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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26275	A short description of the true ministers and the false how they differ in their call, ministry, doctrine, and fruits that any that are desirous may know the one from the other : also, something concerning the apostacy ... which was in the Apostles dayes ... : something further concerning the true ministers of Jesus / testified by one that hath been a true witness of all that he has here written, J. Aynsloe.	Aynsloe, John, d. 1693.	1672 (1672)	Wing A4297; ESTC R27199	9,389	18

ready to say as the Jews did We have Abraham to our Father yet this Birth Immortal having receiv'd the Blessing of the Dew of Heaven is not discouraged though they that have the Fatness of the Earth for their Portion make more Noise and greater Shew in this World labour what in them lieth to stir up Enemies against this Blessed Innocent Seed and to Persecute all those where its Apperance is But this is my Testimony concerning it They shall never prevail no Weapon formed against it shall Prosper their striving against it is to no Purpose they only making themselves Manifest what spirit they are of For the Lord God Omnipotent hath raised it up in this the Day of his Power that it may bear witness to his Name through his Faithful Witnesses in whose Hearts God hath raised it up by his own Mighty Power and Out-stretched Arm after a Long and Dark Night of Apostacy since the Apostles dayes which soon after the Apostles did creep in only having the Form without the Power lost the Life of Religion and Motion of the Spirit of Life in the Inward Man which was to be Guide unto all Spiritual Worship and Obedience unto God according to Christ's Saying The Time cometh and now is that he that worshippeth the Father must worship him in Spirit and in Truth This being lost by many since the Apostles dayes and never known by others hath been the great Cause Ground and Rise of the many Sorts and forms of Religion made in man's Will and he giving way to his own Self-will the Enemy of his Soul did easily prevail with him to be of that Form of Religion which most suited the Inclinations of his Heart blinding the Eyes of his Understanding and made him Insensible of the many inward Strivings of the Lord with him and although Reproved in secret yet not regarded or at least not believed it to be the Grace Light and Spirit of God so that the Continuance of the Apostacy and Unbelief that came in by it were from one Generation to another out of the Remembrance of the Appearance of the Lord of his being near to man or of Jesus Christ Within they grew into the Subtilty of the Serpent and having eaten of the forbidden Fruit got unto himself Coverings of his own making serving only himself and his own Interest that he could turn to be of any Form of Religion to save himself Thus Painted Jezebel got up and the False Church did begin to flourish with her False Teachers False Doctrines and False Worships Then she held forth a Golden Cup full of Abominations unto all Nations Kindreds Tongues and People and they drank of the Wine of her Fornication and were drunk with it and then the False Church got up and False Prophet began to ride upon the Beast and they made War with the true Woman and the Remnant of her Seed that remain'd upon the Earth and they prevailed for a time and the Woman the true Church fled into the Wilderness where she had a Place prepared her of God and the Man-Child was caught up to God and there she remained as a Widow alone and as a Dove without a Mate according as it is written until the time of her Mourning and Widdowhood should be accomplish'd and all this while the Harlot the false Church bore Rule both within and without and all that would not receive the Mark of the Beast and of Antichrist on their Fore-heads and on their Right-hand should be put to Death or should not be suffered to Buy or Sell. Then was set up Outward Force to Compel all to bow to their Worship for the Power and Spirit of the Lord that was in the Apostles days was lost that made peoples hearts tender and gather'd them to God into his Spiritual Worship and the Form without the Power was set in its place and so fell short of the Power and of the Order that was in the Spirit Then Humane Learning Arts and Inventions got in the Powers Place thinking to supply what was wanting which an Immitation of the true Church and the Order that was in the Apostles dayes could not do But finding their shortness both in Doctrine and Conversation that Sin and Evil had Dominion over them and that erring from the Spirit they could not be without sin then they set it up as a Foundation Doctrine That no man could be without Sin and Corruption on this side the Grave and this they have desended as well as they could by Word and Writing but where that fell short they made their Inquisition Fire and Faggot and Strong Prisons to make it out with the rest of their False Doctrines and Practices resolving their Tryal by Outward Force and Compulsion and if any Eye were in measure opened to see beyond any of their Dark Doctrines or Ceremonies and so could not bow unto them then were they branded with the Name of Hereticks and if they would not put out that little Sight which God had given them and become as Blind as they were then they Persecuted them and put them to Death This hath been the Practice of the False Church for several Hundred Years and Examples thereof were before and in Queen Mary's days and since But now the Time is come That Babylon is come up in Remembrance before the Lord and as she has done unto others so will the Lord do unto her for Strong is He that is risen to judge her And he hath made an Entrance into her Borders and is laying waste her pleasant Pictures and discovering her Whoredoms and drying up the Tongue of the Egyptian-Sea so that many begin to suspect her and others do see she is but an Harlot not withstanding her being cover'd with Scarlet-coloured Robes so she shall not deceive the Nations much longer and as she had a time of Rising so must she have time to Fall and surely the time is at hand and her Overthrow is witnessed in many Hearts and as it hath been within so must it be without And this hath been the Ground of the many Testimonies that have been born against her in this Day and Generation wherein the Lord hath appear'd in his Might and Power beyond what hath been in times past and revealed himself unto many by his Light and Spirit and hath made known the Way of Life and Salvation as in the Apostles days and the Man-Child is come down from God again and she that fled into the Wilderness and was Childless is now coming out leaning upon the Breasts of her Beloved according as it was written of her Rejoyce thou Barren that didst not bear and break forth into Joy thou Virgin Daughter of Jerusalem for more shall be the Children of the Barren then of the Married Wife and this is the Lord 's bringing to pass that he may take away her Reproach For many have brought forth though a false Birth while she has been barren for none could give her Children but the

Lord he is wiping away her Tears and the Time of her Mourning is coming to an end and now the Woman doth appear which John saw in the Spirit to be clothed with the Sun having the Moon under her Feet and now is as a Bride preparing for her Husband and she is the true Church the Bride the Lamb's Wife to her I bear my Testimony to be known and in being again and a Son of this Woman I profess my self to be and of none other of her Faith and Doctrine of her Life and Practice who hath no Power upon the Earth to take her part to defend her Faith and Doctrine but the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb is her Defence Covering and Shield for evermore And thus in Faithfulness have I wrote these few things as the Lord put them into my heart for the sake of those that are inquiring after Sion with their Faces set thither ward that all Stumbling-blocks may be removed out of the way of the Simple and that in Singleness of heart every one may close in with that holy Appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ in the inward of their hearts by his Light Spirit and that none may resist the Day of their Visitation but haste out of Babylon and Egypt from the Flesh-Pots Garlick towards the Land that flows with Milk and Honey where there are Vineyards ready planted and Wells ready dig'd the free Flowings forth of the Father's Love unto their Souls Something further as a Testimony concerning the True Ministers of Jesus Christ THat there are True and Faithful Ministers of Jesus Christ as were in the dayes of the Apostles in this Day and Generation that do I witness and bear Testimony unto in the Name of the Lord who are Ministers of the Spirit and have ministred the Spirit and Spiritual things unto many who have not fed themselves with the Fat but have fed the Lambs of Christ having the Word of Reconciliation committed to them and have not been slack in dividing it aright judging that which was for Judgment but tender in Love and Compassion towards the Poor and Needy lending a Hand to the Helpless and turning many to the Light and Power of God which aboundeth in themselves being as Trumpets in the hands of the Lord giving a certain Sound that many have heard and believ'd through their Word They have not sought themselves but the Glory of God and the Good of all People and God hath been with them and made them successful and to see the Travel of their Souls and be glad And God hath given them Power to lose on Earth and it is losened in Heaven and to bind on Earth and it is bound in Heaven And they have Power over Unclean spirits and their Poison cannot hurt them Their Weapons are Spiritual mighty through God to the pulling down of the Strong Holds of the Devil they War not with Flesh and Blood but against the Spiritual Wickedness in the High Places of the Heart their Sword is the Sword of the Spirit their Armour is the Armour of Light their Breast-plate is the Breast-plate of Faith and their Helmet is that of Salvation and having put on the whole Armour of God are furnished against all the Powers of Darkness They preach not but as they are moved by the Spirit and Power of God being ordered of him when to Speak and when to be Silent They serve not themselves and their own Bellies but the Lord Jesus Christ and his Followers not striving who should be Greatest but serving one another in Love Into this Ministry was I called of God in the year 1657. and ever since the Lord hath continued me in that Work and Service that he set before me requiring of me no more but Faithfulness in that I had receiv'd and through great Tryals Tribulations and Exercises hath he preserv'd me Faithful unto this day Glory to God Peace on Earth and Good will towards Men Amen Amen Postscript SOme may say There are several sorts of Professions who have Ministers and all of them hold forth some of these Doctrines or have some of these Marks and bring forth some of these Fruits dost thou conclude them all to be False Ministers To which may be Answered They that are not against us are with us as Christ answered those that came to complain of some that preached and walked not with them But these have all appeared against the Lord and his People in this the Day of his Spiritual Appearance and have joyned together either in Word or Deed Publick or Private as one Man making up one Great Image Head Gold Breasts Silver Thighs Brass Feet part Iron part Clay to withstand the Little Stone cut out of the Mountain without Hands but it hath and will prevail against the Image And these are the Sons of one Woman differing only in Speech and Complexion having all one and the same Nature as Experience hath shewed For all have Persecuted and stirred up to Persecution and the most from those that had the greatest Profession as largely may appear by the Sufferings of the People of the Lord called Quakers both in this Nation and else-where several of them being Imprisoned by the Priests till Death and others put to Death in New-England only for the Exercise of a Pure Conscience Such things the Ministers of Christ never did neither do but were and are so done unto These with several other Reasons makes me conclude them all to be False Ministers John Aynsloe THE END