Answer of the Princess Elizabeth To William Penn.

FROM PRINCESS ELIZABETH TO WILLIAM PENN 97 P. S. Give me leave too add, with Relation to thy office, that now thou art coming to use it for ye Lord ; now thou beginst to see ye Corruptions & abuse of magistrates, & religious Charges, Reform, according to Christ's light. Strike ye carnal priests of yc World with a dread & terrour into their very hearts, & make them bow to ye light & Spirit of Christ ...... & themselves. That is, open their· [eyes.] ANSWER OF THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH TO WILLIAM PENN* Herford, the 29th. of October, 1677. Dear Friend, Your tender care of my eternal well-being doth oblige me much, and I will weigh every article of your counsel to follow as much as lies in me ; but God's grace must be assistant ; as you say yourself, " he accepts nothing that does not come from him." IfI had made me bare of all worldly goods, and left undone what he requires most,—I mean to do all in and by his Son—I shall be in no better condition than at this present. Let me feel him first governing in my heart, then do what he requires of me ; but I am not able to teach others, being not " taught of God myself." Remember my love to G[eorge] F[ox,] B[enjamin] F[urly,] G[eorge] K[eith] and dear Gertruyd. If you write no worse than your postscript, I can make a shift to read it. Do not think I go from what I spoke to you the last evening: I only stay to do it in a way that is answerable before God and man. I can say no more now, but recommend to your prayers. Your true Friend, Elizabeth. P. S. I almost forgot to tell you that my sister writes me word, she had been glad you had taken your journey by Osenburg to return to Amsterdam. There is also a Drossard of Limburgh near this place (to whom I gave an exemplar of Rfcbert] B[arclay]'s] Apology) very desirous to speak with some of the Friends.»From Janney's life of William Penn, p. 136. ...