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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60648	A new primmer, wherein is demonstrated the new and living way held forth by way of question and answer, as from a child's enquiry after truth, to be informed by the father. Here being divers particulars answer'd, and plainly opened, that may be profitable both in this present age, and ages to come. Published for the benefit of all sorts of people, and may be very serviceable for every family, and of great use for young children to learn in, so soon as they can understand their language, that they in the fear of God may be instructed, and remember their creator in the dayes of their youth. For which I travel, enduring affliction for the truths sake, William Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1665 (1665)	Wing S4322; ESTC R224034	28,937	98

earthly from which no good thing can arise and it brings forth a birth in its own likeness and of its own nature which by the Spirit is truly discerned and every work of the flesh is manifest to the Spirit for the Spirit searcheth all things truly judges all things for the Spirit is truth And though this may seem in many of your eyes to be rash judgment and you may call it so yet it will stand a witness against all that are satisfying the flesh For there is not any thing so hardly received as that testimony that strikes at the life of another and that which deals plainly and simply with all and desires the good of all that meets with the least entertainment in the hearts of people but that which flatters and cryes peace when the bonds of Iniquity stand that is a pleasing thing unto the minds of all who walk in the flesh and that which coms to rip them up and discover their nakedness to their shame that they kick against and will not own nor receive it for truth for there is not any people would come to shame for what they do and that which opens secrets and brings any thing to light by which shame may come upon them they turn against that and reject it though the thing be really true which is witnessed against and so there is no work of the flesh that would come under the spirits Judgment though it be truly discerned and judged as it is and the Discerning and Judgment stand in the truth but those concerned in it will not own it but cry out Who made you a Judge And why are you so rash to judge as if all were to be condemned but your selves How do you know the hearts of people And why may not others be as right as you for what you know So every Form and Likeness would save its own Life by putting off the Judgment as if none could Discern it and no false birth that would have its Nakedness to appear lest it should come to shame thereby And thus People harden themselves against the Spirit 's Testimony which in it self is the searcher and tryer of Hearts and Reins and none can hide their Councel from it Mark Is not this the Judge that stands at the door and knocks Doth not he discern when Evil rises in your Hearts And doth he not there Reprove you What is it that you can hide that he finds not out What can you do in your secret Chambers that he doth not know And what Thought can you think amongst all your Thoughts that he doth not discern And doth he not judge you in your own Consciences if you have Thought any Evil or uttered vain Words or done any thing wickedly Will you deny this to be a true Discerner and a Righteous Judge Be sober and there is a Witness which you may feel in your selves to answer to the truth declared and all that have received the Spirit and are born of the Spirit they have an Understanding given them by which they are able to Discern the flesh all the works of it and give true Judgment upon it without respect of Persons not judging according to the flesh but according to the Spirit and sees to the Root and principle from which all things spring up and grow and they do not judge according to the outward appearance but judge Righteous judgement for such as Discern no further than what outwardly appears and then judge according to that Others from the same ground may draw as true a Judgment against them And here people are not to Judge lest they be Judged which is a place much alleadged against true Judgment but whoso Judges one of another it is not in the Spirit of Truth which doth Discern through all Appearances but it is in the flesh which cannot perceive beyond what doth appear And so all the false Births give Judgement one against another and cannot bear the Judgement of one another then they are provoked and angry one with another and run into confusion and Distraction Warring and Fighting and Destroying one another about their formed Religion none being come to the Spirit that gives a Discerning through what appears and gives true Judgment in the ground but all born of the Spirit have true Union with it and the flesh and the deeds of it are subdued under it and they are no more in the flesh but in the Spirit and have received Christ Jesus the Lord and walk in him and are Spiritual and the Spiritual man judgeth all things and he himself is judged of no man And whether you can receive it or no you are all truly tryed and judged not in the flesh but in the Spirit and your ROOT and FOVNDATION is seen and Discerned and is not found to be that which was in the beginning but that which the Subtility generated since the beginning and so doth he rule over you and blind your minds that you cannot see nor discern further than what appears and the Mystery of the Kingdom is hid from your eyes and you run into the Words with your carnal Minds and earthly Wisdom and from what is Written draw something to your selves and form up a Likeness in your conceivings and bring that forth in the strength of your own Wills and this is your Foundation and the first principle of your Religion and so the HARLOT hath brought forth many children which in her Womb have all been conceived and yet are not formed one like another but all differ in their Shape and Likeness and then strive one with another and yet are all children of one House and all of one Kingdom but no Love nor Unity found amongst them but Envie Hatred and Malice and all one against another and divided into Heads and Parties which is an evident Testimony of the Ruine Fall of your House and Kingdom For A House divided against it self cannot stand Therefore come out of it lest it fall upon you and utterly destroy you and all come to that where Peace and Safety is for God hath prepared a sure Refuge and Resting place for all that will come And he hath gathered many into Unity and perfect Peace therein and they rest in his Love and are preserved in his Power and he alone is their Strength and sure Defence so hath the Lord made his power known in this his Day and hath gathered a Remnant to that which was in the beginning which was the Saints Life and from which the Scriptures were declared and of which they all testified that is now made manifest which the false Apostles ravened from and many Sons and Daughters are come to glory in it and this is the Spirit of Truth which leads into all Truth that cuts down Transgression and Reigns over the Head of the Transgressor and doth discover clearly all the deeds of Darkness which are come up since the Dayes of the Apostles and are practised by such as are

would be informed concerning them F. To mention them all would take up much time C. Name a few if the whole be too tedious that by understanding some of them I may be aware of the rest F. Such as are not Christs Ministers have their Power and Authority from Man and so have each man a place of Settlement which is called a Parish and in that Parish they have Tythes allowed for their Maintenance and that is the Tenth Part of Encrease And they have a Law made by Man to Compel it and if any for Conscience sake cannot give it them then by their Law they Sue them and Imprison them and Spoil their Goods and these are Wolves Child that are let loose amongst the Lambs to rend and tear them and they have Places builded in their several Parishes which they call Churches And they Observe one Day in a Week for their Worship and a few Hours in that Day to perform it and they have an Hour-glass many of them and that is their time of Preaching and their Eye will be oft towards the Glass to see when it is Run because it is a long Hour to them and when the Glass is Run they tell their People the time is now spent or words to that purpose and what hath been spoken that must suffice for that time and this is not the Practice of Christs Ministers C. But where and in whom such things do appear may I certainly know that they are not true Ministers of Christ F. Yes Thou mayest certainly know them not to be true Ministers of Christ nor of his sending forth for such Fruits do plainly demonstrate them to be false C. But if such be false How may I know them that are true for I have an earnest desire in me to know the thing that is true F. Be patient Child and in due time thou mayest come to understand it and thou mayest know the true Ministers of Christ by their Fruits C. What is their Fruits And in what do they differ from the false F. They differ in every Particular C. Inform me of some of them F. The true Ministers of Christ have their Power and Authority in God and that is their Foundation they take no Tythes nor Sue any People at Law for maintenance nor cast any into Prison they do not love filthy lucre neither make their Belly their God they Preach the Word faithfully and do not limit the Holy One either to Time Place or Person they are meek and gentle and peaceable towards all men and these are Christs Ministers C. Here is a great difference Father F. Yes Child there is so even as much as is betwixt that which is true and that which is false or betwixt light and darkness For the false Ministers are of the Earthly Wisdom and the true Ministers are endued with Wisdom from above C. But do they not all Preach Christ in words F. Yes the false can speak of the Name of Christ as the true do but they want his Power C. But how may I then know which is true and which is false by their words seeing words may be the same F. Why they that are false Preach Christ without and bid People believe in Him as he is in Heaven above but they that are true Ministers they Preach Christ within and direct People to wait to feel him in themselves and so to believe in him as he makes himself manifest in them and this is true Doctrine that brings people to mind that Principle of God in their own Consciences which comes down from Heaven and goes thither again and such as are in the Earthly Wisdom they do not know Heaven above C. This is a great difference in their Doctrine for one to preach Christ without and another preacheth him within F. Yes it doth make a great difference and hath no more fellowship together than the East hath with the West C. And is this an infallible Tryal of them F. Yes and it vvill not deceive thee but vvill certainly give thee an understanding vvhereby thou maist discern them both and if thou waitest in the measure of the Light of Christ thou wilt be able to try all things and so come to chuse that vvhich is good C. But must I not try all things by the Scriptures F. Nay for the Scriptures vvere given forth from the Spirt and it is the Spirit that tryes vvhether the things be true or false good or evil C. But are not the Scriptures given forth for a Rule to Walk by F. The Scriptures are a true Testimony of vvhat the Saints were made vvitnesses of but the Spirit is the Rule from which the Scriptures were given forth and it vvas the Rule unto them that gave forth the Scriptures and they had the Spirit before they spake the Words and they spake the words as the Spirit moved so that the Spirit was before the Words and was their Rule that spake the Words and it changes not but is the same for ever C. What is the service of the Scriptures if they be not a Rule and for tryal af things that are spoken F. They are of great service child and are to be read and believed and they become comfortable when in the same Spirit that gave them forth they are fufilled and truly understood C. Then the Scriptures are to be owned and believed as a true Testimony of what the Saints were made partakers of in that day F. Yes they are to be owned and believed and they that do not so they are to be denied but thou must take heed child of giving more unto the Scriptures than unto them belongs least in so doing thou diminish from the glory of Christ and so give it to another And if thou look'st upon the Scripture to be for a Rule and for trying thou givest that unto them which belongs unto Christ for he is the Rule and leads his people and he alone searches the heart and tryes the reins and not the Scriptures C. But how then must Spirits be tryed if not by the Scriptures Must one Spirit try another F. The Spirit of God must try all spirits for it knows the spirits whether they be of God and if not it discerns them and judgeth infallibly of them and if they be of God it receives them and embraces them with joy and this is not the spirit of a man to try the spirit of a Man but the Spirit of God that tryes all mens spirits C. Then I perceive it is the Spirit alone that I am to mind in all things F. Yes child for by minding of the Spirit alone in all things thou wilt come to a good understanding in all things and be able to discern and put a difference betwixt that which is true and that which is false C. I am sensible that there is something in my Conscience that lets me see my secret thoughts and the intents of my heart but I have not known what it hath been nor

Language unto a single Person F. Why Child a single Person being One and no more the true Language is Thou unto him or her and hath been the Language spoken by all that have been guided by the Spirit of God without respect of Persons And we do not read of another that was spoken by the Holy men of God unto any person whether a King or any in Authority under him for the Spirit of Truth leads into all Truth and Thou to One is the Language of Truth without respect and the Spirit of Truth teaches to speak it and not another C. But how is it then that People use the word You to one another when they speak One to One F. Because in that thing they do not mind the Spirit of God and its Teachings and so the false spirit acting brings forth a false Word For You to One is an Apostate Language and through the v●in custom of it is become seated in the Pride of Heart and when the true Language is spoken the pride cannot bear it but it is the true Language Child and was so in the beginning before the fall and God is turning it again unto his People in this day of Restauration C. And must I use the Word Thou to all sorts of People F. Yes When thou hast occasion to speak to One And do not respect the Person of any Man or Woman for it is as true to the Rich as to the Poor and the Spirit of Truth will teach thee to speak it if thou mindest and obeyest it and if thou dost not it will reprove thee C. But is it not a thing that will become me to use good Manners And People do not take the word Thou to be good Manners when I speak to my Betters and they will not have their Children taught to speak that Language because they say it is unmannerly F. It is the evil words Child that corrupts good manners whether it be in a Child or Elder People but true words is mannerly and is spoken in the manner of Truth which is good manners And thou must not mind what others say or how they will have their Children Taught but mind thou the Lord and his Teachings and he will teach thee to speak good words and true words which is good manners and it is the evil words that crrupts it And People that know not the Teachings of God nor the Truth of God they know not the manner of it and so are seeking how to honour one another and to speak to one another and after what manner to do it which is not in the manner of Truth but in the false spirit which corrupts their words and actions and so corrupts good manners C. And how must I do concerning Oaths seeing that Swearing in many things is required as sometimes to give Testimony to what I know and sometimes to Testifie my Submission unto a Ruler and also in other things F. Whatever men require of thee Child thou must mind what the Lord requires of thee and if men require that of thee which the Lord forbids thee thou must obey God And Christ Jesus hath forbidden all Oathes and it is not lawful to Swear upon any account though men may require it because Christ hath commanded not to Swear at all and if thou lovest him thou wilt keep his Commandments and not Transgress against him because men require thee to do otherwise but do thou mind the Spirit of Truth and it will teach thee to speak truth in what thou art called unto and thy Yea in the Truth will bind thee to perform faithfully what thou Testifieth or Engageth to And so in all things thou art called unto speak the truth from thy Heart as in the sight of God and let thy Yea be Yea and let there be no more in any wise for what is more comes of evil C. But there is much said concerning the Lawfulness of an Oath in such needful matters as to end Striffe or Engage to a Ruler with other things and there are many Scriptures brought for it F. They that bring Scriptures to plead for Swearing in this day they do not understand the Scriptures for He who is Lord of all saith Swear not at all neither by Heaven nor by Earth nor by any other thing but let your Yea be Yea and your Nay Nay for what is more comes of Evil And thou art to obey Jesus Christ whose Doctrin is true and who ends the Dispensation of Oaths where strife was and in that Dispensation when they did Swear and were not to forswear themselves it was not an Oath formed in words and then imposed by the laying a hand upon the Bible and kising it but was solemnly spoken from their own mouths and what proceeded out of their mouths that they were to perform unto the Lord And this was the Oath commanded in that Dispensation as thou mayest read Num. 30. If a man vow a Vow unto the Lord or Swear an Oath to bind his Soul with a Bond he shall not break his word he shal do according to al that proceedeth out of his mouth now Mark Child This was the thing the Lord Commanded in that Dispensation and it was no more but the word that was to proceed out of their own mouths and were not to break because it was the Soul's bond therefore they were to do according to all that proceeded out of their mouths so that it was to proceed out of their own mouths and not to be imposed in formed words which binds not the Soul And there is no Scripture that mentions any other way of Swearing in that Dispensation but now Christ Jesus who Ends all the Changeable things He saith Swear not at all but let your Yea be Yea And it is without Exception or putting any difference betwixt vain Oaths and solemne Oaths He saith Not at all nor by any thing For what is more than Yea and Nay comes of Evil Therefore Child obey thou Christ's Doctrine what ever men may Require of thee and if thy Yea will not be taken to the Truth of thy word let nothing else be done by thee lest thou fall'st into Condemnation C. Father Inform me concerning the Observation of Dayes as those called Holy-dayes and that called Sunday which some call Sabbath-day and some the Lord's-day and whether the Lord require that I should observe them F. If thou Observest a day Child Observe it to the Lord but he requires not the Observing of particular Dayes for the Seventh Day was Holy in which he Rested from all his Work and that was the Jews Sabbath and they observed it to the Lord as he Commanded but Christ Jesus hath fulfilled it and ended it And those called Holy Dayes are set up in the Apostasie in which the Saints have been Killed and Martyred upon which Dayes the Apostates Rejoyced and Feasted and they are called Feastifal Dayes and thou art to abominate the observing of them because they were set