An account of W. Penn's travails in Holland and Germany, anno MDCLXXVII, for the service of the Gospel of Christ, by way of journal containing also divers letters and epistles writ to several great and eminent persons whilst there.

The fifth Day we arrived by the way of Worms at Crisheim in the Paltzgrave's Country,* 1.1 where we found, to our great Joy, a Meeting of tender and faithful People: But it seems the Inspector of the Calvi∣nists hath injoined the Vooght, or chief Officer, not to suffer any preach∣ing to be among our Friends; who (poor Man) fearing the Indignation of the Clergy, came next Day to de∣sire Friends not to suffer any preach∣ing to be amongst them, lest he should be turned out of his Place. To whom we desired Friends to say, that if he pleased he might appre∣hend us, and carry us to the Prince, before whom we should give an Ac∣count of our Testimony. But, bles∣sed be the Lord, we enjoyed our

Meeting quietly and comfortably; of which a Coachful from Worms made a part, amongst whom was a Governour of the Country, and one of the chief Lutheran Priests.

It came upon me in this Place to sa∣lute the Princess and Countess with this following Epistle.

A Salutation to Elizabeth Princess Palatine, and Anna Maria d•• Hornes Countess of Hornes, at Herwerden in Germany.

My worthy Friends,

SUCH as I have, such I give unto you, the dear and tender Saluta∣tion of Light, Life, Peace and Sal∣vation, by Jesus Christ the blessed Lamb of God, with the unspeak∣able Joy of which he hath replenish∣ed my Soul at this time, that my Cup overfloweth; which is the Reward of them that chearfully drink his

Cup of Tribulations, that love the Cross, and triumph in all the Shame, Reproaches and Contradictions of the World that do attend it: My God take you by the Hand, and gent∣ly lead you through all the Difficul∣ties of Regeneration; and as you have begun to know and love his sweet and tender Drawings, so resign the whole Conduct of your Lives to him; dispute not away the precious Sense that you have of him, be it as small as a Grain of Mustard-seed, which is the least of all Seeds, there is Power in it (if you do but believe) to remove the greatest Mountains of Opposition. O pretious is this Faith, yea more pretious than the Glory and Honour of this World that perish: It will give Courage, go with Christ before Caiaphas and Pilate; yea, to bear his Cross without the Camp, and to be crucified with him, know∣ing that the Spirit of God and of Glory shall rest upon them: to the Inheritors of this Faith is reserved the eternal Kingdom of Peace and

Joy in the Holy Ghost. O be you of that little Flock unto whom Jesus said, Fear not, for it is my Father's good pleasure to give you a Kingdom: And to be of this Flock, you must become as Sheep; and to be as Sheep, you must become harmless; and to become harmless, you must hear and follow the Lamb of God: as he is that blessed Light which discovereth and condemneth all the unfruitful Works of Darkness, and maketh harmless as a Dove; which word, All, leaveth not one Piccadillo or Cir∣cumstance undiscovered or unjudged; and the word Darkness taketh in the whole Night of Apostacy; and the word Ʋnfruitful, is a plain Judg∣ment against all those dark Works: Wherefore out of them all come, and be you separated, and God will give you a Crown of Life, which shall never fade away.

O! the lowness and meanness of those Spirits that despise or neglect the Joys and Glories of Immortality, for the sake of the things which are

••een that are but Temporal, debasing ••he Nobility of their Souls, aban∣doning the Government of the Di∣vine Spirit, and embracing with all ardency of Affection the sensual Plea∣sures of this Life; but such as perse∣vere therein, shall not enter into God's Rest for ever. But this is not all that hindereth and obstructeth in the ho∣ly Way of Blessedness; for there is the World's Fear as well as the World's Joy that obstructeth many, or else Christ had not said, Fear not, to his little Flock. The Shame of the Cross is a Yoke too uneasy, and a Burden too heavy for Flesh and Blood to bear, 'tis true; but therefore shall Flesh and Blood never enter into the Kingdom of God. And not to them that are born of the Flesh, but to those that are born of the Spirit through the Word of Regeneration, is appointed the Kingdom, and that Throne which shall judg the twelve Tribes of Israel, and all the World. The Lord perfect what he hath be∣gun in you, and give you Dominion

over the Love and Fear of this World▪ And, my Friends, if you would pro∣fit in the Way of God, despise no•• the Day of small things in you•• selves: Know this, that to desire an•• sincerely to breathe after the Lord, i•• a blessed State; you must seek befor•• you find. Do you believe? make no•• haste, extinguish not those small Be∣ginnings by an over-earnest or impa∣tient desire of Victory. God's time is the best time; be you faithful, and your Conflict shall end with Glory to God, and the Reward of Peace to your own Souls. Therefore love the Judgment, and love the Fire; start not aside, neither flinch from the scorchings of it, for it will purify and refine you as Gold seven times tried; then cometh the Stamp and Seal of the Lord upon his own Ves∣sel, Holiness to him for ever; which he never gave nor will give to repro∣bate Silver, the state of the Religi∣ous Worshippers of the World. And herein be comforted, that Sion shall be redeemed through Judgment, and

her Converts through Righteousness; and after the appointed time of Mourning is over, the Lord will give Beauty for Ashes, the Oil of Joy for Mourning, and the Garment of Praise for the Spirit of Heaviness: then shall you be able to say, Who is he that condemneth us? God hath justified us; there is no Condemna∣tion to us that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the Flesh, but after the Spirit. Wherefore, my dear Friends, walk not only not after the fleshly Lusts, but also not after the fleshly Religions and Worships of the World: for that that is not born of the Spirit, is Flesh; and all Flesh shall wither as the Grass, and the Beauty of it shall fade away as the Flower of the Field before God's Sun that is risen and rising; but the Word of the Lord in which is Life, and that Life the Light of Men, shall endure for ever, and give Life Eternal to them that love and walk in the Light. And I entreat you, by the Love you have for Jesus, have a care how you

touch with fleshly Births, or say Amen, by Word or Practice, to that which is not born of the Spirit: for God is not to be found of that, in your selves or others, that calleth him Fa∣ther, and he hath never begotten it in them; that Latitude and Confor∣mity is not of God, but secretly grieveth his Spirit, and obstructeth the growth of the Soul in its Ac∣quaintance and intimate Communi∣on with the Lord. Without me, saith Jesus, you can do nothing; and all that came before me are Thieves and Robbers: If so, O what are they that Pray, Preach and Sing without Je∣sus, and follow not him in those Du∣ties, but even in them crucify him? O that I may find in you an Ear to hear, and an Heart to perceive and embrace these Truths of Jesus. And I can say, I have great cause to hope, and patiently to wait till the Salva∣tion of God be further revealed to you, and the whole Family; with whom (I must acknowledg) I was abundantly refreshed and comforted,

in that God in measure made known the Riches of his Grace, and Opera∣tion of his Celestial Power to you; and his Witness shall dwell with you, (if we never see you more) that God magnified his own Strength in our Weakness. With him we leave our Travels, affectionately re∣commending you to his holy Spirit of Grace, that you may be con∣formed to the Image of his own dear Son, who is able and ready to pre∣serve you: O stay your Minds upon him, and he will keep you in per∣fect Peace, and abide with you for ever. The Almighty take you into his holy Protection now and for ever.

I am, Your true Friend ready to serve you, with fervent Love in the Will of God, William Penn.

My dear Companions G. K. and B.F. do with me give you the dear Sa∣lutation of unfeigned Love, and

those in the Family that love and desire to follow the Lord Jesus in Sincerity and Truth without wa∣vering.

P. S. We are this Evening bound towards Manheim, the Court of the Prince Palatine, and travell'd about twelve English Miles on foot.

* 2.1That Night we lodged at Franc∣kenthall, and go•• the next Morning, being the seventh Day of the Week,* 2.2 to Manheim; but were disappointed of our Design, which was to speak with the Prince, for he was gone the Day before to Heydelb••rgh his chief City, about fifteen English Miles from that Place: and considering that by reason of the Meeting next Day with Friends at Crisheim already ap∣pointed, we could neither go for∣ward, nor stay till he returned; and yet being not clear to come away, as if we had never endeavoured to visit him, it was upon me to write him this following Letter, to let him know we had been there, and briefly our End in coming.

To the Prince Elector Palatine of Heydelbergh.

Great Prince,

IT would seem strange that I, both a Stranger and a Subject, should use this freedom of Address to a Prince, were he not one whose Actions shew him to be of a free Disposition and easy Access to all; would to God all Princes were of that mind: But I have not chosen this way of Application, I am dri∣ven to it by the disappointment thy absence from this Court gave me, and the necessity I am under to expe∣dite my Return. And though I can∣not so fully, and consequently not so clearly, express by Letter the Grounds inducing me to attempt this Visit; yet this being all the way that is left me, I shall declare them as well as I can.

In the first place I do, with all sincere and Christian respect, acknowledg and

commend that Indulgence thou giv∣est to all People professing Religion, dissenting from the National Com∣munion: for it is in it self a most Natural, Prudent and Christian thing. Natural, because it preserves Nature from being made a Sacrifice to the savage Fury of fallible yet proud O∣pinions, out lawing Men of Parts, Arts, Industry and Honesty, the grand Re∣quisites of Humane Society; and ex∣posing them and their Families to utter Ruine for meer Noncon∣formity, not to Religion, but to Modes and Fashions in Religions. Christian, since the contrary ex∣presly contradicteth both the Precept and Example of Christ, who taught us to love Enemies, not to abuse our Friends, and triumph in the destru∣ction of our harmless Neighbours. He rebuked his Disciples, when they called for Fire from Heaven upon Dissenters, it may be Opposers: Cer∣tainly then he never intended that they should kindle Fire on Earth to devour Men for Conscience. And

if Christ (to whom all Power was given) and his Apostles refused to employ Humane Force and Artifice so much as to conserve themselves, 'tis an Arrogancy every way indefen∣sible in those that pretend to be their Followers, that they assume an Au∣thority to supercede, controul and contradict the Precepts and Exam∣ples of Christ and his Apostles; whose Kingdom not being of the nature of this ambitious violent World, was not erected or maintain∣ed by those Weapons that are Carnal, but Spiritual and Intellectual, ade∣quate to the Nature of the Soul, and mighty through God to cast down the Strong-holds of Sin, and every vain Imagination exalted in Man a∣bove the lowly meek Fear of God, that ought to have the preeminence in the Hearts of the Sons of Men. Indulgence is Prudent, in that it preserveth Concord: No Kingdom divided against it self, can stand; It encourageth Arts, Parts & Industry, to show and improve themselves, which

indeed are the Ornaments, Strength and Wealth of a Countrey: It en∣courageth People to transplant into this Land of Liberty, where the Sweat of the Brow is not made the Forfeit of the Conscience. And, lastly, it rendereth the Prince pecu∣liarly Safe and Great. Safe, because all Interests, for Interest-sake, are bound to love and court him. Great, in that he is not govern'd or clogg'd with the Power of his Clergy, which in most Countries is not only a Coor∣dinate Power, a kind of Duumvirate∣ship in Government, Imperium in Imperio, at least an Eclipse to Mo∣narchy, but a Superior Power, and rideth the Prince to their Designs, holding the Helm of the Govern∣ment, and steering not by the Laws of Civil Freedom, but certain Ec∣clesiastick Maxims of their own, to the Maintenance and Enlargement of their Worldly Empire in their Church: And all the Villany acted under the sacred, peaceable and al∣luring Name of Christ, his Ministry

and Church; though as remote from their Nature, as the Wolf from the Sheep, and the Pope from Peter.

The next thing I should have taken the liberty to have discours'd, would have been this; What Encourage∣ment a Colony of vertuous and in∣dustrious Families might hope to re∣ceive from Thee, in case they should transplant themselves into this Coun∣try, which certainly in it self is very excellent, respecting Taxes, Oaths, Arms, &c.

Further, to have represented the condition of some of our Friends, and thy own Subjects; who though they are liable to the same Tax as Mennists, &c. (not by part the Case of other Dissenters) yet the Vaught of the Town where they live, came yesterday to forbid all preaching a∣mongst them, which implies a sort of Contradiction to the Indulgence given.

And in the last place, for as much as all Men owe their Being to some∣thing greater than themselves, to

which 'tis reasonable to believe they are accomptable, from whence fol∣low Rewards or Punishments.

I had an earnest desire to have spoken of the Nature of Truth, Use, Benefit and Reward of Religion, and therein as to have discours'd what is Christian Religion in it self, (freed from those unreasonable Garbs some Men make it to wear, so justly offen∣sive to wise and thinking Men) so to have proved the Principle and Life of the People, in scorn called Quakers, to have been sutable to the true Fol∣lowers of Holy Jesus. But as the Parti∣culars would swell a Letter to a Book, I shall take the Freedom to present thee upon my Return with some Tracts treating upon all these Sub∣jects.

Prince, my Soul is filled with Love and Respect to thee and thy Family; I wish you all true and lasting Feli∣city, and earnestly desire that you may never forget your Afflictions, and in the remembrance of them be dehorted from those Lusts and Im∣pieties,

which draw the Vengeance of Heaven upon the greatest Families on Earth, that God may look upon you with the favourable Eye of his Providence. And blessed is that Man, whose God (by profession) is the Lord in reality, viz. that is ruled and governed by the Lord, and that lives in subjection to his Grace, that having a Divine Sense of God in his Heart, delights to retain that Sense and Knowledg of him, and be me∣ditating in his Noble Royal Law, that converts the Soul to God, and re∣deems Man from the sensual Pleasures of this World, to the true Satisfaction of the Intellectual and Divine Life. O the meanness and lowness of their Spirits, that abandon themselves to the Government of Sense, the ani∣mal Life, thereby debasing their Na∣tures, rejecting the Divine Light, that shineth in their Hearts, saying, Let us eat and drink, for to morrow we shall die; forgetting whence they are descended, and not considering the Peace and Joy of the Vertuous!

I desire that the Lord would put it into thy Heart to think of thy lat∣ter End, and with the Light of Christ in thy Conscience examine how it stands with thy Soul, that thou mayest know, and diligently watch to do those things that belong to thy eternal Peace.

One thing more give me leave to recommend to thee, and that is, to be very careful of inculcating generous, free and righteous Principles into thy Son, who is like to succeed thee, that when thou art gone, the Repu∣tation of the Country may not sink by contrary Practices, nor the People of divers Judgments (now thy Sub∣jects) be disappointed, distressed or ruined. Which, with sincere desires for thy temporal and eternal Good, conclude this,

Thy unknown, but sincere Friend, William Penn.

From Manheim 25th of 6th Mo. 1677.

Which being done,* 3.1 and having re∣freshed our selves, we returned that night by the Rhine to Worms,* 3.2 from whence we the next Morning (being the first day of the Week) walked on Foot to Crisheim,* 3.3 which is about six English Miles from Worms. We had a good Meeting from the tenth till the third Hour, and the Lord's Pow∣er sweetly opened to many of the In∣habitants of the Town that were at the Meeting; yea, the Vaught or chief Officer himself stood at the Door behind the Barn, where he could hear and not be seen, who went to the Priest and told him, that it was his Work, if we were Hereticks, to discover us to be such, but for his part he heard nothing but what was good, and he would not meddle with us.

In the Evening we had a more re∣tired Meeting of the Friends only, very weighty and tender; yea the Power rose in high operation among them, and great was the Love of

God that rose in our Hearts at the Meeting to visit them; and there is a lovely, sweet and true Sense among them: we were greatly comforted in them, and they were greatly com∣forted in us. Poor Hearts, a little handful surrounded with great and mighty Countries of Darkness; 'tis the Lord's great Goodness, and Mer∣cy to them, that they are so finely kept, even natural in the Seed of Life; they were most of them ga∣thered by dear William Ames.

* 3.4The next Morning we had another Meeting, where we took our leave of them, and so came accompanied by several of them to Worms;* 3.5 where having refresh'd our selves, we went to visit the Lutheran Priest, that was at the Meeting the sixth Day before at Crisheim; he received us very kind∣ly, and his Wife, not without some sense of our Testimony. After we had discours'd about an Hour with him of the true and heavenly Mini∣stry and Worship, and in what they stood, and what all People must come

unto if ever they will know how to worship God aright, we departed, and immediately sent them several good Books of Friends in High-Dutch.

Immediately we took Boat about the third Hour in the Afternoon,* 3.6 and came down the River Rhine to Mentz,* 3.7 where we arrived about the fifth Hour in the Morning, and immedi∣ately took an open Chariot for Frank∣fort,* 3.8 where we came about the first Hour in the Afternoon.

We presently informed some of those People that had received us the Time before, of our return to that City, with desires that we might have a Meeting that Afternoon; which was readily granted us by the Noble Women, at whose House we met, whither resorted some that we had not seen before. And the Lord did, after a living manner, open our Hearts and Mouths amongst them, which was received by them as a far∣ther confirmation of the coming of the Day of the Lord unto them; yea,

with much joy and kindness they re∣ceived us.

The Meeting held till the ninth Hour at Night; they constrained us to stay and eat with them, which was also a blessed Meeting to them: be∣fore we parted, we desired a select Meeting the next Morning at the same Place of those that we felt more inwardly affected with Truth's Testi∣mony, and that were nearest unto the State of a silent Meeting; which they joyfully assented to.

* 3.9We went to our Lodging, and the next Morning we returned unto them, with whom we had a blessed and heavenly Opportunity, for we had room for our Life amongst them; it was as among faithful Friends, Life ran as Oil, and swom a-top of all.

We recommended a silent Meeting unto them, that they might grow in∣to an holy Silence unto themselves; that the Mouth that calls God Fa∣ther, that is not of his own Birth▪ may be stop'd, and all Images con∣founded, that they may hear the soft

Voice of Jesus to instruct them, and receive his sweet Life to feed them and to build them up.

About the ninth Hour we departed from that Place, and went to Vander Walls, where the Meeting was the Time before, and there we had a more publick Meeting of all that pleased to come: The Lord did so a∣bundantly appear amongst us, that they were more broken than we had seen them at any time, yea they were exceeding tender and low, and the Love of God was much raised in their Hearts to the Testimony. In this sensible frame we left them, and the Blessings and Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ with and among them.

And after having refresh'd our selves at our Inn, we took Boat down the Main to Mentz,* 3.10 where we ar∣rived about the fifth Hour: 'tis a great City, but a dark and supersti∣tious Place, according to the Popish Way, and is under the Government of a Popish Bishop; we stayed not longer there, than till our Boat was

ready, which might be better than half an Hour. From Mentz we went on our way down the Rhine six Ger∣man Miles, and came that Night to Hampack;* 3.11 from thence the next Morning we went by Bacherach, Cob∣lentz, and other places upon the Rhine,* 3.12 to Tresy that Night, being a∣bout eleven German Miles.

* 3.13Next day (being the sixth Day of the Week) we got to Cullen,* 3.14 a great Popish City, about the third Hour in the Afternoon.

We gave notice to a sober Mer∣chant in that Town, a serious Seeker a••ter God, that we were there arri∣ved; who presently came to us. We sat down, and had a living and preti∣ous Opportunity with him, opening to him the Way of the Lord, as to us it had been mani••ested; intreating him, if he knew any in that City, who had desires after the Lord, or that were willing to come to a Meet∣ing, that he would please to inform them of our being here, and of our desire to meet with them: He an∣swered,

That he would readily do it.

This night when we were in Bed, came the Resident of several Princes (a serious and tender Man) to find us out; we had some discourse with him, but being late, promised to see us the next Day.

The next Morning came the afore∣said Merchant, informing us,* 3.15 that it was a busy Time, several preparing for the Mass or great Fair at Frank∣fort; yet some would come, and he desired it might be at his House in the Afternoon about Three.

In the Morning we were to visit that Resident, whom we met coming to see us; but he returned and brought us to his House. We had a good Time with him, for the Man is an antient Seeker, opprest with the Cares of this World, and he may be truly said to mourn under them: his Heart was opened to us, and he bles∣sed God, that he had lived to see us. We gave him an Account, how the Lord appeared in the Land of our Na∣tivity, and how he had dealt with us,

which was as the cool and gentle Showers upon the dry and scorched Desart. About Noon we returned Home; after we had eaten, we went to the Merchant's House to the Meet∣ing; where came four Persons, one of which was the Presbyterian Priest, who preach'd in private to the Prote∣stants of that Place, for they are no ways allowed in that City. Surely the true Day and Power of the Lord made known it self to the Consci∣ences of them present; yea, they felt that we were such as had been with Jesus, and that had obtained our Te∣stimony through the Sufferings and Travels of the Cross. They were tender: the Resident and Merchant conducted us to our Inn, and from thence to the Boat, being about seven at Night. We set out towards the City of Duysburgh of the Calvinist Way, belonging to the Elector of Brandenburgh, in and near to which we had been informed there were a retired and seeking People.* 3.16

We arrived there next Day about

Noon, being the first Day of the Week; the first thing we did after we came to our Inn, was to inquire out one Dr. Mastricht a Civilian, for whom we had a Letter to introduce us from a Merchant of Cullen: Whom quickly finding, we informed him what we came about, desiring his As∣sistance; which he readily promised us. The first thing we offered was an Access to the Countess of Falchen∣steyn and Bruch: He told us she was an extraordinary Woman, one in whom we should find things worthy of our Love; that he would write to her to give us an Opportunity with her; that the fittest time was the pre∣sent time, in that we might find her at the Minister's of Mulheim, on the other side of the River from her Fa∣ther's Castle; for that she used to come out the first Day Morning, and not return till Night: That we must be very shy of making our selves pub∣lick, not only for our own sakes, but for hers, who was severely treated by her Father for the Sake of those Reli∣gious

Inclinations that appeared in her, although her Father pretended to be of the Protestant Religion.

We therefore dispatched towards Mulheim, having received his Letter, and being also accompanied by him about one third of the way; but be∣ing six English Miles, and on foot, we could not compass the Place before the Meeting was over, for it was past three before we could get out of Duysburgh; and following that way which led to the back-side of the Greaf's Castle and Orchard, which was also a common way to the Town, (tho if we had known the Country we might have avoided it) we met with one Henry Smith, Schoolmaster and Catechiser of Speldorp; to whom we imparted our Business, and gave the Letter of Dr. Mastricht of Duys∣burgh to introduce us to the Countess. He told us, he had just left her, being come over the Water from the Wor∣ship, but he would carry the Letter to her, and bring an Answer sudden∣ly, but notwithstanding staid near an

Hour: When he came he gave us this Answer, viz. that she would be glad to meet us, but she did not know where; but rather inclined that we should go over the Water to the Mi∣nister's House whither, if she could, she would come, but that a strict hand was held over her by her Father. Af∣ter some more serious Discourse with him, concerning the Witness of God in the Conscience, and the Discove∣ry, Testimony, and Judgment of that true Light, unto which all must bow that would be Heirs of the Kingdom of God; recommending him to the same, we parted, he returning home∣wards, and we advancing to the Town: but being ••••cessitated to pass by her Father's Castle, who is Seig∣nour of the Country, it so fell out, that at that very instant he came forth to walk: And seeing us in the Habit of Strangers, sent one of his Atten∣dants to demand who and from whence we were, and whither we went, calling us to him, and asking us the same Questions. We answered,

that we were Englishmen come from Holland, going no further in these Parts than his own Town of Mulheim.* 3.17 But not showing him, or paying him that worldly Homage and Respect which was expected from us, some of his Gentlemen ask'd us, if we knew whom we were before? and if we did not use to deport our selves after another manner before Noble-men, and in the presence of Princes? We answered, we were not conscious to our selves of any Disrespect or unseem∣ly Behaviour: one of them sharply re∣plied, Why don't you put off your Hats then? is it respect to stand covered in the presence of the Soveraign of the Country? We told them it was our practice in the presence of our Prince, who is a great King, and that we un∣covered not our Heads to any but to the Almighty God. Upon which the Graef called us Quakers, saying unto us, We have no need of Quakers here; get you out of my Dominions, you shall not go to my Town. We told him, that we were an innocent Peo∣ple

that feared God, and had good∣will towards all Men; and that we had true Respect in our Hearts towards him, we would be glad to do him any real Good or Service; and that the Lord had made it Matter of Con∣science to us, not to conform our selves to the vain and fruitless Cu∣stoms of this World, or words to this purpose. However he commanded some of his Souldiers to see us out of his Territories, (to whom we also declared somewhat of the Reason and Intention of our coming to that Place in the Fear and Love of God) who were civil to us. We parted with much Peace and Comfort in our Hearts; and as we passed through the Village where the Schoolmaster dwelt, (yet in the Dominions of the Graef) we called upon him, and in the sense of God's Power and King∣dom open'd to him the Message and Testimony of Truth, which the Man received with a weighty and serious Spirit. For under the Dominion of the Graef there is a large Congrega∣tion

of Protestants called Calvinists, of a more religious, inward and zea∣lous frame of Spirit, than any Body of People we met with or heard of in Germany. After we had ended our Testimony to him, we took our leave, desiring him not to fear, but to be of good Courage, for the Day of the Lord was hastning upon all the Work∣ers of Iniquity; and to them that feared his Name, wherever scattered throughout the Earth, he would cause the Sun of Righteousness to arise and visit them, with Healing under his Wings; and to remember us with true Love and Kindness to the Coun∣tess, Daughter to this Greaf, and to desire her not to be offended in us, nor to be dismayed at the Displeasure of her Father, but eye the Lord that hath visited her Soul with his holy Light, by which she seeth the Vanity of this World, and in some measure the em∣ptiness and deadness of the Religions that are in it; and he would preserve her from the Power of the Wrath of Men, that worketh not the Righte∣ousness

of God: So we left the Peace of Jesus with him, and walked on to∣wards Duysburgh, being about six Eng∣lish Miles from thence, and near the eight Hour at Night. The Lord was with us, and comforted our Hearts as we walked (without any outward Guide) through a tedious and solita∣ry Wood (about three Miles long) with the Joy of his Salvation, giving us to remember, and to speak one un∣to another of his blessed Witnesses in the Days past, who wandred up and down like poor Pilgrims and Stran∣gers on the Earth, their Eye being to a City in the Heavens, whose Builder and Maker is God. Betwixt nine and ten, we reached the Walls of Duys∣burgh; but the Gates were shut, and there being no Houses without the Walls, we laid us down together in a Field, receiving both natural and spi∣ritual Refreshment, blessed be the Lord.* 3.18 About three in the Morning we rose, sanctifying God in our hearts, that had kept us that Night; and walked till five, often speaking one to

another of the great and notable Day of the Lord dawning upon Germany, and of several Places of that Land that were almost ripe unto Harvest. Soon after the Clock had struck five, they opened the Gates of the City, and we had not long got to our Inn,* 3.19 but it came upon me with a sweet, yet fervent Power to visit this prose∣cuted Countess with a Salutation from the Love and Life of Jesus, and to open unto her more plainly the Way of the Lord; which I did in this following Epistle.

And then followeth a Letter to her Father, the Graef of Bruch and Falckensteyn.

To the Countess of Falckensteyn and Bruch at Mulheim.

My dear Friend,

JESUS, the Immaculate Lamb of God, (grieved and crucified by all the Workers of Iniquity) illumi∣nate thy Understanding, bless and be with thy Spirit for ever.

Tho unknown, yet art thou much beloved for the sake of thy Desires and Breathings of Soul after the living God: The Report whereof from some in the same State, hath made deep im∣pressions of true Kindness upon my Spirit, and raised in me a very singu∣lar and fervent inclination to visit thee; and the rather, because of that Suffering and Tribulation thou hast begun to endure for the sake of thy

Zeal towards God, my self having from my Childhood been both a Seeker after the Lord, and a great Sufferer for that Cause from Parents, Relations, Companions, and the Ma∣gistrates of this World: the remem∣brance whereof hath so much the more endeared thy Condition unto me; and my Soul hath often in the sweet Sense and Feeling of the holy Presence of God, and the precious Life of his dear Son in my Heart, with great tenderness implored his Divine Assistance unto thee, that thou mayst both be illuminated to do, and made willing to suffer for his Name's sake, that the Spirit of God and of Glory may rest upon thy Soul. And truly I can say, I felt the good Will of God, his holy Care and heavenly Visitations of Love to extend unto thee. But one thing more especially lay upon my Spirit to have communi∣cated unto thee, which made me the more pressing for an Opportunity to speak with thee, and that was this;

That thou shouldest have a true, right and distinct Knowledg of thy own State, and what that is which hath visited thee, and in what thy Faith, Patience, Hope and Salvation stand; where to wait, and how to find the Lord, and distinguish between that which is born of God, and that which is not; both with respect to thy self in all the Motions and Conceptions of thy Heart, and with respect to o∣thers in their Religious Worships and Performances, to the end that thou mayest not be deceived about the things relating to God's Kingdom, and thy Eternal Peace; this is of greatest weight. Now know cer∣tainly, that which hath discovered unto thee the Vanities of this World, the Emptiness and the Fading of all earthly Glory, the Blessedness of the Righteous, and the Joy of the World that is to come, is the Light of Christ Jesus, wherewith he hath enlight∣ned thy Soul; for in him was Life, and that Life is the Light of Man∣kind,

John 1.4, 9. Thus God pro∣miseth by the Prophet Isaiah, to give him, viz. for a Light to lighten the Gentiles, and for his Salvation to the ends of the Earth. So that Christ the Light is God's Gift, and eternal Life is hid in him; yea, all the Trea∣sures of Wisdom and Knowledg, who is the Light of the Gospel-Temple, true Believers, Rev. 21. And all that receive this Light into their Hearts, and bring their Deed to it, to see in what ground they are wrought, whether in God or in the evil One, and make this Blessed Light the Guide of their Life, fear∣ing with a holy Fear to do any thing that this Light manifests to be evil, waiting and watching with a godly Care to be preserved blame∣less before the Lord: I say, all such become Children of Light, and Wit∣nesses of the Life of Jesus. O bles∣sed wilt thou be for ever, if in the way of this Holy Light thy Mind walks to the end.

Let this that hath visited thee lead thee, this Seed of Light and Life which is the Seed of the Kingdom; yea, 'tis Christ the true and only Seed of God that visited my Soul even in my young Years, that spread my Sins in order before me, reproved me, and brought godly Sorrow upon me; making me often to weep in so∣litary Places, saying within my Soul, O that I knew the Lord as I ought to know him; O that I served him as I ought to serve him: yea, often was there a great Concern upon my Spirit about my eternal State, mournfully desi∣ring that the Lord would give my Soul rest in the great Day of Trouble. Now was all the Glory of the World as a Bubble; yea, nothing was dear to me that I might win Christ: for the Love, Friendship and Pleasure of this World was a Burden unto my Soul. And in this seeking-state I was directed to the Testimony of Jesus in my own Con∣science, as the true shining Light, giving me to discern the Thoughts

and Intents of my own Heart; and no fooner was I turned unto it, but I found it to be that which from my Childhood had visited me, though I distinctly knew it not: and when I received it in the Love of it, it shewed me all that ever I did, and reproved all the unfruitful Works of Darkness▪ judging me as a Man in the Flesh, and laying Judgment to the Line, and Righteousness to the Plummet in me: And as by the brightness of his coming into my Soul, he discovered the Man of Sin there upon his Throne, so by the Breath of his Mouth, which is the two-edged Sword of his Spi∣rit, he destroyeth his Power and Kingdom; and having made me a Witness of that Death of the Cross, he hath also made me Witness of his Resurrection. So that in good mea∣sure my Soul can now say, I am ju∣stified in the Spirit; and though the State of Condemnation unto Death was glorious, yet Justification unto Life was and is more glorious. In

this state of the new Man all is new; behold new Heavens and a new Earth, old things come to be done away, the old Man with his Deeds put off. Now new Thoughts, new Desires, new Affections, new Love, new Friendship, new Society, new Kindred, new Faith, even that which overcometh this World through many Tribulations; and new Hope, even that living Hope that is founded upon true Experience, which holds out all Storms, and can see to the Glory that is invisible (to car∣nal Eyes) in the midst of the greatest Tempest. Now 'tis the same blessed Seed of Light, Life and Grace, that from God the Father is sown in thy Heart, and hath moved and wrought there that Change which thou hast witnessed from the Spirit of this World: turn to it, watch in it, that by it thou mayest be kept from all that it discovers to be contrary to God; espe∣cially from thy self, from thy own runnings, willings and strivings: for whatsoever is not born of the Spirit

is Flesh, and that inherits not the Kingdom of God; and all that sow to it, shall inherit Corruption. By this thou wilt come to feel, not only all Sin to be a Burden, but all thy own Righteousness, yea, all Man's Righteousness to be a Burden. Thou wilt see the difference betwixt the Duties and Prayers which thou be∣gettest, and the Duties and Prayers which in thy true silence from all self-activity of Mind the Lord begets in thee. O that thou mightest know the Mystery of the new Birth, and what that is that can truly call God Father, even that that is begotten of him, which liveth and breatheth, and hath its Beginning and Being in that Life which is hid with Christ in God, and by which it hath been quickened to the Knowledg and Worship of Christ and God; and this thou shalt not fail to know and enjoy▪ as thou patiently sufferest the Lord to work his own Work in thee by his own blessed Spirit. And that

which will give thee to savour and discern the right Motions and Con∣ceptions, Duties and Performances in thy self, from the false, will give thee to savour and discern that which is right in others, from that which is false; that which is of God, from that which is of Man. Have a Care of gathering of Sticks, and kindling a Fire of thy own, and then com∣passing thy self about the Sparks of the Fire which thou hast kindled; for the end of this State is to lie down in Sorrow, because the heavenly Fire is absent, which maketh the Sacrifice acceptable; yea, the Lord may stir in thy Heart, and thou mayest bring forth: but he that gives to conceive, he brings to the Birth, and he giveth Power to bring forth, for without Christ we can do nothing; and bles∣sed are they that stir not before the Angel moveth the Waters, and go not before Christ, but are led by him, and that awaken not their Beloved till he please, in whose Hand the

Times and the Seasons are. O bles∣sed are they, whose Eyes are opened to see him always present, a God al∣ways nigh at Hand, whose Hearts are stayed upon his holy Appearance in them, and they are thereby trans∣lated into his Likeness, whose Faith and Hope is in Christ, in them the Hope of Glory.

My dear Friend, weigh these Things with a serious, retired, sweet and tender frame of Spirit; and the God that hath called me and thee, by the Light of his dear Son, open thy Understanding to perceive the Truth as it is in Jesus, and what is the My∣stery of the Fellowship of the Saints in Light. So to the Lord I recom∣mend thee, the Watchman and Keep∣er of Israel: the Lord be thy Strength and holy Comfort, and speak Peace to thee, and never leave thee nor for∣sake thee till he hath conducted thee through all Tribulations to his ever∣lasting Kingdom of Rest and Glory.

O dear Heart, be valiant, and stay thy self upon Christ Jesus the Ever∣lasting Rock, and feel him a Foun∣tain in thy Soul; feel his Blood to cleanse, and his Blood to drink, and his Flesh to eat; feed upon him, for God hath given him for the Life of the World.

I had seen thee had not thy Fa∣ther's strange sort of severity hindred: I confess I do not use to be so treated in my own Country, where the Lord hath raised up many hundreds of Wit∣nesses, that he hath gathered out of all Sects and Professions, to worship him, not in their Spirits or Wills, but in his Will, Spirit and Truth: and we are generally, after much Afflicti∣on and Suffering, in good Esteem, even with the great Ones of this World. And this let me add for thy particular Comfort, that though I have been a Man of great Anguish and Sorrow, because of the Scorn and Reproach that hath attended my separation from the World, (having been taught

of Jesus to turn my back upon all the sake of that Glory that shall revealed) yet to God's Honour I 〈◊〉〈◊〉 say it, I have an hundred friends one, yea, God hath turned 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Hearts of my Enemies towar•• me; he hath fulfilled his Promi•••• to turn the Hearts of the Paren•• unto the Children. For my Paren•• that once disowned me for this ble••∣sed Testimony's sake, (of the Jew•••• Christian, Circumcision, and Ba••∣tism inward, against the fleshly Chr••∣stian) have come to love me abov•• all, and have left me all, thinkin•• they could never do and leave enoug•• for me. O how good is the Lor•• yea, the Ways of his Mercy a•••• even past finding out.

Wheresore, my dear Friend, tru•••• in the Lord for ever; and the Go•• of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Go•• of the Prophets and of the Apostles the God of all the Holy Martyrs o•• Jesus, illuminate, fortify and preserv••

thee stedfast, that in the end thou mayest receive the Reward of Life and Eternal Salvation; to who•• be Glory, and to the Lamb tha•• sits upon the Throne, one God and one Lord, blessed and magnified for ever and ever, Amen.

Thy great and faithful Love for the blessed and holy Truth's sake. W. Penn.

Duysburgh 13th of 7th Month S.N. 1677.

P.S. My dear Brethren and Com∣panions G K. and B F. with me salute thee in the dear Lo••e of God. The enclosed I received from a religious young Woman at Franckfort: We have a blessed Opportunity in this Town with some that have a desire after the Lord, in which we are abundant∣ly comforted. We have just now received thy Message and Saluta∣tion from H.S. which hath ex∣ceedingly

refreshed and revive•• us, for our trouble wa•• not fo•• our selves, but for thee, and w•• hope our Love will not turn 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thy Disadvantage, for we men••••••∣ned nothing of thy Name, nor th•• Name of any other Person, onel•• that we desired to speak with the Minister of Mulheim, and that wa•• only to the Souldier. The Lord made us a good Bed in the Fields▪ and we were very well satisf••••••▪ We are going this Afternoon out of the Town towards Wesel, from thence to Cleve, and thence to Herwerden (the Lord will••••••) s•• farewell in the Lord.

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To the Graef or Earl of Bruck and Falckensteyn.

Friend,

I Wish thy Salvation, and the Lord reward thee Good for the Evil that thou shewedst unto me and my Friends the last night, if it be his Will. But since thou art a mortal Man, one that must give an Account, in common with all, to the Immortal God, let me a little ex∣postulate with thee.

By what Law on Earth are Men, not scandalous, under no Proscription, harm∣less Strangers about lawful Occasions, and Men not Vagabonds, but of good Quality in their own Country; stopt, me∣naced, sent back with Souldiers, and that at Sun-set, exposed to the Night in an unknown Country, and therefore forced to lie in the Fields: I say, by what Law are we judged, yea, thus pu∣nished before heard: Is this the Jus Gentium or Germanicum, Naturale or Christianum? Oh! Where's Nature? Where's Civility? Where's Hospitality? But where's Christianity all this while?

Well, but we are Quakers; Quakers, What's that for a Name? Is there a Law of the Empire against that Name? No, Did we own it? No, but if we had, the letters of that Name neither make up Drunkard, Whore-master, Thief, Mur∣derer nor Traitor: Why so odious then? What harm hath it done? Why could Jews pass just before us, that have cruci∣fied Christ, and not Quakers that never crucified him; but Ignorance is as well the Mother of Persecution as Devotion, and the false Christian, and the false Jew have but one Father.

But Argumentum ad hominem, my Friend bear with me a little: Art thou a Christian? How canst thou be rude, un∣civil, and persecute then? Thou art to love Enemies, not abuse Friends, harm∣less Strangers. Well, but this Life is dead, this Doctrine antiquated, Jesus Christ turn'd out of doors, I perceive: What art thou for a Christian? A Lu∣theran? Yes, Canst thou so lately forget the Practises of the Papists, and with what Abhorrence thy Ancestors declared against such sort of Entertainment? Were

not they despised, mocked and persecuted? And are their Children treading in the steps of their old Enemies? Friend, 'tis not reformed Words, but a reformed Life that will stand thee instead: 'tis not to live the life of the Unregenerate, World∣ly-minded, and Wicked under the Pro∣fession of the Saint's Words, that will give an Entrance into God's rest: Be not de∣ceived, such as thou Sowest, such must thou Reap in the Day of the Lord. Thou art not come to the Berean-state that tried all things, and therefore not noble in the Christian sense; the Bereans were noble, for they judged not before Exami∣nation. And for thy saying, We want no Quakers here, I say, under favour you do, for a true Quaker is one that trembleth at the Word of the Lord, that worketh out his Salvation with fear and trembling, and all the Days of his ap∣pointed Time waiteth in the Light and Grace of God till his great Change com∣eth, and that taketh up the daily Cross to his Will and Lusts, that he might do the Will of God manifested to him by the Light of Jesus in his Conscience, and ac∣cording

to the holy Precepts and Ex∣amples in the holy Scriptures of Truth, laid down by Jesus, and his followers, for the Ages to come. Yea, he is one that loveth his Enemies, rather than feareth them; that Blesseth those that Curse him, and prayeth for those that despitefully treat him; as God knoweth we do for thee. And O that thou wert such a Quaker! Then wouldst thou Rule for God, and act in all things as one that must give an account to God for the Deeds done in the Body, whether Good or Evil. Then would Temperance, Mercy, Justice, Meekness, and the Fear of the Lord dwell in thy Heart, and in thy Family and Country. Repent, I exhort thee, and consider thy latter End, for thy Days are not like to be many in this World, there∣fore mind the things that make for thy Eternal Peace, least Distress come upon thee as an armed Man, and there be none to deliver thee. I am

Thy Well-wishing Friend W.P.

Duysburgh 3d. 7th. m. 1677. S.V.

This having done, we went to Dr. Mastricht's to inform him of what had past, who tho' of a kind Disposition, and very friendly to us, yet seemed surprized with fear (the Disease of this Country) crying out, What will become of this poor Countess! Her Fa∣ther hath called her Quaker a long time, behaving himself very severely to her, but now he will conclude she is one indeed, and he will lead her a lamentable Life: I know (said he) you care not for suffering, but she is to be pittied: We told him that we both loved her, and pittied her, and could lay down our Lives for her, as Christ hath done for us, in the Will of God, if we could thereby do her good, but that we had not mentioned her Name, neither was the Letter, that he gave us to her, so much as seen or known of her Father. But still he feared that our Carriage would incense the Graef so much the more against both his Daugh∣ter, and all those serious and inqui∣ring People up and down the Coun∣try: We answered with an earnest∣ness

of Spirit, That they had minded the Incensings and Wrath of Men too much already, and true Religion would never spring or grow under such fears, and that it was time for all that felt any thing of the Work of God in their Hearts to cast away the slavish fear of Man, and to come forth in the boldness of the true Chri∣stian life; yea, that Sufferings break and make way for greater Liberty, and that God was wiser and stronger than Man. We askt him if there were any in that City who enquired more diligently after the way of the Lord, he recommended us (as we had already been informed in ano∣ther place) to the Family of the Prae∣tor, or chief Governour of the Town, whose Wife and Sister more especial∣ly were seeking after the best things: So we parted with him in love, and by the help of his Daughter, were conducted to this Family. We had not been long there, before a School-master of Dusseldorp, and withal a Mi∣nister came in enquiring after us, ha∣ving

h••ard at Mulheim where he preached the day before to the Peo∣ple, or else by the way, of our at∣tempt to visit that place, and the En∣tertainment we received at the hands of the G••••ef; He sat down with us, and though we had already a sweet Opportunity, yet feeling the Power to rise, the Meeting renewed: And O magnified be the Name of the Lord, he witnessed to our Testimony abun∣dantly in all their Hearts and Con∣sciences, who were broken into much tenderness, and certainly there is a blessed Power and Zeal stirring in that young Man, yea he is very near the Kingdom. So we took our Leave of them, leaving the Lord's Peace and Blessing upon them. It was now some∣thing past the 12th. Hour of the Day. In the way to our Lodging we met a Messenger from the Countess, a pretty young tender Man near to the King∣dom, who saluted us in her Name with much love, telling us, That she was much grieved at the Ente••tain∣ment of her Father towards us, ad∣vising

us not to expose our selves to such Difficulties and Hardships, for it would grieve her Heart, that any that came in the Love of God to vi∣sit her, should be so severely handled; for at some he sets his Dogs, upon others he puts his Souldiers to beat them: But what shall I say, That it self, must not hinder you from doing good, said the Countess, We answered him, that his Message was joyful to us, that she had any regard to us, and that she was not offended with us: We desi∣red the Remembrance of our kind Love unto her, and that he would let her know that our Concern was not for our selves, but for her: We invi∣ted him to eat with us, but he told us he was an Inhabitant of Meurs, and was in haste to go home; so we brief∣ly declared our Principle and Mes∣••••ge, recommending him to Christ the true Light in his Conscience, and parted: So we went home to Dinner, having neither eaten nor drank since first-day Morning, and having lain out all Night in the Field. We had

no sooner got to our Inn, but the Man was constrained to come after us, and sat down with us, and enquired con∣cerning our Friends; their Rise, Prin∣ciples and Progress, and in all things that he desired satisfaction about, he declared himself satisfied. Dinner be∣ing done, and all cleared, we departed that City, being about th•• fourth Hour in the Afternoon, and for want of Accommodation were forced to walk on foot 8 English Miles to a Town called Holton,* 5.1 where we rested that Night.

The next Morning we set out for Wesel and got thither at Noon.* 5.2 The first thing we did (as had been our Custom) was to enquire who was worthy, particularly for two Persons recommended to us by the Countess of Hornes, that lives with the Princess Elizabeth. But upon enquiry, we found one of them was gone to Am∣sterdam with his Wife, who had been formerly a Preacher, but being con∣scienciously dissatisfied with his own Preaching, laid it down, and is now

in a seeking State. But in lied of him we found out three more▪ with the other Person that had been recom∣mended to us. We bespoke a Meet∣ing amongst them after Dinner; which ac••ordingly we had at a Woman's House of good Note in the Town▪ who told us, That she had been long in a solitary Estate, dissatisfied with the Religions generally profest in that Country, waiting for Salvation, and she hoped that now the time was come, and that we were the Messengers of it.

The Lord was with us in the Mee∣ting, and their Hearts were opened by the Word of God, to receive our Testimony as glad Tidings of Salva∣tion. Meeting being done, we im∣mediately returned to our Lodging, desiring we might see them together in the same place the next Morning to take our Leave of them,* 5.3 to which they readily assented.

Next Morning we came, and had a precious Meeting with them, and there were some present that were not there the Night before: So we left

them in much Love, and went to our Inn, where after having refresht our selves we went to Rees,* 5.4 where we met with a Counsellor of Gelderlandt, with whom we had a good Oppor∣tunity to declare the Testimony of Jesus, who received it, and parted with us in much kindness.

From thence we went to Emrick,* 5.5 and there called upon an eminent Baptist-teacher, recommended to us by one of Wesel, we spent some time with him, opening to him the way of Life, as in the Light it is manife∣sted to all that love and obey the Light, and of that more spiritual and pure Ministry that from the Living Word of God is received by many true Ministers in this Day; the Man was somewhat full of Words, but we felt the living Visitation of the Love of God reacht to him, and so we left him, making all the haste we could to get to Cleve that night,* 5.6 which ac∣cordingly we did, though late, being forced to walk one third-part of the way on foot.

That Night, notwithstanding, one of us went to a certain Lady, to whom we had Recommendations from the Princess, and that was particu∣larly known to one of us, informing her that we were come to that City, desiring to know what time next day we might give her a Visit; she ap∣pointed Eight in the Morning. About that time we went to see her,* 5.7 she re∣ceived us (considering her Quality and Courtship) far from any appea∣rance of Offence at our Deportment: We told her our Message and Visit was to those of that City, that had any Inclinations or Desires, Hunger or Thirst after the true and living Knowledge of God; for that end we had left our own Country, and had wandred up and down in several parts of Germany; she told us, That some there were that searched after God, but the feared the Name of Quaker would make them shy, because they were called Quakers themselves by People of the same Profession, only for be∣ing more serious and retired in their

Conversation. We replied, That it was an honour to the Name, that all Sobriety throughout Germany was cal∣led by it; this ought to make the Name less odious, yea it will make the way easier for those that are tru∣ly called so, or that are Quakers in∣deed; it will take off much of the wonder, and, it may be, of the Seve∣rity of the places where we come, that the Name is gone before us, and hath received a Dwelling-place in their Towns and Cities. In fine, to all such God had committed to us the Word of Life to preach, and such we seek out in all places where the Lord bringeth us; and hitherto we can say it to the praise of our God, he hath vindicated our Service and Testimo∣ny, by his own blessed Power, shed a∣broad in their hearts to whom we have been sent.

So she told us she would send for an Attorney at Law, one that was more than ordinarily eminent, ha∣ving deserted the Church, and being therefore reproached with the Name of Quaker.

In this Interval we had close dis∣course with her, a Woman certainly of great Wit, high Notions, and ve∣ry ready Utterance; so that it was hard for us to obtain a true silence, a state in which we could reach to her. But through some travel of Spi∣rit more than ordinary, we had 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sweet time of refreshment, and the Witness was raised in her, and we really and plainly beheld a true No∣bility, yea that which was sensible of our Testimony, and did receive it.

By this time the person she se••t for came, and a blessed sweet time we had, for the power and presence of the Lord our staff and strength, into which our eye hath been throughout all our travels, that we might onely be acceptable in that, plenteously appeared amongst us (the Lord have the glory of his own work) both confessing to the truth of what had been said, and the At∣torney to the living sense in which the truth had been declared. We

would have returned to our Inn to eat, according as we had appointed in the morning, but she laid a kind of violent hands upon us, and ne∣cessitated us to stay and eat with her, which we did. And we had no sooner sat down, but her Brother in Law, a Man of quality and employment in that Court of the Elector of Brunden∣burg came in, who dined with us. As we sat at Meat, we had a good meet∣ing, for the time was much taken up about the Things of God, either in answering their questions, or our ministring to them about the true Christian nature and life; in all which her Brother behaved himself with great sweetness and respect. After Dinner we took our Ch••istian leave of them in the fear of God, re∣commending unto them the Light of Christ Jesus, that brings all that re∣ceive it into the one Spirit, to live in holy Peace and Concord together, particularly and alone speaking to the Lady, and the Attorney what was upon us to their States.

And so we departed, and soon af∣ter took Waggon for Nimwegen,* 5.8 where arriving about the 7th hour that night, we immediately took Waggon for Utrecht,* 5.9 and got thither about the 10th hour next morning. We hear there is a People in that City, but had not now time to visit them, referring it to another opportuni∣ty.

About the first hour in the after∣noon G. K. and B. F. took Waggon for Rotterdam, and I took Waggon for Amsterdam,* 5.10 where I came safely that night about six in the evening▪ and I found Friends generally well▪ though it is a sickly time in thi•• Country. The Meeting-house i•• much enlarged, and there is a fres•• enquiry among many people afte•• Truth, and great desires to hear the Testimony and Declaration of it. I also understand that dear G. F. is returned from Frederickstadt an•• Hamburgh into Frieslandt, whe∣ther T. R. and I. Y. are gone from this City to meet with him▪

he hath had a hard time of travel with respect to the Weather, yet I hear is in good health through the Lord's power that hath kept him.

This day at night (being the se∣venth day of the week) came John Hill from Frieslandt to the House of G. D. in Amsterdam.* 5.11

The next day (being the first day of the week) we had a blessed and large Meeting,* 5.12 larger then ordinary, because a great addition of room since our Journey into Germany; in∣deed there was a great appearance of sober professing people, yea seve∣ral of the chief of the Baptists, as Ga∣lenus and Companions the Lord's hea∣venly Power was over all, and the Meeting blessedly ended about the fourth hour.

That night after Supper, having taken my leave in a sweet little Meeting among Friends,* 5.13 I took Boat for Horn (P. Hendrick's accompany∣ing me) about the seventh hour at night,* 5.14 and got thither about two in the morning; where lying down till

about six, we took Waggon for Enck∣huysen,* 5.15 we came thither a little after eight in the morning; where having refresht our selves, about the 9th hour we took Ship for Workum in Uries∣landt,* 5.16 and arrived about one; and thence immediately took Waggon for Harlingen,* 5.17 where we arrived about six, there we met with dear G. F. J T. I Y. T R. J C. and his Wife.

* 5.18The next day we had two blessed meetings; one amongst Friends, be∣ing the first monthly meeting that was setled for Frieslandt, Groningen and Embden; the other a publick meeting, where resorted both Bap∣tists, Collegians and others; and a∣mong the rest, a Doctor of Physick and a Presbyterian Priest, all sate with great attention and sobriety, but the Priest and Doctor more especially: The Priest having a Lecture-Sermon to Preach that evening, went away; but notwithstanding speedily return∣ed, G.F. still speaking; but as a Man in pain to be gone, yet willing to stay, sate at the door till G.F. had done,

and then stood up, and pulling off his Hat, looking up to Heaven, in a solemn manner, and with a loud voice, spake to this purpose: The Almighty, the All-wise, the O••••ipotent great God, and his Son Jesus Christ, who is blessed for ever and ever, confirm his Word that hath been spok••n this day: Apolo∣gizing, that he could not longer stay, for that he was a Minister of the Re∣formed Religion, and was now go∣ing to Preach, where all that would come, should be welcome; and so left the Meeting. The Physician also was called away, but returned and stayed till the Meeting ended: Just as the Meeting ended, came the Priest again, who said in the hearing of some Friends, That he had made his Sermon much shorter than ordinary, that he might enjoy the rest of the Meet∣ing. At night came the Physician to see me, who, after a serious and Christian discourse, expressing great satisfaction in most things relating to Friends, left me; withall telling me, That if I had not been to go the 4th

hour next morning, he would either have stayed longer with me, or come again: He also remembred the Priest's Love to us, and told me, That if it had not been for fear of giving offence, or coming too much under the Observation of the People, he would have come to have seen us; adding, That it was great pity, that this People had not printed their Principles to the World: To which the Doctor answered, That he had, some of our Books, and he would lend him them. Blessed be the Lord his precious Work goeth on, and his Power is over all: It being now the tenth hour at night, I took my leave of G.F. and Friends.

This day it came upon me to write a Letter to Joanna Eleonora Mar∣lane, the noble young Woman at Franckfort.

Dear Friend J. E. M.

MY dear and tender Love which God hath raised in my Heart by his living Word to all Mankind

(but more especially unto those in whom he hath begotten an holy hunger and thirst after him) saluteth thee: and amongst those of that place where thou livest, the remembrance of thee, with thy companions, is most particulary and eminently at this time brought before me; and the sense of your open-hearted∣ness, simplicity and sincere love to the testimony of Jesus, that by us was deli∣vered unto you, hath deeply engaged my heart towards you, and often raised in my soul heavenly breathings to the God of my life, that he would keep you in the daily sense of that divine life, which then affected you; for this know, it was the life in your selves that so sweetly vi∣sited you by the Ministry of life through us. Wherefore love the Divine Life and Light in your selves; be retired and still; let that holy seed move in all heavenly things before you move; for no one receiveth any thing (that truly pro∣fiteth) but what he receiveth from a∣bove; thus said John to his Disciples. Now that, that stirreth in your hearts, draweth you out of the World, s••ayeth

you to all the vain-glory, and pleasure and empty worships that are in it; this is from above the heavenly seed of God, pure and incorruptible, that's come down from Heaven to make you hea∣venly, that in heavenly places you may dwell and witness with the Saints of old, this heavenly Treasure in earthen vessels. O stay your minds upon the appearance of Jesus in you, in whose light you shall see light; it will make you of a weighty considering spirit more and more, that you may see how the mystery of iniquity hath wrought, and how mankind is corrupted in all things, and what part you yet have, that be∣longeth not to the paradise of God, that you may lay it all down at the feet of Jesus and follow him, who is going up and down, doing good to all that be∣lieve in his Name. So possess your Souls in the sensible feeling of his daily divine visits, shinings and breathings upon your spirits, and wait diligently and watch circumspectly, lest the enemy surprize you, or your Lord come at unawares upon you, and you be unprepared to receive his

sweet and precious visitations; that so those holy beginnings, which thou art a witness of with thy companions, may not be lost, or as if they had never been, but that you may from day to day feel the growth of his light, life, power and king∣dom in your souls, that you may be able to say, the kingdom of God is come, yea it is given to the Saints. And what I say unto one, I say unto all that received our Testimony in that City, to whom thou mayest give, if thou pleasest, the remem∣brance of my dear Love, who travel in the Spirit for their redemption, that they may be brought into the glorious liberty of the Sons of God: particularly salute me the young Woman, that met with us at thy Lodging. The Lord Jesus Christ the Prince of Peace, dwell amongst you, keep your hearts steadfast in his holy Light, without wavering, all the days of your appointed time, until your great and last change shall come, when he will receive his own Sheep into his own ever∣lasting Kingdom from the power of the Foxes ai••d Wolves, and all the devou∣ring Beasts and Birds of prey, when he

will wipe away all tears from their eyes, and sighing and sorrowing shall be no more, and when it shall be said, There is no more death, no more night, no more time.

So dear I. E. M. know, that the Lord hath brought us well to Amsterdam, not without good service by the way; for at Cullen we had a pretious Meeting, and were received with much gladness of heart: We also went to Duysburg, and from thence towards Mullheim, being the first day of the week, hoping to get an opportunity with the Countess of Bruch, and to deliver thy Letter; but her Fa∣ther (who is a cruel and severe Man) meeting us near his Castle, stopt us; and after some little time, finding what we were, said, There wanted no Quakers there, and sent us with some of his Soul∣diers out of his Territory; it was about Sun-set, so that we were forced to return towards Duysburg; but the Gates of the City being shut, and there being no Houses without it, we were forced to lye in the Fields all night, where the Lord made us a good and comfortable

Bed; we told the Graef at parting, we were Men that feared the Almighty God, we desired the good of all Men, and we came not thither for any evil design, but he would not hear; the Lord, if he plea∣seth, forgive him. Nevertheless we had a good Meeting at Duysburg, where we had our heart's desire, the blessed power and life of God making its own way in the hearts of those that heard our Testi∣mony: I also writ a large and tender Letter to the Countess, and received a sweet and loving Message from her; and I have great hopes that all things will work for the best.

From Duysburg we went to Wesel,* 6.1 where we inquired out who was worthy, where we found four or five separated from all Congregations, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, with whom we had two precious Meetings; and leaving the peace of Jesus with them, went to Em∣rick, where we visited the chief Bap∣tist-teacher, who confessed to our Testi∣mony, and received us lovingly: We di∣rected him to that gift of God in him∣self, that pure and eternal Word in the

heart, that he might know the pure Mi∣nistry of that, from the Ministry of Man's Spirit, which cannot profit or give life to the Soul. From thence we went to Cleve, where at a Lady's House be∣longing to the Court, we had a preci∣ous Meeting, and we found some that had deserted the publick Ministry, as not being anointed of God to preach, neither knowing by a true experience the way and travel of the new birth, but are made and maintained by Men, we sounded the joyfull Gospel amongst them. And from thence by the way of Nimme∣gen and Utrecht we came the last sixt day to Amsterdam, which was the 7th of the 7th Month. This last first day I had a great and blessed Meeting at Amsterdam almost of every Quality and Religion; the Lord's heavenly Power (that is quickning People into a living sense of him, that they may say the Lord liveth, and he liveth in me) reigned that day over all. In the E∣vening I took Boat for Horn, and from thence came last night (being the second day of the Week) to this City of Har∣lingen,

where we met with some of our Brethren, that had been up at Ham∣burgh and Frederickstadt; and this day we are to have two Meetings in this City, the one among our Friends, the other publick for the Town. It is upon me to visit de Labadie 's People, that they might know him in themselves, in whom their Salvation standeth; for these simple people are to be pittied. From thence I think to visit Leeuwa∣erden, Groningen, Embden, Bremen, Herwerden, Wesel, Emrick, Cleve, Utrecht, and so to return to Amster∣dam, the Lord enabling me by his Power.

This ariseth in my Heart to thee, give not thy Bread to Dogs, spend not thy Portion, feed not the Serpent, neither hearken to him; abide with Jesus, and he will abide with thee, that thou may∣est grow in Wisdom and in Righteousness through the Cross that crucifieth thee to the World, and the World to thee. So in the Love, which over-cometh the World, that is divine and from above, and leadeth all thither that receive it

into their hearts, I take my leave of thee, with thy Companions, and all the rest of that City known to us, remain∣ing

Thy faithful Friend, and the Lord's Day-labourer. W.P.

Harlingen 11. 7th. Month, 1677.

Next Morning about the 4th hour I took Boat for Leeuwaerden, J. Claus who had been at Frederickstadt with G.F. went with me. G.F. J.Y. and T.R. with P. Hendricks returned that day towards Amsterdam.

* 6.2At Leeuwaerden we came about 9, and began the Meeting about 10; which we enjoyed with peace and re∣freshment, several being there (as in other places) that were never at a Meeting before.

The Meeting being done, and ha∣ving refresht our selves with food, we took Waggon for Wiewart,* 6.3 the Man∣sion-house of the Family of the So∣merdykes, where De Labadie's Com∣pany resideth, it being strong upon my Spirit to give them a Visit. We

got thither about 5, and as we were walking over a Field to the House, we met a young Man of that Com∣pany who conducted us in. I askt for Ivon the Pastor, and Anna Maria Schurmans: Ivon presently came with his Co-pastor who received us very civilly, however they seemed shy of letting me speak with A. M. S. obje∣cting her Weakness, Age, taking Phy∣sick, &c. but putting them in mind how unhandsomely I was used at Her∣werden six Years a-go, by de Labadie their Father, who, though I came a great Journy to visit him and his Peo∣ple, suffered me not to speak with them; they presently complied, and went in to let her know, that such a Person desired to speak with her, and quickly returned, desiring me to come in: But fore-seeing my time would be too short for my Message, the Sun being near setting, and hav∣ing 2 English Miles of unknown way to our Lodging on foot, desired them that they would give an Opportunity the next Morning, which they readi∣ly

complied with. So I took my leave of them, who in a Friendly manner brought us a little on our way. That night a great weight was upon my Spirit, and especially the next Morning, yet my Faith was in the power of God, and I had a plain sight, that I should have a good ser∣vice among them, however I should clear my Conscience, and my Peace should rest with me.

* 6.4The next Morning I returned to them, and John Claus along with me; so soon as we came, we were brought into A.M. Shurman's Chamber, where also was with her one of the three Somerdikes.

This A. M. S. aforesaid is an anci∣ent Maid, above 60 Years of Age, of great Note and Fame for Learning in Languages and Philosophy, and hath obtained a considerable place a∣mong the most learned Men of this Age. The Somerdikes are Daughters to a Noble-man of the Hague, people of great Breeding and Inhe••••••ances. These, with several other Persons, be∣ing

affected with the zealous Decla∣mation of de Labadie, against the dead and formal Churches of the World, and awakened to seek after a more spi∣ritual Fellowship and Society, separa∣ted themselves from the common Cal∣vinist Churches, and followed him in the way of a refined Independency. They are a serious, plain People, and are come nearer to Friends; as in Si∣lence in Meetings, Women-speaking, Preaching by the Spirit, Plainness in Garb, and Furniture in their Houses than formerly, and more than any o∣ther People I know. With these two we had the Company of the two Pa∣stors, and a Doctor of Physick: After some silence, I proposed this Questi∣on to them, What was it that induced them to separate from the common Way they formerly lived in? I desired them that they would be pleased to be plain and open with me, as to the ground of their separation, for I came not to cavil, but in the Christian Spirit to be informed.

Upon this Ivon the chief Pasto•• gave us the History of de Labadie'•• Education, how he was bred among the Jesuites and Deserted them, and embraced the Protestant Religion, and finally of his great Satisfaction with the Protestant Churches of France, and that if God would not give them a purer Church, they three would set down by themselves, resolving never more to mix themselves among the Ba∣bylonish Assemblies of the World, ad∣ding several solemn Appeals concern∣ing the Simplicity and Integrity of their Hearts in these things.

Ivon having done, A. M. Shurmans began in this manner, I find my self constrained to add a short Testimony. She told us of her former life, of her pleasure in Learning, and her love to the Religion she was brought up in, but she confessed she knew not God or Christ all that while; and though from a Child God had visited her at times, yet she never felt such a pow∣••rful Stroke as by the Ministry of de Labadie: She saw her learning to be

vanity, and her Religion like a Body of Death; she resolved to despise the Shame, desert her former way of Liv∣ing and Acquaintance, and to join her self with this little Family that was retired out of the World, among whom she desired to be found a living Sacri∣fice, offer'd up entirely to the Lord. She spoke in a very serious and broken Sense, not without some trembling; These are but short hints of what she said.

After she had done, One of the So∣merdikes began, in a very reverent and weighty frame of Mind, and in a Sense that very well suited her Con∣tempt of the World: She told us how often she had mourned from her young Years because she did not know the Lord, as she desired; of∣ten saying within her self, If God would make known to me his Way, I would trample upon all the Pride and Glory of the World. She earnestly ex∣prest the frequent Anguish of Spirit she had because of the Deadness and Formality of the Christians she was

bred among, saying to her self, O the Pride, O the Lusts, O the vain plea∣sures in which Christians live! Can thi•• be the way to Heaven? Is this the way to Glory? Are these followers of Christ▪ O no! O God, Where is thy little Flock! Where is thy little Family that will live intirely to thee, that will follow thee? Make me one of that number; and when the Servant of the Lord de Labadie came into Holland, I, among others, had a curiosity to hear him, and, among se∣veral others, was deeply affected by him. He spoke the very Thoughts of my heart; me-thought my heart was pricked when I heard him, and I resolved by the grace of God to abandon all the Glory and Pride of this World to be one of those that should set down with him in a se∣paration from the vain and dead Wor∣ships of this World. I count my self hap∣py that I ever met with him, and these Pastors, who seek not themselves but the Lord; and we are a Family that live together in love; of one Soul, and one Spirit, intirely given up to serve the Lord; and this is the greatest Joy in the World.

After her du Lignon, the other Pa∣stor, gave us also an account of his Inducement to embrace J. de Labadie, but not so lively.

After him the Doctor of Physick, that had been bred for a Priest, (but voluntarily refused that Calling) ex∣prest himself after this manner: I can also bear my Testimony in the presence of God, that tho I lived in as much Repu∣tation at the University, as any of my Collegues or Companions, and was well re∣puted for Sobriety and Honesty, yet I ne∣ver felt such a living sense of God, as when I heard the Servant of the Lord de Labadie; adding, The first Day I heard him, I was so struck and affected, that I can truly say, through the good Grace of God, and the Conduct of the Holy Spi∣rit, it was to me as the Day of my Sal∣vation, he did so lovingly touch my heart with the sense of the true Christian Worship: Upon which I forsook the Uni∣versity, and resolved to be one of this Family; and this I can say in the fear of the Lord.

P. Ivon concludeth, This is what we have to say concerning the Work of God amongst us.

All this while I minded not so much their Words, as I felt and had Unity, with a measure of divine Sense that was upon them: Certainly the Lord hath been amongst them; yea, I had a living Sense in my heart that somewhat of the Breath of Life had breathed upon them; and though they were in great mixtures, yet that God's love was towards them.

After some silence I began on this wise: I come not to judge you, but to visit you; not to quarrel or dispute, but to speak of the things of God's Kingdom, and I have no prejudice, but great love and regard in my heart towards you: Wherefore hear me with Christian patience and tenderness. I do confess and believe that God hath touched your hearts with his divine finger, and that his work is amongst you; that it was his Spirit that gave you a sight of the vanity and folly of this World, and that hath made you

sensible of the dead Religions that are in it. 'Tis this Sense I love and ho∣nour; and I am so far from underva∣luing or opposing this tender sense I feel upon you, that this is it I am come to visit, and you for the love of it: And as for the reproaches that may attend you on the score of your se∣paration, with all the Reports that therefore go concerning you, they are what I respect you for, being well acquainted with the nature and pra∣ctise of this World towards those that retire out of it. Now since I have, with patience, and I can truly say with great satisfaction, heard your ac∣count of your Experiences, give me the like Christian freedome to tell you mine, to the end you may have some sense of the Work of God in me: For those who are come to any mea∣sure of a divine Sense, they are as looking-glasses to each other, seeing themselves in each other, as face an∣swereth face in a glass.

Here I began to let them know, how and when the Lord first appea∣red

unto me, which was about the 12th. Year of my Age, Anno 1656. How at times, betwixt that and 15, the Lord visited me; and the divine Impres∣sions he gave me of himself: Of my Persecution at Oxford; how the Lord sustained me in the midst of that hel∣lish darkness and debauchery; of my being banisht the College, the bitter Usage I underwent when I returned to my Father; whipping, beating and turning out of doors in 1662, of the Lord's dealings with me in France, and in the time of the great Plague in London: In fine, the deep sense he gave me of the Vanity of this World, of the Irreligiousness of the Religions of it: Then of my Mournful and Bit∣ter Cries to him that he would show me his own way of Life and Salvati∣on, and my Resolutions to follow him whatever Reproaches or Sufferings should attend me, and that with great reverence and brokenness of Spirit, How after all this the glory of the world over-took me, and I was even ready to give up my self unto, it, seeing no

such thing as the Primitive Spirit and Church on the Earth, and being rea∣dy to faint concerning my hope of the restitution of all things; and that it was at this time that the Lord visited me with a certain sound and testimo∣ny of his eternal Word, through one of those the World calls a Quaker. I related to them the bitter Mockings and Scornings that fell upon me, the Displeasure of my Parents, the Inve∣ctiveness and Cruelty of the Priests, the strangeness of all my Companions, what a Sign and Wonder they made of me; but, above all, that great Cross of resisting and watching against my own Inward vain Affections and Thoughts. Here I had a fine oppor∣tunity to speak of the Mystery of Ini∣quity and Ungodliness in the Root and ground, and to give them an ac∣count of the Power and Presence of God, which attended us in our pub∣lick Testimonies and Sufferings; af∣ter an indirect manner censuring their Weaknesses, by declaring and com∣mending the contrary practises a∣mong

Friends, too large to be here related. And notwithstanding all my Sufferings and Tryals by Magistrates, Parents, Companions, and, above, all from the Priests of the false Religions in the World, the Lord hath preser∣ved me to this day, and hath given me an hundred fold in this World, as well as the assurance of Life everlast∣ing: Informing them of the tender∣ness of my Father to me before, and at his death, and how, through pati∣ence and long-suffering, all opposition was conquered: Then beginning my Exhortation unto them, which was on this wise.

That therefore since God had gi∣ven me and them a divine Sense of him, our Eye might be to him, and not to Man, that we might come more into a silence of our selves, and a growth into that heavenly Sense. That this was the Work of the true Ministry, not to keep People to them∣selves, ever teaching them, but to turn them to God, the new Covenant-tea∣cher, and to Christ the great Gospel-teacher.

Thus, John did, and thought it no dishonour, that they left him to go to Christ. Behold the Lamb of God, saith he, that taketh away the Sins of the World! And even John's Disci∣ples left him to follow Christ: Nay, John testifies of himself, That he was to decrease, and Christ was to encrease. Wherefore I prest them to have their eye to Christ that taketh away the Sin, that is from Heaven, heavenly; to see that he increase in them. Yea, that henceforward they should know no Man after the Flesh, no, not Christ himself. That their knowledge of▪ and regard and fellowship one with another, would stand in the Revela∣tion of the Son of God in them, which is God's great Prophet by whom God speaketh in these latter days: And if their Ministers be true Ministers, they will count it their glory to give way to Christ, and that they decrease, and Christ encrease; that the instru∣ment giveth way to him that useth it, the Servant to the Lord; which though it seemeth to detract from the

Ministers, yet it was and is the glory of a true Minister, that God and Christ should be all in all, and that his Will should be fulfilled: For the day of the Lord God was come, and all Peo∣ple must look to him for Salvation: That all People must now come to keep God's great Sabbath, to rest from meer Man, and the Spirit of Man, and all Men's thoughts, words and works; and that if they were true Believers, they were, at least, entring into their rest. I closely recommend∣ed that to them, that they might not be of those that begin in the Spirit, and end in the Flesh; for that those that should do so, and thereby break God's Sabbath-day, should be stoned to death by the Stone which is cut out of the Mountain without hands; yea, that should fall upon them as a Milstone and grind them to Powder. Therefore let Christ have his honour, let him preach and speak among you, and in you, and you in him, and by him only to sigh, groan, pray, preach, sing, and not otherwise, least Death

come over you; for thereby the Aposta∣cy came in, by their going before Christ, instead of Christ going before them. And wait in the Light and Spirit of Judgment that hath visited you, that all may be wrought out that is not born of God, so will you come to be born of the incorruptible Seed of the Word of God that liveth and abideth for ever. That you may be a holy Pri••sthood, that offers up a living Sa∣crifice with God's heavenly fire, that God may have his honour in you all and through you all by Christ Jesus. And turning my self towards the So∣merdikes, with a serious and tender Spirit I thus exprest my self: That you should be Pilgrims in the Inheritance of your Father, I have a deep and reverent sense of: O that you might dwell with him for ever, and exalt him that hath so vi∣sited you, with whom are the Rewards of Eternal Blessedness!

So I left the blessing and peace of Jesus among them, departing in the love and peace of God; and I must needs say, they were beyond ex∣pectation,

tender and respectfull to us; all of them coming with us but the ancient A. M. S. (who is not a∣ble to walk) to the outward Door▪ giving us their Hands in a friendly manner, expressing their great satis∣faction in our Visit; and being come by the Porch, and meeting several persons of the Family, I was moved to turn about, and to exhort them, in the presence of the rest, to keep to Christ, that had given them a sense of the Spirit of this World, and had raised desires in them to be delivered from it, and to know no Man after the Flesh, but to have their Fellow∣ship in Christ, Union and Commu∣nion with God, and one with ano∣ther, that all their Worship and Per∣formances might stand in him, that he might be all in all; desiring that the Lord might keep them in his fear all the days of their appointed time, that so they might serve him in their generation in his own universal Spi∣rit to his glory, who is blessed for ever.

The two Pastors and the Doctor came with us a Field's length, where we took Waggon; and the chiefest of them took occasion to ask me, If the Truth rose not first amongst a poor, illiterate and simple sort of people; I told him yes, that was our com∣fort, and that we owed it not to the Learning of this World: Then, said he, let not the Learning of this World be used to defend that which the Spi∣rit of God hath brought forth; for Scholars now coming among you, will be apt to mix School-learning a∣mongst your simpler and purer Lan∣guage, and thereby obscure the brightness of the Testimony: I told him it was good for us all to have a care of our own Spirits, Words and Works, confessing what he said had weight in it; telling him, it was our care to write and speak according to the divine Sense, and no humane In∣vention.

The Lord comforted my Soul in this service; yea, all that is within me magnified his holy Name, be∣cause

of his blessed Presence that was with us! O let my Soul trust in the Lord, and confide in him for ever; O let me dwell and abide with him that is faithfull and true, and blessed for ever-more! So in a very sober and serious manner we parted, being a∣bout the 12th. hour at noon: This night about ten we got to Lippenhusen,* 6.5 where there is a little Meeting of Friends, being about 25 English Miles.

* 6.6The next morning we had a bles∣sed Meeting among Friends, many of the World came in, were very seri∣ous and well-affected; one whereof was a Magistrate of the Place: The Lord pleads his own Cause, and crowns his own Testimony with his own Power. There is like to be a fine Gathering in that place.

After Dinner we took Waggon for the City of Groningen,* 6.7 where we ar∣rived at eight at night, being about 25 English Miles.

The next morning we had a Meet∣ing among Friends of that City,* 6.8 whe∣ther

resorted, both Collegiant and Calvinist Students, who behaved themselves soberly; the Lord's Power was over all, and his Testimony stands. When Meeting was ended, they went out; and as I was conclu∣ding an Exhortation to Friends, came in a flock of Students to have had some Conference with us; but ha∣ving set the time of our leaving the City, we recommended them to the Universal love of God, promising them some Books of our Principles; with which they exprest themselves satisfied, and civilly parted from us.

After Dinner we took Boat for Delfzyl,* 6.9 and came there about six at night.

The next morning about seven we took Boat for Embden,* 6.10 which is a∣bout three Leagues: On Board of that Vessel it came upon me to write a Letter to Friends in England▪ con∣cerning the present Separatists, and their Spirit of Separation, which hath several times been opened unto me,

and had remained some days upon my spirit. The Letter followeth.

This came upon me in the Ship, be∣tween Delfzyl and Embden, upon the the 16th of the 7th. Month, 1677, to send amongst you.

To Friends every where concerning the present Separatists, and their Spirit of Separation.

Friends and Brethren,

BY a mighty Hand, and by an out∣stretched Arm, hath the Lord God everlasting gathered us to be a People, and in his own Power and Life hath he preserved us a People unto this Day; and praises be to his Eternal Name no weapon that hath yet been formed a∣gainst us, either from without, or from within hath prospered. Now this I say unto you, and that in his Counsel that hath visited us, whoever goeth out of the Unity with their Brethren, are first gone out of Unity with the Power and Life of God in themselves, in which the Unity of the Brethren standeth, and the

Member of the Body in the Unity stan∣deth on the top of them, and hath a Judgment against them, unto which Judg∣ment of both great and small amongst the living Family that in the Unity are pre∣served they must bow, before they can come into the Unity again; yea, this they will readily do, if they are come into Unity with the Life and Power of God in themselves, which is the holy Root, that beareth the Tree, the Fruit and the Leaves all receiving Life and Virtue from it, and thereby are nourished un∣to God's praise.

And let all have a care how they weaken that, or bring that under their exaltation and high imagination that it is revealed against: For I feel that un∣ruly Spirit is tormented under the stroke and judgment of the Power, and in its subtilty is seeking occasion against the In∣struments, by whom the Power gave it forth: Let all have a care how they touch with this Spirit in those Workings, for by being one with this Spirit in judging those that have been faithful, according to the Gift of Wisdom they have recei∣ved

from God, they will feed it and for∣tifie it, and in the end come to be one with them against the power it self, and at last run out and become open Enemies and Despisers, for whom is reserved the blackness and darkness for ever.

Wherefore all that labour for the Re∣storation of those that are out of Unity with the Brethren, let them be such as are of a sound mind themselves; Else, What will they gather from? Or, What will they gather to? And let them la∣bour in the Simplicity, Integrity, Love and Zeal of the Power that first gathe∣red us to God. For that which is right∣ly gotten will endure, but that which is obtained by the Contrivance, Interest and Perswasions of Men, getteth no farther than Man, and is of the Flesh, and what is of the Flesh is fleshly, and shall never inherit the Kingdom of God.

Therefore let none look out of the Seed for help, for all Power is in it, and there the true Light and Judgment stand for ever; and that Seed hath God ordained to bruise the Serpent's head. They that would save it, and those that would bruise

it by any other thing, are Breakers of God's great Ordinance, and fly to Egypt for strength. For 'tis David, the Strip∣ling, that shall be too hard for Goliah the Giant, and that not by Saul's Ar∣mour, but with God's living little stone cut out of the Mountains without hands, without Man's Invention and Contri∣vance. O this hath wrought all our mighty Works in us, and for us to this day! Wherefore let us be still, and trust and confide therein for ever. Let none look back, faint or consult, for if they do, they will darken their pure eye, and lose their way, and into the Eternal Rest of the Flocks of the Companions will never come.

Brethren, the Judgment given forth against this Spirit (and all those that have resisted our love and forbearance that are joined to it) must stand, and all that are out of Unity with the Judg∣ment are judged by it; therefore as all would stand before the Lord, and his People, let not this Spirit be reasoned withal; enter not into Proposals and Ar∣ticles with it, but feed it with Judg∣ment,

that is God's Decree, so may the Souls that are deceived come by the right Door into the heavenly Unity. My Bre∣thren, look forwards, and lift up your Eyes, for the Fields are even white un∣to harvest up and down the Nations, re∣member the great Name of the Lord, and behold the great Work that he is do∣ing before all People; whose saving health is visiting the World, and whose eter∣nal Word and Testament must from us go forth to gather the Nations; let that, that will be unjust, be unjust still, let the Dead bury the Dead, to whose appea∣rance the King and the Kingdom of the Gen∣tiles shall bring their glory: Let us all who have received the Gift from God, wait in deep humility, to be raised up and impowered by him more and more to eye and prosecute his universal Ser∣vice in the World; which noble Work had those that are gone into the Sepa∣tion but laid deeply to heart, they would never have sat at home murmuring, fret∣ting and quarrelling against the comely and godly Order and Practice of their Brethren: But Love, Peace and Joy had

filled their hearts, and not the troubler and accuser of the Brethren; who hath ope∣ned an evil Eye in them, and begotten them into a discontented self-separating mind, and this Image they bear, and the pure Eye sees it. O let none tempt the Lord! let none provoke the eye of his jea∣lousie; let us all dwell in that divine sense, that he hath begotten in us: Where our love as a fresh and pure stream will always flow to God and one another. Here all his ways are pleasantness, and all his paths are peace; for where he keepeth the House who is Prince of Peace, he will keep all in his heavenly peace. We are but as one Family, and therefore we have but one Lord and Master, we are but as one Flock, and we have but one heavenly Shepherd to hear, who goeth before us, and giveth us eternal like to follow him: And if any are offended in him or in his, it is their own fault; if faint and grow weary we are truly sorry, if through un∣watchfulness the Enemy hath enter'd, be∣gotten coldness to the Brethren, and care∣lessness of embracing the opportunity by which the Unity is renewed and increa∣sed,

so that what's done by the Brethren without them, is lockt upon, first with a sleight eye, and then with an evil eye, which begets distance, and this distance in a time separation, and separation con∣tinueth enmity, and this enmity death it self: We are in our Spirits truly griev'd for them, however the Judgments of God must stand against them, and that Spirit which leadeth them, in which they gather not to God but to themselves, and woe to them, that strengthen their hands and despise counsel, they will have much to answer for before the Lord. I feel a slighting, scornful, laughing Spirit often flying at me with its venemous Sting, but the Seed of Life is over it, and the Lord God will destroy it. Wherefore Friends, in all places where the Spirit hath entrance keep sound Judgment up∣on it, if you will keep your Garments clean, and enter not into Disputes and Contests with it, 'tis that it seeketh and loveth; but go on in your Testimony and business for the Lord, in the Lord's peace∣able Power and Spirit, and his blessing and presence of Life shall be with you,

and in multiplying he shall multiply you, for no good will be withhold from you, we can say it of a truth, God is good to Israel, and to all that are of an upright heart. And let us be of good chear, for 'tis God's determination, that the House of David shall grow stronger and stron∣ger, and his Branch shall encrease and spread, and of his Government, King∣dom and Dominion there shall be no end.

Your faithful Friend and Brother in the service of our dear Lord W.P.

God's blessed work encrea∣seth and prospereth in these Lands, magnified be his e∣verlasting Name.

From on Board the Passage, between Delf∣zyl and Embden, 16. of 7th. Month, 1677.

We arrived at Embden about the 11th hour. This is the City,* 7.1 where Friends have been so bitterly and bar∣barously used, the like hath scarcely been known in any place, where Truth hath broke forth in our day, they having here been banished some 30, and some 40 times and above. The

first Family that received truth in this City was Doctor John William Haes∣baert and his Wife, at whose house also the first Meeting was set up a∣mong Friends to wait upon the Lord by way of publick Testimony: they are now both Dead, but the Memory of their Fidelity is a precious Oint∣ment among the Righteous; they were with me at a Meeting six years ago in this City, and I remember the power had that operation upon them, that I said to B F. and T R. then with me, it will not be long before they will publickly own and bear te∣stimony in this place; and about three months after he came forth, and she about a year after him; and from their fidelity and integrity, notwith∣standing all the sore and bitter tem∣pest of Persecution, a fine Meeting sprang, but at this day they are scat∣tered, being still sent away as fast as they return. We visited his Mother's Family, where we found three of his Sisters in the love of Truth, his fourth Sister being also a Friend, and is

Wife of John Claus living at Amster∣dam. We had a little sweet comfor∣table Meeting with them. After it, returning to my lodging, as I was writing to Doctor Andrews, President of the Counsel of State (who is re∣ported to have been the Author of this cruelty to our Friends) a burden came upon me, my writing would not serve turn, but I must go my self, and in the fear and name of the Lord to plead the innocent and suffering cause of our Friends with him: So away we went to his house, he was at first astonished to see what manner of Men we were; but after a little time he comported himself with more kindness than we expected at his hand: I askt him if He and the Se∣nate had not received a Letter in La∣tine from an English-man about two years since concerning their Severity towards the People called Quakers? He told me he had: I replyed, I was the Man, and I was constrained in Conscience to visit him on their be∣half; and I could not see how he,

being a Common-wealth's-man and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Protestant, could persecute; I plead∣ed with the Unnaturalness, the I••∣christianity and Imprudence of such proceedings, and prest ••ur Reason•• earnestly, but tenderly upon him, he assaulted us with several Objecti∣ons, but, blessed be the Lord, they were mostly fictitious, and therefore easily removed and answered: He also promised me, That if I would write to the Senate a Remonstrance of the Case of our Friends, and ex∣press my Request therein, and inclose it to him, he would both present it and get it to be read, and make it appear, that he was not so much our enemy as we lookt upon him to be▪ I promised to send him some Books containing a Defence of our Princi∣ples, which were accordingly put into the hands of Eliza. Haesbert to deliver him in my name. Having taken our leave of the Old Woman and her Daughters, and a Man-friend residing in that City, and left the blessings and peace of our God a∣mongst them.

We took Ship for Lier,* 7.2 where we arrived the next morning; thence we took Waggon for Bremen,* 7.3 where we came safe, through the Lord's good∣ness the next day, where we met our Friends and Companions G. Keith and B. Burly, who were come hither some hours before us from Amster∣dam. In this City there is a work of the Lord begun, though yet ob∣scurely: We had a travel upon our spirits, that the blessed and precious Truth of our dear Lord and Master might find a place to rest its foot upon; to that purpose we wrote to two Ministers under some Suffering from their Brethren, because of their great zeal against the formality and deadness of the so called reformed Churches: This we sent by a Mer∣chant, who we formerly met at Her∣werden: With some difficulty we got to them, but the person chiefly struck at was shy to speak with us, his rea∣son was this, it was known that we were in Town, and it was one of the accusations against him, that he was

a Fosterer of all the strange Religions that came through the Town: Also he was then actually under Process, and that the People that had heard of the innocency of his cause con∣ceived a prejudice against our Name, though it might be without cause; he could not at present confer with us, and said he was sorry for it with all his heart, but what we should say to his Brother should be the same as if it been said to him, to whom he re∣ferred us, however I took hold of his Arm and said, I have this Message to deliver to thee, that I may disburden my self before the Lord, which was this: Mind that which hath touched thy heart, let that guide thee, do not thou order that, consult not with Flesh and Blood, how to maintain that cause, which Flesh and Blood in thy enemies persecuteth thee for. He answered, rather than I will betray that cause or desert Christ, by Gods strength they shall pull my flesh of my bones: So he left us in his house, and truely we had a good time with his

Companion the other Minister about three hours testifying unto him, that the day was come and coming in which the Lord would gather out of all Sects (that stand in the oldness of the Letter) into his own Holy Spirit, Life and Power, and in this the Unity of Faith and Bond of Peace should stand, and therefore that he and all of them should have an eye to the principle of God, that being turned to that, they might speak from it, and that therein they would Glorifie God and be edified. So we parted leaving the man in a sensible and savoury frame. We visited the Merchant twice and had a very good time with him, the man is of a loving and simple Spirit, and the Love of God opened our hearts to him often.

We also visited Doctor Johan So∣phrony Cozack, an odd Compositum of a man, he had great and strange open∣ings, he hath writ several hundred tracts, some of them are now printed at Amsterdam, he is a great enemy to the Priests, and in society with none,

of a merry yet of a rough disposition, without any method or decency in his Cloaths, Food, Furniture and Enter∣tainments; he wants but three of fourscore, yet of a wonderful Vigor and pregnancy, we were twice with him, and we have reason to think he was as loving to us as to any body, and truly he did show at parting some serious and hearty kindness; but we could fasten little upon him as to God's Power, or any inward sense of us or our testimony, yet we had little to object against what we had said, nay, some things were very extraordinary.

From him we went to Doctor Bel∣ingham, an English Physitian a man of a lowly and tender spirit, who receiv∣ed us in much love, lamenting when we left him, that he had no more time with us. At the Inn we had fre∣quent opportunity to declare the way of Truth, and we must needs say, we were heard with patience and Sobri∣ety, particularly of a Doctor of Law who lodged at the house, and an an∣cient Man of Kiel in Holstein, we

left Books amongst them all, and in the Love and Fear of God we took our leave of them on the fifth day af∣ter dinner,* 7.4 and begun our journey towards Herwerden the Court of the Princess, where we arrived on the Se∣venth day in the morning every way well, through the Mercies of the Lord. We sent to inform her of our arrival, and to know what hour it would be convenient for us to visit her, who re∣turned us this answer, that being then imployed in the business of her Go∣vernment, it would be the 2d. hour in the afternoon before she could be at leasure. The time being come we went to visit her, and found her and the Countess ready to receive us, which they did with much love and tender∣ness: I observed them to be much lower than ever, and that our former blessed opportunities had had a blessed effect upon them. That afternoon was imployed in the narrative of our tra∣vels, which they heard with great at∣tention and refreshment, the whole discourse ended with a precious little

meeting. The house being clear of Strangers, they both earnestly prest us to sup with them, which being not well able to decline we submitted to. At Supper the Power of the Lord came upon me, and it was a true sup∣per to us, for the hidden Manna was manifested amongst us, yea a blessed Meeting it proved to us: O the re∣verent tenderness and lowly frame of Spirit that appeared this Evening both in the Princess and Countess. The French-woman we found greatly im∣proved both in her Love and Under∣standing, yea, she is very zealous and very broken, she was always with us on these occasions. After supper we returned to the Princesse's Chamber, where we stayed till it was about 10. at Night, at parting I desired the Prin∣cess would give us such another op∣portunity next day, being the first day of the Week, as we had the last time we were with her; she answered me, With all my heart, But will ye not come in the Morning too? I replied, Yes wil∣lingly, What time wilt thou be ready to receive us, she answered, at 7.

About 7 the next Morning we came,* 7.5 about eight the Meeting began and held till Eleven, several Persons of the City, as well as those of her own Fa∣mily being present, The Lord's pow∣er very much affected them, and the Countess was twice much broken as we spoke. After the People were gone out of the Chamber, it lay upon me from the Lord to speak to them two, the Princess and the Countess, with respect to their particular con∣ditions, occasioned by these Words from the Countess; I am fully con∣vinc'd, but O my Sins are great. Whilst I was speaking, the glorious Power of the Lord wonderfully rose, yea, af∣ter an awful manner, and had a deep entrance upon their Spirits, especial∣ly the Countesse's, that she was bro∣ken to pieces, God hath raised, and I hope fixt his own Testimony in them.

We returned to our Inn, and after dinner we came back to the second Meeting on that day, which began about the second Hour in the after∣noon:

And truly the Reverent, Bles∣sed, Sure Word of Life was divided a••∣right, the precious sense of Truth was raised in the Meeting; There came more of the City than in the morn∣ing, and we were much comforted in the Lord's power that was with us. For the Truth had passage, and the hungry were satisfied, and the sim∣ple-hearted deeply affected: This day at both Meetings was one of the Princess's Women, that never was at Meeting before, and she (though ve∣ry shy of us the last time) became tender and loving to us, she was tru∣ly reacht. O, magnified be the Name of the Lord, whose presence was with us, and whose arm stood by us. Af∣ter Meeting the Princess prest us to stay and sup with her, pleading the quietness of the Family, and that they were alone; At Supper (as the night before) it was upon me to commemo∣rate the Goodness of the Lord, his daily Providences, and how pretious he is in the Covenant of Light to the dear Children, and Followers of the

Light. Great was the reverence and tenderness that was upon the Spirits of both Princess and Countess at that instant. After Supper we returned to the Princess's Chamber, where we spent the rest of our time in holy si∣lence or discourse, till about the tenth hour, and then we repaired to our Quarters.* 7.6

Next morning about eight we re∣turned to the Court, where the Prin∣cess and Countess were ready to re∣ceive us. The morning was imploy∣ed in very serious Conference, rela∣ting to the affairs, practice and suffer∣ings of Friends in England, with which they seemed greatly affected: When about the Eleventh Hour a ratling of Coach interrupted us. The Coun∣tess immediately stept out to see what was the matter, and returned with a countenance somewhat uneasie, tel∣ling us, that the young Princes, Ne∣phews to the Princess and the Graef of Donaw, were come to visit her; upon which I told them, we should withdraw, and return to our Lodg∣ing;

but intreated, that for as much as we were to depart that night with the Post-Waggon, we might not be disappointed of a farewell Meeting with them; and the rather, for that I had a great burden upon my Spi∣rit, which they readily complied with, telling me, these persons would onely dine and be gone. As we went to the door, the Countess stept be∣fore us, and opened it for us; and as I past by, she lookt upon me with a weighty countenance, and fetcht a deep sigh, crying out, O the cum∣ber and entanglements of this vain World! they hinder all good; Upon which I replied, looking her stead∣fastly in the face, O come thou out of them then.

After we had dined in our Lodg∣ing, something being upon me to write to the Professors of that Coun∣try, I went up to my Chamber that I might be the more retired; just as I was about the conclusion of the Paper, cometh the Steward of the House to the Princess, with this Mes∣sage,

That the Princess intreated us to come to her, for the Graef of D••∣naw had a great desire to see us, and to speak with us; this brought a fresh Weight and Exercise upon us; but committing all to the Lord, and casting our care upon him, we went.

Being arrived, the Graef approach∣eth us in French; at first took no great notice of our inceremonious be∣haviour, but proceeded to inquire of us our success in our Journey, and what we found answering our Jour∣ney and Inclinations. Then we fell to points of Religion, and the Nature and End of true Christianity, and what was the way that leadeth to the Eternal Rest. After some short de∣bate about compleat satisfaction in this life, we both agreed that Self∣denial, Mortification and Victory was the Duty, and ought to be the en∣deavour of every sincere Christian.

From this I fell to give him some account of my Retreat from the World, and the inducements I had thereto, and the necessity of an inward work,

with which he seemed much pleased. After this he fell to the Hat, &c. This choaketh; and the rather, because it telleth tales; it telleth what people are; it marketh Men for Separatists; it's blowing a Trumpet, and visibly crossing the World, and that the fear of Man (greatly prevalent with too many serious people in that Land) cannot abide, starteth at, and run∣neth away from him; howbeit the Lord enabled me to open the thing to him, as that it was no plant of God's planting, but a weed of Dege∣neracy and Apostacy, a carnal and earthly Honour, the effect, feeder and pleaser of pride and of a vain mind, that no advantage redounded to mankind by it; and how could they that ought to do all to the glory of God, use that vain and unprofitable custom, which cannot be done to the glory of God. I intreated him seri∣ously to consider with himself the rise and end of it, whence it came, whom it pleased, and what that was that was angry that it had it not? I

also told him of the sincere and ser∣viceable respect which Truth substitu∣teth in place thereof, and exhorted him to Simplicity and Poverty of Spirit, to believe that Jesus he pro∣fessed to be his Saviour, whose out∣side as well as Doctrine pleased not the Jews, and so we parted; he took his leave of the Princess, and then of us with great Civility.

After he was gone, the Princess desired us to withdraw to her Cham∣ber, and there we began our farewell Meeting; the thing lay weighty up∣on me, and that in the deep dread of the Lord: and eternally magnified be the Name of the Lord that over∣shaddowed us with his Glory; his heavenly, breaking, dissolving Power richly flowed amongst us, and his ministring Angel of Life was in the midst of us: Let my Soul never forget the Divine Sense that over∣whelmed all, at that blessed farewell I took of them much opened in me of the Hour of Christ's Temptation, his Watchfulness, Perseverance and

Victory: about the ten Virgins, what the true Virgin was, the true Oyl and Lamp; what the Bride-groom, his Door, Chamber and Sup∣per: and in conclusion, that torrent of heavenly melting Love that we were all deeply affected; I fell on my Knees, recommending them un∣to the Lord, crying with strong Cries for their Preservation, and beseeched the Lord's Presence with us, and so ended.

After some pause, I went to the Princess and took her by the hand, which she received and embraced with great signs of a weighty kind∣ness, being much broken, I spoke a few words apart to her, and left the Blessing and Peace of Jesus with and upon her. Then I went to the Coun∣tess, and left a particular Exhortation with her, who fervently beseeched me to remember and implore the Lord on her behalf. From her I went to the French-woman, and bid her be faithful and constant to that which she knew; she was exceedingly bro∣ken,

and took an affectionate and reverent Leave of us.

Then I spoke to the rest, and took leave severally of them; my Compa∣nions did all the like. They fol∣lowed us to the outward Room, and there it was upon me to step to the Countess, and once more to speak to her and take my leave of her, which she received and returned with great Sense, Humility and Love. So turning to them all, my Heart and Eye to the Lord, I prayed that the Fear, Presence, Love and Life of God, with all heavenly Blessings, might descend and rest with and upon them then and for ever.

Home we went for our Lodging,* 7.7 clear'd the House, exhorted the Fa∣mily, left Books, and then took Waggon for Wesel about 200 English Miles from Herwerden, we rid three Nights and Days without lying down on a Bed, or sleeping, other∣wise than in the Waggon, which was only covered with an old ragged Sheet; the Company we had with

us made Twelve in number, which much streightned us; they were often, if not always Vain, yea, in their re∣ligious Songs, which is the fashion of that Country, especially by Night, they call them Luther's Songs, and sometimes Psalms: We were forced often to reprove and testify against their Hypocrisy, to be full of all vain and often prophane Talk one hour, and sing Psalms to God the next; we shewed them the Deceit and Abomination of it. We passed through several great Towns by the way, as Lipstad, Ham, &c. many Discourses we had of Truth, and the Religion and Worship that was truly Christian, and all was very well; they bore what we said. But one thing was remarkable that may not be omitted. I had not been six hours in the Waggon, before an heavy weight and unusual oppression fell upon me, yea, it weighed me almost to the Grave, that I could almost say, My Soul was sad even unto Death; I knew not at present the Ground of

this Exercise, it remained about 24 hours upon me; then it opened in me that it was a travel for the Seed, that it might arise over all in them I had left behind, and that nothing might be lost but the Son of Perdi∣tion. O the strong Cries and deep Agonies, many Tears and sincere bowings and humblings of Soul be∣fore the Lord, that this holy sense which was raised in them, might be preserved alive in them, and they for ever in it, that they might grow and spread as heavenly Plants of Righte∣ousness to the glory of the Name of the Lord.

The Narrative from the 27th of the 7th Month inclusive, to the 10th of the 8th Month exclusive, is inserted in the following Letter to the Countess of Hornes, beginning in P. 220. and ending with P. 244.

For Anna Maria de Hornes, sti∣led Countess of Hornes, at Herwerden in Germany.

My dear Friend,

O That thou mayest for ever dwell in the sweet and tender Sense of that divine Love and Life which hath visited thy Soul, affected and overcome thy heart: O tell me, hath it not some∣times raised thy Spirit above the World, and fill'd thee with fervent and passio∣nate desires, yea, holy resolution to fol∣low Jesus thy blessed Saviour; who hath given his most precious Blood for Thee, that thou shouldest not live to thy self, but to him that hath so dearly purchased thee, O the Retired, Humble, Reverent Frame that I have beheld thee in, when this blessed life hath drawn thee into it self, and adorned and seasoned thee with its own heavenly Vertue; beautifying thy very Countenance beyond all the vain and foolish Ornaments of the wanton Daughters of Sodom and Egypt, (for therein are Charms not known to the

Children of this World) O that this ho∣ly and chast Life may be always pretious with thee, and that thou mayest be for ever chastly kept in the Love and Fellow∣ship of it: That out of this World's na∣ture, spirit and practice thou mayest be redeemed by him who is the Way, the Truth and the Life, who as thou watch∣est with thy holy vigilance will not only daily manifest the Devices of the Enemy to thee, but save thee from him. For Christ's work in thee is thy sanctificati∣on, as it is in him his Father's Will, as he said of old to his Disciples, This is the Will of God even your Sanctifica∣tion. O my dearly beloved Friend! ••e stedfast, immoveable, without wavering, and work out thy great Salvation with fear and trembling, and lose not that sweet and precious Sense that the Lord hath begotten in thee, it is soon lost, at least weakened, but hard to recover, wherefore let not the Spirit of the World in any of its appearances, vain Company, unnecessary Discourse or Words, or world∣ly Affairs prevail upon the civility of thy Nature,; for they will oppress the inno∣cent

Life, and bring grievous weights and burdens upon thy Soul, and prolong the coming of the Lord, whom thou look∣est for, and put the Day of thy Redemp∣tion a far off. O beware of this compli∣ance! Let me put thee in mind of that sensible resolution so frequently and so passionately repeated, Il faut que je rompe, Il faut que je rompe. Ah this speaketh a weight, this weight a sense, and this sense a strong Conviction. Now be assured, that till Obedience be yielded to that present manifestation and convi∣ction, the good things desired and thirst∣ed after can never be Enjoyed.

Wherefore, my dear Friend, be faith∣ful, and watch against the Workings o•• the Spirit of this World in thy self; that the Nature and Image of it in all things may be crucified, that thou mayst know an entire Translation with holy Enoch, and walk with God. Jesus the holy Light, is this Cross and Power of God, that killeth and maketh alive, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is the heavenly Vine too, if thou abide•••• in him, thou wilt bring forth fruit, b•••• if thou abidest not in him, thou wilt no••

bring forth that fruit, in which his hea∣venly Father only can be glorified. O see what the mind dayly abideth in. O my Soul is even ravisht with the sence of that holy and quiet habitation. In me, saith he, you shall have peace, but in the World trouble, however be of good cheer I have overcome the world, I am not of the World: as if he had said, I am not of the Worlds ways, Worships, Customs nor Fashions, for what, ever is of the nature and spirit of this World hath no part in me, and as I am not of this World, neither are you of this world, for I have chosen you out of the world, out of the invention, out of the worships and fashions ••f the world; you are to leave them all, to come out of them all, and live and walk as Pil∣grims in the world, that is strangers: To what? To the life and practice of the World, not using but renouncing the vain Customs and Ceremonies, yea, the whole Conversation of the World, remembring that the friendship of this World is En∣mity with God, and what if the World hate you, it hated me first, and the Dis∣ciple

is not greater than his Master, nor the Servant than his Lord; if you were of the World, the World would love you, and not reproach and persecute you; for the World loveth its own. O my dear Friend, mayst thou be perfectly sensible what it is not to be of this World. But there is yet a farther mystery in these Words, not discerned even of many, in whom some tenderness and inquiry is be∣gotten, much less of the worldly Christi∣ans. This World hath a false Earth and a false Heaven, a false Foundation, and a false Ioy; not only gross Wicked∣ness, but Iniquity in a Mystery inward∣ly and outwardly. The Whore, false Prophet and Dragon, and all their Off∣spring are here concerned: This is their World, that must be burnt with fire, that Christ is not of, nor his true Disciples. O the Light of Jesus dis∣covereth it! And he is that spiritual Solomon that giveth true judgment, and that saveth the living Child, the true Birth, giving it to the right Mother, and not to the false pretender. And all that hear his voice and follow him, shall

receive true Light, discerning and Judg∣ment, to whom all Judgment is given: They shall know his Voice from Man's.

There are two Trees of differing Na∣tures have contrary Fruits and Leaves, the one is the Tree of Life, that is Christ, the other the Tree of Death, and that is Satan, the fruit of the one giveth life, the fruit of the other brin∣geth Death; the leaves of the first Heal, the leaves of the last Poison, many that discern the Tree cannot clearly distin∣guish the Branches: And those that see many Arms and Branches cannot distinct∣ly behold the fruit, much less the leaves, this cometh by the gradual Discoveries and Revelations of the Light of Jesus, the Word of God, as it is daily received, and daily obeyed; yea, and that Word is the Ax and Sword of the Almighty to cut it down, daily feel the strokes of this eternal searching Light and Word at the very root of this corrupt Tree, this evil one, and his corrupt Nature, Works and Effects, for which end Jesus Christ is come, and therefore is called a Saviour, which is little known in truth to the Christians of

this World. Ah, my dear Friend, thou knowest this Word, yea, thou hast fel•• it, O hide it in thy heart! Treasure it up it up in thy Soul and love it, and a∣bide with it for ever. Alas! Whether shouldst thou go? This hath, and is the the Word of Eternal Life, daily there∣fore watch and wait that thou mayest be grafted more and more into it, that thou mayest live and grow by the virtue and life of it, and that it may grow in thy heart, as it grew among the first Chri∣stians, the holy followers of the persecu∣ted Jesus; and when it searcheth thy Wound, and cutteth away thy dead flesh, yea, when it separateth between the Soul and the Spirit of this World, and divi∣deth between Joints and Marrow, when it cutteth off the right hand, and pluck∣eth out the right eye. O watch unto Prayer, and pray that thou mayest en∣dure! O keep the holy patience of this pure and living Word, and this very Word will keep thee in the hour of thy sharpest Trials and sorest Tribulations! O all virtue is in it! O 'tis a tried Word, a sure refuge, the staff and strength

of the Righteous in all Ages. 'Twas David's Teacher and Buckler, a Light to his feet, and a Lamhorn to his Paths, Walk thou in the Light thereof, and thou shalt not stumble; in this word is life, as in the root, and this life is the Light of Men: They that receive and love the Light of it, will therein receive divine Life from it to live to God, this is the bread of God, that cometh from God, and seedeth and leadeth up to God, by this only that which is born of God liveth, and is nourished; this is that Carcass to which the wise Eagles gather, see thou gatherest to no other, nor fe••dest on no other. This is that hidden Manna that cometh from heaven that feedeth God's Israel; the World hath a Manna but it perisheth, but this endureth for ever, for 'tis not of Man nor from Man but immortal and from God, hid from the knowledge of all the vain Christians in the World: So that the Israel of God can say to the Children of this World, and that in Truth and Righteousness, we have a Bread you know not of. For this Manna wait daily that thou mayst be

strengthened in thy wilderness-travel to the Land of Eternal Rest. Wherefore labour not for the Bread that perisheth, that is the Bread of Man's inventing and making, which cometh from below, and profiteth not, because it giveth not life eternal. But labour thou (my dear Friend) for the Bread that never perish∣eth, that endureth for ever, and that giveth life eternal to all that feed upon it. O cast thy care upon this Word, love it, and dwell with it, wait daily upon it, hear its Voice only and follow it, for it bringeth the Soul to the eternal Habita∣tion of rest and glory. Yea, when all Flesh wither, and the beauty thereof fade away, this Word, and they that are graf∣ted in shall abide for ever. O that this may be thy choice, and it shall be thy Diadem, and thy Eternal Crown and Glory.

These are the fervent desires, and these the daily prayers of my Soul to the God of my Salvation for thee, not only that nothing in thee may be lost besides the Son of Perdition: But that thou mayst cast off every weight and burden,

and that Sin that doth so easily be-set thee, that grieveth, boweth and oppresseth thee: Under the heavy weight of which thou groanest and sighest that the Re∣deemer would come from Zion to deli∣ver thee. O give not heed to the Ene∣my, the false accuser, that seeketh to de∣vour that which is begotten of God in thee, neither look upon thy own Sins, Burdens, or Weaknesses, but lift up thy head and look to Jesus, the Author of thy blessed Visitation, and wholly hun∣ger and thirst after him, the spiritual brazen Serpent that healeth and reliev∣eth all that in Faith and full Assurance look to him. Want of looking to him, hearing and obeying him, and having true faith in him, is the cause both of all the Presumption and Despair that are at this day. He did no mighty things of old in those places where they belie∣ved not. O faint not, look not back, re∣member the holy Ancients, the holy Pil∣grims of Faith, the Royal Generation of Heaven, Heb. 11. Thou believest in God, believe also in him for the Work's sake that he has already wrought in thee:

He will minister to thee, as he was mi∣nistred unto by his Father's Angel in the Hour of his Abasement and great Temp∣tation. O watch and be faithful, and thou shalt be a noble Witness for the Lord.

Once more let me expostulate with thee, would thou overcome the Enemies of thy Soul's peace, and enjoy the de∣lightful presence of the Lord with thee, then keep nothing back, let nothing be withheld that he calleth for, remember that Saul of old lost his Kingdom, for keeping that alive, which he should have slain: Thou knowest what be••el Ananias and Saphira outwardly. But be thou like the poor Widow of old, that there∣fore gave more into the Treasury than all the rest, because they reserved the greatest part to themselves, but she gave all she had. O blessed are they that make no Bargains for themselves, that have no reserves for Self, neither con∣sult with Flesh and Blood, nor in any Sense conform to the least Ceremony which▪ is born of them: But that submit their Wills in all things to the Lord's, that

they may be made perfect through Suf∣ferings as Christ was. Read me in the mystery of Life, I speak not of deserting or flinging away all outward Substance, but that thy Heart may reign above all Visibles, and make God its Trea∣sure, and never rest in any thing of this lower World, or short of Christ the Eternal Rest of all the Seed of Faith.

Here beginneth the Narrative.

THE Lord brought us well to Wesel on the fift day after we left Herwerden,* 9.1 having some Service by the way: At Wesel we had a good time with Dr. Schuler and Rosendale, and the Woman we mentioned to thee, but the Taylor was shy and fearful of coming to us at the Doctor's.

The next day we went towards Duysburgh,* 9.2 we visited the Schult or Chief Governour that Night, whom we found at home, he received us with much Kindness. His Wife and

Sister, we fear, have been shaken in their good belief of our Testimony, since we were last there, some Fowls of the Air have devoured the Seed that was sown. O that sweet and tender frame in which we left them the time before! however the en∣trance we had upon the Spirit of the Schult, a little consolated us. Hence we sent Maria, Martha's Friend, a Letter, desiring him to let us have his Answer the next Night at Dussel∣dorp, inclosed to Neander, when and w••ere we might see him, either at Dusseldorp, Mulheim, or Duysburgh, and if it were possible, we would gladly visit the Countess of Bruch.

We got early to Dusseldorp,* 9.3 next day, being the last day of the Week: but Neander was gone to Mulheim, in order to Preach on the Morrow; so that we were disappointed of our Intelligence.

* 9.4Next Morning we went towards Ceulen, and there arrived that Even∣ing.

The next day we had a good op∣portunity with van Durando and Do∣cemius at the House of the latter,* 9.5 and that Afternoon took Boat for Dusseldorp.* 9.6 Where arriving next Morn∣ing we presently sent for Neander, who came to us, and three more in company; we had a blessed meeting with them, and one of the three that came with him, our Souls were ex∣ceedingly affected with. The Meet∣ing done, they went away, but Ne∣ander returned, and first of our Let∣ter to Mulheim, we found by him (as also at our return to Duysburgh) that Kuper was so far from endea∣vouring ou•• visit to the Countess, that he would not meet us himself neither at Dusseldorp, Mullheim, nor Duysburgh: nay, it did not please him to send us an Answer, much less any the least Salutation, I confess it grieved us. Now for Neander, the Young man hath a Zeal for God, and there is a Visitation upon him, my Soul desireth that it may not be ineffectual: but I have a great fear

upon me, for this I know certainly from the Lord God that liveth for ever, and I have a Cloud of Wit∣nesses to my Brethren, that Retire∣ment and Silence before God, is the alone way for him to feel the hea∣venly gift to arise, and come forth pure and unmixt; this only can preach for God, pray to God, and beget People to God, and nothing else. But alas, his office in that Fa∣mily is quite another thing; namely to perform Set Duties of fixt times, Pray, Preach, and Sing, and that in the way of the World's Appoint∣ments. His very office is Babylonish, namely, a Chaplain; for 'tis a Popish Invention: In the good old times, Godly Abraham that was a Prince, and Joshua a great General, and Da∣vid a King, with many more, in∣structed their Families in the know∣ledge and fear of God: But now People are too Idle or too Great to pray for themselves, and so they worship God by Proxy. How can a Minister of the Gospel be at the

beck of any Mortal living, or give his Soul and Conscience to the time and appointment of another? the thing in it self is utterly wrong, and against the very Nature and Worship of the new and everlasting Covenant. You had better meet to read the Scriptures, the Book of Martyrs, &c. if you cannot sit and wait in silence upon the Lord, till his Angel move upon your Hearts, than to uphold such a formal, limited and ceremo∣nious, Worship: this is not the Way out of Babylon. And I have a deep sense upon my Soul, that if the Young Man strive beyond the talent God hath given him to answer his Office and fill up his Place, and wait not for the pure and living Word of God in his Heart to open his Mouth, but either studieth for his Sermons or speaketh his own Words, he will be utterly ruined. Wherefore, O Dear Friend, have a care thou art no Snare to him, nor he to thee: Man's Works smother and stifle the true life of Christ, what have you to do but

to look to Jesus the Author of the holy desires that are in you, who himself hath visited you, tempt not the Lord, provoke not God, what should any Man Preach from, but Christ? and what should he Preach people too, but Christ in them the hope of Glory? Consider nothing feedeth, that which is born of God, but that which cometh down from God, even the Bread of God which is the Son of God, which giveth his life for the World, feel it and feed on it, let none mock God nor grieve his eternal Spirit that is come to seal them up from the mouth of Man that hath deceived them: that Jesus the anointing may teach them and abide with them for ever. Be sted∣fast and immoveable, and this will draw the Young Man near to the Lord, and empty him of himself and purge away mixtures, and then you will all come to the Divine Si∣lence: and when all Flesh is silent before the Lord, then is it the Lord's time to Speak, and if you will hear

your Souls shall live. O my Soul is in great pain, that you may be all chastly preserved in that divine Sense begotten in your Hearts by the eter∣nal Word of God that abideth for ever, that nothing may ever be able to extinguish it. But more especially thou, my Dear Friend, mayest be kept in faithfulness: for the Lord is come very near to thee and thou must begin the Work, the Lord God ex∣pecteth it at thy hand: if one Sheep break through the rest will follow; wherefore watch, O watch, that thou may'st be strengthned and confirmed, and strengthen all that is begotten of God in that Family, by thy weighty, savoury and circumspect life. O how is my Soul affected with thy present condition! it is the fervent Suppli∣cation of my heart, that thou may'st through the daily obedience of the Cross of Jesus, conquer and shine as a bright and glorious Star in the Firmament of God's eternal Kingdom: So let it be, Lord Jesus. Amen.

We tenderly, yet freely spoke ou•• hearts to him before we parted which done, in God's love we too•• our leave of him and Dusseldorp▪ and got that Night to Duysburgh▪* 9.7 being the third Day of the Week▪ We first visited Dr. Mastricht, a Ma•• of a good natural Temper, but a rigid Calvinist. I perceived by him, that they held a Consultation about seeing us at Bruch; but they all concluded, it was best to decline meeting with us, because of the Graef, he being ready to fling our Name in reproach upon them in his displeasure, and this would con∣firm him in his Jealousies of them. This might excuse the Countess, but by no means Kuper, and if I had any sense, Mastricht was there with them, upon design to frustrate the hopes we had conceived of meeting with her. We from tha•• descended to other things of weight•• and in love and peace parted.

From his House we returned to our Inn, and after Supper we vi∣sited

the Schult, who with much civility and some tenderness received us: his Sister also came to us, and we had a good little Meeting with them, and our God was with us, and his pure and tender life appea∣red for our Justification, and plead∣ed our innocent Cause in their Con∣sciences, and so we parted with them, leaving our Master's Peace amongst them.

The next day we came to Wesel,* 9.8 being the 4th day, where we under∣stood by Dr. Schuler that thy Sister desired, that we would be so kind as to see her when we return∣ed; upon that we went and visited her, she received us very kindly. Thy Brother in Law's two Sisters were present, we stayed with them at least two Hours. Many Que∣stions she put to me, which I was glad to have an Opportunity to Answer, for it made way for a Meeting; she intreated us to come again if we stayed, and told us, our Visit was very grateful to her;

adding, That because we past 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by the last time, she concluded wi•••• herself we had no hopes of her▪ with more to that effect. From thence we went to Dr.Schuler's, who freely offered us his House for a Meeting next day; and indeed, the Man is bold after his man∣ner.

* 9.9The next day about Seven, I writ a Billiet in French to thy Sister, to inform her of the Meeting to be∣gin about Eight. She came and her two Sisters with her, there was Ro∣sendale, Colonel Copius and his Wife, and about three or four more, and to our great Joy the Lord Al∣mighty was with us, and his holy Power reached their Hearts, and the Doctor and Copius confessed to our Testimony.

The Meeting lasted about three Hours, being done, we took our leave of them in the Spirit of Je∣sus, and so returned to our Inn. The Taylor all this while afraid of coming to our Inn, or to the

Doctor's to the Meeting: great Fears have overtaken him, and the poor Man liveth but in a dry Land: After Dinner, we visited Co∣pius and Rosendale, and at Copius's we had a blessed broken Meeting, he, his Wife, Rosendale, his Wife, and another Woman (Wife to one Dr. Willick's Brother) present, they were extreamly affected and over∣come by the Power of the Lord, 'twas like one of our Herwerden Meetings; indeed, much Tenderness was upon all their Spirits.

This done, and having left Books both there and with thy Sister, we left Wesel with Hearts full of Joy and Peace: and let me say this, That more kindness, more openness, we have scarcely found in all our Travels. O that this blessed Sense may dwell with them. A Seed there is in that place God will gather; yea, a noble People he will find out: And I doubt not but there will be a good Meeting of Friends

in that City before many Years go about; my love is great to that place. O how God is our dear Lord to us, who helpeth our In∣firmities and carrieth through all Opposition, and feedeth us with his Divine Presence in which is Life, his Candle hath hitherto rested on our Tabernacle, and he hath made us glad in his own Salvation; Eter∣nal Glory to his excellent Name.

* 9.10We immediately took a Post-Carr, and came next day about two in the Afternoon to Cleve, where we had a very pretious Meeting at an honest Procurator's House, who re∣ceived us with much love; four or five more were present, all Grave and Tender, our Hearts were great∣ly affected with their love and sim∣plicity; We also visited the Lady Hubner, who was kind to us.

Next Morning we set out for Nimeguen,* 9.11 and thence immediately to Utrecht, where we arrived that Night, and took the Night-boat for

Amsterdam; because of a pressure upon my Spirit to be next day at the Meeting, and the rather having intimated as much from Ceulen.

We arrived in the Morning at Amsterdam,* 9.12 where we found our dear Friends generally well, the City much Alarm'd, and great Cu∣riosity in some, and Desires in o∣thers to come to the Meeting; we had a very great Meeting, and ma∣ny People of note resorted. God's Gospel Bell was rung, the great Day of the great God sounded, and the Dead was raised, and much ten∣derness appeared in several. O bles∣sed be the Name of the Lord, whose Work and Testimony pros∣pereth.

The next day was spent in di∣vers Affairs relating to the Truth.* 9.13

The day following we had a Meeting with Galenus Abrahams (the great Father of the Socinian Men∣nists in these Parts) accompanied with several Preachers and others

of his Congregation, divers of our Friends were also present. It con∣tinued about five Hours, he affirmed in opposition to us, That there was no Christian Church, Ministry, or Com∣mission Apostolical now in the World; but the Lord assisted us with his Wisdom and Strength to confound his Attempts.

Here endeth the Narrative.

I intend a Visit to the Hague, to the Lady Overkirks, Sister of the So∣merdikes, and some others that have sober Characters of Truth and Friends; and thence to Rotterdam, where I have much to do, both with respect to Meet∣ings and the Press, G K. and B F. go with me.

Thus, my Dear Friend, have I given thee a tedious Narrative, yet I hope not altogether unpleasant; perhaps the brevity of my Letters

hereafter may best Apologize for the length of this: However, I con∣sider two things; one is, That thou hast time enough one time or other to look over it: And next, That I have plentifully, as were thy re∣quests, demonstrated, I have not for∣gotten thee. O Dear Friend, let us live and remember one another (now absent) in that Divine Sense in which the Lord God dissolv'd our Spirits when together. O the Unity of this Faith, the Purity of this Love, and the Bond of this Peace. The Lord Jesus be with thy Spirit, and keep thee in this the Hour of thy Temp∣tation; that thou mayest come forth as Gold seven times tryed; so shall thy Testimony shine for the God that hath called thee, and he will reward thee with Honour, Glory, and Eternal Life. Amen.

Thus, saith the Lord, I remember thee, the kindness of thy Youth, the love of thine Espousals, when thou wentest after me in the Wilderness,

in a Land that was not sown. Jerem. 2.2.

Dear Friend, consider this yet a∣gain, The way of the just is Upright∣ness, thou most upright do'st weigh the Paths of the Just, yea, in the Way of thy Judgment, O Lord, have we wait∣ed for thee, the desire of our Soul is to thy Name, and to the Remem∣brance of thee.

With my Soul have I desired thee in the Night; yea, with my Spirit within me will I seek thee early, for when thy Judgments are in the Earth, the Inhabitants of the World will learn Righteousness.

Lord thou wilt ordain Peace for us, for thou hast wrought all our Works in us.

O Lord our God, other Lords be∣sides thee have had Dominion over us; but by thee only we make mention of thy Name.

Lord in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a Prayer when thy chastning was upon them.

Like as a Woman with Child that draweth near the time of her Deli∣very is in Pain, and cryeth out in her Pangs, so have we been in thy Sight, O Lord.

We have been with Child, we have been in Pain, we have as it were brought forth Wind, we have not wrought any Deliverance in the Earth, neither have the Inhabitants of the World fallen.

Thy dead Men shall live together with my dead Body shall they arise; awake and Sing ye that dwell in the Dust, for thy Dew is as the Dew of Herbs, and the Earth shall cast out the dead.

Come my People, enter thou into thy Chamber, and shut thy door about thee; hide thy self as it were for a little moment, until the Indignation be overpast.

For behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the Inhabitants of the Earth for their Iniquities; the Earth also shall disclose her Blood,

and shall no more cover her Slain, Isa. 26.7, 8. to 21. So come Dear Lord Jesus that was dead, but is alive and liveth for ever. Amen.

Very dearly Farewell. Thy Friend that faithfully Travelleth for thy Redemption, W.P.

Amsterdam. 10th. of the 8th. Month, 1677.

The same day we had a blessed Publick Meeting never to be for∣gotten, O the Majesty,* 9.14 Glory and Life that the Lord attended us with, our Hearts were deeply affe∣cted with his Presence; great Re∣verence and Brokenness was over the Meeting, more than I had seen. The Meeting done, we were op∣posed by a Preacher, who was closely encountred and pursued by several Merchants, &c. (not of us) that cryed he was Rude and Ignorant, and that they had a Testimony for us, who offered to Dispute in our Defence; but the Priest run away, they followed him till they housed him, &c.

It was upon me this day to en∣gage Galenus Abrahams to a second Conference, that we might more fully debate and confute his grand Objections against the present Dis∣pensation of Truth, and the hea∣venly Ministry witnessed among Friends: he refused not my offer

of a second Meeting; but sent me word, his Business would not give him leave to let it be any time this day, upon which the next was ••ixt for the Conference to begin at Eight, which accordingly it did, and held till One.* 9.15 The most impartial ac∣count of both these Conferences that I am briefly able to give fol∣loweth.

The Meeting ended, and having refresht our selves, after a solemn leave taken of our dear Friends at Amsterdam, G. F. and I, went that Night to Leyden,, accompanied by B. Furly;* 9.16 coming there late at Night, we forbore to inquire after any wor∣thy in that place.

* 9.17But the next Morning we found out two, one a German of, or near Darmstad, who not only express'd much love to the Principle of Truth, and unto us the Friends thereof; but also informed us of a retired Person of great Quality that liveth about two hours back again

towards Amsterdam, at a Village cal∣led Nortwyck. Our Resolutions of being that Night at Rotterdam, and having the Hague to Visit by the way, made our return at that time unpracticable; however the Rela∣tion of the German concerning the good Inclinations of the great Man and his Wife, their disdain of the World, voluntary retreat from the Greatness and Glory of it rested strongly upon our Spirits. This Person presently conducted us to the House of one who had for∣merly been a Doctor in the Uni∣versity, and there left us: To this Person both G. F. and my self were more than ordinarily open, he was of a sweet, yet quick, wise, yet very loving and tender Spirit; there were few Strangers we felt greater love to; He assented to every thing we said, and truly his Understanding was very clear and open to the things that lay upon us to declare, and express'd his

firm Belief of great Revolutions at hand, and that they should termi∣nate in the setting up of the glo∣rious Kingdom of Christ in the World. What shall I say, the Man felt our Spirits and therefore loved us, and in the fresh sense of that love, writ a Letter by us to a re∣tired P••rson at the Hague like him∣self; which in several places of Germany was the way whereby we found out several of the retired People we visited: After near two Hours time with him, we took Waggon for the Hague, leaving the Peace of God upon him.

* 9.18The first thing we did there was to enquire out the Lady Overkirk a Person of a retired and religious Character, separated from the pub∣lick Worship of that Country: She was a home, but her Husband with her, being a great Man of the Army of another Disposition and Way of Living, hindred our Access at that time.

The next Person we went to was a Judge at the Law of Chief Court of Justice in that Republick, he re∣ceived us with great Respect, and a more than ordinary desire to know the truth of our Faith and Princi∣ples: We declared of the things most surely believed amongst us in the Power and Love of God: He made his Observations, Objections, and Queries upon several things we spake, to whom we replied, and ex∣plained all Mattters in question, in∣somuch that he declared himself sa∣tisfied in our Confessions, and his good Belief of us and our Principles: We took a solemn and sensible leave of him, and we felt the Witness reacht, and his Spirit tendred, which filled our hearts with dear love to him; he brought us to his Street∣door, and there we parted.

From him we went to visit that Person for whom we had a Letter from the Dr. at Leyden, but he was not at home. We immediately took

Waggon for Delft,* 9.19 and from thence an Express-Boat for Rotterdam, where we arrived well about Eight at Night.

* 9.20The next day was mostly spent in visiting of Friends, and the friend∣ly People in that place, which con∣sisted of several Persons of worldly Note.

* 9.21The next day being the first Day of the Week, we had a large and blessed Meeting, wherein the deep Mysteries of the Kingdom of Christ and Antichrist were declared in the power of an endless Life. Several of divers Religions were there, but no Disturbance and Contradiction, but a profound Silence and reverent Atten∣tion were over the Meeting.

That Night I had a blessed Meet∣ing at my Lodging with those Per∣sons of Note, that at sometimes vi∣sited our publick Meetings, as at that day, and have a Convincement upon them: The Lord's Love, Truth and Life preciously reached towards

them, and they were very sweetly af∣fected.

Next day I bestowed in perfect∣ing and correcting several publick Letters,* 9.22 which I was moved to write both in my first and second Jour∣ney in Germany, and after my return to these Low-Countries: They are left behind to be Translated and Printed; they are omitted here, be∣cause they are large and likely to be ••ereafter printed in English. The Titles whereof follow,

I. A Summons to Christendom in an earnest Expostulation with her, to prepare for the great and notable Day of the Lord that is at the door.

II. To all those who are sensible of the Day of their Visitation, and who have received the Call of the LORD by the Light and Spirit of his Son in their Hearts, to par∣take

of the great Salvation, where∣ever scattered throughout the World; but more especially in the High and Low-Dutch Nations. Faith, Hope and Charity which over-come the World be multiplied among you.

III. To all those Professors of Christianity, that are Externally se∣parated from the visible Sects and Fellowships in the Christian World, (so called) wherever hidden or scat∣tered; true Knowledge, which is Life Eternal from God the Father by Christ Jesus.

IV. A tender Visitation in the Love of God that over-cometh the World, to all People in the High and Low-Dutch Nations, who hunger and thirst after Righteous∣ness,

and desire to know and wor∣ship God in Truth, and in Sinceri∣ty, containing a plain Testimony to the Ancient and Apostolical Life, Way and Worship that God is revi∣ving and exalting in the Earth in his Spirit and Truth.

The sense of the serious retreat of this great Man we heard of at Lei∣den was so strong upon me, that I could not see my self clear to leave the Country, before I had given him a Visit. I purposed therefore the next Morning to set forward to the Hague, from thence to Leiden, and so to Nortwyck.* 9.23

I arrived there in the Evening with B F. A Sonnemans and M Sonne∣mans, and immediately made known our coming, and the end of it to him and his Wife, by the means of the young German, who was got thither before us to visit them. An

Invitation came to us all at our Inn, and immediately we repaired to his House, which was very stately, and yet plain; he presently came to us, took us by the hand, and bid us heartily welcome. We immediate∣ly sate down, and after some time of retirement, I spoke something of what was upon me, yet not before he had given us a sober and patheti∣cal Account of his Life, and of the present frame and disposition of his Spirit. All this was in the absence of his Wife; but so soon as I had fi∣nisht what was then upon me to speak of the Witness of God, and of its Work in Man, upon the occasi∣on of the History he gave us of his 〈◊〉〈◊〉; he led us into another Room, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his Wife was, he told her here were ••om•• Christian Friends come to vis••t her, she saluted us very kind∣ly.

We all sat down, and after some ••••••ence, the heavenly Power of God did in a living and tender manner

open their States and Conditions to me, and opened my Mouth to them; the substance of my Testimony was to this purpose, That Death reign∣ed from Adam to Moses, Moses was till the Prophets, the Prophets till John, and John till Christ: What Christ's day was, how few see this day; and whilst People are talking of be∣ing in Christ under Grace, and not under the Law, Death reigneth over them, and they are not come to Mo∣ses, nor the shaking Mountain, the Thundrings, Lightnings and Whirl∣winds, and what it was that led to Christ, and what it was to be in him, and under the Government of his Grace; directing them to the blessed Principle of Light and Truth and Grace, which God had shed a∣broad in our hearts. I declared the nature and manner of the appearing and operating of this Principle, and appealed to their own Consciences for the truth of what was said: And I can truly say the holy Life

of Jesus was revealed amongst us, and like Oil swom at the top of all: In this I was moved to kneel down and pray, great brokenness fell up∣on all, and that, that was before the World began, was richly manifested in us and amongst us. The Meet∣ing done, the great Man and his Wife blest us, and the work of God in our hands, saying, with tears in his eyes, My house is blessed for your sakes, and blessed be God that I ever lived to see you.

And thus we left them, though with much difficulty, for they prest us with great earnestness both to eat and to lodge with them, and were hard to bear our refusal. They said it we was a Scandal to their house, that they should let such good people as were to go out of it; or suffer us to lodge in any other place: But we declared our pre-engagement else∣where, and that it was not for want of true kindness towards them. One passage I had almost forgot to men∣tion,

I was (said he) once at table with the Duke of Holsteyn at Frede∣rickstadt, when the Magistrates came to complain against a people called Quakers in that City. The Duke was ready to be prejudiced against them, but at the very naming of them I conceived a more than ordi∣nary kindness in my mind towards them. I askt the Magistrate what they were for a People, he told me that they would not pull off their hats to their Superiors; I askt him whether they would pull off their hats to God, he said, yes; said I, that may be the reason why they will not pull them off to Man. Do they live peaceably? Yes, Do they pay their Taxes? Yes, Do they rub their hats in your eyes? No, Do they do any harm with them? No, Why what is your Quarrel then; not they meet in silence, and they will speak or pray unless they be moved by the Spirit; why, that is according to the Doctrine of Scripture: If this

be to be a Quaker, I would I were a Quaker too, but, said he, I never saw one before, but I bless God I see you now. He very much in∣veighed against the false Christiani∣ty that is in the World, and greatly magnified a tender, mortified and re∣tired Estate. I have great hopes he and his Wife will eye the truth. We returned to our Inn to supper, and to bed.

* 9.24Next morning we took Waggon for the Hague, where we ••••t with Docemius, the King of Denmark's Resi∣dent at Ceulen, who had been at Rot∣terdam to seek us, and came back thither with hopes to meet us. We had some service there with a Law∣yer, but were again disap••ointed vi∣siting the Lady Overkirk, ••ecause of her Husband's presence; and the o∣ther retired Man befor•• ••entioned was again from home, the Judge would gladly have received us, but a great Cause then depending com∣manded his attendance. That Af∣ternoon

we took Boat for Delft,* 9.25 and so to Rotterdam, where we all arri∣ved well.

It was my desire to have been the next day at a Meeting at Dort, but it seems that Way that we hoped had been open for us was shut, insomuch that we were prevented of that ser∣vice. However I applied my self to the perfecting of what yet wanted to be compleated in those Writings, I left behind me to be printed.* 9.26

The next day being the sixth day of the Week, we had a very blessed publick Meeting, taking therein our leave of the Country; and after that was done we had another amongst Friends, recommending to them the peaceable, tender, righteous Truth, desiring that they might live and grow in it, and be a People to the Lord's praise; so should his Work prosper, his Dominion enlarge and encrease among them. In the Even∣ing I had also a Meeting at my Lodging among the great People of

that place, of which I have before made mention, and magnified be the Name of the Lord, his Power did sweetly visit him, and effectually reacht them, that at their departure some of them fell upon our Necks, and with Tears of Love prayed that they might be remembred by us, and that they might have strength to an∣swer our great Travel for them. We recommended them unto the Lord, and the pure Word of his Grace in their hearts.

* 9.27The next day the generality of Friends of that place met at Sim. Johnson's house early in the Morning, where we took our leave of one a∣nother in the Love and Power of the Lord, feeling his living Presence with them that stayed, and with us that went.

Several accompanied us to the Briel,* 9.28 we arrived about Noon, there accompanied us the King of Denmark's Resident, who had been with us at those Meetings at Rotterdam, P. Hen∣dricks

and Corn. Roeloffs of Amster∣dam, and A. Sonnemans, B. Furly, M. Sonnemans and Sim. Johnson, with se∣veral others of Rotterdam.

The Pacquet-boat not being come we were necessitated to lie there that night.

That Night it was upon me in the earnest Love of God to salute the Princess and Countess, with a few farewell-lines, as followeth.

TO THE Princess Elizabeth, &c. Salvation in the Cross, Amen.

Dear and truly respected Friend,

MY Soul earnestly desireth thy Temporal and Eternal Felici∣ty, which standeth in thy doing the Will of God now on Earth, as 'tis done in Heaven. O dear Princess do it, say the Word once in Truth and Righteous∣ness, not my Will, but thine be done, O God. Thy Days are few, and then thou must go to Judgment, then an Account of thy Talent God will require from thee; what improvement hast thou made, let it prove and shew its own excellency, that it is of God, and that it leadeth all that love it to God: O that thou mayest be able to give an Account with joy.

I could not leave this Country, and not testifie the Resentments I bear in my mind of that humble and ten∣der Entertainment thou gavest us at thy Court; the Lord Jesus reward thee, and sure he hath a Blessing in store for thee. Go on, be steadfast, over-come, and thou shalt inherit, do not despond, one that is mighty is near thee, a present help in the need∣full time of trouble. O let the de∣sire of thy Soul be to his Name, and the remembrance of him. O wait up∣on the Lord and thou shalt renew thy Strength, the Youth shall faint, and the young Men shall fail, but they that trust in the Lord shall never be confounded. I wish thee all true and solid Felicity with my whole Soul: The Lord God of Heaven and Earth have thee in his keeping, that thou mayest not loose, but keep in that Divine Sense, which by his Eternal Word he hath begotten in thee. Re∣ceive, dear Princess, my sincere and Christian Salutation. Grace, Mercy

Peace be multiplied among you all that love the Lord Jesus.

Thy Business I shall follow with all the diligence and discretion I can, and by the first give t••ee an Ac∣count, after it shall please the Lord to bring me safe to London. All my Brethren are well, and present thee with their dear love, and the rest (that love Jesus the Light of the World) in thy Family. Thou hast taught me to forget thou art a Princess, and therefore I use this free∣dom, and to that of God in thee am I manifest, and I know my integrity. Give, if thou pleasest, the Salutation of my dear Love to A.M. de Hornes, with the inclosed. Dear Princess, do not hinder but help her, that may be required of her, which (considering thy Circumstances) may not yet be requi∣red of thee: Let her stand free, and her freedom will make the passage easie unto thee; Accept what I say, I intreat thee, in that pure and hea∣venly love and respect in which I

write so plainly to thee. Farewell my Dear Friend, and the Lord be with thee. I am more than I can say,

Thy Great Lover and Respectful Friend W.P.

I referr thee to the Inclosed for Passages. We visited Gil∣tall and Hooftman, and they us, they were at one or two of the Meetings at Am∣sterdam. Vale in aeternum.

For ANNA MARIA de Hornes, stiled Countess of Hornes.

Jesus be with thy Spirit. Amen.

BEloved and much Esteemed for the sake of that love which is raised in thy Heart to the Eternal Truth of God, the increase of which I earnestly desire, that thou mayst be more than Conqueror, through the pow∣erful Workings of that divine Love in thy Soul, which casteth out all fear and overcometh the World. In this eternal Love it is, that I love thee, and would be loved of thee, blessed are they that hold their fellowship in it: It is Pure, Harm∣less, Patient, Fervent and Constant. In fine, it cometh from God, and leadeth all that receive it to God, indeed it is God, and they that live in God, live in Love. If we keep and abide in him that hath visited

us, we shall always feel his love as a fountain, and Wonderful are the Effects of it. O it can lay down its Life for its Friend, it will break through all Difficulty, and hath Power to conquer Death and the Grave. This transcendeth the Friendship of the World, and the Vain-glorious Ho∣nours of the Courts of this World. O this kindness is inviolable! our purest Faith worketh by this Love. O the Tenderness of that Soul in which this Love liveth and hath place; the Humility and Compassion that al∣ways keeps it Company, and who can lively enough describe the lovely I∣mage it giveth, the attracting and engaging Conversation it hath: but it is discerned and greatly valued by the Children of Love, who are born of it, which all the Children of Light are. What shall I say, it is the great Command and keepeth all the Commands, Love pure and un∣defiled, it fulfilleth the Law and Gospel too: Blessed are they that feel any of this Love shed abroad in

their Hearts; with this Love it is that God loved us, and by the Power of this Love Christ Jesus hath died for us. Yea, 'tis this Love that quickeneth us to Jesus, that enflame∣eth our Souls with pure and ardent Love to him and Zeal for him; Yea, 'tis this holy Love, that for∣saketh Father and Mother, Sister and Brother, Husband, Wife and Chil∣dren, House and Land, Liberty and Life for the sake of Jesus, that lea∣veth the Dead to bury the Dead, and followeth Jesus in the narrow Way of Regeneration: that can trust him in the Winds, and in the Earth∣quakes, in the Fire, and in the Wa∣ters; yea, when the Floods come in even unto the Soul, this despondeth not, neither murmureth; and as it cannot despair, so it never presumeth, yea, it can triumphantly say, What shall be able to separate me from the Love of God that is in Christ Jesus; Shall Principalities or Pow∣ers? Things present, or Things to come? Shall Life or Death? O no, neither Time nor Mortality.

My Dear Friend, let this noble Plant of Paradise grow in thy Heart, wait upon the Lord that he would Water it, and Shine upon it, and make an Hedge about it; that thy whole Heart may be replenished with the heavenly increase and fruits of it. O that thou mayst grow in thy inner Man▪ in Wisdom; Strength, and a pure Understanding, in favour with God; and with all People that are in the same Nature and Image; for the World only loveth its own.

I hoped not to have been so quick upon my last long Letter, but God's pure Love (that hath redeemed me from the Earth, and the earthly Na∣ture and Spirit) moved fervently upon my Spirit to Visit thee once more before I leave this Land. I deferr'd it to this Extremity, and being not clear to go hence, I send thee my Christian Salutation in this pure Love; that many Waters cannot quench, distance cannot make it for∣get, nor can time wear it out. My Soul reverently boweth before the God

and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ▪ that it would please him to preserve thee. Fear him and thou needest not fear, for the Angel of the Lord en∣campeth about those that trust in his Name. The Angel of his Eternal Presence guard thee, that none of the Enemies of thy Soul's Peace may ever prevail against thee. Perseverance and Victory be thy Portion in this World, and a Crown of endless Glory be thy Reward in that which is to come. Amen.

Since my last (being the next day after the Date thereof) we had a meeting with Galenus Abrahams and his Company (for they are the most virulent and obstinate Opposers of Truth in that Land) the success thou mayst perhaps see suddenly in Print, and therefore I may defer the Narrative, only in general our Dear Lord, our Staff and Strength was with us, and Truth reigned over all.

That Night we went to Leyden, where we visited some.

Thence next day to the Hague, where also we had a little Meeting.

O the Lust and Pride of that place, thou camest into my Mind as I wal∣ked in the Streets, and I said ••n my self, Well, she hath chosen the better part. O be faithful, and the Lord will give thee an eternal Recompence.

Thence we came to Rotterdam, where the Lord hath given us seve∣ral heavenly Opportunities in Private and Publick.

We are now come to the Briel and wait our Passage, the Lord Jesus be with you that stay, and with us that go, that in him we may live and abide for ever.

Salute me to my French Friend, bid her be Constant: I wish thy Ser∣vants felicity, but thine as mine own, God Almighty overshadow thee, hide thee under his Pavillion, be thy Shield, Rock and Sanctuary for ever: Farewell, Farewell.

Thy Friend and the Lord's Servant W.P.

Briel 30. 8th. Month S.N. 1677.

* 11.1Next morning the Pacquet-boat ar∣rived, and about Ten we went on board, having first taken our solemn leave of our Friends that accompani∣ed us thither.

* 11.2We immediately set sail with a great number of Passengers, but by reason of contrary and tempestuous Weather we arrived not at Harwich till the third day about the 6th hour.* 11.3 Whence next Morning I writ this following salutation and Account to the Friends of Holland and Germany.

A Letter from Harwich to Friends in Holland and Germany, con∣taining the Passages from Hol∣land to England.

Let this be sent to Friends in High and Low-Dutch-Land.

O My Soul magnifieth the Lord, and my Spirit rejoiceth in God my Saviour, who hath rebuked the Winds and the Seas, and made us to drink of his Salvation upon the great Deeps. Yea

we could not but praise him in the Tem∣pest, for all things are full of his Majesty. Blessed is the eye that seeth, and the heart that dependeth upon him at all times; there is not another God; he is the Lord alone that the holy Ancients trusted in, and were not confounded, what shall my Soul render unto the Lord. We are full of his Mercy, he hath made us Witnesses of his care: We can say in righteousness, they are blessed whose God is the Lord, and that serve all the day long no other Master than our God.

Friends, this is an endeared Salutation to you all in High and Low Dutch-land, in the deep and fresh sense of the Lord's preserving Power, O that you may abide in that sense of him which he hath be∣gotten in you, and in the reverent know∣ledge of him according to the manifesta∣tion which you have received of him in the light of his dear Son. O that you may be faithful and fervent for the Lord, that his glorious life and power may break thro' you. And these Lands long dry and barren, as the Wilderness may spring and blossom as the Rose. For

what have we to do here, but to exal•• him that hath visited and loved us, yea, saved us in great measure. A•• he is worthy, my Spirit reverenceth him, my Heart and Soul do bow before him, eternal Blessings dwell for ever with him.

Dear Friends, my love followeth to you as a fountain, God, even my God, and your God hath made you dear to me, yea, dearer than all natural Kindred. You are Flesh of Flesh indeed, Sea nor Land, Time nor Place can never sepa∣rate our Joy, divide our Communion, or wipe out the remembrance that I have of you; yea, the living Remembrance that my God often giveth me of you in the life of his Son abideth; which break∣eth my heart to pieces, and I can say I have left most of my heart behind me, and the Lord only could have outward∣ly separated me so soon from you. O this Love that is stronger than Death, more excellent than the love of▪ Women that endureth for ever; this Privilege have all the Saints. Jesus the light of the World that saveth from the World, be with you, Amen.

We got well last night about Seven to Harwich, being three days and two Nights at Sea: Most part of the time was a great storm of Wind, and Rain, and Hail, the We••ther was against us, and the Vessel so leaky, that two Pumps went night and day, or we ha•• perisht, 'tis believed that they pumpt twice more water out than the Vessel could contain, but our peace was as a River, and our joy full. The Seas had like to have washt some of the Seamen over∣board, but the great God preserved all well. Frights were among the People, and Despondencies in some, but the Lord wrought deliverance for all, we were mightily throng'd, which made it the more troublesome.

But it is observable that though the Lord so wonderfully delivered us, yet some vain People soon forgot it, and re∣turned quickly to their wanton Talk and Conversation, not abiding in the sense of that hand which had delivered them, nor can any do it as they should, but those that are turned to his appearance in their hearts, who know him to be a

God nigh at hand, which may it be your Experience and Portion for ever.

And the Lord be with you, and re∣fresh and sustain you, and in all your Temptations never l••ave you nor forsake you, that Conquerors you may be, and in the end of Days and Time stand in your Lot among the Spirits of the Just made perfect. Amen, Amen.

Yours in that which is Eternal W.P.

Harwich 24. of the 8th Month, 1677.

Here I left dear G F. G Diricks and her Children, that came over with us, to follow me in Coach▪ who ha∣ving a desire to be that day at Col∣chester Meeting,* 12.1 went early away on horse-back. G K. accompanying me, we got the Meeting, and were well refresht in Friends.

That Evening we had a mighty Meeting at J. Furly's house, where we lay, many being there of the Town, that would not come to a pub∣lick Meeting; and indeed the Lord's

divine Power and Presence was in the Assembly.

Next day we had a great Meeting at a Marriage,* 12.2 where we had good service for the Lord. Afternoon about four we took horse for London. G. F. &c. through miscarriage of a Let∣ter about the Coach, not being come to Colchester: That night we lay at I. Ravens, eight miles on our Way; there we met Giles Barnadiston and Willam Bennet, with whom, and some other Friends thereabout, we were comforted in the Life and Power of the Lord.

The day following we took our journey for London,* 12.3 came there in good time that Evening, where I found all things relating to Friends in a good condition, blessed be the Name of the Lord. I stayed about a week in Town, both to visit Friends at Meetings, and to be ser∣viceable to the more general Affairs of Truth.

The first day of the next week I went to Worminghurst,* 12.4 my house in

Sussex, where I found my dear Wife, Child and Family all well, blessed be the name of the Lord God of all the families of the Earth. I had that Evening a sweet meeting amongst them, in which God's blessed Power made us truly glad together; and I can say truly blessed are they, who can chearfully give up to serve the Lord: Great shall be the encrease and growth of their Treasure, which shall never end.

To Him that was, and is, and is to come, the eternal, blessed, righte∣ous, powerful and faithful One, be glory, honour and praises, Dominion and a Kingdom for ever and ever. Amen.

William Penn.

Notes

• * 1.1

  5.23. 6 Month. Crisheim.
• * 2.1

  Francken∣thall.
• * 2.2

  7.25. 6th Month. Manheim.
• * 3.1

  1.26. 6th Month.
• * 3.2

  Worms.
• * 3.3

  Crisheim.
• * 3.4

  2.27. 6th Month.
• * 3.5

  Worms.
• * 3.6

  3.28.
• * 3.7

  Mentz.
• * 3.8

  Frankfort.
• * 3.9

  4.29. 6th Month.
• * 3.10

  Mentz.
• * 3.11

  Hampack. 5.30. 6th Month.
• * 3.12

  Tresy.
• * 3.13

  6.31.
• * 3.14

  Cullen.
• * 3.15

  7.1. 7th Month.
• * 3.16

  1.2. 7th Month. Duysburgh
• * 3.17

  Mulheim.
• * 3.18

  2.3. 7th Month.
• * 3.19

  Duysburgh
• * 5.1

  Holton.
• * 5.2

  7th. Month. 3.4. Wesel.
• * 5.3

  7th. Month. 4.5.
• * 5.4

  Rees.
• * 5.5

  Emrick.
• * 5.6

  Cleve▪
• * 5.7

  7th. Month. 5.6.
• * 5.8

  Nimwe∣gen.
• * 5.9

  Utrecht. 7 th. Month, 6.7.
• * 5.10

  Amster∣dam.
• * 5.11

  7th. Month, 7.8.
• * 5.12

  7th. Month. 1.9.
• * 5.13

  Horn.
• * 5.14

  7th Month. 2.10.
• * 5.15

  Enckhuy∣sen.
• * 5.16

  Workum.
• * 5.17

  Harlin∣gen.
• * 5.18

  7th. Month. 3.11.
• * 6.1

  Wesel.
• * 6.2

  Leeuwa∣erden.
• * 6.3

  Wiewart.
• * 6.4

  7th. Month. 5.13.
• * 6.5

  Lippen∣husen.
• * 6.6

  7th. Month. 6.14.
• * 6.7

  Gronin∣gen.
• * 6.8

  7.15.
• * 6.9

  Delfzyl.
• * 6.10

  7th. Month. 1.16.
• * 7.1

  Embden.
• * 7.2

  Lier. 17th. 2.
• * 7.3

  Bremen. 7th. Month. 3.18.
• * 7.4

  7th. Month. Herwer∣d••n. 7.22.
• * 7.5

  7th. Month. 8.23.
• * 7.6

  7th. Month. 2.••4.
• * 7.7

  7th. Month. 3.25.4.26.
• * 9.1

  27.7th. Month. Wesel.
• * 9.2

  28th. Duysburgh.
• * 9.3

  29th. Dusseldorp.
• * 9.4

  8.30. Ceulen.
• * 9.5

  2.1. 8th. Month. Dusseldorp.
• * 9.6

  3.2.
• * 9.7

  Duysburgh.
• * 9.8

  3. 8th. Month. Wesel.
• * 9.9

  5.4.
• * 9.10

  8th. Month. 6.5. Cleve.
• * 9.11

  8th. Month. 7.6. Utrecht.
• * 9.12

  1.7. Amster∣dam.
• * 9.13

  2.8.5. 3.9.
• * 9.14

  8th. Month. 4.10.
• * 9.15

  5.11.
• * 9.16

  Leyden.
• * 9.17

  8th. Month. 6.12.
• * 9.18

  Hague.
• * 9.19

  Delft. Rotterdam.
• * 9.20

  8th. Month. 7.13.
• * 9.21

  8th. Month. 1.14.
• * 9.22

  2.15.
• * 9.23

  8th. Month. Nortwyck.
• * 9.24

  8th. Month. 4.17. Hague.
• * 9.25

  Delft. Rotterdam. 8th Month. 5.18.
• * 9.26

  6.19.
• * 9.27

  8th. Month. 7.20.
• * 9.28

  Briel.
• * 11.1

  8 th. Month. 1.21.
• * 11.2

  2.22.
• * 11.3

  3.23. Harwich. 4.24.
• * 12.1

  Colchester.
• * 12.2

  8th. Month. 5.25.
• * 12.3

  6.26. London.
• * 12.4

  9th. Month. 5.1. Worming∣hurst.