the Good and Man being into the Mixture fallen the Evil prevailed and Sin entred and Death by Sin so as all have sinned and are deprived of the Glory and alienated from the Holy Life yet did the Seed retain its own pure holy quality and property without any mixture and it was not extinguished in the Fall but kept its purity though Man went from it and did not abide in it and the pure Light in its own quality did shine in Mans Conscience and was made manifest in the Eternal Love to convince Man of all his evil wayes and works which he was fallen into and it did shine in Darkness and discovered the deeds of Darkness and convinced Man of the Evil of them so was Adam convinced that he had transgressed and he did himself Cain was convinced that he had murdered and he cryed because of his punishment Saul was convinced of his Cruelty and he said to David Thou art more righteous than I and the Light of this Holy Seed of Life shines forth in the Love and is made manifest in the Conscience of fallen Man and is freely given of God unto him to seek him in his fallen Estate and it hath its course through the properties of the visible Creation and searcheth out Mans Life and Treasure and whatsoever the Subtilty hath drawn Mans Mind into and begotten a Life in it the Light searcheth to him and convinceth and reproveth him in his own Conscience so that Man cannot hide his secrets but still he is found out with the searching Light for it shines in Darkness though Darknesse comprehend it not and with its pure brightness it doth discover the deeds of Darkness and also the Prince of Darkness and makes manifest his secret workings and lets Man see that he is a Stranger unto God and an Alien from his pure Life and is serving that spirit that is at enmity with God and it lets him see the evil works that he commits and in which he is an Enemy unto God So hath the Love of God been made manifest in the Light of the Seed of Life which through all Generations hath been the same and with its pure quality it hath found out the Enmity of Mans deceitful heart with all deceitful workings and hath brought hidden things to light whereby Man hath come to see how his mind hath been exercised and after what it hath enclined and after what his heart hath lusted and as at any time the Lust hath pressed unto Evil and to follow the things that are Evil the Light hath been near to convince Man of it and to reprove him for it and with this Pure Light which hath had its course in Man through all Generations hath all Evil Deeds been made manifest and with the Light in Mans Conscience condemned and all the Good Deeds have been juâ—â—â—ed and approved and when Man hath done well he hath been accepted but when he hath done evil he hath been judged â—nd though the Subtilty with his secret working drew Man â—m his Rest in God and disordered the pure Creation yet the â—â—â—ver and Wisdom preserved it self and retained its gloriâ—â—s Quality and Property without any Mixture which hath â—â—s course through the Mixture to find out Man again that 〈◊〉 gone from it and is fallen into the Mixture So doth the â—â—â—d God wait that he may shew Mercy and through all Generations his Mercy hath been made manifest that in Mercy â—e might restore the Creation into its holy Order and bring Man â—â—â—m under the Power of Darkness and set him free out of bondage that no Corruptible thing may abide upon him into which he is fallen through disobedience but that it may be taken â—â—ay and removed and the Lamb quickned and raised who â—â—â—n the foundation of the World was slain and that he may â—ome into his pure Dominion without any spot or blemish for he 〈◊〉 more pure than to mix with any Corruptible thing but the Corâ—â—ptible thing presseth his tender Life and the weight of it he â—â—areth and in much patience he suffereth under it the Just 〈◊〉 the Unjust that he may again bring Man unto God and reâ—â—â—e the Creation into its pure Order where it rested with God 〈◊〉 had its motion in the Power and Wisdom of God and this 〈◊〉 Christ the holy Seed with whom the Covenant stands sure â—â—ed unto whom all the Promises are made and in him alone â—â—â—e Yea and Amen and the Seed hath been ever revealed to â—â—ite the Serpents head and to destroy his work and through 〈◊〉 Generations it hath wrought through the fallen Properâ—ies of the visible Creation and hath found Man in all his 〈◊〉 goings and in his secret walking in the paths of Darkness and it hath ever made manifest the lustful desire as it hath at â—ny time reached forth unto the thing that is evil and it hath convinced Man in his own Conscience when he hath lusted after any evil thing this it hath done in Generations past and its pure property doth not alter and Man through the Convincement that reacheth to him in the Light is made a sensible Man and in his own Conscience knoweth that he should not do Evil and he seeth the Evil in himself before he commits it and as the Temptation prevails over him and drawes him he sees that he approaches near unto the Evil and so all Men are left without excuse forasmuch as Evil is made manifest unto them and they are in their own Consciences convinced of it and see it before they do commit it and who run into Evil or are found in the Evil either in Thought Word or Deed they transgress against the Light which from the holy Seed of Life shines forth in the Love to discover and also to convince Man in his own Conscience of the thing that is Evil and Man is here in the Fall where all the Properties of the whole Creation are out of order and his lustful heart eagerly pursueth those things that are Evil and yet where-ever he runs in the Fall or in what path soever the Serpent leads him the Light doth discover it and makes the Evil manifest in his own Conscience so that the Drunkard is convinced 〈…〉 is evil as he is in the uncleanness of it and that whâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…vince him is the Light in his own Conscience and the Light which shews him Evil it is pure without any 〈◊〉 of Evil The Deceitful man is convinced that he is no Just and that which doth convince him of it is the Light of Christ in his own Conscience and that which lets him see that he is Unjust is Just and Holy The Lyar is convinced that his deeds are evil and he sees it in secret whilst he yet retaineth it in his breast and that which lets him see it in his own breast before it be spoken and convinceth him of it is the Light of Christ in his own Conscience And that which lets Man see a Lye
and convinces and reproves him in his own Conscience for it that is true and there is no deceit in it and it is made manifest to destroy Lyes and the father of Lyes and there is not any thing that the Subtilty hath generated or doth generate in his deceitful working but with the true Light that enlightens every man that cometh into the world his deceitful work is discovered and Man thereof convinced that it is evil and the Serpents deceitful working amongst the fallen Properties in which he begets every lustful desire is with the Light â—…ced and the secret of his working made manifest for the â—â—rpent hath seated himself in the mixture of the Earthly Corâ—…ible part amongst the fallen Properties and hath his course 〈◊〉 the Darkness and there generateth a deceitful heart out of which proceedeth all manner of Evil that defileth the Man 〈◊〉 he hath gendered a body of Sin which in the Corruptible â—…perties he hath begotten and he hath wrought deceivably 〈◊〉 hath drawn Mans mind after Sin and hath also begotten is love and delight in it and so provokes a lustful desire eaâ—…ly to pursue it and yet it never can be satisfied in it but 〈◊〉 Man runs in this path of the Serpents devising and follows 〈◊〉 in his leading and lusteth after his Temptation he draâ—…h a burden upon himself and cometh into much trouble 〈◊〉 something there is underneath that groans with the weight 〈◊〉 those Lusts and Sins which the Serpent hath generated into â—…body and this is a contrary nature and is not of the Corâ—…ible but with the Corruptibles is oppressed and burdened 〈◊〉 with those things that the Serpent hath generated since the â—â—ginning and hath drawn Mans life into the whole Creation 〈◊〉 put out of its Holy Order and travelleth in pain and the 〈◊〉 course of Nature is set on fire whereby Man is depriâ—…d of that pure Understanding in which he was created and in â—…ich he discerned through the Order of the whole Creation 〈◊〉 had knowledge of it as it stood in the Power and Wisdom 〈◊〉 God And though Man be thus far degenerated and hath 〈◊〉 his Understanding that he had in the Manhood and that the â—…pent hath drawn him into the fallen properties of the Corrupâ—…le part of the Creation in which he is become as a Beast â—…thout Understanding and doth not know the God of Power 〈◊〉 Wisdom nor the Order of his Creation yet in this degeâ—…ed state in which Man is thus separated and afar off from 〈◊〉 there is a pure holy Seed abides within him which in its 〈◊〉 Light and Brightness reacheth unto Mans deceitful heart â—hich the Serpent hath begotten in him from which the Lust â—…seth and the Evil proceedeth and with its Light and â—…ightness it truly discovereth all the Evil that in the deceitâ—… heart is generated and it doth truly convince him of the Evil whether Thoughts Words or Deeds and when the deceitful heart lusteth to Anger and that Anger is kindled in Mans breast with the Light it is made manifest and with the Light Man is convinced that he is exercised in the thing that is evil and whatsoever is of the Serpents generation and hath its conception in the deceitful heart it is with the Light found out and there is nothing can stop its course from passing through the fallen properties to find out Man who is become an evil-worker and to convince him of all his evil deeds and Man cannot escape the Light though he walk in the midst of Darkness and have his way in the dark places of the Earth and tread in the Serpents devised paths and bring forth the works of his begetting yet doth the Light find him out and with it he is convinced and it is in his own Conscience placed that all his evil deeds he may see which from the Corruptible part of the visible Creation do arise which separateth him from God and keepeth him in the alienation from the Holy Life CHAP. VI. How Man standeth in a Convinced state and also the Serpents Working VVHen Man in the Fall is overcome of Evil and that his deceitful heart brings forth a birth of the Serpents begetting the pure Light which hath its course through the fallen properties comes to him with a Convincement and lets him see that he is an Evil-doer and that he is not exercised in the thing that is good and when the Light hath thus found him out and convinced him it doth also truly and plainly discover unto him that his way is not right neither is his doings approved of God and if he go on without Repentance he must perish and in the Light Man sees his Conscience defiled that there is uncleanness upon him and that his heart is not upright but deceitful and Man will acknowledge this in words and say he hath a deceitful heart and many evil things proceed out of it and he is sensible of them and as they are conceived and generated in his heart they are made manifest unto him and he in his Conscience is convinced that they are exceeding sinful Many Man in his Wickedness will thus confess though he be wholly in the fallen properties where the Devil ruleth over him and acteth and ordereth his mind at his will yet the Light reacheth to him and so far convinceth him as to confess he is an Evil-doer and a sinful man and this Confession will the Drunkard make and the Lyar and Swearer And whatever Man is acted in by the Serpents Subtilty the Light doth convince him of it and brings him at some time to confess his Wickedness so that every Man is left without excuse before the Pure God in that he sees his Evil with the true Light of Christ the Seed of God which passeth through all the Properties of the visible Creation and doth make the way of Darkness manifest And this Light hath been within Man ever since the Breath of Life was breathed into him and though the Fall came upon Man in the Subtilty and that he fell into the Mixture of the Properties of the visible Creation yet the Light which was breathed in the Life whereby Man became a Living Soul it was not extinguished by the Fall neither was its Property changed by going into the Mixture but it did retain its pure holy Nature though Man was enticed from it into the Mixture where he entred into the Evil and this pure Light of Life hath thorow all Generations been the same and with its searching quality it hath found out all the Evil that Man hath or doth commit and hath and doth convince him of it and what it was in the beginning it hath never been changed in its Property and Quality but hath continued pure holy righteous and meek as it is at this day and what is come into Man since the beginning that is not of its nature but is contrary to it that it convinceth Man of and testifieth against and all the Devils works
are separated from God and alienated from his Life and the good things they taste not but the streams of Gods pure Refreshings are dammed up that they cannot flow in their own course through the Veins of the pure Creation to quicken the Inner man and raise it up the Old man with his deeds stops it and there is Adam in the way which is truly the first and is lifted up in the Earthly part of the visible Creation by the strength of the Subtilty and stoppeth the flowings and course of the Invisible Love and Life of the Creator in which Man had his Communion and Satisfaction before Transgression CHAP. IV. The Way and Works of Man in the Separation and also the Serpents Working MAn having lost the Power and Wisdom in which he was created and in which he ruled over the Creatures and being drawn downwards by the strength of the Subtilty he is degenerated from the way of Holiness and the works of Righteousness and is led in the paths of Darkness and hath his course in the visible part of the Creation and in the defiled way of his own Invention which is broad and leads him to Destruction and in it he wills and runs and there the Serpent hastens him and putteth him forward speedily that he may not at any time stand still lest he should consider the evil of his way and turn from it and here he leads Man in the Separation from God and draweth him in the crooked path of his subtil devising and then begetteth a Delight to walk therein so that Mans heart is variously affected with the divers Objects and Appearances that the Serpent presents unto him and affects his heart withal that his love and delight is wholly in them so that he loveth his Pleasures and Profits more than God and in what way the Serpent leads him he in his subtilty laboureth to make that seem right unto him and draweâ—h a deceitful cover over them so that many are blinded and do not see the thing as it is in its filthiness Hence the Drunkard saith My way is Love to my Friend and the Covetous man My way is Providence and Carefulness and the Proud man My way is fashionable and Comely and the Deceiver My way is Wit and Policy and the Foolish Jester My way is Mirth and Gladness So doth the Devil lead Man and blinds his mind that he cannot see wherein he is deceived but walketh on and presseth forward until he come to the End where the Pit is prepared and this is the broad way in which Man walketh and where he satisfieth the Flesh with the Affections and Lusts and all the evil things proceed from the deceitful heart where the Serpent hath his generation and so comes Murder Adultery Covetousness Drunkenness Pride Envy Malice with all the things that'are Evil which separates Man from God and keeps him afar off and in this state no Man pleaseth God nor none doth good for all his works are brought forth from the strength and power of Darkness who hath his course through the fleshly part and in the flesh he generates a lustful desire and when Man joyneth unto the Temptation which the Serpent offereth unto the Lust that he hath generated then Sin conceiveth and when Sin is conceived it is brought forth then Death comes over Man and here Sin entreth and Death by Sin for the Wages of Sin is Death and as Man liveth after the flesh he dies for all his works are corrupted and unclean and the Pure God hath no pleasure in them but as Man walketh in them he is under the Condemnation and the Wrath and Curse is upon him and the Hand of the Lord is against him and whether it be Prophanesse or a Profession of Godliness that riseth from the Darkness and hath its course through the fleshly part of the Creation it is condemned and judged with the Spirit and he that walketh after the flesh and satisfieth it in the Lust which the Serpent hath generated whether it appear sinful or have a shew of Godliness Death comes over Man in it and he dies because his doings are fleshly and carnal and Death is come over all Men forasmuch as all have sinned and whilst Mans way is in the fleshly part and his works brought forth in the lust of it Death is upon him and he dies the same death as the first Man in the Transgression and there is no respect of persons but he that sinneth without Law he shall perish without Law and he that sinneth under the Law shall be judged by the Law so shall every mans way and work be proved and he will be recompenced according to what he doth and he that soweth to the flesh he shall of the flesh reap Corruption and in that state he cannot inherit Incorruption so that the Drunkard the Swearer Lyar Proud Covetous Boaster Envious Wrathful Foolish Jester Vain Talker Whoremonger Murderer Deceitful Hypocritical Professor of Godliness out of the Power of God cannot inherit the Kingdom of God for they are in the unclean nature and their way and works are in the flesh and he that liveth after the flesh shall die and cannot inherit the Kingdom but is in the Separation from God that made him and in the Uncleanness that cannot come to him but must keep at a distance from him for Righteousness and Unrighteousness have no fellowship together and with that polluted garment Man cannot come into Gods pure Paradise nor enjoy his pure Presence but is separated afar off from him and there is plunged in woful misery and groaning and sighing in the lowest parts of the visible Creation where the Serpent is Prince and ruleth over him and as Man liveth and walketh in the flesh and bringeth forth the works of it he is a degenerated man and is at a great distance from God and the Earthly part is over and makes the Separation and burdeneth the pure Creation which is held in bondage under the Mixture of the fallen Properties that are out of order and it is needful that every man consider his way and his works and in time lay it to heart seeing all have sinned and none in Sin can be saved nor none in the flesh can please God neither can flesh and blood inherite his Kingdom and who live and walk in it are separated and afar off from God where his Wrath is exercised and his Judgments executed without respect of persons CHAP. V. What it is that doth Convince Man of Evil and also the Serpents Working MAn being drawn into Disobedience through the subtil working of the Prince of Darkness he became a Transgressor of the Pure Power and Wisdom of the Creator and so went out of the Good in which he was created and went into the Evil by obeying the Tempter and then did eat of the Mixture into which he fell and the Imaginations of his heart became evil continually and the Evil wrought more and more to get dominion over
which he hath begotten in Man since the beginning with the Light which was in the beginning they are made manifest and the Light was before Sin entred and with it is all Sin and Evil which is the Devils work in Man discovered and reproved And as the Serpent hath got dominion over Man and begets his evil deeds in him even so doth the Light discover them and lets Man in his own Conscience see them and the Light is in his own Conscience made manifest to bruise the Serpents head and to destroy his work And this Testimony is sure though the Subtilty cannot receive it and all that ever came to be acquainted with the holy Seed of Life they never testified of another thing nor ever preached another Gospel so that the same Gospel that was preached unto Abraham hath been and is the same through all Generations and this pure quality of the holy Seed doth not cease from searching after Man who into the Mixture of the Properties is fallen and there it doth strive with him by convincing and reproving that he might not there abide but that he might arise and follow it and come to inherit the Life in which he was created good and this is the Love of God which was and is and is to come who would not have any to perish but rather that they would turn and live and though his Love be so freely made manifest and hath an universal course through all the fallen properties to find out Man who is there in the disorder and walking in his disorderly and unruly affections which the Devil hath begotten and exerciseth him in yet doth not Man receive his Love in the tender of it neither turns at the reproof of the Light which from the Love is made manifest but he loveth his evil deeds more than he loveth the Light so doth not come to the Life but is held with the Serpents Subtilty in the Mixture of the fallen properties and there his delight is in Evil more than Good for which the Light condemns him the Evil-doer cannot escape the Convincement of the Light for his Evil deeds but what-ever it is that he lusteth after and hath a life in with the Light he is found out and if it be never so secret he cannot hide it from the Light and though the Serpent do beget and generate many Evil things and provokes unto Evil Concupiscence and exerciseth Mans mind therein yet the Light doth not cease to bear Testimony against Man in the Evil and to convince him of his Evil deeds Hence it is that Man stands in the Acknowledgement of his Sin and Evil but not turning to the Light when he is convinced by it and doth see his Evil in it he still abides in the Evil which he sees to be Evil and is convinced of it and the Serpent having doâ—…on over him worketh a perswasion in him that the Light which convinceth him is not sufficient to save him and thereby generates unbelief and draws away Mans mind for â—…ding to the movings of the Light or for waiting to know the Operation of its Power and Man regarding the Serpents Counsel he is drawn away from the Light and canâ—â—t believe that it is sufficient to save him and so Man doth â—â—t turn to the Light when he is convinced by it because disbelief hath entered him as to the sufficiency of it to do him good and the Serpent still holding Man under his power â—e perswades him that the Light is but some part of the named property and so calleth it a Natural Light or a Naâ—…al Conscience or the most Tender part of a Natural Man and that it is not any thing of God neither can save or give Eternal life though it should be obeyed and it is but a deceived way in which many poor deluded people do run rashly and it is not the Redeemer nor Mediator nor Intercessor for that is proper to the man Christ that dyed at Jerusalem and Man must place his Faith in that very thing done for Life and Salvation or he cannot be saved and if he do but so believe his sin shall not be imputed though he live in it and do commit it This is the fair shew of the Serpents likeness by which he hath deceived many people in begetting unbelief to the Light of Christ in their own Conscience that shews them Sin and convinceth them of it and begetting an Imaginary Faith to be saved by the Man Christ that dyed at Jerusalem though in Sin they abide and hence it is that Sin is shewed but not destroyed which Man seeing the Serpent perswades him that it cannot be otherwayes whilst he beareth the natural body for Nature is prone to Sin and none can be free from it until that body be laid in the Earth Thus the Serpent worketh Unbelief to the Light of Christ in Man and begets a false Faith to believe in Christ without him and not in any wayes within him for that is Delusion saith the Serpent and in the Serpents false Faith which he begets Man believes that though here in this World he sin out his time yet hereafter in the World to come he shall be saved So the Serpents faith puts the day of Salvation afar off and draws Mans mind into disobedience and unbelief to the pure Light of Christ in his own Conscience which is Salvation to the Ends of the Earth unto all that believe in it and it doth search after Man and convince him of his Evil that he might turn and live but Man not obeying he comes not to know the Life and Vertue that is in it neither to partake of the benefit of it So knows not the Man Christ that dyed at Jerusalem nor his Life and Salvation his Mediation and Intercession but abides in the Mixture of the fallen properties where he is a Corruptible Earthly Man without any Change wrought in him by the Power of Christ whose pure Light is Incorruptible and here Man stands convinced with the Light and sees the things that are Evil but not believing in the Light which makes Evil manifest he still abides in the Evil and is not converted CHAP. VII How Man stands in a Converted state and also the Serpents Working THe Pure Creation being in sore travel and pain through the disorder of the fallen properties where the Serpent hath seated himself over all that is called God whereby he keepeth Man in the Alienation from the Life of God where Death's shadow is over him and sore grief and pain upon him which doth heavily oppress him and make him go mourning day by day so that Man comes into a consideration of his state and condition and as he pondereth in his mind a pure Light shines forth in his Conscience that doth discover to him at what a distance he is from the pure God and how he is alienated from his Life and what a great body of Corruption there is within him that causeth his separation
from God and when this is made manifest unto him he is stricken down in the sence of his misery and is brought into waiting to see if he can meet with any thing â—…elp him and relieve him something he feels that cryes after God which with the body of sin is separated from 〈◊〉 and there is an Enquiry made which way to come unâ—… him and how to be freed from those things that separate from him and whilst the Earnest goeth unto the Lord the â—ight shines forth more and more and discoveries are made and Man in the Light beginneth to appear unto himself to be â—…eding sinful and beginneth to call in question many â—…ngs that he hath lived in and the Light discovers them 〈◊〉 be of the unclean nature and Man begins to dislike them 〈◊〉 he cannot so delight in them as he hath done in times 〈◊〉 but begins to be serious and to wait in the Light which â—oth discover them to see if he may be preserved from â—…em for he sees them to be evil and that they do defile 〈◊〉 and are an heavy burden unto him and a sore weight â—pon him and by attending to the Light and obeying the light which makes them manifest he receives some power against them and begins to get some victory over them and â—…ough Man in this state have little acquaintance with the light yet there is a true turning to it according to the â—â—nifestation of it and the knowledge that is then given by it and so far a true Conversion is wrought as Man turns â—â—om the Evil unto the Light which makes the Evil manifest and Man hath forsaken much Evil in obedience to the light and hath ceased from much Vanity that sometimes â—e hath lived in and departs out of the unclean path of comâ—…on Prophanesse and those things that once was lovely to 〈◊〉 are now become loathsom and he ceaseth from Drunâ—…ness and superfluities in Meats and Drinks which he hath been accustomed to and from Lying and Swearing and â—…gious Apparrel in which he sometimes hath lived with â—elighting and that which worketh this Change and begets a Man some Moderation it is the pure Light of the holy Seed which never had pleasure in Man as he is exercised in the things that are evil so hath it ever found Man out to convince him and as he obeys it there is a Cord of Love â—ast about him to draw him and convert him and here the lord worketh the Conversion and Man is converted and into this state have many come who with the Light have beâ—… convinced and also from many evil and prophane things converted and yet from the bands of death have never perfectly been loosed but have been still kept in the house of bondage and the Serpent hath wrought deceivably to betray Man into another thing and bath laboured to lead him forth into some Profession where he walketh like a Sober man and a Moderate man to what he hath been in times past and he comes into a fairer shew than when he first lived in the common prophaneness and when the Serpent hath drawn his mind hither and hath brought him into some fair shew of Godliness and Man sees that he is much reformed in his Evil wayes and courses that sometimes he walked in he begins to neglect the Light in his own Conscience and to follow his Profession that the Serpent hath drawn his mind unto and hath set up without him and Man draws his Contentment from what he professeth and with this false Conception that the Serpent hath generated in the Imagination he hath deceived many and caused them to erre from the right way and Man hath gone from the Light after he hath been convinced with it and also turned from many evil things by it and hath become the greatest Enemy to it for it is the hardest to renew such a man who hath been once enlightned and for a time hath had some enclination towards it and hath known something done by it and then turns from it he becomes the hardest and turns most against it and quenches and stops the power of it that he comes not to be a Regenerated Man nor to know the New Birth born in which the holy Order of the pure Creation stands but the Serpent hath brought form his many Births and Likenesses whose deformity and impurity hath marred the true Births Beauty so as little Comliness hath appeared in him that he should be desired and here the many Wayes and many Religions are come up and many things that are prophane they are denied and the Scriptures they are professed and with this fair shew are many satisfied yet doth the Light of Christ in Mans Conscience search after him in â—his Professing-state and though now it do not appear against him as a Drunkard or a Swearer yet it appears against him as a Will-worshipper and a Time-server and a Man-pleaser and against his Double-mindedness Unstableness and Hypocrisie and with its pure quallity finds it all out and searches through the fallen properties in which the Serpent generates his profession and brings forth the birth of it and though there be a seeming difference betwixt Prophaness and such a shew of Godliness their generation is in the womb and they receive their nourishment out of the mixture of the fallen properties which are in a Chaos of confusion and is Mother Mystery Babylon in which there is no true order so that the Prophaness and the profession of Godliness are both defiled and with the Light that is pure they â—â—e both condemned This is truly the state of many and thus far have many come and never could get further who have taken up their Rest in the formal Profession where there is neither Relief nor Satisfaction and have not endured the â—â—ght of Affliction after they have been enlightned but have gone from the Gate that is called Strait which is near to the Pool of Healing and have not patiently waited until he hath come to bid them take up their bed and walk they could not lie and 〈◊〉 but have strugled away though lame and impotent and have gone from the Gate called Strait and have stragled into the way that is broad and there are got over the Crosse and have healed themselves in a false liberty which stands in a seeming shew of Godliness and in this state there is yet a travel in a strange Land and something breatheth after iâ— Native Country where no Corruptible Mixture is and with the Light Man in this state is searched and his deceitful heart discovered out of which proceedeth both the Prophaness and Profession of Godliness and with the Light his heart opens and he comes to see that his heart is not upright before the Lord neither is his heart the same with his Profession but feigned humility and hypocrisie lodgeth in it and the Light smites him and corrects him both for his Profession and for his Prophaness then Man comes to see