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JOHN BOWATER.

"I do not question but here are many tender-hearted ones, that have tender desires and breathings of soul after God; that desire to know peace with God and reconciliation with their Maker. Now my friends, there is not another Mediator, besides Jesus Christ. He is the alone Mediator and Redeemer, it is he that gave himself a ransom for us; it is he that reconciles man to God; and we must be found in him, if we will come to have acceptance with God: So let every one of you consider with yourselves, how far you are broken off from your evil ways. We are all, by nature, children of wrath; consider how far you are broken off from the wild olive tree, from that which is corrupt by nature, and whether you be grafted into Christ. If thou art grafted into him, thou receivest strength and nourishment and ability from him; and for this end we have waited, after we have believed; we have waited for power."-page 114. 1693.

FRANCIS CAMFIELD.

"You have often heard by the servants of the Lord, that have given testimony to Jesus, the only and alone Saviour. You have often heard the report, and the report is true, that there is no name under Heaven, by which any man can be saved, but the name of Jesus. And you have oftentimes read also in the Holy Scripture, of this Jesus, the only and alone Saviour. All the holy prophets gave testimony that he should come; and when he was come, all the holy apostles and ministers of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, gave testimony that he was come, and they were made able ministers of the New Testament; and their great business was, as instruments in the hands of the great God, to turn men from darkness to light, and from the power of satan to the power of God; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified. You know the scripture speaks plentifully after this manner."-page 135. 1693.

In his prayer, after sermon- "Father of Life! preserve all thine that have waited on thee. Thou art a God that changest not; therefore we are not consumed. Glory, honour, and praise, be rendered to Thee, for all thy love and favour, blessings and benefits, vouchsafed to us, and for all the opportunities which we have had for our souls. Break and soften the hearts of all thy children; and kindle in their souls, a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving-that we may

say, it is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes-that we may rejoice and triumph in thy great salvation through Jesus Christ, mho alone is worthy, and God over all blessed forever and ever. Amen."-page 142.

JOHN VAUGHTON.

"FRIENDS, our justification is, indeed, in and through and by the Lord Jesus Christ; for his sake, not our own. Any thing that we have done or can do, will not have a tendency to make our peace with God, seeing that we can do nothing ourselves that is acceptable and well pleasing to God. Therefore we cannot in the least, as hath been unjustly charged upon us, disesteem, or put a light esteem on what the Lord Jesus Christ hath done for us, in his own person, without us, nor upon what, by his own power and spirit, he hath wrought in our hearts. But we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, both as to his outward appearance, as he was God manifest in the flesh, and also in his inward and-spiritual appearance in our souls.

"We believe in him that hath appeared by his light, and grace, and truth, in our hearts; and we know the effectual working and operation of the Divine Power to sanctify, and cleanse, and purify our souls. And thereby we come to have a real sense of the benefit and advantage that the souls of the children of men have, in and by the death and sufferings, resurrection, and ascension, of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."-pages 155, 156, 157.

"Till people come to believe in his spiritual appearance by his light and grace, and truth, in our hearts, and to receive him and entertain him, and let him have a place in their souls, that he by his power may purge away sin and transgression; while men remain rebellious and stubborn, and will not let him in when he stands and knocks at the at the door of their hearts, that he come in and sup with them, and they with him-when men rebel against his heavenly light with them, and turn away from his divine grace and holy spirit, and turn the grace of God into wantonness, lascieveousness, and men into uncleanness, drunkenness, pride, envy, malice, and bitterness, and into those things that are abominable and evil in the sight of the Lord; these men have no real advantage or benefit by the death and sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the satisfaction and atonement he hath made for our sins, by that one offering and sacrifice of himself. And they do not truly know the blessed end and design of his appearence and coming into the world: For this purpose was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil; that he might finish trangression, and make an end of sin, and bring in everlasting righteousness."

"When we come to believe in the inward and spiritual appearance of Christ, and to know the work of sanctification, WE CANNOT

HAVE A SLIGHT ESTEEM OF, Nor disbelieve OR UNDERVALUE, what the Lord Jesus Christ hath done without us, in his person; for we shall come to find the benefit, gain, advantage, and profit of it, redounding to our souls, through that one offering, when he offered himself, through the eternal Spirit, as a Lamb without spot. He offered himself once for all, and we have the benefit of it, when we come to receive him, live in obedience to him, and answer his requirings, and walk in the spirit. And then as the apostle saith, if we walk in the spirit, we shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh; for all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, and is not of the Father, but is of the world, and the world passeth away, and the lust thereof, but he that doth the will of God abideth forever."-Pages 158, 159. 1694.

JAMES PARK.

"Now, my friends, hearken and incline your ears from time to time, unto what the Lord shall say. He will speak peace unto his people and to his saints; but let them not return again unto folly. Whoever you are that are true, real, Christians, you have peace with God, through Christ Jesus, the peaceable Saviour. We are accepted of God, IN THE BELOVED, and have peace with God, in and through Christ Jesus, who is the great peace-maker and Prince of Peace. It is by his meritorious death, and sufferings, and satisfaction made to Divine Justice, that we are reconciled unto God. I never did desire to hear any thing, or speak any thing, that had the least tendency to undervalue the death, sufferings, satisfaction, mediation and intercession of our Lord Jesus Christ; but have always owned, believed, and preached these great truths.”—Pages 178, 179. 1694.

FRANCIS STAMPER,

In a Sermon preached at Devonshire House, 5th mo. 3d, 1594, says thus

God hath laid help upon one that is mighty, to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him.

"This Mighty one, that the Almighty Lord Jehovah hath laid help upon for man, is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of his love; and they are blessed of God that come to partake of the help that is in him, who said to his disciples in the days past, without me ye can do nothing." Friends this is a deep and a very near word; and it stands us all upon to consider whether we have him or not; for we all

owe service, a duty, and a worship, to the everlasting God, and of ourselves we cannot perform it, without the help and assistance of his beloved Son, the Lord Jesus Christ; and the comfort of all that believe in him, is this, that He is not only able to help, but willing to help."

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"And O Friends! what greater love could the Lord God have shown to the lost sons of Adam, than to have sent his Son, his only begotten Son, from the bosom of his heavenly love, to redeem man up to God again-to restore man again-and bring him back again out of that alienated state, and out of that undone condition, that He was fallen into, by his disobedience and transgression against the Lord. God hath laid help upon one that is mighty, able to save. Therefore, children of Sion, look unto the Lord Jesus Christ, that mighty one, upon whom help is laid, in whom is divine strength and power, and from whom you may have divine assistance, that we may perform the good which is required at our hands, and which is incumbent upon us, and which we owe to our Creator-that we may worship Him from day to day, and from one time to another."

We shall conclude with the following extract from a declaration of the ancient faith of the Society of Friends, viz.

"The Primitive Testimony of the people called Quakers, &c.

"Dear Friends,-To have right sentiments of God the great Author of our being, and of our duty to him as men and christians, and to believe, live and act accordingly, is without doubt a matter of the greatest consequence to us, respecting our happiness in this life, and that life which is to come. And as we fervently desire that this happiness may be the lot and portion of all mankind, and especially those who with us make profession of the christian religion, and of that holy principle of grace and truth, which, through Jesus Christ, is given to mankind, for their instruction, help and preservation in the things of God, and in the way of virtue and godliness; we are at this time concerned in that love of God, which seeks the good of all, to recommend a few necessary things to your serious consideration; in order that both christian knowledge and practice may be maintained and increased among us, as a people, for the good of ourselves and our posterity after us.

"In the first place then (not to enter into the various opinions of men of nice speculation and curiosity, which have tended rather to perplex peoples minds, than to build them up in christian know.. ledge) these are evidently right sentiments of God, to believe him to be a Being of infinite purity and goodness, as well as wisdom and power. And therefore in order that mankind may be acceptable to him, 'tis necessary that they should be pure also. And as it is evident that all men have, more or less, sinned, and fallen short of this state, in order to redeem them from it, and restore them to his favour

and acceptance, 'tis necessary both that their past sins should be remitted and forgiven; and also that they should be washed, sanctified and purified from their defilements, without which, men will never be made partakers of remission of sins that are past, and consequently of favour and acceptance with God.

"Now as these things are all that mankind wants, so God has provided a means for both these ends, (viz.) the Lord Jesus Christ, in whose name, and for whose sake, remission of sins that are past is preached, and reconciliation unto God promised; and for overcoming sin in the lust of it, and purifying and sanctifying the hearts of men, God through Jesus Christ, offers to mankind the help of his good spirit, as a lively principle of virtue, power and efficacy, for these good purposes: So that christianity is in all respects a perfect institution, completely answering all the ends of religion, which are the glory of God and the happiness of mankind. And therefore, in the entrance of this our friendly advice, we earnestly recommend to you, that have a reverend regard to the christian doctrine in every part of it, and that you be humbly thankful to God, who in his Providence has cast your lot in such an age and country, wherein the doctrine of Jesus Christ is publicly and freely preached, and the means of salvation taught through him.

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"And inasmuch as the evidence or our holy religion is such, both from the real excellency of it, as well as the external testimonies concerning it, recorded in the Holy Scriptures, which we have the greatest reason to believe, not only from the credibility of the history, (in which there is the completest evidence that can reasonably be required of any matters of fact at so great distance of time) but also, from the inward testimony of the Holy Spirit, sealing unto our spirits the truth of the gospel, in that blessed experience of the good fruits and effects of it, which is witnessed by all those who sincerely apply their hearts to believe its doctrines and obey its precepts: We therefore caution you to be very watchful and careful how you admit any doubts or questionings concerning it, in giving way to some pernicious notions, of late published to the world, least the sin of unbelief, in opposition to such clear evidence, should be at last charged upon such to their utter confusion and condemnation. We request you therefore that none be willingly ignorant or unbelieving, but that all apply themselves, not only to believe the great saving truths of the christian religion, but put in practice its pure and holy precepts, which have the truest tendency of any that were ever published to the world, to the perfecting human nature, and rendering mankind holy and happy.

"Having said thus much of the christian doctrine and precepts in general, we take the liberty to put you in remembrance of some particulars of our belief and practice agreeable thereto.

"First, We put you in mind of our ancient and constant faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ his eternal Son the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God blessed for ever more; and that our Society always did and still do, acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration. And we earnestly exhort you stedfastly to maintain and keep the same

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