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A42606 A general epistle given forth by the people of the Lord, called, Quakers that all may know, we own none to be of our fellowship, or to be reckoned or numbred with us, but such as fear the Lord and keep faithfully to his heavenly power, that with a holy conversation they may adorn that truth they profess, otherwise, what experience soever they have had of the truth, and are fallen from it, we account them as so many Judasses or Demasses, and own such no more than the primitive Christians owned them; but we testifie against them, and say, such go into perdition through transgression, and fall under darkness into a state of damnation, twice dead, pluckt up by the roots, reserv'd in everlasting chains, until the judgment of the great day, except it be possible they yet can find a place of repentance through God's great unlimitted mercy. Read the general epistle of Jude. 1686 (1686) Wing G497A; ESTC R219864 9,860 26

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the prosperity of his heavenly Jerusalem who are Wells with Water and ●loud● with Rain to refresh the hearts of many with their Virtue through the Influence of the Lords heavenly Power and Showers of pure divine refreshing Bounty and are the Servants of the living God in their Measures in the true Faith and unity with the Disciples and holy Ministers of Jesus Christ who fell not with Judas by Transgression but kept the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ to the end and in the end received a Crown of Glory laid up for them in Christ Jesus and we testify for God against all dark Souls who may meet with us as if they were of us and profess the Truth yet have not on the Wedding Garment of uncerity and holy mindedness but are reprobate concerning the Faith and hold the Truth in Unrighteousness Such are Spots in our Feasts of Charity and partake not with us of the refershing sence of the holy Life of the pure God neither can they eat of the Flesh or drink with us of the Blood of the Lord Jesus or discern the Lords Body though we wish all such who come to our Meetings a better Condition that with us they may truly say Verily our fellowship is with the Lord's People in Christ Jesus So we give forth our general Testimony That we own none to be of us or to have ●nity with us but such as fear the true and ●●ving God and take up the Cross of Christ ●hich is his eternal Power that so they may ●e kept in the Faith that stands in the same ●ower to the purifying of their hearts and giving them victory over the World the Mystery of which Faith is held in a pure Conscience But we dearly cherish and love every tender desire that is raised up toward● God in all that their hearts and Souls may be kept hung●ing and thirsting after Righteousness ●arnestly breathing for Mercy from the ●ence of the weight of Iniquity which hath been upon them that so they may come to the state of the bruised Reed and smoking Flax to wait upon the Lord to renew their strength in his Power and to be Witnesses of his burning day to the purifying of their hearts and purging of their Iniouities with a true and pure spirit of Judgment and everlasting Burning let such receive incouragement for in due time thorow the exercise of Patience and faithfulness to God they will reap and not faint and attain their desired end but all such as Judas a traytor and Demas who turned from the Truth into the evil World Hymeneus and Alexander ●ho made shipwrack of Faith and a good Conscience we utterly deny and cannot own though they may in words and shew profess the Truth but their Fruits will make all such manifest and God's Wisdom will teach all the Lovers of it how to behave themselves towards all men in all states and conditions whatsoever and to love Enemies and false Friends and Brethrens Souls by wishing for them true Repentance unto Life that they may escape the danger of the Wrath and Indignation of God which will suddainly and everlastingly overtake all such as pe●severe in Unrighteousness and hold the Truth in it For as the Apostle saith Neither Fornicators nor Idolaters nor Adulterers nor Effaminate nor Abusers of themselves with MANKIND nor Thieves nor Covetous nor D●●nkards nor Revilers nor Extortioners shall inher it the Kingdom of God But if any have been so but now are sanctified washed and jnstified in the Name of the Lord Jesus by the Spirit of God it is well but all such as live and abide in such things aforementioned without Repentance will utterly perish The Apostle Paul in his first Epistle to the Corinthians chap. 6. reproveth the Corinthian-Believers for going to Law one with ●nother and that before the Unbelievers ●●d upbraids them for so doing asking them ●f there were not a wise man amongst them 〈◊〉 not one able to judge between his Brethren ●elling them it was utterly a fault amongst ●hem asking them Why they did not rather ●ake wrong or suffer themselves to be defrauded ●aying also Know ye not that we shall judge Angels how much more things that pertain to ●his Life Nay says he you do wrong defraud 〈◊〉 that your Brethren Do ye not know that in ●laces of Judicature all sorts of People are admitted to hear matters debated there And will ●t not be a shame for such as profess the Truth to ●e heard there by the vilest of men to endeavour to the utmost to uncover one anothers Nakedness for some worldly end or other this is worse than Ham's villiany who uncovered the real Nakedness of his Father to his Brethren only but these who may be called Quakers endeavour to uncover one anothers Nakedness to all Sects and sorts of People who will be Spectators thereof though they may be the vilest of men who hate the Truth This is far from Christianity and endeavouring to cover one anothers Nakedness Weaknesses Infirmities Let such who are concerned be ashamed of such things All false and Unjust Dealing Fraud and Deceit Cheating Over-reaching one another which things are Unchristian we utterly disown for Truth acteth Righteousness and to do to others as we would they should do to us but we would not that any through false pretences equivocations or sub●ilty should betray any by borrowing buying or otherwise whenas the bottom of the matter being found out it is found to be an implicite kind of Theft to get others Goods and things into their hands under pretence of borrowing or buying c. whenas aforehand they have known they have not been in a capacity to perform their Promises or Bargains which hath been the cause of Contention and Troubles and Law-suits and the Ruin of Families and casting into Prisons for Debt but the Truth and fear of God casts out all such things and introduces plainness and simplicity but the Lord helpeth the needy who trust in him and fuch have no need to exercise Craft and Fraud to live by as they fear and reverence the true and living God without guile he will bless them and help them and stir up true hearted Friends to do them good The poor man's Basket and store is blessed whose heart is with the Lord and his morcel of Bread and cup of cold Water as he stands in the counsel of God and keeps in to him and looks not out at others to murmur at their prosperity or covet their worldly substance but are content with their own present need or want their own Innocence and Righteousness will be felt amongst God's People who will answer their Conditions one way or other and if it were possible that should fail which is not the Lord for their sakes will cause Stones to be made Bread and the hearts of their Enemies to open and feed them This is concerning the Lords Poor who are neither slothful nor idle minded nor murmurers nor look