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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

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

puts a difference between the man and the woman and forbids the woman to speak in the Church he that can receive it let him I told thee Pallard that Paul also circumcised after he were a Minister of the Gospel as well as baptized and he had as much ground for the one as the other but no command for neither and Christ was circumcised outwardly as well as baptized outwardly and he ministred the circumcision also and were a Minister of the same as in Rom. 15.8 And I asked thee how thou followed Christ in that to fulfill that Ministration and what account thou couldest give of it in the inward man as it is written Col. 2.11 12. c. Because Christ ministred that and they did witnesse that Ministration through the Spirit in him and so they were made compleat in the substance and life of all truth through the Crosse And because it is written that death reigned from Adam untill Moses even over all that had not sinned after the similitude of Adams transgression and the Law and the Prophets were till John John succeeded them and he came burning and shining amongst those that were born of woman was not a greater than John yet he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he Then Pallard water baptizer I asked thee how thou couldst witnesse to those ministrations in the inward man for the seed is but one and how thou couldest witnesse a passing from death unto life as they did that spoke forth the Scriptures for they that had passed from death unto life said that he that was born of God did not commit sin and they also said that he that committed sin were of the devill and thereby the two seeds was known and the children of God was made manifest and the children of the devill by the operation of each seed ruling in them and working forth through them and they that had passed from death unto life knew who was of God and who was not and so doth the same seed now and they knew who did abide in darknesse and death and so do they now who are in the Light life and power of the Truth and they know that the Son of God is made manifest in them and hath taken away their sins as they knew then that witnessed the same through the Crosse who said that they dwelt in him and he dwelt in them but they did not know it by the dead Letter but by the quickening Spirit which is life and was given them 1 John 3. Chapter And they knew who were passed from death unto life and that the Son of God was come and had given them an understanding that they thereby might know him that was true and they knew it not by the Letter but by the Spirit and they had the true knowledge of it in the eternall Truth who affirmatively said we are in him that is true even in his Son Jesus Christ this is the true God and eternall life and not the Letter but the Letter declareth of it 1 John 5.20 Then Pallard I asked thee how it was with thee in deaths Dominion because it is written of deaths reigning from Adam untill Moses over all who have not sinned after the similitude of Adams transgression and what that death was and reigned over in thee how thou came from under it to know the Law which is perfect and doth endure for ever according to that in the conscience and is to be fulfilled in all that walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit and how thou came into the prophecies in the inwards because it is written the Law and the Prophets are till John and the seed is but one not seeds but seed and the promises are to the seed fulfilled through death in the Ministery by the Spirit in the crosse which cuts down and raiseth up and how thou came to know Johns Ministry set up within because he came and doth come burning and shining and there is a willingnesse to rejoice in his Light for a season and how it was with thee in that Ministration to know the ax laid to the root of the tree and the tree to be cut down and what that fallow ground in thee was which must be ript up and I also asked thee what self was with the fruits and the ground of it which the Crosse is Lo I told thee the creation was a figure and out of the ground sprung up grosse herbs weeds briers and thornes c. And the ofspring was not the ground the ofspring might be cut off and there might spring up more fruits of the like nature again so the fruits of self might be cut off and the ofspring was not the ground and whilest there was the ground and the roots in it unript up more fruits would grow there of like nature also therefore John said Rip up your fallow ground make the rough places smooth and prepare the way for the Lord to come into his Temple that he may sit as Refiner I asked thee how thou past through that Ministery of John in the inward man and what succeded John because it is written that the least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he and some did witnesse that they were set in heavenly places in Christ Jesus Eph. 2.6 And I said unto thee if thou was an Officer in the Church of the first born written in heaven and were in the kingdom thou couldest witnesse to those things Heb. 12.22 and 28. Luk 17 21. And liberty was granted to thee for to declare thy passages in the inward ministrations if that thou couldest that it might be for the good of the people there present but thou could not speak any thing at all concerning those conditions and inward ministrations when thou was desired and severall times urged to it but all that thou could say was to accuse falsly and said I denyed the Scriptures and made that thy cover which would not hide thee but left thee bare and thy nakednesse did then openly appear then I charged thee to be a lyar and others witnessed against thee for saying that I denyed the Scripture when thou had no ground for it but the devill was a lyer from the beginning and abode not in the Truth and thou lyer who art out of the Truth art of him as thy deeds maketh thee manifest John 8.44 Therefore stop thy mouth and cover thy lips and let shame strike thee in the face for ever thou lyer and false accuser of the just Paul who was a Minister of the new Covenant not of the Letter but of the the Spirit he declared of his passages and his grouth and how he came out of one dispensation into another and they that grew from one degree of grace and glory into another they said that they knew no man after the flesh though they had known Christ after the flesh yet henceforth knew they him so no more and they gave account of their

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

are not of the Letter but of the Spirit not made by the will of man but by the 〈◊〉 ill of God which is sanctification and Paul was made a Minister of the New Covenant in the Gospel Ministration not by the will of man but by the will of God and by the Revelation of Jesus Christ as he certified to the brethren by the Spirit Gal. 1.11 12 and Christ was revealed in him Gal. 1.15 16 and he did preach Christ by the Spirit in them that he preached unto and they were able Ministers not of the Letter but of the Spirit 2 Cor. 4.5 6 7. Col. 1.25 26 27. and 28. 2 Cor 3. to the 7 verse And thou Pallard who art a great teacher to the baptized people at that time said that the Spirit and the Letter were inseparable c. Ans Herein thou openly laid out thy ignorance of God and of Christ and the Spirit and the Gospel and the New Covenant and thy nakedness is bare thy covers will not hide thee to say the Letter and the Spirit is inseparable God is a Spirit but God is not the Letter neither is the Letter God Christ is the New Covenant but Christ is not the Letter neither is the Letter Christ and the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation but the Letter is neither the Gospel nor the power but declareth of it and if our Gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost in whom the God of this world hath blinded their mindes 2 Cor. 4.3 4. But the Letter is not hid it is open to all to read or get read but the Gospel is yet hid to thee Pallard and all in thy nature and thou hast made thy self a Minister of the Letter by thy own will and never was made a Minister of the Gospel of grace nor of the New Covenant yet in the blood or life of Jesus according to the will of God the Father that saith the Letter and the Spirit are one and inseparable as if the Spirit of God were lockt up and confined in the Letter which is death and if so all the world would have the Spirit and buy and sell it if it were in the Letter and at an easie rate they might buy it for three or four shillings for so may they buy the Letter but the Spirit cannot be bought therefore it is not in the Letter if that the Spirit had been so easily come to or if it could have been bought Simon Magus proffered money for it but could not thereby gain it And when he saw that through laying on of the Apostles hands the holy Ghost was given he offered them mony for it now the holy Ghost is not in the Letter but the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of God in the Bloud or Life of Christ but the Letter is not the Spirit Printed in Paper and bound up in Lether that a man may carry it in his hand or pocket and buy it and sell it for mony so can he not do the holy Ghost many may be baptized with water and want the Spirit as thou dost and many of you water baptizers do that as yet knowes no holy Ghost that sayes the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable there you water Baptizers are out of the Doctrine and life of the Apostles and they that baptized with water who had power to give the holy Ghost which you have not Read Acts 8.12 to the 18. And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the Apostles hands the holy Ghost was given he offered them mony saying Give me also that power Simon did acknowledge the holy Ghost to be the power and not the Letter here he was beyond you but because the Spirit and Power is separated from the Letter Simons money and he was like to peish that thought to have bought the Spirit and power of God had it been in the Letter he might have bought and sold it but he could not attain to it and all that trades with the Letter are as ignorant of the Spirit as Simon was and all that thinks to buy it for money and raise the Spirit out of the Letter are sorcerers and in nature like to Simon Magus and Simon the Sorcerer spoken of in Scripture that were in the Apostles times and now there are many Maguses and Elimases without the Spirit and hath the Letter but labours to keep people out of the Faith and power of Truth and seeks to shut up the Kingdome of Heaven from men as the Pharisees did and keep people in outside formes without the holy Ghost or the Power as thou Pallard and all in that nature doth that saith the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable there thou art out of the Faith and out of the power of the Spirit and wants the holy Ghost and art in that generation which had the Letter but persecuted the Spirit and art baptized but wants the holy Ghost as Simon did Acts 8.18 19 to the 24. Acts 13.6 7 8 to the 11. Mat. 23.12 13 15 25 28 33. And thou Pallard when thou stood to oppose the truth and to keep people out of the Faith in a dead water form which neither washeth within nor cleanseth from sin as thou said yet Elimas-like thou would withstand the Trnth and laboured to keep out of the Faith with thy sorceries and said that the Letter and the Spirit was inseparable but thou herein was nakedly seen insomuch that the people many of them would not be deluded by thee but cryed out of thy folly as they might well that said the Letter and the Spirit were inseparable then said the people if so the Spirit might be bought for three or four shillings and many would have the Spirit for they might buy a Bible for 3 or 4 s. Here Pallard thou great water Baptizer thy folly did exceedingly appear and thy ignorance of God and the Spirit was thereby discovered and that thou art a meer formall hypocrite in the form and the Letter without the Spirit and here I charge thee in the presence of the Lord to be no Minister of Christ nor the Gospel nor of the New Covenant but without the Spirit and knowes not the power nor the holy Ghost and thou and all in thy nature hath no more power to lay on hands than Simon Magus had who was baptized in the water but had not the holy Ghost and thy laying on of hands will work no more effect than Simons would have done for the power thou hast not nor none in thy nature that saith the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable and thou art no minister of the Spirit but of the Letter and ran but never was sent of the Lord therefore he is against thee and all in thy nature that steals words from others to speak as the false Prophets did read Jer. 23.21 22 30 31 2. verse Thou Pallard water Baptizer that art a Minister of the Letter and not the Spirit that saith the

in confusion and lyes saying and unsaying Babylonish building up and throwing down and daubing with untempered morter as all in thy nature do neither couldest thou witnesse the gift of the holy Ghost that it were or could be given by any of you water baptizers when it were demanded of thee upon thy examination in that thing at that time as many can witnesse and that in thy conscience shall witnesse the same the Light of Christ Jesus which will condemn thee and all that hate it and are contrary to it for this is the condemnation of the world that light is come into the world and men love darknesse rather than light and the reason is because their deeds are evill as thine is John 3.19 20. And as thou could not witnesse to the washing away of sin by your water Baptisme nor the gift of the holy Ghost to be given by it when it was demanded of thee neither couldest thou witnesse to the eternall judgment and also denyed perfection to be attainable and here thou and all you water baptizers are razed out of the Apostles doctrine and life who said that they would leave the first Principles of the Doctrine of Christ and go on to perfection which you Baptists and thou Pallard great water Baptizer denies and so denyes that which is the whole life of truth and the Apostles and Ministers of Christ and they that had passed thorough the Doctrine of Baptismes and the laying on of hands they passed on to the Resurrection and to eternall judgement which thou Pallard denyes for they came 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 to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant and they knew the shakings not of the earth onely but of the heavens also that things which could not be shaken might remain which shakings thou knows nothing of nor none in thy nature that denyes perfection and the eternall judgement but we having received a Kingdom which cannot be moved have received grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear for our God is a consuming fire the same that theirs was that left the first Principles of the Doctrines of Baptismes and the laying on of hands and the Resurrection of the dead and came to the eternall judgement and to God the judge of all and to the Spirits of just men made perfect and were in the Church of the first born written in heaven and had received the Kingdom and know the consuming fire and dwelt with everlasting burnings and this I witnesse he that can receive it let him Heb. 6.1 2 3. Heb. 12.22 to the end Isaiah 40.28 29 Isaiah 33.14 15 16 c. But to thee Pallard great water Baptizer this is a mistery and to all in thy nature that denyes the eternall judgement and the first Resurrection and the perfection which the Saints witnessed and they were risen with Christ and were made to sit together with him in heavenly places and said to others in their grouh If ye he risen with Christ set your affections on things which are above and not on things which are on the earth and some said that their conversation were in heaven and others knew that so many of them as were Baptized into Christ were baptized into his death that like as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father even so they also should walk in newnesse of life c. Rom. 6.3 4 5 6. Eph. 2.4 5 6. Col. 3.1 2. Phil. 3.20 21. Rev. 20.6 Rev. 21.1 2 3. to the 9. But thou and you water baptizers are yet in the oldnesse of the Letter and not in the baptisme of sufferings nor in the new life nor knowes nothing of the eternall Judgement nor of the Resurrection nor perfection nor the New Covenant nor the Seal thereof that sayes the Bible is a History and the Spirit and the Letter are inseparable as thou Pallard great waterman did and thou and the other that were with thee at that time impudently did lye before the people and said Christ had not judgement committed to him whilost he were in the world and Christ himself said for that cause was he come into the world as I then told thee and as thou mayest see in John 9.39 And where he said to the Jews that they judged him after the flesh but he judged no man after the flesh but he judged righteously and with righteous judgement and his judgement was true for he and his Father was one as he there said and he was one that bore witnesse of himself and the Father that sent him bare witness with him and Christ there had judgment with the Father and all judgment he said were committed to him and he told them the envious Jews that they were of their father the devill and his works they would do and he told them there was no truth in them for their father the devill had not abode in the Truth and they was of him and he told them he knew that they had not the love of God in them and his judgement was true and he called them serpents and vipers and said How-should they escape the damnation of hell and he pronounced woes to Pharisees and Hypocrites then such as had a form from the Letter but was separated from the Spirit and life of what they did professe and from Christ and the new Covenant and were in the Letter without the Spirit as you Baptizers are and as thou Pallard art and all that are in their nature and such as say the Bible is a History and the Spirit and the Letter is inseparable and that sayes Christ had not judgement committed to him whilest he were in the world as you Baptists and thou Pallard did here I charge thee in the presence of the Lord and all in thy nature to be false accusers of Christ and lyers and enemies of his truth as the envious Jews was as thou Pallard art and all you who are in their nature and as you may read John 8.44 John 5.39 40 41 c. Mat. 23.33 Thou may well take upon thee Pallard to lye of me and the truth that would so impudently lye of Christ that said he had not judgement committed to him nor given him whilst he was in the world when he said that for judgment he was come into the world as I then told thee And secondly he said that he had life in himself as the Father had and he had authority given him to execute judgement as it is written and as he was come for Judgement into the world and had authority given him to execute it So thirdly he had power to quicken whom he would as well as the Father and he said that the Father had committed all judgement unto him John 9.39 John 5.21 to the 28. And thou that said the Bible was a History and yet

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

submit to the Teachings of it will bring you to the knowledge of the eternall Truth and out of your conceated formes to take up the Crosse to your wills and earthly wisedomes to die to the world and all your pride and vain-glory that Light which lets you see the deeds of darknesse and the evill of your hearts that Light is your Teacher which stands out of all evill that Light is your Teacher your that love it and bring your deeds to it to be tryed that your works may be wrought in God that light is your condemnation all you that hate it and act contrary to it who love the deeds of darknesse rather than the Light John 1.9 Iohn 8.12 Iohn 3.19 20. Now you have time prize it and take heed of sinning against the Light and Pallard and all in that nature give over deceiving the people and keeping them in a dead form without either life or power lest their souls perish and be lost thou that sayes the Letter and the Spirit are inseparable and a History art ignorant of the soul and the mistery give over I warn thee and charge thee in the presence of the Lord and all in thy nature as you will answer it before the judgment seat of Christ I shall there be a witnesse against you if you will not take warning now you have time prize it For hereby know we that we dwell in him and he in us by his Spirit which he hath given us and not by the Letter but by the eternall Spirit hereby is our love made perfect that we may have boldnesse in the day of judgement as they said who were in Christ before us who said as he is so are we in this present world witnessed in the eternall power by the Spirit perfect in love and compleat in him who is the head of all Principally and power as it is written 1 Iohn 3.24 1 Iohn 4.16 17. Col. 2.9 10. And Pallard where thou said Paul had attained to such high Revelations and discoveries and were taken up into the third heaven as is there spoken of yet afterwards though said he cryed out of his infirmities and said he had nothing to glory in but his infirmities and had a prick in the flesh c. I answered thee again by way of Querie to that and asked thee if it was Paul that was taken into the third heaven or some other that he there spoke of and gloried in at that time and in that thy mouth was stopt for I of thee received not answer to it again there was the deceit in thee silenced at that time as well as before and thou had nothing for to glory in but thy shame and folly as it did openly appear in so much that a member of the body cryed out against thee or the head to see thy folly as the Asse cryed out against Balaam and spoke to shew him his folly and the poor creature said Had not he been his Asse and carried him so long when did he ever know him do so before And when the Lord opened Balaams eyes he saw his folly and if the Lord open thine eyes thou may plainly see thine who thy self hast ridden and lorded over poor creatures so long and had them at thy command yet at that very time one was made to speak to thee that had been ridden on or lorded over by thee and did reprove thee to see thee so shew forth thy folly When was it ever known that he did so before to thee at such a time But it is but that the Scriptures may be fulfilled as it is written they shall proceed no further that resist the Truth for their folly shall thereby he made manifest to men as thine was 〈…〉 the Truth at that time 2 Tim. 3.8 9 And 〈…〉 stond up for the Truth to resist thy deceit though thy 〈…〉 appeared thou art ready to put them out of thy service of 〈…〉 it if it be so they may rejoice to see thy madnesse and folly made manifest thou was at that time without the Sword as Balaam was and the poor creatures who had been hard bound down under thee at that time rejoicee and it they continue their joy will increase and blessed are all they that suffer for righteousnesse sake and saith the Lord all those that are cast out for my Names sake I will appear to their joy and to the shame of all their false pretended Brethren that saith let the Lord be glorified by them in scorn contempt or disdain in nature like unto the Jews Isa 66.5 Mat. 5.10 11 12. Luk. 6.22 23. But as touching the place of Scripture where thou said Paul was in such Raptures and high discoveries caught up into the third heaven and taken up into Paradise and after cryed out of his infirmities c. 2 Cor. 12. As I said then so say I still let all the wise hearted read it and judge whether Paul spoke that of himself or some other for to it thou would not return me an answer when I demanded it of thee But Paul himself plainly there saith that he knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago whether in the body or out of the body he could not tell but had Paul there spoken of himself he could have told if it had been him and he did not say that he was caught into the third heavens and taken up into Paradise and afterwards fell out of it again to cry out of a thorn in his side or a prick in the flesh and say he had nothing to glory in but his infirmities as thou Pallard and darknesse conceives Read and see 2 Cor. 12. Paul there speaks of another as it is plain for saith he first I knew a man such a one as he is there speaking of he speaks of the time also and it was above 14. years ago or bypast from that time that he was there speaking of him and he saith that though he spoke of him and his being in Christ so long since from that time yet he knew not whether he were in the body or no but in that place he said that God knew whether he was in the body or out of it but he there saith that such a one was caught into the third heaven 2 Cor. 12.2 And further he there saith he knew such a man whether in the body or out of the body he could not tell God knew as he saith in the 2 Cor. 12.3 But had Paul spoken of himself he could have told how it had been with him yet in the sixth place he saith that such a one was caught up into Paradise and in the seventh place it doth appear that he was a dear friend to Paul and told him what he heard in the third heaven and in the Paradise but it is not expressed there for he sayes they was such words as was not lawfull to utter 2 Cor. 12.4 Then in the eighth place he saith that of such a one he would