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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54059	Some principles of the elect people of God in scorn called Quakers	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.; Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1671 (1671)	Wing P1198; ESTC R33049	96,073	127

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 Mark●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

righteously and this is our Teacher that brings Salvation So you may have all the loynes of your mind girded up to wait for the Grace which is to be brought to you at the Revelation of Jesus Christ according to Peters Exhortation Now they who turn from the Grace and walkes despightfully against the Spirit of God they set up Teachers according to their own hearts lusts and such makes Merchandize of them alwayes learning of them but never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth but still remains in earthly mindedness covetousness and temptations and weaknesses where is mournings and complaints and where there are very many mourners and complainers among such as turn from the Grace of God into wantonness and set up Teachers as aforementioned according to their own hearts lusts c. Therefore come ye to the Grace of God and it will give you to see your ungodliness your unrighteousness and your worldly lusts and intemperance This Grace is your Teacher continually who brings Salvation if you take heed and have regard to it and love it but if you turn it into wantonness the sudden judgement of God will come upon you So take heed to the Grace of God your constant Teacher which brings Salvation by which Grace you will see your Salvation brought in For The mighty Day of the Lord is coming upon all unrighteousness of men The Son of the Lord God will appear against you he who hath all Power in Heaven and in Earth given to him who is King of kings and Lord of lords So take heed to the Light and receive it wherewith he hath enlightned so you receive the Lord himself Open ye your Gates that the King of Glory may enter in who stands at the door and knocketh turn ye to the Light and then you open the door where the coming in of the King of Glory is discerned And come from all the barren Mountains who are in the Fall alienated from the Image of God Life and Power Come from all those Wells without Water and Clouds without Rain who are as Vagabonds tossed up and down like a Tempest Come to the Light and receive the Light that in the Light ye may receive Christ and be his Children that by the same you may see the Day-Star appearing where the Sons of God sing together For Woe is to the World that lyeth in iniquity for the Lord is coming to judge it and to render to every one according to their works whether they be good or evil And with the Light every one of you knows whether your works are good or evil for what is to be known of God is manifest in you for God hath manifested it to you when you do any thing that is naught or unjust or worthy of Death by that which is of God in you you know it And when you go from this which is of God in you you do not glorify God as God but are alienated from his Life and Strangers from the Covenant of Life and Peace which is in Christ and so your foolish hearts are darkned and filled with unrighteousness and upon such comes the judgments and displeasure of God Now they who are delivered from the wrath to come they come to that which is of God in themselves viz. to the Light and so they see Christ the Covenant of God so Man is brought into peace with God and saved from the wrath to come and from all false Wayes false Doctrines false Worships and false Churches Commandments Traditions Rudimenus Will-worships Inventions and from Hand-Worship and Lip-Service So come to the Light and Spirit of God in your selves that by it you may be converted to God and may Worship him in Spirit and walk in the Spirit in Christ Jesus who was before sin was For since Man fell from God from his Power and Image all the false Wayes false Worships false Churches have been set up and by that Spirit and Power and Wisdom which is out of Truth from below which leads men to kill one another about them So the Light is the Way by which Life is to be found and this is the Light which enlighteneth you So come to the Light and you come to the Way which was before the power of Death was And Christ is called the Way and he is called the Light and who are out of the Light they are out of Him the Way in the wayes of Death and Darkness and Bondage For as the Jews outward were in Bondage and Captivity under Pharaoh in Egypt so the Jews inward in the Spirit are captivated in Spiritual Sodom and Egypt They who do not take to the directions of the Spirit and heareth what it saith for every man ought to hearken and hear what the Spirit saith to the Churches and not to mind nor hear any visible thing And in it viz. the Spirit they Edifie build and gather together and meet together in Vnity and Fellowship XVI Of PERFECTION He who leads man into Imperfection is the Devil and his work who leads from God for Man was Perfect before he fell for all his works were perfect So Christ who d●stroyeth the Devil and his works makes Man perfect again destroying him who made him imperfect which the Law could not do so by his blood he cleanseth from all sin and by the One Offering he perfecteth for ever them that are sanctified And they who do not believe in the Light which cometh from Christ by which they see the Offering and receive the Blood they are in unbeliefs concernig it And the Apostles who were in the Light Christ Jesus who destroyes the Devil and his works they spoke wisdom among them that were perfect although they could not do it among them that were carnal And their work was to perfect the Saints and for this end they had their Ministry given them until they all came to the knowledge of the Son of God who destroyeth the Devil and all his works and who put an end to the Prophets and to the first Covenant Types Figures and Saddows And the Apostles work was to bring people to the Vnity of the Faith which purified their hearts which gave them Victory over that which seperates them from God in which they have access to God by which Faith they please him by which they are justified and so at last they come to a PERFECT MAN to the measure of the Statrue of the fulness of CHRIST And so the Apostle saith We preach Christ in you the hope of Glory Warning every man that we may present Every Man Perfect in CHRIST JESUS XVII Of the RESURRECTION We say that Christ is the Resurrection and the Life to raise up that which Adam lost who hath all Power in Heaven and in Earth given to him and to destroy him who deceived him viz. Adam So Christ is the Resurrestion unto Life of Body Soul and Spirit and so renews Man into the Image of God and brings Man into an higher condition