‘To you all, Friends every where, scattered abroad.

‘Babes of God, Wait for the Living Food from the Living God, to
‘be nourished up to Eternal Life, from the one Fountain, from whence
‘Life comes; that orderly and in Order ye may all be guided and
‘walk: Servants in your Places, Young-Men and Young-Women in
‘your Places, and Rulers of Families ; that every one, in your re-
‘spective Places may adorn the Truth, every one in the Measure of
‘it. With it let your Minds be kept up to the Lord Jesus, from
‘whence it doth; that a sweet Savour ye may be to God, and
‘in Wisdom ye may all be ordered and ruled : that a Crown and a
‘Glory ye may be to one another in the Lord. And that no Strife,
‘nor Bitterness, nor Self-Will may appear amongst you ; but with
‘the Light, in which the Unity is, all that may be Condemned.
‘And that every one in particular may see so, and take care of the
‘ordering and ruling of their own Family ; that in Righteousness
‘and Wisdom it may be governed, the fear and dread of the Lord in
‘every ones Heart set, that the Secrets of the Lord every one may
‘come to receive, tha Stewards of his Grace you may come to be,
‘to dispense it to everyone as they have need ; and so in savouring
‘and right-dispensing you may all be kept : That nothing, that is
‘contrary to the pure Life of God, may be brought forth in you, or
‘among you ; but all that is contrary to it,may by it be judged : So
‘that in Light, in Life and Love, may be brought to Judg-
‘ment, and by that Light condemned. And that no fruitless Trees
‘be among you ; but all cut down and condemned by the Light,
‘and cast into the Fire : so that every one may bear and bring forth
‘Fruit to God, and grow fruitful in his Knowledge, and in his Wisdom.
‘And so, that none may appear in Words, beyond what they be in the
‘Life, that gave forth the Words : Here none shall be as the un-
‘timely Figs ; and none shall be of those Trees, whose Fruit withers :
‘Such go in Cain’s way, from the Light ; and by it are condemned.
‘And that none amongst you boast your selves above your Measure ;
‘for if you do, out of God’s Kingdom you are excluded : for in that
‘boasting part gets up the Pride, and the Strife, which is contrary to
‘the Light ; which Light leads to the Kingdom of God, and gives
‘everyone of you an Entrance thereinto, and an Understanding, to
‘know the things, that belong to the Kingdom of God. And there
‘the Light and Life of Man every one receives, him who was, before
‘the World was, by whom it was made ; who is the Righteousness
‘of God, and his Wisdom : to whom all Glory, Honour, Thanks
‘and Praise belongs, who is God blessed for ever. Let no Image,
‘nor Likeness be made; but in the Light Wait, which will bring
‘Condemnation on that part, that would make the Images : for that
‘prisons the Just. So to the Lust yield not the Eye, nor the Flesh ;
‘for the Pride of Life stands in that, which keeps out of the Love

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