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A76271	A short relation or testimony of the working of the light of Christ in me, from my childhood, by one who is now a witness of the spirit of truth (whom the world cannot receive) which doth convince of sin, of righteousnesse and of judgment: and brings all things to rememberance, and shews me things to come, glory to the Lord for ever: / W:B:.	Bayly, William, d. 1675.	1659 (1659)	Wing B1537; ESTC R170480	14,195	12

made themselves wings and thereby to be beguiled of an eternall Crown of rest to my immortall soule my former condition came fresh into my remembrance and I began to feele something stirr in me for life which lay in death and bondage under Pharaoh in spiritually Egypt and as it were a cry ascended from the Prisoner groaning afar off for deliverance and then I began to be troubled and condemned in my selfe and my peace in the earth was broken and the flaming sword turned every way upon it then being afraid of shame I strived with Gods spirit in me not knowing what it was all this while nor some time after and would passe away the trouble as much as I could sometime and even wisht I could be meek like others for I often witnessed Solomons words in the midst of laughter the heart is made sad and was neerer weeping then mirth many times in such Company so I had no rest to my soule in those dayes being ignorant of my Teacher the true Shpeherd of Israell which gives his sheep that follow him eternall life meek and low in the heart But now my soule being like one awakened from sleep and hungery after that which satisfieth I began again to seek for food and rest and to injoy life and peace which changeth not then I thought in my mind what shall I doe remembering the Priests which were discovered by the same witnesse of G●d again to be miserable Comforters and such as daub with untempered morter as all the World shall witnesse in the day at hand when the wall is no more nor they that daubed it and Phisitians of no value but rather robbers and murthers of the innocent and just principle in poor ignorant people that cryes for deliverance Then not knowing what to do for life being gone fo●th hunting abroad like Esau and all his stock of Priests and Professors in the World for food I went among the people called Baptists to see if I could obtain rest and peace there among them thinking if they be the people of God I had right to have fellowship with them and to partake of their promises and priviledges for I often felt something in me which was beloved of God so concluded that I was one of the elect not then knowing and discerning things that differ that it was a seed in man which may be by him oppressed and trod under foot to which the promises and the blessing is and the elect is before the foundation of the World and the whole World lies in wickednesse Read this if thou can that cry the election of a perticular people and the rest left to themselves and beware of the Doctrine of Divels and remember that God is no respecter of persons and Christ the true light lighteth every man that cometh into the World in whom is the election and redemption and he that knows not Christ in him is a reprobate as saith the Scripture 2 Cor. 13.5 So then I became a constant follower of them and at length was in that fellowship with them and Brother-hood which the naturall carnall visible water was the ground off for before I was dipt in water they call'd me not Brother but suddenly after they did yet I was the same every way as before no more bettered nor satisfied by the water after I came to Gods witnesse in me in the coole of the day which let me see my soul lay in death though the comprehending mind had got a l●fe and food in a profession in which I had no true peace when all was performed and done by which I thought to obtain But it still fled from me as I tu●ned to that in my heart which let me see my state and condition even the light of Christ though I knew not then what it was so now I know there is no peace to the wicked and that the woe is to them that are covered with a covering and not with the pure spirit of God which reproves the World of sin neither should I ever attained it in that way if I had walked therein 100 yeares for we came not to Christ but denyed him whose flesh is meat indeed and is the true bread which gives life to the World neither were we joyned together in the unity of the faith of the Lord of glory which is without respect of Persons and is a mistery held in a pure conscience giving victory over the World being all from the light which we were lighted withall that is to give people the knowledge of God in which the Saints inheritance and fellowship is But we were building a Tower hoping the top would have reacht to Heaven in our imaginations like the confounded Builders of old like Nimrods stock the beginning of whose Kingdome was Babell that hunted before the Lord who is that spirit which will confound all your wisedome who build without his light the Corner-stone the sure foundation though you may say Lord Lord this availes not while yee are workers of iniquity you are shut out so we were professing and talking of the truth which makes free Christ the light the way to the Father but we were in bondage darknesse and falshood in the broad way wherein many hipocrites deceitfull workers envious proud and covetous may walk keeping their covering of their profession and talking of him that leads to life out of death darknesse and all unrighteousnesse in which you hold the truth of God his witnesse the light that you be lighted withall which lets you see you have not the true bread of life that gives peace rest and satisfaction to the soule but feeds on the husk notwithstanding your great noise of him that is the substance of all which ends the shaddowes but expects his Kingdome and glory and reign without you ô yee fooles and blinde is not the Kingdome of God within you and is not the Kings daughter all glorious within and did not the King say goe not forth when they shall say loe here and loe there believe them not But in this state I was once with you untill the Son of God opened his eyes that was born blinde whom the Pharisees cast out as they have many in this age that tremble at the word of the Lord but the Lord God of power hath appeared to their joy and you shall be ashamed though you may say the Lord be glorified in whose eternall light I then saw in this profession without life I was never like to have peace to that which was awakened in me breathing for the pure righteous power of the living God which all men had been erred and estranged from by transgression the middle wall that seperates which by the higher power is broken downe where the salvation is wrought out with feare and trembling which the professor denyes casting out such as tremble at the word which is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart and the time is come that they cannot endure sound Doctrine

A short Relation or Testimony of the working of the light of Christ in me from my Childhood by one who is now a witness of the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive which doth convince of sin of righteousnesse and of judgment and brings all things to rememberance and shews me things to come glory to the Lord for ever W B Come see a man which told me all things that ever I did is not this the Christ Joh 4 29 IN the eternall light and life of God wherewith stand all mankind are lighted doe I now stand and rejoyce over the world and all its glory and enmity over the beast and false prophet with in and without having received power from the father of life in the way of his judgments after which my soul had long breathed and thirsted even from a Child though then I knew not what my soul panted for but now know the misteries of Gods everlasting Kingdome are revealed to the babes that feare him but to others its parables When I was about 10 years old I doe remember that sometimes I desired to goe and sit alone quiet in some desert place where I might bemoan my selfe and weep in secret even untill my heart was broken not knowing wherefore and did begin to pray in fear to God with tears though I knew not who or where he was but had little to speak only some thing cryed in me and breathed confidently beleeving that God heard me where ever he was and would pitty me and save me at which thankes did arise unto him not knowing it was a seed in me which was and is beloved of God contrary to the course of this world to which the blessing and promises are that did arise in the quiet of my mind to break down that which the Serpent and my own will had wrought in my heart contrary to God that thereby I might enjoy peace in the everlasting covenant of light for at any time when I had done or spoken that which was contrary to God I was soon checkt for it judged and condemned and put in fear by his witnesse in my conscience which beheld all my wayes and wo●ds though never so secret and is the same that Job speakes of which set a print upon his heeles and mark his steps Job 13.27 in which light I can see all that ever I have done and doe remember the first oath that ever I swore being provoked by another lad and that I was smote with trembling scarceable to stand on my feet by the witnesse of God in my conscience which I know not then what it was but could have fled any way from it being put in such horrible feare and condemned by it when I had done any evill so there is no place at last where the worker of iniquity may hide himselfe from the dreadfull presence of God as David saith So about 15 yeares old I went among the Soldiers being the time of war not heeding the true guid the light and spirit of God which strived often with me to lead me in meeknesse and feare out of all strife which comes from the lust that wars against the soule I then was entertained and became one among them both in garison and Army where for a season I was kept and preserved out of much wickednesse by the feare of God in me though I knew not then where he was nor long after yet by his secret hand of power unexpected and undeserved was I preserved when many were slain on my right hand and on my left hand glory and praises to his power for ever and ever But about 17 yeares old I was under the command of him called Major Generall Massey where I found many wicked and ungodly men and some that had turned from Gorings Army among them through which company the honest principle in me was betrayed and even murthered and I begin to be hardened from the fear of God for I was but a youth and of a bashfull countenance naturally and was soon checkt for any evill and felt the condemnation for it quickly but now I could swear and vapour among them and drink till I was sometime drunk and grew in it untill I even took delight in swearing and drunkennesse yet oft times when I was gone from my company alone and quiet fear and dread from the witnesse of God in me would seaze upon me in great and horrible terror and in the night in dreames was I often fearfully scared and tormented with fearfull sights and visions of Hell and Divels death and damnation which indeed in that state was my just portion and so in the coole of the day I heard the voyce of God and was afraid like Adam in the transgression and though I would have hid my sin like him yet the Lord did search it out And now I know God speaketh unto man once yea twice yet man perceiveth it not in a dreame in a vision of the night when deep sleep falleth upon men in slumberings upon the bed that he may withdraw man from his purpose and hide prides from him Job 33 14 And in this company I continued neer 2 yeares untill all was disbanded about which time I was so smitten by Gods witnesse the light in my conscience that I began to leave of my swearing and lewdnesse and my prophane compapany became even loathsome and burthensome unto me and I never swoar an oath from that time to this day which is about 10 yeares agoe so at length I became a little zealous to hear the Priests and began to look into the Scriptures to get them to talk of as many prophane ones doe now to make a covering and then thought I must be guided by the Priests who had the learning and the tongues which they called the originall not knowing then that their originall began at Babell where God confounded the languages and the people before were of one language in the begining which is the originall so their originall is from Babell which is confusion where they still are and all their followers who will partake of their plagues if they come not forth to the light which is the originall before Babell or the Priests or Lattin Greek and Hebrew was which Pilate set over him that is the originall Christ the true Prophet which all are to heare his name is called the word of God which was in the begining John 1.1 so poor ignorant blind people that be from the light which they be lighted withall they cryes up Greek and Hebrew with the Priests to be the originall and that the Scriptures cannot be understood without it not considering that they who had Lattin Greek and Hebrew crucified the son of God who was in the begining gloryfied with the Father before the World began the originall by whom the world was made the power and wisedome of God whose crosse to the Greeks is foolishness and to the Jews a stumbling block and the Greeks have Greek and