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death_n	body_n	soul_n	spirit_n	17,497	5	5.6554	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54425	Beames of eternal brightness, or, Branches of everlasting blessings springing forth of the stock of salvation, to be spread over India and all nations of the earth, to the uniting all mankind as one single and simple body of everlasting love and peace in the original glory and creator of all things / written by a member of truth, John, who is called a Quaker.	J. P. (John Perrot), d. 1671?	1661 (1661)	Wing P1613; ESTC R2898	32,075	40

consequently not to judge any man in any other way and manner or by any other Precept or Law than in and by that Law which judgeth and saveth themselves in the Inward Parts which still draws to the Similitude and preserves the Soul in the likeness of the Eternal Power and Wisdom that created it So then in case of Rebellious Subjects in a Land that would live in a lawless life of destruction of the King of Glorie's Creation wilfully and presumptuously in Lewdness Beastliness Violations or what other wickedness so ever Kings Pinces Rulers and Judges shall have no need to turn out their Minds from the Law within to search Books or Records of their Lands or Peoples without them to find a Law to judge such Transgressors by for that alienates and adulterates from the pure Similitude seeing the Creator cannot go out of Himself into Books without Him for a Law but keeping to the Inward Law of the Creator that preserves in the Glorious likeness and judging all in it and according to it answereth the same in all and leaves them without Excuse in the sight of the Eternal Searchers of all hearts in which Judgment they hold the Vnity with their Creator and stand justified before Him and by that of Him in all Consciences which answereth the Judgement of it Seeing therefore it is evident that the eternal Judge is but one and his Law but one the Judgement that is of Him in it is the Blessed State but that which is contrary to it is the Cursed State Moreover it may be plainly understood That he who made all Men in his own Eternal Wisdom certainly was and is the Wisest to make a Law for all Men that he created which in His Wisdom is evident He accordingly did decree and hath placed it in the Inwards near unto the most noble part of Man which ruleth all his Members to wit the Soul wherein all Transgression comes first to be conceived before any is ever brought to the birth So then he that altereth from his Law and maketh another Law to judge Men by contrary to that Law which his Creator hath placed near unto the most noble part of all Mankind and even in his own Conscience as well as in the Conscience of an another Creature that very Ruler stands in the Presumption adulterated and separated from his Creator shewing himself as if he had a Wisdom above his Creator to make a Law to judge his creatures by which is a most horrid Rebellion against his Creator and his holy and just Law Awake awake therefore O all ye Kings Princes Rulers and Judges upon the face of the whole Earth and answer your Creator in this true point of Judgement Now if the poor men should make forth their Convincement of the Truth saying We are perswaded of the Glory of the Truth of the Sun of the Soul for we experience it in the inward parts and can set our Seal to the Testimony thereof to be altogether Holy and Pure within us in which sence of the Love of our Creator towards us we are truly willing and desirous to live and walk so as that our Souls may be made worthy of such a glorious Infusion and Inspiration of the Eternal Love and Mercy Quest But what shall we do seeing the Rulers of our Land stand in opposition and we cannot so walk without an absolute peril of severe Imprisonment sharp Tortures loss of earthly Estate or Life it self Answ He that created you is the Eternal Power and Almighty King of Kings who reigneth over all in the Kingdoms of Men and giveth them to whomsoever he pleaseth Stand ye therefore in the Life of his Pleasure which is in that whereunto you are inwardly directed which begetteth and formeth you in the pure and perfect similitude of your Creator and there you will come to see Him to be the everlasting Patience and Eternal Content which is a greater Felicity and Glory for you to know in your selves as being moulded into the same Resemblance and so united to Him in the Power and Life thereof than the enjoyment of outward Liberty possession of Ease in the Flesh Earthly Treasure or Life it self in the body yea a Heavenly Happiness it is infinitly surpassing all that ever can be thought of below the visible Sun the living sence and feeling of which in the Eternal Power makes the Imprisonment of the body a sweet freedom of the Soul the Tortures of the Body the joyful pleasures of the Soul the loss of Earthly Goods the purchase of an Heavenly Treasure and the Death of the Body of Flesh the Everlasting Glorious Life of the Soul Thus for every finite Loss is reaped an infinite Treasure of Gain So then as ye grow into this Life committing all things House Goods Silver Gold Wife and Children Liberty and Life into the good pleasure of the Everlasting Patience and Eternal Content you come to reign as Kings in the glorious Life of the KING of Kings over all Earthly Kings and they see it not nor know it not who persecute you being themselves in the act of Persecution adulterated and alienated from the Life of the Eternal Patience and Content and in enmity to his power of Love and Mercy which is the Cursed State of Darkness So you knowing your Advantage of Treasure and Prerogative of Dominion in the power of Patience and vertue of Content ye may well say in your selves As we live and abide in the fear of our Creator which preserves in the continual possession of his Immortal Rewards and Treasures of all Joys we need not fear Earthly Kings nor Princes nay nor loss of Lives nor any other Creature for here we perceive temporal losse can be no losse unto us but as an Earnest-peny offered and given by us for the price of an Eternal Gain And therefore we will run our Race in the fear of our Maker with joyfulness holding the similitude of his own Holyness that if we are persecuted we will love and pray for our Enemies even as our Creator loved us whilst we were his Enemies and we will bear with them as he bore with us and forgive them as he hath forgiven us Thus will we live and thus will we dye and the Name of our Maker be evermore sanctified hallowed honoured and praised by and in us to the end Amen And ye being entered into this everlasting blessed State you stand as I have said in his good pleasure who reigneth in in the Kingdoms of Men and giveth them to whomsoever he pleaseth and then whosoever turneth against you to persecute you turneth against the pleasure of his Creator And mark the battle the Pot fighteth against the Potter who will therefore break it to pieces in his sore displeasure the Dust fights against its Maker who therefore will blow it away even with the fierce Whirlwind of his utter displeasure and gain himself a Renowned Glory over every rebellious Creature for even now is He arisen in

his Jealousie and it is his Day to work and none shall let and he which rules against Him he will remove from the Throne for He will set up an Everlasting Dominion and Government and of his own Scepter of Righteousness even from end unto end of the four Winds of the Heavens Seven-fold happy therefore is that Soul that beleives in Him and suffereth for his Righteousness sake And is it not an unspeakable shame to a Ruler to persecute innocent Souls new created Souls in the Glory of the similitude of their Maker Is it not a woful shame to Rulers to persecute them that watch to recompence good for evil and to shew the deeps of the bowels of Love and Mercy to such as heaped upon them extream weights of Oppression and Cruelty Can Rulers answer the bonds of humanity in such acts Nay How then can they answer the power of Sanctity in them For the sake of Edification of all Souls to Three Questions more I am drawn forth in the Light to answer Quest 1 What are the first powerful Operations of the Light in the Soul after Convincement of Sin Answ JUDGMENT CONDEMNATION and DEATH of the Mind of Transgression which must of necessity be for the cause of the Righteousness of the King of Glory unto whom no life in Sin and Corruption can unite for the Soul going into it went out from Him into the Enmity against Him and His Law of Righteousness and no part of that can ever enter into Him because it was never of Him and because He hath infused a righteous Law into the Inward parts of necessity therefore there must be a power of Judgement to execute the Righteousness of the Law in the place that it is put upon that which brake it which Power in Righteousness must absolutely bring Condemnation upon that mind which is the Transgressor in man and the Condemnation must as surely bring Death by the power of the Executor that no part of that Mind may evermore live but the Mind in which no Transgression is which was before Transgression was which must be perfectly wrought before Man can enter again into the first Similitude to unite with the King of Glory So here all may see the Judgement truly set up and executed in the inward parts bringing Death upon the Transgressor produced the benefit of a most Blessed Fruit viz. of Life Peace and Joy and openeth the door of the Fountain of Mercy giving the perfect knowledge thereof which then rejoyceth over Judgment for which cause of Mercy the Eternal Wisdom first instituted the Law and Power of Judgment to come fulfilling Righteousness in the Inward parts which thus appears bringing a Righteous Death upon an Unrighteous Life that by its Death a Righteous may for ever live wherein the Joy and Glory is partaked and inherited So then in the Judgment and Condemnation of that Life unto Death the Power and Glory of Mercy appeareth in the wonderful Wisdom that it might be for ever loved and lived in and the work of Wisdom admired and prized and the Worker of Salvation in the Power and most Excellent Glory of Mercy manifest in Judgement magnified over all everlastingly without end in all that love the Operation and accordingly are partakers of the sweet and happy Fruit of its Salvation in which the Unity with the King of Glory is witnessed Quest 2 Of every frame of Soul or fashion of Mind in Man which is the most certain of holding the Vnion and Fellowship with the King of Glory in Spirit Answ Watchfulness in Fear and Crosse Watch to fear the risings of the Concupisence which the Soul feeleth in the flesh towards the flesh and the World and also now lastly towards the Devil and there enter into that Internal Power which stands in the Crosse to the other Nature which will daily slay every carnal Affection in the first suggestion and appearance and break the Cockatrices Egg before the Serpent is hatched and thus all will come to see that the inward and visible Cross to the inward Mind of the World and the Flesh keeps the Soul clean out of the mind of the World and the Flesh in the mind of the Eternal Spirit Again Watch to fear in every Joy and Enjoyment of every Glorious and Heavenly Gift lest the Joy should slip out of the true measure and a sence of the Glory of the Gift exalt the Heart above the measure of the Light through which it comes and in which the Unity with the King of Glory stands and here all which come to see that Fear keeps every Joy and Enjoyment of Heavenly Gifts perfect to the measure wherein all Perfection is witnessed according to the proportion of all Gifts as they are given and come down from the perfect Giver So then the invisible Cross which keeps clean and Fear that keeps the Soul low and humble to the measure within in the Conscience will alwayes be found the safest frame and fashion of every man's mind to hold the most certain Vnion and Fellowship with the King of Glory as long as they are cloathed with the body of flesh untill it turns to the dust from whence it came and the Soul be from thenceforth cloathed and arrayed with the Glory of the Life of the King of Glory even for ever and evermore Quest Whether Man after being restored unto the Brightness of the first Similitude and entred into Unity with the Incorruptible Glory through death of the degenerated part may not fail from the Glory and enter again into the Degeneration and Curse Answ In the work of Creation it is to be known as formerly mentioned that the Soul of Man simply was not created immutable though clean pure and holy in a state of Innocency for the Eternal Wisdom reserved that Virtue Power and most glorious Property of Immutability in Himself only that He above all things might be known as the Supream Power over all the created things and accordingly feared loved obeyed and lived in which state I have shewed Man went out of and degenerated from and also have opened the direction unto the way and power of Redemption from the fall and losse and Restoration unto the first Similitude of the Holy One which unites with the Incorruptible Glory unto which state it is possible in the Light for all Mankinde to attain yet if they abide not in the immutable Power of Perservation that created their Souls but go from the unchangeable Life into the variable consultation with Flesh and its reason and sensual Wisdom they may return backwards as the Sea Locust and Canker and become as the Swine that was once washed but lo wallows again in the mire and the house may be clean swept yet except there be a Watch still kept seven unclean Spirits may enter that are worse than the former which were driven forth and a Virgin state may be attained unto but unless the Oyl of Wisdom in Watchfulness Diligence and Fear be

of them the which they having fulfilled quieting themselves as it falls in a sphear or degree lower here unto them the Promise is fulfilled which was prophesied of to the Jews saying from the rising of the Sun to the going down of the same Incence and Sacrifice shall be offered in the Temple of the Eternal Power Moreover As all men abide in the same Power of the Rising of the External Sun through a careful and constant watch of the mind in it they will come to see it arise in such a glory that as first the Light of the Moon that ruled the night became as the Light of the Sun which ruleth the day So the Light of the day that is now spring from on high shall be as the Light of seven dayes abiding as an Everlasting Glory of Brightness even for ever and ever and then will their Maker make his Tabernacle among them and they shall be his Temple and Habitation and he will be their Dwelling Rest Peace Joy Life and Glory eternally Amen Quest Hereby all men may see the true Worship ond Sacrifice what it is and in what Life and Power it is to be performed to find acceptance and answer concerning which if any should say that I have neither told them the matter nor the manner nay nor the times plainly in which man shall worship in Prayers c. Answ To such I answer Touching the matter of Prayer It is to be understood that Prayer is a Petition or Desire poured forth for something that is needful either to a mans own particular state and condition or else that is necessary for other men Now seeing the whole Creation stands in the alone disposal of the glorious Wisdom of the Cretor of all things he therefore knows best what is needful unto every mans estate which no man of himself doth know neither can know what is necessary for himself or any other Soul but by the pure and immediate openings of the Light in the Soul which purely doth proceed from the eternal glorious Wisdom therefore I teach no man words but labour to lead all men to the understanding of the eternal Wisdom and Power within them in this Light to wait that in his Life they may feel the Risings of the Power of his Wisdom which then may give utterance of words unto a man that were never known before by a man even such words as shall be suitable to the state of want either of himself or others and sometime also for the preservation of all souls in the blessed state all which in the good time of the Eternal Wisdom shall be answered who cannot deny himself nor that which is of his own Nature and performed in his own Life and Power So then this in brief no man of himself knows what to Pray for as he ought but the Spirit of Light of the Eternal-Wisdom helpeth the sanctified man's infirmities that is to say his weakness of knowledge and giveth unto him either sighs groans thoughts or words which answereth his Eternal Will in the Power of Wisdom which is the true matter of Prayer whereby every man's Formality and Will-worships comes to be abolished wherein also much may be understood as to the manner and time seeing it leads out of prefixed words and times that likwise stand in the adulterated will wholly into the will and time of the Eternal Wisdom in which still as a motion is inwardly found the matter was given and so his purpose comes to be revealed and known In this order of Worship all People may be thorowly satisfied That that which a man receives in the Eternal Power and immediately from the Eternal Wisdom into a sanctified Vessel is a Matter and Worship at a real certainty and assurance and in no wayes dubious and therefore may well be believingly received and perfectly owned by a man whilst all other sort of Worship if the eyes of men were but a little open to see it must needs be doubted because it is of that which a man knows not what nay nor can say that his method matter time nay nor yet his own person or soul hath any acceptance of the unknown thing that he doth worship in his vain imaginations Yet it is in me to instance another uncovered Case that in its nakedness every man may discern between the true and the false Worship and accordingly chuse the better if their hearts can take an affection to the better All People upon the face of the Earth may take one set form of words manner and time and in that custom pray all dayes of their lies and yet live and dye in enmity one to another as it 's this day manifest among many Sects that have set-forms of words manner and times appointed for Worship yet are of these minds some of them flattering others of their Brethren and Fellow-worshippers to their faces whilst they hate them in their hearts and revile them behind their backs And others of them there are that love one another to day for the sake of the corruptible things and the same persons on the morrow seen fighting one against another to gain the most of the corruptible things or a seat of presumption one above another and so rest in envy and malice one towards another even unto death this is the spirit of the power of darkness and all the Prayers and Worships in it stand in the adulteration and separation from the Life and Power of the Eternal Immutable Love and therefore is absolutely manifest to be the Cursed state But all People drawing to worship in the Spirit of the Power of Light which is the Eternal vertue of Love and Vnity here must certainly be found unanimous prayers with joynt hearts or rather as I have formerly shewed with one heart and soul because the one Spirit and power of Love makes all but of one soul so to every Prayer and Supplication in this Spirit all souls in the same Spirit say Amen in Truth and when they are according to every mans occasion separated and departed in body one from another yet still they are together as one individual body in the individual Spirit of eternal love and unity and thus they live in the body to the end and thence for ever in the same Spirit rest everlastingly out of the body without end These therefore I call the true Worshippers in the true worship and is the Blessed State Because as the first stands in the Adulteration and Degeneration from the true likeness of the holy Creator and therefore impossible that that state can have acceptance of him so this latter mentioned being in the true likeness and therein finding the true Unity with the Power of Brightness in which the Worship is performed and therefore must infallibly have acceptance of him From this Testimony which stands not only in the Letter or Declaration but in the power of an Endless Life and Unity it appears without controversie that this and only this latter