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houfe of the Lord of hofts. This encounter completes the victory, and the crown awaits the conquerors. Sin and death entered the firft paradife, but both fhall be debarred the fecond. The firft Adam let them in, and the last Adam shall drive them out. O long looked-for, bleffed, and happy day, when and where the inhabitants shall no more fay, "I am fick !" fighing fhall flee away."

Where" forrow and Where we shall fee the

luftre of a million funs, who fhall fhine on us, and shine through us, and with all his fulness fatisfy us, and that for ever and ever. So prays

Thy ready fervitor

The Defart.

NOCTUA AURITA.

LETTER II.

To NOCTUA AURITA, of the Defert.

I RECEIVED your very kind letter; and may the Lord reward your labour of love to me, one of the most unworthy creatures that ever the Lord condefcended to work upon. All that you tell me, concerning what are the effects of

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cleaving to Mofes, I have found in my own experience, in the course of two months before my journey to Gaffon's Bower. It is a mystery to me how I got there. But the Lord bleffed the conversation I had with you the morning we all walked in the fields together, and gave me light to fee how I was entangled; and I believe Satan will never bring me into that fnare again. He must come in a different way the next time, if ever he gets me there again; which God in his mercy prevent! However, I am not at that mount now, and dread the thoughts of ever going there again. I know the Lord fent you to Gaffon's Bower, and me too. It was a happy season to my foul, for the Lord was with us. If you recollect, I told you a dream I had had, which I was fure was from the Lord. What was moft remarkable in the dream, the fabbath-day's portion, that you faid to me (in my dream) I should enjoy; and I dreamt that you tried to encourage and to comfort me under the fore trial I was then in. It was above ten days before you came down that I had the dream. I knew I had loft what was dearer to me than all the world; I mean that nearness to God, and communion with him, which I had once enjoyed. But the other part of my dream was fomething I was expecting the enjoyment of; and my expectation has not been cut off, as you will fee by what I will relate to you. I had not fet out on my journey to Gaffon's Bower one hour 7 before

before I felt fuch a spirit of uniting love flow into my heart to those that were with me, and to those I expected to meet, as I have not words to exprefs; and your fermon that evening in the barn was a feal and confirmation of all that I had felt. It was the new commandment indeed, written with the finger of God on my heart. And, as I faid before, a happy feafon I had. Mofes' bands began to burft, for I could be holden no longer with them; and from Elijah's cave in the wilderness I was brought, and God has put me into the cleft of the rock, the sweet place you told me of. I find it is a sweet place; for he is making all his goodnefs to pass before me, and proclaiming his name to be merciful and gracious, &c.: and what I now enjoy can be nothing less than an earneft of that reft in endless glory which the fabbath-day is a type of. And therefore the words which told me in my dream are fulfilled; for I do enjoy "a fabbath-day's portion." The Lord is pouring down fuch a bleffing, that there is not room to receive it. I want my coaft enlarged. Jabez prayed for it, and had it; and, my dear friend, do afk it for me; for I must be enlarged, or die under it, and that God knows. Surely this is finging in the heights of Zion, and feeding on the high places. I hope the Lord will never remove me from this cleft of the rock till he takes down this clay tabernacle, which I feel to be fuch a clog as I never felt it before. What I enjoy is fome

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me.

thing more than faith and hope, though thefe abide; but it is the greatest of all, which is charity, or love. But, though it is thus with me, I know that Satan is very near to me, and would deprive me of all, if he could. I feel fuch fiery darts from him, at times, as I have never experienced before. But he is not permitted to hurt Christ was manifested in the flesh to destroy the works of the devil. I did grieve fadly at something you faid in your letter; it was this: your faying I should be at the old work of cleaving to Mofes again and again. But I fhall certainly die to him and his law; and that has been predicted to me in another dream, which I had the night before laft. It was this: I dreamed I was from home in a friend's house. A person came in to me, and told me I was dead, and wanted me to go with him to fee my corpse, which was at a house a little diftance off. I was moved with indignation against him, and told him I was heartily glad I was dead, for I had plague enough of myself all my life-time, and would not move one ftep to view my own corpfe; and that any body might have the trouble of my funeral that pleased. Perhaps this will be fulfilled when I can fay, with Paul, I, through the law, am dead to the law." Pardon my troubling you fo much about dreams; for, when I write to you, I cannot write only what I feel. I hope we fhall fee you foon. I have every indul

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gence heart can wifh; I mean that of attending on his Majesty's heralds, whofe glorious orations are remarkably bleffed to me. Surely "the lines are fallen to me in pleasant places, and I have a goodly heritage." I affure you, when we all get together we talk much about you. I know we all feel much foul union to you. Pray remember our little fifter Moorhen; you know fhe has no breafts. She has received your kind epistle, and thanks you for it; but he wonders how you found out her cafe, as fhe never has told you. I must now conclude, hoping to hear from you foon; and believe me to remain

Your very fincere and affectionate.

The King's Dale.

PHILOMELA.

LETTER III.

To PHILOMELA, of the King's Dale.

I HAVE juft received mine own

with ufury. The bee found its way to my hive. with wax on its legs, and honey in its bag. The promised land ftill flows with this delicious fare. Eat as much of it as doth thee good; for fuch is

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