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precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;" verse 14, "Cast in thy lot among us, let us all have one purse;" verse 15, "My son, walk not thou in the way with them, refrain thy feet from their path; for their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood." Isa. v. 20, "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" Verse 21, "Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!" Verse 23, "Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!" Verse 24, “Therefore, as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel." Prov. xvii. 15, "He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord."” Amos v. 10, " They hate him that rebuketh in the gates, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly." Gal. ii. 18, “For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor." Psa. 1. 16, "But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth ?" Verse 17, "Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee." Verse 18, "When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers." Verse 19, "Thy mouth thou gavest to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit." Verse 20, "Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thy own mother's son.” Verse 21, "These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes." The prophecy of Obadiah throughout, the first and last chapter of Isaiah to the end, with many more.

Now it is my last request and soul's desire, that all who have made Moses' choice to suffer affliction with the people of God, rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, and are true

lovers of Zion's righteous cause; that you set much time apart, and mourn, and afflict your souls, for your original sin, heart plagues, sins of persons and families, sins of kings and kingdoms; and for all the dreadful apostacies, hateful compliances, and sinful sidings of ministers and people with the enemies of God and godliness, and mourn that there is not more faithfulness and zeal for the cause of God amongst his people. Read Psalm li.; Ezra ix.; Nehemiah ix.; Jeremiah ix.; Lamentations iii.; and Ezekiel ix. to the end.

My dear friends, forbear your contentions and censuring one of another; sympathise with and love one another, for this is his commandment; keep up your sweet fellowship-meetings, and desirable general meetings, with which my soul has been often refreshed; and what is agitate in them, for carrying on of a testimony for truth, and against defections, let it be managed with Scripture light for direction, and with zeal temperate with knowledge, and with the spirit of meekness accompanied with patience and humility. Be always ready to give a reason of your faith, and be much denied to the world, to yourselves, and to your natural life; and when God in his providence calls you to lay it down for him, do it cheerfully, and embrace the cross of our sweet Lord Jesus with open arms; for he will not send any a warfare on their own charges: take for your rule and encouragement these Scriptures with others, that I leave to your own search.

Gal. v. 19, "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness," verse 20, "Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulation, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies," verse 21, "Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." Verse 22, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith," verse 23, "Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." Verse 24," And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts." Verse 25, "If we live in the Spirit,

let us also walk in the Spirit." Verse 26, "Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking one another, envying one another." Chap. vi. verse 7, "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Verse 8, "For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting." Verse 9, "And let us not weary in well-doing; for in due time we shall reap, if we faint not." Verse 10, "As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith." Mal. iii. 16, "Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name." Verse 17, " And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him." Verse 18, "Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not." Isa. iii. 10, "Say ye unto the righteous, It shall be well with him for they shall eat the fruit of their doings." Verse 11, "Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him." And, verse 9, "The show of their countenance doth witness against them; they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves." And chap. viii. verse 20, "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no truth in them." Mal. iv. 2, "But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves in the stall." Isa. viii. 17, "I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him." Philip. i. verse 27, "Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in

one spirit, with one mind striving for the faith of the gospel;" verse 28, "And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God." Verse 29, "For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake." Rev. x. 11, “And he said, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings." Heb. x., from the 21st verse to the end; and chap. xii. verse 11, "Now, no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby." Verse 12, "Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;" verse 13, "And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed." Verse 14, "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord :" verse 15, "Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled." Rev. xiv. verse 1, "And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads." Verse 2, " And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps :" verse 3, " And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth." Verse 4, "These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb." Verse 5, " And in their mouths was found no guile : for they are without fault before the throne of God." Jude, verse 3," Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and

exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints." Eph. vi. 10, "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.” Verse 11, "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." Verse 12, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Verse 13, "Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand." Verse 14, "Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;" verse 15, "And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;" verse 16, "Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked." Verse 17, "And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."

And scar1 not at his sweet, lovely, and desirable cross; for although I have not been able because of my wounds (that I received at my taking) to lift up or lay down my head, but as I was helped, yet I was never in better case all my life; he has not given me one challenge since I came to prison for any thing less or more; but, on the contrary, he has so wonderfully shined on me with the sense of his redeeming, strengthening, assisting, supporting, throughbearing, pardoning, and reconciling love, grace, and mercy, that my soul doth long to be freed of bodily infirmities and earthly organs, that so I may flee to his royal palace, even the heavenly habitation of my God, where I am sure of a crown put on my head, and a palm put in my hand, and a new song put in my mouth, even the song of Moses and the Lamb, that so I may bless, praise, magnify, and extol him for what he hath done to me and for me. Wherefore I bid farewell to all my dear fellow-sufferers for the

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