the Father of the Faithful Isaac Jacob Moses the Prophets David and the Apostles were all just Men made perfect by Faith yet several of these just Men made perfect committed Evil after the Blessing was given of God As Noah was drunk with Wine Lot committed Incest with his two Daughters Abraham told a Lye because of his Wife Jacob lied to his Father when he stole the Blessing David a Man according to God's own Heart was guilty of Murder and Adultery Peter play'd the Hypocrite and dissembled as in Acts the 2d the 12th Verse where he did eat with the Gentiles and gave way for the Gentiles to be circumcised which was unlawful for him to do he being the Apostle of the Jews nor was it his Commission to circumcise any but Jews only but he dissembled with other Brethren and circumcised Titus who was a Greek which was unlawful for which Paul withstood him to the Face Likewise Paul dissembled and play'd the Hypocrite when he pretended a Vow and shaved the Heads of four Men that were Greeks Acts. 21.18 These and several just Men whose Spirits were made perfect by Faith committed Sin after the Blessing was given of God and should not that blessing them uphold them But this last Prophet is blamed for smaller Sin than some of these that believe Now if those Men's Spirits were made perfect by Faith and so said to be the Spirits of just Men made perfect so are all true Believers of this Commission of the Spirit whose Faith holds out to the End counted of God the Spirits of just Men made perfect by Faith and so may be said to be the Spirits of just Men made perfect Also I led you into the Paradise of Peace were the Thief went that very Day he believed in Christ I brought you with the rest of Believers to the Tree of Life which stood in the midst of Paradise in the Days of Adam You said you saw it and liked it well and if you had stretched forth the Hand of Faith as others did and taken of the Tree of Life and eaten and liv'd for ever then you had not rebelled I shew'd you the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil that was placed in the midst of Paradise in the Days of Adam you said you saw it and understood it You saw I shewed you the new Jerusalem that came down from Heaven and that it was four-square the Length and Breadth were equal I gave you to understand the Interpretation thereof The new Jerusalem that came down from Heaven was when God became Flesh in the Virgin 's Womb and being four-square the Length and Breadth equal was when Christ was nailed to the Cross his Arms spread abroad his Person was four-square as thus his Arms spread abroad were equal with his Head and Feet and so is every perfect Man his Arms spread abroad four-square even as the Cross is whereon a Man is crucified just four-square the Length and Breadth were equal when he was nailed to the Cross Likewise I brought you to an innumerable Company of Angels I shewed you their Form and Nature These things and many more I did for you in the Spiritual nor hath the Prophet been the least Beneficial to you in the Spiritual I have not been your hindrance but your furtherance to what lay in my Power I never was burthensome to you in any Temporal Matter and did satisfy you for what you did and when several Believers have complained to me of your rude Speeches your Wrathful Words your merciless Judgment I have pleaded for you against them and have upheld your corrupt Nature else you would have been forsaken of several Believers before now but those I have done most for and have been the least beholden unto have lifted up their Heel against me without a Cause which hath caused you to be cast out of my Sight and out of God's Sight as Cain was and out of the Society of the Saints And now may all your wicked Wishes and evil Desires and desperate Words and Wrathful Speeches which you have uttered out of your Mouth come on your own Head First You have said if Claxton were saved you would be damn'd How do you limit God's Mercy to your Judgment and Wrath. Secondly That if God did not mind you at all then would you had been a Toad a Dog a Serpent or any thing but a Man these are desperate Words and desperate Wishes and it will be a Wonder if you have not Cause indeed to wish your self a Toad a Dog a Serpent rather than a Man Thirdly You called the Prophet Devil Peter might as well have called Christ Devil for calling him Satan for Satan is a Devil so that Christ called Peter Devil for a smaller Offence than you have committed for he spake those Words to Christ out of Love and Pity saying Master pity thy self for which Christ called him Devil but you out of Rebellion Wrath and Envy called me the Prophet of the Lord Devil and said you would justify these Assertions to be contrary to all Truth and against all sober Reason for which I said you were a Devil for I was your Master and Judge as Christ was Peter's Fourthly You have slighted the Blessing from the Prophet in a rude and uncivil Language and said you cared not a Fart for it Fifthly When Burton bid you burn the Assertions and humble your self to the Prophet as he did you said you would perish first Sixthly You despised the Government of this Commission of the Spirit saying it is weakly and poorly managed These desperate Words which with several others you have uttered against God and against the Prophet in high Rebellion I do not think can be parallell'd by all the Prophets and Apostles since the World began and if this Rebellion be forgiven than let it be said that this last Prophet and Witness of the Spirit had Power to do more than ever any Prophet or Apostle did in the time of their Commission Written by LODWICK MUGGLETON one of the two last Prophets and Witnesses of the Spirit to the High and Mighty God the Man Christ Jesus in Glory In the Year 1671. Here followeth the Copy of a Letter to Walter Bohenan a Scotchman another Rebel in the same Conspiracy with the rest in Answer to his Rebellious Letter viz. Walter Bohenan THIS is to let you understand that I have seen three of your Rebellious Letters for which Cause I was not willing that any Rebel should see the Answer to those nine Assertions laid down by William Meadgate that Grand Rebel Your Letters are full of Nonsense and no good English and you have laid down the Assertions false Lyes and not true those nine Assertions written by Meadgate were well laid down and I own them to be all true as they were laid down and have given Answer unto them all but no rebel shall see them if I can help it But it seems you have undertaken not only to answer the
say none upon Earth this Day doth eat his Flesh and Drink his Blood but those that do truly believe the Doctrine of this Commission of the Spirit Why because no Man hath Faith to believe that God became Flesh and dwelt amongst Men here upon Earth who doth not believe that the Flesh of Christ was the Flesh of God and the Blood of Christ to be the Blood of God and who hath not Faith to believe that the Godhead Life died when Christ was offered up unto Death through the Eternal Spirit No not any but those that believe our Report therefore it is that all Religious Men perish for want of Faith in the true God they cannot eat the Flesh of God that is Meat indeed to satisfy there hungry Souls neither can they Drink the Blood of God which is Drink indeed to quench the thirsty Soul of Man but blessed are your Eyes that see and Ears that hear and have Hearts that understand the things that belong to your Peace for God hath given you his own Flesh to eat and his own Blood to Drink which hath assured you that you shall Drink of those new Joys and new Pleasures and new Glories in the Kingdom of Eternal Glory this is that Wine that Christ our God our King and our Redeemer will drink a new with his Apostles and us the Witnesses of the Spirit and you the Believers in the Kingdom of Eternal Glory And this I say all those or all us that have eat of the Flesh of God and drank his Blood by Faith here in the State of Mortality we shall be gathered together in the Resurrection as the Fowls to fly in the midst of Heaven being immortalized shall come to the Supper of the great God that we may eat of the same Flesh as he eateth of which is the Flesh of persecuting Kings and the Flesh of Captains and the Flesh of Mighty Men even of Judges and the Flesh of Horses and of them that sit on them and the Flesh of Freemen and Bond-men and of small and great that is all wicked Reprobate Men both small and great that have persecuted and hated the Lord's Prophets Apostles and Messengers which he sent into the World Oh how blessed are we that shall sup with the great God of Heaven in the Destruction of our Enemies for as God was hated when he was on Earth so are we for his sake and as God is pleased to make his Supper with the Destruction of the Souls and Bodies of the Seed of the Serpent to Eternity and hath invited us the Fowls of Heaven to sup with the great God why should not we rejoyce in this Supper which the great God hath made even in the Destruction of this wicked World for this Earth is a Habitation of Devils while the World doth endure and for my Part I could willingly sup with the great God of Heaven that hath redeemed my Soul in the Destruction of this Word that I might eat the Flesh of mighty Men Mayors Judges Juries small and great Devils that have hated me without a Cause Oh how happy are we that shall sup with the great God that is in the Assurance we have that God hath ordained wicked persecuting Kings and high Captains and Judges and Mighty Men and all other inferiour Devils both small and great more than the Sand of the Sea-shore which cannot be numbred to be damned to Eternity to suffer those Eternal Torments These I know shall be cast alive into a Lake of Fire burning with Brimstone to all Eternity and we the Fowls of Heaven shall eat or feed upon the Miseries of these mighty Men as in a Supper with the great God praising and magnifying him that Redeems us with his own Blood from being Devils Incarnate or Devils in Flesh and in this we shall eat the Flesh of Kings and the Flesh of high Captains and the Flesh of mighty Men Devils and the Flesh of small and great Devils And this Supper I know we shall have with the great God in the Resurrection when we shall ascend in the Clouds of Heaven and meet the Lord in the Air and leave the Devils the Serpent and his Seed here upon this Earth where they shall be tormented Day and Night for ever and ever more even to Eternity this is the true Interpretation of John's Words in the 19th Chapter of his Revelation concerning the Supper of the great God and the Fowls of Heaven for God hath sowed in this World the Seed of Faith which is counted the small Seed even as one Grain of Mustard Seed which indeed as Christ saith Matth 13th and 32d is the least of all Seeds but when it is grown it is the greatest amongst Herbs and it is a Tree so that the Birds of Heaven came and built in the Branches thereof So in Mark the 4th and 31st the Kingdom of God is compared to a Grain of Mustard-Seed which when it is sown in the Earth is the least of Seed but after it is sown it groweth up and is greatest of all Herbs and beareth great Branches so that the Fowls of Heaven may build under the shadow of it So in Luke 13th and 19th then said he what is the Kingdom of God like it is like a Grain of Mustard-Seed which a Man took and sowed in his Garden and it grew and waxed a great Tree and the Fowls of Heaven made Nests in the Branches thereof This small Grain is the Grain of Faith that was in God from Eternity by which he created the Heaven and the Earth and all Creatures else in both Worlds by this little Grain of Faith no bigger then a Mustard-Seed hath he done all his Wonders by this Grain of Faith did he sow himself in this Earth or Garden which was in the World which was in the Virgin 's Womb and brought forth himself a Man Child in pure Mortality and this Grain of Faith that was sown in the Field of this World it grew up to be a Tree that is a Man whose Branches spread themselves forth so thick that the Fowls of Heaven doth make their Nests in the Branches thereof This Tree of Faith which is compared to a small Grain of Mustard-Seed was Christ the only God become Flesh when he was in the Glory of the Father he was the Man that sowed that Grain of Faith in the Field of the World or in the Garden of Eden when he breathed into Adam and Eve the Breath of Life and they became living Souls then was the little Grain of Faith no bigger than a Grain of Mustard Seed sowed in the Field of the Elect World so that all that are Partakers of this little Grain of Faith they build their Nests in the Branches of this Tree by having Peace Salvation and Life Eternal abiding in them These are the Fowls of Heaven that build their Salvation upon Christ's Death and Resurrection and Ascension which none in this World doth at this Day but those
that truly believe this Doctrine declared by Reeve and Muggleton we are the Fowls of Heaven in the Last Age that have received a Measure of this Grain of Faith which doth cause us to make our Nests and rest quietly in the Branches of God's Free Electing Love in his Redemption and Salvation Thus I have given you the true Interpretation of the Excellency of this little Grain of Faith as small as a Grain of Mustard-Seed which you that have but a Measure of it can experience the Truth of it Therefore I shall say no more at present but remember my Love to your self and good Wife your Sons and Daughters that are Partakers of this precious Faith and to all the rest of our Friends in the true Faith in that Kingdom I take leave and remain your Friend in the Eternal Truth LODOWICK MUGGLETON Feb. 16. 1680. FINIS The Prophet LODOWICK MUGGLETON'S Blessing to Mrs. SARAH SHORT transcribed from a Copy drawn from the Original given to her by him June the 2d 1662. DEAR Friend in the Eternal Truth Mrs. Short I understand by a Word or two that Mrs. Chittwood spoke that you were not well satisfied in those Words that I spoke unto you concerning your Eternal Happiness as if I did not look upon you to be of the Seed of Faith or one of the Blessed of the Lord because I bad you not be troubled in your Mind concerning that for you should fare no worse than my self did and what could I say more for if I had not looked upon you as one of the Seed of Faith I should never have said so unto you for I never did say so unto any but unto those which I do really believe to be of the Seed of Faith especially unto those that do ask it out of Singleness of Heart as I do believe you did but this I would have you to consider that a Prophet cannot give Faith and Revelation unto any whereby they may find those Refreshments and Joy of Heart it must arise from your own Seed of Faith neither can it arise so in you as it doth in others neither can it be expected of you because you are not neither have you been exercised with the Troubles of this World as others are and then again the Weakness of your Nature is such that you cannot exercise your Mind about the Businesses and lawful Affairs of this World which would be a great Refreshment unto Nature as it where the Assurance of eternal Life is which Nature hath denied unto you but it is well for you that ever you were born that you were of that blessed Seed that will be happy in the end I should be glad that your Faith might grow as strong as that Woman 's did which was troubled with a bloody Issue that if she could but touch our Lord's Garment she should be whole and according to her Faith it was unto her and not only so but she had the Assurance of eternal Life besides for Virtue went out of our Lord not only to cure the Bloody Issue but the Peace and Satisfaction of her Mind concerning the Life to come therefore it is said he looked round about to see her that had done the thing and he said Daughter thy Faith hath made the whole go in Peace Here you may see it was not our Lord that gave her Faith but it was her own Faith which made her whole both Natural and Spiritual Neither can any Prophet give Faith to any neither doth God himself give Faith to any it must arise from its own Seed you may say then why doth the Scripture say that Faith is the Gift of God To which I answer for these two Reasons because the Seed of Faith is of his own Divine Nature and that Breath of Life which God breath'd into Adam was that Breath or Seed of Faith and whoever is Partakers of the Seed of Adam they are of the Seed of Faith so in time it doth arise out of the Seed into Act so that the Creatures comes to the Peace of Assurance of Eternal Life and in this Sense it may be said that Faith is the Gift of God because God gave the Seed in the Original unto Adam and not in Particular unto every Person as hath been vainly imagin'd through the Ignorance of Man not knowing the two Seeds Secondly it may be said that Faith is the Gift of God in that he hath chosen Prophets and Ambassadors to preach Faith therefore saith Paul Faith cometh by hearing the Word of God preach'd and how can he preach except he be sent The Meaning is this that the Act of Faith cometh by hearing the Word of God preach'd by me or more that is sent of God but the Seed and Root of Faith was in them that did believe before and not immediately given of God as I said before but in regard God did send Messengers to preach Faith and so that Seed is awaken'd and cometh to act it self forth in Power so as to justify themselves towards God and towards Man for being justified by Faith we have Peace with God And in this regard it may be said that Faith is a Gift of God in that he hath sent Men to declare Truth and so them that believe may be said to receive Faith from God for he that receiveth a Prophet in the Name of a Prophet receiveth him that sent him and whoever receiveth a Prophet in the Name of a Prophet shall receive a Prophet's Reward which Reward is Eternal Life for Prophet's have little else to give and if it be well considered it is enough and as the Woman's Faith did draw Virtue from our Lord so there will Virtue go from the Commission of the Spirit As to your Eternal Happiness let your Faith wholly depend upon it and you shall fare no worse than my self doth you shall have the end of your Faith even the Salvation of your Soul And that you may be sure I do declare you one of the Blessed of the Lord to Eternity I thought good to write these few Lines unto you for your further Confirmation of your Eternal Happiness after Death Your Faithful Friend and true Prophet LODOWICK MUGGLETON A Copy of a Letter written by the Prophet LODOWICK MUGGLETON to ANN ADAMS of Orwell in Cambridgeshire bearing date from London March the 27th 1663. My Dear and Loving Friend Ann Adams the Wife of William Cakebread my Love remembred unto you THESE are to certifie you that I came well Home therefore I thought it convenient to write these Lines unto you as followeth First in that thou wast honoured of God to be an Handmaid or Guide unto a Prophet unto John Reeve when thou wast but in thy Infancy concerning the Knowledge of things of Eternity but the Seed of Faith which was in you though it was but small yet it hath taken deep Root downward in the Heart and hath brought forth Fruits of Faith and Love upwards for thou hast and shall find
it no vain thing to receive a Prophet in the Name of a Prophet and the Reward is no less than Peace of Mind here and eternal Life hereafter in the Kingdom of Glory let the World esteem of it how they will There is one thing which I shall always have a Love to thee for in that thou wast kept innocent in the Days of thy Ignorance for that was a thing which I always did Love in my self in the Days of my Youth and Ignorance and it doth yield me a great deal of Peace the Remembrance of it now because the World cannot say justly that there is any Evil found in me neither is there any blot upon my Mind for I can say truly as the Prophet did in another Cause where he saith whose Ox have I stoln or whose Ass have I taken away so I can say whose Wife have I committed Folly with or whose Daughter have I deflower'd which is a great deal of Peace to me and it may be some Satisfaction to all you that are innocent and for others of the Seed of Faith which have been guilty in the Days of their Ignorance for this I would have thee and all the Seed of Faith to mind that almost all those that have gone forth upon the Account as Prophets and Prophetesses and Speakers of every Sect they have been for the generality of them guilty of Lust many of the Baptists and Quakers have been guilty Therefore impossible they should be Messengers or Ministers of Christ's whatsoever they pretend yet we the Witnesses of the Spirit can bear with those that have been guilty but it was always my natural Temper to be more affectionate to that which hath been kept undefiled from their Childhood and as that Seed of Faith lay secretly hid in thy Nature The Declaration of the Commission of the Spirit hath brought it forth to publick View and as Nature hath beautified thy outward Form or Person so likewise hath that Grace of Faith beautified thy Heart and Mind in that your Understanding is enlightened to discern betwixt Faith and Reason God and Devil with many more Heavenly Secrets which is hid from the Eyes of the World and as thou art Partakers of the like precious Faith with us the Witnesses of the Spirit so likewise thou shalt be Partaker with us of the like Spiritual and Heavenly Glory and the stronger thy Faith is in this Commission of the Spirit the more bright will you shine in that Kingdom of Eternal Joys where Pleasure will run as a Stream or as a River out of your own Person and not only so but you shall see your God Face to Face of whose Seed and Nature we are and this will produce those Pleasures that are at his Right Hand for evermore I thought good to write these few Lines unto thee not but that I am well perswaded before of thy Eternal Happiness but only that thou mayst know that the Blessing of the true Prophet is as if God had blest thee himself and thy so receiving of it will grow to a perfect Peace here and to Eternal Happiness hereafter No more at present but my Love to your Husband and to your Mother and Goody Candy as being in the same Faith with you and your Husband's Brother Symonds I cannot enlarge because I have so many Letters to write and other Business to do because of my long Absence therefore I shall take leave and Subscribe my self your Dear and Loving Friend in the true Faith LODOWICK MUGGLETON My Daughter Sarah and her Husband with other Friends in the Faith remember their Loves to you your Husband and Mother with all the rest in the Faith with you London March 27 1663.