The memorial of the just shall not rot, or, A collection of some of the letters of that faithful servant of the Lord, William Wilson who departed this life the tenth day of the fifth month 1682 ... together with several testimonies concerning his faithfulness in his day : unto which is added a brief accompt of some of the buffetings, imprisonments, and spoiling of goods he patiently suffered for his testimonies sake.

An Epistle to Friends of Haukeshead Meeting.

DEar Friends, Brethren and Sisters in the Church of the first born, and of the Royal Seed of the most high God, grace, mercy, and peace be multiplyed among you, to whom God hath revealed what he hath determined and is now manifesting in this day of his power, that every one of you in the Light and life might stand single, out and over the snares of those whom God is laying aside as the broken reeds of Aegrpt; that his own name might be trusted in, and his mighty arm alone felt and seen in leading and preserving his people to his Glory. Oh! my Friends my desire is much for you, that you be kept faithful in the Lord. Oh! I say that I am glad when I read you near me in the life of God, a top of all this world and its Wayes, and its Love, and Fellowship, and Fashions, and Customs which all, perish with the using; but my Friends dwell in that which seperates and puts a difference between you and the World; to wit, the light that Judges the World, and hath given you clear∣ly to see the just Condemnation of the World because of its evil deeds. So let your Fellowship be in the Light my Dear Friends, and live dear and near one with another and one to another, that so the world by you dayly may be judged, and feel your dayly Se∣peration from any thing that you see to be evil; and be not per∣swaded by any means of fleshly reasoning or consultation with flesh and blood, which cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, but draws out into the Kingdom of this World; and so breads your peace with God. Oh! my Friends feel dayly your clearing up by the Truth, and your freedom from the in tanglements of the World, that you may feel how the Lord doth set you upon his most holy Hill, that you may shine as lights unto the World. For this end hath the Lord called and chosen us that we may dwell and abide in his Light, and shew forth his praise unto the World; and his glorious works unto the ends of the Earth. And I may say again I am with you in the Lord, whom I feel and find faithful: my life is raised with you out of the dust, and set a top of the world and the things of the world with you; my friend of God read me near you in the life of God, but, Oh! it would be sad to me to feel

any of you, with whom I have had Union in the Lord by his Spi∣rit, to be degenerated and drawn aside by the love of this present World, and the wiles of the Enemies: which will be presented in this time of tryal by perswading to stay at home or rest a while until the heat of prosecution be over, as it hath done some already in some places, which when they appear in the face of the truth it will be their shame, because they have harkned to the deceipt of their hearts, and not unto the truth as it is in Jesus; which never makes ashamed but bears the Cross and dispises the shame and runs the tace with patience because of the joy that is set before them. So my beloved Brethren and Sisters, let nothing perswade you to fly the Cross at any time lest you should lose your Crown of courage and boldness, and so be covered with shame and contempt, neither let any that do fly the Cross at any time be your example; but ra∣ther draw them into the fellowship and love of the cross again, by your example of faithfulness and obedience, and by your not giving heed to seducing Spirits, but persevering on in the Gospel of the Kingdom of Patience; bearing them as Children who be weak and tender among you. But that which is hard and would not obey the Gospel is for the hammer, and for the Sword of Gods Spirit, that it may be broken down, and all made as a plain before him; and serve him in true feer with a perfect love and upright heart, out of all forms, shews or forms of Godliness; in the true power and sence∣ableness of the pure holy life, which he hath raised up in us, to bear his heavenly Image under his heavenly banner, which is love: un∣der which we are to make wair in much patience in this day of Battle, wherein they are fighting against us with a cause, and we cannot resist them, with Sword nor with Spear, but in patience suffer under them all during the Lords time, in which I rest and bid you all farewell,

This was as a part of my dear love to you my Friends, because I wish you well, William Wilson.