A reproof/ spoken and geeuen-fourth by ABIA NAZARENVS/ against all false Christians/ seducing hypocrites/ and Enemies of the truth and love. Wher-withall their false devices/ punishment/ and Condemnation· together with the Conuertion from their Abhominations· and their preservation in the godliness, is figured-fourth before their Eyes.  
Translated out of Nether-saxon.  
 Like as Iannes and jambres withstood Moses, evenso ●o These[ namely, the Enemies of HN, and of the love of Christ] also resist the truth. 2. Timo. 3. c. They slander that which they know not,& what they ●owe naturally, therein do they {reversed; }like as beasts which are without reason; destroy themselves. 2. Pet. 2. c. Iude. 1. c. Woe unto them, for they go the Way of Cain. Gen. ● judae. 1. c. And for Lukers sake, they fall into the errors ● Balaam. Num. 24. judae. 1. c. They perish or vanish away in the Vprour of Chore. Leuit. 10. And are with their strange Fire, like as Nadab and Abihu, consumed or brought to nothing by the lords ire. Num. 16. judae. 1. c. 
Imprinted in the year of our lord, M.D.LXXIX.   

An Epistle written and sent unto the Communialtie of love, by the chosen Minister in the same.  
IN-as-much as that ther is mercy chanced unto me/ through the love of God the Father, so is my Spirit inclined to the same Spirit of God the Father, and also to the service of my Neighbour: and that altogether to ●hesame love.  
●. To the Communialtie in the love, unto whom wee wish in the lord/ much felicity, Health, and salvation.  
●. MY beloved in the lord, the cause of my writing of this Epistle unto you, is ●o give your Loues to understand, that the ●orde through his elected Minister HN, hath ●cripturelie setfourth and declared in full and ●mple maner/ the Mans Falling awaye● tho●ough the Disobedience; from his God, and also his right Conuertion● by repentance; ●nto God: and in like maner how he should and instructed, to his Growing-vp in the God●nes/ even unto the everlasting Life. he hath ●so brought-fourth● through the same his elec●d Minister; certain Epistles of Correction ●nd Exhortation out of hearty love, to a pluc●ing under the Obedience of the love, and to ●epentaunce for the sins, unto them which ●●ink themselves wise, and therfore blaspheam our service& our Communialtie in the Lou● Othersom also/ as Exhortations, to warn th● Louers of the truth/ of all false Visions an● Spirites, which makevp themselves out of th● wicked World/ in this last daungerous Tim●  
4. In conclusion, ther is sufficient to answer everyone, of what mind either Opinion soe●uer he be, if he will be answered by the Trut● And therfore wee need to do no more, but 〈◇〉 make-manifest those-same Exhortations/ ● convenient time, as the cause doth require it.  
5. Notwithstanding, although wee● th●rough the goodness of the lord; do our d●ligence to make-manifest the works of th● lord, to his laud and Praise, and to the converting of Sinners from their sins, and to in●duce or lead them to an upright Life/ bo● before God and Men, Yet are wee counted ● judged for Seducers: and are slandered wit● all wickedness, and bruited for Euel-dooer● And this same is assuredly a great misery upo● the Earth.  
6. Whoso then can now in this wicke● Time/ perceive such wicked deeds, The● may also perceive therout, that this same Tim● is euenlike as was the Time of Noe in the for●mer corrupted World, and as the Time of Lo● in Sodom and Gomor: and that in the same Tim● all iniquity and falsehood doth beare-swaye.  
7. They may father note and perceive, th● in this self-same Time/ the World is couere● over with the Darknesses of egypt, with th● Plagues of Phara●, with the ignorance of th● ●ananites, with the Contention and Discord of and entangled Babel, with the Deceit and Insti●●tion of the false God services of jeroboam, with ● wicked Enterprise or device of jezabel, with and sectuarish Spitefulnes of the Scripture-lear●ed and of the Pharisees and Saducees, with the ●mbition of Pilate, and with the tyranny of 〈◇〉, as also with all heathenish instability: and ●at the Destruction is hard-at-hand.  
FOr-as-much then ●my beloved in the lord; as that ther are now so many ●rrible and abominable evils risenvpp in ●ese Dayes: whereby wee see that the Abho●nation of Desolation possesseth the holy, ●erof ther is prophesied by the lord Iesus ●●ist: and that ther are also false Christes and ●se Propheates, even as ther were many in ●se Dayes, which madevp themselves ●when ● lord Iesus was personally vpon the Earth; ●ellious●ie and blaspheamouslie: So are ther 〈◇〉 now in this last day ●which is the Com●-againe of the lord Iesus Christ, with the ●y Thowsandes of his Sainctes, according ●he Promises; many Offallers, Aduersaries, ● Resisters, which makevp themselves re●iouslie and blaspheamouslie/ against the ●de and his most-holie service of love: of which some of them haue made-manifest ●selues, and their Names/ by their slaun●us books: namely these are known vn●● in England, Stephan Bateman( in his book ●uled The golden book of the leaden Gods: and ●hn Rogers book/ To the Reader) John Rogers ( in his book entitled The Displaying of the Fam●lie of love) and John Knewstub and his Compan●●ons( in his book entitled 1. Knewstub against ● Heresies of HN) together with their slaundero● Blaspheamies, Cainish blood-thirsty Tira●nie, and extreme Persecution/ for to shed 〈◇〉 innocent and guiltless blood.  
9. For which occasion/ wee are forced ●th●rough the love which wee haue unto G● and our Neighbour; to translate this Epistle reproof and Exhortation hereafter follo●ing out of the works which are gon-fou● through Abia Nazarenus, a Fellow-elder w● HN in the family of love: whereby it mou● be known, how the lord hath moved elected Elders, to writ against the Blasph●mers, backbiters, and slanderers. &c. 〈◇〉 therfore wee will not contend with them, submit our cause unto the almighty, and h● vpon his goodness.  
10. Howbeit wee haue thought it goo● make-manifest their Names/ which are 〈◇〉 pheamous Writers: desiring the Goodwi● which love God& his righteousness, to 〈◇〉 intercession with us unto the almighty 〈◇〉 head, with these or such-like words. and ●  
11. O God, prepare the Heartes of e to the Lowmyndednes, 
A preparative.  that might stand in Meekmyndednes subm● to the love, and love the Coming of thy 〈◇〉 in his Lordlynes: through whom the 〈◇〉 pass of the Earth shall be judged with ●●eousnes: which also shall trouble all Mig● ●iolence, and bring it under his Obedience. ●nd geeue-ouer or render unto thee ●O al●ightie God; the Kingdom, that thou mayst and all in all.  
●2. O God give this into the Heartes of the magistrates for to behold, and illuminate all ●inges, Princes, Lords, and Gouernours/ with ●y godly Wisdom, that they might fear ●y holy Name▪ stand submitted to thy love ●nd her service▪ and so turn them away from 〈◇〉 Violence and Misvse: that the World may ●●so be inhabited ●to thy Praise; in the love ●nd in all truth: and that all Men ●in true ●epentaunce for their sins; may be turned ●nto thee▪ and the horrible Plagues of the Vn●odlines ●which are come over the World for ●er sins cause; cease or holde-vp.  
●. O God, let us now find Grace before ●●ine Eyes, like as the city of ninive in times●ast, which thou receauedst to mercy: That goody perish not now all as Sodom and Gomor. For ●ur sins are many▪ and ●aboue measure; be●m manifold.  
●. O lord and God ●O heavenly Father; ●are I beseech thee/ the Prayer of the poor, ●nd lead us in thy ways. Gather us together ●on thy paths, and make our Heartes agree ● one Band of thy love, as One in all, and All ● one/ which love the Right and Righteous●s. cleanse our Mindes from all ungodly Be●g, and break all the counsel of Vngodli●es, to th'end that the wickedness govern not ways, and evermore.  
15. BEhold, my beloved: This is my frin●lie Exhortation unto you, that ye wi● submit you under the mighty hand of th● lord, and hope vpon his goodness: abiding the Lord-his leisure, and putting your confi●dence in Him/ according to his Promises.  
16. But if the Blaspheamers will not leaue● of from their Blaspheamie, nor take any Coun●saile out of the word and works of th● lord, which are figured-fourth in the Seruic● of love/ to their Reformation, so will we then be blameless of their Destruction: for a● much as wee haue figured-fourth the counsel of the lord before them, to their Reforma●tion and preservation, in all our former Ser●uice of the love, and now in this Exhortatio● hereafter following.  
17. The love of God the Father ●throug● the revelation of the Coming of our Lord Iesu Christ; be with you, my beloved: and ill●●minate your Spirit, in a true knowledge of th● Life/ in the Spirit, for to see liuinglie swith right Deserning; and to know the secret counsel& Will of God, for that ye monug judge swith a right Iudgment; according to the truth. That grant us the almighty lord/ through his love.  
AMEN.  O lord God/ Father and lord of my Life, let 〈◇〉 not come among the Blaspheamers, and let me not 〈◇〉 among them. Eccli. 23.  

This is the reproof spoken and setfourth b● Abia/ a Fellowe-elder with HN in the family of love/ against all seducing ●pocrites/ which go-●ourth against the family of love/ for to seduce the Single-mynded.  
Wher-withall their falsehood/ which they ●to their own Destr●ction; s●ew-fourth against the gracious word of the holy Spirit of the love of Iesu Christ, and against Gods elected Ministers/ as also ●to their preservation in the godliness; the Conuertion from their abominations/ is figured-fourth before their Eyes.  

The First chapter.  
O ye false Heartes/ ye hypocrites/ together with all ye presumptuous unsent Teachers/ wherefore do ye thus trouble and molest the Littleones/ and the single-minded Elect of God/ for to withdraw them with your false and unclean Doctrine of the good-thinking knowledge/ from the Single-mindednes which they haue to the pure Doctrine of the service of the love of Iesu Christ: and so to lead them away and to estraunge them/ from the merciful Grace of our heavenly Father▪ from the Safe-making of our lord Iesu Christ● and from the love of the Holie-gost/ whereunto they haue humbly& obediently geeuen-ouer themselves.  
2. Woe unto you and your Presumption/ ye false and seducing Spirites. ye sathanish hounds and renting wolves. ye Generations of Vypers and Cains Ministers. Yea woe unto you, ye nests of Dragons and Habitations of revels/ together with all ye wicked Heartes of the Scripture-learned: For ye and your Fathers haue betrayed Gods Propheates· as also Iesu Christ and his Witnesses. having falsely accused and defamed them: and evenso {reversed; }through the hands or Power of Sinners; persecuted and killed them.  
3. O Thou wicked Nature/ and ye Children of ●nbeleef/ which forsake the Purging in Iesu Christ/ through the belief/ and the upright being of the love of Iesu Christ, and expel the same out of your Heartes/ together with the Accomplishing of the true Oblation or Godseruice in the holy/ to the Slaying and Burying of your sins/ and to the Renewing of your Spirit and mind: Is it not wickedness and Euel-fact enough for you/ that ye haue turned-away yourselves from the Requiring of the love and her service/ and from the faithful sheep or Children of thesame· made your Portion with the Goates· polluted yourselves in all Vnbeleef/ contrary to the Safe-making of our lord Iesus Christ and his holy Spirit of Loue· prepared you to Vessels of the Wrath of God· and {reversed; }with your false events and Blaspheaming of the Holie-gost; plucked vpon your own necks/ the dreedfull Iudgment and wrathful word of the lord [ Depart from me/ ye cursed, into the everlasting Fire/ which is prepared for the devil and his Angels or Messengers] But that ye must also swith your false Doctrine and unclean lips; pursue and persecute the Elect ●the faithful Children of the love of Iesu Christ●, for to rob them of their inheritance of the Kingdom of God and of the love of Christ, to hold them captive in your damnable being or Estate/ and that ye might make them partakers with you and all wicked Spirites ●if it were possible that ye could seduce them; of your Damnation.  
4. For verily/ till unto the same Iudgment of this your Condemnation/ ye are ●O ye Children of the devil/ and Members of Antichrist; held bound with the bands or chains of darkness/ to thende that the God of heaven should ●in this day of his righteous Iudgment; make-manifest and bring his vengeance over you/ to your recompensing with the Fire of Hell.  
5. Yea/ even-thus will the God of heaven presently in this Day/ openly bring-fourth and make-knowne ●before your Eyes/ and before all Eyes of understanding; the hardness of your Heartes/ with your lies& Blaspheaminges of God/ which ye haue spoken against God the Father and his merciful Grace▪ and against Christ and his Righteous-making from the sin▪ as also against the holy Spirit and his Making-aliue in the love.  
6. even-thus will presently in this Day of the righteous Iudgment of God ●O ye presumptuous Blaspheamers of the Holie-gost and his family of love; all the Woe of the ungodly come over you/ to your Rewarding.  
7. FOr-that-cause look now into your abominations/ and mark how ye haue separated yourselves with the Goates/ from the Sheep/ with the which ye shall also( if so be that ye do not wholly turn you away therefrom/ and repent) be constrained to bear your Sentence of Condemnation. Therfore look now rightly into it/ and repent/ ereuer the vengeance of God fall vpon you. Yea look well into it/ how ye haue madevp yourselves with your false events/ against God-his righteous Iudgment/ and against the holy Spirit of the love of Iesu Christ, and his Communialtie of Holyones: In such wise/ that ye haue also endeavoured you/ to seduce God-his elected Holyones/ and to make the gracious word ●which God hath raised-vp by us/ according to his Promises; and the Ministers of the same word/ horrible and despised/ before all Goodwillingones to the righteousness: and so then to pluck them away from the Communialtie of love/ and to lead them with you ●in your chains or bands of darkness; ●nto Damnation/ to thentent that they should not by any-meanes be taught ●through the Obedience of the service of love; to the Kingdom of heaven/ which ye shuttoo before Many/ and come not therein yourselues● but that they should remain with you/ ther-without.  
8. Yea even-thus/ with your falsehood and forged lies/ and with your subtle slanders and flattering words/ ye com-fourth so knowledgfull/ and occupy also ●according to the Similitude or Figuring-fourth of the Scriptures; such a coloured show of christianity/ for to leade-astraye/ that ye should ●if it were possible; seduce also the Elect/ with your false or coloured christianity.  
9. But no: ye are not able in this day of love/ to seduce the Elect/ nor to accomplish your Seduction, with the Holyones of God of the family of love: For the living God of heaven ●which ●s their God▪ and their Defender from all Seduction; goeth so stedfas●lie ●in his service of love; with his true Light of the heavenly clearness of Iesu Christ/ before them all which are his faithful Children of love/ and giveth them daily ●through his holy and gracious word; such a clear diversity in their Heartes: and the true Light of all the Righteous and Holyones of God/ is so naked●ie distincted unto them/ from the Darknesses of the ●alse Light of all the unrighteous/ and false Heartes of the Scripture-learned or of the unsent Pr●ach●rs/ That it is not possible that ye should seduce ●hem( if they hold them constantly on the service of love) from the way of the love of Iesu Christ: nether-yet that ye should be able ●yee wicked Generations of Cain, and ye false Prophetes of jezabel; to destroy or keep-back in them/ Gods truth and righteousness.  
●0. verily our lord and saviour/ Iesus Christ, hath well and rightly spoken and prophe●ied of your subtle falsehood and dec●itfull signs and Wonders for to leade-astray: In such wise/ that the Elect should also ●if it were possible; th●●ough your subtle falsehood and lofty knowledge/ ●elead into error.  
●1. But for the Elects-sake/ the Dayes are now ●hortened: For God will presently in this Day 〈◇〉 his love {reversed; }in the which he will keep his Iudgment execute his righteous Iudgment: and will euen●● glorify his Elect/ in his righteousness or Perfec●tion/ and make them joyful {reversed; }with his euerlastin● Li●e; in his Kingdom of Heauens: as also mak● manifest all false devices which are practi●ed for 〈◇〉 leade-astray: and condemn you/ with the Vngod●lie and Blaspheamers of the holy Spirit of love and with all Children of the devil/ in the Hel● where-as {reversed; }in the beholding of their ungodliness all Woe/ Wringing-of-handes/ and Gnashing 〈◇〉 Teeth shall take-holde of them/ everlastingly.  
12. FOr-that-cause ought everyone to look well to it/ what he iudgeth for evil an● blaspheameth: and to haue a good regard on th● Matiers which concern God or his service/ fo● to understand those-same first well and aright/ ac●cording to the truth/ ereuer he judge them for e●uell/ and slander or despise them. For it will con● very heauelie vpon them/ which stretch-out the● hands to Gods sanctuary/ for to take-holde 〈◇〉 the same with unclean hands/ and to resist an● blaspheme {reversed; }with unclean Heartes/ and with vn●circumcised tongues and lips; Gods Work● with his Holyones or Children of love.   

The Second chapter.  
OH {reversed; }alas; how many-maner 〈◇〉 false heartes are ther now! which do 〈◇〉 {reversed; }eueryone with his crafty knowledge makeup themselves against God and 〈◇〉 service of love/ and are not ashamed to spew●urth their horrible lies& Blaspheamies against Gods gracious word and his service of love.  
●. And then cometh fourth the one party from ●he one side▪ and the other party from the other side/ unto the good-willing to the love of Iesu Christ, and say unto them: Yea as I hear/ ye ●ade also the books of the family of love/ which ●●re setfourth by HN: he writeth ●verelie; many ●xcellent Matiers/ wherein he resiteth much of the love/ and teacheth Men ●ther-withall; to the vp●ight being of Christ:  
But what is that to the purpose: Ther lieth ●reat falsehood hidden ther-vnder: wee know what goody haue found-out by the same. Therfore take ye ●eed therof/ and look well to it/ that ye be not se●uced therwith▪ nor drawn to the family of love. 〈◇〉 warn you of the horrible Seduction/ and of the ●rronious books of HN: to th'end that ye be not ●lucked with the family of love/ into horrible Er●urs. And so they do then spew-fourth many for●ed lies/ and beas●lie Matiers/ wherewith they do ●●cuse and defame the family of love▪ as also HN ●nd the Elders which minister the holy and graci●●s word/ in the family of love/ for to make ●enso with their false Defamations/ the family 〈◇〉 love/ wherein God liveth and walketh▪ together ●ith HN God-his elected Minister● and the El●ers in the family of love/ horrible and despised ●fore all People.  
●. behold/ such venomous food of Death ●ontrary to the wholesome food of Life and of the ●rueth of God; can the devil prepare/ through his Ministers and Ministrices/ and through 〈◇〉 false Heartes of the Scripture-learned/ and 〈◇〉 Ministers of the false Godseruices of Cain: 〈◇〉 they know then how to cover the same Falsho● under a show of Holynes and of love which th● bear unto Men/ to th'end that they should not fa● to fulfil the Measure of the iniquity of their F●●thers/ and that the Dayes which reach to the● Condemnation/ might be shortened.  
5. WOe unto you/ ye false Heartes: 〈◇〉 presently in this day shall all you lies and forged false Testimonies ●which ye you selves haue made very filthy/ with your vnclea● Dirt; be condemned in the hellish Fire: For th●●same your false Testimonies are brought-four● out of the earthly Ingeniousnes and Generat●● of the devil: and ye haue exalted yourselves 〈◇〉 your earthly Ingeniousnes; so high/ with thesam● and with the works of the flesh/ to a great E●timation with Men/ and planted your false Se● so fast in the Heartes of Men/ that ye haue vtte● lye expeiled ther-out the God of Life/ the safe-maki● Christ, and the Holy-gost of the heritable Rich● of the h●ouenlie beauty▪ also led many men 〈◇〉 unto Des●ruction▪ and brought many in●o gre● Heauynes and grievous misery: and haue eue● so therethrough/ prepared the Iudgment of you Condemnation/ the-sooner over yourselves.  
6. Therfore shall also presentl●e ●through 〈◇〉 your Fall; many upright Heartes be able light to perceive/ that ye are the same Messengers of 〈◇〉 devil/ which are gon-fourth against God and 〈◇〉 service of love/ and against his truth/ for seduce swith your unclean Dirt and painted Holynes; the simplo Heartes/ from the family of love ●like-as ye haue don unto many other ignorant Men/ which walk without the house and service of love; and to pluck them into your Snares. But verily it shall not avail you in this day of love/ by the Faithfulones of the family of love/ to spread-abrode your seducing seeds any father. For your false practices▪ and your Fall/ are now well perceived of the upright Heartes.  
7. Yea consider well thereon ●O ye good-willing Heartes to the righteousness; how slylie these Messengers of the devil come unto you. this brood of Lucifer. these Resisters of the truth/ as Iannes and jambres. these false Ministers of the Priestes-office/ as Nadab and Abihu. these Seditious-persons/ as the Company of Chore. and these unsent blood-thirsty Preachers/ as the Priestes of jezabel: Consider( I say) advisedly thereon/ how subtly they shew-fourth themselves/ and can paint their false Nature/ with an Angels-colour/ to thentent that one should not perceive the falsehood of their wicked Heartes▪ and the lusts and Desires of their whoredom and adultery/ whereof their Eyes and Heartes are full: and that ●hey might evenso under a coloured covering/ ●loke their Vncleannes of whoredom and Adulte●ie/ together with their abominable idolatry and ●alse Godseruices▪ as also lay those-same their Ab●ominations and Vncleannes/ vpon the necks ●f the Single-mynded and Good-willingones to ●he love of Iesu Christ, or report such-thinges of ●hem▪ and so accuse and defame them therewithal.  
8. behold/ ye that haue Eyes for to perceive/ such false Heartes and contentious Deuels-messengers/ which seek not the Peace o● Christ nor the concord in the love. but bring-i● all Renting and dissension or Breach/ are driuen-fourth by the false Spirit of Antichrist, and by th● lying Ingeniousnes of the flesh/ for to practise al● Deceit and falsehood/ according to the works 〈◇〉 the devil/ and also to seduce the simplo single-min●ded Heartes/ like-as they do the unfaithful and Waueringones in the belief/ unto their error.  
9. And if then the devil cannot accomplish o● bring the same to-passe ●at full; through his Belia●lish Men/ so bringeth he the same also into th● hands of the false Women/ which are inclined t● such wicked works/ and haue cra●tie subtlety to accomplish the false devices of the devil.  
10. even-thus verily/ do they all deal wit● Deceit and falsehood/ which go-out from the wicke● World: and also all those which h●ue geeuen the● thereunto. And so doth everyone of them diligentli● apply him/ to sow euery-where his mischief an● contentious seeds. and to spew-fourth all Blas●pheamie/ against God and his family of love.   

The Third chapter.  
●Hy on you/ ye whorish Genera●tions and adulterous Children of the vn●cleane and defiled Bed: How are ye thu●●seeing that ye yourselves are so vnclen● grown to such Presumption! that ye come vn●● the Elect of God and Children of love/ and 〈◇〉 vpon you as also endeavour you/ for to mingle your Vncleannes of the Hedghogs-filthines and Swines-dung/ among our pure and heavenly food/ or to bring it in besides the same/ and to feed our sweet-hearted Children of the love ther-withall/ like as ye haue don/ towards the unfaithful and unto many Worldlie-mynded. Phy/ phy on the stinking Dirt of your Vncleannes.  
2. verily/ like as the Dirt of your Vncleannes ●s a filthy stink before God/ evenso is it also a filthy stink in our Noses.  
3. And although ye garnish the same your stinc●ing Dirt ●when as ye bring the same unto us; with Roses and lilies/ and with many-maner of ●aire Flowers/ and strew it over with Rosemary●eaues and cinnamon/ yet doth nevertheless the sun of righteousness swith his bright& hot shining; make the stink of the same/ manifest ●efore vs. Yea so manifest/ that all those that haue ●ynded the love and her service/ with upright ●nd faithful Heartes/ and show all Obedience ●owardes the same/ haue a great loathsomeness of the stink of the same Dirt.  
●. For the holy and gracious word of God/ ●hich is heald-fourth before us in living Power through the holy Spirit of the love of Iesu Christ, ●nd through God-his elected Minister HN; in the service of love/ and which is ●as the true Bread ●f Life/ that is come unto us from heaven; admini●red to a living food of our souls/ is so reue●nd and so godly for us to hear and to feed-of/ ●●d wee haue also turned our Lust and love so ●hollie thereunto/ that wee abhor and haue a great loathsomeness/ to hear of any-thing else. Yea and much-more a loathsomeness/ to receive or enjoy anything of any strange Spirites/ or of anyone which is a stranger unto the family of love.  
5. THerfore/ seeing that goody come not fourth out of the family of love/ nor haue not Gods word nor Spirit/ in living Power by you. but only the Imagination of your knowledge/ or the dead Letter/ which all false Heartes of the Scripture-learned/ occupy to Contention and Di●corde: So bide then hardelie with your garnished Dirt/ by yourselves: For here by the faithful and Electedones in the family of love/ it is al-to-well known.  
6. But if ye desire to repent/ and to come by us in Sorrowfulnes ●or your sins/ for to be converted and made-sa●e from all your abominations▪ and taught and instructed aright/ in the Way of the truth of Iesu Christ: and so then to live uprightly in all truth of God and Christ: So forsake it then all that ye haue taken to you/ without the gracious word of God and the Requiring of his service of love/ and separate you wholly therefrom: and assemble you than evenso to our Communialtie of Sainctes/ to unity of Heart in the love/ so shall ye then be received of us with joy: And thus in the repentance/ let yourselves ●vnder the Obedience of the love and her Seruice● be washed and cleansed from all your sins/ with the holy and pure Waters of the holy Spirit of love: and be than taught with the pure Doc●trine of the holy and gracious word/ to the King●dom of the God of Heauens/ and nourrished-vp 〈◇〉 ●ncient Elders and Fathers of the Fa●ilie of ●ove; in the holy and godly understanding/ to ●end that ye might know and observe/ all that ●hich pleaseth God/ and is reasonable and edifying ●ith Men▪ also confess and publish-fourth the safe-●aking belief of Christ and his upright fruits 〈◇〉 righteousness▪ and out of the same Treasure of ●ur Heartes▪ rightly bring-fourth rout of the true ●ove o● Iesu Christ; the New and the old/ to a ●od Instruction of other more.  
FOr-that-cause ●according to the counsel of the holy Scripture; become ye No●●rned-about to obedient Children/ and born anew/ ●●t of the Water and out of the Holie-go●t: and 〈◇〉 then ●as new-borne Children; the pure vncor●pted milk/ out of the virginlie breasts of the ●ove: To th'end that ye might evenso after-that ●hen-as ye are entred into the beginning of the ●ristian Doctrine▪ and nourrished-vp to the Young●anship of the holy understanding; be fead with and strong Meate of the gracious word▪ and ●nd by the Holie-gost of love/ into all truth and ●haritie.  
Thus haue a good and right regard unto and Sentences of the Wisdom/ and receive the●me/ to the Renewing of your understanding/ ●nd to Goodwillingnes to the upright Righteous●s: and endeavour you not first/ to pluck-out the ●plin●er out of anothers Eye/ ereuer ye haue plu●●d the beam out of your own Eye. Nether-yet ●plye you also to be a Teacher/ so long as the doctrine to the Kingdom of heaven/ is yet need●ll for yourselves.  
9. apply you not also to live/ nether-yet 〈◇〉 show or witness the Life unto another/ ereuer th● ye yourselves are passed-thorowe the Death▪ an● gon-thorowe the small way which leadeth vn●● Life.  
10. Likewise take not vpon you/ to euangeli the Euangelie of the Kingdom unto anyman/ e●cept that ye haue in the Obedience of the Requ●ring of the love/ received the Kingdom of Heaue● seen with your Eyes ●in the upright being Christ; the Life which is everlasting▪ heard th● same ●in the Renewing of your Spirit and Mind with your ears▪ and handled or felt it ●in the v● right righteousness& holiness; with your hande●  
11. Also speak not of any Mysteries of God 〈◇〉 his Kingdom/ except that ye haue so learned th● same mystery/ in the service of love/ and that be profitable for to be declared& fruitful to hear● and stretch to all Concord/ Peace/& Righteousnes●  
12. Likewise take not vpon you to minister an● services of Christ, nor to witness or preach t● knowledge of Christ according to the Spirit/ e●●cept that ye haue first obediently fulfilled the Se●●uices of Christ and his Doctrine/ and that Chri●● haue his Shape in you: and that evenso Chri●● himself/ speak the same Testimonies through you●  
13. Fardermore/ be not diligent to teach t● truth unto anyone/ except that ye haue first b● obedient unto the truth and her Requiring▪ 〈◇〉 are taught by the holy Spirit of truth/ in t● service of love▪ as also known to be meet a● ordained by the Elders in the holy Vnderstandi● of the truth/ to the Ministration of the True●●  
and not also blown hether-and-thether with 〈◇〉 winds or Spirites which rule in the air/ ●ther suffer yourselves to be driven/ by the Spi●es of knowledge/ which haue their Working in 〈◇〉 Children of Men which know not God/ nor ●t their trust in Him.  
But ground and stablish you on the euerlast●g fast-standing Foundation of Iesu Christ: and ●sider in your understanding/ that ye are in ●th-wise called unto Christ/ through the holy Eu●gelie of Christ, for to haue an upright being Christ, and so then to build vpon Him.  
THus let everyone look well to it/ and hold a sharp Watch over himself/ that 〈◇〉 be not lead-astray by his own knowledge/ so ●ll he not then also seduce an other. But let eue●one hold himself obediently on the pure Doctrine ●he gracious word and service of love: For ●oso letteth not himself obediently/ be taught and ●ected to the true Light of the everlasting Life/ vn●● the Doctrine of the gracious word and Ser●e of love/ nether-yet dealeth and walketh faithfully under the Obedience of love/ he shall not be able to teach or lead other rightly. but they shall ●like-as the blind which lead each-other; fall together into the Gulf or Pit of Destruction.  
Take it effectually to heart. ●HARITAS EXTORSIT PER ABIA.