Very many hath been the testimonies of TRUTH And large hath been the Declarations that hath been given forth by the servants of the Lord, both sons and daughters the followers of the LAMB Amongst whom I having heard, believed, and received their report, and the Lord having opened the eye within the vail, that made manifest his living witness, that witnessed to the truth cannot but give in my testimony to those precious truths that hath been declared by them, though many for the witnessing thereof hath gone through many hardships, great sufferings, & long Imprisonments, some even to the laying down of their lives, and all that was near and dear unto them; I say I cannot but give in my testimony, and chief concerning tithes as the Lord hath brought it to me, that for which hath been the cause of so much persecution in all ages, with something concerning Oaths, which so many snares, traps and gins, hath been laid for the righteous innocent servants of the Lord, because they cannot swear.  
And these are the testimonies given forth from one that loves and fears the Lord, M. W.  
Not I, but the Scriptures of truth, saith, Woe to thee that spoilest & wast not spoiled, and didst wickedly, and they did not wickedly againgst thee. When thou shalt cease to spoil thou shalt be spoiled, when thou shalt make an end of doing wickedly, they shall do wickedly against thee, Isa. 10.  
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The Tithes commanded of God for the Levites, for the stranger, for the fatherless and for the widows.  At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the Tithes of thine increase of that year, and lay them up within thine 〈◊〉 gates, and the Levite which hath no inheritance shall co●e, and the stranger shall come, the widows and the fatherless, shall come and eat, and be filled, that thy God may bless thee. Deut. 14. 
HEre is a right of Tithes at three years' end given to the stranger to the fatherless and to the widows, as well as to the Levites, and this was given of God in whose gift all things are, and so of right to them it belongs; and cursed are they that take it from them, for cursed is he that hindereth the right of the stranger, the fatherless and the Widows, and all the people shall say Amen, or, So be it, Deut. 27.19. Now here may be a Query whether this curse was ever taken away, or whether it doth not yet remain upon all in every County, Sheir or Parish, or upon every man, or upon every one, both Priest that receives Tithes, and people that pays tithes, who hath or doth yet hinder the right of the stranger, the fatherless and the widows, (mark) here is no curse for hindering from the Levites, for that priesthood was but for a time, & so to end as well as the Mosayecal & the Aronical Priesthoods which was in that time, and then they had the tithes for their service, and the Levite also it was their wages for their continual waiting in the Tabernacle, and then it was said beware thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth, Deut. 12. v. 19 but now there is no such service, nor no such waiting, and all those Priesthoods are long since ended, and the Lord hath scattered all the Tribes that none can justly say he is of Levy's tribe, and none but Levys tribe received tithes then and since that the Lord hath no where determined who shall have the Levites portion, yet most presumptuously the covetous Priests they take it, not only the first second and third years, bu● go on to the 4. 5. and 6. years, and so as long as they live, and persecute and take treble damages, which God did never command, if they have it not, and never care for the poor stranger, the poor fatherless children and widows, which God took care for, that none of his poor people or helpless creatures might want, as many of their own poor widows I have seen go a begging for a piece of bread, but this was not so in Hezekiahs' time, when chambers in the house of the Lord was prepared, and all the people brought in their first fruits and tithes in to the chambers that he had prepared. But some may here query and say, what did they do before Hezekiahs' time, or before the chambers were prepared, why the Scriptures tells you how they were disposed of, for in the third year which was the year of tithing, they gave it themselves to the Levites, the stranger, the fatherless and to the widows, and then they were to come before the Lord and show what they had done according to the command of the Lord, Deut. 26. and there was a command before that, for saith the Lord thou shalt not hinder the right of the stranger fatherless and widows, Deut. 24. there was command upon command for the poor, the stranger, the fatherless and widows; but now when Hezekiah had prepared the chambers, & the people had brought in their first fruits and tithes, Hezekiah questioned with the Priest concerning the great heaps of tithes, and Azariah the chief Priest said since they bring in their tithes and offerings into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and are satisfied, (mark) here they filled their bellies and not their barns) and there is abundance left, says he, for the Lord hath blessed his people, so all had their portion, all their children, their wives, their sons and their daughters, for by their fidelity they were all made partakers of the then (called holy things) as you may read in the 2 Cro. 31. to 18. then holy, the holy God commanding them them whose commands are all pure, just, & holy, but since that, he that then commanded them, changed the whole law, gave a new Covenant, and made a new will, a new testament, and so abrogated the old and disannulled, so it's vanished away, he took away the first that he might establish the second, so that it is very necessary now for all to know and for all to see the end of what is taken away, disannulled or changed.  
Though Moses then hide it in the dark, and put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel should not then see the end of what was to be abolished, for they were to offer the sacrifices, and to be obedient to all the commands of God, as they were then commanded, therefore Moses put the vail over, 2. Cor. 3. yet nevertheless says the Apostle then, when they turn their hearts to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away, v. 16. So now the veil is over the hearts of all them that take tithes or treble damage to this day, and shall not be taken away till they turn to the Lord, the perfect guide to God, that he may take it away: So all now either Priest, Impropriator, or people whatsoever, that takes tithes or pays tithes to any of those Priests denies him who is our high-Priest, who came of another Tribe, not of Levi, but of judah, for judah prevailed, and of him came the Prince, 1 Cro. 5. the wonderful Counsellor, the mighty God the everlasting Father, and the Prince of peace, Isai. 9  
This is he, who is, and is to be Ruler over the house of God, Heb. 10.21. now I say again who pays or receives tithes now denies him, and are still in the figures, types and shadows, beggarly rudaments, and are not come to Christ, the substance, in whom they are all ended and are to end, but they are yet under the first Testament, which had the Ordinances of Religion and the worldly Sanctuary, which was all but of force so long as he lived, which made the New Testament, or his last will, or so, and then they were necessary because they were the shadows or similitudes of the heavenly things, but we who are come to witness the substance the heavenly thing itself, or have seen the substance, we mind no more the shadows, for those shadows could make none holy then, concerning the conscience, nay not him that did the service, Heb. 9.9. much less sanctify the comers thereunto, therefore those carnal rights were but to continue until the time of reformation, if they had been to continue longer, than would they not have ceased to have been offered, Heb. 10. but we who are come in measure to witness Christ Jesus, who is the Ruler of the whole world, ye he rules all Seas though the waves thereof roar they shall not overflow us, and his Tabernacle is at Salem, and his dwelling is in Zion, Psal. 9 he the Lord who is the great Redeemer, and hath redeemed us out of all those carnal things, and is become our High Priest for ever, therefore we must not, cannot, nay we dare not pay tithes to any priest, seeing there is no command of Gods now in force for them, and if they say they have them by the earthly powers, let both powers and they take heed they do not presumptuously blaspheme, for the soul that doth aught presumptuously Israelite or Stranger, the same blasphemeth the Lord, and that soul shall be cut off from amongst his people, Numb. 15. and the Lord hath directly said, whatsoever I command you that do, put nothing thereto, nor take nothing therefrom, Deut. 12.  
And here you may remember Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aron the friend of God, who offering strange fire which the Lord had not commanded, therefore a fire from the Lord must destroy them. Levit. 10.  
Also remember Elies sons, who were wicked men and sons of Belial, and know not God, how they came and took their tithes by force, and the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for men seeing that horrible abuse, abhorred the offering of the Lord, and the wickedness of Elies' house, for their sins was so great that it was not to be purged, neither with sacrifices nor Offerings for ever, and both his sons Haphin and Phineas were to die in one day, as you may read 1 Sam. 2. and 3 chap. also what came upon Eli himself, for not chastising his sons, though slightly he did reprove them.  
So likewise Saul a King anointed by God's command, yet when he offered sacrifice when he was not to offer, and doing that he was not commanded, young Samuel for his presumption, dirst tell him, saying, thou hast done foolishly, thou hast not kept the command of the Lord, and now thy kingdom shall not continue (mark here for doing that he was not commanded he was to lose his kingdom) now in man's judgement this was a good thing, to offer a sacrifice to the Lord, which he had commanded to others, but he did not command him, therefore it turned to his destruction, 1 Sam. 13. therefore it's good for all to look to the commands of God, yea all Kings, Priests, and people, go not beyond the command of the Lord, lest he say, who required this of you? and you all stand speechless, therefore take heed O you Priests go not beyond the command of the Lord, with your tithes, & treble damage any longer, lest the Lord say who required this at your hands? and you shall not plead then, and say such a King or such a Queen, or such a Parliament made a Law, because those that we did or do no work for, would pay us no wages, nay but remember you must all stand speechless, therefore fear & dread the Lord our God, for the Lord our God whose name is jealous, is a jealous God, Ex. 34. and many times hath done and doth terrible things in righteousness.  
Though some have said it is true the Lord hath done such terrible things then for example of his power or so, but now he doth not, ye now ye may yet remember this one example in London, 1662. about the time you call (Christmas) how the whole family of a house was destroyed by fire in one night, and not one left to tell how it came, but in the true fear of the Lord I nominate this not that I think they were greater sinners than many others nay, nay, I know that except all reputes all shall likewise perish, for the Lord is as terrible and as righteous now as ever he was, and his power as great as ever it was, he can overthrow the horse and his rider at his pleasure, he can call the Seas to overflow and command them back to their bounds when he will, he is the higher power and must be obeyed, therefore Oh Priests take heed look not to the powers of the earth to help you in any thing that he hath not commanded, for it will be no plea for you when you are all chained up in silence, and if a man sin against a man the Judge shall judge it, but if a man sin against God, who will plead for him, so you see you cannot plead for yourselves not none will dare to plead for you, and remember its a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, so I say again and again, leave off your tithe and treble damage, and repent, and let Christ come to his house, that little Zacheus may restore fourfold, but I say make haste, make haste, make speed & come in, before the day of God's visitation be fully over past, lest it be too late for you and Christ then weep over you and cannot save you, at the sense of which the Angel of the Lord hath stirred the waters & they now flow. I can go no further, at present,  
M. W.   

Now I would ask some few questions to those Priests to try if the can or are but willing to answer.  
1. How they came by the third years Tithes.  
2. Since God gave them to the stranger, to the fatherless, & to the widows, who was he that should take them away?  
3. What was the right of the stranger, the fatherless and widows, that God pronounced the Curse to them that hindered them of it if it were not that which he gave them.  
4. Whether they were not theives and robbers then that took them from the stranger, fatherless and widows?  
5. If they were so then, whether they be not theives and robbers now that takes them from the stranger fatherless & widows  
6. Whether any took tithes then that were not of Levies tribe.  
7. What did God give the tribe of Levi the tithe for?  
But it may be many of you will say as some of your brethren hath done, when they could not tell how to answer, said though it was Scripture, yet they were foolish questions, or else 'tis from a woman or so, but if it be so, why Balam answered his Ass when he asked him a question, and reproved his folly, who being a seer, could not see what the Ass saw, and there's none of you come to that the man after Gods own heart was, Daevid, who upon the earth was a great King, a valiant man, and had many soldiers under him, when he had vowed to destroy Nabal & all the strength of his house, yet when Abigail the woman came and told David he ought not to shed blood causeless, he denied not to speak to her or to answer her, but said in the meekness of his spirit, blessed be the Lord that sent thee, blessed be thy counsel, blessed be thou that kept me from shadding of blood, yet God to show vengeance is his, and he will repay it when he will and where he please, smote Nabal, that ten days after he died 1 Sam. 25. here the Lord shown what was done to his was as done to Himself.  
M. W.   

Also here is something concerning OATHS.  
IT is true that there was a liberty given to swear by the name of the Lord, as thus, Thou shalt fear the Lord and swear by his name, Deut. 6.13. it is like this was before a Magistrate, in the fear of the Lord this was used, but this was in old time, for saith Christ, you have heard in old time, thou shalt nor forswear thyself, and so, but I say swear not at all, Mat. 5.34. but let your yea be yea, your nay be nay, for what ever is more is evil, and so likewise in Scripture many may be brought in that swore as Abraham swore but he that said before Abraham was, I AM, he says swear not at all, King David swore to Jonathan when he was endanger but he that is King of Kings he says swear not at all, & Solomon swore, but a greater than Solomon says swear not at all, and its like some of the Prophets might swear, but Christ ●esus the end of the Prophets & the word of the oath, which was since the Law, & since the Prophets, & since the old time, which had the old Covenant, which was glorious in its time, & at sundry times & in divers manners God spoke in the old time to our fathers by Prophets, but he hath in these last days spoke to us by his Son, as the Apostle spoke then, & 'tis so now & the word of the oath which maketh the Son High priest, & teacher of his people, he said swear not at all, & this he spoke to his own Disciples whom he had called, & chosen out of the world, and 'tis like they were no common swearers, for you see how strictly own of them forbids swearing, as james 5. & to them he said you have heard in the old time, and so, but I say, swear not at all, and God said, This is my beloved Son bear him, Matt. 17. and God hath in these last days spoke to us by his son, & we do herch in, the son that said swear not at all, and obey him too for he is worthy, and they that obeyed not were not to enter into his rest, see Heb. 3.  
Here some may object and say this saying, swear not at all is means in common discourse, or so, but you may see in Leu. 24. where the Israelitish woman's son and a man of Israel strove together, and the Israelitish woman's son swore or cursed, and they brought him to Moses and put him in Ward, till Moses knew the mind of the Lord, for Moses dirst do nothing till then, and then the Lord said to Moses let him be had without the host and let all that heard him put their hands on his head, and let the Congregation stone him to death, and this was made a Law, not of man's but of Gods, and it wa● as well for the stranger as for him that was born in the land, see here was a law for the common swearer by itself, so they plainly show they never knew the true Christ, that holds up or pleads for oaths, for what strength is in an oath, cannot they that swear, as soon forswear, let us go back a little but to the last state, whilst it is yet in memory, and remember what Covenants and Declarations they put forth, and called the great Jehovah to witness to what they promised and confirmed with oaths, which made many a simple hearted man & woman adhere to them, & upon that brought in of their money, Plate, horses and what they had, thinking the wicked should only have been taken from the King, and his Throne established in righteousness, and they gave their public faith in paper bills to pay again. And did they not all forswear, when they went from Declarations & all that they had put forth and swore to, which was for Gospel and liberty of conscience, & to right all men, but oh how soon they forgot their oaths, their promises, & Declarations, & all became as nothing, and yet is there more trust or confidence to be put in a swearer, then in him who for conscience sake & in obedience to him that says swear not at all, dares not take an oath, yet is ready with yea & nay to bear witness to any known truth & to stand a witness against all that is known to be deceit or a lie.  
M. W.