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A85153	VVitchcraft cast out from the religious seed and Israel of God. And the black art, or, nicromancery inchantments, sorcerers, wizards, lying divination, conjuration, and witchcraft, discovered, with the ground, fruits, and effects thereof: as it is proved to be acted in the mistery of iniquity, by the power of darknesse, and witnessed against by Scripture, and declared against also, from, and by them that the world scornfully calleth Quakers. Shewing, the danger thereof, ... Also, some things to clear the truth from reproaches, lies and slanders, and false accusations, occasioned by Daniel Bott and his slander-carriers, ... / Written in Warwickshire, the ninth moneth, 1654. As a judgement upon witchcraft, and a deniall, testimony and declaration against witchcraft, from those that the world reproachfully calleth Quakers.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1655 (1655)	Wing F513; Thomason E829_12; ESTC R202140	21,407	25

and the power of darkness by which thou art acted and thou labouredst by the power of darkness to have cast out the truth that opposed thy deceits but truth being raised up in the power of the holy Ghost thou couldst not but wert further laid open and discovered by it that the Scriptures thereby might be fulfilled for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness or what union hath light with darkness 2. Cor. 6. 14 15. which darkness acted thee forth in violence against the truth to resist it as Sorcerers Diviners Magicians Astrologers and Star-gazers aforetime in all ages because truth declares against the deeds of darkness and lying divinations as it did that day at Tamworth against thine Greaton who like Jannes and Jambres and also the Inchanters and Sorcerers and Diviners and Conjurers Wizards and Magicians of Pharaoh withstood Moses when he went by the true power of the Lord into Egypt for the accomplishing the work that God was about then the Devils instruments Sorcerers Inchanters and Wizards that were acted by the power of darkness and used witchcraft and lying wonders they withstood Moses and Pharaohs heart was hardened against him because he hearkened not to the messengers of God that were in the light and endued with the power of God but he took counsell of the Wizards black Artists and Magicians of Egypt that wrought signs and lying wonders by the power of darkness to deceive withall as it is written and when Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them by his power the Magicians and Wizards by their sorceries cast a mist to blind the eyes of people withall that were in darkness as they were and by their witchcrafts wrought their lying wonders to deceive withall and resisted the truth of God and the power of God acted by his servants Exod. 7. 19 20 21 22. And that wicked spirit in thee Nicholas Greaton sought to harden the peoples heart against the truth at Tamworth who was there discovered to be a fortune teller or an Inchanter a Wizard that tells people lyes for mony when their goods are wanting and other things in thy Inchantments and lying divinations which did not prove true as severall did witness against thee and thy lying divinations that day after that thou stoodst up a while to have maintained thy craft sorcery or lying divination by Scripture till truth cut thee out of them and thy folly was laid open and that Scripture was fulfilled by thee that day who came of set purpose to resist the truth and withstood it as Janne and Jambres withstood Moses but thy folly was made manifest to men as theirs was that withstood the truth that day at Tamworth till thy folly was made manifest as theirs was made manifest as it is written and witnessed also Read 2. Tim. 3. 8 9. And when thy sotcery and lying divinations and witchcrafts were discovered that day thou wouldst have justified it by Scripture but couldst not for they that spake forth the Scriptures were not Sorcerers nor Inchanters nor diuiners of lyes like thee but declared and witnessed against such practises and the plagues is due to all Witches and Wizards and diviners of lyes and those that join with them as it was with them that joined to Baal Peor to serve other Gods Numb. 15. 1. to the 10. And the Lord drave out the nations that did use such Inchantments Sorceries and Witchcrafts and it was and is an abomination to the Lord and they that do such things shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of God but be cast into the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone as it is written and witnessed Gal. 5. 19 20. 21 Rev. 22. 15. Rev. 20. 10 15. Rev. 21. 8 27. Thou broughrst in a place of Scripture to have proved thy sorceries and lying divinations which was this And God said let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the night from the day and let them be for signs and for seasons and for daies and years Gen. 1. 24. That was nothing at all to prove Sorcery and Inchantments thou Beast God did never say that by them they should use Inchantments and lying divinations and cast figures and tell fortunes as Sorcerers and Witches and black Artists Nicromancers Wizards that do divine lyes which thing God abhorres and all lyars and diviners for mony like thee Read Deut. 18. 10 11. But God set the Stars in the firmament of heaven to praise him and to be for lights upon the earth and God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the Stars also and God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth and not for Witches to cast figures and Iyars to divine for mony by them but he set them to rule over the day and over the night and to divide the light from the darknesse and God saw that it was good as it is written and witnessed Gen. 1. 15 16 17 18. Secondly the Sun Moon and Stars were set in the firmament of heaven to know the regiment or government thereof and to hold forth the wisdom of God to praise him in the host of heaven in his wonderous works above the earth and not for fortune-tellers and Inchanters to divine for mony by them as Wizards and thou diviner of lies wouldst have them let the Scriptures be witnesse against thee and the Star-gazers Wizards and all that divine for mony thereby who would have the Scriptures to bear thee out in that which they witnesse against thee for acting contrary to them Thirdly the Stars were not set in the firmament for such as thou art to tell destinies or fortunes by nor to divine lyes for mony by nor to cast figures by to cast a mist before peoples eyes to deceive them by Witchcrafts as Wizards do that take peoples mony for false dreams and lying divinations and as thou sorcerer and perverter of the Scripture wouldst have them but the Stars were set to give light and to know the noble works of God in them and by them in their covenant as they stand and keep their course and to hold forth the wisdom of God in the firmament of heaven and also that man might praise him for his noble acts and as it is written in the book of Psalms Oh give thanks unto the Lord of Lords for his mercy endureth forever to his own host Oh give thanks to him that by wisdome made the heavens for his mercy endureth for ever Oh give thanks to him that made the great lights for his mercy to his endureth for ever the Sun to rule the day and the Moon and the Stars to rule the night for his mercy endureth for ever and they were not set to divine lyes by and cast figures to tell fortunes so called and speak lying divinations by as thou sorcerer and diviner of lyes wouldst have them the Scriptures witnesse against

thou art read Jer. 23. 19 20. Mic. 3. 11. Mic. 5. 12 15. Isai. 44 24 25. Joseph said that it was God that should give Pharaoh his answer and he did not cast a figure nor enter into the inchantments as Star-gazers and Wizards that divine lyes for mony but Joseph he spake by revelation of God in him to him and by him and not by lying divination or Witchcraft God doth utterly abhorre that and he is against it and against all Diviners or Conjurers and will make them mad as he hath said Therefore Joseph's interpretation of Pharaoh's dream by revelation without Inchantment or casting figures is no ground for Star-gazers to cast figures nor for Nicromancers to conjure and use Witchcraft and raise up the forms of living things by Witchcraft as Pharaoh's Magicians Sorcerers Wizards did to deceive by their lying wonders as the Divel's instruments do neither was Joseph's interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams any ground for the Divel 's Wise men or Wizards to tell destinies or fortunes by as they call it in darkness for the Magicians Sorcerers and Wizards could not tell Pharaoh what God was about to do by all their Inchantments which was revealed by the Lord to Joseph without casting figures and without Inchantments that are acted by the power of darkness in the mistery of iniquity Therefore silent Wizards consulters with familiar Spirits Charmers black Artists or Nicromancers that are in the Divel's counsell and all diviners of lyes silent Witchcraft the Lord is against it and you that act in the mistery of iniquity by the power of darkness God will be avenged of you take not the Scriptures for your cloak or cover that acteth in such wickedness you Wizards and diviner of lyes God is against you and all that take counsell of you wo wo wo to you all and your partakers Gen. 41. Exod. 7. 12 22. Rev. 9. Isai. 44. 24 25. Isai. 30. Deut. 18. 10 11 12. c. Rev. 20. 10 15. Samuel's telling of Saul of the asses that were gone astray for which thing God caused Saul to come to Samuel for the fulfilling of his word that he had spoken to Samuel concerning the kingdom which was true and fulfilled according to the word of the Lord is no ground for that wicked Spirit in thee Nich. Greaton to use Inchantment and Sorcery to divine lyes and tell people of goods that are stolne by the Divel's servants for theft is of the Divell and Witchcraft and Sorcery and Whoredom and lying divinations and they that do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God Gal. 5. 19 20 21. Rev. 20. And thou Sorcerer tookst peoples mony for thy lying divinations and thy sayings proved false as it was witnessed against thee at that meeting at Tamworth that day and thou wouldst have made this of Saul's coming to Samuel thy cloak or cover for thy Sorcery and lying divinations which will be witnesse against thee and all Wizards Inchanters and diviners of lyes as thou art wo plagues and vengence from the Lord is your reward Thus saith the Lord ah I will ease me of mine enemies and avenge me of mine adversaries Isai. 1. 24. The Lord had told Samuel all the things concerning Saul and it came to passe and was fulfilled according to the word of the Lord But Samuel did not cast figures and inchant and divine lyes for mony as Wizards do but it was revealed to Samuel by the word of the Lord that which he told Saul and was fulfilled according to the word of the Lord and no ground for you Wizards to divine lyes by for mony as thou Greaton wouldst have it but thou art discovered and found to be out of the counsell of God and in the counsell of the Devill and the mistery of Iniquity as all Wizards and diviners of lyes and lyars are Joh. 8. 44. 2. Thes. 2. 9 10 11 12. And art for the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone and all Sorcerers Rev. 21. 8. that divine lyes for mony and are in their Inchantments and lying divinations and wouldst have had that of Samuel for thy cloak which doth uncover thee and leaves the bare and witnesseth against thee and such as thou art and against all Wizards and diviners of lyes for mony Now the Lord had told Samuel a day before Saul came saying to morrow I will send thee a man and thou shalt anoint him to be Captain over my people and the Lord told Samuel those thing that he told Saul and he did not cast figures nor inchant to know them as Wizards do cast figures and inchant to divine lyes for mony and all things came to passe as Samuel told Saul according to the word of the Lord 1. Sam. 9. 15. to the end 1. Sam. 10 chap. Therefore silence Witches Sorcerers Inchanters black Artists or Nicromancers Charmers and consulters with familiar Spirits and Wizards that are acted and guided by the Spirit of the Divell and are in the power of darknesse mistery of iniquity and Witchcrafts Let the Scriptures alone and pervert them not with your mucky dirty fil thy minds plagues upon you all that are in Witchcrafts the burning lake is prepared for you who are under the king of the bottomlesse pit vengence upon you all you shall curse your King and your God and look upward and be driven to darkness and be fewell for the fire Rev. 9. Rev. 20. Mal. 4. 1. Isa. 8. 19 20 21. Rev. 16. You shall gnaw your tongues for pain as the vialls of wrath are poured forth vengence is your reward read Rev. 16. 10 11 12 13 14. Rev. 20. 10. And thou Greaton that art in the Sorceries and lying divinations as it was proved against thee at Tamworth who art also a Teacher to a company of seduced people about Liechfield or in those parts let the Scriptures alone I warn thee and charge thee in the presence of the Lord and make not them thy cloak for thy Inchantments Sorceries and lying divinations plagues upon the wicked in flames of fire that trust in lying vanities also as well as thee Silence all Wizards let the Scriptures alone and make not them your covers for Sorcery you have no part in any thing spoken of in them but the plagues and the burning lake Reu. 21. 8. Let the Scriptures alone Wizards and Inchanters I warn you and charge you in the presence of the Lord vengence is your reward in flames of fire and wo to all that are seduced by you and that go to take counsell of a Wizard and an Inchanter or a Witch or a Charmer or a consulter with familiar Spirits or a black Artist or Nicromancer the living dreadfull powerfull mighty God of heaven and earth he is utterly against that Nicromancy or black Art plagues upon it all wo and vengence upon all that hold it up and that go to take counsell of it and Wizards the law of the dreadfull God forbids it and the almighty God doth utterly abhor it

and it is commanded to be avoided by the Israel of God for such Witchcrafts were practised amongst those nations that knew not God and it was and is an abomination unto the Lord therefore the Lord spake to Moses to speak to the children of Israel to command them to avoid it And saith he when thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee thou shalt not learn to do after those abominations of those nations there shall not be found amongst you any that useth divinations which thou Greaton dost that divinest lyes for mony as Wizards do plagues upon thee thou art to be holden accursed that art in the abominations and out of the doctrine of God and of Christ Gal. 1. 8 9. 1. Cor. 16. 22. And again saith the Lord by Moses to Israel in the command to avoid Nicromancy or black Art or Witchcraft saith he there shall not be found amongst you an Inchanter nor Witch plagues in flames of fire upon such 2. Thes. 2. 12. Rev. 16. 9 10 c. Neither shall there be amongst you saith the Lord a Charmer nor a consulter with familiar Spirits nor a Wizard nor a Nicromancer for all that do these things are an abomination unto me saith the Lord and because of those abominations the Lord drove out the nations that used those things for saith the Lord unto Israel those nations which thou shalt possesse hearkened unto observers of times and unto diviners and Wizards and such like but as for thee the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do and thou shalt not suffer a Witch to live but thou shalt walk before me and be perfect speaking to his own people that were in covenant with him for saith he I am the Lord thy God as may be read Deut. 18. 9 10 11 12 13 14. Also read Exod. 22. 18 Mic. 5. 12. c. Nebuchadnezzar Pharaoh and the heathen that knew not the only true God had their Magicians Sorceries Inchanters or Wizards to enquire at and plagues was the portion of such wo unto all you that go to Wizards or Charmers or consulters with familiar Spirits or Diviners and Inchanters or Sorcerers or Conjurers or Witches or the Divels Wise men Wizards to take counsell you are one with them in the upholding of them you ought to have no fellowship with unfruitfull works of darknesse but rather to reprove them and declare against them for it is light that discovers darknesse and the children of light are commanded to declare against the works of darknesse read Ephes. 5. 11 12 13. You that go to Wizards you hold them up and so are upholders of the Divels kingdom and except you come out from them and declare against them you shall partake of the plagues with them you that go to take counsell of Wizards you go from God to the Divell and the light of God in your consciences will tell you the same and reprove you for it in secret and wo to all that do so read Isa. 30. c. Pharaoh he had his Magicians Sorcerers Inchanters or Wizards to take counsell of and by their black Art or the power of darknesse and Nicromancy or Witchcraft they could by their Inchantments or Conjurations raise up the formes of living things and they were in the Inchantments and in the Witchcrafts of whom Pharaoh took counsell and so of the Divell and plagues was his portion and vengence from God and utter destruction Exod 7. 11 22. Exod. 8 9 10 11 and 12 chap. And Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams wherewith his spirit was troubled and his sleep brake from him and he commanded to call the Magicians and the Astrologers and the Sorcerers and Wizards which he had to take counsell of Dan. 2. 1 2. But because the thing stood in the counsell of God they could not tell him of it that were but in the Divels counsell only as Sorcerers and Wizards are for which he was wrath with them Dan. 2. 8 9 10 11 12. And Daniels interpretations of the dreams and reading and interpreting the writing by the Spirit of the Lord Dan. 2. 19 20. to the 24. Dan. 4. which was hid from the black Artists and Astrologers Star-gazers and Wizards Sorcerers and Inchanters and Diviners of lyes like thee that tels people of things which are wanting and destinies and such like and take their mony for it and were lying divinations wo to such Wizards and diviners of lyes as thou art that would have the Scriptures for thy cloak silent deceit Daniels Interpretations by Revelation is no ground for Nicromancy plagues upon all Nicromancers black Artists Witches Sorcerers Inchanters and Wizards and diviners of lyes the Devill and his angells are for the lake go ye cursed into hell and all that forget God to take counsell of you Psal. 9. 17. Isai. 30 33. Math. 25. 41. Rev. 20. 10. Then thou Greaton and diviner of lyes thou seemedst to have had that prophecy of Christ for thy cover and to prove thy Art till I cut thee out of that where he prophesied and said Imediately after those dayes the Sun shall be darkened and the Moon shall not give her light and the Stars of heaven shall fall and the powers of heaven shall be shaken which is as I said a prophecy of the coming of Christ to gather his elect from the four windes Mat. 24. 29 30 31. which thou knowest nothing of by thy Sorceries and lying divinations that art in the reprobation professing God in words but to every good work abominable and reprobate who art an Inventour of evil things and filled with wickednesse in the reprobation Tit. 1. 16. Rom. 1. 28. to the end and that of Joel the 2. 30 31 32. is also no cover for thee but a Witnesse against thee which is a prophecy of the great day of the Lord wherein thou and all such shall cry bitterly Zeph. 1. 14. c. and shalt be rewarded with flames of fire 2. Thes. 1. 8 9. Thou Sorcerer and perverter of Scripture and as Elimas the Sorcerer was thou full of all subtilty and child of the Divell and enemy of all righteousnesse that perverts the right waies of the Lord as he did Act 13. 6. 7 8 9 10. 2. Thes. 1. 12. Wo to thee thou Sorcerer and perverter of the right waies of the Lord thou false prophet that divines or conjures for mony and art found amongst the Inchanters or Wizards and Star-gazers that tels destinies and fortunes and casts figures and thou tellest of things that are gone and such like practises by a spirit of divination that brings thee in gain and thou wast witnessed against for it at thee meeting at Tamworth and proved to be a diviner of lyes for mony and those things came not to passe according to thy Inchantments neither but proved lying divinations and when thou couldst not maintain by Scripture which thou labouredst to have done thou saidst thou wouldst give him his mony again thou Beast and Wizard

thou art naked and bare thy covers will not hide thee wo to thee and wo to all Wizards and such as thou art plagues is your portion truth clears it self of you and of thee who saidst thou wouldst follow the servants of the Lord and weary them out c. But thy lying divinations fails thee who art of thy father the Divell as those were spoken of in John 8. 44. And the lake is prepared for such Read Rev. 21. 8. And all lyars and Sorcerers are for the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death with the light which changeth not art thou seen and discovered and comprehended and from God and from Christ condemned and all Witches Sorcerers Inchanters Charmers Black Artists or Nicromancers evil Inventours Conjurers and Wizards that are in the power of Witchcrafts and in the mistery of Iniquity the Beast and the false prophet also and the Divell that deceived them are all for the lake howle howle Witches Wizards that peep and mutter plagues upon all such in flames of fire for ever and ever and the Divell that deceived them where the Beast and the false prophet are thither must they go into the lake of fire and brimstone and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever wo wo wo to all such read Rev. 20. 9 10. All people every where that desires to fear the living God and serve him take heed of that wicked spirit in Nicholas Greaton and all Wizards I warn you and charge you in the presence of the Lord as you will answer it before the judgement seat of Christ in the terrible day of the Lord read Joel 2. 12 13 14 15 16 17. and Zeph. 1. 14 15. read also Levit. 20 26 27. and take heed of going to those that have familiar spirits or to those that are Wizards as you will answer it before the Lord now you are warned also read 18. 10 11 12. Thus saith the Lord regard not them that have familiar spirit neither seek after Wizards to be defiled by them I am the Lord read Levit. 19. 31. You that seek after Wizards disobey the Lord and turn from him to enter into fellowship with the Divell and take counsell of him in a Wizard and are defiled thereby and the wo is to such that regard not the counsell of God where he forbids going to Wizards Therefore a warning to you all from the Lord for hearkening to Wizards least you be slain and dye not the common death of men and least the plagues come upon you for joining with them as they came upon those that joined to Baal Peor and the Wizards were amongst those curst people whom thy Lord drove out Deut. 18. 11 12. And those that went out of the counsell of God joined to Baal Peor and the anger of the Lord was kindled against them for it and the Lord said unto Moses take all the heads of the people that joined to Baal Peor that serve other Gods and hang them up before the Lord against the Sun that the fie●ce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel then Moses gave a command to the judges of Israel to slay the men that joined to Baal Peor and they that went out of the counsell of God that joined to Baal Peor were cut off from amongst the Israel of God and those that dyed in the plague before it was staied for joining unto Baal Peor were twenty and four thousand as may be read in Numb. the 15. from the 1. to the 10. And those that rebelled and took not counsell of the Lord the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up quick and their houses and all their goods they and all that appertained unto them went down alive into the pit and the earth closed upon them and they perished from amongst the Congregation and their cry was great when they went down quick into the pit for their rebellion against the Lord and there came a fire from the Lord and consumed 200. and 50. men for offering incense that were disobedient to the word of the Lord and there was 14. thousand and 700 dyed of the plague for their rebellion Numb. 16. which were sinners against the Lord and also against their own souls Now that you are warned if you go to Wizards take what followeth for you sin wilfully against the Lord and also against your own souls and the light of God in all your consciences will witnesse with me and the Scriptures if you go any more to Witches or Wizards you are in danger of loosing soul and body goods and all by the righteous judgements and plagues that may follow you for your rebellion as those examples that are instanced before you read also Jude 5 6 7. 2. Pet. 2. 4 5 6. And when any shall counsell you contrary to the counsell of God that saith regard not them that have familiar spirits neither seek after Wizards least ye be defiled by them Levit. 19. 31. If any say unto you seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto Wizads that peep and mutter take not their counsell that would have you to do so as you will answer it for should not a people seek unto their God and wo to them that take counsell but not of me saith the Lord therefore a warning to all that go from God to the Divell by seeking after Wizards for counsell also read Isa. 8. 19. Isa. 30. 1. When God was departed from Saul he went to the Divell in the Witch of Endor for counsell and then was conjuration used to raise the dead Sam. 28. And Saul died not the common death of men for he slew himself upon his own sword 1. Sam. 31. Wo wo wo to the Wizards and all that go to take counsell at them for they go from God to take counsell of the Divell and of Sorcerers Witches that are in the power of darknesse and Witchcraft and in the mistery of iniquity and those who are under the command of the prince of the power of the air and the king of the bottomlesse pit read Rev. 9. even of him whose coming is after the workings of Satan with all the power of darknesse and with signs and lying wonders and with all deceiveablenesse of unrighteousnesse in them that perish that they all might be damned who believed not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousnesse 2. Thes. 29. 10 11 12. All you that turn from the light of Christ Jesus in your consciences which sheweth you sin and evill you turn from the counsell of God and from the holy command as Cain did and err'd from the spirit of truth and turned into the seat of darknesse where Witchcraft is hatched and all evil is invented and so you entering into union with the prince of darknesse the spirit that ruleth in the children of disobedience that turn from the light into the fear of darknesse you become inventours of evil things and follow that which is evil

Divine Nature made partaker Behold what manner of love is this that the Father hath bestowed on us that we should be called the Sonnes of God and now we are the Sonnes of God Therefore the World knoweth us not because it knew him not as it is written 1 Iohn 3. 1. According as his Divine Power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto Life and Godlyness through the knowledge of him that hath called us to Glory and Vertue whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises Therefore can we have no fellowship with the unfruitfull workes of darkness but openly declare against them as it is required and done in Obedience to the Command of the Spirit of Truth 2 Pet. 1. 3 4. Ephes. 5. 11 12 13. verses Witchcraft declared against jndged and utterly denyed by those whom the world scornfnlly calleth Quakers and by this let all that accuse any of them of the same stop their mouth and be ashamed for that thing is utterly abhorred by the Lord and by us who are the Lords whom the world scornfnlly and reproachfully calleth Quakers Truth clearing it self of reproaches lies and slanders and casteth out some false accusations turning them both from whence they came into the reproachfull and lying generation again that in it and amougst them the reproachers liers slanderers truce-breakers slander-carriers and upon the heads of false accusers they may remain which were occasioned by Daniel Bott of Armitadge near Polsworth in Warwickshire one of the water baptized members that belonged to that company which used to meet at Shittington in the said Warwickshire c. VVHereas that Daniel Bot as abovesaid came to a meeting of the Lords people at Troycrosse in Licestershire and other of the water baptized people with him to the said meeting as aforesaid some of them received the truth in much love and at that time the said Daniel was much tendred and severall of the baptized people who desired and with his consent also intreated and earnestly desired those men that the world reproachfully calleth Quakers whom the Lord sent into these parts that they would on the first day of the week next after that meet with them the water baptized people at Shittington which was then agreed and concluded of provided that the meeting for the men called Quakers as abovesaid might be appointed at another house in Shittington and not where it used to be that those of that meeting of the water baptized people that met there as many of them as would come to hear them might and those that were not free to hear them might keep their own meeting because they were tender of them c. It was so concluded of at Troycrosse that time and after that notice being given of it there was a pretty company came together and all met together at that house where the meeting was appointed for the men by the world called Quakers to be at which were at the meeting that first day at Shittington according to promise and appointment according to the ordering and disposing of by the spirit and wisdom of the Lord who stood in his counsell and to be acted forth and ordered according to his divine power and the good pleasure of his will and at the said meeting at Shittington the truth was declared that day in much power to the praise of the Lord and to the glory of his grace and it wrought upon the spirits of many as they then witnessed and one came from Burton upon treat as it was said an Elder also of the baptized people of purpose to oppose the truth that day whose folly was made manifest according to that saying in Scripture 2. Tim. 3. 8 9. but the people received the truth in so much love some of them that they and the man of the house spoke unto him and withall to depart out of the house which he did though he was an elder of the baptized people and at that time the said Daniel Bott stood up for to plead for the truth and against the opposer to wit the Elder of the water baptized people that came from Burton as aforesaid and Daniel confessed that day that he never saw so much into himself and his own heart as he had and then did since he met with those men whom the world calleth Quakers there was another meeting the next day at Troycrosse again at which meeting Daniel Bott was much broken into tendernesse and wept that tears ran down his cheeks as severall can witnesse therefore Daniel that which gave thee a sight of thy sins and convinced thee of thy evil deeds and caused thee to confesse with tendernesse that thou never sawest so much into thy self as thou didst since thou sawest us and heardst the truth declared by us whom the world calls Quakers and that which at that present let thee see thy stubborn will and bridled that rash wilde heady nature in thee and did eternally convince thee that I own and it shall against thee answer for me and the truth which is thy condemnation the light which thou hast erred from and an enemy unto the light in thy conscience is my answer and a witnesse still against thee and thy deceit go where thou wilt and God almighty is judge to which that in thy conscience shall witnesse and in thy condemnation answer upon thee his judgements to be just also read Mal. 3. 5. Mal. 4. 1. The same week that the meeting was at Troycrosse as aforesaid there was a meeting of the Lords people at Harliston in the county Staffordshire and Daniel Bott came thither also and said to one of the men called Quakers that he was his spirituall father in Christ and had begotten him again in the gospel and said there was many instructors but there was but few fathers and said the spirits of the Prophets were subject to the Prophets and after the friend by the spirit of the Lord had spoken something to him in exhostation and his spirit was much subjected and tender he was then also as many can witnesse and the servant of the Lord ing the danger that Daniel might fall into if he gave way to the tempter being convinced and having some opening in his mind therefore the servant of the Lord did exhort Daniel to watchfulness as Ch●ist Jesus exhorted to watch and pray least there should be an entering into temptation Math. 26 41. but afterwards Daniel not abiding in that which did convince him of the evil of his heart he gave way to his will and the deceit and so ran out into extremes rashly and unadvisedly without the true wisdom and entring into the temptation did evil and also opened the mouthes of evil doers to speak evil of the truth and though he did so and fell of into delusions errour treachery and deceit so did Judas when he turned from the light but destruction was his end and all who turn from the light which comes from the Lord