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A90622	A discovery of the priests, that say they are sent off by the Lord, but upon trial are found out of the commands of Christ, the prophets, and Apostles, and to be those that are not sent of the Lord, but to be such that the sent ones of the Lord did cry wo against, and to be such that are false apostles, deceitful, wicked, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ: and no marvail, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light; therefore it is no great thing, if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, ... With a few words to such professors and prophane, that together joyn to persecute the righteous: and to the ranters that do commit all manner of sins with greediness. Darkness denied by the children of Light, and the babe of Christ growing up to a perfect man. / Written from one who is known to the world by the name of John Pain, who accounts it great riches to suffer reproaches, and afflictions with the people of the Lord, who scornfully by the world are called Quakers, ... Written from Starford in Hartford-shire the 7. day of the 4. month. 1655.	Pain, John, shoemaker.	1655 (1655)	Wing P188; Thomason E848_22; ESTC R203094	39,396	39

state of death and a state of life the state of death is imperfection there it lyeth the state of life is perfect and in perfection that lieth And this was Pauls Ministery and that which he did preach warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom that he may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus Col. 1.28 and this was the end of the sending forth of the Ministery for the perfecting of the Saints There are Babes in Christ in their growth and measure attained are the children of God for they are begotten by the immortal seed of God partakers of the Divine nature which liveth and abideth for ever there are young men in Christ and there are fathers and according to the measure that every one hath attained so let him walk but the state of all those is a perfect state Eph. 4.12 13. it is a state of life but the old man that is begotten by the will of man is not perfect but he that is in Christ Jesus is a new creature old things are passed away and all things are become new Here is cleansing our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of the Lord this state this new birth is witnessed by those that know the Lord though by you denyed and called heresie this is the seed of God that cannot sin this is the perfect state 2 Cor. 7.1 this seed of God dwelleth in the Saints this is their new birth from carnal to spiritual the translation from death to life by this life they know the Lord and by this life are joyned to the Lord and he that is joyned to the Lord is one spirit with the Lord and so the Church is called Christ 1 Cor. 12.12 and is the temple of the Lord which is holy and the Lord will dwell in them and walk in them and will be their God and they shall be his people and for this cause we faint not 2 Cor. 6.16 but though our outward man perish yet the inward man is renewed day by day which is the perfect man These are they that are not defiled with women for they are Virgins these are they that follow the Lamb wheresoever he goeth Rev. 12.4 5. these were redeemed from among men being the first fruites unto God and to the Lambe and in their mouth was found no guile for they are without fault before the throne Can. 4.7 there is no spot in them they are all faire beloved of the Lord. Thou didst tell me Paul did complain of a body of sin all his life long I told thee there was a time he did there was a time he did witness the putting off the body of sin and thou didst say to me he did not and didst tell me it was heresie See what the declaration of truth saith against thy heresie Col. 2.11 in whom ye are Circumcised with the Circumcision made without hands in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ Rom. 6. chapter vers 6. Knowing that the old man is crucified with him that the body of sin might be destroyed for this end was the Son of God made manifest to destroy the works of Satan Joh. 3.8 3. I did tell thee the Saints habitation was in God thou didst it deny and didst say it was a new word to thee it is so but the infallible spirit saith Col. 3.3 4. 1 Joh. 4.15 16. whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God God dwelleth in him and he in God and he that dwelleth in God Job 17.21 and God in him where the Saints doth dwell there is his habitation For ye see your calling brethren how that not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty 1 Cor. 1.26 27. I would desire thee if thou wilt answer any thing that is here against thee said to answer it in plainness of speech by writting or some other way that I may know of it and not to speak in thy Pulpit against heresie but prove none and if thou knowest any heresie by me that I now do hold make it manifest name what it is and that day thou hast a mind so for to do send for me do it not when I am absent and I shall give thee the hearing and answer to such things as thou shalt object against me He that hath an ear to hear let him hear what the spirit saith he that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death Rev. 2.11 John Payne Shoomaker living in Bishopstarford FINIS

What fruits are brought forth to God is not fruits of pride and fruits of covetousness reviling scoffing and scorning Now the Lord comes to his Vineyard doth not these fruits appear both in teacher and hearers was it not high time to let his Vineyard to more faithful laborers that it may bring forth fruit to himself for now it is over grown with brambles and briars fit for the fire houle ye vine-dressers now the Lord is come to his Vineyard their fruits are made manifest it is just with the Lord to rain no more rain upon it what could the Lord have done more then he hath done but in stead of bringing forth good grapes it hath brought forth wilde Grapes fruits to your selves not to the Lord every one seeking your own things and not the things of Christ therefore thus saith the Lord An evil an onely evil Exek 7.5 to 11. be hold is come an end is come the end is come it watcheth for you behold it is come the morning is come upon thee O thou that dwellest in the land the time is come the day of trouble is neer now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee and accomplish my anger upon thee and will judge thee according to thy wayes and will recompence thee for all thy abominations and my eye shall not spare neither will I have pity I will recompence thee according to thy wayes and the abominations that are in the of midst thee and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth Behold the day it is come the morning is gone forth the rod hath blossomed pride hath budded violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness none of them shall remain nor of their multitudes neither shall their be wailing for them is not the rod blossomed is not pride budded is not violence rise up into a rod of wickednes Yea pride is not onely buded but it blossomed and that amongst you that are teachers Do not you and your wife and children exceed in it that the eyes of all are upon you some wondering at it most following you for it learning it of you Thus prophaneness is gone forth from you these are the fruites they gather from you fruits of covetuousness and oppression that is become a proverb in England Who more proud then the priests who more covetuous then they Oh for shame 1 Tim. 3.5 and 8. for shame give over Are you fit to rule the Church of Christ that cannot rule your selves and your Family no no such as ruled the Church of Christ they were not greedy of filthy lucre they were no proud ones they were no covetous ones no but against it did testifie and said Let not covetousness be so much as once named amongst you But tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doth evil to the Jew first and also to the Gentile But are not these fruits amongst you are not you them that profess Christ in words but in works do deny him what have you to do to take the name of the Lord into your mouthes and will not be reformed should not every one that doth name the name of Christ depart from iniquity thou therefore that teacheth another teacheth thou not thy self thou that teacheth another he should not steal Rom. 2.22 why dost thou steal Art not thou a thief whosoever thou art that speaks forth the saints words and do not live their life When they spake forth those words they spake forth their life Now see all of you who are the Thieves and Robbers that do not come in by the door which is Christ but clime up another way those that speak from the Scriptures Jer. 2.8 and not from the life that gave forth the Scriptures they are the thieves that steal the word from their Neighbors these are they that say Jer. 23.30 Thus saith the Lord when he never spake to them these are they that handle the Law and know not the Lord therefore they shall not profit the people Now consider be not deceived though they speak the true words of the Prophets Christ and the Apostles that doth not make them Ministers of Christ no for the Devil spake truth when he said Christ was the Son of God Mark 3.11 yea though he spoke the truth the Lord did rebuke him and bid him hold his peace for he knew he spake by his own spirit So consider both Priest and People what Spirit you speak from and meddle not with the Saints words without their spirit lest the Lord rebuke you for it but come to the life that gave forth the Scriptures and then every one will witness your profession in them and the Spirit will lead you into the truth of them and then will you speak from the word of the Lord made manifest in you and then will you come to live their life that gave forth the Scriptures which most that profess the Scriptures are stangers to having got the form of them but the 〈◊〉 is denied by them therefore they to every good work are reprobate knowing not the Lord but living in all maner of filthiness and yet profess Scripture to be their rule and that doth condemn them For shame give over such a profession for those that profess Scripture and not live the life of it those do deny it let them pretend what they will those that live in pride in covetousness in railing in scorning in foolish jeasting in wantonness in the lusts of the flesh these deny the Scripture for against these things doth it witness Now consider you that make a trade with the Saints words and not live the life what is the cause of your unfaithfulness and the unfaithfulness of your hearers you do not stand in the Counsel of the Lord and therefore not profit the people nor turn the wicked from the evil of their ways and wickedness of their doings but the hand of the Lord is against you Repent return to your first Husband that you may be fruitful you do pretend that you are the Ministers of Christ but where is the proof of your Ministery are not proud ones proud still yea more then ever are not covetous ones so still are not railers railers still are not profain ones so still are not drunkards so still are not swearers so still are not formilists so still what amendment amongst you this year more then many years before yet never more speaking then now the word is the same as ever the power the same as ever Mich. 3.6 7 11. the Lord hath as many to bring home to himself as ever and the power doth as much appear as ever but not amongst you the Lord hath hid his face from you as is confessed by many of you the wise will lay these things to heart but scorners will go on in scorning Fear the Lord God of power and return from your wickedness and he will receive you and have mercy upon you but if you

made you manifest that these are works of darkness proceeding from darkness and will end in darkness O the deceit of some of the chief professors in the Town of Starfford when there come one into their place of meeting to declare against the Priests deceit before they did know what was spoken she was haled out by these professors which were then officers and was led by them to the Cage and there she did sit seven hours where she was pissed on and spit on by those bruites of Starfford 2 Thess 1.4 5 6 7 8. these professors knowing of it which they did tell me did grieve their hearts for to see and about two or three of the clock did come to my house to me to know whether I would receive her and I did tell them I would but they went away and did not bring her tell six of the clock at night here was the deceit of you made manifest had it grieved your hearts as you said it did Why did not you sooner release her but the double hearted man God will judge Know that mercy to your fellow creature had been better then sacrifice but thus is the heart made manifest that it may be known by the fruits of it The next day she was carried to a Justice thinking to lase her in prison but when they came there they had none to accuse her thus was their folly made manifest She came a second time to their meeting where she was haled out like a dog and the officers did turn her out of the grave-yard to the mercies of the heathen who rent her and did tear her pulling her head tire oft pulling her by the hair of the head and throwing her down in the street as she passed along to come to a friends house which is nigh half the quarter of a mile from the steeple house howling and shouting at their fellow creature was it not your office to see the peace kept that these bruites might not make a prey of her had not a stranger which was at our meeting took her part and rescued her from the violence of those heathen what he could he did see no other but they would have killed her Be ashamed that ever such wickedness should be suffered in a town professing Christ you Magistrates had warning to deal justly to love mercy to walk humbly with the Lord not to respect the persons of men in judgement but to deal righteously according to that righteous Law of God in the conscience was this a righteous act of yours to leave your fellow creature to the mercy of the heathen Take counsel together and it shall come to nought speak the word and it shall not stand for God is with us Oh all people will walke in the name of his God and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever Micha 4.6 DARKNESSE Denyed by the CHILDREN OF LIGHT IN the fourth moneth upon the sixth day of the moneth I went to John Pains house of Starford to know of him if he did not receive a letter of mine that was sent me from Cambridge from James Blackly Justice of the peace and he said he had none of it but James Blackly asked the Coachman that did bring it and he said it was delivered to Mr. Pain Minister of Starford his name being the same with mine both of us being named John Pain but if he had or hath it and doth deny it it is his deceit this was the cause of my going to his house And then when I was there with him he did begin with me about some words that I did say to him about the publike Ministery as it doth now stand the National Ministery that I did say the spirit of the Lord in their Ministery was departed from them that they should not convert one soul more to the Lord by their Ministery which thing was true I did so say to him and so I shall do still and the fruites of it shall appear more and more as they stand contrary to the commands of Christ they shall not as is proved they do they that neither follow the example of Christ Prophet nor Apostles they shall not profit the people their preaching is like the blood of a dead man as is manifest they have the form of truth but the power is denyed by them and so the power is not made manifest among them for this many yeers but this power was by thee denied for thou did tell me thou hadst not the infallible spirit of Paul if not that spirit J then another the spirit in the Saints is but one in all and is the spirit of truth that leads into all truth and shews things to come even the spirit of truth Joh. 14.17 whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knoweth him but we know him for had welleth with us and shall be in us and this spirit is the same as ever this spirit was in Paul in the Prophets in the Saints that ever were or ever shall be From this spirit was the Scripture gave forth and none but the spirit can reveal the Mysteries of God in them for no man doth know the things of God but the Spirit of God and he to whom the Spirit of God doth reveal them and he that hath not the Spirit of Christ is note of his and this spirit is the spirit of Revelation now in the Saints and no man knows any thing as he ought to know it but what is revealed by the spirit 1 Cor. 2.11 It is recorded in Scripture that the Spirit beareth witness with our spirits Rom. 8.9 that we are the sons of God How doth it witness but by revealing to our spirits 〈◊〉 it is so This is the earnest of our inheritance this is the intrance into the everlasting kingdom for there none of our names after the flesh are set down but this maketh known the white stone and the new name which no man doth know but those that do receive it and this spirit of revelation and the Apostle pray for for the Church of the Ephesians that the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ the father of 〈◊〉 may 〈◊〉 unto ●ou the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him Eph. 1.17 18. Eph. 4.4 5 6. and 〈◊〉 man 〈◊〉 the ●●ther but 〈◊〉 Son and he to whom the Son doth reveal him so revelations are not ceased as might be proved by many places of the Scripture yea I witness against all gain-sayers that Scripture fulfilled in me Joh. 16.13 That he will shew you things to come This I witness is truth and many with me will witness the same these things are hid from wise men and revealed to babes the weak things of the world confound the strong and might glory be to thy name for ever and ever 1 Cor. 12.13 This spirit is in all his Saints and this spirit is infallible it