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A85152	Truth cleared of scandals, or truth lifting up its head above scandals, &c. Occasioned by the meeting of those people called Baptists, and those whom the world scornfully calleth Quakers, at Harlington in stafforthshire, upon the 27. day of the 7 month, in the year 1654. Shewing the difference betwixt the ordinances of Christ and of Antichrist, and the true worship and the false, with a discovery of the two seeds, and the New Covenant, the doctrine of baptismes, laying on of hands, the ressurectio, and eternal judgement, Heb. 6. 1, 2, 3, and Heb. 12.22, and 23. Also, the unprofitable servant and the talents, and of being caught up into paradise, the thorn in the flesh, and what it is to take pleasure in infirmities, and what those infirmities are, that is to be gloried in; also, something of perfection, and imperfection, and the glorying in the crosse largely proved, according to scripture, &c. / By one known to the world by the name of Rich. Fanrworth.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1654 (1654)	Wing F512; Thomason E820_3; ESTC R207345	39,723	39

TRUTH Cleared of Scandals or TRUTH lifting up its head above Scandals c. Occasioned by the Meeting of those people called Baptists and those whom the world scornfully calleth Quakers at Harliston in Stafforthshire upon the 27. day of the 7. month in the year 1654. Shewing the difference betwixt the Ordinances of Christ and of Antichrist and the true worship and the false with a Discovery of the two seeds and the New Covenant the Doctrine of Baptismes laying on of hands the Resurrection and eternall judgement Heb. 6.1 2 3 and Heb. 12.22 and 23. Also The unprofitable servant and the talents and of being caught up into Paradise the Thorn in the flesh and what it is to take pleasure in infirmities and what those infirmities are that is to be gloried in Also something of Perfection and Imperfection and the glorying in the Crosse largely proved according to Scripture c. By one known to the world by the name of RICH. FARNWORTH For Christ sent me not to Baptize but to preach the Gospel not with the enticing words of mans wisdome neither lest the Crosse of Christ should be of none effect 1 Cor. 1.17 and 18. LONDON Printed Anno Dom. 1654. To the READER READER IN the Reading of this ensuing Treatise as thy understanding is kept open thou may see the difference betwixt Truth and errour that thereby thou mayest chuse the good and refuse the evill try all things and hold fast that which is good and take heed of censuring or judging the truth with evill thoughts and out of an evill heart lest judgement return upon thee again but judge Righteous judgement so shalt thou be preserved in Peace in thy Conscience The cause of my writing of this little Treatise was occasioned upon a Meeting at Harliston in Stafforth Shire upon the 27. day of the 7. month between the baptized people and those whom the world scornfully calleth Quakers to clear the Truth of many aspersions and false accusations as in the Reading thou wilt clearly see the differences betwixt Truth and errour as thou Readest with an understanding And whereas we are accused for denying the Scriptures and the Ordinances of Christ in short thou mayest see what we own according to Scripture and what we do deny that is contrary to Scripture also the tryall of the Spirits and the Doctrine of Baptismes and the laying on of hands and the Resurrection and eternall Judgement true Faith the Church of the first-born written in heaven Something of them spoken of in this Treatise which may be for the bringing down of the kingdome of Antichrist and the setting up of the Kingdome of Jesus Christ that Truth may be cleared of Scandals But I am not sent to Baptize but to Preach the Gospel as in thy Reading thou wilt more plainly see RICH. FARNWORTH THE ORDINANCES AND VVORSHIP Of GOD in the Spirit GOD is a Spirit and all his Ordinances are Spirituall now in the Gospel-Ministration and his Worship is in the Spirit as it is written John 4.23 24. And the Worship and Ordinances of God in the Spirit we own who are of the Circumcision in the heart with the Spirit who rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh Phil. 3.3 Col. 2.10 11. Now the Lord is that Spirit which we all beholding with open face as in a Glasse are changed from glory to glory into the same image and glory as by the Spirit of the Lord as it is written 2 Cor. 3.17 18. And secondly the Church of God and of Christ we own who are the houshold of Faith made all of living stones elect and precious a Spirituall house for God to dwell in whose house are we who are builded upon the Foundation of the Prophets and Apostles Christ Jesus being the Chief Corner Stone in whom all the building groweth into an holy Temple in the Lord the Church of the first-born written in heaven of which Christ Jesus is head and we are compleat in him who is the fulnesse and filleth all in all as it is written and witnessed 1 Thess 1.1 1 Pet 2.5 6 c. Heb. 3.6 Eph. 1.22 23. and Heb. 12.22 23. Eph. 2.18 19 20 21 22. Col. 2.9 And thirdly the Ministery of Christ in the Spirit we own and the new Covenant and the Law of God written in the heart and we witnesse the teachings of the Lord as he hath promised and said which promises of the Father we witnesse fulfilling and fulfilled and we witnesse Christ Jesus who is the Saints high Priest and the everlasting Sacrifice we witnesse and own the Fathers teachings according to his Promise and we witness Christ Jesus to be our Passover and that he is able to save to the utermost all those that come unto God by him Heb. 8.10 11. Jer. 31.31 to the 35. Isa 54.13 14. John 6.45 John 14.15 16 17. and 26. Heb. 7.25 Fourthly The Baptism of Christ which is in the Spirit we own and all who are Baptized into the Name of the Father Son and holy Ghost and are made partakers of the Name nature and properties of God for he that hath the Son hath life and he that hath the Son hath the Father also as Christ hath said All mine are thine and thine are mine and I am glorified in them and by one Spirit are we baptized into one body and made to drink in one Spirit where there is one Faith one Lord one Baptisme one God and Father of us all who are of the righteous seed who are Baptized into Christ and have put on Christ as it is written and witnessed 2 Pet. 1.3 4 5 6 7 8. 1 Pet. 3.18 19 20 21. 1 John 5.10 11 12 13. John 17.10 2 John 9. 1 Cor. 12.12 13. Eph. 4.4 5. Gal. 3.26 27 28 29. Fifthly Prayer we own Praying by the Spirit of Christ and if any man be in Christ Jesus he is a new creature 2 Cor. 5.16 17. and walks not after the flesh but after the Spirit and the same Spirit which raised up Jesus Christ from the dead we witnesse dwelling in us by which Spirit we are quickened even by the Spirit of Christ that dwelleth in us Rom. 8.10 11. And we know that all that are born again of water and the Spirit and are led by the Spirit of God they are the Sons of God and we have received the Spirit of Adoption whereby we cry Abba Father the Spirit it self bearing witnes with our spirits that we are the children of God Rom 8.14 15 16. Likewise the Spirit helpeth us and teacheth us to pray for it maketh intercession for us and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the minde of the Spirit because he maketh intercession for us according to the minde and will of God Rom. 8.26 27. Mat. 6.5 6 7 8. Eph. 1.18 Sixthly the holy Communion in the Spirit of love that we witnesse for God is love and they that dwell in God dwell in love and they that dwell in love

dwell in God and God in them and herein is our love made perfect as it is written 1 Iohn 4.16 17 18. And we own all those who abide in the doctrine of Christ such as have fellowship with the Father and the Son and the rest we deny as we are required and as it is written and witnessed Eph. 5.11 2 Iohn 9 10 11. But that communion in the Spirit we own which the Saints have fellowship in with the Father and the Son and the Cup of blessing and communion in the blood of Christ we own which the Saints drink in by the Spirit into one Body as it is written and witnessed 1 Cor ●0 15 16. 1 Cor. 12.13 And as Christ hath said He that eats my flesh and drinks my bloud dwelleth in me and I in him and the bread of life and the living food we witnesse spoken of in Iohn the 6 And the fruit of the Vine and the Cup of blessing which is the Communion of the Blood or life of Christ who is the Vine and the vertue and the bread of life for souls to seed on and live Iohn 6.52 53 54. to the 59. Iohn 15 And you that are spirituall judge ye what I say The bread which we break is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ and the Cup which we drink is it not the Communion of the Bloud of Christ for we being many are one Bread and one Body as it is written and witnessed and we are partakers of that one Bread 1 Cor. 10.15 16 17. Which Bread is Christ the Bread of life which our souls seeds on dayly and liveth for ever praised be the Lord. Iohn 6.48 52 58. Seventhly Singing with the Spirit and the understanding that we own 1 Cor. 14.15 and we know that the Son of God is come and hath given us an understanding to know him that is true and we are in him that is true even in his Son Jesus Christ and this is true God and life eternall as it is written and witnessed 1 Iohn 5.20 but to sing Davids conditions in Rime and Meeter as the world that lyeth in wicked and without the understanding do Iohn 5.19 that we deny and against it testifie but Hymnes and spirituall Songs with grace in the heart that we own as it is written and witnessed Col. 3.15 16. and to sing with the Spirit and the understanding new Songs which none can learn but those that are redeemed from the earth that we own who are redeemed and witnesse as it is written Rev 5.9 10. Rev. 14.3 4 5. Eightly Preaching by the Spirit we own by which Faith comes in the hearing of the Son which is sent of the Father preaching to the Spirits in prison 1 Pet. 3.19 and all that are sent by the Spirit and are of the Seed Royall such we own as it is written and witnessed Isa 59.21 Isa 61. Isa 48.16 17. And all who are annointed by the Spirit to Preach which Preacheth by the Spirit and giveth freely as they have received freely such we own Isa 55. Ch. and Isa 61. and all such we own as are sanctified and sent of the Father that have no unrighteousnesse in them who are able Ministers of the New Covenant not of the Letter but of the Spirit as it is written and the word of Faith in the Spirits Ministration we own and honour in our souls God is our Record that we lye not but his Spirit witnesseth with us in the same who are sealed and sent and are led by his Spirit whereby we know that we are the Sons and the children of God as it is written and witnessed Rom. 8.14 15 16. John 7.16 17 18. 1 John 1.2 3 4 5. Rom. 10.6 7 8. John 3.31 32 to the end Rom. 10.13 14 15. Gal. 1.11 12 15 16. Mat. 11.27 Mat. 10. 2 Cor. 3.6 But all hireling Priests that Preaches for hire and beares rule by their meanes as the false Prophets did and as they do Isa 56.10 11. Jer. 5.30 31. Ezek. 34. 2 Pet. 2. Such we deny and against them restifie and all that holds upon idols temple and calls it a Church and spri●●●es In●●●ts and 〈…〉 Christ nor his Apostles never practised any such thing to such objects neither have they any Rule in the Scripture for it such we deny and all that do things by imitation from the Letter and have not the life and all that are called of men Masters and have the chiefest place in the idols temples and such as takes Tythes who oppresse the creation thereby such are no Ministers of Christ but are Gentiles and amongst the Scribes and Pharisees and such we deny and wo is their portion therefore beware of all such Mark 12.38 39 40. and Mark 10.42 43 44. Mathew 23 and all such we deny who have fellowship with devils that eat and drink not discerning the Lords body as the Gentiles do and as it is written 1 Cor. 10.29 1. Cor. 10.20 21. And all that takes Texts and adds their own inventions and speaks the words of others stealing the word from their neighbour and speaketh from the mouth of the Lord and saith the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable such we deny Rev. 22.18 Jer 23.29.30.31.32 And all that denyeth perfection by Christ in the New Covenant and Gospel Ministration such we deny and witnesse the New Covenant and the perfection as it is written Rom. 10.14 TRUTH Lifting up its head above Scandals Rom. 1.16 17 18 19 20 21 22. Rom. 1.28 to the end Rom. 2.5 6 7 8 9. Occasioned at a Meeting at Harliston in Stafforth-Shire upon the 4. day of the week and the 27. day of the 7. month between those called Quakers and the people of the water Baptisme or one called by the Name of Thomas Pallard a teacher to that people and one known to the world by the name of Richard Farnworth whom they scornfully call a Quaker THomas Pallard at the Meeting as abovesaid thou coming thither of purpose to cavill to oppose the Truth that day thou out of subtilty and serpentine policy when thou could not in honesty object any thing against what was declared yet out of subtilty thou queried concerning the New Covenant spoken of that day and asked whether or no I lived in the injoyment of that Covenant spoken of I answered and said I did Then thou Pallard said that in the tenor of the New Covenant it was said according to the Fathers promise that they in that Covenant should be all taught of God and he would be mercifull unto their sins and iniquities and remember them no more and then it it was so it might follow that I was freed from sin and John said he that said he had no sin he deceived himself and the truth was not in him Here out of subtilty thou went about to have had Johns words to have crost the end of the New Covenant of grace which is confirmed by an Oath of him that liveth for ever

for the Law made nothing perfect but the bringing in of a better hope did which hope is Christ as it is said the Mystery and the hope of Glory as it is written Col. 1.27 1 Iohn 3.3 verse and he that hath this hope purifieth himself even as he is pure as Iohn hath said whose words thou would have had by thy craft to have made void and null the Covenant of God in Christ Jesus our Lord which thou could not for Christ Jesus is the end of the one and the beginning and fulfilling of the other who took away the first and did establish the second and by one offering he hath for ever perfected them that are sanctified and their sins and iniquiries will he remember no more as he hath said and where remission of sins is there is no more offering for sin but there is boldnesse to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus by the new and living way which he hath consecrated through the vail that is to say his flesh Heb. 10.9 10 to the 21. Then Pallard I asked thee if Iohn when he spoke those words did write those words for a continuance in sin because afterwards he saith My little children these things write I unto you that ye sin not 1 Iohn 2.1 And Iohn said afterwards My little children I have written unto you because your sins are forgiven you for his Names sake and he that abideth in him sinneth not he that sinneth hath neither seen him nor known him as it is written 1 Iohn 2.13 14. 1 Iohn 3.6 7. And as Iohn is speaking of the two seeds and the new birth and the manifestations of the love of Christ and the difference between the godly and the wicked or the children of God and the children of the devill and as he cometh up to speak of higher degrees in the grouth he saith He that is born of God sinneth not neither can he sin because he is born of God and his seed remaineth in him and he cannot sin because his seed remaineth in him and he that is begotten of God keepeth himself and the wicked one toucheth him not as it is written 1 Iohn 3 9. 1 Iohn 5.18 And Iohn said that he that commits sin is of the devill and he that sinned not was of God and thereby the children of God and the children of the divell was to be known asunder for the divels children sinneth and Gods children sinneth not as it is there said and Christ Jesus was made manifest to take away their sins and in him was no sin at all and as he was so was they then in that present world as it is written and left upon record 1 Iohn 3.5 6 7 8 9 10. 1 Iohn 3.14 1 Iohn 2.27 28. 1 Iohn 5.20 1 Iohn 4.16 17. Pallard then thou told of a visible Church and visible Officers and visible Ordinances c. Answ I said unto thee again that the Church was in God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ made all of living Stones elect and precious a spiritual house for God to dwell in by the Spirit and Officers and overseers were made by the holy Ghost and he is not visible for the world seeth him not neither knoweth him as it is written Acts 20.28 1 Pet. 2.5 6. Iohn 14.17 And God is a Spirit and his Church is spirituall and they endured as seeing him who is invisible and they were not come to the Mount which could be touched but they was come to Mount Zion and to the City of the living God and to the heavenly Jerusalem which is invisible and to an innumerable company of Angels and to the Generall Assembly and Church of the first born written in heaven and to God the Judge of all and to the Spirits of just men made perfect and that was not visible but invisible and incomprehensible in the power and life of God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Heb. 12.22 23. And Christ is the head of this spirituall body his Church which he hath purchased with his blood and he rules in it and orders it by his Spirit and he hath put all things under his feet and given him to be head over all things to the Church which is his body the fulnesse of him that filleth all in all Eph. 1 22 23. And he came and preached peace to them that were a far off and to them that were nigh and he also preached to the Spirits in prison 1 Pet. 3 19. And he is the same yesterday to day and for ever Heb. 13.8 and the word of Faith is preached by the Righteousnesse of Faith in the heart by Christ Jesus there in his Church and Temple which is holy and pure 1 Cor. 3.16 17. Rom 10.6 7 8. For through him we have an accesse to the Father by one Spirit and are baptized by one Spirit into one Body which is Spirituall and we are made to drink into one Spirit where the fruit of the Vine is and the bread of life and the water of life the thirsty souls for to refresh and there is one Lord one Faith one Baptisme one God and Father of us all who are heirs according to the promise and being baptized into Christ we have put on Christ and are fellow-Citizens with the Saints and of the houshold of God and are built upon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles Christ Jesus being the chief corner Stone in whom all the building fitly framed groweth unto an holy Temple in the Lord in whom also we are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit and God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in Truth and the Church is in God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Eph. 2.17 1 Cor. 12.12 13. Gal. 3.27 28 29. Eph. 2.18 to the end Iohn 6. Phil. 3.3 Iohn 4.23 24. 1 Thess 1.1 verse Then I asked thee Thomas Pallard water Baptizer if God who was a Spirit was visible for the Church is in him the Pillar and Ground of all Truth and the Word and the Law and the Ordinances and Oracles of God stands in the incomprehensiblenesse of his infinitenesse and his Worship is in the Spirit and power of the holy Ghost in the eternity and the essence of the Scripture or the Divine Epistles written by the Spirit is in the heart tables as it is written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God in the mystery and the Baptisme is in the Spirit and praying and singing and preaching is in the power and pure and eternall wisdome by the Spirit and the watch is in the Spirit and all the officers and overseers in the Church of Christ is in the Spirit made by the power and authority of the holy Ghost in the blood of Christ sealed by the Spirit and annointed and Christ is the chief Shepherd and Bishop of the soul and maketh his Angels Spirits and his Ministers flames of fire and they

Spirit and the Letter are one or inseparable thou art contrary to the Ministers of Christ and the New Covenant in the Gospel ministration who were able Ministers of the Spirit and not of the Letter for the Letter is death but the Spirit is life and is out of the Letter and in the new Covenant annointed and sealed are they that are sent and preaches the Spirit and not the Letter 1 John 2.20 27. John 3.33 34. 2 Cor. 3.6 Here thou art shut out of the annointing and out of the new Covenant and out of the Spirit and so are all in thy nature and are in darknesse and death unsent and unsealed and not annointed no Ministers of the life nor the Spirit but of death and darknesse and in the oldnesse of the Letter and not in the newness of the Spirit and there you are separated from the life of Truth and in the self separation who have not the Spirit that say the Letter is the Spirit or the Letter and the Spirit is one and cannot be separated but the Ministers of Christ were not of the Letter but out of the self-separation and in the Spirit and had the manifestation of the Spirit and the gifts given to profit withall 1 Cor. 12. and they did not then serve in the oldnesse of the Letter as you Baptists do but their service stood in the life and power of Truth and in newnesse of the Spirit and not in the Letter neither was their preaching with the enticing words of mans wisdom as yours is but with demonstration of the Spirit and in power that the Faith of others might stand out of the wisdom or policy of man in the power wisdome and strength perfection and power of God 1 Cor. 2.4 5. 1 Cor 1.30 31. 1 Cor. 1.18 1 Cor. 2.6 7 8 9 10. Rom. 7.6 verses And Ministers of the new Covenant in the power and life of Truth were Divine Epistles written in the Tables of the heart written not with ink as the Letter is but their Divine writings in the heart tables were by the Spirit of God both written and ministred out from the Spirit and not from the Letter as it is said ● Cor. 3. And here thou Pallard and all in thy nature are razed out of their Ministery and out of their Divine Epistles and out of their life and art in the Letter as the false conceited Jews was without the Word of eternall life that lived by their thoughts and conceits then as you Baptists do now and Jesus Christ said unto them Search the Scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternall life and they are they that do testifie of me I am the life and ye will not come unto me that ye might have life see Iohn 5.39 40. The Jew outwardly which put Christ to death had the Letter but not the spirit nor the life and there they was separated from the spirit and the life and the love of God was not in them but they had great knowledge of the Letter without them Iohn 5.40 41 42. Mat. 2.4 5 6. And thou Pallard art amongst the outward Jews and all in thy nature without the love of God as they was and opposeth the Truth as they did and hath knowledge in the Letter as they had but are without the spirit and the power of the holy Ghost as they was and the Letter is thy life and thou wilt not come out of it to Christ who is the eternall life who thy self art in death and darknesse that saith the Letter and the spirit are inseparable and afterwards sayes ignorantly that it is a History and the Spirit is to thee a mystery that art so in confusion and in Egypt and Babylon building up and throwing down and deluding the people thereby for shame blush and give over deceiving the people and all such as thou art who hath the Letter but not the spirit that saith the spirit and the Letter is one and cannot be divided nor separated and yet calleth it a History when the Scripture saith Christ is a Mystery then not a history therefore silence deceit and stop your mouths your blacknesse and darknesse is seen and your deeds are for condemnation with the light that are acted in that nature contrary to the light John 3.19 20. Pallard thou art ignorant of God and all in thy nature that saith the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable for God is a Spirit but God is not the Letter the Word of God is eternall life and doth endure for ever this is the record that God hath given to us even eternal life and this life is in his Son 1 Iohn 5.10 11. and not in the Letter and we know that the son of God is come hath given us an understanding that we may know him that is true and we are in him that is true not in the Letter which is death but in the son which is life even in his son Jesus Christ this is true God and life eternall and the Word of God is eternall life which doth endure for ever 1 Iohn 5.12 18 20. 1 Pet. 1.22 23. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God all things were made by him and without him was not any thing made that was made in him was life and the life was the Light of men c. Iohn 1.1 2 3 4 5. The Word is God but the Letter is not God neither were all things made by the Letter but all things were made by the Word therefore the Spirit which is the Word of God Eph. 6.17 is not the Letter The Word is within in the heart Rom. 10.6 7 8. 1 Iohn 2.14 Col. 3.16 but the Letter is without bound up in Paper and ink which declares of of the Word The Word is the life of the world and the Word sanctifieth soul and body as it is said sanctifie them with thy Word but it is not said sanctifie them with the Letter and so we were washed cleansed justified and sanctified in the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God Iohn 17.16 17 1 Cor. 6.11 Iohn 6● 1. Iohn 8.12 But Letter doth not sanctifie neither is the Letter the Light and life of sanctified men but the Word and the Spirit is which is not the Letter And all things are upheld by the Word of his power Hebrews the 1. But all things are not upheld by the Letter See how dark and ignorant of God art thou Pallard for the Word of God is as a fire and a hammer and breaketh the Rocks to pieces Ier. 23.29 but the Letter doth not and the Word of the Lord is as a fire in the bones Ier. 20.9 but the letter is not by the Word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the host of them by the Breath of his mouth Psal 33.6 but by the Letter they were not the Word of the Lord is for ever settled in heaven so is not

the Letter Psal 119 89. His name is called the Word of God Rev. 19.13 But his Name is not the Letter Pallard how dark art thou that sayes the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable and then after called it a History is the Spirit of God a History and is Christ a History The declaration saith he is a Mistery but I bade thee instance one place where the Bible was called a History but thou could not see how confused thou art and how blinde and if the blinde lead the blinde shall not both fall into the ditch Here I charge thee to be ignorant of God and ignorant of his teachings And I charge thee to be no Minister of Christ nor the Gospel that sayes the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable thou hast set up thy self to be a Teacher of others and many such as thou art who art yet untaught of God and you would be teachers of others before you be taught to deny your selves and thou and all that sayes the Spirit and the Letter are inseparable and cals it a History you are blind and ignorant of the Mistery and blinde and ignorant of the truth and the power of God you know not nor the holy Ghost that preaches the Letter without the Spirit and would raise up the spirit out of the dead Letter all such are witches Sorcerers and conjurers and we hold all such accursed Gal. 1.8 9. Gal. 3. The Apostles of Christ went up and down preaching the Kingdom and preaching the Word and not the Letter and the Word grew and multiplyed but the Letter did not grow and multiply Acts 12 24. And they were sent out to preach by the Spirit but they were not sent out to preach by the Letter and the Spirit of Christ doth quicken the mortall body but the Letter doth not but the Letter doth not and by the Spirit Christ were raised from the dead but by the Letter he were not raised from the dead Isaiah was annointed to preach by the Spirit but the Letter hath not the 〈◊〉 to annoint withall he said the Lord God and his Spirit had sent him but he did not say the Letter sent him neither did he ask leave of the Letter when the Spirit said go and all the Apostles were sent by the Spirit in the power of the holy Ghost but they was not sent by the Letter which is neither Spirit power nor holy Ghost and the Spirit of the Lord bade Philip joyn himself to the Eunuchs chariot but the letter did not the Eunuch had the Letter to read but knew not the guide which is the Spirit Rom. 8.14 and the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip again that the Eunuch saw him no more but the Letter did not Acts 8.29 and 39. Rom. 8.11 Isa 61. Luk 4.18 Acts 1.8 And the Spirit it self beareth witnesse with our Spirits that we are the children of God c. Rom. 8.16 1 John 3.24 Isa 48.16 Pallard thou water Baptizer and all you Water Baptizers that say the Letter and the Spirit is one or inseparable here your ignorance of God and Christ and the Spirit is seen that you have the Letter but not the Spirit and stands in need to be taught what be the first Principles of Religion though you take upon you to be teachers of others you are yet dull of hearing and knoweth neither the power spirit nor holy Ghost Church Faith hope election overseers made by the holy Ghost nor the annointing nor yet the true fear that saith the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable and is a History as thou Pallard said who also said that judgement was not committed to Christ whilest he were in the world and Christ himself said that for judgement was he come into the world that they that saw not might see and that they that saw might be made blinde John 9.39 And thou here would make Christ a lyer that saith he had not judgement committed to him whilest he was in the world and he said for judgement he came into the world but thou that sayes thou sees art now sound blinde and ignorant of the Mystery that saith the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable and calls it a History but thou are found the lyer and the Antichrist and knowes not the Spirit who are not in the Doctrine of Christ and so hath not God 2 Iohn 9 and thou lyer and all lyars are for the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone as the Scripture saith Rev. 22.15 Rev 21.27 Rev. 20.8 Therefore Pallard stop thy mouth and all in thy nature who are out of the Light and out of the Truth and silence deceit I charge thee in the presence of the Lord as I said to thee when thou went forth to go away from that place for I shall be a witnesse for the truth against thee and thy deceit before the judgement seat of Christ and to that in thy conscience shall I be witnessed which doth convince thee of sin and check and reprove thee in secret thou said three times that I denyed the Scriptures to manifest thy lyes when it was proved by the Scriptures and witnessed to the contrary there evidently before thy eyes as many can witnesse and that within thy conscience will witnesse the same that which reproves thee for sin and evill and checks thee in secret which lets thee see the deceit of thy heart and maketh manifest subtilty and craft which is acted in that nature contrary to the light but the Lord taketh the wise in their own craftinesse as it is written and so was thou taken in thy snare thy self about thy water-baptisme that thou could not get loose though thou make it thy idoll which thou so much takes pleasure in but thy image would not abide the fire and the hammer at that time but was ready to break all in pleces but thy works and every mans works in thy nature shall be tryed by fire and all that will not abide the fire shall be burnt for every mans works shall be made manifest whether it be silver gold precious stones wood hay or stubble that he buildeth for the day shal declare it because it shall be revealed by fire and the fire shall try every mans works of what sort it is and his works that will not abide the fire must be burnt and he himself suffer losse as thou art like to do and all in thy nature for the wisedome of this world is foolishnesse with God for it is written he taketh the wise in their own craftinesse as thou wast taken in thine and thy Babylonish building is known with the Light it is seen and comprehended and with the Light to be condemned and if any of those builders in thy nature be saved it must be so as by fire 1 Cor. 3.12 13 14 15 and 19. and 20. Thou couldest not witnesse that thy water baptisme did wash away sin neither couldest thou witnesse that thy sins were washt away by it but were

passages and grouth which thou could not do Eph. 2.2 3 4 5 6 7. 2 Cor. 3.17 18. 2 Cor. 5.16 17. And the Apostle said give a reason of the hope that is in you to any man that shall ask you and withall be ready to do it that you may be able to comprehend with all Saints what is the heighth and depth and breadth and length of the love of God And thou Pallard who art the great water baptizer and all you outward dippers and outside washers who maketh clean the outside of the body or vessel as the Scribes and the Pharisees did and are hard bound up in a dead form your ground is yet fallow and to be ript up And thou Pallard and you dippers sprinklers with water and outward baptizers teachers and people pastors deacons and elders and all and every one of you from the highest to the lowest that cannot give account of the inward Ministrations and passages through the Crosse from death unto eternall life and sayes the Letter and the Spirit is inseparable you are yet out of the Saints conditions and out of their life and are in darknesse and deaths dominion doing things by imitation in your wills and are in that nature which acteth contrary to the light and you set up formes contrary to the Light and according to your carnall apprehensions and are as a body without the Spirit that say the Bible is a History and that sayes the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable as Pallard the great water baptizer did Now the Lord is that Spirit as is spoken of in the new Covenant and glorious ministration but the Lord is not the Letter but he is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is Liberty and we all with open face beholding as in a glasse the glory of the Lord are changed into the same image from glory to glory even by the Spirit of the Lord and not by the Letter 2 Cor. 3.17 18. You Dippers sprinklers and water baptizers that sayes the Letter is the Spirit or the Spirit and the Letter are inseparable as Pallard did you are as a body without the Spirit that are in that nature which acteth contrary to the Light Where is the gift of the holy Ghost amongst you dippers and outside sprinklers and water baptizers Where have any of you sold your possessions yet and laid down the price at your Apostles feet as the water baptizers did Acts 4. And where are you filled with the holy Ghost that sayes the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable and cals it a History as Pallard did Oh what hypocrites are you and how far short are you of that mistery when were ever the place shaken where you were assembled together when they had prayed the place was shaken where they were assembled together and they were all filled with the holy Ghost and spoke the word of God boldly as the Spirit gave them utterance and not the Letter Acts 4.31 Acts 2.4 Acts 7.55 Wherefore brethren say they look ye out seven men full of the holy Ghost whom we may appoint over you but we will give our selves to the Ministery of the Word and to prayer but they did not bid them to chuse out self conceated proud men full of fleshly wisedome and vain-glory like unto you watermen that are in this generation neither did they choose men full of the Letter and brain-conceats as you do but they choose men full of the holy Ghost for the holy Ghost had all the Rule in the Church of God and they choose Stephen a man full of Faith and the holy Ghost and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenus and Nicolas a Proselite of Antioch full of Faith and the holy Ghost was those and of good report and they who were in the power of the Lord and full of the wisdome of God and were endued with the holy Ghost who had given themselves up to serve God in the ministery of the word and not in the Ministry of the Letter those who were in the power of God prayed and laid their hands on those that were sent forth and they were filled with the heavenly wisdom and with the holy Ghost that none were able to resist them that stood in the power of the Spirit and they were annointed by the Spirit and the holy Ghost sent them forth about the work of God in the Ministery of the Word and the Word of God increased which is not the Letter as you baptizers say but it is the Spirit which yet you are ignorant of and as the Word of God increased so the number of the Disciples increased and were multiplyed and Stephen were full of Faith and power that the wise men of the world and great Disputers of the Synagogue of the Libertines and Cyrenians and Alexandrians and them of Silicia and of Asia disputing with Stephen and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake and not the Letter which wisdom and Spirit and laying on of hands and sending by the holy Ghost and Ministry of the Word of eternall Life Church and Church Officers that were made by the holy Ghost and is which you Dippers Sprinklers and water baptizers are ignorant and know nothing of though you have an outward form you have not the power nor the Spirit nor the Gifts as they had but are as a Bell without a Clapper or a body without the Spirit that saith the Letter is the Word and the Letter is the Spirit and the Letter is a History and saith the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable as Thomas Pallard great water Baptizer did and it is evident you have not the gifts nor the holy Ghost amongst you as the water baptizers spoken of in Scripture had therefore are you but Pharisees that have not the Spirit and the holy Ghost as they had that spoke forth the Scriptures and as they now have that liveth in the life of the Spirit but you that say the Letter is the Word and the Letter is the Spirit and the Letter and the Spirit is inseparable You Baptizers with Water are out of the Divine Nature and that faith spoken of and out of the life and power of the holy Ghost by which they did both preach pray and minister the Word and lay on hands and send forth 1 Pet. 1.3 4. to the 9. Mark 16.16 17 18. 1 John 5.1 2 3 4 5. Mat. 5. Luke 6. 1 John 3.9 1 John 5.18 John 7.38 Iohn 11.25 26. 1 Iohn 2.20 27 Acts 6.3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Acts 4.31 Acts 8 17. Acts 19.6 13 2 3 4. Acts 4.32 33 34. Acts 20 25 26 27 28 29. Hebrews 12.22 23.28 29. Read those Scriptures and let all who have a discerning given them in the eternall Truth see whether the Dippers Sprinklers and water-Baptizers be not out of the life of them and without the Falth spoken of with the fruits and effects spoken of in

the seed of Abraham according to the Spirit Gen. 17. Gal. 3 29. Gal. 4.28 29. But as it was then so it is now they that are after the flesh persecute them that are after the Spirit who are of that seed yet we preach Christ crucified unto you self-conceated ones and outward Jews a stumbling block and unto the Greeks foolishnesse but unto them that are of the seed according to the promise and are for salvation Christ the wisdome of God and power of God for Christ hath not sent us to baptize with water but to preach to the Spirits in prison as he did 1 Pet. 3.18 19. to the end and not to preach the Gospel with the enticing words of mans wisdome lest the crosse of Christ should be of none effect which is of great effect unto us and to all that are subject unto it for therein is our glorying in the Crosse by which we are crucified unto the world and the world is by it crucified unto us and we are crucified with Christ yet we live but our life is in him and by the Crosse we live in him and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the Crosse having thereby slain the enmity he came and preached peace to them that were a farre off and to them that were nigh for by the Crosse through him we have an accesse by one Spirit unto the Father and God forbid that we should glory in any thing save in the Crosse of Christ by which we are dead and crucified to the world and the world unto us for in Christ Jesus there is not any thing that availeth but a new Creature and as many as walk according to this Rule peace be on them and mercy and upon the seed and Israel of God for in him shall all the seed of Israel be justified and shall glory through the Crosse Gal. 6.14 15 16. Gal. 2.20 Isa 45.24 25. Eph. 2.16 17 18. And the preaching of the Crosse is to them that perish foolishnesse for it is written I will destroy the wisedome of the wise and bring to naught the councel of the prudent Isa 29.11 to the 18. and in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the Book which neither the learned nor unlearned outwardly could open and in that day of the opening of the Book or mistery of godlinesse the eyes of the blinde shall see out of obscurity and out of darknesse and the meek who are of the righteous seed shall increase their joy in the Lord and the poor among men shall rejoice in the holy one of Israel for by the Crosse which crucifies the world and slayes the enmity therein will the terrible one be cut off and by the Crosse will the scorner be consumed and by the Crosse will all that watch for iniquity be slain and cut down therefore thus saith the Lord who redeemed Abraham concerning the house of Iacob Iacob shall not now be ashamed neither shall his face now wax pale but when he sees his children the work of mine hands in the midst of him they shall sanctifie my Name and sanctifie the holy One of Iacob who are of that seed and shall fear the Lord God of Israel and they also that erred in Spirit shall come to understanding and they that murmured shall learn Doctrine Isa 29.18 19. to the end Where then is the wise where is the Scribe where is the disputer of this world Therefore thus saith the Lord I will proceed to do a marvelous work amongst this people such as are of the wisdome of the flesh and the seed of the serpent whose hearts are removed from the Lord into the things of the world and the earthly learning and knowledge and the earthly part is above the good seed and they draw near the Lord with their mouthes and their lips but hearts are farre off and their fear towards me saith the Lord is taught by the Precepts of men therefore the marvelous work that the Lord works amongst them is this the wisdom of the worldly wise men shall perish and the understanding of the prudent in that nature shall be hid which is a work of wonder for it is written hath not not God made foolish the wisdome of this world For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God then after by the foolishnesse of preaching it pleased God to save some and the preaching of the Crosse to the cutting down of the carnall part and the raising up of the seed and letting it out of Prison by the power of the Lord is now the same in the Ministery by the Spirit that it was then for it doth now please God by the preaching of the cross which is counted foolishnes with worldly wise men to save some as he did then For now the Jews require a sign and the greeks seek after worldly wisdome but we preach Christ crucified unto the Jews a stumbling block now and unto the greeks foolishnesse as it was then amongst the great outward Scholers and worldly wise men And we see and know our Calling that are sent to Preach and minister in the Crosse that thereby the enmity may be slain and the seed be brought forth of prison and bondage by the Crosse again for not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty nor noble in the world not many of them are called Oh how hard a thing it is for them that have riches to enter because of the Crosse but God hath chosen the foolish poor base weak things in the worlds account as he did then to preach the Crosse and to confound things that are mighty in the worlds eyes and account as Pallard the great water Baptizer was and things which are despised hath God chosen and things which are not accounted of by the world to bring to nought things that are of great account by them that all flesh may be silent and not glory in his presence But in the Lord are the seed of Israel justified and in him they glory and he is made unto us wisedome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption that according as it is written he that glorieth let him glory in the Lord but we have nothing to glory in save the Crosse of our Lord Jesus who hath said all mine are thine and thine are mine and I am glorified in them and this is witnessed through the Crosse 1 Cor. 2.17 18. to the end Isaiah 9 13 14. Isa 45.25 John 17.10 Rom. 8.16 17 18 c. 2 Thess 1.10 11 12. Then Pallard I asked thee where ever Paul which thou said gave forth orders to the Churches c. had any Commission to baptize or where ever he saith in any place that he was sent for that work But on the contrary he said he was not sent for that work as it is left upon record under his hand-writing 1 Cor. 1.17 For saith he there positively Christ sent me not to aptize but to preach the Gospel

and not with wisdome of words neither lest the Crosse of Christ should be of none effect And I asked thee what the Crosse was but thou could not tell and why he was sent to preach and was necessirated to it as he saith in the 1 Cor. 9. For saith he though I preach the Gospel I have nothing to glory of but as he said before in the Crosse where his Ministery stood and saith he There is a necessity laid upon me to preach the Gospel and wo is to me if I preach it not c 1 Cor. 9.16 17 18. But he did not say there was a necessity laid upon him to baptize but he thankt God that he had baptized no more by permission he did that and not by commission for he said plainly that Christ sent him not to baptize but to Preach and he was sent by the Spirit to Preach and not by the Letter as he did certifie to the brethren and his certificate is to be seen for it Gal. 1. but not to baptize And he gave forth the Orders to the Church by the Spirit that sent him to Preach and where did he by that Spirit ever send forth any to baptize with water but to Preach he did and he was sent by the Spirit and not by the Letter and thou sayes the Spirit and the Letter are inseparable but when the Son was revealed in him he did not stand to consult neither did he ask leave of the Letter but obeyed the Command of the Spirit as it is left upon record and the Letter did not give forth the Spirit but the Spirit was before the Letter was neither did the Letter send them to preach but the Spirit did and gave them power to speak as the Oracles of God but where did he say he was sent to baptize but onely to preach in the Crosse and that by the Spirit and not by the Letter for Christ was revealed within him and sent him to preach by his Spirit and that which he preached he had not received of the Letter but out of the Covenant of life and from the flowings in of the Spirit and he had known much of the Letter whilst he persecuted the Spirit and when he received he Spirit he denyed himself and took up the Crosse and followed Christ in the Crosse and there continued in that Ministery by the Spirit and were an able Minister of the New Covenant not of the Letter but of the Spirit and he said that the Gospel which he preached unto them he had not received it of man neither was he taught it of man but by the revelation of Jesus Christ within him and they did not crosse him with the Letter and say how could they know that Christ was revealed in him but received his Testiwony as from the Spirit their Spirits witnessing with his Spirit and they were one in the seed and their Gospel was hid to them that were lost but the Letter is not hid neither is it lost but the Gospel is hid to thee Pallard and to them that are lost who have the Letter but not the Spirit for if any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his but many have the Letter but not the Spirit as thou hast the Letter but wants the Spirit and all in thy nature and are in the self separation from the Spirit which the Letter speaks of having not the Spirit that saith the Bible is a History and the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable such are in a form without the power and so are as a body without the Spirit and dead trees twice pluckt up by the roots as it is written but Paul was not without the Spirit and the Power but preached in the power of the Spirit that the bodies faith should not stand in the wisdome of mens words but in the power of God as it is written 1 Cor. 2.4 5. Gal. 1.11 12. and 15 16. 2 Cor. 3.6 1 Cor. 9 16 17 18. Rom. 8. But where was he sent by Commission to baptize and why was there a necessity laid upon him for the one and not for the other to baptize as well as to preach seeing that the care of the Church was committed to him and he knew the whole Councel of God 1 Cor. 9.16 17 18. 1 Cor. 1.17 Acts 20 28 29. Then thou answered and said he baptized as well as he preached for he baptized Crispus and Gaius and he baptized also the house of Stephanos and thou began thereupon to make an oration to the people and devise mischief and to tell lies and said to the people he denies the Scripture and said Paul did not baptize c. Thereupon the people some of them made answer and said do not accuse falsely wherein did he deny the Scriptures he did not say that Paul did not baptize but asked where he was sent to baptize c. Then taking thee with false accusations and lyes in thy mouth in reproof I spoke something unto thee and said how durst thou lye so impudently without any ground but that it was suffered thee Pallard to lay open thy folly that day to thy shame and for the good of others that were lorded over by thee till thy nakednesse and falshood openly appeared so that some of them did speak to thee of it and I then charged thee in the presence of the Lord either to make good what thou had said in falsely accusing without any ground or else for ever stop thy mouth and be ashamed of thy lies and false accusations in that thing and also in others and I said when did Paul receive any Commission for to baptize or when was he sent for that work because himself said he was not sent to baptize but to preach and there was a necessity laid upon him for the one and not for the other and he had a Commission to preach and not to baptize lest by doing it by permission without a command and so abuse his power he gave God thanks that he had baptized no more lest they should say he did it in his own Name and without warrant or authority from God because he had no commission from God for to do it for he confessed and said that Christ sent him not to baptize but to preach and for that he had a Command and wo was unto him if he did neglect and he was not to preach with the enticing words of mans wisdome neither but in demonstration of the Spirit and power lest the Crosse should be of none effect in which his Ministery stood 1 Cor. 1.14 15 16 17. 1 Cor. 2.4 5 6 7 8 9 10. 1 Cor. 9.18 And what he did by permission was one thing and what he did by commission was another and sometimes he did things by permission and not by Commission and what he did by permission was as from the urgency but what he did by Commission was from the eternall power of eternity and was the Lords therefore he

them and without the Power wisdom Spirit Gifts and holy Ghost spoken of in them yea or no When did ever any of you Dippers Sprinklers or water Baptizers give any the Gift of the holy Ghost by laying on of your hands or when did the holy Ghost send you to preach that say the Letter is the Spirit and the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable here your ignorance doth appear in the Ministry of the Spirit Read those Scriptures before mentioned and let them judge you that say the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable and let them and the Light of God in your consciences which is pure judge you and judge your empty formes without either life or power Examine your selves ye water Baptizers whether ye be in the Faith or no 2 Cor. 13.5 For it is written that he that believeth though he were dead yet shall he live and he that believeth out of his belly shall flow the water of life and this I witnesse and he that liveth and believeth shall never die and he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned and he that is baptized and believeth these signs shall follow them that believe in my Name saith Jesus Christ shall they cast out divels they shall speak with new tongues and the third sign that followeth after Baptism the Baptism of Believers is this They shal take up Serpents And fourthy They shall drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them And the fifth sign that followeth the Baptisme of Believers is this they shall lay hands on the sick and shall recover them and these are not done by the Letter but the Spirit as it is witnessed Mark 16.15 16 17 18 19 20. Iohn 11.25 26. Psal 107.20 21. Now you water-Baptizers examine your selves whether you have faith or no When were the divel cast out in you the Prince of the power of the Air the Spirit that rules in those that are dead in trespasses and sins who are not yet quickened by the Spirit for the Spirit doth quicken but the Letter doth not Eph. 1. Rom. 8.10 11. When were the Serpents head bruised in you And when were you cleansed from the deadly poison the poison of Aspes that is under the tongue of those that use deceit which are of the seed of the Serpent and in that nature and condition spoken of Romans 3.11 13 14 to the 19. When were you washed any one of you and cleansed with the water of the word and by the Spirit of our God Eph. 5.25 ●6 27. 1 Cor. 6.11 that saith the Letter is the Word and the Letter is the Spirit and the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable And when did you cast out devils When did you speak with now tongues When did you take up Serpents and drink the deadly poison and it not hurt you who yet are full that are one with the Serpent and when did you ever recover the sick by laying on of your hands upon them who are not yet as the little Child that Christ took in his armes and blessed learn your figure and examine your faith let the Light of Christ Jesus in all your consciences search you and it will let you see that you are full of lust but so was not the little Child and the Light of Christ Jesus in your Consciences will let you see that you live in actuall transgressions so did not the little Childe and the Light will let you see your inward disease and that you are not healed and cured and made whole and blessed as the little Childe then was and except ye become as that little Child ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdome of God for there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth neither whatsoever worketh abomination or maketh a lye but they which are written in the Lambs Book of life he that can receive it let him Revelation 2.26 27 28 29. Revelation 21.27 And how far short in practice of those water Baptizers spoken of in the fourth of the Acts are you Dippers Sprinklers and water Babtizers in this generation For as many of the Water Baptizers there spoken of then as were possessors of Lands or Houses sold them and brought the prices of things that were sold and laid down at their Apostles feet and distribution was made to every man according as he had need Acts 4.32 33 34 35 c. If you imitate them in one thing why do you not follow them in all But where have any of you Dippers Sprinklers and water Baptizers Imitaters followed them in their practice in that You can take what you will and leave what you will as your conceats and fancies are Oh hypocrites which make clean the outside of the cup and platter the body or vessel but inwardly you are full of extortion lust envy pride and accesse the Light of Christ Jesus in your consciences will accuse you of it and let you see it rooted and seated within you in the earthly dark parts and that Light is your Teacher loving it and obeying it but that Light is your condemnation hating it and disobeying it who act contrary to it and love the deeds of darknesse rather than the Light with the Light you are all seen and comprehended your covers will not hide you now you water baptizers if you sew all the Fig-leaves together that you have or outward imitations and taken on Commands from the Letter by your wills they will not hide you who are in that nature which acteth contrary to the Light with the Light are you seen to be out of the life of what you do professe as the Pharisees was You are bare that wants the cloathing of the Spirit and sayes the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable Wo to you all Formalists that are out of the Light and covered with the Letter and earth and not with the Spirit of the Lord Read Isa 30.1 Math. 23.25 You water Baptizers are seated in your conceits and stablished in your self-righteousnesse as the Pharisees was and appears righteous outwardly unto men as they did but within ye are full of deceit pride lust hypocrisie and iniquity as they was with the Light you are seen and discovered Mat. 23.27 And the Light of Christ Jesus in all your consciences will let you see where you are and reprove you in secret for acting contrary to it and the Light of God in thy conscience Thomas Pallard great water Baptizer and all that are in thy Nature form and hypocrisie the Light of Christ Jesus in all your consciences which checks and reproves you in secret for sin and evill will let you see the hypocrisie and iniquity that yet is unwashed out of your hearts You have washed the outside in the Water but yet are in the evill nature and the Light of Christ Jesus in all your consciences will let you see the same which Light if you love it and obey it and