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A85130	The brazen serpent lifted up on high, or truth cleared and above the deceit exalted, and as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wildernesse: even so must the son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish but have eternall life. Joh. 3. 14. 15. Here is also laid down in this treatise something, concerning election and and [sic] predestination, which is so much spoken of, and how they may know their election, something concerning Christ being the way to the Father; and how, and concerning Christ, the mediatour of the new covenants, and the end of the old, and tythes are ended. ... Lastly, here is part of a dispute, held between two chief priests, and two men that came and met with them, and the people at Chadwitch in Worcestershire; ... to clear the truth form accusations, held forth by those men that the world scornfully calleth Quakers. Written in Worcestershire, the beginning of the first moneth called March. 1655.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1655 (1655)	Wing F471; Thomason E831_10; ESTC R207464	47,825	63

there assembled that day and the too men called Quakers as aforesaid And thirdly the dispute held between the priests and the men they called Quakers in the latter part of the day and fourthly I shall clear the accusations to the honested hearted that truth may stand pure in its place as it is and that it may stand a witnesse also against lying spirits and against errour delusion and deceipt For the spirit of truth being come teacheth us all things and guideth all such as obey it into all truth according to gospell discipline and promise and bringeth all the things of Christ to our remembrance according to the working of his divine power and the good pleasure of his will praised be the Lord for the riches of his love John 14.26 John 16.13 First Some particulars laid down or declared hear by one of the men which the world scornfully calleth Quakers which are as followeth hear set down for the honest mind to consider of weigh in the ballance of equity so to enter into the allowance through the good consent into the sincerity that it may be stayed in the integrity out of the evill surmisings grudgings and false reports and look at the truth above them to walk in it and be freed from them c. Concerning Election and Predestination Touching election God sees not as man ungenerated sees for men in that state and condition sees naturally and so discerns nor the things of the spirit of God because they are spiritually discerned 1. Cor. 2.14 but God sees spiritually with that spiritual eye sees althings as they are whence they are how they are and those that he did doth predestinate he fore-knew and saw into the mistery which was and is in such revealed and revealing in which mistery in the creature he did and doth in that mistery with his all seeing eye see something good which afterwards in his due time were through Christ in them and is in such revealed and revealing according to the working of his divine power and had not God foreseen that how would it as it was and is in such have been manifested and revealed according to the working of his power that through their love and obedience to the truth according to choice in the royall acception through their obedience to the truth upon manifestation through the spirit continuance therein after that they were sealed their souls was also purified and that which so sealed and purified their souls was revealed and known working within in the mistery and the pure love enjoyed through the unsealing or opening of the same within them who were born again and the seed of God was within them and in that seed were their souls through the obedience to the light and truth purified and elected stablished and confirmed and they therein and by the working of the divine power joyned to the Lord and so both Jew Greek Barbarian Scythian bond and free male and female come into the unity of all so●ts that obeyed the truth and walked in the way Christ Jesus the light of the world they came thereby to the father and so knew the ground where election stood according to predestination and foresight of God which were manifested according to the working of his divine power and after the good pleasure of his will and that in the dispensation of the fulnesse of times he might gather them into Christ through their obedience to the light in the eternall truth in whom also we have obtained an inheritances being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh into unity and the election joining the soul to the seed after the counsell of his own will that we as they was should be to the praise of his glory who first trusted in Christ the foundation of choice and election in the ordination in whom we also trusted after that we heard the word of truth Rom. 10.6 7 8. Eph. 1.9 10 11 12. the gospel of our salvation Rom. 1.16 17. in whom after that we believed we were sealed with that holy spirit of promise Eph. 1.13 which God foresaw within in the mystery and to be good which were in them revealed and is in such revealed who obey the light and walk in it Col. 1.27 28. 2 Cor. 4.5 6 7. and through the obedience to the same light and truth what such enjoyed in and through the same way light and obedience to the truth others may and to have their souls purified as such had and have who are begotten and born again as they was 1 Pet. 1.22 23. and saith Christ other sheep I have which are not of this fould them also I must bring in Joh. 10.14 15 16. Rev. 22.17 2 Heb. 9.10 Christ in dying for us is our example in sufferings and way to the Father For Christ in dying for sinners and ungodly died for all for was not all sinners and ungodly guilty of Christs death but it is by his Bloud that we are justified and by his Life that we are saved in following his councell the light manifested within and obeying him the true light that lighteth every man that comes into the world Joh. 1.9 and such as obey and follow him are led out of darknesse by him through their obedience and so into the light of life Joh. 6.12 it is by Christs life that we are saved in following his councell and obeying him through the crosse with slayes the enmity as he became obedient to the death of the crosse who is our leader and example is the Author of eternall Salvation to all that obey him but none else and he that will follow Christ must denie himself and take up his crosse dayly as he is required and through his obedience to the crosse which slayes the enmitie he comes to know life and peace to his soul in the eternall unity Rom. 5.8.9 Luke 9.23 c. Mat. 10.38 c. 1 Pet. 4. 1 Cor. 1.17.18 Ephes 2.16.17.18 Heb. 5.8.9 Justification by Christ alone who died for our sins and rose again for our justification we are justified by faith in his bloud or life through the obedience to the crosse whereby the enmity is slain and the election witnessed in the reconciliation through the crosse which ministry in the crosse is the power of God to such as are saved and witnesseth justification by faith in the bloud or life of Jesus as such did Rom. 5.1 1 Cor. 1.18 Rom. 5.8 9. 1 Joh. 5.4 c. and we bear about in our body the dying of the Lord Jesus as such did that the life of Jesus may more and more be manifested in our mortall flesh who by his spirit quickeneth the mortall body dwelling within us so saving us by grace and maketh us to sit together with him in heavenly places 2 Cor. 4.6.7 to the 12. Rom. 8.10.11 to the 20. Eph. 2.4.5.6.7 therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom also we

justify guard or defend your pulpits of wood but fled from the guard and left them for another to defend your great plea or defence for your pulpit of wood was that Ezra had one but you was to prove that any of the ministers of the gospel had one and said you wou'd but did not so further manifested your lies and Antichristian doct●ine for lyars are Antichristian and of old Antichrist their father Ioh. 8.44 when you was put to read that place of Ezra's pulpit spoken of in Nehem. Nehem. 8.1 2 3 4 5. 8. it was proved that his pulpit was not in a steeple-house but in the street before the street called the water gate and yours is in steep e-houses and not in streets therefore not as Ezra's was And secondly Ezra's pulpit of wood was but only for the reading of the Law book from morne till mid-day but yours is constant and in idols temples not for the reading of the Law only but for the preaching of the gospel as you say therefore Ezra's pulpit guards not yours he was a priest under the Law in the first covenant and priesthood and the Law is changed by which Ezra was ordained priest and legall preacher in his wooden pulpit in the street that was before the water gate and the Law and priesthood being changed and ended so Ezra's pulpit and you could not prove yours by or from the example of any gospel ministers but left it and would not plead for it so lost its guard proved your selves lyars and unskilfull souldiers or pulpit leaders and commanders and let your pulpit be routed and disguarded therefore to be guardlesse and now disregarded not to be pleaded for but to be proclaimed against then we bad you own your condemnation also upon that your errour so you left that and went on to another thing even to prove your mastership Which ching you could not prove by gospel rule and example of gospel ministers but Scribes Pharisees and hypocrites which Christ cryed wo against and by command said to his gospel ministers be not ye called of men masters for one is your master even Christ and all ye are brethren he that will be greatest let him be your servant and they obeyed his doct●ine given forth to them by command Mat. 23.8 10 11. And there was neither Master Peter nor Master Stephen nor Master Philip nor Master Andrew nor Master Barnabas nor Master Paul but he said he became servant to all as may be read 1 Cor. 9.18 19. Then such as disobeys Christs command professing to be his ministers Mark 10.43.42.44 and are called masters abideth not in his doctrine and so hath not God 2 Ioh. 9. but are Antichristian and the priests of the world are such therefore Antichristian ministers so one of you to wit priest Osland would not plead for it but said if men would call him so he could not help it or to that effect he presently answered the thing and said it was God that wrought both the will and the deed of his own good pleasure so the first act of grace is of God and then from him so from grace received and we bad him disclaim it and declare against it therefore you left that and lost it so your mastership is routed with your pulpit and now Antichrists kingdom begins to fall and tumble down praised be the Lord. And when we bad you to acknowledge your errour own your condemnation thereupon and take shame to your selves who like the Gentiles had exercised Lordship and authority in your proud nature and such like over others contrary to Christs counsell commands and gospel discipline and doctrine Mat. 23 8.10 Mar. 10.42 43 44. But wo is to such Mat. 23. ch Mar. 12.38 39 40. as the Scripture and as Christ hath said and the wo is to you that walk in such steps as those that Christ cryed wo against at to you I said then you fret and were vexed and said I had had taught false doctrine which then you said you would charge me withall but could not prove it which false doctrine you said was this that I said men might not act for life but from life or grace received and sought to cover your selves with this saying you will not come unto me that you might have life and so said there might be acting for life and then Andrew Trusterom Priest of Clent to confute his saying and answer himself to the accusation laid against me therefore according to Andrew Trusteroms saying that God wrought both the will and the deed according to his own good pleasure if he had seen that it was instead of confuting or contradicting my doctrine a more confirmation of the same and confuting himself to his shame for God working both the will and the deed according to his own good pleasure then he is the first mover and actor of grace and life in the soul therefore the first motion to goodnesse and the first act of grace is of God working the soul into the obedience and the creature to the performance of the same so that he acts not for life and grace but he is acted by the divine power according to the good pleasure of the Lord and so acts of love and performance of the same is from life through the quickenings to motion and from grace and strength received to proceed into action and so grace and peace is multiplyed unto us through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godlinesse through the knowledge of him who hath called us to glory and virtue 2 Pet. 1.2 3. Ioh. 6.44 45. 2 Corinth 3.5 6. 2. You the Priests said the light was not sufficient of it self without some other helps to lead into all truth c. I answered and said that the light being obeyed with and through the spirit was and is sufficient to lead into all truth and to salvation for Christ is the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world as Iohn and his record doth witnesse of him who was sent so to do and testifieth the same in the record that God gave of his Son which is true and no ly Ioh. 1.5 6 7 8 9. And every man being lighted with this light Christ Jesus he hath said that such as obey the light and follow the same they shall not walk in darknesse but shall have the light of life Ioh. 8.12 and he spake true and could not ly that so said who is the light and the authour of eternall salvation to all that obey him Heb. 5.8 9. And his spirit is the guide to such as follow the light and obey it from whence it comes to lead them into all truth as the Scriptures witnesseth that bears record of Christ and as he himself hath said who is to be trusted and believed in read Ioh. 14.26 Ioh. 16.13 which spirit speaketh within and sheweth things

to come so teaching saints and glorifieth the Son and bringeth souls into the perfect knowledge or enjoyment of the Father and the Son Ioh. 14.20 in the holy unction Iob. 2.29 and 27. which teacheth all things to such as the light and spirit obey and walks in as it is written and witnessed by such as knoweth and knew the holy unction in them and the word abiding within them 1 Ioh. 2.13 14. and the heavenly treasure within 2. Cor. 4.6 7. and we know that such as are guided by the spirit of God are the sons of God Rom. 8.14 1 Ioh. 3.1 and God hath sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts whereby we cry Abba Father Gal. 4.6 and we know that the Son of God is come and hath given us an understanding that we may know him that is true and we are in him that is true even in his Son Jesus Christ this is true God and life eternall 1 Ioh. 5.20 And we preach not our selves but Christ Jesus the true light and our Lord for God who commanded the light to shine out of darknesse hath shined within in our hearts to give us the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus and this treasure have we within us as they had in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us and the message that we have to declare is this that God is light and in him is no darknesse at all and Christ is the true light that lighteth every one that cometh into the world they that follow him shall not walk in darknesse but shall have the light of life and he is the authour of eternall salvation to all that obey him which is witnessed through the opening of the mystery within Col. 1.27 and by obedience to the light in the eternall power of truth through the spirit as it is written and witnessed and according to the outward declaration of the Scripture but enjoyed according to the inward manifestation of the spirit the gift of God which is given to profit withall in the spirits ministration and mystery 2 Cor 12. to know the fellowship with Christ in the glory 2 Cor. 4.6 7. Ioh. 1.9 Ioh. 8.12 Heb. 5.9 1 Ioh. 1.5 2 Cor. 3.17 18. Rom. 8.14 15 16 17 18 19. Gal. 4.6 2 Thes 1.10 Ioh. 17.10 Then remember that you the 2 Priests would go out of the room towards the latter end of the day it was so hot and throng though you would not go before so we went into plain upon a green hill and most of the people stood below in the valley and thou Andrew Trusterom Priest of Clent and I stood together on the hill where I begun to lay open the things as aforesaid concerning the light and Spirit being sufficient according to the working of the divine power of the Lord and the good pleasure of his will through theobedience to the light teachings of the spirit of grace to lead to salvation and unto all truth whereupon thou said that was granted before we came out of the room so for the better satisfaction of the people I would have laid it open to the people there but thou yielded up to that truth only I was to return to the people on proof concerning that the Scriptures fore saw that God would justify the heathen through faith preach the gospel unto Abraham saying in thee shall all nations be blessed which Scripture is this Gal. 3.8 which is witnessed in Christ Gal. 3.18 29. and according to the Scriptures the declaration of him and the word Luk 1.1 Act. 1.1 Ioh. 1.3 the word is God and eternall life Ioh. 1.1 1 Pet. 1.23 1 Ioh. 5.6 7 11 20. Heb. 4.12 Rom. 16.6 7 8. Rev. 19.13 Then after that thou Andrew Trusterom Priest of Clent who was the mouth most for the Priests that day thou would have maintained thy call being put upon it there on the hill but could not prove it to be according to any gospel minister though thou had thy proof and witnesse without thee written in a paper in the end of thy book as thou knowes and could not remember thy call nor thy proof and witnesse without thy written paper in thy book end to turn to other mens words that thou were out of the life as I then cold thee and said also that such as thou were made tradesmen at Cambridge or Oxford or from under such as had yours and their rise from the old wicked Bishops and such Bishops from the Popes generation and they from the Pope and the Pope from old Antichrist and so Antichristian ministers and not the ministers of Christ nor the gospel For I told thee the ministers of Christ and the gospel was not made by the will of man but of God were they ordained and was sent by Christ Jesus and the holy Ghost and received not their gospel nor call of man but of God neither was such that were so called taught of man but of God as it is certified to the Brethren and left upon record in Scripture and such as were so called and taught made not their gospel burdensom but free to be examples also for others that come after to follow and such gospel ministers as were so called ordained gifted and sent forth they sold not their gift nor preaching the gospel for mony nor tythes but preached freely 1 Cor. 9.16 17 18 19. Act. 20.33 1 Cor. 11. i. not for tythes as the priests of the world do now that follow not their example neither had any gospel minister 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 200 or 300 pound per Annum as the priests of the world have now but such gospel ministers as were ordained called and sent of God went to turn people from the darknesse to the light from the power of Satan unto God Act. 26.14 15 16,17,18 Gal. 1.1 and 11,12,15,16 vers and such coveted no mans silver nor gold nor apparell but laboured with hands and preached the gospel freely who were made able ministers of the new covenant not of the letter but of the spirit 2 Cor. 3.6 Act. 20.28 and 3.3 34,35 vers Act. 13. Mat. 10. 1 Cor. 11.1 vers Then such as go to trades at Universities and learns old Authours mans inventions to add a divination of their brain to the Scriptures and are taught of proud covetous self-seeking men of such Arts and are called by such and are called of men master and hath tythes are called by them to great benefits 20 40 100 200 pound a year such are not according to the gofpel minifters but are Antichriftian and deceivers and such are the Priests of the world therefore Antichristian ministers seducers and deceivers of the nations then thou Andrew Trusterom the Priest as aforesaid thou seemingly would have denyed thy call and ordination from the old wicked Bishops but could not from that ground had thou thy rise and upon it yet stands in the

of sin and son of the Devill read Rom. 6.16 Joh. 8.34 1. Joh. 3.8 hearken to the light within you that checks and reproves you for sin and obey that that will not deceive you but if you obey and follow it it will teach you when such as doth draw you from the teachings or Christ within such doth seduce you 1 Joh. 2.26 27. come to the light to be led into the holy life and into the pure worship of God in the spirit obey the light take up the crosse to your wills and come to Christ come out of your false churches and of from your proud Priests and off from your false Pastors to Christ the true shepheard and bishop of the soul and the true Pastor and feeder of his flock and come to the church in God 1 Thes 1.1 Heb. 12.22 23. and their overseers made by the holy Ghost Act. 20.28 is known and elders in Christ 1 Pet. 5. and there is no constraint nor for filthy lucre and such as dwell in the power knowes the voice of the Father and the Son to speak in the Church and amongst such Ioh. 10.4 Gal. 4.6 Luk. 12.12 Act. 2.4 Mat. 10.20 Take heed to that which is pure of God in your consciences and obey it that which calls for a pure conversation 1 Pet. 1.13 14 15 16. and let your light so shine before men that they may see your good conversation and come out of your sprinkling of infants it is no ordinance of Christ come follow the light and come out of your false baptisme all that you may be buried with Christ in the true baptisme Rom. 6.1 in the suffering and witnesse that through the crosse and so a fellowship with him in the new life ver 3 4. and be baptized into Christ so put him on Gal. 3.27 and by one spirit witnesse that baptisme into one body 1 Cor. 12.11 12 13. where there is one Lord one faith one baptisme and so of such one God and one Father of them all who are of the houshold of God in that church which is the piller and ground of the truth Eph. 4 4 5 6 7. 2 Tim. 2.19 1 Tim. 3.15 Come all you that are weary and heavy laden Mat. 11.28 saith Christ and I will give you rest obey the light and come out of your sins take up the crosse and deny your wills and forsake your iniquities 2 Tim 2.19 and Christ will receive you and elect you he is the foundation of election obey him that you may be laid on him and builded up into the election 1 Pet. 2.4 5. and give all diligence to have the assurance of calling and election 2 Pet. 1.9 10. Christ Jesus he is the light and the way to the Father and the authour both of election and salvation to all that obey him Ephes 1.10 Ephes 2.7 8 18 19. Ephes 3.9 10 11. Heb. 5.8 9. Now Christ Jesus he is the true light that lighteth every man that comes into the world and with his light you see darknesse in you and rebellion and wickednesse and he the true light cal●s you by his light to forsake darknesse wickednesse rebellion sin and evil and he calls you with his light to come out of darknesse 1 Joh. 1.5 and follow him that gives you light that with it you may be led on to him Christ Jesus to the Father of lights and into the marvellous light 1 Pet. 2.9.10 And now that you are called and perswaded by the light to obey and follow it if you will not obey and follow the same but continue in their wilfulnesse sinfulnesse and rebellion taking pleasure in wickednesse and so love darknesse rather then the light and disobey the truth to take pleasure in unrighteousnesse then great will your condemnation and damnation be Ioh. 1.5 9. Ioh. 8.12 Ioh. 14.6 Ioh. 3.19 20. 2 Thes 2.7 8 9 10 11 12. and 2 Thessal 1.8 9. Romans 1.18 Revel 20.10 Rev. 21.8 27. Election and Predestination stands in the counsell of God Those things concerning Election and Predestination stands in the counsell of God and are hid from all the wise and prudent of the world Isa 29.10 11 c. 1 Cor. 1.20 21. 1 Cor. 3.19 20. Col. 1.26 27. Isa 29.16 17 18 19 22 23 24. Rev. 5.1 2 3 4 5. 1 Cor. 1.18 Eph 2. 1 Cor. 6.17 Heb. 2.10 11. yet the secrets of God are with them that fear him and he is pleased to reveal his counsell and such things to babes and those babes are born again contrary to the will of man Ioh. 3.6 7. Ioh. 3.10 11 12. Ioh. 1 22 23. and such as witnessed election and predestination were such as were born again of water and the spirit that the Scriptures speaketh of and knew the mysteries opened in them and to them and saw what God fore knew to predestinate and what to reprobate learn to deny your selves and obey the light that you may be taught of God to know the same and to know the two seeds within and learn to see and know that except you be born again you cannot enter into the kingdom of God nor witnesse assurance of the eternall inheritance nor of election therefore busie not your minds about those things in your wills and fleshly natures for from such and the serpents seed are they hid praised be the Lord Mat. 11 15 26 27. But ye have a light to the which ye do well to take heed unto to obey and follow the light of Christ within in your consciences which checks and reproves you in secret for sin and evill and if you love and obey that light it will teach you and guide you to the sword to know the power to cut and bruise the serpents head within you and so through the crosse to witnesse a suffering with Christ in the mystery through the ministery in the crosse and so know a bearing about in your bodies the dying of the Lord dayly that the light of Christ may through the crosse by slaying the enmity be manifested to your souls and in your mortall flesh 2 Cor. 4.6 7. to the 12. that through the obedience to the light within and the eternall truth through the spirit your souls may be purified 1 Pet. 1.22.23 and the seed raised up by the power of God which Christ taketh upon him and not the nature of Angells and so to witnesse the birth and bearing up over the world and through the quickenings and working of the divine power to know your souls joined to the seed and so to God by being changed from glory to glory into the pure holy image by the spirit of the eternall God to know election in the ground and truths as they are in life and power thereof enjoyed through the obedience to him and his light guide Mat. 25.28 29 30. Mat. 25.41 to the end 2 Thes 1.8 9. and spirit to witnesse the salt seal savoury discerning and holy unction which teacheth all things 2 Cor.

Good●●r Tho. Chanler and others What wicked blasphemy is this and a gap to profanenesse If so that the devil was guided by the holy Spirit to call Jesus Lord then every drunkard thief whore monger and profane person may say they are guided by the holy Spirit if the devil was for such are his servants and he their master But the devil was not guided by the holy Spirit to say so to wit as aforesaid no more are they therefore Oasland thou art a perverter of the right wayes of the Lord as Elymas was Acts the 13. and so full of all mischief and a child of the devil as he was verse 8. and 10. and taught to blaspheme and lie by the spirit of thy father the devil who was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him then not the holy Spirit of truth for him to call Jesus Lord by as thou saidst he did for he speaketh lies and when he speaketh them he is the father of them they are his own read John 8.44 to be a witnesse against thee and all such Elymas was not guided by the holy Ghost when he withstood the truth but he was guided by the spirit of the devil as thou wast when thou so blasphemously saidst but Elymas was smitten by the holy Ghost for opposing the truth and judgement came upon him for it and Ananias and Sapphira were slain by the holy Ghost for lying against him Acts 5. And thy case is dangerous but smitten thou art by the light in thy conscience and this is a b●ot and stain to it and to thy profession and judgements will pursue thee and overtake thee and vengeance from God for the same except of it thou speedily repent and openly declare against that thy blasphemy own thy errour therein and thy condemnation upon it and take shame to thy self stop thy mouth and cover thy lips Simon Magus was not guided by the holy Spirit when he would have bought it with money but was in the gall of bitternesse and bond of iniquity as thou art that so lies against the truth Act. 8.18.19.20.21 And as no man can call Jesus Lord but by the holy Ghost then such as have not the holy Ghost guiding them cannot by it so call him but the devil and his angels have not the holy Ghost therefore they that have it not cannot with it and by it so call him And Christ himself saith to some Why call ye me Lord Lord and do not the things that I say Luke 6.46 Such as disobey Christs counsell doctrine and commands cannot by the holy Ghost call Jesus Lord in truth but the devil and devillish men disobey Christs counsell doctrine and commands and keep not his sayings therefore they are not guided by the holy Ghost nor cannot by it and with it call Jesus Lord so the gap is hedged up by the holy Ghost But the wicked and such as are deceived by the devil are to be with him cast into the lake of fire to be tormented for ever and ever Rev. 20.10 and such as have not their names written in the Lambes book of life are to be cast into the lake of fire Rev. 20.15 and such as those spoken of Rev. 21.8 and all such are shut out from God and to be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power as are spoken of Rev. 21.27 Rev. 22.15 2 Thess 1.8.9 Thus hath your folly been made manifest as the resisters of the truth before you and as yours is that are resisters of the truth now like such spoken of 2 Tim. 3.1.2.3 c. vers the 8. 9. And thus are your deceits discovered your wickednesse also but they are comprehended chained and with the light condemned therefore silence deceivers But it is good that you have uttered your folly that it may appear to your view which hath lien hid in your old bottles and dock bottomes which now is uncovered and you seen to be painted harlots and serpents like such spoken of Matth. 23. the 25.26 to the 34. read your hearts with the light see also your lies and confusion and stuff of such sort acknowledge your errours own your condemnation to be just thereupon give over deceiving the people and take shame to your selves though the dark see you not yet the children of light doth you and all such as you are both see and comprehend and all your pernicious wayes praised be the Lord who hath raised up a light in his people to see your nakednesse from the truth covered but not with the Spirit of the Lord and so to uncover your skirts your covers will not hide you but leave you naked and bare to the single eyed or children of light also read that commandment which is for you oh Priests it is in Malachy 2.1.2 to the 10. Some short and clear demonstrations laid down concerning the light Some short and clear demonstrations laid down as followeth and proved by plain scripture to shew the honest hearted the truth of that pure light of the gospel of Christ which is so stumbled at with dark minds which may also further serve to clear the accusations that were against the truth that day and before in Worcestershire at Bramsgrave and other places concerning the light that truth may also stand pure in its own place and pure being and stand a witnesse against lying spirits seducers and deceive s who live in errour and deceit 1 Pet. 2.6.7 that stumble at the light now as the Jewes and chief Priests and their party did before Wherefore it is contained in scripture Behold I lay in Sion a chief corner stone elect precious and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded unto you therefore which believe he is precious but unto them which be disobedient the stone which the builders disallowed the same is made the head of the corner 1 Pet. 2.6.7 First demonstration c. Christ he is the light of the world and the true light that enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world and he hath said that such as follow him the true light they shall not walk in darknesse but shall have the light of life as Christ himself hath said see his own words of truth and Johns words that bare record of him for proof to demonstrate and shew and also witnesse to the same grounded truth which is so much stumbled at read Joh. 1.9 Joh. 8.12 Secondly Seeing that Christ is the light of the world as he himself hath said who is to be beli ved and hath also said that such as follow him the light of the world they shall not walk in darknesse but shall have the light of life and John that bare reco d of Christ the light of the world he hath witnessed in his record of him and said that he is the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world then such as