CONCERNING THE Pure and Undefiled RELIGION That was set up above Sixteen Hundred Years ago. Which all that do own God and Christ are to Walk in.  
Dear Friends:  
YOU, who profess the Light, Faith, Grace and Spirit of Christ, and the Pure Undefiled Religion before God the Father, are to keep yourselves Unspotted from the World, and to bridle your Tongues from evil words, which Corrupt good Mariners, the Light of Jesus Christ letteth you see the Spots of the World, and the Grace of God will teach you to Deny them, and the Spirit, if you be lead by it, teacheth you to mortify and subdue them.  
And now Friends, Here is the pure and 〈◇〉 Religion, which the Apostles in the primitive Times did own, and which now we do own; this pure Religion and undefiled before God the Father, and to keep unspotted from the World, First, This Religion is Pure; Secondly, It is undefiled before God the Father; and that which is Pure and Undefiled before God the Father, if you Live in it and obey it, it will keep you Unspotted from the World and so from the Spots of the World; and that which keeps you from the Spots of the World will keep you from the Body of Death, and Sins of the World; which you are made free from by the Circumcision of Christ, by his Spirit, and by the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus, are made free from the Law of Sin and Death. And now Friends, you that do Profess this Pure and Undefiled Religion before God the Father, to keep you Unspotted from the World, or from the Spots of the World, take heed you that Profess this pute and undefiled Religion, that ye keep yourselves from the World, or that you do not get the Worlds Spots upon you; and take heed of Greedyness, and Earthly-mindedness, and Covetousness, which the Apostle Called Idolatry; for it is a great Spot and Blot of the World that lieth in Wickedness; and take heed of Unrighteousness in your Trades, Commerces or Dealings; for Unrighteousness is a Spot: and take heed of Over-reaching or using any deceitfulness, or Defraud in your trade, or Commerce; for Over-reaching and using Deceit or any unjust thing will Blot you and Spot you, and is Contrary to the pure and undefiled Religion: And take heed of Unrighteousness, Ungodlyness, Unholyness, proneness, looseness, filthiness, Noughtyness, and evil Words, which Corrupt Good Manners, these things will Blot you and Spot you, and are Contrary to the pure undefiled Religion before God the Father; And also take heed of Drunkenness, Theft, Murder whoredom, Fornication, adultery, and all manner of Uncleanness; For they which act such things are void of the pure undefiled Religion before God the Father, and they are blotted and spotted with the Actions of the world that lieth in Wickedness, and their Religion is Vain; And take heed of Lying, Swearing, and Cursing, which are Spots of the World, and forbid by Christ and the Apostle.  
And all such that follow the Lust of the Eye, the Pride of Life, and the Lust of the Flesh, which is not of the Father, but of the God of the World, that abode not in the Truth, such are spotted with the spots of the World, and are Proud, Vain, Lofty, scornful, high and Spotted with the Worlds Spots, and are void of the pure undefiled Religion before God the Father; And take heed of Malice, Hatred, Envy, Wrath, Rage, and Fury, these are spots of the world, who bear such fruits, Contrary to the Spirit of Meekness, Gentleness, Kindness, Tenderness, Sobriety, Love and Mercifullness, which are the fruits of the pure Spirit of God, which leadeth to the pure undefiled Religion before God the Father, which is to visit the Fatherless and Widdows in their affliction, and to keep unspotted from the World, this pure undefiled Religion keepeth in the purity of Life and Conversation, and this is above and keeps from all the vain Religions in the World, which pure and undefiled 〈◇〉 is the Duty of all true Christians to walk in, by which they may be kept from the 〈◇〉 of the World, and this is the Religion that was Set up above 1600. years ago in the Church of Christ, and happy had all Christendom been if they had kept to this Pure Undefiled Religion to this Day, and then they would not have made so many Religions as they have d●●e; but to this pure undefiled Religion they must come again, if ever they come to the true Religion; for none can make a better than the pure undefiled Religion, which was set up in the Church in the Apostles days above Sixteen Hundred Years ago, unto which all that pro●●ss Christianity should be conformable, even this pure undefiled Religion, which will 〈◇〉 them ●rom the Spots of the World, and then their Religion will not be of the World; and this is the one pure undefiled Religion that all Christians should be of, which is from one God the Creator of all: So there is one God the Creator of all, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom all things were made and created, who is the one Mediator betwixt God and man, even the Man Christ Jesus, there is one Body and one Spirit, even as you are called to one hope of your Calling, and one God and Father of all who is above you all, and in you all, and through you all, and there is one Faith which Christ Jesus is the Author and Finisher of, and there is one baptism, and by one Spirit we are all baptized into one Body, whether we be 〈◇〉 at Gentiles, Bond or free, must all Drink into this one Spirit of Christ, and so to keep the 〈◇〉 in the Spirit, which is the Bond of Peace; for the Apostle saith, If any Man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his, Rom. 8.9. for Christ saith in his Prayer to his Father That th●y may be all one( meaning the true Christians) as thou Father art in me and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that they may be one even as we are one; I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made Perfect in one( to wit) the Believers and Followers of Christ, John. 17.21, 22, 23. Here you may see, God and Christ are one in them, so he Prayeth that his People may be one, in whom they have Rest, Life, Peace, and Salvation with God, through Jesus Christ, Amen.  
The 4th of the 2d month. 168●. G. F.  Let your Conversation or practise be without Covetousness, &c. Hebr. 13.5. Only let your Conversation be as becometh the Gospel of Christ, Philip. 1.17.  

LONDON, Printed by John Bringhurst in Leaden-hall, 1685.