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death_n	darkness_n	light_n	shadow_n	7,372	5	9.4624	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89842	The light of Christ, and the word of life. Cleared from the deceipts of the Deceiver, and his litterall weapons turned upon his owne head. Also the man of sin found out, who is hiding himselfe in a heape of confusion, pretending Antichrist is not yet come. Occasioned by laying open some deceipts in a booke titled, The deceiv'd and deceiving Quakers discovered; subscribed Mathew Caffin and William Jeffery, brethren in iniquitie, who are joyned to deny God, Christ, the light, and spirit, in his saints, and calls it teaching Christs spirit apart from his body, and an evill spirit, to witnesse the spirit of Christ in the saints. Set forth that the simple may see the wiles the devill hath to keepe them from the word of life, the soules salvation. / By a lover of Israels seede, called James Nayler.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1656 (1656)	Wing N293; Thomason E877_1; ESTC R206580	19,351	24

all things was made and saith in him is life and the life was the light of men and that this light shined in darknesse but the darknesse comprehends it not And this light thou denies and would limit to some persons who act in darknesse and cannot comprehend it though it shine in darknesse wherefore saith the blind guide this is another report and another Spirit and such a thing is not to be found in all the Scriptures but cannot see thy blind Spirit opposing the living Spirit of light and life in all the Saints both in Scriptures and to this day And Simeon the Prophet he testifies to this light and saith He is prepared before the face of all people a light to lighten the Gentiles and the Glory of his people Israell and calls it Gods salvation Luke 2. 30 31 32. But saith the false Prophet and Antichrist this is not sufficient alone though it be Israells glory and salvation and the Gentiles light And saith Christ of himselfe I am the light of the world he that followes me shall not abide in darknesse but shall have the light of life John 8. 12. But saith Antichrist this light is not sufficient of it selfe And saith Christ Take heed that the light that 's in thee be not darknesse The light of the body is the eye therefore when thine eye is single the whole body is full of light but when thy eye is evill thy whole body is full of darknesse Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darknesse And this he spake to the people and the Pharisees Luke 11. But saith Antichrist it is not to be found in all the Scriptures that Christ or any of his did Counsell Ignorant people to take heed to a light within them and saith the Blasphemer False and Erronious is that Spirit that bids men attend to a light within So the lyar and the Antichrist is now revealeing and there are many Antichrists who thus oppose Christ his light and doctrine who have the hornes of blasphemy and dare blaspheme God in his Temple Calling the Spirit of Christ false and Erroneous And saith that to suppose that God in men is their teacher is an Error not knowing the Scriptures when the Scripture saith You shall all be taught of God John 6. 45. And know you not that yee are the Temple of the living God as God hath said I will dwell in them and walke in them and the Temple of God is holy whose Temple ye are but sayest thou for to suppose God to teach thee is an Error and so art not afraid to blaspheme God in his Temple And saith the Scripture All thy Children shall be taught of the Lord Isa 54. 13. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour and every man his brother saying know the Lord for they shall all know me from the least of them to the greatest Jere. 31. 34. Heb 8. 11. But saith the Children of darknesse where the Son of perdition sits in the Temple of God this is Error who are strangers to this Covenant of light and without God in the world who are of such the Apostle tells on Eph 4. who because of the blindnesse of their hearts through denying the light within are alienated from the life of God and so become past-feeling and so are given to sin and plead for it though it be their destruction for all that deny the light within are heart-blind and so strangers to the life And here are all you blind guids of all sorts enemies to the light stumbling at it which is the Corner Stone and so all that hate the light loves your evill deeds and so plead for them while you live and so the words of Christ is fullfilled upon you John 3. 19 20. And saith Christ I am come a light into the world that whosoever beleeveth in me should not abide in darknesse and hee exhorts the Pharisees and unbeleevers who beleeved the Scriptures to beleeve in the light of the world which John calls the true light which ligheth every man that cometh into the world and saith Christ God so loved the world that hee gave his onely begotten Sonne that whosoever beleeveth on him should not perish but have everlasting life but he that beleeveth not is condemned already and this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men love darknesse rather than light and this he spake of them that beleeved the letter as you blinde guids doe now but would not beleeve in the light of the world as you doe now who deny Christ to be the light of the world and would limit him only to be the light of Beleevers which beleevers when searched you are found to be enemies to the light but saith they that beleeve he is a light to lighten the Gentiles Luk. 2. 32. And the people that sate in darknesse saw a great light and to them that sate in the Region and shaddow of death light is sprung up Math 4. 16. But saith Antichrist hee inlightneth none but such as are inlightned already that so he may keepe all in darknesse that are in darknesse but the Children of light know that there is no other thing to inlighten them that sit in darknesse whose minds the God of this world hath blinded but the light of Christ and till then the Gospell is hid and the vaile is over the heart and all other meanes till the eye be open is unprofitable and it is his light alone which is that eye and his Spirit alone that takes away that vaile 2 Cor 3. 16 17. And that it is his Spirit alone that guides into all truth John 16. 13. Even the same Spirit which reproves the world of sin ver 8. But saith Antichrist men are not lead into all truth by a light within so by thy doctrine the Spirit of truth must either not be within or else darknesse within for sayest thou men are not lead into all truth by a light within but saith the Scriptures Yee have an unction from the holy one and yee know all things and this anoynting abideth in you and ye need not that any man teach you but as the same anoynting teacheth you of all things and is truth and is no lye and even as it hath taught you yee shall abide in him but saith the lyar that spirit is false and erroneous that bids men give attendance to the light within as their onely teacher when the Spirit of God saith Yee need not any man to teach you but as the same anoynting that abideth in you teacheth you of all things and no lye is in it and commands them to abide therein And this spirit thou calls false and erronious and so art found that Blasphemer against the Spirit of God and an open lyar who saith there is not such a Scripture as directs to a light within for the onely teacher and though in thy Book thou sayest wee must wrastle against

sin in the word of the Lord and presently the Serpent gets a Scripture to plead for it and so to give God the lye which was his work before the letter was to wit to oppose the word in open lying but now hath got the letter to hide him and can now come as boldly with it is written Luke 4. 10. to uphold his sin and imperfection as ever he did with his lye to Eve to set up his kingdome of sin and imperfection at the first which then he got in by subtilty without Scripture but now by the letter would maintaine it by force and if any believe to attaine that estate againe before he entred with boldnesse from the letter he will prove him an heretick and find Scripture to murther him for it also he having but power to doe it and this is the use the Scriptures are of when such give meanings of them and preach them whose eye he hath blinded and have not the word in them from which the Scriptures came and without which none know them nor understand them And thus the Jewish Rabbies put Christ to death by the letter John 19. 7. And so doth he suffer to this day in whom ever he is by the worlds Teachers wresting the letter therefore saith Peter such wrest all Scriptures to their own distruction 2 Pet. 3. 16. And this is the ground of the Devills envy against the children of light at this day because we exhort people to the Spirit of Christ and to his light to enlighten their mindes that they may not read without understanding and so wrest the Scriptures to their own destruction which things we our selves did while we was in our fallen wisdome for while man is in darknesse the best of Gods gifts are perverted to a wrong end but being enlightned from the word the gift is seen and sanctified to its right end without which it cannot for God hath placed the blessing and right use of all his mercies in his Son who is the light of the world the word by which all was made and is upholden therefore is he first to be preached who is first and last to enlighten people that sit in darknesse death and delusion which light being first received all the gifts of God are yea and amen therein to his praise and the creatures good for without faith all is lost and it is not faith in the gift that saves but faith in the giver for many did believe in the Scripture and thought to have eternall life therein but could not believe in the light of the vvorld and so denyed the giver and the Scriptures could not save these but in their thoughts thereof deceived themselves who had not the word in them and so stuck in the letter but would not come to the light of life for it is he that hath the Son hath life and not every one that hath the letter and such alone have the word of life which such as stick in the letter knows not nor can hear John 8. 47. Nay there was many that heard Christ speak but did not nor could they hear the word John 8. 43. And this was much more then the letter yet such blind and deaf creatures being blinded by the God of this world they thought to have eternall life in the Scripture Saith Christ v. 47. He that is of God heareth Gods words ye therefore hear them not because ye are not of God yet did Christ speak the words of God and they did hear him carnally as carnall men doe the letter and could make him answer to his speech but could not hear the words of God as Christ plainly saith and here thou maist read thy blindnesse Also that place Acts 17. which you think makes so much for you to prove the letter the word it doth but fall on your own heads as all other Scriptures doe for them of Berea was not called more noble then them of Thessalonica because they had the Scriptures read for the Jews of Thessalonica had the Scriptures read every Sabbath day but this was their nobility in that they received the word gladly with all readinesse of mind and then searched the Scriptures dayly first they received the word to enlighten and then searched the Scriptures in the light so this doth plainly prove that they had not the word before though they had Scripture before so that here you doe but prove that the letter is not the word Also this place clearly proves that one may have the Scriptures all their lives and read them in way of worship constantly for so did both these sorts of Jewes and yet neither know word nor Scriptures untill they received the word of light but when the word is received or not received that makes the difference of believers and unbelievers the one owns the other envies and persecute though both have the Scriptures this Scripture proves this in the Jewes and your practice proves the same in you Gentiles who call your selves Christians who are found joyning with the lewd people as they did and stirring up their minds to persecu●e through your lyes which otherwise might be silent so your worke is seene and makes it manifest what word you know as all thy yes and slanders in thy booke may test●fie thee to be one of that envious broode which is the most they serve for for us they touch not yet is thy reward no lesse yet this all may note that the searching of the Scriptures without the word first received cannot find the way to faith as this scripture doth plainly prove for till the eye be opened with the light of the word of life The Scriptures are a mystery to the Carnall understanding and all that man can doe with them in that state is to wrest them to his own destruction 2 Pet. 3. 16. And you who are Judging of Scriptures and setting others so to doe without the light of Christ are they who lead the blind and resist the holy Spirit as did your fathers so doe you resist the Spirit with your Imaginations from the letter Be ashamed of your doctrine hath the Spirit given out the letter to testifie of the light of the world and its suffic●e●cy and that there is no other way out of the world but Christ the light of the world and that the light the way are one And doe you pervert this against the light to prove it not sufficient Hath God given his Word to his seede in every generation and hath promised that it shall never depart out of the mouth of that seede for ever Isa 59. 21. By which Word all was made and all his are to be guided and sanctified and because the testimony of some few of those who had this Word is in writing to witnesse that Christ is this Word and that all are to waite for him And will you take this letter and pervert it against this Word to set it in its stead to keepe from this Word and call