exhort you in 
 the fear of his Name, and with- re- 
 fpeft to his Honour, not to negled 
 the AfTembling of your feives toge- 
 ther, where and at fuch times as in 
 the Wifdom of the Lord ye mall be 
 guided. And, dear hearts, heed not 
 she Place fo much, as to enjoy God's 
 
 Blefled 
 
( **7 ) 
 
 Blefled prefence amongft you, the 
 mind being gathered in and fubje&ed 
 to the meafure of the Spirit in you ^ 
 that in it you may meet, and in it 
 you may wait and Worfhip the Fa- 
 ther •, that you may feed as Lambs to- 
 gether in the frefh Paftures, and lie 
 down together in the Love of the 
 Father, which fwallows up all the 
 contrary, and buries under and for- 
 gets that which is pall, and removes 
 and roots out, and takes away all 
 prejudice out of the Mind •, for where 
 that is, it will eat as a Canker, and 
 eat out fWlg&od in the particular, 
 and do hurfc in the general, and 
 there the Enemy gets footing, and 
 fows his Seed \ but the Love of God, 
 this binds up, and edifies and flreng- 
 thens in that which is good j this is 
 kind, and gentle, and makes fubjed. 
 So Beloved Friends, let me befeecfr 
 you in the Bowels of tender Love, 
 and in this let me be heard by you, 
 if ye love the Lord, and his Truth, 
 Peace and Comfort. Meet together 
 in the Name of the Lord, and wait 
 
 upon 
 
( 128 ) 
 
 nponhinv that you may feel him m 
 the midft of you, to be your Stay, 
 your Guide and Teacher ; and then 
 fhall you not want any good thing, 
 but God will blefs you wich an ever- 
 lafling Bleffing, and fill you with his 
 Treafure, and you will be fruitful unto 
 him in Praife and holy Thankfgiving, 
 by the Vercue of his own Life, which 
 alone Praifes him \ as is the defire of 
 my Soul, who am 
 
 Tour dear Friend and Servant ofChriJf 
 Jefns \ and yours in him 7 
 
 Newhoufe, the 7th of the 
 i&Month, 1661, 
 
 Jofeph Code, 
 
 to 
 
( 129 ) 
 
 7*0 all the Beloved Friends, 
 l and Followers of Jefw> 
 Chrifi in the Regeneration, 
 in the Counties of Devon 
 andComwallfirace Mer* 
 cy and Teace be multiplied 
 for evermore. 
 
 D Early Beloved Friends and 
 Brethren, in the Immortal 
 Relation, who are gathered 
 out of the World, and ways of Cor- 
 ruption, and are the Called, Chofen 
 and Faithful of the Lord, and do feel 
 Life and Immortality brought forth 
 to Light, through the everlafting Go- 
 fpel, and the biefled Union and Fel- 
 lowfhip thereof} unto yon all doth 
 my unfeigned Love reach, and fer- 
 vently flow from the abundance there- 
 
 of, 
 
 
( «?o ) 
 
 of, wherewith my heart is filled to- 
 wards you \ which to exprefs and 
 manifeft on this wife, may be a little 
 eafe unto me; it hath been on my 
 Spirit for fome time, becaufe the re- 
 membrance of you liveth with me, in 
 that wherein the unfpeakabie Love 
 and Goodnefs of the Lord our God is 
 partaken of and enjoyed ; and becaufe 
 of the continuance thereof unto us, 
 are our hearts filled and enlarged with 
 Love one unto another *, for it is the 
 Love of God fhed abroad in our hearts, 
 from which True Univerfal Love 
 fprings in us, unto all that are of him, 
 and that do in any meafure partake of 
 his Love } and fuch as are faithful unto 
 God in what is made manifeft, will 
 undoubtedly feel his Love, and know 
 the aboundings thereof in their own 
 hearts, and alfo the Love of all the 
 Faithful unto them ; which indeed is 
 a manifeftation that they are of God, 
 and followers of Jefus Chrifl \ and is 
 a great flrengthning and encourage- 
 ment unto every one to pei feverance 
 unto the end : And with that Love is 
 
 • my 
 
 
 
(IJI.) 
 
 my heart filled unto you all, my dear 
 and faithful Friends and brethren , 
 though I am deprived of feeing you 
 outwardly, and expreflmg u verbally 
 unto you, becaufe of the abounding 
 of the Rage and Cruelty of Wicked 
 Men againfl the Lord's Beloved Peo- 
 ple ; yet in that I fay wherein you 
 feel the Love and Peace of God, you 
 will feel the fervency and conftancy 
 of my Love unto you, even in the 
 Truth which lives for ever ^ whereby 
 the hearts of all the faithful are uni- 
 ted and knit together in an everlaft- 
 ing Bond. And, Dearly Beloved 
 Friends, who have (through Faith 
 and Obedience to the Truth, which 
 the Lord our God hath been pleafed 
 to make known among us, to the Joy 
 and Comfort and Satisfaction of our 
 Souls) felt his unfpeakable Love, and 
 Peace and Goodnefs extended unto 
 you: Oh! let the remembrance there- 
 of live in your hearts for ever, 
 whereby Safety and Prefervation is 
 experienced by every one that waits 
 upon the Lord, to be kept in an in- 
 ward 
 
( *l* ) 
 
 inward fenfe and feeling thereof} fo 
 that every one who knows the Im- 
 mortal Spring, may receive of its 
 increafe and overflowings to refrefli 
 their Souls, and fo to relieve and re- 
 pknifh them, as that they may with 
 joy and delight run the way of God's 
 Commandments, and be enabled to 
 fulfill his Will in their Day, that the 
 Eternal Crown of Life, and Inheri- 
 tance Incorruptible they may have a 
 right unto, and feel the Earneft of it 
 Sealed unto them by the Holy Spirifc 
 of Truth in their own Souls, which is 
 the certain Evidence of thefe things, 
 and the infallible Witnefs which every 
 true Believer hath in. him, which 
 beareth witnefs with their Spirits that 
 they are of God, and are his Chil- 
 dren, becaufe they are led by his Spi- 
 rit, which leads them into all Truth, 
 and out of all Falfehood and Deceit, 
 and every Evil Way, wherein many 
 are Snared, and have Erred, who have 
 not taken Counfel of the Lord's Spirit, 
 but refufed the Call thereof, and 
 would have none of its Counfel, 
 
 nor 
 
nor turn at its Reproof, but have 
 done defpite unto it, and rebelled 
 againft it, and fo come to be paft 
 feeling, and make merry over ir, 
 whofe Sorrow will come in a Day, 
 and Mifery as a Whirl- wind, and 
 Deftru&ion as an Armed Man, 
 which they (hall not flee from nor 
 efcape, becaufe they have loved Dark-, 
 nefs rather than Light, and flighted 
 and difregarded the Lord's Love. 
 - Wherefore, my dear Friends, who 
 have felt the powerful operation of 
 that Spirit, through which you have 
 felt the overcoming of Sin, and Vi- 
 ctory over Corruption in any meafure, 
 Oh ! mind its Teftimony, and take 
 good heed what it witnelTeth in you, 
 and to you, for according to its Te- 
 ftimony muft every Particular ftand 
 either Juftified or Condemned before 
 ■the Lord God, the Judge both of 
 JQuick and Dead ; and it is neither an 
 outward Conformity to a Profeflion of 
 !the blefled Truth of the Lord our 
 iGod that can juftifie, without the Evi- 
 dence and Teftimony of the Holy 
 G Spirit 
 
( 'J4) 
 
 Spirit with us, and for us ; and all 
 Appearances without this will not 
 Hand, nor endure before the Searcher 
 of Hearts, and Tryer of the Reins, 
 who is a Confuming Fire \ and this 
 is our God, with whom we have to 
 do, and whofe Love and Gbodnefs we 
 have felt *, and which every one that 
 -fincerely waits upon him will more 
 and more feel the increafe of, and the 
 juftification of his everlafting Light 
 and Spirit in their own hearts. And 
 though we are a People that are ha- 
 ted of Men, becaufewe follow Chrift, 
 and keep his Sayings, and abide in his 
 Doctrine, as in Confcienee we are 
 bound, yet we are not hated of the 
 God of Heaven, but his Love is unto 
 us, and we are a People that he hath- 
 chofen, to place his Name in, and to 
 fhew forth his Praife throughout the 
 World -, and his Glorious Power and 
 Prefence is made manifefr, and blefled 
 are you that do feel and witnefs this. 
 and that do faithfully abide in the 
 living fenfe hereof, for you undoubt- 
 edly do feel the incomes of the Love 
 
 of 
 
( "K ) 
 
 of God, and are prefer ved and kept 
 alive in your inward Man to him, and 
 do receive of the Bread of Life from 
 his hands, and do drink of the frefh 
 Streams of the River of his Mercy, 
 which makes glad the whole City of 
 our God, whereby your Souls are fa- 
 tisfied, and do feel the binding up in 
 him, who is the firfl and the laft, the 
 beginning and the end, that is with- 
 out varia blenefs, or fhadow of turn- 
 ing, the everlafting Foundation, and 
 Rock of Ages, the chief corner-ftone, 
 upon whom you build as chief*, and 
 whofoever builds not upon him as 
 Chief, even upon Chrift Jefus, the 
 everlafting Sun and Light of Righte- 
 :oufnefs, their Buildings will not en- 
 dure the Storms, nor Floods which 
 i may come to try them, but will fall 
 idown one after another, as we have 
 feen with our eyes in this Day *, and 
 the Glory of their Houfe will vanifti, 
 and that in which they have confided 
 and trufted will be as a broken Reed 
 unto them •, when you that have come 
 ithe right way ,and entred by the Door, 
 G z v/hich 
 
( I?* ) 
 
 which is the Light, .that gives the en- 
 trance into everlafling Life, and are 
 built upon the one only and fure 
 Foundation, iball be as Mount Sion 
 that cannot be moved, nor fhaken by 
 the Storms nor Floods, or Rage, or 
 Temptations of the Wicked One, but 
 in the Name and Power of the God 
 of Truth faithful to him do ftand, 
 bearing witnefs for him through all 
 Tryals and Exercifes, as having re- 
 fpedt unto him, eying his Honour and 
 Glory, and the exaltation of his Name 
 in the World, above all things, being 
 fet loofe from all things that are Mor- 
 tal, treading the Earth under your 
 feet, and Armed with the Armour of 
 Righteoufnefs, and freely given up to 
 follow the Lamb whetherfoever he' 
 goes. Oh ! my Beloved, dear Friends 
 and Brethren, with you I am one in 
 Heart, Mind and Spirit, . my Life is 
 with you; and as if prefent with 
 you. { fay go on in the Name of the 
 Lord in the way of Truth and Righte- 
 oufnefs, in Meeknefs, in Patience, in 
 Submiffion to his Will, and look nos 
 
 out 
 
C »T7 ) 
 
 out at any thing before hand, fo as to 
 trouble or cumber your minds, but 
 mind that chiefly wherein you may 
 feel the Lord God with you, and 
 know his Afliftance and prefervatiou 
 daily, and to be kept in a living fenfe 
 of his Almighty Power, which is dif- 
 fident to carry through all things ^ 
 and by which every true Believer is 
 enabled to do all things which the 
 Lord requires at their hands, and to 
 (land againfl all the wicked devifes 
 and temptations of the Adverfary, 
 who is very bufie, and will feek all 
 ways to devour and beguile you of 
 your Reward, which you will feel and 
 fee in the immortal Light, which will 
 keep every one that waits in it, arid 
 is heedful of it, clear and opea irt 
 their Minds and Under Handings, to 
 difcern him in every appearance, and 
 wherein that Power is received, which 
 he is out of, to refill and overcome 
 him, and the Power of God will be 
 known to be greater in you, than he 
 that is in the World, by whom wc 
 have been ftrengthned unto, this day, 
 G 3 and 
 
( i?S ) 
 
 and carried through many Difficul- 
 ties, and he is the fame for ever unto 
 all than wait upon him in his own 
 Light, and are conilant and faithful 
 to hinrtherein, in what is made ma- 
 nifefl, and do not go forth and wan- 
 der abroad to change their Way, 
 whereby they grow carelefs, cold or 
 Negligent, which is the ready Way 
 to Pollution and Deftru&ion, which 
 the Devil feeks to lead into all fuch 
 as decline from, and have difregard 
 unto the Light of Chrift Jefus, 
 through giving way to Temptations, 
 and fiefhly Confutations, and letting 
 in doubtings of the BlefTed Truth of 
 the Lord our God, and fo lofe their 
 Strength, and never fee that heaven- 
 ly Conqueft and Victory over Sin, 
 and the Power of Darknefs, which 
 the Diligent and Faithful do come to 
 obtain, which maketh victorious and 
 free indeed, and removes that out of 
 the way, which will let, and hath 
 hind red from that fweet Enjoyment 
 of the Love and Peace of God, which 
 the immortal Soul hath greatly long- 
 ed 
 
( w'J 
 
 ed for, and defired, above all mortal 
 Enjoyments j the removing of which, 
 through the Powerful Appearance of 
 the Truth of the Lord God in the 
 Heart, can only give Satisfaction mv- 
 to it } for which end it is made ma- 
 Bifeft, even to deftroy the Works of 
 the Devil, which all that defire after 
 the Lord mult wait for } and the 
 knowledge of this will be Life unto 
 the Dead, Joy and Comfort unto the 
 Mourner, when that which is the 
 caufe of Mourning is taken away ;. 
 then will the Song of Sion be known, 
 the Song of Deliverance, and the 
 everlafHiig Joy upon the head of the 
 Redeemed of the Lord, and the Song 
 of Mofes and the Lamb, which no 
 Man can learn, but thofethat are re- 
 deemed from the Earth, who do get 
 the Victory over the Beaft and his 
 Image, &c. And they fhall feel the 
 Aflurahce of that incorruptible In- 
 heritance, which never fades away, 
 where Life and Glory reiideth for 
 evermore •, which all that do walk 
 ia the everlajting Light, in faithful- 
 G 4 ' nefs* 
 
( H° ) 
 
 liefs and conff ancy of Mind, will grow 
 more and more into the aflurance of; 
 for aiTurance is known, in or by no 
 other thing but in that Light, whicl 
 leads out of all Darknefs, and Goi 
 ruption, in which we fee Light ; evei 
 by the Light of God mining in our 
 hearts do we fee him, who is Light, 
 and the things which are beyond the 
 World's fight or reach, who in Dark- 
 nefs do remain, hating the Light, bufi 
 thofe that love it walk in it ; 
 through which the glorious Myftery of 
 Salvation is revealed, and made known 
 in this our Day, unto the Sons of 
 Men •, Glory and Praifes for evermore 
 be unto the Lord our God. Oh! 
 Happy People who do walk therein, 
 in which all Nations that are Saved 
 mult walk, and all that will ever en- 
 joy the Love and Peace of God which 
 is without end, muft walk *, and this 
 hath 'been and is the Testimony of 
 the Spirit of Truth. Wherefore my 
 dear Friends, who are convinced 
 thereby, and truly turned in minds 
 thereuntOjeven to theLight of the ever- 
 
 lafling 
 
lafting Day, which is fprritigf, by 
 which your underllandings have been 
 opened, and the dark Clouds of the 
 long Night expelled: Oh! be mindful 
 of it, that, the Beams and Splendour 
 thereof may ihine more and more ia 
 your inward parts, whereby you may 
 be truly fenfible of your felves, and 
 know your State and Standing, and 
 what doth conduce to your Health, 
 Strength and Peace within, even as 
 truly, yea more certainly than yon. 
 know what corcduceth to your Health 
 and Strength in the outward Man ; 
 for this gives you found Judgment, 
 and a right Underflanding in thofe 
 things which concerns man's Eternal 
 •welfare, tabe able to try and judge 
 of Spirits, and things and appear- 
 ances, and fee through all covering?, 
 which is not indeed of God's Spirit of 
 Truth and Righteoufnefs } and herein 
 you will have that Knowledge, which' 
 fbands m a living experience, which 
 never puffeth up, as doth that which 
 fhnds only in Sights, and not in 
 Enjoyment, and Inward Experience^. 
 G 5 for 
 
( 142- y 
 
 for be that lives in that, which give* 
 him to fee and know, lives in that 
 where no Elevation orConcekecJnefs 
 can enter, which creeps in where the 
 Sights and Knowledge is more minded 
 than that which gives to fee and know* 
 which keeps down Low, and Meek and 
 Humble, and fiich are fit to receive 
 Counfel, and are truly fen fible of the 
 Teachings of the Lord God, as it is 
 truly fa id, the Humble the Lord 
 teacheth ^ .and he that knows this, he 
 knows indeed as he ought to know, 
 he has true laving Knowledge, which 
 is unto eveflafting Life, and wherein 
 he will feel continual fafety and pre- 
 fervation, though he is little in ap- 
 pearance,, for his Life is in that which 
 is enduring, and he fhall endure unto 
 the end ; which none can, but ftch as 
 ftd a Life in that which is without 
 end } and fnch will be, kept certain* 
 and true and upright to the end, and 
 foe linked in lading unity with the 
 Faithful and Sincere in heart, where 
 no ftrife, nor no ftraitnefs nor nar- 
 rowaefs can be fuffered, nor divi/Ion 
 
 cajj 
 
( 143 ) 
 
 can come, but Life and Truflf; Faith 
 and Patience will live and reign, and 
 Brotherly Love,fpringing from Truth 
 in the inward parts, among all the 
 Chofen of the Lord ; through which, 
 dear Friends, we (hall overcome, and 
 fee the end of all our Troubles •, for 
 though many are the Troubles of the 
 Righteous, yet the Lord delivers out 
 of them all - 7 and this hath been fulfil- 
 led, and is now fulfilling ; wherefore 
 let us lift up- our heads, for our Re- 
 deemer liveth j he that hath all Power 
 in his hand, fees and takes notice of 
 Sion's Opprefilons, and his Ears are 
 open to the cries of her- mourning, 
 who have no helper in . the Earth, nor 
 none to plead their Gaufe, but the 
 Lord alone, which he will do in the 
 Gonfciences of Men, though Cruelty 
 may be added unto Cruelty, and Af- 
 fliction to their Bonds, 'till the mea~ 
 fure of Iniquity be filled up, which? 
 hafleneth, and Storms may yeVarife^, 
 yet (hall it go well with, thofe that 
 few God, and are of a conflant Mind, . 
 following Peace and Hoiinefs* anal 
 
 walking 
 
b ( *44 ) 
 
 walking- uprightly and honeftiy be- 
 fore him and all Men, keeping in the 
 practice of Chriftianity,in thofe things 
 wherein their Teltimony for the 
 Lord, and his unchangeable Truth 
 confifteth, and which may make for 
 the Glory and Honour of his Name 
 in the World, and their own Peace 
 with him, and prefervation in his 
 Love and Favour. And if Men will 
 iiate and perfecute us for this, we 
 cannot help it, but leave the Lord to 
 plead with them, for the Innocency 
 and Righteoufnefs of our Caufe, bear- 
 ing all things with Patience and Con- 
 tent, as that which he permitteth to 
 be r and the enjoyment of his living 
 Prefence is fufRcient unto us to refrefh 
 our Sods, and to make our Hearts 
 right glad, fo. that we may walk with- 
 out wearinefs, and run without faint- 
 ing, becaufe of the renewings of 
 strength, and daily fupplies, by the 
 manifeflation of the Lord's Love and 
 Prefence amongfl: us, which all that 
 wait upon him will be fenlible of, and 
 mlX feel the hidden Venue of the 
 
 Root 
 
( M5 ) 
 
 Rood of David, fpringing up in their 
 own Souls, to nourifh them up unto 
 Eternal Life-, which will be a daily enr 
 couragement to every one to love the 
 Aflem'blies of the Righteous, and to 
 wait upon the Lord among them that 
 feek his face in Truth, and Worfhip 
 in the Spirit, and to be diligent there- 
 in, and never to decline from (or 
 grow negligent of ) that Chriftian Du- 
 ty, but be faithful and circumfpeft in 
 if, that the Power and Glory of God 
 everlafling. every one may fee filling 
 his Houfe, and may fee the Place 
 where his Honour dwelle.th, and feed 
 at his Table of the fat things, even 
 of the Heavenly Food, which will 
 nourifh their Souls, and keep them 
 alive for ever. Oh ! my dear Friends, 
 Eye hath not feen, neither hath it 
 entred into the heart of Man to con- 
 ceive, what the Lord our God' hath 
 laid up for them that love him , which 
 he is manifefting unto us by his Eter- 
 nal Spirit, which fearcheth all things, 
 yea the deep things of God , through 
 which he will Adminiiler unto every 
 
( 14* ) 
 
 ©ne, according to their Necefllty, out 
 of his own Treafury, fo that they 
 that wait upon the Lord fhall never 
 want, nor no good thing will he with- 
 hold from them that walk uprightly. 
 
 And, dear Friends, you may here- 
 by underftand that I am well, blefled 
 be the Lord, with my dear Compa- 
 nions and Fellow-Sufferers \ and nei- 
 ther Prifon-Walls, and Locks, nor 
 the Cruelty of Man can obftruft- 
 the Iflues of the Lord's Love, nor 
 the manifeftation. of his prefence, 
 which is our Joy and Comfort, and 
 carries above all Sufferings, and makes 
 Days, and Hours and Years plcafanfc 
 unto us, which pafs away as a mo- 
 ment, becaufe of the enjoyment- of, 
 and feeing Ifim, with whom a thou- 
 fand Years is but as one Day, who 
 can and doth make all things ealie unto 
 his Children, and gives ftrength. to 
 bear what he calls to, or fees meet m 
 his Infinite Wifdom to fnffer to come 
 upon us, for the Tryal of our Faith 
 and Patience, and for the Glory and 
 Exaltation of his own Name and Truth 
 
(r 4 7) 
 in the Kingdoms of this Worl3, which 
 fh3ll become the Lords and his Chrifts, 
 which the Lord will haflen and ac~ 
 complilh in his own time } and in the 
 mean time let us be Content and Pa- 
 tient, knowing that the Wrath of Man 
 works not the Righteoufnefs of God, 
 and bear all things in the Spirit of 
 Meeknefs, and Long-fufFering, which 
 will out-live all oppreflion. My dear 
 Brother and Companion in Tribula- 
 tion and in the Patience of Jefus, 
 "t. Curtis, and my two Brothers dearly 
 Salute you *, we have been kept in 
 pretty clofe in this heat of Summer, 
 but through the Love and Mercy of 
 the Lord are preferved *, though fome 
 have been Sick, and one of us died 
 lately j but however we are well fa- 
 tisfied whether to live or to die, for 
 ourCaufeis Co Good, Jufland Righ- 
 teous, and our Teflimony fo precious, 
 that we are made willing to Seal iff 
 with our deareft Lives and Blood ; 
 and if the Rage and Cruelty of W icked 
 Men do extend fo far, as to wear out 
 and confume thefe Bodies in Holes and 
 
 Deas 
 
C M8 ) 
 
 Dens of the Earth, yet will our Te- 
 ftimony Hand in Ages to come, and 
 though dying, yet fhall live in the re- 
 membrance of the faithful for ever- 
 more. So, dear Friends, receive this 
 as a manifeftation of my unfeigned 
 Brotherly Love unto you, proceeding 
 from the abundance of the Love of 
 God in my heart towards you all, 
 which even conlrrained me to expreis 
 it on this wife •, and hereby, I do dear- 
 ly Salute you all, even every Friend 
 and Family who are of the Houfhold of 
 Faith ; wifhing and heartily defiring 
 your Health, Peace and Profperity, as 
 my own Soul for ever. And remain 
 your Dearly Loviag Faithful Brother 
 in the Truth, and Companion in the 
 Kingdom and Patience of our Lord 
 Jefus Chrift, who is BlefTed for ever- 
 more. 
 
 Jofefh Coals, 
 
 prom Reading-Goal* the Place 
 
 of mj prefent Confine me nt for^ 
 
 the Tzflimoriy of a good Con- 
 
 wa, the 2*>th of the 6th 
 
 'tibnth, 1666, 
 
 
( *49 ) 
 
 An Efifile to FRIEMm 
 at Henly, and Turnel- 
 Heath in Oxfordfhire. 
 
 DEar Friends, m that Light 
 of the Son of God, in which 
 you have believed, and alio 
 in forae meafure have received Power 
 over that wherein in time paft 
 you have been held in Bondage 
 that the glorious Redemption and 
 Liberty of the Sons of God, and 
 Saints in Light, you may feel and 
 witnefs where the Yoak of Bondage, 
 and that Weight and Burthen which 
 hath opprefled the righteous Seed, 
 is taken off and removed, and the 
 Sins which have fo daily befet, to 
 be overcome; which is that blefTed 
 State of true and enduring Peace and 
 Satisfaction, which every ture Be- 
 liever is to wait for, and to pref* 
 
 after* 
 
( iS° ) 
 
 after, in that meafure of the Light 
 of Truth received, wherein that 
 State is attained unto, and which 
 leads all that do believe in it, and 
 follow it in Simplicity and Faitful- 
 nefs, into the living Experience of 
 the efFe&ual Operation of that eter- 
 nal Power, which is fufficient to do 
 this in, and for the Creature, even 
 to break all Yoaks, and to remove 
 all Weights and Burthens, and to re- 
 deem and deliver the Soul from the 
 Power of the Enemy, and to pre- 
 ferve out of all Snares and Tempta- 
 tions } through which you may with- 
 ftand and refift him in every Ap- 
 pearance } if ( I fay ) you wait there- 
 in, and keep thereunto, you will be 
 enabled thereby, and receive Strength 
 therefrom (which will never fail 
 you ) to ftand again!!, your greateffc 
 Enemies, which is that of a Man's 
 own Houfe, which lies nearer, and 
 is more dangerous than all Enemies 
 without, to betray and draw afide, 
 if there be not a diligent waiting in 
 *ha& blefled Light, which makes him 
 
 manifslr, 
 
( MO 
 
 manifeit, and difcovers his Devices^ 
 and in which the Creature may fee 
 all his Transformings, and feel and 
 receive Strength to overcome him, 
 even in that which he is out of, 
 and in which he cannot come, be- 
 caufe Darknefs is his Dwelling-place, 
 and out of the Light he is fhut, and 
 in it he cannot appear, but his 
 Works by it are manifefled, which 
 are in the Dark, and in the Night, 
 where Men fee not the Light of Life; 
 for his Ways are in the Darknefs, 
 which the Light of the everlafting 
 Day doth teach to find out; and all 
 fuch as follow him in his Ways of 
 Darknefs, do wander, and are the 
 Children of Darknefs, and k is their 
 Dwelling-place, where the Habitati- 
 on of Cruelty is, and the Neft of 
 the Fowls of the Air. But you, 
 oh my Friends ! who alfo were fbme- 
 times in Darknefs, and wandring in 
 the crooked Ways thereof, where 
 your Souls had no true reft^ the 
 Light of the Morning is fprung up, 
 unto you, in whofe Hearts the Day- 
 Star 
 
( 152 ) 
 
 Star is rifen, and the Darkness is 
 now paffing away, and will pafs 
 away more and more, if in the Light 
 you wait, in which you will fee 
 more Light, which will draw you 
 more and more into the Enjoy- 
 ment of the Love and Peace of God, 
 and into Fellowfhip and Union with 
 him, and into the Knowledge of the 
 Vertue of the precious Blood of Je- 
 fus Chrift, which doth really and truly 
 cleanfe and wafh away all Sin and 
 Uncleannels \ which is a Myftery to 
 all the Children of Darknefs, and can 
 never be known, nor feen by any, 
 but fuch as walk in the Light ; and 
 fuch as believe in it, and witnefs a 
 Cleaning by it, do mod truly know 
 it ^ and no Man doth truly know it 7 
 that is not warned by it. 
 
 Wherefore, dear Friends, in that 
 which you have received of the 
 Lord, wait and keep to it, and be 
 faithful unto him therein, according 
 to what is manifefted unto you by 
 his Divine Light, fo will you en- 
 creafe with the Encreafe of God, 
 
 and 
 
and grow into the Knowledge of 
 the hidden Myfteries of his Kingdom, 
 which are revealed only by the Spi- 
 rit, to the Babe or Birth which is 
 begotten and born of the Spirit, 
 which fucketh and receiveth ks nou- 
 rishment at the Breaft of Confolation, 
 and lives by vertue of that Life, 
 and which can read the Myiteries of 
 God's Kingdom, which the Wit or 
 Wifdom of Man cannot comprehend 
 nor reach unto, but comes fhort of, 
 and is fhut out, in all his Reachings, 
 Strivings and Imaginations, by which 
 he plunges his Soul into a Gulf of 
 Trouble, and in the end lies down 
 in Sorrow, and periihes for want of 
 that which is the daily Bread of the 
 begotten Son of God, that waits to 
 receive its Food and Nourilhment 
 from his hand, and dependeth and 
 relyeth only upon what comes from 
 him. 
 
 And therefore Friends, who are 
 begotten by the living Word, into 
 a Spiritual Senfe and Feeling ofthefe 
 things, mind what is your Nourilh- 
 ment, 
 
OS4) 
 
 ment, and what feeds the Lord's Be- 
 gotten, and wait to receive from his 
 hand, that you may know and wit- 
 nefs the Renewings of Strength, and 
 the living Refrefhment, which will 
 fupport you, and keep that alive in 
 you, and you in that, which the Lord 
 hath begotten in you, that you may 
 live to him by the vertue of his 
 Life, in his Fear, and ferve him in 
 Faithfulnefs in your Generation, that 
 his Power and Prefence you may 
 feel with you, through which you 
 will feel preservation unto the end, 
 and be upheld through all Tryals 
 and Sufferings you may meet with 
 in this World, and out of all the 
 Temptations of the Enemy of your 
 Souls ^ fo that the Spirit of the 
 World fhall not overcome nor be- 
 guile you, nor the love of other 
 things draw away your Hearts and 
 Minds from the Love of the Truth, 
 nor deaden you in your Affedtions 
 and Defires, from a conftant continu- 
 ance in the Obedience thereof, but 
 you will feel a daily Engagement up- 
 on 
 
(MO 
 
 on you, and in your Hearts to per- 
 fevere therein } and as you waie up 
 on the Lord, the glorious Light and 
 Truth will mine upon you, and in 
 your Hearts, and Showers of Merey, 
 the early and latter Rain will fall 
 plentifully upon you, and there will 
 be no Drought in your Land, nor Bar- 
 rennefs, nor Emptinefs in your Fields 9 
 but you will be Fruitful as a water- 
 ed Garden, to the Honour and Glo- 
 ry of the Name of the Lord for 
 evermore. My Love in the Lord is 
 with you, though I am deprived of 
 feeing you, who am your dear Friend 
 in the Lord's living and everlafting 
 Truth ; 
 
 Jofeph Coale. 
 
 Reading the 1 4th of 
 the 3d Month, 
 1 66 j. 
 
 For 
 
(*M«> 
 
 For FRIENDS inTie- 
 
 vonfhire r and Cornwall. 
 
 D Early and everlaftingly be- 
 loved Friends, who are of 
 the true Fold, and of a 
 right Spirit, truly begotten by the 
 immortal Word of God into a live- 
 ly ^nkj gathered out of the World, 
 by the wonderful Power and mighty 
 Arm of the Lord, who hath ap- 
 peared unto you in an acceptable 
 time*, my Love unfeigned to you all, 
 from the leaft to the greateft truly 
 reacheth, and freely fioweth, as a 
 frefh full over-flowing Fountain*, 
 even fo is my Heart and Soul towards 
 you, who dwell, and are fealed in 
 my Remembrance *, and as a living 
 Teftimony thereof, in vifible Cha- 
 racters 1 fend this unto you, by which 
 I do mofl dearly and heartily falute 
 
 you 
 
 
(157) 
 
 you all in the Truth, which you re- 
 ceived in the beginning, in which we 
 have feit of the abundance of Life 
 and Peace, which the Lord our God 
 adminiftreth, out of his infinite ful- 
 ne(s, to thofe that wait upon him, 
 land walk with him therein, with an 
 upright Heart, and a conftant Mind, 
 who are conftant and true to that 
 which they have received, aad hold 
 (that faft^ unto you the Truth is pre- 
 cious, and I teftifie unto you, the 
 Lord is not wanting, his Love is 
 to you, and his Care is over you, 
 and his Arm will preferve you, and 
 his Goodnefs, and infinite Mercy, 
 and loving kindnefs continue with 
 you, who continue faithful unto him, 
 and your Keeper and Upholder is the 
 Holy one of Jjrael, who neither (lum- 
 bers nor (leeps, who will defend you 
 agairift all dark Powers, and give you 
 Strength and Courage to (land againft 
 all Enemies ; fo that you need not to 
 fear, though but a little Flock, nor 
 to bedifmayed, for the Lord is with 
 you, who hath all Power with him, 
 H who 
 
< i.5« ) 
 
 t$io is all fufficient, and nothing is too 
 1/ard for him, nor impoflible with 
 him, which I doubt not but you have 
 had full experience of, who have 
 known him, and his goings forth, and 
 his mighty Arm, that delivers and 
 faves to the utmolt. 
 
 And unto you, ray dear Friends, 
 Brethren and Sifters, it is 'in my heart 
 to write this Word of Exhortation : 
 Oh ! be mindful of that Infinite Arm 
 that hath faved you, and wrought 
 great things for you, which you could 
 not do for your felves-, for when 
 there was none to help, nor no De- 
 liverer in the Earth, the Arm of the 
 Lord was awakened and manifeft, 
 which brought Deliverance and Sal- 
 vation, and cut Rahab, and wounded, 
 the Dragon ; it weakend the Dragon's 
 Power, and chained him. Oh Friends ! 
 this was the Lord's doing, let It be 
 ever marvelous in our eyes •, for as 
 one faith in a certain place, /peaking 
 concerning the Wonderful Works of 
 the Lord, and of the Deliverauces 
 which he wrought for his People in 
 
 the 
 
059) 
 
 the days of old, though it was much 
 outward, yet it is true inward j for, 
 faith he, they got not the Land in 
 their pofleffion by their own Sword, 
 neither did their own Arm fave them, 
 but thy right Hand, and thy Arm, and 
 the light of thy Countenance, becaufe 
 thou hadft a favour unto them ; for I 
 will not truft ill my Bow, neither 
 fhall my Sword fave me, but thou haft 
 faved us from our Enemies, and haft 
 put them to (hame that hated us ^ in 
 God we boafl all the day long, and 
 praife his Name for ever* And this 
 we may now fay, it was his Hand 
 and Arm that reached unto us, and 
 tlic light of his Countenance which 
 hath fhined upon us, by which we 
 have walked through Darkiiefs, and 
 overcome our Soiils Enemies, even by 
 the Arm of. the Lord, which doth 
 Valiant and Wonderful things. Where- 
 fore it is both right and fafe to mind 
 that Arm, becaufe our {landing and 
 continual prefervation depended! 
 thereupon, and it is that by which 
 we are kept from fainting in the Day 
 H i of 
 
< r6o ) 
 
 of Tryal^ for no Man can Hand of 
 hknfelf, nor prefer ve himfelf, it is 
 the Lord that prefcrveth thofe that 
 truft in. him^ and herein may they 
 Glory, even in the Lord their Pre- 
 ferver. Let not the ftrong Man glo- 
 ry in his ftrengtb, nor the wife Man 
 in his wifdom, nor the rich Man in his 
 riches } but he that glories, let him 
 glory iii this, that he underftaiideth 
 and knoweth me, that I -am the Lord, 
 which exercife Loving kindnefs, Judg- 
 ment and Righteoufnefs in the Earth, 
 for in thefe things I delight, faitruhe 
 Lord. And every one that hath this 
 in their eye will be kept in humility, 
 and fear before him •, mindful of the 
 Rock from whence they were hewn, 
 and the hole of the Pit from whence 
 they were digged, for it is the Day 
 of the Lord in which the Glory and 
 Haughtinefs of Man mufl: be abafed 
 and laid low, and the loftinefs of Man 
 mufl: be brought down, and the Lord 
 alone mufl be exalted ; the Lord's 
 Power and Truth alone m all hearts, 
 which will lay Jow the contrary. 
 
 And 
 
( Itfl) 
 
 And all' you my dear Friends, thai; 
 have known this the Day of the Lords 
 Power, in which his People are made 
 willing to lay down all, to give up 
 all, that the Lord may be exalted in 
 you, and have denied your felves, and 
 taken up Chrift's Crofs, which Cru- 
 cifies you to the World, and the 
 World to you, and are made willing 
 to follow and obey him m all things, 
 which his own Light and Spirit leads 
 and draws you unto, through which 
 you come to be Partakers of . his 
 Riches, Life, and Glory, and poiTefs 
 
 !>eace and quietnefs 121 your Dwell- 
 ings, which is the Portion of the 
 Faithful ^ that Arm which hath 
 faved and delivered, and wrought 
 great things for you, you will feel to 
 carry and preferve^ and uphold and 
 give you Victory over your Enemies 
 within and without, and that will be 
 your ftay and ftrength for ever : For 
 though we have known Deliverance 
 and Victory over our Enemies, yet 
 we cannot fay that we have no Enemy 
 to watch againlt, or that we are not 
 H 3 liable 
 
< I«2 ) 
 
 liable to Temptations •, and therefore 
 Watchful nefs and Diligence is need- 
 ful and required of all, and yet we 
 need not to be afraid of any thing 
 that may come, for greater is lie that 
 is in us, than he that is m the World ^ 
 and that Arm that hath given us Vi- 
 ctory in meafure, will preferve and 
 keep- them that rely upon it, and 
 truft in it, if they fandtifie the Lord 
 God in their hearts, and let him be 
 their fear and their dread. 
 
 And, my dear Friends, in all your 
 Afiemblies mind and have refpeft un- 
 tp the Lord's living powerful pre- 
 fence, and wait to feel it prefent 
 in the midfl of you, that you may 
 feel Comfort and refrefhment therein, 
 whereby you will be encouraged to 
 wait upon the Lord, and to be 
 diligent and conftant in that Chri- 
 stian Duty of meeting together j 
 which I am Confidently allured by 
 the Spirit of the Lord, that none 
 can be negligent or backward in y 
 that dwell in the enjoyment of God's 
 Love and Prefeuce, and that are 
 
 not 
 
(l<5? ) 
 
 not wafting and decaying in the in- 
 ward Man -j for I have obferved Aich 
 as have flighted this thing, Death 
 and Barrennefs have come over them* 
 I might fay much more as to this 
 thing, but hope it is enough unto 
 you j and yet I fay it is not the bare 
 Coming together, that can add Com- 
 fort and Refrefhment to any one, if 
 that Light and Spirit be not waited 
 bi, wherein the Lord is feen and felt 
 by every Soul •, but we know where 
 that is fo minded and kept unto, fucU 
 are drawn thereby to Aflemble and 
 Meet together, and among them tt^ 
 Lord hath promifed to appear, (who 
 meet in his Name, and Worfhip in 
 his Light and Spirit) to their Joy and 
 Comfort •, and without the enjoyment 
 of his Prefeace, we have no true Spi- 
 ritual Comfort and Refrefhment to 
 our Souls ; and every one that truly 
 waits in the fame true Light of the 
 Son of God, in that you will fee God, 
 and feel him prefent, and without 
 which no Man upon the Earth can.y 
 it is in his own Light in which we 
 H 4, fee. 
 
0«4) 
 
 fee more Light } fo that in the Light 
 of God we come to fee more of him, 
 of his h -xlnefs and loving kindnefs ^ 
 and dlfo in that every one comes to 
 fee and know themfelves, and it dis- 
 covers the very inmoft Secrets and 
 Thoughts of the heart of Man ; in 
 which all that walk fee the Salva- 
 tion of God; and in which all that 
 did, do, or fhall witnefs Salvatioa 
 walked, and mnft walk j and every 
 one that is preferved to the end in 
 faithfulnefs to the Lord, mull: wait 
 and abide in it, becaufe there is no 
 iaftty out of it. For Friends, thisis 
 a Day in which the Enemy of Man's 
 Peace is working, and feeking to de- 
 ftroy and devour that which God 
 hath brought forth, which the true 
 Light doth manifeit in every appear- 
 ance, unto fuch as fland true and 
 finglf- therein, in which every one 
 will not only fee him, but alio know 
 its Armour, even the Armour of 
 Light and Truth, and Righteoufnefs, 
 with which he is refitted and over- 
 come, and without which no Man 
 
 ~ can, 
 
c its y 
 
 can refill him, nor be preferred out 
 of his Snares and Temptations \ bus 
 being Armed therewith, we can ftand 
 a-gainlt him, and War with him, and 
 overcome him, for Light fliall over- 
 come Darknefs, and the Lamb and 
 the Saints (hail have the Vi&oryv 
 Meeknefs and Patience fhall wear out 
 and Conquer the rough high Spirit of 
 Enmity and Oppreffion, which God' 
 will fubdue in his own tinje. And as* 
 for the Affairs of this prefent World, 
 let us not heed them, nor look at 
 them, fo as to trouble our felves con- 
 cerning them } for Men, out of the 
 liable and lure Principle of Truth and 
 Righteoufhefs, are like the Waters 
 that roul hither and thither, and ebb 
 and flow, and there is no certainty 
 in them, neither any Confidence to be 
 put in them, nor any Deliverance to 
 be expe&ed from them, or good to 
 be brought forth or .wrought by; them • 
 but let us mind and have RefpeS un- 
 to the Lord alone, and mind his hand 
 in all things, who is able to defend* 
 aadfaveus, from him who bends his. 
 H $ Bovr 
 
( **<$> 
 
 Bow and flxength againfl: us, to de- 
 flroy us from among Men, whofe end 
 and purpofe God will fruftrate,though 
 he may fuffer him long, for the trial 
 of the Faith and Patience of his Eleft 
 People, 'till Iniquity be fully ripe; 
 and let us mind the way of Peace 
 with God, and walk in it, and feel 
 his Vertue and Life in our Souls, by 
 which we may live, and be kept alive 
 unto him, and know him cur keeper y 
 for without doubt that Man is happy 
 shat hath the Lord for his keeper, he 
 shall be kept fafe, and (ball not want 
 any good thing. 
 
 And, Friends, let the Light of Life 
 Jead you, and go before you, and 
 Then you will not err nor fwerve 
 from the way of Peace ; for the rea- 
 fon why fome have erred and wan- 
 dered out of the way, and are over- 
 come with Temptations, is becaufe 
 they have not minded the Light of 
 Life to lead and go before them; 
 but going from, and before that, they 
 Humble and err in the dark, and fall 
 iato divers Snares of the Devil 5 for 
 
 the 
 
( i6 7 y 
 
 the Light of Life is not their Leader, 
 but- follows after them, Condemning 
 them and confounding them in their 
 Ways. But all you that feel that go- 
 ing before you, you fee your Way, 
 and are kept in a living immortal 
 Senfe, and in a good Underftanding, 
 and grow in Knowledge that is weigh- 
 ty, and come to be found in Judgment, 
 and found in that Knowledge which 
 the Light of Life givetb, through its 
 Workings and Leadings \ and fuch 
 come to be as Mount Sion y that cannofc 
 be moved. 
 
 No more as Children tolTed, but as 
 Men of Underftanding, fettled and 
 eftablilhed in the Truth which en- 
 dures for ever, in which you will 
 (land as living Witnefles for the Lord 
 and his Truth upon the Earth •, and 
 will bear Witnefs to the Truth out- 
 wardly in the World, becaufe it lives 
 in you, and that will make you love- 
 ly and beautiful in the fight of the 
 Lord, if Truth dwell and live. in you, 
 for Truth-in the inward parts he de- 
 fireth, 
 
 Oh 
 
< i6*y 
 
 Oh Friends! Truth in the inward 
 parts is that which makes happy for 
 ever \ for we know it is not any fhew 
 or profeifio'n of Truth outwardly, in 
 which Peace and Happinefs confifteth, 
 but it is the abfolute polTeflion of 
 Truth within, to dwell in the heart 
 of Man, to lead and guide him in all 
 his Ways, that he may fpeak it, and 
 do it, and follow it, and be Counfel- 
 kd by it - y and this is that abfolute 
 way to an Everlafting Inheritance of 
 Life, Joy and Peace which the Lord 
 our God is bringing many to the pof- 
 fifllon of. And where this is minded, 
 it knits and unites into one living 
 Body, which receive. Food, Vertue 
 and Nourifhment from the God of all 
 goodnefs (through Chrift) who hath 
 formed aud* preferved it to do his 
 Will* being ruled and led by his 
 Eternal Spirit into all Truth j and 
 every Member of this Body receives 
 Venue from the Hesd, and lives by 
 it, and cannot live without it, nor be 
 a- living Member of the Body, but as. 
 it receives Life and Vertue from the 
 
 Head,, 
 
( &9 ) 
 
 Head, which is Chrifl the Life, the 
 Wifdom of God, and the Power of 
 God, who is the Living Bread that 
 fatisfies the Hungry ^ which they thai 
 eat of fhaLi live for ever. 
 
 And, Dear Friends, live in the un- 
 feigned pure Love of God and in the 
 BlefTed Unity of his Spirit, even as 
 God hath loved you, and as you have 
 felt and do feel Unity with him in 
 the Light j fo let that knit your 
 hearts together, that as a faithful Fa- 
 mily you may ferve the Lord together 
 in Love, preferring one another, that 
 the God of Love and Peace may ever- 
 more dwell and rule among you, and 
 blefs you with all Spiritual Bleflings 
 and Riches in Ghrilt Jefus \ to whom 
 be Glory, and Honour, and Thankf- 
 giving for evermore. 
 
 And hereby you may all know that 
 I am well, and fo are my dear Com- 
 panions and Fellow- Prifoners- gene* 
 rally, blefled be the Lord, whofeLovc 
 and Mercy is continued unto us, and 
 his Eternal Arm doth uphold us ia 
 kwg-fu Bering, the enjoyment of whofe 
 
 Ersfence 
 
C 170 ) 
 
 Prefence makes all things Comfortable 
 unto us*, and Truth lives, and will 
 live over the heads of its Enemies, 
 and will fpread more and more, and 
 the knowledge thereof will more and 
 more increafe in the hearts of thofe 
 that fincerely defire after it. Where- 
 fore my Dear and truly beloved 
 Friends, let none be difcouraged, nei- 
 ther let any thing daunt you, but 
 life up your heads, and walk on in 
 the Way of Righteoufnefs, hi the 
 pure fear of the Lord •, for he hath 
 not forfaken us, and let every one 
 eye (and have a true refpeft unto) 
 him in their hearts, and he will pre- 
 serve you to the end of your days, in 
 a frefh Living State,' and his Love 
 and Goodnefs fhall never depart from 
 you. 
 
 My Dear Brother and Fellow-Suf- 
 ferer, Thomas Curtis, and my two 
 Brothers, Leonard and Benjamin, dear- 
 ly Salute you all. So dear Friends, 
 receive this as a Teftimony of my 
 true Love unto you all, which is be- 
 yoncj what I can Write j for indeed 
 
< i7"t ) * 
 
 my heart is full of Love towards you, 
 and I am always glad and truly re- 
 frefhed to hear of your welfare and 
 ftedfaftnefs in the Truth •, and you/ 
 Love to the Lord, his Truth and Ser- 
 vants I have had experience of. I 
 feel my Love and uprightnefs of my 
 heart towards you, in that Spirit 
 which makes us one in him that lives 
 for evermore. 
 
 I remain your Dear Brother, though 
 outwardly feparated from you , and 
 contained in Bonds for the Teftimony 
 of Truth, 
 
 Jofeph Coald 
 
 Reading-Goal, the $th of 
 the $th Mouthy 1667. 
 
 To 
 
C 172 > 
 
 To FRIENDS in the 
 Weft of England,. 
 
 ALL you my Dearly Beloved 
 Friends, who have believed 
 in the Light of Jefus Cbrift, 
 the EverlafHng Sun of Right eoufnefs* 
 which hath appeared and fhined forth 
 ia this our Day, and hath given you 
 to fee and know your felves, and the 
 State in which you have been, and do 
 now (land, and hath given you to fee 
 the Caufe and Ground of your Sepa- 
 ration from the Lord } and alfo the 
 way through which you come to be 
 acquainted with, joyned and truly 
 united unto him again,, and to know 
 wherein Life and Peace, and Eternal 
 Blefiednefs and Happinefs doth cbnfift, 
 and how and wherein your Strength 
 and Power is received, to avoid, ihun, 
 and ftand: agaijifc that which would 
 
 lead* 
 
(>73 ) 
 
 lead out into a Separation from him, 
 and fo deprive of his Love, Peace 
 and Favour, even thofe things in the 
 true ground you come to fee in the 
 Light which is Immortal, and mani- 
 fefteth all Mortality ^ and therein you 
 may read through and comprehend all 
 that is Mortal, both in your felves, 
 and alfo in all Men, and fee to the 
 end of all that which is in timev 
 even unto you is this Salutation, and 
 word of Exhortation, in the unfeign- 
 ed pure Love fent, according to the 
 directions and living motion of that 
 Eternal Spirit, which fearches and 
 manifefleth all things, and reveals the 
 things of God unto his Children, 
 whole Minds are exercifed in it, and 
 who do attend thereupon for Counfel, 
 and wait therein to receive comfort 
 and refrefhmeiit from the Lord unto 
 fcheir Souls, by which we live, and 
 are iupported daily \ dear is my Love 
 unto you, which you will feel in that 
 Life and Spirit which is near, and 
 known unto the Lord, and which 
 lives ia the acquaintance with him,, 
 
 which 
 
( 174 ) 
 
 which is beyond all vilible appearance 
 of words, or otherwife \ and fervent 
 are my deflres for you unto the. 
 Lord, that his Love, Peace and Blef- 
 lings may be continued with you, in 
 the enjoyment of which, your Souls 
 will be fatisfied and comforted, which 
 you will feel as you all dwell and a- 
 bide with him, faithful in that mea- 
 fureof Light made manifieft in you; 
 and yoa will therein know preferva- 
 tion and fafety from the Enemy of 
 your Souls, and will fee all his Wiles 
 and fecret Temptations, whereby he 
 would draw any of you out of the in- 
 ward fenfe of the Truth, to reft only 
 in an outward appearance and profef- 
 fion of it, and fo to hold only the 
 profeffion, without the inward poiTef- 
 flon of the power of it $ which 
 changes into its own Image and Na- 
 ture, and makes the Heart new, and 
 true and upright to God •, and then 
 Truth is known in the inward parts, 
 which God loves and accepts, and 
 blefTes thofe that hold it there \ and 
 will Honour and Renown them in the 
 
 fight 
 
( '75 ) 
 
 fight of their Enemies, and fpread 
 their Table, and pour them down a 
 Blefling. 
 
 Wherefore, my dear Friends, live 
 in the Truth which is made known, 
 to you, and therein watch againft the 
 Enemy of your Souls, that he deceive 
 you not, nor beguile you of your Re- 
 ward, by his fubtle and Myfterious 
 Workings; for truly this is a Day in 
 which he is Working every way a- 
 gainflthe Children of Sion, and feek« 
 ing to lay waft the Lord's Vineyard* 
 and to fpoil the tender Vines which 
 he hath planted. So be you all armed 
 with the Power of God, and put on 
 Faith and Patience, which will carry 
 you through all, and in which you 
 may hold out to the end, and fuch 
 fhall be faved that endure to the end ; 
 for though many may begirf well, and 
 hold out for a time,' yet if they en- 
 dure not to the end, it had been bet- 
 ter they had never been Born, for 
 they lofe the Crown, the Reward 
 which in fome raeafure they were 
 come to a fight of, which indeed is a 
 
 greater 
 
( I7M 
 
 greater aggravatioa-ef their Sorrow 
 and Torment:, and it will be far 
 greater than theirs that never faw 
 any ching of it } anc therefore all that 
 do hold out to the end 7 mufl feel a 
 'Life in that which has no end, and 
 mufl dwell therein ; in which they 
 may hold out and endure through all 
 things that end, and fee the end of 
 all the fecret Workings of Satan, and 
 be preferved in the endlefs Peace and 
 in the endlefs Dominion over the 
 Power of Darkneft and Death. And 
 Friends, as you lire in the Truth, 
 you will be gathered into the living 
 and unfeigned unity of it, in which 
 you will dwell as one Body and Fa- 
 mily, being knit and joined in one 
 Spirit, in which you will comprehend 
 and fee all falfe Spirits and Appear- 
 ances, and fuch whofe life and delight 
 is in that which ends, and fades, and 
 fuch will come to nothing, though 
 they have appeared with you, and 
 for the Truth for a time, and could 
 plead and tattle for it, yet being not 
 really in it, Truth fhuts them out and 
 
 manifefts 
 
( i77 ) 
 
 manifefts them, and being only in tbe 
 vifibte appearance, they cannot laft 
 long. 
 
 But, dear Friends* heed not fuch as 
 nsay turn from the Truth to Vanity, 
 for the Truth is the fame ftill, and is 
 not at all diminiflied, but is as lovely, 
 as beautiful and precious as ever, to 
 all that through Death have known it, 
 and tjie power of its Refurre&ion. 
 And Friends, as fuch are to be denied 
 and judged, who have denied and 
 difhonoured the Truth, fo likewife 
 rhuft that Spirit which delights in 
 Tatling and Whifperings, which is 
 forward to talk of the failings and 
 mifcarriages of others, and will be 
 prying at and fpying out faults, and 
 the Motes it may be in others Eyes, 
 when the Beam is uncafl out of its 
 own } and fo would cover it lelf by 
 talking of what it lees amifs in others, 
 and crying them down in Words, but 
 is the very fame that goes forth, and 
 abides not at home, but wanders and 
 gads Abroad ', and this will fail, and 
 cannot hold oue to the end, neither 
 
 is 
 
i 
 
 ( 178 ) 
 
 is it bkfTed in its way, but denie 
 with the Truth \ for its life is in tha 
 which fades, and it feeds not on that 
 which is invifible, but on Chaffy and 
 faEisfies it felf in feeing others fail- 
 ings, and minds not to be ftaid in 
 that which is living and enduring, 
 and is to be caft out from among all 
 that love the exaltation and profpe- 
 rity of Truth, and the Honour and 
 Renown thereof in the World. And 
 therefore, my dear and well-beloved 
 Friends, fhut out that Spirit from a- 
 mpng you, and let it have no room 
 to enter into you, but live in the 
 Simplicity and Innocency of Jefus, 
 and in plain upright-heartednefs one 
 towards another ; and feek to abound 
 in Love unfeigned, and in good 
 Works i and let your Harmlefnefs 
 and Innocency preach unto all, that 
 you may glorifie God in your Day, 
 and be a Praife unto him ; and may 
 feel the Anfwer of a good Confcience, 
 and the Juftification of the Eternal 
 Spirit, and may be approved thereby 
 in all your Ways \ fo ihall Life erer- 
 
 lafting 
 
( *79 ) 
 
 lading 'be your Inheritance, and the 
 BlefTmg of the Lord be with you 
 upon Earth, and his Peace and Pre- 
 fence fill your hearts with Joy un- 
 fpeakable, and you will trample 
 upon all deceitful and feigned Spi- 
 rits, and be preferved above the 
 Rage of Man ; and • your Hearts 
 will be kept clean, and you will be 
 a fie Habitation for the Lord to 
 dwell in, and anfwer the end for 
 which you have been Called, even 
 to the Comfort and everlading fa- 
 tisfa&ion of your Souls. 
 
 Oh Friends! live in the Remem- 
 brance of God's Love, made mani- 
 feft unto you - 7 and be dedfad in 
 your Minds, and let nothing fhake 
 you from the hope of the Gofpel, 
 nor draw you afide from the right 
 Way and Holy Path of Life; but 
 wait upon the Lord in true Since- 
 rity, that you may fee all the 
 Temptations of the Devil, and re- 
 ceive the Power of Chrid to dand 
 againd them, and keep over the 
 World, and the Love, Liberty and 
 
 Vanity 
 
( i8o) 
 
 Vanity thereof, and heed not its 
 Threats, but live in the Spirit of 
 the Lamb of God, which patiently 
 bears all things, and fuffers and en- 
 dures all things ; and be patient 
 towards all Men, and let the Fruits 
 of the Spirit of Chrifl be feen a- 
 mong you ; : and in this you will 
 endure and overcome the Enmity, 
 and wear out the Rage of Man, 
 which may be hot againlt the Chil- 
 dren of the Lord, who are Conftant 
 and faithful to him in his own way, 
 whom he will preferve by his own 
 Power, and uphold to finifh their 
 Teftimony for his Name in this 
 World, and their Teflimony mail 
 ftand for ever, and their Remem- 
 brance fhall never wear out. 
 
 And therefore, my dear Friends, 
 be not afraid of the Ungodly, nei- 
 ther let the high looks of Man daunt 
 you, or the noife of Sufferings make 
 you afraid, for the Lord is with us ; 
 and keep unto him in the fenfe of 
 his own Life, and let ic be your 
 Care and Diligence to fulfil his Will, 
 
 and 
 
( i8i ) 
 
 and Anfwer his Requirings in all 
 things, and forfake not your woucd 
 Innocent and Chriltian Practice of 
 meeting together, to wait upon and 
 WorfhipGod in the Spirit and Truth, 
 that you may receive the refrefhings 
 of his living Pretence,, ,>■ and fo be re- 
 frefhed alfo in one ahothers Faith- 
 fulnefs and Conftancy, and be plain 
 and fimple-hearted in the Truth, and 
 feel your growth in the Power there- 
 of, and in the Wifdom from above, 
 which is firlt pure, and then peace- 
 able, and eafie to be intreated; in 
 which you may be ordered to the 
 Praife and Glory of God, who is 
 bleffed for ever. 
 
 And, dear Friends, hereby you 
 may underftand that I am very well, 
 with the reft of my Companions ^ 
 blefled be the Lord, whofe Love 
 and Mercy is continued unto us ; by 
 which we are engaged to live unto 
 him, and Fear and Serve him all 
 our Days, which is our reafonable 
 Service, 
 
 1 The 
 
 
( X& ) 
 
 The Peace and Blefilng of tie Lord 
 be among you all \ is the 'defire of 
 him, who is your Dear Friend and 
 Companion in Sufferings for Ghrift. 
 
 JoJepb_Coale. 
 
( i8j ) 
 
 A LETTER to James 
 Smith, and Coplefton 
 Bamfield^ <who were Ter* 
 Jons in Authority in the 
 County of Devon. 
 
 FRiends, although I cannot give 
 you flattering Titles, for in fo 
 doing 1 fhould offend my Ma- 
 ker •, yet furely in true humility of 
 Mind, and upright nete of Heart, I do 
 acknowledge your Civility, Modera- 
 tion and Kindnefs towards me, being 
 a Stranger in your Country, and a 
 Priibner in outward. Bonds, not for 
 evil doing, but becaufe I could not 
 violate my Conscience in a&ing con- 
 trary to the Light and Knowledge 
 which God hath given to me, (to wit) 
 in breaking his Commands, which is a 
 great Evil in the fight of the Lord ; 
 I z% and 
 
( i*4 ) 
 
 and' your Work in fo doing, (I mean, 
 in fetting me at Liberty) and in what- 
 soever elfe you do fingly for the Lord, 
 or any of his dear Servants, doubtlefs 
 will be rewarded double in yourowj 
 bofoms. And truly it is very com- 
 mendable for Men in your Place to bf 
 Pitiful, Merciful, Juft: and Righteous 
 in all things to tender Consciences, 
 and to be Lovers and Succourers of 
 fuch as are tender and -upright to- 
 wards God, who are Innocent and 
 •Harmlefs, and live peaceably among 
 Men, and it is well-pleating unto the 
 Lord; and indeed that which he ex- 
 pe&s from you in your Places, as the 
 Right and Priviledge which belongs 
 to his People in this World, elfe Men 
 cannot be blefled of him, for he blef- 
 leth fuch as fear him, and do righte- 
 oufnels, and confounds fuch as do 
 contrary, that are Cruel, and hard- 
 hearted, for that is not the Property 
 of a Man that is converted unto God, 
 as I hope you your felves know, for 
 he that is Converted and Redeemed, 
 and brought near unto God, is re- 
 deemed 
 
(«S 5 ) 
 
 deemed out of that Nature, and that 
 is fubdued in which all the Cruelty, 
 Wickednefs, Injuftice and Unrighte- 
 oufnefs lodgeth, and is brought forth 
 in, and becomes dead unto that Na- 
 ture in which the Enmity lodgeth 5 
 and in a word, in which no Man can 
 pleafe God, becaufe he chat lives in 
 the Flelh (as the Apoftle faicb) .can* 
 not pleafe God •, fo that I fay they 
 that are redeemed and converted, 
 have crucified the Flefh with the Af- 
 fections and Lufts, and do walk in the. 
 Spirit, in which they pleafe God, 
 and bring forth the fruits thereof, 
 which is Meeknefs, Mercifulnefs,Love, 
 Gentlenefs, Moderation, c : h\ and 
 hereby (even by tlieir Fruits.) are 
 they known to be the Children of the 
 Merciful, Long-fufFeriag, Righteous, 
 Holy, Juft God, becaufe it is evident 
 they bear his- Image, which confifteth 
 in thefe things. 
 
 Wherefore, Friends, h is and hath 
 been in my heart,- to write unto you, 
 and that in true Love, and I hope I 
 may not queftion but you will receive' 
 
 is 
 
( 1 8* ) 
 
 it in Love from me. and read it in 
 Meeknefs, and conftder it in Seriouf- 
 nefs, in which it is written, for I am 
 plain, without deceitful words of Hy- 
 pocritical Flattery, it being made na- 
 tural unto me to (peak Truth unto all 
 Men in Sobernefs, without any Equi- 
 vocation, which is indeed the befi:, 
 that every Man appear as he is, and 
 what he is in reality. Now foraf- 
 much as you are Men in Place of Au- 
 thority in the World, and have Power 
 in your hands, it will be your greateft 
 Honour to walk in the fear of God, 
 and therein to Aft in Righteoufnefs 
 and Juftice towards all, and to do as 
 ye would that Men fhQuld do unto 
 you, which is the Command ofChrift 
 our Lord and Matter, which all that 
 follow him muffc duly obey, who is to 
 be followed and faithfully obeyed in 
 all things , for he that faith he knows 
 him, and keeps not his Command- 
 ments, is a Lyar, and the Truth 
 dwells not in him, and his Commands 
 are not grievous, but are pleafant and 
 delightful unto the Righteous, and all 
 
 his 
 
 
< 1 87 ) 
 
 his Paths are Peace unto them*, and 
 they that walk in them fhall be fafe 
 from Evil, for the way of the Lord is 
 Peace to the upright, as faich the 
 Prophet, but cieflru&ion fhall beta 
 the Workers of Iniquity; »which way 
 is Chrifl the Light of the, World, who 
 Lighteth every Man that.cometh into 
 the World ; fo that the Light is the 
 way to the Father who is Light, and 
 in whom is no Darknefs at all -, and 
 no Man can come to the Father, or 
 know him, but he that believes m 
 the Son, who is the Life, the Way, 
 the Truth, and the Light, who Light- 
 eth all Mankind. 
 
 Now therefore (becaufe my Love 
 is to you, and the delire of my Soul 
 is that you may come to the certain 
 knowledge of the Infallible everlafting 
 unchangeable Truth, and the Way 
 that leads to Eternal Happinefs and 
 Felicity, <*when this World, its Joys, 
 Delights and Vanities fhall be no 
 more. 
 
 This is in my heart to fay unto you* 
 
 and to lay bfffore you, to wit, your 
 
 I 4 being 
 
( iSf ) 
 
 bein? lighted by Chrifl: Jefus, the 
 Love of God is expend* d to you, and 
 you art Lifted f^r this end, that 
 you fijould believe in. that Light and 
 be faved ^ belike ia ic as it difcovers 
 Sin, and Tecxetly convrnceth of it; 
 and would lead and draw out of it, 
 and he that believes not thus in it, is 
 condemned already, even by that 
 which he ought to believe in } be- 
 caufe he doth not believe in it, he 
 doth not believe in the Name of the 
 only begotten Son of God, whole 
 Name is Light, which Men are to be- 
 lieve in, for Men mud believe in the 
 Light, if ever they are fayed. And 
 the Nations of them that are faved 
 Hiall walk in the Light of the Lamb, 
 and that is the Light of the Lamb, 
 which is given to, and placed in Man, 
 which corivinceth him of his Sins, and 
 reproves and condemns him for un- 
 righteoufnefs, which fecretlj tells him 
 he mould not Lye, nor Swear, nor be 
 Proud, nor Wanton, nor Drunk, nor 
 fpend the good Creatures of God up- 
 on his Lulls, norCozefr, nor Cheat, 
 
( iS9) 
 nor wrong no Man, nor go on in evil 
 ways, arid fometimes checks him, and 
 calls unto him for Repentance, and to 
 forfake Sin, and many times works- 
 trouble on his heart, after he hath 
 Sinned, for his Sin •, even that I fay 
 is the everlafting Light of the Lamb 
 God's true, and faithful Witnefs, by 
 which he ftrives with Man, and by 
 which he would draw him out of Sin 
 and Death, and the ways thereof, if 
 he would but incline his ear unto it, 
 and receive it, and own its Condem- 
 nation for his Sin, and love it as it 
 fhews him his TranfgreffionSf and 
 what will follow if he ftill go on and 
 remain in Sin: .And this I do affirm- is 
 the way out of Sin unto God, to wit, 
 the Eternal Light, which convinceth 
 and reproveth for; Sin,, which they 
 that follow mall not abide in Dark- 
 nefs, but are, led out of Sin (orDaYk^ 
 nefs) to the Light of Life, for it is- 
 the Light which fhineth in the heart 
 (Mark, in the heart) which giveth 
 the knowledge of the Glory of God 5, 
 io this Light is in Man, which con- 
 I & vine 
 
( i9° ) 
 
 vinceth of Sin, and would lead hirr* 
 out of.it, and in which Power is re- 
 ceived over Corruptions and the 
 Temptations of the Devil, which are 
 warned away by the blood of the 
 Lamb, by which they are cleanfed 
 chat do believe in the Light \ where- 
 fore Man mull: turn in his mind, and 
 mutt look and feek within to find the 
 Pearl of great price, which hath beea 
 Ivid in him, under his Corruptions 
 and Earthly Thoughts, Love, De- 
 lights, and under his airy vain Mind, 
 which takes pleafure and delight in 
 £he Glory, Honour, Beauty and Ri- 
 ches of this World, which muft all 
 perilh and come to an end, and does 
 not regard the Works of the Lord, 
 nor confider the operation of his hand. 
 Oh therefore feek ye after this Pearl, 
 which is of more value than all the 
 World, which will fatisfie the immor- 
 tal Soul, which all the Pleafures, Ho- 
 nours, Glories aad Riches of the 
 World can never do, which Pearl is 
 hid in you though you have not known 
 it, became it bath been covered with 
 
 the 
 
( i9i ) 
 
 the Clods of the Earth, which -muff 
 be cad off, and the Houfe muft.be 
 fwept, and the Candle mult be lighted, 
 and diligent fear ch mult be made that 
 you may find thisJPearl, thac which 
 many have fought without, behold it- 
 is within, near unto them *, for Chrilt, 
 ia whom are the Treafures of Wi£ 
 dom and Knowledge, is to be known 
 within 5 for faith the Apoltle, know 
 you not how that Jefus Chrilt is in 
 you, except you- be Reprobates. And 
 for this end is he made manifeft with- 
 in, to deltroy the works of the Devil, 
 to deltroy the Flelh, and to fave from 
 Sin, and to redeem unto God, out of 
 the Pleafures, Vanities and unrighte- 
 ous ways of this World, wtjich lies 
 in WickedneCs and Darknefs, which 
 whofoever lives in and follow, mult 
 not Inherit Eternal Life •, for faith 
 the Apoltle* the Unrighteous mall 
 not Inherit the Kingdom of God, &c. 
 Oh therefore awake, awake to Righ- 
 teoufnefs, and caft oft' the deeds of 
 Darknefs,. for the Day of the Lord 
 baltenetly in which all Men muft be 
 
 ca I 
 
( 19*1 
 
 called to aivaccount for the deeds done 
 in the Body, and every Man fliall re- 
 ceive a Reward, according to his 
 Works, whether they be good or evil, 
 for Righteous is the Lord, and in 
 Righteoufnefs will he judge the Na- 
 tions, and the People with Equity v 
 Holy and Juft: is he, who can in n< 
 -wife clear the Guilty, before whoi 
 no Iniquity can Hand 1 , becaufe he i< 
 of pure eyes, neither can the Wick< 
 approach unto him, the Proud are ai 
 Abomination to him, and he behokh 
 'there afar off} the Unclean and De- 
 cekml-hearted, whofe ways are Fil- 
 thy, Corrupt and Sinful are fhut out 
 from his Prefence, and where he is 
 zhcy cannot come, but the Righteous 
 dwell with him, and the Redeemed 
 are glad in his prefence, who are Re- 
 deemed from the Earth, and gathered, 
 from amongft Men, to live the Life 
 of Righteoufnefs, and to walk iri the 
 Path of the Jufl*, though they areha- 
 •iedof Men, and afflidted in this World, 
 yet the Lord of Hofls is their ever- 
 laying Refog?, and the God of Jacob 
 
 tireir 
 

 ( m y 
 
 their dwelling-place for evermore.} 
 
 who is Holy, Holy and Reverend is 
 
 Name. Oh that Men would fear him ! 
 
 Oh ! that they were Wife, that they 
 
 would remember and fcrioufly confider 
 
 their latter end, for what is Man that 
 
 he fhould ftrive with his Maker, or be 
 
 exalted in his heart as though he might 
 
 live, and be as he will, and that he 
 
 fhotrid yet think in his- hearty that 
 
 though he does evil, yet good (hall 
 
 eome unto him, and that it will be 
 
 well with him at the laft : Oh ! furely 
 
 no, but he fhall eat the Fruit of his 
 
 own doings, and as he delight's in Va- 
 
 i nky and Wickednefs, even lb that 
 
 ! which he delights in will be his ruine, 
 
 'and fink him at lad into the Pk of' 
 
 ! deftru&ion, and perpetual mifery. 
 
 j Wherefore Friends, my defire is, 
 
 I and the caufe of my prefent Writing 
 
 is for this end, that you may flncerely ■ 
 
 j mind and confider the things that do 
 
 belong to yonr* everlaiting Peac^ - 7 \ 
 
 j namely, that you may know the way 
 
 : of the Righteous, and walk therein, 
 
 I even now in this your day, ajjd while 
 
 the. 
 
( 194 ) 
 
 the Lord gives you time \ oh fpend 
 not your precious time in Vanity, de- 
 light not in that which fhall perifh, 
 for behold the day of Death cometh, 
 and the hour in which there is no 
 pleafure; when all the glory of Men, 
 will wither as the Grafs, and fade as 
 the Flower, and his Honour and Re- 
 nown will be laid in the Doft, and his 
 Joy an4 Delight will be no more;, 
 his Mirth is then turned into Mourn- 
 ing, his Songs into Howling, and bit- 
 ter Lamentation *, his heart is filled 
 with Sorrow, and Heavinefs is as a 
 Swadling-band about him \ and now 
 he faith, oh f that I might die the 
 death of the Righteous, and that my 
 latter end were like his: Oh! that 
 my Days might now be prolonged,, 
 and that God would now fpare me; 
 furely then I would, amend my ways \ 
 but oh I his time is fpent, his day- is 
 pafTed over, and now it is too late, 
 and God will not hear him, but the 
 day of his mifery now cometh, which 
 he can by no means av>id v the pangs 
 of Death take hold MiitUj and he 
 
 hath 
 
( 19* ) 
 
 hath nofc afliirance of Eternal Life, 
 and the Kingdom that never fades a- 
 way,. in which is Joy and Delight,and 
 Peace for evermore j but is under the 
 fenfe of Guilt and Condemnation^ 
 and Trouble and Perplexity, becaufe 
 of his Sin, and becaufe he loved the 
 ways of Vanity, more than to walk 
 in the fear of God, in the days of his 
 Profperity. Oh Friends, I fay it is 
 now your day, and behold it fwiftly 
 pafTeth away, and then you are no 
 more, and in the Grave there is no 
 remembrance of him: Wherefore, as 
 a Friend to you, and a true Lover of 
 your Souls, and one thatdeiireth your 
 | everlafling Happinefs, (even that you 
 may be awakened unto God, and 
 ; quickened unto Righteoufnefs all your 
 ; days, in this World, and in the World 
 to come in Joy and Peace with God 
 for ever) I do befeech you to mind 
 and coniider thefe things, even in fe- 
 cret, enter into your Chambers, and 
 into jour Clofets, and there be yoa 
 fHl), and fee how it is with you*, let 
 the Light of Ciiriil arife in you, and 
 
 fearch 
 
( 196' ) 
 
 fearch yon, which will deal plainly? 
 and not deceive you *, which will draw 
 you out of Sin and every Evil Way, 
 and lead you into Truth and Pvighte- 
 oufnefs, Meeknefs and Moderation, 
 and the Fear of the Lord, which is to 
 depart from Evil } and in this you 
 will feel acceptance with God, and 
 receive of his Love into your Souls, 
 and m this ferve him aright, even as 
 you ought, and Worfbip him in Spi- 
 rit and Truth, in which he delights,* 
 and not in the multitude of outward 
 Performances, and fuperltitious Pra- 
 difes, when the heart is not aright 
 before him \ for it is Truth in the 
 Inward Parts which he accepts, and 
 an Inward Change of the Mind and 
 Heart, that Truth and Righteoufnefs 
 niay dwell there, by which a Man's 
 Converfation comes to be Holy and 
 Harmkfs, and is ordered aright, and 
 imto fuch God (hews his Salvation, 
 and feels his Spirit in them, to J-ufti- 
 fie and Comfort them in what they 
 do, and the Spirit of Truth leacls out 
 of Evil, and fuch only are Sons of 
 
 God, 
 
( '97 ) 
 
 Sod, that are led by his Spirit, whic 
 eads into Holinefs, which is the ab- 
 solute way to Everlafting ; Happinefs 
 ind Felicity, and there is no others 
 .vhich that you may come to know 
 md walk in, that your Souls may be 
 >aved (in the dreadful day of Ven- 
 geance which will come upon the Un- 
 godly) is the defire of my Soul, who 
 am a Lover of Peace, Truth and Ho? 
 linefs \ called by the Name of 
 
 Jofefb CcaUi 
 
 Reading-Goal, the lift of 
 the 10th M<wth) 166 u 
 
 & 
 
( *?8 ) 
 
 To the School* Majiers af 
 Exon. 
 
 Friends, 
 
 THat are School* Mafters ifl %\\h 
 City of Exon. unto whofe 
 Tuition and Charge many 
 Parents do commit their Children, 
 that you fhould Teach and Rule them 
 well in the Fear of the Lord ; and 
 that ye fhould (as much as in you lies) 
 keep them out of Wild, Wicked and \ 
 Ungodly Practices, and moderately 
 Correct them for fuch things, when 
 they are found m them - 7 and Inltrudl: 
 and Admonifh them to be Sober, and 
 to walk in all Meeknefs and Quietnefs 
 towards.all People whatfoever. I fay 
 for this End many Parents may In- 
 truft you with their Children, becaufe 
 that they may judge that you fhould 
 
 Rule 
 
( *99 ) 
 
 Inle them, and bring them into Sub- 
 eSion, and tame them that are wild, 
 >r at leaft ufe the beft of your endea- 
 rours fo to do. 
 
 Now therefore I have fomethingto 
 ay before you, efpecially fome of you, 
 laving beheld the Rudenefsand Wrld- 
 lefs, and Wickednefs of fome of your 
 Jchollars this Day in the Cattle } who 
 ;here did very much abufe Honeft 
 ind Sober Men and Women, calling 
 :hem Rogues, Whores, and Quaking- 
 roads, &c. and fuch like filthy 
 Names, throwing Stones at them^ 
 who in much Patience did bear it, as 
 looking upon them to be Children, 
 and Concluding that their Parents 
 and Teachers were much to blame, if 
 they would fuflfer them to go on in 
 fuch Wickednefs j and that they were 
 ja Shame and Difhonott-r to them, who 
 Oiould be good Examples, and Train 
 tap their Children in the Fear of the 
 ! Lord, and in that Holy Way in which 
 they fliould go while they are young •, 
 land this would be of a good Report 
 'unto you, and Parents, if Children 
 
 were 
 
( 200 ) 
 
 were thus Trained up and Educated : 
 But Co fee them in fuch rude Behaviour 
 is an ill favour, and grieves all Sober 
 People that hears fuch evil words, 
 which Corrupts good Manners :, aaci 
 to fee them fo Bold and Impudent, to 
 Abufe and throw Stones arid things at 
 Honefl: Sober People, is really a dis- 
 grace and diihonour to you. 
 
 Now, Friends, I fay, it behoves 
 you to make enquiry after fuch that 
 are thus Wicked and Uncivil, and 
 abufe Honefl people, and gently Cor- 
 rect them for it, and not to Counte- 
 nance them in it, leaft they grow 
 worfe, and through your flighting or 
 negleding them are imboldened, and 
 they grow more Impudent, fb that 
 they cannot be Tamed nor Ruled by 
 you nor their Parents neither ; thro' 
 which means many Children come to 
 to be fpoiled, and to bad Ends, for 
 want of being kept in Subjection and 
 well Inftructed wliile they are young. 
 Therefore you ought to Reprove and 
 Correcl: them in Meeknefs and Mode- 
 ration, when they do fuch things, and 
 
 tx> 
 
( 201 ) 
 
 o exhort them to a good Beha- 
 viour, and Charge them not to a- 
 nife any body whatfoever, nor fpeak 
 iich evil Words as before-mention* 
 >d, nor to be Mockers, or Call 
 ?ftck- Names, for the Lord can bring 
 lis Judgments fuddenly upon fuch, 
 is he did upon thofe Children that 
 -an after the Lord's Servant and 
 nocked him, as you may Read in 
 i Kings 2. 63. which may bean Ex- 
 inipie unto all Mockers at this day. 
 Dh therefore fuffer not your Schol- 
 ars to do fuch things, and take 
 leed of winking at their Evil Pra- 
 ctices ^ for Childeren ftould be So- 
 3er, and fhould be Inftruded in the 
 ?ear of the Lord, to know a meafure 
 Df his Spirit in themfelves, which 
 will lead them out of Evil •, for 
 :hat Spirit, which leads them to 
 thofe Actions before- mentioned, will 
 alfo lead them to worfe, ' and in the 
 end to mifery *, and that is the Evil 
 Spirit of the Wicked one, which 
 leads to Deitru&ion 9 for the' Spirit 
 
 of 
 
( 202 ) 
 
 of God leads to Truth and Rightc-jl 
 oufnefs, Sobernefs and Meeknefs, 
 which as you your feives are led by 
 .it, you will the better know how 
 to Order and Rule your Scholars 
 thereby*; by which all Parents an< 
 Teachers of Children fhould be gui- 
 ded ; and it will encourage all S< 
 ber People to fend their Children 
 you, and to Intruft you with them, 
 if they fee your Care, and Diligen< 
 and Wifdora in Guiding, Teachii 
 and Ordering of them-, and that th< 
 grow Sober, and in the good Be^ 
 haviour and good Manners, which ij 
 as they depart from Sin and Evil 
 For they that are in the Evil, arc 
 out of the good Behaviour and Man- 
 ners, and their Evil Words Cor 
 rupt the Good Manners. Therefore 
 Friends, you ought to keep them on I 
 of Evil Words, and Evil Behaviour.| 
 and this would be an Honour t| 
 you, and of good Report, that th« 
 Scbool-Mafters of this City Teac'd 
 their Sehollars Sobriety, Meeknefs 
 
 and 
 
( 20? ) 
 
 and the Fear of the Lord 5' but the 
 .contrary caufes Shame and Difhonour 
 poth to Parents, and Teachers, and 
 lilfo to the whole City, where is fo 
 uiuch profeflion of Godlinefs ; that 
 Children and young People Jhould 
 oe fo Wild and Wicked to throw 
 Stones and Dirt, and Abufe in fuch 
 uncivil manner Honeft Sober People, 
 ;;hat fear God. Now do you think, 
 iDr can any Wife Man Judge, that to 
 fhrow Dirt and Stones, and to 
 Call People Rogues, Whores, and 
 iToads, &c. ( who" Fear the Lord ) 
 ithat this is the way to win or turn 
 fuch to you, whom you fay are in 
 £rror, but rather doth confirm them 
 in their way. But the way to Con- 
 vince Gain-fayers, or to win fuch 
 ivhom you judge out of the way, is 
 by a Sober Life, and the Example of 
 k good Holy Converfation, and not 
 by that which is Contrary. 
 I I am one that wifhes well to you, 
 land all People, both Old and Young, 
 land Rejoyce to fee any walk in the 
 
 Fear 
 
< 2D4 ) 
 
 Fear of the Lord, and depart from 
 Evil ; but am grieved to fee fiich 
 Wickednefs and Ungodlinefs abound- 
 ing amongft People prbfeffing Chri- 
 stianity, . 
 
 Jot h Code* 
 
 Exon-Goal, the 21ft <>/*fc* 5th 
 Month, 1 65 1. where J Suffer in 
 outward Bonds, for the Teftimony 
 of a Good Conscience ' 7 who had\ 
 Liberty of my Keener to walk id 
 the Caftle-Tard one hour or two$\ 
 where /, with other of my Friends^ 
 were abufed by the Scholiars. 
 
( *0< ) 
 
 To all you that Defire and 
 Breath after the Lord) and 
 the true Knowledge of 
 his everlafling Way, and. the 
 Righteoufnefs and Teace of 
 
 1 that Kingdom which confijl- 
 eth not in Words, but in 
 *Power, Life and Joy in the 
 Holy Gboft, 8cc. 
 
 OH Friends, and j? , 
 dlftreffed feat- & <*-34r~ 
 tered People ! who have been 
 lis Sheep fcattered upon the Moun- 
 tains without a Shepherd, in the 
 ploudy, dark and difmal Day which 
 hath come over the World, in which 
 Wen have been groping as the Blind 
 for the Wall, and have nc* found 
 K the 
 
( 206 ) 
 
 the Retting- place, but have wander- 
 ed to and fro, ' from_ .Mountain to 
 Hill, and have wWried themfdves 
 
 for very , Vanity, and 
 Jer. 50. 6. fpent their Money for 
 
 that wich proves to be 
 no Bread, and their labour for that 
 which, at length doth not, nay can- 
 not fatisfie the truly hungry Soul. 
 Wherefore, oh ye People, m every 
 defolate Village! arife, arife, am 
 hearken ye to the Voice and Call o 
 the true Shepherd, who is now call- 
 ins and fteking you •, awake, awak* 
 
 and arife that he maf 
 
 Xphcf. 5.13, give you Life : Hearken] 
 
 14. ' diligently unto him, ana 
 
 ye fliall eat that which ij 
 
 good, and let your Souldelight it fet 
 
 in Fatnefs. Incline your Ear aiij 
 
 come unto him, hear, and your Soul 
 
 ihall live, and he will make an eve* 
 
 lading covenant with you, even thj 
 
 fure Mercies of Davit 
 
 Jfa. 55. 1,2, Seek ye the Lord while f\ 
 
 3,4,55,077, maybe found, and calli 
 
 Upon him while be is near 
 
( 20? ) 
 
 let ihe wicked for fake his ways, and the 
 {UnrighteoHS Man his thoughts, and Ut 
 \him return unto the Lord, and he will 
 fyavc mercy upon him ; and to oar God, 
 for he will abundantly far don. Now 
 jfefus he is the true- Shepherd that 
 layeth down his Life for 
 the Sheep, and his Sheep J oh. 10. 1 1, 
 [hear his Voice, and they 27, 
 follow him, and he leads 
 them forth, and gives unto them E- 
 [ternal Life, and fatisfies their Souls 
 is they hear his Voice, who fpeaks 
 within, by his Light and Spirit in. the 
 Heart and Confcience, which whofb- 
 ever hears, and obeys, and follows, 
 iiall be led into the green Pafturcs of 
 Life, and mall come to know a quiet 
 ind fure RefHng-place by the Rivers 
 ,;)f living Water, where they fhall 
 ie down and none fhall make them 
 ifraid, and fhall eat and be filled, 
 jmd fhall drink and be fatisfied. Oh 
 herefore! ye that are hungry, and 
 [hat find a want of true Bread, and 
 |ieiire to be fatisfied, hearken diligent- 
 y to the LighE and Voice of Chrift ia , 
 K 2 yon, 
 
( 2C8 ) 
 
 you, even that true 
 Tfdl. 36. 8. Light which he hath en- 
 
 lightned you withal, 
 which convinceth of Sin, and fhew- 
 eth the Thoughts and Intents of the 
 Heart, and lets you fee your own 
 States and Conditions ; I fay hear- 
 ten junto it, and wait low in it, and, 
 therein will you feel and know the 
 true Power of God arife to work in 
 vou ; by which you will feel a itor> 
 put unto Sin,* and a fabling of that* 
 -evil Spirit, which hath led you intd 
 Difobedience andTranfgreffion agamfl 
 God your Maker, and into the Way^ 
 and Works which are difpleafing td 
 him 1 becaufe of which you have beeit 
 feparated from him, and wandnn§ 
 tn the Ways of Death and Darknefs; 
 where your Souls hav< 
 
 7/i «8. * > 2 - been laden > aild burthel1 
 * ed, and compafltd abort 
 
 with Sorrow and Trouble, being fe 
 
 parated from its true Life, and ha 
 
 ving loft the feeling of that Powe 
 
 which preferves out of Sin and Trani 
 
 greffion, which you will come t 
 
C 209 > 
 
 feel, as your Mines are turned unto 
 shat Light of the Lord Jefus, which 
 loth appear in you againft all Sia 
 ; md Unrighteoufnefs; in which, a3 
 /on believe, you will receive Power, 
 ;ven the Power of Chrift, who is the 
 rue Light, that lighteth 
 .11 Mankind, or every Jab. u ii. 
 flan coming into the 
 Vorldv by which Power you will 
 eel a fubjeding of your Minds, and 
 Mature, and Thoughts, bringing you 
 ato the true Obedience toChrift; fo 
 ou will be made willing to follow 
 ;im in the Denial of the World, its 
 Vorks, Ways, and all things thai 
 (re contrary to him, 
 jhich they that will be 2 Cor. io.A 
 )s Difciples mufl be fe- 
 arated from, and mull deny them- 
 tfves, as he hath faid, and take up 
 ie Crofs and follow him j who is 
 3t of the World, and therefore the 
 3 /orld hates him, and thofe that do 
 ])llow_him, whofe Kingdom is hot of 
 lis World, and cannot be cntred 
 tea but through the Denial of the 
 |K 3 World,, 
 
( 210 ) 
 
 World, its Ways and Works, as I 
 
 have faid: And though fuch now are 
 
 hated, and call: out of 
 
 I#h 9 -n- the FcllowMp and So- 
 
 ciety of the World, be- 
 
 caufe they cannot be Partakers with it 
 
 in its Sins and unrighteous Ways, 
 
 and cannot be conformable to them 
 
 in cheir Praftices, and Ways of Wor- 
 
 fhip, which are contrary to the Per- 
 
 fwafion of the Spirit of God in their 
 
 Confciences, yet the Lord will and 
 
 doth receive them into Fellowfhip 
 
 and Communion with himfelt - who 
 
 faith, Hearken unto me 7 
 
 Ifa ■■<!. 7- y* that know righteoufnefs, 
 
 Jfa.\o.%i. the people in whofe heart 
 
 hmy law : Fear ye not tfc 
 
 reproaches of men, neither be ye afraic 
 
 J their revilirgs, for the Moth [hai 
 
 tat them up like a Garment, *nd th\ 
 
 Worm jliall eat them up like Wool j M 
 
 my Rghteoufnefs Jhatt be for ever, am 
 
 t»y Salvation from generation to gene 
 
 ration. And though fuch are revile* 
 
 and caft out becaufe they have and d< 
 
 deny the World, and cannot be con 
 
 J formabl 
 
< 2!I ) 
 
 fbrmable to its changeable way, and 
 are made a Prey upon becaule they 
 ;depart from Iniquity, yet the Lord 
 will appear to their Joy, and their 
 Enemies (hall be alha- 
 med \ and he will re- Chap. 66. 5. 
 ceive fuch as'are call out 
 f for his Names fake, and fpeak com- 
 fortably to his Beloved. 
 
 And therefore all you tender- 
 bearted People that cannot turn 
 iwith the Wind, in conforming to 
 fchofe things which are contrary to 
 the Perfwaflon of that Light of God's 
 [■Spirit in your Confciences, but feel 
 in your felves, Breathings and Long* 
 jtngs after the Immortal Subftancc* 
 jlaod. would rather fuffer outwardly iu 
 j.your Perfons and Eftates, the Pu* 
 j/nifhments, Forfeitures and Penalty of 
 jjMan's Law,than tranfgrefs the Righte- 
 ous Law of, God v/ritten in the 
 jheart, and do thofe things to pleale 
 Men, which are contrary to that 
 Light and Knowledge r 
 jwhich God hath given frW 2 1 
 you 3 . which undoubtedly. *' * 4 ' 
 
 l! K 4 V/Culu 
 
( 212 ) 
 
 ir o would bring and caufe 
 Jf*. 55. ». the Wrath and j^g. 
 
 ments of God to come upon you *, 
 and fo turn to be Men-plea fers, 
 which the Apoftle fpakes againft, to 
 difpleafe the Righteous Lord, whofe 
 ways are not Man's ways. I fay, 
 oh Friends ! mind ye the Lord alone, 
 and take heed of them that are given 
 to change - 7 look ye fmgly at, and 
 put your trull in him, and he will 
 carry you on in boldnefs, and by his 
 Power ( which, as I have faid, you 
 will, as your minds are turned unto, 
 and as you wait in that Light, which 
 cohvinceth of Sin in the Confcience) 
 you will be ftrengthned and enabled 
 to bear a Teftimony for him in this 
 Day of Trial, againft the World, and 
 all things which ye are convinced of 
 not to be of God , and ye will be up- 
 held above all worldly Fear, in the 
 feeling of the per feci: Love of God, 
 which will refrefh your Souls 
 in all your Trials*, for truly this is 
 a Day of Trial, in which the Lord 
 |s making a Separation throughly be- 
 tween 
 
( 21? > 
 
 tween the Precious and 
 *he Vile; between him 13^.4.18^ 
 Jiat truly fears God, 
 uid him that only talks of him ; yea* 
 between the Profeflbrs and PoUe/fors* 
 vhojhave found him v and cannot de- 
 ly him before Men, nor let him go, 
 vho is the chiefefi of ten thoufand - 7 
 >ut walk with him, and abide faith- 
 ill in their Generation, and fudi 
 hall be recorded in the Book of Life 
 mong the Righteous, whofe Memo- 
 y mall live for ever } when thofe 
 hat have denied the Lord before 
 ici], and betrayed the juft in them:- 
 'Ives, and lofe their TefHmony ta 
 in with a Multitude to do ( thas 
 r hich once they were perfwaded 
 •as ) Evil, and to fink under the. 
 ear, Terror and: Thr-eatnings of 
 fen, who ia the. height of their Pow- 
 r and Glory are but like the Flowec 
 f the Field; and under the Temp- 
 tions of the Devil, who will fa>\ 
 bis thou wilt- loft y and fnch xviH hat& 
 id envy thee, and thon mlt not be «-- 
 rimed amongfc tnen, hit wilt lofe, thy 
 K 5. repHtatim - 
 
( **4 ) 
 
 reputation in the World, and thy world 
 
 ly auin, and the love and friendship there 
 
 of. And the Devil deceives many. 
 
 by prefenting thefe with many more 
 
 fuch like Reafonings in the Mind 
 
 whereby fome are overcome and fwai 
 
 lowed up, and fo deny the Lord t« 
 
 pleafe Men, and ad contrary to wha 
 
 it may be they have experimental!; 
 
 known of him, and fo become Slave 
 
 and Bond- men for a Mqrfel of Bread 
 
 or a thing of nought* and bow 
 
 and creep for the gain of that whic! 
 
 will perifh, even -to the woundin; 
 
 and piercing of their own Souls, an 
 
 to the utter lofs of their Peace wit 
 
 God, and a good Confcience, and th 
 
 Names of fuch will furely rot, e:: 
 
 cept they repent, if it be not to 
 
 kre*, and fuch will now be difcovei 
 
 cd and manifefted in this Day, wh 
 
 have not been right and found r 
 
 God, but deceitful and rotten-hear 
 
 «d, and have had a Name to livs 
 
 ■ but are found to be dead, as t 
 
 the Senfe of Life and Truth withii 
 
 fckough they have m^de a fair fhci 
 
(215 ) 
 for a time, while the, Powers of the 
 Earth have been their Prop to- up- 
 hold them by an outward Law- And 
 truly of .this Sort have been the very 
 Teachers and Priefh themfelves : I: 
 fpeak it not as upbraid- 
 ing any, but with Piety %-r. 23. 32* 
 unto fuch who have been 
 led by them, who, as the Lord by 
 the Prophet faid, have caufed them to 
 err, by their lies and their lightnefs } a- 
 gamft whom the Lord's hand was 
 turned becaufe thereof in that Day 
 hecaufe they had not caufed the People to 
 \ear his Word in their hearts. And the 
 Lord hath promifed to gather his 
 People from their Mouths, and to > 
 reed them, and teach them ■ himfelf, 
 md this is the Day m which he will'- 
 icomplifh it. Wherefore ceafe ye 
 wholly from them, and 
 vait upon the Lord, Jf 4 . 54* 13^ 
 :hat you may wie- 
 lefs his Teachings, who will teach 
 ind lead you into all Truth by his 
 ►pint, and you fhall not wane, bar 
 
 h£ 
 
<2i6) 
 
 he will fupply your 
 % Cor. 6.i6, Wants, and give you all 
 17, 1 8. good things, and be a 
 God and Father unto, 
 you* and you fliall be his People - r 
 and he will dwell in you, and walk 
 in you, according to his Promife, 
 if you will be obedient to ins Voice, 
 who is now calling out of Babylon 
 {Confujion) and out of the many con- 
 fufed noifes in the World, and out 
 of the Sins of Babylon, which they 
 that are Partakers of, muft as furely 
 partake of her dreadful Judgments, 
 which God will reward her witth Oh 
 therefore ! ye fcattered People in the 
 Borders, and by the 
 lev. 8. 4. Waters of Babylon, Come 
 away,, and fhake your 
 fclves from the Duft; arife, and do 
 not delay, for the Sound of a mighty 
 Trumpet is gone forth and is heard 1 
 in the Earth. Prepare, 
 Rev. xi. 12. prepare to meet the 
 Lord by Repentance, 
 and by turning every one from the 
 Svil of his Wav ? and call off the 
 
 Woxjcs 
 
( *i7 ) 
 
 Works of Darknefs, for behold he 
 cometh fwiftly, and his Reward is 
 with him. Come out of Babylon, and' 
 be ye throughly feparated, and touch- 
 not the unclean thing, and the Lord 
 will receive you. And what though 
 ye are caft out and hated of Men,. 
 if the Lord receive you and take you 
 into his Favour and Pro- 
 tection, happy and blef- Gal. t. iS. 
 fed are you. Wherefore 
 bow down the ' Ear and hearken to 
 the Call of the Lord, and give up to 
 follow him in Truth and Faithfulnefs, 
 acording to what he makes known 
 in you, and reafon not with FMi and 
 Blood, but be obedient to the hea- 
 ivtnly Call,' and he will delight to 
 'do you good, and will 
 
 with-hold no good thing Tfd. 84. 1 1.> 
 
 1 from you, as you walk 
 
 in faithfulnefs and uprightnefs be- 
 fore him, andanfwer his requiring?, 
 and fulfil his will,, but he will be 
 near you to aofwer when you- call 
 \ upon him, and hear your cries, srnd 
 igrve you your Souls deft% and- will' 
 
C 218 ) 
 
 be a prefent help unto- you in time of 
 need. Oh ! let fchefe things dwell 
 upon your hearts, and the Fathers 
 Love melt you, and let it be a fuf- 
 ficient Obligation to 
 PfaL 4.6. 3, caufe you to walk m 
 Subjedion to him, fee- 
 ing he hath not wholly left you, nor 
 given you up to your felves, nor lefs 
 you altogether in Darknefs, but hath 
 given you Light that you ftiQuid walk, 
 in it, and become his Children, who 
 kindled and raifed good defires after 
 Righteoufnefs in you, and that thofe 
 defires in you are not quite loft noi 
 quenched, but are kept alive in you, 
 which the Lord no doubt will an- 
 fwer and fatisfie as you diligently wail 
 upon him, who will not quench the 
 fmoaking Flaxy nor break 
 PfaL 145. the bntifed Reed y hill 
 I p. Judgment come forth in- 
 
 to Vittory •, and ye will 
 come to enjoy that which you have 
 defired afcer, and to know the Work 
 of Righteoufnefs, which is Peace, 
 and the Effect of Righteoufnefs, which 
 
 h 
 
( 2*9 ) 
 
 is Quiefcnefs and AfTurance for ever in 
 Chrift Jefus the everlafting Subttance ; 
 and fo will come to fee thro', and 
 be gathered out of all thofe Shadow* 
 which in their time were 
 Reprefentations of him, Ifa. 32. 17, 
 which now comes to be 18. 
 abolifhed and done away 
 by him, in all that witnefs him come 
 in Spirit and Power within, who puts 
 an end to Sin, and fmifheth Tranf- 
 grellion, and brings in everlafting 
 Righteoufnefs and Peace 
 to all thofe that do tru- Dan. 9. 24. 
 ly believe in him. And 
 now at this Day People flicking and 
 hanging in outward things as the 
 Jews did, they mifs the Subitance, 
 and come mort of that which is the 
 Souls Life, Food, Bread, Wine, Wa- 
 ter and true Nourifhment, and indeed 
 alii and who became the Saints a]], 
 and fulnefs that did fill all, and is 
 now to fixch as do believe and obey 
 him, and follow him in all things, 
 which he at this Day doth require 
 of them: And yet all thofe things 
 
 are 
 
C * 20 ) 
 
 are truly owned in their time and 
 place, which the Saints and People 
 of God were to do and obferve, ac- 
 cording to the particular Command 
 of God to jthem in every Age, and 
 becaufe of Tome that did uphold fuch 
 things which were fometimes requi- 
 red, who themfelves were forward 
 in the outward Pradtice, it was faid, 
 
 Who hath required thefs 
 Jfa. I .-12. things at your hand** 
 
 £ Mark, 3 at your hands. 
 And fo may it be faid now to many 
 who are ffcicking in outward things. 
 But who hath required theft things nor* 
 at this day? Neverthelefs I fay, If 
 any do find the Lord's Prefence with 
 them in thofe things, and do make a 
 Confidence of them, and judge they 
 ought to do it, I judge them notj if 
 they are not otherwife parfwaded in 
 themfelves ^ and if they can in Truth 
 fay, The Spirit of the Lord leads 
 them to do it, which I have very 
 much doubt of, and deilre they may 
 ferioufly eoniider, and truly examine. 
 Wherefore now corns ye on, and 
 
 preis 
 
( 221 ) 
 
 )rcfs towards the true Life and Sub- 
 tance, and look not at 
 hings that are feen, which 1 Cor. 4.1 & 
 re temporal, as the Apo- 
 tle faid, but the things that are not 
 ten are eternal and invifible : And theie 
 hings the Apoftle brought the Saints 
 »n to, and to the knowledge of Chrift 
 n them, which he told them if they 
 lid not come to know, they were- 
 r efi Reprobates, notwithftanding they 
 tad done many things in the outward 
 >rafricej yet this was the end and 
 iibftance of all, and that great My- 
 tery which was hid from Ages, even 
 thrift within, the Nope 
 f Glory, which Myftety Col. 1. 27. 
 low comes to be made 
 Inown unto fuch (as then) who hava 
 relieved in that Light which fhineth 
 n the heart, which gives the true 
 Knowledge of the Glory of God ia 
 jhe Face of Chrift, and 
 reveals the Myfteries of 2 Cor. 4. 6. 
 !iis Kingdom, aad is the 
 rue Guide unto the everlafting Way, 
 & which the Righteous have always 
 
 walked* 
 
( 222 ) 
 
 walked, even the way of true Peace 
 and Eternal Happinefs ; and in it fe! 
 the knowledge of that Truth recei- 
 ved, which the Souls of many have 
 longed for, who had long fought but 
 could not find, becaufe they fought 
 amifs, or miffed that, in which all 
 that feek and wait, come to find. So 
 eorae ye now, and feek after this as 
 for hid Treafure ^ even after the 
 knowledge of that everlafting Way 
 and Truth whichyour Souls longafter 3s 
 which forne are laying, Loe it's her -e y 
 Others, loe it's there, but, faith Chrift, 
 
 Go not forth \ for behold ^ 
 Xuke 17. the Kingdom of Heavea 
 21, 23. is within •, and the Truth. 
 
 you mud find in you, tho* 
 its appearance at firft is but low and* 
 little, yet being owned, it grows 5 
 
 and the Kingdom, which 
 
 $dat. 1 j. is but as a grain ofMuftard-* 
 
 31,32. feed, the Isafi of 'all, in you- 
 
 yet it vvill fpring up to be 
 the greatefi of all in yon, and will over- 
 come all chat which hath been great 
 andftrong in you, even every other 
 
 Seed 
 
(' 22? ) 
 
 'Seed which the Devil hath fowed in 
 the Night of Darknefs, whilft Mea 
 haveflept in Carelefaefs, as 
 you may read in the Scrip- wr. 2$, 
 Eures of Truth. Where- 
 fore go not forth, but receive the 
 Truth as it appears in you, and walk 
 in it, as it is made manifeft within, 
 and through Obedience you will come 
 more and more into the knowledge 
 of it, and if will grow in you-, and 
 this knowledge is true and everlafl> 
 tag, and faving, even the knowledge 
 of the Truth in its appearance, and 
 operation in the heart of the Crea- 
 ture , for Truth hath a great Work 
 to do in Man, to change his Hearty 
 Mind and Nature, and to deftroy the 
 •bevil's Work, which hath been with- 
 in •) the Devil hath wrought 
 \md ruled in the hearts of Eph. 2. 2> 
 khe Children of Dif obedience : I Job. 3.8. 
 !And for this purpofe,faith 
 the Apoftle, was the Son of God made 
 \manifefa that he might deftroy the Workr 
 of the Devil. And fo as ye receive 
 i and believe m the Truth, as it appears. 
 
 in 
 
' M4'> 
 
 in you, you will reel it fubduing the 
 Devil's Works, and working down 
 that which hach been exalted in you, 
 which hath hindered you from be- 
 holding the Glorious Prefence and 
 Countenance of the Lord *, the Lifting 
 up of which, makes whole and re- 
 freshes the Soul, and makes the Heart 
 truly glad : Which that you may 
 come to fee, to the fatisfadion and 
 everlafting Peace of your Souls, is my 
 End in what I have here written unto 
 you, and that which my Soul truly 
 and faithfully defires of the Lord for 
 you. And this is a Vifitation of Love 
 unto all you who are enquiring the 
 way to Sion, unto which the Redeem- 
 ed of the Lord our God are now re- 
 turning, with Songs of Deliverance 
 and everlafting joy upon their Heads,, 
 and they fhall obtain Joy and Gladnefs, 
 and Sorrow and Sighing fhall flee a- 
 way. Among the number of which 
 that ye may be founds iathis Day of 
 the Lord's Vifitation and Gatherings 
 is the Defire and Travel of my Soul, 
 who am a true Friend unto you, and 
 
 all 
 
( 225 ) 
 
 all that are feeking the Kingdom of 
 God, and defire the everlafting Salva- 
 tion and Welfare of all your Immor- 
 tal Souls ; and am known in the World 
 (in which I Labour and Travel for the 
 Redemption of the Righteous Seed) 
 by the Name of 
 
 fiofeph Code, 
 
 Tregaitgrees, in the Parifh of 
 AufteL'm Cornwall the 13th 
 of the 1)? Month, 166^. 
 
 "Concerning Reconciliation, and bow 
 it comes to be Ejfeifed in y and 
 Witnejfed by Man. 
 
 REconciliation is Effected and Wit- 
 nefled through the Operation of 
 the Eternal Word of Life in the heart, 
 working out and deftroying that 
 which is the caufe of Separation from 
 
 God, 
 
( 226 ) 
 
 God, which muft be fiain and Cub- 
 tlued by the Word which is quick and 
 powerful, fliarper than a two-edgeci 
 Sword, which flays the Enmity whicl 
 God is never reconciled to, anc 
 Man being in the Enmity is fepara- 
 ted from God, living in that which ii 
 contrary unto him, which the pow 
 <srful Word of Life fubdues anc 
 works out, as it is received and feh 
 in the heart, which is known through 
 believing in the Light, which con< 
 vinceth of Sin and Tranfgreffion. 
 
 Wherefore all that come to wit< 
 nefs Reconciliation, muft receive th< 
 Light which (hews Tranfgreffion, and 
 wait in it, to feel the operation oi 
 the Eternal Power, deftroying th« 
 Devil's Works, and loofing them 
 from his Chains and Bonds, and de< 
 facing his Image and Likenefs whicij 
 he hath changed and begotten tlu 
 Creature into, which confifteth o: 
 Pride, Envy, Malice, Hatred'and Dc 
 ceit, &c. and all Unrighteoufnefs 
 which muft be deftroyed \ and nc 
 farther is Reconciliation witnefled b> 
 
 any- 
 
( 227 ) 
 
 any, than that is deftroyed and fub- 
 dued by the living operation of the 
 Living Power or Word of God, 
 which changeth Man inwardly, and 
 quickens and renews him into God's 
 Image, which confifleth of Humility, 
 Love, Tendernefs, Righteoufnefs, an4 
 Holinefs, and all good j and fo he 
 comes to bear his Image and Like- 
 nefs, and is changed into the Image 
 and Likenefs of God, and fb is Re- 
 conciled unto him. 
 
 And for this enddidGhrift come,' 
 :and for this purpofe was made mani- 
 feil ? to deltroy the Works of the 
 'Devil, and to fubdue that in Man 
 qwhich is contrary, which is the caufe 
 llbf reparation, to flay the Enmity, to 
 fereak down the Wall of Partition, 
 ?and of twain to make one new Mao, 
 jfo making Peace and Reconciliation •, 
 ending the Sin, making Reconcilia- 
 tion for Iniquity, and fo to bring in 
 everlafting Righteoufnefs. 
 
 And no Man doth, or can truly 
 witnefs Reconciliation, that yet lives 
 in Iniquity, Tranfgreffion and Enmity 
 
 againft 
 
( 228 ) 
 
 againft God, and in a nature contrary 
 to him, but muft be changed by the 
 living operation of the Eternal Word; 
 which will burn up and confurae the 
 contrary, which the Light makes ma* 
 nifeftin the fecret inward parts \ and 
 through the Spirit of Judgment and 
 of Burning is he redeemed, which 
 barns up that which cannot endure 
 and dwell with confuming fire, and 
 fo it cleanfeth, purgeth and purifieth 
 flays and buries under all fleihly car 
 nal Love, Defires, Affe&ions, and al 
 Self-conceits, Heights, Boaftings, Glo 
 ryings, Shews, Likenefles, images 
 Inventions, and Contrivances in thj 
 Mind and Wifdom, and whatfoever i 
 not of God muft die, be fubdued 
 cut down and deftroyed, which th 
 Light makes manifeft to be contrary 
 for he that lives and afis in an( 
 from that which is contrary to God 
 it feparates him, and keeps him at \ 
 diftancefrom God ; and he mull depar 
 from that, and muft die unto it, tha 
 witnelTeth Reconciliation, which is 
 effe&ed by the operation of the Eter 
 
 na 
 
( 229 ) 
 
 ial Power working in Man, fafhion- 
 ing, framing and moulding of him 
 nto God's likenefs^ and flaying of 
 lira to the World, and all that is 
 Contrary to God, to which he cannot 
 >e reconciled, nor to Man, as he 
 ives, and Ifcill remains in that, and 
 vhile he walks in the ways that 
 ;rieve his Holy Spirit. And this 
 '5 a tfue and certain Teilimony unto 
 11 People. 
 
 Jofefh Code. 
 
 t'fr 
 
( 2JO > 
 
 For FRIENDS in the 
 Counties of Devon, and 
 Cornwal. 
 
 DEar, Truly ami Tenderly Be- ( 
 loved Friends, Brethren and. 
 Sifters, who are of that Seed 
 which is truly Noble, and of that 
 Ofspring which is Blcflcd for ever T 
 even which God hath bletfed, and; 
 will blefs, and who then fhall CmTe ? 
 and who through Faith and Obedi- 
 ence have obtained Favour with the 
 Lord, and have found admittance un* 
 to him, through the Work and Ope-i 
 ration of his Eternal Power and Spi- 
 rit in your hearts, and are come ta 
 feel, and alfo to retain his Love and 
 Mercy in your hearts, and to lay holcj 
 on Eternal Life and Salvation, id 
 Chrift Jefus the Everlafting Truth, iij 
 
 whici' 
 
<2JI ) 
 
 which your Peace, Joy and Comfort 
 is fure for evermore, my Love unto 
 you reaches, and my Spirit Greets and 
 iearly Salutes you all in the Lord -, 
 md the remembrance of you is firmly 
 settled in my heart, never to be ra- 
 :ed out ^ and my Soul always defires 
 /our Profperity, and Everlafting E- 
 labiifhment in that blefled Truth, 
 vhich the Lord, in the Riches of his 
 ^ovehath been pleafed to make known 
 imong his People \ and which he will 
 ret more and more make known a- 
 nong the Sons of Men, to the ever- 
 ailing Peace and Satisfaction of the 
 iouls of fuch whofe Defires and Brea- 
 hings hath been and flill are after 
 he true Knowledge of it ^ and the 
 ,ord will yet bring Sons from far, 
 Ind Daughters from the very Ends of 
 :he Earth, and his Glory fnall reft 
 jpon Mount Sion, and an everlafting 
 pefence ihall be upon it. Where- 
 ore, my well-beloved in the Lord, 
 l/ho have felt the Power and Vertue 
 If the Truth in your hearts, and have 
 inown the precioufnefs and purity of 
 L 2 ti, 
 
( 2J2 ) 
 
 it, through the wording and opera- 
 tion of it in you, live in it, and 
 walk in it unto your Lives end, for 
 we know there is no peace with God 
 but in it, and by it \ and ye thac 
 have choftn it, have chofen the moft 
 .enduring Subflance^ and that Trea* 
 fure which none can takeaway, if ye 
 hold it faft, and retain it in your 
 own hearts, and none can harm you, 
 or hurt you, nor make you afraid 
 but ye will be fupported and carried 
 above the fear of- Man, and your 
 beads will be lifted up above the' 
 ^oods, and ye will be kept in th<2 
 way of your Souls Peace -, and above! 
 all things, be mindful of that, and 
 never mind the changeable ways otj 
 Men, who are in the Fall, and Abe* 
 nated from the God of Life, by rea- 
 fon of wicked Works, and know no) 
 the way of Peace, and therefore are 
 not to be accounted of, nor regarded, 
 nor their unrighteous Decrees, bein:> 
 in the Changeablenefs and Wicked- 
 nefs, unto which the true Seed can- 
 not bow, but ftill minds and has re- 
 gard 
 
(*W ) 
 
 gard to walk in the Way of Peace 
 ; with God, and to fulfil his Will, 
 who will caufe all things to work to- 
 gether for the good of his own Peo- 
 ple, who fear his Name, and wait 
 upon him, and whofe truft and con- 
 fidence .is in him alone ; and though 
 Men may think to de/lroy and root 
 ?iit fuch, yet it is bus the thoughts 
 rfMeu, and I fay, (audit's that which 
 hath been and is fealed and fettled in 
 gay heart, and that by the Spirit of 
 ^he Lord) the Lord our God meaneth 
 lot fo, he meaneth not the deftru&ion 
 of the Righteous, who fears his Name, 
 by furTermg and permitting Men thus 
 ;o proceed •, but he will hereby make 
 <nown his Power, in the Prefervation 
 |F his Inheritance, the People whom 
 je hath chofen as his peculiar Trea- 
 sure, and Jerufalcm. fhall become the 
 JPraife of the whole Earth, for God's 
 Thoughts are not as Man's, neither 
 pre his ways as Man's - 7 but as the 
 ■jHeavens are higher than the Earth, fo 
 jjr* his Thoughts and Ways above 
 plan's. So that whatever Man may 
 L 3 mean 
 
( 2J4 ) 
 
 mean and intend, 'tis but Man that, 
 is Mortal} and though he may mean 
 our deitru&ion, yet the Lord meaneth 
 not fo, and 7 his determination fhall 
 ftand j and though he may fufFer many 
 of his People and dear Children to be 
 Tryed, yet it will work for the Glory 
 of his own Name, and the exaltation 
 and fpreading of his Living Truth in 
 theKingdomsof this World,and Wick- 
 ed Men may fill up their Meafure of 
 Wickednefs, and then it will have an! 
 end. So my Dear and my Well-be- 1 
 loved Friends, be ye all of good Cou- i 
 rage, and be Valiant for the Truth in; 
 your Day upon the Earth •, and let' 
 nothing daunt or make you afraid, 
 which you may fee or meet with in, 
 this World, but let your eye be un- 
 to the Lord, and wait upon him, that 
 ye may always be fenfible of his Arm 
 of Power with you, and that will 
 uphold you, and carry you through 
 all difficulties, and Tryals and Temp- 
 tations, which you meet with, and 
 none without you can harm you \ I 
 mean as to deprive you of your Re- 
 ward 
 
( *JS ) 
 
 •ward, and Inheritance in the King- 
 'dom which is everlafting, as you are 
 inwardly kept in your uprightnefs to 
 'the Lord, m the feeling of h's Spirit 
 and Power, and infaithfulneis unto- 
 him j and hereirrwill yon be mani- 
 fefted to all to he the Qifciples and 
 Lovers of the Lord Jefus, who follow 
 him through the Sufferings for his 
 Names fake, and becaufe you obey 
 turn, and keep his Commands* which 
 will not be grievous unto you *, and 
 through Obedience and Faithfulnefs 
 you will obtain a good Report r and 
 your Memory will live for ever* 
 •and Generations to come wiH call 
 you Bleiled, who are Faithful to the 
 Lord unto the end, in bearing a Te* 
 feimony for his Name againft all fal/e 
 !Ways, and deceitful Worships, and 
 111 llnrighteoufaeis, and Idolatry* 
 which the Lord hath called and ga- 
 thered us out of, which for ever we 
 deny to be conformable to, or to joyn 
 with any more, which the Trumpet of 
 the Lord hath given a certain found 
 jagaiaft ill our Hearts *, its deftru&ion, 
 L 4, its 
 
its deltru&ion and total defblation 
 and overthrow is coming, and the 
 Lord is haftning the Fall of Babylon-, 
 and as he called us out of her, and 
 feparated us from her Abominations, 
 let us never more long after or de-i 
 fire her Glory, or reach after or bej 
 enticed with her deceiveable Beauty, 
 but let us trample upon it all for 
 ever, and Hand up in defiance of 
 it, and as wholly given up to bear 
 witnefs to the Name of the Lord 
 our God againfl all the deceiveable- 
 nefs.of Unrighteoufnefs for ever- 
 more. 
 
 And, dear Friends, it hath been in 
 my heart for fome time to write 
 unto you *, and now hereby ye may 
 all underlland that I am well, and 
 yet at Liberty in the Work and 
 Service of the Lord ; though indeed 
 within this Week, I have fometimes 
 been likely to be taken •, but the 
 Lord has wonderfully preferved me, 
 ilnce I came from London into this 
 County •, and I (band freely offered 
 up to the Lord, to difpqfe of me as 
 
 he? 
 
( *n > 
 
 r he fees good : And Friends are very 
 well at London, and their Meetings 
 jvery quiet, and alfo in thefe Parts j 
 ;and are freely given up to ferve the 
 r Lord, and to Suffer for his Truths 
 fake. So the Power and Prefence of 
 the everlafting God be with and ac- 
 company you all, that ye maybe en- 
 abled and ftrengthened daily, to ful- 
 fill his Will, and to bear Teftimony 
 for his Name in Righteoufnefs •, in 
 )iwhfch Teftimony I am one with you, 
 .and am your dear Friend and Bro- 
 ther, 
 
 Jofeph Gale* 
 
 Arandell in the County of 
 Suflex, the 4th day of 
 the <\th Mmb, i66±< 
 
 K 5 
 
 7; 
 
(*& J 
 
 "To all the Upright in Hearty 
 <vjho are of the Flock of 
 Chriji^ and Members of 
 his Body y in Devonshire 
 and Cornwall the tender 
 Salutation of my dear Love 
 is freely extended. 
 
 D Early Beloved Friends, the 
 Remembrance of you is often 
 in my Heart *, and efpecially 
 at this time, I am filled with unfeign- 
 ed Love towards you, from which 
 this Salutation is fent among you, as 
 die Lord hath put it into my Heart \ 
 ■mid I do hereby dearly Salute you all, 
 In that Love which will endure and 
 faft for ever, which the Lord our 
 Gcd in this our Age hath manifefteel, 
 slid largely and plentifully &ed abroad : 
 
(/ 2 J? ) 
 
 in the Hearts of his People, whereby 
 
 we have been drawn unto him, and to 
 
 the knowledge of the way of Life 
 
 everlafting, blefled be his Name, in: 
 
 which our Souls have received greatr 
 
 peace and fatisfa&ion, being quickned 
 
 by the Almighty Power of the Lord, 
 
 and raifed out of Death and Darknefs, 
 
 into which we and all Men have been 
 
 fallen, by reafou of Tranfgreflion a- 
 
 gainfl: the Lord our Creator, out of 
 
 which he is now redeeming many by 
 
 his own Power, even all thofe who 
 
 do lay hold on and receive the free. 
 
 gift of his Love, held forth in our 
 
 , Lord Jefus' Chrift, who is the Light, 
 
 '-the Way, the Truth and the Life, 
 
 :' given for Salvation unto the very ends 
 
 'of the Earth, and unto whom they 
 
 ]a-re to look, and be faved from the 
 
 j great Bondage of Sin and Corruption, 
 
 i in, which they have been held by the 
 
 Devil, whofe Seat and Authority hath 
 
 I been fee up in the Hearts of Men, 
 
 and they have been bound under the- 
 
 Chain of Darknefs, and have, ferved 
 
 \ and obeyed rum, and havc.become.his 
 
 1 Servants 
 
( *4° ) 
 
 Servants and Bondmen, which Chrift 
 our Saviour comes to free from, and 
 to recover again out of the Snares, 
 and out of the Bondage of the Devil, 
 and bring into the true Liberty, even 
 the Spiritual and Glorioifs Liberty of 
 the Sons of God y the Liberty and 
 Freedom from Iniquity and Sin, oue 
 of the Liberty to Sin, which Death 
 and Mifefy doth attend ; for Chrift 
 was- and is manifeft to take away Sin, 
 and in him is no Sin, and to fave 
 from Sin, and to deftroy the Devil's 
 Works m the Heart •, and for this 
 end and purpofe did he, and is he 
 come, who is the true Light that 
 fhews Man his Sin, and lets him fee 
 jhis thoughts, and is the way (unto 
 fuch as do receive and believe in Jiim) 
 out of Sin, in and through whom 
 they come'nnto God, and to have ac- 
 cefs unto the Throne of his Grace,and 
 he is the Truth, in which Man comes 
 into Union and Feflowihip with the 
 God of Truth, out of the Deceit and 
 Evil - r and he is the Life, in which, he 
 comes to live to God, and with him, 
 
 in 
 
 , 
 
( 241 ) 
 
 in his Love,. Fear, and Favour ; and 
 this is the beloved Son of God, in 
 whom he is well pleafed, whom he 
 hath given to be our Light and 
 Way, our Leader and Commander, 
 our Law-giver, and Councellor, whom 
 Mofes and the Prophets in their Day 
 Prophecied of} whom all People that 
 are Saved muft hear \ and all 
 the People and Nations that will not 
 hear, and ferve and obey him, muft 
 perifb, he is the Chrift of God, the 
 Redeemer, that unto us is come, 
 ! whom we have waited for, and whom 
 our Souls have longed for, who is the 
 Saviour of the World, but efpecially 
 of thofe that do believe in him. 
 i Wherefore, my dear Friends and 
 \ Brethren, who have believed in him, 
 land do witnefs Redemption in fome 
 meafure through his Blood, which 
 cleanfeth from all Unrighteoufnefs ; 
 and through the effectual working of 
 his "mighty Power do feel Victory 
 over Sin and Corruption in your own 
 1 Hearts, in which his Glorious Light 
 hath fhinedj which hath given you the 
 
 knowledge 
 
c *4*> 
 
 knowledge of thofe things which have 
 been hid from many Ages and Gene- 
 rations that are paft, which many 
 good Men defired to fee, and did not, 
 and yet doubtlefs died in the true 
 Faith; I fay this is my Counfel, or 
 rather the Counfel which the Spirit 
 of the Lord giveth through me, 
 as- you have received Chrill, even 
 fo live and walk in him, that you 
 may be rooted and grounded and 
 built up in him,an Habitation of God, 
 through the Spirit, that he may de- 
 light in you, and may dwell with 
 you, and you may dwell with him in 
 his Love and Favour ; and that his 
 joyful and refreihing prefence may 
 be evermore continued with you, in 
 the beholding of which is the joy 
 and fatisfa&ion of all the Faithful Peo- 
 ple of God at this clay, in their parti- 
 cular States and Conditions, as it 
 hath been the Joy and Comfort of the 
 Righteous in all Generations. And 
 truly, my Friends and Brethren, I 
 cannot fay what can be more deitrc- 
 able, or comfortable at this. Day, 
 
 (which 
 
C 24? ) 
 
 (which is a Day of Tryal and Suffer- 
 ing unto many, and unto moft a time 
 in which they are in Jeopardy daily) 
 then to behold any to be preferved in: 
 a true fenfe of the Lord's good Pre- 
 fence, and to be Partakers of the re- 
 frefhings thereof, in which is Life, 
 and which doth renew Life and 
 Strength daily in us, whereby we are 
 fitted to do the Lord's Will, and en- 
 abled to endure and go through all 
 thefe Tryals and Difficulties which we 
 may meet with in this World \ and 
 alfo furniftied with Spiritual Strength 
 to refill and ftand againft every Ap- 
 pearance and Temptation of the 
 (Wicked one within and without, and 
 ;preferved out of his Snares*, and this 
 ;I am perfwad^d many of you have 
 truly felt; and which all will more 
 i grid more feel, as there is a diligent 
 | waiting and attending on the mea- 
 |fure of Light given to every part- 
 icular:, in which every one hatha 
 l particular ienfQ what the Lord is un» 
 l to them, and what his Appearance 
 k \ and herein abiding and waiting* 
 
 ths- 
 
C 244 ) 
 
 the Lord is feen and felt to be a 
 
 God and a Saviour near at hand, 
 to deliver out: of the fix and iQvea 
 Troubles, and to comfort his People 
 in all their Tribulations. And there- 
 fore, my dearly Beloved, above and 
 beyond all things let the Lord be 
 your 'Fear, and let him be in your 
 Eye, and have refpeft in your Hearts 
 always unto him, that his good Spirit 
 may guide you in all your ways, and 
 then you will continue in his Love, 
 and behold his Living Prefence, and 
 his Eternal Power, which will pre- 
 ferre your Souls from Death, and 
 fave you from the Power of the E- 
 nemy, and the Plague, Drought, or 
 Famine fhall never enter into your 
 Laad *, but Bleflings fhall be in your j 
 Habitations, and the i'weQt Dew of 
 Heaven (hail fall and diftill upon your 
 Souls, and of that Meat which doth 
 not perifh fhall you partake, and eat 
 of the Bread of Life, which the God 
 and Father of all our Mercies will 
 plentifully give and distribute unto 
 all you that fear his Name, and wait 
 
 upon 
 
( »45 > 
 
 upon him, and he will refrefli and 
 water you with the Showers of mer- 
 cy, and caufe you to Spring and Flou- 
 rifli as the tender Grafs in than 
 which is Heavenly and enduring, and 
 grow more and more into his own 
 Image, out of the Image of the Earth- 
 ly, and fo will Truth and Righte- 
 ouinefs be the chief Objed of your 
 joy and Delight, and you will tread 
 upon the World with the Love and 
 Glory thereof, and it fhall not pre- 
 vail to draw you afide from the right 
 way of the Lord, nor weaken or 
 deaden you in your Love to and Oe- 
 fires after the Truth •, nor drown 
 that Tendernefs which it hath be- 
 gotten in you ; neither fhall that Spi- 
 rit live and have place in you, which 
 delights only in an outward fhow and 
 [profedion of the Truth, but is out of 
 the Obedience and real Subjection to 
 it, which the Truth in our Hearts 
 cannot Juftifie but Condemn *, and 
 , that is elevated and runs out into 
 the many Imaginations and whimfical 
 Conceits, out of the inward Sub- 
 
 je&iori 
 
( 2 A 6 ) 
 
 jefiion to the Lord, which keeps In 
 a Grave and Sober State, and in the 
 approvednefs to God, which all that 
 are Faithful will be preferved in, out 
 of the many Devices of the Enemy 
 of our Souls, and will be eflablifhed 
 in their Hearts in the Love of Truth 
 which hfteth and endureth for ever. 
 My dear Friends, it is becaufe I truly 
 Love you, that I thus Write, and 
 becaufe I deiire your Eternal Happi- 
 aefs as ray own, for indeed my Hear* 
 is at this time open unto you, and I 
 am full of Love, and my very Bowels 
 yearn towards you, for you are dear 
 unto me, and my Soul is knit unto 
 you in the Bond of Love and Peace 
 which is cverlafting \ and it hath been, 
 in me for fome time to manifeft it on 
 this wife \ though all that I can fay 
 is too fhort to manifeft that fervent 
 and fincere Love, which doth, and I am 
 perfwaded ever will, live in my heart 
 towards you, if I fhould never fee 
 you in this Body any more, of which 
 I am not doubtful } and I do truly 
 defire your Welfare ia the Lord, and 
 
 Proiperity 
 
( 247 ) 
 
 Profperity in his Truth, which he 
 hath made known unto us in this Day 
 of his Power, which he wili caufe 
 to fpread and fpring more and more 
 in the Hearts of People \ notwiths- 
 tanding the Dragon's floods which he 
 calls out to drown it, and to hinder 
 the growth thereof \ and Light will 
 ihine through the Darknefs, and the 
 Lord wili work, and he is working, 
 ,and let us look unto him in every 
 State and Condition, and fuffer all 
 Ithings in Patience, which he may 
 fuffer to come for the Tryal of our 
 Faith- and through Faith and Pa- 
 tience we fhall overcome and wear 
 ©ut the wrath and fury of Man, for 
 £he. Lamb and the Saints muft over- 
 come, even through Sufferings, and 
 the Lord will Crown them with 
 (Vi&ory in the end, though they are. 
 as the Ground and Street to be trod- 
 den upon, and have given up their 
 jBodies to Sufferings, that fo they 
 imay keep their Consciences clear in 
 the fight of the Lord, and that the 
 Enemy might not pafs over their 
 
 Souls J 
 
( * 4 8 ) 
 
 Souls ; but do choofe rather to lay 
 
 down their Lives for the Teflimony 
 
 of God, than to bow down their 
 
 Souls to Vanity, or difhononr his 
 
 Name through Unfaithfuinefs ; and 
 
 this the Lord hath beheld, and he 
 
 takes notice of it ^ and let us com- 
 
 rait our Caufe to him, who will care 
 
 for us, though Men do cafl us out ; 
 
 and it is becaufe we feek a better 
 
 Country, that we endure thefe things, 
 
 for we have an eye unto the recom- 
 
 pencG of Reward, and do count theft 
 
 prefent AfHidions not worthy to be 
 
 compared to that Eternal weight a! 
 
 of Glory which is to be revealed. 
 
 Wherefore let all the Children of 
 
 $ion y and fuch whofe Faces are fel 
 
 thitherwards, lift up their Heads, 
 
 for the Lord God of Heaven and 
 
 Earth is with us, even he thai doth 
 
 what he will in Heaven and in Earth, 
 
 in whofe hands are the Times and 
 
 Seafons ; who giveth Life and Breath 
 
 unto all, the God of the Spirits of all 
 
 Flefh, before whom all Nations are 
 
 but as the drop of a Bucket, and as 
 
 the 
 
( 249 ) 
 
 Ithe fmall dull: of the Ballance, be- 
 fore whom the Mighty Men of the 
 Earth are but as Potfherds, which he 
 can dafh in pieces, when t;he Thun- 
 der of his Power goeth forth, and 
 who fhall (land when he appeareth j 
 who will make, the Proud to bow, 
 and lay low the Glory and Haugh- 
 tinefs of all Flefh, in his own ap- 
 pointed time} even he is on our 
 fide, and why fhould we fear or be 
 difmayed, though the Waters fwell 
 and rage , or why fhould we diftruft 
 £he Lord, though the Mountains be 
 great, and the Hills exalt themfelves, 
 greater is he that is in us, than he 
 that is in the World j and he hath 
 upheld us unto this day, and remo- 
 ved the Mountains before us, that 
 We might ferve him in his own way^ 
 and he hath thrown down the mighty 
 from- their Seats, for his Ele&s lake, 
 land he is the fame for ever, who is 
 jGod and changes not, and therefore 
 iwe are not confumed \ and therefore 
 p\ his ftrength and Power let us go 
 pa in the way of Righteouiheft, and 
 
 in 
 
C 2$0 ) 
 
 in the Practice of Chriftianity, in 
 Obedience unto his Will made ma- 
 nifeft by his Eternal Light in our 
 Hearts, walking in all Wifdom and 
 Moderation, in the true Fear of the 
 Lord, which preferves the Heart 
 Clean, out of the Pojlutions and De- 
 filements of the World - 7 that fo no 
 guile nor weight nor Burthen of Sin 
 and tlnrighteoufnefs may lie upon 
 the Confcience, but that by the 
 Power of the Lord, through Faith, 
 Sobernefs and Watchfulnefs every 
 one may be kept clear in their Minds 
 and Understandings, that Truth and 
 Uprightnefs, Singlenefs and Since- 
 rity may have place, and for ever 
 dwell in every Heart, and in that 
 every one may walk before the Lord, 
 and one another, to the refrefhing 
 and ftrengthning, edifying and build- 
 ing up one another in the Love and 
 Fear of the Lord, that with one ac- 
 cord, with one Heart and Mind we 
 may ferve^ the Lord, and bear Wit- 
 nefs to his Name and Truth in this 
 our Day, that he may have the Glory 
 
 and 
 
1 25* ) 
 
 and the Honour for evermore. And 
 3ear Friends, hereby you may all un- 
 ierftand that I am well, blefied be 
 ;he Lord j well I fay, becaufe the 
 ;?eace and Prefence of the Lord is 
 with me, and his Loving Kindnefs, 
 /vhich is better than Life, is conti- 
 nued unto me, though I am confined 
 within the narrow compafs of Prifon- 
 \Valis and Locks for the Tefttmony 
 )f a good Confcience, in keeping the 
 Commands of Chrift, whom I am to 
 hear, and whofe Do&rine I can ne- 
 ,/er deny, but in the ftrength of the 
 Lord do refolve to fbfFer all my 
 lays, rather than to deny or fhrink 
 :rom that Glorious Teftimony which 
 :ie hath called me to bear herein ; 
 ind I am heartily fatisfied herein, be- 
 ing perfwaded the Lord's Hand is in 
 it, as I have feen fince I came to this 
 Place •, and I do believe my Faithful 
 brethren and Companions with me 
 ^re like-minded *, even to end our 
 Days in Sufferings, rather than to 
 lofe one jot of Ground ^ and it is be- 
 caufe of the Love and Power of the 
 
 Lord 
 
( *52 ) 
 
 Lord which hath ingaged our Hearts, 
 thai we are preferved in Faith and 
 Courage unto this Day ; for the 
 Wrath and Fury and Envy of the 
 Devil hath been very great, and hot 
 againft us, which the Lord hath en- 
 abled us to bear in Patience, as well 
 knowing that Men mud do their 
 Work, and fi-il up their Meafure. 
 My dear Companion in Tribulation, 
 Thomas Cwrtis, and my two dear Bro- 
 thers, Leonard and Benjamin^ my Fel- 
 low Prifoners dearly Salute you : 
 Here are near Forty of us in all, 
 belonging to this Prifon } and fome 
 of us have been Proceeded againll 
 for refilling to Swear, in Order to a 
 Tr&munirej which many exped: to be 
 Accomplished the next Aflizes \ and 
 others on the Account of Meetings ; 
 ibme on the firffc Account Commit- 
 ted for Three Months, and Six 
 Months on the fecond j and fome 
 upon the third Account, to be Tryed 
 the next Seffions, in order to Tranf- 
 portation, if Jury-Men are fo wicked 
 as to find them Guilty, for Waiting 
 
 upon 
 
( *5J ) 
 
 upon or Worfliipping God, tor we 
 know no other thing they can find, 
 or ever will find againft us, bui 
 only for, and becaufe of the Wor- 
 Ihip of our God, and for our Obe- 
 dience to the Law of Righteoufiiefs ; 
 and truly 'tis pitty, that ever that 
 fliould become fuch a Crime as now 
 fome do make it \ but hitherto the 
 Intentions of our Adverfaries have 
 been often fruftrated in that Parti- 
 cular in this County. And fo my 
 dear Friends, live in the Love of 
 God, and in the pure and unfeigned 
 Unity of the Spirit, and keep your 
 Meetings in the Fear of God, wait- 
 ing to feel him in the midft of you ? 
 that you may be refrefhed, and en- 
 i couraged to walk on without wea- 
 rinefs, and to run with Patience the 
 Race which is fet before you, with- 
 ! out fainting ; thac you may have 
 j Right and Title to that Inheritance 
 which is Incorruptible, and never 
 I fades a^v - 7 and enter into 
 | Kingdoi " and Glory ie- 
 
 I fideth for evermore : And the Grace, 
 M Love, 
 
( 254 ) 
 
 Love, and Peace of God be with 
 you all j to whom I leave you, and 
 to the word of his Grace, which is 
 able to preferve and keep you in 
 Faithfulnefs unto the End } and re- 
 main your dear Brother and Com- 
 panion in the Faith and Patience of 
 Jefus Chrift, and in the Sufferings 
 for his Names fake. 
 
 Jofcph Code* 
 
 From Reading-Goal, the 
 *§th Day of the 4th 
 Months 1W5.' 
 
 An 
 
( 255 ) 
 
 An Epijile to Friends in the 
 IVeji of England. 
 
 DEAR Friends and Brethren,, 
 who are gathered from a- 
 mong Men to bear Wirnefs 
 to the Truth, which is revealed and 
 manifefted in you, and which ye have 
 certainly known through its effe&uai 
 operation in you, who received and 
 believed in ics firil appearance, which 
 being the Everlafling Light, gave yoa 
 . a fight and true fenfe of your own 
 i-Eftates and Conditions, and difcover'd 
 the darknefs of Sin y and you who 
 believed in this Appearance of God, 
 and waited therein, felt his wonder- 
 ful Power, which wrought agarnft Sin, 
 and all llnrighteoufnefs, and awaken'd 
 the Immortal. Soul, which cried, and 
 M z longeck 
 
(2 5 
 
 ionged and groaned for deliverance 
 from the Thraldom of Sin, and Bon- 
 dage of Corruption, in which it had 
 been held, and the Power of the mofl 
 High and Mighty God breaking in, 
 did work Deliverance and Redemp- 
 tion, and made the ftrong Man to 
 bow himfelf, and the Keepers of the 
 Houfe did tremble, and the Loftinefs 
 of Man was brought down, and the 
 Haughtinefs of Man was laid low, 
 becaufe it was the Day of the Terrors- 
 of the Lord's Appearance, and the 
 Thunder of his Power which wen* 
 forth 7 for who can Hand when he 
 appears, and who may abide the Day 
 of his Coming, who is a Confuming 
 Fire •, and how did his Power work 
 in and through the Earth, bringing 
 into Humility and Lowlinefs, the 
 Mighty being thrown down from the 
 Seat, and that which was of Low De- 
 gree was hereby Exalted, and this was 
 the Lord's Work, which he began in 
 our hearts, who believed in and re- 
 ceived the appearance of the Truth 
 
 in 
 
( £57 )" 
 
 in the Love of it; which with much 
 more we may remember, when the 
 Power of the Lord brake in upon us ; 
 and you that have known the Truth 
 of the Lord through his Judgments, 
 and have the fenfe and feeling of his 
 Mercies, through the Redemption by 
 Chrift Jefus. 
 
 Dear Friends, I know you do (and 
 
 cannot but) prize the Truth, and to 
 
 you it is always precious, and you 
 
 Humble not at it, becaufe you have 
 
 thus learned to know it^ though the 
 
 World's Builders have defpifed k,gain- 
 
 I ■ faid it, and rejected it; but to you 
 
 j that Believe the Light is frill precious, 
 
 which is no other but the fame that 
 
 || ever was, Chrift the lame to day, as 
 
 |) yefterday, and for ever \ , and ye that 
 
 obey and follow him, will. know him, 
 
 ; and do know him to be Fo. His Ap* 
 
 pearance unto Man in the State of Sin, 
 
 Darknefs, and Unbelief, is- Light, and^ 
 
 may molt truly, rightly and properly 
 
 be called io ; who himfelf faith, I at?z 
 
 corns a Light into thi World j ft) you that 
 
 M haw 
 
( 2 S 8 ) 
 
 have received him as lie is come, and 
 as God hath given and tendered him 
 tor Salvation to the very utmoft end* 
 of the Earth ^ and not as Vain 
 Man in his Imaginations would have 
 him come ; who, having rejected and 
 hating the Light, is in Darknefs, and 
 hath many dark Imaginations con- 
 cerning God, Chrilt, and Scriptures, 
 being not revealed in them by the 
 Holy Spirit, whofe Light lets fee 
 through the Darknefs 5 nor having 
 known him in his Appearance, are at 
 Uncertainties, and will ftill be uncer- 
 tain and without true Hope, which 
 is the Anchor of the Soul. You I fay 
 know for what End he is come, and 
 fee it more and more effected, even to 
 deftroy the Works of the Devil, 
 which none can ever know but fucfr 
 as thus receive him. 
 
 Wherefore, my dearly beloved in 
 the Lord, 1 have this in my heart to- 
 wards you all, who have thus known 
 the Truth, and have been acquainted 
 with the Power of the Life that never 
 
 eadsj 
 
( 259 ) 
 
 ends, through which you have beeir 
 quickned to God, and raifed out of 
 Death in fame meafure, keep in the 
 fenfe of that Power, and feel its Rule 
 in you, which will preferve you in 
 that State which it wrought you into, 
 and keep out that which it appeared 
 againft, and down that which it hath 
 truly thrown down, that the Poor 
 and that which is of low Degree 
 may always be exalted in all, and fo 
 will you know the Lord's Teachings, 
 and the Promife fulfilled among you 
 all to know the Lord, and to be 
 Taught of him, and fuch come ta 
 be eftablifhed in Righteoufnefs-, for 
 fuch as witnefs the Lord's Teachings, 
 will thereby be eftablifhed, and ground- 
 ed, and fetled, and have great peaces 
 and know the InftrucYions of the Al- 
 mighty, and the Vertue nf his Power, 
 which will be your defence and fafety 
 I for ever, and give you Dominion over 
 all Temptations, and the Snares of the 
 Enemy, and thereby you will be kept 
 clean to God in your hearts, and fo 
 M 4 will 
 
( 266 ) 
 
 will feel theincreafe of his Love and 
 Goodnefs to you, and grow more and 
 more into the afTurance of his Love 
 and Peace, and of the Inheritance that 
 never fades away, which is felt in the 
 Spirit by thofe that walk in it, which 
 bears witnefs in them that are led by 
 it^ that they are of God, and are his 
 Children, being led by his Spirit, for 
 fb many as are led by the Spirit of 
 God, they are the Sons of God \ and 
 if any Man have not the Spirit of 
 Chrifj; to lead him, he is none of 
 his. So you that are led by that Spi- 
 rit, will feel it to be the Seal of Af- 
 furance of God's Love and Peace to 
 your Souls, and a Comforter to you 
 for ever,! and a certain. Guide into all 
 Truth and Righteoufnes. So, dear 
 Friends, wait all to feel the Rule 
 and Guidance^ Dominion and Autho- 
 rity- of God's Blefled Spirit in your 
 Hearts, for the Lord muft have, the 
 Rule in the Heart, he will have the 
 Heart or. none, he matters not for 
 the Tongue or Lip* or outward Shew 
 
( *6t ) 
 
 lor Appearance, away with it faith the 
 lLord, he will have the Heart or none, 
 my Son give me thy * Heart } he will 
 have the Rule of the Heart, the Go- 
 vernment muft be upon his Shoulders, 
 whom he hath given for a Leader and 
 Commander, who will Rule with a 
 Rod of Iron *, and that Nation and 
 People that will not ferve and obey 
 him mall perilh, and he will break; 
 them in pieces, like a Potter's VelTel, 
 who will not have him Rule over 
 them in their hearts, and Truth and 
 Righteoufnefs, Juftiee and Equity muft 
 be known there, and the Lord mult 
 be loved with all the Heart, and 
 Mind, and Strength, and ones Neigh- 
 bour as ones felf j and in that Spirit 
 you will feel the pure Unity and 
 Fellowfhip, and the unfeigned Love 
 one towards another \ for by this, 
 faith Chrifl, fhall all Men know 
 that you are my Difciples, if ye 
 Love one another, for Love is of 
 
 So, Dear Friends, feel, this Love 
 fpr »nging up in you, and this will 
 
 keep 
 
< 26 2 ) 
 
 keep you tender-hearted one towards 
 another, and in true Subjedtion, in 
 Singtenefs of Heart, and the Bleffing 
 of the Lord and his Prefence will be 
 your Joy and Comfort, World with- 
 out tnd. And, Dear Friends, I need 
 not tell you I Love you, becaufe I 
 am perfwaded you have the Tefti- 
 mony thereof in your own hearts, 
 and of the continuance of my Love, 
 becaufe you abide in Chrift, and this 
 h a fignal.manifettation of it, for my 
 Love is fuch to you, that Ideiire your 
 happinefs as my own, and your Pre- 
 fervation to the end of the Race, 
 that none may faint by the way, 
 but that all may continue to the End. 
 And becaufe I do Love you, I defire 
 this^ concerning you } and I can truly 
 fay it is an addition to my joy in the 
 Lord to hear of your Conflancy and 
 Faithfulnefs in this my prefent Suffer- 
 ing Condition, for tho' I am Bound, 
 yet my Love is not ftraitned towards 
 you, through which in the Invifible- 
 Life and -Spirit of the Father you will 
 
 feel 
 
( «5» ) 
 
 feel it, in which it frauds, in which I 
 do hereby moft dearly and unfeignedly 
 Salute you all, and remain your dear 
 and faithful Friend and Brother, 
 
 Jojefb Code* 
 
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