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A96978	Testimony for the son of man and against the son of perdition wherein is set forth the faith and obedience of Gods elect, testified by the mouth of the Lord, angels & men. With a true discovery of a bundle of equivocations, confusions, and hyprocisies, in those who call themselves preachers of, and to the light within all men; who yet are so far in darkness themselves, that they acknowledge not the scriptures and ordinances of Jesus Christ, so as to be directed by the one, to the obedience of the other. By Joseph Wright, a servant of Jesus Christ.	Wright, Joseph, 1623-1703.	1661 (1661)	Wing W3706; ESTC R229892	108,801	255

and Power for he must raign till he have put all his Enemies under his feet the last Enemy that shall be destroyed is Death as it is written Rev. 20. 12 13. And I saw the Dead small and great stand before God and the Books were opened and another Book was opened which is the Book of Life and the Dead were judged out of those things which were written in the Books according to their Works And the Sea gave up the Dead which were in it and Death and Hell or the Grave delivered up the Dead which were in them and they were judged every man according to their works So that we see clearly that both the First and Second Resurerction is the raising of whole Man from death or from the grave contrary to the conceipt of such as suppose the renewing of the spirit of the Mind which is but a part of man to be the first Resurrection of man the Dying to Sin and Rising again to Righteousnesse being so far from being the Resurrection of whole Man from the Dead that it is but the Earnest of the Inheritance of the Righteous as for the Wicked they have no part in it though they shall have in the Resurrection for they as Christ hath taught shall come forth of the grave unto the Resurrection of Damnation John 5. 28 29. Neither is it in the dying to sin and rising again to Righteousnesse as it is in the Death of man and his Rising again for Man dyeth and riseth again but when sin dyeth sin ought never to rise again God forbid that any Believer should plead for a resurrection of sin Sect. 13 But as the denial of the Resurrection of the dead or the affirming that it is past already is a Doctrine false in it self so are the Consequences thereof most dreadfull and destructive to all true piety yea of such a fretting and gangreen-like nature that in those that are infected therewith it devours member after member till the whole body of the Faith be overthrown and the Professors thereof divested of the Knowledg of God and reduced to Gentilisme again and not only so for even among the Gentiles were some Principles of Morality but this is not content to stay here but encreaseth to more ungodlinesse till it arrive at that prophane desire Let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die a Conception so corrupt that as Scollars do affirm that are acquainted with the Sentences of the Heathen Poets the Verse of Menander might serve to rebuke it which the Apostle Paul sticks not to mention for that purpose saying Be not deceived Evil Communication corrupts Good Manners 1 Cor. 15. 32 33. And were those that vent those loose Principles followers of them in practice as the Ranters their Predecessors were we should soon see these as unclean in their lives as they and such as cannot now so easily discern the deceitfulness of their Doctrine because of the covering which they put upon it were it uncovered and reduced to Practice it would be abhor'd by some that are now seduced by it But if we examine all Doctrines that are brought unto us apart from the Lives of those that bring them as we ought to do For since Satan is transformed into an Angel of light it is no great thing if his Ministers be transformed as the Ministers of Righteousness 2 Cor. 11. 14 15. we shall find that that Doctrine which denies the Resurrection of the bodies of Believers and of all that are dead in Adam from the grave doth make void the hope of Israel the Doctrine of Faith contained in the Scriptures of Truth and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ himself Sect. 14 For thus saith the Truth concerning the Hope of the Israel of God If in this Life only we have Hope in Christ we are of all men most miserable 1 Cor. 15. 19. For such are and have been the Tribulations of the Children of God in this Life that if they had not hope of Happiness in a life that is to come after the death and at the Resurrection of the Body they were the most miserable of all men for the Punishment of the first Offence lyeth upon the Godly as well as upon the Sinner Labour and Sorrow both of Man and Woman Sicknesse and Death is the portion of Good and Bad In the sweat of their faces the righteous as well as the wicked do eat their bread untill they return unto the dust from whence if they shall not be raised they are in a worse condition than the wicked for oftentimes the most sincere Believers do tast the deepest of misery in this life whereas the ungodly are in prosperity There are no bands in their death b●●●heir strength is firm they are not in trouble like other men neither are they plagued like other men therefore Pride compasseth them about as a chain and violence covereth them as a garment their eyes stand out with fatness they have more then heart can wish Psal 73. 3. 4 5 6 7. This is the prosperous estate of the wicked in this life wherein the Godly man is plunged all the day long and chastened every morning Psal 73. 14. Poor Lazarus in this life received evil things when the Rich man received his good things but in the other Life indeed we see a vast difference between them Lazarus is comforted but the Rich man is tormented Luke 16. 25. Which torment is to be understood to be upon the body of the Rich man from his desire that Lazarus might be sent to dip his finger in water to cool his tongue a part of his body and therefore we are to understand the fulnesse of happinesse in the one and misery in the other to be after the Resurrection of the body from the dead by the denyall whereof the comfortable hope and strong consolation which every true Believer hath in this life and even in death when they commend their Spirits with Stephen Acts 7. 59. into the hands of Jesus Christ is made void and of no effect For wherefore have Believers the earnest of the Spirit by the Holy Ghost speaking peace to their spirits but that they might also enjoy the full Inheritance Why are they sanctified in their spirits 1 Pet. 1. 2. Heb. 12. 23. But to assure them that the very God of Peace will also sanctifie them wholly and their whole Spirit and Soul and Body shall be preserved blameless unto the coming of Iesus Christ 1 Thes 5. 23. And why is it said that the Faithfull when they dye do fall asleep in Jesus that they dye in the Lord that they rest from their labours and their works do follow them Revel 14. 13. But that it might be understood that they shall rise again from the dead in their bodies as Jesus dyed and rose again in his body and is therein become the first fruits of them that sleep 1 Thes 4. 14 16. And as the spirits of all wicked men that die in unbelief

Baptize with a spirit and give a spirit to them which do receive their counsel or else they are not lawful Preachers by thy own confession so that thou intendest to Communicate a Teacher from without whatsoever thou declarest of the sufficiency of the Light within For Secondly Thou intendest not that men and women should be guided by the Light which is within them before they receive instruction and a spirit from thee which art without them because thy Teachers do declare to men and women that if they will but wait in silence be still and quiet cease from outward and Scripture-teaching Forms and carnal Ordinances that they shall receive vertue life and strength from them though they never see their faces any more by which it appears plainly that thou intendest to give a spirit to such as adhere to thy Doctrine for otherwise these thy promises of Vertue Life and Strength to be received from thee are vain and thou not faithful that makest them But Thirdly Thou never intendest that men and women should be guided by the Light which is within them before they receive instruction from thee and that thou givest them a spirit because that when thou takest hold of the hand of men and women or layest thy hands on their foreheads or on their shoulders great trouble comes upon their spirits within them yea when thou hast taken hold of the w●ists of the hands of some while they have been opposing thee they have been taken with such a trembling that they could not speak nor hold still nor get away from thee by which it is apparent that thy intent is to communicate a spirit Fourthly Thy intent is not that men and women should be guided by the Light which is within them before they receive instruction and a spirit from thee c. because as soon as ever thou apprehendest that any man or woman is inclinable to thy Principles thou art constantly visiting them until thou hast brought them over to thy ways once in thirteen days at the least thou wilt be praying with them after thy fashion untill they be brought out of that laborynth into which thou hast brought them and such a stir there is about this work and so vainly have some of you been affected with it that ye have sent to the Bel-man of a City to cry it up and down that all that would be free to come might come and see this imaginary Resurrection or rather Communication of your unclean spirit by which thou dost plainly declare that the Light in every man will not do the business but a spirit must be communicated for what else is it that thou so earnestly endeavourest to raise up What else is it that thou takest so much delight in when thou feelest it as hath been said by some of you Arise within man About what else are thy groanes spent what else doest thou visit with what else doest thou as thou sayest suffer but with that spirit which thou hast given which till he hath taken full possession of the Creature that so he may become as much the Child of perdition as thy self thou art in a troubled condition Fifthly That thou doest not intend that by the Light which is in every one before they receive instruction from thee they should be guided appears by thy running up and down to spread thy Doctrine and by thy Printing such a multitude of Books all which is done to teach and instruct men in thy way and to direct them how to walk according to thy desire thou cryest down Preaching and yet usest it thou cryest down the Letter and Scriptures of Truth and yet makest use of Letter and writest many Books thereby to disperse thy false Doctrine and even like the Pharisees ye reject the Commandment of God that ye may keep your own Traditions Mark 7. 9. ye lay aside Gods Word and set up your own word Gods holy Scriptures ye reject your own unholy writings ye exalt under pretence of setting up the Light which ye say is within every man ye set up the darkness which is within your selves and from you communicated to such as you can perswade to hear your words or read your Books thus thy pretentions and intentions are like Samsons Foxes Judg. 15. 4 5. not united by the heads yet so tyed together by the Tayls as between them they carry fire to burn up standing corn shocks of corn Vineyards and Olives thou callest thy Doctrine fire and sayest thou art baptized with the spirit and fire I do believe thou art baptized with a spirit and fire indeed which may seem to burn up weeds but it is sent against the good Corn the best Graces Faith Hope and Charity is burnt up in such as receive thy Doctrine by the fire of that unclean spirit with which thou art baptized Sixthly Thou doest not intend that the Light which is within every man should onely be his director because that Light which is in every man doth not lead thee and thy followers to do those things ye do for if it be a Light which is within every man by which onely thou art carryed on in thy way why then doth it not speak the same things in every one as it doth in thee why doth it not make every one quake and tremble as well as thee if every one have it why is it silent in so many why doth it not throw every one down upon the ground swell their bellies roar in them and speak with a vocal voice as well as in thee and thy followers If you say it is because the Light is in prison in those in whom it is not so active as it is in thee It is answered that by that reason it should be the more active if it be sensible of its bondage and if unsensible how then can it be sufficient to perform those things which thou ascribest to it What is it dead or senceless doth it not feel that hard and sore oppression under which it lies or is it asleep and must be awaked if so it is much unlike to make a man a new Creature to lead him out of all sin and iniquity and eternally to save him For how should that deliver a man out of Prison that is so unsensible of its own bondage That must needs be in a small capacity to help another that is not sensible of its own wants neither canst thou say it doth in all and every one what it doth in thee for I my self and many others can and do testifie the contrary if thou say it is by reason of our long sinning it is answered that you in whom the Light as you call it is so prevalent have been long sinners and are so still and if you are guided by no other thing than that Light which is in every man why doth it not do in all the same that it doth in you why doth it not make all little Children to quake and tremble in their mothers