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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89835	A discovery of the first wisdom from beneath, and the second wisdom from above. Or, The difference betwixt the two seeds, the one after the flesh, the other after the spirit. With the true worship of God after the spirit, and the false worship of the world, who lives in outward forms, useth customes and traditions, not knowing the onely true God that dwelleth in his saints, and rules by his spirit of power, which causeth them to differ from the world, and those that have the form of godlinesse, and want the power thereof. ... Written by a servant of the Lord, whom the world scornfully nicknameth, and calleth a Quaker, who is prisoner for the testimony of the truth at Applebie in Westmorland, whose name is James Nayler.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1656 (1656)	Wing N272; Thomason E693_4; ESTC R207000	26,155	39

Dan. 5 25. and nothing will be weight but what is pure and holy truth from the heart no deceit nor hypocrisie will be weight no peace by a drunkard or whoremongers will be weight no idolators proud or covetness no swearer lyer drunkard or whoremonger will be Revel 23. 13. weight no Idolators proud or covetous ones no scorner railer or false accusers no murtherer nor envious persecuter no fornicator nor unclean ones nor any that lives to the flesh can be weight but wil be found wanting and then wo unto you for your kingdom must be taken from you and given to them who will bring forth fruits that God may have glory now all professors and people consider your conditions you have been long hearers and professors but what have your fruits been herein is Mat. 3. 10. my Father glorified that you bring forth much fruit but now you fruitless trees you must be cut down and cast into the fire for all mens works must be tried by 1 Cor. 3. 13. fire and then wo unto you who have taken pleasure in sin repent and return to the Lord betime that you may find mercy for your destruction is of your selves VI. The cursed condition of conceited ones who are wise in their own eyes VVO unto you that are wise in your own eyes Isai 5. 21. and prudent in your own sight you that think Iohn 14. 17. to understand the spirituall things of God by your carnal Iude 10. wisdom and because God wil not reveal his secrets to your serpentine wisdom therefore you speak evil of it where it is revealed though you know it not your wisdom is of the earth and feedeth upon dust and dust is the Serpents meat by your wisdom you can over-reach Isai 65. 25. your brethren oppress the poor to get riches to make your selves great in the earth and thereby Lord it over your brethren by it you can go to law and begger your poor brethren for trifles to fulfil your own wils by it you can deceive the simple and harmless man and make him your laughing-stock when you have done by it you can contrive mischief on your bed and when the morning is come you put in practice against those whom you envy And do you think that ever God wil Mica 2. 1 2 3. reveal himself to this wisdom any other wayes then in wrath from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of this wisdom nay the secrets of the Lord are with them that fear him but there is no fear of the Lord where this wisdom ruleth But you are puft up in your vain mind think you know much when as you know nothing yet as you ought to know For saith the Apostle Who is a wise man amongst you and en Rom. 1. 18. dued with knowledge let him shew out of a good conversation Iam. 3. 13. his works with meekness of wisdom Your works that proceed out shew plainly what kind of wisdom is within that wisdom that brings forth pride scorning lightness and wantonness swearing lying covetousness self-love Iob 14. 4. envy hatred deceit backbiting slandering and evill speaking lust excess strife and contention persecution or any other unclean or filthy practice doing to others that which you would not have them to do to you that wisdom is of the Divel and not of God Now this is the wisdom the world drives after and so highly extols and by which you think to attain to the pure and invisible things of God And thus the wisdome of the Serpent which riseth out of the earth and feedeth on earth would be climbing up to the hidden things of God and so would be heirs of two Kingdoms But saith the Apostle If ye have bitter envyings and strife in your hearts glory not and lye not against the truth Iam. 3. 14 15 16. This wisdom descends not from above but is earthly sensual and divelish For where envy and strife is there is confusion and every evil work but that wisdom which is from above is first pure then peaceable gentle and easie to be entreated ful of mercy and good fruits without partiality without hypocrisie Now you Iam. 3. 17. who think you are the men for wisdom try your wisdom by these marks set down by the Apostle whether it be given you from above or it be of the Serpent arising out of the earthly part within you Is it such a wisdom as shews forth of a good cōversation the works of meekness Is it pure Is it peaceable Is it gentle and easie to be intreated Is it full of mercy and good fruits without partiality without hypocrisie If it bring forth these fruits it is from above and God will own it reveal his secrets to it even the hidden things of God But on the contrary if it be that wisdom that Jam. 3. 15. brings forth bitter envyings and strife and every evil work vainglorying and lying against the truth the Apostle saith plainly It is not of God but is earthly sensual and divelish and this wisdom must never enter into the kingdom but is of the Serpent cursed above all creatures more subtile then all the beasts of the field eating the forbidden fruit the judging of good and evil by carnal knowledge creeping into the earth earthly things all for the belly feeding on dust and delighting in things that perish and fade away painted on the outside decking thee with pride curiously invented Scrpent-like by this wisdom and feeding thy lust with curious devised dishes Dives-like devising and plotting to get riches right or wrong so that you can but keep within the compass of the laws of the nation never regarding to be guided by that pure law of God within written in the heart which would lead Heb. 10. 16. Rom. 8. 7. you in all things to do as you would be done by But the wisdom of men is not subject to the law of God neither can be for it is death to it and you deceive your selves who did think to find out the mystery of the things of God by this wisdom for God hath hid it from your eyes and the world by wisdom knows 1 Cor 1. 20 21. not God for God hath turned their wisdom into foolishness And saith Christ I thank thee O Father Lord of Heaven and earth that thou hast hid these things from Matth. 11. 25. the wise and prudent and revealed them to Babes God Iohn 3. 5 6 hath hid them in Christ and none comes to Christ but Babes such are of the new birth not flesh and blood but of water and the spirit such onely enter into the mystery of the Kingdom by the Door in all the strait way through the Cross where your Serpents wisdom would not willingly come for if it do it must be slain and you must become fools for Christs sake Luke 18. 17. that you may be wise you must enter as a little child or else you cannot come there for it is revealed to Babes onely your wisdom that you so much boast on must be crucified and die and a new wisdom must Job 8. 28. be given you from above which begins with the fear of the Lord for the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and to practice it is understanding and when you once come to own this true Wisdom which is of God then you shall see the world who did so highly applaud you for your wisdom before will now call you fools and madmen for that wisdom which they do applaud shall be cast behind thee and then thou shalt witness the Scripture fulfilled when God hath destroyed the wisdom of the wise and brought to 1 Cor. 1. 19. 20. 21. nought the understanding of the prudent where is the wise where is the disputer of this world for the world by this wisdom knowes not God nor ever shall do for God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise and weak things to confound the 1 Cor. 1. 25. 27 mighty then thou shalt see that wisdom not to be of 1 Cor. 2. 6. 7. 8. this world neither of the Princes of this world which come to nought but the wisdom of God which is a hidden mysterie which none of the Princes of this world knew for if they knew it they would not persecute it where it is but the knowledge of this mystery is the free gift of God given onely to them who fear and love him given without all naturall helpes whatsoever 1 Cor. 2. 14. 15 for the naturall man receives not the things of the spirit of God for they are foolishness to him neither can he know them for they are spiritually discerned but the spirituall man Judgeth all things and he himself is Judged of no man for he that is in the spirit lives above all the earth and Colos 3. 3. earthly wisdom and sees all the world where they live but no carnal wisdom shall ever see where he lives for his life is hid with God in Christ from all vultures eyes and venomous beasts James Nayler a prisoner of the Lord to all that names the name of the Lord to whom these shall come desires Grace and Peace FINIS