Refpects, and his Faithfulness and Diligence in the Performance of the Work of his Day; but having nothing in View, but that his Memory may remain amongst the Righteous, for an Encouragement to Faithfulness, and that the worthy Name of the Almighty may be praised and magnified for ever and ever, fhall conclude with Defires, that the great Lord of the Harvest may be pleased to raise up and fend forth many more fuch faithful Labourers in his Power.

A Testimony from Knaresborough Monthly, meeting, concerning JOHN FOTHERGIll.

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RECIOUS in the Eyes of the Lord is the Death of his Saints, who are delivered from the Evils and Dangers of Mortality; and precious alfo, in the Eyes of his People, is the Remembrance of them, and of their Labours and Services for promoting the Good of Souls, and the fhewing forth of the divine Glory; of which Number was our worthy and much efteemed Friend John Fothergill, who was religiously educated by his godly Parents; but in his early Years, being made fenfible that neither Tradition, outward Regularity, nor any thing fhort of inward Purification of Soul and Spirit, would render him acceptable in the Sight of the Lord, he gave up his Heart to him, who, through the effectual N 4 Operation

Operation of his divine Grace, baptized and gradually purified his Spirit, and prepared and qualified him to be an able Minister of the Gospel of Peace and Salvation, who could tell to others, what the Lord had done for his Soul; which he did with an holy Zeal and Fervour, becoming fuch as have a deep and weighty Senfe of the Value of Souls, the Dangers and Snares they are environ'd with in this State of Probation, and the awful Majesty of the divine Being; by the bleffed Teachings of whofe holy Spirit, he grew in Experience in the Mysteries of the heavenly Kingdom; and alfo discovered the mysterious Workings of Satan in Oppofition thereto : Thus qualified, he was frequently employed in detecting his Snares, in pointing out and directing to the Way that leads fafely to eternal Reft. He was quick of Apprehenfion, and of an extenfive Capacity and deep Judgment, and could exprefs himself aptly and ftrongly. That holy Power which cut Rabab, and wounded the Dragon, made him, at times, as a 'fharp Sword against Hypocrify and Wickedness, and those that held the Truth in Unrighteousness.

He was a near Sympathizer with the Afflicted, a steady Way-mark to those that were travelling towards Sion, having frequently fuitable Advice and Confolation to adminifter unto fuch; fo that he might be truly called a nurfing Father over thofe he believed were born of God. He turned not his Back in the

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Day of Battle; was a Son of Thunder, and alfo of Confolation; had an awakening, living and edifying Teftimony, wherein he laboured diligently and faithfully, from his firft being anointed in his young Years, to the Conclufion of his Days.

He travelled much in this Nation in the Service of the Gofpel, fometimes in Scotland, feveral times in Ireland and Wales, and thrice in America, to the Comfort and Edification of the Church, leaving Seals of his Ministry in many Places; though in the latter Part of his time attended with great bodily Afflictions, under which he vifited feveral Places in this Nation.

He was indeed a Man remarkably qualified and furnished, both for Church Difcipline and the preaching of the everlasting glorious Gofpel; and of very peculiar Service in Monthly, Quarterly, and General-meetings, wherein he approved himself a wife and able Counsellor, and was alfo a diligent Attender of the fame. He was exemplary in Conversation, Plainness, Temperance, Vigilance and Fortitude, enduring Afflictions, doing the Work of an Evangelift, making full Proof of his Ministry, being a Workman that needed not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth. In short, he was a fincere hearted Chriftian, a living Minifter, a faithful Friend, a loving Hufband, an affectionate Father; and it is our Faith and firm Belief, he died in the Lord, hath rested

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from his Labours, and his Works do follow him, who being dead yet fpeaketh.

He departed this Life at Knaresborough aforefaid, the 13th of the Eleventh Month 1744, and was honourably buried in Friends Burying Ground at Scotten, near the faid Town, the 15th of the fame. Aged Sixty nine Years, having been a Minifter near Fifty Years.

A Teftimony from the Monthly meeting of Norwich, concerning THOMAS WHITE.

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E was born, in or about the Year 1676, in this City. His Parents being of the Church of England, educated him in that Way; but as he grew up to Man's Estate, finding ftill a Want in himself, and a Defire after a nearer Acquaintance with God, his Mind was difpofed to look into feveral religious Societies, and at length became convinced of the Truth.

After fome time, having walked in an exemplary manner, it pleated God to give him a Difpenfation of the Gofpel to preach, and indeed he became excellently gifted; and what made him appear the more fo, his Education was fo low, that he could fcarcely read; yet he afterwards attained to a great Knowledge of the Scriptures; and this, accompanied with found Judgment, and a good Experience of

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God's Dealings with his Soul, made him eminently serviceable in the Church, to the building up of many in the most holy Faith, and likewife in convincing feveral ; fo that many were the Seals of his Ministry. And we have to say of him, that he was a faithful Labourer, whilst his Strength remained, in the Cause of God, nothing delighting him more than the Profperity of Truth, and beholding the Children of Friends coming up in the Nobility thereof; to whom he was often drawn forth in a very affectionate manner, both in our publick Meetings, and in private Converfation.

When he faw any running out into fuch Liberties as our holy Profeffion did not allow of, being afhamed of the Plainnefs and Simplicity thereof, and thereby fhunning the Cross, he would labour with such in great Love and Affection, that they might fee their Mistake, and the Tendency thereof.

He was zealously concerned, that Love and Unity might be preferved amongst us, and that Friends would watch against every thing that might have a Tendency to the contrary, knowing our Strength is therein; and fo far as that Knot becomes loofed, fo far we become weakened To the laft of his Minifterial Service he was very preffing thereunto, and that all might be concerned to end where they began, in Love.

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