of the life of Jesus your life is death and death is your end and that end leadeth to self to be selfly minded it is death for self is carnall and devillish did ever you read in the Scriptures your practise which you have amongst you did ever Apostles and Prophets do the same which you do did they ever seek themselves or self advantage for the glory of the world which lyes in death let the righteous in you judge your conscience I mean where Christ hath placed his witness Christ Jesus hath a witness in you all and that shall be your Judge at the latter day where God is known to be that is perfect and that delayeth not time he calleth for repentance by it which discovers sin and lets you know when you have done amiss it is Gods witness in every one which shews them their evill deeds and when they commit sin this judges now turn to this that it may lead you to life and peace but no peace to the wicked they shal dye without mercy now consider whether your deeds are done in the Spirit or in the flesh If by the Spirit of God you are guided then would you not appear in these practises you sit like Kings and Princes Lording over the just by your own invention and not by Gods direction or by any example of those that fear the Lord those that fear the Lord are innocent and harmless like God there are but two Spirits of God and of the devill now mind by which you are guided and by which Spirit you receive this authoritie which you practice doth the Spirit of God lead to murder let the light judge or did ever Christ Jesus shevv any such example or did he give you any authoritie to murther men that be not of your minds the Inquisition you call your selves enquiring of that vvhich you need not busying your selves and Lording it over other mens consciences your own practice you never consider from whence it came nor whether it shall go for to the pit must all that is exalted be turned your Idols cannot save you the day of your visitation is come turn unto the Lord all you exalted bubbles and let the light judge your wayes vvhether they be vvrought in God yea or nay did ever Christ Jesus the son of the living God command these things vvhich you do did ever the Lord of life shevv an example to murder his Spirit leads to suffering through him that maketh vvilling and not to persecution that is your seat to destroy the innocent the Lord is prest under your abhominations you trample up on the just one that discovers sin sin is the enemie of your souls and the Lord is a friend to all that fear and keep his commandements this commandement do I leave among you saith Christ Jesus that ye love one another and love is the fulfilling of the Law of God but where is your love to kill your Brother Cains nature dvvells in you and you are by that Spirit guided vvhich slaies the Just you offer up sacrifice to the Devill your sacrifice and you are one and he is one with you that leads you to it vvhat think you that a dead bable can save your souls it you call your Saviour that you make vvith your hands you make you a God and vvhen you have made it you eat it this corrupts with you corruptible things are not known to those that live in the Spirit but in the place vvhere they are to be used and vvhen and how by the wisdome of God as food for the body as God in his wisdome hath ordered them to be used as wine and strong drink as Paul writ to Timothie as usefull for the body and not for the soul The Spirit feedeth on things not seen with a Carnal eye by the Spirit were they guided to use every thing in its place by this Spirit is Nations redeemed and Kingdomes brought to nought Hell is their Portion that knows not that which redeemeth God redeemeth from sin but you dwell in sin and are dead And yet you say you eat God He that feedeth on me saith Christ Jesus shall live for ever My flesh is meat indeed and my Blood is drink indeed but not Carnal as you â—ay for God is a Spirit and no flesh enters that Kingdome neither can Man by his Spirit know what it is Man by his wisdome knows not God neither can they comprehend his being for his being is not Carnal but you are Carnal Sensuail and Devillish and the Diveil hath beguiled you for the destruction of your souls to enlarge his Kingdome his Kingdome is enlarged by the children of disobedience disobedience entred by Adams fall when he eat the forbidden fruit contrary to the mind of God God is righteous and he leads to righteousness peace and pure holyness and holyness becomes his House for ever Now where is this House can ye tell when you make your Idoll Temples a shelter for murderers and thieves Thieves you are to deceive the people and lead the blind to their destruction Destitute you are of God when you say you will sacrifice for sin and your hands are full of blood it is not your washing with water can save you from sin it is the blood of Jesus that cleanseth this blood is not Wine to drink in Bouls as do the Drunkards so do you You cannot worship him whom you know not in all your outward imitation And all your Ceremonies your Copes and Surplâ—sses and Miters and Crowns and Crosses that are made of wood and your painted flaggs deceiving the people and making them follow you up and down Towns and Cities and call this a procession it is a procession indeed for the Devill hath possessed you to make Images like unto himself Images and Likenesses is your Religion as you call it but he that seems to be Religious let him bridle his tongue but your tongues are at liberty to sing and pray and imitate how can he pray or preach that is not sent he that is sent is born of God can this birth you witness Christ came into the World by the will of his Father and whatsoever he see the Father do that did he also When did you see God to receive this authority your authority is from your Father the Devill and his Servants ye are whom ye do obey Obey the Lord turn to the Light of Jesus that leads to a holy Life and an innocent habitation out of all subtlety You do feed your Colledges with Philosophy which is not the Doctrine of Christ but the Doctrine of Devills Paul speaks Teach not vain Philosophy no Traditions of man for man in his wisdome knows not God neither is he known of God for God is a Judge of deceit and his judgements true and just And the just God will be avenged of his enemies yea the eternal God will call you to accompt for your Stewardship He hath given to every man a Talent to
you minde not the light of Jesus to guide your minds and stay you in all your actions and to bring your deeds to this light and examine your selves whether they be wrought in God yea or nay God is the Author of all that is righteous he is a righteous God and judges with equity and his judgements are true mind the light in your consciences whether or no it doth not judge your evill deeds and check you in secret this is the witness for God this is the light of Jesus which lets you see your sin wait in it it will lead you to the Father of life and light out of all visible things it will judge your enemies it is your friend turn unto it God hath not left himself without a witness this is his witness that discovers the fruits of darkness all deeds of the flesh are dark that is not by the light guided The light is the beginning to know God for God is light in him there is no darkness at all even as clear as Crystall is his kingdom the transplendent glory of the living God is as a Diadem of Gold as a Scepter of righteousness to this shall all Nations bow and bend Kings shall bring their glory to the Holy City of the living God what is your glory to this you usurpers and grand transgressors the antient of dayes shall levell your glory and your shame shall appear naked as it is you are naked you are naked indeed you want the Lambs ornament with bloody Garments you have long been covered that covering shall stand you instead no longer your abhomination will appear unto all and then is your covering which by it you have been exalted rent in sunder by the brightness of his coming is your deeds made manifest who act in the flesh without God in the the world Are not you ashamed of your practice to sit like Princes in a Palace with your silver Inkhorns and your Gold Rings on your fingers and your silken Carpet and with your Rooms hung and decked with ornaments even as a Kings Palace and antient men wayting upon you cringing and bowing and you but men your selves ye seek glory one of another and set the glory of God behind your back unto you Inquisitioners I do speak Consider with your selves the author of this practise whether it be not of the Devill yea or nay Christ Jesus when he was upon the earth had not a place to lay his head on neither did his Disciples uâ—urp any seen authority their habitation was not in this world but in another and that world is an encless habitation to those that fear the Lord and keep his Commandements his Commandements iâ— pure an undefiled an undefiâ—ed life doth the Lord require consider with your selves all things under the Sun is but vain turn unto the Lord and repent of this your abhomination be all of one minde and set your selves to love innocencie that you may become haters of evill I mean not self righteous for no man can see God and live wait on that which is eternall the light of the Lamb and strength shall be given against all your enemies which is sin and death The light of the Lamb is not so it leads to purity peace and true holiness and love God is love and love is the fulfilling of the Law this Commandement I leave with you saith Christ Jesus that ye love one another he gave his life for the love which he bore to sinners and he left his light in the world that men might know good from evill Every man hath a talent given him the sluggard hath a talent the unprofitable servant had a talent and he hid it in the earth Earthly minded men hides this talent and keeps it under the abhomination Christ Jesus was a Lamb slain from the bâ—ginniâ—g in the beginning was the word and the word was God and dwelt among men but men loved darkness rather thâ—n light because their deeds were evill evill minded men have possessed tâ—e kingdoms of the earth and by the fall lyes in disobedience and have exalâ—ed themselves above all that is called God they are exalted by concupiscence and disobedience which they have gathered in by the Prince of the Air. Airy minded men have gathered in by that Clymate swift destructions to their souls from the beginning it was not so when innocencie dwelt in Adam be obeyed God the Serpent being subtle deprived man of his eternall happiness and begot a nature like unto himself and selfly minded men are like unto him their seed is dâ—ceit full like unto him that sowed it the enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and the good seed was choaked and took not roâ—t now consâ—der of these things consider there is but two good and evill The good proceedeth from the Lord that seed is innocent and harmless and would the death of no man it is the fruit of righteousness peace it leads unto an holy life and to do righteousness in the fight of God and to do unto every man as you would be done unto it leadeth not into Cains nature that slew his Brother Abell it doth not teach to murder men to be a man-slayer consider with your selves whether your practice be of God yea or nay will you deal so with any that you would not have them so to deal with you would you be slain for conscience sake your selves turn to the Lord that you may see your evill wayes that by the brightness of his coming your enemies may be dissolved and that an end may be put to all these things which have been gathered by subtlety and held up by tradition to advance the Devils Kingdom away with all your vain imaginations away with all your deceit away with all your double dealing all is layd open before the Lord and he is a judge of it and his judgement is true and men are lyers The Devill was a lyer from the beginning he hath deprived man of his eternall happiness by a lye by a lye was Eve beguiled and misled with that which leads to desolation all mankinde desplation hath possest the souls of men by the fruit of iniquity which hath been gathered in by his subtlety that is a deceiver A deceiver is he who judgeth the wayes of God to be a lye false judgement is set up and instead of righteousness that should take place in mans heart disobedience have took place upon the earth and the righteous Law have been neglected because man hath obeyed the Devill in the stead of God that is a pure Author this Author was from the beginning from everlasting to everlasting world without end without end is his glory but you know it not it is hid from you by the grand-enemy of man who is exalted above all that is called God God is a beginner of innocencie and a fountain of life to all those that trust in him come all ye ends of the earth and drink of the water of
of God to guide their minds and that wisdom leadeth to an heavenly kingdom where there is no end an end shall be put unto all under the Sun when the Son of righteousness doth arise with healing under his wings then shall all flesh be saved he saveth his people from their sin they who minde this innocent guide which shews them sin it will lead them to another kingdom out of subtlety and deceit by subtlety was Eve beguiled The Serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field promised knowledge of good and evill ye shall be as Gods knowing good and evill was not his a lye to deprive man of his eternall happiness leading out of pure obedience promising that which could not be he that doth evill knows not good and he that doth good knows not evill Gods ways is a stranger to mans ways and mans ways is a stranger to the Lord in that nature which stands in disobedience through Adams fall Adam disobeyed God in eating the forbidden fruit and in that nature hath the Generations of the earth been lead in disobedience continually do men act by tradition one of another and the righteous Law of God is forgotten The unrighteous pâ—ant the seed of the evill hath flourished long upon the earth long hath the Lord suffered under your abhominations now will the Lord call you to an account you must give an account to the Lord for all your evill deeds done in the flesh without the Spirit of God you have acted and worshipt you know not what what hath your worships been hath it brought you to an holy life yea or nay God is holy and his worship is holy and out of God is nothing accepted he that dwells in God dwells in love and love is the fulfilling of the Law This Commandement I leave among you saith Christ Jesus that ye love one another where is all your love do ye not murther one another and Cozen one another and cheat one another doth not the Pope your Author do these things he which you call your grand Bishop and your holy Father you call him Christs Vicar you say he is but you are lyers and the true riches not in you you are strangers to the Lord and the Pope whom you call your head he is your head you know no other a wicked man he is like your selves and a blasphemer and a lyer and usurper The hand of the Lord is against that seat of pride that is upholden by him his glory shall be shaken and that root shall be removed and his end shall become desolate who is a deceiver a deceiver is he who seeks self his glory is advanced by the children of darkness Search and try these fruits by the light of Jesus whether or no they be wrought in God pride and covetousness selfly mindedness an advanced Bubble is he whom you you call your head Christ is the head of all them who trust in him he is a head and a well spring of life he is a living fountain to them that believe Belief maketh perfect through pure obedience is God known to them that put their trust in him and stay their minds upon the Lord of life he is life and light in him there is no darkness at all all are fallen from God who acts in the dark and without the light In the beginning was light and this light is the life of men he breathed into Adam the breath of life and he became a living soul and this soul was perfect untill the transgression this transgression leadeth man out of God for God is light and man is darkned by the Prince of darkness who leadeth out of God now consider who is your leader or by whom are your minds guided are you not busied in your minds about many things yea or nay while Adam lived in the state of innocencie he was perfect even as God had him made there is an estate of innocencie which leadeth unto life and this life is hid in God the world sees it not because of the enmity the Serpents seed it is the seed of sedition who hath betrayed man of his eternall happiness and his well being A being hath man in the fall through disobedience he lyeth in Blood even a murtherer from the beginning was Cain Cains nature dwelleth in the children of disobedience the nature of man is enmity against God God is a redeemer from that nature If man turn unto that which is pure the light of Jesus that discovers sin sin is an enemy to man in the beginning it was not so God made man upright man sought out many inventions By the Devill hath he been led to the destruction of his soul he is an enemy to all mankinde and a lyer from the beginning and by a lye hath his kingdom been upheld all your invention is of man a humane invention is your practise of that which you call your Religion he that seems to be Religious and bridles not his tongue he is a lyer and the truth abideth not in him your toâ—gues are at liberty who swear and lye and blaspheme the name of God blasphemy is your practice your Religion as you call it it is blasphemy against God and the Author is the Devill and by a lye you uphold your authority as to say your Pope is a Vicar what is a Vicar can you tell or by what authority doth he sit with a triple Crown upon his head and a Shepheards Crook in his hand who is his Author or where had he this example did not Christ and his Disciples wander up and down and had no certain abiding upon the earth they labourd and went up and down and preached the glad tydings of the Gospel to them that would repent and turn from their evill ways you live as Sodomites and your Shepheard like unto you your Pope it is I mean so called of you a name devised of the Devill an invention of Babylon was any such name given of old in the times of the Apostles or Prophets did any man that feared God receive authority to sell pardons for money Christ saith come all you that are heavy laden and I will give you â—ase he is a redeemer out of corruptible things he is a good Shepheard he giveth his life for his Sheep without money and without price may you come and drink of the water of life freely he forbiddeth none the fountain of living water is set open for the Lambs therein to feed but no Wolves no ravenous Beasts no Popish Prelats in that nature wherein they now stand The workers of iniquity are shut out of the Counsell of God their Counsell is abhomination who are devourers of the Creation the Creation is given to man to be used in the wisdome of God but men have abused and wronged that which was given and gathered to themselves swift destruction your example and your Author leads your minds against the truth he that exalteth himself shall be abased Is not this