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with her lockets and chains of gold, and waiting maid: but her parents living too high for their income, broke in people's debt; and their children as they grew up, were put to their shifts. What pity it is, that youth are not brought up to some business, whereby they may get a livelihood in the world, if their parents should drop before them! and though parents may have a handsome interest in this world, yet it has been thought by some great, as well as wise men, that to put out youth to trades and business, is both profitable and honourable : instances of the evil consequences of the contrary, have been very many, as woful experience doth daily teach us; and this young woman was one: for falling into evil company, she ran into debt, and was put into prison; where was a murderer, whom, it was said, she was accessary to loose from his chains; and for so doing was put in chains herself, along with him, when he was taken again and now, instead of her gold chain, she must take up with an iron one; and in a little time is to be tried for life and in expectation of death, and being in great distress, she sent for me, and entreated me to come and see her die, and much lamented her condition: "Oh! said she, that I might be a warning to all young people, to be careful that they keep not evil company, and spend their time which should be spent in worship, in airy company, and other vain diversions, when they should be doing their duty to God." And then she would weep bitterly; she being very penitent, it very much affected me; and I told her, "That I did believe, if she in her heart was clear, and no ways consenting to the murder, her life would be given her: but then wo and misery would be her portion, if she did not amend her ways.' And as I was leaving her, she charged me, "To warn young people that they might be careful that they spend not their time in vanity, and to keep out of vain and wicked company," which she said had brought her to that misery and shame: "And that they should take the counsel and advice of good friends, (which if I had done, said she), I had not brought reproach on my friends, and on my parents."

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In a little time after, she was brought to a trial, and ac quitted by the jury. I saw her once since, and reminded her of her duty; which, she said, "She hoped to per form; and that it should be a warning to her, while she lived in this world:" and that such examples may be a warning to all people, is the earnest desire of a lover of souls, and servant of Jesus.

T. CHALKLEY.

SINCE I wrote the foregoing, there being a person in this place, who would be sometimes overtaken in drink, I sent it to him to copy over, hoping it might have some good effect on him and truly before he had copied the relation of the first person, he was so smitten with the sense of the judgement of the Almighty, that he cried out, even to roaring, and said, "He was a condemned person, and that he felt the fire of hell." He sent for me, and several others, and begged of us to pray for him: he was told, "That the hand of God was upon him for sin, and desired to take warning in time, and repent, lest the Lord should cut him off in his iniquity." The Lord did accordingly cut off this person, he dying suddenly, by hard drinking, as I was informed by a letter from Barbadoes; though he promised, "If the Lord would spare him then, to be more faithful for the time to come; and was then under deep inward exercise of mind. I mention this as a corroboration of the above instances, for further admonition. This person was in a considerable post in that government: his name I forbear to mention, for divers reasons. If thou and friends see meet, I could desire, from the exercise that is on my mind, that this might be spread; peradventure it might have place with some, for their good.

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EETING here with captain Swaddle, bound for your rer, I found a concern on my mind to send a few lines, membering the good opportunities I had at your meetg in that neighbourhood, together with those few poor onest souls that I met with there; and I desire thee to ve my dear love in Christ to them.

Dear friend, I am tenderly concerned in the love of od, and his dear Son, to beg of thee, that thou let not e world, nor any thing therein, either the riches, pleas es, or friendship thereof, draw thy mind from that easure of grace which hath been manifested to thee ; or God hath visited thee in his tender love and mercy, thou well knowest, and hath begotten good desires in ee, and convinced thee of the holy truth, as it is in esus. Oh! saith my soul, that thou mayst more and more grow therein, to thy bringing forth much good uit, to the glory of God, and the eternal good of that art in thee, which will never die.

Salute me to thy wife and children, and the neighbours, nd their children also, all of whom I wish well in this

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world, and also in that which is to come, the same I all those who love Christ, so as to keep his commandme

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If thou seest meet, thou mayst read what follows a close of your meeting on a first day, which meeting l you keep up in order to worship God in Christ's name to such as meet in his name, he hath promised to b the midst of them, wherever they so meet; the wh he hath graciously fulfilled at many times. Dear friends, it is in my mind to visit you with salutation of brotherly love, in our holy Lord h Christ, and may let you know, that though I have long absent from you in body, yet have I been present in spirit with you, and you have been often r mind, with prayers to the Lord for your growth holy truth, which he hath been pleased to make b to you, and many times I have desired the Almig that he would be pleased to preserve a seed in your that should serve him, and be accounted to him generation. I have also desired that the Lord visit your young ones, and bring them to the k edge of his truth: and I pray God, that the tender ation that was on divers of them, when I was present you, may by them never be forgotten, but that they be plants of righteousness, of God's own right planting.

And, dear friends, forsake not the assembling of selves together, in the name of Christ, remembering you have been visited with the heart-melting power, the sweet presence of the Most High, in silent ing on, and worshipping him in his holy spirit and t as well as when you have been vocally visited by the isters of Jesus.

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. Such worshippers (as our Lord said to the wom Samaria) the heavenly Father seeketh to worship and those whom God finds under such exercise, 5 find him to be unto them all in all; he is unto them dom, righteousness, justification, sanctification, demption.

Oh! dear souls, look to him (who is invisible to outward eye) who is God over all, and is blessed fore

and may you, if this comes to you, feel the divine life and spirit of Christ, in the reading of this little epistle of brotherly love.

Live in love, for God is love, and all those who dwell in divine love, they dwell in God; wherefore love one another, that thereby ye may be known to be Christ's disciples: "For, (says he) by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another;" or, "if you love one another;" as one of the evangelists

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And keep low in mind, and humble in spirit; for the humble God will teach of his ways, and the meek he will guide in judgement, and those whom he teaches, are taught the mysteries of his kingdom, which mysteries he teaches to spiritual babes and sucklings, (glory to his holy name!) He often hides those holy mysteries from the wise and prudent, and reveals them unto such men, women and children, as are little in their own eyes, and despised by the wise in natural wisdom, or the wisdom of this vain world.

Oh! mind your heavenly guide, dear friends, let me entreat you; for he leads out of all sin, and out of all vanity and evil, of what kind soever; and as our Saviour saith, into all truth. When Christ comes by his grace and spirit into the heart, then he opens the soul, and en, lightens the understanding, even in our common conversation; and much more (at times) in our solemn meetings, when we meet together to worship and serve him; so that it is good to wait upon the Lord, and to seek him with the whole heart.

Dear friends, though my heart is full of love and good will to you at this time, as at many other times also, I must now conclude, and commit you into the holy arms of him who is all divine love, begging the God of love and peace to keep you, and preserve you to his heavenly kingdom; to whom be all glory, and praise, might, majesty and divine dominion, through his dear Son, and the Holy Spirit, for ever more.

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