false Prophets and Antichrists and deceivers are gone into the world saith These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you but the annointing which ye have received of him abideth in you and yee need not that any man teach you but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things and is truth and is no lye and even as it hath taught you ye shall abide in him 1 John 2.26 27. Now all people see who be the false Prophets whether John and they who witnesse the anointing or your teachers which draws from the annointing Christ Jesus saith I am come a light into the world that whosever believeth in me should not abide in darkness This same Christ saith in Mat. 7. Beware of false Prophets which comes to you in sheeps clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves by their fruits ye shall know them Now try your teachers by this Scripture and see whether they have not been cloathed all this while with the sheeps cloathing the Saints cloathing the words and a profession of Christ But now when the sheep comes who knows his voice and will not follow strangers such as they Now see if they do not appear outwardly to be ravening wolves what they were before inwardly their fruits do make them manifest therefore let that Scripture try them The same Christ Jesus saith unto the disciples who came unto him privately on the Mount of Olives Mat. 24. And Jesus answered and said unto them Take heed that no man deceive you for many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and shall deceive many Now try your teachers and see if they have any thing but a name and a profession of Christ who draws from the light when as Christ Jesus saith I am the light And Christ saith then shall they deliver you up and kill you and ye shall be hated of all Nations for my names sake Now see whether these Priests of yours be hated and killed which drawes from the light or those who witnesse Christ Jesus who is the light which saith many false Prophets shall arise which shall deceive many And try if they be not them who saith loe here is Christ and loe there but Christs command is believe them not for there shall arise false Christs and false Prophets and shall shew great signs and wonders in so much that if it were possible they would deceive the very Elect. But the Elect who dwells in the light which comes from Christ Jesus they cannot deceive in it they are seen and known and tryed and made manifest to be deceivers to be the false Prophets and Antichrists and with the light which comes from Jesus they are condemned with the world and turned from withall the children of light Therefore poor people who are out of the light you they do deceive But those whose minds are turned to the light and abides in the light they cannot deceive And Christ Jesus saith woe unto you when all men speak well of you for so did their fathers of the false Prophets Luke 6.26 Now try them by Scripture and see whether this woe be not upon them and whether they be not of the false Prophet And Peter saith 2 Pet. 2. But there were false Prophets among the people Now try them by that Chapter and see whether these be not the false Prophets which denies the light which comes from Christ Jesus their Lord that bought them and through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandize of you Let that in your consciences now try and search them by the Scripture The same Apostle in the foregoing Chapter saith ye have also a more sure word of prophecy whereunto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a light that shineth in a dark place until the day dawn and the day-star arise in your hearts knowing this first that no prophesie of the Scripture is of any private interpretation for the prophesie came not in the old time by the will of man but holy men of God spoke is they were moved by the holy Ghost Now see whether Peter and those that draws to the light be the false Prophets or them that denies the light and hates it Read the 2 Tim. and the 3. Chap. Try them by that Scripture and see if they be not found them that the Apostle speaks of there having a form of godlinesse but denying the power and he saith from such turn away And see if they be not of this sort which creeps into houses and calls them Churches when as the Apostle saith the Church is in God and leads captive silly women laden with divers lusts ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth Now see and try your teachers by these Scriptures and see what ye have learned of them all your dayes that ye have followed them what you can witnesse of God or of Christ made manifest in you nay that in your consciences will confesse that ye do not know this outward Scripture which makes them manifest to be the false Prophets and deceivers who draws from the light which gave forth the Scriptures Even in the knowledge of the outward letter you are blinded by them Read the 2 Pet. 3.3 see if you and they be not found those scoffers walking after your own lusts saying where is the promise of his coming and read Jude and try them and see if they be not found there under the woe that he speaks of whether they run not greedily after gifts and rewards and so perish in the gain-saying of Corah And let that in your consciences which is of God which respects no mans person read and examine those Scriptures and try them and see whether they be not erred from the light and so draws others from the light which is and ever was the Saints teacher and ever shall be from which all the holy men of God ever spoke as they were moved by the holy Ghost and from which light all the Scriptures were given forth which these deceivers takes into their mouths and draws people from the light that gave forth the Scriptures and so betrayes their souls Therefore all people to the light in your consciences which Christ Iesus hath enlightened you withall turn within keep to it and go not forth nor look not outward and it will let you see the deceivers and betrayers of your souls And if you be faithfull and obedient to it it will let you see your Saviour False Prophets is in the world and Antichrists is in the world and the deceivers is of the world and those that do not confesse Christ come in the flesh is of the world But those that dwells in the light which Christ Jesus hath enlightened them withal this leads out of the world out of the worlds wayes fashions and customs and this makes a separation from the world and this leads up to God And this light is the condemnation of the world and the condemnation of
fountain of light and see what ye have there in possession There you will finde your house unswept and unclean and the woman that had lost the groat sought without but she found it not till she came to sweep her own house and there she found it This Parable ye must read within Jesus Christ likened the Kingdome of heaven unto a Merchant man who was seeking for goodly pearls who digged deeply in the earth and found it but when he had found it he was to sell all and buy it And again be likeneth the Kingdome of heaven to a little leaven which a woman hid in three measures of meal till it was leavened though ye have the letter without you yet these parables ye have to learn Now turn to the light and there you will come to see learning there in the light ye will come to see and know the mysteries of God which to the world is parables and to all you who denies the light shall be shut for evermore Though ye may get all the words of the whole Scripture in your brains and comprehension so long as ye deny the light and turn your minds from the light and seek to know these things without you ye shall never know them but they shall be as a book sealed unto you the depth and the mysteries of them ye shall never know eternally ye shall witness me Therefore as ever ye desire to know the mysteries of God which is hid from all the world and the worlds profession though never so high turn to the light wait in the light keep your minds within to the light and walk in the light which checks you and convinceth you of sin and evil and discernes the thoughts of your hearts and lets you see the out-goings of your minds and discerns every sinful lust even in the very appearance and rising of it this is that which the Lord God teacheth in this his day which Teacher never is removed into a corner who hearkens diligently and turns their minds to it This is the eye which is blind in all the world though they have eyes they see not and eares they hear not and hearts they do not understand the God of this world hath blinded this eye and his Ministers would keep it blinde and shut up and denies it to be a teacher sufficient And so your leaders causeth you to erre who are blinde and leads you that are blinde and so ye may follow them till ye both go into the pit But eternally if ever ye come to know the living God ye must turn your minds to the light which is in you which Christ Jesus saith take heed that the light that is in you be not darkness for then how great is that darkness And so all your blinde guides which keeps your minds from this light which is in you So your minds being from it it is to you darkness and so then how great is that darkness But turning your minds to this light and joining your mindes to it and hearkening to it then will ye come to see this blinde eye opened And the blinde man which hath been born blinde from his birth will come to see and his eyes will be anointed with eye-salve which those blinde guides which leads you from the light never knew And this ye shall eternally witness to be truth If ye turn your minds to the light then will ye come to see what I speak and witness me to be true and all your blinde guides Lyars who denies the light and would not have you to minde the light but hearken to them who hates the light and loves darkness rather then light because their deeds are evil But the light is risen glory for evermore which is their condemnation and hath found them out who are the theeves and Robbers who have gone before and climbe up another way But Christ Jesus saith I am the door of the sheep all that ever come before me are theeves and Robbers I am the door by me if any man enter he shall be saved saith Christ Jesus who is the light And these theeves and Robbers who denies the light draws from the door Christ Jesus by which all that ever are saved enters who is the good shepherd and who hath given his life for the sheep But he that is an hireâ—ing and not the shepherd whose own the sheep are not seeth not themselves to be the wolves for they are blinde the God of this world hath blinded their eyes who denies the light and so they leave the sheep and flie And the lost sheep of the house of Israel which Christ Jesus is sent to seek and to save they know not but lets the wolf destroy the sheep in every bosom of their flock But now is the shepherd of the sheep come whose own the sheep are who is the good shepherd and knows his sheep and is known of them who hears his voice and knows his voice and he puts forth his own sheep he goes before them and the sheep follow him for they know his voice and a stranger will they not follow Glory and praises be to the living God for ever who is redeeming his sheep from under the mouths of the wolves and devourers who hath scattered them upon every mountain and hill in the cloudy and dark day But now is the light of the glorious Gospel risen and beautiful upon the mountains is his feet that brings glad tydings of this Gospel that publisheth peace that saith unto Sion thy King reigneth To all who desires to know the way to Sion doth this voice cry to turne your faces thitherward To the light of Jesus Christ who comes riding upon an Asses colt to the joy and rejoycing of all Sions children Therefore turn again all you who are wandring from mountain to hill seeking rest but finding none Turn to the light in every one of your consciences this is the word of faith which we preach which Moses taught Israel and the Apostle Paul the Romans which is nigh in the mouth and in the heart here is your teacher if you hearken to the pure light which shews you the deceit of your hearts and your unclean thoughts from which proceeds uncleanness which the light makes manifest which will reap you up and reprove you in secret The Lord God of life and power is fulfilling his everlasting Covenant in this his day he is writing his law in the heart and putting it in the inward parts that none need say know the Lord but all who turn to the measure of God shall know him from the least to the greatest of them And by no other way or name under heaven shall ye know the living God but by this pure light and law written in the heart Here will ye come to witnesse the Lord to be your God and your King and your Law-giver which all the professions of the world is ignorant of therefore to this pure measure of God in your inward parts
have your minds that ye may come to witness cleansing and purging within that ye may come to see the uncleannesse which proceeds out of the heart which defiles the man Mat. 15.18 19. For out of the heart cometh evil thoughts murthers adulteries fornications thefts false testimony slanders these are the things which defiles a man How will you teachers and you professors who looks without you and turns from this which should cleanse you within How do you look that that which is without you should cleanse from this uncleannesse within Let that of God in your consciences now see how you can be cleansed by this when ye turn from it But now if ye turn to the light which makes these things manifest and dwell and abide in it then will ye abstain from them and so come to witnesse cleansing For he that walketh in the light as he is in the light the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin And Christ Jesus saith Luke 6.45 A good man out of the treasury of his heart bringeth forth that which is good and an evil man out of the treasury of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil for out of the abundance of his heart his mouth speaketh And why call ye me Lord Lord and do not the things which I say Whosoever cometh to me and heareth my sayings and doth them I will shew you to whom he is like He is like a man which built an house and digged deep and laid the foundation on a Rock and when the floods arose the streams beat violently upon the house and could not shake it for it was built upon a Rock But he that heareth and doth is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth against which the streams did beat violently and immediately it fell and the fall of that house was great Now professors here 's your building eternally you shall witnesse this Parable fulfilled upon you the tempests and storms is coming upon you your house will be beaten down it cannot stand for ye have been sayers a long time and not doers of the word your house which ye have built is without foundation it is not founded upon the rock Christ Jesus Ye who denies the light he saith into you why call ye me Lord do not the things which I say upon him shall ye be beaten to pieces and all your prefession It is known and seen ye are made manifest ye cannot hide your selves Therefore let the time past of your lives suffice and repent while ye have time least the whirl-winde of the Lord come upon you and destroy you ere ye are aware and remember that ye are warned in your life time Ye who talkes of faith where is your foundation who denies the light Christ Jesus the corner-stone whose blood washeth and cleanseth and purgeth away the filth of the daughter of Sion What will your faith advantage you who are yet in your sin Is not that faith vain which doth not purifie the heart The Apostle Paul saith Now the end of the Commandment 〈◊〉 Charity out of a pure heart and of a good conscience and of faith unfeigned 1 Tim. 1.5 And again he saith Holding the mysterie of faith in a pure conscience 1 Tim. 3.9 And the Apostle John saith For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith 1 John 6.4 Now see your faith hath overcome the world and given you victory over sin else never talk of faith for ye are yet in your sins all who is of the faith by which the just lives denies your faith for ye who are alive to sin crucifies and slayes the Just â—et who is in the faith of God the just lives by his faith And so now here ye may read your faith by your works For the Apostle James saith What doth it profit though a man say he hath faith and hath not works that faith cannot save See what comparison James makes James 2.16 Even so faith if it hath not works is dead being alone Yea a man may say thou hast faith and I have works shew me thy faith without thy works and I will shew thee my faith by my works Now see how blinde ye are who reads these Scriptures and professes them and yet talks of faith and lives in your sins Oh the righteous God will plead with you for all your deceit and hypocrisie Thou believes there is a God thou dost well the devils believe also and tremble Therefore know Oh vain man that thy faith without works is dead And what is thy works who art yet in thy sins Is not sin the work of the devil Oh that ever ye should be so blinde and befotted Will the fig-leaves of your profession cover your nakednesse Nay the Lord hath found you out and all your coverings is too narrow And your faith which is holden with respect of persons which the Apostle exhorts from the Lord God abhors But if ye had true living faith as a grain of musterd-seed ye might say to this mountain be thou removed into the Sea and it would be so But to you whose faith is dead who are yet in your sins this is a mysterie Therefore repent and turn to the Lord God and believe in the light which is rising and shining in your consciences he it is who is the resurrection and the life whosoever believeth in him though he were dead yet shall he live Therefore hearken diligently to the Prophet which the Lord is raising in this his day and believe in the light For whosoever doth not hearken to this Prophet is to be cut off Turn to the light and believe and hearken diligently that your souls may live Why will ye give your money for that which is not bread and your labour for that which profiteth not The pure everlasting fountain of life is set open and the voice is calling to every one to come All that thirsteth to come and buy wine and milk without money they that have been sold for nought shall be redeemed without money The blood of the everlasting Covenant which brings again the Lord Jesus from the dead is poured forth and shedding for the redemption of Israels seed Therefore all turn to the voice that calls ye this is the way walk in it And that which turns and draws your minds towards God the light which cometh from the father of light turn to and there will ye witnesse a living hope which was that hope which Paul the Apostle was called in question for the resurrection of the dead who was a Minister of God who watched for the soul which your Ministers of death knoweth not nor hath no hope of but their labor is to keep you in the death But if ye wait in the light of Jesus Christ who is the resurrection and the life which is the mysterie which is Christ in you the hope of glory For this is
profession in words where you have neither bottom nor foundation will not serve for the sword of the Lord is drawn which cuts down all fruitlesse trees and groundlesse professions and your forms and covers is to be ripped off and ye will be found naked miserable and blinde Therefore now ye have time prize it and harden not your hearts while it is called to day but repent and turn to the Lord who waits to be gracious who will not give his honour to another but will be inquired of Turn to the light which cometh from the father of light which draws your minds towards God and let this be your teacher and leader and guider And here ye will come to see your blinde guides which Christ Jesus cries woe against who hath so long devoured the flock and scattered them who draws them from that by which the Lord teacheth his people which is the light The witnesse of God which witnesseth for God against all sin and uncleannesse And this they draw people from to look out at them who are the deceivers and betrayers of your souls Therefore as you love your souls turn from them and lay your foundation in the light for this is the door which every one who enters goes in at and whosoever climbs up another way is a thief and a robber and this ye shall eternally witnesse And so to the light turn and there wait and there will ye see the betrayers of your souls And if ye do not turn to this light this light shall be your condemnation for ever and shall finde you out one day and this ye shall eternally witnesse whether ye will hear or forbear None ownes the truth as it is in Jesus but who owns the light which he hath lighted them withall who lighteth every man that cometh into the world Nor none owns the truth but who owns the light that they are lighted withal which comes from Christ Jesus the light and life who is the way to the father of life Nor none ownes the way to the father who lighteth every man that cometh into the world but such as ownes the light which comes from him And none cometh to the Father but by the Son and none cometh to the Son but who owneth the light which from the Son doth come who lighteth every man that cometh into the world None heareth the Prophet Christ Jesus him by whom the world was made who lighteth every man that cometh into the world none heareth him but who heareth that and owneth that which the Prophet hath enlightened withal who saith learn of me None learneth but such as are turned to the light which from him doth come None receiveth the word in the heart but such as receiveth the light which they be lighted withal who cometh from him who lighteth every man that cometh into the world Christ Jesus who is called the word of God He that receiveth the light shall receive the word and he that heareth not this Prophet he heareth not the light he is lighted withal that cometh from the Prophet whose name is called the Word He that heareth not this Prophet shall be cut off from among the people be heareth not the light he is enlightned withal If he make a profession of all the Saints words declared from the light yet he is cut off from among the people and with the light condemned A tryal of the false Prophets I Am the light of the world and doth lighten every man that cometh into the world saith Christ Jesus John 1.9 And the Prophet Isaiah who prophesied of Christ Jesus saith I the Lord who hath called thee in righteousness and will hold thine hand and will keep thee and give thee for a Covenant of the people for a light of the Gentiles Isaiah 42.6 Now all people see where you are and try your teachers what they lead you into which draws you from the light which Christ Jesus hath enlighted you withall who saith he that walks in the light shall have the light of life And John saith That in him was life and the life was the light of men John 1.4 Now try your teachers which draws you from the light by the Scriptures which they take to speak unto you and as they say is their rule Let it likewise be your rule to try them by And search the Scriptures and examine them honestly and see whether ye be not deceived by them which draws you from the light which is and ever was the Saints teacher and ever shall be And John saith that he was not light but he was sent to bear witnesse of the light which is the true light which lightens every man that cometh into the world Now all people try and see your teachers whether all your Priests of England be not witnesses contrary to John He bears witnesse to the light that lightens every man that cometh into the world and they bear witnesse against the light and say he doth not inlighten every one that cometh into the world And tells people they must look after them for means and ordinances and so blinds poor people and keeps them in ignorance and darknesse But all people as ye love your own souls search into the Scriptures and try them by the Scriptures which ye call the Word and your rule to walk by and you shall finde them the deceivers and the Antichrists and false Prophets which they tell you so much of that should come in the latter dayes John saith Many false Prophets are gone into the world Now try your teachers by this and see whether they be not in the world not separated from the world but draws from the light which separates from the world and leads out of the world but they witnesse against the light and pleads for sin and for the Kingdome of Antichrist which is of the world And John saith this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men love darknesse rather then light because their deeds are evil for every one that doth evil hateth the light neither bringeth he his deeds to the light lest they should be reproved but he that doth truth cometh to the light that his deeds may be made manifest whether they be wrought in God Now all poor people see whether these be not the false Prophets which are entred into the world which draws from the light which is the worlds condemnation And whether these be not the deceivers and Antichrists which John speaks of which are entred into the world which doth not confesse Jesus Christ to be come in the flesh but doth deny the light and doth persecute and call them deceivers and false Prophets which do witnesse him come in the flesh and walks in the light which he hath enlightened them withall These they stock and prison and cause to be beat in their Synagogues as all did that went before them which ever persecuted the righteous seed who denies the light The same John which saith
the light And yet ye take these words and profess them and persecute the light and life that spoke these words Now to that of God in your Consciences which cannot bear false witnesse nor lye do I speak let all that try you and examine you whether you do not exceed the Scribes and Pharisees who crucified Christ Jesus who had writings of him that he should come yet when he came they did not know that it was he and so they crucified him under the name of a Blasphemer and Prince of Devils But ye say and professe that he is come and professe that that was he which they crucified and ye professe that he is risen again and yet ye persecute and deny his light and testimony where it is risen and made manifest Now see whether ye be not blinde indeed when as ye go about to oppose deny and persecute that which ye your selves professe Now see what a God this is ye serve who keeps ye so blinde in your profession that ye persecute those who possesseth that which ye your selves professe Ye exceed all that ever went before you that ever was read of and yet ye are so blind as ye do not see your selves For those whom ye persecute and oppose ye have nothing against them but that they witnesse and professe that which ye blinde hypocrites possesse but knows nothing of So ye make clean the outside with an outward profession and a form and an Image and a likenesse but your inside is sin uncleannesse filthinesse envy wrath malice strife and persecution this is of the Devils Kingdome of sin and this is the inheritance and possession which ye possesse Though ye professe a God and a Christ from Records without you yet your possession and inheritance is the Devils Kingdome of sin Let that of God in your consciences which is pure now examine and try you and search you and see if ye be not found in sin and uncleannesse and denies being free from sin and perfection and purity and plead for sin and the Devils Kingdome and yet professe God and Christ Oh that ever ye should be so abominably blinde and fottish Do ye look upon the pure and holy God who cannot behold iniquity with whom dwells no unclean thing to be like your selves And so likewise ye take the Epistles and writings of the Apostles to the Church of Christ which is in God and which is the house of God the ground and pillar of all truth which is built upon the rock Christ Jesus And ye take the words which were written to these who were born of the immortal seed to which the promise of God is and ye who live in your sin and filthinesse and uncleannesse takes these words and professeth them and makes them your own as though they were spoken to you when as ye never knew their condition nor the Apostles which was their Minister and begot them into the everlasting truth by the immortal ingratted word of God And this ye who denies the light which the Apostles preached who was a Minister of the Spirit and not of the Letter And this ye profess to be yours and here you build your nest in your forms and here ye sit decked with the words of the Saints with your unclean 〈…〉 and persecuting the righteous seed which these were spoken to opposing and denying the light which they were gathered into But your day of lamentation and howling is coming upon you ye cannot escape the righteous God hath found you out the acceptable year of the Lord is proclaimed and the day of vengence of our God is come and the Prince of the world is come to be judged and the day of the Son of man is come in which he is lifted up and where he is lifted up he draws all men after him Praises be to the living God for ever And your Covenant with hell and death is disanulled and your refuge of lyes and dissimulation will be swept away the overflowing scourge is coming upon you Therefore as ye love your souls give over your dissembling and vain imaginations and hypocrisie and vain deceit and see what ye have and what ye know ye do enjoy in the light and in the life and in the power of the living God for our Gospel stands not in word but in life and power And he is manifest who is the power of God unto salvation unto all that believe And this Gospel is not hid but to those that are lost Now if ye turn your minds to the light of Jesus Christ which is the light of the glorious Gospel ye will see that this Gospel hath been hid from you and from your profession But if ye wait in the light then will ye come to know the power and the power will raise the life And he that walketh in the light shall not abide in darkness but shall have the light of life And so give over professing words which was spoken from the light and life and power and ye your selves without light without life without power in a 〈◊〉 Nay this will not serve this is an abomination unto the living pure God and all this wil he burn and consume with the spirit of his 〈◊〉 and with the brightnesse of his coming Now see what ye have that will answer to the fire for nothing will stand in his presence who is a consuming fire but that which will abide the fire And this ye shall eternally witnesse to be truth And so in this I have cleared my conscience and laid before you your house and building which is without foundation And if ye turn your minds to the light it will let you see you have no bottom nor foundation that can stand Oh that ever ye should be so ignorant sottish and blinde in this the day 〈…〉 grace of the everlasting God which hath appeared unto all men which is so sounded forth in your ears and yet ye will not come to search and examine where your foundation and root and bottom is If ye will but turn your minds to the light ye will see that you have nothing at all but that which is none of your own which will stand ye in no stead which was written and spoke to others Oh that ever ye should be so blinde as to look upon this to be yours in this glorious day of light when it is so clearly manifested and the Gospel freely preached to every Creature and that ye should be so carelesse of your own souls as not to come to a search Oh what will ye do in the end when the just and righteous God calls ye to an account who hath sent forth his Ministers and messengers to preach the glad tydings of the Gospel to the poor liberty to the captives and yet ye as deaf adders will not hear yea the Lord God seeth you and knoweth your Rebellious stiff-necked and uncircumcised heart and ears and he will reward you according to your works And then your