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spirit_n	dangerous_a	form_n	good_a	25	3	2.1572	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90622	A discovery of the priests, that say they are sent off by the Lord, but upon trial are found out of the commands of Christ, the prophets, and Apostles, and to be those that are not sent of the Lord, but to be such that the sent ones of the Lord did cry wo against, and to be such that are false apostles, deceitful, wicked, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ: and no marvail, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light; therefore it is no great thing, if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, ... With a few words to such professors and prophane, that together joyn to persecute the righteous: and to the ranters that do commit all manner of sins with greediness. Darkness denied by the children of Light, and the babe of Christ growing up to a perfect man. / Written from one who is known to the world by the name of John Pain, who accounts it great riches to suffer reproaches, and afflictions with the people of the Lord, who scornfully by the world are called Quakers, ... Written from Starford in Hartford-shire the 7. day of the 4. month. 1655.	Pain, John, shoemaker.	1655 (1655)	Wing P188; Thomason E848_22; ESTC R203094	39,396	39

2.4 knowing it is better to obey God then man but this is their many Crowns that the man of sin who sitteth in the temple of God and is exalted above the commands of God hath put upon their heads to make them seem glorious in the eyes of the world and the world wonders after them and the world fights for them when the Lord doth send any to cry against their deceits by their hearers and they are persecuted torn and rent by the heathen be ashamed for ever that such things should be done by you or your hearers but now is the Lord God of power bringing forth his Ministry and hath brought many forth praised be his name for ever that do obey his commands which are taught onely by him and led into the truth which are not made by man nor by the will of man but by Jesus Christ which did ascend on high for to beget them for the work of the Ministery for the edifying of the body while they come to a perfect man in Christ Jesus whose sufficiency is of God that hath made them able Ministers not of the Letter but of the spirit 2 Cor. 3.6 standing out of the will of man leading people up to the Lord out of the world or fellowship with the world and therefore hated by them persecuted and scoffed by them and made the off-scouring of the world of whom the world is not worthy which doth not receive friendship of the world but scornings stockings and stonings and all manner of reviling both by prophane and by professors that say they are not of the world but those that say they are not of the world and yet walk in these fruits of darkness they lye and do not say the truth If any man seem to be Religious and cannot bridle his tongue from railing and evil speaking that mans Religion is vain let him profess what he will Now consider this professors and prophane who joyn together to persecute the righteous is this the spirit of the Lord or the spirit of the devil which would if he could murther all that do profess Jesus When the man childe is brought forth doth not the devil stand ready to devour it sending his floods after it I charge you in the name of the Lord joyn not with the prophane people but come from amongst them for the Lord will be a Sanctuary to his people for a rock of offence to both houses of Israel for a gin for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and many amongst them shall stumble and fall and be broken and be snared and be taken Consider this you that are professors it is not for you to prescribe the Lord a way for him to manifest his own glory by lest you stumble fall and be broken be snared and taken Who art thou proud flesh that wouldst limit the holy one of Israel to make himself manifest by the Lord will chuse his own laborers to work in his own vineyard therefore silence flesh and deceit Stop thy mouth for ever lest thou be found a fighter against the Lord it will be hard for thee to kick against the pricks behold saith the Lord I and my children are for signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of hoasts that dwelleth in mount Sion hath it not been the portion of the true messengers of the Lord in all ages to suffer persecution from the world yea not onely from the world but by those that in profession were taken out of the world Were there not honorable and devour women that did stir up persecution against the Apostles Now consider it is not a profession of the truth that wil keep men and women from joyning with the world and being one with the world nay it will not there is a worldly Religion they can mock and scoff and scorn Act. 13.50 jeer and jest be wanton and proud and heady and high minded having got the form but persecute the power where it is made manifest but the pure Religion they do not know which is unspotted of the world which doth keep the heart pure out of the defilement up to the Lord Jam. 3.13 15 16. in loliness in love which as pure and brings forth fruits of purity as love meekness gentleness not easily provoked but beareth all things but where there is bitter enveying and strife in your hearts Rom. 9.4 5. glory not and lye not against the truth this wisdom descendeth not from above but is earthly sensual and devilish for where envy and strife is there is confusion and every evil work but the wisdom that is from above is first pure then peacable gentle and easie to be intreated full of mercy and good fruits without partiality without hypocrisie had not the Jews a very high profession did not they say they were Abrahams seed and that God was their father and that they were in bondage to no man and for priviledges and ordinances none like them who were Israelites to whom did pertain the adoption and glory and the covenants and the giving of the law and the service of God and the promises whose are the fathers and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came who is over all God blessed for ever These are very high priviledges as any of you Churches doth injoy but did this keep them from crucifying the Lord of glory no it did not therefore take heed how you stand lest you fall all works that are not wrought in God though it be in the highest profession cannot free men from the spirit of persecution the same spirit that doth act in the highest wickedness it is one with and of that spirit that doth act in the highest form of godliness where the light and power is wanting yea it is the same and far more dangerous for the poor hath been all along persecuted by it this is the transformings of the devil into an angel of light let Priests and people say what they can what a spirit of persecution is sound it is not of God it is the fruits of the devil let it be under what pretence soever as I know he hath many to hide his persecution with the root is bitter and so are the fruits therefore as you do tender the good of your own souls which are precious do not go on in these practices but say you had warning for the righteous God will judge and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth he shall inherit the earth with the word of his mouth and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked the Lord will punish the world for their evil and the wicked for their iniquity and will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible Consider this all sorts of people high and low rich and poor it doth concern you all the hand of the Lord is lifted up against all drunkards and whoremasters idolaters covetuous oppressors and persecuters