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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77780	Antichrists transformations within, discovered by the light within.	Bullock, Jeffery, of Sudbury.; Manning, Thomas, The Baptist.	1678 (1678)	Wing B5424A; ESTC R170865	29,654	36

And that Giles Barnardistons Wife did tell Dr. Bucher further that the blasphemy that I held she trembled to hear it This Dr. Bucher told me so I rest your Friend Jeffery Bullock Friends What you have written in contradiction to my words it is both Romish and Antichristian Doctrine and contrary to the Scriptures of truth and form of sound words For it is no where written in the Scriptures that we shall be either justified or condemned by that Christ which dyed without the Gates of Jerusalem but it is written by Grace ye are saved and by Grace ye are justified and it is also written by the Light of the world ye are condemed and not by Christ that dyed without the Gates of Jerusalem Now that there is two Christs it is plain according to the Scriptures for there is both the true Christ and Antichrist Now Christs visible appearance among the Jews he was called Christ who through the eternal spirit in offering up his body he ended all the visible dispensations among the Jews but it was Gods invisible appearance throughout all ages the which brought unto the Sons and Daughters of men salvation to their Souls and he is called Christ within the hope of glory and the mystery that had been hid from ages and generations past Now the Prophets they did foresee the coming of that body which was the Son of God who was to be the end of all those bodily sacrifices by which the Jews did expect remission of sins Now the same God that raised up Lazarus when he was dead and also raised up Jesus or the body of Jesus do I own to be both my God and Saviour Now as concerning the Law of Moses it did not at all belong to the Gentiles but the Gentiles were justified by the Law written in their hearts and so must we or else we must be condemned for the Law made nothing perfect as to the Jews who had a command for it therefore the Gentiles could have no advantage by it who had no command for the observing of it but on the contrary they were reproved by Paul for observing the Jewish Ceremonies but where the Dispensations began there they also ended Now we do no where read of the name Christ before that visible appearance came into the world but God said look unto me all ye ends of the earth and be saved for I am be that shews unto man his thoughts and he did not bid them look unto him that was to come and this was God who prepared a body for himself the which was the Son of God by generation from God and as a Son he was obedient to the will of his Father even unto the death Now Christ he neither came of David nor yet of Israel not according to the flesh not as to his outward appearance as he was a visible man but he came of David and Israel both according to the spirit and this is the spirit whom God hath exalted both as a Prince and a Saviour first as a Prince to manifest his power to condemn both man and woman because of their sin and rebellion and disobedience against him and secondly as a Saviour both to redeem them and justifie them and also to save them if they come to have their minds turned to him and to believe in him and obey him for the Virgin Mary knew no visible but now far be it from me and cursed be that spirit that shall undervalue the sufferings death and blood of that holy just and innocent Lamb of God but yet I do not believe that ever any were redeemed from sin or purified cleansed purged sanctified or saved by that visible body that dyed or blood which was shed without the Gates of Jerusalem Now Paul he that was the Apostle of the Gentiles he defired to know no Christ after the flesh Now the Jews in the days of Christs flesh said that they were Moses his Disciples but as for this fellow we know not whence he is Now in the Apostles dayes there was certain Pharisees that had believed who taught the Brethren that except they were circumcised and kept the Law of Moses they could not be saved Acts 15. Now the Church of Rome saith that we must be justified and also saved by that Christ that dyed at Jerusalem and so saith the Priests of England and so also saith the body of the Quakers And Friends Antichrist he strives to bring in his Doctrine and also to be head over all those invisible appearances that comes from God but the spirit of truth saith that Condemnation Justification Redemption and Sanctification and Salvation it is by God alone who is Light and sheweth unto man his thoughts Now Pauls testimony was in the spirit and not in the letter but the Pharisees the life of their testimony it was in the Letter or Law of Moses who with their Doctrine bewitched the Churches and led them into errour as you may read Paul to the Galatians and also to the Corinthians how he tells them that Satan was transformed in his Ministers for the Book of the Scriptures both was and is the fruit which the tree of knowledge bears both in their days and also in ours they being opened by the spirit of truth Friends it behoves us all to look to our standing for Antichrist is already come in amongst us and Satan is already transformed into an Angel of Light amongst some of our Ministers as certainly as ever he was amongst the false teachers in the Apostles days and if you will not believe what I have written then mind well the writing of those Brethren which call themselves the Eleven Elders to the Churches called Quakers and see if they do not put themselves into equal power and authority with God Friends first the form and then Antichrist appears in the form but if there be no conformity to the form then there is no unity to be enjoy'd with them that uphold the form So Friends my dear love is remembred unto you all who expect life and salvation from God who is Light and is invisible and not from any visible appearances although they were good in their time I have written you an answer to a paper that was given me by Giles Barnardiston in short and I have also sent you another more at large The Answer from the quarterly meeting at Ipswich the 28 th of the first Month 1676. In the Quarterly Meeting the papers sent by Jeffery Bullock of Sudbury were publickly read and the meeting of Friends did unanimously own the paper given thee by Giles Barnardiston and also subscribed by other Friends to be sound and according to the Scriptures and Doctrine of truth held forth by us but as to thine in answer to it the whole Meeting did unanimously judge it to be erronious and contradictory to it self and full of Confusion and Darkness and thy spirit manifest to be wrong Given forth from the Quarterly Meeting to be sent to Jeffery

their sin and sheweth unto them their state and condition then the Saviour and Salvation of the ends of the earth hath been both within man and woman ever since the day of their first creation For although the Lord came in Abraham and begot the type in Sarah when it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women even so the Lord when the fulness of time was come he by the Holy Ghost overshadowed the Virgin Mary and he begot the Ante-type in her who was the end of all Types without her having any knowledge of a visible man but these things did but little concern the Gentiles although we have the history of them only all the world was freed from their offerings for sin by that one offering and also they were outwardly reconciled to God by the death of his Son and so there was to be no more outward offerings for sin but we must be redeemed justified and also saved by a measure of the same life that dwelt in the Son in which life the Son of God offered up his Soul and Body to be crucified to the death a sacrifice once for all then no salvation to the Souls of the Sons and Daughters of men by him that dyed without the Gates at Jerusalem but in and by him alone who was both without beginning of dayes or end of life a measure or a manifestation of which spirit is given to every man wherein alone stands mans Condemnation Redemption Justification Life and Salvation Restauration and Sanctification and this Salvation was in the world before Christs body came and the same that ever was the Saviour now is and not another so he that dyed without the Gates at Jerusalem was the man in the mystery the mystery being in him he being one with the mystery was comprehended by the mystery and so he was the Christ of God being one with the Spirit of God but it was the womans part that dyed that was his Soul and Body for it was Eve that had been in the transgression but the mans part which was the Godhead that dwelt in that body he never sinned nor yet saw corruption therefore he never dyed and that both was and is he which ever liveth and was without beginning of dayes or end of life Now Christ as he was a visible man and made of a visible woman made under the Law he internally dyed as to his Soul and Body and did put an end to all outward external sacrifices and services But the Christ the mystery the light the life and the word of eternal life and the salvation of the ends of the earth the which dwelt in that body he never dyed Now I do deny that ever any man or woman either was or shall be redeemed from death to life by that blood the which was spilt without the Gates at Jerusalem or that ever any did drink of that outward blood or that ever any were inwardly cleansed from sin by that outward blood and what are all outward cleansings if so be the heart and conscience be defiled Wherefore every one that comes to be inwardly cleansed it must be in and by the receiving and enjoying a measure of the same life the fulness of which life dwelt in Christs body when it was upon the earth the which spirit God hath poured forth upon all the Sons and Daughters of men wherein alone Life and Salvation Justification and Condemnation is placed and this is Gods own spirit and the invisible man Christ whom God hath by his own right hand exalted in the Sons and Daughters of men both as a Prince and a Saviour First as a Prince in manifesting his power to condemn both man and woman because of their sin and rebellion and disobedience against him And secondly as a Saviour both to redeem them justifie them and also to save them if they come to have their minds turned to him and to believe in him and obey him Now it is the mans part wherein the first man Adam was created the which God hath exalted as a Prince and a Saviour that is he which never sinned and not Eve the womans part which by the Serpent was lead into sin and transgression that part hath not God exalted as a Prince and a Saviour for she was to be redeemed both Soul and Body and so it was Eve the first woman which was in the transgression and not God who made the first man Adam a living Soul which Soul was lead into transgression by yielding to the councel of the Serpent in Eve the first woman for there is a Soul or an invisible woman the which God did make and place in every visible man and this is she that hath born the image of the earthly man and hath been one with the Serpent and now she is to be begotten regenerated and born again of the Spirit of God who is the heavenly man and this is the seed the which every invisible woman in every visible man is to bear which seed alone hath power to bruise the Serpents head in every visible man and woman and this must be done before she can truly bear the image of the heavenly man again For Eve she was a visible woman but she conceived and bore the first invisible man who was that son of perdition and the power of darkness which brought death over all that God had made in the Sons and Daughters of men as to the invisible creation of God but the Lords promise both was and is that he would create all things new and the Lords new Creation it is invisible for although Mary did bear that visible man Christ who was begotten in and by an invisible power and spirit yet she stood in need of God to be her Saviour for she saith her soul did magnifie the Lord and her spirit did rejoyce in God her Saviour and I do believe that after she was delivered of that visible man Christ that still her God and Saviour did remain in her although that visible babe was outwardly separated from her and so I do believe that whatsoever was given forth in time among the Jews as concerning all outward worship in time it was ended when Christs body was offered up and the belief and faith of all must stand in the mystery of that Light and Life which God hath now in the Gentiles revealed and Antichrists faith and belief which he hath brought in among the Gentiles in this night of Apostacy that must be overturned both root and branch by the Light which God hath revealed Friends I do believe that this writing of mine that it is written from the testimony of Jesus in me and I would willingly hear your Judgement as concerning it at our next monthly mans meeting at Sudbury for it is generally reported amongst many of the chief Inhabitants of this Town of Sudbury that I am disowned by the Quakers or at leastwise shall be if I be not already because of my blasphemous Doctrine