transgression but he shews mercy unto his own seed in man which never consented to sin or evil and he that repents and forsakes his sins and turns unto the Lord with a purpose of heart then will the Lord God shew mercy unto his soul And this is the counsel of the Lord God unto you in dear and in tender love unto your souls turn in turn in your minds into the light of the Son of God in your own particulars with which you are enlightned which is the true Light that enlightneth every man that cometh into the world Therefore I say unto the Light of Christ take heed and wait ye in patience in the Crosse in that which is a Crosse unto your carnal minds and wills which are running abroad into the Earth and Earthly things for in the Crosse and through the Crosse is the power of the Lord God felt and witnessed although the preaching of the Crosse was unto the Greeks foolishnesse and unto the Jews a stumbling block yet this I can give in my Testimony for the Lord God that unto us which are saved it is the power of God unto Salvation unto ever one that believeth Therefore I say turn in your minds into the Light of Christ in your own particulars which is made manifest in you and wait ye in patience in the Crosse that you feel and see the power of the Lord to slay the enmity and to take away the cause and to break down the partition-wall and to rent the vail Now I say who am a lover of all souls wait in patience in the Crosse that you may feel and see the power of the Lord God to take away and to remove the cause to take away that and to remove that and to work out and to expell out all that in you which hath caused a separation betwixt God and you that is to feel and to see the power of the Lord God to work out and to expell sin and iniquity for saith the Lord your sins have separated you from me and your iniquities hath with-held good things from you so wait ye in the Crosse that you may all seek and see the power of the Lord God to break down the partition-wall to break down that in you which is yet standing as a wall in you which is the man of sin which separates you from the Lord God who created you And so all wait in patience in the Light and keep in your minds staid in it I say wait in patience in the Light that you may feel and see the power of the Lord God to rent the vail and to take it off the heart for through mans disobedience unto the Lord God who created him there came a vail over the heart by reason of sin and transgression which vailed the Creature from the Lord So now I say in love unto all your souls wait ye in patience in the Crosse that you may feel and see the pure power of the Lord God to take away and to remove and to expell and to work out all that which is yet remaining alive in you which entered into man through disobedience and transgression by the reason of which man lost the image in which he was created and lost also his Union and Communion and Fellowship which he had with the Lord God before he disobeyed so through disobedience man was driven into the Earth from the presence of the Lord. So all people who are yet in the fall in the transgression and without God in the world this is the counsel of the Lord God unto you all turn in turn in your minds into the light of the Son of God which is made manifest in you and receive it in the love of it for the light is in all and the light is one in all but all have not received it in the love of it and so by the light they are condemned Therefore I say as you tender the good of your own souls receive the light in the love of it and prize it above all things and yield obedience to be led and guided by it For this I testifie unto you from the Lord God that as you receive the light in the love of it and give up to be led and guided by it it will lead you out of sin and out of evil unto the Father from whence it came who is light and in him is no darknesse at all for every good and perfect gift comes from above from God the Father of lights in whom is no variablenesse nor shaddow of turning and it will lead you as you yield obedience to be led and guided by it out of all false wayes worships customs and traditions that are in the world and out of the Church that is in the world into the true Church which is in God which is built up of living pure precious and elect stones of which Christ is the Head and there to worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth for such the Father seeks to worship him and the time is already come that the true worshippers do worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth And this I testifie unto you from the Lord and I know what I say having experienced the thing in my own particular that as you give up freely to be led and guided by the light of the Son of God with which he hath enlightned you withall that in it you will feel and see the power of the Lord God to save you out of sin and out of evil and in it is power strength and sufficiency to destroy sin which is the Devils work in you and death and he that hath the power of death that is the Devil for for this end and purpose was the Son of God manifested for to destroy the works of the Devil Mark that all ye unbelievers who will not believe in Christ Jesus the light nor to have him to rule over you who live in sin and in wickednesse and pleading for it term of life and saying you cannot be free from sin on this side the grave here you do make your selves manifest to be of that number in whom Antichrist that is the man of sin hath his seat in you there he sits as if he were God and he rules and reigns in you as King and his Servants you are and his works you do and his Kingdom you strive to uphold and plead for it term of life that is sin and wickednesse for so long as sin and wickednesse rules and reigns in you so long is Antichrists Kingdom standing in you and so you crying up and pleading for sin term of life and saying that the Creature cannot be free from sin while he is here on this side the grave here you make void and of none effect the coming of Christ Jesus the Son of God for as it is recorded in the Scriptures of Truth and also seen in the record of eternal life that for this purpose the Son of God was manifested
the Lord God unto you and my exhortation unto you all in his pure dread and fear and in bowels of tender love unto your souls Oh dread and fear ye God and let the time past be too much which you have spent without the fear of the Lord God and cease to do evil and learn to do well and go on no longer in rebellion and disobedience unto the Lord God least you provoke his wrath against you to destroy you Therefore I say kisse the Son least he be angry and ye perish in the way for when his wrath is kindled but a little blessed and happy are all they who put their trust in him Now as touching the state and condition that man was in before the fall and before he disobeyed so long as he continued in obedience unto the command of the Lord and in that pure innocent holy and harmlesse being wherein God created him he did enjoy the presence of the Lord God and had Union and Communion and Fellowship with the Lord and then he had power and authority over the Creatures which God created for the use and service of man but through disobedience and transgression unto the holy and righteous command of the Lord God who created him he the Creature man lost the image in which he was created and lost also his Union and Communion and Fellowship with the Lord which he had with the Lord before he disobeyed his command so through disobedience he was drove into the earth from the presence of the Lord and then the Lord placed Cherubims and a flaming sword at the garden of Eden which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life so through mans disobedience he lost the image and was driven out from the presence of the Lord into the earth and lost his Power Authority and Dominion which he had with the Lord before he disobeyed he lost that Power and that Authority and that Dominion which he had over the Creatures which God created for the use and service of man So now since the fall of Man his fall being so great the Creatures have had Power and Dominion over the Creature Man and Man hath been in bondage unto the Creatures through disobedience unto God the Creator Mark that all ye unbelievers who will not believe in Christ Jesus the Light who are yet in the fall in the transgression and in the Earth driven out from the presence of the Lord and without God in the world who are in bondage and in slavery unto the Creatures and they have Power and Dominion over you some of you running into the abuse of one Creature and some of you running into the abuse of another your hearts being fixed and setled in the Earth and in some Creature-enjoyment your treasure being in the Earth and Earthly things there is your hearts also So now as you are in the fall in the transgression driven out from the presence of the Lord into the Earth and you standing in this state and condition the Creatures which Man had power over at the beginning so long as he stood in the counsel of God they Rule and have Power and Dominion over you you being run into the abuse of the Creatures so hereby you are in slavery and in bondage unto them No way out of the Fall but by following the Light NOw all people who are yet in the fall and in the transgression driven out from the presence of the Lord into the Earth and without God in the World as the Lord God giveth me utterance I shall declare the way in plainnesse and according unto the Truth how fallen Men and Women may be restored into that pure innocent state and being that Adam was in before the fall Oh all people dread dread dread and fear and tremble before the living God of Heaven and Earth at whose voice the wind and the Sea obeyeth who by the breath of his Nostrils and the brightnesse of his coming he will slay the wicked Oh return return return unto the Lord God and repent while ye have time and turn in your minds into the light of the Son of God in your own Consciences with which he hath enlightned you who is the true Light that enlightneth every man that cometh into the world who came not into the world to save man in sin but from sin and in him is no sin and whosoever abideth in him sinneth not neither can he sin because his seed remaineth in him therefore I say unto ye all unto the light of Christ take heed and keep in your minds and wait ye in patience in it in that which checks and reproves you for sin and evil and makes manifest the evil of your doings unto you when no man sees you or can accuse you of it yet is the Lord God present with his Light which is his true and faithful witnesse which he hath placed in man which never consented unto sin or evil but stands a witnesse for God in man against sin and evil I say the Lord God is present with his Light to condemn you for sin and evil Therefore I say submit ye unto the Lord God and unto the Light of his Son which is manifested in you and humble your selves and lye down under the hand of his mighty power that he may pour out his judgements and vials of wrath and plagues and woes upon the head of the wicked in you which rules and reigns in you as King and hath led and doth still lead and act you into sin and into transgression that so the Lord God may shew mercy unto your souls for the Lord he shews not mercy unto that which hath led and acted the Creature into transgression but it is his own seed in man which lieth yet in you oppressed and burthened as a Cart pressed with sheaves by reason of sin and wickednesse which is yet remaining alive in you and uncrucified and unsubdued by the power of God Therefore this is the counsel of the Lord God unto you all turn in turn in your minds into the light of the Son of God and wait ye in patience in it that you may feel the power of the Lord God to crucifie and to subdue and to expell and to work out all that in you which entred into man through disobedience and transgression that so the seed of God the seed immortal which is yet oppressed in you may be eased and delivered that so it may grow and increase unto the praise and glory of the Lord who is God blessed for evermore Amen Therefore I say in love unto all your souls submit ye unto the Lord God and lye down under the hand of his mighty power that so he may pour out his judgements and his vials of wrath upon that which hath led and acted you into transgression that so he may shew mercy unto your souls for the Lord he shews not mercy as I said before unto that which leads the Creature into
beginning shall put into thee or raise up in thee to speak but this I tell ye all from the Lord God who are yet in the fall and in the transgression driven out from the presence of the Lord and without God in the World that all the coverings that you have made or ever shall make are too narrow and they cannot hide you neither can you be hid under them from the presence of the Lord God for from the Lord God you cannot hide nor from him you cannot flie but unto him you must give an account for the deeds and works done in the body whether they be good or whether they be evil And the woe of the Lord is unto all ye who are making false fained coverings to hide you from the Lord and from the eyes of men for woe saith the Lord unto the rebellious Children who take counsell and not of me and that cover with a covering but not with my Spirit And woe unto them that hide their sins for they shall not prosper And this I tell you again from the Lord that your coverings are too narrow and they cannot hide you neither are you hid under them from the Lord nor from the pure single Eie which the Lord God hath opened in hundreds of his dear Babes and Lambs who are counted by you the off-scouring of all things and people not fit to live upon the Earth and as sheep for the slaughter and are reproachfully and scornfully by you called Quakers So now all people as you tender the good of your own souls and have any desire to know the Lord God who created ye this is the counsel of the Lord God unto ye Oh! Turn in turn in your minds into the Light of the Son of God with which you are enlightned and waite ye in patience in it and hearken diligently unto the Voice of the Lord unto the Voice of the true Prophet Christ Jesus the Son of God the light of the World Who is the light that enlightneth every man that cometh into the World who must be heard in all things For said the servant of the Lord A Prophet will the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you And it shall come to passe that every soul which will not hear that Prophet shall be destroyed from amongst the People So all people who are yet in the fall in the transgression driven out from the presence of the Lord into the Earth and without God in the World I say as you tender the good and welfare and happinesse of your immortal souls cease from man whose breath is in his nostrils who keeps you ever learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth and give not way unto that spirit which hath led and acted you into sin and into transgression into lightnesse and ayrinesse but turn in your minds into the light of the Son of God and keep in your minds and wait ye in patience in it and hearken ye diligently unto the voice the true Prophet Christ Jesus the Light of the World who is the true Light that enlightneth every man that cometh into the World I say hearken ye diligently unto the voice of the true Prophet which is a still low voice which follows the Creature and when the Creature turns either unto the right hand or unto the left it saith this is the way walk in it Mark that all ye who are yet in the fall and in the transgression that is the voice of the true Prophet which cries in you for purity and holinesse and after the heighth of your wickednesse is over and you come into a little calmnesse then in the cool of the day it cries in you Man or Woman where art thou what is this that thou hast acted and done then you with the Light of the Son of God comes to see your nakednesse and then you strive to make coverings to hide your selves from the presence of the Lord and in this state and condition as I said before the wo of the Lord is unto you For wo saith the Lord unto the rebellious Children who take counsel and not of me and that cover with a covering but not with my Spirit And the Lord God called unto Adam and said where art thou sayes Adam unto God again I heard thy voice and I was afraid because I was naked and I hid my self so when Man whom God created after his own Image had disobeyed the command of the Lord who created him in eating of the forbidden fruit that is of the tree of knowledge of good and evil which God said in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely dye and immediately after Adam and Eve his wife had eaten of the forbidden fruit the Lord he opened their eyes and then they saw their nakednesse and they gathered fig-leaves and sewed them together to make them coverings and they strove to hide themselves amongst the trees of the garden from the presence of the Lord and said the Lord unto Adam who shewed thee thy nakednesse Hast thou eaten of the forbidden fruit which I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat of Then answered Adam unto the Lord the woman that thou gavest to be with me did give unto me and I did eat Then said the Lord unto the Woman What is this that thou hast done Then answered the Woman and said The Serpent did beguile me and I did eat Then said the Lord God unto the Serpent for this that thou hast done thou art cursed above all Cattle and above every Beast of the field upon thy belly shalt thou go and dust shall be thy meat all the dayes of thy life And said the Lord God I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed and it shall bruise thy head that is the seed of the woman and thou shalt bruise her heel And so now all people who are yet in the fall and in the transgression in the earth driven out from the presence of the Lord unredeemed and without God in the world This I write unto you all in dear love and in bowels of tender love and as you prize the good of your own souls consider and lay it to heart how you have spent your time without the fear of the Lord God who created you to do his will and to serve and obey him so now I say unto you all come to a true and a serious consideration for what end and purpose God created you whether to do his will and to serve and obey him or to do your own wicked corrupt wills and to serve and obey your own hearts lusts unto the witnesse of God in all your Consciences do I speak which I know from the Lord God will answer and confesse that God created you to do his will and to serve and obey him Then this is the counsel of