the Bottomles-deapth and his Stoole shall â through thesame Iudgment be cast into his owne v Apoc. 17. b. 19. â—… 20. b. Bottomles-pitt · and remaine therin damned for euermore â—… When now therfore all this is accomplished · â—…d the fore-mentioned greeuous Beast Ø›the false â—…ght of the Knowledge and his Stoole of Disoâ—…dience Ø›the x 4. Esd. 4. c. d. Place wheare the Euell is sowen â—…st-downe and ouerthrowen · and with his Adheâ—…ntes damned in the Bottomles-pitt and that â—…e vpright Beeinge of the Loue Ø›the true Light oâ—…â—…ife and his Stoole of Obedience Ø›y e Place where â—…e Good is sowen is set-vpp againe / and hath gotâ—…n the Preheminence / Then shall â verelie the â—…cripture becom fulfilled / y Apo. 11. 11. b. and the Kingdom and â—…ominion be the Lordes / and the Might his Christes â—… And all Men which repent them of their â—…innes z Psal. 98. a. Esa. 52. b. shall obtaine the Godlines / and inherit â—…e true a Iohn 8. c. Freedom with the Children of God / like â—…s the Lorde hath promised them / and wher-vnto â—…ee hath also loued and chosen them euen from the â—…eginning and shall fardermore vnderstand / that â—…e Iudgment which the God of Heauen hath deâ—…ared through HN vpoÌ„ the Earth · and set-fourth â—…hrough thesame his Minister is very-true and â—…hat also thesame Iudgment pronounceth and deâ—…areth the right Forme or State of all what is in â—…eauen and vpon Earth and beneath the Earth · of â—…ll what is Gods and Mans · Spirituall Heaâ—…enlie · and 〈◊〉 all what is Naturall right and reâ—…nable and that no such b Iohn 1. a. 10. d. 15. c. Wonderful-woorkes â—…oulde be wrought nor brought-fourth by anye Man vnlest God were with him â—… They shall also vnderstand that the Reueaâ—…inge or Declaring of thesame Iudgment of God 〈◊〉 God-his great Loue Mercie / which Hee now in the last tyme is extending ouer all Men on thâ—… Earth to their Preseruation in the Godlines / to th end that they all which are captiued w t Sinnes and estraunged from their vpright State / and from the good Beeing of God should be warned ereuer the Iudgment of God fall vpon them oâ—… the terrible Miserie and Condemnation c Math. 24. c. Luk. 21. c. Rom. 2. a. Iudae 1. b. which shall fall vpon the Vngodlie / and vpon all them that would not shewe-fourth any Repentaunce / but dispise the proffered Grace of the Lorde and that they all should euenso â to their Preseruation in the Godlines turne them to the God of Life / and to his gratious Woorde and Seruice of Loue · repent d Act. 2. f. 3. c. 17. d. them of their Sinnes · and so becom prepared to an vpright People of the Lorde / and that the Scripture mought euenso becom fulfilled â vnto good ouer them 10. O Yee Children of Men dispise not â in anye-case thissame e Pro. 1. c. proffered Grace nether let your Eyes be wicked in their Sight / f Math. 6. c. Luk. 11. d. lest your whole Bodie becom darke but let them be single / and so becom turned for to looke into the good Beeing / wher-vnto yee were created of God · and chosen through Iesus Christ and wher-vnto yee are presentlie loued and inuited or courteouslie-bidden by the Famelie of Loue and euenso in thesame single Sight let your Vnderstandinges becom renewed vnder the Obedience of the Loue / To th ende that yee be not deceaued with any peruerse Sight g Math. 18. a. â—…0 b. nor Wicked-conceauinge ouer y t Woorke and Woorde of the Lorde according to the peruerse Sight Wicked-conceauing ouer y t Woorke and Woorde of the Lorde from the Beginninge wherwithall the Man was begiled h Gen. â—…â—… through the â—…olde Serpent nor-yet after the maner of the perâ—…erse Sight and Wicked-conceauinge ouer the Woorke and Woorde of the Lorde / wherwithall now also in the last tyme the false Light of the Knowledge Ø›the Seede of the olde Serpent deceaueth the vnrepentant Men but that yee may haue all i Math. 6. c. Luk. 11. d. single-minded Sight / and all good Cogitations ouer thesame · and be thankfull to the Lorde for his great Grace that Hee so meeteth you all / and reacheth you the Hande â now in the last tyme k Iohn 7. â—… with the Outflowinge of his gratious Woorde / and with the Seruice of his Loue / for to pluck you againe vnto Him to purge you from all wicked Beeing and euenso to sett you vpp againe in your vpright l Ephe. 1. a. Forme or State whervnto Hee created the Man in the Beginninge / and sett him therin and whervnto Hee hath bidden all Men to com through his Christ as also whervnto Hee presentlie â through the holie Spirit and Seruice of the Loue of his Christ loueth vs all / To th ende that wee should all euenso through thesame Seruice of Loue and Assistaunce or Hand-reachinge becom washed and cleansed / and so enter m Iohn 13. b. with cleane-washed Feete · with Eyes of singleminded Sight · and with cleere or pure Bodies n Esa. 52. a. Ezech. 44. b. into the true Sanctuarie of the spirituall and heauenlie Bewtiful-excellentie 11. YEa ther-vnto let all the Sight of your Eyes becom opened / and then looke into the Matier what great Loue and Mercie of God · and what great Diligence and Feruentie ther is bestowed on you / for to bring you all againe â thorough the seruiceable Testimonies of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde to your vpright Godlynes / To th ende that yee mought â without faile be safetie-kept from the Seductinge of the false Light of the Knowledg / which now o 1. Tim. 4. a. 2. Tim. 3. a. 2. Pet. 2. a. in the last time breateth-in forciblie among many vnrepentant vnregenerated Men / and that yee should not refuse That whervnto yee are loued by God-his Grace nether-yet also turne you away from your Godlynes · nor from vs and our Documentes which are seruiceable â therin vnto you 12. And if now it were so â yee Deerlie-beloued that som of you had ben p Pro. 6. 14. a. negligent or sluggish in that which the gratious Woorde of the Lorde and his Seruice of Loue requireth · and turned you away from the Doctrine of the Woorde and Seruice of Loue / and from Vs Ø›the Lordes and your Ministers yet remaine not therfore seperated from vs / nor from our Doctrine of your Godlynes but turne you againe to thesame / and assemble you euenso againe â with goodwilling Heartes to the Gratious-stoole q Heb. 5. a. of the Remission of all Sinnes for the which Sorrowe or Contrition is shewed / and Repentaunce don and haue euenso out of Loue your communion â or mutual-societie againe with vs / wherby yee mought then also with vs haue your communioÌ„ r 1.
Our Heart is thâ—… Minde of God most-â—…ie Our Beeinge aâ—…able as the sweete Lillie Our Faithfulnes / Loue / and Trueth vpright Is Gods Light / Life / and Cleernes bright FIDELITAS A Distinct DeclaratioÌ„ of the Requiring of the Lorde and of the godlie Testimonies of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ. Set-fourth by Fidelitas a Fellowe-elder with HN in the Famelie of the Loue. Translated out of Base-almayne Beholde I set before your Eyes this-daye the Blessinge the Curssinge The Blessinge 〈◊〉 yee obey the Commaundementes of y e Lord your God which I coÌ„maund or giue you this-daye The Curssing if yee obey not the Commaundementes of the Lorde your God but â—…rne you out of y e Waye which I this-day will â—…ou vnto or set-fourth before you Deu. 11. 30. Now goeth the Iudgment ouer the World Now becometh the Prince of this World cast-out Iohn 12. Now is the Saluation / the Power / and the Kingdom becom our Gods and the Might his Christes Apoca. 12. THE PREFACE VNto the Louers of the Trueth and of the vpright Righteousnes and vnto all which shall reade or heare this distinct Declaration of the Requiringe of the Lorde Health and Saluation 2. This-daye through our faithfull Elder FIDELITAS â a Fellowe-elder with HN in y e Famelie of the Loue of Iesu Christ ther becoÌ„eth â out of God-his Grace distinctlie expressed and declared vnto you all â O yee Louers of the Trueth with thissame Declaration of the Requiringe of the Lorde what the Will and Requiringe of the Lorde is and how yee all should enter rightlie and accordinge to the Trueth into the a Pro. 4. b. Iere. 6. b. Wayes of the Lorde his Requiringe for to liue vprightlie in God-his true b Luk. 1. g. Eph. 1. a. Righteousnes and to inherit c Math. 2â—… d. the eternall Life according to the Promises of God y e Father and his Christ. 3. Ther is likewise expressed and declared vnto you in the same from whence the wicked Thing proceedeth wher-through the whole Worlde is d 1. Iohn 5. â—… so full of Falshod and how that y e Man is lett or hindered by the same that hee doth not rightlie vnderstand nor obey the Requiring of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde and wherthrough also the same wicked Thing and his Lett or Hinderinge may be remoued and depressed or vtterlie brought-to-nothing with other-moe groundlie Instructions to the Mans Preseruation in the Godlines euident or distinct Admonitions for the auoydinge of his Destruction 4. With which Declaration of the Requiringe of the Lorde the Lorde likewise calleth and biddeth â through the fore-named Elder FIDELITAS all People to y e e Esa. 16. â—… Heb. 5. a. Gratious-stoole of his Loue and that they should all willingly applie them vnto the f 1. Pet. 1. c. Obedience of the Requiring of his gratious Woord and Seruice of Loue. 5. To the Preseruation of them all in hys Godlynes and to an AdmonitioÌ„ for the auoyding of their Destruction in the g Gen. 3. b. Esa. 59. b. Estraunging or Seperation from his godlie Beeing and true God seruice vnder the Obedience of his Loue. 6. Therfore â O yee Louers of the Trueth when yee now this-daye heare this Voyce proffered Grace to the Entraunce of your SaluatioÌ„ h Psal. 95. b. Heb. 3. b. so hardeÌ„ not â in any-case your Heartes as to be disobedient vnto y e Requiringe of this Declaration To th ende that yee remaine not with-out the Rest of the ChildreÌ„ of God which God now in the last time declareth-fourth out of y e Famelie of his Loue wher-vnto Hee also calleth and biddeth all People Take it to heart A distinct Declaration of the Requiring of the Lorde / which the Lorde Ø›the liuinge God of Heauen hath declared out of his holie Sion and heauenlie Ierusalem · and set-fourth through the Elder Fidelitas The First Chapiter IN the Two-and-seuentith Yeare of the Elderdom of HN In y â— time when-as Certen â beinge turned-in vnto themselues tooke-on a Conceit or Meaninge that they could vnpreâ—…ared and vnregenerated · and with-out the Tesâ—…amentes of God · and with-out the Ministraâ—…ion of those-same through HN be the People of God in whom Hee is wel-pleased / and vncircumâ—…sed on the Foreskinne of their Heartes enter into â—…he Sanctuarie of God and that then coulde euenâ—… in the Turning-in and Loue vnto themselues · 〈◊〉 the Disobedience vnto the Requiring of the graâ—…ous Woorde of the Lorde and his Seruice of â—…oue · and in the Seperation from the Doctrine of â—…N in the true Testamentes of God liue vpright â—…d free / and also followe-after and fulfill the Lordâ—…s Will / which they distincted not from out of â—…eir owne Will hath the God of HeaueÌ„ distinctlie declared vnto Mee Fidelitas a Fellowe-elder in the Famelie of Loue â with cleere Declaration out a Psal. 50. a. Esa. 2. a. Mich. 4. a. of his holie Sion and heauenlie Ierusalem the right Requiring of his Woord and Will and also the right Waye or Passe-ouer which leadeth to the vpright Life of the Righteous · to God-his true Sanctuarie · and to the right b Esa. 32. c. Sap. 3. 〈◊〉 Rest and Freedom of the Children of God and the Woorde of the Lorde came vnto Mee / and saide 2. GO-fourth and shewe thyself among the Children of Men which trouble or busye them about my Trueth · and about my Woorde and Righteousnes / speciallie among them that are turned-in vnto themselues and their owne Loue / and meane or suppose euenso that they in the Loue of themselues · and in their taken-on Knowledge of the godlie Thinges haue my Trueth and Righteousnes and saye vnto them â to their Preseruation all these Woordes which I speake vnto thee / c Ierâ—… 31. c. and geeue thee in thy Heart and Mouth / or write thesame in a Letter / and endeuour theâ—… diligentlie that thesame be heald-fourth before theiâ—… Eyes · and hearde in their Eares First â or beforâ—… all amonge those which reade and heare the godâ—…lie Testimonies of my gratious Woorde â set-fourth by my chosen Minister HN or which haue reaâ—… and hearde or allowed thosesame and yet not apâ—…plyed them with all their Heart to perfourme thâ—… Requiringe therof and witnes and declare vntâ—… them all which geeue-eare thervnto That whicâ—… I require through my gratious Woorde d Ezech. 3. b. anâ—… warne them all of the Desiruction that shall faâ—… vpon the wicked Worlde · vpon all Vnbeleeuers Disobedientones / and Resisters of the Requiringe of my Woorde · and vpon all Offallers or Declyners from the Requiringe of thesame 3. And in all thissame infourme and instruct them likewise what it is that letteth or hindereth them that they vnderstand not rightlie the Requiringe of my gratious Woorde and Seruice of Loue / nor-yet are obedient â from the Requiringe of the e Math 3. 〈◊〉
Luk. 3. b. Heb. 6. a. first Entraunce to the true christian Life till vnto the Perfection therof in anye right maner to thesame / nor bestowe their diligence aright ther vnto and how that they for-that-cause cannot perseuer firmlie therin · nor com to the true f Heb. 3. b. 4. a. Freedom of the Children of God But call or bidde them first to the Conuertion and g Math. 18. a. Iohn 3. a. Turningeabout to the right Childshipp of the new Birth / and that they let their Vnderstandinges be renewed therto vnder the Obedience of my Loue / and saye vnto them 4. TVrne you about to the h Math. 18. 〈◊〉 Mark 10. b. childish Singlemindednes O yee Children of Men Depart from the Heathenshipp of your Vncircumcision / and com-in heather to the Couenaunt of the Lorde and his Circumcised and humble you obedientlie to the Requiringe of the seruiceable Outflowinge of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde / shewing-fourth vpright i Math. 3. a. Act. 2. c. 3. c. Frutes of Repentaunce For That is the Requiringe of the Lorde And ther-to â to-weet to the Entraunce of thatsame wherof ther is spoken let your Vnderstandinges becom renewed vnder the Obedience of the Loue / and yourselues k Act. 3 〈◊〉 brought-to-right againe and euenso in your Conuertion becom first in the right Feare l Pro. 1. a. 9. b. Eccli 1. b. of God Ø›the true Forefrunt of y e Entraunce to the Sanctuarie of God circumcised on the Foreskinne m Deuâ—… 10. b. Iere. 4. a. of your Heartes to the n Col. 2. b. 1. Pet. 2. a. Laying-away of the Sinne in the Fleash and shewe-fourth goodwillinge Obedience therin 5. For thatsame and to shewe-fourth Obedience therin is the Lord-his right Couenaunt of Circumcision / o Rom. 2. c. Col. 2. b. which the right Seede of Abraham beareth in his Fleash / and that maketh the right Difference betwixt the Lord-his People / and the vncircumcised Heathen And it is the right Couenaunt of the Lorde / which the Lorde â er-euer Hee maketh the p Iere. 31. c. Heb. 8. b. 10. a new Couenaunt with his People ordaineth q Gen. 17. b. first by his People / and which also in the Ministration and Obedience of his Requyringe hath the Fore-going by them to the r Esa. 52. a. Ezech. 44. a. Ioel. 3. b. Entraunce of the true Sanctuarie of God and of his vpright Godseruice / where no Vncircumcised may enter-in 6. And when yee now â to a right Entraunce of the true Sanctuarie of God are entred into this Couenaunt of the Lorde / and of the Circumcising of his People / and that his Requiringe is accomplished by you with the People of the Lorde the Communialtie or Famelie of the Loue / so enter than likewise into the s Rom. 10. b. Beleef of Iesu ChristØ›the true Holie of God-his Sanctuarie wherin the Accomplishing t Heb. 9. b. c. of the true Offeringe Godseruice of the Circumcised of the Lorde · the right Baptisme ether Washinge of the Beleeuers v Ezech. 36. c. with the pure Water and pretious Bloud of Iesu Christ · and the true Forgeeuenes of Sinnes / x Heb. 9. b. c. and the vpright Purginge or Safe-makinge from thesame cometh-to-passe or is wrought and where-out the right Renewinge y Rom. 12. a. Ephe. 4. b. of the Heart and Minde proceedeth 7. And in thesame true Beleef and Baptisme of Iesu Christ becom implanted into Christ z Rom. 6. 〈◊〉 Phil. 3. a. with his like Death and let yourselues euenso â in the Death of Iesu Christ be prepared to an vpright People of the Lorde / Deut. 4. a. d 10. b. Ephe. 1. a. in whom Hee hath a good-pleasure / and that are meete to enter into his Rest · and to the Rest and Freedom of the Children of God And in thesame true Beleef or Holie / and in the Requiringe of thesame and his Ministration shew-fourth a Deu. 6. 30. a. goodwillinge Obedience / and b Mat. 10. 24. b bide stedfast therin vntill that it all which the Lorde requireth of you and in you be fulfilled / and that Christ c Rom. 8. a. Gal. 2. c. 4. b. after the Spirit · and the true d Apo. 21. c. Kingdom of Heauens and his vpright Righteousnes be com vnto you 8. For euenso in the Fulfillinge or Perfourmaunce of the Requiringe of the Seruice of the true Beleef · and in the Cominge of Christ with the e Apo. 21. a. Kingdom of Heauens and his spirituall and heauenlie Goods the Lorde f Ier. 31. d. Heb. 8. a. 10. a erecteth with his People his new Couenaunt of Perfection / wherin it becometh then all fulfilled and accomplished that is writen in the g Luk. 24. g. Lawe of Moyses that God hath required through his Propheates and that is euangelized of Christ and of his Kingdom 9. And thatsame new Couenaunt is the true new Couenaunt which the Lorde hath promised to mate or erect with his People and which also in the Fulfilling of his former Couenaunt Hee maketh or erecteth with his People / and remembreth not h Ier. 31. d. Heb. 8. 10. a. their Sinnes anymore For euenso in their Purginge or Safe-makinge through Iesus Christ in the Beleef · and in the Accomplishinge of thesame Seruice in the Holie becometh i Math. 27. d. 2. Cor. 3. b. the Vayle â which is the k Heb. 10. b. Fleash of Christ don-away from the Mostholie of the true Sanctuarie of God / and the Lorde vncouereth then by his People his mostholie Sanctuarie l Apo. 21. a. full of all sumpteous Garnishinge of pure Bewtie / and full of all spirituall and heauenlie Goods and Riches of God and Christ and they becom euenso glorified from the m 2. Cor. 3. b. vncouered Face of God and Christ with the true Beeinge of the vpright Perfection serued with the spirituall n Heb. 8. a. and heauenlie Goods and repleanished with the holie o Iohn 14. b. Act. 2. a. Spirit of the Loue of God and Christ. 10. And euenso in the Fulfillinge of thesame They are p Rom. 8. b. the true Children of the new Testament in Iesu Christ and the vpright Elders and Fathers in the Famelie of the Loue of Iesu Christ which geeue or set not fourth their Testimonies out of the Knowledge of many godlie Thinges but which bring-fourth out of the Accomplishinge of the fore-goinge Seruice · and out of the spirituall and heauenlie Treasure of the godlie Beeing of their Heart q Math. 13. f. the Newe and the Olde / that is the True and the Figuratiue 11. And all they that are in such-sort out of the Accomplishinge of the fore-goinge Seruice entred into r Ier. 31. d. the true Sanctuarie of God and Christ Those knowe and perceaue that the Lorde is euenso the
true Lorde s Deut. 4. a. amonge his People and they haue then obtayned the vpright t Ephe. 4. b. Knowledge of the perfect Righteousnes and Godlines · the vpright v Esa. 32. 〈◊〉 Iohn 8. c. Freedom of the Children of God · and the true Appeasement of the Conscience in Iesu Christ. 12. But to remaine in the Sinne vnrepentant · and without the Seruice of the Loue of Iesu Christ vnregenerated wherin yee seduce and destroye one-another of you â O yee Children of Men with the Knowledge and that yee then euenso at the last â when-as the Destruction hath bewrapped you shall see and perceaue therin that yee haue accounted yourselues wyse before the time appointed · taken-on the x Sap. 2. 〈◊〉 Freedom in your Vnregeneration · and y Pro. 1. c. refused the proffered Grace of the Lorde / and the Obedience of the Requiring of his gratious Woorde and Seruice of Loue and that yee likewise in all your Fourth-goinge haue not â accordinge to the Requiringe of the vpright Righteousnes which God esteemeth don ne brought-fourth any vpright Frutes of Repentaunce / and must be fayne to beare the a Rom. 2. 〈◊〉 Iudgment of God with the wicked Worlde · and with the euell Thinges wherin shee and her Adherentes do liue and that yee then knowe or perceaue therin that the Lorde Ø›the true God of Loue is not any God of the Vnrepentant and of the Disobedient but is their God b Iohn 9. 〈◊〉 Act. 10. f. which loue the Righteousnes and the Fulfillinge of the Requiringe of his Woorde / and hate all Vnrighteousnes and Resistaunce of the Requiringe of his Woorde / So shall then all thatsame â in thesame Iudgment of God be a great c Sap. 5. a. Accusation vnto you of your Sinnes to your Condemnation 13. Therfore be now warned heer-withall / and feare not ouer-much to forgoe or leese your owne Will and Corruption or Consumeablenes that hangeth so fast on / d Math. 16. e. that yee forsake not therthrough the euer-lastinge vpright Righteousnes · and the Ministration to thesame appertayninge But feare rather for the Frindshippe of y e Worlde / and for your owne Self-seekinges cause to becom the e Iam. 4. a. Enemies of God · and Disobedient to the Requiringe of his Woorde / and so then to leese the f Apo. 21. a. eternall Perfection of the pure Bewtie of the euer-lastinge Kingdom and perpetuallie to misse â or be depriued-of the eternall immutable Riches of the spirituall and heauenlie Goods and to byde seperated for-euer g 2. Tess. 1. a. from the louelie Beholdinge of the vncouered Face of God and Christ and from the perfect h Esa. 35. 51. b Ioye of the eternall Life Yea therof be you all afraide 14. BVt if now ther be not any Feare with you touching this Matier / or that yee beleeue not the Woorde of the Lorde and his Requiringe heerin / nor haue any force therof O yee Children of Men / and euenso meane ether coniecture out of your owne Wisedom that yee being vnprepared · and without the Obedience of the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde · and without the Perfourmaunce of the Requiring of the forementioned Seruice in the Holie can inherit and bring-fourth the vpright Frutes of the godlie Life / Trulie that Supposell of yours will vtterlie disappoint you / and your owne Wisdome will deceaue seduce and begile you all and also estraunge you from the Ioye of the Childship of the holie Sion from the i Ephe. 2. b. Citizenship of the heauenlie Ierusalem from the Inheritaunce of the Testamentes of God and Israel and from the Freedom of the Children of God and yee shall euenso be forced to remaine captiue in the Heathenship · and in the Abhomination of DesolatioÌ„ of the Kingdom of Babel and obtaine therin a terrible Ende 15. THerfore heare the Woorde of the Lorde to Obedience of his Requiringe / and let k Pro. 2. 4. â—… thesame sincke into your Heartes / and turne not backe in any-case nether suffer yourselues to be drawen-away from That which is set-fourth before you out of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde and his Seruice of Loue / nor-yet lead therfrom by any Mans Woordes that is against thesame For if you haue bestowed your diligence to heare the Witnessinges of the gratious Woord of the Lorde set-fourth through the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ and that yee haue yealded your Voyce or consented therin with our Fellowe-elder HN and that yee haue â moreouer enterprised or begon your Fourth-goinge therin / So looke well then heerto that yee seeke not to finish thesame Beginninge in the Witnessinges of Men that are against thesame / and in their Malice and Offenciuenes execute or iudge a false Iudgment ouer vs and our Ministration 16. But fixe or bende alwayes all your Sight and Consideration on Mee Ø› FAITHFVLNES / and consider how that the Lorde hath chosen Mee â euen from my very l Psal. 71. 〈◊〉 Ier. 1. a. Birth out of my Mothers Wombe to the Obedience of the Requiringe of his Woorde / for that I with you / and yee also with mee â according to the Requiringe of y e Testimonics of his gratious Woorde should becom vnited therin / and so wee to growe of one vniformebeeinge with each-other in thesame / To th ende that yee mought euenso â according to the Requiringe of thesame haue a right Course or Passaige for to com-in m Deut. 10. a. Math. 22. d. to the true Loue of your God · to the vpright Loue of your Neighbour · n 2. Pet. 1. b. to the vpright Loue of brotherlie Familiaritie · and to the right common Loue towardes all Men and then likewise mought o Math. 10. c. 24. b. perseuer firmlie therin 17. BVT â alas for that I Ø› FAITHFVLNES am so small / and that my faithfull Obedience is â euery-wheare so little regarded among the Children of Men / So cannot therfore many of you consider well on Mee nor on my Obedience / for to becom of one Heart and Minde therwith 18. Therfore heare now the Woorde of the Lorde O yee Children of Men Turne-away the Sight of your Eyes p Psal. 131. a. Pro. 6. b. from the Highest / and turne thesame to y e Lowest or Humblest and note-well theare in the Lowest the faithfull Obedience first-of-all in the little or childish Singlemindednes / and how that Faithfulnes with the Good-willingones · and the Goodwillingones with Faithfulnes do q Ephe. 4. b. growe-vpp obedientlie from out of the childish Singlemindednes to the manlie Olde-aige of the Man Iesu Christ. 19. For-that-cause / humble you euen-so / for to set yourselues â first-of-all with vs in the lowest NOTA or nethermost r Luc. 14. b. Place of all the Humble and Obedientones / so shall yee then also right-well perceaue
that the lowlie Humbleones / and faithfull Obedientones â euen in the manlie Olde-aige of Iesu Christ do in such-sort rightlie inherit with God and his Sainctes the Highest of the Glorie of God and the Lambe and the true Freedom of the Children of God and of all the Holyones of Christ and therto the euerlastinge Life 20. But yet many of you haue not ben able to perceaue thesame For yee are lett or hindred therin through the s Gen. 3. b. Seede of the olde Serpent t Ezech. 8. a. that greeuous horrible Beast of the Bottomles-pit / which with his Knowledge contrarie to the Requiring of the Lorde · and with his Stoole of Disobedience hath set himself on the North v 2. Tess. 2. a. in the Temple of y e Lorde / wheare the gratious Woorde of the Lorde and his Requiringe is now â through our Fellowe-elder HN administred vnto Manye 21. Which horrible Beast hath marred and corrupted all the Vnderstandinge of Man in the Knowledge / and hath euenso alwayes ben a Lett to the Children of Men in their corrupt Vnderstandinge / and with his Knowledge â contrary to the Requiringe of the Woorde of y e Lorde hindred them for entring-in to the right Entraunce of the true Life / and for turning-againe aright vnto the God of their Saluation 22. And thatsame horrible Beast Ø› x Gen. 3. b. Ezech. 8. a. the Seede of the olde Serpent is now also in the last tyme most-dammaigefull pernitious vnto you all â O yee Children of Men in your Sight / Hearinge / and Vnderstanding for to com to the Obedience of the Requiringe of the Woorde and that also theefliest turneth you out of the Waye that leadeth to the true Life / and bringeth you into a y 2. Tess. 2. b. secreat Errour which yee â through the Lett of that mostgreeuous and detestable Beast cannot well perceaue / for that thesame is ouer-all most-chieflie esteemed amonge the Children of Men / and hath â in all their Wayes plucked or z 2. Cor. 11. a. drawen them into a contrarye Minde / wherin they notwithstanding suppose that they are in the right The Seconde Chap. ANd albeit now that many Men perswade themselues that they turne them onlie to God and his Woorde / and walke in the Waye to the Life / yet turne not they themselues to the true God and his Woorde of Life in any right-maner / nether haue they also founde a 4. Esd. 7. a. the Waye to the true Life For they turne-away themselues from the gratious Woorde of the Lorde which in his Seruice of Loue doth seruiceablie set-fourth and expresse vnto them â in their b Esa. 59. a. Seperation or Disiunction from God and his vpright Beeinge the first Entraunce of the right Waye to the Life / to th end that they should euenso becom turned-about therin to the c Math. 18. a. childish Singlemindednes · and plucked to the true Obedience of the Requiringe of the Woorde of y e Lorde and that they mought then euenso â rightlie and accordinge to the Trueth com-againe to their God · and inherit the true Life of God · and the vpright Beeinge of the Loue of Iesu Christ. But many refuse thissame / and turning them vnto themselues they applie them to geeue-eare vnto that d Ezech. 8. a. horrible and mischeuous Beast which inhabiteth with them / and hath set himself in them â with his Stoole of Disobedience on the North in the Temple of the Lorde · and euenso brought-in and placed his Woorde of Knowledge against the Woorde of Life of the true liuinge God by and amonge them / and they let themselues becom veryshamefullie seduced through thesame 2. Verelie / thissame Beast Ø›the seducinge Seede of the olde Serpent is a terrible Beast before the Eyes of all the Holyones / inasmuch as that hee is risen-vpp out of the e Apo. 17. b. Bottomles-pitt that is out of the Seperation from God-his Beeinge and is the f Esa. 5. b. 59. b false Light of the Knowledge itself / which in all his Nature and Disposition is very false and deceitfull / and bringeth-vnto ether heriteth the disobedient Man with the g Iere. 17. b. most-wilie and mischeuous Heart 3. And forasmuch as that thesame Beast is so exceeding false · and so hindersom or dammaigefull vnto all Men concerning the right Entraunce to the Life / and planteth so great Falshod in them / So ought all Men therfore to take good-heede of thesame / and to staye or h Deut. 4. a. Pro. 3. a. 6. b. holde themselues somuch the faster and faithfuller on the gratious Woorde of the Lorde and his Requiringe / and to passe-fourth therin obedientlie / vntill that thesame false and deceaueable Seede of the olde Serpent / together with his disobedient Knowledge be damned and buryed i Apo. 17. b. 19. d. in the Bottomles-pitt wherout it came-fourth 4. For / so-longe as it sitteth in the Man with his Dominion on his Stoole of Disobedience / and is had chiefliest in estimation of the Children of Men / So doth thesame appeere or glinse so mightilie â with his false Light of the Knowledge before the Eyes of Men / that they k Pro. 3. a. â—…sa 5. b. 59. a. suppose thesame to be the true Light of the Wisdome of God also it bloweth his Knowledge â to the Tourning-in oâ—… Men vnto l Phil. 2. â—… their Self-seekinge so forciblie into their Eares that they conceaue it to be the very Woord of the Lorde For they applie them gladlie accordinge to the Requyringe of thesame Knowledge It taketh likewise their Vnderstandinges captiue so mightelie therin that they suppose thesame Captiuitie to be their Freedom And for-that-cause also â so-longe as they heare and beleeue thesame they cannot by anye-meanes see / heare / nor beleeue the true Obedience and Faithfulnes / nor the Forsakinge of their Self seekinge â the which is required out of the m Math. 16. c. Luk. 9. c. 14. â—… Woord of the Lorde and his Seruice of Loue to an Entraunce into the Doctrine or Discipline of Iesu Christ · nether-yet go-fourth nor perseuer constantlie therin 5. Also they cannot rightlie vnderstand how they ought â according to the Requiringe of the Woorde of the Lorde and of his Seruice of Loue to let themselues be prepared n Luk. 1. â—… to an vpright People of the Lorde / vnlest they vtterlie o Math. 16. c. Luk. 9. 14. c. forsake and leaue the venemous Seede of the olde Serpent and his Requiring of Disobedience · and also their Self nes ☞ which they seeke therin and euenso turne them about to the p Math. 18. a. childish Singlemindednes / and not respect or waye the Perrell of the Fleashes Dammaige but turne them whollie and altogether to the Inwarde-beholdinge of the q Math. 10. c. 16. c. Luk. 1â—… â—…
Hinderaunce of the Soule and of the vpright Righteousnes / and to the Inspection of the Preseruation of thesame to a Remnaunt in the euerlastinge Immortalitie / for to accomplish euenso the Lord-his Will to enter-in to the Obedience of the Requiringe of the Woorde of the Lorde and to fulfill r Math. â—… â—… all Righteousnes obedientlie and not let themselues lust after anye other thinge 6. Yea / so should they then â out of the Obedience of the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde and Seruice of Loue learne to perceaue the vpright Consubstantiation s Iohn 6. e. 17. â—… or Vnifourme-vnitinge which the Man ought to haue with God and his vpright Beeinge / and also what-maner of Loue hee ought to beare towardes an other and that thesame forementioned greeuous Beast is s Ezech. 8 a. Apo. 17. b. the wicked and horrible Beast whose Generation hath â thorough thatsame Wickedone killed or t Act. 17. e. murdered y â— NOTA Witnesses of God and Christ · and the holie Zacharias the v 2. Para. 24. c. Math. 23. e. Sonne of Barachias betwixt the Temple and the Aulter that is betwixt the Entraunce into the Sanctuarie / and the Fulfillinge of the Offeringe ether Godseruice in thesame also caused the u Dan. 8. b. daylie Offeringe ether Godseruice to ceasse and brought the whole Howse of the Lorde which Hee had chosen vnto himself for his Dwelling in vtter desolatioÌ„ x 4. Reg. 25. â—… Psal. 74. 79. a. Esa. 64. d. with AbhominatioÌ„s 7. Also they should well perceaue that the Reuendgment of all giltlesse Bloud â which from the Beginninge til-vnto this present Daye of the Manifestation of the Iudgment of God is shead vpon the Earth shall com y Math. 23. d. Apo. 6. â—… 16. â—… ouer thatsame wicked Generation to his vtter Rooting-out and Condemnation and also how and wher-through that the mischeuous Beast and his Generation hath euen hetherto ben a very mightie Lett vnto all Men for to assemble them to God-his Witnesses and doth yeat also presentlie now in the last time hinder very many for to go-in â vnder the Obedience of the Loue to the Entraunce of the vpright Godlines 8. BEholde / how cleere and apparant all thissame is set-fourth before you all â O yee Children of Men which heare vs / and how distinctlie both the z Deut. 11. 30. b Eccli 15. c. Destruction and also the Preseruation becometh â out of God-his Grace prefigured vnto you For-that-cause / learne now once to consider and marke that yee all erre / and haue wicked Eyes · and much Euel-surmisinge among you as also that your Eyes are â—…en 3. â—… opened through that greuous horrible Beast Ø›the false Light of y ◠☞ Knowledge / and hee hath geueÌ„ you to vnderstand that yee â in your Vnregeneration should take-on the Freedom for to be disobedient to the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde a Pro. 1. â—… Esa. 5. â—… to contemne and resist the Lord-his proffered Grace and the Minister of his Woorde and to turne-away yourselues therfrom 9. For-that-cause withdrawe now your Eyes from thesame wicked Sight / and turne you about hether to the Life of the Trueth / and becom counselled in-time to turne the Sight of your Eyes vnto the Lust to accomplish the Will of the Lorde / to be obedient vnto y e Requiring of his Woorde / So shall yee then perceaue and knowe that the Sentence-of-iudgment and the Doctrine set-fourth by HN is proceeded from out of the liuinge God and that the Obedience to the Requiring of thesame trayneth and leadeth men into the true Life which God accepteth / is the Mans Saluation 10. Yee shall then also right-well insee and vnderstand that thesame Obedience is the b Iohn â—… â—… vpright Freedom of the Children of God and that the true Life wher-vnto thesame Obedience bringeth-men is the vpright and c Iohn 1. â—… true Light of Men and that all other Lightes and Freedomes which are without thesame cannot bide-standinge before God nor his Holyones 11. Moreouer / yee shall insee and perceaue or vnderstand that the Disobedience is not any Freedom but is the Subiection or d 2. Pet. 2. c. Bondaige to the Sinne · to the Self-will of Man · and to y e Might of the Deuell / of the Hell / and of the Fleash to-weet that those-same haue the Dominion ouer and in the Disobedience and that thesame Disobedience beareth alwaies a Care or resteth mindfull of all what concerneth the Fleash / but is verie-little carefull of that which concerneth the Soule and the vpright Beeinge of God and that also therfore all the e Esa. 59. a. Lightes and f 2. Pet. 2. a. Freedomes of the vnrepentant and vnregenerated Men are false and deceitfull / and bringe-in or stirre-vp Breach / Dissention / and Offenciuenes among the Children of Men / and euenso turne-away the Children of Men from the Mercifulnes g Mich. 6. a. Math. 1â—… c. â—… and Forgeeuinge of Sinnes which they owe one towardes an-other as also from the peaceable Concorde of the vpright brotherlie Loue / and from the vpright Beeing of God his Christ. 12. Also that all vnregenerated Men which haue regarde and geeue-eare vnto these false Lightes and Freedomes becom therwithall very shamefullie seduced / and that those-same are also very hindersom vnto them for to com to y â— humble and obedient Singlemindednes of Iesu Christ and his Loue For they all leade-men away from thesame / as also from the Waye which reacheth thervnto 13. FOr-that-cause â O yee Children of Men holde you h Eccli 2. a. Heb. 12. a. stedfastlie on the Woorde of the Lorde and his Requiring / and on the Loue and Mercifulnes i Rom. 13. a. which yee are deptours to keepe and shew-fourth towardes euery-one and suffer not yourselues to be withdrawen at any time from the safe-makinge Testimonies of God and his holie Spirit of Loue / which haue ben â out of entire Loue to all your Preseruation healde-fourth by our Fellow-elder HN before you / and which are also yeat dailie borne before you For out of those-same yee may readelie conceaue the true and vpright Beeing of the regenerated Men · and their true Freedom with the Children of God as also vnderstand wherto yee are created · and called or bidden through the Seruice of the Loue And yee shall euenso well perceaue the pernitious Seducinge of the k Sap. 2. a. 14. b. Rom. 1. c. 2. Pet. 2. b. false Freedom of all vnregenerated Men wherof yee are presentlie warned 14. Thus beware that yee eate not l Act. 15. â—… of That NOTA which is strangled in the Bloud go not to the Aulters of the Heathen or Vncircumcised / for to offer-vp your willing Guiftes theron to the Lorde haue not any Lust for to eate m 1. Cor. 10.
c of that which is offered to their Idole muâ—…e not yourselues familier n 1. Cor. 5. b. with their Vncleannes go not in also to their Howse-of-laughter / inasmuch as thesame â assuredlie lieth altogether desolate nether reioyce you with the Vnrepentant but turne you therfrom / o Eccle. 7. a. and go much-rather into the Howse-of-lamentation â or Mourning-howse p Esa. 66. a. wheare the Littleones and Poore are / wheare y â— Goodwillinge and Obedientones are / and wheare the Humble and Lowlie · the Mercifull and Meeke-minded · and the q Math. 5. a. Hungrie and Thirstie after the Righteousnes are and wheare-as also ther is Sorrowe borne and Repentaunce shewed for the Sinne and ther-out let your Ioye / Freedom / and Peace · and all your Familiaritie or Common-heartednes / Loue / and Wisdome haue his proceeding / and be brought-fourth / So shall yee then vnderstand aright that I haue writen and administred the Trueth vnto you and that this Counsell of the Wisdome is not of Man · but of God 15. Therfore take now in-tyme the Counsell of the Wisdome â albeit that thesame is dispised of many and thissame distinct or cleere Instruction effectuallie r Pro. 2. 4. â—… to heart / and assemble you all vnto vs / and to our Seruice of Loue and in thesame Seruice let all your Vnderstanding becom renewed / to a right Inspection of the vpright Beeing wherin the Man â—…ught â concordablie to stande comprehended To th ende that ther mought be founde among vs all that loue the Righteousnes one concordable Minde s Rom. 12. 15. 1. Cor. 1. a. to the Vnitie of Heart · one vpright Dealinge · and one mutuall brotherlie Walkinge euenlike as it is meete and · right 16. Heer-vnto let vs becom t Phil. 2. â—… like minded / and passe-fourth concordablie â with goodwilling Heartes after thesame and not looke how Certen â in times-passed haue walked and spokeÌ„ / for to retaine any Matier against anyone to the worst or to his reproch v Math. 18. d. Ephe. 4. c. Col. 3. b. but laye it all downe not thinke theron anymore and let vs eueÌ„so turne our whole Sight for to beholde wher-vnto wee were created and chosen / and what a Loue and Mercie wee x Rom. 13. b. are deptours to exteÌ„d or shewe one towardes another and ther-vnto let vs loue and be seruiceable one towardes another and euenso enter into the true Life / and then speake or talke therof The Thirde Chap. HEare now therfore the Woorde of the Lorde and his Requiringe O yee Children of Men forasmuch as that the false a Esa. 5. b. 59. a Math. 6. c. Light of y â— deceitfull Knowledg hath euery-wheare brought-in and placed his Stoole of Disobedience amoÌ„g all vnrepentant vnregenerated Men and that now in this Daye y â— Manifestation or Declaringe of all Thinges that are in HeaueÌ„ and vpon Earth â both of the Perfect and also of the Vnperfect becometh â through the seruiceable Testimonies of the holie Spirit of Loue administred and declared so cleere and expreslie vnto 〈◊〉 / So let vs now then respect-well this b 2. Cor. 6. a. Gal. 6. â—… gratious Time / and diligentlie applye vs with each-other â concordablie in thesame / that the wel-prepared c Esa. 16. c. Stoole of Obedience of the true Light of Life which presentlie in thissame Daye of the Loue â to an euerlasting Stoole-of-grace is com vnto vs from Heauen vpon the Earth / and wheron also the Faithfulnes doth sitt d Esa. 16. â—… 32. a. with Iudgment and Mercie mought now be erected euery-wheare â by all vs which loue the Righteousnes in Iesu Christ against the Stoole of the Disobedience of the false Light of the Knowledge which it hath brought-fourth and lifted-vpp out of the Bottomles-pitt to a Stoole of Indignation â on the North in the Temple of the Lorde and wheron the Vnfaithfulnes with his vnmercifull Iudgment hath sett himself and that euenso thesame Stoole of Obedience mought be planted â e Iam. 1. c. with Meckmindednes into all Louers of the vpright Righteousnes 2. For through the Erectinge of thesame / and in that wee all which loue the vpright Righteousnes consent and geeue-ouer ourselues â according to the Requiring of the gratious Woorde and his Seruice of Loue ther-vnto wee shall rightlie and according to the Trueth be brought to the true freedom f Iohn 8. c. of the Children of God · g Math. 13. f. taught to the Kingdom of Heauens · and h Iohn 15. a. 17. c. implanted to the vpright Beeing of Iesu Christ. 3. Yea in such-wise â in the Consentinge and Geeuinge-ouer of our Heartes to the Obedience of the Requiringe of the gratious Woord and of his Seruice of Loue shall the stoole of Disobedience of the falâ—…â—…ight of the Knowledge in vs and in all Beleeuers and Obedientones be ouer-throwen · and so then i Rom. 16. c. trodden vnder feete vtterlie brought-to-nothing by vs and by all Beleeuers and Obedientones and it shall euenso appeere that wee â in our Faith and Obedience are the vpright Disciples k Luk. 14. c. Iohn 8. c. or Schollers of the gratious Woord of the Lorde / and l Math. 10. c. â—…4 b. perseuer firme therin obedientlie 4. It shall also right-well appeere that wee the Perseueraunce in the Discipline of the gratioâ—… Woorde do knowe the Trueth in the Truetâ—… and that wee also are rightlie made-free not thorough the Knowledge m Iohn 8. c. but of the Trueth · anâ—… through the Inheritinge of her vpright Beeinge 5. Therfore followe not now y e n Deu. 12. a. Esa. 5. b. Goodthinkinâ—… of your Heartes but ensue the Requiringe of the Testimonies of the Trueth For in this Daye of the Trueth which wee presentlie declare / it shall all whatsoeuer is Trueth / and of the Trueth / and also all o Act. 3. â—… that which God hath spoken through his Propheates from the Beginninge of the Worlde becom now restored · p Agg. 2. a. b. Apoc. 2â—… a. and erected in his pure Bewtie or Excellentie and Perfection vnder the Obedience of the Loue and many People shall be ashamed of their ignorant Knowledg / and that they haue so vncomlie leaned q Eccli 41. c. with their Elbowe on the Bread · not esteemed thesame according to the Vâ—…lue therof · and eaten so r 1. Cor. 11. c. vnworthelie of thesame 6. HAue therfore now a good Consideration heeron / and note how that presentlie through the Lion of the Tribe of IudaØ›the Roote of Dauid s Apoc. 5. a. the Booke of y e Priuie-misterie of God â which is full of Writing both within and without becometh opened vnto you Apo. 14. â—… and the â—…ighteous Iudgment of God and Christ declared out of thesame and how that fardermore the greeuous and horrible Beast of
Iohn 1. a. with God the Father / with his Sonne Ø›the Lorde Iesus Christ / and with all Holyones / in all Loue and receaue or imploy all y e Seruiceablenes which wee shewe and bestowe on you out of Loue vnto your Reformation / and not in any-case vnto s Math. 1â—… â—… Offenciuenes or Displeasure / that yee may euenso coÌ„tinuallie be founde humblieminded toward the good Beeing / and to the Loue of your Neighbour 13. For beholde / to that effect / and to all your Amendement and Preseruation in the Godlynes do I witnes thissame â out of the Woorde of the Lorde vnto you and out of entire Loue I do heere set-fourth the Trueth both of the Preseruation of Men / and also of the t Sap. 1. â—… 5. â—… Errour tending to their Destruction before all your Eyes and Eares / To th ende that yee should rightlie and according to the Trueth looke-into / vnderstaÌ„d / and beleeue the forementioned godlie Testimonies of our Writinges Ø›the wonderfull Woorkes of God which also declare-fourth â with full Instruction thesame Preseruation of Men and their Destruction · and applie you rightlie according to the Requiringe of thesame · v Iohn 20. c. and so becom saued 14. But heerin to-weet in this Declaration I haue no respect of persons nether of great nor small but call you all to the Renewinge in your Vnderstandinge · x Esa. 40. â—… Math. 3. â—… to the vpright Repentaunce for the Sinne · and to the y Math. 18. â—… childish Singlemindednes and Obedience z 1. Pet. 1. c. which the gratious Woorde of the Lorde requireth in his Seruice of Loue / to th ende that yee all mought euenso becom turned-about to thesame childish Singlemindednes and Obedience · instructed to the a Iohn â—…â—… newe Birth in Iesu Christ and to the Passe-ouer of thesame · taught to the b Math. 13 â—… Kingdom of Heauens · and lead-in to the true c Esa. 32. Sap. 3. 5. a. Rest and Freedom of the Children of God / and d Rom. 6. c. inherit the eternall Life and that the Woorde which the Lorde Iesus e Iohn 19. c. spake / in the Ende of his Passion Consummatum est It is finished mought also be then rightlie and according to thâ—… Trueth spoken by you all 15. For when-as all that which the Lorde requireth through his Woorde and through the Seruice of his Loue is fulfilled with vs all / and in vs all / so is then also verelie with vs all namelie / by those with whom thesame is fulfilled the f â—… Cor. 15. â—… f Oze 13. â—… Ende of the Sinne · and the Death of thesame com-to-pas or attayned-vnto and thatsame Ende of the Sinne and her Death g 4. Esd. 7. e. is the Beginninge of the eternall Immortalitie and is also the vpright h Iohn 8. â—… Freedom in Iesu Christ wher-vnto all Men Ø›Iewes and Greekes / Circumcised and Vncircumcised / Wyse and Vnwyse c are called anâ—… bidden by the Grace of God The IIII. Chap. THerfore looke now all well vnto it that yee deceaue not yourselues / nor-yet becom begyled of Others which make-vp themselues against vs and our godlie Doctrine / or dispise thesame / and resist vs therin / for to plucke you to the Minde of their Opinions which they set-fourth and maintaine against vs and our godlie Seruice of Loue. For-that-cause / keepe a Math. 24. b. alwayes a good watch toward all those that com vnto you with subtill Woordes and manlie Prudence for to seduce you from the godlie Doctrine of the Seruice of Loue / b Rom. 16. c. and seperate yourselues from Such / for they make Breach / and bringe-in Offence / and not any Concorde to the Vnitie of heart in the Loue but indeuour you for to com and go-in whervnto yee are now in the last tyme â out of the Grace of God called through the Ministration of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde vnder the Obedience of the Loue. 2. Howbeit yee are not called to the Hardeheartednes of y â— vnmercifull Man ouer his Frinde nor-yet to com to the c Exo. 19. â—… â—… Hill which is terrible / or which is heald-fourth as terrible before you by vs / nether-yet to the Hill which yee / beinge vnprepared or vnsanctified may touch but yee are called to the holie d Heb. 12. c. Hill of Sion to the peaceable Citie of the liuinge God and to the heauenlie Ierusalem to the Multitude of many Thowsandes of Angels or Sainctes to the Communialtie of the First-borne that are writen in Heauen and to God the true Iudge ouer All to the Spirites of the perfect Righteousnes to Iesus the true Mediatour of the newe Testament and to the Sprincklinge of Bloud which speaketh more or greater then the Bloud of Abel 3. Which pure and singuler Bewtifulnesses of the heauenlie Beeinge which were preached in times-passed in the Worlde to an e Mark 16. b. Luk. 24. f. Act. 1. b. Euangelie or Ioyful-message / and which is also com vnto vs now in the last time â to a peaceable Kingdom and Gratious-stoole of the perfect Glorie of God and Triumphing of Iesu Christ with all the Multitudes of manye Thowsandes of Sainctes according to the Scriptures wee do also presentlie in thissame Daye publish or spread-abrode f Math. 24. b. Apoc. 14. â—… to an EuaÌ„gelie or Ioyful-message of thesame Kingdom · NOTA and to an eternall Glorie of the Goodnes of God and of his gratious Dominion ouer all Repentantones in the vniuersall Worlde / g Math. 24. b. to a Testimonie towarde all People h Ezec. 7. a. b. c that the Ende cometh / namelie the Fulfillinge of all that which is writen of the Iudgment and Righteousnes of God · of the Saluation and Preseruation of the Man · and of his Iniquitie / Destruction / and Condemnation 4. Therfore yee haue now to i Heb. 12. â—… looke-well heervnto / that yee refuse not thatsame whervnto yee are called and requyred for to com by Hym which speaketh vnto you / that the Destruction bewrappe you not to your PerditioÌ„ For if They escaped not the Destruction which refused Him in tymes-past when-as Hee spake vnto them on the Earth / muchlesse then shall yee escape the Destruction if yee refuse That whervnto yee are called by Him which speaketh vnto you out of Heauen whose Voyce in tymes-past nâ—…ooued or shooke the Earth 5. And now â verelie speaketh Hee and sayeth Yet k Aâ—… 2. â—… Heb. 12. c. once-more will I mooue not onlie the Earth but also the Heauen / To th ende that It which is becom moueable may be chaunged / and be then vnmoueable likeas it was made and that God-his Kingdom of perfect Bewtie and Peaceablenes mought then euenso be and remaine vnmoueable alwayes and for-euer vpon y â— Earth as in HeaueÌ„ Which Kingdom wee now inherit
in the l Iohn â—… a. Tit. 3. b. seconde Birth that cometh-to-passe in Iesu Christ and is the euerlastinge m Sap. 1. b. Immortalitie and which also bydeth fast-standinge before God for euermore / and inheriteth in itself all that which is euerlasting and immortall 6. And thesame seconde Birth in Iesu Christ is n Math. 19. d. verelie the true Birth which standeth-fast perpetuallie vnremoueable in the Iudgment of God · and in the Communialtie of the Righteous and wherin wee also serue and please the God of Heauen rightlie and accordinge to the Trueth 7. FOr-that-cause o Rom. 13. b. awake now all out of your Dreame / and turne the Sight of your Eyes to the true Light of Life and discerne or distinct thesame from out-of the false Light of the Knowledge and beholde then euenso the perditionable Ende of thesame false Light / and how that the wicked Worlde and all Vnrepentantones â which admit or take vnto them the false Light shall not be able to escape thesame perditionable Ende / but must needes beare a like p Math. 25. d. Rom. 2. a. 2. Tess. 1. a. Sentence of Condemnation with thesame Yea looke well into thesame / and consider aduisedlie theron / that yee may be defended from thesame perditionable Ende · and preserued in the Godlines of the true Light of Life which is required out of the Ministration of the gratious Woorde and his Seruice of Loue. 8. For seeinge that the Dominion of the false Light q 4. Esdr. 14. b. Math. 24. b. raigneth now so mightelie in the wicked Worlde and in her Adherentes with al-maner of Falshod and Malitious-subtiltie and that likewise many Adherentes of the wicked Worlde haue a Lust and stand-inclined thervnto / So is now also the Destruction of the wicked Worlde and her Adherentes com harde-at-hande / accordinge to the Scriptures For the r Ezech. 7. â—… Math. 24. b. c Ende of the wicked Worlde cometh vpon all the fower Corners of the Lande Yea euen-now â in the Iudgment t 4. Esd. 13. d. Iudae â—… b. of God with all his Holyones cometh the Ende ouer her For now s Ezech. 7. a. will the Lorde send-fourth his Indignation · and t Apoc. 6. c. the Lambe his Wrath ouer her / and iudge her according as shee hath deserued and let all that com vpon her which appertaineth to her Abhominations for to receaue 9. Thus becom heer-withall admonished / and make not yourselues â in any-wise familier nor of-one-beeinge with any-thinge that cleaueth vnto the wicked Worlde / that yee perrish not therwith For the v Ezech. 7. a. Eye of the Lorde shall not spare the wicked Worlde · nor anye of all those which cleaue vnto her / nether-yet also looke vpon her to her Excusation x 〈◊〉 Esdr. 13. c. Apoc. 18. b. c. but will let com vpon her and her Ministers like as they haue deserued 10. For-that-cause / haue now a right regard vpoÌ„ all the Abhominations of the wicked Worlde / that yee may keepe yourselues seperated from thesame But not from vs nor our Documentes which loue and are seruiceable vnto you to your Preseruation in the Godlines y Ezech. 3. â—… and warne you of the Abhominations of the wicked Worlde and her Destruction / to th ende that yee should not perrish with her For I fore-tell you assuredlie that the Abhominations of y â— wicked Worlde haue therfore a circumspect consideration heeron O yee Children of Men shall breake-in among you / and yee shall likewise be vehementlie assaulted therwith 11. Neuerthelesse / if yee holde you firmlie to the Requiring of the gratious Woorde and his Seruice of Loue / yee shall then be deliuered from the wicked a 〈◊〉 2. a. Ephe. 6. c. Heb. 12. a. Assaultinges which com against you out of the Abhominations of the wicked Worlde · and out of the Falshod of our Resisters / and inherit the Crowne b Sap. 3. 〈◊〉 2. Tim. 4. 〈◊〉 of the eternall Life / and the true Annointinge c Psal. 45. b. 1. Iohn 2. c. of the Ioyful-oyle of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ and euenso finde-by-experience that our God of Loue is the true Lorde / and that Wee Ø›his obedient Communialtie of the Loue are his acceptable People and that also they all which bide estraunged from thesame God as also remaine with-out vs and our Communialtie · and with-out the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde and his Seruice of Loue / or withdrawe themselues therfrom haue no liuing God nor-yet true Godseruice d Ephe. 2. b. but are without God and without Godseruice in this Worlde For our God e 1. Iohn 4. 〈◊〉 of Loue is the true liuing God / and f Esa. 43. 44. 2. besides Him ther is no God more and his Godseruice of Loue â which wee minister vnder the Obedience of his Loue is the true safe-making Godseruice / and besides thesame ther is not any Godseruice more nether in Heauen nor-yet vpon Earth 12. Therfore is our God a God and Life of his vpright Beeinge / and a God Life of his People which loue his vpright Beeinge / and haue a g Psal. 4â—… 〈◊〉 Lust to accomplish his Will vnder the Obedience of his Loue and thesame our God is also an Enemie and Death vnto all false Beeinge of y â— peruerse World / and an Enemie Death vnto all Vngodlie which hate his vpright Beeinge / and resist his Will · and the Obedience of the Requiringe of his Woorde And therfore our God of Loue is h 〈◊〉 1â—… 〈◊〉 a God that soueth the true Righteousnes / and hateth all vngodlie Beeing and in such-like-sort wee also with Him euen with all Inclination to doo his Will 13. Therfore goeth now also i Esa. 2. 8. Micâ—… 4. 〈◊〉 the Woord of the Lorde out of Ierusalem â ouer the peruerse World to her Destruction but ouer all Beleeuers and Obedientones of the gratious Woorde to their Preseruation in the Godlines and warneth vs all / together with all those which cleaâ—…e with vs vnto the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde and his Seruice of Loue of the terrible k Esa. 13. a Mal. 4. a. Destruction that is for to com vpon the wicked Worlde and her Abhominations · and vpon all those that bide without vs and our Seruice of Loue / and resist our God and his gratious Woord of Life / and speaketh euen-thus 14. O Yee Children of Men / l Math. 2. c. attende or watch now all on the DestructioÌ„ which is for to com m Ezech. 7. a. For so / the one Infelicitie cometh vpon another The one Woe goeth before / and the other Woe followeth thervpon much-more rigorous And albeit that the one Night passeth-ouer by many / and that they then suppose that it is becom Daye with them in their Vnregeneration / and that the
Infelicitie hath not com-nye or lighted-on them in the fore-goinge Night / yet are they not therfore escaped the Infelicitie / nether shall the other Nightes bide-backe or not com vpon them but they shall all followe vpon y â— fore-going Night / and euerye sondrie Night shall make-manifest and bringe with him his owne Infelicitie and Destruction ouer them / vntill that the last most-horrible Night be com vpon them in vnmeasurable and vnqueanchable Destruction 15. OH what an vnmeasurable Woe cometh-ther ouer the wicked Worlde and also ouer all them that cleaue vnto her / and shewe-fourth n Rom. 2. a. no Repentaunce / nor will assemble them wher-vnto they are called and bidden through the gratious Woord and his Seruice of Loue to their Preseruation in the Godlines 16. For-that-cause seperate you now all o 4. Esd. 2. d. from the wicked World / and shew-fourth Repentaunce / and saue or ridde your Soule and Bodie from the Destruction / and forsake p Math. 16. 〈◊〉 Luk. 9. 14. d. all what is your owne / and bring vnto the Lorde that q 2. Para. 30. which is His For the Ende cometh Beholde r Ezech. 7. b. it cometh swiftlie on / and beginneth alredie to make his Entraunce / and breaketh-thorowe verye stowtlie ouer the Inhabitantes of the Lande 17. The Time of Destruction cometh / and the great terrible Miserie is harde-at-hande s Ezech. 7. b. Therfore mourne not now ouer that which yee haue solde / reioyce not also ouer that which yee haue bought / but let him that mourneth mourne for that the Iniquitie t 4. Esd. 14. b. Math. 24. b. raigneth so mightesie / and let him that reioyceth reioyce in the Intelligence of the true godlie Beeinge / and in the Hope of the tocoming Peace For the Time of Destruction bringeth not els-what with it but an Inspection of great Affliction / Dolour / and Miserie v Ezech. 7. b. and ther shall not be any Singinge heard therin to the Ioyfulnes of Life but all Bewayling and Rufulnes / and Seekinge of Death For such an Endinge will the Lorde now shortlie bring vpon the wicked World / and powre-fourth his IndignatioÌ„ vpon them that are so full of Falshod and will euenso fullie accomplish his Wrath ouer them The V. Chap. BEholde / now commeth the Daye Lo / a Ezech. 7. c. theare commeth hee / and breakethfourth / and shall not deferre him For the Rodde doth blossom / the Prowde waxeth greene / and Tirannie hath made-vpp itself to a Punnishment ouer the Vngodlie in such-wise / that none of them nor of y e Multitude of their Heapes shall haue anye staye of Comfort ether Hope For the Indignation of the Lorde passeth-fourth ouer all the Multitude of their Heapes b Ezech. 7. b. Yea the Sworde raingeth-abrode in their Streates / and the Pestilence and Hunger is in their Howses 2. They shall â euen out of great Miserie castfourth their c Esa. 2. 〈◊〉 30. c. 31. c. Ezech. 7. b. 4. Esdr. 16. c. Siluer on the Streates / and esteeme their Golde and Bragginge-iewels or Riches as Filthynes or Dirte d Soph. 1. c. Eccli 5. b. For all this shall not deliuer them in the Daye of the Wrath of the Lorde nether shall they also suffise their Sowles therwith / nor fill their Bellie therwith all for all thatsame hath not wrought in them anye Reformation nor Righteousnes / but rather Offenciuenes and Malice to the ingendringe of Misdooinge and they haue euenso vsed their Iewels or Riches vnto Pryde / and made thesame to an Abhomination before the Lorde 3. OH How full of e Ezech. 7. c. Bloud-giltines are the Landes / and how full of Malitiousgrudginge are the Cities and how full of Variaunce and Resistaunce of the Loue are their Inhabitantes Therfore hath the Lorde also deuysed to bringe vpoÌ„ them the most-wicked among the HeatheÌ„ or Vncircumcised / that they might seduce them to the very-worst / and counsell them to liue free in their sinfull Birth · in their Vnrepentaunce · and in their Vnregeneration and then will the Lorde also take his occasion therout to make-an-ende of f Ezech. 7. c. the Pryde of the Presumpteous · and of the Tirannie of the Violent-oppressours / and to disclose the Prophanatinge The Prophanatinge of their Assemblies are the Feastifuldayes of the Vâ—… godlyâ—… or Vnhallowinge of their Assemblies and will euenso reiect both them and also their Elders or Wise which they haue set-vpp / admitted / and chosen from amonge them-selues â without the Loue and her Seruice to be Elders or Wise · as also healde and esteemed them for Such from the Presence of his Face 4. Then shall manye of them g Ezech. 7. c. seeke after the Peace which they now misse or haue lost / but it shall not be any-wheare to be founde amonge them For Vexation and Trouble shall fall vpon them whereuer they becom and one euell Brute shall com ouer them after another Then shall they diligentlie go vnto their Propheates to seeke the Insight or Vision of the Peace / and make-inquisition amonge their Elders after the Wisdome and after the Ordinaunce of the Lorde to their Concorde 5. But h Ezech. 7. c. ther shall nether Wisdom / Ordinaunce of the Lorde / nor Vision of Peace · nether-yet any Counsell to Concord nor to Preseruation be found by their Elders Their Kinges or Gouernours shall then also be afflicted with great Heauynes · and their Princes clothed with Mourning-weede For their Might and Dominion shall not be feared / and the i Ezech. 7. b. Handes of the People in the Lande shall finde themselues vnmightie · and their Heartes discomforted 6. Yea / euen-then will the Lorde himself k Esa. â—…2 b. with his Arme / and with the Armes of his Holyones be the true Iudge vpon the Earth / and cleanse the vniuersall Earth l Math. 3. b. Luk. 3. b. from all the Vnrighteousnes Falshod that the Children of Men â in their Vnrepentaunce and Contemning of the Saluation haue practised and erected on the Earth and they shall eueÌ„so perceaue-in-experience that our God of Loue is the true Lorde / and that Hee hath neuer willed the m Ezech. 18. d 1. Tim. 2. a. 2. Pet. 3. a. DestructioÌ„ of Men but alwayes called them to Repentaunce / and to their Preseruation in the Godlynes / and warned them of the Destruction euen-like as his Loue and Mercie doth also yeat presentlie in the last Daye shew-fourth thesame 7. O Yee ChildreÌ„ of Men consider and note aduisedlie the great Loue and Goodnes that becometh yeat presentlie in the last Daye extended on you / to your Preseruation in the Godlines and how that yee are with this distinct DeclaratioÌ„ of the n Deut. 11. c. Eccli 15. c. Life and of the Death visited out of entire Loue · required to com to the o Psal.
45. b. Esa. 16. c. Heb. 1. b. 5. a. Gratious-stoole of the godlie Maiestie which is com vnto vs on the Earth · and loued â in Iesu Christ for to haue one vniforme Heart and Minde with vs / To th ende that yee mought haue your communion with vs / whilst â surelie our communion is p 1. Ioan. 1. â—… with God the Father with the Lorde Iesus Christ. and with the true Beeinge of the Holie-gost Take it to heart 8. WIth this distinct Declaration ther is â euen out of Loue required oâ—… you all â O yee Children of Men which heare thesame / or to whom it becometh administred / that eueryone vnto Concorde and q Rom. 15. â—… 1. Cor. 1. â—… 2. Cor. â—…3 b. Vnitie-of-minde to the Loue do open or make-manifest his Heart by vs euenlike as wee do heare by him / geeue Testimonie ☜ whether that hee be of one Minde and Meaning heerin with vs / or-els whether that hee â as repugnant vnto vs desireth not to geeue his consent heerin 9. For inasmuch as that the vpright Goodwillingnes to God r Math. 22. d. Eph. 1. 2. 4. b. and his synceere Righteousnes · and the true Common-heartednes of the s Rom. 12. b. 1. Pet. 1. c. 3. b brotherlie Loue and ConuersatioÌ„ is so nakedlie and expresslie set-fourth heerwith before you / So can yee also somuch-the-easelier feele perceaue in your Heartes whether that yee be goodwillinge with vs Little-ones and Lowlyones to seeke-after the vpright Righteousnes · and after the true Familiaritie of brotherlie Loue and whether that yee also desire â in this s Math. 24. b. 1. Tim. 4. a. 2. Tim. 3. a. 2. Pet. 2. â—… perrelous Time our willinge Seruice ther-vnto / and to your Preseruation in the Godlines or that yee as repugnant vnto vs are vnwilling thervnto as also whether that yee â with your Knowledge t 1. Tim. 6. â—… desyre to holde you backe and as Straungers from thesame and from Vs / and not to haue your soscietie with vs / nor-yet do require any Seruice of Loue â ther-vnto at our handes 10. Therfore let euerye-one now freelie geeue Testimonie heerof / and do yee yourselues examine your owne-selues / whether that yee be Fellowe-beleeuers with vs Littleones and Lowlyones to the Beleef of the vpright Righteousnes and v Ephe. 4. b. true Life of Iesu Christ and euenso desire to go-out-from forsake with vs â vnder the Obedience of the Loue of Iesu Christ all the Worldes Falshod / and all that which ought not to be by the vpright Beleeuers of Iesu Christ and so to be the Seruauntes of God in his vpright x Rom. 6. b. Righteousnes or whether that yee both against Vs / and also against the true Faith to the vpright Righteousnes do rest vnbeleeuinge / and desire not for God-his vpright Righteousnes cause â or for to be the Seruauntes of God therin to forsake the Loue of the Worlde · and all that which is worldlie and vnright / together with your owne Self-seekinge / nether-yet to consent or stand-willinge to thesame whervnto yee are presentlie loued of vs. 11. Whosoeuer now then is y 1. Cor. 1. a. 2. Cor. 13. b. concordablie-minded with vs to the good Life and vpright Beeinge whervnto wee haue â according to the Requiring of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde whollie geuen-ouer our-selues / and all our Heart / Minde â—… and Soule to a z Esa. 10. c. Remnant in the Perrishinge oâ—… the wicked Worlde and yealdeth his Voyce therin with vs / let him also expresse then therwith hiâ—… Inclinable-affect to thesame good Life and vprighâ—… ☞ Beeinge / and that hee consenteth therin / and hatâ—… an Heartie-lust and Desire to the Furtheraunce oâ—… the Seruice pertayninge to thesame 12. Ouer Whom namelie they that haue â—… Lust with vs to accomplish the Will of the Lorde and that receaue our Warninge for the auoyding of the Destruction · and our Doctrine to their Preseruation in the Godlines in Thankes-geeuinge tâ—… the Lorde / and applie them diligentlie thervnto wâ—… will also continuallie â to their Preseruation in tâ—… Godlines shew-fourth our good Care For toâ—…ardes such Goodwillingones / and humble Goâ—… fearingones wee 〈◊〉 not spare ourselâ—… uiceable vnto them â both Night and Daye in this perrelous Time / inasmuch as they with vs haue adioyned themselues â with whole Heart to the onlie liuing God and the Requiringe of his gratious Woorde / and also loue Him / and haue a a Psal. 40. â—… Lust to keepe his Commaundementes / and to fulfill b Math. 3. c. all Righteousnes 13. But those which refuse to conuersate them with vs accordinge to the Requiringe of the Loue and her Seruice / and beleeue c Abac. 1. â—… Act. 13. c. not Gods Wonderful-woorkes and his Testimonies set-fourth or brought-to-light by vs. but contemne / deride / and resist those-same and our Seruice layed on vs by God and also backbite and defame vs with much Falshod / ouer Those wee will shewe-fourth Pacience and all Goodnes and d 2. Cor. 4. a. Tit. 3. a. Discrectnes 14. Neuerthelesse therin wee e Act. 20. c. excuse and cleere ourselues before them as touchinge their Destruction as also of all that which shall com vpon them and their Children by the Euell / wherof wee haue warned them / and they would in no-wise heare vs. And keepe euenso our Heartes and Conscience pure and vnspotted from their Vnbeleef Vnwillingnes f Act. 13. turninge vs to the Beleeuers and Goodwillingones · and to the humble Godfearingones which haue a Lust to walke in the Wayes of the Lorde / and to doo his Will / for to be alwaies seruiceable vnto Them to the good Life / and for to bringe vnto them the Declaration of the heauenlie Treasures · and of the louelie Beeinge of the g 2. Cor. 3. b. vncouered Face of God and Christ · as also of the Misterie h Math. 13. a. Col. 2. â—… of the Kingdom of Heauens / all which gones â in their Vnbeleef do vtterlie 〈◊〉 15. Let eueryone take this effectuallie to heart / and let noman refuse the good Beeinge whervnto God hath created the Man · and called him thorough Iesus Christ and his Holyones / and whervnto hee is also presentlie loued by the Communialtie of the Loue of Iesu Christ. 16. Also let noman be ashamed to be adioyned vnto the Goodnes of God and the Requiringe of his gratious Woorde / and to confesse thesame / nether let him also refuse to assemble him vnto vs / and to geeue Testimonie that hee desireth to endeuour himself accordinge to the Requiringe heerof / and consenteth or agreeth therin with vs and so to let his inclined Goodwillingnes appeere that hee intendeth or meaneth with Heart the Seruice of Loue · and the Ministration to thesame that is healde-fourth before him like-as ther is also i 〈◊〉 42. d. c. Reue. â—…9 d. â—… requyred ether desired in the Euangelie of the Kingdom set-fourth by God-his chosen Minister HN. 17. Take it to heart and let eueryone respect-well thissame proffered Grace / and let noman harden his Heart ther-against CHARITAS EXTORSIT PER FIDELITAS