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
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-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
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
of Loue for to doo the Lord-his Will nor yet to the Good-willingones vnto the same Obedience although they are yeat younge and weake in the Accomplishing of the PerfectioÌ„ but to the Euel-willing and to all them that â with peruerse Thoughtes and false or deceitfull Intentes enter-in so falslie besydes vs and meane or purpose in no wise the loue but in all themselues and eauenso â with their malitious Heartes and peruerse Thoughtes fal-awaye againe from vs also sclaunder or blaspheame the holie Woord and our vpright and godlie Seruice of the Loue and so spewe-fourth their Falshod â with many Lyes ouer vs. 3. Beholde ouer this wicked and venemous Nature passeth-fourth the Iudgment of God and his Punishment to the Condemnation of the same wicked Nature 4. FOr that cause â O yee goodwilling Hartes sett-apart such Thoughtes as that God and the Spirit of his Loue or his Holyones should not â for your Weaknes cause haue any Good-plesure in you in anye-case farre from you but remember as it is also very-true and looke into the same accordinge to the Trueth that the Grace of God the Father and the Mercyfulnes of his Loue preuayleth or taketh-in the Preheminence aboundantlie by or in the Beleeuers of the Woorde and that God and the Spirit of his Loue is Longsufferinge towardes all Good-wyllingones which humble them vnder the Obedience of his Loue also beareth them in all their Weaknes and forgeeueth daylye all their Synnes To th ende that they should eauenso enioy his Comfort · and growe-vpp â with cheerfull Heartes or good Courraige somuch the goodwillinger in the Obedience of the gratious Woorde and so go-on or prease-fourth vnto the Perfection 5. For consider and looke-into it once aright If the Sinne â whilâ—…t it was yeat night haue preuayled in vs How much more then shall the Grace and Mercie of God to the obtayninge of the Righteousnes Seeinge that now â to the Saluation of Men the Daye against the Night and the Loue with her safe-makinge Seruice against the Sinne and CondemnatioÌ„ is entred-in preuaile or take the preheminence ouer vs namelie ouer all them that are good of will and that submitt or whollie geue-ouer themselues with all their Heart â for to be obedient vnto the holie Woorde vnder the Loue and expresse eauenso â in the Geeuinge-ouer of their Heart that they haue not any Will to the Sinne or that which is vnright nor yet to the Darknesses of the wicked Worlde but haue turned all their Lust to the Righteousnes for to walke vprightlie â with the Communialtie of the Loue in the Light of the louelie Beeing of god For God hath no pleasure in the Perishing of Sinners but his Pleasure is that they should all conuert vnto Him repent them for their Sinnes liue in his Righteousnes 6. for-that-FOr-that-cause O yee Feeble-minded of Heart and all yee Infirme or Weake which loue the vpright Life Permitt not anye euell Surmysinges to take-effect in you nor yet geeueplace to the Vnbeleef wherby you mought be plueked-away from the God of Life and froÌ„ the Howse or Communialtie of the Holyones of his Loue but in all thinges wherin your Memorie or Vnderstanding mought chaunce to be mooued applye alwaies your Mindes and Thoughtes to the Instruction of the Wisedome and to the Doctrine of the holie Vnderstanding of the Spirit of Loue and submit eauenso your whole Memorie or Vnderstandinge with all your Mindes and Thoughtes to the Vertues of the Godlines for to followe-after thesame in all Obedience of the holie Woord and to becom olde and vnderstandinge therin To theende that yee â in the Youngnes of your VnderstaÌ„dinge seduce or deceaue not yourselues with any straunge and vnprofitable Thoughtes 7. But yee shall alwayes â in your Youngnes Weaknes let the Geeuing-ouer of your Heart or your Goodwillingnes to the Loue and to the Obedience of the Requiring of her Seruice appeere or becom expressed before the Elders of the holie Vnderstanding in the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of loue and not â at the first the Perfection For verely it is not in your power at the first â in the time of your Youngnes and Weaknes to bring-fourth the Perfection The X. Chap. SEcue diligent eare heerto and vnderstand well the Woordes of my Voice O yee Nouises in our holâ—…e Communialtie or Famelie of Loue â wherin God himself dwelleth and walketh and yee all which are yeat younge in the holie Vnderstandinge · and weake in the Accomplishinge of the vpright Righteousnes Consider and note once aright which is your first Schoole-rule or the Beginninge of the christian Doctrine in our vpright Seruice of the godly loue Namely that yee first-of-all turne you about from the Iniquitie and from all vngodlie Beeing vtterlie forsake all the Abhominations of the wicked World and â with all your Heart depart therfrom and eauenso humble and whollie geeue-ouer your-selues vnder the Obedience of the Loue for to becom as singleminded and obedient Children by whom no Deceit nor anye Lust or Will vnto subtiltie or craftynes nor any Fainednes or Dubblenes of Heart nor-yet any Vnfaithfulnes is to be founde but which daylie â in the Departinge from the Iniquitie and in the Increasinge or Growinge-vpp in the good Beeinge of the Loue make-manifest themselues with naked or vncouered Heartes before the Seate of the Maiestie of god and eauenso â in the Confessinge of their Sinnes sigh and complaine ouer all their pernitious or corrupt Nature and wicked Lustes and Thoughtes which make-vpp themselues in them and wherthorough also they yeat somtimes stumble and fall 2. Beholde â yee Deerlie-beloued enter first into thissame small Waye For thesame bringeth or reacheth to the Perfection 3. VErelie to such goodwillinge Heartes which enter eauenso â accordinge to the Trueth into thesame small Waye that leadeth vnto Life and to all such as applie them thervnto God hath a Good-pleasure and the Spirit of my Minde standeth also inclined â to all Goodnes and Mercie ouer those-same Because they do â in such an humble Submission plainlie expresse that they feare God hate the Iniquitie with her euell Affectes or Inclination and â against those-same are good of will towardes God his Righteousnes 4. But wheare as now such a good Will and Geeuing-ouer of the Heart is not found in those I haue no Confidence that they meane or purpose in any-wise the true Loue nor yet that they haue any Lust or Will to liue in the good Beeinge of God nether-yet also that the vpright Loue and Trueth is sought loued or desired by them 5. For all Such as haue not any good Will Lust nor Desire to the good Beeinge of God but liue according to their owne Selfmindednes and according to the Sensualitie Will and Pleasure of their