THE SPIRITUAL Verses and Prose of JAMES HUNT, CONCERNING Angels of Light, and angels of darkness.  
Now if any man shall say, that some of my Verses are not good Verse, I hope he will acknowledge them to be good Prose, therefore I say Verses and Prose: Dedicated to the most Honourable and High Court of PARLIAMENT.  
LONDON, Printed for J.H. 1643.   

The Spiritual Verses and Prose of JAMES HUNT, concerning Angels of light, and Angels of darkness.  

CHrist Jesus, who is the perfect God, saith plainly, Rev. 3.5. He that overcometh, shall be clothed in white raiment. The white raiment signifieth the righteousness of the Saints, as you may read Rev. 19.8. and the righteousness of the Saints signifieth the sanctified souls of the people, which have their robes washed and made white in the blood of the lamb, Rev. 7.14. And their robes signify the inward man of the hearts and minds of the people, which are washed and made white in the blood of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: I honour and glorify his blessed name for ever.   


But there is a black angel comes out of the West,  
Which makes war against the white Angel that comes out of the East;  
But the devil hath blinded the black angel that he crnnot see far,  
But the white Angel proceedeth from Christ the bright morning star,  
Again the black angel he wars for the beast,  
But the white Angel will wound him in the breast:  
For a twoedged sword proceedeth out of his mouth,  
Whereby he will conquer the beast and all his dark angels from East, West, North and South:  
But if the white Angel you do not know,  
He is a good archer, and draws a strong bow,  
To Wound the black angel that comes out of the West,  
For he will place his sharp arrows deep in his breast,  
So that he will wound him till he be dead,  
And with his sharp sword will out off his head.  
He is a good archer that still hits the mark,  
For the Owl in the Ivy bush sits in the dark:  
But all her Ivy will be taken away,  
And then the small Birds the Owl will bewray:  
For the white Angel plainly doth see,  
The Owls Ivy signifieth her Library,  
By which she hath blinded all the dark angels with the black evil,  
That they do not know the true God from the false devil,  
But the white Angel hath lighted his candle from the glory of the sun,  
And therewith the Owls library will burn and consume.  
Therefore all you dark angels take warning by me,  
To fly from false doctrine and hypocrisy,  
Which our glorious God so highly doth hate,  
For that cannot enter in at heaven gate.  
For all those that shallbe welcome to the marriage day,  
They must be all clothed in white array:  
I pray underst and and mark what I say,  
You must cast all your old garments quite away:  
I mean all your own righteousness which is of the old Law,  
For S. Paul will be true, though his face you ne'er saw,  
But his words do abide, and still shall remain,  
Which saith, if righteousness come by the Law Christ died in vain, 
Gal. 2.21.   
For all the righteousness that pleaseth God well,  
Proceedeth from jesus Christ in the Gospel:  
And all those that with it shallbe clothed Christ will present them complete,  
Before Gods holy and glorious seat:  
I do not lie, but I tell you true,  
He that sits upon the throne saith I make all now.  
All glory be to God on high,  
And to the Son eternally,  
And to the Holy Ghost likewise,  
Whose glory far surmounts the skies.    

The Apostle S. Paul saith plainly, Heb. 12.22. Ye are come to mount Zion, and to the heavenly jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of Angels: If the Apostle should have said, we shall come to these things, that would have signified that which is to come; but he saith plainly, we are come to them, which doth signify that which is now present: For I understand and shall prove the heavenly Jerusalem plainly signifieth Christ and his glorious Church: for God gave Christ to be head over all things to the Church which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all, Eph. 1.22. For Christ and his Church is as man and wife, as I prove, Eph. 5.31. For a man shall leave father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh: this is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the Church; for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bone, Vers. 30. For Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all, Gal. 4. Thus I have proved in brief the heavenly Jerusalem signifieth Christ and his glorious Church. Again, we are come to an innumerable company of Angels: I understand all the people in this world are Angels of light, or angels of darkness: for all those people that are held under the old Law, and false doctrines of carnal men, they are held under the bondage and captivity of the devil, and are thereby made angels of darkness. But on the other side, all those people that shall turn away from the old law and false doctrines, and be reconciled to Christ, and to the obedience of his word which is revealed in his Gospel, they shallbe joined to the glorious body of Christ, and thereby made all Angels of light.   


For now God of his great power (all people shall see)  
That he doth not tie himself to the art of scholarship which the Clergy have been taught in the University.  
For there is no man can be a true and sound Interpreter of God's Word,  
But God must give him a powerful twoedged sword:  
That is truly for to divide  
Betwixt the heavenly Bridegroom, and the hellish bride.  
But will you know what Bride I mean?  
The blind and false Church, which saith in her heart I sit a queen.  
But now all those people that in true judgement shall sit,  
They may behold the King and Queen of glory and wit:  
I mean Christ and his Church which is from above,  
Who is King and Queen of glory and love.    

For God is love, and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him: for the Spirit of God draws but one way, that is, to Christ, and to the obedience of his glorious Gospel, that they may reign with him in glory for ever. It is written Eph. 5.13. All things that are reproved are made manifest by the light. Now by that glorious light God hath given unto me, I understand there are a people called Anabaptists, that will not suffer young children to be baptised till they come to years of understanding, but by the help of God I shall prove by humane reason, and spiritual significations of Scripture, that they are very much deceived in their judgement; for the law having a shadow of things to come, Heb. 10. I understand, the old Law was a type and shadow of the new: for S. Paul saith plainly, 1 Cor. 10.2. They were baptised to Moses in the cloud: the cloud signifieth the old Law, and Circumcision was a type of Baptism: and we do know children were circumcised at eight days old. Again I find it written Acts 2. when the Apostle told the Jews that they had killed the Lord of life, they were pricked in their hearts, and said, Men and brethren, What shall we do? Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptised, and ye shall receive the gifts of the Holy Ghost: for the promise is unto you, and to your children: Mark this point I beseech you the Apostle saith plainly, the promise is unto you, and unto your children.  
This place of Scripture doth plainly prove, that all children of faithful people are to be baptised to the body of Christ; again, I find it written, Acts 16. concerning the Jaylo and Lydia, which were converted by the Apostles: for the jailer it is said, he and all his were baptised; again, for Lydia it is said, she and all her househould were baptised; now what man is able to gainsay, but that those two persons might have young children belonging to them, again, Christ saith, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbidden them not, for to such belongeth the Kingdom of God, mark this point, I beseech you, for Christ saith plainly, the Kingdom of God belongeth to young children: and Christ and his Church, signifieth, Christ and his Kingdom, therefore all those that will not suffer young children to be baptised, they do shut them out from the Kingdom of God, again, if there be any man can prove by Scripture, that Christ or any of the Apostles have forbid, saying, young children must not be baptised: I will be of their judgement: or if they can prove by Scripture that it is against the word and will of God, to have young children baptised, I will be of their minds: again, if I ask any of them if they believe the baptism with water doth belong to the body of Christ, and to the second Covenant of grace, they will say yea, than I say plainly, those people that will not suffer young children to be baptised, they do exclude them from the body of Christ, and do prove, they have no right to the second Covenant of grace, I pray God give all such people grace to turn away from that wicked practice, for fear they draw down the wrath of God upon their own souls: thus I praise God I have proved by humane reason and spiritual significations of Scripture, that young children are to be baptised to the glorious body of jesus Christ; It is written, john 16.13. Christ saith plainly, when he the spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth; he shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you: Mark I beseech you the commanding power of God: for Christ jesus who is the perfect God, he saith plainly, the spirit of truth shall receive of his, and shall show it unto you: wherefore by the help and power of God I will show the right honourable and high Court of Parliament a plain and perfect way how they may establish true and sound Religion in a short time: for here are 4. Religions in this Land: the Protestant, the Papist, the Brownist, and the Anabaptist, and all these differ one from another, now if the honourable high Court of Parliament will be pleased to request the ablest men of each sort of these 4. religions to write their judgement in brief concerning the signification of Christ his glorious Church with the holy ordinances that belongeth to it, to show how children are to be baptised, and how the Bread and Wine is to be administered, and for marriage man with woman, and for the burial of the dead, and of Church Government, and I by God's help will do the like.  
If their be any Protestant, Papist, Brownist or Anabaptist, that can be able to show and set forth the signification of Christ and his glorious Church, with those holy Ordinances that belong unto it, in a plainer, and clearer, and briefer way than I by God's help shall do, my soul shall rejoice to see that man, and I will be of his religion, if it shall appear so to be by the judgement of the high Court of Parliament, whom God (I hope) hath gathered together for the trial of the spirits, wherefore I most humbly beseech you for to observe the council of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, which saith, first seek the Kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, and then all things shall be added unto you (now I understand there are abundance of people that long and desire for peace: but I say plainly and truly, God hath drawn his powerful Sword that here will be no true and sound peace in England, till true and sound religion be established agreeable to the word of God, which is revealed in the Gospel of peace, wherefore I, james Hunt, a Minister and Messenger of jesus Christ, do humbly beseech all good people that love Christ and his glorious Gospel, that you will stir up the hearts and minds of the honourable high Court of Parliament, for to establish true and sound Religion, and then you need not doubt but God will pour down his blessings upon you, both spiritual and temporal, wherefore I humbly beseech you prolong not the time with my powerful God, lest you provoke him to anger, and so he may smite you with his wrathful Rod.   


For I have been this seven year's day,  
Beseeching the Clergy and higher powers to hear what I would say:  
But for the true love to them I bear;  
To hate and punish me they do not spare;  
Because that I would show them the way,  
For to come unto the marriage day:  
For now the Bridegroom and the Bride,  
Heaven Gates they have set open wide;  
I mean those Parrables so dark,  
By truly sounding on the harp:  
But the Devil and all his dark Angels they strive and labour with might and main  
For to shut up the Gates again.  
But my glorious God by his great power;  
He will confound them in one hour.    

For I praise God he hath given me an understanding to know him that is true, and I glorify the name of God I am in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ: this is the true God and eternail life, I in him, and he in me, by the divine power of his word, in his glorious Gospel which liveth in me, I honour and glorify the name of God our glorious father for ever, and Christ jesus our Mediator and Redeemer, with the holy Ghost who is our loving Comforter, 3 glorious persons, yet but one God, for as they cannot be divided, no more cannot the true Church be divided from them 3. unto whom be all praise, honour, glory, power, might, dominion and majesty, both now and evermore, world without end, Amen.  
And so God save the King and Queen, and their royal seed, with all the Nobility & commonalty of this Land, and give them all understanding from above, that they may be reconciled to Christ, and to the obedience of his word, that they may reign with him in glory here in this world, and in the world to come, world without end, Amen.   
FINIS.