againââ ãâã pricks the Scriptures must be fulfilled and theââ fuâfilling daily The Beast makes war with the Saââ and he that departeth from iniquity makes himseââ prey for the wild beasts as a Troup of Robbers wait ãâã man Rev. 9.19 20 21. Hos 6.9 so the company of Priests murder in the way bâ sent Hos 6.9 like Priest like people all live iâ nature Run on and fill up the measure of iniââ ãâã with what measure ye meat the same shall be measuââ to all againe Luk. 11. â 47 4â 49 50. Ier. 23 Iude 11 Mal. 4. â Isa 66 â 16. Isa 30 â 3 4 5 â 8 9 10 â v. 12 13 â Isa 5â Zeph. â 9 10. Ioh. 1â Rev. 21 The Lord will plead the cause of all ãâã himselfe wo to the Priests and the enemies of the âord who act in unrighteousness the Lord is coming to plead with all flesh by his sword and by fire ãâã cut off the wicked out of the Land all your covers of ââofession will not hide you from the presence of the âord the righteous Judge of Heaven and Earth Alas ââore Priests your downefall is at hand and the least ââint out of form shall scourge the greatest formalist the âord is teacher himselfe alone the Lord wil returne to ââs people a pure language and they shall all serve him âith one consent and there shall be but one Shepheard ând one sheep-fold the Lord one and his Name one ând he will dwell in these earthen Tabernacles of ours ând sit as Refiner then shall the righteous shine forth ãâã brightnesse in the Kingdome of their Father Rejoyce ye Saints and righteous ones the Lord is âudge Lawgiver and King and he will save you out of âhe paw of the Lion and the paw of the Bear and set you âree from slavish feare wo to the wicked it shall be ill with them though the Beast make war with the Saints yet be of good chear the Saints shall overcome Rev. 1â 12 13 ââ 15 16. the man that sits upon the white Horse with his sharp sword shall prevaile and get the victory and deliver out of the paw of the Lion Prophet proud Priest Formalist self-conceited Pharisee covetous Professor Hypocrite Rev. ââ 18 19 ââ 21. Mal. â Zech â and Dissembler shall all fall together the Beast and the 24. Elders Antichrist and all his upholders must be cut off and fall down before the power of God in his poor despised people the wicked shall be as a shell under the soals of their feet The Kingdomes of the world must bee the Kingdomes of the Lord and of his Christ Rev. ââ 15. and the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord and every man shall sit under his owne Vine and under his owne Fig-tree ââa 66.12 â and none shall make him afraid then shall ãâã be Judges as at the first and Counsellors as at the beginâââ and Sion shall be redeemed with Iudgement and heââââverts with righteousnesse and the destruction of the ãâã ââgressors and of the sinners shall be together and they ãâã forsake the Lord shall be consumed Isa 1.26 27 28. ãâã Seek peace seek righteousness if so be that ye mââ hid in the day of the Lords wrath Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteouââââ his thoughts ââa 55.7 8 and turne to the Lord and he will have ãâã upon him and to our God for he will abundantly paââ for your sins and your iniquities have separated beââ you and your God Undo the heavy burthens and let the oppresseâ free the Lord doth require it Written by one that is called a QUAKER ãâã To warn those that knowes not their Maker who oâââ divine nature are not made yet Partaker that ãâã doe not dissemble for God is a consuming fire ãâã he is the heart-Searcher and Tryer and will not ãâã mocked and you must all give account and treââ and quake before him at Sinai the mount before ãâã come at Sion to sing Praises and Hallelujahs to Isââ Keeper and their King FINIS
57 and all the Councell sought false witnesse against Jesus to put him to death ver 59 to the ver 59. at last came two false witnesses then the Chiefe Priests adjured him to speak and when he spoke the truth the Chiefe Priest rent his cloathes and said he spoke blasphemy 61 62 63 64 65. truth is blasphemy to the deceit when Jesus was condemned to dye by the Chiefe Priests Rulers and Elders of the people they spit in his Face and smote him on the Cheek and buffeted him ver 66 67. Mat. 2 66 67. And thus the Serpent spued out his venome then against the truth and the Jewes Chiefe Priests and Elders are alive yet to persecute Christ in his Members This is the same generation of Cain that persecutes a seede of evill doers see if these doe not deny the Scriptures and shew the spirit of errour and cannot make good their call but ran and the Lord never sent them and have nothing but what they have studied out of Bookes and Studies and the Hireling fleeth because he is an Hireling that the Scriptures might be fulfilled John 10.13 John Cart the Priest of Hanseworth when one was moved by the Lord to speak to him he caused him to be taken prisoner and so they all act in the same state and condition that the Jewish High-Priests did and are enemies both to Jesus Christ and His for inasmuch as they doe it to one of his they doe it to him and make their refuge to the Popes Law that waâ made to uphold the Popish Clergy by when they diâ uphold the Masse made by Queen Mary see the Statute in the first of Mary 2. Ass 3. Ch and againe see iâ it be not repealed by Elizabeth in the first yeare of heâ reigne 2. Ch. last clause See Coke pla fol. 352. Siâ Nich. Hides Chiefe Justice then in England cited thaâ it was wholly repealed by that of Elizabeth in the first yeare of her reigne 2. chap. last clause see Dalton 103.104 pag. See if these be the Ministers of Christ or of Antichrist that make their refuge to the Popes Law to imprison by neither Jesus Christ nor his true Ministers did ever so Let truth come to light and deceits and deceivers put to shame ãâã 33.22 God is judge Law-giver and King The said Priest John Cart he dealt deceitfully just as Pilat did with Christ who said he would wash his hands in Innocency for said he I will forgive him but Officers saith he looke you to your office Pilat and Herod both joyne together to persecute Christ in his Saints many friends went up to have spoken with this Priest afterwards but he would neither come at them nor suffer them to come at him those which had been the chiefe hearers see if the deceits bee not afraid to come to light for truth seekes no corners therefore love that which is good and hate that which is evill every one and prove your owne worke so shall you have joy in your selves and not in others âal 6.4 Gal. 6.4 prove all things and hold fast that which is good but cease from all your Priests deceivers blind guides Hirelings ââr 23.1 2 Seducers and Antichrists they shall never profit you at all they ran but the Lord never sent them hold them not up the Lord is against them Ier. 23.30 31 32. The Priest of Doncaster he imprisoned one for asking him a question and when he was before the Major and Justices to be examined the Priest fled into the further corner of the house as one James Nayler spoke to him and the Priest did confesse there openly that he had not attained to that which the party imprisoned by him had done and desired the prisoner to pray for him yet nothing will serve but imprisonment See if this be not Antichrist hold them not up downe with them all they are all falne backward and gone out of the way of obedience and selfe-denyall but they must be called to account before the righteous Judge the Lord of Heaven and Earth that they may have their tryall thus saith the Lord Woe to the wicked it shall be ill with them and they shall be rewarded according to their doings Isa 3.10 The wicked shall be turned into Hell and all those that forget God and have their portion in the lake that burneth The Lord is sending forth his Angels to gather out of his Kingdome all things that offend then shall the righteous shine forth in brightnesse in the Kingdome of their Father The vials are pouring forth Rev. 18 7 8 9. and the beast begins to roare the Lord is Judge himselfe and he will plague the Beast and burne the Whore and torment the wicked for evermore Both Gog and Magog is gathering to battell as the number of the sand of the Sea going on the breadth of the earth to compasse the Camp of the Saints about and the beloved City and fire will fall downe from God out of Heaven and devoure them Revelations 20.8 9 c. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first Resurrection on such the second death hath no power but they shall be Priests of God and of Christ and shall reigne with him a thousand yeares Rev. 20.6 This was written by a Thresher that goeth about with his threshing Instrument labouring where he findes work Arise Sion and thresh with a new threshing Instrument âsa 41.14 â5 âlie 4.13 having Teeth Thus saith the Lord Hearken unto me yâ stout-hearted that are farre from righteousnesse I bring neare my righteousnesse it shall not be for off and my salvation it shall not tarry and I wiââ place salvation in Sion for Israel my glory Isaiah 46.12 13. FINIS The Difference betweene the Ordinance of Christ and of Antichrist TAke heede of despising the Ordinance of Jesus Christ who hath left it upon record and also wriâeth it in the new Law of Righteousnesse in the hearts âf his people saying Heb. 8.10 11. Jer. 31.31 32 33 34 Joh. 14.1 Col. 3.4 Joh. 8.44 Colos 3.2 3. Rom. 8. â Phil. 3.1 19. Luke 12 29 30 3 1 Cor. 1 19. 1 Cor. 1 17 18. If ye love me keep my Commandeâents I. love God with all your hearts 2. forsake your ââsts and vile affections in affecting earthly things that âs the Devils Ordinance saith Jesus Christ set not your âffections on things which are on the earth but set your affeâtions on things in the heavens that is the Ordinance of Christ for sake your carthly mintlednesse for that is âhe Devils Ordinance to be carnally minded is death ând the carnall minde is enmity to the Cross of Christ Christ saith Seeke first the Kingdome of God and his âighteousnesse and all things else shall be added and âove thy Neighbour as thy selfe and doe unto all men as ye would be done by and feed the hungry and cloath the naked and let the oppressed go free and deny thy selfe of
will cut downe the fruitlesse Tree that cumbers the ground some sweâl in pride and others goe in nakednesse and wants then thou proud professing Pharisee how dost thou obey God and walke in his commands when thou swellest with pride and lettest others starve for want when as Iesus Christ saith Maââ 45. love thy Neighbour as thy selfe and againe he that saith he loves God and keepeth not his Commandements is a lyââ and the truth is not in him Ioh. 2.4 6. and he that saith he is in Chriââ ought to walk as he wilked Now read the Scripture ãâã and see if Iesus Christ was proud but on the contraââ forbids it âât 17. â 20. ãâã 25.41 ââ 33 c and threatneâh woes to it howle thou prouâ and lofty one thou art a fruitless tree and cumbers thâ ground thou must be cut down and cast into the fire oâ the indignation of the Lord and the Ordinance thaâ thou talkest so much of will not save thee it is not heââ thât saith Lord âât 7.21 Lord that shall enter into the Kingdome of Heaven ââh 3.17 but he that doth the will of God ãâã Now his will is that thou shouldst doe to all men as thou wouldst be done by ãâã 5.20 if âhou wouldst have the Lord to do good to thee then thou must do good to others for he that hath this worlds good and seeth his Brother stand in need ãâã 2â â 7. â 21.19 and shut âeth up his bowells of compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him Talk no more of thy Oâdinances excâpt thou walkest in them walk in the waies of Iesus Christ who went about doing good thou savest well but thou doest contrary thou dissembling Hypocrite the Lord knowes thy hypocrisie and dissimulation all thy profession is as the cursed fig-tree that bringeth forth no fruit but leaves here are faire words but foule actions nothing but fruits of the flesh and they that are in the flesh cannot please God Rom. 8 8. See then what fruits grow on the great tree ân England the flourishing tree of profession is it not now read for the fire doth it bring forth any thing but cumbers the ground is not pride the top branch of it and covetousnesse beares a great sway there is much of that fruit groweth out of it ãâã 15. and see if this bee the Oâdinance of Christ or of Antichrist thou blinde Pharisee ãâã 29 â3 thy eyes are stopt with dirt dawb'd with pride and the D vill he is King and rules in thy heart and thou cryest out of denying the Oâdinance thou that livest in pride and covetousnesse where art thou got ââto the Kingdome of Antichrist but woe is comming Eph. 5.3 4 5 6. Luc. 12 1â Luc. 16. 1â 14 15. Hab. 2. â Psal 9.8 Psa 10 3â Psal 7 1â 12. Isa 56.1 16. ââvertousnesse is the root of all evill and there is great ââre of this fruit groweth on this tree of oppression ââat stands in the heart of the earth thou covetous ââofessor thou proud Priest and Prelate the Magiâââate bears not the sword in vain the Lord is the righteââs Iudge and all things are naked and bare before ãâã he is of purer eyes then to behold iniquity and he ââll not let the wicked go unpunished thou cryest out ãâã denying the Ordinance but thou art ordained for ââstruction except thou returne to the Lord with speed ãâã he is comming to plead with all flesh by his sword ââd by fire and great shall be the slaine of them Isa 6.6 ââ 16. and thus saith the Lord Mal. 4.1 Behold the day commeth ãâã shall burn as an Oven and all that are proud and all ãâã doe wickedly shall be as stubble and the day that comââh shall burn and consume them up and shall leave them ââber root not branch Mal. 4.1 and then they that disobey ãâã Ordinances of the world Mal. 4.2 3 c. Mal. 3.15 16. Mal. 2.1 2 3 4. Luc. 17.2 2 Cor. 4 6 1 Cor. 4.5 Mal. 3.17 and the Traditions of âân of corrupt hearts and walk in the feare of the âârd in departing from iniquity and do professe little ââd possesse much of the love of God it will cause them ãâã walk in obedience before him who is of purer eyes ââd he will set up the Kingdome of his Sonne in their âârâs the ministration of the spirit it is set up in ââe already and lets them see all the deceits of Baals ââests and their upholders but the Lord will cut off ãâã of the land the remnant of Baal and the names of ãâã Chemarims the Black-coats with the Priests and ãâã shall wear no more a rough garment to deceive Zeph. 1.6 7 8. Zeph. ãâã Zech. 13.4 ând the Lord will cut off all those that are turned out the way of self-deniall and are guided by their beastâââorrupt wills which lead them into pride covetousââ Isa 3.13 14 15. Isa 2.22 and oppression and grinding the faces of the poore ãâã denie to walk in the Ordinance of Christ as to feed the hungry âat 25.34 â5 36 37. Mat. 5.48 Mat 5.20 âsa 33.10 11 12 13 â4 15. âsa 34 ââ c. cloath the naked and let the oppressed ãâã free if ye love them that love you what reward bââ you do not Publicans so But except your righteousââ exceed the righteousnesse of the Scribes and Pharisees ãâã shall in no wise enter into the Kingdome of Heaven Nââ profession must be tryed so as by fire and those ãâã feede on the for bidden fruit as pride and covetousneââ oppression and grinding the faces of the poore lyââ and swearing and envying backbiting and masiciââness scoffing and scorning pleasures and wantonââ revenge and persecution which are fruits of the Deââ and ordained for destruction Gal. 5.7 8 Col. 3.12 13 14.15 16. Gal. 6.15 Gal. 5.24 be not deceived suââ ye sow such shall ye reap and know ye not that the unrigâââous shall inherit the Kingdome of Heaven 1 Cor. 6.9 ãâã 11. and see if there be any other fruit brought fortââ the Ministry of the world but fruits of the flesh wââ proceeds from the spirit of errour as in Gal. 5.19 ãâã 21. and they that do such things shall not inheriââ Kingdome of Heaven Now all your forms of ãâã ships have not yet wrought a Reformation in you ãâã the Priests and Professors in England that makes ãâã deny the Ordinances of Christ as to walk in the spââ and to bring forth the fruits thereof Gal. 5.22 23. ãâã for those that are brought to walk and act in righteââness Rev. 6.9 10 11. and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit as ãâã peace meekness gentleness goodness temperance ââence Rev. 17.13 c. c. them you hate devour in your hearts and ââtion if not to take away their life yet you would ãâã away their liberty but it is hard to kick