observations so in all these my turnings in my carnall wisdom seeking the Kingdom of God in observations without thither the flaming sword turned which kept the way of the tree of life and fenced me from it and cut me down and rent all my fig-leave coverings and neuroyed that minde that looked out to seek the Kingdom of Heaven in observations or to hearken any more to hear the word of the Lord from man then my mind was turned within by the power of the Lord to wait in his counsel the light in my conscience to hear what the Lord would say And the word of the Lord came unto me and said put up thy sword into thy scabard if my Kingdom were of this world then would my children fight knowesâ— thou not that if I need I could have twelve legions of Angels from my Father which word enlightned my heart and discovered the mystery of iniquity and that the Kingdom of Christ was within and the enemies was within and was spiritual and my weapons against them must be spirituall the power of God Then I could no longer fight with a carnall weapon against a carnall man for the dead letter which man in his carnall wisdom called the Gospel had deceived me but then the Lord discovered to me the deceits of all these men in England that were seeking the Kingdom of Heaven in outward observations And the messenger of the Covenant forth of his mouth proceeded the two edged sword with which he slayes his enemies cut me down and caused me to yeeld in obedience to put up my carnall sword into the seabbard 〈◊〉 leave â—â—e Army Then I returned to my outward habitation and calling I had in the world and there laboured with my hands my mind being turned within to wait upon the Lord in the way of his judgements and this I witnesse the administration of Moses in which Cain is banished Esâ—u rep obated Pharâ—oh plagued the first born of Egypâ— slain and my wiâ—l brought in subjection for the Lord to do with me what his will was if he condemned he might and if he saved me it were his free love and in this condemned estate I lay crying in the depth of misery without any hopes of deliverance by any thing I could do to pacifie the wrath of God till the administration of the Prophets that witnessed to my soul therewhere free redemption laid up for me in the Lord Jesus and by the power of the word of their testimony there was a secret hope raised up in me to wait for his coming there I waited till the administration of 〈◊〉 and I witnesse that of all that is born of a woman there is 〈◊〉 â—â—reater then Iohn for he is a burning and a shining light who discovered more of the mystery of iniquity in me in his administration and the sence of my condition was more manifest the cry of my condemned soul was great and could not be satisfied I breathed and thirsted after Christ to save me freely through his blood or I perished for ever and in this condemned estate I lay waiting for the coming of Christ Jesus who in the appointed time of the father appeared to my soul as the lightnings from the Eâ—st to the West and my dead soul heard his voyce and by his voyce was made to live who created me to a lively hope and sealed me up in the everlasting Covenant of life with his blood then I witnessed the wages of sin and death and the gift of God eternal life through Jesus Christ my Lord and I witnessed according to testimony of Scripture death reigns over all from Adam to Moses and Moses untill the Prophets and the Prophets untill Iohn and from this day the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force there is no rest to the soul till Christ bee manifest and this the Scripture witnesseth and I witnesse these Scriptures fulfilled in mee in the year according to the account 1645. The witnesses that stood before the God of the earth and had power to plague the earth having finished their testimony the 〈◊〉 ascends out of the bottomlesse pit and makes war against 〈◊〉 and kill them and their dead bodies lay in the streeâ— of the great Citty spirituall Sodom and Aegypt where our Lord was crucified and this Scripture was fulfilled in me in the year according to account 1648. Then Kindreds tongues and the Nations of the earth made merry over the witnesses and I see the abomination that maketh desolate which is spoken of by Daniel the Prophet standing in the holy place where it ought not and then was I led by the Spirit into the wildernesse and tempted of the Devill that the Scripture might be fulfilled Luke 4.1 In that day and hour of temptation which was in the time as the lines following giveth testimony I witnessed these Scriptures fulfilled in me of Pauls condition wherein he complained as I then did who found a law in my members warring against the Law of my mind that when I would do good evil was present with mâ— the sence of which caused me to cry Oh wretched man that 〈◊〉 who shall deliver me from the body of this death And as 〈◊〉 crying to the Lord to free me from the burthen I groaned under the word of the Lord came unto me saying My grace is sufficient for thee I will deliver thee and by the power of his word I was armed with patience to wait in his counsel groaning under the body of sin in the day and hour of temptation untill it pleased the Lord to manifest his power to free me which was in the year according to the account 1651. The spirit of life from God entred into the witnesses and they stood upon their feet then great fear fell upon all that saw them and the Temple of God was opened in Heaven and I saw in his Temple the Ark of his Testament and there were lightnings voyces thunder earth-qâ—akes and great hail then mystery Babylon the great the mother of harlots and the abomination of the earth which made all Nations drunk with the wine of the wrath of her fornication she was discovered in me and God remembred her when the mighty day of the Lords power was manifest upon her Jesus Christ was revealed from Heaven in flaming fire pouring vials of wrath upon her and rendring vengeance upon all in me that knew him noâ— and disobeyed his Gospel and purged away the filthy nature that did me imbondage with the spirit of judgement and with the spirit of burning so through the righteous law of life in Christ Jesus I was made free and am from the body of sin and death and through these great tribulations my garment is washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb who
THE DISCOVERY Of the great enmity of the Serpent against the seed of the Woman which witnesseth against him where he rules both in Rulers Priests and People Whose hearts are now made manifest in this great day of the Lords power wherein he is sending his Sons and Dâ—ughters in the power of his spirit to run to and fro to declare his word WHICH Discovereth the state of England who according to her own lusts hath heaped up Teachers to her self that hath spoken smooth things to her calling her the beautifull Church and Spouse of Christ but in the day of tryall she is found in enmity to Christ in his appearance in his children and to be in the estate deluded from the spirit of truth recorded in 2 Tim. 4.2.3 Which cannot indure sound Doctrine having itching eares and turns them away from the truth to fables and now are Englands Teachers tryed she hath leaped up to her self and their doctrine proved and their Ministery made manifest in the great enmity they manifest against Christ in persecuting the bodies of his Saints them to destroy whom he hath sent to preach freely his eternal Word for which they are stoned beaten and imprisoned and many of Englands Teachers whom she upholds stirs up the people so to doe Being deceived not regarding what is spoken that neither fornicator nor idolator nor a adulterer nor effeminate nor abuser of themselves with mankind nor covetous nor drunkards nor revellers nor extortioners shall inherit the Kingdom of God 1 Cor. 6.9 10. A true testimony of him the world knows by name William Deusbery and in scorn calls Quaker who hath been by them imprisoned in York Darby Leicester and Northampton where he is now kept in the common Goal for the word of God and testimony of Iâ—sus Châ—ist Also his Call to the Ministry of the everlasting Gospel by the still voyce of the Spirit of God and his mighty power destroying with the flaming sword the disobedient that would not stand in his counsell and causing the soul to submit to his counsel the light that comes from Christ in it to wait on him to open the seales of the Book and make known the mystery of eternall life to the soul the Scripture testâ—fieâ—h is in Christ the truth of it to know as it is in Iesus The word of the Lord to all in England whom the Lord hath betrusted with power from the highest to the lowest to see the peace be kept and to judg the cause of the People with righteous judgement VVith a lamentation over all in England who oppose Christ in his spiritual appâ—arance and to slight the day of your visitation to your own destruction From the common Goal in Northampton the 25. day of the 4. month 1655. LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert at the VVest end of Pauâ—s 1655. The Discovery of the great enmity of the Serpent against the seed of the woman which witnesse against him where he rules both in Ruler Priest and People Oh people in England AM I become your enemy because I tell you the truth and deales plainly with you in declaring the minde of the Lord unto you which in the eternal riches of his love he hath made known unto me by the word of God and testimony of Jesus Christ for which word and testimony I suffer outward bonds and persecutions as my Lord and Master did who was called a blasphemer Belzebub the Prince of Devils by the High Priests who cryed to the unjust Magistrates to deliver him up into their hands that their persecuting murthering spirits that thirsted after his blood might be satisfied which the unjust men in Authority to doe them a pleasure in satisfying their wills abused their power and delivered him up and though they proved not any thing against him they put him to death calling him a blasphemer and he sealed his testimony with his blood And all my holy Brethren Prophets and Apostles were called Blasphemers Hereticks Seducers and Deluders by the false Prophets High-Priests and Pharisees then who professed the name of God in words but denyed him in their practises and persecuted his children who were guided by his word under the names formerly written as I and my brethren is now persecuted by the same generation which professe God and Christ in words but denying him in their practises living in pride and pleasures envy and muâ—der every way persecuting and seeking to destroy the bodies of the Saints of the most high God where the righteous seed is raised up which witnesseth against their unrighteous practises and discovers them in their secret hypocrisie which is hid under their voluntary humility which causeth them to appear what they are and manifests what was hid in their hearts under their faire coverings of outward formes and profession of Religion which they now manifest forth by their fruit whose children they are in obedience to their father the Devil who was a persecuter and a murtherer from the beginning whose works they now doe that professe Christ in words but denies to be guided by his spirit for his spirit is no persecuter and so are they made manifest in what they doe to all that have eyes to see that they are strangers to Christ while they continue in Cains nature persecuting the righteous seed without a cause as he did and doth in this Nation both in the North of it and in other Prisons in severall places of it there hath been cast into them the Saints and Children of the most high God for obeying his will in witnessing forth his eternall Word that he hath made manifest in them And no breach of any Nationall Law proved against them but a Popish Law made in Queen Maries Reigne which some hath suffered under and many others of the Saints and Children of the most high God they have persecuted and cast into prisons and not the breach of any Nationall proved against them but in the pride and envy of their hearts doe they persecute the innocent to satisfie their own wills as I am a witnesse against them who have persecuted me and cast me into prison under the name of a Seducer as they say for the Seducing of the people of this nation and for suspition of Blasphemy and breaking of the publick peace in dispersing principles contrary to the truth of the Gospel and peace of the Nation and not any accuser appeared to my face to prove what they charge against me as is formerly written either by the Law of God or the Law of the Nation but the Serpent in whom he rules hath manifest his enmity against me whom the Lord hath redeemed from the Earth and sent to preach the everlasting Gospell to those that dwell upon the Earth and to witnesse against the wickednesse of the dark world that the deeds thereof are evill for which testimony the world that hates the light that comes from Christ whom they ever persecuted to fulfill the measure of their fathers iniquities hath me
and my brethren persecuted under the names as formerly written charging me with making tumults and breaking the publick peace for walking in obedience to the Spirit of Christ which guided all he sent to preach his Gospel to run to and fro as I have done in thee oh England that knowledge may be increased as is recorded in the Scripture of truth Dan. 12.4 And is according to the commands of Christ Go your wayes Behold I send you forth as lambs among wolves carry neither purse nor scrip nor shoos and salute no man by the way and into what City ye enter and they receive you eat such things as is set before you Luke 10 3 4 8 verses But beware of men for they will deliver you up to their counsell and they will scourge you in their Synagogues and you shall be brought before Governours and Kings for my names sake but he that endures unto the end shall be saved Mat. 10.17 18 22 verses According as it is written the wicked world that always did as they now do persecute the Messengers of Jesus Christ who to them were and are sent to witnesse against them in their markets and meeting places that their deeds are evil which the children of this generation that are strangers to the leadings of the spirit of truth calls them that are guided by the spirit to walk according to the Scripture makers of tumults movers of sedition breakers of the publick peace as the unrighteous generation did who persecuted Christ and his Apostles whose practice was to declare the mind of God in their Synagogues and Markets as the Ministers of Christ do now And they found him in the Temple sitting in the midst of the Doctors both hearing and asking the questions Luke 2.46 When Jesus came to Nazareth where he had been brought up and as his custome was he went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day and as was declaring the word of eternal life to the people all they in the Synagogue when they heard these things he spake were filled with wrath and rose up and thrust him out of the City and led him to the brow of the hill whereon the City was built that they might cast him down headlong But he passed through the midst of them and went his way Luke 4.16 28 29 30. And Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ not of man neither by man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead Gal. 1.1 He was a chosen Vessel unto the Lord to bear his name amongst the Gentiles and Kings and the children of Israel Acts 9.15 It was his practise to go too and fro to preach the word of eternall life to the people in their Synagogues and Markets as the Ministers of Christ doth When Paul Silas came to Thessallonica where was a Synagogue of the Iewes Paul as his manner was went in unto them and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures Acts 17 1 2. When Paul went unto Athens his spirit stirred in him when he saw the whole City given to Idolatry therefore disputed he in the Synagogue with the Jewes and with the devout persons and in the Markets daily with them that met with him Then certain of the Philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoâ—cks encountred him and some said what will this babler say other some he seemeth to be a setter forth of strange Gods because he preached unto them Jesus and the Resurrection Acts 17.16 17 18. verses And all my Brethren this day with me that witnesseth Christ Jesus risen from the dead and are sent to preach Christ the Resuâ—rection who hath enlightned every one that is come into the world that all his light that from him comes that shewes them sin waite for his power to cleanse them from sin and raise them out of the fallen and dead estate by the power of his resurrection to live in pure obedience to God We are by these the world calls their Ministers and Teachers withstood as Iannes and Iambres withstood Moses But the Lord is making them daily manifest that all shall see their folly and by them be no more deceived 2 Tim. 3.8 9. And as the heathen Phylosophers before written encountred Paul so hath these men encountred with us as before written for witnessing Jesus the resurrection and the true light that lightneth every one that comes into the world And as Tertullus the heathen Orator accused Paul before Felix Acts 24.1 5. We have found this man a pestilent fellow and mover of sedition amongst all the Iews throughout the world and a ring-leader of the sect of the Nazarens The same spirit that was in the heathen Orator Tertullus that led him to accuse Paul before Felix did Edward bowles whom the people of the world calls Minister and teaches in the high place in York manifest to be in him who never had spoken to me when he by that dark spirit was led to give in an information against me and at the time when it were expected I should have the priviledg of the Law that theeves and murtherers had by it to be tryed and my accusers to appear face to face the said Edward Bowles did not appear to prove against me what was written in the Information neither a perfect copie of it would he or they that had it in keeping give 〈◊〉 when it was demanded least their works of darknesse should be broughâ—â—o light but what was brought to light when it was demanded of Edward Bowles This is a perfect copie that he wrote with his own hand as followeth It is informed that on William Deusbery a ringleader of the persons called Quakers goes up and down the country of York and is now in the west riding thereof dispersing principles prejudicall to the truth of the Gospel and peace of the Common-wealth It is therefore desired that seeing no man is allowed publickly to exercise his gifts to a particular Congregation unlesse he be first tryed and approved that the said William Deusbery may not be permitted to go up and down from place to place teaching untill he receive approbation of some persons who shall be thought fit to judge how agreable his principles are to truth and peace This is the substance of what I delivered into Mr. Payler but the particular words I cannot exactly remember but I believe they doe not any thing considerably vary from this Paper E. B. This man whom Edward Bowles call Mr. Payler was the fore-man of the Grand Jury to whom he delivered the information against me that they it might deliver to Hugh Windham who sate Judge of life and death at the general Assises holden at York about the time of the 13 and 14 dayes of the first moneth called March 1653. Upon the sight of the information given in against me the Judge granted a VVarrant in the open Court to the men that was in Commission to doe Justice in Yorkshire to apprehend me VVhich
into prison I was put and when the day was spent Thomas You l called the Mayor of Derby sent for me and when I came before him he asked me what I came to the Town to doe The answer to him I came to declare the word of the Lord to the consciences of the inhabitants of Derby the Mayor replyed wilt thou go out of the Town Answer to him when the Lord orders me to go forth then I shall goe till then I shall stay then Thomas Youll the Mayor commanded the man to put me into prison again which was done the next day about the 9 hour there came William Bâ—sld one of the Mayors officers and said to me if thou wilt goe forth of the Town and in it no more come I will open the doores for thee to come forth the answer to him out of the Town I shall not goe untill I am ordered of the Lord and if thou openest the doore forth of the prison I shall not come till the man that said he had authority to put me in come by the same authority and take me out then away the man did goe and afterwards did come and the man whose name Iohn Slalous who put me in prison opened the door and took me by the arm and put me forth in much wrath and delivered me to the other man whose name is before written who said he had order to put me forth of the Town which he did and strictly charged mee to depart out of their coâ—sts with many threatnings what should be done to me if in the Town again I returned but the words of vain man was not regarded into the Town I returned and there did stay till I was free in my spirit to depart from thence Then I journeyed to Leicester and was there the first day of the week which was the 3 day of the 7 month called September And with me was many people to whom the word of the Lord was declared and after the testimony of Jesus was finished to them I went into the high place of the Town which the people of the dark world calls their Church and after the man they call their Minister had done the word of eternal life was declared to the consciences of the people who did hear with much attention untill two men came to me and said they had order from Edmund Iohnson called Mayor to take me away and with violence drew me forth and had me before the said Edmund Iohnson who commanded his officers to put me in prison before he did me examine which was done and the next day the man that put me in prison forth me brought before the Mayor and VVilliam Billâ—rs another of the Rulers of the Town who did me examine and not finding any thing against me commanded Robert Brewin Keeper of the common Goal to put me out of the Town and strictly charged me to depart forth of their coasts with many threatnings what they would do if I again into the Town did come but the threatnings of man was not regarded into the Town I did return in obedience to the command of the Lord to finish the testimony of Jesus I was to witnesse to the consciences of the inhabitants of the Town of Leicester Then in obedience to the Spirit of truth I journed into Northamptonshire and in a Town called VVellingborrow and thereawayes many did receive the word of life with much gladnesse of heart And at a time as I was going along the street in that Town neer the house of Thomas Andrews whom the people of the world calls their Teacher he to me did speak these words Give over deceiving the people least the plagues of God fall upon thee the answer to him was If thou say I deceive the people make it appear wherein I deceive them he replyed thou tells them there is no originall sin I required of him didst thou hear me say so to that he made no answer then these words was to him declared thou must either prove what thou accusest me of or own thy condemnation upon they false accusation he fled away and did make no answer About the time which was near 3 weeks after I was ordered of the Lord to return again to VVellingborrow and hearing there was a meeting in the Steeple-house where Thomas Andrew was who had he falsly accused as is formerly written for the truths sake into the Steeple house I did goe and in silence did stand till the man called their Teacher had done then I declared the word of the Lord to the people who did hear peaceably and afterwards I spake in particular to Thomas Andrews to prove what he had falsly accused me of in saying I deceived the people and there make it manifest before the people or to own his condemnation upon his false accusation but to what was required no answer he did make but away fled and the men that was there whom the world calls their Teachers then Henry Smith who in that Town dwels out of the Steeple-house haled me into the yard where the truth to the people was declared who did there stand peaceably to hear till William Baw called high Constable did take hold on me and had me away into the market place amongst the people and said he would bring evidence against mee for Blasphemy so had he me as prisoner too and fro in the market place with so doing he made disturbance among the people but when he could not prove what hee had falsly accused mee with hee let mee goe who at the present time went from amongst the people to a friends house and came no more forth amongst the people in the market that day The next day being the 28 of the 10 month called December Richard Dennis being Constable of VVellingborow came to the friends house where I was and took me forth by vertuâ—â— of a Warrant that had no name but for one who is commonly called Quaker and had me with it before Thomas Pentlow called Justice at VVilby in Northamtonshire who did me examine but would not read mee any Law I had transgressed but a Mittimus made and sent me to the common Goal in Northamton on the 29 day of the 10 month called December 1654. A copy of the Mittimus I was denyed by Iohn Snart keeper of the Goal and also the men that were in commission to doe Justice when it was of them desired in the open Court at the generall Sessions holden at Northampton the 10 day of the 11 moneth by those whose names are Iohn Clark Iohn Parker called Sergant at Law George â—enson John Mansil John Brown who there did sit in Commission to have judged the cause in righteousnesse between mee and mine accusers but when the Mittimus was read where the charge against me was written not any appeared to prove what the Blasphemy was for which they committed mee to prison in suspition of neither they to me read any Law that any thing charged against me
hath led me through the gates of the City into the new Ierusalem where there is nothing enters that works abomination or makes a lye but what is written in the Lambs book of life where my soul now feeds upon the tree of life which I had so long hungred and thirsted after that stands in the Paradise of God where theâ—e is no more curse nor night but the Lord God and the Lamb is my light and life for ever and ever I witness I am regenerated and born again of the immortal seed and hath pertaked on the first resurrection on whom the second death hath no power And this I declare to all the inhabitants in England and all that dwell upon the earth that God alone is the teacher of his people and hath given to every one a measure of Grace which is the light that comes from Christ that checks and reproves for sin in the secret of the heart and conscience and all that wait in that light which comes from Christ which is the free grâ—ce of God for the power of Jesus Christ to destroy sin and to guide them in obedience to the light so shall they come to know the onely true God and Father of light in Christ Jesus who is the way to him And 〈◊〉 I witnesse to all the sons of men that the knowledge of eternall life I came not to by the letter of the Scripture nor hearing men speak of the name of God I came to the true knowledge of the Scripture and the eternall rest they testify it in Christ by the inspiration of the Spirit of Jesus Christ the Lyon of the Tribe of Iudah who alone is found worthy to open the seales of the book and I witnesse none else can for he alone opened the seales of the book in me and sealed it up to my soul by the teâ—timony of his own spirit according to his own promise I will bind up the testimony and seale the Law amongst my Dâ—sciples and I will write my Law in their hearts and put my spirâ—◠〈◊〉 â—heir inward parts and they shall not depart from me neâ—ther shall they need to reach every man his neighbour and every man hâ—s brother for all shall know me from the least of them to the greatest for I will be merciful to their unrighteousnesse and their sins and inâ—quâ—ties will I remember no more and all my childâ—en shall be taught of me saith the Lord God and great shall be the peace of my châ—ldren and this here declared the Scriptures witnesse and I witnesse the Scriptures fulfilled in me Praises praâ—ses Halleluâ—ah and eternal praises be unto thee Lord God Almighty who haâ—h taken unto thee thy great power to sit upon thy throne and to the Lamb for evermore It being charged on me my imprisonment to be jâ—st untill I give a reason of the hope of my calling and that I am uâ—willing so to do to stop the lyâ—â—g mouth of the false accuser and to clear the truth of the lies layd on it as before written and in love to the souls of the people that they the truth may know as it is in Jesus Here I have declared the work of the mighty God in revealing his Son in me who led me on my journey through the dark world where I passed through great tribulations as formeâ—ly written until I came to the end of the world over it to rejoyce in the power of my God 1 Cor. 10.11 upon whom the ends of the world are come whom the whole world that lies in wickedness hates and persecutes but to the pure single eye that is not of the world I lay this before which is written that all which it mindes may see the truth I bear testimony of is not any Popish Tenet though I was questioned concerning them at the general Assizes holden at Northampton the 10 and 12 dayes of the first month called March 1654. neither is it seducing nor blasphemy nor prejudicial to the truth of the Gospel or peace of the Nation but according to 〈◊〉 truth of the everlasting Gospel and sound peace of the Nation for which testimony I am still kept in bonds in the common Goal in Northampton numbred amongst the transgressors in the low prison with those arrained for fellony and murther waiting in rest and peace till the sufferings of the righteous seed be fulfilled And all you that are enemies to the truth of God persecuting it under the names as formerly written calling the preaching of the truth seducing this I declare and confesse unto you in the presence of God after the way you call seducing dâ— I worship the Lord God of my fathers and witnesse fulfiâ—â—â— what is written in the Law and the Prophets he that can receive me let him W. D. Dear friends whose minds are turned to the effectual light that comes from Christ all mind your own measure and be content in what the Lord hath committed to you with the light judge that which would draw your minds to look forth at others conditions and in impatiency to covet what the Lord haâ—h given to them before it be manifest to you be faithful every one in your own measure and in patience wait in the light for the unlimâ—ted spirit of Christ your life to open the seals of the book and make known unto you the mystery of eternal life which he will daily reveal in you that are faithfull in your own measure to follow the Lord in what he makes manifest to you whom he hath called into his Vinyard at the ninth and eleventh hour be faithfull to the Lord in walking in obedience to him in the light hee will make a short work in the earth for his seed sake and your reward shall be rest and peace in the presence of God in Christ with those that came into the Vinyard the third and sixth hours and laboured the heat of the day God almighty be with you his chosen servants and children and all in your measure keep in his eternall power bold valiant and faithfull unto the end and crown you with eternall glory in Christ one Judge Lord and King God over all blessed for ever Amen To all you that rule â—n England from the highest to the lowest whom the Lord hath betrusted with power to see the peace be kept and to judge the cause of the people He hath given you power theri causes to judge with righteous judgement the evil doers to punish and the righteous set free out of the hands of those that oppresse them This is the word of the Lord God to you THat you lend not your ears to the counsel of your own hearts or to the counsel of any without you that tempts you to draw your mindes from the pure counsel of God which is the light that comes from Christ Jesus and calls on you in your consciences to judge with righteous judgement as