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She also travelled through Holland into Germany, as far as Frederickstadt, and had excellent service. Many have been reached and convinced by her ministry, it being in the demonstration and power of the Spirit. She removed out of Hertfordshire, and came to settle in Tottenham, about the year 1712. And we had true unity with her, both with respect to her innocent exemplary life and conversation, and also her gift in the ministry, in which she was made very serviceable to us, for the encouragement of Friends to faithfulness, in every branch of their testimony. And she frequently attended our meeting of business, in which she often gave very solid and seasonable advice.

Being at the Yearly Meeting in London, in the year 1720, she was taken ill; but her love being strong to her Friends there, she stayed some days, and then returned to her house at Tottenham, and grew weaker and weaker, till she quietly departed this life like a lamb. During the time of her sickness she gave much good advice and counsel to her family, as also to others who came to visit her, and dropped many sweet sayings of her comfortable enjoyment of the Lord's presence; some of which follow.

James Dickinson and Peter Fearon came to visit her, in their return from London, and had a comfortable time with her; and she broke forth in admiration of the Lord's goodness that attended his servants, and at that time had enlarged their hearts together; and said, "She trusted the Lord would be with them, and be with her to the end, and help her safely through;" desiring to be remembered by them in their near approaches to the Lord, when separated; as also to give her love to her dear Friends in the north, not expecting to see them again; but said, "All will be well." She was resigned to the Lord's time; and desired that the Lord would conduct them safe to their families, and give them plentifully to enjoy of his peace, for their labours in his work and service.

At another time a Friend of Tottenham coming to visit her, and others coming in, she said, "Oh! love one another, and the Lord make you a living people unto himself, and preserve you in perfect love and unity. I am," said she," in perfect love to all people," with many more weighty expressions; and then desired Friends "to give her up freely to her God;" saying, "I am willing to die, and I hope it will not be long: but, oh! I would go exactly in the Lord's time: and all that I desire is, that the Lord's presence may be continued to me, and then I fear not the pinching time—the hour of death. My God is my resurrection, and my glory; here is my strength,

my refuge, and I am thoroughly resigned to his will and it will be but a little time, and my soul shall sing praise to the Lord on mount Sion, with the redeemed, out of the reach of trouble."

Some Friends being come to visit her at another time, she broke forth in a tender frame of spirit, and said, "I do wait on my God; and he is a God of everlasting loving kindness, and hath been good to my soul all my life long:" and then said, " Friends, do not put off making your peace with him till you come upon a dying bed. Here is enough to do, to labour under the afflictions of the body; I would not be without the favour of God now for all the world. The Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, my God and your God, bless you, and be a God to you in all your trials, for he hath been so to me; a sufficient helper in times of trouble."

Several young people being with her at another time, she tenderly advised them "to be good, and serve God faithfully, and not put off the great work of their day to the last; but timely to prepare for a dying hour; that," said she, "you may have oil in your lamps, and be in readiness whenever that time shall come. It hath been the joy of my heart to go to a meeting, and to meet with the Lord there; but much more joy it will be to my soul, to meet with him in heaven, and to have a place in his kingdom. Through mercy, I am under no terror of death, but am in true peace: oh! blessed be my God for ever, his goodness is exceeding large. I would praise him for his goodness, but that I am very weak, and desire, if it be his will, not to see the light of another day, my affliction being great: but all in his own time." She then broke forth in prayer, that her passage might be made easy; desiring to be supported under her affliction, which at times was very sharp; yet she bore it all with great patience, still looking to the Lord, her comforter, under the deepest provings, and often said, "Oh! Lord Jesus, receive my spirit, for I long to be with thee my Saviour; yet let me not offend thee, but patiently wait thy time."

She greatly desired, "that the Lord might bless her children, and that they might serve him faithfully in their generation," and was often deeply engaged in spirit before the Lord for them, who were all, save one, at a great distance from her; desiring "they might be men of truth, fearing God."

A few days before her death, some Friends of Tottenham sat down to wait on the Lord God with her: his love was largely mani fested, and sprung up as a fresh spring; and after a Friend had been concerned in suppli cation, she broke forth and said, "Oh! love;

ing God, and mighty Jehovah, send the angel of thy power and presence to conduct my soul into thy heavenly mansion, my holy King, where there is joy and rejoicing, and singing of praises for evermore. Into thy arms, Lord Jesus Christ, I offer up my soul and spirit."

The last words she was heard to say, her voice being low, were, "The Lord my God will help me.”

this is love that may be felt: my God, thy goodness is wonderful; my soul praises thee for the overflowings of thy love at this time; an opportunity unexpected:" with many more sweet heavenly expressions. She tenderly acknowledged the kindness of her friends in that visit; and taking leave in brokenness of spirit, desired "the Lord to be with them, and to strengthen them, to be valiant for his truth, and to keep their meetings in his name and She was a lover of peace and unity, and power:" saying, "Oh! what comfortable times promoted it to the utmost of her understandwe have often had in our week-day meetings: ing. Her ministry was very plain and powerhow have our cups overflowed with the love ful; but, to the disconsolate, it often dropped of our heavenly Father!" with more very af-like rain, and ran like oil to the wounded: she fecting expressions; exhorting "to abide in had a word in season to most or all conditions, the unity of the Spirit of Christ, every mem- and often in our week-day meetings, her adber keeping in its proper place, and concerned for the honour of truth, in maintaining good order in the church," &c.

vice hath dropped like dew. Our cups have been filled, and have overflowed with praise to the great Fountain, and we have been encouraged in a holy perseverance in the way of the Lord.

But she is now removed, and has no doubt entered into that joy and bliss prepared for the righteous.

At another time, near her end, she desired "her dear love might be remembered to all Friends, wishing well to them, and to their posterity." She desired those about her, when they should see her going to breathe her last, "to be very still and inward with the Lord in their spirits, breathing for her easy passage:" adding, "all will be well: I am going home, I am going home: I have done with the world, and all that is in it; but breathe that the Lord may pour out his spirit upon a young generation, that they may serve him in cleanness of heart." And further said, that "she had fought the good fight, and should obtain the She departed this life the 8th day of the crown immortal :" adding, "My beloved is seventh month, 1720, aged about sixty-three mine, and I am his: he is my all in all." years, and was buried the 13th of the same, in And then she prayed sweetly, "Oh! everlast-Friends' burying-ground, at Winchmore-hill.

She greatly desired that the Lord's good presence might attend the meeting at her interment; which was eminently answered. The body was accompanied by Friends and others to Winchmore-hill meeting, where several living testimonies were borne, the way of salvation opened, and many hearts tendered by the Lord's power.

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JOURNAL OF THE LIFE

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THAT WORTHY ELDER AND FAITHFUL SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST,

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IT hath pleased Almighty God, in the riches quired and appointed in that dispensation, beof his love and mercy, from the time trans- came loathsome and an abomination to the gression first entered, whereby man lost his Lord; but such who in uprightness of heart primitive state of felicity with his Creator in observed the law, were accepted of God, yet paradise, to give some manifestation of his looked for a more glorious dispensation to good spirit, and revelation of the promised come.

Seed; in order to man's restoration from The visible dispensations of God to men death to life, whereby the serpent's head hath have been various, as by angels, the law from been bruised in some, through faith therein, mount Sinai, the ministry of the prophets and as by holy record doth appear; of which John the Baptist, sent in the spirit and power number, in early time, righteous Abel was of Elias, to prepare the way of the Lord. All one, whose offering and person the Lord ac- which dispensations had a glory in them for cepted, and had respect unto. There were their time, though but preparative to one more also some others, in the succeeding genera- glorious yet to be revealed. Then, in the tions before the flood, as Enoch, who walked fulness of time, Christ Jesus, the Seed of the with God in well-pleasing; and Noah, a woman, the Messiah and hope of Israel, was preacher of righteousness; although the un- manifested in the flesh, whose day many progodly world in general rebelled against it, to phets and righteous men desired to see, and their destruction and overthrow. could not, only by faith at a distance, by rea son of death.

After the deluge, the holy patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and others, by faith Now was salvation brought nigh, the king. in this holy Seed, were sanctified, obtained a dom of heaven at hand, and the glad tidings good report, and wrought righteousness in of the Gospel preached to the seed of Abratheir generations, before the law was given ham; the glory of former dispensations began from mount Sinai. And even in the time of to wax dim, to such as beheld his glory, which the law, righteous men and prophets had faith excelled, even the glory of the only begotten therein, being inspired thereby; yet many of of the Father, full of grace and truth; yet the Jews, who had the law, and were zealous many of the Jews could not see it so, nor unin the outward performances thereof, not hav- stand his voice, preaching the kingdom of God ing a due regard to the Seed or Word nigh in in parables, and uttering things that had been their hearts, recommended by Moses, which kept secret from the foundation of the world; would have sanctified them, and made their or believe on Him, concerning whom, Moses hearts contrite before the Lord, rebelled against in the law and the prophets did write; but dehim who gave them of his good spirit to in- spised and rejected Him, although the mighty struct them; and though zealous for the cere- works, and great miracles which he wrought monies, yet rejecting their immediate Monitor, among them, by the power of his Father, dethey neglected the weightier matters of the clared him to be the Son of God.

JOURNAL OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM EDMUNDSON.

Howbeit, the most glorious Gospel-day was not yet fully revealed, at least with respect to the Gentiles, whilst our Saviour was in the prepared body, sent only to the house of Israel, in the form of a servant, to fulfil the law and prophets, and things that were written concerning him; but after he had done that work, which the Father had given him to do, in that holy body, and finished the same, by the offering up of himself unto God, as a lamb without spot, a propitiation for the sins of the whole world, he rose again from the dead, appeared to confirm his disciples, and ascended into glory, at the right hand of his Father. Then an open door was set before both Jews and Gentiles, by Jesus Christ, who had consecrated a new and living way through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, and abolished the old covenant, sacrifices, ceremonies, and hand-writing of ordinances, taking it out of the way, and nailing it to his cross, and openly triumphed over principalities and powers.

Now the old covenant was to pass away, and the new covenant to be established, and the priesthood changed, by the great High Priest without sin, and higher than the heavens; made not after the law of a carnal commandment, but by the power of an endless life, a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec. The law was now to go forth of Sion, from the great Law-giver, and written in the heart, even the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus, that sets free from the law of sin and death. Now was the spirit poured forth from on high, in a more plentiful manner upon mankind than in former dispensations, and eminently on believers; whereby many were qualified and anointed, both of Jews and Gentiles, as priests and ministers of the Lord, to attend at his holy altar, in his temple not made with hands, and to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. And the holy apostles, commissioned and endued with power from on high, were to teach all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Ghost, having assurance from Christ, of his being with them to the end of time. By their ministry, and others whom the Lord sent forth, many were converted to God, and added to the church, both of Jews, Greeks, and other nations; being all baptized by one spirit into one body, or church, which was glorious in that day, as a woman clothed with the sun, having the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: and she brought forth a man-child, who was to rule all nations; but he was caught up unto God, and to his throne, from the great red dragon, that sought to devour him as soon as he was born.

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visible glory, and fled into the wilderness, or obscure place, from the face of the serpent, into a place prepared of God, where she was nourished for a time, times, and half a time, or a thousand two hundred and threescore days, which, in a prophetic sense, is taken to be so many years. And though the dragon sought to drown the woman, by casting waters out of his mouth as a flood after her, yet the earth helped her, and swallowed them up. But a third part of the stars of heaven, or such as had shined as stars in the church, were drawn to the earth by the dragon's tail. There was a great falling-away from the faith of Jesus, as had been foreseen and prophesied of by the holy apostles of the Lamb; the light of Sion was eclipsed and much veiled, or withdrawn for a season; and a general apostacy came over professed Christians. The smoke of the bottomles pit arose, which darkened sun and air; and out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, which tormented men. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and made war with the remnant of her seed, that kept the commandments of God, and had the testimony of Jesus Christ. And he gave unto the monstrous beast, that arose out of the sea, or raging heathen world, his power and his seat, and great authority, who opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven; and those that dwelt on the earth worshipped him, whose names were not written in the Lamb's book of life.

Next arose out of the earth, a place more settled than the sea, a beast with two horns like a lamb, but spake as a dragon, and exercised the power of the first beast, causing an image to be made for him, unto which he had power to give life, so as to speak, and cause as many as would not worship the image, to be killed: and both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads; and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

This beast appears in show somewhat Christian, and under pretence of the Lamb's authority, though acted by the dragon's power, derived from the first beast, compelleth men to comply with such traditions and ceremonies, for Christian duties, as resemble the customs of the heathen, in their idolatrous worship and superstition; for denying which, and testifying against the same, many faithful followers of Jesus suffered martyrdom, as their predecessors had done before, under the heathen power, or first beast.

Now mystery Babylon, the great, the mother of harlots, and abominations of the earth,

was exalted and sat on the beast with ten horns, as queen and bride, pretending to be the true church, and spouse of Christ, decked with gold, precious stones, and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, and filthiness of her fornications, being drunk with the blood of the saints and martyrs of Jesus. And all nations drank of the wine of her fornication, and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her; and the merchants of the earth waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. But she shall fall, and become an habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and cage of every unclean and hateful bird. The Lord is calling his people out of her, that they be not partakers of her sins, and that they receive not of her plagues, which shall come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burnt with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And her merchants shall stand afar off, for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing. And as a millstone cast into the sea, so with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down. And now the man-child, the Lord from heaven, is again revealed in many of his saints; who by the breath of his mouth, and brightness of his coming, shall destroy the man of sin, that hath wrought with all deceivableness of unrighteousness, by signs and lying wonders in them that perish. And the true church is returning out of the wilderness, leaning on her beloved; and shall again appear in her comeliness and beauty, as a bride adorned for her husband. To her light shall the Gentiles come, and kings to the brightness of her rising, for the glory of the Lord shall arise upon her, and his light shine therein for The glorious prophecies of the holy prophets, and servants of the Lord, concerning the latter days must be fulfilled. The knowledge of the Lord shall fill the earth, as the waters cover the sea. The abundance of the sea, or multitudes of people, shall be converted to Sion, the nations shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, and be gathered to Jerusalem, that is from above, to worship the great King, the Lord of hosts, upon his holy mountain, that shall be established on the top of the mountains, and exalted above the hills, and no hurt or destruction shall be there. The Lamb shall lead his people, and feed them in the pastures of life, and bring them to living fountains of water. The Heir of all things shall inherit his right, and possess the gates of his enemies, who in due time shall all be put under his feet. He shall judge among the nations, and rebuke many people. They shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and spears into pruning-hooks, and come under

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the peaceable government of the Lamb. For he is King of kings, and Lord of lords, and of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end. And blessed be the Lord, many in this day have in measure wit nessed the fulfilling of many of these prophecies, as they relate to particulars, and do know, that the Son of God is come, who hath given them an understanding, whereby they know him that is true, and that they are in him that is true, even Jesus Christ, the true God and eternal life; in whom all the promises of God are and shall be fulfilled in their season.

And now the glorious Gospel is again preached, in and to them that dwell upon the earth, that all may fear God, and give glory to his name; and worship him who made heaven and earth, the seas and fountains of water; and no longer worship the beast, or his image, or receive his mark, lest they be cast into the lake that burns with fire for ever. For the hour of God's judgments is come, both upon the beast, and all that worship him; and his wrath is revealed from heaven, against all unrighteousness and ungodliness of men, who hold a profession of the truth, or Christian religion, in an unrighteous conversation. For the night of apostacy is far spent, in these northern Islands especially, and the day of the Lord at hand; the gross darkness, which hath covered the hearts of many, is in a great measure dispelled, and the true light again shineth, that makes mani. fest and discovers whatsoever is reprovable in religious matters and conversation, in which light all the nations of them that are saved must walk.

And the Lord hath endued many with power from on high, and sent them forth, as he did his messengers formerly, to direct and turn people's minds from darkness to light, and from satan's power to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in Christ Jesus. Many have received the glad tidings of peace and salvation, freely preached to them by the Lord's ministers, in the authority of the Spirit and power of God, in this mighty day of the Lord which is again revealed, wherein he is come nigh to judg ment, that the prince of this world may be cast out of the temple, in which he had ex alted himself, and been worshipped as God. The kingdom of God is come, and coming more and more; and the power of his Christ exalting, in the hearts of many, whose right it is to reign; and though the devil and his angels war against him, and for a season be suffered to prevail in dark places of the earth, so as to destroy the bodies of some of the fol

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