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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

cannot lye it is the spirit of truth and leads into all truth and it abideth with his for ever and is the same as ever was and is infallible Now as ever this thou didst deny and didst say thou hadst not the infallible spirit of Paul the spirit I told thee was but one in all the Saints and if thou hadst not that infallible spirit thy spirit I did deny thou didst stand for to maintain it by Argument and I gave the Bible to prove it there but thou didst not but thou didst say thou couldst do it but it must then be by some new Scripture of thy own making by that fallible spirit of thine the old Scripture that was given forth by the infallible spirit will not do it but that witnesseth and I witness with it against thee that this denying thou hast not the spirit that gave forth the Scriptures and art no Minister of Christ And here I charge thee to have a false spirit 1 Joh. 4.1 for thou not having the same spirit that gave forth the Scripture then another and so a false spirit and a spirit of evil and here thy spirit is tryed as the Scripture saith Try the spirits and it is found to be a seducing eye leading from the anointing in the Saints which is infallible and knows no difference between the infallible spirit of God in man and mans own spirit which is fallible but the anointing which ye hath received of him abideth in you and ye need not that any man teach you but as the same anointing teacheth you all things and is truth and is no lye and even as it hath taught you ye shall abide in him that spirit that doth draw away any from this anointing is the spirit of eror and the fallible spirit that the false Prophets ever had to oppose the infallible spirit where it was manifest thou didest then tell me thou hadst admonished me twice and told me the danger that was like to follow Joh. 2.2 to 28. for thou didst say I was now grown obstinate and then didst tell me an Heretick after the first and second admonition thou wast to reject but thou not having the infallible spirit that gave forth the Scripture Thy casting me out I do not regard they are nothing to me they will not enter they were not words spake forth from the life as may be known by them One of the times thou didst call me Coxcomb and the other time thou didst say we were a company of fools such admonitions were not given by the Apostles but these words came from thy fallible spirit for the spirit of truth saith He that calleth his brother fool Mat. 5.2 is in danger of hell fire And the infallible spirit saith Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouthes Eph. 4.2 30. but such as may Minister grace to the hearers but thy spirit will say any thing thy tongue is thy own Judge now you that are his hearers are you like to profit by such a one that cannot refrain his tongue from speaking evil and such are in the heresie Thou didst say he that was an heretick thou wouldst reject and thou didest bid me go away from thee thou wouldest have nothing to do with me nor speak no more with me when after that thou didst speak many words more to me which I told thee of and did ask thee wherefore thou didst do so when thou saidst thou would speak no more to me here was the lye found in thy mouth And thou didst bid me have a care of the Churches power for what they bound in earth was bound in heaven thou art under that Church power but for the power of your Church your curse and your blessing all is one as was made manifest in Scotland when our Army went into the Land there was curse upon curse excommunication one after another See your Churches power or rather your blindness to curse those the Lord will bless and did bless your curses and theirs Num. is like to Balaams curses all off one power they are the instruments as they are in your hands of foolish shepherds though Church-power I do own and wo be to that that is under their censure that must be given to Sathan that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord but this is done by the infallible spirit in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ When you are rathered together 1 Cor. 5.4 5 and my spirit with the power of the Lord Jesus Christ to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. But Pauls infallible spirit is denyed by you and your Churches censures denyed by me The Babe in Christ growing up to a perfect man Heb. 5.13 Eph. 4.13 He that hath the Son hath this witness in him THe heresies that thou did cast me our for were these 1. That I did hold perfection in this life A state of perfection I would have proved there was and I did take the Bible so for to do but thou didst take it out of my hand and did knock it many times together as if thou hadst not been thy self and would not suffer me for to speak Joh. 3.6 but thou said thou would stand for the truth against all the Hereticks in the world and maintain it that there was no perfection in this life 1 Cor. 15.47 48 49. That which was given forth from the infallible spirit will prove it that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the spirit is spirit the first man of the earth earthly the second man is the Lord from heaven as is the earthly Joh. 1.13 such are those that are earthly and as is the heavenly such are they also that are heavenly which were born not of blood John 3.3 nor of the will of man but of God the first birth is of the earth and is earthly and shall never enter into the kingdom except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God but being born again not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible seed by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever this is the new birth that maketh the new man and this new man is created in righteousness and holiness after the similitude of him that did create him 1 Pet. 1.23 and this new man is perfect yea know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself and the wicked one reacheth him not This is the new mans state of perfection which is the state of life and nothing that is not perfect shall never enter the kingdom no unclean thing shall enter that which is not perfect is not clean 1 Joh. 5.18 and here thou hast shewed thy self to be ignorant of the perfect state of the Saints and yet thou will say thy self there is a

liars proud ones scoffers and scorners sons of Ishmael sons of the bondwoman yea the sinners in Sion shall mourn fear shall surprise the hypocrite therefore think not the word of the Lord strange in these our dayes it is that I have prayed for it is that I did believe would come and now my eyes hath seen and my heart hath felt the power of the Lord ye the enemies that are now against it have prayed for it which of you but have prayed for it which of you but have prayed Thy Kingdom come but now it is coming you speak all manner of evil of it Mat. 24.29 30 31 32 33. Know the day of your visitation for it is such a work of power that doth break down the earth that nothing shall stand but that which cannot be shaken that his will may be done on earth as it is in heaven perfectly The Lord is now coming to shut the seeing eye and to open the blind eye Is not now the time that the spirit of a deep sleep hath closed the eyes of the prophets although the signs of Christs coming the second time without sin into the world be made manifest yet they see it not Is not the vision of all become as a sealed book is not the Lord turning Leabnon into a fruitful field Luk. 12.49 51 52.53.56 and the fruitful field into a Forrest and they know it not Consider where you are are you not like those that dream that you are satisfied and behold you are empty is not night upon you that you cannot see the wonders of the Lord which he doth now make manifest but what is manifest amongst you fruites of persecution fruites of pride fruits of covetuousness these fruits of the flesh are made manifest O repent return to your first husband for these are the fruites of the adulterer and the whoregoing from the light into darkness Return return to the light in your consciences that doth convince of sin that doth discover the thoughts intents of the heart this light is pure and leads into purity and holiness Isa 29.13 14. Hath not the Lord been a long time drawn nigh to with the lip when the heart is far from him Hath not the fear towards him been taught by the precepts of man therefore behold saith the Lord I will do a marvellous work and a wonder the wiseman shall perish and the understanding of the prudent shall be hid but the deaf shall hear and the eye of the blind shall see out of obscurity now is this promise fulfilled and fulfilling and now hath the Lord chose Pastors according to his own heart that shall feed his people with knowledge according to his promise Now is the day of the Lord that he hath sent forth his messengers as Lambes amongst the Wolves counting not their lives too dear to fulfill the work the Lord hath sent them forth to do but leaving all for Christs house that durst not be disobedient o the call of the Lord nor consult with flesh Gal. 1.16 which would save it self but many leaving father and mother lands and livings wife and children for love of the pretious seed of God that is kept in bondage groaning for deliverance and many a one through the Ministry of the Lord in them can witness a living soul redeemed out of death to praise the living Lord are not these the signs of the true Ministery of Christ when the Apostles were counted deceivers by the false Apostles and the rest some that were professors How did he clear himself when they did seek a proof of his Ministery He saith in you ward I was not weak but is mighty in you this mighty power many hundreds can witness bringing down their high thoughts and words to the obedience of Jesus Christ many drunkards and swearers many formal professors many high flown notionists are brought to the obedience of the cross which hath crucified them to the world and the world to them this is the proof of the despised Ministry which is despised of the world but owned by those more deare then their lives that doth imbrace it for those that are joyned to the Lord by their Ministery received from the Lord are Epistles write in one anothers heart this leads into unity this leads into honor in that which is pure every member in the body serving one another in love watching one over the other the strong bearing with the weak and here is no rent schisme but every one in their measures growing up to the father of lights who doth make his all of one heart and one minde they have fellowship one with the other in that which is not of the world but leads out of the world up to God leads into the light of God therefore silence you enemies stand still in the light of Christ which will crucifie you to the world and the world to you and you shall see the salvation of the Lord as many a one hath done praises praises be to the Lord for ever Friends consider the wonderful works of the Lord be not despisers and wonderers and perish but know the Lord will do his own work by his own Instruments though never so despised for the preaching of the cross to them that perish is foolishnes but unto us which are saved it is the power of God The Jews do require a sign the Greeks seek after wisdom but we preach Christ crucified unto the Jews a stumbling block and unto the Greeks foolishness the Jews had thoughts that the Lord would have chosen the great and mighty and the honorable of the world the learned Scribes and Pharisees and that he would advance an earthly Kingdom but did the Lord chuse such no but poor Fishermen Herdsmen and Tradesmen and men unlearned as Peter and John were The same Christ is now as ever and did ascend on high to give gists unto men for the work of the Ministry and this is to last to the end of the world And who art thou proud flesh that would limit the Holy one of Israel doth not the winde blow where it listeth doth the spirit of truth that leads into all truth and knows things to come confine it selfe to one particular sort of men no know it doth not the Lord hath made himself manifest and hath discovered that false spirit there hath been much contending about the call of the Ministry and writing and preaching one against the other all like Diotrephes loving to have preheminence but now hath the Lord fully ended that controversie But the world will not see it but they shall at last own it and they shall know Joh. 3.9 10. The wind bloweth where it listeth but you Priests how little hath this winde blown upon your Garden for this many years that the spices thereof flow out Can you beloved as you say come into his Garden and eat his pleasant fruits Are not the Grapes of his Vineyard devoured by the Foxes

to live Were not the mouthes of the world open against them with all manner of revilings scoffings and scornings Were not professors gainsaying and blaspheming Were not some hewn asunder and some sawne asunder whom the world was not worthy Act. 13.45 in prisons oft in perils oft in travels oft had no certain dwelling place but sent about from place to place from City to City yet were no vagabonds in hunger and nackedness hid in caves and dens of the earth they were halled out of their Synagogues they were had before Rulers for the witnessing of Jesus Now know those that the Lord hath sent forth now to declare the same everlasting Gospel their lives are not dear to them Nay wo are they if they preach it not what affliction or persecution so ever from the world they do indure counting it their joy to suffer for Christ who hath called them forth to the work of the Ministery And now is this Scripture fulfilled and fulfilling that God hath revealed his counsel to babes and sucklings and hath hid these things from the wife and prudent 1 Cor. 1.27 28 for so it hath pleased him and 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 and base things of the world and things that are despised hath God chosen yea the things that are not to bring to nought things that are that no flesh should glory in his sight but as it is written Let him that glories glory in the Lord. Praised be the Lord for ever that after this long night of darkness he hath sent forth his messengers to direct us to the true light that doth lead into purity and holiness bringing down all things that would exalt it self Heb. 11.26 this is witnessed in those that do obey it to their everlasting joy and comfort unto whom the reproaches of the world is great riches this I do witness that they do approve themselves to the conscience in the sight of God and approve themselves as the Ministers of God in much patience in afflictions in necessities in distresses in stripes and imprisonments in tumults in labors in watchings and fastings by pureness 1 Cor. 4.2 by knowledge by long suffering by kindness by the Holy Ghost by love unfained by the word of truth by the peace of God by the Armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left by honor and dishonor by good report and evil report as deceivers and yet true as unknown and yet well known as dying and behold we live as chastised and not killed as sorrowful yet alwayes rejoycing as poor yet making many rich as having nothing and yet possessing all things All that are joyned by one spirit to them in their measure this doth witness against all ravenous beasts and the Vultur's eye Now consider all sorts of men professors and prophane that do joyn together for to scoff and scorn revile and persecute these innocent Lambes of Christ which he hath sent forth among the Wolves of the world who are rent and torn by you say you had warning for know whatsoever you do to one his little ones that believes in him ye do it to himself and so it will be taken and you judged accordingly and it were better that you had never been born for the Lord will execute judgement upon all and to convince all that are ungodly among you of all your ungodly deeds Jud. 14. which they have ungodly committed and of all your hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against them What you speak against the servants of Christ you speak against Christ all your hard speeches all your evil surmisings against them is all known to the Lord who is just and righteous and will not suffer the wicked to go unpunished Repent repent and turn to the Lord the great day of the Lord is neer it is neer it hasteth greatly even the great day of the Lord the mighty man shall cry out bitterly that day is a day of wrath a day of trouble and distress a day of wastness and desolation a day of darkness and gloominess a day of clouds and thick darkness and I will bring distress upon men and they shall walk like blinde men because they have sinned against the Lord this shall they have for their pride because they reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hostes the Lord will be terrible unto you then you will wish the mountains to fall upon you and hide you from the presence of the Lord so terrible will the Lord be to all the enemies of Sion for he will set his Son upon that holy hill and he will roar out of Sion and utter his voice out of Jerusalem and terribly shake the earth and he will famish the gods of the earth and men shall worship him every one from his place even all the Isses of the heathen for then will I turn to the people a pure language that they may call upon the name of the Lord and serve him with one consent Amos 3.16 and will shake all Nations and the desire of all Nations shall come No wart these promises fulfilled and fulfilling praises be to the Lord for ever he hath turned to his people a pure language and they do serve him with one consent Heb. 12 2● and now is the shaking all Nations shaking earth and shaking heaven that those things that cannot be shaken may remain therefore take heed you powers of the earth how you set your power against this great power of the Lord least he shake you out with the workers of iniquity when he shall come to cleanse the Land of evil doers for at last he will make his Jerusalem a praise upon the earth and he will arise and have mercy upon his Sion Behold at that time I will undo all that afflict thee and will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame Consider this ye persecuters ye scoffers and scorners ye sons of Ishmael who scoffes the righteous and makes a scorn of the upright but the Lord that sits in heaven shall laugh have you in derision and will mock when your fear cometh Prov. 1.26 27. your destruction shall come like a whirle winde affliction and anguish shall come upon you then shall you call but he will not answer you but shall cast you forth with the workers of iniquity Repent behold the day cometh that shall burn as an even and all the proud yea all that do wickedly shall be stuble and the day that cometh shall burn them up it shall leave you neither root nor branch and ye shall be troden under the soles of their feet in the day that I shall do this saith the Lord of Hosts Repent all scoffers and scorners repent all proud ones which know not what to eat