THE UNLIMITED GOD, Not limited by any of the CHILDREN of LIGHT, BUT BY Them who are in the Darkness and Straitness; such would be limiting the Unlimited God. From the Spirit of the Lord is this given forth, that all such may Read with the Eye which is not busy, nor looks into things above its Reach. From one who becomes All to All, to gain some to Christ, and hath true Freedom in the Lord to go into the Water, that I may bring to the Rock, and save one out of the Sea, which is ready to be Drowned, and Lost. Also, A warning, and a Charge from the Lord God, to all the Baptists Teachers every where, who are Ministers of the Letter, and not of the Spirit, to cease Teaching, or Deceiving any longer. Also, A true discovery of the way to the Kingdom Within, from all the Priests, and False Teachers, who are crying, Lo here, and lo there without, In the way of Balaam for Filthy lucre sake, Matthew 24. which Christ said should come, and John said was come, and the World went out after them, who went out from the Light sixteen Hundred years ago. Given forth from the SPIRIT of the LORD, in HUMPHREY WOLLRICH, who was not sent to Baptism, But to preach the Gospel; yet hath Baptised one with Water for the Gospel's sake; and am not without a Law to God, yet am made All things to All, to gain some to Christ. PSAL. 78.41. They turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. Such have the Form, but not the Power: but yet would Limit. THe Brotherhood is in Christ, which is not Divided, out of all Division, Judging, &c censuring one another, are all that are in him, to whom all Judgement is committed. To you all, this is the word of the Lord God, and a Charge from my Father to you all, Judge nothing before the Time, as all do, which Judge with that which is for Judgement; who have got the Form, but are out of the Spirit, and Spiritual Man, which Judgeth all things: and though I am but as yesterday in comparison of many, who were in Christ before me, yet I care not for man's Judgement; neither do I judge my own self for that thing for which I am Judged: but all you my Friends, be sober, and cool in your minds, and wait in that which is the Everlasting Day, and makes all things manifest, and will not be limited by any, who are in the Darkness, nor Judged; but will Judge, and Condemn all who would Judge him, and limit him, as he in all Ages hath done: and he is now the same, and all that have a form, but would limit the power, shall know it in God's time; and this is laid upon me from the Lord God Almighty, to warn all such that they be silent, and stop their mouths before him, whose ways is unsearchable, and will not be limited now, but is unlimited, as in all Ages he was: and because I have true freedom in the Lord, and am not without a law to God herein, which is to Baptism one with water, though I was not sent to Baptism, but to Preach the Gospel, as Paul was not sent to Baptism, but did Baptism (1 Cor. 1.17.) by Permission, and not by Commission, that he might gain some unto Christ, who is the End of all Types, Shadows, and Figures, and the Everlasting day into which Paul was come, where shadows flee away, who became all things to all, read 1 Cor. 9.19. for though I be free from all men, saith Paul, I have made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew. (Mark) as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews to them that are under the Law, as under the Law. Consider where Paul was, whether he were not in Christ, the end of the law, to them that were without law, as without law, being not without a law to God, but to the weak, he became as weak: (Mark) Paul the Aged, and chiefest of the Apostles, I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some: and this I do for the Gospel's sake, as he did, that I might be partaker thereof with Joy. And though I have born an open Testimony for the Lord God, against all them who have been Baptised with Water, & knew no better a leader & guider thereinto than the Letter. The sons of God, and servants of God, who were led into it, or shall be led into it by the Spirit of the Lord, which spirit will not be limited, I never did, nor never shall condemn any such as this Woman, having given her testimony in public, both before and since I Baptised her with Water, that she was led by this Unlimited Spirit, and not from the Baptists rule and leader, which is the Letter, and kills, but by the Spirit, the Son's leader; and gives life, and the Children of the light witness this her testimony to be true: And likewise she hath declared that, she was moved of the Lord to desire me only to Baptism her with Water, and said, The spirit by which the Baptists are led, did not convince her, nor bring her to the knowledge of the Truth: And the Baptist Teacher, who would have had her to receive it of, some of them said he, did believe she was led to it by the Spirit of the Lord; yet neither he, nor his spirit did she own; and this I leave upon all who fear the Lord, both small and great to Judge, whether it is better to save life, or to destroy? And I have the Testimony of the Lord in me, that this is not against the Truth; neither shall it be a just occasion of stumbling to any, who are really therein, but to such as are in the Dark, and are looking, and judging with the Evil Eye, and have been Disobedient to the Word in their own particulars: to such this may be a stumbling stone; but all whose minds are without, seeking a proof of Christ in me; to you, I say, Judge yourselves, turn in, and examine yourselves; know you not that Christ is in ye, except ye be Reprobates. Receive the word as the Bereans did, and then search the Scriptures, Acts 16.3. Paul, who denied Circumcision, which was outward in the Flesh, circumcised Timothy, that he might gain the Jews, whose minds were without, and bring them to the one Circumcision, and one Baptism in spirit, whose praise is not of men, but of God. Read Acts 21.21, to the 25. where you may read, that Holy Paul shaved his Head, that he might take away the vail which was over the Jews, and thereby bring them to their true Head, Christ, the end of the Law, and the end of all Vows and Oaths, Acts 18.18. and so that none that fears the Lord may stumble hereat, be ye of what Sect or Form soever, be ye faithful to what ye know. I am you Brother, and Warn you all, and exhort you all: Come down into the cool, and low spirit, for you and I must stand or fall unto the Lord, our own Master: and this is safe for us all, and we shall be preserved from that which causeth War, Striving, and falling out by the way. And oh, how do I desire, and the Lord God's knows, to me it is a Joyful thing, to see Brethren live together in Unity, not Biting, and Devouring one another; not striving, and contending about those things which Paul could do, or leave undone, as he saw occasion ministered unto him by them, whom he had a desire to catch by guile; all mind your own as I do herein, for that which goes out, and leads you out, will devour and defile you; but if you are stayed at home, ye shall divide the spoil with him that destroys that which defiles you: Prepare to meet the Lord, ye sons of Jacob, whom the Lord hath chosen for his Peculiar Treasure, and none say in your hearts, is not Christ the end of all these things which are outward? I say, he is to all that are in him, and sinne not: But all are not come to this, who are convinced of the Truth, and where it is. And though they have heard the Lord calling them out of Egypt, yet there is a Baptism in the Sea, and in the Cloud, and a great War, and mighty Enemies before they come to their Rest, and their desired Heaven: and though the Light hath shined out of darkness, and there be some separation, and a first days work done, yet is not the new Creation wholly finished, nor the Rest wholly known, nor fully entered into, which remains to the people of God. For he that is set down in the Rest, in the Heavenly place in Christ Jesus, is ceased from his own works, as God did from his: and though the Lord hath reigned down his Manna round about your Tents, yet the Clouds may return after the rain, and while the Figure, the Veil, and the Cloud is standing; and the first Tabernacle, wherein you have long pitched the way into the Holiest of all, is not wholly known; so while you are Judging, or condemning without, that which is for Judgement is standing within, and he who is the first and the last, the beginning and the end of all shadows, Types and figures, is yet not dwelled in, nor set down in by you, but lieth hid within the veil, which veil is done away in Christ, where circumcision, nor uncircumcision availeth not any thing, but Faith that works by love: And we are all the Sons of God by Faith. Read Galathians 3.23. But before Faith came, we were kept under the Law, shut up unto the Faith which should afterwards be revealed. Come down into the Deep you that have an Ear to hear, or a Heart to understand this, the Law is added because of Sin, and is the Schoolmaster to bring to Christ, who is the end both of Sin and the Law, to which it was added: Read, and consider Verse 25. But after that Faith is come, we are no longer under a Schoolmaster, but we are all the Children of God by Faith in Christ Jesus: And as many of you, (Mark you Baptists) as many of you as have been Baptised into Christ, have put on Christ the end of all, and the body of days, times, and shadows. But this is not come to you, though you have been Baptised with Water; for your time is not in the Father's hand, but your tongues is your own, and your time is always, though Christ's time, and the Father's time ye know not; and therein ye can pray when ye will, and in your own will, which is contrary to God; ye can speak evil of those things ye know not, and ye exercise yourselves in things that are too high for you. Therefore, to you all, this is the Word of the Lord God: All you Baptist Teachers, feed not the people with windy Doctrine, or words without the life: And I charge you all in the presence of the Lord God, which confess you have never heard his Voice at any time, but says that God speak not since the days of the Apostles. Cease Teaching any longer, for his sheep hear his voice, and his voice is the same now, that it was unto Adam, Abraham, and Samuel, not carnal, but spiritual; neither was it ever heard with any carnal Ear, nor his shape seen with any carnal Eye, but ye, by your own confessions, are Ministers of the letter: Therefore I charge you all, that I may be clear of your blood, leave murdering, for that Kills; but speak, if the Spirit give you utterance, for that giveth life, and bringeth the Soul out of Death to hear its Shepherd's Voice. And do not say we deny the Scriptures, or any of the Ordinances of God any more, as ye have often done, until you hear us deny them, which we shall never do: but we owneth the Bible of the Scriptures to be a true Declaration of God, and Christ: but I say, all that own the Scriptures as ye do, and set them up in the room of Christ; and is there any greater Idolatry in Rome than this, to say the Bible is the sword of the Spirit, and the Judge of the Spirit? when it saith, All Judgement is committed to the Son, and the Spiritual Man judgeth all things: And to say the Bible is the Guide, Leader, and Rule to walk by, when it saith, That the Sons of God were led, and guided by the Spirit of God. Answer these Queries; was Abraham, Enoch, and Noah, and all the Holy men of God, before Moses time without a a Leader, a Guide, or Judge? or was any of these without the Word of the Lord? seeing they had not the Bible which which ye say is the Rule, and Judge for the Saints to walk by, and the word of the Lord? Whether the Jews that had the Bible, had the Word of the Lord? or heard it at any time? or whether they did not think to have Eternal life in the Scriptures? and so make an Idol of that which is profitable in its place as ye do, but were Enemies to the light, as ye are, and would not come to him for life? and whether any by the Scripture can come to the knowledge of Christ? seeing they that had them, as ye have, and were painted with words, and had the sheep's clothing, but knew not Christ thereby? for had they known him, they would not have Crucified the Lord of Life: and by this, and in this, which you call the Law and Testimony, they were contending against the Law and Testimony, as ye are, and said by their law he deserved to die. And this is the state not only of you Baptists, but of all Sects, and Opinions, and Religions in Christendom, which have set up any other thing soever, to be Judge, Leader, or Teacher; or call any other thing the Law or Testimony, than the Spirit of Prophecy, or the Law, which is Light, and hath lighted every man that comes into the world. And the Eye is blinded in you, which should see the Body, the life, and substance, and in darkness ye are, and in your sins, and in sorrow shall you lie down, and your end shall be destruction, who are led by any other thing than the light within, in whom are found treasures of Wisdom, and treasures of Knowledge; yea, durable Riches, and exceeding Righteousness, which exceedeth all yours, which speaketh of Justification by Christ, but yourselves in your sins: for there is none comes unto Christ, but they come to perfection; neither doth any sin at all, who abide in him, which is perfect, and cannot sin; Sin is not of Christ, but of the Devil: Therefore see what your way is, that you are in, and what your Ordinances are to you; who are found doing your Father's work, making it your daily work to strive against the Truth, which sets free from sin, as the Jews did against Christ, and said they were Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any: but could not see his shape, nor hear his Voice, who should have set them free from sin; nor themselves could they not see to be servants of sin, and of their Father the Devil, though they were doing his work, as ye are, for which the Lord God of life, and power, will reward you with Judgement, unless you speedily repent, and do no more so wickedly. And all you professors, of what sort soever, that I may be clear of your blood, I warn you all in the power of the Lord, do not persecute those despised people, which by the Scorns are called Quakers: Do not magnify yourselves against them, nor give not your power to the Beast, and false Prophet; nor gather yourselves with Gog and Magog; and look not upon them, because the Sun hath looked upon them, and the heat thereof hath scorched them, and made them black, for the Lord hath given his Word unto them, and many are they which publish it: Kings of Armies shall flee apace before the beautiful Sons and Daughters of Zion; and though they have lain among the pots, yet shall they be as the wings of a Dove, covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold, Psal. 68.13. Ye are they which have been as of the offscouring of all things whom my soul is joined unto; and in the bundle of Life is my soul bound up with yours, and in the Book of Life can you see my name written with yours? if I forget you, let my right hand forget her cunning, and my Tongue fail that it speak no more, ye precious sons and daughters of Zion. Arise, and thresh the Mountains, for the Lamb hath opened his mouth, and the threshing Instrument is given you, and the two-edged Sword is known. Arise, arise, and lay your swords upon your enemy's necks; Let not your hands spare nor your eye pity but wound the wicked, and the hairy scalp of them that go on in Rebellion; and my soul shall be glad when it sees the vengeance. Oh my Brethren! and oh my Sisters, which hath long been rejected and despised, be ye all faithful to the Lord God Almighty! let Righteousness and Innocency be the girdle of your loins, and by you shall Kings be ungirded, Judges and Counsellors shall be led away spoiled; yea, all the Princes, Nobles, and honourable of the earth, by you is the Lord overturning Kingdoms, and establishing Kingdoms in Righteousness, even by you whose weapons are not carnal but mighty, is the Lord God Almighty overturning, and laying the world as a wilderness, and destroying him that opened not the door of his prisoner, this spark is kindled; yea, his holy One will prove a flame, and shall burn up the Briers, and Thorns, and the trees of the wilderness, and of the forest; the Oaks of Bashan, and the Cedars of Lebanon shall be few, that a child may write them: The Lion is come out of the Thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles hath uttered his voice out of Zion; therefore tremble, tremble, and be amazed, ye beasts of the Field, flee to your strong holds, you whose minds be without from the Light, see if the Rocks, or your earthly holds, can hid you from the presence of our God, and of the Lamb; see what ye will do in this day wherein the Lord will bear no longer: Ye Priests and Magistrates, which have long persecuted this poor, and afflicted people: Repent, repent, and oppress them no longer, for the Lord hath looked upon their low estate, yea, he hath remembered his covenant to a thousand generations; the Covenant which he made with Isaac and Jacob, Abraham his friend, and his seed for evermore, even the seed of Jacob, which served for a wife, shall become thousands and millions, and possess the gates of all that hate them, Gen. 24.60. Oh England, England! which hath called yourselves Christians, and have been long fasting, praying, and fight for a Reformation, and have called yourselves of Christ herein, and have covered yourselves with the Saints words, and Prophet's words, but have been inwardly ravened from the Life and Spirit, and truth which they were in: And I am troubled for you all, and your iniquity lieth heavy upon me, and what will ye do? and how will you Answer before the Lord, that when his Son, which he hath sent into England, to gather his sheep as a shepherd, from all the greedy shepherds that hath fed themselves, and have clothed themselves, and scattered the sheep of God's pasture, which are men against him have ye all risen as one man, and ye have resisted, and withstood the Lords Work here in England, which is a marvellous work, and a wonder to all who have the profession, but their minds is estranged from the light of Christ within? And I am troubled at my very heart for you all, for I know your end will be bitter as wormwood; yea, destruction from the Almighty, and a strange punishment for all you workers of Iniquity; let your profession be what it will, This is your portion (saith the Lord God) unless you repent, and obey the light of Christ in you, which is the Lords Candle, and searcheth and trieth all your reins, and showeth you your hypocrisy, and how you have but dissembled, and drawn near to the Lord; and with your tongues have cried, Lord, Lord, but your hearts have been far both from him, and his righteousness. I say, Come down out of all your thoughts, reasonings, and imaginations, to the light, which is the eye, and ye shall see the body of sin is yet standing, and the body of Christ have not yet been discerned, and ye shall see the bed whereon ye have stretched yourselves too short; and the covering which ye have had, hath not been of the Spirit, and so too narrow to wrap yourselves in: therefore I counsel you all, Come to Christ, buy of me gold tried in the fire, that ye may be rich; and white raiment, that ye may be clothed, and that your shame and blindness may appear no longer; for Christ is come unto you not to bring peace, but war; and against you all is it already proclaimed, and your utter destruction and ruin is determined of the Lord God of power, unless ye come down to the light in your Consciences, and take hold of that which is his strength, and so make peace, and agree with your adversary quickly, while he is in the way: He is not come to bring salve for you, but a sword; not to build, but to destroy, and pull down the wall you have built, that's daubed with untempered mortar: Now is the Sword of the Lord drawn, and made ready for the slaughter, and shall be bathed in Heaven, and made fat with the blood of Bulls, Rams, and Goats, even in the blond of all them who are in the stubborn fight, and tearing nature, which have devoured, grieved, and oppressed the innocent lambs, and scattered the sheep of my Father's pasture; now is the axe laid to the trees root, which hath cumbered the ground (read within) Christ the light of the world which lighteth every man, and Satan hath been exalted in the temple of God, and in you hath showed and sat as God, and upon the land of my people is come up thorns and briers, and man which was made upright and perfect, is gone from the light within, in which he was created, and hath sought on't many inventions, and there hath been seeking the Lord in his thoughts, where God was not to be found. Come all you Professors, Priests and people, and Magistrates, to the light in you, for there is a way in the wilderness, which no other eye can see, read Job 28.7. if you have an ear to hear, there is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the Vulture's eye hath not seen, the Lion's whelp hath not trodden it, nor the fierce Lion passed by it, Isai. 35.8. in the habitation of Dragons, an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness, the unclean shall not pass over it, but the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and walk therein, and the ransomed of the Lord shall come to Zion, with songs, and everlasting joy upon their heads, they shall obtain joy, & gladness, & sorrow, and sighing shall flee away, & in this day shall be fulfilled that which is written by the Prophet, With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of Salvation, Isai. 12.5. Sing unto the Lord for he hath done excellent things; this is known in all the earth, cry out and shout thou inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee, and then shall the mountain of the Lords House be established on the top of all the mountains of Israel, where the sheep have been scattered, even when the Lord hath thoroughly purged away your dross, and taken away all your Tin, and Zion redeemed with judgement, and her converts with righteousness, (mark, your body is the house where judgement must begin) and the destruction of the transgressors, and sinners shall be together, & they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed; for they shall be as an Oak, whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water; read and understand, Isai, the first, The wise men with the ear, that can hear, and the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them: And I will restore thy Judges as at the first, and thy Counsellors as at the beginning; Remember Moses the Judge and Counsellor who was faithful in all his house; afterwards thou shalt be called the City of righteousness, the faithful City: and this is that new Jerusalem which is free, and the Mother of us all, and the City, and the way, wherein no unclean thing shall enter, but they that have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Consider this all ye that speak of being justified by Christ, but live at ease and pleasure, and are yet in your sins, Rev. 7.13. And one of the Elders answered, saying unto me; What are these which are arrayed in white robes, and whence came they? And he said to me, these are they which came out of great tribulation, and have followed me in the regeneration, and are come from far out of the degeneration, and have washed their robes, and made them, white: in the blood of the Lamb; therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his Temple (consider) there is no night there, and he that sitteth on the Throne shall dwell among them, they shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the Sun light on them, nor any heat (mark ye hot Professors) for the Lamb that is in the midt of the Throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and these are they which sing the new song, who are passed from the old things, from death to life, and stand before the Throne of God; and these have the new name, even their Father's Name, and the Name of the City of their God, which name none knows but they that have it written in their foreheads; and here is our joy, and our glorying is not in the flesh, nor our boasting in self, but we glory in God, and our souls shall make their boasts in the Lord; this shall trouble the prond, but the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad: That we know our Redeemer liveth, and our election made sure unto us, which cannot, be deceived, and our Names written in the Lamb's Book of life, before the foundation of the world was laid in man's heart; oh every one that hungreth and thirsteth, eat of the bread which satisfies, and feed no longer, nor spend your money for that which satisfies not; come all to the waters which he hath showed us, as he did to John, Rev. 22.1. A pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the Throne of God, and of the Lamb in the midst of the streets of it, come down to the eye, and see the River that hath streets, and of either side of the River, was there the tree of life, which bore twelve manner of fruits, and yields her fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the Nations. This is the first resurrection, the first, and the last, the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end; and abides a Priest for ever after the Order of Melchisedeck, without beginning of days, or end of life. Consider this, all ye that are accusing us for denying the resurrection, but are yet in your sins, and have no part in the first resurrection, which we are witnesses of, for they are blessed and holy, that hath part of the first resurrection; for on such the curse, death and hell hath no power, blessed are they that do his Commandments; yea more blessed than they that talk of them, for they shall have right to this River, and an entrance shall be ministered to this tree of Life, which grows in the midst of the Paradise of God; here are those glorious things witnessed and known in them, in whom Christ is glorified, which are spoken of the City of our glorious God, into which none shall enter but such as are purified, and made glorious within; it's not every one that saith Lord, Lord, that shall enter in. (Hear O ye Professors) but such as do the will of my Father which is in Heaven, the Kingdom is within, and none but the pure in heart can see it, but are crying, Lo here, and lo there, contrary to Christ's doctrine, which saith, Go not out after them, the kingdom is within the seed, even the light of the world was within the Jews, and was sown in them, but not grown in them which did crucify him, Matth. 24. Read and see whether your Teachers be not the same false Teachers, deceivers, and false Christ's, which Christ said had the sheep's clothing, but were inwardly ravened, and did not walk in, but hated the light wherewith he had lighted them, because their deeds were evil. In the Epistle of John, John says, Little Children, ye have heard say, Antichrist shall come in the last time; by this we know it is the last time, for many Antichrists are come already: And in the Revelations ye may read, That the World went out and wondered after the Beast, and false Prophet, and said, Who is able to make war with the Beast, which made war with the Lamb, and slew the Saints, and them which kept the testimony of Jesus? And this is that Mystery of Iniquity, which began to work in the Apostles days, even Mystery Babylon the great, that had in her hand a golden cup full of Fornication, and Abomination, and the Beast carried her, which made all Nations, multitudes, tongues and people, Drunk with the wine of her Fornication, and this is 16. hundred years since John said they were come, which Christ said should come, and the world went after them, and they that would not receive the mark of the Beast, and fall down to those Laws which he made then, and ever since have been looked upon as deceivers, and have been excommunicated, burnt, and tortured, and have not been suffered to buy, or sell, for this many Generations: these went out from the true Apostles, which preached freely, and coveted no man's silver, gold, or apparel: Paul said, They preached for filthy lucre, their god was their belly, and their end destruction; and from such turn away, who have a form, but not the power. Peter says, Woe unto them, for they ran greedily after the error of Balaam, 2 Pet. 2.14, 15. And loved the wages of unrighteousness. John, who preached freely, said, They went out from them who were in the power, and light of Christ. Mark, they went out from us, who were in the light, which is not of the world: into the world they went, and the world loved them, and heard them, because they were gone from the light, which reproves the deeds of the world, but had the words, and the form, as the true Apostles had: these the world went, and wondered after; and these were they that was like Jannes and Jambres, which Paul complained of, 2 Tim. 3.8, 5. Having a form of godliness, but denied the power thereof, and life thereof; from such turn away. And these are they that tell you, you cannot be made perfect while you live, and creep into Steeple-houses, and your old Masse-houses, when they have got an Order from the Beast, or received his Mark from Oxford and Camebridge; and there they learn the Letter, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, and set that as the Jews did, above Christ, and would not come unto him, that they might have life: and so they are become Ministers, and feed people with the Letter, and Minister that instead of Christ: And herein they are preaching, and doing like the Ministers of Christ, as Jannes and Jambres, Pharaohs Enchanters did, Exodus 7.11. So that there is nothing in the true Church, which is in God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, but there is the likeness in Babylon, the false Church, and synagogue of Satan; there is preaching, praying, and singing among swearers, liars, and drunkards, as there was amongst the holy Saints, but it is done by another power, and Spirit, as Pharaohs Enchanters did, who was acted by the dark power of Egypt, and not by Christ, as Moses was. Now Moses declared, saying, A Prophet like unto me shall the Lord God raise up in the midst of your brethren, him shall you hear in what soever he saith unto you. So all that harken not to Christ, Esay 55.1. which saith, Every one that thisteth, come ye to the waters; and him that hath no money, come ye buy and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk without money, or without price; wherefore do ye spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which satisfies not: incline your ears, and come unto me; hear, and your souls shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Consider this, how long your Ministers have fed you with the Letter which killeth, instead of the Spirit which giveth life: is the Letter the Water here spoken of? or is it the bread which satisfies? seeing you have been feeding so long at your Teacher's table, and not come to the knowledge of the Truth, which is Christ the Bread, and giveth life to the Soul. Consider, and deal plainly with yourselves, doth not the Lord say, That all his children shall be taught by him, and he will write his law in their hearts, and put his fear in their inward parts. Jer. 31.31, 33. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people, and they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother; saying, know the Lord, for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest; and I will forgive their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more, saith the Lord. Therefore all turn into the Light, and walk in the light of the Lord, and prize this day of your Visitation, before it be hid from your eyes. And from the Lord God this is a warning to you all, that you own that which smites you in your Consciences; obey it, follow it, and love it, which discerneth, and showeth you when there is but an evil thought ariseth in you, as I said before, not to bring peace, but a sword to convince the World of sin, and with his sword to cut down the man of sin, and to bring to light the hidden things of dishonesty; and to search out the hidden things of Esau, whom God hateth; Esau's nature is the same as ever it was; Judas and Cain is yet alive in all the children of Disobedience, and betrayers of the Lord they are all, which are in their sins, though they are preaching against Cain, for killing his brother; Judas, for betraying his Lord, as many of this Nations teachers do for money. O England, that thou wouldst but consider! lest this glorious day of God's everlasting light and love pass over you, and the night come when thou canst not work; therefore all you profane ones, that seem to be religious, but your tongue is yet at liberty, and unbridled: O what will ye do upon your death beds! Where will ye hid yourselves, when the Judgement gins in the Temple, and the songs of the house be turned into howling? what will ye do? and how will ye give an account for every idle word, which ye in your life time have spoken for, which ye have been condemned by Gods Witness in your Consciences, you that live in sin, and not in Christ, and cannot cease from sin; it is because they are gone from the power, even the light of the world, which is the way of righteousness, in which whosoever walks, stumbles not, nor sins not, the well is near come down into the deep: come to the Rock, eat honey, and be satisfied, and let your souls delight itself in fatness; love not the world, nor the pleasures, delights, and vanities thereof, but love the light which is not of the world: for if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, But thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength; and this is the straight way, and a gate too narrow for any lustful one to walk in; the vain talker is not here, it is a path too narrow for all them which are speaking of Christ, the straight way, but themselves, their tongues, and their hearts at liberty in the flesh: And O that you would consider, you that spend your days in vanity! will not this prove bondage and bitterness in the latter end! O that you were wise to lay it to heart! That you would consider your latter end, the glorious liberty which is not in the flesh, nor in the lusts thereof, which the servants and Sons of God enjoy, whom you are accusing, as the worst of men! did you but possess one day, surely you would cast away all your lovers, and say, What have I to do any more with Idols? I call you all to partake with me, who are afar off, and separated from the Lord by sin, as I have sometime long been, and in that state I was reading, and studying the Scriptures, and the vail being over my heart, I could not see them, for they were a parable to me, as now they are to you. But now hath the Lord in his unsearchable loving kindness, which is great towards me, and I cannot utter it, hath revealed his Son in me, which makes manifest, and reveals the Father: yea, he hath commanded his light to shine out of darkness, which was vailed over in my heart, while I was in darkness, and could not comprehend it therein. I say it was his love to me, when I was in hatred, and enmity against him, following the imaginations of my evil heart; and being in captivity, and bondage, to divers hists; and sin was entered, and death by sin reigned over the seed, to whom all the Promises were; the seed is Christ the Son of God, and the grace of God, and manifestation which bringeth salvation, & hath appeared to all men; and did all but obey it, & not rebel against it, or grieve it, it would be a sufficient Saviour of itself to every man; and this you must all feel working, rising, and operating in your hearts, and in meekness and lowliness of mind must ye receive this engrafted Word, that ye may grow thereby; and here is the true growth in grace, rather than words or wisdom; in purity and power, rather than in a painted profession, of which there is enough, and too much in the world, because they are sayers and not doers, professing Christ which they possess not: And oh how sad is it to hear people saying, They hope to be saved by Christ, and that they are accepted with God in Christ Jesus, and yet this hope doth not purify them as he is pure, and so must needs be but as a Spider's web, for sin is a shame for any people, but all who comes to know the true hope, which is Christ in you the hope of glory; it makes not ashamed, for it purifies the heart, and redeems man both out of sin and shame, and what is your faith that leaves you thus in this world, and gives you not victory over it? is not your faith vain, and all vain while Christ is not risen in you? you are in your sins, and your righteousness, is it any better, if so good, as the Scribes and Pharisees which made clean the outside, but inwardly are full of all abomination? therefore come to that, and feel the Lords Talon in you, and hid it no longer in the earth, but improve it to the utmost, for that will not be to give an account with joy, but grief; this talon is the grace and light of Christ which to every man and woman hath appeared, and this is not common grace as your Teachers tell you, but it is the saving grace, and would save every man, and would not the death of any man, did they but obey it, and not always rebel against it; therefore hear this all yet rebels, even to you I speak, which have long grieved and vexed the good Spirit of the Lord, with whom he is yet striving, be ye never so wicked and vile; though your sins be as red as scarlet, and though you have deeply corrupted yourselves, and your spot is not the spot of his children; to you I say, in the Spirit of the Lord, give not sentence against yourselves, by saying, Your wound is incurable, yea though you have betrayed and crucified the innocent in you; do not say that your punishment is greater than can be born, nor your sin greater than can be forgiven; for be ye as far off as ever the Prodigal was, or as far off as ever I sometime was, yet if ye do but say in your heart I have sinned, and it profiteth me not; I will go and return to my Father's house, against whom I have sinned; the father himself will come out to meet you, as he did me, even I, who was disobedient, and afar off, being led away of divers lusts, which ruled in my heart while the God of this world had blinded my eye which should have seen my Saviour; and then showed and smote me, for in my Conscience even me hath he gathered off the mountains to himself; yea he hath brought me very near, and reconciled to himself by the blood of his Son, that I might make known unto you his everlasting kindness in calling sinners to repentance while they are in their sins, and that in the mouth of two or three Witnesses this Truth may be confirmed to you all. I with Ezekiel and Peter do set to my Seal, and bring in my Testimony; read 2 Peter 3.15. Ezek. 33.10 to 20. That God desireth not the destruction or the death of him which is destroyed, but had rather they would own his light which is Christ, his power and strength, and would, and doth give power over all sin, yea even power to become the Sons of God, which sin not: And this I declare to you all is not of man, nor man's righteousness, which is as filthy rags; yet it is in man, and there fulfils the righteousness of the Law now in the Saints as ever he did, Rom. 8.4. that the righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit, v. 14. for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God; mark the wise Professors Prayers, and such as say, ye observe the Ordinances, and use the means, and say you cannot be perfect in this life, but say ye are justified by Christ's righteousness which suffered at Jerusalem beyond the Sea, vers. 4. that the righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us. Consider this you that would make Christ a cover for your sins, as all do who know not Christ in them the hope of glory. Therefore call not us deceivers any longer, but see how Satan is exalted in you, and ye yourselves are deceived, which are in your sins and beguiled, and cast the simplicity that is in Christ Jesus (which all that are in, sin not) and this is true Justification, for any to be in Christ where old things and sin is done away, for which man is condemned, and unto which the Law was, and is added, and abides in force while men are in their sins, though in that state which is woeful, and for condemnation: You will say, you are not under the Law, but under Grace; therefore count not this deceit any longer as you have formerly done, but consider what have ye to be deceived of, seeing ye are in your sins, and have lost the elect which cannot be deceived; and the Apostles did not write to such as you are, but to the Saints that were in Christ Jesus, and had something more than you have (who are in your sins) to be deceived of. Therefore all come down unto Christ the light of the world, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world, which is the eye, and ye shall see all your prayers, righteousnesses, Means and Ordinances, which you use to get, Christ is all one in the sight of God, with your swearing, lying and drunkenness; read Isai. 66. v. 2. to 5. Harken unto this ye proud Professors, but trembles not at the Word of the Lord: He that killeth an Ox, as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth Incense, as if he blessed an Idol. Consider the ground and reason of this, ye that say ye cannot be perfect and holy in this life, whether ye are not in your own ways? and whether ye have not chosen your own ways? and your souls delighted in that which is abomination unto Christ, who is the way, the truth, the life; and he that is in it sinneth not, what ever you may say, who are in your own inventions, and righteousness, but are far off from the righteousness which is near to be revealed in the heart, as all are, who say Revelations are ceased: for I declare to you all, from my own experience, not from the Letter, but from the Spirit and Power of the Lord, that I never heard the Voice, nor knew the things of God from the Letter, but by the Revelation of Jesus Christ: for it hath pleased the Father to reveal his Son in me, who is the light, in which light I see light, and the Father revealed, who is the fountain thereof: and broken Cisterns, and corrupt Fountains are all drinking out of, and feeding upon the wind, and windy doctrine, and vain hopes; and eating that which dieth of itself, and doth not satisfy; and are all blind, and dead in their sins, are all they which saith that Revelation are ceased. And this is a general cry with Priests, and Professors, who are gone in the way of Balaam, and abides not in the Doctrine of Christ, which should reveal the Father, and of all Sects and Opinions whatsoever, they are crying, none can hear the Voice of Christ now but in the Letter. To you I say, who are setting up the Bible to be your Rule, instead of the Spirit, as the Jews did, who thought to have eternal life in the Scriptures, and were painted as ye are with the Saints words, being inwardly ravened from the light and spirit of the Lord, which doth reveal, as ever it did, the things of God. I say you are not like to hear his voice, who are gone from the hearing ear; nor to see his shape, who are gone from the Light, the seeing eye; but the Saints and sheep did then hear his Voice, and followed him; and I witness his Voice to be heard now, as ever it was, and thousands in England besides me, though I do confess, you which have the sheep's clothing, but are not sheep; do not, nor cannot hear his Voice, no more than the Jews did, who had the same clothing, but were inwardly ravened from the Spirit of the Lord. Therefore all that would know. God, or the things of God, must come to the measure of the Spirit in them; a measure of which is given to every man, to profit withal, and this is nigh you in your hearts, and as ye finke down ye shall feel it working, rising, and operating in you, and as ye are still, ye shall feel ye spirit of the holy and pure God which hath been imprisoned, and held in captivity under Pharaoh, and the man of sin, which hath been exalted in you, above the spirit of God in you, so all in this wait which is underneath the power of darkness, and shineth in the darkness, and out of the darkness shall it arise, for he hath long dwelled in thick darkness; and round about him hath been Clouds, & deep Waters: I say, wait in patience, all you that sit in the region, and shadow of death, and the light shall rise, until darkness be under his feet, even those dark mountains where you have been scattered, and are scattered; and how beautiful shall you witness his feet to be upon the Mountains? Tongue, nor Pen, cannot utter, even he that publisheth Salvation, and saith unto Zion, thy King reigns; and this is the reign of Christ, and the only reign which the Scripture declares of, That all his enemies should be under his feet; for he must reign till he have subjected all things to himself, even all that which hath captivated the Seed in Egyptian darkness: And then shall come to pass that saying which is written, and nor till then. Here is the patience of the Saints, and here shall you feel the sufferings of Christ that are behind; and here is the time of Trial, and the very day of jacob's trouble, when he that hath led into captivity, must go into captivity; even as he ascends out of the grave, and the pit, he receiveth gifts for men, but man is not meet to partake of the gift, until that nature which would devour, be destroyed, And I say, in bowels of everlasting love, whose hearts are but breathing, though never so little after the Lord, speak not evil of that you know not, nor judge nothing before the time, until the spirit rise out of prison in you, unto whom all judgement is committed, and he will judge; even he, who is the judge of all the earth, aright; he will not condemn the righteous, with the wicked, nor slay the righteous with the wicked, though man may, who is gone from the spirit of truth in himself, and knows not that there is a lie in his right hand, and so calls good, evil, and evil, good; and puts light for darkness (himself being in that darkness) and darkness for light. I am grieved for the sons of men at my very heart! and greatly am I oppressed therewith! and the iniquity of many lieth upon my life; and I am pressed therewith as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves: And oh! how am I grieved to see people that call themselves Christians, and profess the scripturers to be their rule, how contrary thereunto they walk, and yet are condemning us for denying the scriptures, who are in the life of them! And as for your being Christians, there is no such thing, for you do not at all resemble God, whom you say is your Father, nor Christ his Son who loveth righteousness, and hates iniquity, and whose loins are girt with righteousness, and whose throne is established in holiness; and the Sceptre of his Kingdom, is a right Sceptre, and his Kingdom is everlasting, and in his people; and consist in righteousness, Power, and Glory. And not in talk, and words, which you are in, without the power or Joy in the Holy Ghost; and yet you are saying, you are his brethren: but to you all I say, who are in vain words, vain thoughts and actions, in pleasure, friendship's, and customs of the world, which fades away as a flower, and withereth as grass, all repent and turn to the Light, that you may see your sad conditions, and from whence, and from what are you fallen, for he owns you not, ye workers of iniquity; all your Sacrifices, while you commit sin, or regard iniquity in your hearts, are abomination to the Lord, Isai. 66.3. And so to you all, and in love to your souls, I say, Come down, for your strength is to stand still, and to feel a seed in yourselves, though it be but as a grain of mustard; and as you in patience wait low out of every thought, reasoning, and imagination, which vails and clouds this pure seed which I speak of, you shall see, or feel it arise in you, grow and multiply as the stars in the Firmament, and as the sands in the Sea shore without number. THE END.