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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

mighty Power until which there was no Enmity Envy Discord nor Cruelty known in the Earth but man was at Peace and Unity in his Innocency with the Holy One Therefore the Original Cause of Discord Envy and Cruelty was Transgression and the Chain thereof to this day among Men is the Power of Darkness For the sake therefore of your Redemption I am again pressed in Spirit to remind all with the Power that breaks the cursed Chain of Darkness which is the Light that is able to do it as all draw their minds into it and dwell in it in their inward parts and restore again into that state which was before Transgression was in the perfect Freedom and Liberty from Envy Enmity Discord and Cruelty in the Glory and Brightness of Innocency where the Wisdom comes to be received which keeps and preserves the Peace Love and Mercy in the Everlasting Power and Vertue of Life and here the Earth that once was the Kingdom becomes the Footstool and Heaven becomes the inherited Kingdom for ever which cloatheth the Soul with a Garment ten thousand times ten thousand fold brighter than is the Glory of the visible Sun for the Rayment is the perfect Glory of the Eternal Splendor which wraps it up as with the swadling of the Rainbow of Joys which is the Eternal Fruit and Benefit of the Blessedness of its Change from the nature of Discord Enmity and Cruelty to the Spirit of Peace Love Vnity and Mercy from Corruption to Incorruption from Folly to Wisdom from Darknesse to Light from Condemnation to Iustification from Death to Life Yet furthermore for the opening of the Counsel of the Mystery of Salvation O all ye Kings Princes Rulers and People every-where throughout the Earth know ye in your selves the Light of the Eternal Sun of Glory to be the bathing and washing Fountain that is able to make the Soul in every Thought even as white as Snow and feel it in your selves as the Refiners Fire which is able to purge you until you be made as pure as the Gold that is seven times tryed and therefore wait in the Operation thereof that you may see its blessed Effect in which Righteousness will run down as Streams and the Knowledge of the Glory of the Eternal Wisdom will cover the Earth as Waters cover the Seas and here you will come to see your selves as the Christal Chanels through which the living Waters of the Fountain of Heaven will be a continual Current the sweet Streams thereof overflowing the blessed Vallies within you and watering every Plant therein making all things fruitful in you and among you fruitful in Truth fruitful in Hope Faith Love Mercy Peace Fear Humility Meekness Patience Content Prayer Praises Thanksgiving Knowledge Wisdom and all Vertue this will be a Beauty in your Faces and a Diadem of Glory upon your Heads in which the Wonderful Counsellor will take pleasure to speak unto you in His Mysterious and Oraculous Language which shall be but one throughout all the Earth and will open an Incorruptible Eye in you even to see the Glory of his Eternal Face which will overcome you with Joyes and ravish you with Eternal Pleasures as a Generation that is carried up out of the Earthly Places Verily I cannot express the Sweetness as my Soul possesseth it within in the Spirit what besides my own state saved in the Eternal Sun of the Soul Oh! my Ravished Mind in the consideration of the Day wherein Nations shall imbrace the Heavens of all Love and plentifully suck the Milk of her Breasts which gives the nourishment of Eternal Life Oh! the Everlasting Consolation which the Children of Brightness shall possess and inherit in the Bosom of the Eternal Glory even for ever and evermore Amen And now Are not the thoughts of this Glorious Salvation Vnity Peace Love Ioy and Pleasure of Life which may in this way be found possessed and enjoyed to the End among all People and Nations upon the face of the Earth and in and with the Glorious Brightness in the Heavens above enough to perswade woo and compel all Souls even with one draught of the Cord of Love to receive and imbrace it as they may sink down into the Deeps and consider in what a good time their dayes are fallen into wherein so glorious a Way is now come to be opened in such plainness clearness nakedness and easiness wherein they may all attain to every tittle of the Benefits yea and a thousand fold more than the tongue of man can mention exceeding all that is before said inserted and written Surely methinks he that would miss a Portion of the pre-cited Blessings and eternal joyous Inheritance for want of looking for it in the True Way being so faithfully spoken unto him as to within him and therefore so easie to be found as not to look without himself to seek and find it must not only confess himself to be a Fool in his own heart but also as a Devil in his continual words and works and seven-fold worthy of Condemnation under the power of Darkness and Death unto its Pit of the burnings of Wo and Torment for ever and ever What therefore might I more say that the Dead might hear and live or that Rocks might rent and become hearts of flesh to perceive and understand for the Word is quick the Voice is piercing and the Life is powerful in and under which I rest in the pure perfect and blessed Peace hereby shewing forth in measure my Spirit and Soul created anew in the Holy Love unto all Nations and Peoples without respect of persons upon the face of the whole Earth wherein I stand clear whether they will hear or forbear By that all Kings Princes and Rulers are in the Light come thus far some may haply make forth their Convincement of the Truth saying It is certainly true and evident that an Universal Peace and Unity Love and Amity cannot be perfectly and purely had held and enjoyed among all Nations besides in the one Principle that unites to the Eternal Power in his own Life and Nature for He only being the Glorious Wisdom that created all things must necessarily be the alone Preserver and Upholder of all things and whatsoever stands united unto Him in the Life abides in the Perfection of the Peace Love and Mercy of the Immutable Spirit of Wisdom and Glory And none other way can there be unto Blessing besides the Light in the Conscience which is given of the Eternal Wisdom for a Way and Leader unto all Souls Quest But what doth this Light end and abolish Answ It endeth all the Wisdom with its effects and fruits which stands in the Adulteration and Separation from the Eternal and unlimited Wisdom of Holiness and Brightness It endeth all Customs Traditions Wayes and Worships and whatsoever may be thought that stand in the degenerate and cursed nature and breaketh all Bryars and Bulwarks of limitation that stand in the Curse as a fence