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A40938 A message from the Lord to all that despise the ordinance of Christ which is the power of God unto salvation; with an exhortation to faithfulnesse, which is the cause of true order: shewing the difference of election and reprobation, and the ground of true faith and false, from what centre they doe each of them arise, with order and disorder; and how a believer and an infidell may be known; the believer and the elected ones, as their fruits doe make manifest: with something in vindication by the scriptures, the conditions of the prophets and holy apostles, that those whom the world scornfully call Quakers as many as are born again of water and the Spirit that they are the only people of the Lord & do witness the same conditions that the scriptures doe declare of. Read the scriptures, both of the prophets and holy apostles, in whom the power of the Lord was made manifest, and see their conditions, to whom the Lord did manifest his power: they did both quake, tremble, and shake. R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666. 1653 (1653) Wing F491A; ESTC R218271 22,674 51

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becau●● they know him not ruling by his holy spi●●● rul ng in themselves therefore doe they 〈◊〉 know them that are borne againe in whom 〈◊〉 hath manifested his love and power as 〈◊〉 I John 3.1 Behold what manner of love the F●ther hath bestowed on us that we should be c●●● the Sonnes of God now we are the Sonnes 〈◊〉 God therefore the world knoweth us not ●●cause it knew not him and that is the reas●● why they speake evill of the truth beca●●● they know it not in themselves therefore th●● know it not in others where it is made m●nifest Jo. 4.5 6 because they are of the world the●●fore speake they of the world and the world hea●eth them we are of God he that knoweth God ●eares us he that is not of God heares us not ●ereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit ●f errour And this is the record that God hath ●iven to us eternall life and this life is in his ●onne 1 John 5.11 Now to know the Sonne 〈◊〉 to know the power of God ruling by the ●ower of his div●ne spirit operating within ●orking out all sinne and evill for he being made manifest is made manifest to destroy ●he works of the Devill Now he that hath ●he Sonne hath life and he that hath not the ●onne hath not life now this life is within ●herefore the end of all writing is to lay open ●hat which is the cause of dissention from the ●rue guide the sp●rit of truth The mystery of ●niquity hath borne rule long in man Anti●hrist that sits in the temple of God as God ●hewing himselfe to be God and sits deckt a●ove the Crosse Christ as a well-favoured Harlot having got Saints words in forme and method to speake of but not made conformable to them in life and conversation having onely the forme but denyes the power of godlinesse even Satan transformed into an Angel of light Leviathan the old crooked Serpent the Devill who is the enemy of all ●ighteousnesse be gets up into the highest ●orme and hath such faire colours that hee cannot be discerned but by the power an● where the power of truth is he rageth at i● both within and without and casts fort● flouds of wickednesse after it but the wit● kednesse of the wicked shall slay them th● Lamb shall overcome and get the victory Now the Lion of the tribe of Judah is takin● off the seales and opening the booke that ha●● beene sealed and doth discover Antichrist th● man of sinne with all his deceivablenesse an● his craftinesse how he lyes in wait to decei●● the simple Now where the simple desire is b●● got towards the truth minde that which do●● beget the desire and wait there upon th● Lord who first b●gets the will and then giv● power to act and perform that which is goo● upon the obedience to him for all the promises of God run upon the obedience Therefor deare heart minde the motions 〈◊〉 thee that doe arise to perswade thee to fo● sake that which is evill and to embrace th● which is good and it will bring thee into true discerning betwixt good and evill th● thou maist chuse the good and refuse the ev●● The Lord is now setting up the ministery● his Son in the spirits of his people and if the bee but still and sit in silence out of all m●● words and writings and outward teaching that arise from the first nature which is alt●gether corrupt and uncleans and if the her● be uncleane which is the ground then the words and writings must needes be the same therefore cease wholly from all that is outward and visible and come to know that which is inward and invisible for as the lightning commeth out of the East and shineth into the West so shall the comming of the Sonne of man be therefore wait wholly within to know thy teacher there doe but returne out of all thy own wisdome which is foolishnesse with God and returne out of all thy owne righteousnesse which is unrighteousnesse and so shalt thou know the wisdome and righteousnesse of God which is pure spirituall and divine which doth farre excell and go beyond all thine which wisdome is hid from all Vulterous eyes and venemous beasts and is not to be purchased with Gold nor Rubies nor Pearles nor the preciousest things that are Job 28. it is not to be found out by wit nor art study nor industry minde but to returne within out of all thy owne words thoughts or musings to have thy minde kept pure and free from all thoughts and objects without and thou wilt be fit to receive the teachings of the Father which will teach thee true knowledge indeed and thou wilt finde the booke of life to be opened to thy soule in waiting within hear glad tidings brought to thy soul and the everlasting Gospel will be preached to thee and the mysterie of godlinesse unfolde to thee which hath been hid from ages an● generations which now the Lord is revealin● by his spirit to those that wait upon him stan● wholly out of all mens words and sink dow● into the ground the eternall word of li●● within Rom. 10.8 and know it preached i● thy heart and it will melt thee and brea●● thee to peeces with the flowings forth of lo●● that runs forth from this pure Vine the Lor● Jesus Christ within open when he knock●● and if thou dost but lay thy finger on th● latch thou shalt feele the smell of myrrhe● Oh wait on the Lord for teaching and tho●● shalt heare words unexpressable which wi●● make thee to rejoice in the Lord with exceedi●● joy for the Kingdome of Heaven consiste● in righteousnesse peace and joy in the Ho●● Ghost where there is love and peace a●● joy and freedome in the Son of righteousnes● who is King of Kings and Lord of Lord● To him be praise honour and glory for eve● more All his works praise him Oh blesse 〈◊〉 Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever Written in the first yeare of Jubilee by o● that had been in Egypt under sore taxations 〈◊〉 Pharaoh and was redeemed by the pow●● of the Lord that sent his Angel the Messe●ger of the covenant of grace who leads 〈◊〉 Israelites the promised seede from place● place which leadeth up to him who 〈…〉 Keeper and their King This Angel of the Lord doth lead the promised seed through the Sea of many great and deep troubles and through the Wildernesse where there are fiery tryalls there to try all to see whether they will stand or fall there are such troubles there as seldome hath been knowne and there the Lord he gets himselfe renowne and so leades through the warsare spiritually where many a strong hold is throwne downe by the Lords owne powerfull hand and a●l his enemies are brought unto a stand and the Lord leades his seede into the promised Land that he may have the praise to whom it doth belong And thus the seede comes to
●●●gh truths but not to live in them and so ●●ou thinking to have both the love of God 〈◊〉 the love of the World Mat. 9.19 20 21 22 23 24. and the glory of 〈◊〉 ●od and the glory of the World and there 〈◊〉 catcheth thee with his bait and keepes ●●ee feeding upon fancies Heb. 11.24 25 26 and thou losest the ●●bstance and art among the Gentiles in the ●●●ward Court trodden under foot and at ●●●st cast into hell there to be tormented for ●●er Take heed to your selves all you that 〈◊〉 ●e professe God in words but in workes ●●●ny him it is not he that saith Lord Lord Mat. 7.21 ●●at shall enter into the Kingdome of Heaven ●●t he that doth the will of my Father saith Je●●s Christ Now be not Sayers but Doers ●●●nd walke in order to the spirit of God and 〈◊〉 will lead you and guide you into all 〈◊〉 ●●uth Suffer a word of Exhortation and Admo●●tion We have no envy to any mans person ●ut to his evill actions that he may not live 〈◊〉 them lest he be destroyed with a sore de●ruction and knowing the terrour of the ●ord out of love doe I perswade you all to ●●ke heede of dissembling with the Lord it is 〈◊〉 dangerous thing you say you love God with all your hearts ●ets 5.1 3 5 6. the 12. you say well but doe so Ananias and Saphira said that they brough all their substance to lay downe at the Apostles feet but did not and for their dissemble the judgement of God came upon them a●● struck them dead to the ground and t●● Lord is the same God of power now that 〈◊〉 was then take heed of dissimulation You say you love God with all your heart you that make a profession of him but 〈◊〉 knowes your hearts Ieb 4.13 now looke to it as y●● will answer it before the Lord the righteo● Judge of heaven and earth when you stand nakednesse of heart before the tribunall s● of judgement that you doe professe no mo●● then you doe possesse and practise lest t●● judgement of God come upon you at u●● wares as it did upon them and strike y●● dead to the ground and your name and 〈◊〉 mory come to rot and perish it is a dan●●rous thing to dissemble with the Lord loo● to it and let your love be made manifest your actions in walking in order to 〈◊〉 commands of the spirit of truth Rom. 8.13 14. Jesus Chr●●● the divine power of righteousnesse Now to love God is to keep his comm●● dements Joh. 14.15 1 Joh. 2.4 for saith Jesus Christ If ye 〈◊〉 me keep my commandements and he that s●● he loves God and keepeth not his commandem●●●● is a lyar and the truth is not in him See h●● you doe obey him in keeping his commandements and do not dissemble John 14.23 24. I command you to love one another saith Jesus Christ how doest thou obey this when thou livest in envie with thy br●ther Joh. 15.13 14. 1 Joh. 3.16 and he that envieth is a muderer as saith the Scripture take heed of disorderly walking God doth forbid it and the judgement of God hangs over thy head that doth so Now thou that livest in envie thou art a disorderly fellow and art guided by the spirit of errour 1 Joh. 4.6 7 8. yet thou canst talk much of God and of Christ but walkes contrary it is not the Sayer but the Doer that shall be justified before the Lord the righteous Judge take heed of dissimulation and disorderly walking for God is a God of order Saith Jesus Christ Mat. 5.1 20.44.45 46 47 4 Do unto all men as ye would be done by love your enemies blesse them that curse you pray for them that despightfully use you that ye may be the children of your Father which is in Heaven 1. But how do you walk in obedience to these commands when you mock and scoffe and scorne and deride others would you have them to doe so by you take heede of dissimulation lest the judgements of God come upon you at unawares and so destroy you with a sore destruction This is disorder to the spirit of truth it 〈◊〉 5.34.37 and tell you when you doe any evill the you should not doe so if thou doe but heat ken to it and let it lead and guide your mind● it will bring you to few words sollidnesse and temperatenesse in all things and to pr●●on faithfulnesse to be what you speake in a●● things for that is orderly and according t● the spirit of truth These with many more thou shalt find commanded in thy spirit written in the ne●● law of righteousnesse in thy heart 〈◊〉 31.33 if thou d●● but turne within to read there it will brin● thee to the law and to the testimony b. 8.10 alway● to see that thy thoughts words and action● be according to righteousnesse so shalt th● have peace in walking in obedience to th● righteousnesse of the law in thy heart and will not let thee doe any evill if thou dost b● minde its leadings in thee 〈◊〉 5.7 ●al 119. it will bring tha● to faithfulness and orderly walking toward God and Man in all things let all things b● done orderly by the spirit of truth that Go● may be glorified by you all that doe profe●● love unto his name and take heede of diss●● mulation and disorderly walking for 〈◊〉 God is a severe Judge and hee will not suff●● sinne to go unpunished for he is a God 〈◊〉 order and of purer eyes then to behold i●●quity be not Sayers but Doers professe 〈◊〉 more then you doe possesse and take heede 〈◊〉 speaking evill of that which you know not and if any thing seeme strange to your carnall mindes be not hasty in speaking evill of it but wait upon the Lord till it be made manifest to you for all the workes of God are strange to the carnall heart prove all things Eph. 5.1 11. hold fast that which is good but take heede of dissimulation and disorderly walking stand i●●we and sinne not for God is a God of truth is God of power and of purer eyes then to behold iniquity Thus saith the Lord Will ye not feare me Jer. 5.22 Will ●e not tremble at my presence Jer. 5.22 Would you not say it was madnesse Quest delusions or witchery and disorderly to see men and women to tremble now in these dayes What thinke you of it but thoughts are vaine that arise out of the earthly heart Answ But would it not be a wonder to you to see men and women to tremble 1 Cor. 3 19 20. and their flesh to shake and their bones to quake and some to fall downe to the ground and others to chatter like a Crane or a Swallow as Daniel and the men that were with him did Dan. 10.10 11. Isa 28.1 15. Hab 3.1 Psal 38 and as Hezekiah did and would
you not wonder to see some their bellyes to shake and their lips to quiver and to lye roaring by reason of the powerfull workings of God in them as Habakkuk and David did c. What think you could you owne the same power now that was then in those dayes and not despise it You may say it was so then Obj. but that is pa●● and now there are no such things to be looked f●● nor no such power as was then I answer Answ God is the same God of pow●● now that he was then and he doth make 〈◊〉 manifest in revealing his Son in us But you may say Obj. Revelations are ceased 〈◊〉 not to be looked for in our dayes You may as well say Answ God is ceased to b●● God and Christ to be Christ as to say so who art thou that limits the holy One of Isra●● by thy carnall mind 59.1 55.9 Gods power is not to b●● limitted which way he will manifest himself● but the wayes and workes of God are contrary to mans carnall wisdome as saith th●● Lord 〈◊〉 56.1 my wayes are not your wayes for as fr●● as the heaven is above the earth so far are 〈◊〉 wayes above your wayes and Christ saith 〈◊〉 that he is the same yesterday to day and fr●● ever ●●b 13.8 and he saith that no man knows the Father but the Son neither knows any man the So●●● but the Father and he to whom he is revealed● Mat. 11.27 Then there is no knowledge of God but by revelation of the Sonne he that hath the Son●● hath life ●oh 9. and he that hath the Sonne hath the Father also Take heede of limitting the holy one of Israel he is pouring forth his spirit upon Sons and Daughters according to his promises ●●●ts 2.18 as in Joel 2.28 Let God be God powerfull omnipotent ●●d incomprehensible let Christ be the power ●f God unto salvation immortall and invisi●●●e and not be seene with carnall mortall ●●●sible eyss and let him be a mistery to ●●e wise ones of the world that live in the ●istory and know not that which hath beene ●●recold let the carnall minde be as it is ●n enemy to Jesus Christ and death and de●truction is the portion of carnall mindes and ●he carnall minde is death and keepes the pure ●●●ede in bondage but now the vialls of ●●rath are to be poured forth upon the man ●f sinne the enemy of righteousnesse Rev. 16. Rev. 17. ● the Lord is making his power knowne in the ●earts of his people let despisers and won●erers perish God is the same that he was ●nd it is the same power now that is made manifest that was in the Saints and servants of the Lord in former ages as is made manifest by the Prophets and Apostles Therefore behold ye despisers and wonderers and perish Act. 13.4 I will worke a worke in your dayes though men declare it to you you will not believe them the Lord shall arise as in mount Perazim he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon that he may doe his worke his strange worke and bring to passe his act his strange ●act Now be ye not mockers lest your bands be made strong Isa 28.21 22. See the conditions of the servants of Lord in former ages to whom the power the Lord was made manifest read the S●●ptures and see whether you can own the s●●● power that they did that spoke them for yea or no I bear testimony to them thro●● death Joh. 3.3 14. thus saith the Lord to this man w●● looke that is poore and of a contrite spirit 〈◊〉 trembleth at my Word Isa 66.2 there is Go●● delight in broken spirits those that are bro●● by his Word in their hearts which is pow●●full Ieb 4.12 ●3 his Word is his power and the Word 〈◊〉 the Lord is quick and powerfull and sharper th●● any two edged sword to cut downe all lusts a●● corruptions and this Word is within R●●● 10.8 Now see could your lustfull mind●● owne this to see a man tremble would y●● not despise the worke of the Lord in him 〈◊〉 Take heede what you doe despisers and wo●●derers perish Acts 13.41 Isaac hee tremble● exceedingly Gen. 27.33 what thinke you b● that was it the power of God or the pow●● of the Devill that made him to tremble H●● Isaac been here in those dayes and trembled would you not have said it was madnesse delusions and witchery what thinke you i● not God the same God of power now tha● he was then take heed of despising the work● of the Lord despisers and wonderers perish Moses he did exceedingly feare an● ●●ake Heb. 12.21 what thinke you by that ●●t all the thoughts of the wise are vaine that ●se out of the first wisdome 1 Cor. 1.25 1 Cor. 1.19 20 21. and 27 28 29. the wisdome of ●●e flesh the wisdome of the world is foo●●nesse with God let it be so let God be ●●se and every man a foole for every man ●ust be a foole that he may be made wise ●●t had Moses beene here now and quaked ●ould not your wisdome despise him for it ●hat thinke you is not God the same now ●hat he was then despise not the worke of God take heede of despising the worke of ●he Lord for despisers and wonderers perish ●nd be ye not mockers lest your bands be made ●trong Acts 13.41 Isa 28.22 Moses he trembled at the worke of the Lord Acts 7.32 what power was that which made him to tremble was that the power of God or the power of the Devill what thinke you would you owne the same power now if you should see men tremble would you not mock them take heed of despising the worke of the Lord and be ye not mockers lest your bands be made strong our God is a God of power When the children of Israel came out of the Camp to meet with the Lord the whole mount quaked greatly Exod. 19.16 17 18. what power was that think you was that the power of God or the power of the Devill take heede of despising the work o● Lord none doe but infidells and unbelie those that never yet knew the power of in themselves working out sinne and evill destroying the workes of the Devill that despise it in others but despisers and ●●●derers perish take heed what you doe Job Job 14.14 Job 21.5 6 Job 16.14 15. Job 17.1 ● c. there was such feare and tremb●● came upon him that made all his bone shake and his flesh to tremble and his h●● also trembled and was removed out of place Job 31.1 what think you by this 〈◊〉 this the power of God or the power of Devill that made Job's bones to shake and flesh to tremble and removed his heart out its place and had Job beene in this gene●●tion and done so would you not have s● that he had beene mad c. but you 〈◊〉 take mad
mens words to talk of and kno●● nothing of their condition and where 〈◊〉 power of the Lord is made manifest in 〈◊〉 that they witnesse Isaac's Moses's or Jo● condition you cry out of delusion madne●● or witchery and so it is now as it was the there are mockers now to mock and sc●● those that witnesse their condition as the did see Job 17.2 saith he are there not makers Now the same persecutes the power 〈◊〉 truth take heed what you doe God is a Go● of power now as he was then I witnesse 〈◊〉 the conditions through death see what ●●ptures you can witnesse fulfilled in you experience spoken in from the life of the ●●ptures and live not in words without life they will faile you David lay roaring all the day long Psal 28. to v. 12. Psal 22.1 Psal 6.2 3. Psal 32.3 Psal 119.120.114.7.99.1.97.4 5.55.4 5. all his ●●es did shake and his flesh trembled hee ●●d there was no soundnesse in his flesh nei●●er was there rest in his bones he was feeble ●●d sore broken and roared by reason of the ●●squietnesse of his heart Psalm 38. his heart ●●nted and his strength failed him and his sight ●ew dim and all his bones did shake and his flesh ●emble what thinke you of this was this ●●e power of God or of the Devill See further the power of the Lord will ●●ake all earthly carnall hearts and bring ●owne all that are proud and lofty Isa 2.11 ●2 and 17 18 19 20 21. heare the Word of the Lord all ye that tremble at his Word Isa 66.5 See Isa 54. The power of the Lord maketh the nations to tremble Isa 54.1 Hezekiah chattered like a Crane or a Swallow Isa 28.14 15. that was his condition Jeremiah his heart within him was broken Jer. 23.9 Jer. 4.24 and all his bones did shake and his flesh did tremble because of the Lord and because of his holinesse will ye not feare me saith the Lord will ye not tremble at my presence for thus saith the Lord Jer. 5.22.10.10 Jer. 33.9.51.29.8.18 we have heard a v●● trembling of feare and not of peace A●● now and see whether a man travail with c●●● wherefore doe I see every man with his ha●● his loins as a woman in travaile and all fac●● turned into palenesse Jer. 30.5 6. What th●● you by this is not this a strange work 〈◊〉 a man should travaile with childe I tell 〈◊〉 all the works of the Lord are strange to 〈◊〉 none can owne his works but those that borne againe and except ye be born agai●● cannot enter into the Kingdome of Heaven is as hard a thing for a rich man to enter into Kingdome of Heaven as for a Camell to through the eye of a needle that 's a str●● worke also The word of the Lord came unto Ez●● saying Ezek. 12.18 19. Eat thy bread with quaking and dr●●● thy water with cheerfulnesse and with trembl● see further Exek 26.16 and 32.10 〈◊〉 people trembled also what power was 〈◊〉 think you Daniel he trembled and fell downe to ground the men that were with him qua●● Dan. 10.7.8.11 was that the power of G●● or the power of the Devill think you th● struck Daniel downe to the ground and m●● the men to quake and to run away for f●● to hide themselves take heed of despis● the workes of the Lord he is the s●● God of power that he was then Thus saith the Lord Joel 2.1 2. let all the Inhabitants the earth tremble and Joel saith the earth all quake before the Lord ver 10 11. see Na●● 1.5 6. Habakkuk his belly shoke and his lips did ●iver and his flesh trembled Hab. 3.16 Ezra he sat downe astonished at the power 〈◊〉 the Lord and the children of Israel came ●●to him trembling Ezra 9.3 4. Paul trembled at the voice of the Lord and ●ell downe to the ground Acts 9 4 5 6. The Corinthians received Paul with fear and ●●embling 2 Cor. 7.15 Paul wrote to the Philippians Phil. 2.12.13 and exhor●ed them to worke out their salvation with ●eare and trembling but saith he it is God ●hat worketh in you by his power and saith ●●e in another place the power of God wor●eth in me mightily the power of the Lord will make all flesh to tremble take heede of despising the power of God or resisting for ●n so doing you despise and resist the Ordinance of God and despisers and wonderers ●●perish Take heede of resisting and despising the power of God for he that despiseth the power despiseth the Ordinance of Christ who is the power of God unto salvation the Lord is now making his power knowne in his Sonnes and Daughters therefore 〈◊〉 every soule be subject to the higher pow●● God is a God of power and he is the righ●●ous Magistrate who beareth not the sword●● vaine he will not suffer sinne to goe unp●●●shed therefore take heed of dissimulation 〈◊〉 disorderly walking for God is a God of ●●der Thus saith the Lord Woe unto the wich●● it shall be ill with them for the reward of th●● hand shall be given them Isa 3.11 Say ye to the righteom it shall be well w●●● them for they shall eat the fruit of their doin● Isa 3.10 Rejoyce ye Saints and righteous Ones t●● Lord is Keeper and Rewarder for saith h● Blessed are you when men revile you ●uke 6. ●● 23. ●sac 5.11 ●● and per●●cute you and say all manner of evill against y●● falsly for my sake rejoyce and be exceeding gl●●● for great is your reward in heaven rejoyce 〈◊〉 as much as ye are partakers of Christs s●●fering that when his glory shall be reveale 〈◊〉 ye may be glad also with exceeding joy If 〈◊〉 be reproached for the name of Christ happy 〈◊〉 ye for the spirit of glory and of God resteth up●● you on their part he is evill spoken of on yo●● part he is glorified 1 Pet. 4.14 Therefo●● rejoyce with exceeding great joy Now see who deny the Scriptures b●● those that deny to live in the life of the●● professe no more then you doe possesse Tit 1.1 and be not Sayers but Doers for you had better never professe any thing at all then to profess ●nd not put in practise what you do profess ●or it will rise up in judgement against you Many shall come from the East and West Mat. 8.12 ●nd shall sit downe with Abraham Isaac and ●acob in the Kingdome of Heaven and the Children of the Kingdome shall be cast into utter darknesse FINIS A MITE given forth of the TREASURIE Christian Friends THE end of all my writing is to t●●● off false aspersions that are cast up●● the c●uch by those that speake evill of th●● they know not and to exhort them to b●● mindefu l of the tru● guide that would gui●● them and lead them out of darknesse 〈◊〉 those that know the name of the Lord th●● cannot but speake well of him but
its rest at Sion the beauty of holiness where there is a largeness of the love of God who will rule all nations with his Iron rod the Lord is King ruling there in power each day and eke each houre To him alone be all praise honour and glory both now and evermore Amen Farewell Thine in the Vine Rich Farneworth Sinne kept out of the KINGDOME ALL Professors and People consider whe●● you are and from whence you are fal●● you that plead for sinne and say none can b● set free from sin while they are in the world you plead for an hold for Saran in yo● whilest you are here and where will you hav● him cast out or what fellowship can you have with God whilest the Serpent is head● you you are separated from God and know● him not for what communion hath light with darknesse God is light and he that dwells i● God dwells in light ●h 1.5 and in him is no darkness at all but whilest you live in sin you live in darknesse and the God of this world hath blinded your eyes that you cannot see it or 4.4 you are led captive at his will to serve him and you are willing to be so and you do not believe that you shall ever be otherwise you are servants to sin and you take pleasure in it you are in the flesh and sin and have made● covenant with hell and death you are resolved to serve and please the flesh whilest you ●e and you will repent at your death Psal ● Heb. you ●e forgot that your times are in the hand of ●e Lord and that this is the day of grace and pentance which you turn into lascivionsness ●d wantonness you make it plainely appeare ●n love your luftfull pleasures and filthinesse ●ore then God you that love the world and ●e things of the world 1 John 15 16. the love of the Fa●●er is not in you for whom ye love him ●ill you follow Christ saith If yee love 〈◊〉 follow mee keepe my Commandements Joh. 14.6 ●nd those who follow him he leades th●m out ●f all the wayes of sinne into the wayes of ●urity and holinesse and so he is the way to ●e Father for without holiness none can ever ●e God for he is of purer eyes then to behold ●old iniquity neither can any uncleane thing ●ome in his sight but whilest you follow the of disobedience bringing forth fruits of ●n and unrighteousnesse having your conversa●ion in the earth and earthly things following ●our corrupt wills and pleasures and yet you will professe you love God and owne him in words and the Devill in practise O horrible ●ypocrite I shall not the righteous God finde you out and reward you according to your workes you cannot deceive him you deceive your selves who thinke to be heires of two Kingdomes you will have the pleasures of sin here and you say you hope to be h● of the Kingdome of Heaven too but hope of the hypocrite shall perish remem● thy Father Dives in whose steps thou walk● and the same way leades to the same end 〈◊〉 Lord saith that the wicked shall be turned to Hell 9.17 and all they that forget God but deceit in it sayes that thou must live in f●● whilest thou art here and have thy though● in the world and yet thou shalt enter into 〈◊〉 Kingdome of Heaven too Now who must lyar whether God or thou O vaine m●● was it not Sin that separated God and M●● at the first and thinkest thou to be reconcil● againe so long as sin stands in thee Man w●● not created in sinne but pure and holy in th●● Image of God and whilest he stood here 〈◊〉 had communion with God ●en 127. and had that pu●● wisdome of God by which he was able to s●● into the wonders of God ●en 2.19 ● and to give nam● unto all creatures ●en 3.24 but so soon as he had committed sin he was stript of all this and became naked and was thrust out of Paradis● and was cursed from the Lord yea the grou●● was cursed for his sake and all this becaus● of sin which thou thinkest so light of so od●●ous is sinne in the pure eyes of the holy God and didst thou but know thy condition 〈◊〉 thou lyest in sinne in thy first birth a child 〈◊〉 wrath and one to whom all the curses in th● ●ok of God are due thou wouldst tremble at 〈◊〉 and not plead for it wherein thou plainly ●ewest thy selfe to be a servant of the Devil ●●d pleads for his Image and K●ngdome and ●ere it not that he had blinded thy eyes thou ●ightst see where thou art when thou thus busest the goodnesse of God that having left he sins and faylings of others upon record 1 Cor. 6 7 8 9 10 11. ●s warning to all that come after not to doe he like and these thou makest u●e of to en●ourage thee in thy sin and filthinesse and be●ause God is mercifull to pardon Sinners what time soever they repent therefore thou ●●rt encouraged to live in sin the lo●ger unrepented or Now all that have eys in their h●ads may plainly see whose children they are for the Apostle saith Rom. 2. Know ye not that the long suffering and forbearing of God leades to repentance It doth so to the children ●f God but that Scripture is fulfilled in thee which saith because Judgement is not speedly executed on the wicked therefore his heart is set in him to work wickednsse and thus thou makest the mercy of God a cloake for thy u●●g●●●ous actions and yet thou wilt talk of a Rede●mer and of saith in Christ But O friend where is thy redemption witnessed whilest thou art yet in thy sinnes what art thou redemmed from Joh. 8.35 36. or what art thou redeemed to those who are redeemed are set free from the servitude of sin but thou servest sin as long as thou obey the motions of it then where is freedome canst thou witnesse Christ dyed thee and thy sin is still alive how wilt 〈◊〉 witnesse his death in thee or thy selfe d●● with him the Saints who were dead 〈◊〉 Christ were dead to sin and saith Paul 〈◊〉 can you who are dead to sin ●om 6.2 ●om 6. ●7 live any longer the in and saith those that are dead with Ch●●● are free from sinne and are become servant● righteousnesse And saith he Now being m●● free from sin ●om 6.22 and become servants of God ye h●● your fruit unto holinesse and the end eternall l●● but whilest thou livest in sin thy fruit is unho●● and the end thereof is death and then whe●● is thy redemption they who are redeem●● by Christ are redeemed from earth earth●● things up to God again from whence they h●● faln out of every Kindred and Tongue and Pe●ple ●ev 5.9.10 and Nation and are made unto God King and Priests to reigne above sin and the ear●● and are