A Message from the LORD To all that despise the Ordinance of CHRIST, which is the power of God unto Salvation; With an Exhortarion to faithfulness, which is the cause of true ORDER: Showing the difference of Election and Reprobation, and the ground of True Faith and False, from what Centre they do each of them arise, with Order and Disorder; and how a Believer and an Infidel may be known; the Believer and the Elected Ones, as their fruits do make manifest: With something in vindication by the Scriptures, the conditions of the Prophets and Holy Apostles, That those whom the world scornfully call Quakers [as many as are born again of Water and the Spirit] that they are the only people of the Lord & do witness the same conditions that the Scriptures do declare of. Read the Scriptures, both of the Prophets and Holy Apostles, in whom the power of the Lord was made manifest, and see their conditions, to whom the Lord did manifest his power: They did both quake, tremble, and shake. Printed in the Year, 1653. Moses quaked, Hebrews the 12. ver. 21. Ezekiel was commanded to eat his bread with quaking. Ezek. 18, 19 Daniel did tremble, Dan. 1●. 10, 11. and there were with him that quaked. Job his bones did shake, Job 21 ●. & 37 and his flesh did tremble, Job. 4.14. Habakkuk his belly did shake, and his lip● quivered, and all his flesh trembled: See Hab. 3.16. David roared by reason of the powerful workings of the Lord in him; Psal. 10 4, 5. and his bones did shake, and his flesh did tremble: See Psal. 38.8, 9, 10. and 22.1. Psal. 119.120. Isaiah spoke to the people to hear the Word of the Lord, that did tremble at it, Isa. 66. ●. with many others, etc. And there were Mockers then as there are now: See Job 17.2. Acts 13.41. Isa. 28.22. Isa. 29.20. Psal. 50.2, 3. A Message from the LORD to all those that despise the Ordinance of CHRIST, which is the power of God unto Salvation. Read Eph. 2.10.14. etc. With the Vindication of those whom the World calleth Quakers, witnessed by the Scriptures, the Conditions of the Prophets, and Holy Apostles; Written from the Spirit of the LORD. ALL you that despise and wonder at the work of the Lord, 〈◊〉. 29.20.1, 28.22. be not you mockers, lest your bands be made strong thus saith the Lord. Behold, ye Despisers, and wonder, and perisho I will work a work in your days, though a ma● declare it unto you, you will not believe him Acts 13.41. Take heed of despising and making a mot● at the power of the Lord, for none do despise and wonder but Infidels, Unbelievers that know not the power of God in themselves; and he that bel●veth not, is already damned, as saith the Scripture, Jo. 3.18. 2 Thes. 2.12. All the works of the Lord are strange to the carnal and earthly minded man, Rom 8.7, 8. because he is an enemy to God, and the natural man knows not the things of God, because they are spiritually discerned: and so the earthly minded man despiseth the works of the Lord and wonders at them; ●. Cor. 2. but it is because he wants faith, the power of God to rule in his heart, to overcome that carnal, earthly, brutish, beastly nature in him, and so being an Infidel and void of true faith, it makes him mock and scoff those that finds the powerful operation of the spirit of God, Eph. 2.4 which worketh faith in them, knows these what they are. True faith purifieth the heart, 1 Joh. 5.4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 12. 1 P●t. 1.1 14, 15 & and worketh out the carnal part in man: this faith is Jesus Christ, who is a mystery to the carnal minded man: Shall the Son of man find faith on the earth when he cometh? No, he finds none until he work it: 2 Cor. 13. all are Infidel's that know not the work of faith wrought ●n them by the divine powerful operation of the spirit of God, revealing and manifesting his Son in them; know you not that Jesus Christ 〈◊〉 in you except ye be Reprobates? What is a Reprobate? and how may he be known? Quaere. By his fruits, answer. ●●t. 7.16, saith Jesus Christ, every Tre● is known by his fruits; either the Tree must be good and the Fruit good, or the Tree evils and the Fruit evil; such is the Tree, such is th● Fruit. First tell me. Quaere. What is the fruits of the go● Tree that is first spoken of by Jesus Christ in the 7. of Matthew? I answer, answer. The fruits of the good Tree whe● Christ is made manifest by his power, working on the old, dead, carnal, corrupt nature; fo● where Christ is un-made manifest in powe● the carnal part bears rule, which is death Thus saith the Divine Spirit, If Christ be 〈◊〉 you, ●om. 8.9, ●●, 11. the body is dead because of sin, but the sp●rit is life because of righteousness: and the 〈◊〉 of Jesus Christ being made manifest in mo●● fl●sh, the Divine Spirit ruling in those earth Tabernacles, it is known by its fruits; su●● is the Tree, such is the Fruits, Matt. 7. 1● 19.20. The fruits of the good Tree. Now the fruits of the good Tree, the spituall Vine, that grows in the midst of 〈◊〉 Garden in Paradise, Ro. 6.4, 5. John 3.3. the new Creation, plant in men of pure hearts, that are born againt Water and the Spirit being the workman●● of God, 2 Pet. 1.22, 23. who hath wrought out the old ●●ven of malice and wickedness, and made a 〈◊〉 creature; he that is in Christ is a n●w creat●● wrought out of Self into Spirit, and the spretuall Vine in man; Col. 1.13 Col. 3.10, 12, 31, 14, 15, 16. the new Plantation ●ringeth forth these fruits, love, peace, gentleness, goodness, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, charity, humility, long-suffering, forbearing, and forgiving one ●nother freely, even for Christ's sake, Eph. 1.17.18.19, 20 Eph. 3.4, who is ●he love of the Father, and worketh into himself baptising by his spirit into that spiritual ●ine, to bring forth spiritual fruit to his Father's glory. They that are baptised into Christ, they have put on Christ, & they that are Christ's, Gal. 3.27 they have crucifis d the flesh with the affection's and lusts thereof, where he is made manifest by the powerful operation of his spirit in the hearts of his people, 1 John 3.5, 6, 7, 8. working out the old nature, killing, and slaying the man of sin by the sword of the spirit, and manifesting and revealing his glory in us to his own praise, manifesting his power in us, cutting down corruptions, and wounding Levi●than, that crooked Serpent, that was head, Gal. 3.28 29. ●ow is bruised in some, and bruising in others, by the seed of the Woman, the seed of Abraham after the spirit; he casteth out the bondwoman and her Son, that he may not have any part with the Son of the freewoman which is after the spirit, Gal. 4.30 31. Rom. 6.7, 8, etc. and this power of God manifesting itself through us, doth crucify the old man with his deeds and raiseth up the new man, which is after God, Pet. 2.3. created in righteousness and true holiness, and so there is pure fruit groweth o● of the Vine, which is Christ in us; God mani●fest in our flesh, by the powerful operation of his spirit, 1 Cor. 1.30. Now where this power of God is not ye● made manifest, the despising and the wondering nature standeth up in scornfulness, Pet 3. 1● 12. despising the work of the Lord; but it is no●● that doth so but Infidel's, Unbelievers, tha● know not the power of God in them, working out that unbelieving nature in them and so they are ignorant of being made partakers of the Divine Nature, Pet. 11. ●er. 4. from whe●e true faith doth spring and grow; for faith in God purifieth the heart, and worketh out the carnal part, and so engrafteth into the Divine Nature, from whence righteousness doth grow: ●l. 3. 1●, This is the victory that overcometh the world, even your faith, 1 John 5.4. Put 〈◊〉 therefore (as the Elect of God, holy and beloved) bowels of compassion, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering, forbearing and forgiving one another: These are the fruits of Election; see if you can witness them in you, growing in purity; ●et. 1.5, 8. and this pure faith hath pure fruits growing ●n it▪ and flows forth from it, such as these. 1. Virtue, 2. Knowledge, which is the wisdom of the Father in us: 3. Temperance, lust being cut off by the sword of the spirit, and the pure wisdom ruling in men of ●ure hearts, it causeth them to be pitiful to ●ll creatures, and to cherish and preserve all ●●e, that all things may be done decently, and ●n order; Christ ruling in us, he being head of ●he Church in our hearts, and our bodies being ●ade the true Temples for his holy spirit to ●habit in, he sits there preaching the everla●ing Gospel of his Father's love in us to our ●ule, 1 Cor. 6.19. 2 Cor. 6.16, 17. Rev. 21.3 destroying every vile and lustful affection to earthly and carnal pleasures, profits, ●nd delights, which drew forth the mind after ●●ide, covetousness, heady-high mindnesse, ●nvy and malice, backbiting and revenge, ●rath and surmisings, grudge and repi●ings, slavish fears and doubtings, scoffing ●nd scorn, peevishness and crossness, pleasures and wantonness, vain talk, Gal. 5.19.20, 21. Col. 3.5, ● and ●oolish j●stings, which the Devil calls pastimes and recreations, which are fruits of the flesh, and grow out of the corrupt tree, and drunkenness, and oppression, they are fruits of the flesh, and grow from the spirit of error, and causeth division and dissension, from ●he pure guide, the spirit of truth; and every ●s●full desire worketh disorder in the heart; 2 Thes. 2.3, 4. ●nd where these are, Antichrist bears rule, ●●ts in the Temple of God, as God, Gal. 6.7, 8 showing himself to be God: Therefore be not deceived, God will not be mocked, such as ye sow, such shall ye reap, they that sow to the flesh shall of 〈◊〉 flesh reap corruption; ●om. 8.8. ●oh. 4.23, 4. and they that are in 〈◊〉 flesh cannot please God, who is a spirit, and of ●●●rer eyes then to behold iniquity: our God is consuming fire, who is the heart searcher 〈◊〉 tryer, and will cut down that vain light mi●● that is got up into pride, and vain glory, 〈◊〉 fleshly exaltation, heady-highmindednesse, a●● earthly wisdom, doth aspire and cast th●● into torment, jeb. 12.8, 19 ●at. 24. 8. v. 22. where is darkness and bla●●ness, and you must all tremble and quake, a●● your earthly heart's quiver and shake, and t●● rocks rend the stony hearts that to mischief are wilfully bend; when you come to kno● God in power, ●el 2.10, 1. v. 27. ●●d 32. and his Son that is sent to ta●● away sin, you must give an account before hi● at Sinai the mount, before ever you can sin the Song of Zion before the King at new J●rusalem, where there is joy and rejoicing spirit, and in truth, which no Fox nor wild beast can take away. Now the scoffer, an● scorner, and lustful, and recengefull one must come to the bar, and there give accou●● whose deed they have wrought, and they m●●● be very sore punished, and cast into the fi●●● of the indignation of the Lord, for despis●● his power in those whom he hath by the blout of his Son so dearly bought and purchase to himself, who are as dear to him as th● apple of his eye: we were by nature th● ●●ldren of wrath as well as others, Eph. 2.3, 4, 5, 6, 7. and were ●ners as well as others; but the Lord who ●ich in mercy, for his great love where●th he loved us, in the Son of his love, not ●r any deserts in us, but freely for his names ●●ke. To him be praise, honour, and glory for ●●er and ever: He hath slain the old man, ver. 13, 14 15, 16. ●e man of sin, that did bear rule in us, and rised up the new man, the Son of his love 〈◊〉 us being begotten by the Immortal Word, ●nd borne again of Water, and the Spirit, ●nd redeemed us from our vain conversation, ●o many as are of the new birth hath he set to ●estifie against all unrighteousness whatsoever: ●nd we do loath the actions of ungodly person's, as pride, and covetousness, and drunkenness, Eph 5. 1● and whoredom, and theft, and lying, and swearing, and pride, and oppression, and grinding the faces of the poor, and all manner of unrighteousness of what sort soever, we do loath and detest it, and have no fellowship with any that act those things, for which we are hated and despised by those that live in unrighteousness; but we are made willing through the mercies of the Lord to bear it; it is not we, as men and women that bear the reproaches, mocks, scoffs, scorn, strikings, stonings and imprisonments but it is the Lord in us, and he doth enable our bodies to do or to suffer what his good pleasure is; Heb. 2 for what are we, 2 Joh. 4.17. 1 Cor. 6.11. but through his mercies are made to be what he is in us, and thro● us, and we are no more our own, we (I me● that are borne again, washed, cleansed, j●●fied, and purchased us to himself, Joh. 1.7. that may be glorified by us, for the blood of Je●● Christ his Son cleanseth us from all si●● and so purifieth soul and body, that we 〈◊〉 not serve ourselves, but the Lord: we ha●● loath, and utterly detest, and abhor all m●●ner of unrighteousness whatsoever, and 〈◊〉 made to testify against it by the spirit of tru● and righteousness that rul●th in us, even Jesus Christ, who is the Lord our righteo●●nesse, and he is the end of the law for right●●ousnesse to all that believe. But, Cor. 6.4, 15, 16. unbelievers know him not, nor tho● that act in unrighteousness, for unrighteo●●snesse is the fruit of darkness and unbelief and pride is a fruit of darkness, and is the ca●●● of disorder; rov. 6.5, 17, etc. let all things be done decently and in order; put off pride, and put on h●●mility; let all things be done decently and i● order to the divine spirit; for God is a Go● of order, and of purer eyes then to behold iniquity. Now covetousness is unpure, fruit of darkness, ●h. 5.3. a transgression of the righteous law of God, and is in disorder to the spirit of truth, and in order to the spirit of error, thou proud, and covetous man an● ●●man, thou art disorderly, and yet thou ●●est out for order, but it is fleshly and car●● that thou wouldst have; thou wouldst 〈◊〉 Barrabas at liberty that thy lusts may be ●●●●fied, and Christ crucified, that would se●●●● and crucify thy lusts and vile affections, 〈◊〉 so bring thee to be ordered by the good ●●●●it, to walk conformable like unto the Son 〈◊〉 God, in righteousness and true holiness; ●●●de and covetousness is beastly, Isa. 28.1, 2, 3. and the ●●●stly will, and the carnal corrupt heart doth ●●ight in them, and is unwilling to have or●●●: put off the old man with his deeds, Col. 3.8, 9, 10. ●●d put on the new man which after God is ●●●ated in righteousness and true holiness, 〈◊〉 else never profess love neither to God not ●●rist; and walk orderly, and do not dishonour him, for he is jealous of his honour; and ●●w can ye believe that seek honour one of a●●ther, Joh. 5.44. and seek not the honour that is of God? Believers do glorify God in bring●●g forth fruits of righteousness; Joh. 15.8. herein is my ●ather glorified that ye bring forth much fruit: Jam. 2.17.20.26. ●ew me thy faith by thy works; faith with●●t works is dead; where true faith is, it works out that disorderly part in man that ●es in unrighteousness; he or she, that lives 〈◊〉 pride, covetousness, lying, swearing, or drunkenness, heady high mindedness, scoffing, ●●r scorning, pleasures, or wantonness, envy, hatred, oppression, and grinding the faces 〈◊〉 the poor, vain talking, or foolish jesting, 〈◊〉 fraud, deceit, etc. These or any of these 〈◊〉 nothing of true faith which worketh out 〈◊〉 disorderly part, but are Infidels, and 〈◊〉 faith is formal, standing in the wisdom 〈◊〉 other men's words, and will not stand the 〈◊〉 trial; for faith in God purifieth the he●●● and overcomes the carnal part that delight in unrighteousness; but formal faith 〈◊〉 stands in other men's words, brings forth th●● fruits as are above mentioned, and is in 〈◊〉 order to the spirit of truth: these are f●●● of the Reprobate that makes lies his ref●●● 1 Cor. 2.5. Eph. 4 5. 2 Pet. 1.1. true faith standeth out of all m●● words, is entered upon the rock: Christ Je●●● who is both the Author and Finisher of 〈◊〉 this true faith is spiritual, Heb. 10.38 Heb. 11. and overcome● 〈◊〉 doubtings, 1, 2, 3, etc. 1 Pet. 4.12. and questionings, and temptati●●● and is tried as Gold in the fire, for ev●●● man's works must be tried by fire, and form● 〈◊〉 faith that stands without in other men's wo●●● will burn in the indignation of the Lords i●●● faith in God overcomes all lusts, and temptation's, 1 Pet. 1.7. and is tried; 1 Pet. 1.7. the trial of faith is m●● more precious than gold that perisheth, 〈◊〉 it is fruitful: there is a growth abiding 〈◊〉 faith, virtue to virtue, knowledge to kno●●ledge, temperance to temperance, pati●●● to patience, Pet. 2.7. godliness to godliness, broths 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 kindness to brotherly kindness, charity: ●●ese are the fruits of the true faith, and this ●●ith makes fruitful in the knowledge of the ●ord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1 Pet. 2.1 and these are 〈◊〉 order to the divine spirit, the spirit of truth ●nd righteousness, which causeth to grow ●rom faith to faith, from grace to grace, 1 Pet. 2.5▪ from glory to glory; and this leads up to God the Father, to Mount Zion, from Sinai, where 〈◊〉 blackness, and darkness, and smoke in the Temple within, to Zion, Heb. 12▪ 22, 23, 2● the City of the living God, to an innumerable company of Angels, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to the Church of the first borne written in heaven, where there is true peace, joy unspeakable, which no tongue can express; there is all soule-satisfying comfort (as it is said) Eye hath not seen, Ear hath not heard, 1 Cor. 2 10, 11, ● neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive those things that God hath laid up for them that love him: but God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit. I bear testimony to the eternal truth, through death, for without death there is no life; and herein this Church, the new Jerusalem, Rev. 2● where the Tabernacle of God is with men of pure hearts; those that are borne again, 1 Cor. 16, 17. all things are ordered by the golden Sceptre of Jesus Christ, that sits upon his pure throne of grace, shining forth in glory: and in this new Plantation, the heavenly Jerusalem, ●ev. 21.1, 2 ●, to v. 8. where 〈◊〉 new heaven and the new earth is, there is 〈◊〉 Paradise of God, where the spices do gre●●● and the tree of life in the midst of the G●●den, that bears twelve manner of fruit 〈◊〉 and there is a river of water of life which w●●tereth the plants, ●ev. 22.2. ●ev. 22.1. herbs, and spices, and 〈◊〉 runs into the City, bringing in overflowed 〈◊〉 streams and gladness with it; it is pure 〈◊〉 Crystal, nay it is all Christ, and nothing 〈◊〉 Christ; there is neither mud nor settling 〈◊〉 the bottom: and in this new City, the heavenly Jerusalem, there is neither curse 〈◊〉 pain, ●ev. 22. ●, 4, 5. sorrow and sighing is not ther● it is without in Egypt, and at th●● mount Sinai, and in the wilderness, there a●● many sore and sad temptations, ●eb. 3.7, ●, 9, 10, 11, ●2. ●eb 8.2, 3 and fiery tr●alls; there the Lord tries and proves to 〈◊〉 what is in the heart, and there is either 〈◊〉 standing or falling, and returning into Egy●● again, ●eb. 6.4, ● 6. and not obtaining the promises, 〈◊〉 an entering into the promised Land, by re●son of the carnal earthly part, and so th●●●canst not enter; if thou once lookest ba●●● into the wilderness, and begin to murmur and repine, look to it there, and take he●●● of the love of the world, and the enjoyments and pleasures of the world; the Devil w●●● sift and try forth thy faith and patience eve●● way, and he will show thee all the glory, an● ●●auty, and excellency of the world to allure ●●d persuade thy heart to follow him in the 〈◊〉 joyments of the world, and he will suffer ●●ee to profess what thou wilt, and talk of ●●●gh truths, but not to live in them; and so ●●ou thinking to have both the love of God 〈◊〉 the love of the World, Mat. 9.19 20, 21, 22 23, 24. and the glory of 〈◊〉 ●od and the glory of the World, and there 〈◊〉 catcheth thee with his bait, and keeps ●●ee feeding upon fancies, Heb. 11.24, 25, 26 and thou losest the ●●bstance, and art among the Gentiles in the ●●●ward Court, trodden under foot, and at ●●●st cast into hell, there to be tormented for ●●er: Take heed to yourselves all you that 〈◊〉 ●e profess God in words, but in works ●●●ny him: it is not he that saith, Lord, Lord, Mat. 7.21▪ ●●at shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; ●●t he that doth the will of my Father (saith Je●●s Christ.) Now be not Sayers but Doers, ●●●nd walk in order to the spirit of God, and 〈◊〉 will lead you and guide you into all 〈◊〉 ●●uth. Suffer a word of Exhortation and Admonition: We have no envy to any man's person ●ut to his evil actions, that he may not live 〈◊〉 them lest he be destroyed with a sore de●ruction, and knowing the terror of the ●ord: out of love do I persuade you all to ●●ke heed of dissembling with the Lord (it is 〈◊〉 dangerous thing;) you say you love God with all your hearts, ●ets 5.1, 3, 5, 6. the 12. you say well, but do so Ananias and Saphira said that they borough all their substance to lay down at the Apostles feet, but did not; and for their dissemble the judgement of God came upon them a●● struck them dead to the ground; and t●● Lord is the same God of power now that 〈◊〉 was then: take heed of dissimulation. You say you love God with all your heart you that make a profession of him, but 〈◊〉 knows your hearts: jeb. 4.13. now look to it as y●● will answer it before the Lord, the righteo● Judge of heaven and earth, when you stand nakedness of heart before the tribunal s● of judgement, that you do profess no mo●● than you do possess and practise, lest t●● judgement of God come upon you at u●● wares as it did upon them, and strike y●● dead to the ground, and your name and 〈◊〉 mory come to rot and perish; it is a dangerous thing to dissemble with the Lord; loo● to it, and let your love be made manifest your actions, in walking in order to 〈◊〉 commands of the spirit of truth, Rom. 8.13 14. Jesus Chr●●● the divine power of righteousness. Now, to love God is to keep his comm●● dements; Joh. 14.15 1 Joh. 2.4. for (saith Jesus Christ) If ye 〈◊〉 me keep my commandments: and he that s●● he loves God and keepeth not his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. See h●● you do obey him in keeping his commandments, and do not dissemble, John 14.23, 24. I command you to love one another (saith Jesus Christ;) how dost thou obey this when thou livest in envy with thy br●ther? Joh. 15.13, 14. 1 Joh. 3.16. and he that envieth is a muderer, as saith the Scripture; take heed of disorderly walking, God doth forbid it, and the judgement of God hangs over thy head that doth so. Now thou that livest in envy, thou art a disorderly fellow, and art guided by the spirit of error; 1 Joh. 4.6, 7, 8. yet thou canst talk much of God and of Christ, but walks contrary; it is not the Sayer but the Doer that shall be justified before the Lord, the righteous Judge; take heed of dissimulation and disorderly walking, for God is a God of order. Saith Jesus Christ, Mat. 5.1 20.44.45 46, 47, 4 Do unto all men as ye would be done by, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you, that ye may be the children of your Father which is in Heaven. 1. But how do you walk in obedience to these commands when you mock, and scoff, and scorn and deride others? would you have them to do so by you? take heed of dissimulation lest the judgements of God come upon you at unawares, and so destroy you with a sore destruction: This is disorder to the spirit of truth. it, 〈◊〉 5.34.37. and tell you when you do any evil the you should not do: so if thou do but heat ken to it and let it lead and guide your mind● it will bring you to few words, sollidnesse and temperateness in all things, and to pr●●on faithfulness, to be what you speak in a●● things; for that is orderly and according t● the spirit of truth. These with many more thou shalt find commanded in thy spirit, written in the ne●● law of righteousness in thy heart; 〈◊〉 31.33, if thou d●● but turn within to read there it will brin● thee to the law and to the testimony, b. 8.10, always to see that thy thoughts, words, and action's be according to righteousness; so shalt th● have peace in walking in obedience to th● righteousness of the law in thy heart, and will not let thee do any evil if thou dost b● mind its leadings in thee; 〈◊〉. 5.7. ●al. 119. it will bring tha● to faithfulness and orderly walking toward God and Man in all things; let all things b● done orderly by the spirit of truth, that Go● may be glorified by you all that do profe●● love unto his name; and take heed of diss●● mulation and disorderly walking, for 〈◊〉 God is a severe Judge, and he will not suff●● sin to go unpunished, for he is a God 〈◊〉 order, and of purer eyes then to behold i●●quity: be not Sayers but Doers, profess 〈◊〉 more than you do possess, and take heed 〈◊〉 speaking evil of that which you know not; and if any thing seem strange to your carnal minds, be not hasty in speaking evil of it, but wait upon the Lord till it be made manifest to you, for all the works of God are strange to the carnal heart; prove all things, Eph. 5.1 11. hold fast that which is good; but take heed of dissimulation and disorderly walking; stand inawe and sin not, for God is a God of truth, is God of power, and of purer eyes then to behold iniquity. Thus saith the Lord, Will ye not fear me, Jer. 5.22 Will ●e not tremble at my presence, Jer. 5.22. Would you not say it was madness, Quest delusions, or witchery, and disorderly, to see men and women to tremble now in these days? What think you of it? but thoughts are vain that arise out of the earthly heart: Answ But would it not be a wonder to you to see men and women to tremble, 1 Cor. 3 19, 20. and their flesh to shake, and their bones to quake, and some to fall down to the ground, and others to chatter like a Crane or a Swallow, as Daniel and the men that were with him did, Dan. 10.10, 11. Isa. 28.1 15. Hab 3.1 Psal. 38 and as Hezekiah did; and would you not wonder to see some their bellies to shake, and their lips to quiver, and to lie roaring by reason of the powerful workings of God in them, as Habakkuk and David did, etc. What think you? could you own the same power now that was then in those days and not despise it▪ You may say it was so then, Obj. but that is pa●● and now there are no such things to be looked f●● nor no such power as was then. I answer, Answ. God is the same God of pow●● now that he was then, and he doth make 〈◊〉 manifest in revealing his Son in us. But you may say, Obj. Revelations are ceased, 〈◊〉 not to be looked for in our days. You may as well say, Answ. God is ceased to b●● God, and Christ to be Christ as to say so who art thou that limits the holy One of Isra●● by thy carnal mind? 59.1. 55.9. God's power is not to b●● limited which way he will manifest himself but the ways and works of God are contrary to man's carnal wisdom, as saith th●● Lord, 〈◊〉. 56.1. my ways are not your ways, for as fr●● as the heaven is above the earth, so far are 〈◊〉 ways above your ways; and Christ saith 〈◊〉 that he is the same yesterday, to day, and fr●● ever: ●●b. 13.8. and he saith, that no man knows the Father but the Son, neither knows any man the So●●● but the Father, and he to whom he is revealed● Mat. 11.27. Then there is no knowledge of God but by revelation of the Son; he that hath the Son●● hath life, ●oh. 9 and he that hath the Son hath the Father also. Take heed of limiting the holy one of Israel, he is pouring forth his spirit upon Sons and Daughters according to his promises, ●●●ts 2.18, as in Joel 2.28. Let God be God powerful, omnipotent, ●●d incomprehensible; let Christ be the power ●f God unto salvation, immortal and invisi●●●e, and not be seen with carnal, mortal, ●●●sible eyss▪ and let him be a mystery to ●●e wise ones of the world that live in the history, and know not that which hath been ●●recold; let the carnal mind be as it is, ●n enemy to Jesus Christ, and death and destruction is the portion of carnal minds, and ●he carnal mind is death, and keeps the pure ●●●ede in bondage; but now the vials of ●●rath are to be poured forth upon the man ●f sin, the enemy of righteousness; Rev. 16. Rev. 17. ● the Lord is making his power known in the ●earts of his people, let despisers and wonderers perish▪ God is the same that he was, ●nd it is the same power now that is made manifest that was in the Saints and servants of the Lord in former ages, as is made manifest by the Prophets and Apostles. Therefore behold ye despisers and wonderers, and perish; Act. 13.4 I will work a work in your days, though men declare it to you, you will not believe them; the Lord shall arise as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange ●act. Now be ye not mockers lest your bands be made strong, Isa. 28.21, 22. See the conditions of the servants of Lord in former ages, to whom the power the Lord was made manifest: read the Scriptures and see whether you can own the s●●● power that they did that spoke them for yea or no; I bear testimony to them thro●● death; Joh. 3.3, 14. thus saith the Lord, to this man w●● look, that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, 〈◊〉 trembleth at my Word, Isa. 66.2. there is Go●● delight in broken spirits, those that are bro●● by his Word in their hearts, which is pow●●full, jeb. 4.12, ●3. his Word is his power, and the Word 〈◊〉 the Lord is quick and powerful, and sharper th●● any two edged sword, to cut down all lust's a●● corruptions; and this Word is within, R●●● 10.8. Now see, could your lustful mind●● own this? to see a man tremble, would y●● not despise the work of the Lord in him 〈◊〉 Take heed what you do despisers and wonderers, perish▪ Acts 13.41. Isaac, he tremble● exceedingly, Gen. 27.33. what think you b● that? was it the power of God or the pow●● of the Devil that made him to tremble? H●● Isaac been here in those days, and trembled would you not have said it was madness; delusions, and witchery? what think you? i● not God the same God of power now tha● he was then? take heed of despising the work● of the Lord, despisers and wonderers perish. Moses, he did exceedingly fear an● ●●ake, Heb. 12.21. what think you by that? ●●t all the thoughts of the wise are vain that ●se out of the first wisdom, 1 Cor. 1.25 1 Cor. 1.19, 20, 21. and 27, 28, 29. the wisdom of ●●e flesh; the wisdom of the world is foo●●nesse with God, let it be so, let God be ●●se, and every man a fool; for every man ●ust be a fool that he may be made wise: ●●t had Moses been here now and quaked, ●ould not your wisdom despise him for it, ●hat think you? is not God the same now ●hat he was then? despise not the work of God: take heed of despising the work of ●he Lord, for despisers and wonderers perish, ●nd be ye not mockers lest your bands be made strong. Acts 13.41. Isa. 28.22. Moses, he trembled at the work of the Lord, Acts 7.32. what power was that which made him to tremble? was that the power of God or the power of the Devil, what think you? would you own the same power now if you should see men tremble? would you not mock them? take heed of despising the work of the Lord; and be ye not mockers lest your bands be made strong; our God is a God of power. When the children of Israel came out of the Camp to meet with the Lord, the whole mount quaked greatly, Exod. 19.16, 17, 18. what power was that think you? was that the power of God or the power of the Devil? take heed of despising the work o● Lord; none do but infidels and unbelie those that never yet knew the power of in themselves, working out sin and evil, destroying the works of the Devil that despise it in others; but despisers and ●●●derers perish, take heed what you do. Job▪ Job 14.14. Job 21.5, 6 Job 16.14, 15. Job 17.1, ●, etc. there was such fear and tremb●● came upon him, that made all his bone shake and his flesh to tremble, and his h●● also trembled, and was removed out of place, Job 31.1. what think you by this? 〈◊〉 this the power of God or the power of Devil that made Job's bones to shake and flesh to tremble, and removed his heart out its place? and had Job been in this generation, and done so, would you not have s● that he had been mad? etc. but you 〈◊〉 take mad men's words to talk of, and kno●● nothing of their condition, and where 〈◊〉 power of the Lord is made manifest in 〈◊〉 that they witness Isaac's, Moses', or Jo● condition; you cry out of delusion, madness or▪ witchery: and so it is now as it was the there are mockers now to mock and sc●● those that witness their condition, as the did, see Job 17.2. saith he, are there not makers? Now the same persecutes the power 〈◊〉 truth: take heed what you do, God is a Go● of power now as he was then, I witness 〈◊〉 the conditions through death: see what ●●ptures you can witness fulfilled in you, experience spoken in from the life of the ●●ptures, and live not in words without life, they will fail you. David lay roaring all the day long, Psal. 28. to v. 12. Psal. 22.1. Psal. 6.2, 3. Psal. 32.3. Psal. 119.120.114.7.99.1.97.4, 5.55.4, 5. all his ●●es did shake, and his flesh trembled, he ●●d there was no soundness in his flesh nei●●er was there rest in his bones; he was feeble ●●d sore broken, and roared by reason of the disquietness of his heart, Psalm. 38. his heart ●●nted, and his strength failed him, and his sight ●ew dim, and all his bones did shake and his flesh ●emble; what think you of this? was this ●●e power of God or of the Devil? See further, the power of the Lord will ●●ake all earthly carnal hearts, and bring ●owne all that are proud and lofty, Isa. 2.11, ●2. and 17 18, 19, 20, 21. hear the Word of the Lord, all ye that tremble at his Word, Isa. 66.5. See Isa. 54. The power of the Lord maketh the nations to tremble, Isa. 54.1. Hezekiah chattered like a Crane, or a Swallow, Isa. 28.14, 15. that was his condition. Jeremiah, his heart within him was broken, Jer. 23.9 Jer. 4.24 and all his bones did shake, and his flesh did tremble because of the Lord, and because of his holiness: will ye not fear me, saith the Lord? will ye not tremble at my presence? for thus saith the Lord, Jer. 5.22.10.10. Jer. 33.9.51.29.8.18. we have heard a v●● trembling, of fear, and not of peace: A●● now, and see whether a man travail with c●●● wherefore do I see every man with his ha●● his loins, as a woman in travail, and all fac●● turned into paleness, Jer. 30.5, 6. What th●● you by this? is not this a strange work, 〈◊〉 a man should travail with child? I tell 〈◊〉 all the works of the Lord are strange to 〈◊〉 none can own his works but those that borne again; and except ye be born againe cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven is as hard a thing for a rich man to enter into Kingdom of Heaven, as for a Camel to through the eye of a needle; that's a str●● work also. The word of the Lord came unto Ez●● saying, Ezek. 12.18, 19 Eat thy bread with quaking, and dr●●● thy water with cheerfulness, and with trembl● see further, Exek. 26.16. and 32.10. 〈◊〉 people trembled also; what power was 〈◊〉 think you? Daniel he trembled, and fell down to ground, & the men that were with him qua●● Dan. 10.7.8.11. was that the power of G●● or the power of the Devil, think you, th● struck Daniel down to the ground, and m●● the men to quake, and to run away for f●● to hid themselves? take heed of despise the works of the Lord, he is the s●● God of power that he was then. Thus saith the Lord, Joel 2.1, 2. let all the Inhabitants the earth tremble; and Joel saith, the earth all quake before the Lord, ver. 10, 11. see Na●● 1.5, 6. Habakkuk his belly shaken, and his lips did ●iver, and his flesh trembled, Hab. 3.16. Ezra he sat down astonished at the power 〈◊〉 the Lord, and the children of Israel came ●●to him trembling, Ezra 9.3, 4. Paul trembled at the voice of the Lord, and ●ell down to the ground, Acts 9 4, 5, 6. The Corinthians received Paul with fear and trembling, 2 Cor. 7.15. Paul wrote to the Philippians, Phil. 2.12.13. and exhorted them to work out their salvation with ●eare and trembling; but, saith he, it is God ●hat worketh in you by his power; and, saith ●●e in another place, the power of God works in me mightily; the power of the Lord will make all flesh to tremble: take heed of despising the power of God, or resisting, for ●n so doing you despise and resist the Ordinance of God, and despisers and wonderers viperish. Take heed of resisting and despising the power of God, for he that despiseth the power despiseth the Ordinance of Christ, who is the power of God unto salvation: the Lord is now making his power known in his Sons and Daughters; therefore 〈◊〉 every soul be subject to the higher pow●● God is a God of power, and he is the righteous Magistrate, who beareth not the sword●● vain, he will not suffer sin to go unp●●●shed, therefore take heed of dissimulation, 〈◊〉 disorderly walking, for God is a God of ●●der. Thus saith the Lord, Woe unto the wicher it shall be ill with them, for the reward of th●● hand shall be given them, Isa. 3.11. Say ye to the righteom, it shall be well w●●● them, for they shall eat the fruit of their doin●▪ Isa. 3.10. Rejoice ye Saints and righteous Ones, t●● Lord is Keeper and Rewarder; for, saith h●▪ Blessed are you when men revile you, ●uke 6. ●●, 23. ●sac. 5.11, ●●. and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against y●● falsely for my sake, rejoice and be exceeding gl●●● for great is your reward in heaven: rejoice 〈◊〉 as much as ye are partakers of Christ's suffering, that when his glory shall be reveal 〈◊〉 ye may be glad also with exceeding joy: If 〈◊〉 be reproached for the name of Christ, happy 〈◊〉 ye, for the spirit of glory and of God resteth up●● you; on their part he is evil spoken of, on yo●● part he is glorified, 1 Pet. 4.14. Therefore rejoice with exceeding great joy. Now see who deny the Scriptures b●● those that deny to live in the life of the●● profess no more than you do possess, Tit, 1.1 and be not Sayers but Doers, for you had better never profess any thing at all, then to profess ●nd not put in practice what you do profess; ●or it will rise up in judgement against you. Many shall come from the East, and West, Mat. 8.12. ●nd shall sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and ●acob, in the Kingdom of Heaven: and the Children of the Kingdom shall be cast into utter darkness. FINIS. A MITE given forth of the TREASURY. Christian Friends, THE end of all my writing is, to t●●● off false aspersions that are cast up●● the c●uch by those that speak evil of th●● they know not; and to exhort them to b●● mindefu l of the tru● guide, that would gui●● them and lead them out of darkness; 〈◊〉 those that know the name of the Lord th●● cannot but speak well of him; but because they know him not, ruling by his holy spi●●● ruling in themselves, therefore do they 〈◊〉 know them that are borne again, in whom 〈◊〉 hath manifested his love and power, as 〈◊〉 I John 3.1. Behold what manner of love the F●ther hath bestowed on us that we should be c●●● the Sons of God: now we are the Son's 〈◊〉 God, therefore the world knoweth us not, ●●cause it knew not him; and that is the reas●● why they speak evil of the truth; beca●●● they know it not in themselves, therefore th●● know it not in others, where it is made manifest; Jo. 4.5, 6 because they are of the world, therefore speak they of the world, and the world hea●eth them: we are of God, he that knoweth God ●eares us, he that is not of God hears us not; ●ereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit ●f error: And this is the record that God hath ●iven to us eternal life; and this life is in his ●onne. 1 John 5.11. Now to know the Son, 〈◊〉 to know the power of God, ruling by the ●ower of his div●ne spirit, operating within, ●orking out all sin and evil, for he being made manifest, is made manifest to destroy ●he works of the Devil. Now he that hath ●he Son hath life, and he that hath not the ●onne hath not life: now this life is within, ●herefore the end of all writing is to lay open ●hat which is the cause of dissension, from the ●rue guide, the sp●rit of truth. The mystery of ●niquity hath borne rule long in man; Anti●hrist that sits in the temple of God, as God, chewing himself to be God, and sits decked a●ove the Cross; (Christ) as a well-favoured Harlot, having got Saints words in form and method to speak of, but not made conformable to them in life and conversation, having only the form, but denies the power of godliness; even Satan transformed into an Angel of light; Leviathan, the old crooked Serpent, the Devil who is the enemy of all righteousness, be gets up into the highest ●orme, and hath such fair colours that he cannot be discerned but by the power, an● where the power of truth is he rageth at i● both within and without, and casts fort● floods of wickedness after it; but the wit● kednesse of the wicked shall slay them, th● Lamb shall overcome and get the victory Now the Lion of the tribe of Judah is taking off the seals, and opening the book that ha●● been sealed, and doth discover Antichrist, th● man of sin, with all his deceivableness, an● his craftiness, how he lies in wait to decei●● the simple. Now where the simple desire is b●● got towards the truth, mind that which do●● beget the desire, and wait there upon th● Lord, who first begets the will, and then giv● power to act and perform that which is goo● upon the obedience to him; for all the promises of God run upon the obedience , dear heart, mind the motions 〈◊〉 thee that do arise to persuade thee to fo● sake that which is evil, and to embrace th● which is good, and it will bring thee into true discerning betwixt good and evil, th● thou mayst choose the good and refuse the ev●● The Lord is now setting up the ministry his Son in the spirits of his people; and if the be but still and sit in silence out of all m●● words and writings, and outward teaching that arise from the first nature, which is altogether corrupt and uncleans; and if the her● be unclean, which is the ground, than the words and writings must needs be the same: therefore cease wholly from all that is outward and visible, and come to know that which is inward and invisible; for as the lightning cometh out of the East, and shineth into the West, so shall the coming of the Son of man be: therefore wait wholly within, to know thy teacher there; do but return out of all thy own wisdom, which is foolishness with God, and return out of all thy own righteousness, which is unrighteousness, and so shalt thou know the wisdom and righteousness of God, which is pure, spiritual, and divine, which doth fare excel and go beyond all thine, which wisdom is hid from all Vulturous eyes, and venomous beasts, and is not to be purchased with Gold, nor Rubies, nor Pearls, nor the preciousest things that are, Job 28. it is not to be found out by wit nor art, study nor industry; mind but to return within out of all thy own words, thoughts, or muse, to have thy mind kept pure, and free from all thoughts, and objects without, and thou wilt be fit to receive the teachings of the Father, which will teach thee true knowledge indeed; and thou wilt find the book of life to be opened to thy soul in waiting within, & hear glad tidings brought to thy soul, and the everlasting Gospel will be preached to thee, and the mystery of godliness unfold to thee, which hath been hid from age's an● generations, which now the Lord is revealing by his spirit to those that wait upon him: stan● wholly out of all men's words, and sink dow● into the ground, the eternal word of li●● within, Rom. 10.8. and know it preached i● thy heart, and it will melt thee, and brea●● thee to pieces with the flow forth of lo●● that runs forth from this pure Vine, the Lor● Jesus Christ within; open when he knock●● and if thou dost but lay thy finger on th● latch thou shalt feel the smell of myrrhed Oh wait on the Lord for teaching, and tho●● shalt hear words unexpressable, which wi●● make thee to rejoice in the Lord with exceedi●● joy; for the Kingdom of Heaven consisted in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Ho●● Ghost, where there is love, and peace, a●● joy, and freedom in the Son of righteousness who is King of Kings, and Lord of Lord● To him be praise, honour, and glory for eve● more. All his works praise him, Oh bless 〈◊〉 Lord, praise him and magnify him for ever. Written in the first year of Jubilee, by o● that had been in Egypt under sore taxations 〈◊〉 Pharaoh, and was redeemed by the pow●● of the Lord, that sent his Angel, the Messenger of the covenant of grace, who leads 〈◊〉 Israelites, the promised seed, from place● place, which leadeth up to him, who 〈…〉 Keeper and their King. This Angel of the Lord doth lead the promised seed through the Sea of many great and deep troubles, and through the Wilderness, where there are fiery trials, there to try all, to see whether they will stand or fall; there are such troubles there as seldom hath been known and there the Lord he gets himself renown, and so leads through the warsare spiritually, where many a strong hold is thrown down by the Lords own powerful hand, and a●l his enemies are brought unto a stand, and the Lord leads his seed into the promised Land, that he may have the praise, to whom it doth belong: And thus the seed comes to its rest at Zion, the beauty of holiness, where there is a largeness of the love of God, who will rule all nations with his Iron rod; the Lord is King, ruling there in power, each day, and eke each hour: To him alone be all praise, honour, and glory, both now and evermore. Amen. Farewell. Thine in the Vine, Rich: Farneworth. Sin kept out of the KINGDOM. ALL Professors and People, consider whe●● you are, and from whence you are fal●● you that plead for sin, and say none can b● set free from sin while they are in the world, you plead for an hold for Saran in yo● whilst you are here, and where will you hav● him cast out? or what fellowship can you have with God, whilst the Serpent is head● you? you are separated from God, and know● him not; for what communion hath light with darkness? God is light, and he that dwells i● God dwells in light; ●h. 1.5. and in him is no darkness at all: but whilst you live in sin you live in darkness, and the God of this world hath blinded your eyes that you cannot see it; or. 4.4. you are led captive at his will to serve him, and you are willing to be so, and you do not believe that you shall ever be otherwise; you are servants to sin, and you take pleasure in it, you are in the flesh and sin, and have made● covenant with hell and death, you are resolved to serve and please the flesh whilst you ●e, and you will repent at your death, Psal. ● Heb. you ●e forgot that your times are in the hand of ●e Lord, and that this is the day of grace and pentance, which you turn into lascivionsness, ●d wantonness, you make it plainly appear ●n love your luftfull pleasures and filthiness ●ore than God; you that love the world, and ●e things of the world, 1 John 15, 16. the love of the Fa●●er is not in you; for whom ye love, him ●ill you follow: Christ saith, If ye love 〈◊〉, follow me, keep my Commandments: Joh. 14.6. ●nd those who follow him he leads th●m out ●f all the ways of sin, into the ways of ●urity and holiness, and so he is the way to ●e Father, for without holiness none can ever ●e God, for he is of purer eyes then to behold ●old iniquity; neither can any unclean thing ●ome in his sight; but whilst you follow the of disobedience, bringing forth fruits of ●n and unrighteousness, having your conversation in the earth and earthly things, following ●our corrupt wills and pleasures, and yet you will profess you love God, and own him in words, and the Devil in practice: O horrible hypocrite I shall not the righteous God find you out, and reward you according to your works? you cannot deceive him, you deceive yourselves, who think to be heirs of two Kingdoms; you will have the pleasures of sin here, and you say you hope to be h● of the Kingdom of Heaven too; but hope of the hypocrite shall perish; remem● thy Father Dives, in whose steps thou walk● and the same way leads to the same end, 〈◊〉 Lord saith that the wicked shall be turned to Hell, 9.17. and all they that forget God, but deceit in it says that thou must live in f●● whilst thou art here, and have thy thought in the world, and yet thou shalt enter into 〈◊〉 Kingdom of Heaven too. Now who must liar, whether God, or thou? O vain m●● was it not Sin that separated God and M●● at the first? and thinkest thou to be reconcile again so long as sin stands in thee? Man w●● not created in sin, but pure and holy in th●● Image of God, and whilst he stood here 〈◊〉 had communion with God, ●en. 127. and had that pu●● wisdom of God, by which he was able to s●● into the wonders of God, ●en. 2.19, ●, and to give nam● unto all creatures; ●en. 3.24. but so soon as he had committed sin he was stripped of all this, and became naked, and was thrust out of Paradis● and was cursed from the Lord, yea the grou●● was cursed for his sake, and all this because of sin, which thou thinkest so light of: so odorous is sin in the pure eyes of the holy God and didst thou but know thy condition, 〈◊〉 thou liest in sin, in thy first birth, a child 〈◊〉 wrath, and one to whom all the curses in th● ●ok of God are due; thou wouldst tremble at 〈◊〉 and not plead for it, wherein thou plainly ●ewest thyself to be a servant of the Devil, ●●d pleads for his Image and K●ngdome; and ●ere it not that he had blinded thy eyes, thou mightst see where thou art, when thou thus busest the goodness of God, that having left he sins and failings of others upon record, 1 Cor. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. ●s warning to all that come after not to do he like; and these thou makest u●e of to en●ourage thee in thy sin and filthiness and because God is merciful to pardon Sinners what time soever they repent, therefore thou ●●rt encouraged to live in sin the lo●ger unrepented or. Now all that have eyes in their h●ads may plainly see whose children they are; for the Apostle saith, Rom. 2. Know ye not that the long suffering and forbearing of God leads to repentance? It doth so, to the children ●f God, but that Scripture is fulfilled in thee which saith, because Judgement is not speedly executed on the wicked, therefore his heart is set in him to work wickednsse: and thus thou makest the mercy of God a cloak for thy u●●g●●●ous actions, and yet thou wilt talk of a Rede●mer, and of saith in Christ: But O friend, where is thy redemption witnessed whilst thou art yet in thy sins? what art thou redemmed from? Joh. 8.35, 36. or what art thou redeemed to? those who are redeemed are set free from the servitude of sin, but thou servest sin as long as thou obey the motions of it; then where is freedom? canst thou witness Christ died thee, and thy sin is still alive? how wilt 〈◊〉 witness his death in thee, or thyself d●● with him? the Saints who were dead 〈◊〉 Christ were dead to sin; and saith Paul, 〈◊〉 can you who are dead to sin, ●om. 6.2. ●om. 6. ●7. live any longer the in? and saith, those that are dead with Ch●●● are free from sin, and are become servant● righteousness: And, saith he, Now being m●● free from sin, ●om. 6.22. and become servants of God ye h●● your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal l●● but whilst thou livest in sin thy fruit is unho●● and the end thereof is death, and then whe●● is thy redemption? they who are redeem●● by Christ are redeemed from earth & earth●● things up to God again, from whence they h●● fallen, out of every Kindred, and Tongue, and Pe●ple, ●ev. 5.9.10 and Nation; and are made unto God King and Priests to reign above sin and the ear●● and are made conformable unto his Image againe which was lost by sin: ●om. 8.29 but what conformity 〈◊〉 there in thee whilst thou art in sin? thou art n●● like him, but like the Devil, for every sin 〈◊〉 the Image of the Devil, who sinned from th●● beginning, and whilst thou cornmittest sin●● thou holdest forth the Image of the Devil i●● thee, who is thy Father; and Christ told the Seribes and Pharisees, who professed themselves to be the children of God, but lived in 〈◊〉, that they were of their Father the Devil, Joh. ●. 〈◊〉 his works they would do, for every sin 〈◊〉 the work of the Devil; and, saith John, 〈◊〉 that committeth sin is of the Devil; and saith, Joh. ● ●●t for this purpose was the Son of God manifested to destroy the works of the Devil: who ●●er can witness Christ manifest in them, can ●●itnesse sin destroyed; but if thou sayest thou ●●nst witness Christ manifest in thee, and yet ●●mmit sin, thou art a liar; for the Scripture ●ith, that whosoever abideth in him, sinneth not: 1 Joh. 3.6. whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him; and he that saith, I know him, and ●eepeth not his Commandments is a liar, and, ●he truth is not in him: Joh. 2. ● And, saith the Holy Ghost, whosoever is borne of God sinneth not; ●ut he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, ●nd that wicked one toucheth him not; and saith again, whosoever is borne of God doth not commit sin, 1 Joh. 5.1 1 John 3.9, 10. for his seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin because he is borne of God; and saith plainly, In this are the children of God manifest, and the children of the Devil: Whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. God in all ages hath known his by their obedience, Gen. 18 Rev. 7.3 but thou sayest thou must live in disobedience, and yet would be counted for one of his too; but where is thy mark by which thou art known from the world? those that are God's are marked, 〈◊〉 known from the world, 〈…〉 and therefore ha●● of the world; but thou art in love with 〈◊〉 world, and can conform to them in all th●● ways, words, works, and worships, and 〈◊〉 would be counted one of Gods too. O th●● deceiver! thou deceivest both thyself ● men that are like thee; but thou canst 〈◊〉 deceive the Lord: take heed, repent, halt 〈◊〉 longer betwixt God and the World; if th●● will't own God, thou must dis-own the Wo●● and the world will dis●owne thee; thou 〈◊〉 not have both. I received these few lines enclosed in a ●●●ter, which came from my dear Brother ●●orge Fox, whose desire was, that they ●●uld be put in a book: (I having written is to go to the Press, was moved to answer, 〈◊〉 desire) (it being my desire also) as in the ●●ite out of the Treasury, as it is there expressed, that people's minds may be taken wholly ●●t of all books and forms, that they may ●ow God, the Father of our Lord Jesus ●hist, to be their Teacher by his spirit: & Jesus ●hrist, the unsolder and opener of the Book ●●f life within, even the hidden mystery of his ●athers will, which hath been hid from ages, ●nd generations, which the Lord doth now reveal unto these that wait upon him for ●eaching, whose minds are taken out of all ●ens teachings, and words, formal ways of worships, to worship the Father in spirit and in ●ruth, John 4.23, 24. R.F. Oh all Friends, who writ or speak, 〈◊〉 your wills nor minds go before the light in you, but let all your words be from that is infallible, that all your words may be the of life, which is eternal, which shall jud●●nally. Therefore dear friends all, every writ nothing but as you are moved by the and from the Lord, lest there be presul rashness, hastiness, or pride, and light●● your spirits, but every one improve your (that which is pure in you) to the bringing 〈◊〉 the unpure, by the pure: Let none print 〈◊〉 What they can eternally witness; here all will be clear, and pull down that which clear●, and cut down all that which is filthy holy, and unrighteous. Curious minds write and print things, which feed the light mind, 〈◊〉 fleshly mind thirsteth after novelties (Diver But a warning to all you who make all th●● for the Fire, which keepeth up Forms an● stomes, lest you be burned yourselves. Take wa●● G. 〈◊〉 FINIS.