So, friends, the word of the Lord to you all in all meetings you come into when they are sitting silent. They are many times in their own. Now a man when he is come out of the world he cometh out of the dirt, then he must not be rash, for now when he cometh into a silent meeting, that is another state; then he must come and feel his own spirit how it is when he cometh to them that sit silent, for if he be rash then they will judge him. When he had been in the world and among the world the heat is not out of him for he may come in the heat of his spirit out of the world. Now the other is still and cool, so his condition in that is not to theirs, he may rather do them hurt, beget them out of the cool state into the heating state if he be not in that which commands his own spirit and gives him to know it. (C. J., I., p. 318.) Silent Waiting. It is good for a man to bear the iniquity of his youth, he sitteth alone and keepeth silence because he hath borne it upon him, now that which hath acted iniquity might come into the silence before the just which comes out of the iniquity doth come to reign and have dominion ... the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the son of God, ... and is come to that condition that they do not know what they should pray for but in spirit make intercession with sighs and groans. (_Barclay MSS._, Vol. I, p. 110, slightly condensed.) Stand Up. Stand up ye prophets of the Lord for the truth upon the earth; quench not your prophecy, neither heed them that despise it. (_Works_, VII., p. 43). The True Balance. Despise not the prophecy ... neither be lifted up in your openings, lest ye depart from that which opened. (_Works_, VII., p. 43.) Sitting Down Without Speaking. We had a general meeting of many thousands of people atop of a hill. Heavenly and glorious it was. And the glory of the Lord did shine over all. And there was as many as one could well speak over, there was such a multitude. And their eyes were kept to Christ their teacher and they came to sit under their vine, that a friend, afterwards Francis Howgill in the ministry, went amongst them, and when he was moved to stand up amongst them, he saw they had no need of words. For they was all sitting down under their teacher Christ Jesus, so he was moved to sit down again amongst them without speaking anything. (C. J., I., p. 137.) Move Abroad in the Spirit of Obedience. Now when anyone shall be moved to go to speak in a steeple-house or market, turn in that which moves and be obedient to it. Now that which would not go must be kept down, for that same that would not go will get up. And take heed that the lavishing part do not get up. For it is a bad savour and must be kept down and be kept subject.