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A51574 The acts of the witnesses of the spirit in five parts / by Lodowick Mvggleton ..., left by him to be publish'd after's death. Muggleton, Lodowick, 1609-1698. 1699 (1699) Wing M3040; ESTC R11186 121,881 188

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without_o a_o body_n he_o say_v no._n then_o say_v i_o neither_o can_v god_n accept_v of_o any_o man_n worship_n except_o he_o have_v a_o body_n of_o his_o own_o for_o god_n have_v a_o body_n of_o his_o own_o as_o man_n have_v a_o body_n of_o his_o own_o only_a god_n body_n be_v spiritual_a and_o heavenly_a clear_a as_o christial_a bright_a than_o the_o sun_n swift_a than_o thought_n yet_o a_o body_n 16._o but_o man_n body_n be_v earthly_a and_o make_v of_o the_o earth_n in_o the_o image_n and_o likeness_n of_o god_n own_o body_n only_o man_n body_n be_v of_o the_o earth_n earthly_a and_o god_n body_n be_v the_o lord_n from_o heaven_n heavenly_a yet_o man_n body_n be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n as_o well_o as_o his_o soul_n as_o moses_n do_v true_o mean_a as_o he_o speak_v 17._o for_o this_o i_o say_v that_o if_o man_n body_n and_o soul_n have_v be_v spiritual_a in_o its_o creation_n then_o when_o man_n thought_n do_v assend_v up_o to_o heaven_n his_o body_n will_v assend_v with_o it_o 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that_o he_o can_v not_o make_v any_o reply_n against_o anything_o we_o say_v 7._o also_o we_o show_v he_o the_o power_n of_o the_o commission_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o commission_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n and_o the_o power_n of_o our_o commission_n in_o this_o age._n 8._o and_o that_o every_o commission_n have_v power_n to_o bless_v and_o cur_n man_n to_o eternity_n and_o that_o he_o be_v no_o true_a minister_n of_o christ_n which_o have_v not_o power_n to_o bless_v and_o cur_n 9_o for_o if_o a_o man_n pretend_v to_o be_v a_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o can_v say_v to_o he_o that_o beleive_v in_o he_o to_o be_v a_o true_a minister_n and_o the_o doctrine_n he_o preach_v to_o be_v true_a be_v bess_v to_o eternity_n 10._o and_o say_v to_o that_o person_n as_o despise_v and_o persecute_v the_o person_n of_o this_o minister_n and_o his_o doctrine_n be_v curse_a soul_n and_o body_n to_o eternity_n if_o he_o have_v not_o power_n to_o do_v this_o he_o 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scoff_v at_o he_o and_o say_v he_o be_v bewitch_v 16._o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o next_o day_n after_o he_o have_v give_v sentence_n upon_o those_o fifteen_o person_n he_o fall_v sick_a yet_o he_o hold_v to_o what_o he_o have_v say_v the_o day_n before_o 17._o so_o that_o his_o wife_n and_o some_o of_o they_o he_o have_v damn_v say_v the_o man_n be_v bewitch_v and_o will_v needs_o send_v for_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o parish_n to_o pray_v with_o he_o and_o give_v his_o judgement_n whether_o he_o be_v bewitch_v or_o no._n 18._o but_o when_o the_o minister_n come_v the_o man_n will_v not_o let_v he_o pray_v for_o he_o 19_o so_o the_o minister_n give_v his_o judgement_n that_o the_o man_n be_v absolute_o bewitch_v but_o after_o three_o or_o four_o day_n the_o man_n get_v up_o and_o be_v well_o again_o and_o tell_v we_o what_o the_o minister_n have_v say_v and_o confess_v that_o he_o damn_a fifteen_o man_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o trouble_v in_o his_o mind_n 20._o because_o he_o do_v it_o without_o a_o commission_n not_o but_o that_o i_o do_v believe_v they_o will_v be_v all_o damn_a as_o i_o say_v but_o my_o trouble_n be_v for_o give_v sentence_n without_o a_o commission_n 21._o for_o at_o that_o time_n no_o beleiver_n give_v sentence_n upon_o any_o dispiser_n but_o we_o two_o only_a but_o in_o that_o he_o confess_v his_o fault_n he_o be_v forgive_v by_o we_o chap._n ix_o of_o one_o captain_n stasy_n a_o friend_n to_o the_o two_o witness_n and_o of_o their_o dispute_n with_o a_o minister_n prove_v that_o god_n be_v in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o man_n and_o of_o the_o minister_n blasphemy_n and_o john_n reeve_n passing_n the_o sentence_n upon_o he_o and_o that_o he_o shall_v never_o see_v any_o other_o god_n but_o that_o sentence_n and_o how_o john_n reeve_n be_v threaten_v with_o a_o warrant_n from_o cromwell_n or_o the_o council_n of_o state_n and_o how_o john_n reply_v that_o if_o they_o despise_v as_o the_o priest_n have_v do_v that_o 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see_v that_o the_o jew_n know_v the_o hebrew_n language_n for_o the_o jew_n say_v he_o call_v for_o elias_n let_v he_o come_v and_o save_v he_o if_o he_o will_v have_v he_o 10._o so_o that_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o christ_n pray_v in_o his_o agony_n to_o his_o representitive_a power_n in_o elias_n 11._o then_o say_v the_o recorder_n mr._n reeve_n mr._n reeve_n you_o have_v speak_v enough_o let_v aaron_n speak_v 12._o say_a john_n reeve_n scoff_v on_o mr._n recorder_n 13._o true_o friend_n say_v the_o recorder_n i_o do_v not_o scoff_n 14._o then_o say_v i_o i_o can_v say_v no_o more_o to_o that_o one_o question_n than_o he_o have_v say_v before_o but_o if_o you_o have_v anything_o else_o to_o ask_v i_o will_v answer_v you_o 15._o but_o he_o ask_v never_o a_o question_n more_o nor_o speak_v a_o word_n more_o because_o the_o examination_n which_o they_o will_v not_o produce_v in_o the_o open_a court_n have_v full_o answer_v to_o all_o thing_n they_o can_v object_v against_o we_o 16._o but_o command_v we_o to_o withdraw_v and_o the_o jury_n lay_v their_o head_n a_o little_a together_o and_o bring_v we_o in_o guilty_a of_o blasphemy_n and_o execrable_a opinion_n 17._o so_o the_o recorder_n give_v sentence_n upon_o we_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v send_v to_o old_a bridewell_n and_o be_v keep_v prisoner_n there_o for_o six_o month_n without_o bail_n or_o main_a prize_n 18._o so_o there_o we_o remain_v full_a six_o month_n 19_o and_o while_o we_o be_v prisoner_n in_o old_a bridewell_n jeremiah_n mount_v get_v that_o epistle_n to_o the_o minister_n print_v which_o be_v yet_o to_o be_v see_v and_o will_v be_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n by_o some_o 20._o after_o this_o while_o we_o be_v prisoner_n there_o we_o write_v a_o remonstrance_n of_o all_o the_o transaction_n that_o have_v pass_v that_o be_v remarkable_a from_o the_o day_n of_o our_o commission_n 1651._o to_o this_o our_o time_n of_o be_v commit_v prisoner_n in_o old_a bridewell_n 21._o and_o this_o 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harmless_a 5._o but_o a_o man_n of_o no_o great_a natural_a wit_n or_o wisdom_n no_o subtlety_n or_o policy_n be_v in_o he_o nor_o no_o great_a store_n of_o religeon_n he_o have_v but_o what_o be_v traditional_a only_o of_o a_o innocent_a life_n 6._o i_o know_v he_o many_o year_n before_o god_n speak_v to_o to_o he_o by_o voice_n of_o word_n to_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o ear_n three_o morning_n together_o as_o be_v declare_v in_o the_o commission_n book_n call_v a_o trancesendant_n spritual_a treatise_n the_o first_o book_n he_o write_v 7._o and_o i_o lodowick_n muggleton_n be_v bear_v in_o bishop_n gate-street_n near_o the_o earl_n of_o devonshire_n house_n at_o the_o corner_n house_n call_v walnut-tree-yard_n 8._o my_o father_n name_n be_v john_n muggleton_n he_o be_v a_o smith_n by_o trade_n that_o be_v a_o farrier_n or_o horse-doctor_n he_o be_v in_o great_a respect_n with_o the_o postmaster_n in_o king_n jame_n time_n he_o have_v three_o child_n by_o my_o mother_n two_o son_n and_o 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cruelty_n i_o can_v never_o endure_v it_o neither_o in_o myself_o nor_o in_o other_o live_v peaceable_o in_o my_o apprenticeship_n 13._o i_o take_v my_o trade_n well_o and_o please_v my_o master_n better_o than_o any_o of_o his_o other_o servant_n for_o they_o be_v bad_a husband_n and_o give_v to_o drunkenness_n but_o my_o nature_n be_v incline_v to_o be_v sober_a hate_v drunkenness_n and_o lust_n in_o the_o time_n of_o my_o youth_n 14._o but_o when_o my_o time_n of_o service_n be_v pretty_a far_o expire_v i_o grow_v to_o more_o understanding_n and_o hear_v in_o those_o day_n a_o great_a talk_n among_o the_o vulgar_a people_n and_o especial_o among_o youth_n boy_n and_o young_a maid_n
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prophet_n application_n consern_v these_o wonderful_a thing_n and_o of_o his_o qualification_n 1._o now_o this_o john_n robins_n knowledge_n in_o the_o scripture_n be_v more_o at_o that_o time_n than_o any_o man_n in_o the_o world_n 2._o these_o thing_n have_v i_o perfect_a knowledge_n of_o yet_o be_v i_o quiet_a and_o still_o and_o hear_v what_o be_v say_v and_o do_v and_o speak_v against_o nothing_o that_o be_v say_v or_o do_v 3._o but_o show_v kindness_n and_o mercy_n to_o all_o of_o they_o marvel_v in_o myself_o what_o the_o ephect_n of_o these_o thing_n will_v be_v 4._o and_o one_o of_o his_o prophet_n come_v to_o my_o house_n very_o oft_o and_o he_o tell_v i_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v do_v among_o they_o and_o he_o have_v a_o very_a high_a language_n and_o very_o know_v in_o the_o scripture_n and_o speak_v as_o a_o angel_n of_o god_n 5._o and_o my_o natural_a temper_n be_v always_o merciful_a to_o stranger_n and_o this_o place_n of_o scripture_n run_v much_o in_o my_o mind_n 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my_o integrity_n of_o heart_n that_o be_v i_o will_v do_v nothing_o that_o shall_v condemn_v my_o conscience_n but_o will_v do_v what_o i_o can_v to_o justify_v my_o conscience_n 10._o though_o i_o look_v for_o no_o reward_n hereafter_o yet_o i_o will_v do_v well_o that_o sin_n may_v not_o lie_v at_o the_o door_n of_o my_o conscience_n 11._o and_o these_o thing_n work_v in_o my_o mind_n keep_v i_o from_o actual_a sin_n and_o from_o the_o pollution_n of_o the_o flesh_n 12._o yet_o all_o this_o while_n be_v i_o as_o one_o without_o god_n in_o this_o world_n as_o to_o my_o knowledge_n of_o he_o i_o have_v none_o that_o be_v true_a 13._o but_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o truth_n have_v respect_n unto_o my_o person_n and_o to_o the_o upriteness_n of_o my_o heart_n but_o i_o know_v it_o not_o all_o that_o time_n as_o will_n more_o plain_o appear_v in_o the_o follow_a discourse_n chap._n x._o the_o prophet_n here_o show_v of_o a_o melancholy_n that_o come_v upon_o he_o and_o afterward_o of_o 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in_o i_o a_o answer_n to_o that_o and_o say_v no_o for_o thou_o know_v when_o thou_o do_v worship_v in_o that_o zeal_n thou_o have_v no_o peace_n but_o be_v oft_o torment_v with_o fear_n of_o hell_n so_o to_o no_o purpose_n to_o turn_v or_o go_v back_o to_o egypt_n again_o 6._o then_o do_v two_o motion_n arise_v in_o i_o and_o speak_v in_o i_o as_o two_o lively_a voice_n as_o if_o two_o spirit_n have_v be_v speak_v in_o i_o one_o answer_v the_o other_o as_o if_o they_o be_v not_o my_o own_o spirit_n 7._o but_o i_o know_v afterward_o they_o be_v the_o two_o seed_n strive_v in_o i_o for_o mastery_n 8._o so_o my_o old_a fear_n of_o hell_n rise_v in_o i_o as_o it_o do_v former_o when_o a_o puritan_n 9_o so_o i_o begin_v to_o reason_n in_o myself_o what_o i_o shall_v do_v to_o escape_v be_v damn_v to_o eternity_n for_o i_o dread_v the_o thought_n of_o eternity_n for_o i_o do_v not_o so_o much_o mind_n to_o be_v save_v as_o i_o do_v to_o escape_v be_v damn_v 10._o for_o i_o think_v if_o i_o 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that_o reply_v against_o god_n 13._o shall_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v form_v say_v unto_o he_o that_o form_v it_o why_o have_v thou_o make_v i_o thus_o and_o that_o say_v shall_v not_o the_o potter_n have_v power_n over_o the_o clay_n of_o the_o same_o lump_n to_o make_v one_o vessel_n to_o honour_n and_o another_o to_o dishonour_v 14._o these_o thing_n press_v hard_o upon_o my_o soul_n even_o to_o the_o wound_n of_o it_o then_o i_o reply_v against_o this_o and_o say_v in_o my_o heart_n that_o god_n do_v seem_v to_o be_v more_o cruel_a than_o man_n for_o man_n make_v vessel_n of_o honour_n and_o dishonour_v of_o dead_a senseless_a clay_n that_o be_v neither_o capable_a of_o honour_n nor_o dishonour_n nor_o capable_a of_o pain_n nor_o of_o misery_n nor_o of_o joy_n or_o happiness_n oh_o that_o i_o have_v be_v as_o the_o clay_n i_o tread_v upon_o rather_o than_o a_o live_a man._n 15._o but_o god_n make_v vessel_n of_o wrath_n to_o bear_v eternal_a torment_n of_o live_v sensible_a 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