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A54045	Observations on some passages of Lodowick Muggleton, in his interpretation of the 11th chapter of the Revelations as also on some passages in that book of his stiled, The neck of the Quakers broken, and in his letter to Thomas Taylor : whereby it may appear what spirit he is of, and what god his commission is from : whereunto is added A brief account of my souls travel towards the Holy Land, with a few words concerning the way of knowing and receiving the truth / written ... by Isaac Pennington.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1668 (1668)	Wing P1181; ESTC R23187	23,070	30

without may easily be deceived In p. 25. he saith God hath made him the Judge of the Scriptures Observ Let him that readeth wait to feel the Spirit which is of God and the Light wherein God dwells and that will open Scriptures and the mysteries of the Kingdom to him he abiding in unity therewith through the pure subjection thereto and manifest to him who is the Judge in spiritual matters in Gods Israel Again p. 25. he saith further We the Witnesses of the Spirit do know more then Moses the Prophets and Apostles did things of more higher concernment Observ The Apostles were not the least in the Kingdom but in the glory of the day 1 Pet. 2. 5. in the Eternal Life in him that was true 1 John 5. 20. and they had the whole Counsel of God even a Ministry sufficient to perfect the Work of God in the Saints Ephes 4. 12. that so they might present men perfect in Christ Jesus Col. 1. 28. And happy is he that receiveth their testimony and cometh into and walketh in that Light which their message was concerning 1 John 1. 2. verse 5 7. Yet again p. 25. he saith The Quakers have only the dead letter of other mens words whose light was but dark in comparison of the light that comes by this commission of the Spirit Observ Yes they have much more then the dead letter of other mens words for they witness the living Spirit and are taught thereby and subject thereto Blessed be the Lord who is become the Shepherd and Teacher of his people himself according to his Promise And as for the Apostles light being dark in comparison c. Observ We all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord are changed into the same image from glory to glory even of the Lord the Spirit 2 Cor. 3. 18. Again God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ chap. 4. 6. In that day the woman was clothed with the Sun for as many as are truly baptised into Christ have put on Christ Gal. 3. 27. had the Moon under her feet and was crowned with a Crown of twelve Stars and not only travelling to bring forth but brought forth the Man-child which was to rule all Nations They who are indeed in the Spirit know that the Light which is now broke forth is but the Light of the same Day which shined then very gloriously in them who were the glory of Christ 2 Cor. 8. 23. They had the Spirit of God plentifully poured upon them which opened to them the mysteries of the Kingdom and the deep things of God 1 Cor. 2. 9 10. And how highly soever he think or speak of himself yet this is known concerning him that he hath a very great journey to travel before he can come to that measure of Light that they were in or to receive that proportion of the true Spirit that they received For he is yet quite out of it In p. 29. he affirmeth That it was the very God-head Life that suffered death Observ If the God-head Life suffered death what power was left to raise it up again I am the Resurrection and the Life said Christ but he spake concerning that which raised Lazarus which was of an immortal nature and could not die not concerning the body but the Life and Power of the Father which dwelt in and was revealed through the body which died not with the body but remained alive to raise the body What kind of doctrine is this that the very God-head Life suffered death and so to make the Creator mortal like the Creature In p. 39. he saith God the King of Heaven is not in this World at all Observ Whether shall I go from thy Spirit or whether shall I flee from thy Presence said David who had the Spirit of God If I ascend up into Heaven thou art there if I make my bed in Hell thou art there c. Psal 139. 7 8. And do not I fill Heaven and Earth saith the Lord Jer. 23. 24. But L. M. hath affirmed contrary to these Testimonies that God is not in this World at all In p. 48. he saith I am the only and alone Judge what shall become of men and women after death neither shall those that are damned by me see any other God or Judge but me or that Sentence which I have passed upon them Observ Is he God is he Christ is he the only one is there not another God another Judge Yes we know there is another who judgeth otherwise then he hath judged who judgeth that to death which he judgeth to life and that to Life which he judgeth to death And in the Resurrection of the just and the unjust shall not both the just and unjust see him who is the Judge Read Matth. 25. 31 c. Again p. 48. he saith No man upon the Earth can or ought to judge of the Doctrine of a Prophet that hath a Commission from God Observ Cannot he judge who hath the Anointing Doth not he that is a Child of God receive his Spirit and is not the Spirit of God able to judge in them that receive it Judge not according to the appearance saith Christ but judge righteous judgment Joh. 7. 24. Did Christ absolutely forbid men from judging concerning him or his doctrine and miracles or did he not rather direct them how they might judge aright I speak as to wise men judge ye what I say 1 Cor. 10. 15. The Apostle had a Commission from God yet he did not barrmen from judging of his words but bid them judge and the same Apostle saith Let the Prophets speak two or three and let the others judge 1 Cor. 14. 29. Is the Spirit of God given to and received of the Believer and shall he not therewith judge concerning Spirits and Doctrines and Commissions which pretend to be of him and Apostles and Angels whether they be Angels of Light indeed or only such as would so appear Believe not every Spirit but try the Spirits whether they are of God 1 John 4. 1. And they which are of God love to come to the Light which tries and makes manifest but they that are not of God refuse to be tried by it Thou hast tried them that say they are Apostle and are not and hast found them Lyars Rev. 2. 2. God giveth that Light that Spirit that Anointing to his which hath in it ability to try and they ought to try therewith Doctrines Spirits Prophets Apostles and certainly find thereby that they are of him before they receive them or else they may easily be deceived Despise not prophesyings saith the Apostle 1 Thes 5. 20. but yet withal though a man may not despise them yet neither may he receive them without due trial therefore the Apostle in the next words adds Prove

before And as under the Law men were to hear Moses so under the Gospel men are to hear Christ in all things and he that doth not hear him is to be cut of as Acts 7. 37. In p. 62. he saith Though the Prophets and Apostles were anointed and sealed of God for that great Work will it follow therefore that you Quakers because you read their Writings that you are anointed and sealed of God for the Work of the Ministry Observ Where was this ever affirmed by them But this they certainly know and faithfully testifie that they have received the very same Spirit in measure which the Prophets and the Apostles had and minister in its Name and Authority and Demonstration and have the true and living Seal of their Ministry in many hearts In p. 17. he saith As for my mouth being full of cursing that is my Commission And p. 18. God hath ordained me the chief Judge in the World at this day to give sentence upon men and womens spiritual and eternal state what will become of them after death Full of this cursing I confess my mouth is and I do rejoyce in it too c. Observ When Christ pronounced Judgment upon Jerusalem he did it weeping Matth. 24. 37 38. and Luke 19. 41 c. And the true Apostle knew that those that watched for the soul when they gave up the account concerning such as did not submit to and obey the Truth but rebelled against it and perished they could not do it with joy but with grief Hebr. 13. 17. In p. 69. He teacheth his Disciples to curse men to eternity despsing spirits he calls them such he means as do not own his Commission but know it not to be of God and faithfully testifie against it Observ Christ taught his Disciples to bless saying to them Bless them that curse you Matth 5. 44. And the Apostles said Bless and curse not Rom. 12. 14. And Christ is the same at this day and teacheth his Disciples so now Yea I and many others can faithfully witness it that since we felt the seed of blessing in our hearts we never learned of it to curse any man but rather to pity them and pray to the Lord for them and direct them to the holy Light Spirit and Power whereby they might be turned from their iniquities and come into the blessing as Acts 3. 26. And though he pretends that those whom he curses have sinned the sin against the holy Ghost and are Devils yet that is but the judgment of his spirit not of Gods Spirit for they are in that which keeps from grieving Gods Spirit much more from sinning the great and unpardonable sin against it In p. 63. he saith Neither do I curse any until he judge me first Observ Feel ye that have true sense and understanding what moves him to curse In p 73. he saith If the witness that informed me did not witness truth then the Sentence which I have passed upon them shall be of no value Observ How often hath he affirmed his Judgment to be infallible and such as God himself could not reverse But here it seems it is such as may be passed by hearsay and depend upon the Witnesses words so that if the Witness that informed him spake truth it shall stand but if the Witness did not speak truth then the Sentence which he hath passed shall be of no value What shall a man be commissionated and receive authority from God to judge irreversibly so as God himself cannot pardon that man he hath judgeth as he affirmeth and yet that man not receive true sense wisdom and understanding from God to preserve him from misplacing it but it may be a true Judgment or a false Judgement according as the Witnesses information was Ah cease deceit and for shame be silent thy covering is manifestly too narrow In p. 66. he saith speaking of the penalty or punishment of the Laws If my innocency nor money will not deliver me I must and will suffer under it Observ He hath took scope enough to avoid the cross or suffering by any Laws which might lay hold on him for Conscience sake The Apostles never saved themselves by money from their sufferings for their Testimony In p. 70. he saith Every man that reads the Scriptures doth think to find Eternal Life in them as Christ said to the Jews and as you Quakers and others do now adayes Observ Do the Quakers think to find Eternal Life in the Scriptures did they ever teach men so have they not very often faithfully testified otherwise Not in words concerning the thing but in the thing it self in the Word which was in the beginning and from the beginning do they look to find Eternal Life Yea and there they have found it and do live in the Life which is Eternal and the Life which is Eternal lives in them This Testimony hath the living seal to it whereby it may be known by those that are truly living and cannot be shaken But he hath manifestly in this thing as in several others also discovered himself to be a false Witness and a false Witness can never be a true Judge Nay alas his judgment is of and like his spirit which manifestly is not of God and his knowledge which he holds forth leads not to God not to Life but to the Chambers of Hell and Death Observations on some Passages in his Letter to Thomas Tayler IN Page 5. he saith I marvel what satisfaction any man can have in his mind in believing in a Quakers God to tell a man that God abides in himself and is what he is Observ Doth not God say to Moses concerning himself I am that I am When Moses desired to know how he should answer the Israelites when they should enquire who sent him to them God bid him tell them that I am had sent him Exod. 3. 14. How could the Israelites understand what God was by this what satisfaction could they find in this answer of Moses would this spirit say But God is not to be known by the description of words of the earthly wisdom but in his own feeling Spirit and Life In p. 11. he saith concerning the Quakers That which purifies your hearts is the Law written in your seed or nature even the same as was written in the Angel-serpents nature before his fall which is no other but the nature of Reason Observ This is not a true Testimony for the Light wherewith Christ enlightneth the Soul to redeem and bring it back out of the Fall is not of the nature of Reason but confounds corrupt Reason and brings it into the dust begetting the Soul into the Divine Wisdom and giving it to pertake of the Divine Nature Yea that which we are born of and purified by as we sensible feel and truly understand is not the nature of the Serpents reason but the immortal Word of Gods eternal Power which doth that in us and for us which the