A DISCOVERY OF Two unclean Spirits. OR, Two Priests by their Fruits made manifest to be out of the way of Truth, and out of the life of Godliness, in the broad way of Destruction, therein working deceitfully the Works of Error. A Warning unto all scattered people that call themselves Protestant's and Christians, yet are out of the Faith and Life of Christ, in vain Traditions, and dead Forms, wherein the blind-guids are leading them in the Pit. Also a Declaration of the Light of Christ now appearing in every man, even in the Conscience, by which all men are left without excuse. With a plain and true Direction into the good Way, which from everlasting hath been prepared, to lead all that abide therein, out of transgression through death into eternal life. A short Discovery of the Lords great Fury and heavy Indignation that will suddenly break forth upon all the disobedient. Written by one, who loves the seed of God, which is unknown to the World, A. H. in the County of Gloucester. London, Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black-spread-Eagle at the West-end of Paul's, 1657. A DISCOVERY OF Two unclean Spirits. OR, Two Priests by their Fruits made manifest to be out of the Way of Truth, etc. HEnry Hean of Ollueston, William Wilton of Elburton, against you two Priests, by the Spirit of the living God, I am moved to Declare; Harken O ye Priests, this Commandment is against you, for ye doth shut the Kingdom of Heaven against men, you yourselves will not enter, and them that would go in thereat, ye will not suffer, for ye have taken away the Key of Knowledge, even the key of David, ye have denied Christ Jesus the light of the world, the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world, in him was life, and the life was the light of men; but ye have denied the holy one, and the first, and have desired a Murderer to be granted unto you, and ye have crucified the Lord of life, the faithful and true witness, who hath loved us, and is washing us from all our sins in his own blood, whose blood is precious, and unto us it speaketh better things than that of Abel, but the voice thereof cryeth against you unto the Lord, for verily ye are of the generation of them that deny Christ the true light of the world, the gift and grace of God which bringeth salvation unto all them that believe in the light, (I say) of that generation will the Lord our God require all the righteous blood shed (in the earth;) And you Priests who reject that light of Christ, you do despite unto the spirit of grace, and you trample on the blood of the Covenant that is our life, which judgeth and condemneth the world; and you who hate the light, is condemned by that light, and from its judgement ye cannot fly, and from the wrath of the lamb ye cannot escape, unless ye return and kiss the Son, who is given unto us, the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ, who is the way, the straight way to the Father, the way of holiness, which ye have denied, and now you stand in slippery places, and your fall is near at hand, for in the broad way you are, in which all did ever perish that continued therein, it leadeth to destruction, and you are blind and do not see it, and you lead the blind into the pit, which devoureth widows houses, and ye, for a pretence, make long Prayers standing in the chief Seats in the Assemblies, and love to sit in the uppermost rooms at Feasts, and to have greetings in the Markets, and to be called of men Master, and you preach for Hire, and divine for Money, and seek for your gain from your Quarters, you feed on the fat, and yourselves with the Fleece, but the sheep you have not fed. But now the day of reckoning is come, you are weighed and found too light, your ruff garments are Moth eaten, and your nakedness doth appear, for your cozening is not by the Spirit of the Lord, and woe unto you who are found in the way of Cain, running greedily after the error of Balaam, who loved the wages of unrighteousness, And know this, O Priest, who hath violated the Law, and profaned the holy things, that the Judge of the whole earth will do right, and will not at all acquit the wicked, neither respect persons in judgement, who spared not the Angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and spared not the old world, and turned the Cities of Sodom and Gomorah into ashes, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly. Wherefore Henry Hean, who professeth thyself to be a Minister of Jesus Christ, yet are found in the steps of them that were deceivers and false Prophets, and art in the ungodly life, the hand of the Lord is against thee, and thy fellows who are one with thee, in the seed of evil doers, out of the godly life, that goeth in the way of Cain to envy, and Serpentlike to deceive the Soul, and seduce the innocent who are in the godly life, which was before the world was, before the deceiving Serpent was, and before Cain the Murderer was, which life was in due time made manifest, to destroy him that had the power of death, that is the Devil, which is the foundation, the ground, the root, and original of the ungodly life; and all you that live ungod-like, there is your original foundation, ground and root of bitterness, from which the evil branch doth spring up, which lives, and grows, and brings forth fruit, in the ungodly life (in the world without God) is the life and breath of all the seed of the old Serpent, which is the cursed root of the ungodly, which always denied Christ Jesus, the light of the world, the Son of God, who is the lamb slain from the foundation of the world, in the great City which is spiritually called Sodom, and Egypt, wherein is the ungodly life. Yea, which life is condemned, and all that is joined unto it, all the wicked and ungod-like are joined unto it, all proud and lustful ones are joined unto it, all covetous and idolatrous ones are joined unto it, all drunkards and gluttonous ones are joined unto it, even all them that in their eating and drinking doth not show forth the Lords death, but doth feed in their lusts without fear, and are made strong in the ungodly life, from which ariseth the reprobate mind, and vile affections, being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, and maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity, whispering, backbiting, hating of God, despiteful, proud, boasting, inventing of evil things, these arise from the ungodly life; and know all ye Priests, who are joined to, and are in the ungodly life, against you is the wrath of God revealed from heaven, who bear not the Image of him who is created after God, in righteousness and true holiness, but the image of him you deny who came from the living Father, and hath life in himself, whose life is the light of men, and as many as believe in the light are in their measures raised from the dead, and are joined to the godly life (according to the measure of the grace of God, the truth and doctrine of Christ, the word in the beginning, by whom the world was made, wherein God is worshipped) let him that hath an ear hear the truth, where the Devil abode not, the Devil abode not in the truth, he is out of the truth, and hath it not, the liar and deceiver is out of the truth, and all the wicked who are born of corruptible seed, and walk not in the doctrine of Christ, they hath not God, but are out of the truth. And thou Henry Hean, who hast persecuted and imprisoned the innocent which hath broken no law, but are in the doctrine of Christ, thou art out of the truth, in the ungodly life, joined to him that abode not in the truth, who art out of the protection of God, and hast joined to Petition men to avenge thee against the children of God, who seek the good of thy soul, and are in the godly life, witness that of God in thy Conscience, which hath made thy heart to fail, and thy lips to quiver, it's the worm that will never die, and the fire that will never be quenched, even the breath of the Lord, which is the life of the Sons of God, is as a river of brimstone kindling in the wicked, who persecute the seed of God, and make Petitions against the innocent, breathing out threaten against the Church, which is in God, the pillar and ground of truth, wherein is the godly life, whom you are found persecuting of, and when any of the servants of the Lord hath from the mouth of the Lord, in love to thy soul, warned thee to turn from the evil of thy ways, persuading thee to believe in the light of Christ, which convinceth of sin, and calleth to departed out of the ungodly life, that thou mayest be turned from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, and receive remission of sins, and an inheritance amongst them that are sanctified, and these hast thou shamefully entreated, and they have been by thy command cast forth of thy Steeplehouse, and by some of them thou callest Christians, plucked by the hair, halled forth by the neck, and their mouths stopped with their hands, and thy own servant abusing in the street, and hath given out threaten against them that live in the truth; and thou thyself hast had others before Magistrates who hath committed them to prison, against whom could not be proved the breach of any Law, let that of God in thy Conscience judge, what image thou dost now bear, what mark is on thy hand, whether thou art not in the way that Persecution went before, where the Dragon, that old Serpent, was head before, and on thy forehead is the mark found by which the Beast is known that makes war with the Saints, the seed of God, in whom the godly life is persecuted by the Beast, which is out of the godly life: I judge the not, there is one nigh that seethe and judgeth, whose judgement is just, unto him return, that by him thou mayest read the number of thy name, which is the number of a man, who is in the ungodly life, unto whom thou art joined, while thou art an example of pride and haughtiness of spirit, and of covetousness, who hast filled thy holes with prey, and thy dens with raven, thou art an example of strife and contention, of malice and revenge, of winebinbing, and of pouring in of strong drink, and of suing at the Law, of respecting persons, and of much idleness, and thou knowest that thou dost love the things of this world, which is joined to another seed, which is in the ungodly life, which keepeth not the commands of God, but eateth of the forbidden fruit, let that of God in thy Conscience judge, whether thou art not feeding on these things Serpentlike, and seeketh to entice, persuade, and draw the simple to partake with thee in the transgression, that so they might never come to know the innocent garment, nor never come to have the pure eye opened, but keep the evil eye open, which cannot see God, that so the curse and plague of God might come on them to the utmost, even hardness of heart, and blindness of mind, and so be wholly turned away into the earth, where the presence of God is not seen, nor his pure life enjoyed, nor the holy image of God known, and there their nakedness doth appear, and so the heart lusteth after, and coveteth evil, which is then become the husband, by whom is conceived in the lust an image like to thyself, whose fruits are evil, and so thy fruits feedeth and strengtheneth the wicked that is born of the earth, and so the bands of iniquity, and chains of darkness is by thee doubled; but assuredly the day is come, and coming, wherein the good and bad, the just and the unjust shall arise to judgement, wherefore awake and come forth unto the light from which thou canst not hid, that thou mayst receive according to thy deeds done in thy body; and know assuredly that the power of the Lord which is now appearing, is greater and stronger than all the powers of the world, and all the plots and policies in the earth cannot deliver thee out of the reach of the hand of the Lord, who is mighty, against whom thou dost rebel, but thou shalt not prosper, for his hand takes hold of judgement, the sword of his mouth is sharp and keen, and in battle thou canst not stand against him, from whom thou hast had sufficient warning, but still refuseth counsel, therefore if thou perish, destruction will be of thyself, and thy blood be on thy own head. And a Warning unto thee, William Wilton, who professeth thyself, to be a Minister of the Gospel, sent of Jesus Christ unto the People at Elburton, unto thou I say in the name and fear of the Lord, consider, what Message thou hast there delivered: Did Jesus Christ send thee thither to daub with untempered Mortar, to sew pillows under the people's armholes, to preach Peace to the wicked to whom there is no peace, to strengthen the hands of evil doers, that they may not turn from the evil of their ways, and so thou healest the hurt of the inhabitants of Elburton slightly, saying, Peace, peace, and so cause them to trust in lying words that cannot profit, like unto them that cried, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, and although they should steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto B●ll, and walk after other gods, they might yet come, and assemble together, to whom thou hast spoken smooth things, as though they are delivered to commit all these abominations? Who sent thee to say the foulest sinner is in the fairest way for Grace, and such like licentious and unwholesome Doctrines as I have heard thee speak, seeing Jesus Christ is the way of Grace, the high way of Holiness, the straight, and the narrow way, wherein the unclean cannot walk; therefore thou who art unclean haste also said, that the Gift and Grace of God will not satisfy, or, Gifts and Graces out of Christ will not satisfy, as I have heard thee speak, seeing Christ is the Gift and Grace of God, and out of him, or beside him, there is no Grace given, to him is the Promise made, in him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and of his fullness have all (we) received Grace for grace, which is sufficient, by which Salvation comes, and satisfaction, in due time is made, for, and in, all that hunger and thirst after him; therefore thou that saidst, The Gift and Grace of God will not satisfy, art out of the truth, never sent by Jesus Christ, who hast preached another Gospel than what Christ himself hath Preached, who said to his Disciples, Except their Righteousness exceed the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, they should in no wise be saved; but thou hast said, Though we sin against the Lord, and departed from him, yet he loveth us, and accepteth us in Christ; let the mouth of the liar be stopped: Doth not sin where it is not killed in the flesh, and taken away by Jesus Christ, yet separate between God and man, in every particular as much as ever it did, and is the cursed seed of the Serpent, which is the evil doer, that is born after the flesh, in whom every man is, whose image every man doth bear & in whom every man is lost, and is without help, or hope, till Christ the true light be received, and so thereby his Image, who is the image of God, in the particular restored, through the death of the mortal birth, or body of sin; (I say) is that seed and that nature, wherein sin lives joined unto Christ, and so presented before God without fault, doth God love the liar, that must never enter, or the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolators, which shall have their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone and hath no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ, and of God, and knowest thou not that the wicked shall be turned into hell, and all nations that forget God; Christ hath no communion with Belial, that man of sin, Christ w●ll destroy, and not save, and they that know not the body of sin in the particular, by the cross slain and putting of, they know not Christ put on in whom God is well pleased, in him is his love placed, and out of him God is not at all pleased; and let shame cover thy face, who art found a false witness, that hath brought another Gospel contrary to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whose light thou art seen, and denied, and thy spirit judged, who through hypocrisy and deceit, art glorying, singing, and boasting of David's experiences, amongst a people, before thou or they are come to live David's life, and superstitiously art worshipping the unknown God, in the idols Temple, whereas the living and true God, dwelleth not in Temples made with hands, nei●her is worshipped with men's hands, but they that worship him, doth worship him in spirit and in truth, God is worshipped in the truth, where the Devil is not, the false Prophet, the liar, and deceiver, is not; our God is worshipped in the spirit of life, in the truth, out of the Idols temple, out of the Synagogues and Steeple houses which were made with men's hands, even the bloody hands of the Papists, and are now the idols of the heathen, who deny the light of Christ, and therefore know not God, but doth worship the Idols, and call them Churches unto this day, but they are dead images, out of the spirit, and out of the truth, and they that build them, and they that repairs them, and worship, in them, are like unto them, having ears and hear not, eyes and see not, and hearts but doth not understand: Ah, foolish man, and unwise, thy inscription is to the unknown God, if thou hadst an eye to see thou mightst read it, how thy worships stands in thy own will, and thy own time, out of God and his will, and for thy own ends, dost greatly dishonour the living and true God, who is only known and enjoyed in that truth, and not at all known, nor enjoyed in the ●doll, nor found amongst Idolaters, though they cut themselves, and cry aloud, yet there is no answer, let that of God in thy conscience witness, even the light of Christ, which light doth condemn thee for taking of tithes, and selling of tithes, seeing that Christ hath changed the Priesthood, and also changed the Law, and is come, the Mediator of a better Covenant, even Christ, the second Priest, not made by the Law of a carnal Commandment, but by the oath of God, after the power of, an endless life, he is the resurrection and the life, in which the second Priesthood stands which live of the Gospel, which is the power of God, the power of an endless life, if thou hast an care to hear thou mayst hear, (I say) the power of God, which hath abolished the first Priesthood, which could not continue by reason of death, even Levi to whom tithes was paid, a figure serving for the time then, of Christ the second Priest, which according to the flesh came of the Tribe of Judah, which by the Law, never received tithes, of the tribe of Judah, there is nothing spoken of Priesthood, neither of tithes;— Now thou and all you Priests, that by a carnal Commandment, doth take tithes, are not in the power of, an endless life, which is the power of the Gospel, the second Priesthood, the wisdom of God, and power of God, a Cross to the first Priesthood, to tithes, sacrifices, and offerings, and all things in the changeable, in that, that cannot continue by reason of death, is, all that, that is out of the power of an endless life, but now the first Priesthood that takes tithes, and all that run for filthy lucre, and preach for hire, and divine for money, are out of the power of an endless life, all false teachers, liars, and deceivers, that run before they are sent, that use their tongues and saith the Lord saith, when the Lord never spoke to them, are in the lusts of covetousness, which is idolatry, and are out of the power of an endless life, therefore own shame upon thy head, who takes tithes, glebe-lands, and such like gain thou seekest from thy quarters, for telling of dreams, false visions, and lying divinations of thy own brain, not according to the Oracles of God, therefore thou couldst not say, when in thy Steeplehouse, before thy Congregation, I asked thee, Whether thou didst own Jesus Christ, to be thy only teacher, guide, and leader, (I say) thou couldst not say he was, but after a little space thou went'st away, but from the light of Christ thou canst not fly, for there is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity can hid themselves, and by the light which thou despisest art thou seen in the works of iniquity under death, and after the shadow thereof is thy heart and thoughts wand'ring, and art not at all obedient to be taught, lead, and guided by Jesus Christ, but art an envying as much as in thee lies to the pure love of God, and Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, and so art out of the counsel of God, which is known in the light to all them who are in the life, which life condemns the world, and all that which is of the world is with thee, in the shadow of death (there is the transgressor,) therefore own condemnation on the disobedient, in whom the power of darkness rules and guides into error and deceit, rebellion, and diso bedience against the light of Christ, and this by the Spirit of the living God is thy spirit, words, and ways, seen and judged, who are out of the light, and by the light is condemned, even in thy Conscience, wherein this warning shall stand to be read of thee in secret. A Warning to all scattered People that call themselves Protestant's and Christians, yet are out of the Faith and life of Christ, in vain Traditions, and dead Forms wherein the blind Guides are leading them into the Pit. HEar all ye scattered People, who are the inhabitants of Ollveston, Elburton, and Alveston, and elsewhere, who call yourselves Christians, because you think you have been Baptised into the Church of Christ, by some that sprinkled your faces with water, and cross you on the foreheads, and tell you it was in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, which thing they say is Baptism, and a seal of the Covenant, and then after you must learn the English Creed, and such like things, and so they tell you, That you are of the Protestant Religion, and the Scripture they take to talk on, and one day in seven you must come into the Steeplehouse, which they call the House of God, or Church, wherein you must hear and believe, without contradiction, that which they in the Week, have gathered out of old Books, which they find written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, which they call the Original, and what serves their turn out of English Books and Scriptures they put to it to make up about an hours discourse, with their own imaginations & inventions, which they call the Word of God, for which you must pay a large some of Money or Tithes, or else much of their hours Discourse will be in railing against you, though by them you have not been profited at all; so they Lord over you, and you call them Master; and thus you spend your time, and old age comes on, and death draws nigh, and you remain as void of true Faith, and as ignorant of Christ and your own salvation, as you were when you were first crossed on the foreheads, and here thousands die and perish in their sins. Therefore now all you, who are yet alive, in your sins, walking in the vanity of your minds, in the uncircumcision of the flesh, and talk of God, and Christ in your vain imaginations, yet know no other Call, to appear before the Lord, than the voice of a B●ll, which men hath hanged up in the head of your Idols house, which sound reacheth but to the earthly image, that deny the Call of Christ, and doth not wait for revelation whereas none knows the Father, but the Son, and him to whom the Son reveals him, but you all stand without the revelation and knowledge of the true God, in the house of imagery, the outward court, the first tabernacle, which is not measured nor purified, but you are the Gentiles that stands thereon, not within, the pure measure, but are without the holy place, worshipping every one his image, in the abomination that maketh desolate, and so you know not the way into the holy place, but are without the pure life, alienated in your minds by reason of wicked works: Therefore be warned, all you proud and wanton ones, you foolish jesters, & vain talkers, all you covetous, and worldly minded ones, whose hearts are departed from the Lord you are but as the stubble, you scoffing & scorning one's, read your figure, in the dust, all you carnal minded, the best of you is but as a briar, & the most righteous is sharper than a thorney hedge, you grow on the cursed ground, which brings forth briars and thorns, whose end is to be burned, the Light of Israel is as a flame, and the Holy One as a fire, which shall devour the briars and thorns in one * day; so verily, all you people, every one, unless you receive Christ the true light, that lighteth every man that cometh into the world, you are no Christians, Christ is not your head, and you are not his members, and you also, shall die and perish in your sins. [A Warning to you.] Also a Declaration of the Light of Christ now appearing, and working in every man, even in the Conscience; by which all men are left without excuse. THere is no other name given under heaven, whereby you may be saved, but by Jesus Christ, who is the light of the world, a light shining in darkness, but the darkness comprehends it not, and this is the condemnation of the world, that light is come into the world and men love darkness rather than light, rather than Christ, who is set for a light to the Gentiles, and for salvation to the ends of the earth; for God so loved the world, that he sent his only begotten Son into the world, that the world through him might be saved; he that believeth in him, is not condemned, but he that believeth not, is condemned already, and the wrath of God abideth on him; tribulation and wrath on every soul of man that doth evil, he that doth evil hateth the light, the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world, is hated by the world, the pearl of great price; which is hid in the field: the field is the World, the World is set in man's heart, there is the World of Faith, nigh, even in the heart, this is the sure word of Prophecy, unto which you would do well, to take heed unto, as unto a light shining in a dark place, even in the heart of man, which is in darkness, turned away from God, who is light, and therefore cannot comprehend the light, the light not shining out of darkness, but in darkness, under the earth, under the world, the day star not risen, because the light is not loved, the fear of the Lord is not known, and none knows the Son of tighteousness risen in the heart, but those that fear the Lord; and all you that know not the fear of the Lord, you are not come to the beginning of wisdom, and you who are out of the light, doth not know the place of wisdom, though death and destruction may have the same, yet it is hid from the eyes of all living, all that live out of the fear of the Lord, yet notwithstanding unto man God saith, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is Wisdom, and to departed from evil, that is understanding. Therefore every one, both small and great, to the voice of Wisdom hearken, at the posts of her gates wait, even at the light of Christ in the Conscience, which convinceth you of sin, and discovers to you what is evil, and out of the fear of the Lord, and maketh manifest what is good, and therein you will come to know, the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom, and this I declare freely unto you, is the grace of God, which bringeth salvation that hath appeared to all men, and it now teacheth, to deny all ungodliness, and worldly lusts; and all that believe in it, and are obedient to it, doth receive the living power of God, by which they live righteously, soberly, and godly, in this present world: For of a truth there is no other way by which you can escape the wrath of God and eternal destruction of your souls, but only by receiving and owning the measure of light, that comes from Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, the Mediator between God and man, and then in the light you will come to know the word of Reconciliation which none knows tell they receives Christ the light of the world, he alone is the Word of God, even the word of Reconciliation, without which you are all eternally lost, and are a far off from God, while you are out of Christ, and none comes unto him but them whom the Father draws, therefore friends every one, while it is called to day, harden not your hearts against the drawings of God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of lights, who desireth not the death of a Sinner, but that you might return and live, if you return, return unto the Lord, which none can come unto, but by Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the light, and all that believe not in the light, are out of the way, even the way of the just, that leadeth unto life, and they are in the broad way that leadeth to destruction, wherein all are that deny the light, and they go astray from God in every thought, word, and work; yet in this condition all men are left without excuse, because that which may be known of God is manifested in man, even the light of the Son of God, hath she wed it unto man what is good, and what the Lord requires, and giveth sentence against the evil work that is contrary to the pure Law of God; for the work of the Law being written in the heart, the conscience bearing witness, & the thoughts continually accuseth and condemneth for evil, here you are all left without excuse, and the Lord will be just in your destruction, for ignorance none of you can plead, and the eye of God is open, he winketh not, the light is the eye, Christ is the light, that is now appearing, in which, if you believe not, you shall perish eternally. A Plain and true Direction into the Good Way, which from everlasting, hath been prepared, to lead all that abide therein, out of Transgression through Death, into eternal Life. NOw every one, to the measure of the gift of Christ turn in your minds, that you may every one in particular, come to find the Talant that is hid in the earth, much slighted and not esteemed by you, and wait that you may improve it for advantage, lest the Lord come and find you with the wicked and flothful servant, and so turn you, who hath despised the measure of light, into utter darkness, then will you find weeping and gnashing of teeth, when the Lord hath taken his own from you, the time of his long suffering, and patiented forbearance will be over, and then time will be no more, in which you may be saved, but with the cursed remain eternally, to be tormented with the Devil and his Angels, then what will the whole world advantage you, when you shall feel the wrath of God, even the eternal loss of your souls; therefore be diligent, before it be too late, for the spirit will not always strive with man: Now every one, consider, hath not you had something within you, that when you have told a L●e, or been Drunk, or Swear, or Steal, or secretly done wrong to your Neighbour, or blasphemed the Name of Christ, or any evil that you have committed, have accused and condemned you, even in the very conscience, and then many times some of you have resolved never to do so again; but then because sentence, against the evil work hath not been speedily executed, the heart grows hard, and is wholly set again to do wickedly, and so rebel again, against the light, even the spirit of truth, that convinceth the world of sin, which hath long strived with many of you, and is pressed under as a Cart is pressed with sheaves, therefore now let not pride, & hardness of heart prevail, but come down, through the Rocks and Mountains, of earth, For now you are Children of the Night. and dust, and sin, even in the heart, which separates you from the light, even the measure of the manifestation of the spirit, which is given to every man, to profit withal, that so you may come to see the Son, and to enjoy the light thereof, that thereby your feet may be guided into the way of peace, which is the old way, and the good way, wherein peace is found to the soul, even to as many as are in the way, and here you will all come to know, what the peace of God is to, and what can never enter into peace, as you own and receive the light of Christ, you will see in the light, every thing that stands out of the light, and that which stands out of the light, you will see condemned by the light, as your minds is turned out of that which is condemned, into the light which doth condemn, you will see the cursed ground from which all evil doth arise, and keep you down in death, under the chains of death, and bands of iniquity in the fall from God, so you will know the want of life, and your lost condition you will then come to see, how you are without God, and without strength, dead in sins and trespasses, (and until you see this, you are yet lost) and as your minds is stayed in the light, you will see what you did when you denied the light, and how you then pierced the Son of God, and daily crucify him, and trample on his blood, and put him to open shame: And hear friends, you must all come to know a better day, when once you come to look on him whom you have pierced, when you find the want of life, and see him slain, which is the Lord of life, you will then mourn over him, as one mourneth for his only Son, and be in bitterness as one for his firstborn, into the valley you must all come, and there the Lord will plead with you, and sorrow and pangs will you then come to seel, even as a woman in travel; and as you there wait in the light, you will find the light arise, and the life moving within, even in the light, by which you will come to see, what it was, that pierced Christ, He that slew the just, must by the just be slain. that took away the life of the just, and so the murderer and man of sin, you will come to know, that is turned out from God, and then the flaming Sword you will come to find, which turns every way to keep the way of the tree of Life, and as you abide in the light, you will see the way of the tree of Life, to be the straight, and the narrow way, in which the unclean cannot walk, although you will many times find, the unclean will seek to enter unto the tree of Life, but shall not be able, because of the flaming Sword; then the wicked and unclean spirit will seek to arise above the meek principle, and will be full of wrath and fury against the way of truth, and tree of life, and within you there will be murmur, and complain, and dispute, and temptations on every side will come, and from every thing you set your eyes upon, but then take heed, and let not your thoughts go forth from the pure light of Christ, but in it keep ●ow, to the foundation, and stand still in the light, and receive nothing that stands out of the light, above the light, so as you abide low, in the pure gift of God, you will feel the power of God, keeping of you in the hour of temptation, that you may not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good, and as you abide in the fear of the Lord, you will find the flaming Sword bruising in you, the Serpent's head, and here you will come to know the cross of Christ, which is the wisdom of God, and the power of God, that calleth you contrary to the evil motions in the mind, that ariseth in wrath subtuly from the wicked one, the corrupt seed, but the cross of Christ will appear above, and a foolish thing, to the wisdom and prudence of the flesh, but the wisdom of the flesh must be denied, and the cross of Christ must be taken up, and as you abide in the light, in which the power of God is, even the cross of Christ, the cross being taken up, it will remain above, above the wisdom and prudence of the flesh, and will bring it down to nought, and all the mortal, earthly, sensual part, which is of the world, will be under the cross, and by the power of Christ, will be mortified, and crucified, as the evil doth arise, judgement will pass against it, and by the alone power of the Lord, it will be condemned, and subjected, and brought to death, and so here you will come truly to read the Law that was added because of transgression, until the seed should come; and as you abide in the cross, the pure principle which was in bondage and captivity, under the oppressing nature, will come to be raised, and redeemed through judgement upon the transgressor, that now in you, keeps the seed in bondage, than the Gospel of the peace, and glad tidings of salvation, will be then preached to the Elect, the seed of God, which the world cannot comprehend, but as you abide in the light, you will come to know the seed, wherein is Faith, and through faith an entrance will be known into the eternal rest where the new Covenant and Promises of God is received and known, where all the Children of the Lord are taught of the Lord, and doth know the Lord, from the least to the greatest of them, and then Christ is known and not till then, and then as you abide in the light, you will know a joining unto Christ, the head of the body, which ought not to be covered, and so the image and glory of God you will come to see; and worship in the spirit, and in the truth, with whom you will have peace, and acceptance, in the presence of God, and in the light of God, and in his pure presence, Christ you will come to know to be your only leader and guide, true Prophet and teacher, by whom alone you will see the dragon, the beast, and the false Prophet, that maketh war with the Lamb, and as you abide in the light, you will abide with the Lamb, and then you will be hated, despised, reviled, scoffed at, and scorned, persecuted, and killed all the day long, as we are now, even at thi● day, who live godly in Christ Jesus, to which, that of God in all consciences doth bear witness, and friends, as you then abide with the Lamb, you will know all them, that are against the Lamb, even all that are out of the light, you will see against the Lamb all greedy doers, all devouring wolves, false prophets, deceivers, thiefs, robbers, and hirelings, that comes nor in by Christ the door of the Sheep-fold, and then the true sold, you will come to know, as you abide in the light, you abide in the sold, with the true sheep and lambs of Christ, you will partake of the living food and bread of Life, and then you will know the communion of Saints, and the table of the Lord, by which you will be strengthened, and grow up in Christ, the true Vine, to partake of the life and power of holiness, that thereby you may be, living branches, to bring forth fruits of Righteousness unto God in due season, which only is accepted of the Lord; and friends, as you come through these things, into Christ the living Vine, in the Vine abide, else you will become withered branches, that will bring forth no fruit, and then you must be again cut off, and cast into the fire, (and this shall be a warning to them, who are in the Vine) and until these things be truly witnessed, and in measure passed through, you are not at all accepted, though you hear, and read, and sing, and pray, break bread, and are baptised with water, and give all your goods to the poor, and your bodies to be burned, you are but as tinkling Brass, and as sounding Cymbals, while you remain, uncircumcised in hearts and ears, the Lord hath no pleasure in you, neither doth he accept a sacrifice at your hands, it is even, as if you slew a man, unless you be born again, you can never enter into the Kingdom of God. A Discovery of the Lords great Fury and heavy Indignation that will suddenly break forth upon all the Disobedient. NOw therefore be ye not mockers, lest your hands be made strong; for I have heard from the Lord God of Hosts, a consumption determined upon the whole earth: This in obedience unto the Lord, and in much love to your Souls, I have given you warning, before it be too late, that you may not be consumed with the Adulterous and wicked Generation, against whom the wrath of the Lord God doth exceedingly burn, and he cannot long hold his hand, for his fury is even ready to break forth as fire, and the flame thereof, will burn up all the wicked, and therefore let it not seem to you as an idle tale, but remember the days of Noah, [the old World] and of Sodom, and Gomorrah, and jerusalem which after sufficient warning, was by the Lord overthrown: Thus I am free of your blood, and my Conscience is clear of you, in the sight of God, whether you hear or forbear. Anthony Holder. THE END.