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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41073	VVomens speaking justified, proved and allowed of by the Scriptures all such as speak by the spirit and power of the Lord Iesus : and how women were the first that preached the tidings of the resurrection of Jesus and were sent by Christ's own command before he ascended to the Father, John 20:17.	Fox, Margaret Askew Fell, 1614-1702.; Fox, Margaret Askew Fell, 1614-1702. A touch-stone.	1667 (1667)	Wing F643; ESTC R29424	14,834	17

speak but such as that spirit of Darkness approved of Man or Woman And so here hath been the misery of these last Ages past in the time of the Reign of the Beast that John saw when he stood upon the Sand of the Sea rising out of the Sea and out of the Earth having seven Heads and ten Horns Rev. 13. In this great City of Babylon which is the woman that hath sitten so long upon the Scarlet-coloured Beast full of names of Blasphemy having seven Heads and ten Horns and this Woman hath been arrayed and decked with gold and pearls and precious stones and she hath had a golden Cup in her hand full of Abominations and hath made an Nations drunk with the Cup of her Fornication and all the world hath wondred after the Beast and hath worshipped the Dragon that gave power to the Beast and this woman hath been drunk with the blood of the Saints and with the blood of the Martyrs of Jesus and this hath been the woman that hath been speaking and usurping authority for many hundred years together And let the times and ages past testifie how many have been murdered and slain in Ages and Generations past every Religion and Profession as it hath been ●alled killing and murdering one another that would not joyn one with another And thus the Spirit of Truth and the Power of the Lord Jesus Christ hath been quite lost among them that have done this and this mother of Harlots hath sitten as a Queen and said She should see no sorrow but though her dayes have been long even many hundred of years for there was power given unto the Beast to continue forty and two months and to make war with the Saints and to overcome them and all that have dwelt upon the earth have worshipped him whose names are not written in the Book of the Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world But blessed be the Lord his time is over which was above twelve hundred Years and the darkness is past and the night of Apostacy draws to an end and the true light now shines the morning-Light the bringt morning Star the Root and Off-spring of David he is risen he is risen glory to the highest for evermore and the joy of the morning is come and the Bride the Lambs Wife is making her self ready as a Bride that is adorning for her Husband and to her is granted that she shall be arrayed in fine linnen clean and white and the fine linnen is the Righteousness of the Saints The Holy Jerusalem is descending out of Heaven from God having the Glory of God and her light is like a Jasper stone clear as Christal And this is that free Woman that all the Children of the Promise are born of not the Children of the bond-woman which is Hagar which genders to strife and to bondage and which answers to Jerusalem which is in bondage with her Children but this is the Jerusalem which is free whch is the Mother of us all And so this bond-woman and her children that are born after the flesh have persecuted them that are born after the Spirit even untill now but now the bond-woman and her Seed is to be cast out that hath kept so long in bondage and in flavery and under limits this bond-woman and her brood is to be cast out and our Holy City the New Jerusalem is coming down from Heaven and her Light will shine throughout the whole earth even as a Jasper stone clear as Christal which brings freedom and liberty and perfect Redemption to her whole Seed and this is that woman and Image of the Eternal God that God hath owned and doth own and will own for evermore More might be added to this purpose both out of the Old Testament and New where it is evident that God made no difference but gave his good Spirit as it pleased him both to Man and Woman as Deborah Huldah and Sarah The Lord calls by his prophet Isaiah Hearken unto me ●e that follow after Righteousness ye that seek the Lord look unto the Rock from whence ye were hewen and to the hole of the Pit from whence ye were digged look unto Abraham your Father and to Sarah that hare you for the Lord will comfort Sion c. Isa 5. And Anna the Prophetess who was a Widow of fourscore and four years of age which departed not from the Temple but served God with fastings and prayers night and day she coming in at that instant when old Simeon took the Child Jesus in his arms and she gave thanks unto the Lord and spake of him to all them who looked for Redemption in Jerusalem Luke 2.36 37 38. And Philip the Evangelist into whose house the Apostle Paul entered who was one of the Seven Acts 6.3 He had four Daughters which were Virgins that did prophesie Acts 21. And so let this serve to stop that opposing Spirit that would limit the Power and Spirit of the Lord Jesus whose Spirit is poured upon all flesh both Sons and Daughters now in his Resurrection and since that the Lord God in the Creation when he made man in his own Image he made them male and female and since that Christ Jesus as the Apostle saith was made of a Woman and the power of the Highest overshadowed her and the holy Ghost came upon her and the holy thing that was born of her was called the Son of God and when he was upon the Earth he manifested his love and his will and his mind both to the Woman of Samaria and Martha and Mary her Sister and several others as hath been shewed and after his Resurrection also manifested himself unto them first of all even before he ascended unto his Father Now when Jesus was risen the first day of the week he appeared first unto Mary Magdalene Mark 16.9 And thus the Lord Jesus hath manifested himself and his Power without respect of Persons and so lit all mouths be stopt that would limit him whose Power and Spirit is infinite that is pouring it upon all flesh And thus much in answer to these two Scriptures which have been such a stumbling block that the ministers of Darkness have made such a mountain of But the Lord is removing all this and taking it out of the way M. F. A further Addition in Answer to the Objection concerning Women keeping silent in the Church For it is not permitted for them to speak but to be under obedience as also saith the Law If they will learn any thing let them ask their Husbands at home for it is a shame for a Woman to speak in the Church Now this as Paul writeth in 1 Cor. 14.34 is one with that of 1 Tim. 2.11 Let Women learn in silence with all subjection TO which I say If you tie this to all outward Women then there where many Women that were Widows which had no Husbands to learn of and many were Virgins which had no Husbands

and Philip had four Daughters that were Prophets such would be despised which the Apostle did not forbid And if it were to all Women that no Woman might speak then Paul would have contradicted himself but they were such Women that the Apostle mentions in Timothy That grew wanton and were busie-bodies and tatlers and kicked against Christ For Christ in the Male and in the Female is one and he is the Husband and his Wife is the Church and God hath said that his Daughters should Prophesie as well as his Sons And where he hath poured forth his Spirit upon them they must prophesie though blind Priests say to the contrary and will not permit holy Women to speak And whereas it is said I permit not a Woman to speak as saith the Law but where Women are led by the Spirit of God they are not under the Law for Christ in the Male and in the Female is one and where he is made manifest in Male and Female he may speak for he is the end of the Law for Righteousness to all them that believe So here you ought to make a distinction what sort of Women are forbidden to speak such as were under the Law who were not come to Christ nor to the Spirit of Prophesie For Hulda Miriam and Hanna were Prophets who were not forbidden in the time of the Law for they all prophesied in the time of the Law as you may read in 2 Kings 22. what Hulda said unto the Priest and to the Ambassadors that were sent to her from the King Go saith she and tell the Man that sent you to me Thus saith the Lord God of Israel Behold I will bring evil upon this place and on the Inhabitants thereof even all the words of the Book which the King of Judah hath read because they have forsaken me and have burnt Incence to other Gods to anger me with all the works of their hands Therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place and shall not be quenched But to the King of Judah that sent you to me to ask counsel of the Lord so shall you say to him Thus saith the Lord God of Israel Because thy heart did melt and thou humblest thy self before the Lord when thou heardest what I spake against this place and against the Inhabitants of the same how they should be destroyed Behold I will receive thee to thy Father and thou shalt be put into thy Grave in peace and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place Now let us see if any of you blind Priests can speak after this manner and see if it be not a better Sermon then any of you can make who are against Womens speaking And Isaiah that went to the Prophetess did not forbid her Speaking or Prophesying Isa 8. And was it not prophesied in Joel 2. that Hand maids should Propesie And are not Hand-maids Women Consider this ye that are against Womens Speaking how in the Acts the Spirit of the Lord was poured forth upon Daughters as well as Sons In the time of the Gospel when Mary came to salute Elizabeth in the Hill Country in Judea and when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary the Babe leaped in her Womb and she was filled with the Holy Spirit and Elizabeth spoke with a loud voice Blessed art thou amongst Women blessed is the fruit of thy Womb whence is this to me that the Mother of my Lord should come to me for lo as soon as thy Salutation came to my ear the Babe leaped in my Womb for joy for blessed is she that believes for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. And this was Elizabeths Sermon concerning Christ which at this day stands upon Record● And then Mary said My soul doth magnifie the Lord and my Spirit rejoyceth in God my Saviour for he hath regarded the low estate of his Hand-maid for behold from henceforth all Generations shall call me blessed for he that is mighty hath done to me great things and holy is his Name and his Mercy is on them that fear him from Generation to Generation he hath shewed strength with his Arm he hath scattered the proud in the imaginations of their own hearts he hath put down the mighty from their Seats and exalted them of low degree he hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away He hat holpen his Servant Israel in remembrance of his mercy as he spake to his Father to Abraham and to his Seed for ever Are you not here beholding to the Woman for her Sermon to use her words to put into your Common Prayer and yet you forbid Womens Speaking Now here you may see how those two women prophesied of Christ and Preached better then all the blind Priests did in that Age and better then this Age also who are beholding to women to make use of their words And see in the Book of Ruth how the women blessed her in the Gate of the City of whose stock came Christ The Lord make the woman that is come into thy House like Rachel and Loah which built the house of Israel and that thou mayest doworthily in Ephrata and be famous in Bethlehem let thy house be like the house of Pharez whom Tamer bare unto Judah of the Seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman And blessed be the Lord which hath not left thee this day without a Kinsman and his Name shall be continued in Israel And also see in the first Chapter of Samuel how Hannah prayed and spake in the Temple of the Lord Oh Lord of Hosts if thou wilt look on the trouble of thy Hand maid and remember me and not forget thy Hand-maid And read in the second Chapter of Samuel How she rejoyced in God and said My heart rejoyceth in the Lord My Horn is exalted in the Lord and my mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoyce in thy Salvation there is none holy as the Lord yea there is none besides thee and there is no God like our God Speak no more presumptously let not arrogancy come out of your mouths for the Lord is a God of knowledge and by him enterprises are established the Bow and the mighty Men are broken and the weak hath girded to themselves strength they that were full are hired forth for bread and the hungry are no more hired so that the barren hath born seven and she that had many Children is feeble the Lord killeth and maketh alive bringeth down to the Grave and raiseth up the Lord maketh poor and maketh rich bringeth low and exalteth he raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth up the Beggar from the dunghil to set them among Princes to make them inherit the seat of Glory for the Pillars of the earth are the Lords he hath set the world upon them he will keep the feet of his

Saints and the wicked shall keep silence in darkness for in his own might shall no man be strong the Lords Adversaries shall be destroyed and out of Heaven shall he thunder upon them the Lord shall judge the ends of the World and shall give power to his King and exalt the Horn of his Anointed Thus you may see what a woman hath said when old Ely the Priest thought she had been drunk and see if any of you blind Priests that speak against Womens Speaking can Preach after this manner who cannot make such a Sermon as this woman did and yet will make a trade of this Woman and other womens words And did not the Queen of Sheba speak that came to Solomon and received the Law of God and preached it in her own Kingdom and blessed the Lord God that loved Solomon and set him on the throne of Israel because the Lord loved Israel for ever and made the King to do Equity and Righteousness And this was the lang age of the Queen of Shebae And see what glorious expressions Queen Hester used to comfort the People of God which was the Church of God as you may read in the book of Hester which caused joy and gladness of heart among all the Jews who prayed and worshipped the Lord in all places who jeoparded her life contrary to the Kings command went and spoke to the King in the wisdom and fear of the Lord by which means she saved the lives of the People of God and righteous Mordecai did not forbid her speaking but said If she held her peace her and her Fathers house should be destroyed and herein you blind Priests are contrary to Righteous Mordecai Likewise you may read how Judith spoke and what noble acts she did and how she spoke to the Elders of Israel and said Dear Brethren seeing ye are the honorable elders of the People of God call to remembrance how our Fathers in time past were tempted that they might be proved if they would worship God aright they ought also to remember how our Father Abraham being tryed through manifold tribulations was found a friend of God so was Isaac Jacob and Moses and all they pleased God and were stedfast in Faith through manifold troubles And read also her prayer in the Book of Judith and how the Elders commended her and said All that thou speakest is true and no man can reprove thy words pray therefore for us for thou art an holy Woman and fearest God So these elders of Israel did not forbid her speaking as you blind Priests do yet you will make a Trade of Womens words to get money by and take Texts and Preach Sermons upon Womens words and still cry out Women must not speak Women must be silent so you are far from the minds of the Elders of Israel who praised God for a Womans speaking But the Jezebel and the Woman the false Church the great Whore and tatling women and busie-bodies which are forbidden to Preach which have a long time spoke and tatled which are forbidden to speak by the True Church which Christ is the Head of such Women as were in transgression under the Law which are called a Woman in the Revelations And see further how the wise VVoman cryed to Joab over the VVall and saved the City of Abel as you may read 2 Sam. 20. how in her wisdom she spoke to Joab saying I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel and thou goest about to destroy a city and Mother in Israel Why wilt thou destroy the Inheritance of the Lord Then went the woman to the people in her wisdom and smote off the head of Sheba that rose up against David the Lords Anointed Then Joab bled the Trumpet and all the People departed in peace And this deliverance was by the means of a Womans speaking but tatlers and busie bodies are forbidden to preach by the True Woman whom Christ is the Husband to the Woman as well as the Man all being comprehended to be the Church and so in this True Church Sons and Daughters do Prophesie Women labour in the Gospel but the Apostle permits not tatlers busie-bodies and such as usurp authority over the Man would not have Christ Reign nor speak neither in the Male nor Female Such the Law permits not to speak such must learn of their Husbands But what Husbands have Widows to learn of but Christ And was not Christ the Husband of Philips four Daughters And may not they that learn of their Husbands speak then But Jezebel and Tatlers and the Whore that denies Revelation and Prophesie are not permitted which will not learn of Christ and they that be out of the Spirit and Power of Christ that the Prophets were in who are in the Transgression are ignorant of the Scriptures and such are against Womens speaking and Mens too who Preach that which they have received of the Lord God but that which they have preached and do preach will come over all your heads yea over the head of the false Church the Pope for the Pope is the Head of the False Church and the False Church is the Popes Wife and so he and they that be of him and come from him are against Womens speaking in the True Church when both he and the false Church are called Woman in Revel 17. and so are in the Transgression that would usurp authority over the Man Christ Jesus and his Wife too and would not have him to Reign but the Judgment of the great Whore is come But Christ who is the Head of the Church the True Woman which is his Wife in it do Daughters Prophesie who are above the Pope and his Wife and a top of them And here Christ is the Head of the Male and Female who may speak and the Church is called a Royal Priesthood so the Woman must offer as well as the Man Rev. 22.17 The Spirit saith Come and the Bride saith Come and so is not the Bride the Church and doth the Church only consist of Men you that deny Womens speaking answer Doth it not consist of Women as well as men Is not the Bride compared to the whole Church And doth not the Bride say Come Doth not the Woman speak then the Husband Christ Jesus the Amen and doth not the false Church go about to stop the Brides Mouth But it is not possible for the Bridegroom is with his Bride and he opens her Mouth Christ Jesus who goes on Conquering and to Conquer who kill and slayes with the Sword which is the words of his Mouth the Lamb and the Saints shall have the Victory the true Speakers of Men and Women over the false Speaker The End