William Penn's last farewel to England being an epistle containing a salutation to all faithful friends, a reproof to the unfaithful, and a visitation to the enquiring, in a solemn farewel to them all in the land of my nativity. Last farewel to England. Penn, William, 1644-1718. 1682 Approx. 13 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 6 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2006-02 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A54165 Wing P1317 ESTC R217514 99829176 99829176 33612 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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Society of Friends -- Apologetic works -- Early works to 1800. 2005-08 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2005-10 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2005-11 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2005-11 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-01 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion William Penn's LAST FAREWEL TO ENGLAND : BEING AN EPISTLE Containing a SALUTATION TO ALL Faithful Friends , A REPROOF to the Unfaithful ▪ AND A Visitation to the Enquiring , In a Solemn FAREWEL to them all in the Land of my Nativity . London , Printed for Thomas Cooke , 1682. William Penn's last Farewel to England : Being , an Epistle containing a Salutation to all Faithful Friends , a Reproof to the Vnfaithful ; and a Visitation to the Enquiring , in a Solemn Farewel to them all in the Land of my Nativity . A Salutation to the Faithful YE are beloved of me above all the Sons and Daughters of Men , who have received and bowed to the blessed Appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ in your Hearts , and that have not counted any thing dear for the Testimony of his Cross and Gospel , but have unfeignedly loved and obey'd his Light within , and not been afraid to confess it without : You that have not been offended in him , though the World hath not received him , but bitterly mocked and persecuted his saying Appearance ; To you doth my Soul reach , in the Love that many Waters cannot quench , nor Time , nor Distance wear away , beseeching the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , to be with you , and bless you with his abundant Goodness and Mercy , Oh , Friends ! go on , you are called to an high and heavenly calling , the Trumpet hath given you a certain Sound ; follow your Captain , be Valiant , fight the good Fight of Faith , lay hold on Eternal Life , that you may finish your Course with Joy ; a Crown is at the end , a Diadem that will never fade away , the Reward of the Righteous at the end of all his Troubles . Dear Friends , Love the Truth in your Hearts , be inward to the Lord , that you may grow in the Life and Wisdom of it ; And keep all your Meetings in the Faith and Power of God ; and love and honour the Brethren that labour in Word and Doctrine : Be diligent in his Work , and that will make you Rich in the Heavens that will never pass away . Have a Godly Care over your Children and Families , and let your Conversation be in Heaven , and the Earth Under your Feet . Oh! ye that received the Truth for the ▪ Truth 's sake , who have loved it above all , and for it left all , that being tried , fainted not , but endured ; and who to this Day have not sought your selves , but the Lord , and have counted nothing dear , that you might lift up his Name amongst men , who being revived , have blessed ; and being persecuted , have suffered ; and being defamed , have yet entreated ; and are to this day tempted , buffetted , and accounted by too many as the Off-scouring of the Land ; be not discomforted , but Gird up the Loins of your Minds , be sober , watch , pray and hope to the End ; for through many Tribulations are we to enter the Rest and City of God. And yet , what if I should say , That the Days of Sorrow and Sighing will even here have an end ; And that the Peace , Righteousness and Glory of the latter daies are just at the door ! Beloved Friends , As Clay is in the hand of the Potter , so let us be in the hands of our God , so will he manifest himself through us , and confound the Wisdom and Opposition of this World. Nothing can hurt us , but our own Vnfaithfulness ; for the God , that hath called us , is All-powerful , All-knowing and All-present , and hath given to us that believe , the Witness in our selves , which is the Vnerring Way of the Lord ; so that our Religion is of Emanuel , God with us , who hath the Words of Eternal Life . He that cured the Ruler's Son by his divine Presence in his Bodily Absence , he also is present with us in Spirit , in the Fire , in the Water , by Sea , and by Land , he worketh Wonders upon both , who is Glorious in Holiness , and Fearful in Praises , in the Congregations of his Children : In him I Love you , in him I Salute you , and in him I dearly bid you all Farewel . His Grace , Mercy and Peace be with you all , and the Blessings of his Life and Presence forever rest upon you : Amen . Your faithful Friend and Brother , William Penn. A Reproof to the Vnfaithful . HOw long shall the Spirit of the Lord strive with you , O ye careless and Unfaithful ones ! who are convinced of the Truth of God , and come to Meetings , confess to the Testimony , and profess it in the World , and are yet Unsanctified and Unregenerated , and so have no part nor lot in this blessed matter of Life Eternal ! what can you hope for from the hand of the Lord at the hour of your Death and day of your Judgment ? Will not God remember unto you the Day of your Visitation , his Strivings , his Waitings , his Long-suffering ? How often he would have gathered you , that you might have inherited Substance ? Awake , awake , ye Sensual , ye Earthly-minded Professors of the Truth , that Christ Jesus may give you life ! for I may say with the Apostle , and that Weeping , too , There are too many unworthy of the great Favour and Mercy of God in this Day , who under all their pretences to Religion , walk in the way of those , whose God is their Belly , who Glory in their Shame , &c. who mind Earthly things , pursuing uncertain Riches , and trusting in their Store , if redeem'd from scandalous things , yet abounding too much in more hidden Evils , Envy , Covetousness , High-mindedness , medling in other Folks matters , out of the Watch ; out of the Cross , that crucifieth the Flesh , yet delivers the Spirit to serve God in the Newness of Life . Oh! as one knowing the Terrors of the Lord , let me perswade you , while it is to day , to hear his Voice , his living Word , that cleanses the Young Mans Way ; And believe in the Light , whilst you have the Light , that you also may be the Children of the Light , in which the Nations of them that are saved must walk , lest it pass away from you , and the Night overtake you , in which the Works of Peace cannot be wrought ! O Friends ! your Doom will be most Dismal , your End the most Terrible of all others , that are called , and would not make your Calling sure , that knew the Master's Will , and would not do it : Will not he make such of the Synagogue of Satan , who are not Jews inward , neither of that Circumcision that is of the Spirit in the Heart and Ear , whose praise is not of Men , but of God ? For it is just with God , to give such up to strong Delusions , and to commit sin with Greediness , who hold the Truth in Vnrighteousness , and profess it in their own Spirits , not in the Spirit and Power of God ; whose Tongues are their own , whose Wills and Affections are their own , and under the Profession of Truth , can give them their Swings . Such as these become the Subjects of Satan's Devices , and too often by a loose Conversation , or High-mindedness and Unsubjectedness cause Grief , and give great ▪ Trouble to the Churches of Christ ; for many may ne●er leave the Profession of Truth , that yet may be Troublers of Peace of Jerusalem here , and Vessels of Wrath hereafter : Be therefore warned , ye foolish Virgins , ye vain Professors of the Truth ! In the Fear and Dread of God , I send this Caution to you , that ye may Repent , and do your first Works , else be assured , That in the Day of his Winnowing , you shall go to the Chaff , and the Wind of the Fury shall drive you from the Joy of his Presence forever : Therefore receive my Counsel in the Love of God ; be faithful to his Truth , wait and watch in it , that you may be delivered in ●he hour of Temptation : It will tye your Tongues , limit your Desires , bound your Affections , order all your Ste●s aright : It will make you Humble , so God will teach you ; and Meek , so will he guide you in Judgment , and cloath you with Salvation . I have a Travail upon on my Soul , and my Spirit is pained for you ! I would have nothing lost , but the Son of Perdition : I would have you all gathered , and nothing cast away that is called of God ; Yea , a greater than all would have all come to the Knowledge of the Truth , as it is in Jesus , and be saved . This I send you as a Farewel to you , in the Name and Power of the God of my Salvation , and in so doing am I clear of you all . Your True Friend , William Penn. A Visitation to the Enquiring . YE are the Workmanship of God as well as I , and he hath made us for an end of Glory to himself ; let us see , search and try , how we answer it ? Ye have Souls as well as I , and you must give an Account as well as I ; for we must all Die and come to Judgment : Turn in therefore , and see how it standeth betwixt you and your Judge ; for by Jesus Christ , the Light of the World , will God judge all men . Therefore with the Light of Christ , which is within you , judge your selves , that you may not be judged : Put away the Evil of your Doings ; Love the Light , come to it , walk in it , and it will give you a sight of the Spirit of this World , and the Fruits of it , from the Spirit of God , and the Fruits thereof ; by which you will receive an Understanding of him that is true , whom if ye receive , you shall live in him that is true , and he will give you power to become the Children of God , born not of Flesh and Blood , but of the Incorruptible Seed , Word and Will of God : O hear his Voice , that you may be his Sheep ; let him go before you , and do you follow him , and he will give unto you Eternal Life . O ye Hungry and Thirsty ones , that want , seek and cry for Eternal Life ! 'T is his Light within that reveals Life and Immortality ! And if it should he said , Can any good come out of Nazareth ? Can such a Day of small things bring Salvation ? I say , Oh , Come and see ; for we who have believed , have seen his Glory to be that of the only begotten of the Father , full of Grace , and full of Truth : He is the good Samaritan , the Physitian of Value ; he cureth our Diseases , he healeth our Breaches , he leads us in the Waies of Pleasantness , and in the Paths of Peace ; There are Riches in his Reproaches , and a Crown in his Cross . Remember who desired Eternal Life , and what hindred ! Therefore give up all when he calls , and follow him fully . Out of him the Enemy is too strong for you , but in him you are too strong for the Enemy : Therefore wait in the Light of Christ , and watch against him : This is painful to Flesh and Blood , which must not inherit the Kingdom ; but it brings the Soul into the Liberty of the Sons of God , where the Peace of God , and the Joy of his Salvation flow , as a pure River that is never dry . Oh! that you may have Eternal Life , that you may not miss of your Desire through the subtil working of the Enemy of your Souls , that seeks to divert you from the right way of God by many stumbling Blocks ; but be not offended in him , that he may bless you : And remember , That all things are Possible with him with whom we have to do ; for all Power in Heaven and Earth is given him that hath enlightned you : Therefore do not murmur , do not despond , do not presume ; but hearken to his Voice , in whom the Prince of this World hath no part , and he will give you Power to resist him . And remember , That to them that Overcome , shall be given a new Name , and they shall have right to eat of the Tree of Life , that stands in the midst of the Paradise of God. My God shed abroad his Love abundantly in your Hearts , to the love and obedience of the Truth , that you may be saved in the day of the Lord , in whose visiting Love I bid you all Farewel . Your Well-wishing Friend , W.P. From the Downs , the 30th of the 6th Mon. 1682.