DEarly tender and wel-beloved Friends, in the Covenant of Light and Life, you, whom the Lord in the riches of his love and tender mercy, hath visited, with a day of Salvation, you do our Souls dearly salute, with bowels of unfeigned love in Christ Je­sus, desiring, that the visitation of the Lord might be effectual unto you, for your ever­lasting Redemption, and Salvation; For the Lord hath visited you in the needful time, with a glorious visitation, and heard the cry of the poor, who said in their hearts, Where is he now, that will shew us any good; or where is the Lord, that should have pity on me? Is his mercy clear gone, [Page 2]or will his Salvation forever be hid from me? Oh thou tender birth, the Lord hath heard thy crys: Oh thou that hast been like a Dove without a Mate, and as a Pelican in the Wil­derness! Oh the days of thy comforting are come and coming: Wherefore keep thou in the tenderness before the Lord and he will have mercy on thee, thou that didst sit in So­litary Pl [...]ces, and mourned a part for the Lord; he hath heard thy sighings and thy groanings. O thou afflicted Daughter of Sion, the Lord will comfort thee, and lay thy Foundation with Stones of fair colours; (yea he hath laid thy Foundation) which is the Rock of Ages, the Foundation of all the righteous Generations, the Lord, Jesus Christ, the elect and pretious; yea the chiefest of ten thousand; Oh this is he whom we waited for: Friends keep to him, and let him not go, part not with him for any thing of this World; and though sometimes you go through Tribulations and great Exer­cises, yet the Lord will comfort you, as you keep to him, and wait upon him in lowli­ness before him; for he will be the Comfor­ter of his people.

So, dear Friends, faint not in your Journey, nor do not grow weary in your Tryals of [Page 3]what sort soever, but keep in the tenderness, and cry to the Lord, for he will hear you; for the full time is come: He has heard Jacobs crys, and seen Josephs afflictions, and he will a­rise and plead with the Nations for his Seeds sake, that have been grieved and oppressed; for the cry of his tender people have entred his ears who is the Lord of Sabboth; And there­fore, dear Friends, wait in your Tents before him, and keep to your strong Tower, the name of the Lord, which the righteous fled unto in all ages, and were preserved; and as you keep here, the Lord will preserve you when he shall try the Children of men, and visit many with a day of Judgment in his sore displeasure, because they have rebelled against him, and his power­ful Appearance by his Light and Spirit in their innermost parts.

Therefore we exhort you, dear and tender Friends, to bow before him who is the Light of the World and Salvation of mankind, the Lord Jesus Christ, to whom every knee must bow in mercy or in Judgment, for the Lord will bow all before him, the tall Cedars and stur­dy Oakes, and all them that are like the Bulls of Bashon. Therefore keep you in the tender­ness [Page 4]and self-denying life of Jesus, that so he may crown you with Immortallity, and eter­nal Life.

And dear Friends, meet often together to wait upon the Lord, in the true sincerity of your Hearts, that so you may feel the Springs of Life to run through your Assemblies to com­fort every soul; then will you be fruitful un­to the Lord, and God will delight to bless you; and you will be like a well watered Garden, and the Lord will smell a sweet Savour in and amongst you, and when he shall pass through the Land with his Judgments upon the wick­ed, then he will spare you, as a man spares his only Son that serves him.

And so thus, dear Friends, take your possessi­on in the Munition of Rocks where your bread will be sure, and the waters of Life will never fail you, in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Rock of his People, and the strong Tower of the Faithful; and so you being in him, fear not Tryals nor Tribulations, and though Distresses may come upon Nations; and great Judg­ments upon People who have been rebellious; yet in all this know, that the Lord is at work to get himself a glorious Name, amongst the Gen­tiles, [Page 5]in these Northern Islands, and in the Coun­tries round about. Oh! the day of the Lord's visitation and breaking up of the Nations is now come, and a glorious Dispensation we are made partakers of, whom the Lord hath coun­ted worthy to be a kind of first-fruits unto him, and as Sons of the Morning, therefore now shine forth as Stars in the Firmament of Gods eternal Power, that so the Nations may see and hear of the Lords mighty workings in and amongst us, that Nations may flow unto the goodness of our God, who is risen and ari­sing, and going over many Nations to prepare a People for himself through his Judgments.

And much of this we have seen, and more yet may come to pass; for the great harvest of the Lord Almighty is come, and he is gathering, and will gather from the four Winds under Heaven a royal people, and a chosen Generation to renown his great and glorious Name, and to spread his fame from one end of the Earth to the other. Therefore ye that have been gathe­red by a mighty Arm of Power, shine forth in the Light of the Lord, which now is risen, for what may we say? Our Light is come, and the Glo­ry of the Lord is risen over the Nations; and Kings [Page 6]shall come to our Light, and Gentiles to the bright­ness of the Lords arising.

Therefore come away all you that waited for the Salvation of God unto your Souls, for its now revealed & again made known in this lat­ter Age and Generation of the World, and ma­ny the Lord hath raised up, and sent forth to Proclaim it to the Nations, for the gathering of the People unto Jesus, who is the great Sa­viour of mankind, and Light of the World; for I have given him (saith the Lord) for a Light to lighten the Gentiles, and for to be my Salvation unto the ends of the Earth.

Whe [...]efore, O all ye ends of the Earth, look unto him and be ye saved; for the Lord is a God that changeth not, therefore Jacob is not consumed, nor Israel quite forsaken; for the Lord is a raising up of his spiritual Israel, which shall obtain the blessing; and happy will they all be who shall have a part with Gods Israel this day, though they may come through great Tribulation, and sore Exercises, yet the Lord will reward them, as he said to Abraham, Fear not Abraham, for I will be thy Buckler and thy Shield, and thy exceeding great Reward.

And so, dear and tender Friends, faint not in [Page 7]your Iourney, nor sit down by the way, but go on in the Name of the Lord, and take your Possession, in the everlasting Light of Jesus, and in the Kingdom of God forever, to reign with him under his Dominion, who is wor­thy, and over all God blessed forever; in whose Power and Life we salute you with a tender Salutation and a heavenly Greeting.

O all ye that are amongst the Nations, and the ga­thered of the Lord, Peace be with you, and Mercy from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, in whose Name & Power go on & prosper, & the increase of God be with you, and amongst you, that so the Lords Thousands may be gathered and redeemed; from whom may go forth living Praises and heavenly Thanks gi­ving, with Dominion, and Glory and Hallelujahs to God, who is worthy over all forever and forevermore, A­men, Amen.

Let this be read in the fear of the Lord in the As­semblies of his People.