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A94532
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My edict royal
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Tany, Thomas, fl. 1649-1655.
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1655
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Wing T152C; ESTC R232368
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for he is my younger Brother's Son Thus saith JEHOVAH I have sent unto him by breathings and he will contemne me even before Men and Angels Therefore saith the LORD Write this man and his whole issue to destruction every one onely in Clapool is somewhat found This is wrote the 12 day of the first Month commanded by JEHOVAH AB signifying the deliverance of my people the Jews Now I shall declare unto the whole earth the cause both of my burning and breaking my Sword Pistols and Musket and the spoiling the Barrel of Powder as also the burning the Bible termed the Word of GOD by ignorants not knowing GOD. And if any Man do wonder at its burning it is because his soul knoweth not the LORD that bought him and further his Name is not write in the book of life for all wonder and marvel and admiration it is until CHRIST be come but when Faith is planted wonderment sesseth GOD reigns Man is made obedient then as he made an idol depending upon that dead Letter Christ is the living life of righteousness which is the spiritual life invalved under them dark expressions and when CHRIST is come the Soul is Gospel GOD's voice is sounded the new Creation erected Adam restored to his first sight There is the whole Mystery of the Gospel's History these Words are true Scripture The Letter killeth but the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is life eternal opening dark dead men into the Communion with the Father Therefore all People Tongues and Nations Know That I did not burn the BIBLE in contempt of GOD or in contempt of its Record from GOD for then I had condemned my own life which is framed in obedience unto that litteral expression but thus I had made an Idol of the BIBLE because its living life was not then rose in me although thus much I had offered for the glory in the Gospel contained Thus I forsook my Trade made Restoration according to God's command upon me forsook all glory of this World went out from men became a Nazarite unto God yet all this was but short TAke notice people who amongst you are come thus far and all people know you are no neerer GOD then light is to darkness for all your praying preaching nor hearing but so far as in Truth you practice GOD's command and you must be in the Faith of JESUS before any obedience can stand and this work doth wholly undoe mans wisdom and inlets GOD's righteousness If you say I burned the word of GOD. I say the Word of GOD cannot be burned for it's GOD's Righteousness in my Soul planted and unto Men by my life declared in these Words Sell all that you have and give unto the poor and follow me Do you not all know this to be true Scripture No it is not true in you until you in obedience so act that the life of GOD may reign in your mortal bodyes for ye are to be wholly clean in Body Soul and Spirit and this Trial I state to try you by yea most have high Names in your mouths but whose heart is freed from covetousness ye see GOD is holy are ye not lustful who amongst you all doth know one woman onely for production of life but ye are whore-masters and whores saith Jehovah that do know and not bring forth THus saith GOD The dogs and toads are that you count the basest in the Creation is cleaner then all men and woman under heaven for they act onely for life and ye for your abominable lusts Thus take notice what can be begotten after he childe doth in the wombe testifie the act But thus saith God he will cleanse the earth from all this beastly lust by fire by sword by famine by plague and pestilence and scropian diseases till it be consumed unto his beautiful State which the burning the Lord's tent doth configurate for all things of never so great worth or curiosity will God destroy until he come unto his state of beauty and that is his own righteousness which will be Christ's reign a thousand yeers according to the record for every word must have spiritual fulfilling and litteral also which is Monarch the fifth the Jews Lords the earth restored for Jehovah shall reign on Mount Sion and the holy Law shall go forth of Jerusalem NOw I shall declare the truth of Jehovahs command unto me thus three dayes before I came down to the House the name I know not by reason of its Castrophe ing ing ing thus my body fainted and my spirit in me retained scarce strength to move my frame then my teeth beat in my head as the fiercest ague that ever fell on man my knees smote together my hands quaked and my water fell from me for the presence of God was terrible unto me then came the word of Jehovah and said unto me go down and slay the rebels against me and make sharp thy sword for they have broken their Covenants and stand with their swords saying we will break our Covenants in which our souls are bound unto God then I cryed O Lord wilt thou destroy the righteous with the wicked and the Lords wrath was kindled against me and and said go execute my wrath on the rebels against me Then the Lord commanded to burn his Tent onely save the Tent staff and burn the Priests garments with all that I had whereupon I began to burn many things and my own books for all books do but image the life of some thing from the life expressing the true thing and are dead idols when you come to dy what good can all the written books in the world do you they are but dead letters nay living men cannot save you and except Jesus Christ dwell in you yea are reprobates for he onely is the word of God that was made flesh and he is the reconciler unto the father I and my Father are one so the Scripture and the word of God abideth for ever and cannot be divided but it doth divide all dividings and indraw all dividings into one unity Satis Rex Then the Lord said when I was burning and got men to help me Stay thine hand thy sacrifice is accepted then I burnt no more the multitude began to rage and I said may not I do what I will with my own and I brought my gown and before all the people this was my shrine of shift in and by my trade I did cheat and cozen the people and threw it in the fire and said whosoever doth not in all he doth perserve every mans good equall with his own is a thief and a murderer which is but thus much Love thy neighbor as thy self this is the Gospel where it is acted and the day before I came over and returned back because they were gone and that night the Lord did command me to hire two pair of Oars the one to carry me over to stay on me both till I came back and give them twelve shillings for