but hath freely given up to the death of the Crosse and hath walked in obedience of my pure Light in their consciences contrary to their own wills and in these is my power known and my glorious presence witnessed and now thus saith the Lord If ye who are convinced by my pure Light in your consciences and walk not in obedience to it but slights my counsell and cast my Law behinde your backs and abide not in my fear which would have kept you out of all slavish feares and will go on to uphold this filthy abominable thing in my sight in upholding with your outward estates a crooked viprous serpentine Generation of Priests who devoure the soules of the people for dishonest gaine though you are convinced by my pure Light in your consciences that they ran and I sent them not neither have they stood in my counsell but have erred from my spirit as their Father Balaam did and because they have unrighteous Laws mâ—de in the will of man for the upholding of their unrighteous maintainance which they with greedinesse do seek after and where they cannot have it there they bite and devoure and yet I saith the Lord according to my promise made of old in love to your souls have pluckt you out of their mouths that ye should be no longer a prey unto them and yet many of you for feare of the unrighteous Laws made in the will of proud flesh which is contrary to my pure Law in the conscience have consulted with flesh and blood which shall never enter in my rest and so hath cumbred your minde with fears and troubles of what would come after if you should withstand them of what they call theirs being that they have a Law to compell us thereunto and we shall bring further trouble upon our selves And heare the earthly minde that is not willing to suffer for my name sake comes to be exalted and the will of man is bowed unto and my pure seed which boweth not unto the seed of evill doers neither can uphold any deceite but testifies against it comes to to be betrayed into the hands of the murderer and now the witnesse being slaine you are at ease and can uphold the Idols Temple and the Idols Shepheards and changeable Priests and here the carnall upholds the carnall but my light which is eternall you are turned from and the hands of the wicked are strengthned by you and you add afflictions to my childrens bonds who through faithfulnesse to me are made willing to suffer for my names sake the spoyling of their goods with joy and to be cast into dungeous and prisons for the testimony of a good conscience But ye who can conforme and bow to the will of man and stumble at the Crosse and deale in hypocrisie you are with my pure light by which my Saints are perfected to be judged and condemned and I will rip off all your coverings sayth the Lord which you in your earthly wills have made to cover over your deceipts withall And you my dear children who have thorow ignorance upheld them Idoll Shepheards with the carnall things remember you have been warned from me saith the Lord see you uphold them no longer for my hand is stretched out against them and by my mighty power will I bring them downe and those that uphold them therefore are you left without excuse for at your ignorance I winked at but now by my pure light in your consciences are you convinced that I the Lord am the sum of all figures types and shadowes and all changeable things and of the changeable Priesthood and of the changeable Temple for ye are my Temple sayth the Lord and the habitation of my holinesse whom I have separated and chosen by my power to place my name amongst you and I will be a Priest unto you after the everlasting Order and ye shall be Kings and Priests and shall raigne over the earth over the Beast and the false Prophet therefore my dear Lambs and Babes be bold and valiant for my truth upon the earth and contend earnestly for the faith which was once delivered to my dear Children of old your brethren the Prophets and Apostles which hath passed before you which was shamefully intreated by the wicked world therefore in my pure counsell stand and abide and look not out at the prosperity of the wicked for by the red Sea of my wrath and fierce displeasure will I destroy and consume all your enemies and oppressors saith the Lord of Hosts therefore rejoyce and be glad ye righteous ones and be faithfull to the Lord for your redemption draweth nigh Rich Salle Prisoner at Derby writ to friends ALL you that have a set wages for reading the Scriptures which was spoken forth freely Christ sent his Disciples to speak forth freely and the words which they spoke forth freely doe you make a Trade of and have great sums of money for and the Apostles which writ the Epistles which was to be read among the Saints he charged them to read it by the Lord and he did not say they should have so much in the year for reading of it for it was sent freely to be read freely and the writing which was in the Revelations was to be read freely which was sent to the Churches in Asia they was not to have great sums of money to read that which was written and Jeremiah which was commanded to write the Rowle which was to be read he had not a great sum of money for it for they burnt it and Moses which wrote the two Tables and the Law which was to be read among the People they had not so many hundreds a year for reading of it but oh what abundance doe make merchandize of the Saints words But let these examples before that be mentioned judge you all to be such as are greedy of filthy lucre and through covetousnesse make merchandize of the people going in the way of Cain after the errour of Balaam who perished in the gain saying of Core whose judgements of a long time lingers not whose damnation slumbers not and there you may see your examples before mentioned FRiends Had the Prophets Christ and the Apostles when they were speaking forth the Scripture if any spoke to them in their time or asked them any Question while they were speaking forth the Scriptures a Law to send them to Prison and say they did disturb them was they of such a perverse Generation that spoke forth the Scriptures by a Law did they cause them to suffer that opposed the Prophets and the Apostles as you doe who doth professe the words that were given forth from them that were prisoned and contradicted you with your Law to prison them that witnesse the Life and are in the Life that gave forth the Scriptures and with your Law holds up them which hath their words but not their Life as their fruits doth make it appear therefore some examples such as bear rule by their means were cryed against with them who were in the Life and such as seeke for their gaine from their Quarter and such as are Hirelings and seeke for the fleece and such as stands praying in the Synagogues and are called of men Masters and hath the chiefest seat in the Assemblies and such as sue men at the Law which are not wise men and such as goe in Cain's and Balaams way such were cryed against with the life that gave forth the Scriptures which used their tongues and said the Lord saith when the Lord had not spoken to them And such as have gotten the Saints words and talke of them for money and must be maintained by a Law and must have a house maintained by poore people when as the Life that gave forth the Scriptures testified against such things and now it comes to be made manifest what men you doe hold up and justifie FINIS
The ROYALL LAW AND COVENANT OF GOD. What and where it is and who are in it And who are Reprobate to the FAITH LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert and are to be sould at the black Spread Eagle at the West-end of Pauls 1655. The Royall Law and Covenant of God What and where it is and who are in it And who are Reprobate to the Faith AS many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the Sons of God who are begotten of the Royall Spirit not of the Earthly but of the Heavenly a Seed separated from the World to serve in Spirit who have the Royall Law written in their hearts and the Royall Worship in Spirit and power which are of the Royall Priesthood of which the Spirit of the world makes an imitation from the letter the words spoke by them who was of the Royal Seed but knowes not the Spirit therefore sets up the earthly Spirit to worship contrary to the Law Royall which is spirituall and pure for ever and this Spirit would rule over the Spirit of God which makes a profession of the words given sorth by the Spirit of God And such are you as make Lawes which stand in respect of persons where selfe is eyed and would be honoured And by the Royall Law are you condemned which denies respect of persons and leads to doe to all men as they would be done unto and upon this foundation stands all the Law and the Prophets So you who professe the Law and the Prophets words and set up respect of persons with the Law and the Prophets words you are judged and your partiall evill thoughts James 2. And your profession shall arise in condemnation against you and from all that have the faith of Christ are you condemned which faith cannot be where respect of persons is John 5. 44. James 2. because it stands in God who respects no mans person so with the foundation of God you are cast out and with the Royall Law are you condemned And all you that count the proud happy and despise the poore are against the Royall Law And all you who doe not as you would be done unto are against the Royall Law And all you that say and doe not whose hearts teacheth not your mouth are out of the Royall Law and not guided by that Spirit nor of that Priesthood nor doth those lips preserve knowledge but all such darkens Counsell by words without knowledge and knowes not the Royall Law of God And all who takes the Saints words to plead against the Saints life and practise are against the Royall Law and the Royall Priesthood and with it are judged and condemned and with it are seen to be perverters of the Scriptures using them to draw into the imitations and traditions thereby making the Royall Law of none effect which Law is written in the heart which is before tradition was which Law you make voyd who receive not your Law and light there and Christ is not your Law-giver whose Law is spirituall and so is his Priesthood and so is his Judgement and his Kingdome Royall and who are united there are the Royall Diadem joyned to the Lord in everlasting Covenant married in the Spirit where is no dissolution but fruitfull for ever But all you who respects persons casts the Royall Law of God behind your backs and trample it under your feet and makes it of none effect And all you that respect persons are transgressors and committers of sin and judged with the Royall Law of Liberty which saith So speake and so doe and Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy selfe and if you doe so you doe well but if you doe respect mens persons ye commit sin and are convinced of the Law as transgressours And you that respect him that wears the gay Cloathing and gold Ring and despise the poor ye are the partiall and the Judgers with the evill thoughts and such are not Heires of the Kingdome of Promise but the poor despised rich in faith who are in the Law of Liberty respects no mans person but it convinceth all that doth And who are in the faith without respect of persons for who are in respect of persons are out of the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ and such are Reprobate concerning the faith being filled with unrighteousnesse professing they know God but in works they deny him worshipping and serving the Creature more then the Creator J. N. A Paper shewing the glory of man that God will staine and shewes the glory of God that cannot be stained SCum off the filth and come from under the thick Clay which ye are laden withall ease your selves of that burthen the Beasts of the South are great which goeth on as the Ox to the slaughter to whom the word of the Lord is a sword hammer and fire The wanton ones and carelesse ones are many and such as be in pleasures which be dead while they live which staines and defiles the earth which the blessing comes not upon but the Sword and the Judgement and the Canker and the Destroyer and the Rust and the Waster and amongst such as fear the Lord God will him restraine and rebuke the waster and destroyer that the blessing of Abraham may be knowne But God is staining the glory of man they which dwell in the Eternall where the glory of it is not seeked for seeth with the eternall light how God hath stained and doth it staine daily and so bring his glory to himselfe and brings mans honour and glory into contempt we see it fades as the flower and withers as the grasse but the word of the Lord endures for ever which the Children of light delights in and sees that to the wicked it is a hammer to beat downe their pride and it is as a sword to cut down their honour and layes it in the dust and is as a fire doth bâ—â—â—â— them up all the proud and them that doe wickedly for they are as the stubble and though the fleshly mind professe the letter and call it the word and call it the light the light they shall finde to be their condemnation and the word they shall find to be as a hammer and as a sword among them and upon them and as a fire to burne them up Let this be publishâ—d abroad for the cleansing of the Land of evil doers is the Lord now come and his Truth is he exalting and Tares is knowne from wheat and chaffe and stubble which all is to be burnt with fire Read and understand every one with the life of God that you may comprehend all the powers of darknesse and the wiles and temptations and snares with the life and power that cannot be limitted Glory to the Lord God for ever Ye gazers and mockers and gluttonous ones and drunkards and evill beasts whose God is your belly who minde earthly things and lives in the lusts of your own conceivings who now say where is the time of his coming
and are observers of times but sees him not where he is manifested and makes a mock at his messengers which are his witnesses and stone them in your streets and casts them into holes and dungeons corners and prisons and houses of correction and whipping them and beating them in your maâ—kets stripping naked setting your dogs upon them and tearing their cloaths beating them with cudgels and casting dirt upon them who are made white through the blood of the Lamb and haling them out of your Synagogues before Magistrates and Counsels and chief Priests them which witnesse the everlasting Priest And here you are they that fulfill Christs words who said they should hâ—le you before Rulers and scourge you in Synagogues and Counsels and Christ is now manifest the same that ever was and you are made manifest to be the Generation to oppose him who makes war against him and the son of man now raigns Christ Jesus amongst his children that learn of him who heareth the Prophet that Moses spoke off and every one that will not hear this Prophet is to be cut off and now many that will not hear this Prophet are numbred to the sword And you that deny the light that Christ Jesus hath enlightned every man that comes into the world withall that thâ—ough him all might believe So you that deny this light which Christ hath enlightned every one that comes into the world withall you do not beleive but calls it a naturall light who are in your naturall state and stumbleth at the Light and are blinde and led with the blinde and so shall boâ—h go into the ditch So Christs Reign you know not which receives not the Light which enlightneth every man that comes into the world that through him they might beleeve So every one owning the Light which cometh from Christ it will bring you to hear the true Prophet and learn of him so with the Light you will come to see Christ Jesus Gods righteousnesse now you that do stumble and deny the Light which comes from Christ Jesus which is Gods righteosnesse if you professe any righteousnesse being in that state driven from God it is your own righteousnesse though you may professe all the Saints words and the Prophets and Christs words and the holy men of God and deny the Light which comes from Christ you stumble at Gods righteousnesse and deny it that denies the Light which comes from Christ which lightneth every one that comes into the world and are all found in your own Righteousnesse And you that deny that Christ Jesus is the Light of the world and enlightens every one that comes into the world and do not own the Light you are in your will worships and all your worships are in your wills and are to be condemned with the Light and so you be all in he state of wrath and darknesse droven from God shut up in unbeliefe will worship and self righteousnesse your own works and are not yet come to own the Son of God who lightneth every one that cometh into the world that through him all may beleeve God who is light drove man from him so he being in darknesse and in the earth and under the power of Satan God sending his Son his Light into the world which is the Light of the word which lighteth every man that cometh into the world that all men through him might beleive and learn of Christ and hear him who is the true Prophet and he that doth not believe in the Son of God the Light is condemned already with the Light for this is the condemnation the light saith Christ Jesus and he that hears not this Prophet shall be cut off Also a Paper speaking of the two Seeds DEare Brethren and Sisters in the visible life which hath been hid from ages but now is made manifest in the Son by the revelation of his coming in this life am I one with you and doth dearly sallute you all farewell Upon the first day of the week being the 24th day of the 4 month the word of the Lord came unto me saying thus saith the Lord If ye my dear children whom I have convine't by my pure Light in your consciences will hearken to my counsel and will stand in my fear then shall my secrets be made known unto you and you shall grow up in the knowledge of me as calves of the stall and my knowledge shall cover the whole earth as the waters cover the Sea and the earth shall be removed out of its place and the mountaines under which my pure seed suffers will I remove by my mighty power saith the Lord of hosts and I will raise up the mountaine of my holinesse and establish it on the top of the mountains and ye shall become the glory of the whole earth and ye shall be called Sion the City of the living God the habitation of my holinesse from whence my pure and righteous Law shall go forth which shall cut down all the unrighteous Laws made in the will of man which are turned from my pure Light in the conscience and righteousnesse and truth shall kâ—sse each other and run down the Nations like a mighty stream and violence and oppression shall cease and the rod of the wicked will I remove from off your backs and their heavy yoakes and bonds which have been made as bulwarks to keep my pure seed in bondage will I by my mighty power break in sunder and the oppressed will I set free and the wilde beasts of the field which ye have long been a pâ—ey unto will I cause to cease out of your land and you shall be no more a repâ—oach to the heathen saith the Lord but ye shall become a terâ—our and a dread to all your enemies and I will mulâ—iply my blessings upon you and will establish my Covenant with you even the sure mercies of David and I will write my pure Law in your hearts and ye shall not depart from me neither shall you need to say to any man know the Lord for ye shall all know me from the least even to the greatest and an open fountaine will I be unto you as you abide in my pure fear to cleanse you from your sins and to refresh my own in every one of you and I will be unto you as the former and the latter raine in its due season and you shall sit under your own vine which is Christ in you and eat of your own fruit and none shall make you afraid and ye shall be my sheep and the flock of my pasture and ye shall be no longer a prey to the Idoll Shepheards who have sed themselves but not my flock therefore will I feed them with Judgement and by my mighty power will I redeem you out of their mouths and I will be your alone Shepheard and you shall be my people saith the Lord of hosts And this is witnessed by many who have not thought their lives dear unto them