are out of the New and Living way Christ Jesus which saith Love Enemies and commands to give the checkâ— back and hairs to the Smiters ye are in Cains way who Persecute and Kill your Brother Christians as Cain did and so in this you do not well neither doth God respect your Sacrifice for if you and Cain had done well neither you nor Cain had killd your Brothers about Worship Church Sacrifice and Religion and then God would have had respect unto you but you doing not well sin lyeth at your door as it did at Cains and it s gotten in your House so that now neither his nor your Sacrifice God accepts or regards neither stand you in an acceptable state where now you are but in a way in which together with Cain you walk which is not the New nor the Living Way For Adam neglected to hear the Voice of God and Cain neglected to hear the Voice of God and the Jews they neglected to hear the Voice of God and you neglect to hear his Voice and the Devil who went from the Truth lyeth at the door of such who neglect the Voyce of God and so sin entreth into the House and defiles them and so their hearts are hardned for which cause they turned against their Brethren So they neither do well neither doth God accept their Sacrifice for they go from the path and the way where God respects and accepts People and so becomes Fugitives and Vagabonds in the Earth and hath not an habitation in God and in this Fugitive State those Baptised Nations are worse than the Nations not Baptized and many of them are much more Children of the Devil than before like the Jews Proselites killing and persecuting doing the Devils work who is out of the Truth For both Christ his Ministers and Apostles came to save mens Lives but the Devils policy was to cloath his Ministers Apostles and Messengers with the Sheeps cloathing and keeps People always under them that they may alwayes pay them but destroys and persecutes such as refuse And this is not according to Christ the Way who destroyes the Devil and his works who led Man from God and maketh Man unclean and Christ who destroyes the Devil maketh Man clean again and brings Man to God who is the Justifier Sanctifier Redeemer and the Captain of their Salvation and Persecution is alwayes blind So every Religion Church Worship Ministry Maintenance which is set up by Carnal Weapons Clubs and Swords is from Cain and Judas and from the Jews and from Anti-christ and is Anti-christianism and not from Christ neither in the Way which is the Way to Life For he is the Life which saveth Mens Lives but he is of the Prince of Death that destroyeth Mens Lives and of the Prince of Darkness out of the Light and out of Christ the Way who was before he was and his workes and who lives and remaines when he is gone to wit the Devil and all his Instruments and Works Let the Glory be to God alone for ever And all the vain Jangles and Contentions and Disputes concerning the Scriptures of Truth with the divers Meanings and Interpretations thereof from whence they arise because they are not in the Power and Spirit in which they were that gave them forth So they are not in Fellowship with God from whence they came neither with the Spirits of Just Men who gave them forth neither are in Vnity one with another for they are out of the Spirit in which Spirit we are by which Spirit we know God we know the Spirits of Just Men we know the Scriptures with which we have Vnity one with another and the Spirit of the Prophets is subject to the Prophets and this is witnessed amongst us which God said viz. That he would pour out of his Spirit upon all flesh and Sons and Daughters should Prophesie And now both Sons and Daughters do Prophesie in our Age as formerly among the Apostles And now there are Women-helpers and Labourers in the Gospel and such who for its sake can lay down their Lives X. Of the SCRIPTURES Now concerning the Scriptures we say That they were not given for this end that Men should make a Trade of them for a Maintenance neither to keep People alwayes learning and alwayes teaching of them to get their Money this proceeds from the Earthly Wisdom Knowledge and Vnderstanding which shall perish and be confounded and brought to nothing and not in that Wisdom which cometh down from above which is pure and peaceable but in that Wisdom which is from beneath which is Earthly sensual and Devilish which will destroy them who are not of their Opinions and Judgments such are not in the Spiritual understanding which giveth Dominion over sin and which giveth a discerning by which they can discern one thing from another and are out of that Knowledge by which God is known which is Life Eternal So they who make a Trade of the Scriptures and serve themselves by them they are such as are out of the Life neither can they bring People to it and so they keep people learning all their Life time and this is the State of the Merchants of Babylon who are building up and plucking down Now this is the end and right use of Scripture viz. for all to read them and believe them and to wait in the Light to feel the Power and Spirit which was in them who gave them forth by which they may know them and have the Revelation of them in themselves and so feel Christ who is the Voyce and the Corner-stone by which they are fulfilled and so to receive him and live in him who fulfills them who is the end of the Prophets and of all Types Figures and Shadows So I say the Scriptures of Truth were given forth to be believed read fulfilled performed and that People might enjoy that of which they spoke to wit Christ Jesus the Substance The Scriptures of Truth are the Words of God which comes from God the Father of Truth and cannot be broken but must be fulfilled and he who fulfills them is Christ by whom all things were made and created who is called the Word of God XI Concerning TYTHES Tythes have been held up among Christians so called by Force and Violence since the dayes of the Apostles and Christs Incarnation by whom not any Example was given about Tythes for among them all things were done freely in Charity and Love Tythes before the Law by Abraham and Tythes c. Offerings c. under the Law were for the Priests Widows Fatherless and the Poor which Law of God commanded Tythes by reason of the encrease to be offered for his Service but Christ in Gospel-Times redeems from the Ninths and puts an end to the Law that gave the Tenths and to the Priesthood that took them and to the Commandment that gave them and puts an end to the Offerings And although Abraham paid Tythes to Melchisedeck in time
of War those were only Tythes of the Spoil and not by a Command And Christ was according to the Order of Melchisedeck who puts an end to War and destroyes the Devil its Author and redeems out of the Earth And although we are many thousands yet there is not a Beggar among us neither do we read there were any Beggars in the Primitive-Times which Church denyed Tythes and said The Priesthood was changed that took them together with the Law by which they were set up and also the Commandment which gave them So they who take Tythes and they who pay them are both Anti-christs and deny Christ to be come in the Flesh XII Of the HIGHER POWER Moses who had the Law saw over all Transgression and before it was he saw the state which Adam had in the Garden before he Fell he saw his state in the Fall and how Death reigned from Adam to Moses who received the Law which Law passed over all Transgression which Law did answer to the Witness of God in all which was a Command to people that they might not sin and that they might be kept from sin and so from Death which raigns from Adam to Moses which Law passeth over both sin and Death And this was the Higher Power higher than the Transgression which answereth to the Witness of God against the Rebellions which Witness is true holy righteous and equal which Law is just holy and good a true Measure and just Weight this is called the Higher Power this was added untill the Seed came which is Christ and this Law they were to hear even Moses To whom Wisdom was given to make the Pattern and to set forth Figures and Shaddows under the Law till Christ should come Of which Moses said The Lord will raise up a Prophet like unto me him shall ye hear in all things And when Christ himself came he put an end to all those Types Figures and Shaddows and changable things for in him there is no Shaddow who is called Gods Righteousness So the Law was in use untill the Seed came and Moses who had it said God shall raise up a Prophet like unto him and now he is come which we hear to wit the Seed who is the end of all the Prophets who Prophesied of him and so He is the end of the Law for Righteousness to every one that believe So Believers are Members of the true Church of which Christ is the Head So Christ is the end of the Law for Righteousness to every one that believeth Which Christ purgeth his Floor and burneth up the Chaffe commeth with his Fan Baptizeth with his holy Spirit and Fire and bringeth his Wheat into his Garner And Christ is the end of all Oaths which were under the Law and which was before the Law viz. of Oaths which put an end to strife among Men. XIII Of the KINGDOM of CHRIST how it is held up and how not The Kingdom of Christ is not held up by Carnal Weapons for saith Christ My Kingdom is not of this World therefore his Servants fight not Now all you that profess your selves to be Christians and bringers of glad Tydings yet ye are Fighthers with Clubs and Swords about Religion you are not the Servants of Christ who are fighting for an Earthly Kingdom for in Christs Kingdom we must fight with Spiritual Weapons in Patience and Long-suffering And Christ said to his Disciples who would have had fire to come down from Heaven to consume those that were contrary to them as it was in the dayes of the Prophet Elias That they knew not what spirit they were of So they who destroy Mens Lives and doth not save them they are not according to the mind of Christ nor the way of Christ but are under the Condemnation of it neither do they know what Spirit they are of And so they who are Spiritually wise cannot commit their Souls Bodies nor Spirits into the hands of such XIV Concerning Teachers Prophets Pastors Bishops Presbyters c. Teachers Prophets Pastors Presbyters and Bishops ought not to be such as are given to filthy lucre nor covetous nor given to wine nor strikers nor brawlers nor covetous of earthly things nor to teach for filthy lucre nor to contend about words and fables and vain Phylosophy and beggarly Rudiments and Traditions and Doctrines of men nor their Commandements neither ought they to compel People to observe Dayes Meats and Drinks nor such like things nor to bear Rule by their Means nor they ought not to be such who seek their gain from their quarter such were forbidden and such as teach for money and handfulls of Barly and pieces of Bread and such as teach for lucre were forbidden and opposed by the true Prophets Teachers and Apostles and such as wore long Robes and were called of Men Master and followed and loved Salutations in Markâ—ts and the uppermost Roomes at Feasts and such like all such are out of Christ and against such Christ himself cryed Woe woe who said Ye have one Master even Christ and ye are all Brethren And that it should not be so among them as it was among the Gentiles And so all they who have the Scriptures of Christ of the Apostles and Prophets and not in the Power and Spirit that gave them forth and do not obey it which reproves them that they may come into it but stop their Ears and shut their Eyes against it such are like the Pharisees these cannot worship God in the Spirit neither can they pray in the Spirit nor sing in the Spirit but quench it and burthen it and vex it These are out of the Fellowship of the Spirit and out of the Fellowship of God the Father of Spirits Those erre not knowing the Scriptures nor the Power of God And such go hither and thither to change their Way and go from the Spirit of God in their hearts which would lead them to Christ the Way the Truth and the Life So all such who have the Form of Godliness and are not in the Power and Spirit in which they were in who gave forth the words such are to be denyed And the true Praying is in the Spirit and the true Worship true Praysing and true Singing must be in the Spirit So they who grieve and vex the Spirit and quench it they cannot Worship God in the Spirit XV. An Exhortation to all Christendom to mind the Grace of God to wit the Light All ye People in that part of the World which is called Christendom come to the Light wherewith Christ hath enlightned you that with it you may see your Salvation and may know Christ you Teacher the Captain of your Salvation and the Grace which comes by him which brings your Salvation which Grace teacheth us which Grace is sufficient in weakness and temptations which brings the Salvation and by it we are saved And this Grace teacheth us to deny ungodliness and worldly Lusts and to live soberly and
the Lord that he will bring such honour in the dust and that which he will condemn as unjust The Apostle saith That Women ought not to adorne themselves with gould silver pearls costly attire platting of the hair but to be adorned with a meek and a quiet Spirit which is in the sight of God of great price and the hidden man of the heart c. And if Christendom had minded this it had been more virtuous and more sober and less envious towards one about their Manners XXIV Concerning Objections of the World against the Preaching of CHRIST Object The World Objests and saith That some Preach Christ of Envy and some of Good-will and some of Strife and Contention And that Christ commanded to hear the Pharisees So we may hear say they our Teachers although they be wicked Answ He that hath the Form of Godliness and denyes the Power from such turn away The Apostle bid turn away from Envious men and Contentious men and men of Strife Although there was a time when the Name of Christ was first spread abroad in which time he permitted Envious men to spread his Name abroad But when his Name was spread abroad then he forbad such Envious and Contentious men to Preach and exhorted Timothy to withdraw from and avoid such for they could not bring People into the Power For Envious and Contentious men may Preach the Form and have it but they cannot bring People into the Power And so there came a time before the decease of the Apostles to turn away from such Now as to the hearing of the Pharisees this was before Christ was Offered up and before the fulfilling of the Law for they were Ministers of the Law and so people ought to do as they said but not as they did but when Christ was offered up he commanded them to Preach the Gospel and not to hear the Pharisees and it was the work of the Apostles to bring People to the end of the Law to the Seed into Gospel-fellowship into the Power of God which was before the Power of darkness was XXV Concerning BREAD WATER and WINE Bread Water and Wine are earthly and perishing things for the Bread and Wine which Christ gave at Supper in the Evening which the World takes at Noon those things Christ and the Apostle gave for a shewing forth and a remembrance of his death until he should come And after some of the Disciples had receiv'd it they doubted Whether he was the Christ or not And after the Apostle had given the Supper to the Corinthians in his first Epistle he bad then Examine themselves and so to eat in the remembrance of Christ But in the second Epistle he bad them examine themselves and try themselves whether Christ except they were Reprobates were in them or not Now they may be Reprobates who have taken the Bread and Wine and have had the Water They were Reprobates if Christ was not in them For Bread and Wine is not the Flesh and Blood of Christ which came down from Heaven which flesh whosoever eates lives for ever For People may eat of Bread made of Grain and may drink Wine make of Grapes and yet may dye Reprobates Now they were to take it in remembrance of his Death this was one State and than they were to come to dye with him and this was a nearer state than the taking of Bread and Wine in remembrance of his Death and then they were to arise with him and then to seek those things which were above where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God but Bread Water and Wine are all earthly things and they are not Christ and they who have him they are not Reprobates neither do they need outward things to put them in mind of his Death whenas they are dead with him and risen with him to live with him But they who will not dye and suffer with him such live in the Old Nature and desire to have outward things continually to put them in mind of his Death and such live in Strife and Contention about outward things and shaddows and do not come to Christ the Substance who was before the world was made in whom there is no strife at all but only Life and Peace XXVI Of the SABBATH DAY The Jews they kept the Sabbath-Day a Type and Sign of Rest that both the Man-servant and Maid-servant and Strangers and all Cattel should rest within their Gates a sign of Christ who destroys the Devil the Author of Oppression and gives rest to Man and Beast and to the whole Creation and brings it again into that blessed condition which it was in in the beginning before the Fall Now as to the Saints Meeting together on the first Day of the Week this practice is not denyed but owned by us for who are come to the First Day as they Jews on the Last Day But there is more in the Word XXVII Concerning God-Fathers and God-Mothers and SPRINKLING of INFANTS Concerning God-Fathers and God-Mothers and Sprinkling of Infants and such like things the Scriptures make no mention yet the Scripture saith Repent Teach and Baptize XXVIII Concerning the Word TRINITY Of this word Trinitas there is no mention made in Scripture yet the Scripture speaks of Father Son and Holy Spirit and of Water Blood and Spirit and all these are one among us as in the Primitive time among the Apostles who gave no such outward Names to them as Trinity as the World now doth XXIX Concerning the MINISTRY They that receive from Christ they receive freely and they give freely they pray freely and preach freely and the Ministry is the gift of God and is to be exercised freely and of a free People of their earthly things it is to be Administred freely Heavenly men and bringers of glad Tydings of a Kingdom of which they are Heirs must Minister to the Eternal condition of People And this is the highest Love in the Life XXX Concerning Dayes and Times and Meats and Drinks The Kingdom of God consists not in Dayes Times Meats and Drinks and such like things but in Power Righteousness Faith and Joy in the holy Ghost and People ought not contend and Persecute one another about such things for the Apostles gave not any Commandment or Example that any should do so but on the contrary reproved them who did so and keep People in such things XXXI Concerning MARRIAGES Whom God hath joyned together let no man put asunder and those which he joynes he joynes with his Power even by his Immortal Power with a Band over and above the State which is in the Fall where Men joyn and put asunder about outward and earthly things and jangle and fight about them but this is all in the defiled Bed out of the honourable state which was in the beginning where there was no hardness of heart And Marriage in it self is not condemned but owned and among all them who are in the Power I say it is
alienated from the Spirit of God in Babel where the Original of Tongues was in the dayes of Nimrod that Heretick who began to build Babel So Tongues do not make any man a Divine neither a Minister of Christ for that which makes a man Divine as they say is the Word which redeems out of Tongues which was before Babel was and in the beginning before the Fall which knocks down all that which corrupts mans Nature and renews again into the Divine Nature And whosoever are Ministers of the Word and Preachers of the Gospel they are in the Power and in the Word which was before Tongues were This Word brings into the Church-Felowship which is in God into which they are not brought by the Worlds Original which they call the Tongues which shall cease and out of whom we are redeemed neither do they bring into Fellowship with God neither into his Worship nor further than Babel where the Tongues stop But who comes to the Word of God and the Gospel they come to that which was before many Tongues were and shall remain when they shall all pass away XXXVIII Concerning OATHES The Spirit of Christ the Spirit of the Apostles of the Martyrs is risen again which gives Testimony against Swearing and Oathes There were no Oaths at all imposed upon Man before the Fall but only since the Fall for under the Law after the Fall and among the Jews Oaths and Commandments were given To which Christ by whom the World was made which was before the Fall which is the Oath of God which Oathes in the Fall were Types who put an end to strife and brings into quietness and peace and bindes to God without Oathes which Christ put an end to And Christ himself the Oath of God puts an end to all Oaths and brings into the Land of quietness and rest the Spiritaul Canaan and puts and end to strife and destroyes the Devil the Author of strife he who is the Rest the Way Truth and the Life who brings again to God and is the Covenant of God in man hath peace with God which destroyes that which led from God and from Christ and he himself said Swear not at all neither by Heaven nor by the Earth nor by any other Oath He who restores man into that state in which he was in the beginning before the Fall who restores into the Image of God And so in the Restauration there are no Oathes to be used nor Swearing according to his own Doctrine But Yea yea nay nay was to be used among men in all their Communications and what is more then this is evil So that Swearing now is evil And this is the Doctrine of him who restores People into that state in which man was in in the beginning who is the Substance who put an end to Figures And his Disciple Jeams in the 5th Chapter of his Epistle who followed his Counsel who is an Everlasting Counsellor saith Above all things my brethren Swear not neither by Heaven nor by Earth nor by any other Oath lest you fall into Condemnation but let your yea be yea and your nay be nay And this was the manner among them who followed the Doctrine and Command of Christ in the Restauration who were built upon the true Foundation which was first laid in the Primitive times among the true Brethren and was publickly held forth which Manner and Custome Doctrine and Command of Christ Jesus and the Apostles in the Primitive times many of the Martyrs followed held forth and practised among those who were Degenerated and Apostatized from the Life and Power of Christ and the Apostles although they profess the Words And now the Spirit of Christ is risen again and of the Apostles and Saints as in the Primitive times and the Spirit of the Martyrs who bear witness against all Oathes and all sort of Swearing whatsoevever that were used among the Heathens Jews and Apostatized Christians both privately and publickly and bindes to yea and nay in all manner of Communication as Christ and the Apostles taught and and the Saints and Martyrs practised knowing that whatsoever is more than yea and nay is evil and such who Swear are condemned according to Christ and the Apostles Doctrine So we say again That the Spirit of Christ the Apostles and Martyrs is risen again who hath been dead and is dead in and among the Apostates who have the Form but deny the Power from whom we have turned away But now its riâ—en again and lives amongst us Glory and Honour be given to God through Jesus Christ who hath restored to the beginning into the Image of God in which Man was in before he fell before Oathes were For Example Read the Book of Genesis and there you may see that there was no Command given to Adam and Eve before the Fall concerning Swearing neither from Christ who Restores Man again and who puts an END to OATHES before the Law and under the Law and Prophets both whom the Angels which sware worship for Christ saith Swear not at all who is Lord and Master so it is better to obey him than man and in all your Communication let your yea be yea and your nay be nay for whatsoever is more than this cometh of Evil saith he who restores even Christ And in the second Example consider the Apostles who did according to the Command and Doctrine of Christ who said Above all things my Brethren Swear not at all lest ye fall into condemnation Jam. 5. But let your yea be yea and your nay nay in all your Communication And although there was Swearing among the Jews and other Nations and Heathens before the Apostatized Christians used to Swear nevertheless the Apostles and the Brethren obeyed and they must obey the Doctrine and the Command of Christ for if Christ command one thing and Man another It is better to obey the Lord Jesus Christ the Life who is the Restorer Saviour and Redeemer than men This is the WORD of the LORD GOD to you all Concerning the WORD of GOD and the Original what it is BLessed are all those whose mindes are staid upon the Lord for they shall be kept in perfect peace so where the mind is staid upon the Lord there is a perfect peace for it is a whole peace which cannot be broken So here is not only a perfect peace but a blessing a perfect peace which comes from the God of all peace that bruiseth the Serpents head under your feet the troubler and the blessings which comes from the blessed God So all imperfect peace may be broken that is when the mind is staid upon any Creature or in any Creature and not upon the Creator or in any outward things Goods Houses Lands or Inventions of the Vanities in the foolish vain Fashions which the Lust of the Eye and the Pride of Life go into which will defile it and corrupt it when any of these things fail and are not according to
certain place but travels from place to place and hath no certain dwelling place and such are the true Ministers of Jesus Christ who make the Gospel free and without charge and this we own and witness and for the testimony of this true Ministry some of us are imprisoned some stoned some stocked whipped and shamefully entreated as Vagabonds and Deluders and Wanderers and raisers of Sedition and pestilent Fellows and esteemed not worthy to live in the Nation both by Priest and People and Rulers who are out of the Commands of God and are Vagabonds and Fugitives from God who go in the way of Cain to envy and murder the Innocent and because we declare against all who come not in by the door but seeâ—s to climb up another way by their study inventions and Serpentine Wisdom and Knowledge and so are Thieves and Robbers and those are they which are now so set up and extoll'd in England with great Augmentations and Benefices by the arm and will of flesh now heads of England and such Ministers and their Ministry we deny for the hand of the Lord is against such John 10.1 But this which we own is no new Call nor new Ministry but the same which was with the Prophets and Apostles And all who God sent witnessed and here is the difference of the Ministers of the World and the Ministers of Christ the one comes by the will of Man the other by the will of God and the one is upheld by the will of Man the other by the will of God contrary to the will of Man and the one of the Letter the other of the Spirit the one hath the Form and Shadow and the other the Life and Substance and the effects and fruits of their Ministry makes them manifest but from such turn away 2 Tim. 3.5 who have the Form but not the Life and Power for they are meer deceivers and witches bewitch people from the Truth holding forth the Shadow instead of the Substance and what is the Shadow to the Substance or what is the Chaffe to the Wheat He that hath an ear to hear let him hear and understand Concerning MAGISTRACY and GOVERNMENT Magistracy and Government we own in its Place for while there is Transgression there must be a Law 1 John 3.4 and while the Devil hath power over man there will be Transgression so the Law was added because of Transgression Gal. 3.29 and the Devil was the cause of it so there must be a Law without to keep those who are without the Fear of God in subjection else they would destroy one another and Cain would destroy Abel for this is the Devils work and so for this end was the Law given forth to curb evil doers and to preserve and encourage them that do well 1 Pet. 2.14 And it was according to that in the Conscience just holy and good according to the Will of God and serviceable in its place And true Government according to the Law of God is serviceable in its place And all Magistrates who fear God and hate covetousness and are guided by the Light of God in the Conscience and executes the Law in its place place without partiallity or respect of persons and such are serviceable in their place and this we own and honour and are subject to for Conscience sake but the righteous are from under the outward Law for they are a Law unto themselves neither is there need of any Law amongst them who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit for against such there is no Law but he that walkes after the flesh cannot please God neither know how to Rule nor Govern who cannot witness his own Will subjected by the Law of God in the heart but is guided by his own will and stands in his own will and such wink at deceit and rule with partiality and respect of persons and so transgresseth the Law of God which respects no mans person and also gives forth Lawes in his own will which takes hold of the righteous persecutes the righteous and countenances and encourages the Heathen who know not God so Cain slayes Abel within them and they suffer Cain to slay Abel without them and the wicked and ungodly have more Liberty in the Nation than the righteous and so the Land abounds with iniquity oppression and treachery because such corrupt Magistrates wink at deceits for carnal ends and upholds iniquity and oppression and tread Truth under foot and this is the cause why the Land so abounds with all manner of ungodliness and deceit falshood tyranny oppression and persecution and yet full of Magistrates and Officers and corrupt Magistrates put corrupt Magistrates in Office and so they bear with and wink at one another and feeds and nourishes up deceit amongst them unless they cross one anothers will and then they are as much in deceit on the other side seeking and perverting the Law for revenge and such as these upholds these corrupt Ministers and false Prophets which the Nation swarmes of and they can have a Law to maintain their deceit and uphold them in oppression and so the Beast upholds the false Prophet and they combine together against the simple and so the Law is made a stalking-horse to deceive the simple and they will pervert and wrest the Law out of its place and act contrary to their own Law against the righteous and such Magistrates and such Government we honour not but deny and testifie against it as the prophet of God alwayes did for by such Magistrates and Government did the Righteous ever suffer and for the same testimony of a pure Conscience I have and do suffer by such corrupt Magistrates and hundreds more in the Nation who are redeemed out of Transgression who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit And Haman who stood in the corrupt will would have destroyed Mordecay because he crossed his will and could not bow to him and also Pharaoh and Nebuchadonozer and Herod who headed John who stood in their own wills but the hands of the Lord they did not escape And so corrupt Magistrates say we deny all Magistracy and Government as Haman did but Christ comes to fulfill and end all outward Lawes and Government of Man and he himself will Reign for as Truth and Righteousness growes the Law is fulfilled and passeth away and the Lyon and the Lamb lye down together and this is the cause why corrupt Magistrates beat down the Truth as much as they can and so to uphold themselves but God will deliver his own and Pharaoh will he plague and confound but such Magistrates as are guided by the Light of God in the Conscience and Rules and Governs by it without partiality or respect of persons in singleness of heart discharging their Consciences before the Lord and executing the Law in its place and such Magistrates and such Government we own and honour in our hearts for