A DISCOVERY OF Truth and Falsehood. Heb. 4.12, 13. 1 Cor. 4.6, 7. 2 Cor. 2.10. Joh. 8: 12. Psal. 25.14 Prov. 3.32. Amos 3.8. Rev. 14.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Discovered by the light of God in the inward parts, the spirit of of man being the candle of the Lord, which being enlightened, it searcheth the secrets, and spies out all the deceits of the heart; and the Lord commandeth that it should shine forth to others; for the spirit searcheth all things, even the deep things of God, that they may be enlightened, that sit in darkeness: Christ within is the light of the Lord, and enlighteneth the understanding, and placeth his fear in the heart, and the secrets of the Lord are with them that fear him. Oh fear the Lord God almighty, and worship not the beast as all do that have not found their names written in the book of life, Rev. 13.8. God is a Spirit, and now he will be worshipped in Spirit and in Truth, Joh. 4.24. for he is seeking such to worship him, vers. 23. & Ezek. 34.11. and 16. The Lord is gathering all his elect together by his Spirit, out of all Forms, into the substance of all Forms, to worship him in his temple at New Jerusalem, where the tabernacle of God is with men, Rev. 21.3. Oh all people, cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, Isa. 2.22. and fear God, Rev. 14.7. and give glory unto him: for the hour of his judgement is coming: and worship him that made heaven and earth; the Lord doth require it. Written from the Spirit of the Lord, by one whom the people of the world calls a Quaker, but is of the Divine nature made partaker: whom the world knows not, that are in their old nature, and so mock and deride: but woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with them. Isai. 3.11. Say unto the righteous, It shall be well with them: for they shall inherit the blessing. Isai. 3.10. Matth. 5.10, 11, 12. Yorkshire, 1652. Rich. Farneworth. London, Printed for Giles Calvert. 1653. A discovery of truth, and falsehood. ALl people, see where you are, and consider how you stand, and see whether you be yet in the fall, or redeemed to God, and comed into the promised land, born of water and the Spirit, and circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, and baptised by one spirit into one body, having put on Christ, which is the head of his body, the Church, the first born written in Heaven, 1 Cor. 12.13. Gal. 3.27. for they that are baptised into Christ, have put on Christ, and are crucified to the world, and the world to them, being comed thorough the law, by which the old man was crucified, and are redeemed from under the earth, to the Lord God, and to the Lamb, Christ being the end of the law for righteousness, ruling by his power alone, in those that are of the new birth, and reconciled to God by the blood of the Lamb, the enmity being slain, the old man destroyed, with the deeds of darkness, which the righteous law was to: and the new man raised up and comed thorough the law by the divine power of righteousness, sees now what the law is to, not to the righteous, but to the unrighteous, and hath power over the fleshly man: they that are in the flesh cannot please God, who is a spirit, and of purer eyes then to behold iniquity: neither are they Israel that are after the flesh, but they that are after the spirit: he is not a Jew that is one outwardly, but he is a Jew that is one inwardly; the Jew outwardly had a law outwardly, written in tables of stone, Jer. 31.31, 32, 33, 35. Heb 8.10, 11. but the Jew inwardly hath his law written in inward fleshly tables of the heart, not with pen and ink, but by the Spirit of the living God, to teach them the knowledge of the everlasting truth, and to direct them to holiness and righteousness, to walk humbly before him, that they may inherit the blessing. In the time of the law that was given forth to the children of Israel after the flesh, they had it outwardly, written in tables of stone, in the first Covenant, which was outwardly: Deut. 27.1, 2, 3, 4. Mica. 3.9, 10, 11. Isai. 1.21, 22, 23, 24. and they that ruled over man were to be just and faithful, ●it ●as hated God and feared covetousness; for such the Lord delights in but when they backslided from the truth, than they did not justice, neither did they execute true judgement according to the command of God, therefore was he displeased with them, and sent to cry out against them. Now see where you are, whether in the transgression, and in the fall yea or no: and learn to do that which is right in the sight of the God that he may be glorified by you; do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly before him, and execute true judgement and justice, for he doth require it. Mic. 6.8. Just Men are to be rulers of the people Moses was a ruler over the people, and he set over them faithful men, such as feared God and hated covetousness. Moses was to set over the people Officers, to judge the people with just judgement: See thou shalt not wrest judgement, saith the Lord. The judges are not to respect persons in judgement. The Judges and Officers are not to take a gift. See Deut 16.19 for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous They are to follow that which is altogether just, vers. 20. Deut. 32.36. The Lord shall judge his people, and he judgeth righteously; and saith he, If I whet my glittering sword, and my hand take hold of Judgement, I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me, Deut. 32.41. The Lord shall judge the people, Psal. 7.8. The righteous God tryeth the hearts and reins, vers. 9 God judgeth the righteous, and he is angry with the wicked every day, Psal, 7.11, 13, 14. They that judge the people must be righteous, that they may judge righteously, For they judge for God and not for man. See 2 Chron. 19.6. Jehosaphat dwelled at Jerusalem, and he set over the City's Judges, and gave them charge, and said to them, Take heed what ye do, for ye judge not for man but for the Lord, who is with you in judgement, 2 Chron. 16.5, 6, 7. wherefore saith he, now that you are to judge for the Lord, see that you judge righteously, and the fear of the Lord be with you; and saith he, Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with the Lord, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. And he charged the Judges and Officers, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord faithfully, and with a perfect heart, vers. 9 The Judge is to open his mouth for the dumb, Prov. 31.8. in the cause of such as are appointed for destruction. They that judge the people are to judge righteously, and they are to judge the poor and needy, Prov. 31.9. Moses gave the same charge to the Judges that Jehosaphat did, Deut. 1.16. saith he, Hear the causes of your Brethren, between brother and brother, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. The Judges are not to respect persons in judgement, vers. 17. but are to hear the small as well as the great; for the judgement is Gods. The Lord himself saith, That they that judge the people shall do no unrighteousness in judgement; It is a command of God. 2. He commands that they do not respect persons: for saith he, Thou shalt not respect the persons of the poor, nor honour the persons of the mighty. But 3. He commands them that they judge in righteousness; See Leu. 19.15, 16. verse. 1. They are not to stand against the blood of their neighbour. 2. They are not to hate their brother in their heart. 3. They are to reprove for sin. 4. They must not bear any grudge to the people. 5. They are not to be avenged of them. 6. They are not to be tale-bearers amongst the people. 7. They are not to defraud their neighbour. 8. They are not to curse the deaf, nor to put a stumbling block before the blind; but they are to fear the Lord, and lay aside evil. 9 They are to keep the Statutes of the Lord, that they may judge righteously, Leu. 19.13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. 10. The Judges are not to judge according to the outward appearance, but they are to judge righteous judgement; and it is joy to the Just to do judgement, John 7.24 Prov. 21.19. Justice's are to be faithful and just men. 1. He that ruleth over men must be just. 2. He must be one that feareth God. 3. He must rule in love, and in the fear of the Lord. 4. He must be one that hateth evil, and loveth that which is good; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun ariseth, even a morning without clouds, 2 Sam. 23.3, 4. The path of the just is a shining light: they are to be just, Prov. 3.18. and shine forth in brightness, to be examples for others to walk by. The way of the just is uprightness; Isa. 26.7. thou most upright dost weigh the paths of the just. The just man walks in his integrity, Prov. 20.7. It is joy to the just to do judgement, Prov. 21.15. An unjust man is an abomination to the just, Pro. 29.21 and he that is upright in his way, is an abomination to the wicked. The just shall live by Faith, Rom. 1.17. John was a just man and a holy, Mark 6.20. To do judgement and justice is more acceptable to the Lord, than sacrifice, Prov. 21.3. but an high look, and a proud heart is sin; and it is not for one that is to do justice, vers. 4. The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them, because they refuse to do judgement, vers. 7. 1. A Justice is to defend the poor and fatherless. 2. They are to do justice to the afflicted and needy. 3. They are to deliver the poor and needy, and rid them out of the hands of the wicked, Psal. 82.3, 4. 4. They are to remove violence and spoil. 5. They are to execute judgement and justice. 6. They are to take away exactions from the people. 7. They are to see that there be just weights and measures, saith the Lord; see if it be so, Ezek. 45.9, 10. Justices. Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgement, and do justice; do judgement and justice, and it shall be well with you; the Lord requireth that they do justice, and be merciful, and to walk humbly before the Lord, Mic. 6.8. The true Judges was to be men that feared God and hated covetousness; and they was to judge righteous judgement, without partiality or respect of persons, and they were not to take bribes, but to do it freely; and likewise the Justices was to be the same, and to do justice, to take off oppression and violence from the people, and to see that they had all in equity and justice. Now when they did pervert the ways of the Lord, he was displeased with them, and sent forth his servants the Prophets to cry out against them; They are to do it freely, and to let the cause of the poor come before them, and to judge without any respect of persons in righteousness; but when they did it for money, it was odious to the Lord. See what Micah saith, Mic. 3.1. in the 3 of Micah; Hear, saith he, I pray-ye, O ye heads of Israel. It was Israel his own people that had forgot his Laws; It is a dishonour to the Lord, to have those that profess love to him, and those that had the Statutes and Ordinances committed to them, for to break his commands, and disobey, and cause his name to be evil spoken of, by those that made no profession at all; well might they be forgetful of him, and live in wicked imaginations, when those whom he had made himself manifest unto, in so large a manner as he did, which had the Statutes and Ordinances committed unto them, and had a rule given forth of the Lord to walk by, and had such large promises given forth, that if they did abide and keep in his Statues and Ordinances committed unto them, they might enjoy those things promised: but they waxed great and rich, and then forgot the Lord their God, and the laws and statutes which was committed to them, and so the Lord was displeased with them; for where much is given, much is required: but they forgot the Lord, and broke his statutes and ordinances; and yet professed love to him, and called him their Father: Mal. 1. but, saith he, If I be your Father, where is my honour? and if I be a Master, where is my fear? for a son honoureth his father, and a servant his Master, but ye have dishonoured me, saith the Lord: yet ye say, Wherein? have ye not despised thy name, saith the Lord, in offering polluted bread upon mine Altar? They was to bring of the best, and that which was clean, and pure, and they was to bring it freely; and the Priests was to offer it up freely: in bringing the best, they brought their hearts, and they was to bring it freely, and it was to be offered up, a perfect figure of Jesus Christ, laying down his life freely: and when they did not bring of the best, than the Lord sent his true Prophets to cry out against them; saith he, Cursed be the deceiver, that hath in his flock a male, and offereth up that which is unclean, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord an unclean thing. See Mal. 1.14. the curse was upon them, for so doing; therefore all you professors, and all high, and low; take heed how you do profess love to God and Jesus Christ, and let your hearts be from him, either in your pride, or profits, or pleasures, or preferments, or covetousness, or oppression; for if you profess love to him in words, you which profess him to be your Father, and Jesus Christ to be your Saviour, if your hearts be not wholly with him, your sacrifices are abominable to the Lord, all your praying, preaching, and expounding is but cain's sacrifice, which God doth not accept; for the prayers of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: take heed of hypocrisy, God doth abhor it; for saith he, If ye love me, keep my commandments; and again, My Son give me thy heart. Now if you make never so great profession in words, and do not put it in practice, and walk answerably to it in your life and conversation, it is but hypocrisy, and dissimulation, and God doth loath it, it stinks before the Lord, your professions in words without actions; therefore take heed of deceiving yourselves in making a profession; profession without possession is but hypocrisy; and saith the Lord, This people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do they honour me, but their hearts are far from me: Oh see where your hearts are, are they not in the world? and the Scripture saith, If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him; for the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but are of the world, the works of the Devil, and are for the fire: The Lord is a consuming fire, and he will burn up all his enemies before him: Oh therefore take heed of dissembling with him; for God cannot endure a dissembler, he loves the upright in heart, in life, and conversation. See where you are, are you not going on to destruction? take heed betime; Oh where art thou? see, art thou not standing by the pits brink? take heed thou shall not in: canst thou see? art thou not blind? thou art abroad running a whoring, and the whoremonges God will judge. See, art thou not committing adultery under every green tree? dost thou know? where art thou? art thou not a sleep in security? take heed, art thou? canst thou tell? See, there was one that had forgot the Lord, and was going after pride; see, is not thine? Oh thou professor, turn again, that is not the way to Zion; turn in hither, thou hast clear lost thy way: wouldst thou go to Zion? tell me, if thou wouldst, thou must not go with thy friends; canst thou forsake all? It is a narrow way to hit, there is no room at all for to take thy friends with thee: I would fain go to Zion, but I have such a love to my friends, that I cannot part with them; for if I part with them, I shall part with my life; do so, knowest thou not what Jesus Christ saith, He that will lose his life for my name's sake, shall find it? and he saith, He that loves any thing more than me, is not worthy of me. Art thou willing to forsake thy friends, and lay down thy life? tell me, if thou be willing, it will be such an exchange as thou art not yet acquainted with; though thou be great, and have many friends and acquaintance, they are not to be compared to the life that is in Christ; I know thou hast many friends, but thou must forsake all, if thou follow Jesus Christ; for there is no room for them there: thou must leave thy friend pride behind thee, when thou interest into the straight way, there is no room at all for it to enter; nay thou must not leave thy friend pride only, but thou must forsake thy kinsman covetousness, which hath laboured so much for thee among the earthworms, to fetch in provision for thee, that did refresh thy friend old pride; and thou must leave thy heavy oppression behind, that hath so much tyrannised over thy friend simplicity; but simplicity shall go on the way with thee: but old neighbour guile, he cannot come near within a mile, he is a wanderer, and thy friends envy, hatred, anger, and malice, they are murderers, and they are for the fire; and thy friends pleasures and wantonness, they are for the sword, and all old acquaintance, as lying, swearing, and foolish talking, which was thy companions for pastime, thou must leave them also, and thy beloved fashions, and ancient customs which thou hast been so long breeding and training up, they must be left, and all thy darlings; as thy customary hearing of Sermons, and thy old friends thy companions that went along with thee, and thou must take thy poor despised friends, patience, and meekness, and long suffering; for thy friends, thy customary hearers, and formal professors, and time-servers, they will hate thee, and persecute thee: and old Pharaoh, before he be willing to let thee go into the wilderness, will oppress thee, and set taskmasters over thee, to cause thee to make brick without straw, to be subject to their earthly carnal wills: Be of good cheer, the Lord will send out his servant Moses, his servant, for he is faithful, and he will execute true judgement, and justice upon him, and pour forth the Vials upon him, and there shall be darkness over all Egypt; but thou wilt find light in Goshen, and the Lord will send his Angel to go before thee, to lead thee through the Egyptian Sea of confusion, and troubles, and bring thee into the wilderness, where thou shalt hear a voice behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk in it: and see that thou mind thy guide, when thou art in the way of the Wilderness, to follow it, lest thou by looking about: thee, there to see the rage and envy of venomous beasts, be clouded and lose thy way, for there will be great danger of it: take heed of looking behind thee, when thou art got into the wilderness, lest thou lose thy guide, and then cannot find the way out, and so be ready to turn into Egypt again; if thou do, the curse will come upon thee, and thou will find nothing but torment and trouble there. Now that the light is risen among the Israelites, they see gross darkness over all Egypt: and Pharaoh, he fumes and frets, and says, Who is God, that I should obey him, to let the people go? If I let them go, I shall lose my honour and my greatness; for they labour for my lust, and I have my desire satisfied by them: and there are many Egyptians of high blood, that have been brought up in pleasures, and had great preferments in Egypt by these bondslaves; and If I let them go, we cannot work, and our honour will not be upheld; but I will go and give authority to some lofty spirited men, that is of an high descent, like unto myself, and before I will let them go free, I will give them the most part of their increase that they labour for, and they shall get up into an high place, and stand over them, and they shall be compelled to be under them: for I will take away their straw before, and make them labour the harder; and before they will be utterly desolate of livelihood, they will labour night and day, and so we shall keep them in subjection to us; for if they be not sore oppressed, they will not matter for us: but come, my Taskmasters, take a command, and go; I'll give you authority: have not I power in mine hand to enact and give forth Laws, for all to be subject to my will? Go, take with you words, and say, Thus saith Pharaoh, As for this fellow Moses, I will not meddle with him, he comes to take you off from your work, and make you to idle; but I'll not hear him: you must fulfil your tale of brick, and see that there be none wanting; for Pharaoh hath given us authority over you, and now that we have got authority for him, as for this Moses, we care not for him: keep to your work, and stay, and hear us, give heed to our words: you were idle before, and cared not for us, because you had your straw provided for you; but now must you provide it yourselves: we will have our wages on you, that our master doth allow us; for we are men that have spent most of our time in the Egyptian studies, and we can speak that language very well: and it hath pleased Pharaoh to give us large benefits, which are able to maintain us, and now we will make you stay at your work, for we are men that are set in authority by our master Pharaoh, and he doth now allow us our wages: before you go into the wilderness, we will make you to abide here with us; for if we should have let you go with this Moses, we should have lost our benefits which we did receive by you: but now you must abide the bitterness of it. If you had been willing to have let us been your masters, and so have laboured in the earth for us, ye might have had a little more liberty than now you are like to have; for now we have time enough to speak to you, for that is our work, but you must labour hard now for Pharaoh is waxed proud, and high, and he must have a maintenance from you; and we are his servants, set up by him, to keep you to your work, and when it is ready, reap us the tenth part of the best of your labours, and we shall take it into us, and then we are to have part of every thing that you make use of besides, for we must be something suitable our master, that he may have praise by us, for you are to be subject to us, therefore keep to your work, and labour hard, that you may make us great and rich: for if we had let you alone, you would have followed this Moses, but now you must be obedient to our master Pharaoh, therefore labour hard. So the taskmasters of Egypt kept the Israelites a great bondage, after that the Lord had sent his servant Moses, to bid Pharaoh let them go free, and when they was so sore burdened, than he came again from the Lord to speak to Pharaoh, but he would not hearken unto him, till the Lord poured forth his plagues upon him, and then he called for Moses again, and bade him pray that the Lord might remove the plague from him, and then he would let them go: but when the plagues was removed, he forgot the Lord again, and kept them in great bondage, by tasking of them, and the cries of the poor oppressed one's came before the Lord, and he sent his servant Moses again, but Pharaoh would not hearken to him, any longer than the plagues were upon him, and afterward he hardened his heart, and grew exceeding proud, and kept the people in great slavery, by his proud and prattling taskmasters, that he had set over them: but when they would not obey the Lord after so many times sending forth his servants to show them signs and wonders, that they might repent, and forsake the evil of their do, and let the oppressed go free; when nothing would prevail, he then came with his strong hand, and streched-out arm, and slew all their first born; and that did something tender them; yet they was so proud, and high spirited men, and men that had lived in so much pride, and pleasures, and idleness, and was maintained by their labours, that when they saw the Lord would have them from under their commands, and that they might be likely to lose their honours, preferments, and high places, they was sore moved with envy, wrath, and malice, that if they could not have them to be their slaves, they would after them, and they would go show all their valour, and fight against the Lord, that if they could conquer him, they might be Lords over all the earth: but the Lord was so full of mercy, that he would have had them to have obeyed him, and to have let the people go with him, and that they might have lived in the land where they was; but they would strive with their Maker, and would not hearken to him, till they were all overwhelmed in the water: so the Lord made his power known in the deliverance of the Israelites; And secondly, in the destruction of the Egyptians. It is hard for all the proud and lofty spirits in the world, to fight against God, as daily they do, by seeking to suppress his own work, in the hearts of his poor people: It is better for them all to sit still, then stand up in the height of pride and envy, to seek the Israelites blood to spill; for the Lord will make his power known, and all the crowns of envy, pride, and oppression, and cruelty must be thrown down, and he will rule as King above, because they will not do their word, as by their works they do profess, to take the burdens off from all that are oppressed; they that profess to love the Lord, must let their mercies run abroad, that he may be set up and honoured, and take the burdens off from all the people, and love their enemies, and feed the hungry, and the naked ones; as Christ himself did teach all those that followed him, and for to live in love one with another: but saith he, See that you bring forth much fruit, and glorify my Father: the Lord doth look to have all those that profess love to his name, to be as he is, that his name be not evil spoken of; he is just, merciful, and exceeding loves; and he would have those that do profess him in words, to be the same in actions, else they do mightily dishonour him, and cause his name to be evil spoken of; he looks that they should be fruitful, loving, and merciful, and not to say they do love him, and profess to be his people by their words, and by their actions deny him; for he doth not say one thing and do another: he loves faithfulness and uprightness in heart, life, and conversation; he hath showed man what is good, and what he requireth of him, to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly before him, and to live in love with one another, to do justly, and take off oppression, and to show mercy towards all people, and to walk in humbleness of heart before him, and to do freely; for all the gifts of God are free and large, and he is very loving and bountiful, and now he looks for fruits, not in words, but in actions; but it is not so among them that profess to be the people of the Lord, yet in their actions deny him; for the true Church of Christ was loving and tender one to another, there was not any among them that lacked any thing, they was of one heart, and one mind, there was no cruelty executed amongst them: the true Church of Christ is to be as he is, holy, and harmless, pure, and peaceable, and to be in subjection to him that is head, even to Christ, and to keep his commands, they that love him do obey him, and abide in his doctrine: Jesus Christ and his Spouse are both one, he is the head; and his Saints are the body, and the Spouse must be in subjection to him; and obedient to him in all things; as Sarah obeyed Abraham, and called him Lord, & the wife is subject to her husband, so the Church is to Christ: Christ is the head, they are the body, and the body is guided by the head: Christ is the head in all things, and the Church is subject to Christ, for he is not without the body, and they are not without the head; so Christ and the Saints are one, and as he is, so are they, they are bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh; the Church is the love of Christ, and Christ is the love of the Church: as he is, so are they, all love, united together into one, even into the Law of the Father; the Father, Son, and Saints, make but one perfect Christ, I in them, and they in me, as thou Father art in me. Christ gave himself for the Church, that he might present it to his Father without any spot or wrInkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy, and without blemish: and the Church of Christ is sanctified and cleansed with the blood of the Lamb, and it is covered with the robes of righteousness, and made perfect through his holiness, being all glorious within, and the head of it is love; and Christ: and the Church is all one. But the Church of Babylon is an Harlot, and rides upon the scarlet coloured Beast, and professeth love to Christ; but lives like a Whore; for she is committing fornication under every green tree, and playing the Harlot with many lovers: The Church of Christ is glorious within, and so the Whore of Babylon is glorious without, riding upon a painted Beast; a Beast is that which is not in the truth: and yet professeth to be by words, but in actions walk contrary, satisfying the flesh with the affections and lusts thereof, lusting after pride, and lusting after covetousness, and lusting after honours, and after pleasures, and wantonness, and yet profess love to Christ; and can speak fine words, painted with the words of Christ, and with the words of the Prophets and Apostles, but lives in the wicked Imaginations of their hearts, and the Beast; and the Whore is one, and are united together, to live in pleasures and wantonness upon earth, being married to pride, and profits, covetousness, and oppression, and grinding the faces of the poor, and the head of them is envy, wrath, and malice; and if any speak of the love of Christ among them, they are so full of envy and wrath, that they persecute them to death, and yet profess to be the Spouse of Christ too: but Christ and his Spouse is one in love, and tenderness, and pity, and compassion; and they are united both into the divine being of the Father: and as the harlot is out of the divine nature, married to the lusts and pleasures of the world, so Christ and his are taken up into the full enjoyment of the Father's love, and they loath pride and covetousness, malice and envy, wrath and deceit, and oppression, knowing that all unrighteousness is of the devil. And as the Church of Christ is all glorious within, and covered with the righteousness of Christ, and contends for the faith that was once given to the Saints: so the Church of Babylon is all glorious without, but the inside is full of rottenness, and filthy hypocrisy, and secret envy, and hatred, and secret subtlety, and dissimulation, and yet makes a profession of God, and of Christ: but their folly doth appear daily more and more, and their secret abominations are discovering daily; and as the Saints are covered with the righteousness of Christ, the world's Church, they are covered with unrighteousness: and in stead of contending for the faith in his purity, they contend altogether for the deceit, that they may uphold the kingdom of sin and Satan, and live altogether in pride, and oppression, and lust, and excess, and so makes themselves manifest by their fruits, that they do not live in what they do profess.