From our women's Meeting held at York, the 15, and 16th. days of the Fourth Month, 1692.  
To every particular Woman's Monthly Meeting within this County.  
DEAR Friends, and tender Sisters? We dearly Salute you in the Love of God, and his precious truth, wherein he hath loved us, and united us unto himself, and one unto another. And hath concerned us, according to our measure for his honour, and the prosperity of his truth, in and amongst us, living praises to him for ever. We being met together in his fear to wait upon him for Wisdom and Counsel to order us, in all our undertake, relating to Church affairs: Truth's comely order; and the righteous Government thereof, such hath been the aboundings of the love of God amongst us, through the operation of his blessed spirit, that a double obligation is laid upon us to love him, and to serve and obey him while we have a day, and a time, on this side the grave.  
And many heavenly testimonies hath been born amongst us for our encouragement in the demonstration of the Lords power so that we are well satisfied, that God almighty accepts our service and delights in the care, and exercise, wherein we have been concerned: And diver● comfortable testimonies, hath been brought in writing (and read amongst us) from several of our Women Monthly Meetings of the care and concern of Friends, for truth's honour and the prosperity thereof amongst them; And we find it our duty to encourage you, our dear Sisters in every of your respective places and we servently desire your persevering in your diligence and care in keeping your Monthly Meetings in the love and power of the Lord, waiting upon him, for counsel and wisdom to be enabled by him, in all your undertake to act for his glory, having nothing in in your eye but his honour and the prosperity of the truth, and the preservation of his people therein: And let none who have put their hands to the plough, look back nor who have bowed their necks to the yoke of Christ and their shoulders to the burden, wax weary. And though you meet with divers exercises, yet be not discouraged. but be careful, to discharge your duty to god, and clear your consciences one unto another in the love of God, and in the spirit of meekness, and in due time you will reap your reward. And therefore be fervent and zealous for the truth, for there is as great need now as ever: For although the Lord hath given us a day of liberty and ease, as to the outward, yet we have and unwearyed enemy, and cunning adversary to Zions prosperity which envieth our hapyness and is not willing to miss any opportunity, but useth all his endeavours inwardly to captivate the soul and to hinder the groat & dominion of that precious life, that hath right to rule: and this he attempts to do, by drawing out the minds of such as (in this day of liberty) are not Watchful in the light of the Lord, into vain customs and the foolish fashions of the world, too much intermixting with the spirit of it, foolishly to be led away into the defiments thereof. And hath prevailed upon others, to be makers breaches, and sowers o● strife and discord, and to become accusers of the brethren, and at length to be led away into a separation from friends, and the unity of truth once by them received, and beseived in. The Lord Rebuke that spirit is our earnest desire, and if it be his will opon the eye of the minds of such, that they may see the effects of their do. How the truth by them is reproached, the hearts of the faithful sadned: And God almighty keep us, near unto himself, and one unto another, greatly valuing, those great mercies and privileges we have afforded us, in the peaceable Enjoying our meetings in the worship and service of our God, according to the manifestation of his blessed spirit in us: And that we labour to make a right use, of every of these opportunities, put into our hands, Not knowing how soon we may meet with exercises again, nor after what manner they may come, yea, a Winnowing Season, a day that shall burn as an Oven, Wherein the proud and those that work wickedness will be as Stubble. But the wheat will the Lord gather into his garner, when the Chaff shall be burnt with unquenchable fire. And therefore Dear Friends every where be warned, to keep low in your Minds For woe will be to the Crown of pride; Which often goes before destruction and an haughty spirit before a fall. And Dear Friends you whom the Lord hath gathered out of Babylon's, Confusion and hath preserved from partakeing with her, of her vain delights and pleasures, and therefore not to partake of her plagues: keep to your ancient Rock and strong tower, to which the Righteous in all ages Fled and were safe: For there is refuge and sure hideing place, in all storms and tempests, And feel that arm and power that gathered you to God in the beginning, that thereby you may be kept little and low before him, of humble minds, of broken hearts and contrite spirits, trembling at the word of the Lord. And be as watches on Zion walls that when the danger doth approach you may escape and Give warning to those that are wandered and led astray, by the wills of the enemy from the fase habitation, and that as the Lord may direct and lay it on you, you may advise, with exbortation, and reproof, to hasten with speed to the inward Court and not to be found in the outward where the Gentiles sees must tread: And if the rebellious sleight your Counsel and hate your advice, If such be taken away in their Iniquity you will be clear, and the Lord will be clear, and their blood will be upon their own heads. And you who are mothers of Children, and in duty to God, bound to order your famliyes aright as become the truth, in the place God alimghty hath set you: See that in your words and actions and in your apparel, and all others things under your concern, you be good examples to your Children and Servants, and Do not Indulge or Connive at any thing in them that may offend the Lord or grei●e his good spirit, Do not allow or suffer them to wear any thing, that may render them justly deserving those Calamitys, which in Judgement from God, may justly fall upon this generation of evil doors, for the pride and haughteness of the people thereof, use your endeavours, to hinder their Imitating the proud fantastical fashions of this world, as high dressed heads with Ruffles and double Gause, and all other▪ things in attire that is superfluous, or any way dishonourable to truth as Stripped Gounes, of divers Colours wrapped into a narrow Compass hanging behind them: All which we Judge to be, unbecomeing truth, Nor suitable to our holy profession nor the plainness of the Truth we have received and believed in. For truth is lowly and plain, and made those a plain people in the beginning who were subject to it, and is not changeable in itself, Nor admites of any Change in us, And therefore we can do no less, but advise you to the plainness of it, Considering the good effects it hath wrought in, and through those who are guided by it: Oh what true fear, what holy zeal, what plain dealing and great care was there in that day, to keep truth clear, on every hand, amongst all who loved it, their Apparel plain, their Countinances solid, and grave, their words weighty few and savoury, such as Ministered grace to the hearers: And there is a word further, in our hearts to you young Women, keep in the line of life, and Language of truth, saying one unto another, Arise Virgins Daughters of Zion and shake yourselves from the dust of the earth and put on beautiful Garments, even the Robes of Righteousness the Saint's Clothing, and humble yourselves to the Cross of Christ, you who have decked yourselves above the simplicity thereof and let that Crucify you, to the World, and the world to you daily: and be you willing to walk in that narrow path of self denial; the narrow way that lead, to life, and the Lord will adorn you with a meek, and a quiet spirit, which is with him of great price, and will inwardly make you beautiful, as the King's Daughters; for it is the very labour and travel of our souls that Zion may become the Beauty of all nations, and the praise of the whole earth. And that the wanderes, and the scattered a broad through the letting in of a careless and forgetful mind of the mercies of the Lord unto them, in the day of his first love: may be again gathered unto him and into the footsteps of the flocks of his Companions, to enter in at the right door into the fold of rest and safety, and into the perfect peace which God gives and none can take away. And that you who loves the truth, and are springing up as plants therein, may gradualy grow from strength to strength and from one degree of grace unto another, until you become as Nurssing Mothers in Israel, in your day and age and (as Deborah) concerned in your measure, of life, and the station God almighty hath placed you, under the Government of God's power & subservant thereunto to Rule for him, to the praise of him who loved & accounted us worthy.  
And that (as Dorcas) you may consider the poor and make provision for the Widows and fatherless, and as other faithful women in generations gone, which might be mentioned, and many more of this generation removed from us out of the body, worthy to be remembered of us, and the Memorial of them liveth upon our spirits to our refreshment in the Lord, and to the praise of his worthy name over all: Much might be said, but we Recommend you, with our own souls to the word of truth in every of our own bosoms, which leads into all truth, and if diligently hearkened unto will perfectly teach and direct us all in the way of righteousness. Wherein we shall be well pleasing to God, and his delight will be to do us good daily: renewing his mercies unto us as the morning, in the continuance of his ancient love, in the fresh sense whereof we are concerned both young and old according to our measures to be true and faithful in the work (through God's help) whereunto we are called, as Co-workers and fellow-labourers in the service of truth, meet helps one unto another in the Lord, and through his power whereunto shall be the praise, as worthy for ever: And let it be remembered by us all: that the woe was, and is to those that doth the Work of the Lord negligently, Therefore dear Friends, set us be careful in our age and day, according to the dispensation of the grace of God committed to us, to serve the Lord in faithfulness with one consent, secking his honour alone unto whom it doth belong, from henceforth and for ever.  
And it is desired that this our Testimony, and advice with other Testimonies given forth by us heretofore after once peruseing and reading over, may not be cast by, and lost, but that one of every sort of our papers may be kept in every particular meeting in the County, and as Occasion and opportunity may require they may be read and the advice and Counsel therein contained, may be observed and followed that our Labour and Travel in the truth may be answered, and that Friends in general may reap the benefit thereof: And that our next yearly Meeting, may be attended: with some faithful Women from each monthly Meeting to bring in their Testimonies, concerning their care of the good ●nd comely. Order of truth that we may be comforted together, as at this time we have been by the aboundings of the love of God unto us, worthy to be honoured by us, the days we have to live, unto whom honour doth belong now, and for evermore.  
Subscribed in the Name and on behalf of the Meeting. 

Judith Boulbie.  
Katherens Winn.  
Elizabeth Beckwith.  
Margaret Bracking.  
Sarah English.  
Jsabell Morris.  
Elizabeth Moor.  
Frances Tailor,  
Marry White.  
Katherine Ratlife.  
Dorothy Wells.  
Anne Allison.  
Deborah Winn.  
Grace Hemsley.