you who are partakers of the power of God, that have been turned to the light, and received the power of God, Christ Jesus, that hath given you power to become the sons of God; in which light and power of God, by which ye were turned to him, ye come up into the liberty, the liberty of the sonship, into the power of God, that doth redeem and save, and destroy that which leads from God, which doth defile, and destroys it, and gives dominion. That is the power of God in which the saints have liberty, where the sons of God sing together, and praise, glorify, and honour their Father; to whom be glory, praise, and honour for evermore! Who in him triumpheth in glory, and can say, Emmanuel is born, and a son is given. So all in the life and power of God's seed and wisdom, which is everlasting, dwell, and know the seed of God in every one of you, in your own particulars, male and female, which seed is the heir of the promise, the heir of the wisdom, and heir of the world that hath no end, of an endless life, and the heir of the kingdom that is everlasting, and the heir of the blessing, where there is no curse. And every one an heir of the power, of the blessings of the kingdom, come to inherit, come to possess your own inheritance, and then sit down in your own possession; in which ye may know every one your election, (in the seed,) which was before the world began, and so be possessors and inheritors of life and substance. The substance is the seed, the top-stone, on top of the law, on top of the prophets, on top of the types, figures, shadows, parables, and ends them all, and on top of all heathens' inventions, though it hath been a mystery hid from ages. See now, the seed, the seed of the Lamb and his marriage is known, and the Lamb reigns, where there is no curse, but the blessing. The curse is out of his dominion, who destroys the author of the curse, wrath, plagues, and wo, that hath the blessing, the seed, Christ Jesus. And all Friends, improve your talents, that to you all it may be said, 'Well done, good and faithful servants;' for they who do not, their talents are taken away from them, who have been slothful, complainers, and idle. Let your lamps be burning, have oil in your own lamps, and salt in yourselves; then ye are the wise virgins that enter in with the bridegroom. The word of God cannot be bound, which makes rich, which lives for ever; in which is the life. So, do not quench the spirit, nor add to the prophecy, nor diminish; that keeps you from the plagues, and to see your names written in the Lamb's book of life: there stands your joy everlasting, through which ye see the white stone, through which light, power, and seed, ye overcome that which is gone forth from God. So, ye dwelling in the son of God, ye shall go no more forth, but shall inherit all things. So, farewell!

Keep in the power of the Lord God, that goes over all the world, that none of your flight may be in the winter. And beware, lest any

of your flight be on the sabbath day, (the signification of which is rest,) but all in the power of the living God abide, in which ye may feel life, peace, and rest, and an abiding place; a secret chamber to turn into, till the indignation and wrath of the Lord be passed, which is to come over all transgressors. And if the judgment begin at the house of God first, and the righteous pass the straight way to salvation, where will the bypocrites and the sinners appear? Over whom the overflowing scourge must come and pass. Therefore in the life, power, and love of God, all dwell. And the apostle saith, Forsake not the assembling of yourselves, (as the manner of some is,') but edify one another in the light and the life, as the day doth appear: and to say, that people must not meet together to worship God, they may as well say, ye must not be christians. For persecutors were always blind, and they stopped their ears to the spirit of God in themselves formerly; so were in the blind zeal, and turned against them who were in the true zeal, in the spirit of God. G. F.

Let this be carefully copied over, and sent amongst Friends.

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My dear friends,-Look above all sufferings that are outward, at the seed of God, which was before that was which makes to suffer; and the seed of God, Christ Jesus, will stand, when that which makes to suffer, is gone: and so, in the seed of God live, and lie down in the same, which is Christ, the life, the way to God the Father of life. The tithes of the Jews, and the tithes of the apostate christians must all be borne testimony against, by them that be redeemed from the earth, and reign above it, in his life, and power, and wisdom. And so, be of good faith, and never heed, but make war in righteousness with the beast, dragon, whore, and her followers; for by the Lord many walls and troops have ye gone through and leaped over, and the Lord hath given you dominion over that which warred against you; and by the power of the Lord ye have overcome, and in the power of the Lord ye will overcome all, and in it will stand, when all the contrary is gone. And know your portion, and sit down in the possession of it: so, every one of you to be in your possessions and inheritances, and with the shield of faith and helmet of salvation, and the breast-plate of righteousness, and the sword of the spirit, the word of God, which was before deceit was, which will hammer, and break, and cut down all that which is contrary. And being shod with the preparation of the gospel, which is the power of God, which was before the fall was, in that stand, in the power of God, which was before the devil was, and will remain when he is gone.

G. F.

CCVIII.

All ye prisoners of the Lord for his truth sake, and for keeping the testimony of Jesus Christ, against all the inventions, traditions, rudiments, will-worships, feigned humilities and self-righteousnesses, that are in the fall, (and are out of God's power and righteousness,) who have no weapons but carnal, like themselves; your patience must overcome all the rough spirits in the world, and your love must bear all things. For patience obtains the crown which is immortal, which runs the race: so, it is the Lamb must have the victory over all the unclean, airy spirits, and over him that is out of the truth. So, be meek and low, then ye follow the example of Christ, and come to bear the image of the just, who suffered by the unjust; and put on his righteousness, who suffered by the unrighteous, whose back was struck, hair was plucked off, and face was spit upon, and yet cried, Father, forgive them:' here he kept his dominion, though a sufferer, who had the victory, which the followers of the Lamb do (in measure) attain to. So, put on courage, put on patience: let your loyalty be known for your King, that hath conquered the devil, death, and hell; in walking in righteousness, peace, and truth, feeling the power of God preaching and reaching the witness of God in every one, when words are not uttered. And let your faith be in the power, that goes through all things, and over all things, and every one hearken to it. So, the power of the mighty God then ye will know, and his arm, how it works, and the hand, how it carries you, which will bring you out of tribulation and thraldom, and spiritual Egypt, into peace. And this is the power of God, in which live and dwell, in which ye will feel him, which was before enmity was. And be at peace one with another, then ye will live in the Prince of princes' peace, and in his kingdom, dominion, and life, in which is unity, which was before enmity was, and which destroys it. And so, in the power of the Lord God ye are made strong, which goes over the power of darkness, and was before all that was which is out of the power of God. And all people that are gone from the witness of God in their own particulars, they are all weak, and feeble, and staggering: all men's and women's strength is in the power of God, which goes over the power of darkness. So, feel all this in you, to carry you through all, and over all, and in it preach and work for God, and let your ear be lent to it, and hearken to it in one another, and by it feel the seed raised up in one another, which is heir of the power; that ye may know each your portion. For all people that are gone from the witness of God in their own particulars, that are erred from it, and hate the light, they are full of darkness, sin, and iniquity, and

are far from inspiration and revelation, while their minds are erred from the spirit of God in themselves, that is hid from them. So, when their minds are turned with the light and spirit of God towards God, then with it they shall know something of revelation and inspiration; as they are turned by that of God from the evil, and emptied of that, then there will be some room in them for something of God to be revealed and inspired into them. And there in that, they will have prophecy, seeing things to come, being turned from the evil that hath darkened them and separated them from God; in which they will see the covenant, through which they will come to have peace with God.

And all Friends, your sufferings ye may gently send to them who make you to suffer, whether it be sheriffs, deputy-lieutenants, or justices, and let them see, Christ's mind nor the apostles, was not to imprison any, nor did they imprison any; whereby ye may clear your innocency to the consciences and the witnesses of God in all men.

G. F.

CCIX.-To Friends, in and about Norfolk and Lyn, &c.

My dear friends,-In the power of God and his immortal seed dwell, in which ye all will have life eternal, and inherit the substance and dominion, and a kingdom of life, which never fadeth, nor shall have an end. And so dwell all in the power of the Lord God, in which ye may all feel and know your strength renewed in that which is immortal; and be of one mind in the power of God, and live in love and peace, knowing the kingdom of the same, which stands in the power of God, which was before the power of satan. And your fellowship being in the same power of God, your fellowship is in that which is everlasting, and that never hath an end. And the church-fellowship is in God, and the worship is in the spirit, and in the truth; which truth was before the untruth was, and stands when all the untruth in the world is gone. In this live and dwell, in which ye will all have unity and fellowship; in which ye will feel life eternal amongst you. In that meet and keep your meetings, and wait together upon the Lord, who are gathered together in the name of Jesus; whose name is above every name. is his gathering above all other gatherings; which gathering stands when all other gatherings are ended. And not in any other name under heaven is salvation brought, but in the name of Jesus; in which name are your gatherings; in which name ye all know your salvation, and shall all know it; as ye abide all in the power of God, that keeps unto the day of salvation. And so be faithful unto the Lord God, minding the seed, and feeling it, and knowing it in yourselves; which destroys the devil, the destroyer, and the oppressor, murderer, and liar, the VOL. VII.

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father of all unrighteousness and ungodliness, and all that is bad, which the seed destroys, which seed is Christ. Therefore know that reign, and the top-stone over all laid; in which ye will all feel life, and have life eternal, coming to be heirs of the power of God, knowing every one that to be your portion, and heirs of the gospel, and inheriting it. Then ye possess fellowship, the gospel fellowship, which is everlasting, which is the power of God. And so farewell! And the Lord God Almighty preserve you, and keep you. So my love in the everlasting seed of God is to you all. G. F.

From Mendlesham, this 11th day of the 1st month.

CCX.

Friends,-Trust not in man, nor in the arm of flesh, neither put confidence in them, but in the Lord. Judge yourselves, and keep down the boaster, and that which would be high; under judgment keep that down, by the power of God in yourselves, lest the Lord God bring upon you something without you to bring you down, who do not keep that down in yourselves. And therefore keep all that down with the power of the Lord God in yourselves; and then ye will have dominion over it all, in the power of the Lord God. And live all in the power of God, which was before the fall, in which ye will have fellowship over all the fellowships in the fall, and above all outward things that have an end; which fellowship seeth over all that which is in the strife. For in the power of God your fellowship there hath no end, which was before the fall and strife was, in which is peace; which fellowship will remain when all that which is in the fall is gone, and in which is the perfect unity, which keeps over all such spirits which run into outward things; from which arise quarrels, and strife, and imperfections. And therefore keep in the power of the Lord God, that is everlasting, in which is the fellowship that hath no end; in that live and dwell. And feel the seed of God over all that which makes to suffer, and it will remain when all that is gone, in that ye will feel life over death, and light over darkAnd so in that the Lord God Almighty preserve you, and keep you in the dominion! This day I came into the isle of Ely, where I hear nothing, but things are peaceable, and Friend's minds kept over all the bustlings in the world, and take little notice thereof; but mind the power of God, which was before the fall was; in which fall are bustlings. And so to the Lord God be faithful.

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G. F.

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Friends,--All ye that have known the way of truth, and tasted of