SOME BREATHE OF LIFE, From a Naked Heart. Presented in Love to the Honest, Upright, and Single-Hearted, That they, with me may wait to feel the immediate Drawings, and Leadings of the Holy Spirit in all things; Or come to know that State which the Apostle speaks of, to have the Anointing to teach them all things, or of all things that cometh from Christ, God's Anointed; So that they need not any man to Teach them, 1 Joh. 2.27. With an Epistle for Peace and Unity.  
Thus hath it been said by a Servant of the lord If Thy Presence go not with us, carry us not from hence. And another blamed some for that They had need to be Taught the first Principles of the Oracles of God. Not by Might, nor by Power, but by my Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts. Who art thou O Great Mountain, before Zerubbabel Thou shalt become a Plain, and he shall bring forth the Head Stone thereof, with Shouting, Crying Grace, Grace unto it.  
Printed in the Year, 1663.   

Some Breathe of Life, from a Naked Heart.  
NOt to run with the Stream, nor Strive against the Flood which casts up its Mire and Dirt (which is the same with that in France, Italy, Spain, etc.) for it is the Nature of the Sea to cast up its Mire and Dirt; therefore to stand still in the Ark, to abide still in the Secret of the Almighty, and so to keep out of its reach, not to strive against it, lest it cast upon thee its Mire and Dirt; neither to run with the Stream, for it runs into the Sea that is Bottomless. So strive not, stir not, nor provoke, but stand still, and the Lord will dry it up. Which shall not hinder the Churches coming out of the Wilderness, though the Dragon may cast out his Floods, but come over every green thing, yea those Professors that have talked of Noah's Flood returning, and abide not in the Ark, will run with it. And many Floods shall pass over the Righteous Soul whom the Lord will Deliver, and will be as a Winter-storm; So that its like the Floods may rise, and swell, and may prevail for a while, but who are in the Ark will ride upon the Floods; So that there is no going out, but to stand still, till it be abated. And there hath been a time of bringing all Home, of bringing them to their own, and there may be a time of keeping at Home. And so every one to sit down under his own Vine, and quietly to enjoy the Fruits of his Labours, for it hath been the Lords Work to bring us hither. And he that hath laboured, will now come to eat. So let Israel abide in their Tents, and not in any thing outwardly to put forth, but as seeing the thing inwardly in their own Life, and according to the movings and leadings of the Spirit of the Lord, for therein is safety, that their own life may be their head in every thing.  
And the Lord bid Noah go forth of the Ark before he went forth, after that the Flood was abated. So that as he Commanded him in, so he Commanded him forth again, and he was held in Subjection.  
So that the man's part being kept down, any thing may be done at the Commandment of the Lord where the Creature is held in Subjection.  
If I find move from the Spirit of the Lord, to put off any Garment, or the whole, and see the end thereof, I may do it, otherwise it would be wisdom to let it alone in its place.  
And if it be to go to any man, or place, I may do it as I find drawings, and there it would be safest to find leadings to it, and the hasty thing kept down, and the Creature kept to the lowly, humble self-abasing Spirit.  
And though I have an high esteem as to Meetings, yet I am not to do the thing in my own will or time, nor any other, lest it be said who required this at your hands. So that there is no other course to come into, but that which the Spirit of the Lord leads into daily; And not to uphold any thing because it hath been done, no farther than the Spirit of the Lord moves, or leads thereunto at the present, Newly, for I am to serve God in Newness of Spirit; and so is the Creature kept in a daily Subjection to the Spirit in every thing.  
And so as sometimes I have said, Let Life lead in all things, and as that leads, so to follow (or else to be still) if it be from House to House, so that I am to Act from the Life. For the Worship of God is a weighty thing, therefore am I to do it rightly, and truly, in the sincerity of my heart, and not lightly, as a Custom, Tradition or formal thing, but in the strength of my Life. And this is not to bring things out of course, or leave things at uncertainties, to do it in the moving and leadings of the Spirit of the Lord daily and hourly in every thing, for who are from the feeling of that, and the leading of that run at uncertainties.  
Therefore if I go to a Meeting, I go in the moving, or in the fear and dread of the Lord upon my Spirit, in expectation of some thing that from the Lord hath been stirring thereunto (that both may be done in the Spirit wherein is the unity,) or else it would not be right in him or them that hath appointed it; and it would turn to Israel's reproach not to have the Lord going before us in every Meeting, or thing done, to wait for his Motion or appearance, as towards that Thing or Service, or else not to put forth in it. And as was said by one, We are ready to hear all things that are Commanded thee of God, so say I. And it hath been upon my heart for the Preservation of the simple in this day, and the avoiding Customariness, and Formality in any Service of God. Go not forth but stand still, neither stir up the Souls Beloved until he please, nor force the thing, but let it alone, until he gently leads; that People might not lose their Expectation coming to find some appearance of the Lord, and find carelesnesle in Meetings, customariness, Formality, Deadness and Drowsiness, can they say this to be of the Lord, or according to the appointment of his Spirit?  
Some have been blamed for that they were grown so formal, as to know before hand when to begin, and when to end their matter.  
O that the dread of God may be upon all hearts in this day, that nothing may be given forth or attempted, but what he appears in first (for Christ's Sheep hear his voice, and they follow him.) And the hungry would be willing to wait for his appearance, and many would be disappointed of their wicked intents and purposes, as not knowing the time, which the Seed of God raised up by the power of God fees all time in the Father's hand or dispose; And so would Friends in their Service be preserved, serving in the Spirit, and walking in the Spirit, or else be still. Did Israel trust upon God, and rest wholly upon him, they would find him their rest. And good it is to be found faithful in what they are called of God; And so in their Callings to abide with God, and then is man in his place, one day as well as another; for there hath been a time of showing these things unto many, and there may be a time of practising the same, what they have seen and that from the Lord concerning their coming out of observation of days; and though they cannot act therein so inoffensively as they would in respect of them without, yet to do it as inoffensively as they can. Now who have believed do enter into rest; and he that is entered into his rest he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his: And such a one his Servant shall rest as well as him, and his  likewise, for a good man is merciful to his Beast. And if any more publicly hath a testimony to bear against their day, and that from the Lord, let none be offended, but all Israel keep in, keep cool and quiet; And that is the way to keep safe, and not to strive to go forth that day more than another; If that there was formerly Collection for the Saints on the first day of the week, must there needs be meetings on that day, whether the Spirit of the Lord move or not? For as to time I know it, from the Lord, that there is none more holy than other. For the Seed of God being come up, sees over time, and beyond, and as it is kept in the Dominion over things in time, and keeps open and single unto God, which is the blessed Seed, or that in which the blessing is, and seethe all time in the Father's hand. For feast-days, holy-days, or Sabbath-days, what were they more than Shadows of good things to come? but the Body is Christ, whose day is holy, and his rest is Everlasting. For all Shadows were to terminate in something, be they what they would, Christ the end of all things in whom all Types, Figures and Shadows end, the restorer of the Creation, the Rest that God hath prepared for his People, in whose Arm of Power the weary Soul finds rest. And the resting in any outward Observation or Thing could not give rest to the Soul; therefore was there a necessity of bringing in that which was more perfect, the better hope by which we draw nigh unto God; And when that which is perfect is come, then that which is imperfect comes to be done away.  
So each thing was to be done as under the Covenant in which it was, and according to its appointment; but the first gave place unto the second, and was changed, then there must be also a change of the rest; For the Priesthood being changed, there must be also a change of the things that were done under it; A change of their offerings, which Christ the one Offering ends, and the end of their Law by which they took their Tithes.  
Christ within, the hope of Glory, the Mystery hid, but now revealed, praises be to his Name who liveth for ever, who is the Souls Bishop, who watcheth over, and taketh the Care of his Flock; for had his Compassions failed, we had not been a People, whose Love hath overcome my heart, therefore have I a Zeal for him, and for his People. And it is his blessed appearance that is to be waited for, that blesseth you, the Glory of the Lord to fill his own Temple, which appearance many have waited for. For of old they were to go up by appointment, and do things in its Order. And we are now to receive an appointment before we do, and to do things as under that Covenant in which we are, not according to the Letter of a dispensation, as they that were ordered according to the Law of the Carnal Commandment, which was to come to its end, but in newness of Spirit to receive the Commandment new, and in all things to be ordered according to the power of the endless Life.  
For it is the New Testament to which we are come, where are new and fresh discoveries, and leadings according to his will that we are Children of; He made known his Will unto the Children of the first Covenant, which they were to obey and do, and he maketh knows his mind by putting his Law into our minds, that we might serve and obey him likewise, not as they did in the oldness of the Letter, but in newness of the Spirit. And this is that which we are to keep on in the New and Living way, that leadeth unto the Living God, wherein is found the Daily Bread; for that which I Received Yesterday, will not serve me to day, nor that which I have to day will not serve me to morrow, but I must have it fresh and new, and then it is good. So that this I find according to the mind of the Spirit of God in me to be the time under which we are (as New-Covenant Children) to Act in newness, to walk in newness of life, mark new, for the ●ords have an import in the very sound of the Covenants, the first could not continue which was old and ready to vanish away, but the second is new and everlasting, and abides for ever, and is a Covenant of life and peace to all that stand in it, or live answerable to it.  
So that this is according to what Moses Prophesied of Christ, that 〈◊〉 was to be heard in all things. And said the Minister of Christ, whatsever ye do in word or deed do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus, or in his power, that the power may stir first, then in the name of Jesus which is the Saviour, there is safety. And so he may be called a spiritual man that doth all in the spirit, and with it and a good understanding, wherein the true worshippers worship the Father in spirit & in truth.  
And this will be a Dread among People, that they see we serve God indeed, with Reverence and Godly Fear, not in our own Time nor Will, nor their Will, but when he pleaseth or stirreth, and not till then; And this is that which is acceptable, not Customary, Formally, or by Tradition as others have done, which the Lord hath cast out before us.  
And the Lord knows I am even sick with love, therefore bear with me, and overcome with the goodness of the Lord which my soul hath felt, and it is the life of love that I breathe after to see brought forth among us, & to know the depth thereof; gifts may cease, and tongues may cease, but love abideth which is most excellent. And this when even tired and wearied in my mind, the Lord fixed me upon his spirit of love which he hath born up in me, which I prayed the Lord and supplicated him for, as seeing a beauty in it, which the Lord will bring his people to more and more love, general, universal, to live in it, and bring them over all straightness and narrowness, Amen saith my spirit. Which I hope as the Lord hath brought me to see it, so he will enable me to abide in it.  
And as touching them who have declared among us, and do go forth, as they stand in their places and are serviceable to the Lord in the moving of his spirit, to reprove sin and teach transgressors the way of God, and keep to their first principles, walking in the light of the Lamb, it is lovely, but not to meddle in what concerns them not, vaileing the man's part that the Lord alone might have all the glory. For thus it was said by them who were in the spirit of truth and of love, who is Paul, and who is Apollo, but servants by whom ye have believed; for neither is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase; mark, not any thing but God: and this farther run through me from the spirit of the Lord, neither are they to be as Lords over God's heritage, but to be Examples to the flock. And the Apostle who was not inferior to the chiefest Apostles, yet he said he was nothing; And that the Lord might be all, and his truth all, they were content to abase themselves, and such the Lord will 〈◊〉. And that whereby I have been preserved this day hath been only in the name and power of the Lord, his arm that hath upheld me, but I see sift, and winnowings must come, and good it will be for many; And as the Lord hath tried all other professions, so he will try this, that they that are approved may be made manifest. And this I see, Forms will be broken, the customary Observasion of days, and Friends preserved as the spirit of the Lord is hearkened unto and obeyed, and goes before in all things. And that which I have come to see and feel into this day, and to have my heart fixed, yea that I can say my heart is fixed, I can sing and rejoice, hath been through the travel of my soul, and prayers and supplications to the Lord that hears in secret, who hath had regard unto my low estate (whose mercy endureth for ever) and to see his people in the spirit of love, and the Immediate move in it, and from it, indeed I should be Answered; And I hope (it being from my very Soul that I have desired it) that I shall see it and be satisfied. And I know he that dwelleth in the Love of God, dwelleth in a safe place, for He that dwelle●● in Love, dwelleth in God, where Storms, Tempests, nor Pushings cannot come, nor hurt; The Creature may be hurt if he go forth, or let his mind forth, but keeping within he is safe, the mind out of the Creatures, or any visible thing up to the invisible God. And the Lord hath brought me to a State that I see over the Visibles, and where they are in their place, and man standing in his place, and the Creatures used in their place in God's Covenant of Light are very good; So there is a necessity of perfecting what is begun, or bringing forth that which many are yet out of, Even perfect Love that thinks no evil, nor rejoiceth in Iniquity, wherein we may see one another, and serve one another, and not be smiting without cause, not to have the pure Life and Motions of the Spirit of Truth itself, judged by them that are Professors thereof, because it came not forth according to their Mind, Form, Time, or Way, even as others have done, ready to judge all out of their own way; when as it is evident the Lord's way is not as man's ways, and no man is to have Dominion over another faith, but to be helpers of each others joy, if they cannot help, than they are not to hinder; But the Lord will have all to bow and be●● 〈◊〉 him, be they never so strong there is need of a continual De●●●ance and eyeing him, even as the Servant of Christ of old De●●ld, without him he could do nothing, but in him he could do all things; 〈◊〉 have been brought to see my own weakness, and my own ●●●gth, and in that could do nothing, and when I have been weak●● then have I been strongest, and the Lords strength is precious, And as it hath been so it is, Every man's way hath been right in his own 〈◊〉, but the Lord pondereth the Steps; And in him was no Form nor ●●linesse, nor nothing to be desired; Mark, here did not appear Form nor Comeliness, but a man of Sorrows, and acquainted with Griefs; So who stands in the Holy Mountain, will see and walk over all these Forms, Outward-appearances, and Comeliness, and know the King's Daughter that is all glorious within.  
And this would not leave any at a loss or uncertainty, to be guided and led by the Spirit of God in all things, and if guided, then that to go before, or be directed by it, for there is no other way whereby the Lord will carry on his own work; Not by Might, nor by Power, but by my Spirit saith the Lord; And the Spirit is not to be tied or bound unto man's Conveniency, or limited to the narrow compass of his occasions to serve him when he hath leasture, but the Creature is to ●●ve way unto him; So that a man going without his guide may ea●●●● lose his way, and that immediately, to see or to hear it, otherwise he goes but uncertainly. And where Friends have provided a 〈◊〉, or others have given up their House as to a Meetingplace, it may be made use of, when they feel stir in the life, both in respect of time and place, as they see, or are moved by the Eternal, in which they stand over all the Earth, and there will be safety, whatsoever may come either to die or to live, even in and through the Eternal Spirit to offer up themselves.  
And such that are Simple-hearted, and go in simplicity of their ●●arts to such Meetings, directed or led into by the Spirit of the Lord, 〈◊〉 his own Seed-sake, them the Lord may preserve, but to do the 〈◊〉 clearly in the Life, and immediate move of the Spirit towards 〈◊〉 a thing is sure and safe, & it would be disobedience if not answered, if required; for it is the Lord that is to be hearked unto, and his 〈◊〉 obeyed, and the Creature not to go forth into any thing, any ●ther then that leadeth, but to be kept in subjection; for if you 〈◊〉 to feel the thing in yourselves, and it be not hearked unto, 〈◊〉 shall go on any in a Formality or customariness, out of the immediate Leadings and Guidance of the Spirit of the Lord, The thing will come over you, and overtake you, and some will be burdened thereat, until they do declare against it Publicly. And so walking in the unity of the Spirit, and keeping down the man's part, than unity would be preserved and strengthened; for if the Spirit be stopped, or quenched, than the unity is quenched, that is plain; And this would put a stop quickly to all Customary and Formal proceed, all to do, and every one to do as they are moved of the Spirit by the Lord, which is Holy, Just and True. And thus I have born forth my Testimony, as moved of the Lord, and in Love to you all, wherein let me be Received.  
William Salt.  
And these two things feel me in (and therein abide with me.)  
My heart fixed in the Spirit of Love, wherein I am to keep for ever, And drawn and guided by that Spirit which way he pleaseth, and I passive therein, which will never deceive any of you to abide in Love, and know the Immediate motions of the good Spirit to guide you.  
Thus it was well with Israel as they were kept by day and by night to the Conduct of the Pillar of Fire and the Cloud, and had this in their sight through all their Journeying, to be kept in a continual Subjection and Dependence upon God. And at the word of the Lord they traveled, and at the word of the Lord they stood still, or abode in their Tents, whether two Days, or a Month, or a Year, as the Cloud tarried or remained upon the Tabernacle, the Children of Israel Remained still, and Journeyed not; So as this is to be Read by each in Particular, so it is in the General; At the Commandment of the Lord they rested in their Tents, and at the Commandment of the Lord they Journeyed, and risen up, and sat down with Holy Breathe in their mouths. Arise O Lord, and let thine Enemies be scattered, and return unto the many Thousands of Israel. And the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord went before them in their Journeying, holding forth at that time what the Spiritual Israel were to have, to go before them in ages to come, even him who was given for a Leader and Commander to the People.  
And what is it can help out of the Apostasy, heal any of their Backslidings, or save any from the errors of their way, but th● unerring Spirit of the Lord, to know its Motions and Leadings.  
And whereas it was said, by one speaking concerning the Raging of the Sea, and casting up its Mire and Dirt, yet said he, We must 〈◊〉 through it, yea but the Lord must lead first, otherwise Creatures may quickly sink; and where the Lord leads, there any are to follow, but for otherwise.  
And another speaking to this effect, To heed the Power and Spirit of the Lord which was before Storms and Tempests was; yea so to heed it, as to be guided by it; So that this brings still unto the thing that hath been spoken of, to feel the Lord present, or to see the Living going before, if that move not then to be still; So let all Flesh be silent before the Lord, and all fleshly reasonings, for the Lord is risen of a Truth, whom we are to follow, and let the sound thereof go forth to the utmost ends of the Earth.  
This then in short, what the tendance of my words hath been, not to appear in any thing, but what the Spirit of the Lord moves unto directly, for had that been still, I had been still in this matter; neither having regard to one time or place more than another, but Spiritual, all in the Spirit to be performed, or as that makes way, or bows the hearts of any, which is to be waited for: In the man's day, things hath been done in the man's time, and according to his will, but in the day of the Lord, all is to be done in his time, and according to his will, who hath all times in his hand, which the Creature is to eye diligently in this mighty day of the Lord, wherein man is wholly to be ceased from for ever.  
So to visit one another, any as they are moved, and speak one to mother, and meet together as they are moved; for if two or three shall agree on Earth, as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in Heaven saith Christ; For where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the midst of them; And so daily to exhort one another as they see cause, or are led thereunto by the Spirit of the Lord, where there is any Buffet, Temptations, or things of that kind. And where any more generally shall assemble themselves together, and find leadings thereunto in the Spirit of Love let them do it, even as that puts forth itself in the thing, otherwise it were better to be still, and not to do it, because it hath been done, and others have exhorted thereunto, and so to be tied to the Letter of a dispensation; for there is a time for all things, and to every thing there is a Season saith Solomon; there may be a time to go forth, and there may be a time to keep still, a time to speak, and a time to be silent, or is the spirit of the Lord to be limited about any of these things, as that he shall not have the liberty left him, to require what, or when he pleaseth?  
And may not some as contentedly be brought to sit in silence, or to be taught as formerly to be Teachers of others, and may it not be 〈◊〉 Convenient?  
And did not the Prophet of the Lord Declare their strength was to 〈◊〉 still? & may there not be a time for sitting still now as well as then? and is not the Creature Man and Woman to be held in subjection to the Creator? and did not the Saints sit at his Feet, to hear the word at his Month, which is the thing that is so desirable now, and the matter contended for to receive the Word at his Mouth, which the Holy men of old well knew, and more desired it, than their necessary food, yea it was sweeter to them then the Honey, or the Honey Comb.  
But the Flood is come, and what shall I say, even to be still.  
This then is my exhortation unto all, in the fear of God, and in Love, and as moved thereunto by his blessed Spirit, every one as Members one of another, to answer his place in the body (The Wise man's eye is in his head, and sees what he requires, and to answer his requirings, or what may be laid before one another in meekness, and in Love, as they feel the thing in their own Life to answer it) that there may be no drawings back, for such the Lords Soul hath no pleasure in.  
And this which I have here in the beginning written, is what in time past hath risen in me from the movings and openings of the spirit of the Lord, which I now think meet to commacate. When I was in deep distress and sorrow of spirit concerning the ark of our God and the cause of his truth, and something concerning the condition of others, (when I set my face toward them) to both which something was answered; Therefore let none proceed in a forward zeal or a hasty rash Spirit to Judge, lest the Lord rebuke it, nor to be highminded, but fear.  
Remember Vzza who put forth his hand, as he thought to stay the Ark, and yet was smitten.  
And with whom was he grieved, was it not with them whose Carcases fell in the Wilderness? who strove against his good Spirit, temped, and provoked him, and so fell short of the promised Land? and that is not a Serving or worshipping (for God is a Spirit and will be worshipped in Spirit and truth) to resist and grieve his Spirit, or provoke it, or is not he to have the sole or absolute Authority, and Preeminency over his own handiwork; and is not every Creature to bow unto him? if he say unto him go, is not he to do it; and if he say ●●th the same come, is not he to obey, and so to be Subjected to his ●●●●enly will in all things, whether it be to go, or come, or stand 〈◊〉; therefore good it will be for all the tenderhearted to eye the ●●●ings of the Lords good spirit in all things, to look over all forms, or 〈◊〉 appeareances, though sometimes the spirit of the Lord 〈◊〉 have appeared in them, yet he is not limited unto that; therefore 〈◊〉 is not to be sticked in, but to be pressing forward, looking unto 〈◊〉 that was in the beginning, Christ the Alpha and Omega, the be●●●ing and the end, whose name is called the word of God, which 〈◊〉 before Shadows, Forms, or Visible things were; So that if the Creature be not by him led into those, let him let them alone as things below the life, that there may not be a striveing in any, or provoking, for that is not a serving, but the Will subjected unto his pure, and holy, undefiled Spirit, whereby man may come into life no live in God, and not to have a life in any outward Visible thing, which may pass away, and perish with the useing; and so the outward thing is to be used as if men used it not, and so will the heart be kept single and disintangled to Fellow the Lamb wheresoever he ●●●●deth, which all the Lambs of Christ are needfully to mind, wherein stands their safety in this day.   

My Dear Friends, something hath been upon me to write unto you, which in the Spirit of Love let me be felt and received.  
FOllow Peace with all Men, and have peace one with another; This hath been the Language of the Spirit of Truth, in days past, and he that hath an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit ●ith unto the Churches; And this is the Language of the same Spirit this day unto you his People, to follow peace with all men, and Holiness, without which no man can see the Lord. Mark, without Peace be followed with all men, no man can see God; Lest there spring up any Root of bitterness, and trouble you, and many thereby be defiled; and so they were to follow peace, the Blessed Thing whereunto they were called, and God is the Author of Peace, and not of Confusion, therefore the Lord keep us all out of that that runs into Strife, for that goes into Confusion; I have found something in several putting itself forth unto peace; and I say, Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the Children of God: And doubtless as we abide in the Power, we abide in the Peace, for it is the Gospel of Peace, and if we abide in the Covenant, we abide in the Peace, for 'tis the Covenant of Peace; and Christ saith, In me ye 〈◊〉 have Peace; but out of him in the World's Spirit, is the Tribulation, and the Sorrow; and our fellowship is in the Peace, and in the Power, the Gospel-Fellowship, where the Saints were Follows together, and of the Household of Faith, all walking in the same Spirit; and here was not any Mastering, or Lording it over one another in the Gospel-fellowship; where they were as a Family; So did they Prophesy one by one, and as the Lord did give forth his Gifts, so did they Minister every one according to what they had received; and being come to the Living Thing in themselves (the Principle of Life) in that they did go forth, and one had a Doctrine, another a Psalm, another an Exhortation, another a Revelation, etc. 1 Cor. 14. And this was done with Acceptation, and mutual Consolation in the Church, for the edifying of the whole, where every member was kept in its place in the body, and all members one of another; and so in the Gospel of Christ, which is the Power of God, as the Saints had, so they have their Fellowship together, the Saints or Sanctified ones, Holy Men and Women, in the Power of God; and this is according to the true Church Order, wherein all might speak one by one, and having all Fellowship in the body, Living in the Power which crusheth down the Enmity, wherein all comes to be Learned, Consolated, and Edified; this is that Fellowship that stands over the World, in which the Lambs, and  one's can skip and rejoice, wherein they feel strength in the Power, which is the Gospel Fellowship, and keeps Lively.  
And Youth being turned from the Darkness to the Light, and trained up in the Living Way, and kept to the Life, Praises will be felt to arise in Families, and Places, through which the Praise is given to the Lord, and then all Foolish Laughter, Idle Talking, and Jesting will be avoided, as the Pure, Innocent Life comes up, and the Power is hearkened unto, wherein is the Fellowship, and in this will you have Fellowship one with another, and every one be refreshed, and praise the Lord.  
So Young Men and Maids, Old Men and Children, all Praise the Name of the Lord, for his Name alone is Excellent in all the Earth the Living it is that praiseth him, and till this be come unto, all i● not well; that whether we eat, or drink, or whatsoever we do, al● may be done to the Praise and Glory of his Name; then all must 〈◊〉 done from the Life, and in it, (and this one thing here mentioned, I 〈◊〉 not omit, for the children's sake, that all might become the People of his Praise.)  
And this further as to yourselves, tending to the Peace and Furtherance therein, I have to say; In the Worship, or Service unto God, mind not Jestures, Postures, or Outward things, but the Spirit in which it is to be performed, that all may be Spiritual, if it be in Humility, Contritenesse of Spirit, and brokenness of heart, that sacrifice God will not despise; and he will keep the Creature low, that he himself may be exalted; and the Saints exhorted to pass the time of their Sojourning here in fear, and to work out their Salvation with Fear and Trembling; and this is in my heart to mind you, that you following the thing that makes for Peace, and whereby to edify one another, you will flourish, and grow green, and the Renown will go forth as a wise and an understanding People, that stand in the Council of God, and the God of Peace will dwell among you, and bruise Satan under your feet;— And so to live in the True Unity of the Spirit, and not to quench it; nor grieve it; For if the Spirit be quenched, than the Unity is quenched, for in that it stands, for the bond of Peace is strengthened, the more the Spirit, and Power is united to, wherein is the Fellowship, which I am not ashamed of, the Gospel of Christ, which is the Power of God unto Salvation, out of which is not safety.  
And this Fellowship, and Unity in the Spirit, and Power of the Lord is Strong and Unalterable, and unless there be a going from the Power, and Spirit, it cannot be broken, for as not any outward thing can or doth make it, so neither can it break it, which keeps down the man's part in all, or that that would exalt self, that the Lord alone may be exalted; And it is a nearer Unity the Lord is bringing his People into, than any outward thing can break it.  
W. S.   

Let this Pass through all Friends of God, Written by his Servant, Prisoner in Rome.  
DEar Sisters and Brethren, and Holy Building of God, we must be like Lambs Suffering all things, that we may be like our Father the Shepherd; For God Almighty suffereth all things, and easeth his burdened and grieved Spirit of his Adversaries, when he will, I well know it; And therefore as Dear Children take occasion to speak to each other in the pure bowels, and to cherish one another, that you may be prepared and trimmed with the mighty strength, to bear every Trial, and comfort your hearts in the Lord who will do great things, which your patiented hearts shall see in his time; Therefore wait, and pray, and believe, and go to one another's Houses, and visit one another, and especially the Prisoners, and the Afflicted, and the Tribulated, that you may be Consolation to them in the Name of the Lord; and kiss one another in the Immortal, and so be joined as one in the Wedlock of the Lamb; For so am I exceeding, dearly bound to you all, and in the simplicity dwell, which saith yea, and it is yea, and nay, and it is nay, and thee, and thou, for the Cross is there.  
And all must come to the first day, and second day, and third day, and to all the six days, for the Kingdom of Heaven is in you; which stands not in words but in Power, which is the seventh day of Rest, to which all must come; And so in the truth, you stand in the Power of God, which brings forth all your words in Subjection to the Power, and thus they are spoken in the Kingdom, in the Pureness and Plain-heartednesse; And here they are not a tradition but the fruits of the Power, and so are all the actions of the same nature by which God is glorified in you, and the whole world confounded before you. And as concerning Tithes, all Friends must stand in the Power of God to Salvation, which is the Cross of Christ, for Christ is the everlasting Highpriest of freedom, from the first Priesthood, and all the tithes and carnal Ordinances which appertained thereunto, who by the Purchase of his Blood hath he ransomed you from them all; No man therefore ought, for the love of the things of the world, by paying Tithes to deny the Blood of Christ, and the Lord which bought them, lest in so doing they draw fire on their own heads. And as touching the observation of days, all must come into him which Created all days, and then they are over them all, for God is the Lord of the whole Creation, and we know that God ceaseth not his labour every day, who dwells in his everlasting Sabbath of rest, whose Soul is grieved with such as are in the observation of days, which know not him that created them, for God feedeth the Sheep, and the Worms, and the Fishes, and the Fowls, and Children, and men, and all quick things in the Womb, and maketh the Vines, and the plants, and Corn, and Flowers grow without respect of days, and maketh the Rivers run, and the Seas to Ebb and Flow, and the Rain falls, and the Sun shines, and the Winds blow, and it Lightens, and Thunders, and Hailes, and the Sun, and the Moon, and the Stars go their course without respect of days; And we know that all these are the continual works of God, who also causeth the Briers and Thorns to be plucked up, and the unfruitful and dry Trees to be cut down, and maketh them rot as they stand in the ground, and killeth the Creatures in the Sea, and in the Earth by death, and slays men by Sword, Fire, Plagues, Famine, and by Death without respect of days; and still God is in his Rest, and we in him do like him, Labour all days without respect of days, which is the true Godliness to be like God, and are in God's Sanctified Sabbath Day of Everlasting Rest, and the whole World sees us not but is Confounded.  
And in Order to Prayer, many of the World take off their Hats, and pray standing in the Synagogues with their heads covered, and rest in that Service; But Christ kneeled down, and so did the Apostles, and Daniel, besides others of the Holy men of God fell down with their faces to the ground, & prayed with their Heads uncovered; and we read not that in a Custom they took off their Hats or Caps; Stand you therefore in the Power of God to Salvation, which is the Cross of Christ to all that stand in the Customs and Traditions; and ask the World what is the difference between the fleshly Head of a Carnal Man, and a Carnal Woman, and which of them two God doth most respect? That one stands in such an exercise with Hoods and fine Dress, or Hat on, and the other with Hat or Cap of; And the Answer of the Seed in them will confound them; and hereby God Almighty is glorified in you; And therefore as you stand over the World's Head, in like manner stand over all their Hats and Caps also; And if any Friends are moved of the Lord God to Pray in the Congregation of God, falling down with their faces to the ground, without taking off the Hat or the Shoes let them so do in the Name, and Fear of the Lord; and if the World be contentious, ask them, why take you off your Hats without precept, and not your Shoes, seeing it was a precept which God Commanded Moses, saying, Take off thy Shoes from off thy Feet, and the Seed will Answer you in secret, and so God is Glorified, and the World Confounded.  
J. P.   

THe first time that any thing hath been touched concerning the Ceremony of taking off the Hat, was when J. P. was Prisoner in ROME, in the Solid and weighty Seed of the Kingdom, not in a Light or Contentious Spirit, as may be seen by the foregoing Paper of His; And though several hath seen and felt the thing as it was in themselves, yet it may be hath not publicly declared it, or it might not be laid upon them to Publish it; What, is it therefore to be despised because it came from a Suffering Servant of the lord? Though in this Case I desire to know no man after the flesh; For if I see and feel it be of the Lord it is sufficient, for Christ is my Alpha and Omega, he who is the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last; And who is it shall lay any thing to the Charge of God's Elect, It is God that Justifieth, who shall Condemn? For when I saw it, or it came to my hand to write it, I had this Testimony for it in Spirit, That it was in the Dominion, and Authority of the Lords own Spirit.  
And this I have to say farther, if any thing be revealed to another, is not the first to hold his Peace; For the Spirit of the Prophets is to be subject to the Prophets, and God is not the Author of Contention and Strife but of Peace, as in all the Churches of the Saints; And this is according to the True Church Order, Subjection to the Spirit of the Lord in one another, and the Prophesying one by one, that all may be Comforted, and all may be Edified; Therefore have Salt in yourselves, and Savour, and Love, whereby you may Edify one another, for that which hurteth, or destroyeth, is out of God's Holy Mountain.   

These Books may be Enquired for of Thomas Simmons.   


OH Day of Trial, come thou art,  
For to Discover every heart,  
And manifest things as they be,  
That all the Innocent may see,  
The Man that doth the Life possess,  
From him that only it Profess;  
Yea thou wilt show them who they are,  
That Soared up above the Sphere,  
In words, in Carriage, or in Action,  
Which gave the Seed no Satisfaction;  
And such before, that thou art over,  
Their Nakedness thou wilt Discover;  
Whereby some that deceived have been,  
And catcht by them as in a Gin,  
Will be Ashamed, and sit down,  
And wait within to feel their own  
Eternal Gift, to guide again,  
And Life to breath upon the slain;  
And as these things they come to feel,  
It will afresh revive their Zeal,  
To stand against every thing,  
That would to God dishonour bring;  
And patiently the Cross to bear,  
Whoever flee it, they will not dare,  
Because they'll see it would offend,  
And bring them sorrow in the End;  
The Living God who is so just,  
That all that will him follow, must  
Deny themselves in every thing,  
And wait on him who is their King.   
GEORGE FOX The Younger.  
THE END