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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74895	A discovery of faith; wherein is laid down the ground of true faith, which sanctifieth and purifieth the heart, and worketh out the carnal part. Shewing the way that leadeth to salvation: with the difference betwixt the two seeds, the one of Mount Sinai, which tendeth to bondage; and the other, which is the immortal seed of God, begotten by the immortal word, which liveth and abideth for ever. Being as Isaac was, the childe of the promise, and of Jerusalem which is from above ... The difference betwixt the living word and the letter.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.; Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1653 (1653)	Thomason E703_6**	16,669	16

A Discovery of Faith Wherein is laid down The Ground of True Faith Which Sanctifieth and Purifieth the heart and worketh out the Carnal part SHEWING The Way that leadeth to Salvation WITH The Difference betwixt the two Seeds the one of Mount Sinai which tendeth to Bondage and the other which is the immortal Seed of God begotten by the immortal word which liveth and abideth for ever Being as Isaac was the childe of the Promise and of Jerusalem which is from above which is the mother of us all that are of the immortal Birth begotten not by the will of man but by the will of God and born again of Water and the Spirit baptized into one body and made to drink into one Spirit having Fellowship with the Father and the Son all springing from one root and growing into one Body a habitation for God through the Spirit The difference betwixt The Living WORD and the LETTER 1 John 4. 6. We are of God he that knoweth God heareth us he that is not of God heareth not us hereby know we the Spirit of truth and the Spirit of Error London Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black Spread Eagle at the west end of Pauls 1653. An Epistle to the READER Christian Friend THis ensuing Treatise was not written for swine to snuffle upon and so cast dirt upon it with their dirty noses but from the flowings of love to tender desires that they may minde what begets the desire to Righteousness and so comeout of all mens Words and Writings that doth arise out of the corrupt nature for they are filthy and unclean the heart of man being deceitful and that above measure and all words and writings that arise out of the first nature are corrupt and earthly and there is no life in them but for the dead minde that is carnal which knoweth not the things of God therefore do they not know those that are begotten to a lively faith in God which purifieth their hearts and worketh out the carnal part that did delight in the unclean conversation of the world in conforming to the customs and fashions of the world in Capping and Cringing Bending and Bowing to men of corrupt hearts and unpure mindes all being earthly and brutish following the imaginations of their hearts idolizing the creatures falling down to worship men more then God fearing to displease men of Corrupt hearts and unclean conversation for some self end or other not regarding the command of Jesus Christ who saith Fashion not your selves like unto the world for the fashion of the world paseth away again saith he be not conformed like unto the world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your minds neither be ye men pleasers for he that is a man pleaser he is no longer the servant of Jesus Christ who did not seek to please men but did the wil of his father in reproving sin evil and testifying against the deceits of the world and that was the reason why he was hated of the world not for any evil but because saith he I testifie against the world that the deeds thereof are evil therefore do the world hate me and the fair sayers then came to him and tempting him saying Master we know that thou teachest the way of God truly and that thou carest for no mans person and the subtil serpent in the Pharisees lay at catch and laid snares for the innocent to betray him into the hand of sinners that they might have to accuse him to put him to death and the Pharisees with the chief Priests they sought out false witness to put him to death because he did testifie against their deceitfulness hypocrisies and dissimulations and the blessed Spirit in him seeing the envy subtilty and venom that lodged in their hearts and covered over with fine words and fair pretences being wise to do evil he said to all that are of the seed of Abraham after the Spirit born again of the same Spirit beware of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisie for saith he the children of the world are wiser in their generation then the children of the light therefore be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves but beware of the leaven of the Pharisees now they are alive the same seed of evil doers to persecute and lies in wait to destroy the simple ones who are guided by the pure Wisdom of God and are Redeemed from their vain conversation and walks in obedience to the Commands of Iesus Christ being guided by the same Spirit God sending the Spirit of his Son into their hearts crying Abba Father and saith the blessed Spirit of truth Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them Ephes 5. 11. but he that departs from iniquity makes himself a prey and because that there is not a Running with them into the same excess of Riot therefore speak they evil of them as of evil doers calling them Quakers or what they can invent to make them odious in the eyes of the world but t is nothing but the seed of the serpent that doth so and it is known by the Spirit of the living God where Iesus Christ is made manifest in Spirit having destroyed the works of the devil the Spirit of truth and righteousness living in them it lets them see how the seed of the serpent lies upon the earth and grows in the earthly delights and is covered over with an earthly Profession and brings forth nothing but weeds and tares which is for the fire and must be burnt up by the Lord God Almighty who is the heart searcher and tryer Now friend if thou do but with a single eye read this little ensuing Treatise thou wilt not finde any gilded expressions in it that doth arise from the wisdom of the flesh for they do but feed the fleshly minde which must be destroyed with a sore destruction let me intreat thee that when thou readest thou may first return into thy own spirit and see how thou standest in the fear of the Lord which is to lay aside all evil and see that thy understanding be kept open as thou readest and thy minde free from all hard thoughts and opinions of men which ariseth out of the dark nature stand free out of all mens words that doth arise out of the corrupt nature and give thy deligence attention to what thou readest as well within as without and it will shew thee the way that leadeth to salvatien and the true guide which it is written from that thou mayest have union with him in the life and substance of it without all question or doubt to live in the life and power of the truth it self for as the lightning cometh out of the east and shineth into the west so shall the coming of the Son of man be wait wholly within and sink down into the eternal love and thou wilt see me and the rest that we are in the unity of that

Word the Steeple-house the Church the 4. Books Mathew Mark Luke and John the Gospel Hebrew Greek and Latin these are the tongues Oxford and Cambridge two well heads of Divinity and the Letter and the Spirit insoparable and the Spirit is in the Letter and that learned men must raise it out Now they who are made Ministers by the will of God their Word is God their light is Christ their Church is in God their record is the Spirit their original is the Word which was before all tongues which opens tongues their Gospel is Jesus Christ the lamb of God prepared before the world was which was before the World was salvation is in God the Spirit is within them and they are the sons of God that are guided by his Spirit The Spirit is not in the Letter but it is within as it was in them that spoke forth the Scriptures So all people weigh and try your Teachers and let the Scriptures be your rule which you doe profess in words the life of the Scriptures is the Saints rule and guide within them the World professeth the Letter to be their rule yet walk contrary to it the Saints baptisme is with one Spirit into one body the worlds baptism is in sprinkling a little Water which they say they baptise into the Church withall there is not one example among the Saints for them to practise such a thing yet professing the Letter to be the rule they act contrary to it Oh blind Hypocrites the blind leads the blind so both fall into the ditch The bread the Saints break is the body of Christ and the Cup they drink is the blood of Christ and are all made to drink into one Spirit and the Cup the World take is a little Bread and Wine and they call that a Sacrament which there is no Scripture for and so shew forth the spirit of error who hath an ear to hear may hear and who can reach to these things may receive them the Ministers made by the will of God their fountain is God A Letter of James Nayler to severall Friends about Wakefield JAmes a prisoner of Jesus Christ unto all that love the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ every where grace and peace be multiplyed from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ My dear hearts you whom the Lord hath manifested so much love unto as to call you out of sin and death and the world all the delights and pleasures of the world which fades away up to himself where is joy unspeakable pleasures and riches that endure for evermore Dear friends watch and be sober that you may hear the voice of your beloved when he calleth and let not the precious proffers of the love of God be tendred in vain while you have an ear open to the world you cannot hear the voice of God so that you have bin made to groan under it how long have you been deceived by it all your time promising peace fulness and satisfaction but have bin brought to cry out of oppression and deceit and your cries are come before the Lord of Sabbaths who is your rest and he is now appeared to deliver you and set you free from bondage that you may serve him alone And now take heed of consulting with your old master hath the Lord been so mercifull unto you as that he hath set your faces out of Sodom and Egypt towards the promised land O take heed of looking back left you be taken captive and led back again and so you come short of redemption and your faith fail you and so you come short of the promise for unbelief cannot enter into the rest but you Dear friends put on resolution put on strength be valiant for your freedome cast off every weight follow your Captain the Lord Jesus Christ who for the joy set before him indured the cross despised the shame and so entred into rest and glory Take heed of halting between God and the World what agreement can there be or what peace while you are married to the world Your thoughts turn in thither and you are adulterated from God who gives you all good things as so many tokens of his love hereby is the broken language brought forth and you cannot speak the pure language of the land of rest And while you give way to that in you which leads you to look back to what is behind you you keep your selves in the wilderness and darkness and lose your way and know not where you are grieving the holy Spirit of the Lord which hath appeared unto you to guide you to but O friends mind your guide and follow him Arise shine your light is come and the glory of the Lord is come upon you the night is far spent the day is at hand even the day of Sions deliverance Arise come away all you that love her come off from the World and worldly things come into the life lie no longer in death and dead things Awake thou that sleepest and stand up from the dead that Christ may give thee light Come forth come forth of all created things witness your redemption to all the world that you are redeemed from the earth upto God out of all kindreds tongues people and nations to reign as Kings and Priests for ever above the world sin and death triumphing and treading upon all that would take you captive This is the day of your deliverance own it with the loss of all fading pleasures make it appear to all the world this is the day you waited for even the day of your joy but of the worlds sorrow A day of blackness and gloominess a day of fear and trouble to them that oppress you a day wherein the Kingdome of Jesus Christ shall be exalted and all the kingdoms and powers of the earth shaken a day wherein the Lord will avenge the power of him that is too strong for him Rejoyce rejoyce ye meek of the earth shout for joy ye poor despised ones whom your Brethren have troden upon and have cast you out and you have been made their mocking-stocks for the truths sake Sing and rejoyce the voice of a King is amongst you and he will marry you to himself in righteousness purity and holiness and will rejoyce over you as a bridegroom over the bride and you shall be for a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord and a royall Diademe in the hand of your God O my dear hearts my desire to God for you all is that you might come to see what unspeakable riches is laid up for you in Jesus Christ which is hid from all flesh neither can you see it while you live in the flesh and while you continue your love to the world and worldly things you keep out the manifestation of the Fathers love for your hearts canot receive both Now shew your selves wise men choose that which is eternal here is light and life tendred you in Jesus Christ