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A33498	The books and divers epistles of the faithful servant of the Lord Josiah Coale collected and published, as it was desired by him the day of his departure out of this life.	Coale, Josiah, 1632?-1668.; Coale, Josiah, 1632?-1668. Collection of the several books of Josiah Coale.; Coale, Josiah, 1632?-1668. Whore unvailed.; Coale, Josiah, 1632?-1668. Vindication of the light within.; Parker, Alexander, 1628-1689.; Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.; Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1671 (1671)	Wing C4751_PARTIAL; Wing C4760A_PARTIAL_CANCELLED; ESTC R23397	193,793	414

the Lord your God raise up unto you him shall ye hear c. And when this Prophet was rais'd and was with his three Disciples in the Mount the Immediate Voice from the Excellent Glory said This is my Beloved SON hear ye him Mat. 17.5 This then is that Word which they were blessed that heard according to that Saying of Christ to his Disciples Blessed are your Ears for they hear c. For many that had Ears could not hear the Word though they had the Scriptures that were then in being which testify'd of the Word So its plain that Christ spoke of himself when he said Blessed are they that hear the Word of God c. And that he spoke not of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament there is not any thing can be more plain because the Scriptures that are call'd the new Testament were not then written nay not any part thereof So that its great Ignorance in John Newman to think that Christ spoke of the Scriptures especially of the new Testament and not of himself But then in page 4. he saith I shall undertake to prove that the Scriptures of the two Testaments c. are properly and principally call'd the Word of God c. And his first Proof is Psal 18.28 30. where the Prophet said Thou wilt light my Candle the Lord will enlighten my Darkness And as for God his Way is perfect the Word of the Lord is try'd And from hence argueth That the Scripture is the Word of God which David spake of Because saith he it s the same that 's call'd the Way of God So takes it for granted That the Scripture is the Way of God and concludes That it must needs follow that the Scripture is the Word there spoken of saying It doth appear that the Scriptures or perfect Way of God in which the Prophet walked and by which he should be enlighten'd is here called the Word of the Lord. Answ I cannot but Marvel that men should be so wilfully blind to go about to wrest the Scriptures after this manner when never a word of David here inserted so much as speaks of the Scriptures much less of the Old and New Testament But he here speaks of what God his Way and Word was and of what God whom he said was his Lamp would do for him Likewise in the 29th verse which J. N. willingly omits he declares what God had done for him or what himself had done by the Lord not by Scripture By thee I have run through a Troop and by my God I have leapt over a Wall And vers 3● It is God that girdeth me with Strength and maketh my Way perfect Mark He did not say That he made the Scripture a perfect Way for him for the Scripture was not his Way by which he run through the Troop Nor did he say That by the Scripture he would light his Candle and enlighten his Darkness but by Him who is Light by whom he run through a Troop So that it appears it was the Power and Strength of God in which David walked and by which the Lord did those things for him and not by Scripture So that this serves nothing at all to prove the Scriptures the Word and Way of God neither do I understand that the Scriptures any where say That they are the Way but contrariwise testifie That Christ is the Way whose Name is called the Word of God which was with God in the beginning and in the Bosom of the Father from Everlasting John 1.18 nevertheless the Law written in Tables of Stone was in the dispensation of time the Rule though not the Supream Rule which they were to observe and do until Christ the Seed came who is the Way Everlasting The next Scripture offer'd by J. N. to prove the Scriptures the Word is out of Psalm 119.100 105. where the Prophet saith Thy Word is a Lamp unto my Feet and a Light unto my Path. Now saith J. N. what this Word is he sheweth at large in vers 97 98 101. where the Prophet plainly sheweth That it was the holy Law of God which was his Meditation day and night And further he saith Thou through thy Commandments hast made me wiser then my Enemies And in vers 101. to shew what this Way of God was he saith I have refrain'd my Feet from every false way that I might keep thy Word And in vers 106. he saith I have sworn that I will perform it that I may keep thy Judgments From whence we may plainly see That God's Word which was a Lanthorn unto his Feet and a Light unto his Path which Word he had sworn to keep that it was the Commandments or Word of God in which was contain'd the Will of God in order to David's Salvation And it is plain the Word here is not meant of Christ because the Prophet calleth it The Word of God and saith He had sworn to keep it And it cannot in reason be understood That David or any other man did ever keep Christ for all his Saints are kept by him for we are kept by the Power of Christ through Faith unto Salvation c. Answ How can a rational Person judge but that J. N. is willing to put out his own Eyes lest he should see and likewise to blind the Eyes of as many more as he can who thus tears the Scriptures to pieces that the import of them may not be understood and then patch up a few bits together again mixed with his own Imaginations and Meanings to make them shew like what himself would have Wherefore did he not instance the 99th verse also as well as the 98th 100th where David said I have more Understanding then my Teachers Was it not lest People should perceive that surely David had some farther Acquaintance and Community with God then his Teachers had and that God was his immediate Teacher by his Word which he sent and healed them that were in distress Psal 107.20 which was a Light unto David 's Feet and a Lanthorn to his Path A thing which his Teachers were not so acquainted with though they well knew the Law outwardly which David also stricktly observed as otherwise it cannot be rationally understood that David's Teachers did not well understand the Law yet he had more understanding then they for he was a Prophet of God and knew the Word of the Lord though it was as he said forever settled in Heaven vers ●9 and said he In God I will praise thy Word Psal 56. ● And thy Word hath quickened me Psal 119.50 And I have hoped in thy Word vers 74. And when this Word was with-drawn out of his sight he said Mine Eyes f●il for thy Word vers 82. Now who can be so ignorant and blind as to think that he spoke of the Scriptures when he said Thy Word is settled in Heaven For were the Scriptures settled in Heaven And in God I will praise thy Word Was it

Burdens and so fulfil the Law of God and in that you are a strength one to another and so in this feel the Salutation of my Love which is to you beyond declaring And to the Keeping and Protection of the Arm of the Lord I do commit you Amen So in the Peace and Life which hath no end I remain London the 2d Day of the 7th Moneth 1667. Your Faithful and True Brother Josiah Coale Let this be sent amongst the Friends in Holland To all People in JAMAICA Unto whom the MESSAGE OF Eternal Life is sent and amongst whom the Gospel is now preached FRIENDS Now the Everlasting Gospel of Peace and Glad-tidings is preached amongst you and the Word of Reconciliation reacheth forth towards you every one with Meekness receive it for it is able to save your Souls and to build you up and give you an Inheritance amongst the sanctified Ones For now is the Message of the Lord to be declar'd unto you and amongst you by True and Faithful Messengers whom he hath sent forth in his Name and endew'd with Power for that Service and hath made them willing for your sakes to give up their Lives that the Way of Life might be made known unto you and you might come to walk therein And their Message you are all to receive as you prize the Salvation of your Souls for they are Messengers of the New Covenant into which the Lord in this Day of his Glorious Appearance is gathering his People that they might be all taught of him and come to the Knowledge of him from the Least to the Greatest And Friends This Covenant of which I speak which they are Messengers of is Light and this Light lighteth every man that cometh into the World which if you give heed unto in your own Consciences you will find it reproving for the Deeds of Darkness and condemning sin in the Flesh and will lead all who are guided by it out of sin and will lead in the Way of Righteousness and in the Path of Peace and Way of True Holiness which is a Way that the World knows not who live in Iniquity Wherefore now all People The Day of your Visitation being upon you and the Lord striving with you by his Good Spirit in your Hearts and being also calling unto you by the Mouthes of his Messengers to Returns Now every one encline your Ears and hear what the Spirit saith in your inward Parts and prize the Day of the Visitation of the Lord's Love who after the long time that you have passed away in Rebellion and Disobedience against his Good Spirit should now be pleased to accept of you and to pass by your Transgressions past and the Sins of your Youth therefore I say Let the Rich Love of the Lord which is now manifested constrain you to Fear before him and to learn Obedience unto his Faithful Witness which he hath placed in your Hearts For Friends it concerns your Eternal Peace and now is the Day wherein you may come to the knowledge thereof before they be hid from your Eyes For truly Friends If you be not attentive unto that which will give unto you the knowledge of those things the time will come that they will be hid from your Eyes and then shall you cry out saying How have we hated Instruction and despised the Day of Healing And so Now the Day is wherein you may come to know and witness your Reconciliation made with the Lord by his Word of Power which is nigh you even in your Hearts and in your Mouthes which Word reconciles to God all who hear and obey it and it will also purge you from all Iniquity if you submit to the Working and Operation of it And this I testifie That no other Way can you come to know a being sanctified and reconcil'd to the Lord but by the Word of his Power and through your Obedience thereunto And this Testimony I send amongst you to the end that you might believe in the Light of the Son of God wherewith you are enlighttened And this Testimony will be further confirmed unto you by the Mouthes of these whom the Lord hath now sent amongst you and their Testimony is true of which I am a Witness for we have been all Baptized by one Spirit into one Body even the Glorious Body of him who is the Head And so we are all Eye-Witnesses of his Majesty and of his Glory and can give in our Testimony together That by the Mouthes of several Witnesses even so many as the Lord shall call the TRUTH may be confirmed to you that so you may no longer follow them who cry Lo here or Lo there For behold the Kingdom of Heaven is within you and comes not with Observations and all that enter into it must become as little Children for of such is the Kingdom of God which is now come with Power and is nigh unto you And Blessed and Happy are all they that come to know an Entrance administred into it for they are Heirs of that Inheritance which shall never fade away Written in Barbadoes this 18th of the 7th Moneth 1661. From one who is a Labourer in the Lords ' Vineyard called Josiah Coale An Epistle to FRIENDS IN New-England The First Epistle DEAR FRIENDS My Love which is sincere and fervent in the Lord's Truth which is as precious as ever in this Day of Tryal is freely and fervently extended to you For oft are you in my Remembrance in much tenderness and truly do I Respect you as such whom the Lord hath accounted worthy to bear his Name and which he hath made choice of to be a Peculiar People to himself and to be Witnesses for him in the mid'st of a Crooked and Perverse Generation And let your Holy Life and Chaste Conversation be such as may preach Righteousness unto all that if they speak Evil of you as of Evil-Doers you may have cause to Rejoyce having the Peace of God in your Hearts And Friends I am not unmindful of you neither are you forgotten by me For oft I am even amongst you in the Spirit of Love and Life in which my Desires and Prayers to God are and oft have been for you that you may grow and encrease and prosper and flourish in the precious living glorious Truth of God of which you are made Partakers and into which you are gather'd through the working of his Divine Power that so the Heavenly Image may be borne by you all that by your Good Example in Holiness and Righteousness many may be made to confess unto the Truth and be convinced of it and that to the Brightness of your rising in it many may be gather'd that so the Borders of the Sanctuary of the Most High may be enlarg'd unto the ends of the Earth For Friends You know full well that in the Power of God yea the Power of an Endless Life We whom the Lord sent unto you labour'd amongst you for the Exaltation

things were honest and of Good Report and by which the Truth might have been adorn'd how readily would you have been made conformable thereunto though you had deny'd your selves therein And then how did the Blessings of God with Peace and Unity one with another abound amongst you Well I hope and doubt not but that you are still like-minded in the same thing many of you and that you have the same Consolation abounding amongst you But if any be otherwise-minded I would have such know that the Truth is of the same worth as ever it was and of as great price with all who really walk therein as ever it was esteem'd by such and this God shall reveal unto them in his Day And if any retain not their first Love Zeal and Fervency but walk disorderly and not according to the Truth of the Gospel which was preached unto you by us in the beginning I say if we or any other shall walk amongst you not according to that Holy Order of the Gospel by which it may be adorn'd and shall refuse the Admonition of the Spirit of Meekness to be humbled for his disorderly walking have no Fellowship with such a one but let him be accounted as a Heathen and a Publican unto you that God may deal with him for his Iniquity according to his Deserts Yet nevertheless against an Elder receive not an Accusation except it be by the Mouthes of two or three Witnesses that nothing be done but that which may tend to the Edification of all and not to the Destruction of any And farther my Friends If any amongst you shall walk not as becomes the Gospel of Christ nor according to that savoury holy Order that the Truth hath led and doth lead into but by any unsavoury Actions or Motions whatsoever shall vary from the Simplicity and Purity of the Truth yet let not that become a Stumbling-Block unto any nor cause any to fall from the Faith which you have receiv'd and through which you have obtain'd Remission of Sins and Immortal Life For the Unfaithfulness or disorderly walking of some will not be a sufficient Excuse for others in the Day of the Lord when they are called to an account but every one who have tasted of the Power and Love of God and have receiv'd the Gift of his Spirit be faithful thereunto that you may improve your Tallent which is committed to you For every one must give an account for himself unto God and none can excuse you before him therefore I say Look not at the Haltings of others though it should be such who have seem'd to be as Pillers nor think to make that a Plea or an Excuse to decline from the Purity of the Holy Way of the Lord for although that may serve for an Argument amongst men yet that will not serve when God shall come to plead with such before whom all Hearts are open and all things naked and bare and he will give to every one a just Reward according to their Deeds Wherefore I say Let every one have an Eye unto the Lord in all things and mind their own state and how it stands betwixt them and the Lord and that will keep them from looking-out and consulting about the state of others who may vary from the Purity of the Truth for hereby the occasion of stumbling comes unto many But rather let the halting of such be as Dreadful Examples unto you to take Warning by that so you may be kept in Fear and Faithfulness in Watchfulness and Diligence lest you fall into the same Temptation and Snare of the Devil For my Friends Whither can any go to find Life Immortal Consolation and Satisfaction to their Souls if they should forsake the precious Truth of which we have born testimony in the Life and Demonstration of God's Spirit amongst you and through which many of you have found Rest to your Souls after many long and sore Travels Truly there is not another thing that can add unto your everlasting Consolation if once any of you should vary or slip aside from that And this I hope and doubt not but that many or most of you are perswaded and satisfied in Therefore continue therein and therein be unanimous in your Service and Obedience unto the Lord that by him his Good Spirit and Word of Grace you may be established forever And as concerning the state of Marriages You know the comely Order of the Church in the primitive Times before the Apostacy began and how the Apostle said If any be called being Married let him nor seek to be loosed nay though he or she had an Unbelieving Wife or Husband but let the Husband render due Benevolence to the Wife and likewise the Wife to the Husband And further By Commission from God he said Let not the Wife depart from her Husband And so say I unto you in the Name and Fear of the Lord Let none give place in the least to that spirit that would beget Inclinations in the Wife or Husband to depart one from another but let every man have his own Wife and every woman her own Husband For whatsoever Pretence or Covering that spirit that would separate them may come under yet it is a spirit of Fornication and it will lead out of the comely Order into the Disorder and into the Defilements and Pollutions of the World and into a Pit and a Snare And for such things sake the Wrath of God will be reveal'd and he will make such Examples of his Vengeance For as the Apostle said The Wife is bound by the Law so long as her Husband liveth and if she depart from him and Marry another Man she is an Adulteress and a Transgressor of the Law And therefore my dear Friends as I said before In that comely Order in which you may adorn the Gospel and be kept in Favour with the Lord and in Unity and Fellowship one with another in his Spirit of Life let all walk together and in your places and stations where the Lord hath set you and order'd you therein abide with him having the Loins of your Minds girt about with the Truth it self and be zealous for the Honour thereof and keep stedfast therein with the Lord in Fear and Faithfulnes in Fervency and Simplicity all being Examples one to another of Chastity and Holiness and Godliness of Conversation that you may also be as Lights unto the World answering the Witness of God in all that none may have any thing against you nor whereof to accuse you but only concerning your Obedience to the Law of your God then will you have strong Consolation in the Lord and great Boldness and Confidence towards him and also in the sight of all men and the Lord will encrease your Spiritual Substance and will also enlarge your Borders by daily adding to your Number such as shall be saved And so the Everlasting God keep you all and be with and amongst you and cause the plentious