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A85129	Antichrists man of vvar, apprehended, and encountred withal, by a souldier of the armie of the Lamb. Otherwise, an answer to a book set forth by one that subscribes his name Edmund Skipp, preacher of the Gospel (as he saith) to a people at Bodenham in Herefordshire; but is found one that is acting Antichrists part disguised: but nakedly seen, & herein discovered in this answer to his book, called the Worlds wonder, or the Quakers blazing-starre. And in this answer he is discovered, and proved to be one that is chief in the service of the old dragon: who pretends in his book to discover the mystery of the Quakers, as he calls them, and to lay open a dangerous design: who is found out, that whilst he hath been pretending to be chief in discovering a plot, or Antichrists misterious actings, is found himself to be the chief plotter, ... / Written in Worcestershire by a servant of the Lord, the second moneth called April, 1655.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.; Smith, Humphrey, d. 1663.	1655 (1655)	Wing F470; Thomason E843_9; ESTC R202123	95,493	95

and thou that will lye against the truth thou wils not let to lye against thy Conscience who art proved to be such an open lyar and thy sayings in other things is proved to be false as in that also the light against thy will which is thy condemnation is my witness and answer and that shall stand Thirdly To that which thou calls thy third charge c. Where thou say'st thou art charged to be an enemy to the Lords People as in thy 8. pag. and 4. particular thou says thou art c. I Answer that thou art and so the charge is true and not false and so it shall stand and is not by me denyed Thy trumpet is sounded thy seed of dissention east abroad and thy lyes blazes in thy Blazing-Star and thy false accusations and also thy unrighteous judgment against the truth and against the righteous seed is abundantly made manifest to the publick view and thy enmity to the light is seen so to the truth calling the power of it delusion and the like Thou art he that blasphems God in His People and so in His Temple and art a hater of the Truth in hostility against it and in the rebellion amongst such in that nature turned from the light as are haters of the ways and people of God who for their disobedience to the light and truth were and are given over to reprobate minds c. and thou art g●ven over to the delusion of Satan and to believe lyes and tell them abroad who art so far acted by a Satanical spirit in the mystery of iniquity that thou hast largely and rashly out of a reprobate sense vented them abroad against the truth of our Lord Jesus Read thy heart and Judg thy self for an open enemy thou art also read thy self amongst such Rom. 1.18 19. Rom. 1.28 29 30. c. 2 Thes 1.6 7.8 9. 2 Thes 2.9 c. Fourthly As for thy fourth charge where thou says thou art charged not to have passed the new birth And fifthly for backsliding thou says c. As for backsliding thou confesseth it partly thy self in thy 9. page and for not passing the new birth that thou hast not but art found in the old and the strong man armed in thee that shall stand for liers slanderers reproachers false accusers nor blasphemers are not born of God but thou art an open lyar slanderer and false accuser of the innocent hundreds may witness against thee that thou falsly accuseth under the name of Quakers therefore let the new birth alone who art blaspheming speaking evil of the power that begets to the newness of life c. The new birth thou hast cleared thy self of not to be the new man but the old then let thou that alone to whom it doth belong for such as are born of God sinneth not 1 Iohn 3.9 and he that committeth sin is of the Devil and not born of God but thou commits sin and that in a high measure so thou art of the Devil and all such therefore not born of God and herein are the Children of God made manifest and the children of the Devil so art thou made manifest to be no Child of God but a servant of sin a false accuser misapplyer of the Scripture a false Judg and an open lyar therefore on the Devil as such are Rom. 1.28 c. 1 Iohn 3.8 Iob. 8.34.44 Rom. 6.16 Rev. 21.8 Firthly And for talking of the new creature and the second Adam and knowledge therein thou art speaking without understanding also questioning thy own knowledge in the same thou speaks of saying if it be so c. so thou speaks without true knowledge or understanding in the same but the knowledge by enjoyment in the second Adam is out of thy comprehension and brain imagination though thou have had some little convictions yet thou art turned into false accusations envy disdain trechery and deceit as thy brother Cain and brother Iudas did whose end was according to his work take thou notice of it and according to the saying thou speaks of the charge upon thee is no blank but stands still and sealed with thy old actions and the backsliding thou speaks of in thy 9. page who art in the delusions and false Astronomical Judgment given over to believe lyes and labours to fill ignorant people with thy false Prophecies and lying divinations in thy Worlds Wonder who art manifested by it to be full of trechery and deceit slanders and false accusations and as I have proved thee therefore instead of mercy Judgment for thee shall stand true just upon thy Astronomical and unjust By these five particulars thou laboured to have brought about thy mysterious workings of that spirit of Antichrist whereby thou art so disguised and hid with covers of delusion and deceit and to have brought the innocent into thy snares from these thou sought to make a ground to charge the people of God to be deluders and in delusion the mystery of iniquity under the Region of Antichrist c. and thou hast laid as it were baits and coloured them smoothly over to take the minds of the ignorant withal and so bewitch them with thy lying divination and false Astronomical Judgment the Serpent hath shot forth his sting in his tayl by thee to strike the simple and thou hast laboured by thy working mysteriously so disguised and transformed as a Minister of truth and righteousnes in some seeming shews and pretences to cast stumbling blocks in the way to cause the weak to fall and be wounded and to catch the ignorant into thy trap with a bait and a snare first laying down a fair seeming shew of truth in appearance covered with some certain Scriptures wrested by thee joyning and annexing thy fallacies thereunto so conjuring by the mystery of witchcraft in the iniquity and lying wonders raising up false accusations and slanders but for the truths sake I shall through Gods assistance labour a little to clear the truth by taking away thy fallacies removing the deceit and setting truth in its place that the honest-hearted may thereby come to see whilst thou art pretending to lay open a mysterious work or design of Antichrist and casting thy mouth-floud after the woman that brings sorth the man-child accusing the innocent whom thou calls Quakers altogether upon unjust grounds so thy covers being taken off the innocent will be cleared whom thou accusest under the nick-name of Quakers and whilst thou art pretending to discover a Satanical plot or unfold his mysterious actings thou wilt be sound the chief plotter in his design and one that art disguised acting deep under a mysterious vail by a Satanical spirit in the mystery of iniquity and so truth being cleared in some measure as hereafter will appear the people called Quakers will be found out of delusion and the mysterious workings thou seeks to charge them withal but they being found in the Covenant of grace and under the power of the Lord thou w●lt be

every one for his gain from his own quarter as the Priests of England and Anrichristian Ministers do now and it is no railing nor reviling to tell them so because they do so nor to call them hirelings and blind-guides because they are so and looks for their gains tyths or hire in lieu of them or augmentations bribes gifts and rewards every one lookes to his own way and all for their gain from their quarter out of mens estates one way or another against many of their wills take notice of it and let the wise-hearted consider and see if it be not right and just to tell them what they are and to tell them of their sins is no railing for the Lord saith Cry aloud spare not tell them of their sins and the people of their transgressions Isaiah the servant of the Lord did so and we the servants of the Lord in obedience to the spirit of truth do so now as he did and that is no railing or reviling but words of sound truth Take notice of this and also read Isa 58.1 and Isa 56.9 10 11 Secondly And though Isaiah the servant of the Lord did say so as before mentioned by and with the Spirit of the Lord he did not therein raile nor rev●le but speak the words of sound truth a-against their deceits and for so doing was justified by the Lord thoughhe might be condemned or judged with false spirits and lying tongues and such was to be condemned for what falsly against the truth and against the Servants of the Lord they said therefore take notice of that and read Isa 54.17 Thirdly then where now any servants of the Lord are guided by His Spirit to call Englands Priests and Antichristian Ministers like thee Edmund Skip and such as Preach for hire and bear rule by their means and seek for their gain from their Quarters and places and Parishes where they are though in coloured deceits I say the servants of the Lord being led by His Spir●t to call such hypocrites Antichrists and deceivers blind-guides and greedy dumb-dogs such as never have enough but every one looks to his own way and some for tyths some for hire and wages 100 or 200 l. per annum in lieu of them some for large augmentations out of other mens Estates and some for bribes gifts and rewards professing themselves to be Ministers of Christ and the Gospel and not such servants of the Lord as are led by His Spirit as aforesaid and now to cry out aga●nst such deceivers and Ant●christian Ministers as Englands black Priests and high a●●y Notionists and such as before mentioned though they be disguised and colour over their deceits yet with the light are they seen and their deceits discovered And I say such as by the Spirit of the Lord tells them or any others plainly of their sins and transgressions and so what they are such do not raile nor revile though sinners transgressors and deceivers say they do therefore their judgment is false and not true and thy cover Edmund Skip will not hide but leave thee bare that thy nakedness may appear and those that thou calls Quakers are clear See a fourth Rule to clear this more fully because thou makest it such a chief Rule as thou calls it for the discoverng of the Quakers mystery of delusion in Failing c. and free from such accusations and aspersions as thou would cast upon them and salsly charge them withall take notice of this for herein I do not judg amiss Fourthly When Isaiah the servant of the Lord was sent to speak to a professing people and to the Mag strates Governours or Rulers to tell them and a people who observed much from the Letter of the Scripture which had been true commands of God to some in a present dispensation or under that Legal administration but those that took upon themselves to observe commands according to the Letter of the Scripture and were not guided by a true Spirit to do them Isaiah the servant of the Lord was sent to tell such people and Magistrates or Rulers who did things by imitation that God loathed their sacrifices and that he did not accept of their service nor solemn Assemblies c. and though they made many prayers yet he would not hear them Take notice of that all ye that observe and do things by imitation in your own wills from the Letter and are not guided thereunto by the Spirit which was before the Letter was And moreover Isaiah was sent by the Spirit of the Lord to tell a City that had been beautiful and full of Judgment that now they was full of murtherers and he told that City that had been full of judgment and righteousness and were full of murderers he said A warning to Iudges Rulers and Professors in all places to fear the Lord God and stand in aw of him and not sin their Princes were Rebels or rebellious and companions with theives and how for saith he every one loveth gifts and followeth rewards they judg not the fatherless neither did the cause of the widdow come unto them and he also told them what the Lord would do by such and by his enemies and adversaries Take notice of that Oh ye Judges and Rulers and also Professors and fear the Lord God Likewise read Isa 1.10 to the 25 c And though Isaiah the servant of the Lord by and with His Spirit so spake and said to a professing people and Princes Now call not truth railing nor reviling leastyou be condemned of the Lord when you are judged Citizens Rulers and Magistrates he did not in all that sin neither raile nor revile but spoke the words of sound truth And now the servants of the Lord so led and acted by His Spirit with it may so say as they are directed and commanded by the Lord and not in all that sin neither rail nor revile but speak the words of sound truth and not judg amiss though such as are spoken to may reject the Counsel of the Spirit of Truth c. Ezek. 3.17 18 19 20 21. Neveri heless the wicked being warned and do not return from their wickeanass his blood will be upon his own bead and the Lords servant is through his obedience cleared and if such as reject the Spirits counsel and judg the servants of the Lord with a false spirit and call truth railing yet it is not and the servant of the Lord by and with His Spirit may condemn the lying tongue for thus saith the Lord Every tongue that shall use up in judgment against thee thou shall condemn this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their righteousness is of me saith the Lord and this I witness in and by the Spirit of the Lord for the truth and against thee Edmund Skip and all lying tongues which are condemned by the living truth and the servants of the Lord for your enmity against it and them Isa 54.15 16

world hate them Iohn 17.14 this word abideth in such as hath overcome the world and greater is he that is in them then he that is in the world 1 Iohn 2.12 13 14. and such are sons 1 Iohn 3. and being sons they are heires of God and joynt heires with Christ Rom 8.16.27 and such have a right to the promises being heires according to the promise and of the seed which the promises are to Galas 3.29 therefore thy fallacy I deny Edmund Skip and witnesse the spirits teachings which thou art a stranger unto as it doth appear the accusations is taken off from Truths friends which thou calls Quakers and now truth is on their side and shineth pure and clear Fourthly That promise made to the waiting people at that time spoken of Malachy 3. was a particuler people and a true figure for there was a time when the adversaties of the Lords people called the Proud happy and they that wrought wickednesse were set up by such enemies and adversaries Malachy 3.15 then they that feared the Lord met often together and spoke one to another and the Lord hearkned and heard them Gods unchandgable Love and Remembrances of his former mercies and loving kindness is sweet and comsortable to his people c. verse 16. but the promise was not upon their acceptation of meeting together in the first place but out of the free love and mercy of the Lord made known unto his own peculier ones which moved them to meet together for saith he I am the Lord I change not therefore the sons of Iacob are not consumed Mala. 3.6 there was a manifestation of Gods love unto them his loving was the moving cause of their meeting together and not their meeting together the moving cause of Gods love to them and so the promise I say to them was not in the first place upon their acceptat on of meeting together but the free love mercy of the Lord which moved them to it and for his loves sake were they accepted their meeting together was not the cause of Gods unchangable love to them but the free love and unchangable of Gods goodness the so mer promises of God remembrances of his loving kindness to them was the cause and their meeting together a fruit of their tobedience to God for his mercy and loving kindness manifested to them and now the promises are to the seed that are in the Covenant and returned to the pure being and in the obedience to the God of Iacob and Israel in the Spirit 2. Cor. 3.17.18 Fistly And that we witnesse who are of the promised Seed The Saints and Servants of the the Lord are witnesses to his teachings and workings by his Spirit And The holy Vnction is the Saints-Teacher and the Spirit of Promise their grade into all Truth and we witnesse the teachings and Covenant of God with his own Seed and according to the promise of the Lord to the Seed as in Isa 48. v. 27. and where he hath said that his Spirit and Words put in the mouth of such there spoken of shall not depart out of the mouth of the seed nor out of the mouth of the Seeds Seed from henceforth for ever saith the Lord Isa 59.20 21. and that spiritual promise of Christ in the Gospell we witnesse which guideth and leadeth into all Truth the Spirit being come which was promised and prayed for Iohn 14.16 17 26. Iohn 16.13 and we also witnesse to the holy Unction which teacheth us all things and we need not that any man teach us but as the Anointing teacheth us which is Truth and no lie as it is written 1 Iohn 2.20 27. And Edmund Skip this power which gave forth the promises and new fulfilles them to the Seed we witnesse to and in therefore Edmund Skip thou that calls the teachings of the Spirit of God and the workings by his Power in and through his children and servants the mysterious workings of Antichrist thou speaks evill of the Power of God and blasphemes in so saying but thy folly is seen and that for all thy Comparisons and Scriptures under pretences adding thereunto thy fallacies and lying divinations as is manifested to any single eye in thy 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21. c. pages And thou art ignorant of the workings and teachings of God and one that blasphemes his Power but thy Judgment thou must bear who art that false accuser of the brethren misapplier of the Scriptures and calls Truth delusion and Delusion truth and so calls evill good and good evill such is thy false judgment crrour and deceipt manifested in thy Astronomical judgement or Blazing-star 1. Whereas thou Edmund Skip falsly accuseth them thou calls Quakers and saith they are filled up with Railing Harsh Some accusations cast off from the Truth and Truth friends by the World called Quakers and turned back upon the Accuser and false accusers to remain and Clamerous language c. in this 13. page but thy saying therein is false and that is largely proved against thee and so the truth from that accusation cleared before and that is turned back upon thee the false accuser and with the false accusers to remain 3. And whereas thou tells of taking Scripture to cover over deceipts withall that we denie and this saying is therein false so turned back upon thee again and with thee and the false accusers to remain the Scriptures we witness to be a true Declaration of the Truth Luke 1.1 1 Iohn 1.3 and we make use of them in their place to witnesse for the Truth and against deceivers and deceipt but for taking them to cover over deceipts withall therein thou lies and hast by that also manifested thy lying spirit and none more guilty of that sin both taking the Scripture to made with all for money and also to cover deceipts and fallacies with all then such as thou art and the priests of the World and not we whom thou accuseth for presently after thou calls them a mislead people and tels what is meident to a mislead people quoting 1 Tim. 6 4. and 4. v. 2 Tim. 3.4 But that misleading we deny and turn thy saying back upon thee and all that are proud traitours heady high minded and lovers of pleasures which things we deny and against them testifie and those Scriptures which thou hast cited tells of such a sort of people Which two places of Scripture clears us and proves such as the Priests and their followers to bring forth the fruits they speak of us their fruits maketh them manifest to be those people thou speaks of not us whom you cal Quakers so according tothatsaying the Priests and their followers are the misled people thou speaks of and there is like Priest like people Hos 4.9 which 2 places of Scripture 1 Tim. 6.4 5. and 2 Tim. 3.4 turnes backwards off from us to you ye Proud-doaters about Questions and Strife of words

rejoyce in that he hath chosen us out of the world and counted us worthy to do his will in declaring against the deceits of the world and also in that he hath counted us worthy to suffer for his names sake Joh. 15.18 19 20 21. and more especially that our names are written in the Lambs book of life knowing also that the unrighteous and all whose names are not written in the Lambs book of life shall not enter into the holy City nor inherit the Kingdom of God but be cast into the lake that burneth c. as Jesus hath said who sent his Angel to testifie the same Take notice of this all ye persecuters gainsayers and oppressors of the truth and all the unrighteous prophane ones and all under what deceipts soever 1 Cor. 5.9 10. Rev. 14.9 10 11. and Rev. 21.8 27. Rev. 20.10 11 12 13 14 15. Rev. 22.10 11 15 16. And where thou shews thou art offended that truth should be spread abroad thou makes covers to cover over deceit but it is clearly seen and thou art falsly accusing and saying That they pretend that the Lord sendeth them hither and thither that they know not wither to go or to what person till they come to the place or person c. Reply That is false the pretence is thy own and that fallacy or sting in thy tail I deny where thou sayes They pretend the Lord sends them hither and thither they know not whither The wicked bends their tongues like their bows for lies and so shoots their arrows of reproach against the innocent c. thy pretence and fallacy is denied but the Lords sending I own and know and after what manner he sends even as he pleaseth according to the workings in his own councel after the good pleasure of his will And this I do own notwithstanding thy cover from the Lords sending of Moses to Pharaoh and Nathan to David and Ananias to Saul c. Thou art busying thy minde about them and their sending and art a stranger to the life they lived in they was not liars slanderers false accusers nor hypocrites like thee but declared against such as thou and thy generation of evil doers are by the spirit of the Lord in his servants and children declared against now at which thou art sore offended and bends thy tongue like thy bow for lies and shoots thy arrows of reproaches false accusations and slanders out against the truth and would not be told of it again but be thou sure God will meet thee and with his righteous judgements smite thee and such like and then wo to the wicked and such as thou art it shall go ill with you Isa 1.24 2 Thess 1.8 9. Isa 3.11 2. Thy pretence being denyed and fallacy cast out the former sendin●s of the Lords servants I own A sting in the tail denyed but the Lords sending of his servants as he pleaseth owned and also the sending of the Lords servants now by the same spirit and power which thou art a stranger unto that speaks against immediate teachings by the Spirit of God which teachings immediate I own and also know the Lords sending when I am sent to person or place as Ananias did when he w●s sent unto Paul in the street called straight to that person and place Act. 9.10 11. and as I do so do all witness to the truth who stands in the councel of God and to the truth I witness but thy saying that lay in thy fallacy and sting in thy tail that I deny and backe with the rest of thy lies I return open thy old botle and take them in again into the serpents seat from whence they came that with thee and in thy generation they may remain And where thou sayes Let us return and examine the manner of the Lords sending his servants and prophets upon particular messages I answer Thou hast nothing to do to busie thy minde about them The way and manner of the Lords sending forth his servants is owned according to the working of his power in his own councel after the good pleasure of his divine will and also some times to particular places and persons according to the word of the Lord. yet art an enemy to them and a stranger to the immediate teachings and so to the power by which they were and are sent but the immediate teachings I own as before is said and also the power and spirit by which the Lord sent and now sendeth his servants and the manner of the Lords sending of them as he pleaseth according to the working of his power in his own councel and after the good pleasure of his will he then sent forth his servants and so doth he now and that I also own and those that the Lord sent and stood in his councel they knew whither to go and sometimes the Lord told them to whom to go and what to say and sometimes they were to go to places c. and it should be told them when they came there what to say and sometimes waited after they came there several dayes before it was given what to say or speak c. And as the Lord did then to his servants according to his own councel and the good pleasure of his will so doth he to his servants now according to his own councel and the good pleasure of his divine will but Edmund Skip thou that art a liar slanderer and false accuser of the brethren thou art of the old serpent Rev. 12.15 c. and not in the councel of God but accusing such as are and speaking evil of the wayes and workings of the spirit and power of God then out of his councel and so not sent of him but by the false accuser and the man of sin therefore I take that from thee which thou hast stoln and return it into its right place again and I tell thee plainly the Lord is against such theeves as thou art and as may be read Jer. 23.30 31 32. But to the truth I witness and own and that when the Lord called Moses and made known himself to him he sent him according to the good pleasure of his will and so doth he now such as standeth in his counsel Exod. 3. And when Ezekiel was sent to them of the captivity at Tel-abib that dwelt by the river of Ch●ber he knew whither to go but not what to say neither when he went to them nor at first or present when he came there amongst them and where they was but he sat where they sat and remaied there amongst them seven dayes before it was given him what to say so he to wit Ezekiel the servant of the Lord when he was at that time sent by the spirit of the Lord he knew whither to go but not what to say untill it were revealed unto him Ez●kiels seven dayes silence at Tel-abib or given unto him what to say from the Lord to the people unto which he

Antichristian ministery and speaking the Word of the Lord and reproving sin and deceit which they call railing and reviling as one of the servants of the Lord is now in prison at Worcester upon that account only and for the breach of no known Law sent from Kederminster thither by those under Richard Baxter Minister which is the chiefest Priest in Worcestershire and that Town was accounted great in profession but now like Priest like people Hosea 4.9 and Hosea 6.9 even full of envy and malice against the servante of the Lord which carrieth them forth into cruel persecution but let the wise-hearted know that the chiefest of the Priests when Christ came personally were the greatest enemies of his and did the most both stir up Rulers and people to persecute him and the greatest Professors were cruel and bitter against him And now that Christ is come and coming in the Spirits of his Saints Children and Servants to reprove the world of sin and unrighteousness and to discover the deceivableness of Antichrist and the Ant●christian min●stery the chiefest Priests and many great Professors as well as Richard Baxter Chief-Priest at Kederminster and such now labour to uphold the Kingdom of Antichrist under a dark black cover which cannot hide the baseness of their hearts but lets it break forth into cruelty and persecution but it is too manifest that they are of the bloody City in the pollutions and filthiness and hath disobeyed the voice and heardened their hearts against the truth who have haled out of their Synagogues beat abused and imprisoned such as the Lord sent unto them c. But it is but that the Scriptures may be fulfilled and that they may manifest themselves to be of that Generation of persecutors and blood-thirsty ones How dangerous a thing it is to reproach and revile the people of God that ever persecuted the righteous seed and wo from God is upon all such Teachers and People and they may read their Example Matth. 23.31 32 33 34.35 But to come to the matter in hand That City which the Prophet Zephaniah speaks of and Rulers Teachers Priests and people And again the servants of the Lord that speaks truth against deceit do not revile but such as speak evil of them and salsly accuse them are the revilers as such was that reproached the people of God and maga●●fied themselvs against them as the Priests and their party do now by and against those the Lords people whom they scornfully call Quakers which obeyed not the voice as in Zeph. 3. Chap. and see what the Lord by his Prophet saith in Zeph. 2. How he cries wo to such a people as are there spoken of verse 5. c. Likewise he tells a wicked people there what the Lord will do unto them and see the cause why Zeph. 2.8 9. This saith he shall they have for their pride because they have reproached and magn●fied themselves against the people of the Lord of h●sis therefore saith the Lord by His Prophet I will be terrible unto them c. Zeph. 2.10 11. c. Then take heed what you do and consider of this all ye unrighteous ones who reproaches and reviles the people of God under the Nick-name of Quakers The Prophet Zephaniah did not raid nor revile when he spoke to that City when he cried wo unto in and called the Princes within it Roaring Lyons and the Judges Evening Wolves and the Prophets light and ●eche●ous persons and said the Priests had po●uted the Sanctuary c. Zeph. 3. because it was so and they had done so yet to the eye of reason a natural man that knows not the things of the Spirit of God 1 Cor. 2.24 he would have been ready to say it had been harsh language and rayling as now in th●s generation they call the Spirits language railing and reviling when it tells people of their sins and transgressions but though the natural man say so it is not so for he that so saith and accuseth falsly is the railer and reviler but Edm●●● Skip and the Priests and Antichristian Ministers and such as are prophane proud and wicked they speak evil of the Spirits language and accuseth falsly and cannot prove their false accusations therefore they are the railers and revilers and not the people which they reproachfully call Quakers and the natural man is not to judg the spir●tual man but the spiritual man may judg the natural man it is his Prerogative for he that is spiritual judgeth all things yet he himself is judged of no man and this priviledge have all the Saints and Brethren of Christ Praised be the Lord for the riches of his love 1 Cor. 2.14 15,16 Heb. 2.11 1 Cor. 6.2 But thou art offended The seed of God may judg the seed of the Serpent but the seed of the Serpent is not to judg the seed of God that the righteousseed should judg the seed of the Serpent and thou art offended to have a hypocrite called a hypocrite but Christ gave them that name and called them so them such as are guided by his Spirit may but we and the righteous seed are so taught and guided therefore we may and so follow him for our example Ma● 23.27 28 29. and we know we are of the righteous seed For God hath sent the. Spirit of His Son-into our hearts whereby we cry Abba Father c. Gal. 4.6 7 and Rom. 8.14 And we are to call a lyar a lyar for the Scripture calleth them so and the Spirit of truth spoke it forth 2 Pet. 1.20 21. and we being guided by the Spirit Rom. 8.14 and 1 Ioh. 3.2.4 as such was that called lyars by the name of lyars therefore by the same Spirit may and do we call them so for that is the name which the holy Spirit gave them to call lyars by the name of lyars For be that saith he loveth God and keepeth not his Commandements is a lyar 1 Ioh. 2.4 Kev 21.8 Rev. 22.15 And thou and all such as are offended to have liars called liars seeing the Spirit calleth them so and gave them that name thou and all such art offended at the Spirits teachings therefore judg your folly and the pride of your hearts And thou and all such who are offended Serpents were called Serpents by the Spirit of truth to have a Serpent called a Serpent though they appear like men in the truth but full of hypocrisie and deceit thou and all such are offended at the language of Christ in the Gospel-ministration for he called such Serpents and Vipers As by the Spirit of truth such were so called then with the same Spirit they may be called so that are so now and that is not un-Gospel like but agreeing thereunto Mat. 23.28 29 30 31 32 33. And if thou and the Serpents seed be offended Children of the Devil are called by their Fathers same the Holy-ghost calleth them so to be called by your name your burden you must

else for ever be ashamed and confounded Satan would have given money for that by Simon Magus but he and his money was to perish that thought to buy the Holy Ghost or receive the great power of God thereby Act. 8.18 19 20. The Holy Ghost was given by the power of God through the Apostles laying on of hands Act. 8.17 and Satan could not get it neither with money nor without it when he laboured for it and healing was a gift of God given by his power to his Apostles and it could not be bought neither did Satan ever receive that power it was alwayes kept from him and given to the Apostles of Christ onely Mar. 16.18 19 20. and though some of Satans friends would have cast out the unclean spirit they could not Satan never received that power nor never can therefore seeing thou hast so laid open thy deceit in thy false Astronomical judgement as thou calls it the worlds wonder but I say lying wonder invented in the mystery witchcrafts in the iniquity but thou art known to be of the dark power to be amongst the Antichrists false Prophets and Satanical Ministers in the transformings yet the power of healing by laying on of the hands he cannot purchase for thee nor give unto his for take this granted and seeing thou art so carried on to lie blaspheme and speak evil against Christ and his power therfore let all the world and all who hath any care of their souls take heed of thee or hearkening to thy lying divinations I warn them from the Lord as they will answer it before his judgement seat in the terrible day of his wrath wherein the strong man shall cry bitterly Zeph. 1.14 c. And also let the world and all that hath any care of their souls take heed both of thee and all such as thou art and let them take heed and give over following or hearkening to any such Antichristian Ministers whose end will be as their works are and as thine is for they are evil so will thy end be now that they are warned from the Lord by his spirit in his servant it is good for them that they turn from thee and all such deceivers in the deceivableness of unrighteousness as thou art so in regard there hath been so much of thy deceit made manifest and thy falshood discovered all along in thy book I know the wise hearted will see it and judge it and I having also warned the world and all that desires to fear God and serve him of thee and such like to beware Take warning and turn from thee and such as thou art least they and you fall together into the pit let them fear and amend and so I shall draw towards an end For that in thy 46. page where thou hast been telling the Baptized people thou had a Communion with a society of people which is now as thou sayes wholly broke off from thee I say they being guided by the light of Christ to see into that Mystery of iniquity thou art in and so know thy subtilty and sophistry It was a part of their duty to leave thee and break off from thee and thy deceivableness and now if they abide in the light and be faithful to the reachings thereof it will be another part of their duty to declare against thee and thy deceit and no more to have any fellowship with thee nor thy unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them and thee Eph. 5.11 And though thou be f●attering the baptized people and tell them thy conceivings of their way and thy hindrances and now even as it were goes a begging unto them let them see if thy own ends be not the cause of the flattery and if thy necessity would not cause thee to fly thither for they own ends to have a hypocrites seal amongst them and a cover to shelter thee under let them take heed what they do and how they keep company with thee as they will answer it before the Lord all such amongst them as desire to fear him now that they are warned and thy deceit so discovered and if they take counsel of God they will drive thee back and keep from thee and out of the delusions and ecclipses mystery of iniquity Astrology and star-gazing and not believe thee in thy lying words in that Astronomical judgement thou calls the worlds wonder or the book called the Blazing star And now a few words to thy last page or that called the word to a Book which thou calls The worlds wonders Where thou are telling in thy book it may expect a hue and cry to be sent after it very shortly Reply Thou the thief art guilty and fear surpriseth the hypocrits heart for thou sayes to thy book It may not expect from thee any defence by raising and Army of reasonings argumentations and disputings neither by thy pen not word Reply Thou hast filled it so full of lies and falshoods that the devil in thee cannot enable thee to defend them for truths and so thou hast left them to be broke through and scattered and thy lies and falshoods being turned back upon thee again thy burden thou must bear for now truth strikes at thy deceits and hath proved them to be as a mighty flood come out of the mouth of the serpent whereby Antichrist hath been casting forth all manner of opprobrious lies and disgraceful speeches and blasphemy against the Lamb and the woman that hath brought forth the man-child yet the child is caught up and both the woman and child is preserved and the Dragon he is now encountred and beaten back to lye in his hole who hath sent forth his book like a Goliah even in the defiance of the truth but not able to defend it self nor thou to help it and him who hast spoken to it great swelling words out of the pride of thy heart saying go forth in thy own strength like a mighty man of war even Goliah like and now goes David or a souldier belonging to Israel in the spirit and of the Army of the Lamb one of the servants of the Lord hath met thy Goliah or man of war and taken his sword and cut off his head not by the arme of flesh nor in his own power and strength but in the power and strength of the Lord. And I say now praised be the Lord who hath guided hand and heart and hath set truth above over the deceit and preserved his servants from the enemies fiery dart and doth so much assist his people as to take their part and set them free from their enemies that they may prize his great and glorious name And now I say to this my book Go thou forth not in my name power or strength as a man but in the name power and strength of the Lord to do his service and so from me in the same Go thou forth in the power of the Lord and be victorious and the blessing