45. b. Esa. 16. c. Heb. 1. b. 5. a. Gratious-stoole of the godlie Maiestie which is com vnto vs on the Earth · and loued â in Iesu Christ for to haue one vniforme Heart and Minde with vs / To th ende that yee mought haue your communion with vs / whilst â surelie our communion is p 1. Ioan. 1. â—… with God the Father with the Lorde Iesus Christ. and with the true Beeinge of the Holie-gost Take it to heart 8. WIth this distinct Declaration ther is â euen out of Loue required oâ—… you all â O yee Children of Men which heare thesame / or to whom it becometh administred / that eueryone vnto Concorde and q Rom. 15. â—… 1. Cor. 1. â—… 2. Cor. â—…3 b. Vnitie-of-minde to the Loue do open or make-manifest his Heart by vs euenlike as wee do heare by him / geeue Testimonie ☜ whether that hee be of one Minde and Meaning heerin with vs / or-els whether that hee â as repugnant vnto vs desireth not to geeue his consent heerin 9. For inasmuch as that the vpright Goodwillingnes to God r Math. 22. d. Eph. 1. 2. 4. b. and his synceere Righteousnes · and the true Common-heartednes of the s Rom. 12. b. 1. Pet. 1. c. 3. b brotherlie Loue and ConuersatioÌ„ is so nakedlie and expresslie set-fourth heerwith before you / So can yee also somuch-the-easelier feele perceaue in your Heartes whether that yee be goodwillinge with vs Little-ones and Lowlyones to seeke-after the vpright Righteousnes · and after the true Familiaritie of brotherlie Loue and whether that yee also desire â in this s Math. 24. b. 1. Tim. 4. a. 2. Tim. 3. a. 2. Pet. 2. â—… perrelous Time our willinge Seruice ther-vnto / and to your Preseruation in the Godlines or that yee as repugnant vnto vs are vnwilling thervnto as also whether that yee â with your Knowledge t 1. Tim. 6. â—… desyre to holde you backe and as Straungers from thesame and from Vs / and not to haue your soscietie with vs / nor-yet do require any Seruice of Loue â ther-vnto at our handes 10. Therfore let euerye-one now freelie geeue Testimonie heerof / and do yee yourselues examine your owne-selues / whether that yee be Fellowe-beleeuers with vs Littleones and Lowlyones to the Beleef of the vpright Righteousnes and v Ephe. 4. b. true Life of Iesu Christ and euenso desire to go-out-from forsake with vs â vnder the Obedience of the Loue of Iesu Christ all the Worldes Falshod / and all that which ought not to be by the vpright Beleeuers of Iesu Christ and so to be the Seruauntes of God in his vpright x Rom. 6. b. Righteousnes or whether that yee both against Vs / and also against the true Faith to the vpright Righteousnes do rest vnbeleeuinge / and desire not for God-his vpright Righteousnes cause â or for to be the Seruauntes of God therin to forsake the Loue of the Worlde · and all that which is worldlie and vnright / together with your owne Self-seekinge / nether-yet to consent or stand-willinge to thesame whervnto yee are presentlie loued of vs. 11. Whosoeuer now then is y 1. Cor. 1. a. 2. Cor. 13. b. concordablie-minded with vs to the good Life and vpright Beeinge whervnto wee haue â according to the Requiring of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde whollie geuen-ouer our-selues / and all our Heart / Minde â—… and Soule to a z Esa. 10. c. Remnant in the Perrishinge oâ—… the wicked Worlde and yealdeth his Voyce therin with vs / let him also expresse then therwith hiâ—… Inclinable-affect to thesame good Life and vprighâ—… ☞ Beeinge / and that hee consenteth therin / and hatâ—… an Heartie-lust and Desire to the Furtheraunce oâ—… the Seruice pertayninge to thesame 12. Ouer Whom namelie they that haue â—… Lust with vs to accomplish the Will of the Lorde and that receaue our Warninge for the auoyding of the Destruction · and our Doctrine to their Preseruation in the Godlines in Thankes-geeuinge tâ—… the Lorde / and applie them diligentlie thervnto wâ—… will also continuallie â to their Preseruation in tâ—… Godlines shew-fourth our good Care For toâ—…ardes such Goodwillingones / and humble Goâ—… fearingones wee 〈◊〉 not spare ourselâ—… uiceable vnto them â both Night and Daye in this perrelous Time / inasmuch as they with vs haue adioyned themselues â with whole Heart to the onlie liuing God and the Requiringe of his gratious Woorde / and also loue Him / and haue a a Psal. 40. â—… Lust to keepe his Commaundementes / and to fulfill b Math. 3. c. all Righteousnes 13. But those which refuse to conuersate them with vs accordinge to the Requiringe of the Loue and her Seruice / and beleeue c Abac. 1. â—… Act. 13. c. not Gods Wonderful-woorkes and his Testimonies set-fourth or brought-to-light by vs. but contemne / deride / and resist those-same and our Seruice layed on vs by God and also backbite and defame vs with much Falshod / ouer Those wee will shewe-fourth Pacience and all Goodnes and d 2. Cor. 4. a. Tit. 3. a. Discrectnes 14. Neuerthelesse therin wee e Act. 20. c. excuse and cleere ourselues before them as touchinge their Destruction as also of all that which shall com vpon them and their Children by the Euell / wherof wee haue warned them / and they would in no-wise heare vs. And keepe euenso our Heartes and Conscience pure and vnspotted from their Vnbeleef Vnwillingnes f Act. 13. turninge vs to the Beleeuers and Goodwillingones · and to the humble Godfearingones which haue a Lust to walke in the Wayes of the Lorde / and to doo his Will / for to be alwaies seruiceable vnto Them to the good Life / and for to bringe vnto them the Declaration of the heauenlie Treasures · and of the louelie Beeinge of the g 2. Cor. 3. b. vncouered Face of God and Christ · as also of the Misterie h Math. 13. a. Col. 2. â—… of the Kingdom of Heauens / all which gones â in their Vnbeleef do vtterlie 〈◊〉 15. Let eueryone take this effectuallie to heart / and let noman refuse the good Beeinge whervnto God hath created the Man · and called him thorough Iesus Christ and his Holyones / and whervnto hee is also presentlie loued by the Communialtie of the Loue of Iesu Christ. 16. Also let noman be ashamed to be adioyned vnto the Goodnes of God and the Requiringe of his gratious Woorde / and to confesse thesame / nether let him also refuse to assemble him vnto vs / and to geeue Testimonie that hee desireth to endeuour himself accordinge to the Requiringe heerof / and consenteth or agreeth therin with vs and so to let his inclined Goodwillingnes appeere that hee intendeth or meaneth with Heart the Seruice of Loue · and the Ministration to thesame that is healde-fourth before him like-as ther is also i 〈◊〉 42. d. c. Reue. â—…9 d. â—… requyred ether desired in the Euangelie of the Kingdom set-fourth by God-his chosen Minister HN. 17. Take it to heart and let eueryone respect-well thissame proffered Grace / and let noman harden his Heart ther-against CHARITAS EXTORSIT PER FIDELITAS
Our Heart is thâ—… Minde of God most-â—…ie Our Beeinge aâ—…able as the sweete Lillie Our Faithfulnes / Loue / and Trueth vpright Is Gods Light / Life / and Cleernes bright FIDELITAS A Distinct DeclaratioÌ„ of the Requiring of the Lorde and of the godlie Testimonies of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ. Set-fourth by Fidelitas a Fellowe-elder with HN in the Famelie of the Loue. Translated out of Base-almayne Beholde I set before your Eyes this-daye the Blessinge the Curssinge The Blessinge 〈◊〉 yee obey the Commaundementes of y e Lord your God which I coÌ„maund or giue you this-daye The Curssing if yee obey not the Commaundementes of the Lorde your God but â—…rne you out of y e Waye which I this-day will â—…ou vnto or set-fourth before you Deu. 11. 30. Now goeth the Iudgment ouer the World Now becometh the Prince of this World cast-out Iohn 12. Now is the Saluation / the Power / and the Kingdom becom our Gods and the Might his Christes Apoca. 12. THE PREFACE VNto the Louers of the Trueth and of the vpright Righteousnes and vnto all which shall reade or heare this distinct Declaration of the Requiringe of the Lorde Health and Saluation 2. This-daye through our faithfull Elder FIDELITAS â a Fellowe-elder with HN in y e Famelie of the Loue of Iesu Christ ther becoÌ„eth â out of God-his Grace distinctlie expressed and declared vnto you all â O yee Louers of the Trueth with thissame Declaration of the Requiringe of the Lorde what the Will and Requiringe of the Lorde is and how yee all should enter rightlie and accordinge to the Trueth into the a Pro. 4. b. Iere. 6. b. Wayes of the Lorde his Requiringe for to liue vprightlie in God-his true b Luk. 1. g. Eph. 1. a. Righteousnes and to inherit c Math. 2â—… d. the eternall Life according to the Promises of God y e Father and his Christ. 3. Ther is likewise expressed and declared vnto you in the same from whence the wicked Thing proceedeth wher-through the whole Worlde is d 1. Iohn 5. â—… so full of Falshod and how that y e Man is lett or hindered by the same that hee doth not rightlie vnderstand nor obey the Requiring of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde and wherthrough also the same wicked Thing and his Lett or Hinderinge may be remoued and depressed or vtterlie brought-to-nothing with other-moe groundlie Instructions to the Mans Preseruation in the Godlines euident or distinct Admonitions for the auoydinge of his Destruction 4. With which Declaration of the Requiringe of the Lorde the Lorde likewise calleth and biddeth â through the fore-named Elder FIDELITAS all People to y e e Esa. 16. â—… Heb. 5. a. Gratious-stoole of his Loue and that they should all willingly applie them vnto the f 1. Pet. 1. c. Obedience of the Requiring of his gratious Woord and Seruice of Loue. 5. To the Preseruation of them all in hys Godlynes and to an AdmonitioÌ„ for the auoyding of their Destruction in the g Gen. 3. b. Esa. 59. b. Estraunging or Seperation from his godlie Beeing and true God seruice vnder the Obedience of his Loue. 6. Therfore â O yee Louers of the Trueth when yee now this-daye heare this Voyce proffered Grace to the Entraunce of your SaluatioÌ„ h Psal. 95. b. Heb. 3. b. so hardeÌ„ not â in any-case your Heartes as to be disobedient vnto y e Requiringe of this Declaration To th ende that yee remaine not with-out the Rest of the ChildreÌ„ of God which God now in the last time declareth-fourth out of y e Famelie of his Loue wher-vnto Hee also calleth and biddeth all People Take it to heart A distinct Declaration of the Requiring of the Lorde / which the Lorde Ø›the liuinge God of Heauen hath declared out of his holie Sion and heauenlie Ierusalem · and set-fourth through the Elder Fidelitas The First Chapiter IN the Two-and-seuentith Yeare of the Elderdom of HN In y â— time when-as Certen â beinge turned-in vnto themselues tooke-on a Conceit or Meaninge that they could vnpreâ—…ared and vnregenerated · and with-out the Tesâ—…amentes of God · and with-out the Ministraâ—…ion of those-same through HN be the People of God in whom Hee is wel-pleased / and vncircumâ—…sed on the Foreskinne of their Heartes enter into â—…he Sanctuarie of God and that then coulde euenâ—… in the Turning-in and Loue vnto themselues · 〈◊〉 the Disobedience vnto the Requiring of the graâ—…ous Woorde of the Lorde and his Seruice of â—…oue · and in the Seperation from the Doctrine of â—…N in the true Testamentes of God liue vpright â—…d free / and also followe-after and fulfill the Lordâ—…s Will / which they distincted not from out of â—…eir owne Will hath the God of HeaueÌ„ distinctlie declared vnto Mee Fidelitas a Fellowe-elder in the Famelie of Loue â with cleere Declaration out a Psal. 50. a. Esa. 2. a. Mich. 4. a. of his holie Sion and heauenlie Ierusalem the right Requiring of his Woord and Will and also the right Waye or Passe-ouer which leadeth to the vpright Life of the Righteous · to God-his true Sanctuarie · and to the right b Esa. 32. c. Sap. 3. 〈◊〉 Rest and Freedom of the Children of God and the Woorde of the Lorde came vnto Mee / and saide 2. GO-fourth and shewe thyself among the Children of Men which trouble or busye them about my Trueth · and about my Woorde and Righteousnes / speciallie among them that are turned-in vnto themselues and their owne Loue / and meane or suppose euenso that they in the Loue of themselues · and in their taken-on Knowledge of the godlie Thinges haue my Trueth and Righteousnes and saye vnto them â to their Preseruation all these Woordes which I speake vnto thee / c Ierâ—… 31. c. and geeue thee in thy Heart and Mouth / or write thesame in a Letter / and endeuour theâ—… diligentlie that thesame be heald-fourth before theiâ—… Eyes · and hearde in their Eares First â or beforâ—… all amonge those which reade and heare the godâ—…lie Testimonies of my gratious Woorde â set-fourth by my chosen Minister HN or which haue reaâ—… and hearde or allowed thosesame and yet not apâ—…plyed them with all their Heart to perfourme thâ—… Requiringe therof and witnes and declare vntâ—… them all which geeue-eare thervnto That whicâ—… I require through my gratious Woorde d Ezech. 3. b. anâ—… warne them all of the Desiruction that shall faâ—… vpon the wicked Worlde · vpon all Vnbeleeuers Disobedientones / and Resisters of the Requiringe of my Woorde · and vpon all Offallers or Declyners from the Requiringe of thesame 3. And in all thissame infourme and instruct them likewise what it is that letteth or hindereth them that they vnderstand not rightlie the Requiringe of my gratious Woorde and Seruice of Loue / nor-yet are obedient â from the Requiringe of the e Math 3. 〈◊〉
true Lorde s Deut. 4. a. amonge his People and they haue then obtayned the vpright t Ephe. 4. b. Knowledge of the perfect Righteousnes and Godlines · the vpright v Esa. 32. 〈◊〉 Iohn 8. c. Freedom of the Children of God · and the true Appeasement of the Conscience in Iesu Christ. 12. But to remaine in the Sinne vnrepentant · and without the Seruice of the Loue of Iesu Christ vnregenerated wherin yee seduce and destroye one-another of you â O yee Children of Men with the Knowledge and that yee then euenso at the last â when-as the Destruction hath bewrapped you shall see and perceaue therin that yee haue accounted yourselues wyse before the time appointed · taken-on the x Sap. 2. 〈◊〉 Freedom in your Vnregeneration · and y Pro. 1. c. refused the proffered Grace of the Lorde / and the Obedience of the Requiring of his gratious Woorde and Seruice of Loue and that yee likewise in all your Fourth-goinge haue not â accordinge to the Requiringe of the vpright Righteousnes which God esteemeth don ne brought-fourth any vpright Frutes of Repentaunce / and must be fayne to beare the a Rom. 2. 〈◊〉 Iudgment of God with the wicked Worlde · and with the euell Thinges wherin shee and her Adherentes do liue and that yee then knowe or perceaue therin that the Lorde Ø›the true God of Loue is not any God of the Vnrepentant and of the Disobedient but is their God b Iohn 9. 〈◊〉 Act. 10. f. which loue the Righteousnes and the Fulfillinge of the Requiringe of his Woorde / and hate all Vnrighteousnes and Resistaunce of the Requiringe of his Woorde / So shall then all thatsame â in thesame Iudgment of God be a great c Sap. 5. a. Accusation vnto you of your Sinnes to your Condemnation 13. Therfore be now warned heer-withall / and feare not ouer-much to forgoe or leese your owne Will and Corruption or Consumeablenes that hangeth so fast on / d Math. 16. e. that yee forsake not therthrough the euer-lastinge vpright Righteousnes · and the Ministration to thesame appertayninge But feare rather for the Frindshippe of y e Worlde / and for your owne Self-seekinges cause to becom the e Iam. 4. a. Enemies of God · and Disobedient to the Requiringe of his Woorde / and so then to leese the f Apo. 21. a. eternall Perfection of the pure Bewtie of the euer-lastinge Kingdom and perpetuallie to misse â or be depriued-of the eternall immutable Riches of the spirituall and heauenlie Goods and to byde seperated for-euer g 2. Tess. 1. a. from the louelie Beholdinge of the vncouered Face of God and Christ and from the perfect h Esa. 35. 51. b Ioye of the eternall Life Yea therof be you all afraide 14. BVt if now ther be not any Feare with you touching this Matier / or that yee beleeue not the Woorde of the Lorde and his Requiringe heerin / nor haue any force therof O yee Children of Men / and euenso meane ether coniecture out of your owne Wisedom that yee being vnprepared · and without the Obedience of the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde · and without the Perfourmaunce of the Requiring of the forementioned Seruice in the Holie can inherit and bring-fourth the vpright Frutes of the godlie Life / Trulie that Supposell of yours will vtterlie disappoint you / and your owne Wisdome will deceaue seduce and begile you all and also estraunge you from the Ioye of the Childship of the holie Sion from the i Ephe. 2. b. Citizenship of the heauenlie Ierusalem from the Inheritaunce of the Testamentes of God and Israel and from the Freedom of the Children of God and yee shall euenso be forced to remaine captiue in the Heathenship · and in the Abhomination of DesolatioÌ„ of the Kingdom of Babel and obtaine therin a terrible Ende 15. THerfore heare the Woorde of the Lorde to Obedience of his Requiringe / and let k Pro. 2. 4. â—… thesame sincke into your Heartes / and turne not backe in any-case nether suffer yourselues to be drawen-away from That which is set-fourth before you out of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde and his Seruice of Loue / nor-yet lead therfrom by any Mans Woordes that is against thesame For if you haue bestowed your diligence to heare the Witnessinges of the gratious Woord of the Lorde set-fourth through the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ and that yee haue yealded your Voyce or consented therin with our Fellowe-elder HN and that yee haue â moreouer enterprised or begon your Fourth-goinge therin / So looke well then heerto that yee seeke not to finish thesame Beginninge in the Witnessinges of Men that are against thesame / and in their Malice and Offenciuenes execute or iudge a false Iudgment ouer vs and our Ministration 16. But fixe or bende alwayes all your Sight and Consideration on Mee Ø› FAITHFVLNES / and consider how that the Lorde hath chosen Mee â euen from my very l Psal. 71. 〈◊〉 Ier. 1. a. Birth out of my Mothers Wombe to the Obedience of the Requiringe of his Woorde / for that I with you / and yee also with mee â according to the Requiringe of y e Testimonics of his gratious Woorde should becom vnited therin / and so wee to growe of one vniformebeeinge with each-other in thesame / To th ende that yee mought euenso â according to the Requiringe of thesame haue a right Course or Passaige for to com-in m Deut. 10. a. Math. 22. d. to the true Loue of your God · to the vpright Loue of your Neighbour · n 2. Pet. 1. b. to the vpright Loue of brotherlie Familiaritie · and to the right common Loue towardes all Men and then likewise mought o Math. 10. c. 24. b. perseuer firmlie therin 17. BVT â alas for that I Ø› FAITHFVLNES am so small / and that my faithfull Obedience is â euery-wheare so little regarded among the Children of Men / So cannot therfore many of you consider well on Mee nor on my Obedience / for to becom of one Heart and Minde therwith 18. Therfore heare now the Woorde of the Lorde O yee Children of Men Turne-away the Sight of your Eyes p Psal. 131. a. Pro. 6. b. from the Highest / and turne thesame to y e Lowest or Humblest and note-well theare in the Lowest the faithfull Obedience first-of-all in the little or childish Singlemindednes / and how that Faithfulnes with the Good-willingones · and the Goodwillingones with Faithfulnes do q Ephe. 4. b. growe-vpp obedientlie from out of the childish Singlemindednes to the manlie Olde-aige of the Man Iesu Christ. 19. For-that-cause / humble you euen-so / for to set yourselues â first-of-all with vs in the lowest NOTA or nethermost r Luc. 14. b. Place of all the Humble and Obedientones / so shall yee then also right-well perceaue
c of that which is offered to their Idole muâ—…e not yourselues familier n 1. Cor. 5. b. with their Vncleannes go not in also to their Howse-of-laughter / inasmuch as thesame â assuredlie lieth altogether desolate nether reioyce you with the Vnrepentant but turne you therfrom / o Eccle. 7. a. and go much-rather into the Howse-of-lamentation â or Mourning-howse p Esa. 66. a. wheare the Littleones and Poore are / wheare y â— Goodwillinge and Obedientones are / and wheare the Humble and Lowlie · the Mercifull and Meeke-minded · and the q Math. 5. a. Hungrie and Thirstie after the Righteousnes are and wheare-as also ther is Sorrowe borne and Repentaunce shewed for the Sinne and ther-out let your Ioye / Freedom / and Peace · and all your Familiaritie or Common-heartednes / Loue / and Wisdome haue his proceeding / and be brought-fourth / So shall yee then vnderstand aright that I haue writen and administred the Trueth vnto you and that this Counsell of the Wisdome is not of Man · but of God 15. Therfore take now in-tyme the Counsell of the Wisdome â albeit that thesame is dispised of many and thissame distinct or cleere Instruction effectuallie r Pro. 2. 4. â—… to heart / and assemble you all vnto vs / and to our Seruice of Loue and in thesame Seruice let all your Vnderstanding becom renewed / to a right Inspection of the vpright Beeing wherin the Man â—…ught â concordablie to stande comprehended To th ende that ther mought be founde among vs all that loue the Righteousnes one concordable Minde s Rom. 12. 15. 1. Cor. 1. a. to the Vnitie of Heart · one vpright Dealinge · and one mutuall brotherlie Walkinge euenlike as it is meete and · right 16. Heer-vnto let vs becom t Phil. 2. â—… like minded / and passe-fourth concordablie â with goodwilling Heartes after thesame and not looke how Certen â in times-passed haue walked and spokeÌ„ / for to retaine any Matier against anyone to the worst or to his reproch v Math. 18. d. Ephe. 4. c. Col. 3. b. but laye it all downe not thinke theron anymore and let vs eueÌ„so turne our whole Sight for to beholde wher-vnto wee were created and chosen / and what a Loue and Mercie wee x Rom. 13. b. are deptours to exteÌ„d or shewe one towardes another and ther-vnto let vs loue and be seruiceable one towardes another and euenso enter into the true Life / and then speake or talke therof The Thirde Chap. HEare now therfore the Woorde of the Lorde and his Requiringe O yee Children of Men forasmuch as that the false a Esa. 5. b. 59. a Math. 6. c. Light of y â— deceitfull Knowledg hath euery-wheare brought-in and placed his Stoole of Disobedience amoÌ„g all vnrepentant vnregenerated Men and that now in this Daye y â— Manifestation or Declaringe of all Thinges that are in HeaueÌ„ and vpon Earth â both of the Perfect and also of the Vnperfect becometh â through the seruiceable Testimonies of the holie Spirit of Loue administred and declared so cleere and expreslie vnto 〈◊〉 / So let vs now then respect-well this b 2. Cor. 6. a. Gal. 6. â—… gratious Time / and diligentlie applye vs with each-other â concordablie in thesame / that the wel-prepared c Esa. 16. c. Stoole of Obedience of the true Light of Life which presentlie in thissame Daye of the Loue â to an euerlasting Stoole-of-grace is com vnto vs from Heauen vpon the Earth / and wheron also the Faithfulnes doth sitt d Esa. 16. â—… 32. a. with Iudgment and Mercie mought now be erected euery-wheare â by all vs which loue the Righteousnes in Iesu Christ against the Stoole of the Disobedience of the false Light of the Knowledge which it hath brought-fourth and lifted-vpp out of the Bottomles-pitt to a Stoole of Indignation â on the North in the Temple of the Lorde and wheron the Vnfaithfulnes with his vnmercifull Iudgment hath sett himself and that euenso thesame Stoole of Obedience mought be planted â e Iam. 1. c. with Meckmindednes into all Louers of the vpright Righteousnes 2. For through the Erectinge of thesame / and in that wee all which loue the vpright Righteousnes consent and geeue-ouer ourselues â according to the Requiring of the gratious Woorde and his Seruice of Loue ther-vnto wee shall rightlie and according to the Trueth be brought to the true freedom f Iohn 8. c. of the Children of God · g Math. 13. f. taught to the Kingdom of Heauens · and h Iohn 15. a. 17. c. implanted to the vpright Beeing of Iesu Christ. 3. Yea in such-wise â in the Consentinge and Geeuinge-ouer of our Heartes to the Obedience of the Requiringe of the gratious Woord and of his Seruice of Loue shall the stoole of Disobedience of the falâ—…â—…ight of the Knowledge in vs and in all Beleeuers and Obedientones be ouer-throwen · and so then i Rom. 16. c. trodden vnder feete vtterlie brought-to-nothing by vs and by all Beleeuers and Obedientones and it shall euenso appeere that wee â in our Faith and Obedience are the vpright Disciples k Luk. 14. c. Iohn 8. c. or Schollers of the gratious Woord of the Lorde / and l Math. 10. c. â—…4 b. perseuer firme therin obedientlie 4. It shall also right-well appeere that wee the Perseueraunce in the Discipline of the gratioâ—… Woorde do knowe the Trueth in the Truetâ—… and that wee also are rightlie made-free not thorough the Knowledge m Iohn 8. c. but of the Trueth · anâ—… through the Inheritinge of her vpright Beeinge 5. Therfore followe not now y e n Deu. 12. a. Esa. 5. b. Goodthinkinâ—… of your Heartes but ensue the Requiringe of the Testimonies of the Trueth For in this Daye of the Trueth which wee presentlie declare / it shall all whatsoeuer is Trueth / and of the Trueth / and also all o Act. 3. â—… that which God hath spoken through his Propheates from the Beginninge of the Worlde becom now restored · p Agg. 2. a. b. Apoc. 2â—… a. and erected in his pure Bewtie or Excellentie and Perfection vnder the Obedience of the Loue and many People shall be ashamed of their ignorant Knowledg / and that they haue so vncomlie leaned q Eccli 41. c. with their Elbowe on the Bread · not esteemed thesame according to the Vâ—…lue therof · and eaten so r 1. Cor. 11. c. vnworthelie of thesame 6. HAue therfore now a good Consideration heeron / and note how that presentlie through the Lion of the Tribe of IudaØ›the Roote of Dauid s Apoc. 5. a. the Booke of y e Priuie-misterie of God â which is full of Writing both within and without becometh opened vnto you Apo. 14. â—… and the â—…ighteous Iudgment of God and Christ declared out of thesame and how that fardermore the greeuous and horrible Beast of
Iohn 1. a. with God the Father / with his Sonne Ø›the Lorde Iesus Christ / and with all Holyones / in all Loue and receaue or imploy all y e Seruiceablenes which wee shewe and bestowe on you out of Loue vnto your Reformation / and not in any-case vnto s Math. 1â—… â—… Offenciuenes or Displeasure / that yee may euenso coÌ„tinuallie be founde humblieminded toward the good Beeing / and to the Loue of your Neighbour 13. For beholde / to that effect / and to all your Amendement and Preseruation in the Godlynes do I witnes thissame â out of the Woorde of the Lorde vnto you and out of entire Loue I do heere set-fourth the Trueth both of the Preseruation of Men / and also of the t Sap. 1. â—… 5. â—… Errour tending to their Destruction before all your Eyes and Eares / To th ende that yee should rightlie and according to the Trueth looke-into / vnderstaÌ„d / and beleeue the forementioned godlie Testimonies of our Writinges Ø›the wonderfull Woorkes of God which also declare-fourth â with full Instruction thesame Preseruation of Men and their Destruction · and applie you rightlie according to the Requiringe of thesame · v Iohn 20. c. and so becom saued 14. But heerin to-weet in this Declaration I haue no respect of persons nether of great nor small but call you all to the Renewinge in your Vnderstandinge · x Esa. 40. â—… Math. 3. â—… to the vpright Repentaunce for the Sinne · and to the y Math. 18. â—… childish Singlemindednes and Obedience z 1. Pet. 1. c. which the gratious Woorde of the Lorde requireth in his Seruice of Loue / to th ende that yee all mought euenso becom turned-about to thesame childish Singlemindednes and Obedience · instructed to the a Iohn â—…â—… newe Birth in Iesu Christ and to the Passe-ouer of thesame · taught to the b Math. 13 â—… Kingdom of Heauens · and lead-in to the true c Esa. 32. Sap. 3. 5. a. Rest and Freedom of the Children of God / and d Rom. 6. c. inherit the eternall Life and that the Woorde which the Lorde Iesus e Iohn 19. c. spake / in the Ende of his Passion Consummatum est It is finished mought also be then rightlie and according to thâ—… Trueth spoken by you all 15. For when-as all that which the Lorde requireth through his Woorde and through the Seruice of his Loue is fulfilled with vs all / and in vs all / so is then also verelie with vs all namelie / by those with whom thesame is fulfilled the f â—… Cor. 15. â—… f Oze 13. â—… Ende of the Sinne · and the Death of thesame com-to-pas or attayned-vnto and thatsame Ende of the Sinne and her Death g 4. Esd. 7. e. is the Beginninge of the eternall Immortalitie and is also the vpright h Iohn 8. â—… Freedom in Iesu Christ wher-vnto all Men Ø›Iewes and Greekes / Circumcised and Vncircumcised / Wyse and Vnwyse c are called anâ—… bidden by the Grace of God The IIII. Chap. THerfore looke now all well vnto it that yee deceaue not yourselues / nor-yet becom begyled of Others which make-vp themselues against vs and our godlie Doctrine / or dispise thesame / and resist vs therin / for to plucke you to the Minde of their Opinions which they set-fourth and maintaine against vs and our godlie Seruice of Loue. For-that-cause / keepe a Math. 24. b. alwayes a good watch toward all those that com vnto you with subtill Woordes and manlie Prudence for to seduce you from the godlie Doctrine of the Seruice of Loue / b Rom. 16. c. and seperate yourselues from Such / for they make Breach / and bringe-in Offence / and not any Concorde to the Vnitie of heart in the Loue but indeuour you for to com and go-in whervnto yee are now in the last tyme â out of the Grace of God called through the Ministration of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde vnder the Obedience of the Loue. 2. Howbeit yee are not called to the Hardeheartednes of y â— vnmercifull Man ouer his Frinde nor-yet to com to the c Exo. 19. â—… â—… Hill which is terrible / or which is heald-fourth as terrible before you by vs / nether-yet to the Hill which yee / beinge vnprepared or vnsanctified may touch but yee are called to the holie d Heb. 12. c. Hill of Sion to the peaceable Citie of the liuinge God and to the heauenlie Ierusalem to the Multitude of many Thowsandes of Angels or Sainctes to the Communialtie of the First-borne that are writen in Heauen and to God the true Iudge ouer All to the Spirites of the perfect Righteousnes to Iesus the true Mediatour of the newe Testament and to the Sprincklinge of Bloud which speaketh more or greater then the Bloud of Abel 3. Which pure and singuler Bewtifulnesses of the heauenlie Beeinge which were preached in times-passed in the Worlde to an e Mark 16. b. Luk. 24. f. Act. 1. b. Euangelie or Ioyful-message / and which is also com vnto vs now in the last time â to a peaceable Kingdom and Gratious-stoole of the perfect Glorie of God and Triumphing of Iesu Christ with all the Multitudes of manye Thowsandes of Sainctes according to the Scriptures wee do also presentlie in thissame Daye publish or spread-abrode f Math. 24. b. Apoc. 14. â—… to an EuaÌ„gelie or Ioyful-message of thesame Kingdom · NOTA and to an eternall Glorie of the Goodnes of God and of his gratious Dominion ouer all Repentantones in the vniuersall Worlde / g Math. 24. b. to a Testimonie towarde all People h Ezec. 7. a. b. c that the Ende cometh / namelie the Fulfillinge of all that which is writen of the Iudgment and Righteousnes of God · of the Saluation and Preseruation of the Man · and of his Iniquitie / Destruction / and Condemnation 4. Therfore yee haue now to i Heb. 12. â—… looke-well heervnto / that yee refuse not thatsame whervnto yee are called and requyred for to com by Hym which speaketh vnto you / that the Destruction bewrappe you not to your PerditioÌ„ For if They escaped not the Destruction which refused Him in tymes-past when-as Hee spake vnto them on the Earth / muchlesse then shall yee escape the Destruction if yee refuse That whervnto yee are called by Him which speaketh vnto you out of Heauen whose Voyce in tymes-past nâ—…ooued or shooke the Earth 5. And now â verelie speaketh Hee and sayeth Yet k Aâ—… 2. â—… Heb. 12. c. once-more will I mooue not onlie the Earth but also the Heauen / To th ende that It which is becom moueable may be chaunged / and be then vnmoueable likeas it was made and that God-his Kingdom of perfect Bewtie and Peaceablenes mought then euenso be and remaine vnmoueable alwayes and for-euer vpon y â— Earth as in HeaueÌ„ Which Kingdom wee now inherit