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A26275 A short description of the true ministers and the false how they differ in their call, ministry, doctrine, and fruits that any that are desirous may know the one from the other : also, something concerning the apostacy ... which was in the Apostles dayes ... : something further concerning the true ministers of Jesus / testified by one that hath been a true witness of all that he has here written, J. Aynsloe. Aynsloe, John, d. 1693. 1672 (1672) Wing A4297; ESTC R27199 9,389 18

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Lord he is wiping away her Tears and the Time of her Mourning is coming to an end and now the Woman doth appear which John saw in the Spirit to be clothed with the Sun having the Moon under her Feet and now is as a Bride preparing for her Husband and she is the true Church the Bride the Lamb's Wife to her I bear my Testimony to be known and in being again and a Son of this Woman I profess my self to be and of none other of her Faith and Doctrine of her Life and Practice who hath no Power upon the Earth to take her part to defend her Faith and Doctrine but the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb is her Defence Covering and Shield for evermore And thus in Faithfulness have I wrote these few things as the Lord put them into my heart for the sake of those that are inquiring after Sion with their Faces set thither ward that all Stumbling-blocks may be removed out of the way of the Simple and that in Singleness of heart every one may close in with that holy Appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ in the inward of their hearts by his Light Spirit and that none may resist the Day of their Visitation but haste out of Babylon and Egypt from the Flesh-Pots Garlick towards the Land that flows with Milk and Honey where there are Vineyards ready planted and Wells ready dig'd the free Flowings forth of the Father's Love unto their Souls Something further as a Testimony concerning the True Ministers of Jesus Christ THat there are True and Faithful Ministers of Jesus Christ as were in the dayes of the Apostles in this Day and Generation that do I witness and bear Testimony unto in the Name of the Lord who are Ministers of the Spirit and have ministred the Spirit and Spiritual things unto many who have not fed themselves with the Fat but have fed the Lambs of Christ having the Word of Reconciliation committed to them and have not been slack in dividing it aright judging that which was for Judgment but tender in Love and Compassion towards the Poor and Needy lending a Hand to the Helpless and turning many to the Light and Power of God which aboundeth in themselves being as Trumpets in the hands of the Lord giving a certain Sound that many have heard and believ'd through their Word They have not sought themselves but the Glory of God and the Good of all People and God hath been with them and made them successful and to see the Travel of their Souls and be glad And God hath given them Power to lose on Earth and it is losened in Heaven and to bind on Earth and it is bound in Heaven And they have Power over Unclean spirits and their Poison cannot hurt them Their Weapons are Spiritual mighty through God to the pulling down of the Strong Holds of the Devil they War not with Flesh and Blood but against the Spiritual Wickedness in the High Places of the Heart their Sword is the Sword of the Spirit their Armour is the Armour of Light their Breast-plate is the Breast-plate of Faith and their Helmet is that of Salvation and having put on the whole Armour of God are furnished against all the Powers of Darkness They preach not but as they are moved by the Spirit and Power of God being ordered of him when to Speak and when to be Silent They serve not themselves and their own Bellies but the Lord Jesus Christ and his Followers not striving who should be Greatest but serving one another in Love Into this Ministry was I called of God in the year 1657. and ever since the Lord hath continued me in that Work and Service that he set before me requiring of me no more but Faithfulness in that I had receiv'd and through great Tryals Tribulations and Exercises hath he preserv'd me Faithful unto this day Glory to God Peace on Earth and Good will towards Men Amen Amen Postscript SOme may say There are several sorts of Professions who have Ministers and all of them hold forth some of these Doctrines or have some of these Marks and bring forth some of these Fruits dost thou conclude them all to be False Ministers To which may be Answered They that are not against us are with us as Christ answered those that came to complain of some that preached and walked not with them But these have all appeared against the Lord and his People in this the Day of his Spiritual Appearance and have joyned together either in Word or Deed Publick or Private as one Man making up one Great Image Head Gold Breasts Silver Thighs Brass Feet part Iron part Clay to withstand the Little Stone cut out of the Mountain without Hands but it hath and will prevail against the Image And these are the Sons of one Woman differing only in Speech and Complexion having all one and the same Nature as Experience hath shewed For all have Persecuted and stirred up to Persecution and the most from those that had the greatest Profession as largely may appear by the Sufferings of the People of the Lord called Quakers both in this Nation and else-where several of them being Imprisoned by the Priests till Death and others put to Death in New-England only for the Exercise of a Pure Conscience Such things the Ministers of Christ never did neither do but were and are so done unto These with several other Reasons makes me conclude them all to be False Ministers John Aynsloe THE END