An equal ballance wherein the ministers and churches of the Anabaptists (so called) are truly weighed and by a just and lawful tryal ... they are fully proved and clearly manifested to be neither ministers nor churches of Jesus Christ, but in very many particulars they appear in a great measure to differ from them ... : being an answer to a libel published by (or in the behalf of) Thomas Collier, entituled The hypocrisie and falshood of Thomas Salthouse discovered ... / written by Robert Wastfield.
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             An equal ballance wherein the ministers and churches of the Anabaptists (so called) are truly weighed and by a just and lawful tryal ... they are fully proved and clearly manifested to be neither ministers nor churches of Jesus Christ, but in very many particulars they appear in a great measure to differ from them ... : being an answer to a libel published by (or in the behalf of) Thomas Collier, entituled The hypocrisie and falshood of Thomas Salthouse discovered ... / written by Robert Wastfield.
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           AN
           EQUAL
           BALLANCE
           ,
           WHEREIN
           The
           Ministers
           and
           Churches
           of
           of
           the
           
             Anabaptists
             ,
          
           (
           so
           called
           )
           are
           truly
           weighed
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           ALthough
           many
           are
           risen
           up
           in
           this
           Age
           and
           Generation
           ,
           and
           are
           joined
           in
           confederacy
           to
           make
           war
           with
           the
           Lamb
           and
           his
           followers
           ,
           who
           hath
           both
           with
           Tongue
           and
           Pen
           set
           themselves
           to
           oppose
           ,
           gain-say
           ,
           and
           resist
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           to
           raise
           all
           manner
           of
           false
           reports
           and
           slanders
           which
           their
           wicked
           hearts
           can
           imagine
           to
           cast
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           upon
           those
           who
           in
           sincerity
           of
           heart
           walk
           in
           it
           ,
           thereby
           to
           affright
           the
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           deceive
           the
           simple
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           turn
           from
           their
           wickedness
           ,
           and
           be
           converted
           ,
           and
           be
           healed
           ;
           and
           so
           even
           shut
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           heaven
           against
           men
           ,
           neither
           entring
           in
           themselves
           ,
           nor
           suffer
           those
           to
           go
           in
           that
           would
           ;
           yet
           amongst
           them
           all
           I
           have
           not
           observed
           any
           more
           desperately
           wicked
           ,
           and
           notoriously
           impudent
           ,
           then
           the
           forementioned
           Author
           hath
           manifested
           himself
           in
           a
           sheet
           of
           Paper
           ,
           as
           one
           indeed
           past
           feeling
           ,
           given
           up
           to
           a
           reprobate
           mind
           ,
           as
           if
           his
           conscience
           were
           double
           seared
           ,
           or
           as
           one
           that
           cannot
           blush
           vvhen
           he
           hath
           done
           vvickedly
           ;
           neither
           is
           it
           pleasant
           to
           me
           to
           meddle
           vvith
           such
           noysom
           stuff
           ,
           or
           the
           foame
           of
           such
           an
           unclean
           spirit
           ,
           vvho
           like
           the
           raging
           sea
           ,
           casts
           up
           mire
           and
           dirt
           ,
           even
           foaming
           out
           his
           ovvn
           shame
           ;
           but
           having
           considered
           the
           said
           Paper
           ,
           and
           finding
           it
           stuft
           vvith
           such
           notorious
           lyes
           ,
           and
           abominable
           falshoods
           ,
           and
           in
           particular
           ,
           one
           most
           horrible
           false
           Accusation
           ,
           to
           vvhich
           I
           shall
           speak
           more
           particularly
           in
           its
           proper
           place
           ,
           and
           knovving
           it
           meet
           that
           such
           a
           forger
           of
           lyes
           should
           not
           be
           hid
           ,
           nor
           pass
           
           without
           rebuke
           ,
           and
           also
           that
           the
           truth
           might
           be
           cleared
           from
           those
           false
           aspersions
           cast
           upon
           it
           ;
           and
           in
           love
           and
           tenderness
           towards
           them
           who
           are
           at
           present
           deceived
           by
           the
           lyes
           and
           by
           the
           lightness
           of
           those
           who
           usurp
           Authority
           over
           them
           ,
           by
           whom
           their
           hands
           are
           strengthened
           in
           wickedness
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           cannot
           return
           from
           the
           evil
           of
           their
           wayes
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           come
           to
           see
           the
           gross
           hypocrisie
           and
           palpable
           deceit
           of
           those
           by
           whom
           they
           are
           now
           led
           captive
           ,
           and
           so
           come
           to
           be
           redeemed
           out
           of
           the
           snares
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           come
           to
           hear
           the
           voice
           of
           the
           true
           Shepherd
           ,
           and
           particularly
           to
           discover
           to
           them
           the
           impudency
           and
           wickedness
           of
           the
           said
           Author
           ,
           who
           hath
           most
           maliciously
           (
           with
           his
           venemous
           Asp-poysoned
           tongue
           ,
           struck
           at
           the
           innocent
           ,
           and
           under
           lyes
           and
           falshoods
           hath
           endeavoured
           to
           hide
           and
           cover
           himself
           in
           the
           absence
           of
           
             Thomas
             Salthouse
             :
          
           For
           the
           Truth's
           vindication
           I
           was
           c●nstrained
           to
           write
           something
           in
           answer
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           although
           the
           Author
           hath
           so
           maliciously
           and
           wickedly
           slandered
           and
           reproached
           
             Thomas
             Salthouse
          
           and
           others
           ,
           in
           his
           said
           Paper
           ,
           yet
           I
           shall
           not
           make
           it
           my
           work
           to
           vindicate
           Persons
           ,
           but
           Truth
           ,
           which
           is
           chiefly
           my
           aim
           and
           end
           in
           this
           undertaking
           ;
           and
           in
           clearing
           the
           truth
           from
           those
           false
           Aspersions
           ,
           Reproaches
           ,
           Lyes
           and
           Slanders
           ,
           which
           the
           said
           Author
           hath
           cast
           upon
           it
           ,
           the
           innocency
           of
           those
           at
           whom
           in
           particular
           he
           strikes
           will
           not
           onely
           be
           clearly
           vindicated
           ,
           but
           also
           his
           own
           folly
           and
           wickedness
           be
           fully
           manifested
           ,
           who
           (
           probably
           to
           hide
           himself
           from
           the
           light
           )
           hath
           refufed
           to
           subscribe
           his
           Name
           to
           his
           Paper
           ,
           which
           renders
           it
           in
           the
           esteem
           of
           all
           people
           of
           understanding
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           no
           credit
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           reputed
           as
           a
           slanderous
           Libel
           .
           His
           main
           work
           in
           his
           Paper
           (
           wherein
           he
           hath
           so
           wickedly
           and
           impudently
           slandered
           and
           falsly
           accused
           the
           innocent
           )
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           Vindication
           of
           
             Thomas
             Collier
             ;
          
           and
           though
           he
           hath
           not
           named
           himself
           ,
           yet
           by
           his
           Work
           he
           hath
           manifested
           himself
           to
           be
           in
           the
           same
           nature
           with
           
             T.
             C.
          
           if
           not
           in
           the
           same
           person
           ;
           for
           whoever
           hath
           viewed
           the
           Writings
           of
           
             T.
             C.
          
           especially
           those
           in
           which
           he
           hath
           set
           himself
           to
           resist
           and
           speak
           evil
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           right
           wayes
           of
           God
           ,
           namely
           ,
           his
           
             Dialogue
             ,
          
           his
           
             Looking-Glasse
             ,
          
           (
           so
           called
           )
           his
           Answer
           to
           
             T.
             S.
          
           his
           Epistle
           ,
           &c.
           compared
           with
           this
           sheet
           of
           Paper
           ,
           
           might
           almost
           conclude
           by
           the
           method
           which
           he
           follows
           ,
           That
           this
           also
           is
           his
           Work
           ;
           for
           impudency
           and
           lyes
           are
           the
           strength
           of
           his
           Arguments
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           affirmations
           offered
           for
           proof
           of
           his
           Assertions
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           but
           the
           same
           lye
           told
           over
           again
           ,
           onely
           this
           last
           seems
           to
           come
           forth
           with
           more
           impudency
           then
           the
           former
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           now
           poured
           forth
           some
           of
           the
           very
           bottom
           and
           dregs
           of
           that
           wickedness
           of
           which
           the
           other
           was
           the
           froth
           and
           the
           scum
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Author
           having
           concealed
           his
           Name
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           direct
           a
           particular
           Answer
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           (
           by
           advice
           of
           some
           Friends
           )
           drew
           up
           this
           sollowing
           Paper
           to
           make
           publike
           inquiry
           after
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           that
           end
           caused
           it
           to
           be
           posted
           in
           several
           Market
           Towns
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Somerset
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   FOrasmuch
                   as
                   there
                   lately
                   came
                   to
                   our
                   view
                   ae
                   certain
                   printed
                   Paper
                   ,
                   entitul●d
                   
                     The
                     Hypocrisie
                     and
                     Falshood
                     of
                  
                   Thomas
                   Salthouse
                   
                     discovered
                     ,
                     a
                     noted
                     Quaker
                     ,
                  
                   containing
                   in
                   it
                   many
                   ly●s
                   and
                   ●alse
                   assertion●
                   ,
                   and
                   published
                   in
                   the
                   Vindication
                   of
                   
                     Thomas
                     Collier
                     ,
                  
                   as
                   by
                   the
                   Contents
                   thereof
                   appears
                   .
                   And
                   whereas
                   the
                   Author
                   ●her●of
                   being
                   (
                   as
                   we
                   have
                   just
                   cause
                   to
                   think
                   )
                   conscious
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   guilt
                   in
                   pu●lishing
                   such
                   lyes
                   and
                   falshoods
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   hide
                   himself
                   from
                   the
                   reproof
                   of
                   truth
                   ,
                   and
                   shame
                   due
                   to
                   such
                   a
                   worker
                   of
                   darkness
                   ,
                   hath
                   refused
                   to
                   own
                   it
                   by
                   subscribing
                   his
                   Name
                   :
                   These
                   are
                   therefore
                   to
                   give
                   notice
                   ,
                   That
                   if
                   the
                   Author
                   thereof
                   hath
                   not
                   concealed
                   his
                   Name
                   for
                   these
                   or
                   the
                   like
                   reasons
                   ,
                   let
                   him
                   manifest
                   the
                   contrary
                   by
                   discovering
                   his
                   Name
                   to
                   any
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Subscribers
                   ,
                   that
                   so
                   a
                   particular
                   Answer
                   may
                   be
                   〈…〉
                   ,
                   some
                   of
                   us
                   being
                   concerned
                   therein
                   particularly
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   mean
                   time
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   rational
                   man
                   hath
                   ground
                   to
                   credit
                   that
                   which
                   the
                   Author
                   himself
                   appears
                   not
                   to
                   own
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Jasper
                         Batt
                         ,
                      
                       
                         John
                         Collins
                         ,
                      
                       
                         John
                         Dando
                         ,
                      
                       
                         William
                         Beaton
                         ,
                      
                       
                         Robert
                         Wastfeild
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           But
           as
           yet
           the
           Author
           hath
           not
           discovered
           his
           Name
           to
           any
           one
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           proceed
           to
           speak
           something
           in
           answer
           to
           his
           Paper
           ,
           and
           so
           let
           it
           go
           abroad
           to
           find
           out
           the
           unnamed
           Author
           .
        
         
           
             And
             first
             he
             saith
             (
             as
             the
             Title
             of
             his
             Paper
             )
          
           The
           hypocrisie
           
           and
           falshood
           of
           
             T.
             S
             ▪
          
           discovered
           ,
           a
           noted
           Quaker
           ;
           manifested
           in
           a
           pretended
           line
           of
           true
           Judgement
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           Thou
           hast
           plainly
           discovered
           thy self
           to
           be
           the
           hypocrite
           ,
           though
           under
           falshood
           thou
           hast
           endeavoured
           to
           hide
           thy self
           ;
           and
           the
           Truths
           asserted
           by
           T.
           S.
           stands
           over
           thee
           ,
           and
           his
           Judgement
           is
           according
           to
           Truth
           ,
           as
           will
           more
           evidently
           appear
           when
           the
           filth
           and
           dirt
           which
           thou
           hast
           endeavoured
           to
           cast
           upon
           it
           ,
           is
           wiped
           away
           .
           And
           this
           is
           one
           of
           thy
           marks
           whereby
           thou
           art
           known
           to
           be
           an
           hypocrite
           ,
           in
           that
           thou
           hast
           slandered
           and
           reproached
           persons
           and
           Principles
           publikely
           in
           print
           ,
           and
           then
           (
           left
           thy
           Wickedness
           should
           be
           discovered
           ,
           &
           thy
           lyes
           and
           falshoods
           be
           turned
           upon
           thee
           )
           like
           the
           Thief
           or
           the
           Murderer
           which
           are
           afraid
           of
           the
           light
           ,
           thou
           hast
           endeavoured
           to
           hide
           thy self
           by
           refusing
           to
           subscribe
           thy
           Name
           in
           token
           of
           owning
           thy
           Work
           .
        
         
           
             Thou
             sayest
             ,
          
           The
           abominable
           hypocrisie
           and
           falshood
           manifested
           in
           T.
           S.
           his
           pretended
           Line
           of
           true
           Judgement
           ,
           occasioned
           thee
           to
           let
           it
           lye
           for
           some
           time
           by
           thee
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           say
           ,
           Thou
           speakest
           great
           swelling
           words
           of
           vanity
           ,
           thereby
           to
           allure
           those
           who
           live
           with
           thee
           in
           Error
           ,
           crying
           out
           of
           the
           hypocrisie
           &
           falshood
           of
           T.
           S.
           but
           is
           it
           not
           strange
           to
           hear
           one
           in
           whom
           abomination
           reigns
           ,
           to
           cry
           out
           of
           abomination
           in
           others
           ?
           And
           to
           hear
           a
           Hypocrite
           cry
           out
           of
           Hyocrisie
           ,
           and
           a
           lyar
           to
           cry
           out
           of
           falshood
           ?
           But
           by
           so
           doing
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           indeed
           the
           notorious
           lyar
           ,
           and
           the
           abominable
           hypocrite
           ,
           may
           have
           hopes
           to
           pass
           undiscovered
           .
        
         
           
             Thou
             sayest
             ,
          
           Yet
           for
           Truth's
           sake
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           sakes
           of
           poor
           souls
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           give
           a
           very
           brief
           touch
           in
           a
           sheet
           of
           Paper
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           thy
           pretences
           will
           hide
           thee
           ,
           the
           light
           hath
           discovered
           thee
           ,
           and
           thy
           unclean
           spirit
           ,
           and
           thy
           fruits
           doth
           manifest
           thee
           to
           all
           who
           have
           an
           eye
           open
           to
           see
           thee
           ;
           and
           though
           thou
           pretend
           a
           care
           for
           truth
           &
           poor
           souls
           ,
           yet
           thou
           art
           found
           to
           be
           one
           of
           Truth's
           greatest
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           labours
           to
           keep
           souls
           in
           blindness
           and
           ignorance
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           Work
           of
           wickedness
           thou
           haft
           endeavoured
           to
           touch
           the
           Lord
           's
           Annointed
           ,
           and
           to
           harm
           his
           Prophets
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           Lord
           will
           reprove
           thee
           in
           the
           day
           of
           account
           ,
           which
           is
           near
           at
           hand
           .
        
         
         
           
             Thou
             recitest
             some
             of
             T.
             S.
             his
             words
             in
             the
             Title
             Page
             of
             his
             Book
             ,
             where
             he
             saith
             ,
          
           The
           exaltation
           of
           the
           Spiritual
           Man
           with
           his
           Ordinances
           and
           Administrations
           ,
           above
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           ,
           with
           the
           weak
           and
           unprofitable
           Ordinances
           that
           doth
           not
           make
           the
           comers
           there
           unto
           perfect
           .
           
             Which
             sound
             ,
             wholsome
             Words
             of
             his
             ,
             thou
             goest
             about
             most
             wickedly
             to
             pervert
             ,
             and
             his
             plain
             and
             honest
             intention
             most
             falsly
             and
             hypocritically
             to
             interpret
             ,
             saying
             ,
          
           The
           Spiritual
           Man
           must
           be
           the
           light
           within
           ,
           their
           own
           fancy
           and
           imagination
           which
           they
           perswade
           all
           to
           follow
           ;
           and
           Jesus
           Christ
           crucified
           ,
           raised
           and
           ascended
           ,
           and
           made
           Lord
           and
           Christ
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           the
           man
           of
           sin
           .
        
         
           Truly
           if
           thou
           hadst
           not
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           a
           brow
           of
           Brass
           ,
           thou
           wouldst
           blush
           ▪
           and
           even
           tremble
           to
           utter
           such
           blasphemous
           words
           as
           these
           ;
           Didst
           thou
           never
           think
           to
           give
           an
           account
           for
           these
           (
           with
           other
           thy
           hard
           ungodly
           )
           speeches
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           pride
           of
           thy
           heart
           thou
           hast
           uttered
           forth
           ?
           Thou
           accusest
           
             T.
             S.
          
           in
           thy
           Paper
           for
           Hypocrisie
           and
           wretched
           perverting
           :
           Now
           let
           all
           sober-minded
           people
           judge
           whether
           thou
           be
           not
           manifestly
           guilty
           of
           that
           evil
           which
           thou
           falsly
           chargest
           upon
           him
           :
           But
           because
           there
           is
           some
           words
           of
           truth
           mixed
           with
           thy
           unclean
           filthy
           language
           ,
           though
           it
           comes
           out
           of
           a
           polluted
           Vessel
           ,
           I
           shall
           separate
           it
           from
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           Jewel
           is
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Swine's
           snout
           ,
           the
           remainder
           may
           be
           bundled
           up
           for
           the
           fire
           .
        
         
           Thou
           saist
           ,
           
             The
             Spiritual
             Man
             must
             be
             the
             light
             within
             :
          
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           The
           Spiritual
           Man
           is
           light
           ,
           and
           the
           light
           of
           Christ
           is
           spiritual
           ,
           and
           the
           Spiritual
           Man
           is
           within
           ,
           even
           the
           hidden
           man
           of
           the
           heart
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           knows
           not
           this
           Spiritual
           Man
           living
           in
           him
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ▪
           and
           he
           in
           whom
           the
           Spiritual
           Man
           lives
           ,
           doth
           thereby
           mortifie
           the
           deeds
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           and
           his
           mortal
           body
           comes
           to
           be
           quickened
           by
           the
           Spirit
           which
           dwelleth
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           hereby
           he
           is
           made
           a
           member
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           no
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           comes
           to
           partake
           of
           his
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           knows
           his
           Administrations
           and
           so
           comes
           to
           be
           exalted
           above
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           stands
           over
           all
           the
           beggarly
           rudiments
           ,
           and
           traditional
           invented
           Will-Worships
           ,
           set
           up
           in
           the
           imagination
           which
           doth
           not
           purifie
           the
           heart
           ,
           nor
           purge
           the
           conscience
           
           from
           dead
           works
           ,
           nor
           give
           victory
           over
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           so
           makes
           not
           the
           comers
           thereunto
           ,
           or
           practisers
           of
           them
           perfect
           ,
           but
           perisheth
           with
           the
           using
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           not
           fancy
           nor
           imagination
           ,
           but
           sound
           and
           wholesome
           Doctrine
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           Scripture
           of
           truth
           ;
           neither
           do
           we
           at
           any
           time
           perswade
           any
           to
           follow
           their
           own
           fancies
           &
           imaginations
           ,
           as
           thou
           most
           wickedly
           and
           falsly
           chargest
           us
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           Christ
           the
           true
           light
           ,
           the
           Spiritual
           Man
           ,
           who
           leads
           out
           of
           darkness
           all
           that
           follow
           him
           ,
           and
           from
           every
           vain
           imagination
           ;
           it
           is
           him
           alone
           that
           we
           exhort
           all
           men
           to
           obey
           and
           follow
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           reason
           that
           thou
           givest
           why
           Jesus
           Christ
           crucisied
           ,
           raised
           ,
           and
           ascended
           ,
           &c.
           must
           be
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           ,
           is
           ,
           Because
           (
           thou
           sayest
           )
           it
           is
           his
           Ordinances
           you
           follow
           and
           plead
           for
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           Thou
           sayest
           ,
           You
           own
           Jesus
           Christ
           crucified
           ,
           and
           justification
           by
           Faith
           in
           his
           blood
           ,
           which
           Faith
           purifies
           the
           heart
           ,
           (
           though
           you
           confess
           that
           abomination
           reigns
           in
           your
           souls
           ,
           and
           that
           iniquity
           is
           apparently
           written
           on
           your
           fore-heads
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           are
           drawing
           it
           with
           cords
           of
           vanity
           )
           and
           Baptism
           with
           Water
           after
           believing
           ,
           and
           Church-fellowship
           in
           breaking
           of
           Bread
           ,
           and
           Prayer
           ,
           &c.
           and
           this
           thou
           sayest
           
             T.
             S.
          
           calls
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           ,
           which
           is
           another
           most
           abominable
           falshood
           charged
           upon
           him
           ▪
           When
           ?
           Or
           where
           did
           he
           ever
           call
           Justification
           by
           Faith
           in
           the
           blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Baptism
           ,
           breaking
           of
           Bread
           ,
           and
           Prayer
           ,
           &c.
           which
           are
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           ?
           Thou
           hast
           made
           a
           great
           outcry
           of
           the
           hypocrisie
           and
           falshood
           of
           
             T.
             S.
          
           doubling
           it
           over
           to
           ,
           four
           times
           in
           thy
           title
           page
           ,
           and
           yet
           before
           thou
           concludest
           the
           same
           page
           ,
           how
           manifestly
           and
           publikely
           dost
           thou
           play
           the
           hypocrite
           with
           him
           ,
           in
           drawing
           such
           a
           damnable
           Conclusion
           from
           his
           Words
           ,
           and
           most
           wickedly
           and
           falsly
           to
           accuse
           him
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             He
             calls
             the
             Ordinances
             of
             Christ
             ▪
             the
             Ordinances
             of
             the
             man
             of
             sin
             ;
          
           when
           at
           the
           utmost
           it
           is
           but
           the
           deceit
           of
           thy
           own
           wicked
           heart
           ,
           and
           not
           his
           words
           nor
           intentions
           ,
           as
           may
           evidently
           appear
           to
           any
           who
           have
           but
           the
           least
           measure
           of
           honesty
           to
           judge
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           though
           you
           in
           a
           hypocritical
           manner
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           vain
           and
           foolish
           imaginations
           of
           your
           dark
           hearts
           ,
           
           have
           fancied
           to
           your selves
           a
           Worship
           in
           your
           Wills
           ,
           and
           practise
           things
           in
           imitation
           of
           others
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           you
           plead
           for
           ,
           and
           follow
           ,
           and
           call
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           because
           the
           Scripture
           declares
           that
           such
           things
           were
           practised
           by
           those
           who
           were
           thereto
           led
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           though
           you
           from
           that
           Spirit
           are
           erred
           ;
           and
           saith
           the
           Scripture
           is
           your
           Rule
           ;
           must
           it
           therefore
           follow
           ,
           that
           T
           S.
           doth
           account
           Jesus
           Christ
           crucified
           ,
           &c.
           to
           be
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           his
           Ordinances
           ,
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           ?
           Oh
           wicked
           and
           damnable
           Conclusion
           drawn
           from
           such
           an
           Argument
           !
           Thou
           tells
           of
           the
           
             Quaker's
          
           Logick
           ;
           surely
           this
           may
           truly
           be
           call'd
           the
           Devil's
           Logick
           ;
           for
           greater
           Wickedness
           ,
           and
           more
           horrible
           iniquity
           I
           believe
           never
           dropped
           from
           the
           Pen
           of
           any
           one
           that
           pretends
           to
           plead
           for
           ,
           and
           follow
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           not
           your
           professing
           the
           Name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           professing
           Justification
           by
           Faith
           in
           his
           Blood
           ,
           or
           practising
           things
           by
           imitation
           ,
           and
           calling
           it
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           will
           avail
           you
           any
           thing
           ,
           whilest
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           bears
           rule
           ,
           and
           is
           exalted
           in
           you
           ;
           for
           notwithstanding
           your
           profession
           ,
           whilst
           sin
           doth
           reign
           in
           you
           ,
           all
           that
           you
           practise
           is
           but
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           those
           Ordinances
           are
           weak
           and
           unprofitable
           ,
           and
           can
           never
           make
           the
           comers
           thereunto
           (
           or
           the
           practisers
           of
           them
           )
           perfect
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           state
           the
           Spiritual
           Man
           ,
           which
           is
           Christ
           ,
           you
           know
           not
           ,
           neither
           of
           his
           Ordinances
           which
           are
           spiritual
           ,
           can
           you
           partake
           ;
           for
           this
           I
           affirm
           ,
           That
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           are
           spiritual
           ,
           are
           onely
           used
           and
           practised
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           amongst
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           not
           elsevvhere
           ;
           and
           for
           any
           other
           to
           say
           that
           they
           either
           follovv
           them
           ,
           or
           plead
           for
           them
           ,
           I
           say
           they
           are
           intruders
           into
           those
           things
           vvhich
           they
           have
           not
           seen
           ,
           and
           are
           talking
           of
           those
           things
           vvhich
           belongs
           not
           to
           them
           ,
           neither
           vvere
           they
           ever
           intended
           or
           ordained
           for
           such
           to
           practise
           ;
           and
           it
           vvill
           be
           said
           to
           all
           such
           ,
           
             Who
             hath
             required
             these
             things
             at
             your
             hands
             ?
          
           And
           therefore
           notvvithstanding
           your
           profession
           ,
           and
           your
           great
           boasting
           of
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           except
           it
           may
           appear
           that
           you
           are
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Spirit
           leads
           you
           to
           (
           and
           guides
           you
           in
           )
           the
           practise
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           to
           you
           ,
           but
           a
           Worship
           
           set
           up
           in
           your
           wils
           ,
           in
           imitation
           of
           others
           who
           were
           thereunto
           led
           by
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           he
           that
           hath
           not
           the
           spirit
           of
           Christ
           to
           lead
           him
           and
           guide
           him
           ,
           is
           none
           of
           his
           ,
           and
           then
           no
           member
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           &
           such
           cannot
           partake
           of
           his
           Ordinances
           .
           And
           he
           that
           hath
           received
           that
           spirit
           ,
           is
           thereby
           made
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           led
           and
           guided
           into
           all
           truth
           ,
           and
           so
           into
           the
           practise
           of
           those
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           that
           are
           spiritual
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           agreeable
           with
           (
           and
           according
           to
           )
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           say
           ,
           except
           it
           may
           appear
           that
           you
           are
           Members
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           led
           and
           guided
           by
           his
           spirit
           in
           the
           exercise
           &
           performance
           of
           those
           things
           which
           you
           practise
           ,
           &
           which
           you
           call
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           all
           that
           you
           do
           ,
           is
           but
           imitation
           at
           the
           most
           ;
           and
           not
           withstanding
           your
           boasting
           of
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           is
           his
           Ordinances
           you
           plead
           for
           ,
           and
           follow
           ,
           yet
           it
           will
           appear
           to
           be
           but
           will-worship
           ,
           and
           voluntary
           humility
           ,
           and
           the
           foolish
           inventions
           and
           imaginations
           of
           your
           own
           hearts
           ,
           which
           wil
           never
           make
           the
           comers
           thereunto
           perfect
           ;
           and
           so
           your
           Faith
           (
           of
           which
           you
           speak
           )
           will
           appear
           to
           be
           vain
           ,
           and
           as
           (
           by
           your
           own
           confession
           it
           appeats
           )
           it
           hath
           not
           ,
           so
           it
           will
           not
           purifie
           your
           hearts
           ,
           nor
           give
           you
           victory
           over
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           you
           will
           stil
           remain
           in
           your
           sins
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           stil
           have
           dominion
           over
           you
           ;
           &
           if
           you
           are
           not
           Members
           of
           that
           church
           whereof
           Christ
           is
           the
           Head
           ,
           and
           so
           Members
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           spirit
           leads
           you
           to
           (
           and
           guides
           you
           in
           )
           your
           Worship
           and
           your
           Practise
           ,
           then
           you
           are
           of
           the
           Synagogue
           of
           Satan
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           man
           of
           sin
           is
           exalted
           in
           you
           above
           all
           that
           is
           called
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           voice
           you
           obey
           ,
           and
           his
           servants
           you
           are
           ,
           and
           his
           Ordinances
           you
           practise
           ,
           and
           him
           you
           worship
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Worship
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Ordinances
           ,
           you
           are
           ignorant
           ;
           and
           therefore
           you
           shall
           be
           tryed
           whether
           you
           are
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           or
           not
           ,
           or
           wherein
           you
           differ
           from
           them
           ;
           and
           thereby
           it
           will
           appear
           what
           those
           Ordinances
           are
           ,
           and
           whose
           they
           are
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           you
           follow
           and
           plead
           for
           ;
           &
           herein
           you
           shall
           have
           just
           measure
           ,
           for
           you
           shall
           be
           tried
           by
           
           your
           own
           confession
           ,
           and
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           shall
           be
           witness
           ;
           which
           said
           Confession
           is
           recorded
           in
           a
           printed
           Paper
           ,
           directed
           to
           all
           the
           Churches
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           (
           as
           you
           call
           them
           )
           from
           a
           meeting
           of
           the
           Messengers
           of
           the
           Churches
           in
           
             Tiverton
             ,
          
           the
           18.
           day
           of
           the
           7.
           
           Month
           ,
           1657.
           
           Signed
           in
           their
           Names
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           appointment
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Subscribers
           say
           ,
           who
           write
           themselves
           )
           
             Thomas
             Collier
             ,
             Nathaniel
             Strange
             ,
             Thomas
             Glass
             :
          
           And
           so
           this
           Author
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           people
           called
           
             Anabaptists
             ,
          
           are
           concerned
           in
           it
           ;
           which
           said
           
             Tiverton-Writing
          
           ,
           or
           printed
           Paper
           ,
           was
           the
           occasion
           of
           
             T.
             S.
          
           his
           directing
           his
           Epistle
           to
           you
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             An
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Churches
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             ,
             (
             so
             c●lled
             .
             )
          
           Which
           ought
           rather
           to
           have
           been
           received
           by
           you
           in
           love
           ,
           then
           for
           any
           of
           you
           thus
           to
           reward
           him
           evil
           for
           good
           ;
           but
           his
           reward
           is
           with
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           whether
           you
           hear
           or
           forbear
           ,
           whether
           you
           believe
           or
           perish
           in
           your
           gain-saying
           ,
           he
           will
           be
           clear
           of
           your
           blood
           ,
           and
           be
           a
           good
           savour
           to
           the
           Lord
           .
        
         
           And
           amongst
           many
           other
           particulars
           contained
           in
           your
           said
           Epistle
           ,
           you
           say
           ,
           
             You
             have
             made
             confession
             of
             those
             reigning
             abominations
             in
             your
             own
             souls
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Churches
             .
          
           To
           wch
           I
           say
           ,
           Hereby
           you
           appear
           to
           be
           neither
           Ministers
           nor
           Churches
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           but
           very
           much
           to
           differ
           from
           them
           ;
           for
           if
           abomination
           reigns
           in
           your
           Churches
           ,
           then
           abomination
           is
           the
           Head
           of
           your
           Church
           ;
           for
           that
           which
           reigns
           in
           the
           church
           ,
           is
           the
           head
           of
           the
           church
           ;
           and
           if
           abomination
           be
           the
           head
           of
           your
           church
           ,
           then
           is
           not
           Christ
           your
           head
           ;
           but
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           did
           witness
           Christ
           to
           be
           their
           head
           ,
           and
           not
           abomination
           ;
           and
           they
           were
           exhorted
           to
           grow
           up
           into
           him
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Head
           ,
           even
           Christ
           ,
           who
           is
           both
           the
           Head
           and
           the
           Saviour
           of
           his
           church
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           body
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           
             Eph.
          
           4.
           15.
           
           
             Eph.
          
           5.
           23.
           
           
             Coll.
          
           1.
           18.
           and
           thus
           it
           's
           evident
           that
           you
           are
           not
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           Body
           ,
           because
           Christ
           is
           not
           your
           Head
           .
           Again
           ,
           that
           which
           reigns
           in
           your
           churches
           ,
           hath
           dominion
           over
           your
           churches
           ;
           and
           you
           say
           abomination
           reigns
           in
           your
           churches
           ,
           &
           in
           your
           souls
           ;
           therefore
           abomination
           hath
           dominion
           over
           your
           churches
           ,
           and
           over
           your
           souls
           ;
           and
           this
           proves
           you
           to
           be
           no
           
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           because
           you
           are
           subjects
           to
           another
           Prince
           ,
           and
           other
           Lords
           hath
           the
           Dominion
           over
           you
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           not
           subjects
           of
           Christs
           Kingdom
           ;
           but
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           were
           in
           subject
           on
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           he
           did
           reign
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           had
           the
           dominion
           over
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Scriptures
           declares
           ,
           which
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             shall
             reign
             over
             the
             house
             of
             David
             for
             ever
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             end
             ;
          
           who
           is
           set
           far
           above
           all
           principality
           ,
           and
           power
           ,
           and
           might
           ,
           and
           dominion
           ,
           and
           every
           name
           that
           is
           named
           ,
           &c.
           to
           whom
           they
           ascribed
           praise
           and
           dominion
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           1
           33.
           
           
             Eph.
          
           1.
           21.
           1
           
             Pet
          
           4.
           11.
           
           Again
           ,
           Abo
           nination
           is
           that
           which
           God
           hates
           ,
           and
           his
           wrath
           and
           displeasure
           is
           against
           such
           in
           whom
           abomination
           reigns
           ;
           for
           the
           fearful
           ,
           and
           unbelieving
           ,
           and
           abominable
           ,
           &c.
           must
           have
           their
           part
           in
           the
           lake
           which
           burneth
           with
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           ;
           but
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           are
           beloved
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           have
           their
           part
           ,
           and
           their
           inheritance
           ,
           and
           fellowship
           with
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Saints
           in
           light
           ,
           as
           the
           Scriptures
           doth
           witness
           ,
           which
           saith
           ,
           
             For
             the
             Father
             himself
             loveth
             you
             ,
             because
             ye
             have
             loved
             me
             ;
             and
             the
             love
             of
             God
             was
             shed
             abroad
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             nothing
             was
             able
             to
             seperate
             them
             from
             the
             love
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ;
          
           And
           they
           had
           known
           and
           believed
           the
           love
           that
           God
           had
           to
           them
           ,
           
             John
          
           16.
           27.
           
           
             Rom.
          
           5.
           5.
           
           
             Rom.
          
           8.
           39.
           1
           
           
             John
          
           1.
           3.
           1
           
           
             John
          
           4.
           16.
           
           And
           thus
           you
           in
           whom
           abomination
           reigns
           ,
           are
           proved
           to
           be
           no
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           where
           abomination
           doth
           reign
           ,
           there
           Christ
           doth
           not
           reign
           ;
           but
           such
           were
           they
           who
           sent
           a
           Message
           after
           him
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             We
             will
             not
             have
             this
             man
             to
             reign
             over
             us
             ;
          
           who
           must
           be
           brought
           and
           slain
           before
           his
           face
           ,
           And
           where
           Christ
           doth
           not
           reign
           ,
           there
           his
           Statutes
           and
           his
           Ordinances
           are
           not
           known
           ,
           but
           every
           one
           walketh
           and
           worshippeth
           according
           to
           the
           imagination
           of
           his
           own
           heart
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           doth
           that
           which
           is
           right
           in
           his
           own
           eyes
           ,
           even
           as
           they
           did
           when
           there
           vvas
           no
           King
           in
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Statutes
           and
           Ordinances
           vvhich
           you
           follow
           ,
           and
           plead
           for
           ,
           are
           the
           dictates
           of
           the
           man
           of
           sin
           vvhich
           bears
           rule
           in
           you
           ;
           yea
           even
           from
           the
           abomination
           vvhich
           is
           set
           up
           where
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           stand
           ,
           (
           vvhich
           makes
           desolate
           )
           do
           you
           receive
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           Christ
           vvho
           is
           the
           Head
           ,
           King
           ,
           and
           Law-giver
           to
           his
           Church
           
           and
           People
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           state
           vvhilst
           abomination
           reigns
           and
           is
           head
           in
           you
           ,
           vvhat
           ever
           you
           profess
           or
           vvhat
           ever
           you
           practise
           ,
           it
           is
           all
           abomination
           to
           the
           Lord
           ;
           
             For
             the
             prayers
             of
             the
             wicked
          
           (
           or
           those
           in
           vvhom
           abomination
           reigns
           )
           
             are
             abomination
             to
             the
             Lord
             ;
          
           and
           vvhilest
           that
           vvhich
           is
           abominable
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Lord
           ▪
           rules
           ,
           and
           is
           head
           in
           you
           ;
           all
           that
           proceeds
           from
           you
           ,
           yea
           ,
           even
           your
           best
           performances
           ,
           (
           though
           they
           may
           in
           outward
           appearance
           seem
           to
           be
           the
           same
           vvith
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           like
           that
           vvhich
           the
           people
           of
           God
           and
           Church
           of
           Christ
           did
           practise
           according
           to
           Scripture-Testimony
           )
           yet
           it
           all
           stinks
           in
           the
           nostrils
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           is
           an
           abomination
           in
           his
           sight
           ;
           for
           who
           can
           bring
           a
           clean
           thing
           out
           of
           an
           unclean
           ?
           not
           one
           .
           And
           surely
           you
           in
           whom
           abomination
           reigns
           ,
           are
           unclean
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           our
           God
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           of
           purer
           eyes
           then
           to
           behold
           iniquity
           :
           And
           therefore
           vvhilst
           abomination
           reigns
           in
           your
           Churches
           ,
           and
           in
           your
           souls
           ,
           call
           not
           your selves
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           nor
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           nor
           do
           not
           say
           you
           plead
           for
           ,
           and
           follow
           his
           Ordinances
           ;
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           hath
           an
           Altar
           whereof
           you
           have
           no
           right
           to
           eat
           ,
           neither
           can
           you
           taste
           of
           the
           Supper
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           neither
           have
           you
           any
           part
           or
           lot
           in
           this
           matter
           ;
           for
           your
           hearts
           are
           not
           upright
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           neither
           into
           the
           City
           of
           our
           Solemnity
           may
           you
           enter
           ;
           for
           into
           that
           City
           can
           in
           no
           wise
           enter
           any
           thing
           that
           defiles
           ,
           or
           worketh
           abomination
           ,
           or
           loves
           or
           makes
           a
           lye
           ▪
        
         
           
             You
             complain
             in
             your
             Epistle
             ,
             of
             a
          
           light
           Spirit
           ,
           living
           short
           of
           the
           true
           sight
           and
           sence
           of
           Gods
           Majesty
           in
           his
           Churches
           ,
           and
           among
           his
           Saints
           .
        
         
           By
           vvhich
           also
           it
           appears
           you
           are
           not
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           neither
           is
           that
           light
           Spirit
           ,
           of
           vvhich
           you
           complain
           ▪
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           otherwise
           vvith
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           of
           vvhich
           the
           Scriptures
           declares
           ;
           for
           they
           had
           received
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             ,
          
           (
           vvhich
           vvas
           not
           a
           
             light
             spirit
             )
          
           by
           which
           they
           were
           led
           into
           all
           truth
           ,
           and
           had
           the
           true
           sight
           and
           sence
           of
           Gods
           Majesty
           amongst
           them
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           live
           short
           thereof
           ,
           but
           beheld
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           were
           made
           glad
           with
           the
           favor
           of
           his
           countenance
           ,
           which
           was
           lifted
           up
           upon
           them
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           89
           ▪
           15.
           
           
             Psal
             ▪
          
           21.
           6
           
           ▪
           
             Acts
          
           2.
           28.
           
           
             John
          
           14.
           16
           ,
           17.
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           2
           12.
           
           
           
             Gal.
          
           4.
           6.
           1
           
             Ioh.
          
           3.
           24.
           
           &
           your
           spirit
           is
           a
           spirit
           of
           blindnes
           ,
           by
           your
           own
           confession
           ,
           so
           that
           you
           cannot
           perceive
           the
           things
           that
           pertain
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           you
           are
           without
           the
           true
           sight
           &
           sence
           thereof
           ,
           &
           so
           you
           are
           walking
           in
           the
           dark
           paths
           ,
           and
           going
           on
           in
           the
           broad
           way
           which
           leadeth
           to
           destruction
           ▪
           but
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           did
           walk
           in
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           &
           the
           spirit
           by
           which
           they
           were
           led
           and
           guided
           ,
           
             led
             them
             out
             of
             darkness
             into
             the
             marvelous
             light
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             guided
             their
             feet
             into
             the
             paths
             of
             peace
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Scriptures
           doth
           witness
           ,
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           4.
           6.
           
           
             Ephes.
          
           5
           8.
           1
           
             Thess.
          
           5.
           4
           ,
           5.
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           2
           9.
           
           And
           thus
           you
           who
           are
           led
           and
           guided
           by
           a
           
             light
             spirit
             ,
          
           that
           lives
           short
           of
           the
           true
           sight
           and
           sence
           of
           Gods
           Majesty
           in
           his
           Churches
           ,
           and
           among
           his
           Saints
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           are
           under
           chains
           of
           darkness
           ,
           and
           the
           god
           of
           this
           world
           hath
           blinded
           your
           eyes
           ▪
           Now
           you
           seem
           to
           confess
           that
           Gods
           Majesty
           is
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           his
           Churches
           ,
           and
           his
           presence
           to
           be
           enjoyed
           by
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           among
           his
           Saints
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           you
           who
           live
           short
           of
           the
           true
           sight
           and
           sence
           of
           his
           Majesty
           which
           is
           seen
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           behold
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           presence
           which
           his
           Saints
           doth
           see
           and
           behold
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           amongst
           them
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           Then
           you
           are
           not
           of
           that
           number
           who
           are
           indeed
           his
           Church
           and
           Saints
           ,
           but
           you
           live
           short
           of
           the
           true
           sight
           and
           sence
           of
           that
           glory
           and
           excellency
           which
           they
           behold
           ,
           and
           are
           made
           partakers
           of
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           state
           of
           ignorance
           and
           blindness
           you
           are
           groping
           ,
           but
           cannot
           find
           the
           door
           ,
           and
           you
           call
           evil
           good
           ,
           and
           good
           evil
           ;
           you
           put
           darkness
           for
           light
           ,
           and
           light
           for
           darkness
           ;
           you
           call
           your
           own
           fancies
           and
           imaginations
           ,
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           the
           light
           of
           Christ
           which
           is
           spiritual
           ,
           and
           shines
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           have
           the
           true
           sight
           and
           sence
           of
           Gods
           Majesty
           amongst
           them
           ,
           this
           you
           call
           fancy
           and
           imagination
           ;
           and
           your
           own
           inventions
           you
           set
           up
           as
           an
           Altar
           to
           the
           unknown
           God
           ,
           and
           you
           worship
           you
           know
           not
           what
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           true
           God
           and
           his
           Worship
           you
           are
           ignorant
           ,
           for
           his
           voice
           at
           any
           time
           you
           have
           not
           heard
           ,
           nor
           his
           shape
           you
           have
           not
           seen
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           true
           Christ
           and
           his
           Ordinances
           you
           are
           unsensible
           ▪
           and
           his
           body
           (
           which
           is
           spiritual
           )
           you
           cannot
           discern
           ,
           and
           therefore
           though
           you
           boast
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           you
           
           plead
           for
           ,
           and
           follow
           ,
           as
           Church-fellowship
           in
           breaking
           of
           Bread
           ,
           and
           Prayers
           ,
           &c.
           yet
           you
           are
           discovered
           to
           be
           of
           that
           number
           that
           are
           unworthy
           to
           partake
           of
           the
           Supper
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           you
           being
           out
           of
           the
           true
           sight
           and
           sence
           of
           Gods
           Majesty
           in
           his
           Churches
           ,
           and
           amongst
           his
           Saints
           ,
           you
           are
           out
           of
           the
           discerning
           of
           the
           Lords
           body
           ,
           which
           is
           spiritual
           ,
           and
           therefore
           instead
           of
           partaking
           of
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           you
           eat
           and
           drink
           to
           your selves
           damnation
           ,
           not
           discerning
           the
           Lords
           body
           .
        
         
           
             Again
             ,
             you
             complain
             in
             the
             said
             Epistle
             ,
             of
             a
          
           wretched
           ,
           wor●●y
           spirit
           ,
           which
           plucks
           the
           Saints
           down
           from
           their
           excellency
           ,
           and
           leaves
           blackness
           upon
           you
           ,
           which
           renders
           you
           uncomely
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Which
           doth
           also
           manifest
           you
           to
           be
           no
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           the
           spirit
           which
           is
           in
           them
           ,
           doth
           build
           them
           up
           ,
           and
           not
           pluck
           them
           down
           ;
           and
           doth
           beautifie
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           render
           them
           uncomely
           ,
           and
           it
           causeth
           them
           to
           excel
           all
           other
           people
           ,
           &
           doth
           not
           pluck
           them
           down
           from
           their
           excellency
           ,
           &
           it
           is
           not
           a
           wretched
           wordly
           spirit
           ,
           but
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           overcome
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           this
           spirit
           was
           in
           the
           Saints
           and
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           doth
           witness
           ;
           and
           they
           had
           received
           that
           Grace
           which
           taught
           them
           to
           deny
           ungodliness
           &
           worldly
           lusts
           and
           had
           escaped
           the
           pollutions
           which
           are
           in
           the
           world
           through
           lusts
           ,
           &
           they
           did
           witness
           that
           Faith
           which
           overcomes
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           knew
           him
           to
           live
           in
           them
           by
           whom
           the
           world
           is
           overcome
           ,
           and
           were
           directed
           and
           commended
           to
           that
           Grace
           which
           was
           able
           to
           build
           them
           up
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           built
           up
           together
           ,
           and
           became
           a
           habitation
           of
           God
           through
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           even
           a
           spiritual
           House
           ,
           an
           holy
           Priesthood
           ,
           to
           offer
           up
           spiritual
           sacrifices
           unto
           God
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           2.
           12.
           
           
             Gal.
          
           6.
           14.
           
           
             Tit
          
           2.
           12.
           2
           
             Pet
          
           1.
           4.
           1
           
             Ioh.
          
           5.
           4.
           
           
             Acts
          
           20.
           32.
           
           
             Eph.
          
           2.
           20
           ,
           21
           ▪
           22.
           
           
             Iude
          
           20.
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           2
           5.
           
           
             Isa.
          
           28.
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           
             Isa.
          
           61.
           3.
           
           By
           all
           which
           it
           appears
           how
           much
           you
           differ
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           the
           absolute
           contrary
           marks
           ,
           fruits
           ,
           and
           effects
           ,
           doth
           appear
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           amongst
           you
           ,
           as
           was
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           amongst
           them
           ;
           but
           you
           are
           of
           those
           who
           turn
           again
           with
           the
           dog
           to
           the
           vomit
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Sow
           that
           was
           washed
           ,
           to
           the
           wallowing
           in
           the
           mire
           ,
           who
           were
           indeed
           once
           more
           excellent
           while
           you
           were
           little
           in
           your
           own
           eyes
           ,
           before
           
           you
           were
           thus
           setled
           on
           your
           Lees
           ;
           &
           there
           was
           a
           time
           when
           there
           was
           breathings
           in
           some
           of
           you
           after
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           something
           which
           did
           hunger
           and
           thirst
           after
           righteousness
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           then
           some
           tenderness
           amongst
           you
           ,
           and
           a
           sensibleness
           of
           something
           that
           was
           oppressed
           ,
           and
           held
           captive
           as
           under
           the
           power
           of
           a
           strange
           King
           ,
           and
           then
           there
           was
           some
           groanings
           for
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           some
           desires
           raised
           in
           you
           after
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           after
           purity
           and
           holiness
           ,
           which
           did
           render
           you
           comely
           whilst
           you
           abode
           in
           that
           state
           ;
           but
           you
           have
           lost
           that
           condition
           ,
           and
           the
           cry
           of
           the
           oppressed
           is
           not
           regarded
           by
           you
           ;
           but
           you
           are
           joyned
           (
           and
           become
           one
           )
           wi●●●he
           oppressor
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           onc●
           breathed
           to
           be
           delivered
           from
           the
           bondage
           of
           corruption
           ,
           you
           have
           even
           choaked
           &
           strangled
           ,
           and
           so
           you
           never
           knew
           that
           born
           or
           brought
           forth
           ,
           which
           is
           heir
           of
           Gods
           Kingdom
           ,
           but
           an
           untimely
           birth
           is
           brought
           forth
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           sate
           down
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           in
           an
           empty
           form
           ,
           wanting
           the
           life
           and
           power
           ,
           and
           have
           taken
           up
           a
           false
           rest
           ,
           but
           the
           true
           rest
           you
           have
           not
           known
           :
           And
           thus
           a
           wretchedworldly
           spirit
           hath
           overcome
           you
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           many
           other
           evils
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           ,
           by
           your
           own
           confession
           ,
           and
           hath
           pluckt
           you
           from
           that
           excellency
           which
           you
           once
           had
           ,
           and
           hath
           defaced
           that
           comeliness
           which
           was
           once
           upon
           you
           ,
           and
           hath
           left
           blackness
           and
           deformity
           upon
           you
           ;
           and
           those
           desires
           which
           once
           appeared
           amongst
           you
           ,
           are
           forgotten
           ,
           and
           the
           tenderness
           quite
           lost
           ,
           and
           hardness
           of
           heart
           got
           up
           ,
           and
           nothing
           remains
           but
           deadness
           ,
           and
           dryness
           ,
           and
           emptiness
           ▪
           amongst
           you
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           confession
           ;
           and
           thus
           the
           seed
           even
           rots
           under
           the
           clods
           ,
           and
           you
           dwell
           in
           a
           Land
           of
           darkness
           ,
           where
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Lord
           is
           not
           found
           to
           refresh
           you
           ,
           nor
           the
           dew
           of
           the
           lasting
           Hills
           falls
           not
           on
           you
           ,
           but
           you
           remain
           dry
           and
           barren
           ,
           bringing
           forth
           no
           fruit
           to
           God
           ,
           but
           deceit
           and
           abomination
           rules
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           the
           man
           of
           sin
           is
           exalted
           in
           you
           above
           all
           that
           is
           called
           God
           ,
           and
           great
           clusters
           of
           the
           sowre
           Grapes
           of
           
             Sodom
          
           appear
           amongst
           you
           ,
           and
           is
           plentifully
           brought
           forth
           by
           you
           to
           the
           dishonor
           of
           God
           ;
           So
           your
           latter
           end
           is
           worse
           then
           your
           beginning
           .
        
         
           
             Again
             ,
             you
             say
             in
             your
             said
             Epistle
             ,
          
           You
           have
           been
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           without
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           work
           ,
           so
           without
           the
           true
           
           travel
           of
           soul
           ,
           which
           this
           work
           should
           have
           pat
           you
           into
           .
        
         
           So
           hereby
           you
           utterly
           exclude
           your selves
           from
           being
           a
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           are
           manifested
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           to
           differ
           from
           them
           ;
           for
           if
           you
           are
           insensible
           of
           the
           work
           of
           God
           amo●●s●
           you
           ,
           and
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           be
           not
           he
           that
           worketh
           the
           will
           and
           the
           deed
           ,
           and
           that
           works
           all
           your
           works
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           in
           you
           ,
           then
           you
           are
           doing
           your
           own
           works
           ,
           and
           your
           righteousness
           is
           your
           own
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Lords
           ;
           &
           so
           your
           righteousness
           is
           the
           same
           with
           that
           of
           the
           Scribes
           &
           Pharisees
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           those
           who
           crucified
           him
           :
           But
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           were
           sensible
           of
           the
           work
           of
           God
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           amongst
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           doth
           witness
           ,
           and
           they
           gave
           a
           particular
           relation
           thereof
           ,
           how
           it
           wrought
           in
           them
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             patience
             worketh
             experience
             ,
             and
             experience
             hope
             ,
             and
             hope
             maketh
             not
             ashamed
             ;
          
           and
           these
           were
           the
           works
           of
           God
           in
           them
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           were
           sensible
           ,
           &
           they
           said
           ,
           
             Lord
             thou
             wilt
             ordain
             peace
             for
             us
             ,
             for
             thou
             hast
             wrought
             all
             our
             works
             in
             us
             :
          
           So
           they
           were
           sensible
           of
           the
           work
           ,
           and
           of
           him
           that
           worketh
           ,
           and
           they
           knew
           that
           they
           were
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           was
           come
           ,
           who
           had
           given
           them
           an
           understanding
           to
           know
           him
           that
           was
           true
           ;
           and
           they
           were
           in
           him
           that
           is
           true
           ,
           and
           they
           testified
           that
           this
           was
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           and
           eternal
           life
           ;
           and
           those
           were
           not
           insensible
           ,
           but
           had
           their
           sences
           exercised
           in
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Work
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           known
           the
           terrors
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           therefore
           did
           perswade
           men
           ,
           and
           so
           were
           not
           insensible
           of
           the
           Work
           ,
           as
           the
           Scriptures
           witnesseth
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           5.
           4
           ,
           5.
           
           
             Isa.
          
           26.
           12.
           1
           
             Ioh.
          
           5.
           19
           ,
           20.
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           5.
           11.
           
           Again
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           had
           known
           the
           true
           travel
           of
           soul
           ,
           and
           witnessed
           the
           birth
           which
           is
           born
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           inherits
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           which
           travel
           it
           seems
           you
           are
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           therefore
           never
           came
           to
           the
           birth
           which
           is
           immortal
           ;
           but
           they
           had
           cryed
           as
           a
           Woman
           in
           travel
           ,
           and
           felt
           the
           anguish
           as
           of
           her
           that
           bringeth
           forth
           her
           first
           child
           ,
           and
           every
           man
           was
           seen
           with
           his
           hands
           upon
           his
           loins
           ,
           as
           a
           Woman
           in
           travel
           ;
           and
           they
           have
           also
           known
           the
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           forgotten
           the
           anguish
           and
           the
           pain
           ,
           for
           joy
           that
           a
           Man-child
           is
           born
           ;
           and
           the
           Minister
           of
           Christ
           said
           ,
           
             That
             he
             travelled
             in
             pain
             until
             Christ
             was
             formed
             in
             them
             ;
             And
             they
             were
             born
             again
             ,
             not
             of
             corruptible
          
           
           
             seed
             ,
             but
             of
             incorruptible
             ,
             by
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             liveth
             and
             abideth
             for
             ever
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Scriptures
           doth
           witness
           ,
           
             Ier.
          
           4.
           31.
           
           
             Mic.
          
           4.
           10.
           
           
             Gal.
          
           4.
           19.
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           1.
           23.
           
           But
           you
           who
           are
           without
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           Work
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           known
           the
           souls
           travel
           ,
           are
           not
           born
           of
           the
           seed
           which
           is
           incorruptible
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           heirs
           of
           Gods
           promise
           ;
           for
           the
           promise
           is
           to
           the
           Seed
           ,
           in
           which
           all
           the
           Nations
           of
           the
           earth
           are
           blessed
           ;
           and
           those
           who
           are
           not
           born
           of
           the
           Seed
           wch
           is
           incorruptible
           ,
           they
           are
           under
           the
           curse
           ,
           in
           the
           transgression
           ,
           alienated
           from
           the
           life
           of
           God
           ,
           &
           strangers
           from
           the
           Common-Wealth
           of
           Israel
           ;
           out
           of
           Gods
           Covenant
           ,
           with
           whom
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           can
           have
           no
           fellowship
           .
        
         
           
             You
             further
             say
             in
             the
             said
             Epistle
             ,
          
           The
           world
           as
           a
           Canker
           ,
           doth
           eat
           out
           your
           affections
           to
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           .
        
         
           Which
           doth
           also
           prove
           you
           to
           be
           no
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           to
           differ
           from
           them
           ;
           For
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           had
           their
           affections
           set
           on
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           Minister
           of
           Christ
           said
           ,
           
             If
             ye
             be
             risen
             with
             Christ
             ,
             seek
             those
             things
             which
             are
             above
             ,
             where
             Christ
             sitteth
             on
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             God
             ;
             Set
             your
             affections
             on
             things
             above
             ,
             &
             not
             on
             things
             on
             the
             earth
             :
          
           And
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             If
             any
             man
             love
             not
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             ,
             Anathema
             maranatha
             .
          
           And
           such
           who
           are
           accursed
           ,
           are
           no
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
           And
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Who
             shall
             seperate
             us
             from
             the
             love
             of
             Christ
             ?
          
           And
           he
           was
           perswaded
           ▪
           
             That
             neither
             death
             ,
             nor
             life
             ,
             nor
             Angels
             ,
             nor
             principalities
             ,
             nor
             powers
             ,
             nor
             things
             present
             ,
             nor
             things
             to
             come
             ,
             nor
             heighth
             ,
             nor
             depth
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             creature
             ,
             should
             be
             able
             to
             seperate
             them
             from
             the
             love
             of
             God
             which
             is
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             :
          
           And
           the
           World
           had
           not
           eaten
           out
           their
           affections
           to
           Christ
           Jesus
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           their
           confidence
           ,
           That
           nothing
           could
           alienate
           their
           affections
           from
           him
           :
           And
           
             Iohn
          
           said
           ,
           
             Love
             not
             the
             world
             ,
             neither
             the
             things
             that
             are
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             if
             any
             man
             love
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             love
             of
             the
             Father
             is
             not
             in
             him
             ;
          
           and
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Every
             one
             that
             loveth
             him
             that
             begat
             ,
             loveth
             him
             that
             is
             begotten
             of
             him
             ,
             Col.
          
           3.
           1
           ,
           2.
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           16.
           22.
           
           
             Rom.
          
           8.
           35
           ,
           38
           ,
           39.
           1
           
           
             Iohn
          
           2.
           15
           
           :
           1
           
             Iohn
          
           5.
           1.
           
           But
           you
           say
           your
           affections
           to
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           are
           eaten
           out
           by
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           by
           a
           canker
           ,
           therefore
           the
           love
           of
           the
           Father
           is
           not
           in
           you
           ,
           but
           the
           god
           of
           this
           World
           hath
           blinded
           your
           eyes
           ,
           and
           being
           in
           love
           with
           the
           World
           ,
           you
           are
           in
           the
           enmity
           against
           God
           ;
           for
           the
           friendship
           of
           the
           World
           is
           enmity
           to
           God
           :
           And
           the
           World
           being
           thus
           
           set
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           you
           cannot
           find
           out
           the
           beginning
           ,
           nor
           know
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Work
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           are
           without
           the
           true
           sight
           and
           sence
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           sence
           of
           his
           Work
           in
           your
           souls
           ,
           and
           in
           your
           Churches
           ;
           and
           although
           you
           may
           think
           you
           are
           rich
           ,
           and
           encrease
           in
           goods
           ,
           because
           you
           call
           your selves
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           because
           you
           have
           heaped
           up
           together
           a
           bundle
           of
           unprofitable
           &
           carnal
           Ordinances
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           own
           imaginations
           ,
           (
           in
           imitation
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           )
           wch
           you
           call
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           you
           plead
           for
           ,
           and
           follow
           ,
           yet
           in
           as
           much
           as
           your
           affections
           to
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           are
           eaten
           out
           by
           the
           love
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           you
           pluckt
           down
           from
           your
           excellency
           by
           a
           wretched
           worldly
           spirit
           ,
           you
           thereby
           appear
           to
           be
           no
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           neither
           do
           you
           ,
           nor
           can
           you
           partake
           of
           his
           Ordinances
           ,
           which
           are
           spiritual
           ,
           but
           are
           (
           upon
           tryal
           )
           found
           to
           be
           miserable
           ,
           and
           wretched
           ,
           and
           poor
           ,
           and
           blind
           ,
           and
           naked
           .
        
         
           
             Likewise
             you
             say
             in
             your
             said
             Epistle
             ,
          
           That
           this
           Iniquity
           hath
           been
           apparently
           written
           on
           your
           fore-heads
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           You
           are
           thereby
           apparently
           known
           to
           be
           no
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           to
           differ
           from
           them
           ;
           For
           their
           Father's
           Name
           is
           written
           on
           their
           Fore-heads
           ,
           &
           not
           Iniquity
           ;
           And
           the
           Lord
           caused
           his
           mark
           to
           be
           set
           on
           the
           fore-heads
           of
           all
           that
           did
           sigh
           &
           cry
           for
           the
           abominations
           that
           were
           committed
           by
           them
           whose
           iniquities
           were
           exceeding
           great
           ;
           and
           the
           servants
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           &
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           did
           receive
           the
           seal
           of
           the
           living
           God
           in
           their
           Fore-heads
           ,
           &
           upon
           them
           is
           written
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           City
           of
           God
           ▪
           and
           the
           new
           Name
           ;
           and
           such
           see
           his
           Face
           ,
           and
           his
           Name
           is
           written
           in
           their
           Fore-heads
           ,
           and
           not
           Iniquity
           ,
           
             Ezek
          
           9.
           4.
           
             Rev.
          
           7.
           3.
           
           &
           3.
           12.
           22
           ,
           4.
           
           And
           these
           are
           redeemed
           from
           iniquity
           ,
           and
           their
           garments
           washed
           and
           made
           white
           in
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           Lamb
           ;
           For
           where
           Iniquity
           is
           apparently
           written
           ,
           there
           the
           Fathers
           Name
           is
           not
           written
           ;
           and
           where
           the
           Fathers
           Name
           is
           not
           written
           ,
           and
           his
           mark
           received
           ▪
           they
           are
           not
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           For
           Holy
           and
           Reverend
           is
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           holiness
           becomes
           the
           House
           of
           the
           Lord
           (
           which
           is
           his
           Church
           )
           for
           ever
           ;
           and
           his
           mark
           is
           Christs
           righteousness
           ,
           with
           which
           his
           Church
           is
           covered
           and
           adorned
           ;
           and
           his
           Seal
           is
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           of
           Promise
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           are
           sealed
           to
           the
           day
           
           of
           Redemption
           :
           But
           you
           on
           whose
           Fore-heads
           Iniquity
           is
           so
           apparently
           written
           ,
           your
           gathering
           together
           is
           not
           into
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           strong
           Tower
           to
           the
           righteous
           ,
           who
           run
           in
           thither
           ,
           and
           are
           safe
           ;
           neither
           are
           you
           covered
           with
           Christs
           Righteousness
           ,
           nor
           sealed
           with
           his
           holy
           Spirit
           ;
           neither
           is
           his
           mark
           upon
           you
           ,
           or
           his
           Name
           written
           on
           your
           Fore-heads
           ,
           but
           your
           iniquity
           is
           marked
           before
           the
           Lord
           ;
           and
           Iniquitie
           being
           your
           Mark
           ,
           thereby
           you
           are
           plainly
           known
           to
           be
           of
           that
           number
           that
           worship
           the
           Beast
           ▪
           and
           his
           Image
           ,
           and
           his
           Name
           you
           bear
           ,
           and
           his
           mark
           is
           on
           your
           Fore-heads
           ,
           and
           whilst
           you
           bear
           this
           mark
           so
           apparently
           on
           your
           Fore-heads
           ,
           (
           to
           wit
           )
           Iniquitie
           ,
           you
           ought
           not
           to
           make
           mention
           of
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           for
           he
           that
           nameth
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           should
           depart
           from
           iniquitie
           ,
           else
           it
           would
           be
           said
           unto
           you
           ,
           
             Depart
             hence
             ,
             I
             know
             you
             not
             ,
             ye
             workers
             of
             Iniquity
             ;
          
           although
           you
           may
           say
           with
           them
           ,
           
             We
             have
             eaten
             and
             drunk
             in
             thy
             presence
             ,
             and
             we
             have
             pleaded
             for
             ,
             and
             followed
             thy
             Ordinances
             ;
          
           Yet
           I
           say
           ,
           Notwithstanding
           this
           plea
           ,
           if
           Iniquitie
           be
           your
           mark
           ,
           you
           must
           depart
           with
           the
           workers
           of
           iniquitie
           .
        
         
           
             Also
             you
             say
             in
             your
             said
             Epistle
             ,
          
           That
           this
           sin
           eats
           out
           all
           the
           divine
           sweetness
           of
           regenerating
           and
           sanctifying
           Grace
           .
        
         
           And
           by
           this
           also
           it
           appears
           that
           you
           are
           no
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           For
           if
           that
           be
           eaten
           out
           by
           sin
           ,
           which
           should
           regenerate
           you
           ,
           then
           are
           you
           unregenerate
           ;
           and
           if
           unregenerate
           ,
           then
           no
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           For
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           are
           regenerated
           and
           born
           again
           ,
           not
           of
           corruptible
           seed
           ,
           but
           of
           incorruptible
           ,
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           saved
           by
           the
           washing
           of
           regeneration
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           renewing
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ;
           and
           sin
           had
           not
           eaten
           out
           that
           which
           should
           regenerate
           them
           ,
           wch
           was
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           they
           were
           quickened
           together
           with
           Christ
           ,
           and
           saved
           by
           Grace
           ,
           
             Tit.
          
           3.
           5.
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           1.
           24.
           
           
             Eph.
          
           2.
           5.
           
           Again
           ,
           if
           that
           be
           eaten
           out
           by
           sin
           ,
           which
           should
           sanctifie
           you
           ,
           then
           are
           you
           unsanctified
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           are
           unsanctified
           ,
           then
           surely
           you
           are
           no
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           were
           washed
           ,
           &
           sanctified
           ,
           &
           justified
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           &
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ;
           &
           they
           said
           they
           were
           sanctified
           by
           the
           will
           o
           God
           ,
           through
           the
           offring
           of
           the
           bodie
           of
           Je●us
           ;
           &
           
             Iude
          
           did
           write
           to
           them
           that
           were
           sanctified
           by
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           &c.
           
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           6.
           11.
           
           
             Heb.
          
           10.
           10.
           
           
             Iude
          
           1.
           
           And
           thus
           you
           being
           unregenerated
           ,
           &
           unsanctified
           ,
           
           you
           cannot
           enter
           into
           Gods
           Kingdom
           ;
           for
           except
           a
           man
           be
           born
           again
           ,
           he
           cannot
           enter
           into
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           he
           which
           is
           unregenerate
           ,
           is
           not
           born
           again
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           enter
           into
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           .
           And
           without
           holiness
           no
           man
           can
           see
           the
           Lord
           ;
           but
           he
           that
           is
           unsanctified
           ,
           is
           without
           holiness
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           see
           the
           Lord
           .
           And
           so
           though
           Grace
           hath
           abounded
           towards
           you
           ,
           yet
           it
           seems
           your
           sins
           hath
           much
           more
           abounded
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           sin
           hath
           overcome
           you
           ,
           and
           eaten
           out
           all
           the
           Divine
           sweetness
           of
           regenerating
           and
           sanctifying
           Grace
           ;
           but
           with
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           it
           was
           otherwise
           ;
           for
           though
           there
           was
           a
           time
           in
           which
           sin
           had
           abounded
           ,
           yet
           Grace
           had
           much
           more
           abounded
           in
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           by
           Grace
           they
           were
           saved
           from
           sin
           ,
           and
           were
           become
           dead
           to
           sin
           ,
           and
           alive
           unto
           righteousness
           ,
           and
           had
           their
           fruits
           unto
           holiness
           ,
           and
           the
           end
           everlasting
           life
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           by
           all
           these
           particulars
           ,
           of
           which
           you
           have
           confest
           your selves
           to
           be
           guilty
           ,
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           you
           are
           neither
           Ministers
           nor
           churches
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           it
           plainly
           appears
           that
           you
           very
           much
           differ
           from
           them
           :
           And
           also
           there
           are
           many
           other
           particulars
           exprest
           in
           the
           said
           
             Tiverton
          
           Epistle
           ,
           of
           which
           you
           confess
           your selves
           to
           be
           guilty
           ,
           which
           time
           would
           even
           fail
           me
           to
           insist
           upon
           ;
           whereby
           I
           could
           further
           (
           and
           more
           fully
           and
           largely
           )
           prove
           that
           you
           are
           neither
           Ministers
           nor
           churches
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           are
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           That
           coldness
           and
           deadness
           is
           upon
           your selves
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           churches
           ;
           formality
           in
           holy
           duties
           ,
           indifferencie
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Laodicean
          
           spirit
           is
           sallen
           in
           upon
           you
           ;
           that
           you
           have
           been
           drawing
           iniquitie
           with
           cords
           of
           vanitie
           ;
           that
           there
           is
           amongst
           you
           personal
           iniquitie
           ,
           congregational
           iniquitie
           ,
           national
           iniquitie
           ,
           familie
           iniquitie
           ,
           closet
           iniquitie
           ;
           that
           you
           are
           without
           soundness
           ,
           from
           the
           crown
           of
           the
           head
           ,
           to
           the
           sole
           of
           the
           foot
           ,
           full
           of
           bruises
           and
           putrified
           sores
           ,
           and
           the
           crown
           is
           fallen
           from
           your
           head
           by
           reason
           of
           your
           iniquities
           ;
           that
           you
           have
           but
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           played
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           trembled
           in
           his
           presence
           ,
           but
           have
           been
           wanton
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           terror
           of
           his
           Maiestie
           ;
           and
           ●●at
           you
           have
           delighted
           to
           confess
           ,
           and
           to
           word
           it
           out
           with
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           being
           gone
           away
           ,
           presentlie
           forgot
           what
           manner
           of
           men
           and
           women
           you
           were
           ,
           &
           thought
           
           no
           more
           on
           your
           prayers
           ,
           and
           so
           confess
           that
           you
           have
           often
           mocked
           God
           ;
           that
           the
           World
           doth
           eat
           out
           your
           time
           ,
           your
           strength
           ,
           your
           zeal
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           the
           lap
           of
           this
           
             Dalilah
          
           (
           whilst
           asleep
           )
           your
           locks
           have
           been
           cut
           off
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           but
           as
           other
           men
           ;
           that
           Satan
           hath
           shewed
           you
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           this
           hath
           bewitched
           you
           ,
           and
           alienated
           your
           minds
           from
           the
           Lord
           ;
           that
           you
           are
           remiss
           in
           meetings
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           neglect
           the
           poor
           Saints
           &
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           whose
           dailie
           complaints
           and
           addresses
           (
           you
           say
           )
           are
           living
           monuments
           of
           this
           reigning
           abomination
           That
           you
           are
           cruel
           to
           servants
           and
           children
           ,
           exacting
           all
           their
           labours
           ,
           and
           takes
           no
           time
           to
           counsel
           or
           instruct
           them
           ,
           whereby
           their
           souls
           might
           be
           the
           better
           for
           you
           ;
           that
           slavish
           fear
           hath
           stopped
           your
           mouths
           ,
           until
           the
           mouth
           of
           this
           Iniquitie
           hath
           almost
           devoured
           your
           poor
           churches
           .
           That
           these
           evils
           are
           so
           deeplie
           rooted
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           get
           them
           out
           ;
           that
           they
           have
           wrested
           all
           weapons
           out
           of
           your
           hands
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           formed
           against
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           you
           have
           laboured
           in
           vain
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           you
           have
           brought
           forth
           ,
           hath
           been
           to
           little
           purpose
           .
           Several
           other
           such
           like
           things
           as
           these
           ,
           you
           confess
           your selves
           and
           your
           churches
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           ,
           in
           the
           said
           
             Tiverton
          
           Epistle
           .
           To
           all
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           If
           you
           are
           indeed
           guiltie
           of
           all
           these
           reigning
           abominations
           ,
           and
           apparent
           iniquities
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           confession
           ,
           then
           assuredlie
           may
           I
           conclude
           ,
           That
           you
           are
           neither
           Ministers
           nor
           churches
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Ordinances
           which
           you
           practise
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           the
           man
           of
           sin
           ,
           which
           is
           exalted
           ,
           and
           bears
           rule
           in
           you
           ;
           for
           of
           these
           abominations
           and
           apparent
           iniquities
           ,
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           was
           never
           guiltie
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           proved
           :
           And
           if
           you
           say
           you
           are
           not
           guiltie
           thereof
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           confession
           ,
           then
           is
           this
           confession
           of
           yours
           a
           most
           abominable
           piece
           of
           hypocrisie
           ,
           wherein
           you
           have
           even
           mocked
           God
           ,
           as
           you
           say
           you
           have
           done
           often
           ,
           which
           will
           render
           you
           no
           less
           culpable
           of
           his
           fierce
           wrath
           and
           heavy
           indignation
           ,
           then
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           are
           your
           skirts
           discovered
           ,
           &
           your
           deeds
           brought
           to
           light
           ,
           &
           you
           weighed
           in
           an
           
             Equal
             Ballance
             ▪
          
           ●nd
           true
           judgment
           pass'd
           upon
           you
           ;
           and
           therefore
           although
           you
           call
           your selves
           churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           &
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           yet
           your
           presumption
           
           is
           hereby
           discovered
           ,
           who
           call
           your selves
           churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           ;
           as
           their
           blasphemie
           was
           known
           who
           said
           they
           were
           Jews
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           ;
           and
           you
           with
           them
           are
           found
           lyars
           .
           And
           although
           you
           boast
           of
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           say
           it
           is
           his
           Ordinances
           you
           follow
           ,
           and
           plead
           for
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           would
           seem
           to
           deck
           your selves
           with
           precious
           Stones
           ,
           and
           Pearls
           ,
           yet
           whilst
           these
           abominations
           reign
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           such
           iniquities
           so
           apparentlie
           written
           upon
           you
           ,
           your
           Name
           is
           ,
           
             Mysteris
             Babylon
             ,
             the
             Mother
             of
             Harlots
             ,
             and
             Abomination
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             a
             Synagogue
             of
             Satan
             ,
             a
             habitation
             of
             Devils
             ,
             a
             hold
             of
             every
             foul
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             a
             cage
             of
             every
             unclean
             and
             hateful
             Bird
             :
          
           And
           therefore
           though
           
             Joab
          
           flie
           to
           lay
           hold
           on
           the
           horns
           of
           the
           Altar
           ,
           yet
           from
           thence
           he
           must
           be
           taken
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           a
           man
           of
           blood
           ,
           and
           so
           on
           his
           head
           must
           the
           blood
           of
           
             Abner
          
           be
           charged
           ,
           and
           rest
           for
           ever
           ,
           that
           
             Davia
          
           and
           his
           house
           may
           be
           clear
           before
           the
           Lord
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           the
           Spiritual
           Man
           (
           which
           is
           Christ
           the
           true
           light
           )
           with
           his
           Ordinances
           and
           Administrations
           ,
           which
           are
           spiritual
           ,
           are
           exalted
           above
           the
           man
           of
           fin
           ,
           and
           above
           his
           Ordinances
           ,
           which
           are
           weak
           and
           unprofitable
           ,
           and
           which
           doth
           not
           make
           the
           comers
           thereunto
           perfect
           ;
           and
           above
           that
           imagined
           ,
           false
           Christ
           ,
           which
           doth
           not
           save
           his
           people
           from
           their
           sins
           ;
           and
           above
           that
           Justification
           which
           justifies
           people
           in
           their
           sins
           ;
           and
           above
           that
           blood
           which
           doth
           not
           reach
           to
           the
           purging
           of
           the
           conscience
           from
           dead
           works
           ;
           and
           above
           that
           faith
           which
           doth
           not
           purifie
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           give
           victory
           over
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           above
           that
           baptism
           which
           is
           not
           by
           one
           spirit
           ,
           into
           one
           body
           ,
           whereby
           sin
           and
           transgression
           ,
           reigning
           abominations
           ,
           and
           apparent
           iniquities
           are
           washed
           away
           ;
           and
           above
           that
           Church-fellowship
           which
           is
           not
           with
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Assembly
           of
           the
           first-born
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           spirits
           of
           just
           men
           made
           perfect
           ;
           and
           above
           that
           Bread
           which
           is
           not
           the
           Body
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           above
           that
           cup
           which
           is
           not
           the
           cup
           of
           blessing
           ,
           of
           consolation
           ,
           and
           salvation
           ,
           even
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           spiritual
           Rock
           of
           which
           the
           Israel
           of
           God
           drunk
           .
           And
           above
           those
           Prayers
           which
           are
           but
           lip-labour
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           soon
           forgotten
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           thought
           upon
           ,
           and
           wherewith
           God
           is
           so
           often
           mocked
           ,
           which
           comes
           
           not
           from
           a
           pure
           heart
           ,
           and
           holy
           hands
           lifted
           up
           without
           wrath
           and
           doubting
           ;
           and
           above
           that
           Worship
           which
           stands
           in
           the
           will
           of
           man
           ,
           in
           conformity
           to
           a
           Rule
           ,
           or
           Law
           without
           them
           ,
           not
           being
           thereunto
           led
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           living
           God
           ,
           whose
           Worship
           is
           spiritual
           ,
           and
           who
           will
           be
           worshipped
           in
           the
           spirit
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           truth
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           The
           Spiritual
           Man
           with
           his
           Ordinances
           and
           Administrations
           ,
           which
           are
           spiritual
           ,
           stands
           over
           the
           man
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           over
           these
           his
           carnal
           ,
           weak
           ,
           unprofitable
           Ordinances
           ,
           beggarlie
           rudiments
           ,
           vain
           ceremonies
           ,
           and
           traditional
           imitations
           ,
           which
           although
           you
           call
           them
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           but
           your
           own
           fancies
           and
           imaginations
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           by
           a
           just
           and
           a
           lawful
           Trial
           ,
           it
           plainly
           and
           evidently
           appears
           that
           you
           are
           neither
           Churches
           nor
           Ministers
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           but
           in
           all
           the
           particulars
           before-mentioned
           ,
           you
           are
           found
           very
           much
           to
           differ
           from
           them
           ;
           and
           because
           you
           are
           not
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Spirit
           doth
           not
           lead
           you
           to
           (
           and
           guide
           you
           in
           )
           the
           practise
           or
           performance
           of
           those
           things
           which
           you
           plead
           for
           ,
           and
           follow
           ,
           therefore
           those
           things
           by
           you
           pleaded
           for
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           the
           man
           of
           sin
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Spiritual
           Man
           with
           his
           Ordinances
           and
           Administrations
           ,
           are
           exalted
           above
           the
           man
           of
           sin
           ,
           with
           the
           weak
           and
           unprofitable
           Ordinances
           that
           doth
           not
           make
           the
           comers
           thereunto
           perfect
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           truth
           asserted
           by
           
             Thomas
             Salthouse
             ,
          
           which
           is
           hereby
           vindicated
           ,
           and
           fully
           confirmed
           .
        
         
           
             And
             now
             I
             shall
             return
             to
             speak
             to
             some
             particulars
             in
             thy
             Paper
             ,
             wherein
             thou
             saist
             ,
          
           Because
           in
           the
           Tiverton
           Epistle
           there
           is
           a
           complaint
           against
           the
           sins
           that
           are
           remaining
           in
           the
           Churches
           ,
           
             T.
             S
          
           from
           hence
           suggesteth
           that
           they
           are
           no
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           
             T.
             S.
          
           had
           sufficient
           ground
           from
           your
           own
           confession
           in
           the
           said
           Epistle
           ,
           to
           conclude
           that
           you
           are
           no
           churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           was
           by
           him
           fully
           proved
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           again
           more
           at
           large
           confirmed
           :
           For
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           (
           which
           is
           his
           bodie
           )
           is
           in
           all
           things
           answerable
           and
           proportionable
           to
           him
           who
           is
           the
           Head
           :
           Now
           you
           will
           all
           confess
           that
           the
           Head
           is
           holie
           ,
           harmless
           ,
           undefiled
           ,
           seperate
           from
           sin
           and
           sinners
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Bodie
           be
           unholie
           ,
           full
           of
           abomination
           ,
           and
           defiled
           with
           sin
           and
           iniquitie
           ,
           then
           is
           Christ
           the
           Head
           of
           a
           defiled
           ,
           polluted
           ,
           unclean
           ,
           
           sinful
           Body
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           not
           proportionable
           ▪
           for
           as
           is
           the
           Head
           ,
           such
           are
           the
           members
           ,
           and
           they
           said
           ,
           
             As
             he
             is
             ,
             so
             are
             we
             in
             this
             present
             world
             ,
          
           1
           
             Joh.
          
           4.
           17.
           
           But
           in
           that
           Epistle
           you
           do
           not
           onely
           complain
           against
           those
           sins
           that
           are
           yet
           remaining
           in
           the
           churches
           ,
           but
           you
           there
           say
           that
           abominations
           are
           reigning
           in
           your
           churches
           and
           in
           your
           souls
           .
           Now
           these
           expressions
           in
           thy
           Paper
           ,
           where
           thou
           speakest
           of
           sins
           remaining
           ,
           &c.
           might
           seem
           very
           much
           to
           alter
           the
           case
           ,
           and
           to
           lessen
           the
           crime
           ,
           in
           the
           judgement
           of
           those
           that
           have
           not
           seen
           your
           Consession
           in
           the
           said
           Epistle
           ;
           and
           such
           might
           begin
           to
           think
           that
           
             T.
             S.
          
           had
           dealt
           something
           uncharitably
           with
           you
           ,
           to
           exhort
           all
           that
           fear
           God
           ,
           to
           seperate
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           come
           out
           from
           among
           you
           ,
           because
           some
           sins
           were
           yet
           remaining
           amongst
           you
           ;
           for
           to
           speak
           of
           sins
           yet
           remaining
           ,
           might
           seem
           to
           imply
           ,
           that
           some
           sins
           were
           mortified
           and
           put
           off
           ,
           and
           as
           if
           you
           were
           warring
           against
           ,
           and
           waiting
           to
           receive
           power
           to
           overcome
           those
           that
           remain
           ;
           and
           such
           a
           condition
           as
           this
           ,
           we
           could
           own
           ,
           though
           we
           cannot
           own
           those
           for
           a
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           live
           in
           sin
           ;
           for
           we
           own
           and
           witness
           a
           spiritual
           warfare
           ,
           which
           all
           must
           know
           before
           they
           can
           be
           Members
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           had
           you
           been
           found
           in
           such
           a
           condition
           as
           this
           ,
           to
           be
           armed
           with
           the
           power
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           stand
           in
           the
           war
           against
           sin
           and
           Satan
           ,
           we
           could
           have
           owned
           you
           in
           such
           a
           state
           ,
           as
           a
           people
           whom
           the
           Lord
           was
           purging
           ,
           and
           cleanslng
           ,
           and
           sanctifying
           for
           himself
           ,
           sitting
           and
           preparing
           you
           to
           be
           a
           habitation
           for
           the
           Lord
           to
           dwell
           in
           ,
           that
           your
           bodies
           might
           become
           the
           Temples
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           so
           you
           might
           be
           married
           to
           the
           Lord
           in
           righteousness
           ,
           &
           become
           the
           Spouse
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           Church
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           far
           otherwise
           with
           you
           ,
           for
           sin
           is
           not
           onely
           remaining
           in
           you
           ,
           but
           reigning
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           apparently
           written
           upon
           you
           ;
           and
           where
           sin
           and
           abomination
           reigns
           ,
           it
           hath
           the
           sole
           dominion
           ,
           power
           ,
           and
           preheminence
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           strong
           man
           armed
           ,
           keeps
           the
           house
           ,
           and
           is
           at
           peace
           ,
           and
           the
           stronger
           is
           not
           come
           that
           should
           dis-possess
           him
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           keepers
           of
           the
           House
           to
           tremble
           ,
           and
           the
           strong
           to
           bow
           ,
           that
           should
           enter
           in
           ,
           and
           break
           his
           peace
           ,
           and
           spoile
           his
           goods
           ;
           neither
           are
           you
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           war
           against
           sin
           ,
           for
           you
           confess
           that
           all
           weapons
           are
           wrested
           from
           you
           ,
           with
           which
           you
           should
           maintain
           war
           against
           
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           sin
           &
           abomination
           hath
           quiet
           &
           peaceable
           possession
           in
           you
           ,
           &
           hath
           got
           both
           strength
           &
           weapons
           to
           defend
           it self
           upon
           all
           occasions
           .
           And
           so
           you
           are
           altogether
           servants
           to
           sin
           ,
           &
           slaves
           to
           Satan
           ,
           &
           under
           
             Aegyptian
          
           darkness
           ;
           &
           this
           is
           much
           more
           then
           to
           say
           ,
           Sins
           yet
           remaining
           in
           you
           ;
           and
           as
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           doth
           very
           much
           alter
           your
           case
           ,
           from
           what
           these
           expressions
           of
           thine
           might
           seem
           to
           render
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           
             (
             saist
             thou
             )
          
           that
           which
           
             T.
             C.
          
           saith
           ,
           is
           That
           the
           true
           churches
           of
           Christ
           have
           had
           the
           same
           ▪
           or
           as
           great
           sins
           and
           abominations
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           are
           mentioned
           in
           that
           Epistle
           ,
           and
           yet
           were
           the
           true
           churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           owned
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           is
           fully
           proved
           ,
           &c.
           to
           which
           Scriptures
           
             (
             thou
             saist
             )
             T.
             S.
          
           gives
           no
           answer
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           a
           very
           light
           thing
           with
           
             T.
             C.
          
           to
           lay
           sin
           to
           the
           charge
           of
           Gods
           elect
           ,
           and
           to
           condemn
           the
           generation
           of
           the
           Just
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           plead
           Justification
           for
           those
           in
           whom
           abomination
           reigns
           ,
           and
           in
           whose
           fore-heads
           iniquitie
           is
           apparentlie
           written
           ,
           but
           T.
           C.
           will
           one
           day
           know
           ,
           that
           he
           which
           justifieth
           the
           wicked
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           condemneth
           the
           just
           ,
           even
           they
           both
           are
           abomination
           to
           the
           Lord
           :
           Yet
           by
           all
           that
           T.
           C.
           hath
           said
           ,
           (
           though
           he
           hath
           quoted
           so
           many
           Scriptures
           ,
           perverting
           them
           ,
           and
           even
           wresting
           them
           to
           his
           own
           destruction
           )
           it
           doth
           not
           appear
           that
           ever
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           was
           guilty
           of
           these
           or
           the
           like
           abominations
           ▪
           as
           in
           the
           
             Tiverton
          
           Epistle
           is
           exprest
           ;
           neither
           doth
           any
           one
           of
           those
           Scriptures
           at
           all
           prove
           any
           such
           thing
           ;
           therefore
           it
           was
           needless
           for
           T.
           S
           to
           give
           any
           answer
           thereunto
           ;
           but
           forasmuch
           as
           thou
           seems
           to
           vaunt
           thy self
           because
           T.
           S.
           hath
           not
           spoken
           particularly
           in
           answer
           to
           those
           Scriptures
           which
           thou
           call'st
           T.
           C.
           his
           Cloud
           of
           Witnesses
           ▪
           and
           that
           both
           in
           thy
           Paper
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           T.
           C.
           his
           Answer
           to
           T.
           S.
           his
           Epistle
           ,
           the
           perverting
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           especially
           what
           is
           written
           to
           the
           church
           of
           
             Corinth
             ,
          
           is
           made
           use
           of
           as
           a
           Stirrup
           ,
           whereby
           you
           may
           mount
           you
           selves
           upon
           the
           Throne
           of
           Iniquitie
           ,
           taking
           occasion
           from
           what
           the
           Apostle
           writes
           to
           them
           concerning
           such
           as
           had
           sinned
           to
           boast
           your selves
           to
           be
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           notwithstanding
           your
           great
           abominations
           and
           apparent
           iniquities
           ,
           confest
           and
           exprest
           in
           
             Tiverton
          
           Writing
           ;
           I
           shall
           therefore
           speak
           something
           briefly
           to
           some
           of
           those
           Scriptures
           ,
           thereby
           to
           discover
           thy
           blindness
           and
           ignorance
           of
           the
           
           things
           of
           God
           ▪
           of
           which
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           declares
           :
           And
           first
           concerning
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           chap.
           13.
           ver.
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14.
           which
           T.
           C.
           mentioneth
           ,
           where
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             night
             is
             far
             spent
             ,
             the
             day
             is
             at
             hand
             ,
             let
             us
             therefore
             cast
             off
             the
             works
             of
             darkness
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             put
             on
             the
             Armor
             of
             light
             ;
             let
             us
             walk
             honestly
             as
             in
             the
             day
             ,
             not
             in
             rioting
             and
             drunkenness
             ,
             not
             in
             chambering
             and
             wantonness
             ,
             not
             in
             strike
             and
             envying
             ,
             but
             put
             ye
             on
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Doth
           the
           Apostle
           here
           charge
           them
           with
           walking
           dishonestly
           ,
           because
           he
           exhorts
           them
           to
           walk
           honestly
           ?
           Nay
           assuredly
           ,
           for
           he
           saith
           to
           them
           ,
           
             I
             am
             perswaded
             of
             you
             my
             Brethren
             that
             ye
             also
             are
             full
             of
             goodness
             ,
             fill'd
             with
             all
             knowledge
             ,
             &c.
             
             Rom.
          
           15.
           14
           
           And
           if
           they
           were
           full
           of
           goodness
           ,
           then
           there
           was
           no
           room
           for
           dishonesty
           ;
           and
           rioting
           ,
           and
           drunkenness
           ,
           chambering
           ,
           and
           wantonness
           ,
           strife
           ,
           and
           envying
           ,
           are
           works
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           and
           of
           darkness
           ;
           but
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             night
             is
             far
             spent
             ,
             the
             day
             is
             at
             hand
             ,
             let
             us
             put
             on
             therefore
             the
             Armor
             of
             light
             .
          
           Now
           if
           they
           had
           not
           been
           come
           to
           the
           day
           ,
           how
           could
           they
           put
           on
           the
           Armor
           of
           light
           ?
           And
           if
           they
           were
           come
           to
           the
           day
           ,
           then
           the
           night
           was
           past
           ,
           and
           the
           works
           of
           darkness
           put
           off
           ,
           &
           this
           exhortation
           he
           gave
           unto
           them
           ,
           to
           stir
           up
           their
           pure
           minds
           by
           way
           of
           remembrance
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           
             Peter
          
           did
           likewise
           ,
           who
           said
           ,
           
             Wherefore
             I
             will
             not
             be
             negligent
             to
             put
             ye
             alwayes
             in
             remembrance
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             though
             ye
             know
             them
             ,
             and
             are
             established
             in
             the
             present
             truth
             ,
          
           2
           
             Pet.
          
           1.
           12.
           
           And
           so
           this
           proves
           nothing
           at
           all
           for
           
             T.
             C.
          
           that
           the
           church
           of
           the
           
             Romans
          
           were
           guiltie
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           as
           great
           sins
           and
           abominations
           as
           is
           mentioned
           in
           the
           
             Tiverton
          
           Writing
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           touching
           the
           church
           at
           
             Corinth
             ,
          
           although
           the
           Apostle
           did
           write
           to
           them
           concerning
           Fornication
           ,
           yet
           he
           doth
           not
           say
           that
           such
           Fornicators
           were
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           neither
           doth
           he
           tollerate
           them
           ,
           though
           
             T.
             C.
          
           saith
           that
           Fornication
           was
           tollerated
           amongst
           them
           ;
           but
           doth
           exhort
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           when
           they
           were
           gathered
           together
           in
           the
           spirit
           and
           power
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           to
           deliver
           such
           to
           Satan
           ,
           and
           bids
           them
           to
           have
           no
           fellowship
           with
           such
           ,
           nay
           not
           to
           companie
           with
           such
           ,
           nor
           to
           eat
           with
           such
           ,
           especially
           if
           any
           such
           were
           called
           a
           Brother
           ,
           that
           was
           a
           Fornicator
           ,
           or
           covetous
           ,
           or
           an
           Idolater
           ,
           or
           a
           Railer
           ,
           or
           a
           Drunkard
           ,
           or
           an
           Extortioner
           ;
           but
           
           they
           were
           to
           put
           away
           from
           among
           them
           that
           wicked
           person
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           5.
           chap.
           And
           surely
           this
           was
           not
           to
           tollerate
           them
           ,
           as
           
             T.
             C.
          
           hath
           affirmed
           ;
           For
           although
           such
           might
           creep
           in
           amongst
           them
           ,
           as
           
             Jude
          
           saith
           in
           his
           Epistle
           ,
           ver.
           4.
           
           That
           there
           were
           certain
           men
           crept
           in
           unawares
           ,
           who
           were
           before
           ordained
           to
           this
           condemnation
           ,
           ungodly
           men
           ,
           turning
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           into
           laciviousness
           ;
           yet
           these
           ungodly
           men
           were
           none
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           though
           they
           might
           creep
           in
           amongst
           them
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           not
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           such
           
             Iohn
          
           saw
           ,
           and
           said
           of
           them
           ,
           
             They
             went
             out
             from
             us
             ;
          
           [
           Mark
           ]
           
             They
             went
             out
             :
          
           Therefore
           they
           had
           been
           in
           ,
           or
           had
           crept
           in
           :
           
             They
             went
             out
             from
             us
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             made
             manifest
             that
             they
             were
             not
             of
             us
             ,
          
           1
           
             Ioh.
          
           2.
           19.
           
           And
           the
           Apostle
           did
           say
           to
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           at
           
             Corinth
             ,
             That
             neither
             Fornicators
             ,
             nor
             Idolators
             ,
             nor
             Adulterers
             ,
             nor
             Effeminate
             ,
             nor
             abusers
             of
             themselves
             with
             mankind
             ,
             nor
             Thieves
             ,
             nor
             Covetous
             ,
             nor
             Drunkards
             ,
             nor
             Revilers
             ,
             nor
             Extortioners
             ,
             shall
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             ;
          
           And
           if
           they
           shall
           not
           inherit
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           ,
           then
           assuredly
           they
           are
           not
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           this
           would
           be
           but
           small
           advantage
           to
           
             T.
             C.
          
           and
           his
           Brethren
           in
           iniquitie
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           shelter
           themselves
           under
           such
           Fornicators
           ,
           Idolaters
           ,
           Railers
           ,
           Drunkards
           ,
           Revilers
           ,
           &c.
           and
           cover
           themselves
           with
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           whilst
           as
           wicked
           ,
           and
           as
           abominable
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           worst
           of
           them
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           This
           covering
           would
           be
           of
           small
           advantage
           to
           them
           ,
           seeing
           the
           portion
           of
           such
           is
           to
           be
           shut
           out
           of
           God's
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           the
           Apostle
           makes
           a
           noted
           distinction
           between
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           such
           wicked
           persons
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             And
             such
             were
             some
             of
             you
             ,
          
           [
           mark
           ]
           They
           had
           been
           such
           ▪
           but
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             Ye
             are
             washed
             ,
             but
             ye
             are
             sanctified
             ,
             but
             ye
             are
             justified
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             our
             God
             ,
          
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           6.
           9
           10
           ,
           11.
           
           And
           this
           shews
           your
           blindness
           ,
           that
           you
           cannot
           make
           a
           distinction
           between
           such
           ungodlie
           sinners
           here
           spoken
           of
           ,
           and
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           you
           may
           trulie
           say
           that
           you
           live
           short
           of
           the
           true
           sight
           and
           sence
           of
           God's
           Majestie
           in
           his
           churches
           ,
           and
           among
           his
           Saints
           ,
           who
           are
           thus
           blind
           ,
           that
           you
           cannot
           distinguish
           between
           a
           member
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           a
           Fornicator
           ,
           especiallie
           where
           the
           Scripture
           hath
           made
           such
           a
           noted
           distinction
           ;
           Might
           not
           
             T.
             C.
          
           as
           well
           have
           instanced
           
             Iudas
          
           
           for
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           these
           Fornicators
           and
           unclean
           persons
           ?
           Yea
           rather
           ;
           for
           the
           Disciples
           were
           not
           for
           bid
           to
           keep
           him
           companie
           ,
           nor
           forbid
           to
           eat
           with
           him
           ,
           nor
           bid
           to
           excommunicate
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           was
           those
           before-mentioned
           ,
           and
           therefore
           his
           being
           tollerated
           amongst
           the
           Disciples
           ,
           might
           better
           have
           served
           for
           your
           purpose
           ,
           from
           his
           example
           to
           endeavour
           to
           perswade
           people
           that
           you
           are
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           accounted
           a
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           notwithstanding
           your
           great
           abominations
           confess'd
           in
           your
           
             Tiverton
          
           Epistle
           ;
           trulie
           your
           blindness
           may
           even
           be
           felt
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           were
           not
           quite
           insensible
           ,
           you
           might
           blush
           ,
           and
           be
           ashamed
           of
           your
           gross
           ignorance
           .
        
         
           
             But
             T.
             C.
             saith
             ,
          
           The
           Apostle
           did
           not
           unchurch
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Enemies
           of
           Christ
           do
           in
           these
           dayes
           .
        
         
           Take
           notice
           Reader
           ,
           Did
           not
           he
           unchurch
           those
           whom
           he
           delivered
           to
           Satan
           ,
           and
           those
           whom
           he
           commanded
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           to
           have
           no
           fellowship
           with
           ,
           or
           not
           to
           company
           with
           them
           ,
           nor
           to
           eat
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           were
           commanded
           to
           put
           away
           from
           amongst
           themselves
           such
           wicked
           persons
           ?
           Is
           not
           this
           to
           unchurch
           them
           ,
           according
           to
           T.
           C.
           his
           own
           expressions
           ?
           What
           doth
           he
           call
           unchurching
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           not
           to
           unchurch
           them
           ?
        
         
           
             He
             saith
             ,
          
           The
           Churches
           of
           Galatia
           were
           so
           deeply
           corrupted
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           wondered
           they
           were
           so
           soon
           removed
           to
           another
           Gospel
           ,
           &c.
           yet
           notwithstanding
           
             (
             saith
             he
             )
          
           he
           owns
           them
           to
           be
           the
           churches
           of
           Galatia
           ,
           and
           wisheth
           Grace
           and
           Peace
           to
           them
           ▪
           &c.
           
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ▪
           If
           the
           churches
           of
           
             Galatia
          
           were
           removed
           from
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           the
           power
           of
           God
           )
           then
           the
           churches
           of
           
             Galatia
          
           were
           not
           the
           churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           the
           churches
           of
           the
           
             Anabaptists
          
           (
           in
           whom
           such
           abomination
           reigns
           )
           are
           the
           churches
           of
           Christ
           ;
           neither
           doth
           his
           owning
           them
           to
           be
           the
           churches
           of
           
             Galatia
             ,
          
           prove
           them
           to
           be
           the
           churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           any
           more
           then
           T.
           S.
           his
           calling
           you
           the
           churches
           of
           the
           
             Anabaptists
             ,
          
           proves
           you
           to
           be
           the
           churches
           of
           Christ
           .
           And
           whereas
           he
           saith
           ,
           he
           wisheth
           Grace
           and
           Peace
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           endeavours
           their
           reformation
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           Your
           reformation
           likewise
           hath
           been
           endeavoured
           by
           the
           servants
           and
           messengers
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           whose
           counsel
           ye
           have
           rejected
           ;
           and
           
           Grace
           hath
           been
           tendered
           ,
           and
           hath
           appeared
           to
           you
           ,
           but
           ye
           have
           turned
           from
           it
           ,
           and
           despised
           it
           ;
           and
           except
           the
           churches
           of
           
             Galatia
          
           did
           (
           and
           the
           churches
           of
           the
           
             Anabaptists
          
           do
           )
           return
           to
           that
           Gospel
           from
           which
           they
           were
           removed
           ,
           the
           Peace
           of
           God
           neither
           did
           ,
           nor
           doth
           belong
           to
           them
           ,
           nor
           you
           ;
           neither
           could
           they
           ,
           or
           can
           you
           be
           accounted
           the
           churches
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             He
             saith
             ,
          
           So
           likewise
           the
           church
           of
           the
           Philippians
           ,
           many
           so
           walked
           ,
           of
           whom
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           I
           have
           often
           told
           you
           ,
           and
           now
           tell
           you
           weeping
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           enemies
           to
           the
           cross
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Phil.
           
             3.
             18.
             
          
           Yet
           
             (
             saith
             he
             )
          
           they
           were
           owned
           to
           be
           a
           Church
           ,
           with
           their
           Officers
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           That
           those
           who
           are
           enemies
           to
           the
           cross
           of
           Christ
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           did
           glory
           in
           the
           cross
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           enemies
           to
           it
           ,
           
             Gal.
          
           6.
           14.
           and
           the
           preaching
           of
           it
           was
           to
           them
           (
           and
           it
           is
           to
           as
           many
           as
           believe
           )
           the
           power
           of
           God
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           1.
           13.
           
           And
           the
           Apostle
           tells
           what
           is
           the
           end
           of
           such
           who
           are
           enemies
           to
           the
           cross
           of
           Christ
           ;
           he
           saith
           ,
           their
           end
           is
           destruction
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           not
           the
           end
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           .
           But
           though
           the
           Apostle
           writes
           to
           the
           church
           of
           the
           
             Philippians
             ,
          
           of
           such
           who
           were
           enemies
           to
           the
           cross
           of
           Christ
           ,
           yet
           he
           doth
           not
           say
           that
           the
           church
           of
           the
           
             Philippians
          
           were
           enemies
           to
           the
           cross
           of
           Christ
           ,
           nor
           that
           any
           of
           them
           in
           particular
           were
           so
           .
           He
           also
           bids
           them
           beware
           of
           dogs
           ,
           and
           of
           evil
           workers
           ,
           &c.
           
           Doth
           he
           therefore
           say
           that
           the
           church
           of
           the
           
             Philippians
          
           are
           dogs
           and
           evil-workers
           ?
           But
           this
           is
           some
           of
           those
           Scriptures
           which
           are
           called
           T.
           C.
           his
           cloud
           of
           Witnesses
           ,
           to
           prove
           that
           the
           true
           churches
           of
           Christ
           have
           had
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           as
           great
           sins
           and
           abominations
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           is
           confess'd
           in
           the
           
             Tiverton
          
           Epistle
           :
           Now
           though
           T.
           C.
           be
           a
           noted
           lyar
           ,
           yet
           the
           Scriptures
           are
           true
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           broken
           .
           And
           although
           by
           perverting
           and
           wresting
           the
           true
           sence
           thereof
           ,
           thereby
           endeavouring
           to
           make
           the
           Scriptures
           speak
           what
           he
           would
           have
           them
           ,
           to
           abuse
           the
           simple
           ▪
           minded
           ,
           and
           deceive
           ignorant
           people
           ,
           he
           hath
           drawn
           this
           wicked
           conclusion
           from
           the
           whole
           ;
           That
           they
           are
           (
           &
           may
           be
           owned
           to
           be
           )
           the
           churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           great
           abominations
           confess'd
           in
           their
           
             Tiverton
          
           Epistle
           .
           Yet
           now
           these
           Witnesses
           being
           honestly
           examined
           ,
           
           without
           wresting
           or
           perverting
           ,
           they
           are
           found
           to
           witness
           against
           T.
           C.
           and
           the
           same
           Witness
           which
           he
           brings
           to
           prove
           his
           assertions
           ,
           doth
           witness
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           proves
           himself
           to
           be
           the
           lyar
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           usual
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Witnesses
           which
           T.
           C.
           offers
           for
           proof
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           be
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           ,
           they
           surely
           testifie
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           prove
           him
           to
           be
           the
           lyar
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           witnessing
           for
           him
           ,
           they
           witness
           against
           him
           .
           And
           when
           he
           affirms
           a
           thing
           that
           is
           so
           notoriously
           false
           and
           wicked
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           cannot
           any
           way
           wrest
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           make
           them
           seem
           to
           prove
           what
           he
           asserts
           ,
           he
           useth
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           true
           ;
           Is
           so
           evident
           that
           it
           needs
           no
           proof
           ;
           or
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           true
           ,
           is
           so
           evident
           that
           he
           that
           runs
           may
           read
           ;
           and
           such
           like
           words
           ▪
           witness
           his
           
             Looking-glass
             ,
          
           as
           is
           at
           large
           discovered
           in
           a
           Book
           ,
           call'd
           ,
           
             Truth
             vindicated
             ,
          
           by
           
             John
             Pitman
             ,
          
           and
           
             Jasper
             Batt
             .
          
           Some
           other
           Scriptures
           are
           by
           him
           mentioned
           ,
           whereby
           he
           hath
           endeavoured
           to
           prove
           the
           churches
           of
           Christ
           in
           former
           ages
           ,
           to
           be
           sinful
           ,
           thereby
           to
           make
           way
           for
           themselves
           to
           be
           owned
           as
           a
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           all
           that
           he
           saith
           is
           to
           no
           more
           purpose
           then
           that
           which
           hath
           been
           already
           answered
           ,
           &
           could
           as
           easily
           be
           answered
           ,
           &
           his
           folly
           thereby
           made
           manifest
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           been
           sufficiently
           by
           what
           hath
           been
           answered
           to
           those
           Scriptures
           by
           him
           quoted
           .
           But
           he
           saith
           of
           those
           before
           ▪
           mentioned
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           called
           to
           repentance
           .
           What
           ?
           were
           they
           then
           a
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           the
           churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           before
           repentance
           ,
           that
           he
           makes
           use
           of
           this
           to
           prove
           them
           churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           call'd
           to
           repentance
           ?
           
             Simon
             Magus
          
           was
           call'd
           to
           repentance
           ,
           was
           he
           therefore
           a
           member
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ?
           And
           the
           Apostle
           said
           ,
           that
           God
           commanded
           all
           men
           every where
           to
           repent
           ;
           Are
           therefore
           all
           men
           every where
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ?
           Oh
           gross
           darkness
           and
           ignorance
           ,
           to
           use
           that
           as
           an
           argument
           to
           prove
           them
           to
           be
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           because
           they
           were
           call'd
           to
           repentance
           !
           And
           so
           are
           you
           call'd
           to
           repentance
           ,
           and
           to
           repentance
           you
           must
           come
           ,
           before
           you
           can
           be
           owned
           as
           a
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           we
           say
           Christ
           came
           to
           call
           sinners
           to
           repentance
           ;
           and
           his
           Ministers
           were
           sent
           to
           turn
           people
           from
           the
           darkness
           to
           the
           light
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           them
           from
           under
           Satan's
           power
           unto
           God
           ;
           but
           though
           you
           have
           been
           call'd
           to
           return
           from
           your
           wickedness
           ,
           and
           live
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           
           invited
           to
           come
           to
           him
           who
           is
           the
           way
           to
           the
           Father
           ,
           who
           gives
           eternal
           life
           to
           all
           that
           come
           unto
           him
           ;
           yet
           you
           have
           refused
           to
           return
           ,
           and
           have
           rebell'd
           against
           the
           light
           .
           Neither
           is
           it
           onely
           the
           calling
           to
           repentance
           ,
           that
           makes
           them
           or
           you
           the
           churches
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           them
           who
           answers
           that
           holy
           call
           ,
           and
           comes
           to
           repentance
           ,
           even
           to
           that
           repentance
           which
           is
           never
           to
           be
           repented
           of
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           repent
           and
           forsake
           ;
           it
           is
           such
           shall
           find
           mercy
           and
           acceptance
           with
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           be
           his
           ,
           and
           accounted
           members
           of
           his
           church
           in
           the
           day
           when
           he
           makes
           up
           his
           Jewels
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           such
           as
           have
           been
           call'd
           to
           repentance
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           answered
           that
           holy
           call
           by
           obedience
           to
           him
           that
           hath
           called
           them
           ,
           his
           call
           ,
           and
           his
           loving
           invitation
           shall
           stand
           as
           a
           witness
           against
           such
           for
           ever
           ;
           and
           because
           the
           Lord
           hath
           called
           ,
           and
           they
           would
           not
           hear
           ,
           therefore
           when
           they
           call
           and
           cry
           ,
           there
           shall
           be
           none
           to
           deliver
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Thou
             saist
             ,
          
           That
           
             T.
             S
          
           hath
           manifested
           abominable
           hypocrisie
           and
           deceit
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           saith
           that
           
             T.
             C.
          
           instanceth
           the
           Saints
           infirmities
           in
           former
           ages
           ,
           to
           encourage
           in
           a
           state
           of
           sin
           ,
           &c.
           when
           its
           evident
           
             (
             saist
             thou
             )
          
           that
           he
           instanceth
           those
           examples
           to
           stop
           the
           mouths
           of
           lyars
           and
           deceivers
           ,
           &c.
           and
           to
           discover
           the
           simple
           and
           vain
           notions
           of
           those
           who
           would
           suggest
           that
           the
           churches
           of
           Christ
           are
           none
           of
           his
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           sin
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           have
           answered
           some
           of
           those
           Scriptures
           call'd
           T.
           C.
           his
           Cloud
           of
           Witnesses
           ,
           which
           may
           also
           serve
           for
           answer
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           thereby
           to
           discover
           the
           folly
           and
           ignorance
           ,
           sottishness
           and
           blindness
           of
           those
           who
           would
           suggest
           that
           Fornicators
           and
           unclean
           persons
           ,
           Drunkards
           ,
           Railers
           ,
           Revilers
           ,
           Extortioners
           ,
           Thieves
           ,
           covetous
           persons
           ,
           Idolaters
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           are
           Members
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           also
           to
           stop
           the
           mouths
           of
           such
           lyars
           and
           deceivers
           who
           say
           the
           true
           churches
           of
           Christ
           have
           had
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           as
           great
           sins
           and
           abominations
           in
           them
           as
           are
           mentioned
           in
           
             Tiverton
          
           Epistle
           ,
           and
           yet
           were
           the
           true
           churches
           of
           Christ
           notwithstanding
           .
        
         
           And
           although
           according
           to
           thy
           wonted
           manner
           ,
           thou
           railest
           at
           T.
           S.
           accusing
           him
           with
           hypocrisie
           and
           deceit
           ,
           because
           he
           saith
           T.
           C.
           doth
           encourage
           in
           a
           state
           of
           sin
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           evident
           that
           by
           what
           T.
           C.
           hath
           written
           ,
           he
           doth
           more
           then
           encourage
           
           in
           a
           state
           of
           sin
           ;
           for
           he
           makes
           it
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           will
           be
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           a
           sinner
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           Christ
           have
           any
           church
           at
           all
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           a
           sinful
           one
           ;
           and
           that
           whosoever
           saith
           the
           contrary
           ,
           is
           a
           hypocrite
           ;
           and
           so
           sin
           and
           wickedness
           must
           be
           (
           as
           it
           were
           the
           condition
           or
           qualification
           required
           of
           all
           who
           are
           capable
           ,
           or
           desires
           admittance
           into
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           he
           saith
           God
           never
           had
           yet
           a
           church
           in
           the
           World
           free
           from
           sin
           ,
           nor
           were
           there
           ever
           any
           durst
           so
           to
           say
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           he
           further
           saith
           ,
           They
           that
           call
           themselves
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           say
           they
           are
           without
           sin
           in
           this
           mortal
           estate
           ,
           are
           none
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           he
           hadnever
           yet
           any
           such
           church
           ,
           nor
           none
           ever
           dare
           say
           so
           ,
           except
           the
           Scribes
           ,
           Pharisees
           ,
           &
           Hypocrites
           ;
           &
           likewise
           he
           saith
           ,
           That
           he
           that
           will
           not
           be
           a
           member
           of
           a
           church
           till
           he
           can
           find
           one
           without
           sin
           ,
           is
           never
           like
           to
           be
           a
           member
           of
           any
           .
           Now
           who
           will
           believe
           that
           T.
           C.
           doth
           not
           write
           this
           to
           encourage
           in
           a
           state
           of
           sin
           ?
           Or
           if
           any
           should
           be
           so
           ignorant
           as
           to
           believe
           what
           he
           saith
           ,
           who
           is
           it
           but
           would
           strive
           to
           be
           a
           sinner
           ,
           especially
           ▪
           if
           they
           have
           any
           hopes
           to
           be
           Members
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ?
           For
           by
           his
           relation
           there
           can
           be
           no
           other
           plea
           for
           admittance
           into
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           sin
           and
           wickedness
           ;
           for
           if
           any
           should
           be
           purged
           from
           their
           sins
           ,
           and
           should
           say
           with
           
             John
             ,
             Rev.
          
           1.
           5.
           
           
             He
             hath
             loved
             us
             ,
             and
             washed
             us
             from
             our
             sins
             in
             his
             own
             blood
             ;
          
           Such
           comes
           (
           by
           T.
           C.
           his
           account
           )
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           hypoerites
           ,
           and
           surely
           hypocrites
           are
           no
           members
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           therefore
           if
           Christ
           never
           had
           a
           church
           free
           from
           sin
           ,
           it
           might
           make
           people
           afraid
           of
           losing
           their
           sins
           ,
           lest
           thereby
           they
           should
           be
           excluded
           from
           being
           members
           of
           his
           church
           ,
           and
           be
           cast
           out
           to
           have
           their
           portion
           with
           hypocrites
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           whether
           this
           be
           not
           to
           encourage
           people
           to
           live
           in
           sin
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           not
           miss
           to
           be
           members
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           and
           a
           discouragement
           to
           any
           that
           should
           be
           in
           danger
           to
           lose
           or
           forsake
           their
           sins
           ,
           lest
           thereby
           they
           should
           be
           dis-priviledged
           of
           being
           Members
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ?
           let
           the
           wise
           in
           heart
           judge
           .
           And
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           It
           is
           more
           then
           an
           encouragement
           to
           continue
           in
           sin
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           any
           hopes
           to
           continue
           members
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           T.
           C.'s
           esteem
           ;
           for
           if
           any
           one
           should
           come
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           tell
           him
           that
           
           by
           the
           blood
           of
           Christ
           he
           is
           purged
           from
           his
           old
           sins
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           is
           come
           ,
           and
           lives
           in
           him
           ,
           who
           saves
           his
           people
           from
           their
           sins
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           him
           salvation
           and
           redemption
           from
           sin
           is
           witnessed
           ;
           
             T.
             C.'s
          
           words
           say
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           one
           is
           an
           hypocrite
           ,
           and
           no
           Member
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           he
           had
           never
           yet
           any
           such
           church
           ,
           nor
           were
           there
           ever
           any
           that
           durst
           so
           to
           say
           ,
           but
           hypocrites
           ;
           neither
           doth
           he
           own
           any
           such
           Saviour
           ,
           or
           Salvation
           ,
           as
           is
           clear
           from
           his
           own
           words
           at
           a
           meeting
           at
           
             Glastonbury
             ,
          
           where
           he
           affirmed
           ,
           That
           he
           believed
           in
           a
           Christ
           that
           was
           at
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           God
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           the
           Saints
           ;
           therefore
           if
           
             T.
             C.
          
           may
           be
           believed
           ,
           such
           a
           one
           were
           better
           continue
           in
           his
           sins
           ,
           and
           then
           if
           he
           can
           sometimes
           make
           an
           hypocritical
           confession
           thereof
           ,
           and
           mock
           God
           therewith
           ,
           and
           ask
           to
           be
           forgiven
           ,
           though
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           is
           gone
           away
           ,
           he
           forget
           what
           he
           hath
           done
           ,
           and
           think
           no
           more
           on
           his
           prayers
           ,
           (
           as
           is
           confess'd
           in
           
             Tiverton
          
           Writing
           )
           yet
           such
           a
           one
           shall
           be
           esteemed
           an
           humble
           ,
           self-denying
           Christian
           ,
           living
           in
           the
           sence
           of
           his
           own
           unworthiness
           ,
           and
           be
           esteemed
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           it
           seems
           by
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           should
           confess
           and
           forsake
           his
           sins
           ,
           (
           though
           thereby
           he
           shall
           find
           mercy
           from
           the
           Lord
           ,
           yet
           )
           
             T.
             C.
          
           would
           account
           him
           an
           hypocrite
           ,
           and
           no
           Member
           of
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           Therefore
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           any
           believe
           
             T.
             C.
          
           and
           receive
           his
           testimony
           ,
           and
           own
           his
           damnable
           pernicious
           Doctrine
           ,
           such
           are
           thereby
           more
           then
           encouraged
           to
           continue
           in
           sin
           and
           wickedness
           ;
           yea
           ,
           they
           are
           enjoyned
           under
           the
           penalty
           of
           being
           disowned
           to
           be
           a
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           continue
           sinful
           and
           wicked
           ,
           and
           falls
           under
           the
           censure
           of
           
             T.
             C.
          
           to
           be
           termed
           hypocrites
           ,
           if
           ever
           they
           should
           overcome
           sin
           by
           the
           power
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           make
           confession
           thereof
           .
           And
           thus
           what
           
             T.
             S.
          
           hath
           said
           as
           to
           this
           particular
           ,
           is
           fully
           proved
           ,
           and
           the
           abominable
           deceit
           and
           hypocrisie
           stands
           charged
           upon
           thine
           own
           head
           ,
           who
           hast
           thus
           falsly
           accused
           him
           for
           hypocrisie
           and
           deceit
           ,
           in
           a
           business
           wherein
           
             T.
             C.
          
           is
           so
           apparently
           guilty
           .
        
         
           Thou
           chargest
           
             T.
             S.
          
           to
           be
           a
           notorious
           lyar
           ,
           because
           he
           saith
           T.
           C.
           hath
           spoken
           against
           the
           being
           of
           the
           Seed
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           light
           of
           Christ
           in
           men
           ;
           for
           thou
           saist
           T.
           C.
           hath
           not
           affirmed
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           but
           owns
           the
           seed
           of
           God
           ,
           &
           light
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           people
           ;
           &
           
           in
           the
           next
           line
           thou
           saist
           ,
           
             This
             light
             is
             not
             in
             all
             men
             .
          
           Now
           hath
           not
           T.
           C.
           spoken
           against
           the
           light
           of
           Christ
           in
           men
           ,
           if
           he
           affirm
           that
           it
           is
           not
           in
           all
           men
           ?
           Who
           is
           the
           notorious
           lyar
           now
           ?
           He
           that
           saith
           T.
           C.
           hath
           spoken
           against
           the
           being
           of
           it
           men
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             It
             is
             not
             in
             all
             men
             ;
          
           or
           he
           that
           saith
           ,
           He
           never
           affirmed
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           light
           of
           Christ
           is
           not
           in
           men
           ,
           and
           yet
           saith
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           in
           all
           men
           ?
           If
           he
           say
           the
           light
           of
           Christ
           is
           not
           in
           all
           men
           ,
           then
           there
           are
           are
           some
           men
           in
           which
           (
           he
           saith
           )
           the
           light
           of
           Christ
           is
           not
           :
           And
           so
           T.
           C.
           hath
           spoken
           against
           the
           light
           of
           Christ
           in
           men
           ;
           and
           here
           thou
           art
           proved
           the
           lyar
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           prove
           that
           T.
           C.
           hath
           also
           spoken
           against
           the
           being
           of
           the
           Seed
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           light
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           people
           ,
           if
           he
           account
           himself
           one
           of
           his
           people
           ;
           For
           he
           saith
           in
           his
           Answer
           to
           
             T.
             S.
          
           pag.
           16.
           
           
             Our
             faith
             is
             not
             in
             a
             light
             within
             .
          
           Now
           if
           he
           believes
           not
           in
           a
           light
           within
           ,
           either
           he
           doth
           not
           own
           the
           light
           of
           Christ
           to
           be
           in
           him
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           believes
           not
           in
           the
           light
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           out
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           walks
           contrary
           to
           his
           commands
           ,
           who
           saith
           ,
           
             While
             ye
             have
             the
             light
             ,
             believe
             in
             the
             light
             ,
             that
             ye
             may
             be
             the
             children
             of
             the
             light
             ;
          
           Therefore
           T.
           C.
           is
           either
           a
           child
           of
           darkness
           ,
           because
           he
           doth
           not
           believe
           in
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           within
           him
           ;
           (
           for
           where
           ▪
           ever
           the
           true
           light
           shines
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           believed
           in
           )
           or
           else
           he
           doth
           not
           own
           the
           light
           of
           Christ
           to
           be
           in
           him
           .
           And
           thus
           what
           T.
           S.
           hath
           said
           ,
           is
           proved
           ,
           and
           the
           lye
           returned
           to
           rest
           upon
           thine
           own
           head
           .
        
         
           Thou
           saist
           
             T.
             S.
          
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             will
             joyne
             Issue
             ,
             and
             plead
             with
          
           T.
           C.
           
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Testimony
             ;
          
           but
           first
           it
           must
           be
           considered
           what
           the
           Law
           and
           the
           Testimony
           is
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           further
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Law
             is
             in
             the
             heart
             ,
             the
             Light
             is
             in
             the
             heart
             ,
             the
             testimony
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             the
             sure
             Word
             of
             Prophesie
             is
             in
             the
             heart
             ,
             the
             Word
             of
             Faith
             in
             the
             heart
             :
          
           And
           now
           come
           to
           the
           matter
           to
           which
           thou
           scoffingly
           and
           wickedly
           saist
           ,
           Now
           he
           is
           fit
           for
           the
           work
           ;
           out
           with
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           ,
           and
           follow
           the
           Law
           of
           his
           own
           heart
           ,
           of
           his
           own
           imagination
           ,
           and
           be
           sure
           
             Salthouse
          
           will
           prevail
           ,
           and
           carry
           all
           before
           him
           .
           Thou
           hypocrite
           ,
           Is
           this
           outing
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           ,
           to
           speak
           truth
           in
           the
           very
           Scripture-language
           ?
           Hath
           not
           T.
           S.
           quoted
           the
           Scriptures
           for
           proof
           of
           what
           he
           asserts
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Law
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           the
           Light
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           the
           Word
           of
           Faith
           nigh
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           the
           
           sure
           Word
           of
           Prophesie
           in
           the
           heart
           ?
           And
           yet
           thou
           art
           so
           impudent
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           Out
           with
           the
           Scriiptures
           of
           truth
           ,
           and
           follow
           the
           Law
           of
           his
           own
           heart
           ;
           Is
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           in
           the
           heart
           ?
           Or
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           heart
           ?
           Or
           the
           Word
           of
           Faith
           in
           the
           heart
           ?
           Or
           the
           sure
           Word
           of
           Prophesie
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Testimony
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           in
           the
           heart
           ?
           Is
           this
           the
           Law
           ?
           or
           the
           imagination
           of
           his
           own
           heart
           ?
           Thou
           hast
           no
           cover
           for
           thy
           wickedness
           here
           ,
           but
           hast
           manifestly
           published
           thy
           folly
           ,
           and
           thy
           envy
           ,
           in
           charging
           T.
           S.
           for
           outing
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           cited
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           for
           proof
           of
           what
           he
           hath
           spoken
           ;
           therefore
           because
           thy
           wickedness
           is
           so
           plainly
           and
           openly
           discovered
           in
           setting
           thy self
           through
           envy
           to
           oppose
           ,
           gain-say
           ,
           and
           resist
           the
           truth
           ,
           the
           less
           needs
           be
           spoken
           in
           answer
           to
           it
           ,
           &
           if
           any
           wil
           believe
           thee
           ,
           or
           be
           deceived
           by
           thee
           herein
           ,
           it
           is
           such
           who
           are
           willingly
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           are
           given
           up
           to
           believe
           lyes
           ,
           and
           their
           blood
           will
           be
           upon
           their
           own
           heads
           .
        
         
           But
           although
           T.
           C.
           hath
           cited
           the
           Law
           and
           Testimony
           for
           a
           Rule
           ,
           yet
           when
           T.
           S
           ,
           had
           proved
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           Truth
           ,
           that
           this
           Law
           and
           Testimony
           is
           within
           ,
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           it
           's
           like
           T.
           C.
           had
           no
           mind
           to
           join
           Issue
           ,
           or
           plead
           with
           him
           ;
           for
           he
           well
           knows
           ,
           that
           should
           he
           speak
           no
           more
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Testimony
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           then
           what
           is
           manifest
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           written
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           his
           mouth
           ,
           and
           the
           mouths
           of
           many
           of
           his
           Brethren
           would
           soon
           be
           stopt
           ;
           for
           though
           that
           which
           may
           be
           known
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           manifest
           within
           ,
           (
           according
           to
           the
           Scripture
           )
           yet
           they
           that
           believe
           not
           in
           that
           which
           doth
           make
           manifest
           ,
           but
           are
           enemies
           to
           it
           ,
           they
           know
           little
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           of
           his
           Law
           or
           Testimony
           ,
           neither
           is
           it
           their
           rule
           .
           Now
           that
           which
           doth
           make
           manifest
           is
           light
           ,
           
             Eph.
          
           5.
           13.
           
           But
           T.
           C.
           saith
           ,
           
             Your
             faith
             is
             not
             in
             a
             light
             within
             ;
          
           therefore
           your
           Faith
           is
           not
           in
           that
           which
           doth
           make
           manifest
           ;
           and
           how
           then
           should
           you
           know
           the
           things
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           his
           Law
           and
           Testimony
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           declares
           .
           And
           thus
           though
           in
           words
           you
           profess
           God
           ,
           and
           talk
           of
           his
           Law
           and
           Testimony
           to
           be
           your
           rule
           ,
           yet
           in
           works
           you
           deny
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Law
           of
           righteousness
           is
           cast
           behind
           your
           backs
           ,
           and
           the
           Testimony
           of
           Jesus
           (
           which
           is
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Prophesie
           )
           you
           have
           denyed
           ,
           and
           despised
           ,
           neither
           is
           his
           Law
           your
           Rule
           ,
           or
           his
           Light
           your
           Guide
           ,
           witness
           
           your
           own
           confession
           in
           
             Tiverton
          
           Epistle
           :
           Therefore
           I
           say
           Should
           T.
           C.
           plead
           onely
           from
           what
           of
           God
           is
           manifest
           in
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           very
           little
           to
           say
           ,
           and
           so
           no
           marvel
           if
           he
           refufe
           to
           joyn
           Issue
           with
           T.
           S.
           upon
           those
           terms
           .
        
         
           Thou
           saist
           T.
           S.
           hath
           said
           ,
           That
           T.
           C.
           is
           against
           the
           Saints
           attaining
           to
           perfection
           and
           freedom
           from
           sin
           whilst
           in
           this
           mortal
           state
           ;
           And
           thou
           saist
           ,
           He
           is
           not
           against
           perfection
           by
           faith
           in
           Christ
           ,
           their
           perfection
           to
           be
           in
           another
           ;
           nor
           is
           he
           against
           pressing
           after
           perfection
           ;
           but
           such
           a
           perfection
           as
           the
           
             Quakers
          
           boast
           of
           ,
           he
           is
           against
           ,
           &c.
           
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           The
           perfection
           which
           the
           people
           call'd
           
             Quakers
             ,
          
           own
           ,
           and
           press
           after
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           which
           the
           Saints
           and
           Servants
           of
           God
           in
           all
           ages
           did
           press
           after
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           makes
           mention
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           to
           perfect
           holiness
           in
           the
           fear
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           to
           know
           him
           to
           work
           all
           their
           works
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           them
           ,
           whose
           works
           are
           perfect
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           whereby
           all
           boasters
           and
           boasting
           is
           excluded
           ;
           and
           this
           perfection
           thou
           saist
           T.
           C.
           is
           against
           ,
           and
           indeed
           I
           believe
           it
           ;
           and
           herein
           the
           truth
           of
           T.
           S.
           his
           words
           are
           verified
           .
           But
           what
           perfection
           or
           freedom
           from
           sin
           ,
           such
           do
           own
           or
           press
           after
           ,
           who
           are
           drawing
           iniquity
           with
           cords
           of
           vanity
           ,
           and
           in
           whose
           souls
           such
           abominations
           reigns
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           whose
           hands
           all
           weapons
           are
           wrested
           (
           with
           which
           they
           should
           make
           war
           against
           sin
           )
           I
           leave
           to
           the
           wise
           in
           heart
           to
           judge
           .
           It
           seems
           the
           perfection
           which
           you
           own
           ,
           is
           at
           a
           great
           distance
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           not
           holyness
           perfected
           in
           you
           ,
           but
           in
           another
           ,
           and
           so
           you
           imagine
           it
           shall
           be
           imputed
           yours
           hereafter
           ,
           when
           you
           are
           dead
           ,
           though
           you
           are
           perfecting
           wickedness
           and
           ungodliness
           all
           your
           life
           long
           ;
           and
           this
           imagination
           you
           call
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           ;
           But
           though
           we
           own
           no
           other
           perfection
           then
           that
           which
           is
           by
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           (
           who
           is
           the
           perfection
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           is
           all
           in
           all
           to
           them
           )
           yet
           except
           you
           know
           him
           to
           live
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           know
           him
           to
           work
           in
           you
           both
           the
           will
           and
           the
           deed
           ,
           even
           he
           of
           whom
           its
           said
           ,
           That
           he
           came
           to
           do
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           so
           to
           know
           perfection
           and
           freedom
           from
           sin
           in
           your selves
           ,
           wrought
           by
           another
           ;
           it
           will
           avail
           you
           nothing
           to
           say
           you
           own
           perfection
           in
           another
           ;
           for
           what
           the
           better
           are
           you
           to
           tell
           of
           perfection
           and
           freedom
           from
           sin
           in
           another
           ,
           whilst
           you
           are
           imperfect
           ,
           and
           are
           servants
           unto
           sin
           ?
           And
           what
           pressing
           
           after
           perfection
           or
           freedom
           from
           sin
           ,
           is
           there
           like
           to
           be
           with
           such
           who
           affirm
           that
           God
           never
           had
           yet
           a
           church
           in
           the
           World
           without
           sin
           ,
           and
           that
           who
           ever
           affirm
           the
           contrary
           ,
           are
           Hypocrites
           ?
           Would
           any
           that
           believes
           this
           ,
           press
           after
           that
           which
           none
           yet
           could
           ever
           attain
           ?
           Or
           is
           not
           this
           to
           press
           after
           an
           impossibility
           ?
           And
           if
           by
           pressing
           after
           it
           ,
           they
           should
           attain
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           make
           confession
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           seems
           they
           must
           be
           accounted
           hypocrites
           ;
           this
           is
           small
           encouragement
           to
           any
           to
           press
           after
           perfection
           or
           freedom
           from
           sin
           .
           But
           we
           are
           not
           ignorant
           what
           that
           imagined
           perfection
           is
           of
           which
           you
           speak
           ,
           and
           which
           you
           say
           you
           press
           after
           ;
           for
           although
           abominations
           reigns
           in
           your
           souls
           ,
           and
           iniquity
           apparently
           written
           on
           your
           foreheads
           ▪
           heads
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           are
           even
           drawing
           it
           as
           with
           Cart-Ropes
           ,
           yet
           because
           you
           can
           sometimes
           make
           a
           hypocritical
           confession
           of
           this
           condition
           ,
           and
           therewith
           mock
           God
           ,
           (
           as
           you
           confess
           you
           have
           done
           often
           )
           this
           is
           call'd
           a
           pressing
           after
           perfection
           :
           And
           because
           you
           have
           read
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           of
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           Christ
           ,
           you
           imagine
           that
           his
           Righteousness
           shall
           be
           imputed
           yours
           ,
           and
           serve
           to
           cover
           your
           unrighteousness
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           your
           perfection
           (
           as
           you
           call
           it
           )
           by
           ▪
           Faith
           in
           another
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           you
           own
           and
           press
           after
           ;
           but
           the
           perfection
           which
           the
           people
           of
           God
           in
           all
           ages
           did
           press
           after
           ,
           it
           seems
           you
           are
           against
           .
        
         
           
             Thou
             railest
             at
             T.
             S.
             extreamly
             ,
             charging
             him
             with
          
           hypocrisie
           ,
           wretched
           perverting
           ,
           
             and
             to
             be
             a
          
           forger
           of
           lyes
           ,
           
             for
             saying
             T.
             C.
          
           hath
           contradicted
           himself
           in
           directing
           his
           Epistle
           from
           Tiverton
           ,
           to
           them
           that
           are
           called
           to
           be
           Saints
           through
           the
           immortal
           Seed
           that
           dwelleth
           in
           them
           ;
           
             and
             yet
             saith
             ,
          
           It
           is
           language
           beside
           the
           Scripture
           to
           mention
           the
           oppressed
           seed
           ;
           
             For
             thou
             saist
             ,
          
           He
           doth
           not
           say
           it
           is
           language
           beside
           the
           Scripture
           to
           mention
           the
           seed
           within
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           oppressed
           seed
           ,
           he
           knows
           no
           such
           Gospel
           expression
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Novv
           to
           this
           I
           say
           ,
           If
           the
           immortal
           Seed
           be
           in
           them
           to
           whom
           that
           Epistle
           vvas
           directed
           ,
           and
           that
           abominations
           reigns
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           same
           Epistle
           is
           confess'd
           ,
           I
           query
           ,
           
             Whether
             the
             Seed
             in
             them
             be
             not
             oppr●st
             ?
          
           If
           yea
           ,
           then
           T.
           C.
           is
           found
           in
           confusion
           and
           contradiction
           ,
           and
           knows
           nothing
           of
           the
           immortal
           Seed
           of
           vvhich
           he
           speaks
           :
           Now
           where
           enmity
           is
           put
           between
           tvvo
           ,
           if
           the
           one
           bears
           rule
           ,
           then
           the
           other
           doth
           suffer
           oppression
           ;
           
           and
           I
           suppose
           you
           will
           grant
           that
           there
           is
           no
           concord
           or
           agreement
           ,
           fellowship
           or
           union
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           immortal
           seed
           and
           abomination
           ;
           for
           that
           which
           worketh
           abomination
           ,
           is
           of
           the
           Serpents
           seed
           ,
           betvveen
           vvhich
           ,
           and
           the
           seed
           immortal
           ,
           enmity
           isput
           ;
           and
           vvhilst
           abomination
           reigns
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           iniquity
           is
           apparently
           vvritten
           upon
           you
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           dravving
           thereof
           vvith
           cords
           of
           vanity
           ,
           the
           Serpent's
           seed
           is
           head
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           the
           seed
           immortal
           is
           oppressed
           ;
           and
           thus
           the
           blind
           guide
           is
           fallen
           into
           the
           pit
           vvhich
           for
           another
           he
           had
           digged
           ,
           vvho
           streins
           at
           a
           Gnat
           ,
           and
           vvould
           seem
           to
           make
           a
           man
           an
           offender
           for
           a
           vvord
           ,
           notvvithstanding
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           matter
           by
           him
           declared
           ,
           be
           clear
           and
           evident
           .
        
         
           
             Thou
             art
             much
             offended
             vvith
             T.
             S.
             because
             he
             saith
             ,
          
           It
           seems
           they
           have
           refused
           to
           return
           from
           their
           wickedness
           and
           great
           abominations
           ,
           if
           T.
           C.
           may
           be
           credited
           ,
           but
           saith
           he
           trusts
           they
           shall
           be
           found
           so
           more
           ;
           if
           this
           be
           to
           be
           vile
           ,
           we
           shal
           yet
           be
           more
           vile
           ;
           
             for
             which
             thou
             utterest
             many
             bitter
             railing
             expressions
             against
             him
             ,
             saying
             that
             T
             C.
             saith
             ,
          
           If
           to
           deal
           faithfully
           with
           sins
           and
           sinners
           ,
           if
           to
           arraign
           abominations
           ,
           &c
           :
           If
           this
           be
           to
           be
           vile
           ,
           we
           shall
           yet
           be
           more
           vile
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           That
           you
           have
           refused
           to
           return
           from
           your
           wickedness
           and
           great
           abominations
           ,
           is
           a
           truth
           clear
           and
           apparent
           ;
           for
           T.
           C.
           hath
           endeavoured
           to
           prove
           you
           to
           be
           a
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           notvvithstanding
           your
           great
           abominations
           ,
           and
           saith
           ,
           the
           true
           churches
           of
           Christ
           have
           had
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           as
           great
           sins
           and
           abominations
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           is
           confest
           in
           
             Tiverton
          
           Epistle
           ,
           and
           that
           Christ
           never
           had
           a
           church
           in
           the
           World
           free
           from
           sin
           ;
           and
           vvhether
           this
           doth
           not
           strengthen
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           vvicked
           ,
           (
           so
           that
           they
           cannot
           return
           from
           their
           vvickedness
           )
           and
           give
           encouragement
           to
           such
           to
           live
           in
           sin
           ,
           let
           all
           who
           are
           spiritually
           minded
           ,
           judge
           :
           And
           vvhilit
           you
           are
           endeavouring
           to
           vindicate
           your selves
           in
           such
           a
           condition
           ,
           and
           such
           practises
           ,
           there
           is
           small
           hopes
           ,
           or
           little
           likelyhood
           of
           your
           returning
           from
           that
           condition
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           he
           saith
           ,
           If
           to
           deal
           faithfully
           ,
           &c.
           be
           to
           be
           vile
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           say
           ,
           Hovv
           can
           such
           a
           deceitful
           hypocrite
           deal
           faithfully
           with
           sin
           or
           sinners
           ,
           in
           whose
           own
           soul
           (
           by
           confession
           )
           such
           abominations
           reigns
           ,
           &
           on
           whose
           own
           Fore-head
           such
           iniquities
           
           are
           so
           apparently
           written
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           vvhose
           hands
           sin
           hath
           wrested
           all
           Weapons
           wherewith
           he
           should
           deal
           with
           it
           ?
           should
           not
           the
           hypocrite
           first
           pull
           the
           beam
           out
           of
           his
           own
           eye
           ,
           and
           deal
           faithfully
           with
           his
           own
           soul
           in
           arraigning
           and
           casting
           out
           his
           own
           abominations
           by
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           before
           he
           go
           about
           to
           pull
           the
           mote
           out
           of
           his
           brothers
           eye
           ,
           or
           to
           deal
           with
           his
           sins
           ,
           or
           to
           arraign
           his
           abominations
           ?
           I
           am
           sure
           for
           T.
           C.
           to
           tell
           of
           arraigning
           abominations
           in
           others
           ,
           whilst
           abominations
           are
           reigning
           in
           his
           own
           soul
           ;
           or
           for
           him
           to
           talk
           of
           dealing
           faithfully
           with
           sin
           and
           sinners
           ,
           whilst
           (
           by
           his
           own
           confession
           )
           he
           is
           manifested
           to
           be
           as
           bad
           as
           the
           worst
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           if
           not
           the
           worst
           of
           all
           )
           and
           hath
           more
           need
           to
           be
           taken
           under
           dealing
           ,
           then
           any
           of
           those
           with
           whom
           he
           speaks
           of
           dealing
           with
           ,
           this
           renders
           him
           to
           be
           so
           much
           the
           more
           vile
           ,
           as
           T.
           S.
           hath
           truly
           said
           .
        
         
           
             Some
             other
             false
             accusations
             thou
             bringst
             agaist
             T.
             S.
             in
             particular
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             people
             called
          
           Quakers
           
             in
             general
             ;
             as
             ,
          
           That
           he
           pleads
           up
           their
           own
           righteousness
           beyond
           all
           bonds
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           Religion
           ,
           but
           of
           modesty
           and
           civillity
           too
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           people
           upon
           earth
           are
           so
           great
           enemies
           to
           Christ
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           as
           they
           ;
           &
           that
           none
           are
           more
           obedient
           to
           their
           own
           fancies
           &
           imaginations
           ,
           then
           they
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             And
             thou
             tells
             the
             old
             lye
             over
             again
             ,
             saying
             ,
          
           He
           calls
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           the
           man
           of
           sin
           .
        
         
           To
           all
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           Thou
           hast
           made
           it
           thy
           work
           to
           slander
           ,
           and
           falsly
           accuse
           ;
           and
           for
           as
           much
           as
           thou
           hast
           been
           so
           often
           proved
           a
           lyar
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           spend
           time
           to
           answer
           every
           impertinency
           and
           false
           accusation
           ,
           especially
           where
           no
           proof
           is
           offered
           by
           thee
           ,
           for
           what
           thou
           affirmest
           ;
           but
           let
           it
           lie
           and
           rot
           ,
           as
           the
           foame
           and
           filth
           of
           a
           Tlanderous
           spirit
           ,
           which
           cannot
           touch
           the
           innocent
           ,
           nor
           gain
           credit
           or
           acceptance
           with
           any
           people
           of
           understanding
           .
        
         
           Thou
           goest
           on
           with
           thy
           work
           propounding
           queries
           ,
           and
           answering
           thy self
           ,
           lying
           and
           perverting
           ,
           slandering
           ,
           and
           falsly
           accusing
           the
           innocent
           ,
           digging
           a
           pit
           ,
           and
           spreading
           a
           net
           for
           them
           ;
           but
           into
           the
           pit
           which
           thou
           hast
           digged
           for
           others
           ,
           art
           thou
           fallen
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Gin
           which
           thou
           hast
           laid
           ,
           is
           thy
           own
           feet
           snared
           .
           And
           because
           
             T.
             S.
          
           saith
           ,
           
             Without
             boasting
             we
             can
             speak
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             praise
             of
             his
             grace
             who
             hath
             wrought
             all
             our
             works
          
           
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           in
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           of
           God
           ,
           though
           the
           whole
           world
           lieth
           in
           wickedness
           ;
           and
           that
           Christ
           hath
           had
           ,
           and
           yet
           hath
           a
           Church
           without
           sin
           in
           this
           mortal
           Estate
           .
           Thou
           therefore
           queriest
           ,
           
             Whether
             this
             Church
             without
             sin
             be
             not
             the
             Quakers
             ?
          
           And
           thou
           answerest
           thy self
           ,
           
             Yea
             doubtless
             ,
             if
             they
             onely
             are
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             world
             lyeth
             in
             wickedness
             ,
             it
             must
             needs
             be
             them
             .
          
           And
           here
           thou
           hast
           proved
           
             T.
             C.
          
           a
           lyar
           ;
           For
           if
           it
           be
           an
           undoubted
           truth
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           are
           of
           God
           ,
           are
           a
           church
           without
           sin
           ,
           then
           undoubtedly
           T.
           C.
           is
           a
           notorious
           lyar
           for
           affirming
           that
           Christ
           never
           had
           a
           church
           without
           sin
           in
           this
           mortal
           estate
           ;
           For
           
             John
          
           saith
           ,
           
             We
             know
             that
             we
             are
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             world
             lyeth
             in
             wickedness
             ,
          
           1
           
             John
          
           5.
           9.
           
           And
           because
           they
           were
           of
           God
           ,
           they
           were
           without
           sin
           ,
           according
           to
           thy
           own
           reasoning
           .
        
         
           
             Then
             thou
             queriest
             ,
          
           Whether
           the
           Quakers
           have
           not
           dealt
           notoriously
           wicked
           with
           
             T.
             C.
          
           in
           denying
           their
           owning
           themselves
           to
           be
           perfect
           ,
           and
           calling
           T.
           C.
           a
           lyar
           for
           affirming
           it
           ,
           and
           now
           T.
           S.
           so
           openly
           and
           publikely
           not
           onely
           to
           confess
           it
           ,
           but
           to
           plead
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ▪
           Thou
           hast
           herein
           dealt
           notoriously
           wicked
           with
           T.
           S.
           as
           T.
           C.
           hath
           done
           with
           others
           before
           :
           For
           
             T.
             S.
          
           hath
           not
           said
           he
           is
           perfect
           ,
           nor
           confest
           that
           the
           people
           call'd
           Quakers
           doth
           own
           themselves
           to
           be
           perfect
           ;
           and
           therefore
           thou
           art
           a
           lyar
           for
           affirming
           it
           :
           And
           because
           the
           ground
           or
           foundation
           of
           thy
           query
           is
           a
           lye
           ,
           therefore
           I
           shall
           give
           no
           further
           answer
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Thou
             queriest
             ,
          
           Whether
           
             John
             Pitman
             ,
             Jasper
             Batt
             ,
             Robert
             Wastfeild
             ,
             &c
             :
             (
             whom
             thou
             call'st
             Preachers
             and
             Leaders
             in
             that
             Faction
             )
          
           be
           members
           of
           the
           true
           Church
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Devil
           ?
           Because
           
             T.
             S.
          
           saith
           ,
           That
           those
           that
           remain
           in
           sin
           ,
           in
           the
           unconverted
           and
           imperfect
           state
           ,
           and
           are
           seduced
           and
           deceived
           ,
           being
           out
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           they
           are
           enemies
           to
           the
           cross
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           .
           
             And
             thou
             saist
             ,
          
           The
           forementioned
           persons
           at
           a
           Meeting
           at
           Glaston
           with
           
             T.
             C.
          
           protested
           that
           they
           were
           not
           perfect
           ,
           nor
           free
           from
           sin
           ,
           but
           pressing
           after
           it
           ;
           
             Therefore
             thou
             queriest
             ,
          
           How
           they
           shift
           themselves
           from
           being
           Enemies
           to
           the
           crosse
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           Though
           thou
           hast
           laboured
           much
           to
           bring
           forth
           this
           work
           of
           wickedness
           ,
           hoping
           thereby
           to
           trap
           the
           innocent
           ,
           
           yet
           it
           will
           not
           at
           all
           serve
           for
           thy
           purpose
           ,
           For
           though
           (
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Apostle
           )
           we
           did
           in
           plainness
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           simplicity
           and
           integrity
           of
           our
           hearts
           declare
           ,
           (
           which
           thou
           call'ft
           a
           Protestation
           )
           
             That
             we
             were
             pressing
             forwards
             towards
             the
             mark
             of
             the
             price
             of
             the
             high
             calling
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           not
           as
           though
           we
           had
           already
           attained
           ,
           or
           were
           already
           perfect
           ,
           but
           were
           pressing
           after
           it
           ▪
           yet
           this
           doth
           no
           more
           prove
           us
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           or
           enemies
           to
           the
           cross
           of
           Christ
           ,
           by
           any
           thing
           that
           T.
           S.
           hath
           said
           ,
           then
           the
           Apostles
           words
           did
           prove
           him
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           or
           an
           Enemie
           to
           the
           cross
           of
           Christ
           ;
           For
           though
           we
           did
           say
           ,
           not
           as
           though
           we
           had
           already
           attained
           ,
           or
           were
           already
           perfect
           ,
           yet
           we
           did
           confess
           openly
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           ,
           That
           we
           did
           witness
           him
           come
           ,
           and
           to
           live
           in
           us
           ,
           who
           is
           perfect
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           did
           believe
           that
           perfection
           is
           attainable
           in
           this
           life
           through
           him
           ▪
           and
           that
           having
           this
           hope
           ,
           it
           doth
           purifie
           our
           hearts
           ,
           even
           as
           he
           is
           pure
           ,
           who
           worketh
           all
           our
           Works
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           in
           us
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           this
           Faith
           we
           are
           pressing
           after
           perfection
           :
           And
           of
           this
           Faith
           did
           we
           make
           confession
           openly
           ,
           as
           many
           can
           testifie
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           Faith
           to
           which
           vve
           are
           converted
           ,
           and
           so
           vve
           do
           not
           remain
           in
           the
           unconverted
           estate
           ,
           neither
           are
           we
           seduced
           or
           deceived
           ,
           but
           are
           established
           in
           the
           eternal
           living
           Truth
           ,
           and
           not
           out
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           which
           vve
           have
           received
           ,
           vve
           are
           able
           to
           judge
           of
           seducers
           and
           deceivers
           :
           And
           vve
           did
           likewise
           declare
           ,
           that
           vve
           vvere
           by
           nature
           children
           of
           Wrath
           as
           vvell
           as
           others
           ▪
           and
           that
           vve
           had
           long
           travelled
           under
           the
           burthen
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           bondage
           of
           corruption
           ,
           vvhilst
           the
           strong
           man
           armed
           kept
           the
           house
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           had
           known
           the
           terrors
           of
           the
           Lord
           against
           sin
           :
           And
           vve
           did
           likewise
           say
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           sometimes
           in
           us
           motions
           to
           sin
           ,
           from
           vvhich
           vve
           are
           not
           freed
           ,
           and
           that
           vve
           are
           exercised
           vvith
           temptations
           ;
           but
           those
           motions
           not
           being
           consented
           unto
           ,
           nor
           the
           temptations
           joyned
           with
           ,
           or
           entered
           into
           ,
           but
           resisted
           in
           the
           povver
           of
           God
           ,
           those
           motions
           are
           not
           imputed
           to
           us
           as
           sin
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           no
           sin
           to
           be
           tempted
           .
           And
           we
           did
           also
           declare
           ,
           That
           we
           now
           vvitness
           the
           stronger
           come
           to
           ease
           us
           of
           our
           burthen
           ,
           and
           to
           save
           us
           from
           our
           sins
           ,
           and
           to
           deliver
           us
           from
           the
           bondage
           of
           corruption
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           serve
           him
           without
           fear
           ,
           in
           holiness
           and
           righteousness
           before
           him
           all
           the
           
           dayes
           of
           our
           lives
           ;
           and
           this
           doth
           not
           prove
           us
           to
           be
           no
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           prove
           us
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           therefore
           vve
           are
           without
           the
           reach
           of
           thy
           envy
           ,
           for
           vve
           are
           none
           of
           those
           which
           T.
           S.
           speakes
           of
           ,
           who
           are
           enemies
           to
           the
           cross
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           thou
           hast
           not
           contrived
           thy
           Work
           so
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           may
           serve
           for
           thy
           purpose
           ;
           for
           thou
           canst
           not
           strike
           us
           all
           at
           once
           ,
           as
           it
           stands
           ,
           which
           appears
           to
           be
           thy
           intention
           ;
           neither
           canst
           thou
           divide
           our
           Testimony
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           take
           us
           in
           confusion
           or
           contradiction
           ,
           which
           thou
           hast
           laboured
           after
           ;
           for
           if
           we
           had
           
             protested
          
           (
           as
           thou
           saist
           )
           that
           we
           were
           not
           perfect
           ,
           then
           thou
           hast
           nothing
           against
           us
           as
           to
           that
           ,
           it
           being
           one
           main
           charge
           against
           the
           people
           called
           
             Quakers
             ,
          
           (
           though
           a
           very
           false
           one
           )
           that
           they
           say
           they
           are
           perfect
           ;
           and
           now
           if
           we
           have
           said
           that
           we
           are
           not
           perfect
           ,
           then
           are
           we
           clear
           of
           that
           charge
           :
           But
           thou
           art
           not
           willing
           we
           should
           pass
           so
           ,
           and
           therefore
           thou
           saist
           ,
           thou
           dost
           question
           whether
           we
           did
           not
           lye
           notoriously
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           here
           through
           thy
           envy
           thou
           haft
           manifested
           thy
           folly
           ,
           and
           in
           striking
           at
           us
           ,
           thou
           hast
           wounded
           thy self
           ▪
           For
           if
           we
           did
           lye
           notoriously
           in
           saying
           we
           were
           not
           perfect
           ,
           then
           it
           will
           follow
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           had
           said
           we
           were
           perfect
           ,
           we
           had
           spoken
           truth
           ;
           and
           yet
           if
           any
           say
           they
           are
           perfect
           or
           free
           from
           sin
           ,
           such
           are
           accounted
           hypocrites
           ;
           so
           if
           any
           confess
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           attained
           ,
           but
           is
           pressing
           after
           perfection
           ,
           he
           is
           suspected
           to
           be
           a
           notorious
           lyar
           ,
           and
           if
           any
           (
           through
           the
           love
           of
           God
           )
           should
           confess
           to
           his
           glory
           that
           he
           is
           redeemed
           from
           sin
           and
           transgression
           ,
           and
           brought
           into
           the
           glorious
           liberty
           of
           the
           sons
           of
           God
           ,
           where
           he
           doth
           not
           commit
           sin
           ,
           such
           a
           one
           is
           said
           to
           be
           an
           hypocrite
           .
           What
           work
           is
           here
           !
           Confusion
           with
           a
           witness
           !
           Who
           can
           escape
           thy
           slanderous
           tongue
           ?
           Truly
           thou
           art
           so
           drunk
           with
           rage
           and
           envy
           ,
           that
           it
           even
           darkens
           thy
           understanding
           ,
           so
           than
           thou
           canst
           not
           see
           thy
           folly
           and
           confusion
           ;
           but
           because
           of
           the
           perverseness
           of
           thy
           spirit
           ,
           thou
           errest
           in
           thy
           Work
           ,
           as
           a
           drunken
           man
           staggereth
           in
           his
           vomit
           .
        
         
           Thou
           sayest
           ,
           The
           reason
           why
           thou
           proposest
           this
           query
           ,
           is
           ▪
           Because
           we
           ovvned
           T.
           S.
           to
           be
           a
           Minister
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           vvould
           vvitness
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           vvith
           him
           ,
           so
           that
           doubtless
           vve
           must
           be
           one
           in
           vvitness
           .
        
         
         
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ▪
           Yea
           doubtless
           ,
           we
           are
           one
           in
           witness
           ,
           and
           our
           witness
           is
           true
           ,
           and
           doth
           agree
           together
           ,
           and
           thou
           hast
           lost
           thy
           labour
           in
           striving
           to
           make
           our
           witness
           disagree
           ;
           For
           our
           vvitness
           is
           for
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           union
           and
           agreement
           ,
           and
           not
           confusion
           .
        
         
           
             And
             thou
             saist
             ,
          
           A
           perfect
           Church
           without
           sin
           ,
           cannot
           admit
           of
           an
           imperfect
           Ministry
           ,
           
             Pitman
          
           and
           
             Batt
          
           being
           Preachers
           amongst
           the
           quakers
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           ,
           The
           church
           of
           Christ
           cannot
           admit
           of
           an
           imperfect
           Ministry
           ;
           for
           that
           Ministry
           which
           is
           imperfect
           ,
           is
           unsound
           ,
           and
           untrue
           ;
           and
           such
           a
           Ministry
           cannot
           be
           owned
           by
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           :
           For
           the
           sheep
           of
           Christ
           know
           the
           voice
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           follows
           him
           ,
           but
           will
           not
           follow
           imperfect
           ,
           unsound
           voices
           ;
           and
           although
           such
           grievous
           Wolves
           (
           like
           thy self
           )
           should
           array
           your selves
           vvith
           the
           sheeps
           clothing
           ,
           to
           deceive
           ,
           yet
           by
           your
           strange
           voices
           your
           imperfect
           Ministry
           is
           knovvn
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           vvhich
           rules
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           are
           all
           such
           imperfect
           Ministers
           denyed
           .
           But
           
             John
             Pitman
             ,
          
           and
           
             Jasper
             Batt
          
           did
           declare
           ▪
           That
           they
           had
           received
           the
           gift
           of
           God
           vvhich
           is
           perfect
           ;
           and
           the
           Apostle
           said
           ,
           
             When
             he
             ascended
             up
             on
             high
             ,
             he
             gave
             gifts
             unto
             men
             ,
             for
             the
             perfecting
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             for
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Ministry
             :
          
           And
           such
           who
           ministers
           from
           that
           gift
           of
           God
           which
           is
           perfect
           ,
           their
           Ministry
           is
           not
           an
           imperfect
           Ministry
           .
        
         
           
             Thou
             saist
             ,
             Thou
          
           supposest
           T.
           S.
           will
           not
           own
           two
           Churches
           ,
           the
           one
           perfect
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           imperfect
           ,
           least
           there
           should
           be
           room
           for
           you
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           
             T.
             S.
          
           can
           truly
           allow
           you
           the
           title
           of
           an
           imperfect
           ,
           sinful
           church
           ,
           or
           Synagogue
           of
           Satan
           ,
           who
           are
           going
           on
           in
           the
           broad
           way
           to
           destruction
           ,
           where
           you
           have
           room
           enough
           to
           commit
           very
           great
           abominations
           ,
           and
           apparent
           iniquities
           ,
           (
           by
           your
           own
           confession
           in
           
             Tiverton
          
           Epistle
           )
           but
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           there
           is
           no
           room
           for
           such
           ;
           For
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           is
           a
           chaste
           Virgin
           ,
           without
           spot
           ,
           and
           cannot
           join
           to
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           unclean
           ,
           neither
           can
           any
           person
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           unclean
           ,
           be
           joyned
           to
           it
           ;
           For
           although
           the
           Gates
           of
           the
           holy
           City
           ,
           New
           Jerusalem
           ,
           stand
           alwayes
           open
           ,
           yet
           there
           can
           in
           no
           wise
           enter
           into
           it
           any
           thing
           that
           defileth
           ,
           or
           that
           
           worketh
           abomination
           ,
           or
           maketh
           a
           lye
           ,
           but
           they
           that
           are
           written
           in
           the
           Lambs
           Book
           of
           Life
           .
           And
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           hath
           no
           fellowship
           with
           the
           unfruitful
           Works
           of
           darkness
           ;
           for
           they
           vvalk
           in
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           what
           communion
           hath
           light
           with
           darkness
           ?
           Or
           vvhat
           fellowship
           hath
           righteousness
           vvith
           unrighteousness
           ?
           Therefore
           whilst
           your
           abominations
           reigns
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           drawing
           iniquity
           ,
           and
           bears
           the
           mark
           thereof
           on
           your
           Fore-heads
           so
           apparently
           ,
           (
           according
           to
           your
           own
           confession
           )
           there
           is
           no
           room
           for
           you
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           neither
           can
           you
           have
           any
           fellowship
           vvith
           them
           ;
           For
           vvhilst
           there
           is
           no
           room
           for
           Christ
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           nor
           in
           your
           affections
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           room
           for
           you
           in
           his
           Church
           ;
           And
           you
           confess
           that
           the
           World
           as
           a
           canker
           hath
           eaten
           out
           your
           affections
           to
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           your
           minds
           are
           much
           ,
           yea
           too
           much
           alienated
           from
           him
           ;
           but
           it
           seems
           by
           your
           
             Tiverton
          
           Epistle
           ,
           that
           you
           vvill
           leave
           no
           room
           for
           your selves
           in
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           there
           you
           promise
           to
           take
           some
           effectual
           course
           to
           purge
           sin
           or
           sinners
           out
           of
           the
           House
           of
           God
           .
           Now
           to
           purge
           out
           sin
           ,
           vvould
           be
           to
           make
           such
           a
           church
           as
           
             T.
             C.
          
           saith
           God
           never
           had
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           For
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             God
             never
             had
             yet
             any
             church
             in
             the
             world
             free
             from
             sin
             :
          
           And
           vvould
           you
           go
           about
           to
           make
           such
           a
           church
           as
           you
           have
           not
           so
           much
           as
           a
           pattern
           or
           president
           for
           ?
           You
           say
           in
           your
           
             Tiverton
          
           Epistle
           ,
           
             That
             whosoever
             beholds
             you
             ,
             may
             say
             ,
             What
             singular
             thing
             do
             ye
             ?
          
           But
           now
           it
           seems
           you
           think
           to
           do
           something
           that
           is
           singular
           indeed
           ,
           if
           you
           make
           such
           a
           church
           for
           God
           as
           T.
           C.
           saith
           he
           never
           had
           the
           like
           before
           :
           But
           are
           not
           you
           hypocrites
           by
           T.
           C.'s
           Words
           ,
           if
           you
           should
           make
           such
           a
           church
           ?
           For
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             None
             durst
             say
             that
             God
             had
             ever
             a
             church
             in
             the
             world
             withous
             sin
             ,
             but
             hypocrites
             ;
          
           And
           if
           you
           purge
           away
           sin
           out
           of
           your
           church
           ,
           then
           yours
           vvill
           be
           a
           church
           vvithout
           sin
           ,
           which
           if
           you
           should
           confess
           ,
           then
           you
           fall
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           hypocrites
           ;
           but
           if
           you
           cannot
           purge
           out
           sin
           ,
           then
           you
           fall
           upon
           sinners
           ,
           for
           you
           promise
           to
           purge
           out
           sin
           or
           sinners
           ;
           Now
           if
           you
           purge
           out
           sinners
           ,
           do
           not
           you
           then
           exclude
           your selves
           from
           having
           any
           room
           there
           ?
           And
           yet
           this
           is
           not
           all
           that
           you
           do
           ,
           onely
           to
           exclude
           your selves
           ,
           (
           if
           T.
           C.
           his
           words
           be
           true
           )
           but
           you
           will
           leave
           no
           church
           for
           God
           at
           all
           ;
           for
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             God
             never
             had
             a
             Church
             in
             the
             world
             without
             Sin
             ;
          
           and
           if
           he
           never
           
           had
           a
           Church
           without
           sin
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           now
           you
           are
           promising
           to
           purge
           sin
           ,
           or
           sinners
           out
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           is
           not
           this
           to
           leave
           him
           no
           church
           at
           all
           ,
           neither
           with
           sin
           ,
           nor
           without
           sin
           ?
           Oh
           read
           your
           confusion
           ,
           and
           blush
           thereat
           ,
           you
           sottish
           children
           ;
           What
           a
           strange
           piece
           of
           Work
           have
           you
           promised
           to
           undertake
           ,
           who
           say
           that
           God
           never
           had
           a
           church
           in
           the
           World
           without
           sin
           ,
           and
           yet
           now
           you
           will
           undertake
           to
           purge
           sin
           out
           of
           his
           church
           ?
           And
           so
           you
           who
           are
           as
           vile
           as
           the
           worst
           of
           them
           with
           whom
           you
           intend
           thus
           to
           deal
           ,
           are
           going
           about
           to
           do
           that
           which
           (
           according
           to
           T.
           C.'s
           account
           )
           none
           of
           the
           faithful
           servants
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           or
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           could
           ever
           do
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           purge
           sin
           out
           of
           his
           church
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           cannot
           do
           that
           ,
           then
           to
           purge
           out
           sinners
           ,
           and
           so
           exclude
           your selves
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           who
           are
           abominable
           ones
           by
           your
           own
           confession
           ;
           and
           when
           sinners
           are
           purged
           out
           os
           that
           church
           which
           did
           onely
           consist
           of
           sinners
           ,
           (
           For
           
             T.
             C.
          
           saith
           ,
           
             They
             that
             say
             they
             are
             without
             Sin
             ,
             are
             none
             of
             the
             church
             of
             Christ
             ;
          
           And
           if
           they
           that
           are
           without
           sin
           ,
           be
           none
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           then
           all
           that
           are
           of
           his
           church
           must
           be
           sinners
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           When
           all
           those
           are
           purged
           out
           ,
           what
           becomes
           of
           that
           church
           ?
           Or
           where
           will
           the
           place
           of
           any
           one
           of
           you
           be
           found
           ?
           Or
           whereof
           must
           the
           church
           of
           God
           consist
           ?
           Or
           must
           he
           have
           no
           church
           at
           all
           ?
           Therefore
           mind
           what
           you
           are
           going
           about
           ,
           left
           whilst
           you
           are
           supposing
           
             T.
             S
             ▪
          
           will
           leave
           no
           room
           for
           you
           ,
           in
           going
           about
           to
           purge
           out
           others
           ,
           you
           leave
           no
           room
           for
           your selves
           .
        
         
           
             Thou
             saist
             ,
          
           T.
           S.
           hath
           past
           sentence
           upon
           all
           the
           churches
           that
           ever
           was
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           churches
           of
           the
           Devil
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           hath
           likewise
           sentenced
           all
           the
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           in
           their
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           to
           be
           all
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Devils
           ,
           and
           they
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             Because
          
           T.
           S.
           
             hath
             said
             ,
          
           That
           for
           any
           to
           perswade
           men
           to
           joyne
           themselves
           with
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           members
           of
           a
           Church
           that
           is
           sinful
           and
           imperfect
           ,
           is
           no
           better
           then
           a
           Doctrine
           of
           Devils
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ;
           Thou
           art
           sentenced
           for
           an
           impudent
           lyar
           ,
           and
           a
           false
           accuser
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           lyars
           are
           of
           the
           devil
           ;
           but
           neither
           Prophet
           nor
           Apostle
           ,
           Scriptures
           ,
           nor
           church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           are
           at
           all
           concerned
           in
           his
           sentence
           ,
           nor
           comes
           not
           under
           it
           ;
           For
           none
           of
           them
           did
           ever
           perswade
           men
           to
           joyne
           with
           ,
           or
           to
           
           be
           members
           of
           a
           church
           that
           is
           sinful
           and
           imperfect
           ,
           which
           they
           must
           have
           done
           if
           
             T
             :
             S.
          
           had
           sentenced
           them
           for
           preaching
           a
           Doctrine
           of
           Devils
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           they
           did
           exhort
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           to
           seperate
           from
           such
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           no
           fellowship
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           to
           come
           out
           from
           amongst
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           touch
           the
           unclean
           thing
           ;
           and
           the
           Prophet
           of
           the
           Lord
           did
           complain
           against
           those
           that
           did
           not
           put
           a
           difference
           between
           the
           clean
           and
           the
           unclean
           ;
           between
           the
           holy
           and
           the
           prophane
           ;
           between
           the
           precious
           and
           the
           vile
           :
           And
           those
           that
           do
           perswade
           people
           to
           joyn
           themselves
           to
           a
           church
           that
           is
           sinful
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           Devils
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           not
           Christ's
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           adding
           to
           the
           Devil
           ▪
           s
           church
           ,
           or
           to
           Satan's
           Synagogue
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           adding
           to
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           the
           Doctrine
           which
           such
           do
           preach
           ,
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Devils
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           T.
           S.
           hath
           truly
           said
           .
        
         
           
             And
             because
             T.
             S.
             saith
             ,
          
           You
           follow
           cunning
           devised
           fables
           ;
           
             Thou
             saist
             ,
          
           He
           calls
           Gospel
           ▪
           Ordinances
           cunning
           devised
           fables
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           sum
           he
           saith
           ,
           our
           Lord
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           were
           cunning
           devisers
           of
           Fables
           ▪
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           Deceit
           and
           Falshood
           hath
           summed
           up
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           falseness
           of
           the
           account
           ,
           the
           wickedness
           of
           the
           Accountant
           is
           discovered
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           thereby
           manifested
           to
           be
           a
           notorious
           lyar
           ,
           and
           a
           false
           accuser
           ▪
           but
           if
           honesty
           had
           cast
           up
           the
           sum
           ,
           the
           account
           would
           have
           appeared
           otherwise
           .
           And
           I
           have
           already
           proved
           ,
           That
           whilst
           you
           remain
           in
           that
           state
           where
           you
           stand
           at
           present
           ,
           (
           as
           appears
           by
           your
           confession
           in
           your
           
             Tiverton
          
           Epistle
           )
           that
           all
           that
           you
           do
           ,
           or
           perform
           in
           imitation
           of
           others
           ,
           whilst
           you
           are
           not
           thereunto
           led
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           your
           rule
           is
           without
           you
           ,
           &
           abomination
           reigns
           within
           you
           ,
           though
           you
           may
           call
           it
           the
           ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           great
           Gospel-Ordinances
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           but
           Fables
           and
           Fancies
           of
           your
           own
           devisings
           ,
           and
           such
           things
           as
           Christ
           nor
           his
           Apostles
           did
           ever
           ordain
           or
           devise
           for
           you
           to
           follow
           or
           practise
           ;
           and
           you
           might
           as
           well
           charge
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           abominations
           and
           apparent
           iniquities
           ,
           upon
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           say
           they
           were
           the
           devisers
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           that
           Christ
           or
           his
           Apostles
           did
           devise
           those
           Fables
           ,
           Fancies
           ,
           and
           imaginations
           which
           you
           follow
           ,
           plead
           for
           ,
           practise
           ,
           and
           call
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ;
           For
           
           that
           which
           you
           account
           the
           best
           of
           all
           your
           doings
           ,
           is
           as
           great
           an
           abomination
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           if
           not
           greater
           then
           the
           very
           worst
           action
           ,
           or
           most
           apparent
           iniquity
           which
           you
           confess
           your selves
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           ;
           For
           the
           very
           prayers
           of
           the
           wicked
           are
           an
           abomination
           to
           the
           Lord
           ;
           and
           nothing
           will
           sooner
           or
           more
           certainly
           bring
           desolation
           upon
           you
           ,
           then
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           those
           abominations
           in
           the
           stead
           of
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           those
           Exorcists
           who
           adjured
           the
           unclean
           spirits
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           whom
           
             Paul
          
           preached
           ,
           might
           as
           well
           say
           that
           our
           Lord
           Christ
           had
           devised
           those
           Exorcismes
           which
           they
           used
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           commanded
           unclean
           spirits
           to
           come
           out
           of
           people
           ;
           as
           you
           to
           say
           that
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           devised
           those
           Fables
           which
           you
           follow
           and
           plead
           for
           ,
           and
           call
           Gospel-Ordinances
           ,
           because
           you
           imagine
           that
           such
           things
           were
           practised
           in
           the
           church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           it
           's
           possible
           that
           those
           Exorcists
           were
           as
           much
           in
           the
           words
           of
           Christ
           and
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           as
           you
           are
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           are
           as
           great
           Enemies
           to
           the
           iife
           and
           power
           of
           Christ
           as
           they
           were
           ▪
        
         
           
             And
             after
             thou
             hast
             thus
             wickedly
             and
             salsly
             accused
          
           T.
           S
           ▪
           
             and
             so
             impudently
             and
             grosly
             belyed
             him
             ,
             Thou
             saist
             ,
          
           Thou
           must
           have
           done
           with
           
             Salthouse
          
           at
           present
           and
           thou
           thinkest
           for
           ever
           ,
           unless
           there
           were
           more
           truth
           and
           honesty
           appearing
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           Oh
           wonderful
           !
           that
           such
           a
           notorious
           lyar
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           vile
           dishonest
           person
           as
           thou
           hast
           manifested
           thy self
           to
           be
           ,
           (
           partly
           by
           thy
           own
           confession
           ,
           and
           fully
           and
           largely
           proved
           both
           by
           thy
           practise
           ,
           and
           by
           thy
           principles
           )
           should
           be
           so
           impudent
           as
           to
           accuse
           another
           for
           want
           of
           truth
           and
           honesty
           !
           But
           although
           thou
           mightest
           have
           hopes
           to
           shelter
           thy self
           ,
           and
           to
           escape
           undiscovered
           by
           accusing
           the
           innocent
           of
           the
           same
           crimes
           whereof
           thy self
           art
           guilty
           ,
           yet
           know
           ,
           that
           thy
           covering
           is
           too
           narrow
           ,
           for
           thy
           skirts
           are
           discovered
           ,
           and
           thy
           shame
           and
           nakedness
           doth
           appear
           ,
           and
           thy
           refuge
           of
           lyes
           cannot
           hide
           thee
           ;
           and
           it
           had
           been
           much
           better
           for
           thee
           if
           thou
           hadst
           ended
           sooner
           ,
           or
           that
           thou
           hadst
           never
           begun
           this
           work
           of
           darkness
           and
           wickedness
           ,
           wherein
           thou
           hast
           so
           desperately
           hazarded
           the
           loss
           of
           thy
           precious
           soul
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           thy
           cruel
           ,
           envious
           ,
           blood-thirsty
           desires
           ,
           against
           the
           innocent
           Lambs
           of
           Christ
           ;
           
             Onely
          
           (
           thou
           saist
           )
           
             take
             this
             Interpreter
             with
             you
             ,
             and
             T.
             C.
             his
             Answer
          
           
           
             to
             his
             Epistle
             ,
             and
             this
             together
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             find
             them
             to
             be
             a
             choice
             pair
             of
             Spectacles
             to
             help
             you
             to
             see
             into
             ,
             and
             understand
             what
             you
             read
             in
             T.
             S.
             his
             Books
             .
          
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ▪
           The
           truth
           as
           asserted
           by
           
             T.
             S.
          
           in
           his
           Books
           ,
           are
           so
           plain
           and
           clear
           as
           they
           stand
           ,
           that
           whoever
           looks
           on
           them
           with
           a
           single
           eye
           ,
           and
           a
           mind
           not
           stuft
           with
           prejudice
           ,
           may
           easily
           read
           them
           ,
           and
           understand
           them
           ,
           without
           an
           interpreter
           ;
           and
           all
           who
           are
           not
           quite
           blind
           ,
           and
           given
           up
           to
           believe
           lyes
           ,
           may
           easily
           see
           and
           discover
           thy
           hypocrisie
           and
           deceit
           ,
           thy
           railing
           and
           false
           accusing
           ,
           thy
           lyes
           and
           thy
           confusion
           ,
           without
           the
           help
           of
           a
           pair
           of
           Spectacles
           .
        
         
           
             But
             although
             thou
             hast
             done
             with
          
           T.
           S.
           
             I
             have
             not
             yet
             done
             wth
             
             thee
             ▪
             for
             I
             have
             yet
             to
             question
             thee
             concerning
             a
             most
             horrible
             false
             accusation
             twice
             charged
             in
             thysheet
             of
             Paper
             ,
             where
             thou
             saist
             ,
          
           Would
           not
           these
           men
           as
           truly
           judge
           and
           condemn
           Saints
           and
           Churches
           in
           former
           ages
           ,
           that
           were
           subject
           to
           the
           like
           failings
           and
           passions
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           because
           they
           know
           it
           will
           not
           be
           born
           ?
           Else
           what
           meant
           the
           Answer
           of
           a
           Preaching-quaker
           ,
           in
           a
           publike
           meeting
           of
           them
           in
           Bristol
           ?
           one
           presenting
           something
           concerning
           the
           Scripture
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           answers
           ,
           I
           came
           not
           to
           tell
           you
           of
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           and
           
             Barnabas
             ,
          
           and
           
             Timothy
             ,
          
           the
           serpents
           of
           old
           ▪
           but
           we
           were
           sent
           to
           direct
           them
           to
           look
           to
           the
           light
           within
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             And
             thou
             saist
             ,
          
           The
           same
           person
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           spake
           the
           same
           language
           of
           
             Samuel
          
           and
           the
           Prophets
           ;
           and
           this
           
             (
             thou
             saist
             )
          
           thou
           hadst
           from
           credible
           testimony
           ,
           who
           was
           present
           and
           heard
           him
           ,
           and
           proposed
           to
           query
           to
           him
           ,
           Whether
           he
           did
           own
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           be
           a
           rule
           for
           Christians
           to
           walk
           by
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           this
           I
           say
           ,
           The
           righteous
           Lord
           God
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           is
           witness
           for
           us
           against
           thee
           in
           this
           thing
           ,
           that
           we
           the
           Servants
           of
           the
           Most
           High
           God
           ,
           who
           are
           in
           scorn
           call'd
           
             Quakers
             ,
          
           do
           from
           our
           hearts
           abhor
           and
           detest
           any
           such
           words
           or
           thoughts
           concerning
           the
           holy
           men
           of
           God
           ,
           either
           Prophets
           or
           Apostles
           ,
           as
           thou
           most
           falsly
           from
           thy
           envious
           heart
           ,
           and
           slanderous
           tongue
           ,
           hast
           cast
           upon
           us
           ;
           and
           we
           do
           likewise
           utterly
           disown
           any
           such
           to
           be
           of
           us
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           any
           fellowship
           with
           us
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           permitted
           to
           speak
           amongst
           us
           without
           reproof
           ,
           who
           should
           declare
           or
           hold
           forth
           any
           such
           wicked
           ,
           damnable
           ,
           unsound
           ,
           unsavoury
           words
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           that
           either
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           or
           
             Barnabas
             ,
          
           
           or
           
             Timothy
             ,
          
           or
           
             Samuel
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           of
           the
           holy
           Prophets
           or
           Apostles
           ,
           were
           the
           Serpents
           of
           old
           ;
           for
           of
           them
           ▪
           and
           of
           their
           words
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           more
           high
           and
           honorable
           esteem
           ;
           we
           being
           made
           partakers
           of
           the
           same
           eternal
           life
           ,
           and
           have
           obtained
           like
           precious
           Faith
           in
           which
           they
           lived
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           they
           obtained
           a
           good
           report
           ,
           and
           have
           received
           a
           measure
           of
           the
           same
           spirit
           by
           which
           they
           spoke
           ,
           and
           from
           which
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           were
           given
           forth
           ;
           and
           so
           we
           have
           the
           witness
           in
           our selves
           ,
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           they
           declared
           ;
           and
           I
           do
           with
           confidence
           affirm
           ,
           That
           it
           cannot
           be
           proved
           that
           ever
           any
           person
           who
           is
           distinguished
           from
           other
           people
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Quaker
             ,
          
           did
           ever
           either
           in
           
             Bristol
             ,
          
           or
           elsewhere
           ,
           either
           publikely
           or
           privately
           speak
           ,
           utter
           ,
           or
           declare
           these
           ,
           or
           any
           such
           like
           words
           ;
           and
           therefore
           be
           it
           hereby
           known
           unto
           thee
           who
           art
           our
           accuser
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           that
           own
           thee
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           people
           wheresoever
           this
           shall
           come
           ▪
           that
           thou
           art
           hereby
           charged
           and
           required
           to
           bring
           forth
           the
           Author
           ,
           or
           Authors
           of
           this
           false
           accusation
           ,
           which
           thou
           call'st
           credible
           testimony
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           whole
           sum
           of
           this
           matter
           may
           be
           found
           out
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           those
           who
           are
           guilty
           may
           be
           discovered
           ,
           and
           their
           wickedness
           disclosed
           ,
           that
           to
           shame
           they
           may
           be
           brought
           ,
           and
           from
           them
           and
           their
           wickedness
           ,
           all
           that
           fear
           God
           may
           turn
           away
           ,
           and
           of
           them
           beware
           ;
           and
           also
           that
           the
           innocent
           may
           be
           cleared
           ,
           and
           the
           truth
           vindicated
           ▪
           and
           for
           this
           cause
           chiefly
           it
           was
           that
           publike
           inquiry
           was
           made
           after
           thy
           Name
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           matter
           may
           be
           known
           ;
           and
           therefore
           if
           thou
           shalt
           refuse
           thus
           to
           do
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Lord
           God
           ,
           upon
           thy
           own
           head
           shall
           this
           false
           accusation
           be
           charged
           ,
           to
           stand
           for
           ever
           ;
           and
           all
           that
           either
           own
           thee
           ,
           or
           believe
           what
           thou
           hast
           said
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           endeavour
           to
           bring
           this
           matter
           to
           a
           just
           tryal
           ,
           are
           not
           onely
           willing
           to
           be
           deceived
           by
           thee
           but
           also
           guilty
           of
           thy
           most
           abominable
           wickedness
           ;
           therefore
           until
           thou
           hast
           done
           according
           to
           what
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           this
           also
           shall
           be
           numbred
           amongst
           the
           rest
           of
           thy
           lyes
           and
           false
           accusations
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           seems
           though
           thou
           hast
           done
           with
           
             T.
          
           S.
           thou
           haft
           not
           emptyed
           out
           all
           the
           abominable
           broth
           out
           of
           thy
           boiling
           pot
           ,
           or
           unclean
           vessel
           ,
           under
           which
           the
           fire
           of
           Envy
           doth
           continually
           burn
           ;
           but
           
             John
             Collins
          
           must
           also
           have
           a
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           something
           
           to
           asswage
           thy
           malice
           ,
           and
           allay
           thy
           burning
           heat
           ;
           and
           although
           thou
           canst
           not
           touch
           him
           concerning
           any
           thing
           which
           he
           hath
           written
           ,
           yet
           thou
           wilt
           assault
           him
           with
           a
           company
           of
           lyes
           and
           false
           accusations
           ,
           which
           thou
           hast
           mustered
           up
           against
           him
           ,
           which
           should
           they
           be
           severed
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           wch
           thou
           hast
           written
           ,
           there
           would
           remain
           very
           little
           to
           be
           answered
           unto
           .
           But
           I
           shal
           not
           need
           to
           trace
           thee
           in
           all
           thy
           crooked
           waies
           and
           by-pathes
           ,
           I
           having
           alreadie
           sufficientlie
           laid
           thee
           open
           ,
           and
           discovered
           thy
           follie
           ,
           and
           wicked
           lying
           spirit
           to
           all
           who
           have
           an
           eie
           open
           to
           see
           thee
           ;
           therefore
           I
           shall
           speak
           brieflie
           to
           some
           particulars
           ,
           and
           so
           conclude
           .
        
         
           
             Thou
             saist
             ,
          
           He
           confesseth
           he
           was
           one
           with
           you
           in
           the
           form
           of
           Truth
           .
        
         
           But
           where
           is
           that
           confession
           ?
           I
           am
           sure
           he
           doth
           not
           say
           any
           such
           thing
           in
           that
           Book
           to
           which
           this
           sheet
           of
           thine
           is
           a
           pretended
           Answer
           ▪
           nor
           I
           think
           no where
           else
           ;
           For
           it
           is
           a
           very
           easie
           matter
           to
           prove
           that
           you
           are
           neither
           in
           the
           form
           nor
           power
           of
           Truth
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           both
           :
           But
           this
           he
           confesseth
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           owned
           a
           Brother
           by
           you
           ,
           whilst
           running
           into
           the
           same
           excess
           of
           riot
           ;
           but
           since
           in
           mercie
           visited
           ,
           he
           hath
           been
           hated
           and
           despitefullie
           used
           by
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           the
           Form
           of
           Truth
           to
           use
           any
           one
           despitefullie
           ▪
        
         
           
             Thou
             saist
             ,
          
           A
           day
           will
           come
           that
           
             John
             Collins
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           shall
           not
           boast
           of
           their
           gain
           in
           leaving
           you
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           know
           it
           to
           be
           the
           saddest
           seperation
           that
           ever
           they
           made
           .
           
             And
             yet
             thou
             saist
             in
             the
             same
             Paper
             ,
             (
             over
             ,
             and
             besides
             all
             the
             great
             wickednesses
             ,
             reigning
             abominations
             ,
             and
             apparent
             iniquities
             ,
             whereof
             you
             confess
             your selves
             to
             be
             guiltie
             in
             your
          
           Tiverton-Epistle
           
             )
          
           Thou
           knowest
           that
           you
           are
           bad
           and
           that
           you
           need
           purging
           ,
           and
           more
           of
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           evil
           of
           your
           own
           hearts
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           need
           a
           lamentation
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           wouldst
           thou
           perswade
           
             J.
             C.
          
           or
           any
           other
           ,
           that
           ever
           they
           shall
           repent
           their
           leaving
           you
           ,
           or
           repent
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           seperated
           them
           from
           such
           a
           companie
           ?
           Verilie
           when
           ever
           they
           look
           back
           upon
           you
           ,
           and
           remember
           the
           deliverance
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           wrought
           for
           them
           ,
           in
           seperating
           them
           from
           amongst
           you
           ,
           they
           have
           as
           much
           cause
           to
           rejoice
           (
           if
           not
           more
           )
           then
           
             Lot
          
           had
           when
           he
           escaped
           out
           of
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           when
           delivered
           
           from
           
             Aegyptian
          
           darkness
           and
           bondage
           .
        
         
           
             Thou
             saist
             ,
          
           They
           have
           seperated
           themsslves
           from
           the
           Law
           and
           Word
           of
           Truth
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           ,
           They
           are
           seperated
           from
           a
           companie
           of
           hypocrites
           ,
           who
           have
           cast
           the
           Law
           of
           Truth
           behind
           their
           backs
           ,
           and
           have
           hated
           instruction
           ,
           and
           rebelled
           against
           the
           light
           ,
           following
           their
           vain
           imaginations
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           confess
           they
           have
           delighted
           to
           confess
           ,
           and
           to
           word
           it
           out
           with
           the
           Lord
           ▪
           and
           presently
           forget
           what
           manner
           of
           men
           and
           women
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           think
           no
           more
           on
           their
           prayers
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           mocked
           God
           often
           ;
           it
           is
           from
           such
           they
           are
           seperated
           :
           But
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           Truth
           ,
           which
           is
           Christ
           the
           light
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           are
           they
           turned
           ;
           and
           his
           Law
           (
           which
           is
           light
           ,
           which
           is
           written
           in
           the
           heart
           )
           have
           they
           received
           ;
           and
           the
           Word
           (
           at
           which
           you
           stumble
           )
           is
           a
           lanthorn
           to
           their
           feet
           ,
           and
           a
           light
           unto
           their
           pathes
           ,
           who
           in
           times
           past
           did
           wander
           with
           you
           in
           dark
           and
           sollitarie
           places
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           valley
           of
           the
           shadow
           of
           death
           ,
           stumbling
           upon
           the
           dark
           and
           barren
           Mountains
           ,
           wandering
           from
           Mountain
           to
           Hill
           ,
           after
           those
           who
           cryed
           ,
           Lo
           here
           ,
           and
           lo
           there
           ;
           and
           where
           you
           are
           yet
           wandering
           in
           your
           vain
           imaginations
           ,
           who
           knows
           not
           the
           Law
           ,
           nor
           Word
           of
           Truth
           .
        
         
           
             Thou
             saist
             ,
          
           If
           you
           could
           ,
           or
           dare
           to
           lye
           as
           fast
           as
           they
           ,
           you
           could
           quickly
           be
           as
           perfect
           ,
           and
           as
           free
           from
           sin
           as
           they
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           say
           ,
           Witness
           
             T.
             Colliers
          
           Writings
           ,
           and
           this
           Sheet
           of
           thine
           ,
           whether
           you
           dare
           to
           lie
           ,
           or
           no
           ;
           I
           verilie
           believe
           ,
           more
           impudent
           Liars
           did
           never
           appear
           in
           Print
           ;
           and
           you
           have
           attained
           to
           as
           great
           a
           measure
           of
           perfection
           in
           that
           part
           of
           your
           Fathers
           Work
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           a
           Liar
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           and
           the
           Father
           of
           it
           )
           as
           any
           people
           that
           ever
           I
           heard
           of
           ▪
           who
           pretend
           they
           plead
           for
           ,
           and
           follow
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           :
           But
           this
           is
           not
           our
           waie
           of
           perfection
           or
           freedom
           from
           sin
           ,
           it
           is
           Christ
           the
           Truth
           and
           the
           Light
           ,
           that
           is
           our
           waie
           of
           perfection
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           alone
           it
           is
           that
           we
           have
           freedom
           and
           remission
           of
           sins
           ,
           &
           not
           through
           lying
           ,
           though
           you
           make
           use
           of
           that
           waie
           to
           cover
           your selves
           in
           your
           sins
           ;
           but
           the
           light
           hath
           discovered
           you
           ,
           your
           bed
           is
           too
           short
           ,
           and
           your
           covering
           too
           narrow
           ;
           Your
           iniquities
           are
           apparent
           ,
           and
           your
           abominations
           and
           transgressions
           cannot
           be
           hid
           ;
           and
           the
           day
           is
           come
           wherein
           your
           refuge
           of
           lyes
           (
           unto
           
           which
           you
           have
           leaned
           ,
           and
           into
           which
           you
           have
           fled
           for
           shelter
           from
           the
           stroke
           of
           truth
           )
           must
           be
           swept
           away
           .
        
         
           
             Thou
             saist
             ,
          
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           and
           our
           own
           consciences
           doth
           witness
           ,
           that
           what
           T.
           C.
           hath
           written
           concerning
           our
           principles
           ,
           is
           truth
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           That
           both
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           and
           the
           Witness
           of
           Truth
           in
           our
           own
           consciences
           ,
           doth
           testifie
           against
           thee
           ▪
           that
           thou
           art
           a
           most
           abominable
           Lyar
           ,
           and
           a
           false
           Accuser
           ;
           and
           were
           not
           thy
           conscience
           seared
           ,
           thou
           wouldst
           tremble
           to
           utter
           such
           damnable
           lyes
           ;
           but
           know
           assuredlie
           ,
           that
           the
           righteous
           God
           will
           bring
           thee
           to
           judgement
           ,
           where
           thou
           must
           give
           account
           for
           all
           thy
           ungodlie
           deeds
           ,
           which
           thou
           hast
           ungodlie
           committed
           ,
           and
           all
           thy
           hard
           speeches
           which
           thou
           hast
           spoken
           against
           the
           innocent
           ;
           and
           for
           all
           the
           lies
           ,
           slanders
           ,
           and
           false
           accusations
           which
           thou
           hast
           (
           from
           the
           pride
           and
           naughtiness
           of
           thy
           malicious
           heart
           )
           uttered
           against
           them
           :
        
         
           Thou
           saist
           ,
           
             Note
             this
             one
             thing
             ,
             how
             John
             hath
             learned
             to
             abuse
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
          
           because
           he
           saith
           ,
           (
           speaking
           of
           Christ
           )
           
             When
             he
             cometh
             in
             ten
             thousands
             of
             his
             Saints
             .
          
           Whereby
           I
           note
           ,
           how
           little
           thou
           knowest
           of
           the
           being
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           Saints
           ,
           that
           seems
           to
           be
           offended
           with
           
             J.
             C.
          
           for
           speaking
           of
           the
           coming
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           Saints
           ;
           maist
           thou
           not
           as
           well
           have
           accused
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           for
           abusing
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           for
           saying
           ,
           
             I
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             thou
             in
             me
             ,
             Ioh.
          
           17.
           23.
           
           
             And
             Christ
             liveth
             in
             me
             ,
             Gal.
          
           2.
           20.
           
           And
           
             Christ
             in
             you
             the
             hope
             of
             glory
             ,
             Col.
          
           1.
           27.
           
           And
           
             Christ
             in
             you
             except
             you
             be
             reprobates
             ;
          
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           13.
           5.
           
           And
           if
           in
           them
           ,
           why
           not
           in
           ten
           thousands
           of
           them
           ?
           But
           what
           Scripture
           is
           it
           that
           
             J.
             C.
          
           hath
           abused
           ?
           Hath
           he
           quoted
           any
           Scripture
           particularly
           ?
           Or
           doth
           he
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           thus
           written
           in
           such
           a
           place
           ?
           Or
           must
           he
           be
           limited
           by
           thy
           imagination
           ,
           who
           thinks
           he
           thus
           speaks
           ,
           because
           
             Jude
          
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             comes
             with
             ten
             thousands
             of
             his
             Saints
             ,
          
           as
           thou
           saist
           the
           Scripture
           reads
           it
           ?
           But
           glory
           to
           his
           Name
           for
           ever
           ,
           we
           know
           that
           he
           cometh
           in
           his
           Saints
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           is
           admired
           in
           them
           ,
           though
           you
           like
           not
           to
           hear
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           believe
           it
           ,
           as
           T.
           C.
           affirmed
           at
           
             Glaston
             ,
          
           that
           he
           believed
           in
           a
           Christ
           that
           was
           in
           heaven
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           the
           Saints
           ;
           and
           all
           such
           reprobates
           who
           know
           not
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           them
           ,
           must
           know
           that
           the
           day
           is
           come
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Lord
           cometh
           in
           thousands
           ,
           and
           ten
           thousands
           of
           his
           Saints
           ,
           to
           execute
           the
           judgements
           written
           ,
           and
           to
           
           take
           vengeance
           upon
           all
           ungodly
           sinners
           ,
           for
           all
           their
           abominations
           wherewith
           they
           have
           provoked
           the
           Lord
           to
           jealousie
           ;
           and
           therefore
           if
           you
           are
           not
           wholly
           given
           up
           to
           hardness
           of
           heart
           ,
           and
           blindness
           of
           mind
           (
           but
           that
           there
           is
           in
           any
           of
           you
           ,
           any
           tenderness
           or
           breathings
           after
           the
           Lord
           )
           to
           such
           I
           say
           ,
           Heare
           ,
           and
           give
           eare
           ,
           and
           no
           longer
           harden
           your
           hearts
           ,
           nor
           stiffen
           your
           necks
           ,
           nor
           no
           longer
           rebel
           against
           the
           light
           ,
           but
           depart
           from
           the
           Tents
           of
           those
           wicked
           men
           with
           whom
           you
           walk
           ,
           and
           come
           out
           from
           amongst
           them
           ,
           and
           be
           no
           longer
           partakers
           with
           them
           in
           their
           Sins
           ,
           their
           reigning
           abominations
           and
           apparent
           iniquities
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           Lord
           hath
           been
           long
           provoked
           ;
           nor
           partake
           not
           with
           them
           in
           their
           vain
           ceremonies
           ,
           and
           invented
           Will-worships
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           Lord
           hath
           been
           so
           often
           mocked
           ;
           but
           prepare
           to
           meet
           the
           Lord
           by
           speedy
           repentance
           ,
           least
           his
           wrath
           break
           forth
           against
           you
           ;
           and
           while
           ye
           have
           light
           ,
           believe
           in
           the
           light
           ,
           lest
           the
           Lord
           turn
           it
           into
           darkness
           ;
           and
           when
           ye
           look
           for
           light
           ,
           it
           be
           turned
           into
           the
           shadovv
           of
           death
           ,
           and
           into
           gross
           darkness
           :
           And
           this
           in
           love
           is
           the
           counsel
           of
           him
           vvho
           loves
           your
           Souls
           ,
           but
           hates
           your
           Sins
           ,
        
         
           
             R.
             W.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           SInce
           the
           writing
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           this
           ,
           we
           have
           received
           information
           from
           some
           of
           the
           People
           call'd
           
             Anabaptists
             ,
          
           that
           
             Thomas
             Collier
          
           did
           write
           the
           said
           sheet
           of
           paper
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           is
           the
           
             Author
          
           of
           that
           wickedness
           also
           ,
           as
           an
           addition
           to
           his
           account
           ,
           which
           is
           exceeding
           great
           ,
           who
           even
           hastens
           to
           fil
           up
           his
           measure
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           rewarded
           according
           to
           his
           doings
           ;
           and
           indeed
           
             I
          
           verily
           believe
           ,
           amongst
           all
           the
           enemies
           of
           God
           who
           hath
           in
           this
           day
           of
           his
           Sons
           appearing
           listed
           themselves
           as
           soldiers
           of
           
             Gogs
          
           army
           ,
           and
           joyned
           themselves
           in
           the
           war
           with
           the
           Dragon
           ,
           against
           the
           Lamb
           and
           his
           followers
           ,
           none
           hath
           more
           desperately
           hazarded
           himself
           in
           the
           service
           of
           the
           prince
           of
           darknesse
           ,
           then
           this
           man
           
             Thomas
             Collier
             ,
          
           who
           hath
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           set
           himself
           in
           the
           fore-sront
           of
           the
           battel
           ,
           &
           hath
           bent
           his
           tongue
           like
           his
           bow
           ,
           for
           lyes
           ,
           to
           shoot
           at
           the
           innocent
           ,
           and
           yet
           is
           so
           impudent
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           
             If
             he
             could
             ,
             or
             dare
             to
             lye
             as
             fast
             as
             we
             ,
             he
             might
             quickly
             be
             as
             perfect
             and
             as
             free
             from
             sin
             as
             we
             ;
          
           when
           as
           those
           very
           Books
           that
           he
           hath
           written
           against
           ,
           and
           concerning
           the
           people
           call'd
           
             Quakers
             ,
          
           we
           can
           justly
           account
           above
           150.
           
           Lyes
           that
           he
           hath
           uttered
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           high
           time
           for
           all
           people
           who
           hitherto
           hath
           owned
           and
           followed
           him
           ,
           to
           beware
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           partake
           with
           him
           in
           his
           sins
           ,
           least
           they
           also
           be
           partakers
           of
           his
           plagues
           .
        
         
           
             R.
             W.
             
          
        
         
           The
           End
           .