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           A
           Salutation
           of
           Love
           and
           tender
           Good-VVill
           TO
           THE
           COMMISSIONERS
           OF
           THE
           
             Peace
             ,
             for
             the
             County
             of
          
           Bucks
           ,
           
             and
             such
             others
             in
             that
             County
             ,
             and
             also
             throughout
             the
             Nation
             ,
             as
             are
             concerned
             in
             the
             Contents
             hereof
             .
          
        
         
           IF
           I
           should
           warn
           you
           of
           the
           Day
           of
           the
           Lord
           (
           which
           is
           a
           Day
           of
           terrible
           wrath
           to
           the
           transgressing
           Nature
           ,
           but
           of
           peace
           ,
           love
           ,
           and
           tender
           mercy
           to
           the
           righteous
           ,
           innocent
           ,
           suffering
           Seed
           )
           If
           I
           should
           tell
           you
           that
           this
           Day
           is
           hastening
           upon
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           whole
           Earth
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           should
           affright
           you
           ,
           and
           cause
           you
           to
           cry
           unto
           the
           Lord
           to
           deliver
           you
           from
           that
           Nature
           ,
           and
           from
           those
           sinful
           courses
           ,
           which
           make
           you
           but
           as
           fit
           fuel
           for
           his
           fire
           ,
           in
           the
           day
           of
           its
           hot
           burning
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           by
           this
           means
           ye
           should
           be
           thus
           prepared
           for
           this
           Day
           ,
           and
           yet
           this
           Day
           come
           not
           so
           suddenly
           as
           ye
           might
           expect
           ,
           yet
           that
           would
           be
           no
           loss
           ,
           or
           cause
           of
           grief
           unto
           you
           .
           But
           if
           this
           Day
           should
           suddenly
           come
           ,
           and
           find
           you
           in
           your
           sins
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           fierce
           wrath
           of
           the
           Lord
           break
           forth
           upon
           ,
           and
           afflict
           your
           souls
           ,
           and
           the
           day
           of
           your
           Mercy
           and
           Redemption
           be
           wholly
           passed
           over
           by
           you
           ,
           This
           would
           be
           matter
           of
           unutterable
           grief
           and
           sorrow
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           the
           remembrance
           of
           your
           former
           ease
           and
           pleasures
           ,
           would
           but
           encrease
           the
           sense
           and
           anguish
           of
           your
           misery
           .
        
         
           Certain
           I
           am
           ,
           There
           is
           a
           Day
           of
           giving
           account
           for
           sinning
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           for
           oppressing
           that
           in
           your
           Consciences
           ,
           which
           discovers
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           checks
           you
           for
           your
           sins
           ;
           and
           this
           will
           as
           certainly
           come
           ,
           as
           the
           day
           of
           sinning
           now
           is
           :
           And
           then
           every
           man
           must
           receive
           from
           God
           according
           to
           his
           works
           ,
           and
           reap
           the
           fruit
           of
           the
           deeds
           done
           in
           the
           body
           :
           Then
           every
           soul
           must
           inherit
           according
           to
           its
           Nature
           ,
           and
           every
           Vessel
           be
           filled
           ,
           with
           what
           it
           is
           fitted
           to
           receive
           ;
           that
           which
           is
           fitted
           for
           mercy
           ,
           with
           mercy
           ;
           that
           which
           is
           fitted
           for
           wrath
           and
           misery
           ,
           with
           wrath
           and
           misery
           :
           And
           then
           the
           distressed
           sinner
           will
           wish
           ,
           
             O
             that
             I
             had
             an
             hour
             to
             escape
             ;
             O
             that
             God
             would
             once
             more
             give
             me
             a
             moment
             of
             repentance
             ,
             and
             of
             turning
             from
             sin
             .
          
        
         
           O
           consider
           ,
           Is
           it
           a
           slight
           thing
           with
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           infinite
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           little
           concern'd
           in
           you
           (
           being
           perfectly
           blessed
           and
           happy
           for
           ever
           without
           you
           ,
           but
           as
           his
           love
           ,
           mercy
           ,
           and
           tender
           nature
           maketh
           him
           concern
           himself
           about
           the
           salvation
           of
           your
           souls
           )
           should
           give
           you
           so
           large
           a
           time
           of
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           discoveries
           of
           the
           evils
           of
           your
           wayes
           (
           when
           at
           any
           time
           ye
           are
           retired
           and
           serious
           )
           and
           so
           many
           checks
           and
           warnings
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           as
           the
           vilest
           of
           sinners
           ,
           at
           times
           ,
           have
           more
           or
           less
           from
           him
           ?
           Can
           ye
           lengthen
           out
           the
           day
           of
           mercy
           ?
           Can
           ye
           limit
           God
           how
           long
           he
           should
           strive
           with
           you
           ?
           O
           why
           do
           ye
           harden
           your
           hearts
           ?
           why
           do
           ye
           hearken
           to
           the
           lusts
           ,
           desires
           ,
           temptations
           and
           counsels
           of
           the
           earthly
           mind
           ,
           which
           in
           all
           Ages
           hath
           undone
           all
           that
           have
           listened
           thereunto
           ?
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           way
           of
           avoyding
           the
           eternal
           ,
           insupportable
           wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           by
           travelling
           out
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           spirit
           ,
           and
           course
           ,
           which
           it
           is
           to
           .
           Him
           that
           sowed
           to
           sin
           and
           corruption
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           Sacrifices
           would
           not
           save
           then
           ;
           nor
           him
           that
           soweth
           to
           sin
           and
           corruption
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           Christ
           will
           not
           save
           now
           :
           But
           he
           that
           is
           saved
           by
           Christ
           ,
           must
           be
           sanctified
           and
           redeemed
           from
           sin
           and
           corruption
           by
           him
           ;
           which
           ,
           Christ
           worketh
           by
           his
           principle
           of
           life
           sown
           in
           the
           heart
           ;
           which
           principle
           turneth
           against
           the
           contrary
           principle
           ,
           discovering
           its
           nature
           ,
           and
           evil
           dark
           wayes
           ,
           and
           drawing
           from
           ,
           and
           leading
           out
           of
           them
           .
           O
           therefore
           ,
           Let
           me
           in
           love
           entreat
           you
           ,
           all
           my
           dear
           Country-men
           (
           indeed
           I
           have
           no
           end
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           your
           good
           )
           to
           mind
           that
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           which
           discovers
           your
           evils
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           therein
           ye
           may
           feel
           the
           power
           of
           life
           drawing
           you
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           helping
           you
           against
           them
           :
           Greater
           is
           the
           power
           in
           this
           ,
           than
           the
           power
           that
           is
           in
           the
           contrary
           principle
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           hearken
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           become
           subject
           ,
           by
           experience
           feel
           .
           And
           what
           if
           ye
           lose
           a
           few
           fond
           pleasures
           for
           the
           present
           (
           which
           indeed
           are
           beneath
           the
           true
           state
           of
           a
           man
           )
           ye
           will
           lose
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           misery
           too
           ,
           and
           your
           gain
           at
           last
           will
           be
           exceeding
           great
           .
        
         
           If
           ye
           would
           know
           ,
           whether
           I
           speak
           truth
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           Come
           to
           the
           true
           Ballance
           ,
           and
           wait
           on
           the
           Lord
           ,
           till
           by
           him
           ye
           be
           made
           able
           to
           weigh
           .
           My
           meaning
           is
           ,
           Joyn
           to
           the
           good
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           when
           ye
           sind
           it
           stirring
           in
           your
           own
           hearts
           :
           give
           up
           unto
           it
           ,
           let
           in
           its
           strength
           upon
           you
           ;
           in
           its
           warmth
           and
           drawing
           vertue
           ,
           give
           up
           to
           forsake
           the
           evil
           and
           pursue
           the
           good
           :
           Fear
           not
           the
           multitude
           of
           evils
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           nor
           the
           long
           accustomedness
           unto
           evil
           ,
           the
           Lord
           will
           help
           the
           willing
           soul
           out
           of
           them
           .
           And
           in
           this
           obedience
           to
           the
           good
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           an
           understanding
           received
           to
           know
           the
           things
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           try
           words
           and
           sayings
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           of
           him
           ,
           or
           of
           man.
           And
           he
           that
           tryes
           in
           this
           ballance
           ,
           cannot
           be
           deceived
           (
           the
           measure
           being
           equal
           and
           just
           ,
           and
           proper
           to
           the
           things
           which
           are
           therewith
           to
           be
           measured
           )
           whereas
           the
           wisest
           of
           men
           ,
           trusting
           either
           to
           their
           own
           Understandings
           and
           Judgments
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Judgments
           and
           Understandings
           of
           others
           ,
           are
           liable
           to
           be
           deceived
           :
           And
           then
           ye
           will
           acknowledge
           what
           love
           this
           sprang
           from
           ,
           and
           what
           Light
           and
           Life
           it
           sprang
           up
           in
           ,
           though
           through
           a
           weak
           and
           contemptible
           Vessel
           .
        
         
           
             Isaac
             Penington
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Concerning
           PEACE
           &
           GOOD-WILL
           .
        
         
           THe
           true
           Peace
           is
           in
           the
           new
           Nature
           ,
           which
           puts
           an
           end
           to
           the
           warring
           and
           fighting
           spirit
           inwardly
           ,
           and
           turns
           the
           whole
           strength
           of
           the
           Battel
           against
           the
           enemies
           of
           the
           soul
           .
           In
           the
           old
           Nature
           there
           are
           lusts
           after
           Dominion
           ,
           and
           after
           Liberty
           to
           the
           flesh
           ,
           and
           fulfilling
           the
           self-will
           of
           the
           earthly
           mind
           :
           But
           these
           are
           all
           brought
           down
           in
           the
           renewed
           Spirit
           ,
           by
           the
           power
           ,
           love
           ,
           and
           sweetness
           of
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Peace
           .
           Here
           is
           indeed
           uprightness
           of
           heart
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           quietness
           of
           spirit
           under
           whatever
           the
           Lord
           suffers
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           good-will
           towards
           all
           men
           ,
           waiting
           on
           the
           Lord
           for
           his
           seasons
           of
           tender
           Bowels
           ,
           with
           strong
           cries
           and
           tears
           ,
           even
           for
           those
           ,
           who
           ,
           to
           the
           eye
           of
           man
           ,
           may
           seem
           so
           hardened
           against
           God
           and
           his
           Truth
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           mercy
           .