palices, and in the prison house I sang praises to my God, and esteemed the bolts and locks upor me as jewels. And friends, this I must

through judgment, and are become as little children, these are in a happy state. You know that our Lord Jesus Christ took a little child in his arms, and said, Whoscever becomes not as a little child, cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven; you must all of you become as little children, and depend upon the mercy and free grace of God; you must all come to a holy resignation of your wills to God's disposal: if you come to Christ as little children, and depend upon him, you cannot miss of salvation; it is entailed upon such souls as hear the voice of Christ, they that hear the voice of the Son of God shall live.

"I stand here as a witness for the God of heaven, I never heard the voice of Christ (as his follower) till I was slain and baptized, and lay as a little child under his heavenly chastisements; as soon as ever my soul was brought to this in my humiliation, O then the dreadful judgment was taken away, and the book of life was opened unto me, and the Lord spake comfortably to me, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; and I was made a Christian through a day of vengeance, and of burning as an oven; and the haughtiness and pride of man in me was brought low. Now in this conformity to Christ's death people may die into life, and blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them. Away with all your own wills, and your pride, and haughtiness, and your hypocrisy and deceit, and all dependency upon any qualifications of your own; you must come to have your life separated from you, else you will all perish. Those that will die with Christ, and be

once again testify to you in the Lord God, that what I saw above ago, still rests as a testimony to

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willing to die for him, he is revealed as a Saviour to them. He was before us in the days of his flesh, and complied with his Father's will, he was nailed to the cross. The Son of God, when he was come to the depth of his sufferings, what was his cry? 'My God, my God, vhy hast thou forsaken me?" This was for thy sake, and my sake, and every man and woman's sake that co believe in him; he drank the cup which his Father gave him to drink. If it was done thus to the green tree, what shall be done unto the dry? He went before us, and when he cometh again he will take us to himself, and take us from the filth of sin, that we may be made new creatures.

"Now except we be born again, we cannot enter into the kingdom of God, and there is no becoming new creatures, till we be slain to the old man. Thou must be slain to thy pride and haughtiness, and the corruption of thine own will, and all selfishness thou must have God to burn it up in thee: the Holy Ghost will destroy, and burn up nothing in thee, but that which will bring an eternal fire upon thy soul. Shew me thou whom my soul loveth; where is the path of life, the footsteps of the flock of thy companions? Why should I be as one that goes aside? Now every one that lives at home, in the bosom of self take this with you, though you profess the truth, and live in an outward conformity thereunto, yet if you secretly indulge your corrupt wills, and live a flesh-pleasing life, and consult with flesh and blood, and are not rent off from your lusts, you cannot enjoy the Lord of life! while I am at home in the body, I am absent from the Lord.

"The body of sin is a loadstone to draw you from the

me, that a dreadful terrible day is at hand, and will certainly come to pass; but the time when, I cannot say; but all put on strength in the

life of God, and from glorying in the cross of Christ : this is fesh and blood, and flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. For the Lord's sake, for your soul's sake, and for the sake of your eternal happiness, put not off this work, but pursue it, and it will be perfected. See how Christ is revealed in you by the Holy Ghost, and with fire. God will redeem you by the spirit of judgment and burning; it is not ranging abroad in your minds, but you must know Christ is in you except ye be reprobates; if he hath set your eyes and hearts upon himself, and made you to water your couch with your tears; if he hath broken your sleep, so as you have cried out, "I shall be damned, and never come to salvation;" (this would be your cry, it was once my cry,) O let not your eyes slumber, nor your eye lids take any rest, till you be sure the Lord is your God; if you find these qualifications, you are on your way, otherwise you will be like deceitful bow, and never abide in judgment; if you reject the counsel of God against yourselves and refuse to be crucified with Christ, and to be baptised with his baptism, you will never have life; but by his baptism, and through the heavenly operation of his Spirit, if thou hast faith in Christ's name, thou shalt be married to him in everlasting righteousness; salvation shall be brought to us, and eternal life be bestowed upon us, even that life which is hid with Christ in God, he will give to every poor mournful soul that submits to his blessed will, and believeth in the Lord Jesus Christ; this is not a faith of our own making nor a garment of our own embroidery, but that which the Lord hath given

to us.

O happy man or woman, that obtainest this gift

name of the Lord, and wait to feel his eternal power, to preserve you through the tribulations of those days that approach very near.

to us. O happy man or woman, that obtainest this gift of God! O! Who will not lose their lives for this everlasting life? Who will not die for this eternal life? Now the matter lies in the death of your own wills, when you have done the will of God, then watch that your own wills be slain, and that your cursed self take not the jewels of God, and his bracelets and ornaments, and bestow them upon self, and paint and deck cursed self: and take not the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot; if you be dead to your own wills, you are risen with Christ, and shall receive a resurrection to eternal life; crucify self, and set the world at naught, and trample upon it, and all things of it, and count them as dross and dung in comparison of Christ; that the Father hath revealed to be our life, in the days of our sorrow and mourning, in the day of our calamity, in the day when we cried our hope is lost.

"Thus it hath been with the holiest people on earth; it is not by works of righteousness of thy own that thou canst be saved; Christ comes to cut all these down, that thou mayest be ingrafted into him, and justified by his grace. Do not make this matter of talk, and say, I have heard this and that; but look into your own hearts, and see what heavenly workings are there; what there is of the power of the Lord Jesus, that hath made you to loath this world, and the inordinate love of the creature, that you may enjoy all these things, as if you enjoyed them not. We cannot when we are slain and crucified to this world, but say, my life is in Christ, when we come to ascribe nothing to ourselves, and all to Christ: here is a blessed harmony, broken hearts, melted spirits, and yet

This I have further to signify, that my departure draws nigh. Blessed be my God, I am prepared, and I have nothing to do but die, and

joyful souls; poor creatures that were mourning and sighing, and crying before the Lord in retired places, and yet rejoicing in Christ Jesus, I am risen with Christ, I said, my hope is cut off, I will lie down in thy will, O God; do what thou wilt with me, it is in thy sovereign pleasure and free gift, whether thou give me life, or deny it to me there must be a resignation of ourselves to the will of God; it was so with the Lord Jesus, and it is so with every true saint of God; you must be humbled as little children before judgment be take away, and the loving kindness of God sealed up to your souls; if you seek this work of God you will find it; if you seek it upon your beds in all your labours and concernments, in all your stations and relations; if you press after the new birth, you must use this world as if you used it not, and live a married life, as if you were unmarried, for the fashion of this world passeth away. This is not rantism.

"But let me tell you, a new world comes by regeneration, a man is not lifted up in his own mind, but laid low in his own eyes, he waits for the wisdom of God, to govern him, and he is as a steward of the grace of God, to give to them that stand in need. When a man is regenerated and born again, he is as contented with bread and water, as with all the enjoyments of this world: what is the matter? His own will is gone, and put down under his feet, and whatsoever it is that gives life to all his vain desires and affections, there is a harmony of all within, a man praising of God and blessing his holy name; there are no entanglements shall draw away the heart from serving of God, and seeking his glory; and if God shall call the husband from the wife, or the wife