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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77780	Antichrists transformations within, discovered by the light within.	Bullock, Jeffery, of Sudbury.; Manning, Thomas, The Baptist.	1678 (1678)	Wing B5424A; ESTC R170865	29,654	36

Antichrists Transformations within Discovered by The LIGHT within THis is given forth to all Friends and Brethren who look upon themselves to be Elders and Teachers of others who think that they have both a right and a power to be Judges in the Churches called Quakers in matters of Religion Principles and Practises which thing only belongs to God in the Worship of God in matters of Conscience Friends I do deny that man hath any Rule Power Dominion Government or Authority either given or committed unto him from the Lord as pertaining to the Conscience in things relating to the worship of God for all Power in Heaven and Earth Rule Authority and Dominion belongeth unto Christ the Light the invisible power which dwells in all Men and Women as pertaining to the Conscience and all Glory and Honour Praise and Thanksgiving is to be given by man to Christ the Light which is in them because he is the only Redeemer and the Saviour of the Souls and the Salvation of the ends of the Earth and so there is no glory to be given to man although he be born of the Light but all is to be given to Christ the Light in Man unto whom alone it doth belong who is the true Minister and hath power in himself to teach all the Sons and Daughters of men who hear his voice and obey him Wherefore whosoever doth exalt Christ the Light who is the true Minister before themselves by Christ the Light within shall those be exalted otherwise by the Light within they must be overturned for it never was Antechrist in the heart nor yet Antechrist in those which meet together to wait upon God in true silence the which brought in false Doctrine Errour and Heresie among us Quakers or other Sects whatsoever but it was Antechrist in the Priests and false Prophets which was the instrumental cause by the which the Jews of old were lead into Errour and it was Antechrist in those heaps of Teachers that lead the Churches of the Gentiles into errour in the Apostle Pauls days and so read down from the Apostle Pauls days to this day ever since the night of Apostacy came over the Churches of the Gentiles and it hath been Antichrist in and among the Gentiles Teachers the which hath had dominion over all both great and small who have given their power to the Beast Friends This is my Judgement Faith and Belief that whatsoever is written to the Churches called Quakers by either Man or Men Elders or Bodies by way of Exhortation Advice or Counsel or Admonition or by way of dehortation or for warning them of Evil in matters of Conscience which thing belongs to God it ought to be written to the Churches both in and by and from the Holy Ghost which is Gods infallible Spirit and the word of Eternal Life and also the Spirit of Revelation yea and all Declarations all Preachings and Prayings in the Churches called Quakers wheresoever it is the Holy Ghost which is to speak in every Vessel so that no Man or Woman is either to Pray or Preach or cause any thing to be Printed and sent among the Churches but what comes in and from the Holy Ghost otherwise it is not to be owned by the Churches for Moses he received the Law from the mouth of God before he delivered it to the Children of Israel and Paul he wrote his Epistles to the Churches of the Gentiles in and by and from the Spirit of Revelation and John he was in the Spirit of the Lord when he wrote to the seven Churches of Asia Wherefore your Paper to the Churches it is not to be own'd by the Churches in as much as it was written from a sight or a sence and from the senceable part and not in and from the Spirit of Revelation now whatsoever is written declared or given forth in the sight or in the sence or from the sensible part it is not to be owned for the senceable part is that which hath been in the transgression with the woman with all her sights and senses in every visible man and this is she which feeds upon the fruit the which the tree of knowledge bears for things being opened to her in the understanding by the Spirit of Truth she having received the sights and the openings Antichrist being near the mind not being kept in the Watch his work is to draw the mind from him which openeth into the mysteries which are recorded in the Book of the Scriptures which mysteries are opened to the Woman by the Spirit of Truth and thus Antichrist has cheated thousands for the Woman is the sole mind or heart in every visible Man and Woman which is accompanied with an understanding part and a knowing part and a sensible part and an affectionate part and a comprehending part for it has been the work of that old Adversary which is called the Devil in ages past to steal the mind from him which openeth into those things the which are opened by the Light within that is to say to draw the mind and inward senses from the Light into the Letter and from the word into the words and from him which openeth into the things which are opened and if Antichrist hath thus but once captivated the mind then he will soon finish his work and the Creature shall not discern it for the present for Antichrist he will bring a Vail over the understandings of Men and Women and yet they for the present cannot perceive it and thus the Woman which is one with the sensible part both in the Male and in the Female she having received the things which were opened by the Spirit of truth she assuming authority to her self to speak in the Church not from him which opens but from those things which are opened Antechrist being transformed in the mind and understanding Now this Woman she is not permitted by the Law which is Light not to speak in the Church with a vocal voice neither is she to pray in the Church but she is to return to Christ who is the Light within who daily discovers her state and condition unto her and also makes manifest her sin and her place is to obey the Light and to be made willing to dwell in silence until the Light within hath redeemed her from under the power of death and darkness within and then the power which hath redeemed her he is to speak in the Church and not the Woman but her place is to wait at the feet of Christ the Light within for she is neither to preach nor pray in the Church although she be redeemed but if she lacks any thing she is to ask her Husband at home for there is an invisible woman in every visible man and there is an invisible man in every visible woman and the man Christ Jefus who is the Light of the world he is in them both and it is he which is to speak in the Church and not the woman

Bullock in Sudbury I do disown my self to be a Member of the visible Church called Quakers for these particular reasons and causes following neither do I desire to have unity nor to seek to have peace with the Church in those actions wherein they set up themselves as Judges among or above their Brethren as the Eleven Elders called Quakers have done First I disown all superiority of men Ministers or Elders in the Churches called Quakers or any who assume Authority to themselves above the rest of the Members to judge and determine things in matters of conscience the which thing only belongs to God in every one 's own particular 2. I disown my self to be a member of that Body or Church which saith He that is not justified by the witness of God in Friends is condemn'd by it in himself 3. Which saith That none are to Minister or Preach but such as are reconciled to the Church and have the approbation of the Elders and Members 4. Again I do disown both the censures and judgement of that body or Church who look upon themselves that they have both a right and power to judge of errours and yet have not power to convince the parties of their errors before they pass judgement upon them for those things which they call errors for Christ he convinceth both man and woman of their evils before he either judgeth them or condemneth them for their evils 5. Again I do disown my self to be a Member of that Church who will not admit me to take the liberty of my Conscience in matters of Doctrine and Principles in the Worship of God the outward life and conversation that being blameless and I being satisfied in my own conscience that the thing is both right and true which I do own 6. I disown my self to be a Member of that Church who will not admit me to believe and speak what God by his Spirit makes manifest in me for the Articles of your Church Faith and Belief they are concealed from me so that in plain English words with sense I cannot them neither read nor understand so that I question whether this practice of the Church doth not surpass plain Popery for they have given forth the Articles of their Faith as concerning Doctrine 7. I disown the resurrection of the power or the arising of the Seed or God in man or that ever the Seed or God was either in Captivity or Bondage or that it was ever lost or that the Light in man was ever blinded or the Image of God defaced or that the Seed hath been under the corrupt heart of man or that ever Darkness were over it or that ever God lost his Kingdom in man as he was in himself 8. Again I disown that to be any true Ministry for God who in their declaration do exhort both Friends and other people to come to a sense and to wait in a sense and to abide in a sense and continue in a sense for God is not a sense neither is his spirit a sense for the senses are things that were made by the power of God and in the power which made them they are to be exercised and so such Doctrine it is not only unsound but it is contrary to the Scriptures and also the spirit of truth and form of sound words for it is old Antichrists Doctrine the which Sathan brought in among his Ministers in this long night of Apostacy among the Gentiles when the Churches lost the injoyment of the Grace Manifestation or Revelation of the Spirit of God then they preached from a light and a sense for the Beasts of the Field they have both senses and knowledge and what preheminence hath a man above a Beast if he be not in God that made him for all things the which a man enjoys below the Light they are accompanied both with vanity and also vexation of Spirit for there is no other God Saviour Angel nor Spirit to be known in and amongst the Sons of Men but the Light that shews unto man his thoughts besides the Spirit and Power of Darkness and what God made in man in the day of his first Creation 9. Also I disown my self to be a Member of that Church who are gone from Christ the Light of the world within them the power which God revealed from Heaven in this our age and generation wherein alone Life and Salvation Justification and Condemnation is to be known and are returned back again to the professors Christ and Saviour who dyed without the Gates of Jerusalem who make it their work to declare against all salvation both by God and Christ the Light within the which the professors of this our age and time do 10. I disown all yoaks of bondage dictates or impositions whatsoever I disown your printing of several Books and imposing them upon all Friends Meetings throughout this Nation and enjoyning them to take them off a thing that I never heard of before amongst any people 11. I disown your enjoyning one Friend to match with another Friend or else you will not admit them to come together whenas God hath made all Nations of one blood and so remember that Moses took an Ethiopian woman to wife contrary to the command of God and yet God justified him for it and he also condemned both Aaron and Miriam for speaking against Moses for so doing Again the two Sons of Naomy they either of them took a Moabitish woman to wife and I never read they were reproved for their so doing and Ruth she proved a good woman So Friends I leave you to the witness of God that is in you for I little thought that ever Antichrist would have appeared with such an old Vizard as to raise up a body of Judges among us Quakers in matters of Religion and Conscience whenas we had suffered so much already by outward Judges because we made use of the liberty of our Consciences in the things of God Friends a thing which was never practiced among the primitive Christians Friends 1. What is the Tree of knowledge as it is in it self and what is the fruit it bears and from whence doth the fruit come and what is that which feeds upon it seeing it is desirable to make one wise and whether the fruit be all the same now as it was in the beginning 2. What was the Eden wherein the first man Adam was placed and what was the Garden wherein God walked after Transgression entred when he spake to Adam in the cool of the day 3. What is the Enmity which God put between the Woman and the Serpent and between his Seed and her Seed and what was or is the Woman 4. What was the Man that was drove out from God into the Earth because of Transgression seeing the visible body did remain in the visible Creation after his transgression as visible as it did before 5. What is the Image of God or what is the Soul of Man for there