Philadelphia, 2d of fixth Month, 1684, My dear and well beloved Friends, of and belonging to Dolobran Quarterly-Meeting.

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HE warm and tender falutation of my love is unfeigned to you, with whom I have converfed and walked fome years, in unity, zeal, concord, and endeavoured ferviceablenefs. You are, because of our nearness, familiar, yet honourable in my thoughts and esteem. The truth, as it is in Jefus, profper and increase daily in your minds, and rest bountifully on your habitations. My heart is affected with the remembrance of you, and efpecially of the virtue and operation of that living principle which traverseth the deeps, and though it bounds the feas, yet cannot be bound thereby, but continues its being and intireness through and over all distances, and makes us of many, one people to himself. The God of Ifrael and the excellency of Jacob is with us, and the prefent days are as the former, days of glad tidings, days of humility, days of holy fear, obedience, and refreshment, increase and growth to the faithful. We and you are under refpective exercises; the way of your trial may be in a more fevere manner at prefent. The Lord in his wonted tenderness bear you up, and grant you a rejoicing in fimplicity and godly fincerity before him. That is no new thing to you, to fuffer joyfully in your perfons and goods; the Lord gave us ftrength, courage, fatisfaction, and honours thereby. Whilft he is in our eyes, and his holy fear in our hearts, whether

whether in bonds or free, in that or this part of the world, our preservation we fhall witnefs. Our meetings are very full: I guess we had no less number than eight hundred last first day; we are glad to fee the faces of ferviceable friends here, who come in God's freedom, who are perfons of a good understanding and conversation, and will discharge their ftations religiously; fuch will be a bleffing to the province. The favourable revolution of Providence hath founded the government fo, here, that a man is at liberty to ferve his Maker without contempt, difcouragement, or reftraint. Truth indeed makes men honourable, not only here, but in most places at laft; but here truth receives 2 good entertainment at firft. Our governor is embarking for England; our well wishes go with and attend him. He hopes to have an opportunity by testimony or writing, to exprefs his love and remembrance to the feveral churches of Britain. Our friends from the neighbourhood are generally well, and tolerably settled. In love I lived with you, in love I took my leave of you, and in love I bid you a christian and brotherly farewel.

Your friend and brother,

THOMAS LLOYD.

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A Teftimony from the Falls Monthly-Meeting in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, concerning THOMAS JANNEY.

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E fettled with us at his first coming into these parts, labouring amongst us in word and doctrine divers years. We loved and highly efteemed him for his work's fake, being an able minister of the gospel, found in doctrine, endowed with wifdom and a ready utterance; and favoured with openings into the myfteries of the things of God's kingdom. He was not forward to offer his gift, having a true regard to the giver, who faid formerly," Caft the net on the right fide of the ship:" therefore his "Bow abode in ftrength." And though the Lord had furnished him with fuch excellent qualifications, he had fo learned felfdenial, as not to glory therein; but was ready to prefer his friends before himself, and give them the right hand of fellowship; being careful to keep the teftimony of truth clear on all accounts, faying, "Thofe that appear in public are doubly bound fo to do." was of a cheerful and peaceable temper, and innocent and blameless in life. As the Lord had bestowed on him a gift of the ministry beyond many of his fellows, fo he was careful to improve it to his honour, and the comfort of his people, labouring therein, not only here in Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, but he alfo feveral times vifited the churches in New-England, Rhode - Ifland, Long-Island, and Maryland; and lastly, he went on that fervice

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fervice to Old England, where he finished his course. And though our lofs of him is great, we are fatisfied he hath his portion, among thofe that turn many to righteousness, and fhine as the stars for ever and ever,

There are other accounts concerning Thomas Janney, from which it appears that he was born in Cheshire, and received the truth about the year 1654, and the twenty-first year of his age. In 1683 he came with his family into Pennsylvania; and in 1695, he went in company with Griffith Owen to vifit his bre thren in England; where, in the course of his travels, he was taken ill at Hitchin: and two of his relations from Cheshire going thither to vifit him, he faid to one of them, " "It is "fome exercise to think of being taken away "fo far from my home and family, and alfo "from my relations in Cheshire. My care "hath been for my fons, that they may be kept in the fear of God. I have been a good example to them. I have a care upon me, that they may kept humble while they are young, that they may bend their necks "under the yoke of Chrift. If I am taken away, I am very clear in my fpirit, I have "answered the requirings of God. I have "have been faithful in my day, and I have nothing that troubles my fpirit; my spirit is very clear." He also expreffed his concern for his brethren of the ministry, especially the young, that they might obferve the leadings of God's spirit in their ministry, and

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not lean upon their own natural parts. After this, he recovered fo as to be able to get down into Cheshire: but after fome time his diforder returning, he said to his fifter, "If it be "the will of God that I be taken away now, "I am well content." He departed in much quietness of mind, the 12th of the twelfth month 1696, and was buried the 15th of the fame month, in friends burying place in Cheshire, aged fixty-three years, A public minifter 41 years.

Hugh Roberts's Teftimony concerning his brother ROBERT OWEN,

HE was one that feared the Lord from his youth, being convinced of the truth when about seventeen years of age; he loved the company of fuch of his acquaintance as were most substantial in religion, and was also beloved by them and all fort of people that knew him, being greatly helpful to his brethren, and made a cause of gladness to those that were his fathers in truth. The Lord not only opened his heart like Lydia's formerly, but he likewife opened his mouth to publish his name and truth amongst many, travelling feveral times through his native country Wales, where he was of good service.

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1690, he came into Pennfylvania, where he lived about feven years, visiting this and the adjacent provinces, and was alfo very useful in the meeting where he refided, bọth in doc