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A vvord to the fifth-kingdom-men In a letter to one of them vvritten from the light within him. By one whom the world calls a quaker.
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One whom the world calls a Quaker.
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1661
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Wing W3570B; ESTC R219474
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A WORD TO THE Fifth-Kingdom-Men IN A LETTER To one of them Written from the Light within him By One whom the World calls a QVAKER Printed in the Year 1661. Thou that câ—llâ—st thy self one of the Fifth-Kingdom THou hast slanderously reported of me because I made an Addresse to the King in the â—â—half of those that live up to the lâ—ght within them that therefore I am grown a Courtier My Hats being still pluâ—kt off my Head when I went into the Kings presence shews how â—ittle Adoration I am willing to pay to King or Kesar Yet know that I will never deny Subjection and Civil obedâ—ence to the chief Magistrate especially our present one whom though I doe not look on as a God yet I doe as a good natuâ—'d man and I wish thou didst love any one so welâ— as he doth all Man-kind His person thou woulâ—â—st abuse hast by thy practices endeavouâ—ed as much as in thee lyes to poyson his very Soul and that with the hatred of those of us whom â—he World calls Quakers But I hope we shall be as far from being joyned wiâ—h thee in Punishment as we are from being u … ed in Opinions and Pâ—acticâ—s Though our Oâ—inions in the esteem of men that will not trouble themselves to understand them seem very like to thine yet are they far from being the same And pitty it is that the Inhibitants near Bedlam should be whipt for the madness of others in Bedlam Into which place I shall on thy Repentance improve my Interest in the â—ing that thou mayest â—e removed from thy pâ—esent Prison And further to let thee see how little I have learn'd to daub and flatter by going to the Court I will deliver my Opinion which I am told thou desirest about the Declaration of the men of the Fiâ—th Kiâ—gdome without complementing And I say of it It is the woâ—st thing that ever was Printed since Pâ—inâ—ing was found out Thou callest for Fire from Heaven to destroy thy Neighbours and because thou canst not have it from thence wouldst fetch it from Hell Thou â—hinkest that thou understandest Gods Cypher in the Revelation and falsly imagining that thou hast found out its sence dost undergoe the curse of that Book for adding to it and know that thou sinnest more in adding things to it then if thou hadst only added words I perceive thou art of the testy humour of the Prophet Jonah to Have thousands of Men Women and innocent Children destroyed to make good thy Prophecyes Or rather to compare thee according to thy deserts thou art like that Almanack-Maker who foretold a Fire in a City and made it himself But alas thy notions of the Revelation and of the thousand years reign are not agreeable to the words of the obscure Text. For Revelat. 20. 4. God will raise up the Saints which are dead when that Reign is to begin which now is not done How art thou sure that thou hast calculated things in Daniel and the Revelation right I doubt as Sir Francis Drake in going round the world lost a day so thou in thy Prophecyes which concern the revolutions of the world mayest have lost a day as it is in the Scripture account a year or as in Gods a thousand years And indeed the thousand years raign is held by a thousand men so many several ways The Trumpets then in the Revelation giving an uncertain sound how shall men prepare themselves to Battel But a little to answer some of thy objections 'T is said Daniel â—he 7th and the 18th The Saints of the most High shall take the Kingdom and possesse it I answer that the 27th verse doth tell thee how they shall take it The Kingdom shall be given to the people of the Saints of the most High Here then by taking it is not meant by force but receiving it when given I therefore conclude that neither God nor Man did give thee this Kingdom because thou hast not took it If thou sayest that the man of Sin is to be destroyed consider those words that it is by the brightnesse of his coming Thou rash man wouldst be an incarnate Devil even whilst thou art destroying the man of Sin If thou accountest the Parson of Rome the wicked one as I also do why dost thou not go thither to convert him as one of my opinion did spending above thirty pounds in that Journey But thou instead of sending one to convert him wouldst send a thousand if thou couldst to cut his throat though he never did harm to thee or any of thy Kindred But thou wilt say thou wouldst have a hand in settling this fifth-Kingdom I answer that is to be the Stone cut out without hands The clearest Prophecy of this Kingdom is in Revelation the 19th and the 11th which tells thee how this fifth-Kingdom shall be brought in and the Saints engaged in order to it Heaven shall be opened and a man upon a white Horse appear and the Armies which are in Heaven shall follow him upon white Horses c. So that thou art not to go â—orth till the King appear in Heaven upon the white Hoâ—se If thou sayst the Kings appearing on a white Horse is allegorical so say I is this Kingdom too and neither thou nor I nor any of our Neighbours know what it is Now by all thy mistakes about this thou shewest that thou dost not follow the light but the hear within thee Thou and thy company have only fulfill'd that one Proâ—hecy Revelation the 13th and the 10th He that killeth wiâ—h the Sword shall be killed with the Sword which hath happened to the mutinous fool-hardy men of thy perswasion though they in their Declaration said that not a hair of their heads should be touch'd It hath been observed that Saul when he went to seek his Fathers Asses found the Kingdom but any that among you sought their Fathers Kingdom found but Asses I wonder how it came into thy head to think that this Island must be the Seat of the fifth King If he hath signified it to thee by any Letter that he will land here shew it to us who know his hand as well as thou If it be writ with that Juice which is ordinarily used for Secrecy wilt thou fire a Town to read it by Wee know his Seal likewise as well as thou namely a Miracle which thou canst not perfectly Counterfeit Christs Miracles were to make the Lame to walk the Bâ—ind to see the Sick to be healed but the Miracles thou pretendest to work the quite contrary Effects Christ did raise the dead but thou only canst kill the Living Christ wrought a Miracle to pay Tribute but thou wouldst work one if thou couldst to pay none Think what thou wilt the Kingdom of God comes not by Observation neither shall they say Lo here and Lo there but the Kingdom of God is within thee Live but up to the Light within thee and thou wilt need no other gâ—ory to adorn that Kingdom Thou poor Creature whilst thou avoidest Popish Principles runnest upon Turkish and art for a word and Inspiration and a sensual Paradice Christ bids his Disciples that if any take their Cloaks they should give them their Coats also but thou takest both Thou blamest Priests for taking away the Tenth part of mens Estates and wouldst thy self take away the other Nine I shall only tâ—ke notice of one thing more in thy Declaration namely thy ambitious Design of extending thy Conquests to France Spain Germany and Rome when thou hast setled the Fifth Kingdom here For some Reasons best known to thy â—elf thou omittest the Kingdomes of Sweden Poland Denmark and those of Muscovy Persia and China and the whole Turkish Empire It may be thou art willing that these places should be preserved for the next nine and Twenty of thy Perâ—wasion to Subdue and thinkst it fair for Swan-Ally to be able to confoâ—nd the Houses of France and Spain the Princes of the Empire and Conclave of Cardinals But me thinks any 29 of thy Opinion should be afraid to appear in Germany where forty Thousand were defeated However let me advise thee to begin thy bloody work of Destruction rather abroad than in England as young Physitians travel to practice their Arts of killing in other Countrys But to speak more seriously my Counsel is that thou shouldst stay at home and mortifie that Principle from whence Wars and Fightings come so shalt thou encrease the Peace of thine own Conscience and the quiet of the World and not need a Fifth Kingdom to make thee happy FINIS