of iniquity under a Pretence of Religion in these latter Ages and Generations of the World yet it 's not that which must stand in the Earth being polluted and defiled neither are such polluted Worshippers who are bound with the Chain of Sin accepted of God who are placed in the Habitations of Cruelty And so the wicked One hath been possessing the Minds and Hearts of those who wander from God in their Imaginations that Revelation is ceased but though this Doctrine be preached as though God would work no more in the Children of Men I say it is not consistent with Truth but is of the false Part in man that wanders from God and therefore shall not hinder the Lord from breaking forth in this his Day to redeem a People to himself for his own Glory neither doth it hinder or stop the Blessings of God unto his People and redeemed ones who wait to be sustained by him with the Bread of Life but the Lord is at work in this his blessed Day wherein he hath sent forth a Saviour even jesus who is revealed from Heaven and your preaching against the Work of the Spirit of Christ within will not be sufficient in the great Day of Account to stop but rather to hasten the Eternal Judgment from being executed upon you who are in the Deceivableness of Unrigteousness with them that perish 2 Thes 2.10 Oh that you would lay to Heart these things repent and live while your Day lasteth that you may come forth from all your Abominations and believe the true Witness in your Consciences that records your Deeds for which if ye repent not you will suffer in time to come and such as deny the Work of the Spirit within are one with them that went out from the Apostles Fellowship that stood in a regenerated State 1 John 1.7 who walkt in the Light and had Fellowship with God 1 John 1.3 And since the first turning from God out of the Heavenly Light how hath the Devil deceitfully wrought in the Kingdoms of this World but blessed for ever be the Name of our God the true Light is come that lets us see through the gross Darkness of this Night of Apostacy wherein the Stars that have fallen from Heaven have been wandering in the Night of Darkness having lost their Habitations for whom the Blackness of Darkness is reserved forever Jude 13. And therefore you that have lost the Truth and are yet in the Death that came by Adams Transgression you that have gotten the Name Christian and lost the Power and Life of Christianity unto you this opens in my Heart to write if ever you be saved you must come to that which was in the Beginning before the Apostacy entered and before they denyed the work of the Spirit even to the Word that God hath given of his only Son which is the living Witness in you testifying against your Evil Deeds and so your Eyes will be opened to see the Death that hath reigned over Mankind since the Working of the Spirit of Christ hath been denyed and also you will see the Work that God hath begun and is doing in this his Day who hath shewed forth his Strength in the Redemption of a little Remnant who are true Worshipers who worship the Father in the Spirit in the Truth John 4.23 24. but if you hold to the Traditions of your Fathers who deny Revelation and so have set up your Resolutions not expecting the Spirit to be revealed in you then I say you cannot be saved for without the Spirit man is dead to God and Righteousness and Holiness and so without Holiness no man shall see the Lord Heb. 12.14 and this is the Gross Darkness that is over many this Day who are setled upon their Lees as Moab of old not being emptied from Vessel to Vessel Jer. 48.11 not knowing the Lord's Power in them to change their Hearts and such have set themselves against the Spirit of Truth within and cry out to People that Revelation is ceast in such a Day as this wherein the Iniquity of many is even come to the full and wherein God hath afforded to Mankind a Day of Visitation that they may be saved So in a general Sense the Wise and Learned amongst men in the Apostacy in their several Professions are resting in something besides the Spirit and so esteem the Profession without the Spirit that first in the days of old the true Christiâ—ns received and obeyed by which they were brought to profess Christ Jesus and so their Profession and Worship was not only in a Form but in the Power and Spirit of God until the Deceiver entred and then they retained the Form and lost the Power 2 Tim. 3 5. and now through the Disobedience of Mankind and rebelling against the Power they have undertook to gainsay and resist the Holy Ghost even the Holy Spirit which iâ— the true Leader to God's Kingdom as did their Fore-Fathers Acts 7.51 52. Oh that you would return to God! Ye professing People while you have a Day for now is a time wherein you may find the Lord if you seek him early for he hath said They that seek him early shall find him Isa 55.6 7. And now all such as deny the Revelation of Jesus Christ they are seen to be in the Deceit and in the old corruptible Way as in the Days of old in the broad Way that leads to Destruction Mat. 7.13 where no true Peace is but men out of God's Counsel running not being sent of God and so profit not the People at all Jer. 23.32 And now as one whom God hath raised up to proclaim his ancient Truth against all the Deceit that hath entered into the World in the Night of Darkness for the Sakes of such as have Desires after the Lord this is written for there are many I do believe that are amongst you whose Hearts the invisible God hath touched by his word which is Eternal and from the Beginning that is nigh in your Hearts Deut. 30.11 12 13 14. Rom. 10.6 7 8. at certain Seasons being quick and powerful sharper then a two-edged Sword Heb. 4.12 which doth open the Secrets of your Hearts and declares unto you your Thoughts so that you need not go far away to seck a Saviour but wait for him from Heaven to be revealed within you as the Apostle directed 1 Thes 1.10 and then you will find him who is the true Beloved for if ever you come to the true Enjoyment of him you must wait for him in his own Way who is Heavenly and comes from his Holy Habitation and you must turn from the blind Watch-men who are in the Night who have loft the Way of his Appearance and are turned against him even fighting against his Appearance with their filthy Weapons pleading for sin for which Cause the Earth mourns and the Inhabitants thereof who are redeemed take up a Lamentation in the Consideration of these things And
reproving you in your hearts for your Prophaneness and Idolatry therefore while you have Time put into your Hands Repent and obey the Good Spirit of the Lord God lest God cease striving with you and so you be overthrown by his Almighty Power who is a terrible God against all Unrighteousness but all the holy People of God before the Flood were guided by his holy Spirit which was a true Guide and a sure Leader from the Beginning and the Spirit of Truth was the Guide of all the chosen People of God after the Flood even Abraham Isaac and Jacob and that sustained them in all their Travails and was with them as you may read at large in Gen. 12 48. And this was the Foundation of all the Holy Men in all Ages and Generations And when Israel at any time rebelled against the Spirit of God which he gave them to instruct them read Neh. 9. throughout then the Lord turned against them and afflicted them and caused them to be carryed away out of their own Land Therefore the Spirit was and is the true Guide and the true Fountain of Life of Living Refreshment and Heavenly Virtue which gives true Wisdom and a heavenly Mind which when people forsook and rebelled against it then Ignorance abounded And so you that rebel against God who is a Spirit are you not one with Israel in the Apostacy notwithstanding your Profession against whom the Prophet testified saying My People have committed two horrible Evils the one they have forsaken the Lord the Fountain of Living Waters and have hewen out to themselves broken Cisterns that will hold no Water Jer. 2.13 And is not this your State and Condition this day Are you not digging Wells of your own and hewing out to your selves Cisterns and when all is done it retains nothing pure nothing holy nothing clean no living Water nothing from Heaven but all is corruptible all filthy all sinful Oh that your Eyes were opened to see these things how ye are erred from the Life and Power from the Living Fountain with the old backsliding Jews and dark bewildered Christians who in old time lost the Light of the Sun of Righteousness but these things have happened through gross Mistakes as for instance The general Belief hath been and is amongst the outside Professors of Jesus Christ confessing only and believing that Christ dyed without the Gates of Jerusalem though it is true and so in a general sense saying We believe in God and in Christ Jesus and so come no farther to any inward Belief and Knowledge of him as did the true Christians Rom. 8. from Vers 1. to 17. now here lies the Mistake and here many comfort themselves because they confess to his Appearance in the World sixteen hundred Years since but this a man or woman may do and yet they may perish for to profess Christ and live in the Lust of Uncleanness is but to augment their Sorrow because there is a living Witness in them which they rebel against and pierce and so cause his Wounds to bleed afresh and put him to an open Shame Heb. 6.6 Rev. 11.8 And notwithstanding they may use Meats and Drinks and have respect to Days and Times Moneths and Years yet all will pass away and perish with the using and the ground of the Separation from God may remain and so you may eat and drink Damnation to your selves at unawares for he that eats and drinks unworthily is guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord 1 Cor. 11.27 therefore be warned whilest you have time and consider these things whilest your Day lasteth that you may come to God out of Sin and Death by Christ Jesus who is come to destroy Sin in the Flesh mark that in the Flesh this is a nearer Knowledge of him then to confess him only as he dyed without the Gates of Jerusalem who is glorified with the Glory he had with the Father before the World was and fills Heaven and Earth neither is there any Creature that is not manifest in his Sight but all things are naked and open to the Eye of him with whom we have to do Heb. 4.13 Therefore take beed to your Way and mind that pure Eye even the heavenly Light within you which is a sure Word of Prophecy to which ye do well if ye take heed as unto a Light shining in a dark Place till the Day dawn and the Day Star arise in your Hearts 2 Pet. 1.19 And this is the true saving Faith and saving Knowledge to believe in your Hearts the Lord Jesus Acts 16.30 31. Rom. 10.8 And whatsoever Way or Worship there is or may be this Day or whatsoever Profession or Confession otherwise then that which the ancient Apostles declared of who were Eye-Witnesses of his Majesty is contrany to Truth and will not make the comers thereunto Perfect who preacht from a certain Divine yet Intelligible Principle revealed within them which was the Seed Immortal Incorruptible promised of God to destroy Sin bruise the Head of the Serpent and this Seed or Spirit of Life you must all come to know within you to destroy Sin in Flesh in your Mortal Bodies and to quicken you from dead Works to serve the Living God Rom. 8.11 And this is the plain Truth unto you from the Spirit of the Lord witnessed by the Scriptures as John well said when the spirit of Antichrist began to work and some were seduced by the Wicked One said he Beloved believe not every spirit but try the spirits whether they are of God every spirit that confesseth that Christ is come in the Flesh is of God mark every spirit that confesseth Christ come in the Flesh Rom. 8.3 who came to save his People from their Sin and to destroy the Works of the Devil 1 John 4.2 for the Devil had wrought in the Flesh of Mankind the Works of Darkness Corruption Uncleanness and all manner of Filthiness in which he rules and Reigns over the Children of Disobedience in that State and Nature which he hath begotten them into and such were those sometimes that the Scripture mentions who were by Nature Children of Wrath even as others but God who is rich in Mercy and abundant in Loving-kindness caused his Love to break forth in Christ Jesus the Brightness of his Glory Hebr. 1.1 2 3 and visited those that were dead in Sins and Trespasses and quickened them by the Spirit of his Son and so they were made Witnesses of the Life of Jesus who begat them again and Redeemed them from the Bonds of Death by his Blood So here is the Way of Life and Path of Eternal Rest Christ Jesus the Power of God which destroyes the Devil and his Works 1 John 3.8 Hebr. 2.14 and this is the true Spirit this day we know it to our Souls Satisfaction that confess Christ come in the Flesh and this was the Advice of the Apostle John to such as did retain Christ the Power Wisdom of
God which taught them all things and instructed them in the things of God and in the weighty Matters pertaining to Eternal Life Little Children saith he I write these things concerning those that seduce you but the Anointing that you have received of him abideth in you and you have no need that any man teach you 1 John 2.27 and this was at that time when the Devil went about to deceive the Churches for said Peter Your Adversary the Devil goes about like a Roaring Lyon seeking whom be may devour And again saith John It is the Last Time in which you have heard that Antichrist should come for even now there are many Antichrists 1 John 2.18 and Every spirit that confesseth not that Christ is come in the Flesh is not of God but is a Deceiver and this is that spirit of Antichrist which ye have heard of should come and even now is already come into the World 1 John 4.3 And this hath been and is to this day the loss of many in that they profess Christ Jesus only outwardly come and not try the spirits that they may know Christ also inwardly by his Spirit Power and Wisdom crucifying the fleshly Desires Affections and Lusts that he alone may reign and rule And this is the true Guide Leader and Teacher of all the Children of the Lord in every Age and Generation who is given for a Leader even Christ Jesus the Light of the World Isa 55.4 and such as are not taught of him they are not the Children of the Lord but Children of him that hath stoln their Hearts from God and leads them into Forgetfulness concerning the weighty things wherein consists their eternal Peace and so multitudes are deceived and are Wanderers in the Darkness of the palpable Night wherein the Thief hath robbed stoln and deprived Thousands of their Right for Man was not created for Destruction but to inherit Life Eternal and our God creates none to be destroyed but that all should be saved and come to the Knowledge of his Truth 1 Tim. 2.4 And therefore if any perish it s because they yield themselves to the Wicked One to work Unrighteousness which is the Cause of Man's Misery And I certainly know That no Man or Woman can have Peace with God but as they come to witness in themselves Reconciliation by Christ Jesus which can never be until they obey him for this I find by good Experience That Tribulation and Anguish is upon every Soul of man that doth Evil to the Jew first and also to the Gentile Rom. 2.9 both Professors and Prophane and notwithstanding the Height of Profession where Christ Jesus is not become the Head or where that which is contrary to his blessed will is not yet put under his Feet in every particular there is Condemnation and Terror within secret Fears and Doubtfulness which many Times causeth Torment 1 John 4 18. And so in the Bowels of tender Love to all the Sons and Daughters of Men is my Heart opened to declare the Truth as it is in Jesus who is the true Foundation and Rock of Ages 1 Cor. 10.4 And for lack of the true and saving Knowledge of him many have wandered in great Fear and many to this Day wander from the Knowledge of him and some whole Hearts by the Nearness of God unto them are tendered in Secret and mourn in Secret and are broken in Heart in the Consideration of their Conditions whose Sins are laid before them by the Lord Psal 50 8. and know no Way to escape the Indignaion of Almighty God but lye down in Fear and rise up in Sorrow those are they whose secret Cry is to the unknown God whom yet they are not come to know but here is a Travail inwardly to enjoy the Redeemer and here the invisible immortal God hath reached forth his spiritual Power and some have come to a Desire after the Lord from a real Sense of an inward Breathing after him and yet have come short of the thing they desired in the Day of the Tenderness of their Hearts for the Desire begotten inwardly it must inwardly be satisfied and all outward things as Ordinances and outward Observations cannot satisfie the Soul and herein many in this Day have come to a loss and have stumbled at the Foundation that God hath laid 1 Pet. 2.6 7 8. and so have over-run themselves and the tender Breathings of their Souls come to be stopt and so comes up Hardness of Heart again though the Pretence be never so fair and here many stand in their Imaginations fighting against the Appearance of God and so many that might have been serviceable for God's Cause in their Day and time and Witnesses in the Life of Jesus against the Works of Darkness are now become Enemies to the Lord that first begot them into Tenderness in Days that are gone and past and this is the very Way in which many Thousands in this Nation have lost themselves but a Remnant there are that have obeyed the Heavenly Voice of the Beloved that first touched their Hearts and opened their Understandings whose Souls have continually mourned after him Day and Night when Sorrow overtook us and Lamentation was heard within our Dwellings till we were sensible of the Way that leads to God's Kingdom and then it was the true Desire of our Souls to obey him and follow him in the Way of his Judgement Prov. 8.20 21. Isa 1.27 4.4 and now he is become our Leader who is the true Satisfier of the Soul even Jesus Christ unto whom every one must give an Account who is the first and the last Rev. 21.6 22.13 the Beginning of the Creation of God who hath all Power in Heaven and in Earth Mat. 28.18 and is near to all who is that Grace of God that bringeth Salvation unto mankind Tit. 2.11 13. and these that obey him and hear him who is the Beloved of the Father according to his Commandment Mat. 17.5 they are the true Church the true Body Christ Jesus being Head ruling by his blessed Power and Spirit in every Member and this Spirit and Power redeems the Church and raises it up from the Grave and such come to know the Resurrection of the Body and the Passage from Death to Life who obey Christ and know his Power in their Hearts to quicken and make alive and so tâ—is mortal puts on Immortality and this corruptible puts on Incorruption and so Death is swallowed up in Victory Isaâ—ah 25.8 And this is a holy Church redeemed to God whole Light is God's Glory Rev. 21.23 Isa 60.19 and those that are come to this Spirit and Power that overcomes the Devil are true Witnesses for the Lord in this Age and Day who are redeemed from Death and Darkness into Life and Light and this is the Lamb's Wife which is espoused unto him betrothed in Loving Kindness and confesseth him and is not ashamed of his Name before Men Mat. 10.32 and such as
the Bottom of the Heart are the only People of God who are come to the Foundation and Rock which is laid in the Bottom of the Heart that is cleansed for such as are cleansed to build upon So this is the Truth and is no Lye and is a sure Teacher which is in Heaven and not only so but in the Earth also by his Spirit and Power redeeming and bringing up out of Captivity his Heritage that mourned unto him Jer. 12.11 being in Desolation and all false Coverings that serve for a Cloak for your Sins as a bare Confession and yet remain the same as before will be too narrow to hide you from the Wrath of God which is like to break forth upon you except you repent And therefore my Country-men and Neighbours I cannot but deal plainly with you to declare in Plainness the Thing that is upon me from the Lord for I truly desire your Everlasting Good And now you that are young and think you have much Time to spâ—nd take heed to your selves and remember the Lord before whom you must appear that it may be well with you for the Lord visited me amongst you in the Dayes of my Youth not that I was better then others but God who is rich in Mercy heard the inward Cry of my Soul and granted me Repentance unto Life Rom. 10.12 and that which I was saved by that declare I unto you to be the only and alone Saviour and there is not another that can save from Sin but Jesus Christ John 4.29 42. neither is there any Way to come to God but by him John 14.6 and there is no way to come to him but as you turn to his Light in your Consciences that lighteth every man that cometh into the World John 1.9 So all repent and live for Wo will overtake all the wicked and great Distress will come upon them from the Lord for the Day is dawned wherein he hath begun his Work which he will carry on by his mighty Power and it is in vain for any to gainsay the Lord and all false Professions the Lord will bring down and set up his Ancient standing Rule over all yea the Standard of his Power over the Devil and all God's Enemies for the Year of his Redeemed is come and the Day of Vengeance is in his Heart Isa 63.4 who hath suffered and hath been slain from the Foundation of the World Rev. 13.8 by the Wicked amongst Men and in many Ages and Generations he appeared spiritually and by his mighty Power began to reform the Nations but People dealt deceitfully with him and cast his Word behind their back Neh. 9.26 and in this dark Night of Apostacy he hath greatly suffered with his Heritage which hath been in the Wildernss and in the Streets of that great City which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt where the Witnesses have prophesied in Sack cloth and Ashes Rev. 11.3 but now the appointed Time is come wherein the Lord hath prevailed over him that hath darkned and desolated the People and hath taken to him his great Power and is conquering Psal 146.10 and in this his Day he will cut his Work short in Righteousness for a short Work will the Lord make in the Earth Rom. 9.28 and all Foundations of every Profession are clearly seen in the Light of the Lamb. all whose Vine is the Vine of Sodom and Grapes Grapes of Gomorrah will be shaken as a Fig Tree that casteth her untimely Figs when she is shaken with a mighty Wind Rev. 6.13 yea the Harvest of the Earth will be reaped and cast into the Wine press of the Wrath of God Rev. 14.19 And he that People sin against whose Way you err and stray from and whom you pierce by Reason of your wicked Works I say The Lamb that was slain who liveth and was dead who hath all Power given unto him in Heaven and in Earth Rev. 1.18 he treadeth the Wine press of the Wrath and Fierceness of the Almighty God whom all Rebellious Christians have forsaken therefore will he bring Judgment into Victory that Righteousness may run down as a mighty Stream and happy and blessed will all such be that return unto him in their Hearts who is come near to execute true Justice and Judgment in the Earth who is the Covenant of the People the Gentiles Light and Israel's Glory I say such will see his Goodness and they only will be received into the Father's Kingdom being freed from the great Punishment due because of Sin And so my Country men Repentance unto Life yea a Forsaking of your Sins that will cause the Lord to turn from his Fierce Anger that â—s like to break forth like Fire against you and nothing else will make up the Breach and therefore O my Native Place I cannot but lament thee because I see the great Abominations that are committed within thee and not in thee only but in the Places adjacent but chiefly I am concerned for you who are my Acquaintances that if by any means I might provoke you to fear the Lord and consider your latter End for in the Way you are in which is sinful you will never find peace with the Lord for the End is Sorrow and the Reward is Death Rom. 6.23 but if you forsake the Evil and love Righteousness you will come into Life and live forever with the Lord and that is the Travail Iâ—fâ—el within me concerning you that you may walk in the Light and come to a Holy Righteous Conversation that you may have Fellowship with us 1 John 1.3 and have Right to call God your Father that you may be begotten of him and so love one another with a true Love in Righteousness and so come to know the Spirit of adoption which is the Spirit of his Son who breaks down the middle Wall Ephes 2.14 and blots out the Hand-writing of Ordinances that is contrary to us and takes it out of the Way nailling it to his Cross Col. 2.14 and so you will come into Covenant with God in the Light of Jesus which Light leads to God's Kingdom and conducts out of all the barren Wildernesses Desolations of the first Adam into a sure Way and Place of Defence in the second Adam where is Safety and a Place of Rest as he said Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and you shall find Rest to your Souls Mat. 11.26 and so you will know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free John 8.32 and you will come to the general Assembly and Church of the first born written in Heaven Heb. 12.32 and to have Right to the precious Promises of God and to the Tree of Life but while you continue in Rebellion against God you have no Part nor Lot or Inheritance amongst the Living for Sin is the Hindrance of the Promises and Blessings of God unto the Soul whatever you may promise your selves and think to inherit if you dye in
have the Spirit they are the Children of God but if any man have not the â—pirit of Christ he is none of is Rom. 8.9 and these that are obedient to the Spirit of Christ within them they are a Living People and are spiritually minded waiting for the Promise of God to be sealed up in Covenant with the Lord Ephes 2.22 And so they come to be a Habitation for God through the Spirit that first cleanseth and prepareth the Heart for God and so it comes to be sanctified through the Spirit by believing in the Truth 2 Thes 2.13 And all other People that are gathered outwardly without the Spirit and Life and Power of God that destroyes the Devill and his Works are dead to God and are yet in the Grave of Transgression and are in danger of falling into the deep pit of Misery where their Worm dieth not neither is their Fire quenched Isa 66.24 and such are Hypocrites deceiving themselves and others and painted with an outside having the Sheeps clothing but Inwardly are ravening Wolves And such as have not the Spirit for their Guide run when God sends them not and prophesie when the Lord speaks not to them Jer. 29.8 9. as they in old Time that rebelled against the Spirit and cast the Word of God behind their Backs Isa 5.24 and such are blind Watchmen who are in the dark Profession over whom the Sun is gone down Mic. 3.6 and Darkness is to them who have not a Vision Michah 3.5 6 7. but deny any such Thing as Vision and Revelation and so are Night-Workers not knowing whether their Work will stand in God's Day or not and such were the blind Watchmen in the Dayes of old when God did arise and by his Word and Power in the Hearts of a People moved the Inner man and raised Desires after himself but the Watchmen of the Night said the Church they found me and wounded me Cant. 5.7 and here is the Time of trying the false Prophets then sayes the travailing Soul I am troubled inwardly and cannot be satisfied with all my outside Profession nothing will satisfie me till I come to enjoy the Beloved of my Soul who is heavenly and was sent to save me from my Sins Watchman canst thou tell me where I may find him But saith the blind Watchman Revelation is ceast no inward immediate Working of the Spirit now And here many have been and are wounded to this Day and this is a certain Testimony whereby you may know the true Prophet from the false for the true Prophet comes in the Name of the Lord standing in God's Counsel turning People to God saying Turn from Transgression and obey Christ Jesus the true Light that you may be made free and saith the true Messenger wait for the Son from Heaven 1 Thes 1.9 10. And so many have obeyed this Glorious Gospel the Light whereof shines inwardly and the Beloved is found that we sought for amongst the blind Watchmen where we found him not but it was but a little whilâ— I was gone from the Night Watchmen and I found him whom my Soul loveth Cant. 3.4 This also consider the false Prophet he comes with a Lye preaching no Freedom from Sin no Revelation the Light within not the Way not directing to the Heavenly Witness which is able to save Eternally from Death and Misery but daubs up with untempered Morter Ezek. 13.10 11. and sows Pillows under the Arm holes of People crying Peace Peace when there is none healing the wound deceitfully Jer. 6.14 And so are Pastors that destroy and scatter the Sheep of God's Pasture Jer. 23.1 but God will require his Flock at their Hands Ezek. 34.10 and We will be unto them forever who are found in the Way of the old rebellious amongst the Jews and profest Christians who transgress against the God of Jacob whose Portion was with the Unbelievers and Hypocrites where is Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth And in the Rise of the false Church who went a whoring from Jesus Christ it was signified by the Spirit concerning her Punishment I will cast her into a Bed of Torment and they that commit Adultery with her into great Tribulation Rev. 2.22 And so all People consider these Things and come to the Revelation of the Son of God which gives Life and Dominion over Hell and Death Isa 25.8 1 Cor. 15.54 55 56 which is the Good Old Way the Path of the Righteous and Obedient Children of the Light of Jesus Christ and so all will know the Lord and be saved for without this Man is beneath the Beast of the Field for when he was made Ruler over the Creation he knew Dominion and Power and Wisdom from on high and was in the Image of God over the Creation of Beasts Fowls Fishes and the Earth Gen. 1.26 but when he transgrest against God he lost his Righteous Life and Innocent Dominion and fell under the Creation and so the Ox knows his Owner and the Ass his Master's Crib but Israel knows not his God Isa 1.3 Jer. 8.7 now until this lost Estate be restored to man again and the Cause removed which is Sin Man remains in the Loss without God in the World and there is no Way to come to that State again but by Christ Jesus who is the Door the true Entrance who saith No Man knoweth the Son but the Father neither knoweth any Man the Father but the Son and he to whom the Son will reveal him Mat. 11.27 and this is the standing Rule which is unchangeable and is from Everlasting to Eve lasting though it 's vilified and lightly esteemed of amongst many yet unto us he is the chiefest of Ten Thousands Cant. 5.10 who hath redeemed us unto God out of our Sins and washed us from our Filthiness in his own Blood to him be Glory forevermore Rev. 1.5 And this is the sure Rock upon which God is building his Spiritual House his Church against which the Gates of Hell shall not prevail Mat. 16.18 And all that think of an Inheritance in Heaven though they dye in their Sins are in a great Mistake for no unclean thing shall enter Ephes 5.3 4 5 6. And if any think of being cleansed after this Life and so made fit hereafter this also will fail and come to an End for after Death there is no Redemption mortifie therefore your members whilest you are upon the Earth Col. 3.5 for consider the Rich Man who dyed and lift up his Eyes in Hell Luke 16.23 and cryed for Help from poor Lazarus ver 24. but all was in vain there was no Remedy nor Redemption for him who had spent his Days in Pleasure and Vanâ—ty upon the Earth not so much as a little Water to cool his Tongue when he was tormented in the Flame And also you may read concerning his five Brethren that he had left behind in his Father's House who were in the same Danger to be tormented with him and therefore desired they might be warned
and the Promise of Life was unto his Seed wherein all the Nations of the Earth should be blessed and the Promise of God unto Abraham was That his Seed should inherit the Land wherein he was a Stranger so God blessed Abraham and multiplied his Seed as the Stars of Heaven and they encreased unto a multitude in the Land of Egypt and the Egyptians intreated them evilly and afflicted them Foâ—â— Hundred Years Gen. 15.13 and afterwards God remembred his Covenant made with Abraham and raised up a Prophet to wit Moses who was faithful in all God's House and by mighty Signs and Yokens of his Judgments upon Egypt God brought them forth by a mighty Hand and an out stretched Arm and preserved them by the Way from the Expectation of their Enemies and kept them in the Red Sea from being overtaken with the Egyptians and God did this for them to the end they might be unto him a Chosen People to set forth his Praises to the Ends of the Earth But soon after this great Deliverance when they came into the Wilderness the Devil by his Subtilty turned their Hearts from the Lord and so Iniquity was found within their Camp and Murmurings amongst the People and so God was displeased and cut down their chosen men who lusted by the way and raised up another Generation amongst them and they enter'd the Land and God gave them his Law and his Statutes that they might be a People known to the Lord in obeying him forever but soon after they came into that Inheritance the Devil wrought again to turn their Hearts from the Lord and they followed the Wayes of the Heathen whom God cast out before them and then the Lord was grieved with them and gave them into the Hands of their Enemies who ruled over them until they should remember the Lord against whom they had sinned and when they remembred the Lord he sent Deliverance unto them which brought them again to their Land And so all may read who have Vnderstanding what the Cause is this day why people do not injoy the Blessings of God unto their Souls it s certainly because they are in the Transgression But God will remember such though they may be in spiritual Captivity that desire after him and forsake their Sins which is the Cause of their Souls Captivity for when the Heart shall return unto the Lord he will take away the Vails and give an Vnderstanding of the thing that 's Heavenly So Israel dealt treachtrously with the Lord from time to time but the Lord often times when they cryed unto him raised up faithful Messengers which declared unto them the Way of the Lord and David whom God chose with whom he confirmed his Premise before made unto Abraham and said David shall not want a Man to sit upon his Throne forever but this People to 〈◊〉 Israel were Corrupters and followed their own Inventions and rebelled against the Spirit of God and slew the Prophets of the Lord which he sent unto them And so the Time came when God according to his Promise sent his Son the Seed wherein the Blessing consists in which all the Nations of the Earth shall be blessed which is to gather into one all things in Christ whether in Heaven or in Earth Ephes 1.10 But the Jews though they were the Seed of Abraham outwardly yet did not know this spiritual Seed Christ but rose against him and put him to Death hâ—â—beit God raised him from the Dead by his Glorious Power and received him again into his ancient Glory that he had with him before the World began but God turned his Hand against these professing Persecutors and the Time came over them that Distress and Sorrow compassed them in and Affliction and Tribulations from day to day attended them because of that bloody Action in Consenting to the Death of Jesus and so God's Fury was poured forth upon them from time to time until they were disinherited and driven out of their Possession which if they had received him and believed that it was he Eternal Life and Glory would have been their Reward for evermore And about this time God who is rich in Grace after Christ Jesus the Son of his Love was raised up from the Dead began to appear in him and to work by him inwardly in many and raised up many to bear witness of God that he had raised up his Son from the Dead whom he furnished with the Gift of Life Power and Wisdom to declare unto the Sons of Men That Jesus was the Christ and this was the Gospel which before was preached unto Abraham unto whose Seed the Promise was forever which Seed is Christ and many Thousands by this glorious Gospel were gathered to God and a glorious Way they were brought into and also into the injoyment of the sure Mercies of David Isa 55.3 never to be forsaken nor yet to want a Man to execute Judgment in their Behalf in Truth and Righteousness But here comes the Misery again the Devil who was ever an Enemy to God's Heritage under every Dispensation he begins to work again and to seduce the Minds of such as profess Christ Jesus and then Wickedness again began to spring and as Wickedness abounded so people were darkened in their Vnderstanding and as the Wicked One prevailed so people were corrupted and this was the beginning of falling away again from God after the Appearance of Jesus Christ And now as the Jews and all Apostates in days past have rebelled against God so have these called Christians rebelled against Christ and so Darkness and Ignorance came over those called Christians also and the Devil hath ruled and hath had Dominion and then God who first appeared to them in his Son Christ Jesus when they thus rebelled and grieved him he with drew his Presence from them and so they have been a wandring People from Generation to Generation but God who is Everlasting though Man hath changed in his Mind yet God is the same and changeth not and that Blessed Truth and Everlasting Gospel which is not another in these last dayes hath God revealed again and it s now profest injoyed and preacht by the despised People called Quakers whom God hath gathered by the Right Hand of his Righteousness to bear forth a Testimony for his Name in this Generation whom God will support uphold and strengthen against all Oppositions that his ancient Truth may be proclaimed to the Ends of the Earth that so such as are afar off may be brought nigh to God the Devil shall be defeated whose Power of darkness hath reigned and Christ Jesus shall reign whose Right it is and he shall bring us into the Possession of the spiritual Canaan that Land of Eternal Rest which remains for the People of God and he will chain the Devil that has deceived the Nations cast him into the Bottomless Pit and his holy People shall possess and inherit forever the blessed Kingdom and the Wicked and Abominable and Murderers and Adulterers and all Lyars shall have their Part in the Lake that burns with Fire and Brimstone which is the second Death Rev 21.8 R. S. THE END