and embracing the little ones knowing that he that is the greatest shall be as the least and he that is cheefe as him that serueth then shall they bee worthy of double honour Now let vs speake a little of some of the greatest things that God requireth at our handes the which we haue greatest neede to looke after to practise and performe and that is to bee borne againe of water and the holy Ghost I hat is to say the true teares of repentance and the fire of Gods loue by the power of the holy Ghost without the which we shall neuer enter into the Kingdome of heauen And though we should giue to Caesar the thinges that bee Caesars yet are we neuer the neerer to the Kingdome of heauen except we giue vnto God the things that are Gods The first effect of the spirit in vs is to beleeue that God is and is to be found Heb. 11.6 The second effect of the spirit for which the promise and word of faith is made and giuen is repentance First therefore whosoeuer commeth to God must beleeue that God is and that he is also a rewarder of them that seeke him for no man commeth vnto God to be borne againe and reconciled vnto him but he must first beleeue that he is euer was and shall be and is onely able to saue and willing also and ready to be found of them that seeke him Now then the first worke which the Lord doth worke in vs effectuall to saluation is repentance and is the beginning of our regeneration and the first steppe of seeking God after wee beleeue that hee is and is to bee found And this repentance is an vnspeakeable sorrow for sinnes desire of reconciliation with God with such a moulten and dissolued heart as yeeldeth forth thousands of teares from the deepe digged well of water broken vp from the bottome of that his sorrowfull heart Act. 19.4 washing and baptising it therin bewailing his wofull and lost condition in his father Adam and the loathsome vncleannesse of his owne life which the righteous law of God had most iustly condemned him for Sighing and sobbing beeing borne and become euen as water crying and calling for mercy night and day Iohn 3.5 neuer giuing ouer till God takes pitty vppon him and send downe the comforter vnto his oppressed soule The third effect of the spirit is peace loue The assurance of Gods fauor forgiuenes of our sinnes with the fire of his loue to kindle peace therein and to purge the same according to his promise made in the slaine Lambe the onely mediator betweene God and all such heauy loaded sinners prepared digged and powred full of water like Elias his Sacrifice which fire of heauen doth so consume and licke vp this wette and well prepared Sacrifice Rom. 8.26 that the odor thereof is carried vp by the comforter the holy Ghost the Angell which the Lambe did send vnto him who doth carry and recarry from heauen to earth and from earth to heauen who with golden censure doth receiue and present with much odors that is giuen him the prayers Reu. 8.34.5 cryes and teares of this poore sighing soule offering them vpon the golden Altar which is before the throane of God where the fire of his loue dooth burne night and day and the smoake of the odors with their requests the cries and teares of this dry thirsty soule Ascend vp before God out of the Angels hand who maketh intercession for him in the mediation of the Lambe Requesting grace and fauour for him for the mediators sake and that hee would regard and pitty his soule whose messengers Mat. 18 1â— these cryes and teares are standing before the face of God among his Angels to beseene which grace and loue God doth grant vnto his Angell for him who with speed taketh the Censer and filleth it with the fire of the Altar and hasteth downe to power it vpon this and all such like poore thirsty soules The ioyfullest messenger that any man can haue bringing peace and comfort loue and ioy Assuring him it is decreed in heauen that he shall liue And this is to be borne of water and of the holy Ghost and this is it which Iohn meaneth when he saith Mat. 3.11.12 I baptise you with water to repentance but he that commeth after me shal baptise you with the holy Ghost and fire Psal 51.17 The sacrifice of God saith one is a broken and contrite heart Esa 42.3 A broken and contrite heart oh God thou wilt not dispise Thou wilt binde vp the brused reed and giue fire to the smoaking Flax. Psal 24.6 This is the generation of them seeke him yea of them that seeke thy face oh God euen Iacob my beloued Psal 27.8 Seeke yee my face my heart answered O Lord I will seeke thy face The secrets of the Lord are opened to them that feare him and his couenant to giue them vnderstanding Psal 25.10 This is the man that can not onely giue Caesar the things that are Caesars But to God also the things that are Gods he offereth eueryday the sacrifice of a broken heart sighing and weeping to see his sinnes looke on him Rom. 7.35 which hee hath cast behinde him mourning to see how his flesh doth serue sinne whereas his minde doth loue and delight in the lawe of God his louing father who hath his heart night and day attending on his grace thinking on his mercies still neuer putting out of minde what hee hath done for him alwaies thinking where euer hee goes of his most pretious promises wondring at his great loue Vttering most ioyfull voices by himselfe alone vnexpressable ioyes in the holy Ghost hath hee often times and peace past vnderstanding thus doth hee walke with God and please him The night watches doth hee preuent and the Sun rising to giue thanks vnto his God and doth salute him before the day spring Thus doth God possesse him and he him Are not these thinges true Master Smith well time wil tell peraduenture you will obiect that I say but prooue nothing If heere bee nothing prooued you may the more easily disprooue for no man will gaine-say that which he taketh prooued if he be not possest with an euill spirit But it may bee you thinke scorne to fight with one that hath no weapon counting it no praise nor tryumph in such a victory well though you will neither fight nor yield as one that disdaineth so meane an offer yet truth shall winne though ye dispise to learne of her and scorne to speak vnto her But if you doe yet bethinke your selfe least you shold be thought to be put to silence by a foole and take heed I pray you kick not against the pricks let not the wisedome of the flesh ouer-rule you It is better a wise man should yeild a little to a foole then that the wise man should die at the point of
thy brethren and seeke his loue as before with all courtesie and meekenesse of exhortation and if he still resist thy loue and vtter wordes of scorne against thee or reuile thee as enuie cannot hide it selfe Then can that one or two witnesse against him and will if that he will not heare them neither but first let them also admonish him that so euery word that he speaketh euill against thee or the light in thee may be confirmed And if he refuse to heare them tell it vnto the Church if he refuse to heare the Church also let him be vnto thee as an Heathen man and a Publican that is If hee still like a scorner refuse to giue eare and to receiue instruction at the handes of that one witnesse with thee or two tell it to the Church These he hath made Pillars in his house and they shall goe no more out Reu. 3.12 that is to those little ones borne of God being gathered together in my name who onely haue this priuiledge to be my Church and Pillar of truth for if there were fiue hundred brethren more beside the little humble ones yet none can iudge this cause but they This Church doth neuer condemn the inocent and let the guilty goe free This Church neuer decreed lies and condemned the truth And if he refuse to heare this Church let him bee vnto thee no longer as a brother and a fellow partaker in the common things of the kingdome wherein before he did and might take part with thee as a disciple of Christ but let him be vnto thee and vnto all the Church euen as a Heathen that beleeueth not the truth of the Ghospell and as a Publican that professeth the practise of sinne Verily I say vnto you Ver. 18 whatsoeuer you binde on earth shall be bound in heauen and whatsoeuer you loose on earth shall be loosed in heauen for to you it is to whom I haue giuen the Keyes of the Kingdome of Heauen as well to binde them that sinne against you and the Conenant of loue written in you with the bond of death and to shut the gate of mercy and loue against them as also to lose the bonds of iniquity and the cords and chaines of their sinnes that do repent and to open the gates of my kingdome of mercy life vnto them so that whatsoeuer ye binde on earth is bound in heauen and whatsoeuer ye lose on earth is losed in heauen For if he escaped not that despised him that spake on earth how should he then escape that despiseth him that speaketh from heauen And as he died without mercy vnder two or three witnesses that despised Moyses law Much more lamentable and fearefull is the condition of him that despiseth that law and couenant of grace whereby his soule should liue resisting the voice of the bride and of her children which sought his good How much greater is his bondage and sorer shall his punishment be that is condemned by that Church where the Prince of the couenant doth sit of treason against his bloud by the testimony of two or three witnesses It had been good for that man if he neuer had beene borne And better for him after hee was borne that a milstone had beene hanged about his neck and throwne to the bottome of the Sea before he fell to despise the Lord in his Sanctuarie and to resist his spirit of grace in his little ones Againe verily I say vnto you That if two of you my brethren that beleene in me Ver. 19 agree in earth vpon any thing concerning my word and the meaning thereof either for the sentence of death to the disobedient or mercy and life to the returned sinner whatsoeuer ye shall aske the Father in my name if it be life for him that sinneth not vnto death or whatsoeuer else is necessary and good for the kingdome he will giue it you For Ver. 20 where two or three be gathered in my name there am I in the middest of you what will hee not therefore giue you for my sake Aske and ye shall receiue that your ioy may be full These are priuiledges belonging only to those little ones that are born of God who haue their parts in the first resurrection against whom the gates of hell shall not preuaile nor yet the second death But there was euermore an Israell after the flesh which persecuted that Israell which is after the spirit and shall be to the worlds end For this generation shal not passe away till the Lord himselfe come Mat. 24.34 And if there were not an Israell not of God Paul would neuer haue said To the Israell which is of God And if there were not an earthly Ierusalem he would neuer haue told vs of a heauenly Yea there were two Ierusalems in all times Two Israels in all ages two mothers two test aments two seeds euen from the beginning As Caine and Abell Ismaell and Isaack Esau and Iacob Two lands of Canaan heauenly and earthly Two rests carnall and spirituall As it is written saying To day if ye will heare his voice harden not your hearts least ye enter not into this rest Euen then while they were in possession of the earthly rest Heb. 3.15.16.17.18.19 which by vnhardning their hearts and hearing his voice they might haue entred into Euen the same way which euer was still remaines and shall doe to the worlds end Euen the same rest the same heauenly Ierusalem the same congregation of the first borne the same holy City the same Church which hath had in it at all times the same power from God to binde and loose to remit and to retain sinnes And this is the bride the Lambs wife This is she to whom is granted to be cloathed in white aray And these are they that watch and are sober attending with their Lampes burning to meete the bridgeroome their husband These all vnhardened their hearts and heard his voice and entred into his rest The rest and peace with God rest to their soules euen that rest which is said to remain to the people of God Heb. 4.9 And whosoeuer entred into that rest did first heare his voice that is receiued the word of faith And whosoeuer receiued that word of faith did first vnharden his heart that is did first repent was lost and dead crying and bewailing with an vn-vtterable desire of life his sinnes death and these are the dead which heare the voice of the sonne of man and liue Ioh. 5.25 And this is that one baptisme spoken of and is called the baptisme of repentance Acts. 19.4 Mark 1.1.2.3.4 and the beginning of the Gospell the preparation to the word of faith That one faith spoken of and they that are borne againe of these two Mat. 3.3 Ephe. 4.5 haue all receiued that one spirit spoken of euen the spirit of adoption and are all seruants vnto that one Lord and children to that one God their
doe reuile and persecute them thinking they doe God seruice There doth yet remaine sacrifice and he may be both prayed for John 16.2 and exhorted to repentance and repenting find grace and pardon both with God and his true Church Luk. 23.34 Act. 7.60 and for such doth the Lord himselfe pray saying Father forgiue them for they know not what they doe and another saith Lord lay not this sinne to their charge So that this sinne or trespasse heere is not any sinne committed simply and alone against the ten Commaundements But it is to sinne against the new couenant in them that obey it For the Lord doth not heere giue rules and directions whereby to learne men to keepe the ten commaundements but to teach them to obey the Gospell yet not so but that euery sinne committed against the Gospell is also a breach of the law But one may sinne against the law and yet not against the Gospell not that any man hath leaue to sinne against or breake any of the ten commandements but in many things as one saith we sinne all and loue couereth a multitude of these sinnes and as it is written Iam. 3.2 1. Pet 4.8 Psal 32.1 Blessed is that man whose iniquities are couered so that as God in his loue doth couer the manifold iniquities of his blessed ones so doe they all couer multitudes of those sinnes in others And that it cannot bee meant of the literall breach of any of the ten commaundements experience may proue for if a man see his brother commit adultery or murder or theft or heare him take the name of God invaine or see him worship an Idoll or any other such like grosse sinne how may these rules and directions in this place serue for this man for after that he which onely is priuie to his fault beside God and himselfe hath plainely rebuked him as the Scripture other where doth commande him so to doe Leuit. 19.17 If hee will nor heare him Mat. 18. how may he then proceed according to the direction of Christ if he take one or two and then telleth him his fault and reproue him before them or him and the other denieth any such fault that he accuseth him of and taketh him or them whom he bringeth for witnesse to beare witnesse against him to proue him a slaunderer and so he may proceede against him in mens iudgement more lawfully and more agreeable to Christs direction then he may against the other because he hath one or two witnesses whereas the other hath none and so those witnesses whom he taketh to beare witnes against another commeth now against himselfe wherefore it is manifest that no man may accuse another of any sinne especially of that kind though he saw it with his eyes or heard it with his eares except he hath other eye or eare witnesses besides himselfe least hee bee condemned for transgression and punished for an euill doer Deut. 19.15 for an accusation may not be receiued vnder two or three witnesses So then the Lord dooth not meane here by trespasse any of the grosse sinnes of the Commaundements nor yet the smaller multitudes of them which loue doth couer but hee meaneth the sinnes or trespasses committed against the little ones that are borne againe hating them or despising them for that they walke in the light and so in despising them they despise the Lord Iesus and his father that sent him and so they sin against that light which should saue their soules which being done wittingly is vnpardonable And as the law of life and saluation is more excellent then the law of death so doth the sin excell in greatnesse As it is written If he that despised Heb. 10.28 29. Moses law died without mercie vnder two or three witnesses O how much sorer punishment suppose ye shall he be worthy that treadeth vnder feete the Sonne of God and counteth the blood of the Testament as an vnholy thing wherewith hee was sanctified and doth despight the spirit of grace So then to sinne against the law is one thing and to sinne against the Gospell is another Wherefore by trespasse here is meant pardonable sinne committed against the new Testament and those that walke in the light thereof vnwittingly And the trespassers are such as are not yet borne of God for hee that is borne of God sinneth not 1. Ioh. 5.18 neither is there any occasion of euill in him meaning by sinne and euill the sinne to death and the sinne not to death before mentioned for if he could sinne the sinne not to death hee must needes sinne the sinne to death because he cannot doe it ignorantly As Paul did 1. Tim. 1.13 who said I was receiued to mercy for I did it ignorantly seeing he knoweth the light which Paul did not then for how is it possible that he which is borne of God who loueth God and his brother also that is begotten of him who walketh in the light which is his life and saluation that he should hate his brother whom hee so loueth or despise the light which his soule delighteth in or resist the same seeing that his whole life and felicity doth consist therein And we know that he that is borne of God loueth God and he that loueth God 1. Iob. 3.9 loueth his brother also which is begotten of God and so he cannot sinne neither is there any occasion of those euils in him as it is written 1. John 5.1 Now let vs proceed seeing that the way as I hope is made cleere If thy brother trespasse against thee goe tell him his fault between thee and him alone Mat. 18.15 if he heare thee thou hast wonne thy brother That is to say If any one of those Disciples and brethren in common things not regenerate doe despise or speake euill of any one of you that are returned and reuile or persecute you for the lights sake wherein you walke Thou shalt informe him of his fault between thee and himselfe alone and giue him to vnderstand that if he despise speake euill of reuile or persecute thee he doth it vnto the Lord whom he professeth exhort him to humble his heart and be conuerted and walke in that light himselfe and then hee shall loue both it and embrace and loue them also that walke in it if he take knowledge of his faults and receiueth thy words of exhortation and counsell and say vnto thee it repenteth me thou shalt forgiue him seeing thou hast won thy brother but if he heare thee not Ver. 16 take yet with thee one or two that by the mouth of two or three witnesses euery word may be confirmed That is to say if he scorne thy information and despise both thee and thy exhortation still proceeding in his euill against thee and the light in thee thou shalt not yet giue him ouer but take yet with thee one or two of thy fathers owne children of those little returned ones
truth for it is sharper then any two edged sword Take heede therefore and marke well the thinges that are heere written vnto you and search the Scriptures whether they be so or no for they are GODS witnesses and they tell the truth what euer man saies and I pray you take heede you mistake not the Lord for his word is a mistery especially these things which are called the secrets of the kingdome of heauen And beware that you affirme not any thing which he hath not said nor meant nor gain-say or diminish any thing from his intent and howsoeuer ye haue failed therein already yet considering as I perswade my selfe you are not of those louers and makers of lies for I hope farre better things of you M. Smith Reu. 22.15 and therefore that we may vnderstand the Lord and see his secrets euen the secrets of his kingdome Let vs intreate him with broken and humble hearts for the spirit of trueth that holy annointing which is true and not lying that as it doth teach vs euen so we may abide in him and so let vs write and speake Let vs annoint our eyes with eye salue that we may see euen with the water of a dissolued broken heart and we shall see better things then forme and fashion That we may discerne betweene those that haue but the forme of godlinesse and them that haue the power thereof That wee may see and know those little ones whom to receiue is to receiue the Lord and to loue them whom to loue is to loue the Lord and to loue the Lord is life for euermore And this is that loue without the which all knowledge and all faith doth but make vs as sounding brasse and tinckling Cimballs For by this loue 1. Cor. 13.1 2 3. we shall know that we are translated from death to life and by this loue we shal approue our selues to the little ones to haue that one peculiar faith with them the assurance of the loue of God vnto vs in Christ Iesus and of our reconciliation with God through him And this is the faith which one speaketh of in a certaine place to one that would haue beene esteemed Iam. 2.18.19.20 and no doubt esteeming of himselfe too as if he had that speciall peculiar faith which only the Lords redeemed haue Shew me saith he thy faith by thy works and I will shew thee my faith by my workes Thou hast faith I graunt thee and dost beleeue but what that there is one God well yea and one Lord Iesus Christ also and one holy spirit and one faith and one baptisme yea and one Church purchased and sanctified by the bloud of the Lord Iesus Christ And dost thou beleeue all these things indeed thou dost well but I tell thee the diuell doth beleeue it also and doth tremble for one may haue faith though not that speciall faith nor yet the fruites that follow the same One may by faith cast out diuels and that in the name of Christ Iesus Mat. 7.22.23 and do many great wonders and yet a worker of iniquity What then Obiection doth not man liue by his faith alone doth works make his faith aliue Answere Man doth liue by his faith alone Heb. 10.38 Haba 2.4 yea the iust man and his faith doth make his works aliue as the branches of a Tree receiue their sappe and life from the roote But you will say Obiection what faith is this you meane are there many kindes of faith and the Scripture saith one faith one baptisme and so Answere The Scriptures meane one faith to life Ioh. 3.15 and one baptisme to life as it saith Whosoeuer beleeueth in him shall not be confounded and that whosoeuer beleeueth in him shall not perish but haue eternall life And againe whosoeuer beleeueth and is baptised Mar. 16.16 shall be saued What then will you say is there a faith and baptisme which men may haue perish Yea for Iudas beleeued and was baptised Act. 8.13 Simon Magus beleeued and was baptised and many thousand more which yet shall be found the workers of iniquity Obiection You will say then what faith is that that you meane may it be distinguisht from the other It may But first Answer I will tell you what I take the word faith to meane as it is wrought in men in generall respecting God It is an vndoubted perswasion wrought in the heart by the force and power of the holy Ghost in the reuelation of the worde of God of the truth of all or some or any of the things thereby reuealed for faith is the ground of thinges hoped for Heb. 11.1 and also the euidence of the thinges not seene By faith men vnderstand that there is onely one God that the world was created by his word By faith men beleeue that whatsoeuer hath beene said or done in the world by God his seruants his Prophets and Apostles are all true and were done by the power of God yea by faith men haue and doe worke wonders themselues As all these things may be vnderstoode and done by faith and yet such beleeuers and workers for all their faithfulnesse may goe to hell So there is a mysterie reuealed that whosoeuer doth beleeue shall not perish but shall haue eternall life Esa 61.1.2.3 that is to say a word of great grace and mercy giuen out a couenant of life and peace of pardon and deliuerance made to the poore and broken in heart Mat. 11.5.28 Mat. 15.24 the weary and heauie loaden the lost sheepe the hungry and thirsty the contrite and broken spirited euen to him that doth repent And none can beleeue this word and promise of life and pardon assuredly to pertain vnto themselues but these alone And of this seeker alone is God found to him doth he looke for his sonnes sake the Mediator of his couenant Mat. 5.3 and doth write him blessed and doth assure him pardon and reconciliation by his promised spirit whereby he is sealed and hath set to his seale that God is true and is fully assured that God is true and is fully assured that God loueth him in Christ Iesus and that his name is written in the booke of life And this is faith also which doth beleeue this thing and this is the thing that doth distinguish betweene it and the other and this faith if you wil that I shall define in few wordes It is a full and certaine perswasion wrought in the poore and broken heart by the comforter of peace and reconciliation with God in and through Christ Iesus his Lord and this is the faith which worketh by loue and this is that peculiar faith spoken of before and is but one was euer the same Nowe concerning that one Baptisme a little more As in the olde time there was Circumcision of the skinne and Circumcision of the heart but the Circumcision of the heart was the onely chiefe Circumcision which whosoeuer had was onely
it the part of an humble daughter to aunswere her mother with mildnes and not disdaine And now Master Smith where you triumph and praise God you say in the end of your answer publisht against the obiections of one Master Clifton assuring your selfe of the trueth of your opinions so that neither he nor all the earth shall euer be able to wring them out of your heart and hands So and more then so I praise the Lord my God for that he hath assisted me against you and your lies and I haue receiued so much more assurance of the trueth of that which I haue written vnto you then you haue of that which you haue said as there is difference betweene a truth and a lie And I boldly in the name of my Lord and for his chosen sake chalenge not all the earth but you and all or any one of your company to answere directly and without colloring or painting to that which hath beene said or else to subscribe vnto it according to your promise Though these things be not ratified by you nor written in your bookes yet behold they are true and although they be but few and goe but simple yet they shall stand and be had in honour when much and many things shall faile not that I presume vppon the strength of mine owne arme for it is like a broken bow but my strength is the Lord and in him I will reioyce and that hee hath written my name in his booke of life for which grace and all other his mercies his name be praised for euer AMEN And thus Master Smith I thought Good to write vnto you and to the company with you of whom I haue great hope God wil deliuer them frō the errors and distractions of these times and that others falles will driue you to looke better about you and although I haue beene somewhat bould with you yet I pray you take it not in the euill part for truly God is my record that for his truthes sake and for his childrens sakes and for your sakes haue I written that you and we and all might perceiue the trueth and walke therein and for no other respect and howsoeuer these things may seeme strange vnto you yet if you consider them well you shall finde them not so strange as true And although those little ones be now more rare and more seldome seene then the truth in the fielde yet that which hath beene saide of them is true And let vs not labour any longer to cut and fashion the truth like our selues but let vs studie and striue to become our selues both in vnderstanding and in doing like the truth Let vs not deceiue our selues with shadowes for they fly away but let vs take hold of the su bstance and roote it selfe which is able to defend vs in the stormy day let vs stoope and put on the yoake of the Lord for he was meeke and of a lowly heart his dwelling was among the little ones and the least was the greatest with him yea he tasted his teares with them and wept also for those whose hearts could not affoord a teare for themselues hee sought out that which was lost and the broken did he binde vp This was our Lord let vs learne of him and these were his companions and on earth his dearest friends But now alacke where are these litle ones become Doe the high looke of these proud times make them ashamed to shewe their cast-downe eye Oh come forth ye habitation of the Lord althogh indeed there boldnesse may make you blush and shew your face for we haue heard that he which is with you is greater then he that is with them And what is the cause they are so seldome seene this day One thing is they are few Another thing is they that sought them mist the way that ledde to their Tents They sought them vpon the Mountaines and in the drie places but they were in the Valleyes among the water plashes filling the Lords bottle with Teares They sought them among the great but they were of the little ones They sought them among the learned and men of great study and long experience but they were sitting among the little children weeping with the tender babes And thus they sought but found not How hard a thing it is to suppresse those harts of ours Ah let vs teare them in peeces and intreat the Lord with thousand of teares to dissolue the drowsie fatnes that droppeth vpon them that we may find the way to the dwellings of his little ones where also his owne habitation is and see and enter into his Kingdome of heauen where also we may behold these his brethren and loue them and be knowne and loued of them whereby we shal all know that our names are written in the booke of life These things let vs striue for it is time now we should be established in the truth and not be carried about still with euery winde Let vs build vpon the Rocke and then though the floods come and the winde blow our building shall stand we haue pretended Discipline and Gouernement a great while but where is he that is corrected Where is the man that hath crucified the world to himselfe and himselfe to the world and hath mortified the flesh with the workes thereof Pharisees and Hypocrites can make cleane the out-side but let vs make cleane that which is within Wolues oftentimes goe in Sheepes skinnes but Sheepe neuer in Wolues skinnes There is a Controuersie this day in the world where Christ should be whereof he hath also foretold vs saying Many shal come in my name and say here is Christ and there but beleeue them not One saith I am the first and I haue beene of olde I haue kept the saith and haue not erred to this day Another saith Nay thou liest thou hast lost the faith and hast erred from the right way and art become a Cage of vncleane Birds this day but I haue recouered that which thou hast lost and I haue the right vse of the Word and Sacraments which thou hast polluted therefore he is here The third comes and saies Ye are both liers and Harlots and thou that spake last for thou art not gouerned by his lawes he is a King aswell as a Priest and a Prophet and therefore thou liest also but he is here with vs we haue his Ordinances and lawes and are ruled by them we haue also the word and the Sacraments in their right kind and so he is to vs a King a Priest and a Prophet The next stands vp saying Who is this that boasteth thus and reteyneth the baptisme of the Whore Must they not needes bee her children seeing they hold her baptisme sufficient and refuse to be baptised aright What Can their baptisme bee good and their Church and Gouernment nought Not possible wherefore ye are also deceiued and he cannot be in the middest of you as you suppose But hee is where Antichrist