Something in ANSWER TO Lodowick Muggleton's BOOK, Which he calls, The Quakers Neck Broken.  
Wherein, in Judging others he hath Judged himself; and wherein he hath Cursed others and Called them, The Seed of the Serpent, he hath Cursed himself, and proved himself to be the same; and manifested himself to be of the Spirit of Error, and a false Prophet, and a false Witness and a Satans Messenger, having his Commission from him, as by his lies which comes from him doth clearly make manifest out of his own mouth, and he to have Satans Sword, and not Christ's, with which he smites the Righteous, and so hath broken and cut off his own Neck with it.  
ALSO Something in Answer to Thomas Fuller, in his Church-History, to that which he writes to baron Brook, wherein he rails against the Quakers.  
AND, something in Answer to Samuel clerk, who calls himself a Pastor, in his Book called, A Looking-Glass for Saints and Sinners.  
By G. F.  
London, Printed in the Year, 1667.   


Something in ANSWER TO Lodowick Muggleton's BOOK, Which he calls, The Quakers Neck Broken, &c.  
Muggleton, THou saist, That Quakers will not bestow a penny in any Writing but their own( in the 82 page. of thy Book) let it cost them never so much pains in Writing, and charge in Printing.  
Answ. This is a lie known to the Printers and Stationners, and that thou hast manifested a lying Spirit, for the Stationers and Booksellers at London in this know thy Spirit to be a Lying Spirit; for there are few Quakers in England, but they have bought books that were not of their own Printing; and therefore what fruits can be looked for from a lying Spirit, but Cursings and a lying Commission; for he that will lie in one thing will lie in another: But doth not Muggleton grumble because he hath not Money for his lies and Curses of the Quakers?  
Maggleton saith, It is a vain thing to talk of heavenly Secrets to the Quakers, for they will not bestow a penny of them, &c.  
Answ. This is another lie; for heavenly things are esteemed of, by us, which thou( that art one of the Scorners) callest Quakers; but, it seems Muggletons heavenly Secrets( as thou callest them) are Money-worth, and may be bought with a price, and he is troubled because he cannot get a price for them, it seems; and this shows an earthly Spirit, wherewith he Blasphemes and Curses so much: And the Quakers( as thou callest them) they are free with their Books to give them to any one to red, but it is a hard thing to get any of thy Books, for several of Friends have gone to thy Disciples to have gotten one of them, and thy Disciples kept them so close and so secret, that they would not let them be brought forth to Light and be seen, lest thy Deeds, Curses and lies( which thou callest, heavenly secrets) should be made manifest: For the Quakers in the divine Light, Power and Spirit of Christ Jesus, have and do comprehend and savour thy spirit, and thy scoffs at the divine Light of Christ Jesus within.  
Mugl. Thou saist, Thou hast a Commission without thee to Preach, &c.  
Answ. Here thou hast manifested Darkness. Is there any Commission from God, but the understanding of it is given to man by the divine Light within: For, as the Apostle saith, When it pleased the Father to reveal his Son in me, he preached him.  
Mugl. Thou saist, The right Devil became flesh, and the Soul is Mortal; and thou speakest of thy knowledge of the Lord, and the Scriptures.  
Answ. Where do the Scriptures say, That the right Devil became flesh? and, The Soul is Mortal? For, God breathed into man the breath of Life, through which he became a Living Soul: And this breath of Life by which man became a living Soul, Is this Mortal? Is this thy Knowledge? Make this good by Scripture.— Muggleton, Is this thy Divine Heavenly-Mystery?  
Mugal. Thou hast given thy Sentence upon the People called Quakers, upon some Information, because some have informed thee, that they have spoken against thy Commission, and yet thou art not certain whether it be true or not.  
Answ. This is very like thy spirit, who judgest by Reports, and yet thou wilt pass Sentence, whether thy Witness speak true or no, in this thou hast manifested thy undiscerning, that thou hast not the savour to judge the Spirits; for thou saist, If thy Judgement afterward doth not prove true, then it is of no value.— So thou hast manifested what Spirit thou dost judge withal, not to be the Spirit of Truth. So thy spirit is manifested clear enough to be a rash, erring, lying, deceitful spirit; and the People, called Quakers, do comprehend thee,( who are of the Faith of Abraham) and by thy condemning others, thou condemnest thyself, and art come under the chain of darkness, in all thy Curses and Blasphemies, against the divine and spiritual Light of Christ ●esus; who according to thy own writing canst not discern Reporters.  
Mugl. And whereas thou saist, thou art a Witness of the Spirit, and givest the Sentence of Eternal Damnation.  
Answ. In this thou manifestest another lie, for thou hast manifested not the Spirit of discerning, as before mentioned, and so thy spirit to be a dark lying spirit, and so in condemning another, thou hast condemned thyself, and thy own words will be thy burden.  
Then again Muggleton, thou sayest, Thou accusest no man of sin.  
Yet in a few Lines after thou accusest the Quakers of sin and blasphemy. Here thy own spirit hath given thee the lie, which is found in thy mouth. In the same page. 73 in manifesting a spirit of darkness and lies, and not of God; and therefore hast thou judged and condemned a People, which Judgement comes upon thyself and touches them not; so thy Spirit is a Spirit of presumption and cannot judge in Spiritual matters, which thou so much boasts of.  
Muggle. Thou sayest, Thou judgest as the Prophets and Apostles did.  
Answ. In this thou hast manifested another lie. The Apostles said, Bless and Curse not. And Peter saith, Out of the same Fountain there cometh not sweet Water and bitter, blessings and cursings, which come out of thy muddy Fountain, and from a lying Spirit.  
Mugl. Thou saist, God hath given thee to know the Law, and Book of Scriptures, more than all the men of the World hath this day.  
Answ. This is Lucifer like, who art ignorant of the Spirit of God, and contradicts them. See in the same page. aforementioned, who goest contrary to the Scriptures, showing another Spirit then they did that gave them forth, so art of the Ser●ent that cursed Spirit whose mouth is full of Cursing; and leads People into new Fangles and Imaginations.  
Mugl. Thou sayest, The Scriptures stand upon the true God and right Devil.  
Answ. The Scriptures of Truth were given forth from the Spirit of God, and not from such an earthly lying spirit as thine is. The Scriptures of Truth which speak of God, and his People, and of the wicked One the Devil, and of wicked Men, &c. But where doth the Scripture speak of a right Devil?  
Mugl. Thou sayest, No Quaker can have any state of Eternal Life tha● denies Christs Flesh and Bones which Suffered, &c.  
Answ. Here are more of thy lies, which proceed from the lying spirit of Satan. The Quakers are Witnesses of Christs death and Suffering, and do not deny his Flesh and Bones, who remain in the Heavens until the restitution of all things, and they are Heires of the power of an endless Life; and are flesh of his flesh, and bone of his bone: and so thy lying spirit thou hast manifested, and thy ignorance of them, and of the Spirit that gave forth the Scriptures.  
Mug. And thou sayest, Those that receive the Commission of the Spirit judge of men and womens Spiritual and Eternal State; and thou sayest, that God hath made thee chief Judge.  
Answ. Here thou boastest thyself and seemest to strengthen thy fleshly Disciples, and hast brought thyself under the judgement of Christ, who saith, Bless and Curse not, who is the chief Judge, and judgeth righteously, but thou judgest with a lying Spirit, for Christ is the chief Judge, but thou sayest, He is not within thee, but without thee; who callest thyself a chief Judge, who must know thy own condition before thou canst know others.  
Mugl. Thou sayest, God hath given thee the Book of the Law, which is the Scriptures, into thy hands.  
Answ. By that Law thou art judged out of thy own mouth, which saith, Bless and Curse not. And this is another of thy lies, and thee and thy Disciples know not the Spiritual and Eternal State of men and women, and so cannot judge but amiss of them with your lying spirit; for thou who callest thyself a Witness, being a lying spirit, thou canst beget no other but a lying spirit in thy Disciples, and the lying spirit knows not the condition of its self nor others.  
Mugl. Thou sayest, Thou hast seen some of thy Disciples have passed sentence of Cursing upon others, and it hath turned back again upon themselves.  
Answ. This we believe, That both thine and thy Disciples sentence is turned, and will turn back again upon thyself, and upon thy Disciples; and all the dark sentences you have or shall pronounce with your lying spirits.  
And Muggleton saith, Peter was chief Judge among the Apostles; so there must be one particular man among them to be chief in all places; so John Reeve and himself were chosen.  
Answ. Here thou hast contradicted thyself again, for thou saist, There must be One in all places, and thou hast set up Two. And another lye thou speakest, of Peter being Chief of the Apostles, so chief Judge. red in the Acts and thou mayest see it was James that gave the Sentence in the Council of the Apostles concerning the Churches, and not Peter: And this thy lie concerning Peters being Chief, is contrary to the Spiritual Law of Christ Jesus, who saith, They shall not exercise Lordship one over another, for they are Brethren; that was the way of the Gentiles to do so, and the Pharisees, which he reproved: which is the way now of John Reeve and Muggleton. And here is thy ignorance of the Scriptures sufficien●ly manifested, and thy Spirit of Error in perverting of them, and hath brought thyself under the Judgement of Christ and his Disciples, and all the Faithful, to be a lying spirit, and a false witness, and hast ensnared thyself in thy own words, who wouldest set thyself up like a Pope.  
And thou liest, and callest thy Commission to be the Commission of the Spirit of God, and scoffest and mockest at the Divine and Spiritual Light of Corist in the People of God called Quakers, which is and will be thy condemnation, together with all thy curses, and blasphemies, and lies in thy third page..  
Now where Muggleton goes about to make people believe that Cain was not begotten by Adam, as he was flesh and bone, which shows another spirit of Error, and not that Spirit that gave forth the Scriptures, for Evah saith, I have begotten a man from the Lord; and thy false witness, and thy lying spirit, makes as though Cain should be begotten by the Reprobate Angels. And the Scripture saith, Adam knew Evah his Wife, and she conceived, and brought forth a Son, and called his name Cain; and she said, She had got●en a man from the Lord. And thou speakest as though he were begotten from the Devil, and by him. So thou hast manifested, who is thy Father, the Serpent, thou speakest of.  
Mug. Thou sayest, That God created the person of the Serpent, who was more glorious then the holy Angels.  
A. Where findest thou a Scripture for this? thou hast presumed above what is written. What is the Serpent above the Angel of the Covenant, and above the Angel of his presence, and above Michael the Arch Angel, and above the Angel that slies through the midst of Heaven with the everlasting Gospel to preach? Was not Adam and Evah set above the Serpent before they fell, when they were set above all that God made? And thou saist, That Edward Bourn is the Seed of the Serpent, in thy rage, because he hath witnessed against thy lies, which thou callest Pure Truth, which is contrary to the apostles and to Christ.  
And Muggleton saith, That he and Reeve are the Last Witnesses of God on the Earth. And saith, He hath Cursed Edward Bourn, and Damned him Soul and Body from the presence of God and his Angels; An● then he scoffs at the Divine and Spiritual Light of Christ within. See his 6th page..  
Ah poor Creature, thou art guided with the spirit of darkness, that knowest not thy own condition, who art full of darkness and error, lies and rage; For God hath not left himself without witness in the Earth; and there are three that bear witness in the Earth, the Spirit, the Water and the Blood; and Muggleton is but one, for Reeve is dead, he saith: And they that have the Water, have the Spirit, and have the Blood which are the Witnesses; And keep the Testimony of Jesus, and love not their lives unto death, as Muggleton did, else how got he out of derby Prison for his Blasphemies? How shuffled he out of derby shire, when he was touched a little with the Powers of the Earth; but he knows the People of God will use no violence to him, and therefore he is so liberal in his Curses and Dam●ings, even of the Souls of People, though he knows not yet what it is; who hath shewed another Spirit than Christs, and his faithful Witnesses the Apostles, who say, Bless and Curse not, but thine is a Curser. But Edward Bourn, who is in the divine Spirit and Light of Christ, thou canst not Judge nor Curse, who knowest not his condition nor thy own; but they are turned back upon thy own head, and sealed with the Spirit.  
Magl. Thou saist, The Light of Christ which the Quakers speak of, will vanish away like the smoke, and come to nothing.  
Answ. We say as Christ saith, He is the Light, and his divine and spiritual Light will be thy Condemnation, as in John the third, but thy Cursings, and Damnings, and lies, will be all Fuel for to kindle the Fire of Hell against thee, and the Light of Christ will abide when all thy lies and smoke is condemned by it.  
Mugl. And thou sayest, That the Quakers will have no person of Christ at all.  
Answ. This is another of thy lies, for we say as the Apostle said, who spoken in the Person of Christ; and thus thou addest lye to lye. But thou that hatest the Light, what hast thou to do to talk of the Holy Ghost, or Christ, or God, which hatest his Light, and art not reformed.  
And whereas Muggleton saith, The Quakers were of the Ranters.  
Answ. I say, Muggleton and his Disciples might have taken that to themselves who say, The Soul is Mortal, and scoff at Christ's being within, and by their fal●e witness would cast a blemish upon them that are of the righteous Seed; but they are far enough above it, it touches them not. And Muggleton is offended, because some of the People called Quakers have been Sword-men and Ranters. Let Muggleton look among his own Disciples and see if none of them have been Sword-men and Ranters: and are they not so still? And if them that are Quakers were some of them Ramers, they have forsaken their 'vice, and broken their Swords into plowshares, which I hardly believe that any of Muggletons Disciples have done it yet. Thou mayest find fault with Peter, which had a Sword, and the Jews which were Sword-men, which after Peter was to put up his Sword by the command of Christ, &c. and the Jews also when they came to the Kingdom of Christ, as Peter did; and we are of the same Faith of the Apostles, and Church in the Primitive time, who were to love one another, and enemies also.  
And thou makest a large discourse of the Mortality of the Soul, and sayest, It's Mortal, when the Quakers queried of thee, Whether it were Immortal or no? And in stead of answering, thou railest, and callest them Devils, not worthy to be answered to, as touching the Soul; and callest them deep Secrets, &c.  
Now all People may see whether this be an answer by one that professeth himself to be a Witness, and can Interpret Scripture; whose evil words hath corrupted his manners; but this hath manifested thy insufficiency and thy ignorance. If they had been Gainsayers, thou shouldst have convinced them; in stead of that thou fallest a cursing of them, and callest them, The Children of the Serpent: Who art one of the Spirit of the World in thy judgement, judging the Children of the Light, of the Most High, with thy dark spirit, contrary to the Spirit which gave forth the Scriptures, which was to convince gain-sayers, and to be ready to give a reason of the hope that was in them.  
Mugl. And thou sayest, That Christ is not in the Quakers.  
Answ. And why; because they bear testimony against thy lying spirit, and because the Quakers say, they are in the Spirit of Christ before Antichrist was; these are exceeding lies.  
Mugl. Saith, Antichrist hath been ever since Cain in the world, page. 15.  
Answ. Here all People that will not stop their eyes, that have the least spark of truth to guide them, and are guided by it, may comprehend Muggleton, for you know, That Christ was before the world began; yea, before Cain was, and so before Antichrist was. Christ was glorified with the Father before the world began; and the Quakers which have the Spirit of Christ, comprehend Muggleton with his lies and his lying spirit, together with all his Cursings, and his Damnings, and hath Judged him with the Spirit of Christ, and there the sentence is gone over his head.  
Muggleton saith, That the Quakers Christ hath never a Body, which they have gotten within them.  
Answ. Here is more of Muggletons lies, who scoffs at Christ within, which we and the Apostles preached, warning every man, and presenting every man perfect in Christ Jesus; and Christ whom we preach in you, the hope of glory. And thus the false witness scoffs at Christ within; and Christ, we say, hath a Body, for that which descended ascended, and hath a Spirit, and the Quakers are of his Body, and as the Scripture saith, A Body hast thou prepared me.  
Muggleton Jeers, and saith, The Quakers are sent by a Light within them to preach, &c.  
Answ. In this thou hast shewed thy ignorance of the true Commission: that which gives the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus is the Light within in the heart, 2 Cor. 4. That which makes manifest is Light, and they are Ministors of the Spirit and not of the Letter.  
And Muggleton saith, Reason the Devil, thinks to have a Revail from Heaven, for he will preach in his Name, and cast out Devil in his Name, &c.  
Answ. What is the Devil dividing himself? Where was the Delil called Reason in the Scripture? And dost thou not say in another page. thou wilt show People thy Reason without any distinction, and then thou judgest thyself out of thy own mouth to be the Devil Reason.  
And again People may see thy ignorance, that they that had cast out Devils & preached in his Name, it was by the Power of God, which they were departed from into the lying spirit which thou art in; and so departing from the Power of God into the Iniquity, Christ bids them depart from him, and this is thy interpre●ing of Scripture. Here again thou hast sufficiently manifested thy spirit, which is comprehended by the Truth.  
Muggleton saith, The World can hardly bear his Message.  
Answ. Yes; they that be in the same spirit of Curling will bear thee, who, it seems, have been in this Cursing Damning spirit a matter of eleven years, and the world will love her own.  
And Muggleton saith, His mouth is full of Cursing, and that is his Commission, &c.  
Answ. It may be Muggleton may frighten some evil Consciences, in whom his cursed Spirit may enter, and terrify them that are ignorant and disobedient to the true Spirit of Christ, which saith, Bless and Curse not; who is the same yesterday, and to day, and the same for ever.  
And Maggleton saith, He rejoiceth in his Cursings, and them that he doth Curse and Sentence, shall never see any other God or Judge.  
Answ. How now Muggleton, Art thou become God and Judge? Must not all appear before the Judgement seat of Christ, to have their Sentence and Reward from him, whether they have done good or evil? And every eye shall see him. What will Muggleton give all the Prophets and Apostles the lie? Do not all see him here to be in a lying spirit, and not in the Spirit of Christ nor the Apostles, nor hath he the mind of Christ, but is comprehended here to be of another mind.  
And Muggleton saith, Because he hath passed Sentence upon the Quakers, They shall never grow to have more experience in Visions and Revelations, but shall whither.  
Answ. Here are more lies of Muggletons, for the Truth spreads, yea and will spread over the World more and more, as thousands can witness since Muggleton began to Curse, who hath been a Curser these eleven years, or thereabouts. And all the Curses that thou hast cursed upon leveral that thou hast name, they are clear over thy spirit, yea, in the Spirit of God, before thy cursing spirit was, who are redeemed by Christ, who became a Curse, and hath redeemed from under the Curse.  
And Muggleton saith, That Scripture is nothing to him, wherein Christ saith, Bless and Curse not; and saith, That was before Christ was ascended.  
Answ. Here again Muggleton shows his Ignorance of Scripture and the spirit of error; for Christ said, Bless and Curse not, to his Apostles, which command they practised after Christ was ascended, and bid them lay away Cursings, &c. And so he would make that Christ was not the same to day as he was yesterday, and so for ever. Thus he sh●ffles up and down, whose cursed spirit is like unto his doctrine, and that power which was given to Peter was given to the other Apostles, to bind on earth, and to loose, &c. And Peter was not made Head, as thou lyingly sayest: But thou wouldest be like a Pope.  
And Muggleton saith, That Peter and the rest of the Apostles were not tied to the words of Christ, after they had received their Commission.  
Answ. Here all People in the Truth may see and comprehend thy spirit, because Muggleton is gone from the words of Christ, and is not tied to them, but to his own Curses; yet he belies the Apostles, and saith, They were not tied to his words. So his own lying will not serve his turn, but he must belie others, and make People believe that the Apostles were not tied to the words of Christ, as though they preached themselves as he doth; for they preached what they had heard and seen of him, and what they had handled, and preached not themselves. How canst thou publish such lies in Print without blushing.  
And then Muggleton boasts of his wisdom above all men in the Scriptures, wherein he shows his ignorance, and that none can know nor interpret the Scriptures but himself; wherein thou hast shewed thy ignorance sufficiently to all that do not stop their eyes.  
And Muggleton saith, That none must be Ministers, or Messengers, or ambassadors of Christ, but such as are authorised of John Reeve and himself. And then he scoffs at the divine Light of Christ within.  
Answ. Thou hast manifested thy insufficiency enough either in interpreting or knowing the Scriptures by thy lying spirit. And every one must approve themselves to God, for to him they must give an account, and not to Muggletons lying spirit, and John Reeves.  
And Muggleton saith the words of Christ over again, which was spoken to the Apostles, which is, Bless and Curse not; and saith, these words be nothing to him, yet he saith, If any man preach any other Gospel, let him be accursed, then the Apostles preached. So here any man may see how he hath confounded himself again, for the Apostle saith, Bless and Curse not. So Muggleton here hath brought the Curse upon his own head, who rejoiceth in his own Cursing.  
And Muggleton saith, The Quakers Judgement is from the Letter of the Scripture without them, or else from the Light within them, and this is not worth a straw.  
Answ. Mark this mans discerning, together with his unsavoury words. Their Judgement( saith he) is either from the Scriptures, or from the Light within, and this( saith he) is not worth a straw. But whither it is from he hath not manifested. But his Judgement is neither from the divine Light within, nor from the Letter of the Scriptures, his cursing and damning men and womens Souls to Hell. We have tried his spirit, and the Quakers Judgement is from the Spirit that gave forth the Scriptures; the Spirit of Christ which was before Scripture was in the divine and spiritual Light of Christ within.  
Muggleton saith, The Quakers deny the Son to be a person in the Form of a Man, which suffered death, and is risen. &c.  
Answ. These are more of thy lies, for we own the Son of God and his Flesh, Bone and Blood, who was Crucified, and laid in the Grave, and Rose again, and sits at the Right Hand of God, and are Members of him; and therefore thou utterest forth thy folly, and thy lies and thy shane to cover thyself.  
And because the Quakers say, Christ is the express Image of the Fathers Substance, and they own the Father and the Holy Ghost, and they are flesh of his flesh, and bone of his bone, and they have the mind of Christ; Muggleton saith, This is a Riddle to me.  
Answ. We do believe it, that this is a Riddle to the Lying Prophet and false Witness, that yet boasts of knowing the Scriptures, but is ignorant of them, and interpreting the Scriptures, and the knowledge of Christ, which now is become a Riddle to him, which is God manifested in the flesh, seen of Angels, believed of in the Word, and by us who are of his flesh and bone.  
And Muggleton thou speakest of some in Eastcheap, and one thou callest a Lubberly fellow, that denied Christs flesh and bone, but this is like the rest of thy lies, together with thy evil spirit that despiseth Gods workmanship.  
Muggleton saith, That the Person of Christ, nor his Essence, cannot be in the World, nor in the Quakers, nor in Himself, who is a chosen Messenger of him.  
Answ. If the Being of Christ, or his Essence, or Nature, or Power be not in thee which is in his Saints, and was revealed in the Apostles, that spoken in the Person of Christ, thou hast manifested thyself to be no Minister of him.  
And Muggleton saith, He could never find any Quaker that would own God to be a Person in form of a Man, which shows the Quakers darkness.  
Answ. Here Muggleton the Prophethath shewed his Ignorance of the Scriptures, for the Scripture saith, That God is a Spirit. And Christ saith, That a Spirit hath not flesh and bone as I have. And, God fills Heaven and Earth; God saith so of himself. Herein thou hast shewed thy ignorance and darkness.  
And Muggleton saith, That Christ hath a distinct Body of flesh and bone of his own.  
Answ. Is Christ distinct from his Saints? then how come they to be of his flesh and bone? But this is a Riddle to the Prophet Muggleton.  
And Muggleton saith, The Quakers blaspheme, in saying, according to the flesh Christ was of Abraham, and of David, &c. for they were Jews that persecuted Christ.  
Answ. In this thou hast shewed thy Ignorance of Scripture; and as for the Blasphemies, they are from thy own lying spirit, for according to the flesh he was of David, Rom. 1.3. For the Lord hath sworn with an Oath, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ. Which took not upon him the nature of Angels, but the Seed of Abraham. Of whom are the Fathers, and of whom concerning the flesh Christ came, Rom. 9. And Acts 2. He took not upon him the nature of Angels, but the Seed of Abraham. And though the Jews had transgressed the Law of God and the Prophets, and gone into the evil Seed, and turned against Christ; yet this altereth not the fulfilling the Prophets Prophesies of him, nor Gods words, that saw of whom he should come; though thou in thy darkness and evil nature of the transgressing Jews knowest him not, nor his generation, no more than they did being out of the Faith of Moses and the Prophets, and Apostles, as the Jews were.  
Muggleton saith, This Body of Christ, which is the only God; Yet contradicts himself again, and saith, The Quakers know no other Christ but according to the flesh, that is, according to the Seed of Reason, and Reason is the Devil he saith.  
Answ. Here may all see thy darkness and confusion; For God is a Spirit, and God is in Christ, who prepared Christ a Body; there cannot be Christ without God, for Christ signifies, the anointed of God. And the Quakers do know Christ in the flesh. And the Apostle saith, They had known Christ after the flesh, but henceforth they would know him so no more. And most of thy talk of him is about his flesh, and art ignorant of what thou talkest, or what thou a●●●●mest; and Christ his Body is above the Devil, for his flesh saw no corruption, which is a Mystery to thee who art full of darkness, even in the very Pit of it I feel thee; and the Spirit of God is over thee, and Christs flesh and his body is over thee, who art as ignorant of it as thou art of the Quakers Principles.  
Muggleton saith, The Scriptures take no notice of the outward body of flesh.  
Answ. Here dost thou not give thyself the lie again? diddest thou not say before, it spoken of the Body of Christ, his flesh and his bone? And doth it take notice of no outward bodies of flesh? and also doth not the Apostle say, Your bodies are the Temple of God; and, Glorify God in your Bodies and Spirits, which are the Lords? And Your Bodies are not for Fornication? And a Body thou hast given me, to dothy Will, O God? Christ was manifested in our mortal Bodies. And what? can Muggleton see no Scripture that takes notice of outward Bodies. Yet the Prophet Muggleton saith, he hath all Scripture given into his hands. This is one of Muggletons Ranting principles.  
Muggleton saith, The Quakers make no distinction betwixt the Person of Christ, and the Light of Christ.  
Answ. This is another of thy lies. For he suffered according to the flesh, and rose again by the same power that quickened us, who enlighteneth us; yet we say, That Christ is the Light of the World, and enlightens every man, &c. and God is Light, and was in Christ, and the Light gives the knowledge of him, which thou scoffs at.  
Muggleton saith, The Quakers Christ is an Imaginary Christ, because they say, according to the flesh he is of Abraham, and of David; and Abrahams Children according to the flesh are of Cain.  
Answ. Here again are thy lies, who art the lying witness; Was not Jacob, Isaac, and Samuel, and the Prophets, of the Seed, and of the Flesh of Abraham? Did not Christ take upon him the Seed of Abraham; and not the Nature of Angels, but the Seed of Abraham? This is thy interpreting with thy dark spirit, and with thy ignorance. Now those Jews that did not live in the Spirit, to the Law of God, as the Prophets, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did, but were persecutors of such as were in the Life and Faith, those were of Cain, and in his Nature.  
Muggleton saith, Solomons writings are no Scripture, which you bring to prove your Scripture Light, and knowledge of Christ by, for Solomons writings are no more then the Apocrypha.  
Answ. It's like that all Scripture is no more of authority to thee, then Solomon and the Apocrypha, for Solomon saith, speaking of Christ and the Church, He was with him before the Hills were settled; and was by him when all things were made; but thou hast manifested another Spirit, which differs from Solomons, showing thy ignorance of his words.  
Muggleton saith, That none can interpret Scripture but himself, and none knows God and Christ but himself, and he is made Judge of Scripture.  
Answ. This is all self, who hath manifested thyself to be out of the Spirit that gave forth Scripture, in a Spirit that hath uttered forth these lies, who hast them from thy Father the Devil, and not from God; this is the Word of the Lord to thee.  
Muggleton saith, The Quakers have no understanding from God and Christ, but the dead Light, from other mens words, and then he follows on with railings.  
Answ. These are more of thy lies. Our knowledge is from the Father, and Christ, and the Holy Ghost, which leads into all Truth, and so our understanding is by the Spirit, and not from others dead Letters and mens Words; who are come to the Just mens Spirits, and God the Judge of all, yea, and are led by the Spirit that gave forth Scriptures, which is before it was; by which we comprehend both Muggleton the lying Prophet and Witness, and his Father.  
Mugl. saith, The Quakers were never sent from God without them, but only a Light within them; and though it be the Light of Christ, yet it will not give them the knowledge of God, but will perish.  
Answ. Did you ever hear such lies from one that calls himself a Prophet, and the Last Witness? who hath manifested himself and his Father, who is a liar from the beginning. What, will not the Light of Christ give the knowledge of God? Doth not he here give the Apostles the lie? who say, The Light that shineth in their hearts will give them the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus, 2 Cor. 4.  
And also Muggleton blasphemously saith, That this Light of Christ will perish.  
Answ. This will be his condemnation, and shows his ignorance of the Scriptures; For, He that believes hath the Witness in himself. And with the heart he believes, and then Confession is made unto Salvation, which is Christ. So, can any be sent of God, but first he must have it in his heart, before confession to Christ, his Salvation, be made, and preach him? Doth any man know the things of God but the Spirit of God? And doth not the Scripture say, That God will walk in you, and dwell in you? This is all without Muggleton, who is without God in the world, who scoffs at the Light within, but this Light will be his condemnation, John 3.  
Mugl. Saith, Those men which spoken forth the Scriptures, knew what the Light of Christ was, but knew nothing truly what the Light of Christ is.  
Answ. Here is more of thy confusion, and lies, and contradictions; Can man know the Light of Christ what it was, and yet know not what it is? But we must tell Muggleton that we know Christ, who doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world, with a saving Divine Light, which is the condemnation of every one that hateth it; had we never seen Letter of Scripture, or any man: and therefore the false Prophet is ignorant of us, and our Commission, of speaking in the Power, and Spirit, and in the divine Light of Christ, had we never seen Letter of Scripture nor man.  
Muggle. Saith, That the Light within will avail nothing, for there are but three estates; Egypt, the Wilderness, and the Land of Canaan.  
Answ. Here are more of thy lies, and confusions, and ignorance of the false Witness and Prophet, who followeth his own spirit to say, That the Light will avail nothing: For, The Light of Christ gives the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. And believing in the Light, they come to be children of the Light. And thou givest the Apostle and Christ the lie, and sayest, It will avail nothing. Who art worse than the Pharisees, and like unto the Ranters, and all other Professions, and become darker than some of them. And what, is there nothing but Egypt, and the Wilderness, and cannon in man? thou sayest, There is none but these three states. It seems thou hast not found Babylon in thee, that is not yet discovered to the false Prophet, and false Witness; and the Prophet hath not seen Sodom yet, neither hath he seen Judas, Ishmael nor Cain, nor profane Esau, nor the cursed Speaker the Apostle speaks of: And much more might be spoken to the blind Prophet and false Witness, which he might see in him, which the Quakers, as he calls them, have seen and comprehended, page., 27.  
And Muggleton saith, The Quakers propounded Questions to him that they could not answer themselves; which, he saith, he never propounded any, but he could answer himself.  
Answ. This is Muggletons shuffle, in stead of Answering thy Queries, we know thy Answers are a company of Railings and Cursings.  
This Devil, saith Muggleton, spoken of in Scripture, is nothing but the spirit of Reason, that killed the Righteous in a killing power.  
Here you may see Muggletons Judgement and Spirit; For, to say, The Devil, who is Reason, killed the Just; For he it is that leads to judge unrighteously, and to do unjustly; and unreasonable men that have not the Faith that is from thy Father the Devil, who putteth Reason for Unreason, and so Light for Darkness; and unreasonable men have not faith. showing, that a reasonable man hath the Faith of the Elect; And so now by Muggletons Argument, it was Reason that killed Abel, and Reason that doth all unreasonable things; and it was Reason that lead People to steal, to cousin, and to cheat, to do unjustly and unrighteously. For this is Muggletons Commission, to Curse.  
For saith Muggleton, Who is a Prophet and the Last Witness? who hath a Commission to Curse? The Devil, he saith, hath no other spirit but Reason.  
So he hath clearly manifested his spirit to be of the unreasonable, and so a false Prophet, and a false voice, from the Devil, the god of the world, which was a liar from the beginning, and an unreasonable one; for all they that went into the Devils Power, and had not the Faith, were unreasonable, seeing it was the Faith that made People reasonable; but this is Muggletons work he hath from his god of the world. And the Apostle saith, People must give a reason of their Faith, then Muggleton saith They must do it by the Devil, for he calleth the Devil, Reason, without distinction. Was there ever heard such Blasphemy!  
Mugl. And he saith, It was the very God-head-Life that suffered Death.  
Answ. All may see Muggletons darkness, here again, of God, and Christ. For Christ he suffered in the flesh; he did not die as he was God, for if he had died as he was God, why did he cry, Why hast thou forsaken me? So he suffered as in the flesh. And much more might be said to this, which would be a Riddle to Muggleton, page., 29.  
Mugl. Saith, He knows that the Quakers do not regard to look into others Writings but their own; therefore he leaves them to their conceited Light of Christ within.  
Answ. Here are two more lies from the scoffing Prophet. As for others Writings, we have tried them more than thee, or any other People have done, for we do try all things; and thou who art so full of darkness within thee, canst not abide the Light, but art one of them that hated the Light, and callest the divine and spiritual Light of Christ within, a Conceit; which will be thy eternal condemnation, whose Cursings hath blinded thee.  
And Muggleton, thy Cursing Samuel Hutton, and William Smith, and Damning their Souls and Bodies, and saying, Your Light within, and your God without, cannot deliver you from my Sentence.  
Answ. Poor silly Captive, who knows not what the Soul, nor God, nor Christ, nor his Light, nor his Life is; and in that thou hast Damned others, thou hast damned thyself; so a clamorous Woman hath plucked her own house upon her own head; but Christ the Light, which is manifested within, will bruise thy god of the worlds head, though he be a Prince of darkness, and God through Christ hath delivered us, and set us above all Curses and cursed Spirits, Glory to his Name for ever, and thy Cursings and thy Damnings go away like a smoke, and turn back into thy own Bowels and Temple, which is filled with it; and we can try Spirits, and have tried thine to be as bad as any in the world.  
Muggleton saith, The Quakers have done much good, they have cast out Devils, and yet they are of the Seed of the Serpent.  
Answ. What contradictions are these, Muggleton? the Devil is out of Truth, there is no truth in him, but speaks of himself, as thou dost, he is a liar from the beginning; for he that doth good is of God, and the Quakers, thou saist, have done much good, and therefore they must be of God, and not of the Serpent( as thou sayest they are) but this, Muggleton the Witness cannot see Babylon in him here.  
Though Muggleton pretends God, yet he is of his Father, who is a liar from the beginning; thy language betrays thee, the Devil doth evil; he that is of him, like thee, is the same. He that is of God, as before-said, doth good, for they that have the least spark of the divine Light ruling in them, can judge both thy spirit and thy words, to be of thy Father, that is out of Truth.  
Mugg. saith, God, the King of Heaven, is not in the world at all.  
Answ. Here are more of thy lies, for thou dost confess that Christ is God; and John saith, He was in the world, and the world knew him not. Here thou hast given John the Evangelist the lie. And yet in another place, thou sayest, That thou art John Baptist. See what lies and confusion is this. And the Apostle saith, He is in all, and through all, and above all, God blessed for evermore. And, Is there any voice or language where he is not. And the true Prophet saith, He fills Heaven and Earth. But the false Prophet saith, God, the King of Heaven, is not in this World at all. But the true Prophet saith, He beholds all the actions of men, the evil and the good. And David saith, If he were in the nethermost Hell, he was there. But Muggleton knows not that yet, who manifests his darkness and his ignorance of the Region of all the holy men of God, of their Circuit and Passage, who passed through the paths of Hell, and Death, and saw through depths and heights, page.. 39.  
Mugl. Saith, There is great need that God should make some mortal man Judge of the Quakers, whom he calleth, A cursed Sect.  
Answ. This mortal man is Muggleton the false Witness, so no spiritual man, for the spiritual man judgeth all things; and so this mortal man judgeth with his mortal spirit, and mortal judgement, and a mortal witness, and a mortal message, with a voice from his Fathers dark spirit the Devil, and yet this mortal man Muggleton is Judge, is the Last witness; so he is Judged out of his mouth, that he cannot judge all things, for it is a spiritual man that judgeth all things.  
And as for Muggletons saying, The cursed Sect of Quakers.  
Answ. They who are in scorn called Quakers, are it the power of God before Sects were, who comprehend thy mortal judgement. Yet Muggleton in another place commends the Qu●kers, and after he nurseth them, soul, and body, and spirit to all Eternity; this is Muggletons Babel and Confusion, who will sink himself with his Cur●es, and lay more upon himself than he can bear at last, when his fuel is set on fire; and the Quakers will be clear of him.  
Mugl. Saith, A Commission is given to him and John Reeve, by the voice of words from God. And then Muggleton contradicts himself and saith, God had spoken to John Reeve in 1651. And so Muggleton doth not say he had it from God, but from John Reeves mouth, he must be his mouth; and before Muggl. said, he had it from God. O Muggleton, is thy juggling found out! And John Reeve should be the last Messenger and Witness. Here Mug. gives J. Reeve the lie; for he saith, He is the last Witness; and Mug. saith, If he should die, his disciples should be witnesses, what contradicted thyself against Muggleton. But you must take notice it must be some mortal man that must be raised up, and what must be his Message but to Curse, we have enough of them Muggleton raised up already; but that which thy spirit begot are Cursers and not Blessers, so not the Witnesses of Christ; so this voice was but a whispering of Satan, which came to John Reeve, which Muggleton is one of his Emissaries, which publisheth his charms, Pope-like, with Bell, Book and Candle.  
And Muggleton saith, That he and John Reeve were chosen as Moses and Aaron. And saith, If it should be Objected, that Moses did Miracles, he saith, there is need of Faith to believe, to have Miracles from him.  
Answ. Moses did Miracles though there were no Faith in Pharaoh, unto whom he was sent. This is a weak Argument indeed, as to shuffle off his Commission, that is before all the Apostles, as he saith; but what miracles hath been wrought among thy Disciples, who do believe, whom thou boastest of in thy lying Pamphlet, that thou hast spread so far up and down the world, and thy lying Commission. What, is there no miracle, not no sign, not so much as the sign of Jonas amongst you? No, they may say, thy work is to cover people with darkness and Curses.  
Muggleton saith, The Quakers harken to the Light within, but they despise the Body and Person of Christ without them, and so they are Anti. Christ, &c.  
Answ. Here are more lies of the false Prophets. For Christ that died at Jerusalem, his Person we own without us, who is manifested within us. The Light of Christ Jesus, by which we have seen of his Glory, and speak in his Person. And this Light of Christ hath condemned thee, who art choked with evil, and malice, and envy against Christ; thou that speakest so blasphemously against his Light, speakest against Christ, for he that his Light hates, hates him, and he that denies the Light denies his Person. And we must tell Muggleton, that Solomons Books in the Bible, are good Scripture though he despiseth them as not good, he being not in the Spirit of Solomon that gave them forth.  
Muggleton saith, It is in his power to acquit and condemn, yet God cannot reverse his sentence. And Muggleton saith, He nurseth not until they judged him first. Yet in another place he nurseth all the Quakers, and condemns, that they should never be saved in the state they live in. And so see his contradictions, how he sets himself above God.  
And Muggleton saith, That in derbyshire he fled from the Devils malice, meaning the Magistrates; and yet he said before, he Cursed none but the Devil. It seems the Devil made Muggleton fly here, he was too strong for him; he was not able to withstand the Devil, it was but reason he should be cast into Prison, for Reason is the Devil, thou sayest; so thou canst not say it was unreasonable, according to thy own judgement; for if they had whipped thee or beat thee, it is but reasonable, for Reason is the Devil still. If they had kept thee in Prison until this day, it is but Reason still; why dost thou say it is the Devils malice. And so all the Blasphemers, and false Swearers, and Cursers are but Reason, that is Muggletons Doctrine, his Devil is Reason. Thou canst not say that any judgeth thee falsely, for its Reason. Reason, thou sayest, is the Devil; and the Quakers are not deceived with other mens Commissions as thou art; for what hast thou but Reeves's dead Commission for thy Cursings? and we receive not our Commission from the dead Letter, mens dead Commissions and Words, but from Christ and God, through whom onely thou sayest thou hast received a Commission from God, and another-while from Reeve; so receiving it from Reeve why not from dead mens words, for all is one Muggleton which thou hast taken up from Reeve, which came from him which was out of Truth, judged from the Spirit of Truth; he and thy Commission, and thy lies; and so hast sufficiently proved thyself to be a false Witness, and Prophet, and ambassador.  
Muggleton and John Reeve were chosen Chief Witnesses, and to prove it he saith, Peter was chosen Chief Judge. And he saith, That Christ doth not teach every man particularly by his Spirit now; and Interpretation of Scripture doth not belong unto Christ, but to Muggleton, for ●●●e can Interpret Scripture but himself, and neither doth any know the Scriptures but himself, page. 60.  
Answ. Here people may see Muggletons Blasphemies and Lies, for Peter was not Head of the Apostles, and chief Judge; but they were Brethren; and as I said before in the Acts, it was James that gave counsel among the Apostles, and it was Christs command that they should not exercise Lordship one over another as it was among Heathens, but this Heathen Muggleton would have Lordship, for Christ was chief Judge among the Apostles. And the Prophet saith, All the Children of God shall be taught of God. And Christ saith, It is written in your Law, ye shall all be taught of God. And can they be taught of God, Muggleton, and not hear his voice, and the manifestation of the Spirit of God is given to every one to profit withall; so thou hast denied Christ, and the New-Covenant, which is, That all shall be taught of God; and ye shall all know him from the least to the greatest, and shall not need to say, know the Lord, for he will poure out of his Spirit upon all flesh, and his Sons and Daughters shall prophesy; mark, all flesh.  
And as for thy exceeding lying against Christ, who saist, It doth not belong to him to interpret Scriptures; now mark, people, his Blasphemies and lies, do not ye see and comprehend his false spirit, for doth not Christ say, That his Spirit of Truth, which he sends, shall led them into all Truth? Did not he come to fulfil the Scriptures? and doth he not say, That he opens and no man shuts? And doth not John say, No man was found worthy to open the Book but the lion of the Tribe of Judah? And was not Christ Anointed to Preach? And many other Scriptures, which the Spirit of Truth hath given forth, might be instanced. For is there any thing to be known of the Scripture, which are the things of God and Christ, but by Christ? and so, Is not he to have the Glory in all? And as for Muggletons Interpreting of Scriptures by the lying spirit, which never gave them forth, hath sufficiently manifested his insufficiency in that, and so thou art neither messenger of the Letter nor of the Spirit, who callest thyself A Chief and Last Judge. But they that be in the Spirit of Christ comprehend thee and thy Judgement, who see Christ to be the First and the Last Judge, whose ston is fallen upon thy head, and will grinned thee to powder.  
And the Quakers do not say as Muggleton lyingly doth, That reading over of other mens Conditions, or Words, or Letters, or Scriptures, will make a man a Minister: For they are neither a Witness nor Commissioned according to the Scriptures, nor them that gave them forth, though thou boastest in thy presumptuous spirit, and evil, That thy Commission is higher than the Apostles, which thou canst do no otherwise then lie to make it good, because thou goest contrary to them all; for Christ is the Chief Judge, ordained of God, which thou blasphemest against his Light in People, and dost not o●ly blaspheme against i●, but him.  
And also Muggleton falleth a railing against the Quakers, and calleth them Blind, because they let him see how much contrary to Scripture he is, by his false Commission and Witness; and the Jews were out of the life of the Law and the Prophets, that were against the Apostles, for the Apostles proved by the Law and he Prophets, what they spoken, so cannot Muggleton; and thou art as ignorant of the true God as other men are; and so the Quakers do bear their Testimony, and have the Testimony of Jesus against thy false Commission and lies, and it is the Spirit that lead them to give forth the Scriptures by which they are seen again.  
And Muggleton seems to be offended because the Quakers do not Print his lies; and saith, It would have saved him trouble and charges.  
Answ. No, it is the Truth that we mind, and for Truths sake have we written this in answer against thy lies, which will pursue thee, and will gather up thy lies and Blasphemies into Bundles for the fire.  
Muggleton saith, He wondered what Lord it is the Quakers are so bold in.  
Answ. Muggleton saith, He knows the right Devil, and the right God; and yet he saith, He marvels what Lord he is. Well People, this is the mortal mans Judgement, Muggleton, but we do not marvel at the false Prophet Muggletons marvellings, who comprehend him and his god of the world.  
Muggleton saith, There is no God nor Christ but what is within the Quakers; and yet he saith, There is no God nor Christ without them that can deliver them from his Curse. How now Muggleton? Babel again! What Confusion and Contradiction is this? And the Prophet Muggleton with his breath can blow away their Lord.  
Answ. That Christ which Suffered, and Rose again, and Remains in the Heavens, which is manifested in his People; that God which is over all, in all, through all, and above all, blessed for ever, this is he who Muggleton saith, He can blow away with his breath; whom the Quakers own, which for his Blasphemies will have his sentence and reward from the living God, &c. As for thy foul breath, which comes from the foul spirit of thy father, which is the god of the world, whose head is bruised by Christ, and the Quakers are over.  
Muggleton saith, He must be as Peter, and a true Shepherd lays down his life for his Sheep.  
Answ. But thou runst away from thy Sheep in Derby-shire. when thou saidst, The malice of the Devil made thee fly; and thy Judgement will stand against the Quakers, as thy god of the world doth, which will have an end.  
And Muggleton saith in his rage, That God hath made him a Judge of the Light of Christ within you, and of the Infinite Spirit which ye call God; Yet he saith, he is a John Baptist to prepare the way.  
Answ. John Baptist was not a Judge of the Light of Christ, neither doth he say he was a Judge of God and Christ within, and the Infinite Spirit which Blasphemous Muggleton doth, who is of another Spirit then the Prophets and Apostles, who said, God should dwell in you: and the Light that shined in your hearts, &c. And so itis very like thou dost judge like Pharaoh, and the Heathen, and the Jews, of God and Christ; and thy god of the world hath made thee a Judge: But both thee and thy god are judged by God, and Christ, and his Life, and his Infinite Spirit which dwells in his People. We must tell thee Muggleton, he cannot judge us, nor God, no● Christ, but with his evil thoughts, and his Judgement doth not touch us, and we are clear from his Judgement; for that which thou hast Judged is thy Judge, and hath Judged and Condemned thee, the Witness in thy Conscience shall answer it.  
Answ. Muggleton falls a railing against the Quakers, and calls them Proud and Stiff-necked. Why Muggleton, didst not thou say, The Neck of the Quakers was broken, and now, they are so stiff-necked thou canst not bend them? It seems those that tremble at the Word of God trouble Muggleton, and torment him, as in page. 52, and thou dost not know the Quakers Doctrine, who art in the Spirit of witchcraft; thou speakest like unto thy Brother Robins. And Muggleton is troubled because the Quakers cry against the Pride of the World, so thou must needs uphold the Kingdom of Pride which is the Devils. Thou speakest much of John Robins, and the Spirit of Antichrist running through the Bodies of the Quakers, and saist they are all fighters against God, and have gotten a Christ within them, and that no man can almost tell how to deal with them, Muggleton saith.  
Answ. What Muggleton, more lies and contradictions? Doth Christ fight against God? the spirit of Antichrist that is in thee doth not know how to deal with Christ, and God that dwells in his People; For Christ and God are one, which comprehend both thee and Robins to be the fighters against God and Christ, who will grinned you to powder.  
And thou saist, The Quakers deny the Resurrection.  
Answ. That's another lie; they do own the Resurrection of the Just and the unjust; and therefore thou that art of the nature and seed of the Serpent, as thou speakest to the Quakers, fightest against Christ, who will bruise thee to pieces in thy false Message; and again that which God works in man according to the Doctrine of Christ and the Apostles, thou art against, who said, God will dwell in man, and Christ will dwell in man; at which thou railest so much, because thee and thy Father cannot get your lodging in the Quakers.  
Muggleton saith, If he had lived in the dayes of Christ, he should hardly have found his name recorded in the Law and Prophets; and the Scriptures are given into Muggletons hands, none must interpret them but himself.  
Answ. Here is thy ignorance again manifested, of the false Witness and Prophet; Was not Christs Name written in the Law and Prophets? yea, and after the Law too. red Jacobs prophesy to his Sons, and red in Isaiah's prophesy. And doth not Christ signify Anointed, and Jesus a Saviour? See if thou canst not find this Name in the Old Testament, in many places. Muggleton is not in the Spirit that gave forth Scriptures, but being in a blind spirit, and following his own spirit that can see nothing, like a blind Prophet, yet he saith, that he is made Judge of the Scriptures, who is Judged by the Spirit of God that gave them forth; and so we can try thy Doctrine with the Light of Christ Jesus, which thou hast Judged, which is thy Condemnation.  
And thou saist, Thou condemnest our Christ and Light, which is thy Judge and Condemnation, and wouldest have all people believe in thy Doctrine of lies. And Muggleton saith, The Quakers think to have Eternal Life in the Scriptures. This is another of the false Prophets lies, for our Eternal Life is in Christ before Scriptures were.  
Muggleton saith, Dorthathy, which is one of his hearers, is not to judge of his Doctrine, neither hath she power to try his Doctrine, neither will Muggleton allow her to try it.  
How now! Muggleton hath made himself a Pope, People must believe Implicitly; this is contrary to the Apostle, that saith, Try all things, &c. and commended the Bereans, that did search to see whether these things were so or no. But we saw before where Muggleton was, that he would not have his Doctrine questioned, nor tried; for it his Disciples did but question him, or try him and his Doctrine, and let him see his lies, he would fall a Cursing of them, but he must have them to be his Slaves and Vassals, to sow his Seed; and so this is fulfilled, Such as are overcome by him, are brought into bondage; for he saith, He Judgeth none but such as Judge him first; but a lie is found in his mouth, in this, as you may red page. 51. But though he will not suffer his Disciples to try him, nor to judge him, whom he hath darkened and led from the Spirit of Truth, and the Light of Christ within them, and scoffs at God and Christ dwelling in man, that he might fill them with the Serpentine Seed, and his poisonous enchantments and Witchcrafts, yet the Spiritual man doth try Muggletons Doctrine and Commission, and we have power to examine and try by the Spirit and Power of the Living God. both to judge and try, and can say that the Spiritual man judgeth all things, yet himself is judged of no man; for they cannot judge him indeed; and the false Witness with his Commission will be cut down with the Spirit, the Word of God; for Muggletons Barn is but as the Stable to Christ the Seed, and thy sword and Cains weapons will turn into thine own head, and into thine own Bowels.  
And Muggleton saith, The Quakers despise their fellow-creatures.  
Answ. Here again thou addest lie unto lie, for the Quakers love all Creatures, as they are the Creatures of God, and have respect to that of God in all; their fellowship lies in the Spirit of God.  
And Muggleton saith, That there is never a Minister of Christ, said to be authorised from God, without him, or man without him, for the Light of Christ within never made any Minister of Christ; and then thou railest and callest the Quakers, Blind.  
Answ. To which we Answer, and say, That the knowledge of God is within, and none knows God but knows Christ, and no man knows the Father but the Son, and he reveals him, and when the Son is revealed in Man, he preaches him; but this is without Muggleton, and such as are made Ministers by him, but such as are made not of man, nor by man; but Muggleton is authorised by John Reeve, who hath received his Commission to Curse from the evil spirit, and not from the Spirit of Christ in the Apostles, which saith, Bless and Curse not.  
Muggleton saith, That Moses and the Prophets had no other Scripture to Interpret but their own Prophesies.  
Answ. What canst thou not see the Law Muggleton? Had not they the Law to interpret as well as their own Prophesies? Much more might be said to it, but it is like the rest of thy Ignorance.  
Muggleton saith, The Apostles Commissions were of the Blood, and this was the Gospel of Christ.  
Answ. Their Commission was, that they were Witnesses of his Resurrection as well as of his Blood, and of the Flesh of Christ, and of his Bones, as well as the Blood; but Muggletons dark spirit will limit it to the Blood, and they were Witnesses of the Gospel which was the Power of God.  
And then Muggleton saith, He knows more spiritual things then either the Prophets or Apostles did since the beginning of the world; and he knows more then any to the worlds end.  
Answ. Here he manifests his Pride and Presumption, and his Ignorance, as afore mentioned. Muggleton, thou shouldst have let another have praised thee, and not have praised thyself, whose knowledge is contrary to the Prophets and Apostles and Christ Jesus, who hast exalted thyself above all that is called God, who art one of them that boast they know, but know nothing as they ought to know. And thou saist, Thou hast an understanding of the Scriptures above all men; here thou exaltest thyself above Christ, for he is a man; but the man Christ Jesus will bruise thee to pieces, which is manifested in his People.  
Muggleton saith, He never cursed any through envy and malice; and he saith, He never cursed any, nor judged any, till they judged him. What is this but envy and malice; for Christs words are, when they Curse, do you Bless. But Muggleton hath proved himself to be of another Spirit then Christ and the Apostles, and so it is comprehended and judged, and so thy Power, and thy Commission, and thy god of the world, from whence it comes, is judged, being the same as ever rose against Christ, and the Prophets, and Apostles since the world began, &c. As for thy sentence and curses, they go to the Pit with thee, from whence they came; they are nothing to us, we are clear of them, neither thy Blessings nor thy Cursings.  
Muggleton saith, He hath a Pardoning power and a Damning power, which he received from John Reeve, and he would have cursed him( meaning Muggleton) to all Eternity if he had not yielded obedience to Reeve.  
Answ. Here it seems John Reeve frighted Muggletons evil Conscience, by that means he received that cursing spirit, which presumptuously he hath followed these many years, and so received this cursed doctrine and spirit; and then, it's like he received John Reeves's Blessing, and here he became Pope-like, with his evil spirit to pardon whom he will; and such as flatter him, he Blesseth, and such as judge him, he nurseth, as he hath said. And here people may see the ground and rise of this dark spirit, out of Truth, comprehended by it, and judged into the Pit with its motion, Commission, and false Witness, who hath so often blasphemed against the holy Spirit; who saith he is an Accuser, a Judge, and a Witness, and a great deal of Rambling stuff, about outward Judges, and Laws, and Juries which he is ignorant of; as in the Scriptures, who is like unto the Servant that Christ speaks of, who art the Accuser of the Brethren, spoken of in the Revelations, cast out into the Earth, therefore thou ragest. Christ said, He did not accuse the Woman taken in Adultery. And Christ said, John 5. Do not think I will accuse you to the Father; there is one that accuseth you, Moses, in whom ye trust: But this is little to Muggleton.  
Muggleton saith, He is in rest and Eternal happiness. And yet Muggleton and John Reeve say in the Book called, A Transcendent Spiritual Treatise, That, this Book was penned by a sinful man.  
Answ. How now, what Muggleton and John Reeve, what, a sinful man in perfect rest and happiness! Can a sinful man give out heavenly and spiritual Doctrine? See the 37 page. in thy Transcendent Spiritual Treatise, and see thy page. 41. of the Quakers Neckbroken, and there thou mayest see thy contradictions, lies and conf●sions: for the perfect rest is Christ; Imperfections are in Adam in the fall; and if Christians have persecuted by National Laws, and God had Witnesses in the Earth for three hundred years after Christ as Muggleton and Reeve say, that all spiritualized Christians were persecuted, and yet God never had a Witness until Muggleton and Reeve came; so all the Martyrs that kept the Testimony of Jesus, are judged by Muggleton and Reeves lying spirit: but the Martyrs stood to their Principle, and did not sly from the Devil as Muggleton did out of Derby-shire. red through the Book of Martyrs, and red in his own Book, and ye may see how he hath confounded and contradicted himself. And thou sayest in the 76. page. of thy Transcendency, That the Soul of Adam was of a Divine Nature, and yet in another place, That the Soul is mortal. What contradictions are here Muggleton? But it is like the rest, his Divine mortal: But thou art ignorant of Christs words, who says, If they can kill the Body, yet they cannot kill the Soul. What a carnal Judge? a poor mortal man, as thou says, God hath raised up.  
Mugglet. Again, thou sayest in thy Transcendency, The sayings of Solomon are pure Truth; and yet thou sayest, in thy Neck of the Quakers broken, That Solomons Books are Apocrypha. What a contradiction is this? Apocrypha is not of Authority; Is pure Truth Apocrypha with thee? This is thy contradiction, blindness, and darkness, and like the rest of the fruits of thy dark spirit.  
Mug. And thou sayest, Though men believe they have two Spirits in them, yet there is but one in mens bodies, in page. 19. of thy Joyful news from Heaven.  
Answ. Here thou hast manifested thyself to be of a right principle with the Ranters; This is a ranting principle indeed. I believe there is something in thyself, and in all men, and in the Scriptures will witness against thee, which saith, That the flesh wars against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh, and they are contrary, and so not one.  
Muggleton and Reve, in page. 47. of their News from Heaven, say, That the Spirit and the Soul is not capable of dying, and say, Why wouldst thou suffer thyself to be overtaken with sudden death? and why art thou so foolish as to suffer thyself to be over-topt with death?  
Answ. This is the cry of the Wild Irish; this is not the cry of News from Heaven, but the cry of thy dark spirit; What can a false Prophet, and a false Commission, and a false Testimony, which comes from his Father, which is out of truth, b●ing otherwise.  
Muggleton and Reeve say, That Christ  shed his blood for the sins of the Elect, and when Christ said, My God, my God, &c. This God that Christ meant, was Elias, and you must understand the reason why Christ is onely God, &c.  
Answ. Here in this thou hast shown thy darkness and ignorance of the Scriptures, and the Spirit that gave them forth, like unto the Jews; for the Scripture doth not say that it was Elias the Prophet that Christ cried unto; for no where in the Scriptures, by all the holy Men of God, nor Christ, nor God, is Elias the Prophet called God: Here thou hast judged as the Jews did. And who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's Elect? saith the Spirit that gave forth Scriptures, It is God that justifies: but thou hast charged them with sin, and manifested thyself not to be of God. Christ tasted death for every man, and dyed not for the Elect onely, as thou speaks of; and he was an Offering not for our sins onely, but for the sins of the whole world. Here is thy ignorance of the two Seeds, but this is the reason which thou wouldst have the Readers to understand. And before Muggleton said in his other Book, that Reason was the Devil. So according to thy own Argument, we must understand by the Devil the things of God, and know Christ Jesus by the Devil; for in thy 34, and 37. pages, thou speaks of Reason without distinction; and Reason being the Devil according to thy judgement, then men must understand by the Devil, and thy judgement, and thy Prophesies, are all from him, according to thy own Judgement. The reason why thou sayest mens bodies are in Death, and in the Grave, and do not stink, and come to dust; this leaves little answer, for it is by thy Reason which thou callst the Devil, and he was a liar from the beginning, and was the Father of it, of whom thou art; and so the Grave-makers may answer thee the rest, as touching peoples bodies.  
Mug. Thou sayest, Three hundred years after Christ, nor since, there hath been a Minister, or Messenger of Christ; and this he declares and affirms; and then after again thou declarest and affirmest by Revelation, That it is fourteen hundred years since there was a true Minister. Here thou contradictest thy own Revelation, and hast shewed thy lying Spirit: for 1400. and 300. years, makes 1700. Here is about forty years difference, according to thy own lying Spirit and Revelations; and many such contradictions, falsities, and confusions thou hast in all thy Books, which a man might make a large volume of, in letting thee see thy contradictions; but they are so clearly seen and judged of by all the Righteous, that they are not worthy of Writing nor Printing such a pack of nonsense and confusion, worse then the very Priests Books; for this is done for Truths sake, which, as I said before, will pursue thee and find thee out in all thy holes and corners, and will arraign thee to thy condemnation, for thou hast judged neither according to the Law of God nor Scriptures, nor the Laws of men, but according to thy own dark spirit; for the Spirit of God exhorts men to repent, and reproves, and rebukes before he judges; but thou in thy fleshly, rash, heady, hasty passion followest thy own spirit, and with it judgest that which is thy condemnation: so in judging another thou hast judged thyself, who art seen with the holy Spirit of Christ Jesus to be vain; whose Commission, prophesy, Witness is for condemnation, and condemned and judged with the Spirit of Truth; and over thee is the true and faithful Witness Christ Jesus, the Corner-stone set, which will grinned thee to powder. Fare thee well. And in Christ is his People that reign over thy head, that can rejoice and reign over the head of the Curser.  
Edward Brown, whom thou hast cursed and damned, who is far above thee and thy father, in him that redeems out of the Curse, and destroys thee and thy father both.   

Something in Answer to Thomas Fuller, in his Church-History, to that which he writes to Baron Brook, wherein he rails against the Quakers.  
First, HE saith, They cast off their Clothes, until the could converted them to more Civility.  
Answ. This doth not become Thomas to record lies. For the People that are in scorn called Quakers, it was not the could that converted them. And why dost not thou record Isaiah, and judge him that went naked and barefoot three years together, as one of them( thou in scorn callest Quakers) did, being moved of the Lord? which was a sign or figure of all your nakedness, and the rest of them.  
Secondly, Thomas is offended because the People, which he in scorn calleth Quakers, say to one single person, Thee, and Thou.  
Answ. If Thomas had not shewed himself ignorant of the Scriptures, and forgotten his Accidence and grammar he learned( if any) he would have seen in the Scriptures, from the highest to the lowest, that the People of God used the word, thee and thou. And if he had spoken you, when he should have spoken thou in latin, his Master would have gon near to have whipped him. And then Thomas falls a begging to the( then present) Powers, like unto the Jews against the Apostle, Help men of Israel, to Persecution. And Thomas his envy hath so choked him that he hath forgotten what is said in the Lords Prayer, viz. thy, and thee, &c. And he saith also, because they use the word thou, &c. They speak evil against Dignities, and against Ordinances of God, &c. and saith, God grant that they may be seasonably suppressed.  
A. Here thy envy and malice is seen again, Balaam-like, for it was the language of the Righteous, and no man found fault with it, to superior or inferior( as thou and thee) and Gods Ordinances they do not deny. And whereas thou callest upon God for the suppressing of them who inventest lies, and then criest for help against them. But the living God, whom we serve, hears not the prayers of the Persecutor nor liar.  
And Thomas saith, because they use the word thou to a superior, Here their Honours lie at the mercy of mens mouths; so if they grow numerous, hereafter they will question the wealth of others, and condemn them for covetousness.  
A. If all Thomas his History be like this, tis worth little to be credited, who begged Persecution of O. cromwell, and when the King came in, turned to his Surplice. And if the honour due to superiors lie in giving the word you to a single person, then thou mayest find fault with the Apostles and the Prophets, who said thou and thee to them; and so did the Prophets. But why doth not Thomas find fault with the Accidence and Grammar, and with them that translated the Scriptures, which did translate them Singular and Plural. See the Quakers Battledore, given forth for you to learn in.  
A. As for your outward wealth we seek it not; but covetousness is reproved by the Spirit of Truth. And whereas thou art afraid we should grow numerous; we tell thee that God will spread his Truth abroad, and gather his Elect from the four Corners of the Earth. And the honour that all men are to be honoured withall, even superiors, is not the word you to a single person, but to esteem every man, and those that rule well, to have double esteem, and this is the true Honour, and such as do so will hurt no man. And Thomas is angry because they tremble at the Word of God; he therein shows his ignorance of the Scriptures, and of the holy men of God, and such as be regarded of the Lord, who saith, This is the man I do regard, who is of a contrite and broken spirit, and trembleth at my Word, as in Isaiah may be red. And thou art like the persecuting Jews, that despised them that trembled at Gods Word; but such the Lord often cuts off, and shorteneth their dayes for the Elects sake.   

something in Answer to Samuel clerk, who calls himself a Pastor, in his Book called, A Looking-Glass for Saints and Sinners.  
WHerein he mentions the People of God( called Quakers) and numbereth them among the schismatics, and heretics, wickedly; and he instanceth one Gilpine about Kendal in Westmerland, that sometimes came among the said People, which after the Priests had poisoned, and turned him to be a soldier, who raised up many lies against the said people( called Quakers) which he and his brethren put for truths, which this Gilpine went from the people( called Quakers) and became one of theirs, and run out to bad actions, which if we should go to reckon all the bad actions of all their people, we might make a very great volume: But this clerk( that calls himself a Pastor) might have ●ooked in the Quakers A●s●er to the Priests, and the said Gilpin, wherein they manifest their lies and slanders against the said People; but in stead of that, he's scoffing at the Light, and the across of Christ, and prophesy, and of hearing the voice of God and Christ, and yet he blusheth not to call himself a Pastor, and takes upon him to set forth an abridgement of the Book of Martyrs, and a mirror or Looking-glass for Saints and Sinners; which makes them all questionable and unvaluable to the Faithful, as seeing his envy and rage in his scandal and lies against the people called Quakers, ●hrust into his said Book, not having quoted any Author, as Historians use to do: therefore they lye upon his own head. But we perceive the thing that troubles clerk, was, because the Ministers of England were proved to be false Prophets, and Priests of Baal, which in that day 1663( nor since) they could never prove themselves otherwise: For red those Scriptures of the Kings, and see how like they were unto them in visage and practise; For above three thousand of the said People( called Quakers) were persecuted by them in their day, and some even unto death; which is an evident mark of heretics and Priests of Baal: for Christ Jesus saith, Love one another, love enemies; and Christ's Ministers keep his Command, because they love him. But Samuel clerk scoffs at this Doctrine, who neither he nor his company could ever get from under these Scriptures following, As teaching for handfuls of Barley and pieces of bread, Ezekiel 13 & 14th chapters; and of bearing rule by their means, Jer. 5. and greedy and dumb dogs that never have enough, seeking their gain from their quarter, Isa. 56, & Micah 3. the chapters throughout, & Matth. 23, and Ezek. 34. most of the chapter concerning the false Pastors, and 1 Tim. 3. and Rom. 16.18. and the Epistle of judas, and 2 Peter 2. chap. throughout, & Malachi the 2d, where the Curse is from God pronounced against you; and your blessings are cursed, and your seed corrupt, and dung spread upon your faces in your solemn feasts: All which Scriptures, with many more, you could never answer; and Gal. 3.10. with 1 Cor. 2, &c.   
THE END.