wherthrough yee â with Faynednes and Coueringes of shame and with manie-maner of Selfmindednes are heldecaptiue or brought in subiection Yea so captiued that it is very painfull and combersom vnto you to make manifest yourselues â vncoueredlie or nakedlie before the Seate of my glorious Maiestie and for that cause also yee obtaine little Lust and Loue to the Kingdom of Heauen the which is the vpright Beeing and Minde of the euerlasting vnchaungable Light wherin I saith the Lorde liue and dwell as an eternall and liuinge God. 7. BEholde saith the Lorde to liue and dwell in all your Inwardnes with thissame Light and Cleernes that is my Righteousnes and also the Righteousnes of my godlie Kingdom But heer-out saith the Lorde yee thrust Mee and keepe Mee off daylie with your owne Woorde and Will and bide eauenso with your fleashlie Will alwayes diueled and diuelishlie minded and thinke very little that I haue loued you so intirelie from the beginninge · and chosen you to an Howse for my Dwelling To which Glorious-lordlynes with Mee yee cannot com so longe as yee refuse the Obedience of my gratious Woorde and dispise my Spirit of Loue and so harken to yourselues and passe-fourth after the Direction of your owne Iudgment 8. O Yee Children of Men saith the Lord consider and cal-to-mind yet-once what yee all haue ben thus longe and yeat are so long as yee haue hearde and beleeued yourselues or whylst that yee yeat dailie do heare and beleeue yourselues and bide eâ—…raunged from my Seruice of Loue and vpright Beeinge 9. And if yee now desire to come-againe vnto Mee · and to your vpright Beeinge State then â—…eare nor beleeue not yourselues any-lenger but heare and beleeue my Woorde that â in my Seruice of Loue floweth-fourth out of my Mouth 10. Submitt you ther vnder and doo according to my Counsell saith the Lorde So shall yee then com to right againe also enioye my Goodnes and inherit all my Treasures and Riches 11. O Yee Children of Men saith the Lord Wherfore will yee thus bide so gladlie by yourselues seeing yee are alwaies so-much deceaued with yourselues For by yourselues yee finde nothing-els but Lyes and Darknes wher-thorough yee deuide intangle and destroy yourselues 12. But by Mee and by my Woord and Seruice of Loue yee finde the true Beeing of my Dwellinge together with the Trueth the Wisdome and all good Counsell to your Preseruation also the Light of Life the louelie Beeing of the Loue and the euerlasting Life to your Ioye and Felicitie 13. Forthatcause â to your PreseruatioÌ„ take now good-heede to the gratious Woord that I preseÌ„tlie in thissame Daye â through my holie Spirit and Seruice of Loue let to be heard and set-fourth before you out of the Tabernacle of my Dwellinge 14. And eauenso for my Loues cause saith the Lorde wherwith I haue alwayes loued you forsake now yourselues and all your owne Woorde Will and Counsell and heare and beleeue onlie my Woord that floweth â out of my holie Spirit and Seruice of Loue from Mee For otherwise yee cannot come to my Dwellinge 15. THerfore com now all vnto Mee saith the Lorde and assemble you all to the Howse of my Dwellinge namelie to the Howse of my Loue wherout I let my Woorde be hearde and wherin I haue the Seate of my Maiestie 16. Com now all hether and for my Loues cause forsake whollie Yourselues or your owne Life and all what yee yourselues for your owne selues cause haue takeÌ„on And all what is Mine or what belongeth to Mee that bringe vnto Mee and laye it all downe before the Feete of my Maiestie eauen the Howse of my Loue and acknowledg that it is all my Proprietee or Very-owne 17. WHen yee now haue done all this saith the Lorde then plant all your Heartes in the onlie Heart of my gratious Woorde and holie Spirit of Loue To th end that yee all mought becom one Heart Beeing or Minde in Mee and that I likewise â with my gratious Woord and holie Spirit of Loue maye eauenso dwell liue and walke in you all 18. For therto trulie the Seruice of my Loue stretcheth which I now in the last time extende so gratiouslie on you and eauen therto I haue also loued and elected you all O yee Generations of Men To th end that yee all â through the Seruice of my Loue mought be assembled againe â in my godlie Beeinge vnto Mee and haue Loue and Peace amonge each-other 19. Wherfore seeing now that this is the last Time of Grace in which saith the Lorde I let my Voice go-fourth to th ende that eueryone may com to my Rest so harden not in anye-case this-daye â in the Hearinge of my Voice your Heartes that yee bide not with-out this my holie Rest which is published vnto you and whervnto yee are courteouslie-bidden But becom turned-about thervnto in your Hearte and Minde and for to enter into thesame so gather you now all together vnto my Howse of Loue and to my holie Tabernacle or Man of God wherin I â as a glorious God with my perfect God head â as with my Christ at my right Hande and with my holie Spirit of Loue my true Beeinge do liue dwell and walke and wherin wee â as one true Deitie haue reuealed and glorified Vs To th end that yee all now may becom consubstantiated or conformablie-vnited â as one Man of God in Mee and inherit my Rest with all the Children of God. 20. For verelie I saie vnto you saith the Lorde Whosoeuer now in thissame Daie of my Loue assembleth him not to my Howse nor becometh â with his Heart graffed or planted into my Heart He shall not enter into my Rest nor yet for-euermore inherit ne inhabit with my Children of Peace the worthie pleasant Lande which I haue promised vnto them and prepared for them from the Begininge of the World nether yet obtaine â ether in this time or in any time to com any Grace of Saluation Life of Peace nor true Loue nor yet becoÌ„ one Beeinge with my godlie Nature but all Such â which so bide with-out Mee and my holie Howse or Communialtie of Loue shall be scattered-abrode and brought to confusion · and bounde â with the Bandes of Darknes in the horrible Destruction and so bide estraunged from the Light of my louelie Face for euer and euer 21. O Yee Children of Men saith the Lorde Harden not in anycase your Heartes in the Hearing of the Voice of my Spirit in the Seruice of my Loue but com now all to this my Fountaine of Life and refreash your Heart and Minde in thesame and in her outflowinge Waters For thesame Waters which flowe therout are my safe-makinge Waters of Life to the Satisfyinge of all thirstie Soules after
O Yee Children of Men When yee now haue once perceaued and cleerlye seene â in your Inwardnes into all thissame whoorish Nature of your vnrighteous Walking theÌ„ withdrawe you first-of-all therfrom and turne you to the Goodnes of our Lorde Iesu Christ and repent you and let yourselues eauenso â vnder the Obedience of the holye and gratious Woord and of his Seruice of Loue becom chaunged to an vpright Beeing of Christ and taught instructed and coun selled as singleminded Children which wholly geeue-ouer themselues obedientlie vnder the Tuition or Custody of their Mother by the Elders in the holy Vnderstandinge of the Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ and eauenso â in all Obedience of the Loue of Iesu Christ becom fostered and trayned-vp in the godly Wisdom of the holy Vnderstanding 13. Heer-to applye you first-of-all with faithfull Heartes and com then eauenso to the louelye and true Beeing of the Loue of Iesu Christ and to the vpright Freedom of the Children of God. The thirde Chap. O Yee Children of the defectinge or offallinge Beeinge â which saye that yee cleaue vnto Christ and his Loue and vnder such a Bosting commit your Whordom to you is my Crye and Callinge For I lament and bewaile very-much your Vnfaithfulnes and all your Faynednes wherwith yee thinke to couer you before Mee 2. But no â beloued no Yee cannot byde-couered before Mee nor before the Face of my God but yee must all â in thissame Daye of the Loue becom manifest before the Maiestie of God and before the Seate of the Iudgment of Christ. 3. For although yee dissemble with Mee and how craftelye soeuer yee couer or fayne you before Mee yet are neuertheles all the Counselles and Falshods of your Heartes manifest before Mee and so-much the more naked and bare before the Eyes of my Heart and Spirit 4. For so longe as your Heartes stande not submitted goodwillinglie to the Heart and Spirit of my God nor are wholly geeuen-ouer â to obedient Disciples of the Woord vnto the gratious Woorde and his Seruice of Loue Go can I also through the true Light â wherin God hath glorified or thoroughly-lighted mee right-well perceaue see and note that all your Mindes and Thoughtes are not mynded with the Heart and Spirit of my God nor with the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde and of his Seruice of Loue but â ther-against mingled with wicked Inclinations or Affections 5. SEeinge now then that I â through the Light of my God do cleerlie see-into all your pernicious ether corrupted Nature and wicked Inclinations and gladlie vouchsafe you all â out of the vpright Beeing of my God that which were better To th ende that â vnder the Obedience of the Loue ther mought be founde by you all an vpright Beeing of the Loue of Iesu Christ So cannot I of natures-part nor of the Nature of the Louespart â which driueth mee therto alwayes keepe-scilence but must â euen out of Loue witnes vnto you the Perrels of Destruction which haue bewrapped and incompassed you 6. for-that-For-that-cause I admoniâ—…h you this-day of the Destruction and fore-tell you as truly as the Lorde liueth if yee indeuour not yourselues to the Obedience of the Requiring of the gratious Woord and of his Seruice of Loue for to becom vpright of Heart to feare the God of Life to loue the Vertues of the louelye Beeinge of the Loue to liue vprightlie â in the Communialtie of the Loue with all the Holions of God and to deale or behaue your selues faithfullie with them and so to becom whol lie godded with God and his Christ · or incorporated to that same godly Beeinge but seeke yourselues or anye other thinge in or by the gratious Woord and his Seruice of Loue or-els take vnto yourselues a good-thinkinge Woorde and falslye vsurpe the Seruice of Loue and boast you therof and eauenso holde your Heartes common or of-one-beeing with the worldly Beeing Fasshion and with the false Heartes of the seditious Scripture-learned So will it theÌ„ assuredlie go-euell with you in this Daye of the Loue of the righteous Iudgment of God Yea much worsse then with the worldlie Ignorant which haue not heard any better then the Maner or Rite of the Worlde or of the seditious and sectuarish Scripture-learnednes 7. For vnto you all which presentlye â in thyssame Day of the Loue heare the Voyce or Sounde of the Spirit of Loue the good Beeing of the Loue becometh expresslie set-fourth and the Life of the vpright Righteousnes figuredout before your Eyes and to thesame also yee all are called and intireliebidden and the Hande reached-fourth vnto you to your assisting therin To th end that yee should all with goodwilling Heartes wholly geeue-ouer your selues â vnder the Obedience of the Loue ther vnto and so enter-in to the Way or Entraunce to the same 8. BVt verelie if yee now â in all this Loue Mercifulnes which this-day chaunceth or becometh brought vnto you through the Spirit of Loue will not geeue-eare to the Voyce or Testimonye of the gratious Woorde · nor learne â in the Seruice of Loue the Humilitie of Heart nor the Meekmindednes of Spirit · ne-yet once laude nor thanke the God of Life for such an appeered Grace but refuse the proffered Grace and turne you away therfrom keepe-off thesame from your Heartes runne-on lightmindedly with your takeÌ„-on Knowledg haue no regarde at-all to the Wysdom of the Loue nor endeuour you to attaine to the Righteousnes of the vpright Beeing of the Loue and eauenso â hardeninge your Heartes followe-after your owne Good-thinkinge So thinke well then heeron and consider it aduisedlie â O yee Self-mindedones and goodthinking Wyse that yee â witâ—… such Peruertednes of your goodthinking Heartes shall beed estraunged from God and his Trueth wax-colde towardes the right Loue · and altogether vnwillinge for to geeue-ouer your Heartes in the Seruice of Loue 9. Yea that God will also for that cause seeinge that yee are so slothfull to the Seruice of his Loue and to all what God â in this his holie Daye requi reth spewe you out of his Mouth and not let you taste his louelie Beeinge · nor finde the Rest of his Holyones but will let your Heartes restblinded from his vpright Light · and your Time Dayes and Yeares passe-awaye or perrish â with the Vngodlie in Ignoraunce and Darknes 10. O Yee Sluggish to the Will of the highest God yee Seekers of your owne Selfnes in the Seruice of the Loue and yee all which are so wise or knowledgfull in your owne conceit and â without the Counsell of the holie Spirit of Loue followe and ensue your owne Counsell iett-on with stiffe Neckes and eauenso presumpteous-boldlie hunte-after your owne Destruction How longe will yee yeat â through your
Disobedience bring Sorrowe and Care vpon mee and paine mee so with angwish in my Heart 11. How longe will yee yeat followe your owne Counsell and cast behinde you the Counsell of the Wisedome 12. Oh I feare that yee will not ceasse from doinge your owne Will vntill that the Destruction haue vtterlie swallowed you vp that yee shall not find any more time of conuerting to Amendement 13. HOw are yee â for-shame thus cold and how slowlie com yee forward to the Seruice of the Loue How bide yee thus alwayes so very-childish or little-of-vnderstandinge in the Knowledg of the Entraunce to the first Schoole-rule of that christiaÌ„ Doctrine of the Seruice of Loue and of the heauenlie Trueth I haue â doubtles held-fourth or expressed all Good before you and euidentlie figured-fourth the vpright Beeing of the Loue and the Entraunce to thesame amoÌ„g you Through which Seruice â so extended on you all my Hope hath ben that I should haue reioyeed mee with you â in the Growing-vpp in the godlie Vnderstanding of the vpright Beeing of the Loue as with louing ChildreÌ„ of the Kingdom in the godlie Beeing of the Loue. 14. But alas the which greeueth my Heart fulsore Now that yee begin to ware aged or olde in the Vnderstanding and ought â of-right to be Elders in the holie Vnderstanding I finde that many of you growe not vp in the Oldnes of the holie Vnderstandinge of the gratious Woord or Christ â according to the vpright Beeing of the Requiring of his Seruice of Loue but in your owne or self-framed Vnderstanding or destroying Knowledg and yeat daylie increase therin and not in the Wis dom of the Loue that godlie Vnderstandinge The IIII. Chap. OH Wheare shall I once fynde such as take-to-heart the gratious Woord and the Instruction of his Seruice of Loue or his ConÌ„sell of the Wisdome and cauenso â with singleminded Heartes followe-after thesame obedientlie For I finde by experience that the most Part of People â which make a shewe as-though they turned them to the Loue or to the Seruice of thesame turne them not aright to the Loue and her Seruice 2. For that cause such shewe plainlie their Vnfaithfulnes and in turninge them awaye from the Requiringe of the Loue it becometh manifest in the Bringing-fourth or Spreading-abrode of their owne Counsell Lust and Will which they take vnto them through the Imagination of their Knowledg that they are vtterlie estraunged from the gratious Woord of the Lorde and froÌ„ his Requiring and turned towardes their owne Woord Will. 3. For ther are very-fewe to be found that geue ouer themselues heerto namelye to forsake their Self-wisdome or Imagination of the Knowledge and to liue obedientlie accordinge to the Counsell and Doctrine of the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of loue But almost all â and especiallie they that refuse the Loue and the Requiring of her Seruice sett themselues to Iudgment for to iudg with their owne Woord and ImaginatioÌ„ of the Knowledge Gods gratious Woorde and the Seruice of his holie Spirit of Loue as also the Elders in thesame Seruice 4. Yea many thinke also in their Heartes that they will looke-well heerto that they be not in anye wise seduced or deceaued by the Loue â which neuerthelesse is God himself nor by the Spirit of Loue â which is the true Godlynes of Iesu Christ nor by the Dayed-elder in thesame Spirit which witnesseth the vpright Beeinge of the Loue and her Spirit 5. BEholde such a Circumspection will they almost all occupie or vse supposing eauenso â accordinge to their Good-thinkinge or owne Knowledge to enter into the Life and although they are not regenerated in the Obedience of the Loue of Iesu Christ nor yet vnderstand the Workes of God nor the Misterie of his Kingdom to be more prudent and vnderstanding with their Knowledge then God himself and his Spirit of Loue. 6. Which Spirit hath now in thissame Daye â through the Mercie of God and his elected Minister made manifest the secreat Treasures of God and the godlie and spirituall Riches of the heaueÌ„lie Goods so distinctlie nakedlie and also brought thesame so aboundantlie and liberallie vnto vs in the Obedience of the Requiringe of his Seruice of Loue wherout also wee declare-fourth thesame againe among the Children of Men that the Simplest or Verie-least among the Vnderstandingones if hee considered theron mought right easelie vnderstand that thissame our Ministration of the holie Woorde in the Seruice of Loue is Gods Woorking and not the Mans. and that thesame Spirit and such an holie Vnderstandinge as is witnessed and declared out of the same MinistratioÌ„ proceeded not out of any Fleash nor earthlie Vnderstanding · but out of the liuing God and that-men also without conceauing any Euel-opinion therof ought to be obedient to thatsame Spirit in the Requiringe of his holie Woord and Seruice vnder the Obedience of the Loue. 7. Howbeit many will not consider heeron but they turne them almost all to their owne Vnderstandinge out of the Wisdome of the Fleash and Scripture-learnednes or ImaginatioÌ„ of the Knowledg wherin they intangle disturbe or disquiet them selues among each-other and com not to the Vnderstanding wherunto they are called or required and wherin they mought vnderstand the Minde or Intent of the Woorkes of God. 8. OVt of these ignorant Vnderstandinges â accordinge to the Imagination of the Knowledge very-manie make-vpp themselues presentlie which iudge the Administration of the gratious Woord of the holie Spirit of Loue out of their ignorant and vnilluminated Vnderstandinges and running-fourth eauenso â with their Iudgmentes heere-and-theare they knowe nor vnderstand not themselues what they iudge therof 9. For the One murmureth heere and will haue it Thus after his Minde the Other murmureth theare and will haue it So after his Minde The One hath seene or marked This in it that is vnright in his Eyes The Other hath hearde That therof or-els coÌ„ceaued and imagined to himself ther out som straunge or absurde Matier that soundeth vnto him â in his Eares and in his Thoughtes as vnright or Errour 10. HEer-with now and with such-like as ther is mentioned certen haue so much to do and to talke-of that they for-that-for-that-cause through the great Toyle and Busines which they incomber themselues withall ther-about becom so vtterlie blinded in their Heartes that they â by no-meanes can consider on the singleminded Obedience which the gratious Woorde and his Seruice of Loue requireth nor-yet on the aboundant Treasures and Riches of God which â out of the heauenlie Truth becom reuealed â by God-his Grace so ritchlie and liberallie vnto vs in the Seruice of Loue · and â thorough the holie Spirit of Loue brought vnto vs to Saluation 11. They haue likewise not once any regard what an vpright and louelie godlie Beeing the gratious Woord bringeth â in the Obedience of his
Seruice of Loue vnto his Beleeuers 12. Also they vnderstand not the Time which is now present and at-hande in which the Ending of the peruerse World and the Appeering of the Cominge of our Lorde Iesu Christ and the Resurrection of his Holyones cometh-to-passe The V. Chap. OH Is it not a verne lamentable case that I haue laboured thus-longe â with such a Feruentie and Diligence in the Misterie of the Woorkes of God out of the godlie Powers among the ChildreÌ„ of Men · and geeueÌ„-abrode thesame Misterie of the Workes of God vnto them â with so full Resolution to their Saluation for to declare therby Gods Trueth vpon the Earth so openlie and cleerlie · dealt or ben conuersant in the trauell of the godlie Testimonies of the true Light amonge so many · and also communed or spoken thus-longe â pea so often and many-times with them of the Misterie of the Kingdom of the God of Heauens And that I yeat find so fewe which â with all their Heart geeue-ouer themselues goodwillinglie â to obedient Disciples vnto the gratious Woord of Life and Trueth and to his Seruice of Loue or that humble them â accor ding to the Requiring of the Woord and Counsell of the Wisdom aright ther-vnder For almost they all seeke themselues and not the Lorde and cauenso hearinge and beleeuinge themselues they followe-after their owne Will and Vnderstanding and not the Lordes nor his gratious Woordes 2. Seeing then that they heare beleeue and witnes so gladlie their owne Woorde and followe or ensue so gladlie their owne Counsell Wisdom and Will so will they also verie gladlie and willinglie submit themselues ther-vnder also gladlie geeue them ouer and be obedient to thesame but not to the grations Woord of Life or of the Spirit of loue Yea such an absurde and preposterous Dealing against the gratious Woord of Life or of the Spirit of Loue is vsed ofteÌ„times much more by them which men haue in estimation and count to haue Vnderstanding then by the Little Singlemindedones 3. OH How much and manye-times is it mentioned in our Writinges that the Lorde detesteth and is whollie minded against all Pryde of the Fleash against all the Wisdomes of the earthlie or fleashlie Men and against all their Industrie Subtil-pregnantie Knowledge and Counsell and how little becometh it takeÌ„ to Heart or how little thinketh and considereth the Man that hee touching Gods Causes ought to holde himself still in his Wisdome Industrie Vnderstanding or Knowledg vntill that hee were endowed and illuminated â in his Spirit through the ObedieÌ„ce of the Requiring of the seruiceable Woord with the eternall and liuinge Woorde of God the Father · and incorporated to the vpright and louelie Beeing of the Loue of Iesu Christ. 4. Whilst then that the Man is so vnmindfull of this and bringeth-fourth alwayes so presumpteous-boldlie â out of his good-thinking Prudentie or Industrie and out of the ImaginatioÌ„ of his Know ledge his owne Woorde Counsell and Will so much and manifoldlie witnesseth-fourth thesame for Trueth and eauenso accordinge to his manlie Wisdom â out of the Minde of his Fleash goeth-on therwith and because hee thinketh that hys cause is right will nor desireth not anythinge-els So must I other-whiles let the Man alone or suf fer him to go-fourth therin for a season waiting wheÌ„ hee will com to a better Minde and beholde with Longsufferinge how it will go with him 5. Therfore for the Peaces cause to th end that I wolde not contend with anyman I keepe often scilence among Manye and let-passe â in my Pacience and Longsufferinge all false Witnessinges against mee and eaueÌ„so abide-wayting for the right time wherin the gratious Woorde of Trueth and the Discipline or Chastising-erudition mought be gladlie harkened-vnto and beleeued of the Man for to refourme the Man eauenso â in coÌ„uenient time with Longsufferinge and to preuent him with the vpright Wisdom and holie Vnderstanding if happelie hee mought by that meanes be founde worthie of the Grace that the Lorde wolde open vnto him the Doore of the vpright Vnderstanding and geue him yet-once to vnderstand that hee ought to keepe-scilence and becom vtterlie dombe in himself and first-of-all to harken vnto the vpright seruiceable Woord of the holie Vnderstandinge â that cometh fourth out of the holie Ierusalem and leadeth-in vnto the Godlines to shew-fourth vpright Frutes of Repentaunce to geeue-ouer himself â for to becom obedient ther vnto and eauenso to becom taught obedientlie in the vpright Wisdome of the louelie Beeinge and in the holie Vnderstandinge of the Godlines and so then to testifie therof 6. OH that the Man gaue him to stilnes also had regard with diligence and feruentie â and that in humble-maner to the Seruice of the gratious Woord vnder the Obedience of the Loue and desired to doo the Will of the Lorde So should hee then verelye learne well to note or perceaue wherin the Lorde hath placed his Heart Beeing and Minde and wherin Hee hath declared or reuealed him-self together with his Light Woord Spirit and Trueth and that it is also whollye the Will of the Lorde that-men should heare beleeue his Woord Spirit and Trueth therout and that-men ought also to assemble them â as obedient Disciples of the Woord ther-vnto 7. If now the Man once marked and vnderstoode thissame a-right so should hee then also verely if hee had a Lust to doo the Will of the Lorde endeuour himself â with good-will ther-to and eauenso becom assembled ther-with turne his Hearing to thesame and â out of the Sound of the Witnessinges of thesame take-to-heart the Wisdom of Instruction and eauenso â growing-vpp therin to the Olde-aige of the Man Christ learne therout to speake rightlie the holie Vnderstandinge of the godlie Wisedom 8. For verelie the true Ierusalem which in times-past descended â in sumpteous and gorgeous Garnishinge from Heauen and where-out the Woorde of the Lorde is promised to go-fourth is risen-vpp therin with his glisteringe Cleernes In which Ierusalem the holie Hill of Sion wher out the Lawe of the Lorde is promised to go-fourth and wheron the Temple Tabernacle or Howse of God is buylded becometh exalted aboue all Hilles · and manifested to a Nourice of the Children of Ierusalem 9. And thatsame heauenlie State with all what is of-one-beeing therwith is verelie the peaceable Kingdom and Mercye-seate of all Beleeuers in Christ the which is â from the Grace of God com vnto Vs now in the last time accordinge to the Promises 10. In which vndisturbable and fast-stablished Kingdom â that is com vnto vs full of Peace and full of all spirituall and heauenlie Goods all holie Soules and godlie Vnderstandinges do liue and inhabit â with all Triumph Glorie and christian Ioye free and without any Feare and ther-vnto also all Men â that are good
of will for to assemble them therto are called and louinglie-bidden 11. OH that the Man vnderstoode thissame aright So should hee then assuredlie â with all Good-willingnes of his Heart humble himself before the Throne of Grace and soueraigne Maiestie of God take-heede vnto the Woorde of the Lord therout heare beleeue and goodwillinglie obey thesame honour laude praise and thanke thatsame God which hath prepared all this for vs which also liueth from euerlasting to euerlastinge and sitteth vpon the Seate of his Maiestie and spread-abrode â euery-wheare the great Actes and Wonderful-woorkes of God as also reioyce him with great Ioye for that such a Throne of Grace and Sauing-health is now â in these last perrelous times appeered com and declared â out of the heauenlie Beeing vpon the Earth vnto the Children of Men which hope on God and on the Comfort of his Saluation and that also ther-thorough the Will of the Lorde is accomplisshed on Earth as in Heauen The VI. Chap. O Yee Children of Men consider-well now heeron and haue a good regard therto and take thesame yet-once effectuallie to Heart namelie how that presentlie out of thissame Throne of Grace which is appeered and com vnto vs now in the last time in the Mostholie of the true Tabernacle of God â to an euerlasting Stoole of Grace vpon the Earth the Glorie of the Lorde becometh made manifest · and his Lawe Woord and Will â accordinge to his godlie Trueth expresslie witnessed 2. For that cause haue now a distinct Diuersitie in whom Gods Spirit and hys Woorde is reuealed or manifested and in whom that it is yeat vnreuealed 3. For consider Wheare God with his Christ and Spirit hath his Dwellinge in anyone and bringeth fourth his secreat Treasures of the heaueÌ„lie Goods therout Eauen-theare is then trulie his Wisdome to be founde and also the Counsell of God accordinge to the Trueth and not by the Straungers nor by the Disobedient vnto the Woord nor yet by the Goodthinking-wise which seperate them from Vs and our godlie Doctrine nether yet by Them whose Spirit is not â in the Conformitie-of-beeing with Vs begotten or borne out of God · but â in the Seperation against Vs out of the Fleash of the earthlie Beeinge Haue a good respect heer-vnto 4. O Yee earthlie Generations you meane I yee earthlie vngodded Men that exalte and preferre your owne Woorde â which notwithstanding is meere Lyes so highlie and heare and beleeue thesame so gladlie also alwayes desire to followe-after your owne Counsell â which notwithstanding is a meere Seducing and Deceit and to be obedient ther vnto and will eauenso out of your Darknes â which is doubtles nothing els but the curssed Kingdom of Hell and the Possession or Habitation of all Deuels and wicked Spirites itself iudge so gladlie the Light of Gods Trueth and the Children of Light Ah â beloued consider yet once in what Beeing and Nature yee are comprehended and then iudge from whence your Woord and Spirit is or hath his Originall wher with yee will iudg speake-fourth the diuine Matiers and from whence also yee fett your Counsell which yee â without God-his Counsell wherwith Wee are of-one-beeing so earnestlie ensue or follow after according to your owne Minde of the Fleash and wher-out likewise yee execute the Iudgment with the which yee iudge the Testimonies of the Light and the Children of the Loue or of God. 5. Beholde heerin now and according to this maner pronounce-fourth boldlie the Iudgment ouer your selues and geeue-testimonie of your owne selues what yee yourselues â in your Disobedience to the Requiringe of the Woord are or may be â—…oned for as likewise of your owne Woorde which yee speake ther-out For I commit therin the matier vnto yourselues for to iudge 6. O Yee Children of Men Seeing that yee iudg another and all thinges so gladlie or willinglye so iudg now once also yourselues Ah â beloued doo â I praye you eauenso for I haue now geeueÌ„ the matier into your owne handes for to iudge 7. Thus looke well rightlie into yourselues and then pronounce-fourth â according to the Trueth the Iudgment or Sentence ouer yourselues what yee yourselues all are according to your inward Man And trulye when yee once beginne to see aright into yourselues then shall yee for-certeÌ„ finde in yourselues that yee are not minded according to God-his Nature or Beeinge · but according to the Nature of a corrupted and earthlie consumable or mortall man and that your Woorde and Spirit and all your Will and Counsell is out of the Fleash of Sinne and out of the Lyes of Darknes 8. For so longe as yee yeat liue in the Fleash of Sinne and that yee are not â through the Doctrine of the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ restored · nether prepared to the New Birth in Iesu Christ in your Spirit and Vnderstandinge nor yet humble you ther-vnto and that yee are not taught â with the Administration of the gratious Woord vnder the Obedience of the Loue to the Kingdom of the God of Heauens or that thesame is not com vnto you â in your Obedience vnto the Woord and Seruice of Loue in your Spirit and that yee eauenso direct the Course or Fourth-going of your Life without the Seruice of the Loue and his Requiring So is then doubtles all your Woord Spirit Counsell â proceding out of the ImaginatioÌ„ of your Knowledge no otherwise minded but earthlie diuelish fleashly and yee haue not any Sight nor Knowledg at-all of God-his Matiers or Causes nor of the Kingdom of God according to the heauenlie Trueth It is very-true The VII Chap. HArken harken Holde you still before the Seate of Gods Maiestie O yee Children of Men and geeue-eare diligentlie For ther cometh now fourth from thesame Seate Lightninges Thonders and Voyees Yea eauen-now the Lorde letteth hymself be hearde vpon the Earth and hee the highest God â which sitteth vpon his Seate and liueth for euer and euer speaketh now out of his holie Dwellinge 2. Haue now therfore a good regarde vnto the articular Vnfoldinge or distinct Definition of thesame Sounde of the Voyce of the Lorde For thus saith the Lorde or in this maner soundeth his Voice 3. YOur owne Woorde â O yee Children of Men is the Lye which seduceth you 4. Your owne Vnderstandinge is the destroying and corrupt Knowledge wherthrough yee â in your Iudging misse the Right and the Trueth and for that cause beare a false Ballaunce 5. Your owne forcast or Conceauinge Will and Counsell is the Falshod of your Mind which begyleth you in such sort that your Steppes â by that occasion cannot be vpright before Mee saith the Lorde 6. Your owne Beeing or false Minde of Darknes is the Kingdom of Hell to a Dwellinge for all Diuels and false Spirites
the Righteousnes and thosesame are also to the Health of all them that drinke therof 22. O how louelie is my Fountaine and how sweete are my Waters which flowe-fourth therout namelie vnto all them that loue Mee and vnderstand that I am frindlie Therfore come now all vnto Mee saith the Lorde 23. Leaue now the Frindshippe of the wicked Worlde â which is an vtter Enymitie vnto God · and full of all maner of Iniquitie and make your Frindshippe with Mee For I am in no case churlish cruell horrible nor destroyinge like as the wicked Worlde is but I am louelie gratious peaceable and benefitiall or safe-making To th ende that my Dominion maye eauenso â through my louelie and vpright Righteousnes increase itself or becom great now in the last time and that ther be no Ende of the Peace from this time fourth for euermâ—…re To th ende that I maye doo eauenso that which is right on the Earth and execute Righteousnes amonge the People For all Heathen â which turne their Heartes vnto God attend on these my Institutions which com-fourth out of the Seruice of my Loue saith the Lorde The VIII Chap. BEholde and consider and haue a good regarde heeron â O yee beloued and goodwillinge Heartes what an Hearte Lust and Loue God hath turned or borne towardes vs all for to ridde and leade vs all now in these last perrelous times â through his Seruice of Loue out of the Abhominations of the peruerse Worlde and so to bringe vs â with our will to the Maiestie of his Glorie To th end that wee should now in the last time â through his Loue and through the Mediatour his Christ becom surelie saued · liue â alwaies and for euer vprightlie louelie and peaceablie â in thesame Godhead with each-other · and so inhabit the World â accordinge to the Promises of God the Father in Righteousnes for euermore 2. Therfore namelie for thissame Loues cause which God is extendinge so gratiouslie on vs turne now your Loue likewise to thesame God of Life and submitt you all vnder the Obedience of his Loue. 3. O Yee Deerlie-beloued yee all â meane I which saye and professe that yee loue the Trueth stande in feare before the great glorious God and applie you not to anye other thinge then that which is according to his Will. esteeme rightreuercâ—…tlie his Woorde haue a singuler regarde to the Lawe of his Doctrine and â with whole Heart respect well thissame proffered Grace which â through the gratious Woord of the Lorde becometh expressed or heald-fourth before you vnder the Obedience of his Loue. 4. Which Woord of Grace and Life God hath geeuen in my Mouth · writen thesame â together with the Lawe of his Commaundementes in my Heart Minde and Thoughtes · and chosen Mee to be his Minister for to administer now in the last time â vnder the Obedience of his Loue thesame gratious Woorde to declare his Trueth and to sett-vpp his most-holie Seruice of Loue thorough the Beleefe To th ende that the whole Worlde may becom full of the Glorie of God accordinge to the Promises 5. for-that-FOr-that-cause com now all hether and refuse not the Lorde but geeue-ouer yourselues and all what yee haue â that is the Lordes goodwillinglie vnto the Lorde and his Woorde to your Preseruation Com now all and layedowne yourselues and all what belongeth vnto the Lorde before the Seate of his Maiestie 6. Respect well now thissame Time of Grace er-euer the Wrath of God and his Indignation fall vpon all Vngodlie and haue a diligent regarde in-time what the Seruice of Loue requireth 7. HOwbeit if yee do refuse thissame Loue of God the Father and with-holde from the Lorde that which belongeth vnto him not feare thesame glorious God cast his Woorde Lawe Will behinde you not regarde the heartie Mercyfulnes of his Loue which hee sheweth so liberallie on vs forsake the Communialtie of Holyons vnder the Obedience of the Loue and refuse to assemble you vnto thesame and eauenso cleaue much-rather with the Vngodlie vnto the wicked World becom puffed-vp in pompe and lightminded of Heart and eauenso followe-after â accordinge to your Lustes and Goodthinkinge your owne Freedom Will and Counsell So will God then also turne-away his Loue from you and not let you tast the louelie Beeing of his Loue which Hee now in the last time bringeth vnto his elected Holyones â which submitt them vnder his Loue to an eternall Rest of the Godlines nor inherit thesame for euermore but yee shall dye in your Sinnes and beforced to beare your Condemnation and Punishment more then the Children of the peruerse or wicked World to whom this Grace hath not ben proffered 8. Yee shall likewise dailie â the longer the more waxe-blinded from the Waye of Life becom incorporated to the wicked and malitious Beeinge of the Vngodlie and ende your Dayes and Time in Vngodlynes and eauenso the Number of your Yeares shall then perish or waste-awaye with the Vngodlie and your Ende shall be horrible 9. For like as it shall go with all Vngodlie eauenso shall yee also becom rooted-out â in Indignation from the Lande of the Liuinge · and condemned in the Fire of Hell. And I â which am the Lordes cannot likewise â of the holie Natures-part of my God be moued with any Remorse of Pitie or Compassion towardes you 10. For that be farre from the Minde of my Soule that I should sett myne AffectioÌ„ of the Loue towardes any such as loue not God nor his Lawe but bide by their owne Knowledg and are vngodlie of Will Be hee then what hee is Frinde or Straunger 11. But blessed are they to the Lorde and beloued in my Heart which feare the Lorde also cleaue obedientlie â in the Seruice of Loue with humble Heartes vnto the holie Woorde of the Spirit of Loue and are godlie of Will. Yea my Minde standeth goodwilling towardes all Such eauen to all Grace and Mercie Be hee then what hee is Frinde or Straunger The IX Chap. BVt now if â happelie certen of the goodwillinge Heartes to the Loue shoulde take these our fore-spoken Sayinges somwhat heauelie or greeuouslie to minde and saye ther vpon Because wee are not altogether perfect Yee nor the Lorde haue not â peraduenture anye Good-pleasure in vs and wee shall also â possiblie for our Imperfections cause seeinge that wee yeat daylie stumble fall and sinne very-much perish with the wicked Worlde and all Vngodlie 2. O Yee Beloued and all yee goodwillinge Heartes which are goodwillinge to the Obedience of the Witnessinges of the holie Spirit of Loue but are yeat to younge and to weake to enter into the Perfection These forespoken sharpe Sayinges Reproouinges and Punishmentes are not spoken to such as humble themselues obedientlie to the gratious Woorde and his Seruice