DEar Friends in the Lord, upon and above all the Earth, Let an open, living, large, noble Heart, yea, a bountifull, sympathizing, gene­rous Soul possess, be in, and among you all, towards all in the Lord. In the wrong ground, call nothing your own, [uphold Deceit in none] let the Prudent in God, strengthen the feeble knees, and boldly in the Name of the Lord God, who redeemed Israel, say unto the present, and yet (for a season) future Prisoners and Sufferers for Christ, it shall not be alwayes thus.

In the Life, in the pure Love, which is Infinit, as an intire beautiful flock of Innocents, meet often together, in the Eternal Fear, wholly free from the Fear of Man. At your Meeting, or Parting with each other [as ye are moved] in the Life, salute each other, with, or with­out the hand, with, or without words, or any manner of visible sign: in every thing, feel the internal motion: and let not him, that is, or is not saluted, in the least be troubled: but in the pure, good part, receive all that's purely good; And if it be so, that thousands of [Page 2] you meet together, and there be no Eternal Motion, [neither occasion outwardly for the uttering of words] Oh! let not the noise of an artificial, forced, or formal tool, be so much as once seen, or heard, in the Temple of our God, which Temple we are. Oh! my most dear and intirely Beloved, male and female Brethren, let all manner of Likenesses, Inventions, Imitations and For­malities in the very Root, Branches, (yea) and Buds thereof, be wholly razed down, cast out, cut off, and utterly consumed from among ye: for, from the Lord God I feel a dreadful consumption is come, and coming upon all men's Words and Forms; yea, every man's Words, already are his own, as well as others burden. Wherefore let all, yea, every individual friend to Truth, sink down, dig deep, and return in, to within the Gate, the Way, the Cross, the Stop, the tender Pale, over which any are leap't, In the Name of the living God, let none presume or dare to speak words (pretending to minister in the Assembly of God's Heritage) except eternally moved: for words, though never so true, ut­tered out of the Life, from the in-gathered stock in the brain, are loathsom to the Seed immortal. Cease speaking when the Power ceaseth; for that which ad­deth, as well as that which diminisheth, is accursed.

Let no man say this or that whatsoever it be, is true, or Truth, immediatly to be done, undone, or not done at all; because any man hath said, or saith it: [Let many beware of that Idolatrous Leaven.] Resist not the pure good Spirit in any; but with the Anointing in your selves, Tast, try, feel and handle all things; that so the Noble Plant, the Seed of Life, may not be vailed, captivated, or burdened in any, by any: but in the [Page 3] Light ye may be seen, and see each other in the Head to be one entire Piece, Within the Fold, By the precious Foun­tain, In the Pasture which is green; even in that Eternal Spirit which discerneth all men, things and voices, there to feed, grow, dye, and live for ever; whose meat and drink in the Cross, must be to do the Will of the Father; feel through, and let the Ax, which is quick and power­full, be laid to the very Root of all false begettings: for no Bastard, though never so goodly, shall inherit the Kingdom, prepared for the clean begotten in the Father of the Faithful; in whom alone (out of the like­ness of any thing, though in it self heavenly) Rest, Hope and Deliverance is; to whom, of good will, and not by constraint, be subjection yeelded, by, and in all, that profess and know Him to be God over All: who is come, and coming, to burn up the Dross, to thresh the Wheat, to purge out the Tin, and even to try the pure Grain; but utterly to blow away that Chaff, which calls it self Wheat, and is not.

Let all be dreadful to build that again, which already is, or ought to be destroyed. Beware, beware of for­mal Inventions, Coverings or Imitations. Be afraid of Excess. Let Moderation be seen in you all, in all things.

Dear Friends of the Lord, Tradesmen of all sorts, buy your Commodities good, in the pure Understand­ing; make, and sell them in the Fear of the Almigh­ty: for the Lord greatly beholds your doings. Let nothing be bought or sold, that's superfluous, or de­structive to God's Creation: I say, see that none lick up any part of the old vomit. Ah, dear Lambs! veri­ly, ye are as Beacons in the Mount, and very great is, [Page 4] ought, or may be, your Ministry, in your several Cal­lings: Wherefore let your Light shine bright, without spot or blemish; to the reaching of the just measure of God in all; Oh! let not the Nobility in any of ye, be clouded through dishonest gain.

Parents and Children, Masters and Servants, truly know and keep your places in the Lord. Masters, gent­ly inform, sweetly admonish. Servants and Children, be swift to hear, slow to speak, at least to provoke. Away with Eye-service, Be faithful, be faithful, repine not. Let not the poorest of ye in the outward, grudg­ingly say within your selves, Why am I made thus, or formed so or so, as to my outward condition? but continually feed upon, and feel that, which is Lord over all, That did the Will of the Father, who was num­bred with the worst, and lived as the meanest; yea, He had not of this World whereon to lay his head.

Let all who pertain to Truth, abstain from [fleshly Marriages] trouble not the Congregation of the Righ­teous therewith: I say, not I, but the Lord, Let all beware of that Leaven, or rather great Iniquity; But Marriage in the Lord, and the Bed Undefiled is honourable.

Finally, Let all who are or have been truly con­vinced, swiftly repair in the Life, into the form of sound words: (not by imitation) Beware of, and in the Power for ever resist that Serpent, which saith it's thy Liberty to say You, o [...] Sir, &c. to one person, and Thee or Thou, or Friend, to another: for, the double-tongue, our God surely hates: and every Tree, which in the Father is not firm, and truly planted: Behold, the storm com­eth, and he shall be plucked up with dishonourable shame. Many are called, but all are not willing to be [Page 5] chosen into the Cross, the Power, the Sword of God.

All feel your Root, and see if the present ground wherein ye stand, be purely holy: for lo, the deluge swiftly cometh, which surely will wash away all sandy foundations.

Let the pure Loins of the mind in all, be girt up, that so the outward body may stand upright in the Cross, in the Faithfulness, without Bowing, Fawning or Twisting under, to, or for any Creature, slavish fear or gain.

Let the Males feel the Mystery of the Hat, and do not therewith dishonour your Head, wear all your Gar­ments, and stand upright, as becometh true men.

For ever and ever, blessed are the True-hearted Is­raelites: but Contempt, far beyond utterance, shall be poured forth upon the Double-minded: And every Asse shall surely bear his own burden, and every Fool be fed and clad with the fruit of his own doings.