A GENERAL EPISTLE TO ALL FRIENDS, Who are called and gathered of God, called QUAKERS.  
FRIENDS,  
LIve in the life and power and wisdom of God every where, than you live in Christ the Saviour, the Redeemer, the leader of his people Israel the Son of God, who came not to do his own will; for nothing but life and power, and wisdom shall stand and be a hiding place in the terrible day at hand; Therefore feel it, possess it, enjoy it all ye who profess yourselves to be followers of Christ, and remember that a name to live is not enough or to be counted a follower of the Lamb; but feel and possess the Lamb's life which takes away the sin, that bears the Iniquity, for God is raising his own seed into dominion and victory over all, and his kingdom which hath no end, which shall abolish all other Kingdoms; feel him born whose right it is to reign upon whose shoulders the Government must be, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God, the leader and preserver of his people, know him all people, who profess his name in words and appearance in you, or else you are Reprobates, foolish Virgins, castawaies, without life, without power, without wisdom from above, that's pure and peaceable: so dwell in the dread and power, life and wisdom of God, that you may be found in Christ jesus the Saviour, in whom the Father is well pleased, that by him you may be lead, guided and preserved to God's glory, and be the wise Virgins possessing the Oil, which makes glad the soul, the substance, the Light, life and power of God, in which alone is salvation and not in another, for the day of trial is come, that nothing will stand but life itself, Therefore every one to his Tent, dwelling in the retiredness, in the stillness, in the Patience, feeling the life of God, the undaunted spirit that lifts up a standard when the enemy comes like a Flood, and be not deceived with dreams or a spirit of slumber, but be awakened and feel the power that raiseth the dead and quickeneth up to God, and keeps in the awakenedness, your hearts open unto him your understandings cleared by the thundering power of the Lord God, which clears all, which drives away the Clouds and causes the showers to descend, to the refreshing of the seed immortal; in which alone the blessing is, to whom the mercies are, and with whom the Covenant is and promises are Amen for ever.  
So all feel and possess the pure power of the eternal God, than you feel the Covenant and live in the Covenant, than you live with God as Enoch did, in the new and living way which abides for ever to all Generations; Christ the seed which bruiseth the Serpent's head, and reconciles to God the Father of it: So all friends who feel the power of God, live in it, dwell in it, than you dwell in God's Covenant which he made with Abraham and his seed for ever, than you know the words of God in the mouth of the seed, which never goes out, but is in the Covenant, in the power Christ for ever, who is come to destroy the works of the Devil, to smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and to slay the wicked with the breath of his lips, to whom all judgement is committed in Heaven and Earth, to whom every knee must bow, of things in Heaven and things in earth, this is the higher power let every soul be subject to it, guided by it, possess it, live in it, than you know Christ as the Wife the Husband, than you know the Church that is in God the pillar and ground of truth; but who are from the power of God in themselves are from Christ are from the new Covenant, are from the wisdom of God, are from the leader are from the Redeemer and Saviour, a●d not Members of his body, such know not the Redeemer to live, such know not the Bride the Lamb's Wife, the King's daughter which is All glorious within, such know not the Cross of Christ, for the Cross of Christ is the power of God, which croseth, bindeth and limiteth the self will and wandering desires of the earthly man, such are the foolish Virgins, with the Lamps, a form, without the Oil, the power the anointing which makes the face to shine, gives boldness, strength, joy, peace, courage and dominion over all the contrary  
Now is the day come which shall manifest all things; who are in the power and who are out of the power, for who are in the power are in Christ the Saviour, the Covenant of God, and who are out of the power are out of God's Covenant, in which all things are good and blessed, and so are yet in the fall, not raised by the power, but in the Curse and the ground of it, so read within, with the light of God's witness and see the ground in which ye now stand, whether it be in God's Covenant the power and life and wisdom from above, or whether out of it, in the alienation in the lower power the fall, out of God's Covenant and life, which giveth dominion over all the world, death, hell and the Grave, and the darkness and powers of it.  
So all who dwell in God's Covenant, you dwell in that which he hath remembered, which was with Abraham his friend, (who rejoiced to see his day) and with Isaac and jacob in whom the seed was called, for whose sake he will plead with all flesh, and work wonderful things for the deliverance of his chosen remnant; so feel that which makes you valiant for the truth upon earth, read within, upon the earth let the truth be, and you in it valiant and bold, giving up all in the will of the eternal God for he loveth a cheerful giver, and in so doing you will feel (in the stillness) blessings and rest with him in the midst of trials and Tribulations, for by his outstretched Arm is he gathering his seed from the four corners of the earth, and will bring them into the holy land which is prepared a rest for them that love him: So all friends dwell in the truth itself, in God's power and wisdom and fear which will keep the mind stayed and stable, in dominion over all the fear and threats of men, and out of all the snares and temptations of the Devil, and the world, in him which was before the fears, the snares, the world, the Devil and the persecuting spirit was and will be when it shall be no more for ever, in which your souls will rejoice and praise the Lord who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light in which is no occasion of stumbling, but keeps in the pure feeling and discerning moderation and settledness, above the dark Mountains where we feel him daily God's delight, before the Hills, the Mountains or the foundations of the earth were laid, in whom are all the treasures of life, wisdom and knowledge, so all friends dwell in him, and lie down in him where none can make you afraid.  
And keep your meetings every where, and wait in the dread of God, and be zealous for his name and truth, and live in the retiredness in which his terrible power ariseth in his lambs and babes, to guide and preserve them in Dominion and life over all, to his glory and their comfort and pure refreshment, in his everlasting Covenant which changeth not, and keep out of all extremes to the right hand or left, but judge it, and rule and reign with Christ the unchangeable Covenant of God, whose kingdom is not of this world, whose Throne is Heaven and the earth his footstool, here you dwell in the elect which cannot be deceived nor overcome.  
So all live in the power the love of God, out of all rents, strife, prejudice and contentions in Christ the Covenant, the holy Mountain where there is no hurting nor destroying, but dominion over all changeables known in the free life and seed which hath no end, of which God is Father which changeth not, and out of covetousness which is Idolatry and slavish fears of trials and want therein, and out of carelessness and excess in the moderation and wisdom of God, and fashion not yourselves like unto them that know not God, but know and follow him that is not of this world, whose garment is without seam or rent, woven from the top to the bottom, whose life and wisdom and doctrine the world cannot receive: So hears the Cross known to the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of theory, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father but of the world, so all in the Cross dwell (which crucifies to the world and the nature, spirit and ways of it) in which the saints glory is, and peace which gives to feel over all the earth and unclean spirits in God's kingdom for ever to reign.  
So in his eternal power and dominion, life wisdom and peace, the Lord God Almighty keep and preserve all his upright hearted and tender Lambs unto himself pure and spotless unto the end Amen.  
This i● a faithful Testimony and visitation of God's spirit unto all who profess his name in this notable day of trial, in which he will make a final separation between the two seeds, in which none shall abide covered but such as are covered with the spirit of the Lord.  
By one whose soul travels for Zion sake, W. B ..... From the White Lion Prison in Southwark the 9th Month 62.   

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