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death_n	life_n	righteousness_n	sin_n	20,387	5	5.1345	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

sixteenth but they have salt in themselves to savor withal at all seasons they shall not need to run to old Authors to patch piece up Sermons and to write them down and tell the people this is the word of the Lord when he never spake that unto them this is their artificial preaching that their study and Art have furnished them with all this is their boldness before the Lord to speak their own inventions and not the word of the Lord. The word of the Lord is life and power the word of the Lord doth sanctifie the word of the Lord doth ingraft the word of the Lord 's a sword to cut down the word of the Lord is fire the word of the Lord doth purifie the word of the Lord is a hammer Joh. 17.17 but where are these things witnessed amongst you where is the power of the word Whom hath it sanctified whom hath it ingrafted Heb. 4.12 whom hath it cut down what hath it burned up is your Lead and Tin consumed are you purified by it what hath it broke down amongst you doth not your high thoughts stand still doth not your own wills stand still doth not pride and covetousness stand still doth not wrath stand still doth not envy stand still do not these fruites of the flesh and such like stand Flatter not your selves Jam. 1.21 for such things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience those that spake the word of the Lord witnessed these things to pass upon them and so they did first learnt their own Ministery thorow the death of the first wisdom Isa 23.29 and so came to witness the Ministery of death to be glorious and so came to witness Moses and never none come to witness the glorious Ministery of life but come to witness the glorious ministration of death death doth pass upon all men for all men have sinned and so come to witness deaths reign from Adam to Moses who is the figure of him that was to come and so come to witness that as sin hath raigned unto death even so grace reigns thorow righteousness unto eternal life thorow Jesus Christ our Lord and so came to witness both states of death and life and so came to witness the Prophets John and the Apostles and witness the covenant of peace and life this was their way they went in these were the sootsteps of the flock of Christ and then went forth to preach to the world and did gather a people out of the world by their Ministery and there were daily added to the Church such as should be saved and those that were thus gathered by the eternal word living in them were of one heart and one minde and they were the 〈◊〉 of the Lord and those did edifi● one another in their most holy faith they were not of the world but chosen out of the world and the Church vvas in God and in Christ and it is the pillar and ground of truth the fulness of him that doth fill all things Heb. 2.11 to the 15. all members of his body for both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren saying I will declare thy name among my brethren they are begotten by the immortal seed of God partakers of the Divine nature the Sons of God living stones builded upon the rock Christ Jesus in vvhom the whole building fitly framed together groweth up to a holy Temple in the Lord and from his Holy Temple doth he make known his will to the intent that novv unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God Eph. 2.10 Therefore silence proud flesh that would be exalting it self above your fellow members Now professors see and try if it be thus with you and your teachers can they witness this way into the Ministery or can you witness that you are of this Church of the first born whose names are vvritten in heaven and come to the spirits of just men made perfect If not in your measures flatter not your selves with a Ministery and a Church and Ordinances for it vvill not avail you Remember the Jews I spake of before their Ordinances and their Priveleges were very great they had the true form but wanted the power they did offer sacrifices they did observe Sabbaths and nevv Moons Isa 1.13 14 15 16 17. and had solemne dayes they had obligations and incense yet these were counted by the Lord iniquity the soul of the Lord hated them they were a burden to him he was weary to bear them and though they made many prayers yet he would not hear them yet these were ordinances of the Lords appointing there vvas not a ceasing to do evil and a learning to do vvell they did not seek judgement nor relieve the oppressed nor judge the fatherless nor defend the vviddovv there vvas no fruites of righteousness brought forth in their high profession a fruitless profession reaching at the shaddovvs but did neglect the substance friends deal honestly vvith your selves do you think the profession of truth vvill serve your turns and stand you in any stead before the Lord. When the secrets of all hearts shall be laid open they that have the form of the truth and not the povver 2 Tim. 5. to the 7. vve are commanded from such to turn avvay and vvill not the Lord turn avvay from such vvhich he hath commanded us to turn avvay from yea he vvill of such sort are those that lead filly vvomen captive ever learning and never able to come to the knovvledge of the truth Is it not thus in your Assemblies vvhich are so great some learning ten yeers some tvventy yeers some fourty yeers some threescore yeers and yet ignorant of the very first principle of that which turns the minde to God and so no good do know but ever Learning when for the time yee ought to be teaching ye had need that one teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God these are the house creepers for had Paul spoke against preaching in a private house Act. 28.29 20 31. he had spoke against his own practice for it was his manner so for to do he did preach in his own hired house and did dispute in markets and reason in the Jews Synagogues with the devout persons daily and how oft was Paul haled out beaten and stoned while some supposed he had been dead some said what will this babler say they counted it new doctrine and strange things and thus it is at this day calling it a disturbance so for to do and by the same spirits are persecuted Now as those were then haled Act. 5.25 rent and torn read the Scriptures and see if these things be not so and there you may finde your own actions done by the same spirits therefore boast not your selves but this

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