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A89682	An apology for the service of love, and the people that own it, commonly called, the family of love. Being a plain, but groundly discourse, about the right and true Christian religion : set forth dialogue-wise between the citizen, the countreyman, and an exile : as the same was presented to the high court of Parliament, in the time of Queen Elizabeth; and penned by one of her Majesties menial servants, who was in no small esteem with her, for his wisdom and godliness. With another short confession of their faith, made by the same people. And finally some notes & collections, gathered by a private hand out of H.N. upon, or concerning the eight beatitudes.	Niclaes, Hendrik, 1502?-1580?	1656 (1656)	Wing N1122; Thomason E1610_1; ESTC R210332	24,412	73

his And the mighty God from whom all good doth proceed shall through his Christ claim unto him all godlinesses or vertues which are proceeded from him together with all whatsoever separateth it self from the iniquity hath handfast it self or held fellowship with the godlinesses all those as incorporated members to the godlinesses and godded or spirited with God in one spirit shall go to God again and shall reign with God and Christ soul and body in the kingdom of heaven and live in joy everlastingly It is very true Citizen But is there not some Predestinate unto preservation and again some predestinate unto condemnation as also elected thereto from the beginning Exile Yes verily there are two with their members that are predestinated or preordained thereunto from the beginning The one is Christ the man of God predestinate unto preservation and with him all his incorporated members The other is the man of sin Antichrist predestinate unto condemnation and in him all his incorporated members As for any other predestination then this come it out of Turkey or else where I know not of it Citizen Thou hast told me the truth and also fully answered me to all things natural and spiritual which I have demanded of thee What shall I ask more God be merciful unto us and unto all such as err of ignorance and give them eys of understanding and ears of pure hearts that they seeing in what estate they yet do stand and hearing also which is the right way to come out might repent them turn from their wickedness believe rightly and so come to the knowledge of truth and be saved Amen Now Countrey-man thou hast heard this fellow and his wonderful answers what sayest thou to it for I am almost at my wits end and marvellously astonied Countrey-man Doubtlesse Citizen he is in great Heresies and misbelief or else I may tell to thee in counsel in any of the learned in these days are far out of the way that leadeth to life and also ignorant of the ground of the heavenly truth wherefore I think it not amiss that thou examine him concerning his belief in God the Father in Jesus Christ the Son and in the Holy Ghost the Comforter and whereupon he hath grounded his Religion how he came by this understanding what he thinks of our learned Preachers in these days as also of other matters as thou shalt think meet lest haply we might be seduced through some subtil heretick infidel or disobedient person which perchance might be against the Queens Religion or else pretended to bring confusion over the Land Citizen Thy counsel is very good but then I pray thee rather talk with him thy self for I am brought into such a trembling perplexity and sorrow of heart since I have heard him and that as well for mine own cause as also for others which I yet see going astray that I dare ask no more questions Countrey-man Very well then I will talk with him my self Come hither Exile shew us I pray thee whereon thy belief and thy religion standeth grounded Exile I protect before God and man That my belief is in God the Father in Jesus Christ the Son and in the Holy Ghost the Comforter and is grounded on the Faith of the Holy Fathers Prophets and Apostles mentioned in the holy Scriptures also according to the common Apostolick Creed the Creed of Athanasius and the Nicene Creed to even so far forth as I may obtaine grace and power thereto of the Lord. Secondly I acknowledge there is no other way or mean either of remission of sins or of salvation for us to be had or yet mercy to be obtained at Gods hand but alone in by and through the death passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour And that he hath offered once for all upon the Altar of His Cross a full perfect and sufficient sacrifice and oblation for the sins of all the whole world Thirdly I do acknowledge that none shall be partakers thereof but only such as upon the publishing forth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ do shew forth an unfained repentance for their sins past and walk in new obedience or in a new life according to the requiring of the Gospel also such as believe aright in God and Christ and are even so baptized into the death of Christ Such as are regenerate of the water and of the spirit and forsaking themselves and their own lives do take up their cross on them and follow after Christ in death and sinful lusts and desires and so stand as those that are waking and waiting for the coming of their bridgroom ready prepared having both oyl in their vessels and light in their Lamps Such as love God and his Christ and as his very disciples keep his Commandements and walk in all love towards God and their neighbour and in all dutiful submission and allegiance towards their Governors and also live obediently under all their manly Ordinances And finally such as in whom Christ liveth and dwelleth or those that incline themselves under the obedience of the love of Jesus Christ and of his holy word with all diligence thereunto Now as touching my Religion this I say so often as I call to mind and consider the great love and kindness of God the Father shewed on me unworthy one in that he hath created me like unto his own Image and given me also his Law for that I might live therein And which is much more hath out of his meer love and mercy and of our part undeserved sent his sonne Christ to be a Saviour of the world c. So stand I Religatus or bound again that is to say Religious to love my Lord and God which loveth me so intirely with all my soul heart and might and for His loves sake to love my neighbour as my self To love my Prince and all that bear authority under her to live as a subject under her Laws and humane Ordinances And finally to walk uprightly peaceably and brotherly among all people in all love And this is only to be obtained at Gods hand by prayer and humble submission under the obedience of Gods holy word through the comforting of the Holy Ghost or Spirit of Love of which spirit God hath promised to shed forth upon his sons and daughters plentifully now in these last days like as is manifest in the Service of Love And therefore I acknowledge that whosoever now shall refuse to incline or indeavour himself for to walk in the same small or narrow way being called or warned thereto out of love by the Gospel of Jesus Christ to live in such a groundly faith of Jesus Christ in such a true Religion and upright obedience to God and Governors and in all subjection under Gods holy Laws and manly Ordinances and likewise in such a brotherly love towards his neighbour and peaceable life towards all men as I have here rehersed and likewise as is more at large expressed

those her good enterprizes and should also live unto a good old age all discord should then cease and come to an end and so we in the Realm of England should live joyfully in all tranquillity godliness obedience and love and be safely protected of God and his holy Angels from the danger of any adversary worldly or ghostly But to say that we be Libertines that is not so and who so shall look rightly into the Service of Love he shall well perceive that therein is no liberty to sin given or taught We are indeed fraile and full of infirmities and have all need of Gods mercy therefore our desire is that we might obtain such grace and power with God the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ whereby we might so repent us of our sins past that we might henceforth leave off from our wicked ways more and more take up our Crosse on us against the sin dy even so daily with Christ and so imitate him in death and life until such time as we become raised up again with Jesus Christ in a new true life for that we might by such means escape the horrible plagues and miseries which now in these last times are in coming over all licentious Libertines and unrepenting obstinate sinners For other rejoycing have we not then alone in the crosse death blood-shedding and resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ And as for the Libertines and who they be I have sufficiently expressed before in six notes He that hath ears to hear let him hear and who lists not may choose Countrey-man But yet this one thing I know for a surety that thou and thy company are not only suspected to be superstitious Papists but also it is thought that this ministration called the Service of Love is published forth to the end to maintain all superstition and abuse in the Roman Religion and wist we two so much then doubtless we would not once deal therewith nor yet talk with thee any farther wherefore I pray thee yet once again that thou wouldst for my further satisfying in this behalf shew us thy mind therein ere ever we do part hence Exile The truth is so far forth as I can perceive that the Author of those Books in his Ministration out of Love doth neither maintain or allow any manner of Superstition frequented in the Roman or Popish Church But he indeed seemeth to open and disclose the first ground of the same Religion and the signification of every thing so well Sacraments as Ceremonies frequented and allowed in the same Church willing every one that shall hap to dwell where he must live under the same Sacraments and Ceremonies and where the same are by the Laws of the Land allowed and commanded to obey the Rulers and their Laws and for obedience cause not to rebel in any case against their Rulers but rather to go to the Church where the same are administred and there to mark only upon the signification of the same and what a Christian life and obedience to God and Governours the same in their right signification do ask and require of them And yet he acknowledgeth them no otherwise but as Sacraments Ceremonies Signs Images Figures or shaddows of good and holy things c. But above all he exhorteth all to the humble obedience peaceable and Christian life which those do figure forth And as for us I put you out of doubt we do likewise utterly detest all superstitious Papistry but we most chiefliest do desire that the same true obedience and godly life which is Christ Jesus might increase it self more and more in us and in many Countrey-man That life indeed is the best but why doth he call his ministration the Service of Love and those that take warning thereat why are they termed the Family of Love shew me thy understanding herein because such a name seemeth to me as also to many as yet very straying Exile I will tell you according to my simple understanding and as I gather by such writings of his as I have read in the Service of Love Forasmuch as all the generations of men on earth so well Jew as Gentile Christian as Heathen Papist as Protestant yea of what Religion soever have now in these last horrible days not only most grieviously transgressed Gods holy Commandements but also every one in his is far away digressed from the first ground whereon they were set and are yet moreover even with the old world and with those of Sodom and Gomorah run into all licentiousness and carelesnesse of life provoking thereby Gods just wrath and heavy indignation So that of his justice he might therefore worthily have destroyed us like as in the days of Noah even all the children of men Yet notwithstanding he hath now as a gracious Father and according to his wonted mercy pittied the generations of men And therefore hath once again according to his promises warned all people upon the earth through this his ministration out of Love to repent and turn every one from his wicked ways believe the Gospel become baptized so be preserved ere ever the great wo misery plagues unlucky judgments fall suddainly unawares upon all unrepenting and unbelieving sinners and licentious Scripture-learned or Libertines to their condemnation in the fire of hell All these plagues saith he and many more are like to come shortly on us all if we take scorn to be warned by these latter lovely admonitions c. which he termeth A service of ministration out of the Spirit of Love or of God wherewith the man is served or ministred unto to his preservation therefore he calls it oftentimes The Service of Love Further why he calleth all those that repent and amend their waies upon the admonition thereof the Family of Love is this because he thinks them meet to bear such a high name the whilst that being so gratiously served and warned thereby they so desire as Gods children to love God as chief and their neighbour as themselves to obey their Prince and Governors to live obediently under their Laws as also to deal uprightly brotherly and faithfully with all men in all love testifying even so aright and according to the truth that they only are the true Christians which lead a Christian life and not the talkers thereof And thus much concerning my understanding therein Countrey-man But how cometh it to passe then tell me that you are now almost of all men as well great as small yea rich as poor but especially of the learned Preachers bruted forth and that most odiously for the most detestable Sectaries or Hereticks that ever reigned on the earth yea and as people not worthy to live in a Common-wealth Exile What be those brutes wherewith we are so bruted tell me and I will answer you so near as I can according to truth Countrey-man These they are Some say you deny Christ the Trinity and the Lords prayer others say that you are Libertines and

AN APOLOGY FOR The Service of Love AND The People that own it commonly called The Family of Love Being a plain but groundly Discourse about the Right and True Christian Religion Set forth Dialogue-wise between the Citizen the Countreyman and an Exile as the same was presented to the High Court of Parliament in the time of Queen Elizabeth and penned by one of her Majesties menial servants who was in no small esteem with Her for his known wisdom and godliness With another short Confession of their Faith made by the same people And finally some Notes Collections gathered by a private hand out of H.N. upon or concerning the eight Beatitudes LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black-spread-Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1656. To all courteous Courtiers the Exile sendeth greeting YOu courtly Courtiers courteous by kind Lowly wise and pleasant in mind This little Device from the ground of his heart The Exile hath sent you take it in good part And when you have read it peruse it again For the matter is weighty true and eke plain Weigh well the fire do nothing in hast And measure you likewise the wind as it blows So call me again the day that is past For that is the right way Gods wisdome to know Both ear yea and heart so that ye prepare O ye lovely Courtiers courteous all These things for to mark which I now declare Left Gods wrath once kindled unawares hap to fall Where godly Love as a marriage weed In lowly hearts works all things new There is the truth exprest indeed In holy life it is very true The head of the Spring where ever it lye If it be kept sweet pleasant and clean From thence then all Rivers descending thereby Much sweetness of taste shall there through obtain First sound ye the water and measure the wind Then mark well the matter and sup up the mind The Libertines herein are set out full plain So are Christians likewise that in peace would remain But when ye perceive who the Libertines be Then wish that all Christians might be set free Gods blessing shall fall vpon their heads full sure That first shall begin the same to procure By way of Petition when they shall think time And God shall the Rulers hearts thereto incline God save the Queens Majesty and give her the might Good Christians to defend and subdue Libertines quite The Argument IN few words the Exile hereafter doth approve That wonderful and necessary is the service of Love If you weigh well his words you shall easily espy That among some of our learned there is a wedg awry But to redresse the same that can no earthly man do Each man to amend one is the next way thereto But yet by no other mean may a man thereto attain Save alone by the mean exprest in Loves service certain And the chief of all vertues he doth likewise approve To be a meek minded spirit fast grounded in Love An Apology for the Service of Love A Marvellous Matter manifested by an Exile through a short Communication in manner of a Dialogue And pointing as it were with his finger upon an unconfutable truth He giveth to all Courteous hearts that shall vouchsafe advisedly to read the same great cause of careful Consideration The Citizen the Countrey man and the Exile Interlocutors And first the Citizen to the Countrey-man THou knowest right well Countrey-man that the Citizen hath oft times need of the Countrey-man both for clothing victuals and other necessaries wherefore I pray thee let us two hold friendship still and be merty together in honest pastime like as we alwaies in times past have done But now I pray thee Countrey-man tell me how happeneth it that thou art so sad now a daies over thou wast wont to be Countrey-man I have not any cause to be merry considering the state of the world and dangerous time that now is Citizen Why Countryman of fellowship tell me the cause is it for want of worldly things or else what is the matter shew me for thou knowest me to be thy friend yea in very deed I am thy neer kinsman therefore thou mayst be bold to express thy mind freely unto me and I shall truly and trustily keep thy Counsel for I intend to be merry and follow my trade and not to busie my self in other mens matters Countrey-man I shall then tell thee as unto my very friend the cause of my heaviness when I consider what great cause we have to be thankful to God for his manifold goodness mercifulness and great benefits extended on us his creatures in our creation And in that he hath also given us his holy law as a glasse of righteousnesse therein to look into and behold our sinfull spots and deformities and so learn thereout the way or mean to become purged from the same filthynesse yet now although we have seemed to look therein a long time I see that our spots and deformities generally are waxen worse and worse And about the law or holy Scriptures there is risen every where great contention and this I see come to passe through all Christendome so well among those which are counted for men of high knowledge and great learning as likewise among all other sorts of smaller understanding in consideration whereof I have both for my self and others more cause to lament then for to laugh or be merry Citizen Notwithstanding Countryman thou knowest right well that we have been taught these many yeares by our learned preachers and that as it seemeth according to the Scriptures that all our spots are cleansed and washed away onely by the death of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and by no other means whereof we may in no wise doubt or mistrust but must acknowledge that he hath made a full reconcilement and satisfaction to God his Father upon the Altar of his Cross once for all our sins and for the sins of the whole world yea moreover as thou knowest that we all have our freedom thereby though yet as it cannot be denied we have been deceived in times past by many false prophets and teachers which have craftily crept in amongst us in sheeps Cloathing under pretence of holinesse But yet Christ sayeth you shall know them by their fruits and those you know were the superstitious papists which brought in all Idolatry and abuse But now God be thanked all such Abominations with worshipping of Images c. is gone you hear and Banished quite out of this land truth is set up in place the Gospel of Gods Kingdom is sincerely preached all over by Gods true prophets elect ministers and upright disciples of Christ and is thankfully received you see of all people to their salvation and so the bands of Antichrist sonne of perdition which is the Pope are broken and we now by that means are set free from all thraldom wherein we were once captivated are restored into the liberty of the Gospel for even so

iniquity and with all Hypocrites receive their portion in the hellish condemnation consider advisedly of it for it is very true Citizen But wilt thou say that all those and such like are no Christian Exile Yes verily by signe or outward show and name they be Citizen And must not such preach the truth notwithstanding shew forth the many high knowledges and secret mysteries out of the Scriptures Exile Yea all what they heart spoken or chance to read in any writing that can they readily speak out againe But not like as all those true prophets of God and disciples of Christ have alwayes done out of any Godly understanding through the holy Spirit of God or Christ for that were impossible because the same Spirit is not with them For allbeit they have the Scriptures and the Godly witnesses wherethrough they mean to be understanding and wise yet forasmuch as they give not all their understanding over as captive under the obedience of the love of Christ and his holy word as under that same Being or life whereunto the Scripture witnesseth but run still forth with the knowledge so have they verily neither light truth spirit nor being of God Christ nor of his word And therefore they neither know nor yet understand any thing at all rightly of that whereof they then praie or speak forth unto others Citizen If all such as thou hast here spoken of were libertines having neither light truth nor spirit of God or Christ then God be mercifull unto us for then were it all in vain for many a one in these dayes to stand up or teach in a Congregation notwithstanding I cannot be perswaded as yet although I most needs grant that for the most part they do not live the same which they do teach to others like as they themselves have confessed but that they neverthelesse preach unto the people both Gods word the truth out of the right spirit be they themselves never to evil else God forbid And I pray you Sirs did not Judas amongst the rest of the apostles go and preach the Gospel and yet was not he a wicked one and betrayed his master And did not Peter which denied his master preach Gospel also And it is written The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses seat or Chair what they bid you observe that observe and do But as they do do you not for they sayd and do nor Therefore why may not wicked men preach the truth Exile Let us consider advised by of the Scriptures and be no longer deceived Forasmuch as it standeth written that Christ is the light of the world the Heavenly truth the right spirit yea and the word of God it self Then how were it possible that those which are void of Christ should preach or prophesie aright the true to inde or word of God contained in the holy Scriptures the whilst I say that the same spirit of truth is not in them for it is written that the Scripture never came by the will or mind of man but holy men of God did speak as they were inspired by the holy Ghost And it is written also that the naturall or fleshly minded man perceaveth not the things of God c. And again wisdom will not dwell in a froward soul nor yet in a body that is subdued to sin For where wickednesse hath the upper hand the holy Ghost doth flie from thence And yet note then moreover that after such time that man hath once entred into Judas he preached not 〈◊〉 Peter perceaving afterward what he had done he wept bitterly wherefore I am not against any one that will weep with Peter And as for such as sit in Moses seat or chair which teach the law uprightly I have not once touched I speak onely of them that sit in their own chair of pestilence which reach their own law or Imagination of their fleshly parts and good thinking but not the holy lan● of the Lord which is spirituall and containeth the truth the life or Christ it self And therefore for want of the true spirit of understanding there ariseth in these dayes great contention about the Scriptures Citizen The more is to be lamented But yet I pray thee answer me herein for I am not resolved in this matter Have we not now the truth amongst us Is not now the Gospel preached sincerely and received of all people thankfully to their salvation where through the bonds of Antichrist which is the Pope of Rome that had us long in captivity are now broken and we all by that means set at liberty Exile We have no doubt the holy Scriptures which bear witness of the truth and therein the minde or meaning of the truth is contained amongst us So have we many wholsome Sermons preached and declared unto us notwithstanding had we the truth amongst us so had we Christ amongst us and had we Christ amongst us so world we no doubt lo●e him or his word and neither would persecute him nor his members And then had he once a form or shape in us so should he likewise manifestly appear out of us in our good conversation and holy walking For it is written If Christ be in you then is the body dead or mortified concerning sin And again Whosoever hath not the spirit of Christ the same is none of his And were the Gospel preached sincerely out of the truth that is out of the spirit of God or Christ through a good conversation under the obedience of the word in all meek-mindedness and godly love so would many thousands in this land doubtless have repented them of their former life and amended their ways upon the preaching of the same Gospel and would have moreover followed the footsteps of such godly Preachers or Prophets as had even so imitated Christ and so then in very deed the people should have received the Gospel thankfully to their salvation and by that means should the bonds of Antichrist which is the sin the devil or will of the flesh which hath long time held us captive be broken in us and we then rightly through Christ should have been delivered there-from and set at liberty Notwithstanding how many in these days are set at liberty or have taken to themselves at liberty to do all manner of uncomliness both against God and man I refer that to the Testimony of their own Consciences Citizen I perceive then thou art not against any godly Preachers that walk forth in all obedience of the word and in whom Christ doth live and dwell which also do shew forth through the same meek-minded spirit all due obedience to God and Governours as likewise an upright lovely peaceable and brotherly life towards all men and that preach forth the same word of truth and life which they as then have both felt handled and tasted of unto others moe Exile No verily but I do reverence in the Lord all such as the true ministers and distributers of the heavenly riches and

treasures of God and Christ and only to such is that high office of preaching or prophecying committed and to none other for such will not resist the godly life in the Love whereunto we are all out of grace undeservedly and lovingly called and warned in the service of Love now in these last days of our preservation Citizen I think no less but that thou hast expressed unto me thy mind aright herein but yet tell me Wilt thou then say the Pope is not Antichrist Exile I know not the man notwithstanding to say what I conjecture of him I do not otherwise imagine of him but that he is or may be possessed with the spirit of Antichrist which is the will of the flesh or of the devil the contrary anointed one and enemy to Christ rhrough which spirit many ignorant ones in these perilous days as well among the high learned as among the ignorant have taken to themselves a freedom to work all manner of blasphemies oppressions persecutions with all other uncomely abuses both against God and men But yet such a freedom and liberty understand doth not the Gospel of Christ bring in or teach but rather the Devil and that spirit of Antichrist Citizen Thou hast doubtless made me afraid and also astonied at these thy wonderful answers so that I dare scarce demand any more matter of thee lest haply any one should ly in waite in some secret place and over-hear us and so carry this our communication to some of our learned that now be in authority for then we all haply if they might find us should sing a Counter note unless we did recant all the same and yet hast thou spoken an unconfutable truth Exile The case is lamentable the whilst the truth may not be spoken freely notwithstanding if you have ought else to demand of me either touching naturall or Heavenly things ask of it freely and I under permission and according to my understanding will answer as the Lord shall give me in minde for as much as all things needfull both naturall and spirituall are expressed at large unto us in the Service of Love Citizen Of fellowship then shew me a little of thy understanding touching the naturall creatures that are earthly and elementish how and in what manner they live move and have their course of being for that my dull capacity might the better conceive of the Lords workes in the Spirituall creatures Exile I find out and perceave according to my simple understanding that the Lord the maker of Heaven and earth hath ordained and set all things naturall that they should remain in the upright form and order and that likewise the whole masse of the earth as man beast fish foule hearb tree with all else that is earthly and elementish which is under the Sun is to be beheld and considered of him in five parts of the which four be elements viz. Ayr Earth Fire and Water of whose substances every particular living creature is partaker The fifth part is a naturall living Being wrought through the almighty power of the heavenly word whereby every creature is sustained and liveth in his naturall kind or being and bringeth forth likewise thereout his fruit or increase And there is no visible substance or creature being earthly and elementish that is not or hath not been partaker thereof And allbeit now that this whole masse hath from in the beginning of Creations increased it self mightily in many creatures on the earth yet do we see in as much as every element so soon as the life is taken away from the creature or the creature from it claymeth or taketh him his own viz. the fiery element his the ayry his the watery his and so leaveth to the earthly onely his own yet the earth is not therefore any whit the bigger the water not any whitt the more increased the ayre never the fuller or larger ne yet the fire any thing at all augmented thereby And why Like as the same increase out of Gods workmanship hath proceeded from them in the life even so doth every element at the departure of the life claim again to himself no more but his own like as is said c. Citizen I perceive more by these thy words then ever I could consider of before For I see now that God hath ordained or set the natural creatures and every one in his course for to remain in a comely order to an everlasting praise of his holy name But yet I pray thee like as thou hast spoken some what of thy understanding things natural so let me also hear a little of thee concerning the spiritual and heavenly workmanship of God in man for his preservation in Christ Jesus Exile The great mercifulnesse of God the Father concerning his gracious workmanship in the man and how he hath in the beginning formed him according to his own Image and similitude is to be beholden or considered in an heavenly or spiritual manner viz. in the very like being of his God-head in perfect righteousness and holiness Notwithstanding now the man being fallen away through Adams transgression from this his former glorious estate wherein he was set so is there no way or mean for him to come again to be brought therunto but through faith in Jesus Christ and that only by his death and passion blood-shedding and resurrection when we as Christians become turned clean about viz. When we out of Gods grace upon the founding forth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ do repent us unfainedly of our sins past amend our lives take up our cross daily on us against the sin and even so crucifie the flesh with the lusts and desires thereof c. according to the Scriptures and also like as we are raught and counselled thereunto at large in the Service of Love To this end and to the mans preservation will the Almighty God now in the end of the world prepare him his Angels or Ministers And all what is gone out from God enranged would gladly return to him again the same shall they now through the sounding forth of his Gospel or last trump gather together as good wheat All those shall be brought again through Christ unto God And contrarywise all middle walls ignorant knowledges false wisdoms wicked imaginations which are not proceeded of God but are risen up out of the bottomless pit of darknesses together with all whatsoever hath handfast it self or holden fellowship therewith and will not have any better shall be in like manner gathered together as unprofitable weeds yea all those shall be found as incorporated members to the iniquity and thrown soul and body into the bottomless pit of the everlasting condemnation as likewise into the hellish fire which is prepared for the Devil and his Angels from the beginning Lo thus shall every one claim his own The bottomless pit of the condemnation from whence all evil doth proceed shall through the sounding forth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ claim