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A40953 Truth ascended, or, The annointed and sealed of God defended in an answer written by Richard Farnsworth as a testimony against a conterfeit commission and all injustice and false judgement done and pronounced under pretence of the same. R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666. 1663 (1663) Wing F511; ESTC R37783 25,146 33

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for so great glorious a work 7. That the deceit ought to be silent or that the Deceiver thou Lodowick ought to let Truth stop thy mouth like a false Prophet as thou art whose mouths must be stopped according to Tit. 1.11 Postscript Or Concerning Error c. IF none know the Scriptures but thy self then not those that are appointed by John Reeves and thee to the work of the Ministry And as Christ said to the Sadduces when they came to ask him whose Wife she might be in the resurrection which seven brethren had had to wife because they all had her in answer thereunto he said Ye err not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God Matth. 22.23 24 25 26 27 28 29. So say I to thee That those who are appointed by John Reeves and thee to the work of the Ministry they err not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God because thou saist No man knows the Scriptures but thy self Therefore inasmuch as they err not knowing the Scriptures they must needs err in their expositions meanings pretended preachings and interpretation of Scriptures so that their pretended preaching of Scriptures is error 2. Their meanings and conceivings of the Scriptures is error 3. Their expositions and pretended interpretations of Scriptures is error And inasmuch as they err not knowing the Scriptures they also err not knowing the power of God from whence the holy Scripture is given by inspiration of God 2 Tim. 3.16 And so their whole work about your pretended Ministry is no better then error and must needs therefore be very unprofitable and not fit to be owned Lodowick IN thy pretended Answer bearing date May 8.1663 to a Letter of mine to thee entitled False judgement reversed and against testified thou saist Thou shalt first commend me for setting my name to it And secondly For setting down thy words so truly and punctually that it makes thy Commission and Authority to shine the more bright and clear In answer thereunto I say It may appear unto all that hears of the same That I have not perverted or wronged thy words or writings and also That thou owns thy sayings and hast not repented of thy errors and blasphemies but still persists therein and rejoiceth in the same and therefore all to whom this may come to be heard seen and read may take notice what thou art and be aware of thee and thy deceit Thou saist That thou art as true an Ambassador of God and Judge of mens spiritual estate as any ever was since the Creation of the world thou only saist it but leaves it as proofless as the rest but I do deny it therefore prove it if thou canst And whereas thou saist If you Quakers and others can satisfie your selves that there never was any man commissionated of God to bless and curse then you shall all escape that curse that I have pronounced apon so many hundreds and I only shall suffer for cursing others without a Commission from God I say in answer unto thee What is all this to the purpose Admit that we grant that God did commissionate under the Law to bless to curse what is that to thee must it necessarily follow that thou art so commissionated We are satisfied by the Lord and assured to the contrary and we know that we shall escape that curse which thou hast pronounced and are satisfied That thou shalt suffer for cursing so many hundreds without a Commission from God as thou hast done And whereas thou saist That thy Commission is no pretended thing but as true as Moses the Prophets and Apostles Commission was I do deny it prove that if thou canst or else let it be granted for true That thou hast taken upon thee to lye in the Name of the Lord that thy pretended Commission is but a counterfeit thing as doubtless it is and therefore thou maist expect a punishment proportionable to thy offence And whereas thou saist That no man can come to the assurance of the favour of God now in these dayes but in believing that God gave this power unto John Reeves and thy self As first That thou hast power given over all other Gods and infinite Spirits what soever 2. That thou hast the pardoning power and the damning power 3. That thou hast the keys of Heaven and of Hell and that none can get into Heaven except thou open the gates 4. That thou hast power to remit their sins who receive thy doctrine and to retain and bind their sins more close upon their consciences for their despising or not receiving of thy doctrine 5. That thou hast power to bless and curse men and women to eternity 6. That it is not the Light of Christ within nor the Scriptures no nor God without that shall deliver from under thy sentence and curse 7. That thou art single in doctrine knowledge judgement and power above all men either Prophets or Apostles since the beginning of the world or that shall ever be hereafter whilst the world doth endure 8. That thou art the only Judge of the two seeds now in these last dayes 9. That there is no true Minister Messenger nor Ambassador of God in the World at this day but thy self neither shall there be any sent of God after thee to the worlds end 10. That God will have men and women justified and condemned no other way but by man like themselves And 11. This power saist thou hath God given unto me and in this regard I am the only and alone Judge what shall become of men and women after death neither shall those that are damned by me see any other God or judge but me I say if these be not errors lyes and blasphemy what is Let God and his people by the Spirit of his Son sent into their hearts judge in this case whereby it may appear what spirit thou art of and what thy pretended Commission is made up of even of pride presumption lyes errors false judgement delusion and blasphemy as is apparent And through the assistance of God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ I hope I shall ever be ready to testifie for the Lord against thy deceit whilst I have breath as thereunto moved directed by the Lord. And though thou say That a God without thee spoke to thee by voice of words to the hearing of the ear when he gave thy pretended Commission unto thee yet thou saist That no person condemned by thee can make his appeal unto God neither by himself nor by any other and why thy reason is Be●ause saist thou God is not in this world at all I say if it be true That none can make their appeal to God neither by themselves nor by the Lord Jesus that are condemned by thee because thou saist God is not in this World at all where was he then when thou received thy pretended Commission seeing thou saist thou received it from a God without thee that spake by voice of words to the hearing of the ear Or is it not a fiction on imagination of thy brain that thou hast received and art so confident in and therefore a strong delusion And whereas thou saist That because I am not under the sentence of thy Commission by verbal words or writing thou shalt give answer unto my Letter for saist thou I never give answer in writing to any one that is under the sentence of my Commission I say That 's a ready way to shuffle off a sound answer or passe by with a lame Reply or passing false judgement at a distance instead of vindicating making good what thou art charged withall and it seems to the end that thou maist slip off and leave thy matter as proofless as before thou sends me a Bill of Excommunication or Execration and passeth sentence to exclude thy self from writing any more in answer unto me A shuffling trick of deceit indeed But this I am bold in the Lord to test●fie unto thee That thy judgement is false and erroneous both as to matter and manner and is a sign and token of a false Judge that never was sent of the Lord for who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods Elect seeing it is God that justifies And it is apparent that thou art a false Judge because thou condemns God's Elect under pretence of judging the Serpents Seed Thou art a Deceiver indeed and I am bold to tell thee of it and do testifie against thee and thy judgement I value not it is but like ashes under the soles of my feet and will never trouble me because it proceeds from an Antichristian spirit and will never be laid to my charge by the Lord. Therefore silence Deceiver and give over thy deceit for what I have said in vindication of the Truth and in opposition to thy deceit shall stand over thee in the sight of God and his people that are guided by the Spirit of his Son sent into their hearts And truly I admire that Dorothy Carter or any that are sober and consciencious people should not abhor thy delusion and wicked abomination for assuredly it is not of God but of the Devil and this is my faithful Testimony concerning the same and I am not ashamed to own it under my Name R. Farnsworth THE END