wronging and killing the innocent and just such whose tongues speak guile and whose lips are perverse who works iniquity and drinks it up as an Ox drinks water and are in the unbelief who believes not in the Light that enlightneth every one that cometh into the world but their Tongues are at liberty such the way of peace you know not nor the day Now for you that be there to wish another the good day you speak that you know not but we speak what we know and have seen who are turned from the darkness to light from the power of Satan unto God who can say The night is over and the day is come therefore such as are here doth the good day witness that all might come to the Light and so come to this good day and good morning But you that do come to this good day and good morning you must forsake the evil and the power of Satan and the darkness and so turned from the darkness then you are turned from the evil day and turned to the light then you 'l come to witness the Father and the Son to which is said God speed Now you that say you wish one another a good day who be in the evil day when God crosseth your expectation and crosseth your wills and you cannot attain your ends you 'l say then what a sad day you have had So you cannot wish a good day while you be in the evil day till you be turned to the Light for if you wish a good day with that which acts in the evil your wishes are vain but they that are turned to the light that enlightens every one that cometh into the world comes to see the good morning and the good Evening these are turned from Satans power and Satan to God where he is kept out of and appears not in the day And so these that are here do desire that every one might come to the good day from the evil and his day from the Power of Satan to the light for every one being enlightned with the Light that comes from Christ Jesus the Saviour of your souls being turned to the Light you are turned to the Father of Light where there is no shadow of changing being turned to the Light they are turned to the day Now who be from the Light be in the darkness under Satans power these be in the evil day which is evil day to them which to them is evil day and none come to the good morning and to the good day but such as come to the Light and then these come to see the works of the Lord praise him yea the Sun and the Moon praise him the Stars praise him the Sun to rule the day and the Moon to rule the night and these praise him and this day is good and the night good too but he that is from the Light is in the Darkness under the power of the devil under his power it is his day they are in And the Just suffers where the power of Darkness rules but now the Just shall rule and doth rule over the Power of Darkness and over the evil and his day And again they that be in darkness and the evilday and out of the Light not turned to it these that be here when foul weather comes that crosseth them rainy weather say they What an ill day is this what a bad day is this when such a day comes cross to their wills And when fair Weather come that is hot Weather very hot say they What a bad day is this And again when Snow and cold Weather comes What a bad cold day is this or rainy slobby Weather What an ill day is this Likewise when hot sultry as you call it Weather comes hot close misty weather What an ill day is this say they And likewise Evening and Night when great showers come in the Night What an ill Night is this say they when that Snow or Rain great Floods or Frost that is in danger of taking away their Cattel or flowing over their Corn What an ill Night is this say they it they will say good Night to one another and it they will say an ill Night presently afterwards and say a good morning one to another or a good day and it they will say What a bad day is this or a bad morning and here is their confusion and it they will say a good Evening one to another and it they will say a bad one with the same mouth And here they call good evil when the Weather is cold and frost this is good and Snow and Rain is good and all praiseth God and is good and this they call ill an ill day or ill night this is their custom shewing they are in the evil who call the good evil and thus they are never content either too hot or too cold too much snow or frost or too sultry or no rain or too much rain and here stand they that be out of the light in the discontent who be in the evil day not turned to the light but yet remains in darkness but such as are turned to the Light which comes from him who is the Heir of all things which upholds all things by his word and power these come to see how all the works of the Lord praise him his works praise him day and night praise him Summer and Winter praise him Ice and Cold and Snow praise him and that is the bad and evil that calls them evil and for rebuke reproof judgement Seed-time and Harvest praise him and all things that are created praise him This is the Language of them who learn of him hear him that is Heir of all things who upholds all things by his Word and Power by whom all things was made and by whom all things was created for him and to him that above all things he might have the preheminence And these that be here they do not call evil good and good evil but that which is out of the Light is in the evil that which is out of the Light is our of the Truth for the Light is the Truth and the Light is the day or leads to the day but to these that be in the darkness the morning to them is death And to them that work iniquity abhor the Light and doth evil the Light to them and the Day to them is as a shadow of death for such the Light cannot endure for to them it is their condemnation And to you this is the Word of the Lord God which shall answer the Light in every ones conscience for from the Word the Light comes and the entrance of the Word giveth Light And here all may see who are turned to the Light the good Day the good Morning and the Night which God made who saw it was good and the evil day who is out of Truth the evil and his day is out of Truth where the works are done that are not good but
the Lord is bringing all these things to an end that which is evil is not good that which is good is not evil Now that which is evil comes to be condemned with the Light that is good and shut forth Glory be to the Lord God of life for ever And this is for all the world which stumbles at the things before mentioned to read your selves and see in which day you are and all to take heed to the Light that shines in a dark place until the day dawn and the Day-star arise in their hearts that every one may come to put a difference between the precious and the vile the clean and the unclean for that which is out of the Light is unclean and prophane and not precious for being turned to the Light turned to the Word that is a Sword that puts a difference between the precious and the vile where the precious inherits the precious promises Therefore every one of you being enlightned with a Light that comes from Christ who lighteth every one that cometh into the world every one of you being turned to the light that cometh from Christ with the Light you are turned to him who is the way to the Father out of the world from the evil and its day but if you hate the Light this is your condemnation This is the VVord of the Lord God He that saith he wishes a good Morning and a good day to people and hates the Light that 's dissimulation for he that hates light hates the good day hates the good Night so he that wishes a good day or good morning to another and hates Light is in hypocrisie and his wishes are vain Again he that wishes a good night and a good day and saith an ill night and an ill day knoweth not that which the Lord hath made to be good he calleth that which God hath made evill and seeth not himselfe to be in the evil day and evil night the night of darkness And again he that saith what an ill morning and ill day it is and what an ill evening and ill night is this because the season crosseth him who doth not discern the times and seasons that be in the Fathers hand and knows not him who makes all things good so he that wisheth a good day and good night a good morning it with the same saith it is an ill morning or ill day or ill night he it is that is ill and calls evill good and his wishes are vain and the night is good and the morning is good and the day is good and times and seasons are in his Fathers hand these that be here are out of the evil day and darkness in that which is good which judgeth and condemneth the other and burns it up which calls evil good good evil Here all may see the evil day and the good day that which is bad the world calls good that time and season which is seasonable is unseasonable to the wicked for times and seasons be in the fathers hands which be good them that be in the life of God see them good which times and seasons the wicked calls evil and that is the evâ—â— and the evil is not the good the discontent which hath not 〈◊〉 its lâ—sson to be content and is blind and seeth not the times and 〈…〉 the Fathers hand and that is for Judgment that is the eye must be put out that is the eye Christ comes to put out that is the evil eye The Worlds hypocriticall Salutations being out of the truth are condemned with the truth THe customs and manners and fashions of the world which is practised amongst people in the world which is vaine when they meet one with another they will say how do you Sir doff the hat scrape a leg make a courchy I am glad to see you well your servant your servant my Lord or Sir or Mistress and when they are past them with the same tongue wish evil to them speak evil of them wish hurt to them or to her and say he is so and so or curse him or wish that he were hanged or kill or do him a mischief yet when he meets him or she meets her A woman meets another they bow one to another or if men meets the hats bow they are one anothers servants and your humble servant and their service and then when they are past one another wishes wickedness one to another and laugh at one another behind their backs and this is a custome that is evil among men and women which ought not to be and is to be rebuked and reproved they profess love and friendship to one another with the same mouth wish ill one to another and one destroy another this hath been an evil custome among men and women who when they meet together flatter one another and say they are one anothers servants and profess humility one to another and when one is gone from the other envy one another and lay a plot to do him mischief and do wickedness to one another this is and hath been a bad thing among people and is to be reproved and these Salutations are vain and not to be observed but denied and to be judged that plainness and truth and uprightness and honesty may come to rule in people and single heartedness and the love indeed which is more then words and this humility is feigned and this is a flattering one another in the presence and a backbiting one another behind one anothers backs this is to be judged and condemned that the witness of God in all may arise that leads to truth in the inward parts The End
your consciences answer and judge though the Night is good in it self and the Day is good in it self for all that God made was very good but must there not be an account given for all vain words Now to come to a company of Tradesmen whatsoever that in their Trades there are wronging cheating cozening they are slighting the work they are abusing it they do it not righteously And who are using deceitful Weights and Measures in bargaining to say to them God speed your work is not he that saith so partaker of his evil deeds Whether is it better to say Fear God and be just and do the things that is right To come to a company of Husbandmen or other men that are about the creatures in the Creation doing their occasions who are envying the Cattle bruising the Cattel cursing of them defrauding one another and some may be doing for others work and slight over the thing they have in hand and do it not faithfully to say to these God speed their work are they not partaker of their evil deeds for saith the Priest and people There are none that doth righteous no not one then they do evil and how can I say to him that doth not righteousness but partake of his evil deeds How can I say to him he hath a good Day and a good Evening when he is in the Night of Darkness And the Priests and People say while they be upon Earth they must commit sin and sin is of the Devil and he that commit it is of the Devil and how can I say God speed him that commits sin Must I say God speed him in his wayes Is not that to imbolden him in his wayes put him on a Garment there put him on a cover To bid him God speed can any do so but be partaker of their evil deeds Is it not better bid them repent And if while they be upon earth they must commit sin is not sin the evil deed doing the Devils deed to bid God speed to a Priest to a Teacher or to a Professor that tells me while he is upon earth he must commit sin are not these them that must not be received into their Houses nor bid God speed least we partake of their evil deeds We are the House of God this is not to be received into the House We are the Temples of the Holy Ghost born of God a spiritual Houshold turned from sin who are turned from the sin are the Houshold of God where the sin entreth not nor the evil deed And hath not this Baals Worship stood out of the Light that so rageth now who acts the evil deeds that is not bid God speed who acts the evil deeds before mentioned and they cannot tell them that be in the evil day they have a good day and cannot tell them that be in the works of Darkness that they have a good day or a good Evening that maketh the Heathen to rage now that the madness and folly of this appears now both in Professors Priests and people And again is there not a mighty Monster brought forth in the world and in these Nations that if you be not spoke to this birth brought forth born of the Monstrous Woman it swells and is full of fury and madness if they speak thou to him doth not this shew that 't is not the birth born of the spirit which gave forth Scripture which said thou to a particular and you to many and thou to God and thou to Christ but is not this birth born of the great Mystery Babylon the Mother of Harlots since the days of the Apostles and now her Son reigns and hath been set up as King At this Monster born of the flesh the very word thou strikes at his brow and makes him to rage and he is found out of the life that gave forth Scripture now to speak you to him to make him a number to set him up in his place make him a Monster pleaseth him and this Monster born of the flesh hath outstripped all the uncircumcised Philistines and Heathen that were before him before all his fellow-Kings for he is the head of them all and persecutes now before them all for we never read that any persecuted for thou before and saith thus Thou me and I will turn them out of their places for if he hath not the Hat bowed to him he rageth and is mad and full of fury yea he will fine and imprison and this is the Monster brought forth in our age to the view of all the children of Light born of the immortal seed of the Word of God who speaks the pure Language and bows to the Lord and respects no mans person but are of the royal Law of God which convinceth them to be Transgressors that doth respect mens persons and this brings them to thou particulars and thou God and Christ and you many who are come to the form of sound words and speaks righteously But this Monster this birth this Monster that is brought forth of the Monstrous woman that hath harlotted from the spirit that gave forth Scripture and Gods voice hath not heard respects persons and if his person be not respected likewise he rageth frowns envies threatens and if he have thou spoken to him the pure Language of the children of the Lord born of the spirit according to that which gave forth Scripture he likewise rageth sumes cannot endure to stay in the sight of the children born of the spirit that will not bow his hat to him to the Monster but thou him oh away with him to prison I cannot endure he should stand before me away with him that is born of the spirit the sons of God and with them to prison saith this Monster born of the monstrous woman the mother of Harlots and this is the Tydings and that which is brought forth in these our dayes But he that hath reigned is now known the birth reigns that hath the pure Language which disquiets the birth born of the flesh that is brought forth of the Lord knows him knows his Mother and his Dominion and all his raging and railing subjects and he shall turn to corruption and enter into the fire and that which brought him forth and with him all his subjects and shall pass away as a blast and the sons and daughters shall reign and take the Kingdom of God and it in shall dwell everlastingly and shall sing of the glory that they are made partakers of and do inherit over all the earth who to the Marriage of the Lamb are come and the Bridegroom sees who wears the VVedding-Garments which are not defiled with this woman nor her son the Monster neither do they fear his fury and rage but sees his rage must have an end that doth aggravate because they are not troubled more to his misery and sorrow upon whom the sword of the Lord is laid And you that can say God speed to them that be in