ALL Friends every where, who have tasted of the goodness of God, keep in the savour thereof, and let not your minds be stolen away from that which is living, for that which is living cometh from above, and makes you lively, but that which is corruptible, cometh from the earth, and brings death with it over your souls; … watch in diligence to retain the savour of the life of Truth, that you may live, from a sense that Christ liveth in you, who is the seed, the truth, the noble plant, and grows, and bringeth forth fruit in you.\

… They will come to feel daily quickenings…, and will have power over the nature that is dead in Adam to all good works, and especially to waiting upon God with a steadfast and stayed mind. Nothing so hard as this to that old and corrupt nature which is soon weary. This is that nature which cannot watch with Christ one hour; but let his trials and sufferings be never so great, this leads from watching to sleeping, this hath no fellowship with the seed of God in its sufferings, and shall have none in its dominion. And where this drowsy nature stands uncrucified, it keeps you in the weakness, out of the power, and this brings out of the savour and feeling of the goodness of God …

Let every one that bears the profession of Truth, be diligent in the work of God, and be good examples to each other; and observe your time and hour of coming to meeting; and set not one hour, and then come at another; and neglect not your middle week meetings, by reason of your outward occasions, … but let all things give way to the service of God, and then all things shall work together for good unto you, and there shall be no lack of any thing that is good for you.

So, dear Friends, in the true love of God, have I written this unto you, as it lay upon me from the Lord, as a word of exhortation, to stir up the pure mind in you all; and the God of power and strength, give you of his might, and of his power to help you in all your necessities, and in all your combats, and strengthen your faith, in which, and by which the victory is obtained, which is the desire of my soul for you all, who am your friend in the fellowship of the gospel.