out and such turn the grace of God into wantonness and are ordained of old that hate the light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world and such be in Cain Balaams way persecutors and murtherers and turns the grace of God into wantonness Pr. From the words of Jude 4. they were of old ordained from these words he said That God had predestinated one to life without any cause in the creature lesse or more and the other wicked man to Hell without any cause in the creature lesse or more and both wicked men And before thou said part of the cause that God cast into hell was in the man and part in God In this seventh principle and doctrine thou saiest there is no cause in the creature that God cast into hell and condemns him and in the other thou said there were part blame in man and part in God and here is the Devils Doctrine a lie found in thy mouth and thou hast wrested perverted and wronged that Scripture in Jude who saith their is no part in man causeth condemnation that all may see you are lyars he saith they were ungodly they turned the grace of God into laciviousness that brings salvation that denyed the Lord that bought them Jude 11. 2 Pet. 2.1 They were covetous made merchandize of the people through fained words so no covetous nor Idolater shall enter into the Kingdome of God 1 Cor. 6.9 and all they deny the Lord that bought them but who owns the light that comes from him which doth enlighten every man that comes into the world and none sees him but with the light that comes from him and they goe in Cores way and gain-sayeth the truth who goe from the light that Christ hath enlightned them in the particular and he that gain-sayeth the truth there is a fault in him and they goe in Cains way that are from the command of God who said if thou dost well shalt thou not be accepted and if he did not well fin lay at the door now these were of old ordained unto condemnation which turned the grace of God into wantonnesse were in Cains way Cores way and brake the commands as Cain did in Balaams way erred from the spirit and admired mens persons because of advantage which Balaam did and loved the wages of unrighteousnes and so these did not do the things they were commanded Cain he did not doe the thing that he was commanded nor Core that offered strange fire and his company Num. 16. So these of old were ordained for this condemnation which condemnation is the light Io. 3. light foresees them and sees over them and condemns them when they arise and goes out from the spirit of God in them and here all may see here was fault worthy of condemnation and those were they that sensually separated themselves from the Apostles and had not the spirit Jude 19 in their dayes which were covetous which went for the gift and reward which were like raging waves of the Sea which were spots in feasts of charity feasting feeding without fear 2 Pet. 2. Which admired mens persons because of advantage and spoke the high words in hypocrisy Wells without water Trees without fruit raging waves of the Sea foming out their own shame clouds without water carryed about with tempests spots in the feasts of charity like unto Sodom and Gomorah in filthiness which goe from the light that does convince them so there is the self separation and their is the condemnation that comes over them the light and these are they that separated from the Apostles which said love your enemies Mat. 5.44 Which are men gone into the world which be in Cains way in envy in Cores way gain-saying the light they are like raging waves of the Sea foming out their shame in their pulpits so you are the men that separates from the Apostles that be in Cains way who be out of the life and sacrifice the Saints were in that would murther and Cores way that gain-sayeth the light that doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world so against the common salvation and ye be like Cain foming and raging in your Pulpits and would murther all that are contrary to you whose Sacrifice God acceptes yours he does not God would have accepted of Cain if he had done well Gen. 4. So God is merciful a just God but Cain he did not well therefore wo went out from God against him and so there was fault in him not in God which was the cause of his condemnation so you that be in Balaams way for the wages of unrighteousness admiring mens persons because of advantage Ye are out of the faith that is held without respect of persons Iam. 2. and so separated from the Apostles to whom Christ said Freely ye have received freely give and you will not give freely who are rageing and foming without you have augmentations stipends gleabe Lands or Tythes great sums of money gifts of rewards from great houses so you deny the light that enlighteneth every man that cometh into the would so gain-sayes the common salvation Jude 1. You gain-say the truth that doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world so in Cores way you are and would have the persons of the Saints murthered so in Cains way as ye confess that ye have not the spirit that gave forth the Scriptures so in the self separation and ye deny the light that enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world which is the Lord John 8.12 And so denies the Lord that bought you 2 Pet. 2.1 And so are for condemnation who are of that flock that separate themselves from the Apostles sensually having not the spirit who are in Cains way that would kill and murther and out of the Apostles way who said love your enemies who are in Balaams way for gifts and rewards and admiring mens persons because of advantage to them speaking high words in hypocrisy and out of the Apostles way to whom Christ said Freely ye have received freely give Mat. 10.6 And out of the Prophets way who said come without a price Isa 55.1 2. And ye will have the price or else you will not come let all that can read Iude over and see if their was not cause in man of his condemnation and not in God and so have not you proved your selves in the Doctrine of Devils and in lyes and would make God unrighteous and the Apostles unrighteous for their was fault in Cain fault in Balaam and fault in Core and fault in Sodome and fault in them that turned the grace of God into wantonnesse which were of old ordained for this condemnation Iude 4. which condemnation is that light is come into the world and men love darknesse rather then light because their deeds are evil and so the Apostles taught that their was fault in man as ye may read Iude and thou hast taught there is none so then thou
Magistrates would grant them an order that none should receive them into their houses and that they might not have their liberty and their servants would be much refreshed who cry stone them let us have a Law against them and if the Laws were right they would chop off their heads and make them remove by club Law but how was these Priests the Magistrates servants at Dunbar Fight when they excommunicated and cursed their now being army and Magistracy but now they would be their servants if they would execute their wills upon the innocent Surely these things cannot but stinck to all Magistrates that feare God These are the servants and servers of the times that the Prophets calls inchanters Lev. 19.16 and for their own false ends ye can never read that the Apostles nor Christ did ever teach any such doctrine that the people should be stoned or have their heads choped off or driven away by clup Law which shewes you are Apostatates from the Apostacy and of the Jewish nature The Synod at Glasgow in the second moneth did ordain concerning these persons in Clidsdale formerly Excommunicated who are called Quakers that no other people in other parishes should bargain with them or suffer them to come within their houses or have entertainment for mony Upon which the people persecuted and stoned them haled them out of their houses in several places viz. Three of them people called Quakers were in the night time between the 10. and 11. hours drawn by force out of an Inne in the Town of New mills in Aire-shire and stoned out of the town into the Fields to shift for their lodging And others three severall times were beaten stoned and shamefully intreated and persecuted in Stravan And others at Lithmahaga And others shamefully abused in the Town of Kirkantillough And others stoned at Kilbride And others pitifully stoned beaten and abused and some blood shed at Glasford And at many other places much harme hath been done These be the Priests fruits the bloody Presbytery who would have them stoned and their heads chopped off some of the Magistrates did stop the people for abusing of them so that the Priests malice was not altogether satisfied Andrew Brown and John Lacock of Glasford were cast into prison for asking him a question when he was Catechising and admonished them when they were far absent and if they come before them they will cast them into prison this makes them peepers and mutterers to admonish them when they are not present and is this like to change them or do they intend to change them who admonish them when they are out of hearing and did Excommunicate them when they were in prison what an unhumanly part is this wicked develish envious and unchristian Ministry And John Hart went to a steeple house to here the Priests admonishment for the Priest said he would admonish him and he went to hear him and when he had admonished him he spake to him and bid him prove himself in the docrine of Christ and they who he admonished out of it and then give them a bill of divorsment but the Priests went to the Court and got a warrant from the Justice and so cast him into prison and when he was in prison Excommunicated him and said he disturbed him And here his devilish wicked art doctrine appears which shews him of Cains flock where is nothing but persecution murther and envious-slayers vagabonds cursed speakers that went on in the way of Balaam or Core that makes merchandize of the people through their covetousnesse and feigned words to the people And gives forth their Curses in their Congregations and all the people are to say Amen to them as followeth The Priests first Curse that all the people were to say Amen to Cursed be all they that say Grace is free and let all the people say Amen Answ ANd so they curse the Apostles and the Apostles doctrine and all that witnesse to it who said The free grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men Tit. 2.11 and was the Saints Teacher these things the Apostles commanded to teach with all authority Tit. 2.15 but the ungodly men turn this grace of God into wantonness of old ordained for condemnation Ye are the raging waves of the Sea sending and foming out your own shame whose fruits wither neglecting the common salvation read Jude Ye are like to Sodom and Egypt clouds without water who run greedily after the wages of Balaam going on the way of Cain and shall perish in the gain-saying of Core and walking despitefully against the spirit of grace and they that turn the grace of God into wantonness denies the Lord that bought them 2 Pet. 2. Jude 11. Ye are the trees without fruit wells without water carried about with tempests cursed speakers teaching the people to say Amen to your cursing the Apostles doctrine and so willingly ignorant that your damnation may be just that your madness and folly might appear to all and so sensual having not the spirit waves of the Sea wandring stars received for darkness of blackness read Jude The grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men Tit. 2.11 So that which brings salvation and hath appeared to all men ye curse that which is the grace of God which ye with your damnable doctrine and doctrine of Devils curse them that witness it 2 Pet. 2. 1 Tim. 4. upon whose consciences the hot Iron hath come hardned them that went to the doctrine of Devils went to them that did not hold forth the Saviour of all men but especiall them that beleeve 1 Tim. 4.10 These things command and teach let no man despise thy youth Now they that went to the doctrine of Devils from the Saviour of all men but especially them that believe and from the grace of God which hath appeared to all men which brings salvation are they which have turned the grace of God into wantonness ordained of old for condemnation which is the light Jude 4. Such be in Cains way from the command of God Cores way from the truth and Balaams way from the spirit those be the clouds and tempests upon whose heads comes the Woe The Priests second Curse which all the People were to say Amen to Cursed be all they that say the Scriptures is not the Word of God and let all the people say Amen Ans HEre they have cursed Luke who calls the Scripture a Declaration of the Word Luke 1.1 and Acts 1.1 where it is called a Treatise and they have cursed their own company who say the Scriptures signifies writings and they have cursed John who did not say the Scripture was the Word who said In the beginning was the Word Joh. 1.1 and the Scripture is words as Revel the last He that addeth to the words and Christ his name is called The Word of God Rev. 19.13 And the Scriptures are words not a word Exod. 20. and which words Christ
came to fulfill The Priests third Curse to which all the people were to say Amen Cursed be all they that say Faith is without sin and let all the people say Amen Ans FAith is the gift of God and the gift of God is without sin Eph. 2.8 Faith is that which gives the victory John 3.4 And that which gives victory is without sin And here they have cursed the Apostles and their Doctrine who saith Faith is without sin and Faith is precious 1 Pet. 1.7 and that which is Precious is without sin Faith is the gift of God and the gift of God is perfect and that which is perfect is without sin and gives victory over sin Without Faith a man cannot please God and that which men please God in is without sin Hebr. 11.6 And so ye have cursed the Apostle and his Doctrine the just and that which is pure that by which they were healed through Faith they were justified Rom. 3.28 and what is not of Faith is sin Rom. 14.23 So what is of Faith is not sin and what is righteous is not sin and the Scripture speaks of the righteousness of Faith Rom. 4.13 Faith is not of sin but what is not of Faith is sin Faith gives victory over sin 1 John 3.4 in which Faith man is justified and hath peace with God Rom. 5.1 and it is a mystery held in a pure conscience 1 Tim. 3.9 The Priests fourth Curse to which all the people were to say Amen Cursed are all they that say every man hath a light sufficient to lead him to Christ and that within him and let all the people say Amen Ans HEre they have cursed the Apostles Doctrine who said God would dwell in them 2 Cor. 6.16 and Christ in you the hope of glory Col. 1.27 and God is light 1 John 1.5 And they have cursed the Prophets who said I give him for a Covenant a Leader of the people I will dwell in them and walk in them saith God Jer. 31.31 Hebr. 10.16 And he saith I will send you the Spirit of truth and it shall lead you into all truth John 14.17 John 16 13. And I will be their God to rule them and they shall be my people Jer. 31.33 Thy curses are but winde for we are redeemed from the curse and the Apostles said the light that shined in their hearts was to give them the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ 2 Cor. 4.6 and they that are led by the Spirit of God are the Sons of God Rom. 8.14 and the light to guide our feet in the way of peace and he that hath the Son hath the Father also and if any bring another Doctrine receive them not into your houses neither bid them God speed 2 John 9 10. You have here shewed your selves in the cursed estate out of the Apostles rule the same spirit of truth that led the Disciples into all truth that shall reprove the world of sin John 16.8 13. The Priests fifth Curse to which all the people were to say Amen Cursed be all they that deny the Sabbath-day and let all the people say Amen Ans HEre thou hast cursed thy self and all the Apostles and all the Saints and their own generation hast not thou and thy own generation denied the Sabbath day the Jews met on which is the Sabbath day according to the Scripture do not ye meet together upon the first day and was not Christ crucified on the sixth day and did not he arise on the first day and did not the Saints meet together on the first day and not keep the Jews Sabbath-day do not you work upon it your selves and keep Markets and Fairs on it but as it is said before we are Redeemed from the curse These are the particular Sentences whereupon Matthew Mackell and the rest of the Priests present with him did excommunicate those people called Quakers in the presence of many witnesses and he required his Hearers to say Amen to every particular sentence John Humes Priest of Lismahagow his Principles Pr. THey who have not the Scriptures knowes not the Attributes of God by the light of nature but the Scriptures declare the great mystery of the three persons in Trinity which they who want the Scriptures knowes not Ans Thy Principle is a lie and they that had not the Scriptures knew God and Christ as Abraham and Enoch and the Scripture doth not declare of the three persons nor of the Trinity and the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God Pr. That the Scriptures reveal the great mystery of Election the great works of the Creation and the work of Redemption Answ There thou hast set up the Scripture instead of God and before God and the Son for it is God that doth reveal to babes and sucklings Mat. 11.25 and God did reveal by his Spirit 1 Cor. 2.10 and God shall reveal Phil. 3.15 and the things of God are hid from the wise and prudent Mat. 11.25 that have the Scriptures the Jewes had the Scriptures and God reveals his secrets to the Prophets his Servants Amos 3.7 no man knowes the Father saving to whom the Son shall reveal him Mat. 11.17 now the Son reveals and the Father reveals and the things of God are revealed by his Spirit 1 Cor. 2.10 the Jewes had the Scriptures and knew not the Son 1 Cor. 2.8 nor the Father as in John nor the things of God by a natural light as they call it the Jewes had the Scriptures and did not know the Election Isa 24. because they were from the Spirit So it is God that reveals the Son and Redemption and Election and not the Scripture the Scripture was given forth from them that had the Revelation from God Pr. That wee and the Papists and Jesuites and Priests do agree all together that the Scripture is the word of God that liveth and endureth for ever Answ I do believe that you and the Papists and Jesuits agree all in one but ye did not agree with the Apostles and Ministers of the word for the Ministers of the word calls the Scripture a Declaration as ye may read Luke 1. and ye do not agree with them that set forth the Acts that called it a Treatise Acts 1. likewise ye do not agree with some of your own who say the Scriptures signifies writings and writings will not endure for ever so ye are Babylon and do not agree with Christ and ye do not agree with John Bev. 〈◊〉 who saith the words nor with Moses nor God who spake all these words Exod. 20. In the beginning was the word and the word is God and the word liveth and abideth for ever but the Scripture is words and the Scripture cannot be broken James Nesmith Priest of Hambleton his Principles Pr. THat the soul of man is a reasonable sinfull substance Answ How can that which is sinful be reasonable and if that which is unsinful be
reasonable and sinful be reasonable both then they are one in unity The Lord will take the soul for an offering for sin doth the Lord take that which is sinful for an offerring Isai 53. see how thou and the Prophet agrees here But what is that soul that the wicked is not able to kill is it not that which God hath in his hand and this is a lye to say that which is reasonable is sinful of one that puts light for darknesse God breathed into man the breath of life and he became a living soul who hath all souls in his hand and the soul is immortal and Christ the Bishop of it is immortal and God hath it in his hand which goeth against him that doeth evil whose hand is immortal but man transgressing against the commands of God the soul lies in death so Christ is the Bishop of the souls so they that came to know Christ their souls rejoyce in God their Saviour Luke 1. Pr. That the evil Spirits are both sinfull and reasonable Answ This is a lie for reasonable is not sinful and unreasonable is sinful 2 Thes 3. they have not the faith and if the evil Spirit be reasonable and the good reasonable they are both one who then is unreasonable If the evil Spirit be reasonable thou pots no difference between the precious and the vile thou hast the Mark of a blind guide and a false Prophet in thy so ehead Pr. That one of them Quakers is worse then the Devil A. This is a lie with his strange wonder for there is nothing worse then the Devil whose children you are for when he speaks a lie he speakes of himself and he is the Father of it Henry Foreside Priest of Lingiah in Dunbarton shire His Doctrine and PRINCIPLES Pr. THat God commands all every where to repent to the end that they should not have it to say but they were warned but not that he would give them grace to repent Answ Here thou makes God that he does not intend that he speaks and so thou would make him unrighteous though the Lord commands all men every where to repent Acts 17.30 who hath made all Nations of men of one blood to dwell upon the Earth and all being concluded under sin and unbelief that he might have mercy upon all Rom. 3.9 For both Jewes and Gentiles all were under sin and none of them did good no not one And Gods intent is that when he calls men to repentance they should repent when he calls them and many did repent and you are not fit men to be Ministers of Christ or God Now if God command all men every where to Repent and as thou sayst does not intend they should Repent thou and you go about to make God unjust First the Lord he desireth not the death of a sinner but that he should turn from his wickednesse and live Exod. 33.11 Now in the turning from his wickednesse he lives but in going on in his wickednesse he dies so Repentance was Preached from dead works to serve the living God Heb. 6.1 Christ came to call finners to Repentance not the Righteous for the whole needs not the Physitian but to the sick Mat. 9.12 13. And as for saying God did not intend to give them grace though he calls them to repentance That is a lie unrighteous doctrine for the grace of God hath appeared to all men which brings Salvation Titus 2.11 and so as he calls them to repentance he gives them grace that grace which brings salvation which men are justified by so it is saving grace that brings salvation and teacheth to deny ungodlinesse Now they that live ungodly turnes the grace of God into wantonnesse Jude 4. and these are the wells without water in Cains way Balaams way and Cores way Jude 11. speaks the high words in hypocrisie and these are they that separate themselves from the Apostles sensual having not the Spirit Jude 19. and are of old ordained to condemnation who separated from the light which turnes the grace of God into wantonnesse so these are they that neglect the common salvation it was the charge of the Apostle to Timothy before his decease 1 Tim. 4.2 2 Tim. 4.7 Then told him perillous times should come and Doctrines of Devils and men speaking lies in hypocrisie he said unto them that they should trust in the living God who is the Saviour of all men and especially of them that believe 1 Tim. 4.10 But the Devils Doctrine leads them from their Saviour and from the grace 2 Tim. 4.1 And they that are not in the Doctrine are from the light which Christ hath inlightned them withall John 1.9 And have turned the grace of God into wantonnesse and pernitious wayes and drawes others from it and we do conclude that to be the Doctrine of Devils which sayes God calls all men to repent and intends not to give them grace nor would not have them to repent as thou Henry Foreside doth say for it was the charge of the Apostle to Titus to speak sound words and sound Doctrine and could not be condemned Titus 2. and told him that the grace of God which brings salvation had appeared to all men which taught them to deny ungodlinesse and worldly lust and to live godly soberly and righteously in this present evill world these things speak and exhort with all authority Tit. 1. But as I said before ungodly men that turn the grace of God into wantonnesse are of old ordained to this condemnation and this the is condemnation of the world that light is come into the World and men love darknesse rather then light because their deeds are evill John 3.19 he that loves the light the light is his Saviour but he that hates the light it is his condemnation Pr. That the two parts of the Church must be prophane and godless Ans The Church is the Pillar and ground of truth 1 Tim. 3.15 The Church of the living God for the ungodly are out of its grounds and that which is ungodly the pillar and ground of truth there is no ungodly in it and the Church is without wrinkle or spot holy without blemish Eph. 5.27 and the Church is in God 1 Thes 1.1 That which is in God is in the light and out of the ungodly Pr. That God before the world was had ordained one little part of the people for eternal life that sin or do all the evil they could they could not loose that which was ordained for them Ans Here thou goest about to make Christ a lyar for he that commits sin is the servant of sin 1 Joh 3.8 saith He that commits sin is of the Devil saith the Apostle and thou wouldst make God partial and hast taught a Doctrine contrary to the Scriptures For God is no respecter of persons Rom. 2.11 Who will give to every one a reward according to their works Psal 62.12 And he that works iniquity must depart cursed from Christ
words 2 Tim. 3.5 and murthers them that enjoys their life and persecutes them The Devil abode not in the truth John 8.44 Adam and Eve abode not in the truth but transgressed Gen. 3. Cain abode not in the truth when he murdered Abel Gen. 4. The Jews abode not in the truth but crucified the just Jam. 5.6 The Antichrist and the false-Prophets since the daies of the Apostles and the Beast abode not in the truth 1 Iohn 2.19 that made the war against the Saints Rev. 13. And here is the murderers envious and persecutors warring and fighters and their sacrifice God never accepted Gen. 4.5 in all ages and these are them that persecuted those that was in the truth whose sacrifice God accepted to the witness of God in you all I speak that you may see your fall from the truth out of the Prophets life Christs life and the Apostles life so be out of the commands and fallen from God and say that none can keep the commandments that is the Word that shall stand for ever so ye are they that loves not not God Joh. 14.13 1 Joh. 2.4 but are of the Beast and false Prophets that makes war against them that keep the commands of God Rev. 22.11 so that which saith none can keep the Commandements is fallen out of the truth and the Commandments of God 1 Iohn 2.4 Ioh. 8.44 And to him the truth is death and the commands of God in which the Saints live to whom the Commandments are not grievous 1 Iohn 5.3 Thomas Garwine Priest of Edenborough his Doctrine and PRINCIPLES Pr. THat the Childe that is not sprinkled with outward water is in a damnable state and worse then an infidell Answ Now here he and the rest of the Presbyterian Priests of Scotland may say Abraham was in a damnable state Isaac was in adamnable state Jacob was in a damnable state and Joseph was in a damnable state and David was in a damnable state and John the Baptist was in a damnable state which were not sprinkled by a Priest with outward water nor named by the Priest so thou and you with your traditions that say a Child is in a damnable state if ye do not sprinkle it with water and the Apostle bids them not look at the things that are seen and you are in the damnable state and the damnable doctrine teachers of lies and many simple people have been deceived by you and given over to believe you but God hath taken the vail off their hearts that you begin to be seen and their salvation shall they know stands not in elements as though you with your sprinkling Infants with outward water could bring out of the damnable state Oh ye deceivers did not the Apostle say they that were Circumcised Christ profited them nothing Gal. 5.2 ye have long deceived people with your beggerly rudiments and elements and doctrines and traditions Col. 2. hatched up at Schools and never commanded of God and say if people will not observe your traditions or your elements which you call a Papist word Sacrament and perishing they not observing it are in a damnable state and worse then the Heathen and Infidels an Infidel is an Heathen one that knowes not God But your generation says it is blasphemy to say any hath known God and hath seen God and spoken to God so they themselves have concluded to be Heathen The Heathen know not God The Heathen observes traditions and they that know God cannot observe the traditions of the Heathen but obeys the Apostles doctrine and touches not tasts not nor handles the traditions of men and Ordinances which will perish so not saying so they that observe not traditions are not worse then Heathens but they that observe traditions are as the Heathens and be out of the Apostles doctrine in their own traditions and rudiments and are offended at those that will not touch them Robert Semple Priest of Lasmahagow came to George Weare of Saffield to reason with him and he laid down these following things for his doctrine and principles His first doctrine and principles was to prove the lawfulnesse of being called of men master standing praying in the Synagogues going in long Robes and he mentioned Ezras Pulpit of wood upon which he stood and read the Law to the people and for the rest he said nothing for his mouth was stopt concerning these things being found in the steps of the Pharisees Mat. 23. we do grant that Ezra had a Pulpit of wood but you profess your selves Ministers of the Gospel and plesbyterians and are ye sain to run to Ezra in the Law for a Pulpit now you have shewed your selves what you are and brought your deeds to the light but the Priesthood was made by the Law of God so were you never that priesthood changed and the Law changed also by which it was made and pulpit and Tythes ended and Christ the everlasting Priesthood witnessed so thou and you have proved your selves no Ministers of the Gospel Christ Jesus the power of God and the wisdom of God the ever lasting Priest-hood who is the end of Priests Pulpits and Tythes that was true in their place So you that have got up another Pulpit Tythes Temple like Readers of the Law and not like ministers of the Gospel and Priests are separated from the Apostles in the delusion and from Christ the everlasting Priesthood Heb. 7. and are them that Jude 19. and 2 Pet. 2. speakes of That separates themselves having not the Spirit that they were in who witnessed against Pulpit Tythes and Priest-hood and witnessed Christ the everlasting Priest-hood which Pulpit Tythes and Priesthood ye are crying up and so Antichrist George Weare bad him prove his practice for sprinkling of Infants and whether or no they were not to believe before they were Baptized He said the promise was to Abraham and his seed George answered him it was not to seeds as to many but to thy seed which is Christ Robert the Priest said That seed Christ was natural contrary to the Apostles doctrine Gal. 3.16 who said Christ was the power of God 1 Cor. 1.14 15. and Christ the mistery Col. 1.2.7 The first man is of the earth earthly the second man is the Lord from Heaven heavenly 1 Cor. 15. the spirituall man judgeth all things 1 Cor. 2.15 The seed of the woman bruiseth the serpents head Gen. 3.15 and the promise is to the seed and the seed is Christ the power of God And Christ the seed is the spiritual man and so not natural but the Priest said the seed is natural Now let all see in this whether he be not given up to delusion to speak lies in hypocrisy 1 Tim. 4.1 to delude and deceive people for dishonest gain Ezek. 22.13 Which seed he and all the Presbyterians shall finde spiritual to judge them and bruise the heads of them and break their wicked cords and bonds of iniquity which they have laid upon the people Mat. 23. 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enlightned The Magistrates be in that power which goes over him and is a praise to them that be in the light and the Ministers of God is to bring from under the occasion of the Magistrates sword George Weare being with his friend standing in the field neer Foord meeting-house as they call it he neither speaking nor acting any thing against any man but standing in the fear of the Lord with his friend William Lowry and John Hambleton called Justices committed him to prison where they lay twenty and three dayes and here is his innocency preached The original righteousness was before the fall The original of self-righteousness was that which fell and is in the fall that transgressed And in the Catechism which is tollerated by the general Assembly and in the Catechise of Scotland called A Short Catechism They say that the Word of God is contained in the Scriptures Answ And the Scriptures are writings and it saith God is the Word John 1.1 1 Kings 8.27 Solomon saith The Heaven of Heavens cannot contain him and you say he is contained in the Scriptures with his writings and you say there is Three persons and the Scripture doth not speak of Three persons and the Jewes had the Scriptures and knew not Christ the Word of God Then ye tell people of an outward ordinary meanes by which Christ Communicates the benefit of Redemption The word Sacraments the Scripture doth not speak of Three Persons and Sacraments they are Papists words of them ye have learned them the meanes of salvation is not ordinary or outward but Christ is the salvation who is Eternall Heb. 5.9 and they that come to him come to the end of the outward Col. 1.27 Ye say the Sacraments are the Effectuall meanes to salvation and ye say again they are not as they are themselves so here is confusion but onely by the blessing of Christ and his spirit in them How do ye differ from the Papists for they say he is in them and ye say his Spirit is in them and where his Spirit is is not he Oh blinde are ye found out go ye home to your Mother the Papist where Christ Spirit is he is And ye say your two Sacraments is Baptisme and the Lords Supper The Scripture doth not call Baptisme and the Lords Supper two Sacraments which Names you and the Papists adore and worship which you have given to them again you in your Catechize call the First day in the week the Sabbath-day Where did ever any of the Ministers of Christ or Christians un-apostatized call it so are not you come unto the breach and guilty of your owne judgement Of the third Commandment when ye give another Name to the Scriptures then they give themselves in calling them the Word and calling Baptisme and the Supper the Sacraments Exodus 20. Moses saith God spake all these words when he gave forth the Commandements mark words and the words of Christ are Spirit and Life John 6.63 God is the Word John 1.1 and Christ is the Word Rev. 19.13 and the Word became Flesh and dwelt among us John 1.14 And them that had the words of the Scriptures which cannot be broken John 10.35 the Law and the Prophets they knew not Christ the Word before they be brought to the light that Christ hath inlightned them with and they be brought to the Spirit John 5.37 John 8.19 Can the whole world say the Lords Prayer in truth or was it taught his Disciples or to the world doth not people draw nigh to God with their lips that say it Isaiah 20.13 and are not in the light which every man is lighted that cometh into the world withall Can ye say the Lords Prayer which is Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespasse against us without Hypocrisie How do ye forgive them when ye would have them persecuted and would have them stoned you that be Teachers of the people and how do ye love your neighbours as your selves and fulfill the Law and the Prophets Mat. 7.12 to do so as you would be done by To ye Presbyterians of Scotland I speak that be teachers whose principles is to stone chop off heads and persecute them that be contrary minded to you would ye have those that be contrary to your mindes stone you to death chop off your heads imprison and banish you and persecute and excommunicate you This is the Law and the prophets to do as ye would be done by as others should do to you so do unto them but Christ who is the end of the Law and the prophets Rom. 10.4 saith his doctrine is to love enemies Mat. 5.44 and saith if men persecute you pray for them and blesse them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them that persecute you and despitefully use you that you may be the children of your father which is in heaven who makes the Sun to shine upon the evil and the good and the rain to descend upon the just and the unjust if ye love them that love ye what reward have ye the Publicans and Pharisees do so and the apostatized Christians who are got into the formes of words but out of the life of the Saints of Christ and the Apostles and there they are saluting their brethren onely but saith Christ be ye perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect which you stand against so ye are they that have denyed the one offering which hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified Heb. 10.14 And makes the blood of Christ of none effect which cleanseth from all sin and the new Covenant which blots out all sin and transgression and all upon the earth professors and worshipers that call your selves Brethern and Christians and offerers of what sort soever that have but the name before thou offers be reconciled to thy brother go leave the gift at the alter and be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift Mat. 5.24 then will the Lord accept thy offering and all upon the earth that prayeth so that ye doe forgive others that trespasse against you as you would have the Lord forgive you your trespasses Oh how is the beauty of the Church of Presbyterians marred and deformed oh how are they become Cages of unclean birds Synagogues of Sathan Oh how are their Teachers become envious men and murtherers of Cains Stock in whom the eternall life is not abideing That would club stone and chop off heads of strangers servants of the Lord God and Sonnes and Daughters and Excommunicate and put out of their Synagogues these things have I spoken unto you that ye should not be offended John 16.2 they shall excommunicate you yea the time cometh that they that kill you shall think they do God good service these things will they do unto you because they never knew the Father nor me These things have I told you before that when the time comes ye may remember that I told
the Steepping may be greater then God and we will meet and finde you out some honest man Mark the Priest will not meet with their God till they know of a great Steepping George Wear and some others having their Bonnets taken from them when they were at a meeting neer unto the Steeple-house of Lesmahagow and he laying it before William Lowery called Justice who said How durst you come there to keep your meeting if ever your come there again I will have you scourged or I will scourge you my self James Nesmith Priest of Hambleton caused William Stockdale to be put into prison for speaking to him in the Steeplehouse-yard where he remained four days in a place where he could scarce get room to lie Richard Pinder for speaking in the Steeple-house yard of Kilbryde between the Priests preaching was carried by the Constable before James Steward of Castle-Town called Justice who caused him to be put in the Tolebooth of Rugland where he remained about four days and after that he to wit James Stewart and Will. Simmons both Justices caused him to be set in the stocks at Kilbryde on a first day and ordered him to be carried from Constable to Constable till he come to his outward abode in England and he being brought to a Constable called John Barrie and he being willing of himself to go Jo. Barry gave him the Order and he went into England yet nevertheless the Justices to wit James Stewart and the rest fined John Barry 10 shillings sterl for doing so and he not willing to pay it they put him into prison where he lay four hours and a mad man was put in with him that had a naked knife in his hand whereby he was in danger of his life if the Lords providence had not been great in preserving of him and the Justices when he was brought before them again said They would forgive him his Fine if he would not be a Quaker who answered I cannot tell what I will be William Mitchel for taking of a Wife contrary to the Order and Law of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland whereupon the Priest of that Parish of Douglass called Peter Kidd complained to the Justices and caused to summon him to the Quarter-Sessions at Hambleton where James Hambleton of Woodhal was present and Will. Mitchel desired to be judged according to the Law of God and the right Laws of the Nation for we have given in a Declaration of the said Marriage to some of you Woodhal said We will neither judge you according to the Law nor the Scriptures we have nothing to do with them at this time we will judge you according to the Law of the Church of Scotland by which Law and Judgement he lay in the stocks at the cross of Hambleton five hours and after that was put into prison where he remained twenty nine dayes and they ordered him to pay twenty shillings sterl or else to receive twenty lashes on his naked shoulders at the Market-place upon the Market-day in Hambleton and he being not convinced of the breach of any just Law he would not pay the Fine neither could they get any to give him the punishment which they laid upon him Then Gawine Hambleton of Raploeh which is Sheriffe of the Shire and is also Justice of Peace and Iames Hambleton another of the Justices gave an Order to a Captain that was going to France with some men to take him out of prison to carry him to France whereupon they took him out and carried him to Edinburgh where he should have been kept in prison till they had made reddy their Ship But in the mean while the thing being laid before George Monk he caused to examine it and the thing being contrary to the just lawes of the Nation he was set at liberty The grosse Scottish Doctrines of the Scottish Priests Reproved That all may see whether those be worthy to suffer which reprove such Doctrines 1. JOhn Sempel Priest in Carrick his preaching to the people was this People saith he what would ye hear I know ye would hear News What shall I fell you but old Oliver Cromwell who is called Protector is dead he could not beguile death as Pockie as he was But there is gotten up one in his place whom they call Lord Richard but beware that Catt Lambert kill not Lord Richard 3. John Burnet Priest of Kilbrid said They had cause to curse the Magistrates every morning and every evening for giving these Quakers tolleration and he said if there were a Gallowes set up in Kilbryde parish to hang all that turn from them so many would not turn to be Quakers 3. Henry Foreside Priest of Lemgey in Dumbarton-shire Prayed that the Lord might never give them rest who is the upholders of this liberty and tolleration and said Lord take away this liberty and tolleration c. Witnesses of this that heard him say it Andrew Gray Agnus Gray Hellene Gray 4. Robert Semple Priest of Slamanan in his preaching said That Christs Sheep had neither mark nor burn c. And that God would say to the wicked what have I to you with you sir c. But I trow The Priest means the Old Masse-house and he that puts into his Mouth he will say another tale to the godly You have keeped my Kirk well and trowed my Ministers go ye up to Heaven yonder sir c. 5. Lodowick Semerwell Priest of New Monkland said That the Grace of God belonged not to his Doctrine And this same Priest caused a man to make his Repentance in his Congregation for selling to Margaret Hambleton two pecks of Lintseed yet the Priest himself borrowed a book of her and did not his Repentance and so manifested that his Doctrine had no grace of God in it Answ Now serious people may take notice how ignorantly and without cause the servants of the Lord suffer under such for the Word of Gods sake which is as a fire in their bones against all such Doctrines which hath nothing of the grace of God in them nor which the grace of God belongs not unto as they themselves confesse and people may consider likewise what a clamour and cry hath been among the Priests of England and Scotland by Petitions and Addresses to every power that appeared in the Nation to establish them in such Doctrines as nothing of the grace of God belonged unto but is murtherers and destroyers of the Creatures and would limit the Spirit of God and Word of God from declaring against their deceipt and doth give themselves to Cursing of them morning and evening that will not uphold them and make Lawes for them to destroy the Seed of God This is not like the Apostle of Christ which said Curse not but blesse and their weapons were not carnall but spiritual The Apostles had not a gallowes set up for those that turned from them but the time is come that your folly is made manifest unto all men so that
is lead to life but every one that doth evill hateth the light and will not bring his deeds to the light lest they should be reproved and so the light is his condemnation John 3.18 19 20 21. They affirmed That Christ died not for all contrary to the Scripture 2 Cor. 5.15 as abovesaid They say that the Scripture is the Word of God which is but a Declaration of the Word Luke 1.1 And Christ his Name is called the Word of God Rev. 19.13 The Scriptures are words of God and Christ is the Word that fulfils and ends the words They affirmed That men and women and Children should be condemned for Adams Transgression c. contrary to the Scripture which saith The Children shall not bear the iniquity of their Fathers nor the Fathers the Childrens but every one shall give an account of himself and every one shall bear his own burden They affirmed That none could be perfect on this side the Grave and that a Ohilde of God cannot be perfect as to have no sinne at all Answ Contrary to the Scripture Mat. 5.48 Where Christ saith Be ye perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect And Christ doth 〈…〉 nor command impossible things and the Apostle saith We speak wisdome amongst them that are perfect 1 Cor. 2. And let as many as are perfect be thus minded and the Childe of God is perfect and without sinne for whosoever is borne of God doth not commit sinne and his seed remaines in him and he cannot sinne because be is born of God 1 John 3.8 9. It is as impossible for him that is born of God to commit sinne as it is impossible for him who is born of the Devil to cease from sinne They affirmed That none was Ministers of Christ but such as wait for an ordinary and mediate call from Men. Answ Contrary to the Scripture which saith The things of God knowes no man but the Spirit of God And contrary to Pauls Call who saith Not of man nor by man but by the Revelation of Jesus Christ for he neither received of man neither was he taught it but it was given to him of God and this was the Gospell he preached Christ within the hope of Glory and if any bring another let them be accursed 1 Cor. 2. Gal. 1.1.12 Colos 1. They affirmed That an oath was lawfull to be taken of men and women Answ Contrary to Christs Command Mat. 5. who saith Swear not at all c. and contrary to the Apostles Doctrine James 5.12 who saith Above all things my Brethren swear not neither by Heaven nor by Earth nor by any other Oath but let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest ye fall into Condemnation They affirmed That Bread and Wine is the Communion with Christ Answ John and the Saints had Communion with God and his Son Jesus Christ and their Fellowship was in the Light For saith he if we walk in the Light as he is in the light then have we fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin 1 John 1.5 7. And they who are in the Light have fellowship with Christ and receives every thing in the purity from the Lord but they that hate the Light they remain in darknesse and every thing to them is accursed to the unbelieving and disobedient their is nothing pure but even their mind and conscience is defiled They affirmed that sprinkling Infants is an Ordinance of Christ when as Christ never ordained such a thing and their is no Scripture for it let the Priests of Scotland or any of their brethren in England prove it if they can They affirmed it was lawfull for them be called of men Master Answ Contrary to Christ his expresse words in Mat. 23.8.10 be not ye called of men Master c. They affirmed Tythes to be lawfull for Ministers now shewing themselves to be Antichristian dark and blind denying Christ Jesus to be come in the flesh and saying that is lawful which Christ hath disannulled and made void and there is no Law in the new testament that doth allow of Tythes to be paid to a Gospel Ministry therefore not lawful These are some of the false Doctrines and Principles of the Presbyterians about Glasgow Whereby it was plainly manifest that they are guilty of heresy and are heriticks which they would charge upon others But true Light now shineth which maketh deceipt and deceivers manifest Henry Foreside said in the hearing of several people that Christ was not in the Apostle Paul c. Contrary to Pauls words in Gal. 1. After it pleased God who separated me from my mothers womb and called me by his Grace to reveal his Son in me c. and in 2 Cor. 13. Ye seek a proofe of Christ speaking in me and Christ in you the hope of Glory Col. 1. and Jesus Christ is in you except ye be reprobates Peter Kid Priest of Douglasse said to preach that people should walk according to the Light and law within them is the Doctrine of Devils Answ Paul and other of the Apostles and Saints and true Christians who believed in Christ had the Light shining in them and the Law in them and the Spirit in them and God and Christ dwelt in them for their bodies were made Temples of the Holy Ghost as the Scriptures declare and the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus had made the Apostle free from the law of sin and death and saith John these things I write unto you that your fellowship may be with us and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ This was the Doctrine of Christ to bring people to Light Law life and spirit within to worship God in spirit and in truth and all who draw out and lead people from this are deceivers and their Doctrine is devilish William Somerwell Priest said It was ill manners to to say thee and thou to a man c. Contrary to the Scripture which all along doth give thee and thou to a particular not onely unto man though never so great in the world but also to God himself and unto Christ William Morton Priest of Wonstone summoned James Simmonton to his Sessions and being required to prove his Ministry he said he scorned to prove himself a Minister of Christ Contrary to the Scripture which saith be ready to give account of the hope that is in you with meeknesse and fear to every one that shall aske you And when he was told of taking hire for his preaching contrary to Christ his Commission who saith Freely ye have received freely give then the Priest arose in arage and called him base-born beggarly raskall contrary to the Apostles Doctrine who saith Let no corrupt communication come out of your mouth William Stockdale being in the Steeple-house of Lesmahagow where John Lum Priest thereof was preaching and he being writing some of his lyes the Priest cryed out and said There
you of them John 16.4 so the sayings of Christ are fulfilled by you that Excommunicate and put out of the Synagogues of the Jewes ye are like and these are their markes that they neitheir know the Father nor the Son of God These Temples Pulpits Priests that are set up since the dayes of the Apostles are amongst the false Prophets that Christ said should come Mat. 7. Mat. 24. and John saw was come 1 John 2.18.19 and 1 John 4.1 2 3. which went forth from them which all the world went after Rev. 13.3 And these Excommunications from you are that none should buy nor sell but such as worship the Beast and receive his Marks Rev. 13.14 And it was the Beast that would kill and destroy and the Dragon and the False Prophets them that kept the testimony of Jesus Rev. 12. here is the patience and faith of the Saints that by the blood of the Lamb that overcomes that have the testimony of Jesus and kept the commands of God so the Jewes excommunications which had the true Temple true Tithes and true Priests which had the Figure the Type Christ being come the substance Heb. 10.34 the everlasting Priest-hood Heb. 7. the everlasting Covenant and the one offering Heb. 10. so them that went from the priesthood went to Christ The Jewes did excommunicate them out of the Synagogues now they did not know the Son nor the Father that did excommunicate John 16. though they had the figures and Types of the Son of God They held up their outward things and saw not the Son of God the substance when he was come so these knew not the Son of God nor the Father that excommunicated and put out of the Synagogues which Christ bad them that was to be put out of the Synagogues not be offended at those things he told them before they came to passe That when these things come to passe ye may remember that I told you Now those are they that Christ said should come and the Apostles saw was come that went forth from them which hath got up Tythes and Temples and Pulpits and Priests and the Priests are excommunicating out of their Synagogues and these must neither buy nor sell with them nor eat nor drink nor have nothing to do with them except they will worship the beast or his image and fall down to him and this is the worship of the Beast got up since the Apostles who apostatized from the true Church and went forth from them which all the world wondred after and worshipped and received his mark and his image They that buy and sell and will let others do so with them that are of them that make war against them that keep the testimony of Jesus and the commands of God and against the Saints and the Lamb but the Lamb and the Saints shall have the victory But the Lamb of God the seed of God is risen the beast and the false Prophet is taken which hath long deceived the Nations Revelations 2. The old Dragon the Serpent the murderer the deceiver the devourer the Mother of Harlots Babylon which hath made all Nations drunk with her fornications which hath corrupted the earth Rev. 14. which the beasts and the false Prophets that deceives the Nations and the Antichrist the false Prophets say they are come but now These are deceivers of the Nations that say they come but now for Christ said they should come and John said they were come before his decease whereby he said he knew it was the last time and in the Revelations he said all the world went after them and all Nations have drunk of the wine of her fornications and the Kings of the earth have committed fornications with her Rev. 17.2 mark the word have and the false Prophets say they come but now and now is the last time And these are the deceivers of the Nations that say so Now are people but coming from them and now is the judgement of the great whore come and now is vials of wrath to be powred upon her that hath corrupted the earth and now shall they go into captivity Rev. 13. Rev. 1.4 and 18. And now shall people come to that which the false Prophets the beast and the Mother of Harlots went from all these heads and horns and Crowns will turn against others with their tongues Languages and Babylon that hath been amongst them and now is the seed of God risen which overthrowes all the excommunicators upon the earth both beast and false Prophets and Jewes both which seed of God brings to see to the beginning Glory to the highest for ever and Jewes and Gentiles beasts and false Prophets and is at the top of them all and the corner stone is laid John Castairs and James Durram Priest of Glasgow when the Fast was appointed by the English they kept their Houses and caused their servants to work and took notice of all those that countenanced the English Fast and the first day they preached then after they said it was necessary that a day of Humiliation should be and that all people should be humbled for the powers they saw now ruling in the land for they were giving liberty and tolleration to all sects and blasphemies as Anabaptists Independants and said that the Baptists denyed all worship and Ordinances as they were and ought to be according to the Ecclesiastical Government which Government is the true hedge of the Church of Christ Lodowick Simerell Priest of Munkland he said before several persons that no true Justice had been or was since those enemies came to this Nation neither would be until the Lord remove them in his own time Henry Foreside Priest of Lenyey and if Paul had been alive he would have stoned the Quakers and it was Christian zeal to stone them and many friends were stoned and beat and blood is shed those that stoned the Apostles and Saints and haled them before judgment seats and Magistrates and the chief Priests had a hand in putting Christ to death perswaded them so to do and the cheif Priests had a hand in stoning of Steven to death and the Priest had a hand in casting Jeremy into the dungeon and into the stocks and said he was worthy of death and the high Priest Ananias examined Paul and Peter and John was examined by the Priest was put out of the Temple by the Priests and Rulers and charged no more to speak in that name and such were these who had a form of godlinesse but denyed the power and such ever stirred up the people to blood and tumults against the harmless and innocent in the truth Therefore come to the light you that have tasted of the power of the Lord God that with it you may see and judge how the Priests blinded the Magistrates by flattery and so truth came to be their enemies How do you receive strangers ye Presbyterians of Scotland and obey the commands of God and the Apostles commands which was
be not forgetful to entertain strangers for some have entertained Angels unawares when as ye would have the servants of the Lord prisoned and stocked and stoned to death or their heads chopped off so you are them that be in Cains way vagabonds from the Spirit of God now a vagabond hath not a habitation in God but wanders from the witnesse of God in him like Cain who built a City and called it after his Sons name Heb. 13.2 Gen. 4. I am the light of the world that lighteth every one that cometh into the world saith Christ the Saviour of our souls every one going from the light ye be enlightened withall ye are vagabonds and have have not a habitation in God and so goes into Cains way envious and would slay Balaams and Cores way which are with the light condemned and like unto those Jewes That haled out of the Synagogues that Christ spake of that goes in long Robes and are called of men Master but Christ saith be ye not called of men Master for one is your Master even Christ Mat. 23. Christ said they that went in long Robes loved the chiefest places in the assemblies should hale out of the Synagogues and they that do these things be gone from the light John 3.19 Joh. 16.2 All this perswading of corrupt Magistrates to persecute them that reprove sin in the gates in the Steeple-houses streets and highways is because men have a self-ish end and a private interest to themselves both Professors of Scriptures and Teachers and them that doth persecute hath a self-ish honour and an interest to themselves and so the self-ish Professors Teachers Magistrates that persecutes for them they have a form of godliness but the witness lies slain in them and they matter not for that rising for in that rising all the deeds words and actions come to light and then if the witness of God arise in them they will not be offended at such as reproves sin in their Gates Markets Steeple-houses and Streets for all upon the earth while they are from the witness of God in them they are corrupted and they may get the form of godliness the form of Christs the Prophets and Apostles words and live out of the power and be in the Religion that is vain for none upon the earth comes to the power of godliness but first they must come to the witness of God in them and there is none upon the earth that ever comes to the first principle of the pure Religion but first they must come to the witness of God in them There 's none knows the Scriptures given forth from the power and Spirit of God which was in the Saints but first they are brought to the Spirit of God in their own particulars Come all you Officers and Souldiers now after ye have ease and have overcome your enemies without take heed least you sit down in your ease and fulness and fall down into the earth and flesh and feastings and fulness and pride and so corrupts the earth and your selves and not come down to the witness of God in you whereby the enemy of God and of your own souls might be slain that you might come to find rest and peace in God after your outward wars and so come to the inward wars which takes away the cause of the outward whereby you may all come into true understanding to answer that of God in every one for them that do evil act contrary to that of God in them to such the sword is a terror and a praise to them that do well which is led by the Spirit of God up to God who is pure out of the evil and all Magistrates swords upon the earth should reach to that which is pure in every one to the soul so it takes away that which wars against it that breaks the outward so comes the soul to be subject to the higher power that 's above the transgressor which all the Magistrates and Rulers upon the earth must give an account to and there is none upon the earth that comes to worship God in the spirit and in truth but who first come to own that of God in them and there is none upon the earth that are like to retain God in their knowledge nor his Covenant while their minds is reprobated from that of God in them There all may see the Covenant of Grace to all men and the Covenant of light and life with the Father he gave him for a Covenant of light to the Gentiles to the Heathen I will make a new Covenant with the house of Israel and Judah the people of God I will write my Law in their hearts and their mindes so saith Christ the Covenant of God I am the light of the world and doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world that all men through the light of the Covenant of God might beleeve it is the Covenant of God that every man that cometh into the world is enlightned withal and every one that hates the light wherewith they are enlightned withall hates the Covenant and the light condemns him and here all men may see the free grace of God that brings salvation hath appeared to all men the grace of God that brings the salvation the turning the grace of God into wantonness and walking despightfully against the Spirit of grace they neglect their salvation and bring punishment and condemnation upon them as it s written in Jude Concerning Election and what is elected the grace of God which brings salvation hath appeared to all men the clearing Gods Justice and the fault is in man for his condemnation There is a precious thing in these Scots but there is a filthy beastly durty thing lyeth over Lodowick Semerell Priest of the new Steeple-house of Monkeland his proceedings towards Margaret Hambleton MArgaret Hambleton went to him to aske the causes why he would excommunicate her he said for three causes First For that she denyed the Presbytery Secondly For denying the Ordinances Thirdly For not forsaking the company of seducers and hereticks Her answere to the first was your Presbytery I do deny because it is tyranical and hath no power given of God but what ye take from men for ye rule as Lords over Gods heritage The Priest said she was ignorant of Scriptures for they spake of the laying on the hands of the Presbytery she then bid him read the Hebrew copy which said the laying on the hands of the Elders and true Elders that ruled for the Lord I owne but such as thou that preaches for filthy lucre that are Covetous as Timothy I deny Secondly Thy saying I deny the Ordinances is a lie for all the Ordinances of Jesus Christ I owne as Preaching Praying or Reading as any is moved of the Lord so to do I own them for he that ministreth out of the ability that God hath given him or any speaking as the Oracle of God them I own and this is according to plain