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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64258	A loving exhortation to all kings, princes, potentates, bishops and people in the whole Christendom wherein is a distinction betwixt the true and false teachers ... / written by Thomas Taylor.	Taylor, Thomas, 1618-1682.	1666 (1666)	Wing T578; ESTC R17705	9,248	13

the portion of such as turn not to him that smites them but instead of owning the pricks and reproofs of Wisdom kick against them These are the ungodly whose Sacrifice the Lord could never accept but they abiding in their sins all their Prayers and performances were still returned upon them from the pure God as dung upon their faces Therefore go not forth saith Christ for the Kingdom of Heaven which he compared to many little things is within you And when they shall say Loe here loe there saith Christ go not after them for those that draw People from the Light and Spirit of Christ that holy annointing within in man were alwayes Antichrists And in John the Apostles time many of these were come and they went out from us saith the same John the beloved Disciple of Jesus From us understand such as were in the Anointing of God which taught all things and they needed not that any man should teach them abiding in the Anointing wherewith their souls and spirits of God were anointed for that was true perfect and sufficient to lead them into all truth according to the Promise it was in them a Spiritual Unction a free Gift from the holy One in Christ the promised Seed with whom through Faith the right holy Faith they were become one Spirit and so became Heirs of the Promise and true Witnesses of the New and Everlasting Covenant which saith And they shall all be taught of God These are not outwardly anointed as those under the Law the Figure were but these were and are spiritually anointed of God himself in Christ and so were and are true Heirs of the Gospel the substance and true Children of the day walking in that heavenly and eternal Light wherein they could and do in truth say Our fellowship is with the Father and the Son So here in this holy Body there was no Antichrists but those that went out from these into the Worlds Wayes Worships Customs Traditions and Inventions these were Antichrists and now being gone forth from the Lord and his Spirits Teaching they become one with the World using their Tongues to talke of the things of God in the worlds spirit without God and so they being of the World saith John therefore the World hears them 1 John 4.5 But he that is of God saith the same John heareth us even us that abide in the holy Anointing of God in us And my Sheep hear my voice saith Christ and follow me but a stranger they will not follow So there are two Spirits the Spirit of Christ and the spirit of the evil World and two sorts of Teachers accordingly the one hears the voice of God in Christ and in the strength of this Spirit goes forth with the Word of God and Gospel of Truth in their heart and mouth in obedience to God and pure love to the Soul of man and not for filthy lucre nor any worldly end whatsoever and these the true Seed Gods Little Ones Lambs and Sheep hear love and are one with meerly for the Truths sake which is one and endures for ever But now contrariwise the other sort of Teachers who are rightly called Strangers because they are strangers to the Life of God and holy motion of his Spirit they go forth in their own Wills according to the motion of their own earthly spirits without God for self-ends in the allowance of the earthly Power Name and Authority not to build up the Body of Christ or to minister to his Seed in any for to that they are Strangers but to commend themselves to fallen mans wisdom for self-advantage and to gather People into several Forms and out-side Professions and Observations where all sorts of Sinners are taught to say Lord Lord but never a one to do the will of God perfectly from the heart and so they build up Babel the City of Confusion where there is like Priest like People the Teachers living in sin and the People that follow them living in their sins alwayes learning never learned to worship God aright For the Teacher being blind through his ignorance of God and Christ he must needs lead them that follow him from God into the ditch And of this sort were they in Christs time that loved to be called of men Master fair sayers but evil doers who loved the praise of men and their greetings in the Markets and the chief and high places in their Feasts and Synagogues and loving for this end to go in long Robes and costly Apparel outwardly appearing beautiful to the Worlds eye but inwardly full of Pride Covetousness uncleanness the Spirit of Persecution and all manner of Unrighteousness as one may read in the 23 Chap. of Matth. and other places of Scripture where Christ had to do with the false spirited Rabbies in his day whom he compares to Graves painted Tombs Serpents and Vipers who shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men and neither entred in themselves nor suffered others but did what they could to hinder those that were entring And of such Christ gave his Disciples warning to take heed in time to come and told them though such Wolves should get the Sheeps cloathing on them to wit the good words or so yet they should not trust them but should know them by their fruits And so the Tree that is by nature a Thorn and a Thistle hath manifested its fruit and by their fruit the Children of Light now know them and according to Christs will avoid them And of this sort are they that not only in the dayes of Christ withstood him but even the same that in all ages withstood his Spirit and Work as at this day For with such earthly spirited Teachers it was that the Prophet Jeremiahs heart was so broken in his day as one may read all along the 23. Chap. of his Prophesie and of whom in his fifth Chapter he so grievously complains saying A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the Land The Prophets prophesie falsly and the Priests bear rule by their means and the People love to have it so And therefore destruction from the Lord came upon them all And these Teachers said still in their lying earthly spirit that Jerusalem though sinful should have peace and that no evil should come upon them People though they walked every man after the imagination of his own evil heart Jer. 23.17 And of this sort were they that the Lord sent his Prophet Micah to cry against saying Thus saith the Lord concerning the Prophets that make my People to erre that bite with their teeth and cry peace and he that putteth not into their mouthes they even prepare war against him Therefore night and darkness came upon them and the Vision ceased from them in the just judgement of God For a self-end was in all their work and the dead fly of covetousness corrupted all as one may read at large in the third Chapter of his Prophesie Verse 5 c. And of this sort

are they that Isaiah the Prophet of God in his time so grievously complains of also as one may read in the 56. Chapter of his Prophesie saying Vers. 9 c. All ye beasts of the field come to devour yea all ye beasts of the forest his Watchmen are blind greedy c. all looking for their own way every one for his gain from his quarter c. And against this sort of earthly-spirited Teachers it was that God sent his Prophet Ezekiel to cry wo against saying Wo to the Shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves should not the Shepherds feed the flock Ye eat the fat and ye cloath you with the wool ye kill them that are fed but ye feed not the flocks And so the God of this World through pride and covetousness had so blinded their eye and corrupted their hearts that they had neither will nor skill to help nor heal the poor diseased sick broken scattered souls of their hearers and therefore the Lord was glad to put them aside as Physicians of no value and became the Teacher of his People himself as one may read in the 34. Chapter of his Prophesie throughout Glory to the Lord who hath fulfilled his Promise to his Israel this day and is become the Teacher of his People himself whereby they come to be truly profited as it is written I the Lord thy God teach thee O Israel to profit But the fore-mentioned Teachers who have run in their Wills for self-ends and the Lord never sent them could never profit People at all and as Christ Jesus the Lord and his true Prophets in former times were troubled and opposed by such hirelings So also the true Apostles of Christ did not escape the trials and oppositions of that deceitful spirit by which they were acted For such saith Paul are false Apostles deceitful Workers Satans Ministers transforming themselves into the likeness of the Apostles of Christ 2 Cor. 11. Some of these were already come in his day And I know saith he that after my departure grievous wolves shall come in among you not sparing the flock also of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them Acts 20.29 c. And as the Kingdom of Antichrist grew these perverse things were established for Doctrine by a Law For the very Name of Antichrist holds forth a spirit opposing it self to every appearance of Christ and of his holy Spirit and Anointing in man The true Apostles and Ministers of Christ drew the soul from men and self unto Christ and his Anointing in them to know that to teach them but these and all other false teachers draw from Christ and his Anointing within to look at Flesh and Form without which perfects not at all to God And of this sort also are they saith the same Paul which creep into houses understand the great stone houses called Churches as well as others and lead captive silly Women laden with sins led away with divers lusts ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth 2 Tim. 3. Of this sort saith Paul as shall come in the last perilous times even Lovers of their own selves Covetous Boasters Proud Blasphemers Unholy who say they are Christians but are not so in truth Fierce c. having the Form of Godliness but denying the Power thereof and these he exhorted true Believers to turn from and so in obedience to God those now who are come to know Christ and his anointing in them to teach them are turned from such And though these Deceivers have proceeded for a time to wit during the late night of Apostacy which Paul 2 Thess. 2. spake of to deceive many Yet now that the Light is risen again from under the earth they are manifest and can proceed no further Let none therefore now be so void of understanding as to brand the true Messengers of Jesus Christ in this day with the name of Deceivers Because they declare truth not only publickly but also from house to house by virtue of the holy Spirit only for so did the Apostles themselves and yet were no creepers into houses for creeping into houses denotes the work of the children of darkness who run without the Lord Jesus Christ his Spirit or Authority in their own wills for self ends as before leading about People in their silliness and sinfulness all their dayes as by woful experience in the late Ages of the World since the Apostles dayes hath been fully manifest wherein the World hath wondred after the Beast And as there were false Prophets among the People saith Peter even so also shall there be false teachers among you who shall privily bring in damnable Heresies c. 2 Pet. 2. But how may these be known may some say By their fruits saith Christ ye shall know them And of this sort are they saith Peter in the same Chapter who through covetousness with fained words make merchandise of People and by walking after the flesh in the lust of covetousness and uncleanness and despite of Christs Government even deny the Lord that bought them These are the presumptuous ones indeed who count it pleasure to ryot in the day time speaking evil of the worthy things that God works and makes manifest in his Children which these presumptuous ones know not And these false Teachers are of those whose eyes are full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin for how should they seeing their heart is exercised with covetous practises loving the wages of unrighteousness like Balaam as he to wit the Apostle Peter there speaks And therefore those that see not these are blind indeed and those that these Teachers can deceive may well be said to be without a foundation and hence it hath comes to pass that through such Teachers wickedness and Peoples ignorance the World hath been as a Wilderness And now therefore is the the Lord according to his blessed Promise bringing up that knowledge of himself and his Christ again that shall make the Wilderness a fruitful Field and sweet smelling Garden for himself to be glorified in And this knowledge of God shall cover the Earth as the Waters do the Sea And thereby shall all hurting and destroying be done away from amongst men Isa. 65. last as is this day witnessed amongst such where this knowledge of God hath place Glory to his Name for ever So now therefore all ye Kings Princes Potentates and Rulers of the Earth see in what Principle you stand and upon what Foundation you grow and whose work you are a doing whether Gods or your own True Magistrates are not a terrour to the good but to the evil But how can ye see the good and the evil truly asunder or know what to punish and what to protect if you come not to the Light Christ Jesus that true Light which lighteth every man that cometh in to the world as was said before to take counsel at him for