A NARRATIVE PLAINEY SHOWING, That the Priests of England are as truly Antichrist (who got up since the days of the Apostles) as the Pope and His Clergy: Denying Christ to be both a King, a Priest, and a Prophet; With a serious warning to the PARLIAMENT not to uphold and maintain them by a Law, under any pretence whatsoever: As also a warning to all People, that (upon peril of their immortal souls) they be no longer deluded and bewitched by their Sorceries; But that they come to Christ the true Light, which will lead them out of the paths of sin, into the way of peace.  
By one who (through mercy from the Lord) hath escaped the snares of sin and deceit, and been brought (through Judgement) into His pure fear, known by the Name of John Chandler.  
LONDON, Printed for the Author. 1659.   

A Narrative, plainly showing, that the Priests of England are as truly Antichrist (who got up since the days of the Apostles) as the Pope and his Clergy, etc.  
GIve ear Oh all ye Priests of England, for this word is to you, to show (by the true light which hath enlightened me) that ye are Antichrist, and that the Spirit of spiritual Whoredom and Fornication is in and upon you, as truly as in and upon the Pope and his Clergy, so called: For ye deny Christ the Son of God to be both a King, Priest, and Prophet, both by your words and actions; and what doth he or they more? First, Ye deny Christ to be a Priest, who, by the eternal Spirit, hath offered up himself once for all, to put an end to all carnal Covenants, National Churches, Ministry, and Maintenance, and to perfect for ever them that are sanctified. Now ye uphold by Doctrine and practise the Covenant with the seed after the flesh, as it was with the Jew outward of old; of which, Circumcision in the flesh was a sign, which were both but figures of the Jew inward, who was to be circumcised without hands by the circumcision of Christ in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh: Ye uphold this (I say) by sprinkling of Infants under the former pretence, which ye apply to them as a Seal of the said Covenant, so accounting them as Christians & Members of your Church, which is according to generation, and not according to regeneration, which thing alone gives persons a right to be Members of Christ's Church, which is his body: so the matter of your Church is the World, and not the Saints. And as for a National Church: before Christ, the true light, was manifested in that body which died at Jerusalem, there was but one in the whole World, to wit, in the Land of Judea, which was a figurative State; to hold forth, that the Saints of Christ, in his day, (wherever they were gathered out of the World) were a royal Nation and peculiar people unto him, as Peter calleth them: & after Christ's departure, when the Apostles and Saints had received power from on high, they went forth in that power, and by their Ministry gathered the Seed of God out of several Nations, Cities, and Places, who were the Churches of Christ; but ye, in stead hereof, have raised by your carnal Covenant with the carnal Seed, many National. Churches (as ye call them), and ye neither tremble nor are ashamed to father them upon Christ, who is a pure, holy, and spiritual head, and must have no other body. But these are seen in the light to be but so many Cities of the Nations, which John in his Revelation mentioneth, which, he saith, fell, when great Babylon came into remembrance before God, to give her the Cup of the Wine of the fierceness of his wrath. As for a Nationall Ministry, or Ministry settled all over the Nation, which are yourselves, it is suitable to a National State, to wit, a certain peculiar Tribe, known by distinct Garments, and appropriating the exposition and opening of the Scriptures to the people, to themselves; as the Priests, the Tribe of Levi were, and did under the Law, before Christ, by God's command; which first Priesthood there was a necessity of disannulling (saith the Apostle), by reason of its faultiness, imperfection, and unprofitableness; wherefore Christ (whose Father's Law to do, was within his 〈◊〉 heart) came and offered up himself once for all, and so put an end to that first Priesthood, which ye most wickedly and ungodlily still endeavour to hold up, together with its maintenance, Tithes, or the Tenth of the increase, (which ceased with the first Priesthood) most wickedly & unjustly forcing the same from People by a Law of Man, and punishing the refusers, whereas the Jewish Priesthood had it by the Law of God; Neither give or allow ye one penny out of it to the Fatherless, Widow, or Stranger: So that, are ye not rightly called Priests? Surely ye need not snuff at it▪ for Ministers of Christ ye can in no wise be called who thus, so visibly, withstand his everlasting Priesthood. Ye are also seen to deny the Faith of and on Christ the everlasting High Priest, though ye will acknowledge his person in words, (for how else should ye be Antichrist and the false Prophet?) who entering himself once for all into the holy of holies, doth give forth living virtue to all his Members, who wait in his light, to feel his pure life, whereby they are purged and purified thoroughly from sin, by the living Faith and Hope which entereth within the Veil, and all your veils and cover, and so are perfected for ever; for Christ's work is perfect and everlasting: But ye cry out, Blasphemy, Blasphemy, To say that Christ thoroughly freeth or purgeth any Man or Woman from Sin, while they live here, but in part only, so denying the efficacy of Christ's blood which is his life, which cleanseth those who sincerely confess their sins, from all sin, so making them perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; which I testify none can ever be, while any sin is standing, which, while so, will certainly raise up guilt and condemnation there, through God's pure witness showing the evil: wherefore, since ye (being out of the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ) cannot witness Victory over sin and transgression, ye enter not into the true, spiritual, and eternal rest, prepared for the people of God; but maintain and uphold a natural day, to wit, every first day of the week, as for an outward Sabbath or Rest, which ye are not ashamed to call the Christian Sabbath or Rest: Is this day the true Christian's rest? or have they peace with God all the week, and all their days, and for ever, standing in his everlasting Covenant, which is to give them Rest from their labours and sore bondage? But the Sabbath day which we sanctify, not speaking our own words, or thinking our own thoughts on his Holy day, which is one continual day, known to him, and his people that stand in obedience, ye Priest's know not, and how then should ye declare it to others; but your Sabbath which is a natural day, we see to be but your Market-day, wherein ye vent your wares for money and not the true Christian's Rest. Thus do ye plainly deny (Oh ye Priests) Christ Jesus the Son of God, to be the only Highpriest. And that he should be a King to reign alone in righteousness, ye cannot endure; (yet will ye call Him in your Pulpits, King Jesus, Judas like, giving him a Hail-Master:) For whereas the Lord God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, hath set this his King upon his holy Hill of Zion, in this his day, to rule and govern in the hearts of his People, in righteousness and peace; ye endeavour what ye can to pull him down out of his Throne, and set up the Laws of man in his place: For ye have been endeavouring for divers years, and we well know it is your principle still, to force all people in the Nation (be they never so tender conscienced, or never so sensible of God's power working in their hearts a loathing of your dead traditions, and idol and carnal Worship, and drawing their minds to worship him in Spirit and truth) to submit to the same, and bow to the King of Babel's Image, upon pain of great punishment; yea at this day do ye so ride the Beast or tyrannical Magistracy, that ye have divers Laws of theirs against the Saints, thereby to constrain them (if ye could) to yield to your covetous, proud, and wicked Wills, and restrain them from opposing or troubling of you in your evil ways and deceit; when as the Saints who are the Lambs followers, are constrained by their King (Christ the Power of God) to cross and stand living Witnesses against you in all your false, wicked, and deceitful practices, whereby ye seek, for honour and profits sake, to keep His Rule & Authority from rising in the hearts of men; but He must and shall Reign, till He hath put all His enemies (within and without) under his feet, and made every one bow to his name, which is his power: turning the Beast and false 〈◊〉 Prophet or Whore that is carried by him, into the lake of fire: for do ye think that the Lord God is not very jealous for His holy Name, (who will be the only Lawgiver of his People) when as Menshall by Laws made in their own wills, go about to force them to do that which his pure and holy Law in their hearts, and Word, which is like fire in their bones, contradicteth? Is not this for the Beast to make direct War with the Lamb, and is it not so in this Nation? but the Lamb, and the Saints by his blood, the word of their testimony, and loving not their lives unto death, but patiently suffering, shall have the Victory; and then, woe be to all the Rebellious and proud of the Earth, saith the Lord of Hosts; for a great War is begun, neither will the Lamb lay down his two edged sword proceeding out of his mouth which is his word, but in righteousness will Judge and make War, so long as there is but one Nation throughout the World that withstandeth his living Truth: and we know him nearer than so; that in us he will not suffer one high imagination or evil thought to exalt itself unrevenged. Wherefore repent of your opposition against the Lord and his Christ, lest ye be slain before his face; and cease to infuse falsely into the Magistrate's head, that he is the keeper of both Tables, thereby still to animate him, to make Laws about Religion and the Worship of God: For it is a lie every way; for he that can keep both Tables in his own particular, loveth the Lord God with all his heart, and his neighbour as himself; which I am sure they do not, for they have divers Idols which their hearts run after, as Pride, Riches, and Honour, etc. which draw their hearts from God, neither do they to their neighbour as they would be done by, being hard hearted, implacable, unmerciful, etc. nor much less can the Magistrate cause both Tables to be kept by others: For can he by his outward sword make men love the Lord God with all their hearts, and their neighbour as themselves, or can he only restrain men from doing outward wrong and violence, and constrain them outwardly to do justice? which is far from keeping of both Tables of the righteous Law, as the Saints that are turned to the true light which makes manifest, right well know, Ye deny (Oh ye Priests) Christ the Son of God to be a Prophet also, by setting up your own manifold Doctrines, Inventions and Traditions, instead of His pure Teachings; who being the true light that lightens every man that cometh into the World, is given by the Father of lights, to be a Covenant of light to the Nations: that whosoever of the Nations that believeth in that which makes manifest his evil deeds, and cometh sincerely to the light to have all evil discovered, judged down, and destroyed; might find and feel the light of life quickening him up to God, and giving him power and dominion over sin and transgression, whereby (that which letted being taken out of the way) peace and reconciliation with the Lord God of Heaven and Earth he might come to witness: Thus is Christ the Prophet raised up by God's power, whom every one is to hear, lest he be cut off; but ye Priests not only not believe in this light yourselves, but give cautions to your people how they receive it, calling it a natural and insufficient light to lead to God, or save the soul, that so ye may in the room thereof, usher in the Scriptures (which were but words given forth from the light) as the only rule and guide: whereby ye get much money by repeating them to the People in a form or method; for ye know, as People come to know and follow the true teacher which is the holy anointing, or true light within them; they will be taken off from your dead words and teachings, and so will no longer put into your mouths, giving their money for that which is not Bread; for ye are convinced in your own consciences that ye minister not to the People by the pure gift of God, or Spirit's Baptism, by which the Apostles and Saints of Old ministered, who before they would stir or open their mouths, waited for the Father's promise, even the Spirit of Truth: And therefore to Salve up the matter, have ye most falsely and corruptly distinguished between extraordinary and ordinary Ministers of the Church: the Apostles who had prophesy, Miracles, and Revelation, ye say, were extraordinary Ministers: which gifts ceasing, ordinary Ministers God teacheth by, to wit, Pastors and Teachers, who come to be fitted thereto by ordinary means; as Languages, Book-Learning, Study, Industry, etc. Oh ye blind guides! know ye not that the gift of a Pastor or Teacher in Christ's Church, was the effect of the Baptism of the Spirit, as well as the gift of an Apostle; Prophesy, Revelation, Miracles, or any other? and dare you to assume the name of Pastors or Teachers, and yet deny the Power whereby such formerly ministered, which was the Power from on High? Is not this right-Antichrist to assume the Office, and out of the Power and Life whereby it should be administered? Nay, denying any such thing to be now, as Revelation, or the gift of discerning of Spirits, etc. without which none in the Apostles days could be Pastors or Teachers: So ye deny the true Prophet, whose reaching is in all Ages one and the same to His; only in the Apostasy from His Light and Truth, He hath been withdrawn; but now is come to Teach and to Instruct His People again; that with the Light they may see, discern, and comprehend all false Prophets; who for many years have filled the World with decait and error, and by the same Light may see Him who is invisible, and the glory that was with Him before the World was: So seeing the true Original of all, which is eternal Power and Wisdom: Riches, Glory, and Honour everlasting. And because ye Priests and blind guides are swerved from the light of Christ, which should be the only Counsellor and Director, therefore ye in your ordinary gifts, (as they are called,) which is but carnal wisdowe, presume even to sit in the Temple of God, as God, to wit, by your several Synods and Councils, which ye (if ye could) would have according to your own minds: who undertake to set forth Canons, or Rules, and Directories and Faiths, for the Worship of God, and to excommunicate, and receive in; and to judge of Truth and Error; and to use the Magistrate to enjoin by punishment the observance thereof: although Christ the true Prophet hath directed his People in a new and living way; whose teachings and directions these Priests either wholly deny, or think insufficient, or else they would never presume to set forth Canons, Directories, etc. for the people of God to walk by. Thus are ye discovered to be complete Antichrist; nor want ye any thing of the Pope and his Clergy, in essential matters, for all your pretended Reformation, only in some superstitions, ●esse material, ye differ: If ye shall say, Ye are wronged, in that the Pope takes on him to forgive sins, as Christ's Vicar, which is a high presumption, which ye are not guilty of; I say, you are guilty of the same thing in your corrupted Judgements, and would soon make it appear by practice, were ye not by God's providence restrained; for the Pope's forgiveness of sins is no more than a declaration outwardly of what he thinks God doth confirm in heaven, by virtue of his Office or Chair, as Peter's Successor; and ye in your several Synods and Presbyteries, appropriate the power of excommunication, or binding and losing, to yourselves, by virtue (as ye think) of Faith and Office; and wherein lies the difference betwixt you, save in this, That the Pope's presumption is Monarchical, or done by one man, and yours (as I may say), Aristocratical, or done by divers, whom ye count the chief of the Church; and what difference is there between one to be called Christ's Vicar, and out of his life; and ye to call yourselves his Ministers, Pastors, and Elders, and be out of it also: And as for Merits or Justification by works, which ye count a damnable Doctrine among the Papists, which ye say ye utterly deny: See the small difference betwixt them and you herein; for ye both, looking upon a Christ without, after the flesh, but denying the true light within, they think Christ died and suffered, etc. to make their works meritorious; & ye say, your works are accepted for his death and sufferings, and Intercession's sake; though neither of you (being not come to true 〈◊〉 light in your selus, which leads to the life, which is the blood, in which all works should be done and performed) can, in truth, sense, and feeling, witness acceptation, one no more than the other; so that ye, praying, singing and preaching in your Steeple-houses, fasting, or doing any other work in your own Wills, ye must of necessity look for an acceptation of them for the deed done, if ye will have any, as well as the Papists, seeing ye know not a living Christ in you, in which they must be accepted. As for Images, which the Papists worship: ye make yourselves, and services, Images for the people to worship: as also the Laws of men, which ye say are to be obeyed in the things of God, which is a more mysterious and dangerous Idolatry, because not so grossly and plainly appearing, and therefore not so easily to be avoided: also ye call the Steeplehouse or Tower-house, a Church, which is gross and sottish I dolatry. And whereas perhaps ye will say, the Pope selleth Pardons and, Indulgences for money, as he did when Luther fell off from him; Can ye make me believe that the same thing (in effect) would not appear among you Priests, if your Government were established, who now make gain the chief Motive of your preaching, and take money for sprinkling Infants, Marriages, Burials, Funeral Sermons, etc. Would there not be partiality and respect of persons among you, in admitting people to your communion, and in your proceed in casting our and receiving into your Church? Have no such things appeared in Scotland among their Presbyteries? or in New- England at any time? or among you? Did not the Pastor or Teacher of Boston in New- England, not long ago, when the Eldership (so called) would have excommunicated the Keeper of Bridewell for his most cruel and inhuman usage of one of our friends, (through malice and enmity to the Seed of God) hinder their proceed against him? and do not malice and enmity proceed from the same Root, as Covetousness, Respect of Persons, and the Love of money do? Nay, did not the Apostate Greek Church, for 1200 years' age, call one of their Synods or Counsels, to wit, the Council of Ephesus, Robbing, or a Council of Robbers? and are not all these Synods, whether Oeconomical, National, Provincial, Classical, or Parochial, in one and the same ground? and have they not proceeded from one & the same Root, as others before them have done, & what then can be expected but the same fruit?  
Wherefore, Oh ye Parliament of England, open your eyes and see what a Gospel-Ministry ye do at present, and think ye aught to, maintain, as are the Priests: and consider that in so doing, ye are but the Beast spoken of by John in his Revelation, which carried the Whore, and so are enemies to Christ's Kingdom. Know ye assuredly, That whilst ye do this, the hand of the Lord is against you, and the Lamb will never cease making War with you by his Saints, his Followers, and that by the Word of his Mouth ye shall be slain: and if ye will not withdraw your power from supporting, and by Laws upholding these false Prophets, and their Maintenance; (for denying of which, and divers other things, the Saints have greatly suffered, and are still liable thereunto); that both ye and they shall go down into the Pit together, for the Mouth of the Lord hath spoken it: whose anger is hot in this his day, against all unrighteousness of men, wherewith the earth hath been long corrupted and burdened; who hath looked down from heaven in pity, and at length visited his captivated Seed, and woe be to the Oppressor which in the day of the Lord's deliverance would still hold it in the chains of Babylonish captivity. Therefore choose you whether ye will now leave a good savour behind you, or a stink in the nostrils of God and his People; whether ye will be accounted those that undo every yoke, and let the oppressed go free, or Magistrates that bear not the Sword in vain, but such as are a terror to evil doers, (of whom the Priests are the chief) and a praise to them that do well: or whether ye will, by the Saints who do and shall walk in the light of the Lamb, be esteemed the Beast which pusheth at the Saints and innocent Ones, which (saith John) opened his mouth in Blasphemy against God to blaspheme his Name, and his Tabernacle and those that dwell in heaven, miscalling the truth, calling them Sectaries, Heretics, Seducers, Enthusiasts, Troublers of Israel, etc. Know this Oh thou Parliament! and all future parliaments, that while the false Prophet● in this or these three Nations, are upheld of you by a Law, or any kind of set-maintenance whatsoever that the Seed and Saints of God must needs suffer: and if so, How can a Blessing, and not a Curse, from the Lord God of heaven and earth, be expected? For this is the Lord's promise, to his Church in the last days, The Nation that will not serve thee shall perish, yea, (saith God) those Nations shall be utterly wasted: Wherefore, since it's hard for you (though great and lofty) to kick against the pricks; and for ye Potsherds of the earth to strive against your Maker; and since the Lord God Almighty hath decreed the utter ruin of the Whore, that hath bewitched all Nations from his pure life by her Sorceries and juchantments, and since the Priests are seen by the light of Christ, to be such Sorcerers, and the generality of these three Nations to be thus bewitched; I advise you in the love of the Lord (O ye of the Parliament, and all other that are called Magistrates, to break off your sins by repentance in your own particulars, to wit, your Pride, Covetousness, love of Money, the Honour and Glory of this wicked World, respect of Persons, giving and receiving Honour one of another, Courting one another, etc. which hinders you from believing in the true light, which will show you, and reprove you for all these things, and more, if ye harken to it, and in humility and lowliness of mind, do seek the honour that cometh from God only; which is his gracious acquittance and acceptance of all the penitent, who turn unto him, with their whole hearts, stamping his Image and Mark upon them, & by his eternal Spirit witnessing in their consciences that they are his, and shall receive an eternal Inheritance as Coheires with Christ; this is honour enough, and will blast all the fading Honour and Glory of the World as a flower: And Oh ye Magistrates & Rulers! till ye come to witness somewhat of this in your own particulars, I cannot expect that ye should act aright and thoroughly for God: Now there is a Prophecy in John's Revelation, that the Kings of the Earth shall bring their Honour & Glory into the Holy City, new Jerusalem, that comes down from God out of Heaven; As any of you shall do so, ye will truly and freely give all Honour to the Lord, and expect none but what He giveth you: then would none of you dare to make any Law against the Saints or the Truth; but on the contrary: Or to maintain the false Prophet, but would leave him to himself, to stand upon his own Legs; but into this (O ye Rulers of the Earth) ye are not yet come, but are at present seeking your own Honour, Profit and Interests, and being out of God's living Power, run to State-policy, to make that your refuge, and a cover for your present actings; saying, if we should not maintain and uphold a National Ministry, we should not be like any nation; and the Nation itself would be so incensed and divided, that the destruction thereof would be feared; also how should so many Ministers with their Families live? Now ye Magistrate's and Rulers, consider in the fear of God, where ye are that thus reason: where were the Jews when they forsook and stood not in the counsel of the Lord, but would be as other Nations: And shall the Antichristian State in the several Nations (think ye) uphold itself always by the Nations taking example by each other, so as to prevent the intended purpose of the Lord God in the Whore of Babylon's destruction? Assure yourselves that this block will not hinder Antichrists Kingdom in this Nation one moment the longer from falling, than the Lord God hath determined. Then, as for the fear of so greatly incensing and dividing the Nation, know ye not, that those who stand simply and singly in the counsel of the Lord faithfully to do his will, shall be carried thorough all opposition and danger? doth any thing weaken and deject the hearts and spirits of men but sin? I find nothing so to do; while the Jews of old, kept out of transgression against the Lord, the promise was, one should chase ten, and ten put a thousand to flight; So ye, if ye knew the will of God, and had sincere hearts to do it, need not fear what man could do: yea, I affirm A blessing should be in your right hand, and upon the Nation, so as it should be preserved in peace and plenty; for this is the Lords promise, Psal. 77. that as his way is known upon Earth, and his saving health unto all Nations, the People shall praise the name of the Lord, and be glad and sing for joy; because the Lord shall Judge & Govern he Nations Righteously upon the Earth; then (saith the Spirit) shall the Earth yield her increase, and God even our own God shall bless us; God shall bless us, and all the ends of the Earth shall fear him. And is not this a beggarly and slavish thing (though bearing the show of charity and pity) to let the fear of an outward livelihood, of some, to be a hindrance of doing the will of God, who giveth life & breath & all things. Hath not Christ said, and do not the Priests acknowledge and Preach as much; that men should first seek the Kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, and all other things shall be added? Now if the Priest's State and Kingdom be discovered by the light, to be a Kingdom of darkness, for which cause they ought not to be upheld and maintained by the Magistrate; Let them first of all repent and be humble, and come to the Light which leads the way into God's Kingdom, which stands in Peace, Righteousness, Purity, Holiness, and Joy in the Holy Spirit; so waiting and seeking for this Kingdom, in the light, out of their own Wills and Wisdoms, and the Lord by his providence will surely provide for them and theirs: for there is enough in the Creation for every one with contentment. And love is with the Saints, who know allought to be fed and nourished in an honest, upright and just, but not in an unjust way: and therefore can they not pay them (in the way they are in) one six pence willingly, though 'twere to the loss of all. Besides, Oh ye Rulers! doth the Lord God say any where that Babylon should be a whit the more spared for Merchant's Wives and children's sakes? What is a worldly Interest to the glory of God, and the Salvation of Souls? Wherefore lay ye aside, I advise you, these and all such slavish objections: for they will not justify or excuse your actings before the Throne of God, or answer to that of God in your consciences, which calleth for Justice, Righteousness, Holiness and Equity. And ye people of the Nation, consider, that it is not a leight thing that ye are deceived, deluded, and captivated by the Priests and  Prophets, so as to believe lies: for, saith the Apostle, the man of sin should come with all deceiveablenesse of unrighteousness in them that perish, who because they received not the love of the Truth, that they might be saved, therefore God gave them up to strong delusions to believe lies: that they all might be damned, who believe not the Truth, but have pleasure in unrighteousness: Mark People, the man of sin, the Spirit of error which worketh in the Mystery of iniquity, deceiveth with all unrighteousness, and those who have pleasure in that unrighteousness; but love not the truth, are suffered to beieve lies that they all may be damned: Oh lamentable! Little do people think what Coals of Indignation they heap upon their own heads, that hate the light that reproveth their evil deeds and deceit, and yet call themselves Christians, that plead for the Priests, the Beast, and the Whore, and Idol-worships, and sin as long as they live: hating, revising, deriding, and persecuting the Saints who stand as Witnesses with Christ the Light against all these things. Heat also what John saith Revelations 13. (which Book is a Prophecy of these times) saith he, All that dwell upon the Earth shall worship the Beast, whose names are not written in the Book of Life, of the Lamb slain from the Foundation of the World (if any man hath an ear to hear let him hear:) where by he showeth) that its a thing of great concernment for people to consider who they worship, fear, obey and serve, whether God, or Man, and his Laws and Will, lest they are for ever excluded from, and never enjoy a part in eternal life. But perhaps, people, ye will say, what is it to worship the Beast or his Image or likeness; For we scarce know what thou meanest?  
To worship the Beast or his Image, is to do whatsoever the false Antichristian Powers of the Earth shall command you to do and obey in the faith and service of God; so as ●f they command what Religion people should profess, what manner or form of worship they shall use in their Steeple-houses, what they shall do against the Saints and Servants of the Lord, etc. they are ready (like Issachar who bowed down his back to the burden) to observe the same, not minding or considering what the light of Christ in their consciences tells them, or leads them unto, and whether it be pleasing or displeasing in the sight of God; so that if the Magistrate will have them keep a Fast, they keep it, or a natural day for a Sabbath, they will observe it; or to hear Praying in their Steeple-houses first, then Reading, then singing of a Psalm, then Praying again, then Preaching in the Priest's dead form, then Praying again, and then a Blessing (so called) on the People: they readily do and hear all, and so in other things, though out of the life of God in which all Sacrifices should be offered up; and not moved thereto by the Spirit of God. Or if the Magistrate command any of them to hale the Saints to prison, or otherwise punish them, they will do it, saying, In all such things, we are commanded by the higher Powers, and therefore we must obey: This, People, I declare, is to obey Man, rather than God; yea, grievous Idolatry, for the Lord saith in every one of you, Thou shall have no other Gods but me: now what a man serveth and obeyeth, that is his god; so the Lord all this while is forgotten, who is the higher Power; and man, an empty & nothing-Creature obeyed, which must needs kindle his holy anger against all such Idolaters, for he hath said, His glory will He not give to another, nor His praise to any graven Image; now, People, that is not only an Image, which is made of Wood or Stone, but whatever created thing any sets up in his heart to serve or obey, besides, or more than his Creator: These say are true and faithful. Therefore fear and tremble all people before the Mighty God, who made the Heavens and the Earth, and all that is therein; who gives man his being upon the Earth, & time and means to come out of his fallen and cursed estate by disobedience, which means, is by his Son Christ the second Adam, who is made a quickening Spirit to all that receive Him, who is the true Light that enlighteneth every man that cometh into the World, whereby they may see their evil thoughts, words, ways, & works, and have Power, by believing in the light, to overcome the evil with good, that so, the evil being forsaken, and the good cleaved unto, they (by the power & beauty thereof) may be transformed into the pure Image of God, which was lost by the Fall, whereby the whole Creation hath been brought out of order: that so peace & reconciliation with their Creator, they may come to feel in themselves, which is a most happy and blessed condition; for this I bear my Testimony unto, before all Nations upon the Earth, that they can never come to enjoy peace with the Living pure Lord God of Life, in whose favour is Life; any further than they come out of sin and transgression, and feel their hearts purged and cleansed from the filth thereof; for the Lord is pure and holy, who can behold no iniquity without reproof, wherever he finds it: So that it's but in vain for any one to talk or think of justification by a Christ without, and not to feel his living virtue, purifying their souls by his good spirit within them, but denying it there; for none but the pure in heart ever did, or ever shall see the face of the pure God. Wherefore, ye people of England, let not the Priests deceive you any longer with their too ●●row cover, and with the pillows they have so long sewed under your armholes, for lucre-sake, whereby ye have been lulled asleep in a wicked security, thinking yourselves good Christians if ye have but kept your Church, as ye call it (which to the People's understanding hath been no more but a Steeplehouse, which is like the Papists) and had an outward conformity of Religion, though out of the power of godliness, living in all manner of sin and licentiousness; for now is the Lord risen to awaken the Earth, having put life into his witnesses again, who cannot but Prophesy, and testify against the World, that their deeds are evil, though they suffer unto death therefore, as some of the Lords servants have (within this few years) done: that so the Lords purpose in raising them up, may be accomplished; which is to gather his precious seed which shall inherit the promise of life, and to lay the wicked and disobedient under eternal condemnation; for the Gospel of the Kingdom is like a Net cast into the Sea, which having gathered and drawn to shore both the good and the bad, the good are received into Vessels, and the bad are cast away: So righteous Abel and his offering is accepted, but Cain, the wicked one, envious and murderer, is rejected, and is but a Vagabond, though he build a City; for the day of the Lord burns, and shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day cometh that shall burn them up, that it shall leave them neither Root nor Branch; but unto those that fear the name of the Lord, shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in his wings, and they shall go forth and grow up as Calves in the Stall, and they shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be as ashes under the soles of their feet, as already they appear to be.  
FINIS.