A Teftimony from the Monthly meeting of Horflydown in Southwark, concerning SIMEON WARNER.

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THE affectionate Efteem and juft Regard we bear to the Memory of this our ancient and worthy Friend, obliges us to accompany the Notice of his Removal with a brief Teftimony concerning him.

He was, in the more early Part of his Life, an useful and reputable Member of the Church; afterwards, for about the Space of Fifty Years, an able and ferviceable Minister therein.

When he was about Thirty four Years of Age, he found himself under a religious Concern, from the Movings of the Spirit of Chrift, the Sanctifier and Preparer to every good Word and Work, to teftify in the publick Affemblies of the Lord's People, somewhat of his own Experience of the Operations of divine Grace in his Heart, for the Encouragement of others; and finding a Return of Peace attended his Obedience therein, became graduallly enabled to perfevere in that Part of his Duty, and, with all Readinefs of Mind, to addict himself to the Work of the Ministry.

His Teftimony was found and edifying, confonant to and correfponding with the holy Scriptures; his frequent Quotations whereof,

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and Allufions whereto, fhewed him to be well inftructed therein; a Qualification very agreeable to a Minifter of the Gofpel: And his affiduous Reading of, and Application to, those facred Writings, attended with true Converfion to the divine Word in his own Heart, might justly entitle him to the Bleffing pronounced by the Pfalmift, on the Man whofe Delight is in the Law of the Lord.

He was a conftant Attender of Friends Meetings for Worship, in and about this City; and his Love to his Brethren and Sifters, in the Work of the Miniftry, was fuch, as induced him conftantly to attend their Morningmeeting, both on the First and Second Days of the Week, fo long as the Continuance of his bodily Health and Strength would permit.

But though the general Exercife of his Ministry was in this City and Parts adjacent; yet was he at fome times led to vifit the Churches at a farther Distance; for in the Year 1718, he travelled, together with our Friend Walter Newbury, into Holland and Germany, where his Teftimony was well received by Friends, and was of good Savour and Service among them.

In the Year 1728, being accompanied by our Friend Jofeph Gurney, he took a Journey into the Weft of England, as far as the Land'send in Cornwall; and vifited the Meetings of Friends through feveral Counties in that Part of the Nation, to the general Satisfaction of

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Friends, who received their Teftimony in a Spirit of Chriftian Love and Brotherhood. He also made feveral fhorter Journeys to vifit Friends at Norwich, Bristol, &c.

He was a conftant Attender of his own Monthly-meeting, the Quarterly, Two-weeks, and Six-weeks Meetings; and was generally prefent at the Meeting for Sufferings; in all which he was very ferviceable.

Thus he continued until about the two last Years of his Life, when he became exceeding weak in Body, and unable to go out of his Houfe; in which time, though he had little or no Pain or Sicknefs, yet the Courfe of Nature tending to his bodily Diffolution, his Memory became much impaired; yet did the innocent Sweetnefs and Compofure of his Countenance, and the Tenderness of his Spirit, adminifter Matter of Comfort to fuch of his Friends as came to vifit him.

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He departed this Life on the 26th Day of the Eighth Month 1754, and we make no doubt ended his Days in Peace with the Lord having attained the Age of Eighty five Years: He was interred on the 30th of the fame Month in Friends Burying Ground in Longlane, his Corps being attended to his Grave, from Horflydown Meeting - houfe, by a very great Company both of Friends and others.

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The Teftimony from Richmond Monthly-meeting, concerning MARY RICHARDSON of Burton in Bishopsdale.

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HE was one whom the Lord faw meet to vifit in her young and tender Years; and as she gave up to the Manifestations of Grace received, it pleafed him to open her Mouth in a publick Teftimony, and the became cloathed with the Comeliness of the Gofpel, and truly valuable in his Church; wherein the laboured diligently the Prime and Flower of her Age, not only in this Nation and Wales, but in North Britain and Ireland.

Her Converfation was pleasant and edifying, being seasoned with a divine Sweetness. Her Conduct was fo innocent and blameless, that fhe gained the Refpect of Friends and others, both in her Neighbourhood and elsewhere.

Although, through the Course of her time, divers Trials and Probations of various Kinds fell to her Lot, yet, as she had learned of him who gives Patience in Tribulation, the bore them with a becoming Refignation to his holy Will. More might be faid to fhew the Chriftian Qualities of this our worthy Friend, but what we have in View is only a fhort Memorial of her.

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Her laft Journey to vifit Friends was into Ireland; and although she was weak in Body, yet the good Hand of Providence enabled her to perform it beyond what could reasonably be expected. Since that time (which was upwards of Twenty Years) through Weakness and Infirmity of Body, fhe has been moftly confined to her own House, where the Converfation of Friends was acceptable and pleasant to her, as hers was also to them: At which Opportunities, when drawn into Silence, fhe fometimes dropp'd a few Sentences from the Fountain of Life, greatly to the Comfort and Refreshment of those present. Thus the fteadily steered along, until the wife Difpofer of all Things faw meet to cut the Thread of her Life; and we have good Cause to believe, she is entered into Reft with him.

She departed this Life the 26th of the Tenth Month 1754, and was buried the 30th of the fame in Friends Burying Ground at Carperby, being accompanied by a pretty many Friends and others.

Aged Ninety, a Minifter about Seventy Years,

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