To all the faithfull and suffering members in all holes, prisons, and goals for the Word of God and testimony of Jesus Christ, with the rest of the faithful where-ever scatter'd upon the face of the earth Dewsbury, William, 1621-1688. 1684 Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2005-12 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A35845 Wing D1275 ESTC R6659 13705215 ocm 13705215 101479 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Dear Brethren and Sisters ; HEar the Word of the Lord , thus saith the Lord , Though you now drink the Cup of Adversity , and eat the Bread of Affliction , and are trampled upon , as though you were not worthy to live upon the Earth , yet notwithstanding all the Fury of men , you are resolved in the strength of my Spirit forever to be deprived of the sweet enjoyments of Wife , Husband , tender Children , Parents , and outward Possessions , Liberty and Life , before you deny the Testimony of my Name before the Sons of men . Oh! you dear and tender Children , who love not your Lives unto Death this day , that you may finish a good Testimony for the Glory of my Name , saith the Lord God ; lift up your heads in the Light of my Covenant , and believe in my Name , for I am near unto you , saith the mighty God of Safety ; and let not any weight or burden lie upon you ; for I will be more than Husband to Wife , and more than Wife to Husband , or Parents to Children , or Children to Parents ; yea , I will be a Husband to the Widdow , and a Father to the Children who are deprived of their tender Parents for my Name sake : I will enlarge your Borders in the Life of my Righteousness ; you that suffer in true Innocency , will I refresh with the depth of my Mercies ; yea , I will guard you with the Angels of my presence , and all that devise Mischief against you shall be confounded before the Glory of my Power , with which I will keep and preserve you in the Word of my Patience , and Safety , in my Presence , saith the Lord God. Therefore you dear Children , who drink the deepest in Sufferings , think it not hard , for it is my purpose unto you all that have not any Eye to Self , but alone seek my Glory in all you do ; I will make you more and more Honourable in the Glory of my Life , and double my Blessings upon you and yours ; for I have beheld your Integrity , and my Bowels are mightily moved with Compassion towards you ; therefore am I risen for your sakes this day , to declare unto you , my suffering People , That not an Hair of your Head shall perish , neither shall you be detained in Prisons and desolate Holes any longer than I have determined shall be for your eternal Good , and the Glory of my Name forever ; Therefore in my Life stand faithful , in resistance of every evil Thought , or whatever would cause you to murmer , or desire any thing but what you know will advance the Glory of my Name , and the Exaltation of my Truth , over all that riseth up against it in your being truly subject to the measure of my Light and Life , that will not let any seek a Pre-eminence or esteem amongst men ; neither let Self-striving nor Self-serving have power in any ; but in true Humility , Love and Meekness watch one over another ; and let the strong take the weak by the hand , that you may all gently in Love , Meekness and holy Fear dread my Name , and serve one another , that your Love may be manifest unto me , saith the Lord your God , and one unto another in the naked simplicity of your Spirits , then will I make my Dwelling amongst you , and with you ; and my dreadful and glorious Presence you shall all feel mightily in you and amongst you , moving in the exercise of my Spirit , to the Renown of my Name and the Comfort of one another , and I will crown you with heavenly Blessings and the glory of my powerful Life ; and you shall praise my Name forever that I made you my Jewels , and counted you worthy to suffer for the Testimony of my Name . I will go before you through all the Waters and Floods of Afflictions ; and I will appear with you before all the Councils of the Sons of men ; and my saving Power shall compass you about in your hot and sharp Afflictions , all you who have your Confidence alone in me , the LORD your GOD. Therefore trust in my Name , ye my dear Children , and cast all your care upon me ; And if any of you joyfully suffer the Spoiling of your Goods , I will supply with what is needful for you and yours : And if any of you seal your Testimony in the Word of my Patience with your Blood , I will take care of your tender Wives and Children , or Parents , for whom your Souls have been poured forth in Prayers unto me for their good . Therefore hear my Word which is sounded unto you from the Throne of my Grace and eternal Glory ; Rejoyce not too much in Spiri●s being made subject , but throw down your Crowns before me , that there be not a Self-seeking , Self-serving Spirit in the Family of my People ; but all feel the Birth Immortal raised up in the Resurrection of my Life in you all , which truly makes Self of no Reputation , so that all Loftiness be laid low , and all Haughtiness bowed down in every one , that I the Lord God in you all may be loved , obeyed , and exalted ; who is taking , and will take to me my great Power , to exalt the Meek upon the Earth , and reign over all the Pride of the Children of men ( that is exalted above my Witness in their Conscience ) that so my Sons may be brought from far , and my Daughters from the ends of the Earth , in the sight of all People whom I will make to confess , in Subjection to my Power , That you are the beloved People of the most high God , and of the Righteous Seed , which the Lord hath blessed ; and not any Weapon formed against you shall prosper , but come to nought , which will be hastened for your Comforts , and certainly performed according to what is here declared , to your Eternal Joy ; and you shall assuredly know the Mouth of the Lord hath spoken it . The Word of the Lord , before expressed , came to me in the Prison-House in Warwick , which constrained me to send it to be read amongst you , dear faithful and suffering People of the Almighty God , in whom I remain your Brother and Companion in Tribulation and Kingdom of Patience in the Lord Jesus Christ. William Dewsbury . London , Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle , at the Crooked-Billet in Holloway-Court in Shoreditch , 1684.