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A51123	Antichrist unvailed by the finger of Gods power and his visage discovered by the light of Christ Jesus, and his ministers, members, works, and lying wonders, manifested by the spirit of God, a manifestation whereof is given to every man (and woman) to profit withal : with friendly and serious invitations, exhortations, and warnings to all professors of Christianity, to beware of that antichristian spirit that leadeth to destruction, and of those teachers, who are influenced by it / written in the love of God by a prisoner (at Lancaster castle) for the testimony of truth, and one of the people called (in scorn) Quakers, Henry Mollineux.	Mollineux, Henry, d. 1719.	1695 (1695)	Wing M2393; ESTC R13417	147,325	285

no necessity for Christians to observe them and also writing to the Colossians concerning the same matter he plainly giveth the Reason further Why no Man ought so to judge which is Christ's blotting out the Hand-writing of Ordinances Col. 2.14 to 17. that was against us and contrary to us and taking it out of the way nailing it to his Cross And as there was no necessity for them in the Apostles time so now surely there is no occasion for them for their outward Water and outward Bread and Wine have been long used and preached of amongst People and yet People that use them and pay for them are as ignorant of Christ the Spiritual Baptizer and Spiritual Bread of Life as ever they were Isa 55.2 so they spend their Money for that which is not Bread for their Souls as it is pretended and their labour for that which satisfieth not Certainly they that buy of such Merchandize make as bad a Bargain as possibly can be for neither doth it profit them neither have they any occasion to buy it when as Christ saith Rev. 22.17 Let him that is athirst come and whosoever will let him take the Water of Life freely And saith by the Prophet Ho every one that thirsteth come ye to the Waters and he that hath no Money come ye buy and eat yea come buy Wine and Milk without Money and without Price hearken diligently unto me and eat ye that which is good and let your Soul delight it self in fatness But they that sell their Baptism and their Bread and Wine and their Preaching and the like and they that buy of them also are not inclined thereby but in dependance thereof are hindred to come to and believe in the Light the Voice of Christ in their own Hearts whereby Christ inviteth all to come and take of the Water of Life that thirst after it and so such are far from the enjoyment of the Rich Satisfaction which Christ giveth to the Souls of the Children of the Light though they may talk largely of these things Prov. 3.18 Job 28.12 to 28. for Death and Hell have heard of the Fame of Wisdom who is a Tree of Life to them that lay hold upon her and though such may read and use and profess all the Writings of the Prophets and Apostles of Christ yet not being led by the same Spirit that they were and the Children of the Light who are Members of Christ are and have been led in all Ages though they may profess the same yet they are prevailed upon by the contrary Spirit and are as lulled asleep in security by the power of their deceitful Enemy the Man of Sin who with his Signs without the living substance satisfieth them as with a Dream for an hungry Man may Dream that he is eating but when he is awakened out of his sleep Joel 1.5 Eph. 5.14 Rom. 13.11 12 behold nothing but Hunger and Famine and when any such whereof I have been one come to be truly awakened then they may plainly see what substance or service their Signs and Shadows are of and how insignificant they are to the satisfying of their Souls And so the use of those things which formerly might be of benefit for the Instruction of some is now to many a means to keep them in Ignorance for it was ever the endeavour of the Devil the Man of Sin to draw the Minds of People from obedience to the Light Neh. 9.20 Job 24.13 and Spirit of God which God giveth to instruct them though many rebel against it into a satisfaction in outward Performances without the Spirit which were never acceptable unto God for the Lord in all Ages required People to obey his Voice which is the Light the Manifestation of his Spirit in their Hearts as plainly appeareth by these places of holy Scripture Jer. 7.21 to 25. 1 Sam. 15.22 23. Isa 1.11 to 20. and Chap. 66.1 to 4. Jer. 14.12 Hos 5.6 Hos 8.13 Amos 5.21 22. Micah 6.6 to 9. Mat. 15.1 to 9. Mark 7.1 to 23. And so Christ standeth at the Door of Peoples Hearts and by his Voice or Light knocketh and reproveth for sin Rev. 3.20 Luke 22.29.30 Luke 17.21 Rev. 2.17 Rev. 22.14 17 And if any Man hear his Voice and open the Door Christ will come in to him and sup with him and he with him at his heavenly Table in his Kingdom which is within and this is a blessed Supper to eat of the hidden Manna and of the Tree of Life and to drink of the Water of Life freely But this sweet Satisfaction all they are ignorant of who depend upon Signs and Shadows and Mens Traditional Ordinances and neglect the Light the Voice of Christ in their Hearts And they that have builded as it were strong Cities in their own Conceivings as upon Christ the true Foundation 1 Cor. 3.13 13 14. Isa 10.17 18. Isa 17.9.10 11 Isa 51.4 to 9. Isa 30.26 27 28. whether it be as Gold Silver precious Stones Wood Hay or Stubble the Spiritual Day of God the Light whereof to the Children of God revealeth the Man of Sin and his Works shall declare every Man's Work of what sort it is and every Man's Work that will not abide the fiery Tryal thereof shall be burnt and all their strong Cities shall be as a forsaken Bough who forget the God of their Salvation and are not mindful of the Voice and Light of Christ the Rock of their Strength And the Harvest of all their Planting and Sowing and Building shall be a heap in the Day of Grief and of desperate Sorrow But the Times of Ignorance God hath winked at Acts 17.30 and in the woful Night of the Apostacy of the Nations who have generally fallen away from the Spirit and Doctrine of Christ and his Holy Apostles though they had the Holy Scriptures to peruse certainly the God of Mercy hath appeared by the Light of his Son in the Hearts of many in that dark time whose Minds being inclined truly after him he hath comforted them according to the innocency of their Hearts and in some measure satisfied them with his Mercy they answering him according to what was revealed unto them in them though through Education and the Traditions of Men they were kept in the use of outward Ceremonies And many in those dark Times who faithfully minded the Appearance of Christ by his Light in their Hearts they grew strong in the Faith and saw the emptiness of Signs and Ceremonies and Shadows and were enabled by the Light the Word of God's Power in their Hearts to stand in the Controversie of God witnessing for him according to what they knew against all the Gross and Idolatrous Practices and against the Errour and Deceit of the Man-made Priests and Teachers of the Times wherein they lived Mic. 7.1 Isa 17.6 7 8 Although those in Comparison of the multitudes resisting were but as the Grape-gleanings of the Vintage or

of Christ beareth witness with true Christians ●om 8.16 1 John ● 10 that they are the Children of God and consequently their Spirits bear witness of the same with the Spirit of Christ and he that is of God hath the witness in himself But he that is not sensible of the Spirit of Christ thus to witness in him that he is a Child of God hath not he the Manifestation or Testimony of the Spirit though possibly he may not believe what it is that in his Heart and Conscience testifies that he is of his Father the Devil Surely these things are of great importance and are worthy to be seriously and weightily considered of by all People who desire the Salvation of their precious Souls and they who have truly believed in the Light of Christ and yielded obedience thereunto have therein and thereby seen and weightily considered these things and have learned and are learning to avoid the Snares of the Devil's deceit of Unrighteousness wherewith he beguiles many to the Loss of their Souls Happiness Eternally although such when so beguiled may profess Christianity and look upon themselves to be Christians But the Light of Christ in true Christians sheweth and discovereth to them the Deceit of their Spiritual Enemy in all his Appearances both in their own particulars and in others his deceived deceitful Members and Ministers who in his Service may profess Christianity For true Christians are the Sheep of Christ which hear and know his Voice and follow him John 10.3 to 14. and a Stranger they will not follow for they know not the Voice of Strangers but Christ is the good Shepherd who giveth his Life for the Sheep and said he I know them and am known of mine whereby it is evident that true Christians have a true discerning of the Voice of Christ which is the Light or Manifestation of his Spirit in them from the Voice of a Stranger which saith he they will flee from whether in themselves or from others And such may rightly be called Strangers who disobey the Light Voice and Spirit of Christ Eph. 4.18 19 20 21. Eph. 2.12 Isa 42.6 Isa 49.6 which if they obeyed it would lead them in the Way of Life which through disobedience they err from and lose and so become alienated from the Life of God and Righteousness and true Christianity and such are Aliens from the Commonwealth of Israel and Strangers to the Covenant of Promise which is Christ the true Light and God's Salvation to the ends of the Earth And to such Christ is a Stranger though they may profess great things in his Name and in the Sentence of true Judgment he will say unto them they not being termed his Sheep but Goats I was a Stranger Mat. 25.33.43 46. and ye took me not in and then when such cannot be received of Christ they shall begin to say We have eaten and drunk in thy presence and thou hast taught in our streets but he will say I tell you I know you not whence you are Luke 13.26 depart from me all ye Workers of Iniquity and these shall go away into Everlasting Punishment And those that say Lord Lord but do not the Will of God but disobey his Voice Light Grace and Spirit whereby he would teach and lead them to Eternal Rest and Happiness when they shall say to Christ Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy Name and in thy Name have cast out Devils and in thy Name done many wonderful Works then for all their large Profession he will profess unto them saying I never knew you Mat. 7.21 22 23. depart from me ye that work Iniquity And among all sorts of People called Christians there will at last appear to be but two to wit true and false or Sheep and Goats and it is very like that the Sheep know themselves from Goats and if the Goats be not very senceless they may possibly by the Light discern that they are none of the Sheep And all that by true Examination of themselves in the Light of Christ do perceive that they are not of his Sheep who know him and his Voice in them they must upon necessity of Salvation yield up their whole Hearts to seek the Lord if they expect Mercy from him who is a God of Mercy to all that truly fear him and also hearken to the Voice Light and Manifestation of the Spirit of his Son Christ Jesus in their Hearts Souls and Consciences to which as they are faithful and wait diligently and seriously always in his fear which will keep their Hearts clean and upright to him they in due time may come truly to know not only a following of the Lamb which is likewise the great Shepherd of the Sheep but also a being created anew into the Lamb-like Nature and so a being made new Creatures even Lambs or Sheep of the one Fold of Eternal Rest whereof Christ Jesus the Lamb without blemish is the true Shepherd who leads and brings thither his Sheep John 10.16 Them said he I must bring and they shall hear my Voice and there shall be one Fold and one Shepherd So then true Christians which are the Sheep of Christ they hear the Voice of Christ they walk in his Light they are taught by his Grace and they are led by the Manifestation of his Spirit in their Hearts Souls and Consciences which Voice Light Grace and Manifestation is one And the true Christians did not only know them who were gone out from them to be Antichrists but they also knew that then amongst them there was false Brethren Gal. 2.4 2 Cor. 11.26 Jude 4. who came in amongst them privily to spy out their true Christian Liberty whom the true Christians then knew to be perilous And the true Ministers of Christ in and by his Light and Spirit saw and prophesied of an Apostacy or falling away from the Truth and that among Christians because they would not receive the love of the Truth which in the inward parts God loveth that they might be saved therefore said the Apostle Paul God shall send them strong Delusions 2 Thes 2.11 12. that they should believe a Lye that they all might be damned who believed not the Truth but had pleasure in Vnrighteousness And likewise the same Apostle Paul prophesied of the Man of Sin being revealed the Son of Perdition who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the Temple of God shewing himself that he is God And be said to the Thessalonians 2 Thes 2.1 to 13. Ye know what with-holdeth that he might be revealed in his time for the mystery of Iniquity doth already work only he who now le●teth will let until he be taken out of the way and then shall that wicked be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of his Mouth and shall destroy with the Brightness of his

over and to exercise Lordship over others their fellow Creatures with much Pride and Austerity expecting and desiring to receive and receiving Honour from them and one from another and seek not the Honour that cometh from God only and this sheweth according to the Words of Christ that they are out of the true living John 5.44 1 John 5.4 Eph. 6.16 1 John 2.13 14 15. Christian Faith and so in the false dead Antichristian Faith which giveth no Victory as the true Faith doth for such are overcome and captivated by the love of the Honours Pleasures Preferments and Vanities of the World which if any man love said the Apostle the love of the Father is not in him And so though the dark Power of the Man of Sin more and more prevail upon and captivate them yet the Light of Christ in their Hearts and Consciences often sheweth them their Sins and for Sin checks and reproves them and sheweth them the dangerous dismal consequences of Sin but they not believing in the Light of Christ the Word of Faith Rom. 10.8 Heb 5.13 and the Word of Righteousness do not submit themselves unto the Righteousness of God nor unto Christ who is the end of the Law for Righteousness to every one that believeth no more then old Israel did Rom. 10.1 2 3 4. And so though they may be zealous for their several Professions and as the Jews were for their Traditions Ordinances and Ceremonies which they use some after one manner and some after another according to their particular Apprehensions and Imaginations seeking to find Souls-satisfaction by using outward typical shadowy things which they cannot find whilst they neglect the Light the Substance the Word of God's Grace in their Hearts the Word of Faith Act. 20.32 Act. 13.26 1 Joh. 1.11 Col. 1.5 Mat. 13.19 John 3.36 the Word of Salvation the Word of Wisdom the Word of Truth the Word of Christ the Word of Life the Word of Reconciliation the Word of the Kingdom of God which is in the Heart and so they being in unbelief the Wrath of God abideth on them in all their doings For whatsoever is not of Faith is Sin Rom. 14.23 And so their best Performances their Prayers their Preaching and whatsoever they can do in that state is sinful as they generally confess But they who seek the Lord while he may be found with all their Hearts and Souls and cannot rest satisfied till he manifest himself in his Love but patiently in true brokenness and contrition of Heart wait under his Judgments till his Indignation for Sin be overpast as they continue faithful in true self-denyal bearing patiently the daily Cross to their own Wills the Lord will in his own time satisfie such with his Mercy and with his everlasting Kindness But if any flatter themselves that they shall have Peace although they walk in the stubbornness of their own Hearts they shut the Door of Mercy against themselves and when they have sinned out and slighted the Day of their Visitation wherein the love of God in and by his Light in their Hearts visiteth them and striveth with them then the Spirit of God ceaseth to strive any longer with them and they are wholly given up to be rul'd by the Man of Sin who is exalted in them above all that is called God or that is worshipped Psal 14.1 2 3 4. and although some of them may be wickeder then others yet none of them are righteous at all there is none of them that doth good no not one but many of them do badly with eagerness eating up the People of the Lord as they eat Bread And they do not only prey upon those who depart from Iniquity who make themselves a Prey but they often prey upon one another Isa ● 15 and sometimes war about their Ceremonies and Ordinances and many thousands have been killed upon that account and many they have put to Death for their Testimony for God who have by his Spirit been raised up even in the darkest times of Apostasy to testifie against the Abominations set up by the ruling power of the Man of Sin the Devil and his Instruments And many call the Popes or Pope of Rome the Man of Sin which the Apostle said should be revealed who may by the Light of Christ in their own Hearts be sensible of the Man of Sin and his power and works in themselves unto them revealed and therefore it were good for such first by the Power of God to be cleansed from him and his power and works inwardly in themselves lest they become more and more like unto him But indeed the Popes of Rome have been the chief visible Rulers of the false Church drunk with the Blood of the Saints and Martyrs of Jesus Rev. 17.5 6. and the Mother of Harlots and the many Abominations of the Earth and the Inventers and setters up of the pestilent Traditions and idolatrous Ceremonies still used in the Apostasy from the Truth and many who look upon themselves as reformed from Popery are yet in a great measure found in many of their pernicious Practices and Inventions to get Money by For the Popes having been in a great degree influenced by the power and spirit of the Man of Sin the Devil and having had the highest outward Exaltation over the Nations and Kings of the Earth or at least having claimed or challenged it may fitly be said to have been or to be the highest Representatives of the Man of Sin And amongst the many Popish Cheats none seemeth greater then their Purgatory or their telling of a purging Place from Sin after this Life whereby many are cheated of Eternal Happiness by living in hopes thereof securely in Sin while they live and many cheated of their Money also for Pardon and Indulgences from the Pope to redeem the Souls of their deceased Friends out of Purgatory Which is contrary to the Truth and to the Record of the Holy Scriptures which say where the Tree falleth there shall it be and every Tree that bringeth not forth good Fruit is hewn down and cast into the Fire Ecc'e 11.3 Mat. 3.10 and Christ said Enter ye in at the straight Gate for wide is the Gate and broad is the Way that leadeth to Destruction and many there be that go in thereat because straight is the Gate and narrow is the Way that leadeth unto Life and few there be that find it And beware said he of false Prophets in Sheeps cloathing which are inwardly ravening Wolves ye shall know them by their Fruits A good Tree cannot bring forth evil Fruit neither can a corrupt Tree bring forth good Fruit every Tree that bringeth not forth good Fruit is hewn down and cast into the Fire Matth. 10.7 to 20. Now if a good Tree cannot bring forth evil Fruit how is it then that all good men are continually sinning for Sin is Evil Fruit And if every such a one as bringeth not forth good

the Papists mean a Visible Man called Antichrist and a Monarch and absolute Owner of the World who exerciseth upon others good Christians much barbarous Cruelty and sheddeth much Innocent Blood whether then may not all except themselves and have they not reason too who have but heard of their Visible Head the Popes and what Monatchs and what absolute Owners of the World they have been and what Barbarous Cruelty they have exercised upon good Christians and what an abundance of Innocent Blood they have caused to be shed during the term of their outragious Cruelty reasonably conclude that the Head of the Papists the Pope hath been or is that Antichrist that Monarch that exerciser of barbarous Cruelty upon good Christians and that shedder of much Innocent Blood mentioned in the written Prophecies of Ezekiel Daniel and the Apostle John which the said Robert Persons one of the Popish Priests writes of as aforesaid who writes or stiles himself Priest of the Society of Jesus which signifieth Saviour but seems rather of the Society of Destroyers for Blood shedders are Destroyers And this appeareth by the Decrees of their own Councils which tend to enjoin all to conform or burn an Antichristian Decree indeed and wo will be the portion of them who make such Unrighteous Decrees and prescribe such grievous things what will they do in the Day of Visitation and in the Desolation which shall come from far to whom will they flye for Help and where will they leave their Glory Isa 10.1 2 3 4. And if any be offended at what is here written let such know that he that writeth this hath no evil will or prejudice in his Heart towards any Man or any People in the World but desireth the good of all even as he desireth the same for himself and according to the Mind of Christ would not that any should perish but that all through true Repentance might find Mercy and obtain Eternal Salvation by Jesus Christ For I have by woful Experience known a time when the deceivable unrighteous power of the Devil the Man of Sin prevailed upon me so far that I could not then believe that ever I could be free from Sin while in this World because I daily felt my self overcome by and subject to Sin which daily deceived me and so I was perswaded of the common received Tenet viz. No freedom from Sin whilst in this World but that all must carry a Body of Sin and a Body of Death whilst on this side the Grave And so was I long in a miserable condition being often troubled exceedingly in my Heart and Conscience with a deep sence of my own sinful condition which in and by the true Light of Christ Jesus in my Heart and Conscience I plainly saw to be very wicked and deplorable wherewith my Soul was grievously oppressed but knew not how to be eased of my Burden which seemed to me such an intolerable heavy Burden or Load that I was very near to have fainted under it for the more I looked into my inward condition the worse it then seemed unto me being exceedingly afraid lest the Lord should have cut me off in mine Iniquity wherewith I had provoked him And the sence of this my Condition kept me in a constant Care lest I should do any thing whatsoever that might further incense or provoke the Lord God of Heaven and Earth against me and so make my Load more grievous and as I thus looked upon my Soul to be in a most wretched forlorn condition and in continual danger to be cast into everlasting Fire in which the Devil and his Angels are tormented Day and Night for ever and ever then for a long season I cryed in bitterness of Soul unto the Lord that I believed knew the very seeret Thoughts and Intents of all Hearts that he would shew Mercy unto me and teach me to know the Way wherein he would have me to walk for I was yet as a Stranger to and unacquainted with that which then and formerly reproved me for Sin in my Heart which is the Light of Christ and the true Christians Spiritual Way to God which when I did or spake any thing that added unto my Burden ever made me sensible that it was wrong before I did it and this aggravated my Sorrow And after several Months continuance in this dolorous condition by the Light of Christ in my Heart I saw the emptiness and insufficiency of all Formal and Ceremonial Worship of God that is not in his own Spirit and Truth in the inward parts which Spirit God ever heareth the cry of and which Truth he ever loveth out of which I could not but judge my self to have been with those I associated my self in that formal insufficient Worship which was no sooner ended but though Confession of Sins and Prayer for Repentance in a seeming Zeal had been made and Sin preached against yet before parting and sometimes in the Worship too the spirit and power of the Man of Sin that tempts into all Sin arose amongst us causing Laughter and ●olly and Vanty to appear amongst us which was far from a State of true Repentance And though of late before I had kept over the Witness of God the Light in my Conscience though it had often reproved me for Sin and had been like the rest of the company with whom I joined in Worship yet then the sence of my own deplorable state being upon me continually I could not appear in my former Jollity and Vanity amongst them but though mine Eye was chiefly upon mine own condition yet I could not be unsensible of their state which had so lately been mine own but in the love that thinketh no evil I mourned over them and sorrowed for them who then began to deride me And after I had thus remained for a Season till I durst no longer delay the time then I began to question them that had been my Teachers concerning the Light the Way of God and the Just Man's Path which had convinced me of all my Sins and in my Heart and Conscience reproved me for the same but alas the Teachers though professing to be Ministers of Christ the Light yet they were untaught by the Light and untaught of God by whom all true Christians are taught as Christ and his Holy Prophets and Apostles declared John 6.45 Isa 54.13 John 14.26 1 Kings 8.35 36. Heb. 8.11 1 John 5.20 And being willing to be satisfied as fully as I could amongst them as well concerning the Light as their doubtful Doctrines Ordinances and Ceremonies I passed over a considerable time in reasoning and discoursing with those of my Teacher whom I judged most able but though the most or all of them understood several Languages yet none of them owned the true Light wherewith Jesus Christ enlighteneth every Man and Woman that cometh into the World to be saving John 1.9 or of sufficiency to lead to Salvation whereby I plainly saw that they were